Manor Profile
Aldingbourne, West Sussex· Box and Stockbridge Hundred· 692 – 1857
Also known as: Gates, Genstedegate, Westergate-Woodhouse
Westergate was part of the Aldingbourne episcopal manor, included in Nothelm's Saxon benefaction of 10 cassatos at Genstedegate. By 1247 it was established as a prebendal estate attached to the prebend of Gates in Chichester Cathedral.
John de Mitford was the first certainly identified prebendary (papal provision 2 July 1326). The prebend held lands and rents in Aldingbourne and Sidlesham. In 1535 the prebend was valued and the lands were farmed.
A 1649 survey described 340 acres of common and few fields. Woodhouse Closes was the former manor-house site, containing only a barn by then. William Cawley held during the Commonwealth (1649-1653) but the property returned to the prebendary at the Restoration. It eventually came into the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
| # | Name | From | To | Acquired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bishop of Selsey / Chichester | 692 | 1247 | Part of Aldingbourne episcopal manor. | |
| 2 | Prebendary of Gates, Chichester Cathedral | 1247 | 1648 | John de Mitford first identified prebendary (1326). | |
| 3 | William Cawley | 1649 | 1660 | Commonwealth purchase | |
| 4 | Prebendary of Gates | 1660 | Restoration | ||
| 5 | Ecclesiastical Commissioners | ecclesiastical reform | Succeeded to prebendal estates. |
Boxgrove Priory
priory · held · 1537
Held from 12th century to Dissolution.
486m from manor coordinates. Period: POST MEDIEVAL. Evidence: EARTHWORK. Project: Chichester.
452m from manor coordinates. Period: POST MEDIEVAL. Evidence: EARTHWORK. Project: Chichester.
443m from manor coordinates. Period: POST MEDIEVAL. Evidence: CROPMARK. Project: Chichester.
373m from manor coordinates. Period: POST MEDIEVAL. Evidence: EARTHWORK. Project: Chichester.
361m from manor coordinates. Period: POST MEDIEVAL. Evidence: CROPMARK. Project: Chichester.
341m from manor coordinates. Period: POST MEDIEVAL. Evidence: EARTHWORK. Project: Chichester.
VCH Closing Statement
“The manor came into the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.”
VCH Sussex, Vol. 4, pp. 134-138
302m from manor coordinates. Period: POST MEDIEVAL. Evidence: CROPMARK. Project: Chichester.
326m from manor coordinates. Period: POST MEDIEVAL. Evidence: CROPMARK. Project: Chichester.
Absolute surrender (copy) from Thomas Martin to Nicholas Broadbridge of Oving, husbandman Property as in Add Mss 2259 With receipt signed by Thomas Martin for £40, being the consideration money
Admission of Thomas Cole of Aldingbourne, bricklayer, upon the surrender of Henry Oakshott One cottage and one orchard (one stitch) in Westergate [Aldingbourne] Court of George Goodwin, Steward: William Wakeford, gent., deputy steward of Wakeford Bridger, gent
Draft warrant by George Tickner of Drayton in Farlington, Hampshire, gent, to vacate a conditional surrender of 13 Apr 1842 by James Steere of Guildford, Surrey, watchmaker, so far as it related to a plot of land containing 8a 3r 3p
Admission of Frances Cole wid. of Thomas Cole upon his decease Property as in Add Mss 2259 Court of George Goodwin. Steward: William Wakeford, gent
Admission of Thomas Martin, as in Add Mss 2261 on surrender of John Cole, made 8 Mar. 1760. Property as in Add Mss 2259 Court of Thomas Newhouse-Steward: William Wakeford
Absolute surrender (copy) from Nicholas Broadbridge to the use of his will Property as in Add Mss 2259 Court and steward as in Add Mss 2264
Admission of Mary Farenden of Westergate in Aldingbourne, as devisee of her father, William Farenden, dec'd, to A moiety of a tenement and two orchards (2a.) called Nytons in Aldingbourne to the whole of which William Farenden was admitted, 17 April 1804, on the surrender of John Dash Lord: Sir John Ashburnham, bt., clerk, prebendary of Gates in Chichester cathedral Steward: James Bennett Freeland
Admission of Edmund Caiger of Westergate, Aldingbourne, bricklayer Property as in Add Mss 2259 Edmund Caiger having purchased the property for £92 at a public auction after the decease of Nicholas Broadbridge Also admission of Thomas Collins of Aldingbourne, yeo., upon conditional surrender of sd. Edmund Caiger. Consideration £80 + interest Court and steward as in Add Mss 2264 Endorsed with receceipts signed by Thomas Collins for interest received from Edmund Caiger, 1810-1822
Receipts by J B Freeland, steward, for fines on admissions under the above surrenders
Absolute surrender (copy) from John Cole to Thomas Martin of Westergate, husbandman Property as in Add Mss 2259 With receipt signed by John Cole for £25, being the consideration money
Admission of Nicholas Willshere of Aldingbourne, yeoman, to - Messuage and ½ yardland (10a.) in Aldingbourne, and 7½a., part of Westergate Common, allotted to Jane Ellis On the surrender of John Wheatley of St. Marylebone, co. Middx., coach painter, and Elizabeth his wife Lord: Rev. Drake Hollingbery, prebendary of Gates. Steward: Francis Dear
Surrender by Clement Caplin, Hugh Weller and Henry Butcher, of their three fourth parts of a messuage and ½ yardland in Westergate to the use of William Willard of Westergate, yeoman Lord: John Ashburnham, prebendary of Gates. Steward: William Fowler
Admission of Nicholas Broadbridge, as above, on surrender of Thomas Martin Property as in Add Mss 2259 Court of John Ashburnham, Steward: William Fowler
Admission of Richard Haselgrove of Aldingbourne, yeoman, to - Nyton Croft (or Field) (1a. 35p.) abutting N. on the highway from Chichester to Arundel, being part of a messuage, yardland and two cottages in Westergate surrendered on 2 May 1848 by James Steere Fine £2. 19s. 8d Lord: Sir John Ashburnham, Prebend of Gates. Steward: as in Add Mss 8329; William Mittin, deputy steward
Surrender by James Steere To the use of William Williams Brown and others of a plot of land containing 8a 3r 3p and another plot containing 8a 38p called North Fields holden of the said manor
Manor of Westergate Woodhouse: E. Wood.
Draft of surrender by the Revd W S Bayton to the use of William Williams Brown and James Brown, Henry Shiffner, bt and Bennett Gosling of a plot of land containing 3a 2r 61/2p part of a late open waste of common called Westergate Common upon division and inclosure thereof allotted to John Moore in respect of certain copyhold land in the tithing of Westergate And also of 2 plots containing 7a 2r 28p, part of the same Common allotted to Jane Ellis in respect of her copyhold land
Conditional surrender (copy) from Edmund Caiger to Stephen Farendon of Eastergate, cordwainer, for £80 + interest Property as in Add Mss 2259 With receipt signed by Edmund Caiger for £80
Surrender of John Digance Toft 'where a cotage formerly stood, lately burnt down by fire' barn, and croft (1a.), parcel of cotage called Bacons, held at the annual rent of 1s.2d
shipwreck off the Scottish coast. Type: shipwreck
house in Aldingbourne, Arun, West Sussex, UK (BN18). Heritage: Grade II listed building. Type: house. NHLE: 1027738
former church building in Aldingbourne, Arun, West Sussex, England, UK. Type: church building
river in Germany. Type: river
village in West Sussex, England. Type: village
