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The principal manor of Boarhunt parish, held at Domesday by Tezelin under Hugh de Port. The Boarhunt family held it from the early thirteenth century until 1365, when Bernard de Brocas and his wife Mary conveyed it to William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester. Wykeham granted it to Southwick Priory in 1369. At the Dissolution it passed to Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, then to John White of Southwick. It followed the descent of Southwick manor thereafter.

A serjeanty manor within Boarhunt parish, named after Herbelin who held it in the reign of Henry III. The holder owed castle service at Portchester: habergellum (mail coat service) for twenty to forty days in time of war. It passed from the Boarhunt family to the Danvers family, then to Southwick Priory. At the Dissolution it was granted to Thomas Wriothesley and followed the descent of the principal Boarhunt manor.

Farlington was held by the Curci family in the late twelfth century. It passed through the Merlay, Berewyk, and Upton families before Hugh le Despenser acquired it in 1320. Southwick Priory held the manor from 1348 until the Dissolution. The Pound family received it in 1540, and it descended through the Wolfe, Smith, Taylor, Keith, and Walker families to the Deverell family.

Moralls was a sub-manor within Portchester parish held by Southwick Priory until the Dissolution. The method by which the priory acquired it is unknown. In 1559 it was granted to John White, and thereafter followed the descent of Southwick manor.

A sub-manor in Southwick parish held by Southwick Priory. It originated from Peter de Cosham's serjeanty in Cosham. The prior held a virgate and a half at Newland in the thirteenth century. Granted to John White of Southwick in 1546, after which it followed the descent of Southwick manor. Represented by Newlands Farm.

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.

Purbrook was a hamlet in the northwest of Farlington parish, Portsdown hundred, at the foot of Portsdown Hill on the London to Portsmouth road. It shared the manorial descent of Farlington, passing through the Merlay, Despenser, Southwick Priory, Pound, and Deverell families. The settlement was surrounded by copses formerly part of the Forest of Bere.

Southwick was granted to Southwick Priory in 1133 and remained with the Augustinian canons until the Dissolution in 1538. The site passed to John White, then to the Norton family, and from 1733 to the Thistlethwayte family. Southwick House served as the advance headquarters of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in 1944, where General Eisenhower took the decision to launch D-Day.

West Boarhunt was held by Earl Roger at the time of Domesday. The overlordship passed to the Earls of Arundel. By the reign of Henry III, Southwick Priory held the manor as half a fee of the old feoffment. The priory retained West Boarhunt until the Dissolution in 1538. The manor was granted to Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, in 1543, who alienated it to John White of Southwick in 1544.

Founded inside Portchester Castle c.1128, relocated to Southwick c.1150.

Founded inside Portchester Castle c.1128. Valor Ecclesiasticus 1535: £257 4s. 4d. Surrendered 7 April 1538.