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Hall Place (alternate: Hall Farm; formerly Bentworth Manor House or Bentworth Hall) is a manor house in the parish of Bentworth in Hampshire, England. It is about 300m SW of Bentworth Church and NW of Alton, the nearest town. Built in the early 14th century, it is a Grade II listed building. It is a medieval hall-house, known by various names through the centuries. It is from the current Bentworth Hall that was built in 1832. ==History== In the 1086 Domesday Survey that was ordered by the first Norman king, William the Conqueror, Bentworth is listed as a parish in the Domesday entry for the Hundred of Odiham. Soon after Domesday, Bentworth became an independent manor in its own right. In about 1111 it was given by King Henry I "Beauclerc", the youngest son of William the Conqueror, together with four other English manors, to the diocese of Rouen and Geoffrey, Count of Anjou. When King John began losing his possessions in Normandy he took back the ownership of many manors, including Bentworth. He then temporarily ceded the manor of Bentworth in 1207–8 to the Bishop of Winchester, Peter des Roches. It was John who signed Magna Carta in June 1215 at Runnymede, staying at Odiham castle 10km north-east of Bentworth the night before. However, the manor was returned to the Archbishops of Rouen, who successively held the manor until 1316, when Edward II appointed Peter de Galicien custodian of the manor in that year. Some time after 1280, most likely 1320s, a new stone hall-house was built in Bentworth, possibly by the constable of Farnham castle, William de Aula. In 1330, Matilda de Aula was given permission to have a private chapel at the hall. In 1336, ownership of the manor of Bentworth passed to William Melton, Archbishop of York. Upon his death in 1340, he left his possessions to his nephew William de Melton, son of his brother, Henry. In 1348, William de Melton obtained the king's permission to give his manor to William Edendon, Bishop of Winchester, and then ownership of the manor of Bentworth passed by marriage to the Windsor family, who had been constables of Windsor Castle. However, this hall was evidently returned to the Melton family, as it is mentioned among his possessions in an inquisition taken in 1362–3, and descended to his son, Sir William de Melton.〔 Sir William de Melton's son, John de Melton, inherited the house in 1399 and was still being recorded as owner in 1431.〔 He died in 1455, and was succeeded by his son (d.1474), then his grandson John Melton. The manor of Bentworth itself was said to have remained in possession of the Windsor family for at least one hundred and fifty years.〔 In 1590, Henry Windsor (1562–1605), the 5th Lord Windsor, sold the "sub-manor of Bentworth" to the Hunt family who had been tenants since the beginning of that century.〔 Ownership passed in 1610 to Sir James Woolveridge of Odiham and in 1651 to Thomas Turgis, a wealthy London merchant.〔 His son, also Thomas, was described as one of the richest commoners in England and in 1705, he left the manor of Bentworth to his relative William Urry, of Sheat Manor, Isle of Wight.〔 In 1777, the Urry descendants were daughters Mary and Elizabeth, who married two Catholic brothers, Basil and William Fitzherbert of Swynnerton Hall, Staffordshire.〔 Their sister-in-law was Maria Fitzherbert, the secret wife of the Prince Regent, later King George IV. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hall Place (Bentworth)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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