Manor Profile
Oving, West Sussex· Box and Stockbridge Hundred· 1091 – 1857
Also known as: Woodhorn, Wodehorne
Woodhorne formed one of two prebendal manors in the parish of Oving alongside Colworth. Both were held by the prebendaries of Chichester Cathedral from early times, except during the Commonwealth, until the endowments passed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1857.
Thomas Stapleton held the prebend of Woodhorne from 1558 but lost it in 1563 when he refused to deny papal authority under Elizabeth I. Peter de Wodehorne, presumably associated with this locality, appears in a 1215 charter when Prior Robert of Boxgrove demised a croft at Martinesgrave to him.
| # | Name | From | To | Acquired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prebendaries of Chichester Cathedral | 1091 | 1857 | constituted as prebend | Thomas Stapleton held prebend 1558, lost it 1563 for refusing to deny papal authority. |
| 2 | Ecclesiastical Commissioners | 1857 | from prebendal endowments |
Chichester Cathedral (Prebendaries)
diocese · held · 1091 – 1857
Prebendal manor from c.1091 to 1857.
Ecclesiastical Commissioners
crown · held · 1857
Took over prebendal endowments in 1857.
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY IN CHICHESTER
charity · ecclesiastical_holder · 2023
Charity Commission 1205740
Chichester Cathedral. Prebendal estates in Oving area attached to cathedral prebends.
Since it opened, East Sussex Record Office has maintained a collection of 'Additional Manuscripts' for accessions which are not assigned, or are not accrued to existing collections which have, a distinctive alphabetic reference based on the collection's title. The Additional Manuscripts collection is now known as AMS Some of these accessions added to AMS have been returned to A2A as free-standing catalogues. The residue are being returned as a series of catalogues, each covering a range of AMS n
Bequeaths to daus. Susannah, Elizabeth and Sarah £1200 each; to son James annuity of £50 for life all charged on devise to son Thomas Devises to son Thomas manor of Woodhorne alias Arlington Rectory, and the rectory or prebend of Woodhorne alias Arlington and all messuages and farms pertaining, lately granted to testator for 3 lives; farm (31a.) near Chilver bridge formerly Dobsons and Cruttenden held of manor of Berwick for peppercorn rent; 2 barns and 35a. near Milton st. late Earl of Thanet's
VCH Closing Statement
“The endowments passed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1857.”
VCH Sussex, Vol. 4, pp. 165-170
From (a) Henry Hounsome of Funtington, merchant, and Thomas Ludgate of Chichester, merchant, devisees and trustees of John Costellow, late citizen and alderman of Chichester, dec'd., Woodroff Drinkwater of Chichester, merchant, and Ann, his wife, only dau. and heir of said John Costellow, who was surviving trustee (William Collins, late Mayor of Chichester, dec'd. being the other) of the said Manor, and (b) Clopton Carr Millington of Groton (co. Suffolk), esq., only child of Edmund Millington, l
'A Perfect and Exact Survaye of the Glebe land belonginge to the Parsonage of Erlington in the Countie of Sussex belonginge to Mr William Thomas of Westdean in the Countie aforesaid gent Estate map showing Arlington village and land near Chilver Bridge. Ink and colour on parchment, 30" x 26½"; table of contents gives field names and acreages; note of the area of a day work (4 perches); scale of half-chains (12.8": 1 mile; compass points at edge of map; coloured achievement of arms of Thomas (or
Report concerning prebendal property, consisting of Woodhorne Farm formerly comprising six copyhold properties for lives of the Manor of Woodhorne, parish of Oving, county of Sussex, held under a lease for lives. Also contains an extract of a parliamentary survey [c. 1649], concerning Woodhorne Manor.
