Sandleford Priory (monastery)

[citation needed] In 1274, Maud de Clare, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford made arrangements to refound it as a double house for Fontevrault Benedictine nuns and brothers, but this did not come about.

[30] The original rhomboid shaped endowment for the Augustinian priory of Sandleford read something like: with the church and all the lands at Sandelford [Sandleford, aka Sandaleford : ford of the river Ale-burne], as it is bounded by hedges and ditches [i.e. enclosed] and all its appurtenances, And the whole of the wood which is called Brademore [Broadmore], And the whole of the land on each side of the wood, as it is bounded on one side by the watercourse which is called the Aleburne [River Enborne] from the Bridge of Sandleford up to the Aleburne-gate,[31] and on the other-side as far as it is bounded by the road which reaches from Aleburne-gate towards Newbury as far as the croft of William the Hunter, and on the third side so far as the road is carried, thence to the croft of Robert the son of Renbaldi, [Robert fitz Rembaldand], – that is the road that leads to Newbury, and on the fourth side as it is bounded by the same road [A339] as far as the bridge of Sandleford.

[32] An extract of the original Latin foundation description: The taxation roll of Pope Nicholas IV in 1291 names temporalities (secular properties and possessions) that the prior of Sandleford held, which were worth (per annum): Further described in an Inspeximus, dated 1251–1256.

One of the younger sons of George II, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765), was partially brought up at Midgham in the household of his governor and steward Stephen Poyntz.

Perhaps one is the successor of the other, afteral the first annual Newbury and District Agricultural Show was held in 1909 on land included in the Priory's original 1190s endowment at Enborne Gate Farm, aka Alburnegate.

[57] In October 1642, Colonel John Venn and twelve companies of foot soldiers took possession of Windsor Castle on behalf of Parliament, and soon after 23 May 1643 the Dean (Dr. Christopher Wren) and Canons left.

Thomas Staples of Maidenhead,[70] was named as the Steward of Windsor Court in the case of Vasper & wife v [James] East, 1685.

The House of Lords Journal, Volume 14, for 22 January 1689 reports that: Staples, Steward of Windsor, sent for, for refusing to give the Oaths.

Upon Information given to this House, 'That Mr. Thomas Staples, Steward of Windsor Forrest, hath refused to give the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and the Test to Mr. Charles Cleve Master of the Hospital of Oakingham, and Mr. William Walker Vicar of Sunning: It is thereupon ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal assembled at Westminster, That the said Thomas Staples be, and is hereby, required to attend this House on Friday next, being the 25th Day of this Instant January, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, as he will answer the contrary to this House at his Peril.'

1906 Photograph of the old monastery chapel incorporated into the 18th century Sandleford Priory
Family tree of Rotrou de Perche.
Family tree, Ernulf de Hesdin to Geoffrey de Perche.
Shield of Perche. An heraldic device similar to that used by the De Clare family.
A 13th-century depiction of the Second Battle of Lincoln , which occurred at Lincoln Castle on 20 May 1217 during the First Barons' War between the forces of the future Louis VIII of France and those of King Henry III of England . Louis' forces were attacked by a relief force under the command of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke . Thomas du Perche , the Comte de la Perche, who was commanding the French troops, was killed; the illustration depicts his death. Perche had come to England to try and recover the honour of Perche which had been lost in 1204 by his mother (a niece of John, King of England ) – this included Newbury and Shrivenham in Berkshire, Toddington in Buckinghamshire , and Haughley in Suffolk. This heavy defeat led to Louis being expelled from his base in the southeast of England.
Thomas du Perche, son and heir of Geoffrey & Matilda, killed 1217.
Eliz. de Clare, Lady de Burgh, by John Faber the Elder , after Unknown artist, mezzotint, 1714.
Tomb of Richard Beauchamp.
A canon of Windsor, Roger Lupton (died 1540). (Monumental brass at Eton College).
Sir Francis Moore (1599–1621), line engraving by William Faithorne, published in 1663.
Rubbing of the Brass tomb plate of Alexander Staples of Yate Court (d. 1590), showing with his many siblings his son Alexander.