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Bosham was one of the great pre-Conquest lordships of Sussex, held by Earl Godwin and then his son Harold before 1066. William the Conqueror retained it as the only Sussex estate in royal hands. The manor passed through the Marshal earls of Pembroke, the Bigod earls of Norfolk, the Mowbray dukes of Norfolk, and the Berkeley earls. The Guinness family (Earls of Iveagh) purchased the lordship before 1937 and held it until 2019, when it was sold to Franck Petitgas. The full title is the Hundred and Manor of Bosham and Chidham and Manor of Bosham Buckfold.

Chidham was not separately assessed in Domesday Book but formed part of the Bishop of Exeter's estate of the chapelry of Bosham. A confirmatory grant of 1243 first names the manor of Chidham. The Bishop of Exeter held it until 1548, when it was conveyed to Thomas Fisher. The Bickley family held it from 1549 to 1707. It subsequently passed through the Earls of Scarborough, the Padwick and Cheesman families, and Sophie, Lady Gifford. Before 1937 it was acquired by the Earl of Iveagh.

Funtington was a member of the manor of Bosham and was usually termed a hamlet until the fifteenth century. In 1478 and in later records it figures as a manor. It descended with Bosham throughout the medieval period, passing through the Marshal earls of Pembroke, the Bigod earls of Norfolk, the Mowbray dukes, and the Berkeley earls. The rectory formed a prebend attached to the office of sacrist in the college of Bosham, valued in 1291 at 26 pounds 13 shillings 4 pence.

Old Fishbourne lies on the northern shore of Chichester Harbour within the ancient parish of Bosham. First recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, the manor was held by Southwick Priory for approximately four hundred years before passing to the Crown at the Dissolution and then to Anne of Cleves in 1540. The lordship was acquired by Morgan Sheldon in 2023.

West Stoke was granted to one Edgar soon after the Conquest and passed through the Barentyn and de la Faleyse families. Roger Bigod conveyed it with Bosham to Edward I in 1279, and it descended with Bosham through the Brotherton earls, Mowbray dukes, and Howard dukes of Norfolk. Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, exchanged it to the Crown in 1540. It was granted to the Stoughton family in 1559 and divided among coheirs in the seventeenth century. The Duke of Richmond purchased the whole manor in 1764, and it has since remained with the Dukes of Richmond.

West Thorney occupies Thorney Island in Chichester Harbour, assessed at 12 hides in Domesday Book with geld liability of 8 hides. The overlordship belonged to the Bishops of Exeter as two knight's fees. The manor was divided into thirds in the thirteenth century among the heirs of the de Thorney family. One third was acquired by Hugh Bigod and descended with Bosham. Another descended through the Bickley family with Chidham. The parish church rectory was valued at 20 pounds in 1291.