The Manor of Ufford Hall
THIS MANOR was held by Rober t de Ufford during the reign of Edward 1 (1272-1307), and seems to cover the area of the parish of Cheapenhall formerly known as the hamlet of Chepenhall, now spelt Chippenhall. Rober t assumed the surname of Ufford once he had acquired the Lordship. There is a large entry for Chippenhall in Domesday Book (1086):
In CHIPPENHALL nine freemen under patronage; two and a half carucates of land (see Glossary). Always 17 smallholders; 10 ploughs. Meadow, 12 acres; woodland, 300 pigs. Value then 100 shillings now £6. Half a church, 20 acres. One plough. It has two leagues in length and one in width; 15d in tax. The jurisdiction is in the bishop (of St Edmunds’) manor of Hoxne, but Edric held half from Bishop Aelmar. Of this manor, Walter holds four freemen; one carucate of land. (Value) 30 shillings. It is in the assessment of £6. Robert (Malet’s) mother (holds) three (freemen); 80 acres. Humphrey (holds) one (freeman); 20 acres. Value 5 shillings in the same assessment. Walter son of Grip (holds) one (freeman); 120 acres. Value 40 shillings in the same assessment.
Rober t de Ufford was the younger son of the Suffolk landowner John de Peynton, and attended Edward I on his crusade to the Holy Land between 1270 and 1273. On their return Edward sent him to intensify the introduction of English laws into Ireland, which had been star ted by King John more than sixty years before. He also built Roscommon Castle ‘at countless cost’. On the 21 November 1281 Stephen de Fulburn, the Bishop of Waterford, was appointed as Justice in his place, since Ufford ‘by reason of his infirmities’ could no longer perform his duties. Later in Edward’s reign,Adam, son of Sir Rober t le Bevant granted and confirmed by ‘deed without date, to Henry, son of William de Sancroft and Margery his wife and the heirs of the said Henry a cer tain messuage together with his houses and buildings in this parish of Fressingfield.’ The centre of the Lordship was and remains Ufford Hall, a half-timbered building, dating from the 16th century.
The de Sancroft family held the Lordship of Ufford Hall for several centuries, star ting with William, who was married to a Margery, and living in the reign of Edward I. The male pogency of this family has been
worked out as follows:
Henry Simon, 1304
John, 1338
John, son or more distant descendant,such as great grandson 1414
Stephen, 1432
John, 1470
John, 1478
Robert married Alice
William, 1528, married another Alice
Francis, perhaps a great great grandson, died 1628, married Margaret
Francis, married Catherine
Dr William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury
In CHIPPENHALL nine freemen under patronage; two and a half carucates of land (see Glossary). Always 17 smallholders; 10 ploughs. Meadow, 12 acres; woodland, 300 pigs. Value then 100 shillings now £6. Half a church, 20 acres. One plough. It has two leagues in length and one in width; 15d in tax. The jurisdiction is in the bishop (of St Edmunds’) manor of Hoxne, but Edric held half from Bishop Aelmar. Of this manor, Walter holds four freemen; one carucate of land. (Value) 30 shillings. It is in the assessment of £6. Robert (Malet’s) mother (holds) three (freemen); 80 acres. Humphrey (holds) one (freeman); 20 acres. Value 5 shillings in the same assessment. Walter son of Grip (holds) one (freeman); 120 acres. Value 40 shillings in the same assessment.
Rober t de Ufford was the younger son of the Suffolk landowner John de Peynton, and attended Edward I on his crusade to the Holy Land between 1270 and 1273. On their return Edward sent him to intensify the introduction of English laws into Ireland, which had been star ted by King John more than sixty years before. He also built Roscommon Castle ‘at countless cost’. On the 21 November 1281 Stephen de Fulburn, the Bishop of Waterford, was appointed as Justice in his place, since Ufford ‘by reason of his infirmities’ could no longer perform his duties. Later in Edward’s reign,Adam, son of Sir Rober t le Bevant granted and confirmed by ‘deed without date, to Henry, son of William de Sancroft and Margery his wife and the heirs of the said Henry a cer tain messuage together with his houses and buildings in this parish of Fressingfield.’ The centre of the Lordship was and remains Ufford Hall, a half-timbered building, dating from the 16th century.
The de Sancroft family held the Lordship of Ufford Hall for several centuries, star ting with William, who was married to a Margery, and living in the reign of Edward I. The male pogency of this family has been
worked out as follows:
Henry Simon, 1304
John, 1338
John, son or more distant descendant,such as great grandson 1414
Stephen, 1432
John, 1470
John, 1478
Robert married Alice
William, 1528, married another Alice
Francis, perhaps a great great grandson, died 1628, married Margaret
Francis, married Catherine
Dr William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury
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