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The Manor of Byng is a former
manorial Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages. Its defining features included a large, ...
estate located in the county of
Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...
, UK. The
manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...
is the 16th-century Byng Hall. The manor is located within the area known as Pettistree, near Ufford. The manor includes Byng Hall Lane, Byng Lane, Byng Brook and a considerable amount of the local farmland stretching to the outskirts of
Wickham Market Wickham Market is a large village and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the River Deben valley, Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coastal heritage area. It is on the A12 road (Great Britain), A12 trunk ro ...
.


Ancient history

Historically referred to as ''Beagingas'' or ''Benga/ges'', Byng was originally a 6th-century settlement located in Suffolk near
Sutton Hoo Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Archaeology, Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938, when an undisturbed ship burial containing a wea ...
which formed part of the
Kingdom of East Anglia The Kingdom of the East Angles (; ), informally known as the Kingdom of East Anglia, was a small independent Monarchy, kingdom of the Angles (tribe), Angles during the History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon period comprising what are now t ...
. The place name, ''Beagingas'', means Beagas people. Referred to as Benga/Benges at the time of the survey. Bing was recorded in the
Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
as ''Benga''/''Benges''.


Modern history

Walter de Caen held the manor as
tenant-in-chief In medieval and early modern Europe, a tenant-in-chief (or vassal-in-chief) was a person who held his lands under various forms of feudal land tenure directly from the king or territorial prince to whom he did homage, as opposed to holding them ...
from
Robert Malet Robert Malet (c. 1050 – by 1130) was a Norman- English baron and a close advisor of Henry I. Early life Malet was the son of William Malet, and inherited his father's great honour of Eye in 1071. This made him one of the dozen or so g ...
's mother. This manor formed part of the Easton Estate once owned by the
Earl of Rochford Earl of Rochford was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1695 and became extinct in 1830. History The title of Earl of Rochford was created in 1695 for William Nassau de Zuylestein, one of the most trusted companions of his kins ...
, and later the
Dukes of Hamilton Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in April 1643. It is the senior dukedom in that peerage (except for the Dukedom of Rothesay held by the sovereign's eldest son), and as such its holder is the premier peer of Sco ...
. The first historical details of the manor were recorded in the
Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
which stated prior to the
Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, French people, French, Flemish people, Flemish, and Bretons, Breton troops, all led by the Du ...
the manor was in the estate of Edric in
Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor ( 1003 – 5 January 1066) was King of England from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeede ...
's time, and was held by
Robert Malet Robert Malet (c. 1050 – by 1130) was a Norman- English baron and a close advisor of Henry I. Early life Malet was the son of William Malet, and inherited his father's great honour of Eye in 1071. This made him one of the dozen or so g ...
at the time of the survey. The original manor land in the Domesday Book was recorded as being . No manor apparently existed in
Saxon The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...
times but Edric held a
carucate The carucate or carrucate ( or ) was a medieval unit of land area approximating the land a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season. It was known by different regional names and fell under different forms of tax assessment. ...
and a half of land, with 1
villein A villein is a class of serfdom, serf tied to the land under the feudal system. As part of the contract with the lord of the manor, they were expected to spend some of their time working on the lord's fields in return for land. Villeins existe ...
, 1 bordar, 1 serf, 1 ploughteam, 2 acres of meadow, 1 rouney, 4 beasts, 16 hogs and 80 sheep valued at 20s. In Norman days the value had doubled and there were; 2 bordars, 2 ploughteams. Another portion of land here was held in Saxon times by Godric under commendation to Edric with 40 acres, 1 bordar, and 1 ploughteam valued at 7s, and under him were two freemen with 12 acres and half a ploughteam valued at 2s. The conquest had the effect of making Godric hold of Walter de Caen, who held of Robert Malet as tenant in Chief.The Domesday Book, England's Heritage Then and Now, by Thomas Hinde, Greenwich Editions, 2002. In 1253 Roger de Huntingfield held the manor, which on his death in 1256 went to his widow Joan, who died in 1297, when it passed to her grandson and heir Roger de Huntingfield, son of her son, William de Huntingfield who had died in 1282. Roger de Huntingfield died in 1302. When the manor passed to his son and heir, William de Huntingfield, and on his death in 1313 a third passed in dower to his widow Sibilla and subject thereto vested in his son and heir - Roger de Huntingfield, then aged eight years. On the Close Rolls for 1314 is an order to the escheator not to meddle with the lands in Bing "late held by William de Huntingfield of the King as of the Honour of Eye by Knights service". On the same rolls in 1327 is an order to discharge Walter de Norwich of a third of the manor which "Sibyl the widow of William de Huntingfield" held in dower. Roger de Huntingfield died in 1337, when the manor went to his son and heir, William de Huntingfield who died in 1376 without issue. The manor then went under settlement to
William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk William Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (30 May 1338 – 15 February 1382) was an Kingdom of England, English Nobility, nobleman in the reigns of Edward III of England, Edward III and Richard II of England, Richard II. He was the son of Robert Uffo ...
, for life, and in 1383 John de Pyeshale, clerk, and Robert de Ashfield, no doubt trustees, in whom the manor had been vested for this purpose, had licence to grant to the prioress and convent of Campsea Ashe. With the priory the manor is said to have continued until the dissolution of that house. In 1538 King Henry VIII, granted the manor to
Anthony Wingfield Sir Anthony Wingfield (died 15 August 1552) Order of the Garter, KG, Parliament of England, MP, of Letheringham, Suffolk, was an English soldier, politician, courtier and member of parliament. He was the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk from 1551 ...
, Knt, and it is said he had licence in 1551 to alienate to Thomas, Lord Wentworth. The manor however did not leave the Wingfield family, for Sir Anthony died seised of it 20 August 1552. When it passed to his son and heir Sir Robert Wingfield. In the time of Queen Elizabeth, Sir James Wingfield, Knt, was called upon to show title to the manor. On Sir Roberts death in 1596 the manor passed to his son and heir, Sir Anthony, who dying without issue it went to his brother Sir Thomas Wingfield who died in 1609. From this time to the death of Sir Henry Wingfield 4th bart in 1677 the manor descended in the same course as the manor of Dallinghoo, in Loes Hundred from the 4th bart, Sir Henry Wingfield, this manor passed to his son and heir Sir Henry Wingfield 5th bart, who sold it in 1708 to
William Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford William Hendrik of Nassau, Lord of Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford (1649 – 12 July 1708) was a Dutch Republic, Dutch soldier and diplomat in the service of his cousin William III of England. During the reign of James II of England he travelled ...
, who died the same year. The manor passed to his son and heir
William Nassau de Zuylestein, 2nd Earl of Rochford William Nassau de Zuylestein, 2nd Earl of Rochford (1682 – 27 July 1710), styled Viscount Tunbridge from 1695 to 1709, was a British Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1705 and in the British House of ...
, who died in 1710 at the
battle of Almenar The Battle of Almenar took place near Balaguer in Catalonia, on 27 July 1710, during the War of the Spanish Succession. In June 1710, the Bourbon-Spanish army of Phillip V crossed into Catalonia in an attempt to capture Balaguer; an Allied ...
. The manor passed to his son and heir
Frederick van Nassau de Zuylnstein, 3rd Earl of Rochford Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Given name Nobility = Anhalt-Harzgerode = *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) = Austria = * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from ...
who died in 1738. The manor then passed to his son and heir
Richard Savage Nassau Richard Savage Nassau (1 June 1723 – 17 May 1780) was an English Member of Parliament who served from 1747 to 1780, with a 20-year gap between 1754 and 1774. He was born at St Osyth's Priory, the second son of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, ...
, born 1 June 1723. He married Anne Spencer, widow of James Hamilton 5th Duke of Hamilton. On the death of Richard Savage Nassau on 17 May 1780, the manor passed to his son and heir
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 5th Earl of Rochford William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is ...
, born 28 June 1754. William became 5th Earl Rochford upon the death of his cousin
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, KG, PC (17 September 1717 O.S. – 29 September 1781) was a British courtier, diplomat and statesman of Anglo-Dutch descent. He occupied senior ambassadorial posts at Madrid and Paris, a ...
who died without issue. William 5th Earl of Rochford died on 3 September 1830, and the manor passed to
Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 7th Duke of Brandon (3 October 1767 – 18 August 1852), styled as the Earl of Angus until 1799 and Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale from 1799–1819, was a Scottish politician and art collector. L ...
, born 5 October 1767. Alexander was also 7th Duke of Brandon. Alexander died 18 August 1852, the manor passed to his son and heir
William Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton William Alexander Archibald Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and 8th Duke of Brandon (19 February 1811 – 8 July 1863) styled Earl of Angus and Arran before 1819 and Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale between 1819 and 1852, was a Scottish noblem ...
, born 18 February 1811. William, 11th Duke of Hamilton married Princess Marie Zahringen, ancestor of the current Prince of Monaco. William, 11th Duke of Hamilton, died 15 July 1863 in Paris and the manor passed to his son and heir
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 9th Duke of Brandon, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault KT (12 March 1845 – 16 May 1895), styled Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale until 1863, was a Scottish nobleman. Early ...
, born 12 March 1845. He married Lady Mary Louisa Elizabeth Montagu on 10 December 1873. In 1895, the 12th Duke died and the manor passed to his daughter Lady Mary Louise Hamilton, born 1 November 1884.The Manors of Suffolk notes on their History and Devolution The Hundreds of Thingow, Theedling, Wangford and Wilford. By W.A. Coppinger. M.A. LLD FSA FRSA of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law. Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law in the Victoria University of Manchester, sometime President of the Bibliographical Society, Author of County of Suffolk; It History as Disclosed by Existing Records. Volume 7, Taylor Garnett & Evans & Co. Ltd Manchester 1911. Lady Hamilton married James Graham 6th Duke of Montrose, Marquess of Graham, on 14 June 1906. The manor, along with the manors of Easton, Letheringham, Kettleburgh - Charsfield, Hoo-Charsfield, Martley Hall, Hoo, and Wickham with its members, was sold by Lady Mary on 14 September 1920 to Adolphus George Maskell, Solicitor, of Chelmsford, Essex.Kellys Directory of Suffolk.Conveyance dated 14 September 1920 between the Most Honourable Mary Louise Graham (commonly called the Marchioness of Graham, and thereinafter called "the Marchioness") the wife of the Most Honourable James Graham (commonly called the Marquess of Graham and thereinafter called "the Marquess") of the first part the marquess the marchioness Colonel Donald W Walter Cameron of Lochiel of Achnacarry Spean Bridge in the county of Inverness and George Francis Dalziel of Edinburgh Writer to the Signet (hereinafter collectively called "the Trustees") of the second part Harry Urban Capon of Kenton Hall in the county of Suffolk Farmer of the third part and Adolphus George Maskell of Chelmsford in the county of Essex Solicitor (thereinafter called the purchaser) of the fourth part. The manor along with Wickham with its members, was sold by Maskell on 9 January 1934, to Adnams Brewery of Southwold, Suffolk.Conveyance dated 9 January 1934 between Adolphus George Maskell of Chelmsford in the county of Essex Solicitor (hereinafter called the vendor) of the one part and Adnams and Company Limited whose registered office is situate at Sole Bay Brewery Southwold in the county of Suffolk (hereinafter called the purchasers) of the other part. The manor was held by Adnams until it was sold on 14 February 2003 to Richard Glasgow of Leadenham, Lincolnshire,Conveyance dated 14 February 2003 between Adnams PLC whose registered office is situate at Sole Bay Brewery East Green Southwold IP18 6JW (hereinafter called "the vendor") of the one part and Richard Glasgow of Leadenham in the county of Lincolnshire (hereinafter called "the purchaser") of the other part. who is the current Lord of the manor of Byng, Suffolk, and the manors of Stotfold, and Spalding. Richard Glasgow is a descendant of Benjamin Whitney of the
Worlingham Hall Worlingham Hall is a Grade I listed Georgian country house in Worlingham, to the east of Beccles in the English county of Suffolk. The hall was built in the 18th century, possibly based on an earlier 17th century house, and as of 2014 is a count ...
estate, steward for the Earl of Gosford.


Lord of the Manor of Byng

Below is a partial list of
lords of the manor Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a historical rural estate. The titles date to the English Feudalism, feudal (specifically English feudal barony, baronial) system. The ...
of Byng. The dates are taken from mention in historical documents held by Suffolk Records Office and reflect length of ownership. * Prior to 1066 Edric * 1066 to 1086
Robert Malet Robert Malet (c. 1050 – by 1130) was a Norman- English baron and a close advisor of Henry I. Early life Malet was the son of William Malet, and inherited his father's great honour of Eye in 1071. This made him one of the dozen or so g ...
and Walter de Caen * 1086 to 1253 Held by the Peyton and Huntingfield family * 1253 to 1256 Roger de Huntingfield * 1256 to 1297 Joan de Huntingfield * 1297 to 1302 Roger de Huntingfield * 1302 to 1313 William de Huntingfield * 1313 to 1337 Roger de Huntingfield * 1337 to 1376 William de Huntingfield * 1376 to 1382
William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk William Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (30 May 1338 – 15 February 1382) was an Kingdom of England, English Nobility, nobleman in the reigns of Edward III of England, Edward III and Richard II of England, Richard II. He was the son of Robert Uffo ...
* 1382 to 1538 Priory of Campsea Ashe * 1538 to 1538 King
Henry VIII Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his Wives of Henry VIII, six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. ...
* 1538 to 1552 Sir
Anthony Wingfield Sir Anthony Wingfield (died 15 August 1552) Order of the Garter, KG, Parliament of England, MP, of Letheringham, Suffolk, was an English soldier, politician, courtier and member of parliament. He was the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk from 1551 ...
* 1552 to 1596 Sir Robert Wingfield * 1596 to 1601 Sir Anthony Wingfield * 1596 to 1609 Sir Thomas Wingfield * 1609 to 1677 Sir Henry Wingfield 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Baronet * 1677 to 1708 Sir Henry Wingfield 5th Baronet * 1708 to 1708
William Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford William Hendrik of Nassau, Lord of Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford (1649 – 12 July 1708) was a Dutch Republic, Dutch soldier and diplomat in the service of his cousin William III of England. During the reign of James II of England he travelled ...
* 1708 to 1710
William Nassau de Zuylestein, 2nd Earl of Rochford William Nassau de Zuylestein, 2nd Earl of Rochford (1682 – 27 July 1710), styled Viscount Tunbridge from 1695 to 1709, was a British Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1705 and in the British House of ...
* 1710 to 1738
Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein Frederick of Nassau, Lord of Zuylestein (1624–1672) was an illegitimate son of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, by Margaretha Catharina Bruyns, Life Frederick was born in 1624 out of wedlock to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584 – 1647 ...
, 3rd Earl of Rochford * 1738 to 1781
Richard Savage Nassau Richard Savage Nassau (1 June 1723 – 17 May 1780) was an English Member of Parliament who served from 1747 to 1780, with a 20-year gap between 1754 and 1774. He was born at St Osyth's Priory, the second son of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, ...
* 1781 to 1830
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 5th Earl of Rochford William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is ...
* 1830 to 1852
Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 7th Duke of Brandon (3 October 1767 – 18 August 1852), styled as the Earl of Angus until 1799 and Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale from 1799–1819, was a Scottish politician and art collector. L ...
* 1852 to 1863
William Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton William Alexander Archibald Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and 8th Duke of Brandon (19 February 1811 – 8 July 1863) styled Earl of Angus and Arran before 1819 and Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale between 1819 and 1852, was a Scottish noblem ...
and 8th Duke of Brandon * 1863 to 1895
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 9th Duke of Brandon, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault KT (12 March 1845 – 16 May 1895), styled Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale until 1863, was a Scottish nobleman. Early ...
, 9th Duke of Brandon, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault KT * 1895 to 1920 Lady Mary Louise Graham née Hamilton, Marchioness of Graham * 1920 to 1934 Adolphus George MaskellConveyance dated 14 September 1920 between the Most Honourable Mary Louise Graham (commonly called the Marchioness of Graham, and thereinafter called "the Marchioness") the wife of the Most Honourable James Graham (commonly called the Marquess of Graham and thereinafter called "the Marquess") of the first part the marquess the marchioness Colonel Donald W Walter Cameron of Lochiel of Achnacarry Spean Bridge in the county of Inverness and George Francis Dalziel of Edinburgh Writer to the Signet (hereinafter collectively called "the Trustees") of the second part Harry Urban Capon of Kenton Hall in the county of Suffolk Farmer of the third part and Adolphus George Maskell of Chelmsford in the county of Essex Solicitor (thereinafter called the purchaser) of the fourth part. * 1934 to 2003
Adnams Brewery Adnams is a regional brewery founded in 1872 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, by George and Ernest Adnams. It produces cask ale and bottled beers. Annual production is around 85,000 barrels. In 2010, the company established the Copper House d ...
Conveyance dated 9 January 1934 between Adolphus George Maskell of Chelmsford in the county of Essex Solicitor (hereinafter called the vendor) of the one part and Adnams and Company Limited whose registered office is situate at Sole Bay Brewery Southwold in the county of Suffolk (hereinafter called the purchasers) of the other part. * 2003 Richard GlasgowConveyance dated 14 February 2003 between Adnams PLC whose registered office is situate at Sole Bay Brewery East Green Southwold IP18 6JW (hereinafter called "the vendor") of the one part and Richard Glasgow of Leadenham in the county of Lincolnshire (hereinafter called "the purchaser") of the other part.


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