MANOR.
In the late 11th century Roger of Bayeux
held Randwick from Thomas, Archbishop of York,
as part of Standish manor, and in 1120 Randwick
was granted to Gloucester Abbey, presumably
because it had formed part of the abbey's ancient
endowment of Standish. (fn. 54) The abbey's overlordship
of Randwick was not recorded after the late 13th
century. (fn. 55)
The manor of RANDWICK was held by Ralph
de Vernai in 1216, (fn. 56) and later by Walter of Bayeux
(de Bause) who died before 1267. (fn. 57) In 1268 Gloucester Abbey granted to Walter's widow Agnes the
marriage of their son Walter and, in the event of
the son's death, that of their daughters. (fn. 58) Walter the
son was apparently dead by 1287 when parts of the
manor were held by his sisters, Margery who
married Adam Spilman of Rodborough and Lucy
who married John de Wyke. (fn. 59) By 1290 Lucy and
Margery were dead and Lucy's heir was John, infant
son of Margery and Adam Spilman; Gloucester
Abbey retained the marriage of John and granted
his wardship to Adam. (fn. 60) Adam was holding the
estate in 1295; (fn. 61) John Spilman held it by 1316 and
in 1327. (fn. 62) The manor presumably descended to
John's son John, and then to Thomas, probably the
son of the second John. Thomas Spilman was dead
by 1397, (fn. 63) and the manor was apparently divided.
Alice daughter of Thomas Spilman married Walter
Cook and in 1459 their son John, with Thomas
Framilode and John Cugley, was lord of a moiety of
the manor. (fn. 64)
One moiety of the manor passed to Elizabeth Trye
who was dead by c. 1510 when the claim of Walter
Winston and his wife Margaret was being disputed
by John Whittington and William Trye. (fn. 65) Walter
Winston was described as of Randwick c. 1530, (fn. 66)
and was one of the coparceners of the manor c.
1541. (fn. 67) His son Thomas was mentioned in connexion
with Randwick c. 1543, (fn. 68) and in 1557 he sold the
estate to Thomas Mill of Harescombe, (fn. 69) who held
it in 1570. (fn. 70) Thomas Mill was dead by 1583 when
his widow Catherine and Edward Mill and his wife
Mary were dealing with the estate. (fn. 71) The other
moiety of the manor may have been held by Walter
Harris of Standish in 1536 when he sold woodland
in Randwick, (fn. 72) and in 1607 Thomas Harris and
Cecily his wife conveyed a moiety of the manor to
Anselm Fowler. (fn. 73)
The moiety held by the Mill family descended
with the manor of Harescombe to the Mitchells, (fn. 74)
who apparently acquired manorial rights over the
whole manor. James Mitchell of Harescombe was
described as lord of the manor of Randwick in 1678, (fn. 75)
and the same James Mitchell or his son by his second
wife was dealing with the manor in 1704. (fn. 76) James
Mitchell, the son of the second James, held the
estate at his death in 1758 when his son, another
James, succeeded. (fn. 77) Miles Mitchell, son of the last
James, was lord by 1778 and died in 1814 or 1815,
and Mrs. Mitchell, presumably his widow, held the
estate in 1817. Miles Mitchell had married his
cousin Elizabeth Hogg, and Edward Hogg was lord
in 1819 (fn. 78) and until his death in 1836. (fn. 79) By 1841 the
estate was owned by the Revd. R. Morris, (fn. 80) who
held it in 1856, (fn. 81) but by 1863 T. J. R. Barrow, whose
wife Martha Sophia was later said to have been the
heir of the Hoggs, (fn. 82) was lord of the manor. (fn. 83) Barrow
died in 1863, (fn. 84) and his widow held the estate until
her death in 1890. (fn. 85) She was succeeded by her son,
the Revd. T. E. M. Barrow of Taunton, (fn. 86) who sold
the estate, comprising 187 a., in 1920. (fn. 87) Subsequent
record of the lordship of the manor has not been
found.
The house of Walter Winston at Randwick was
mentioned c. 1520. (fn. 88) James Mitchell, lord of the
manor from 1758, and his son Miles were described
as of Westrip, (fn. 89) but in 1809 Miles was living at the
Ryelands, (fn. 90) a stone house of the late 18th or early
19th century in the fork of the main road and Ash
Lane. In 1828 Edward Hogg was living at Long
Court on the main road south of the village; (fn. 91) the
house, which he apparently built, (fn. 92) is in the Gothic
style and adjoins the 17th-century farm-house of the
manor farm, which is of rubble with stone-mullioned
windows with dripmoulds and may be on the site of
Walter Winston's house. T. J. R. Barrow lived at
the Ryelands. (fn. 93)