It was held before the Conquest by Countess Gytha (Gueda) of her husband Earl Godwin as a free manor, and at the time of the Domesday Book was in the king's hands, being one of the most valuable holdings in the Island.
It belonged to the lords of the Island, and passed on the death of Isabel de Fortibus in 1293 to Edward I, who leased it in 1304–5 for life to Matthew son of John.
The manor was evidently granted with the lordship of the Island to Edward, Earl of Chester, and was given in 1355 to the Princess Isabel for life.
It afterwards came to Thomas Cotele, and passed from him with Niton to Lord Mount Edgcumbe, who owned it in 1771, when it was divided into North and South Wroxall; the former, comprising Winford, Queen Bower, Borthwood and Hill Farms, was sold in different lots in 1787.
[1] In the reign of Henry II, Richard Earl of Devon bequeathed to the monks of Quarr Abbey twenty solidates of land in his manor of Wroxall.