Hampshire Treasures

Volume 2 ( Basingstoke and Deane)

Page 193 - Mortimer West End

Once a tithing of the Parish of Stratfield Mortimer (Berkshire), Mortimer West End was constituted an ecclesiastical parish in 1870 and a civil parish in 1894. The Manor of Stratfield which included Mortimer West End belonged in 1086 to Ralf Mortimer. It remained in the Mortimer family until Edmund Mortimer died in Ireland in 1425. His heir was Richard, Duke of York. On the accession of Richard's son and heir, Edward, to the throne the manor passed to the crown and was granted to the king's mother, Cecily, Duchess of York. This was confirmed by Richard III in 1484. Henry VIII, as son and heir of Elizabeth of York, succeeded to one third of the property, and in 1511 he obtained from the other two daughters and co-heirs of Edward IV a grant of the remainder. The manor formed part of the dower of Jane Seymour and Catherine Parr and remained with the crown until 1559, when Queen Elizabeth granted it to Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon. In 1564 the manor was sold to William, Marquess of Winchester and his descendent, John, acquired Englefield. The manor then followed the descent of Englefield.

John Paulet, famous as a loyalist in the siege of Basing House, was imprisoned in the Tower and parts of his land sold. Although Mortimer West End was bought in 1649 by Sir Thomas Jervoise, it was restored to the Paulets at the Restoration. During the next two centuries the property descended via the female line to the Paulet Wrights and then the Benyons.

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