Boseley Court nr Blaisdon, Westbury on Severn (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Friday, July 11, 2008, 05:48 (5988 days ago) @ bill watts

Among several smaller woods and coppices are Broughtons Wood at Elton and Ley Court Wood (formerly Aylston Grove) which were mentioned in 1717, (fn. 20) and Adsett Grove; another called Phillips's Grove, which was cut down after 1839, gave its name to Grove Farm at Boseley. (fn. 21) Over 540 oaks grew on the demesne farm of Boseley manor in 1607, (fn. 22) and the Colchesters' scattered estates in the parish were well planted with oaks and elms in 1785. (fn. 23) The woodland of the parish was estimated at 250 a.
From: 'Westbury-on-Severn: Introduction', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10: Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds (1972), pp. 79-85. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15765. Date accessed: 11 July 2008.

The parish comprised 12 tithings all of which had settlements by the 13th century. Westbury, Upper Ley, and Lower Ley were included in the manor of Westbury (fn. 28) and were described as vills in 1300, as was Boseley (fn. 29) where there was a separate manor in the 16th century.

From: 'Westbury-on-Severn: Introduction', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10: Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds (1972), pp. 79-85. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15765. Date accessed: 11 July 2008.

The adjoining tithing of Boseley probably never had many houses although 14 families were recorded there c. 1710. (fn. 17) In 1607 the manor-house at Boseley Court and two other houses were the only houses in the tithing mentioned in a survey of Boseley manor; the other tenants' houses were scattered among the adjoining tithings. (fn. 18)

From: 'Westbury-on-Severn: Introduction', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10: Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds (1972), pp. 79-85. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15765. Date accessed: 11 July 2008.

In 1518 William Hughes and his wife Anne, one of the daughters and heirs of William Hartland, were dealing with a moiety of the manor of BOSELEY. (fn. 93) In 1529 Hugh Griffiths levied a fine of his reversionary right in a moiety of the manor, held for life by Alice Hughes, widow, formerly the wife of William Hartland, to John Arnold, (fn. 94) and in 1539 Arnold acquired the reversionary right in the same moiety claimed by Walter Hughes and Margaret his wife. (fn. 95) John Arnold died seised of the manor in 1545 having settled it on his wife Isabel, who survived him, and on a younger son Richard. (fn. 96) On Richard's death in 1587 the manor reverted to Joyce Lucy, the heir of his elder brother Sir Nicholas Arnold, (fn. 97) and Joyce and her husband Sir William Cooke of Highnam held the manor, comprising 518 a., in 1607; they also owned 123 a., the former possessions of Fulcher's Chantry (fn. 98) which had been granted to Sir Nicholas Arnold in 1563. (fn. 99) The estate then descended with the manor of Highnam until at least 1769 when John Guise, owner of one moiety, bought the other moiety from William Jones. (fn. 1) The estate was later acquired by Sir Thomas Crawley-Boevey, Bt. of Flaxley (d. 1818), (fn. 2) and in 1839 his son Sir Thomas owned c. 390 a. including Boseley Court and Grove Farm. (fn. 3) Sir Thomas died in 1847 and the estate passed to successive sons Sir Martin (d. 1862), Sir Thomas (d. 1912), and Sir Francis (d. 1928). (fn. 4) The estate was sold c. 1930 by Sir Francis's son Sir Launcelot Crawley-Boevey; the Boseley Court farm was bought by a Mr. Ebborn but sold soon afterwards to the Phelps family who owned and farmed it in 1969. (fn. 5) Boseley Court, formerly called Boseley Farm, (fn. 6) apparently occupies the site of the manorhouse of Boseley manor mentioned in 1607. (fn. 7) The present house dates from the late 17th century, perhaps from 1699, a date which appears on a cast-iron fire-back; it is a rectangular brick building of two stories and dormered attics. There is some evidence that the construction took place in two ioned and transomed windows were replaced by sashes in the 18th century.

From: 'Westbury-on-Severn: Manors and other estates', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10: Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds (1972), pp. 85-93. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15766. Date accessed: 11 July 2008.

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H.G Phelps & Sons
Boseley Court,
Westbury-On-Severn,
Gloucestershire
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