Herstmonceux Castle - Owners of Herstmonceux Manor/Castle

Owners of Herstmonceux Manor/Castle

  • 1066 - Edmer, a priest.
  • 1086 - Wilbert, tenant-in-chief.
  • c.1200 - Idonea de Herst (married Ingelram de Monceux).
  • 1211 - Their son Waleran de Monceux.
  • 1216 - His son William de Monceux.
  • ? - His son Waleran de Monceux.
  • 1279 - His son John de Monceux.
  • 1302 - His son John de Monceux.
  • 1316 - His son John de Monceux.
  • 1330 - His sister Maud de Monceux (married Sir John Fiennes)
  • 1351 - The eldest son William Fiennes.
  • 1359 - His son Sir William Fiennes.
  • 1402 - His son Sir Roger Fiennes (built Herstmonceux castle)
  • 1449 - His son Sir Richard Fiennes (married Joan Dacre, 7th Baroness Dacre)
  • 1483 - His grandson Sir Thomas Fiennes.
  • 1533 - Sir Thomas Fiennes.
  • 1541 - His eldest son Thomas Fiennes.
  • 1553 - His brother Gregory Fiennes.
  • 1594 - His sister Margaret Fiennes (married Sampson Leonard).
  • 1612 - Their son Sir Henry Leonard.
  • 1616 - His son Richard Leonard.
  • 1630 - His son Francis Leonard.
  • 1662 - His son Thomas Leonard.
  • 1708 - Estate purchased by George Naylor for £38,215.
  • 1730 - His nephew Francis Naylor.
  • 1775 - His half-brother Robert Hare who demolished the castle in 1776.
  • ? - His son Francis Hare Naylor.
  • 1807 - Purchased by Thomas Read Kemp.
  • 1819 - Purchased for John Gillon MP.
  • 1846 - Purchased by Herbet Barrett Curteis MP.
  • ? - His son Herbert Mascall Curteis.
  • ? - His son Herbert Curteis.
  • 1911 - Purchased by Lieutenant-Colonel Claude Lowther (restoration begins).
  • 1929 - Purchased by Reginald Lawson.
  • 1932 - Purchased by Sir Paul Latham (completes restoration under Walter Godfrey).
  • 1946 - Purchased by H.M. Admiralty for The Royal Observatory.
  • 1965 - Transferred to the Science Research Council.
  • 1989 - Purchased by James Developments, transfers to a receiver, the Guinness Mahon Bank.
  • 1993 - Purchased for Queen's University, Ontario (Canada) as a gift from Drs. Alfred and Isabel Bader.

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