Hurstbourne (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Hesseburna; Esseburna

In the civil parish of Hurstbourne Tarrant.
In the historic county of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Modern Authority of Hampshire.
1974 county of Hampshire.
Medieval County of Hampshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SU385529
Latitude 51.27478° Longitude -1.44920°

Hurstbourne has been described as a probable Palace.

There are no visible remains.

Description

At the time of the Domesday Survey HURSTBOURNE was part of the ancient demesne, and was therefore not assessed, the three manors of Hurstbourne, Basingstoke and Kingsclere being jointly liable for the service of one knight. The manor remained with the Crown for a considerable period (Hamon Boterel being the farmer from 1156 to 1166), and Henry II seems to have had a royal residence in the parish, for there are various entries in the Pipe Rolls of sums disbursed for work on the king's houses in Hurstbourne. (Pipe R. 2–12 Hen. II) At length Henry II, in 1177, granted the manor to William Malveisin. (VCH)

Et in Operat' domorum regis de Esseburna .VIII. libri et .IIII. s' et .VIII. d' per breve Rex. (Pipe Roll 13 Henry II)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Books
- Page, Wm (ed), 1911, VCH Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol. 4 p. 319-24 (parish history) online transcription
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Joseph Hunter, (ed.), 1844, The Great Rolls of the Pipe for the Second, Third, and Fourth Years of the Reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158 (London) p. 105, 171 online copy
  1884, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the fifth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1158- 1159. Now first printed from the original in the custody of the Right Hon. the Master of the Rolls (Pipe Roll Society Publications 1) p. 45 online copy
  1884, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the sixth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1159- 1160 (Pipe Roll Society Publications 2) p. 46 online copy
  1884, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the seventh year of the reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1160-1161 (Pipe Roll Society Publications 4) p. 56 online copy
  1885, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the eighth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1161-1162 (Pipe Roll Society Publications 5) p. 34-5online copy
  1886, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the ninth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1162-1163 (Pipe Roll Society Publications 6) p. 54 online copy
  1886, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the tenth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1163-1164 (Pipe Roll Society Publications 7) p. 25 online copy
  1888, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the twelfth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1165-1166 (Pipe Roll Society Publications 9) p. 101 online copy
  1889, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the thirteenth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1166-1167 (Pipe Roll Society Publications 11) p. 175 online copy

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