Former Manor and Farm of Lulworth St. Andrew
Photos by Sally Thomson, all rights reserved 2018
"In former daies the Churches and great houses hereabout did so abound with monuments and things remarqueable that it would have deterred an Antiquarie from undertaking it. But as Pythagoras did guesse at the vastnesse of Hercules’ stature by the length of his foote, so among these Ruines are Remaynes enough left for a man to give a guesse what noble buildings, &c. were made by Piety, Charity, and Magnanimity of our Forefathers . . . . These stately ruines breed in generous minds a kind of pittie; and sette the thoughts a-worke to make out their magnificence as they were when in perfection."
~J. E. Jackson, 1862, Wiltshire.
The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey F. R. S., AD 1659-70
Photos by Sally Thomson, all rights reserved 2018
"In former daies the Churches and great houses hereabout did so abound with monuments and things remarqueable that it would have deterred an Antiquarie from undertaking it. But as Pythagoras did guesse at the vastnesse of Hercules’ stature by the length of his foote, so among these Ruines are Remaynes enough left for a man to give a guesse what noble buildings, &c. were made by Piety, Charity, and Magnanimity of our Forefathers . . . . These stately ruines breed in generous minds a kind of pittie; and sette the thoughts a-worke to make out their magnificence as they were when in perfection."
~J. E. Jackson, 1862, Wiltshire.
The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey F. R. S., AD 1659-70
THEN AND NOW
In 1429 a younger generation of the Newburgh family moved from their Winfrith Hundred property to the manor of Lulworth St. Andrew. Hutchins believed their early medieval village was West Burton, but there was also a chance their seat was at Sturminster Newton where they held another castle as referenced in a compotus held at the Dorset History Centre.
Today, medieval Lulworth St. Andrew is located on restricted Ministry of Defense (MoD) property. The ancient buildings are no longer extant, but according to Leland (c. 1535) the 'manor house,' also known as a CASTLE by other historians, was located "hard against the paroch church."
In the 17th century a farmhouse was built over the remaining foundations of the castle. Over the centuries the property was regraded destroying or burying any archaeological evidence that may have remained.
Nineteenth century OS maps show the site of the manor house/castle and the old church of St. Andrew. The church was built on this location in the mid-12th century and dedicated in 1225. Merton Priory records indicate the church existed even earlier circa 1150 or before. According the the Bindon Abbey Charter, the Newburghs lived on the manor as early as 1235. They are in evidence supporting original abbey until circa 1172, when they moved it to Wool. The original abbey site is beneath Bindon Hill on the eastern shelf of Lulworth Cove, while the Crown manor was just north of Bindon Hill. The contemporary location is identified as near Burngate, just across the B3070 road on the MOD property.
Leland took liberties in his description of the castle at Lulworth St. Andrew when referring to it as a manor house. According to historian Anthony Emery, Leland was under the influence of French Renaissance nomenclature when he wrote his book "Leland's Itinerary." (Emery, 297-300) Emery states during Leland's time, it was fashionable to refer to all residences as manor houses. Even for palatial residences such as Southwell Palace, Leland identified the structure as a manor house rather than a castle. Victorian historians followed suit when writing histories of these vanished buildings and villages. In a sense their altered descriptions tended to devalue the worth of their historical significance.
The manor of Lulworth St. Andrew (East Lulworth), was a Crown property from the time of William the Conqueror. Edmund Mortimer held the manor until his death in 1426. In his youth he was considered to be the right heir to the throne, but he instead supported King Henry V. He died in Ireland of the plague and left no heir. His nephew Richard Duke of York inherited his legacy. In 1429 Richard Duke of York, father of Edward IV and Richard III, held the manor of Lulworth St. Andrew. The Newburghs had been tenants in chief since about 1107.
As tenants in chief, the Newburgh the manor was sublet the manor to various families. One of the most significant was the Payn family for three generations to whom the manor was sub-infeudiated. In 1381 William Payn married Margaret Poyntz Newburgh, widow of Sir John Newburgh who died in 1380/1. The Newburghs owned the majority of the surrounding Lulworth property which was part of the larger Hundred of Winfrith awarded to Henry Newburgh 1st Earl of Warwick by King Henry I circa 1106/7. The Newburghs sub-infeudiated much of the Lulworth track to Bindon Abbey and various retainers. They were founders or supporters of many abbey's in France, England and Wales.
By the seventeenth century the manor of Lulworth St. Andrew was reduced to a farm. The buildings in the slideshow were built in the 17th century. Footprints of the medieval buildings have all but disappeared except on early OS maps where archaeologists forever recorded the vanished history of East Lulworth.
TIMELINE OF LULWORTH ST. ANDREW
1086 Domesday Book entries for East-West Lulworth. Henry Newburgh 1st Earl of Warwick belted.
1107 Newburghs receive the lion's share of Lulworth in capite and via tenants-in-chief courtesy of Henry I.Henry Newburgh 1st Earl of Warwick receives huge landholdings WINFRITH HUNDRED and others.
1130 William Glastonia chamberlain of King's household Henry I.
1139 William Glastonia was chamberlain of the first Lulworth Castle.
1149 William Glastonia founded the first Bindon Abbey at Little Bindon.
1165 Henry II charter granting "Church of Merton et al, all donations of land, men and alms.”
1172 Roger Newburgh and Maude Glastonia re-found Bindon Abbey at Wool.
1225 St. Andrew Church ordained by William de Merton, Augustinian Canon of Sarum, located on the manor of Lulworth/St Andrew.
1233 Bindon Charter Robert Newburgh as tenant-in-chief for the manor of Lulworth/St. Andrew.
The Newburgh family line holds the manor through the king's descendants.
1260 In-fighting between families for Lulworth. Resolved by 1303. When John Newburgh holds half a fee in Lulworth. Parties involved: de Roche, de Lulleworth, Harang, FitzRogers.
1290 Thomas Newburgh gifted Winfrith by his brother Henry.
1380 William Payn I marries Margaret Newburgh (widow) and holds manor of Lulworth/St. Andrew. They produce a son William who carries the legacy down through his son Walter. d.s.p.
1393 Sir John Newburgh enters a covenant with his mother and step-father for Lulworth St. Andrew.
1425 Sir John Newburgh son of Margaret Newburgh Payn acquires Lulworth/St. Andrew for his son John Newburgh Esq.when Walter Payn son of William II dies.
1429 John Newburgh Esq. holds Lulworth/St. Andrew as tenant-in-chief via Richard duke of York.
1443 Sir John Newburgh dies at Isle Abbas/Northall Somerset.
1485 John Newburgh Esq. dies at Lulworth and leaves his legacy to his grandsons.
Primogeniture skirted via charters. Original heirs become secondary to his second wife's son William and his sons John and Roger. John dies 1485, brother Roger becomes heir.
1515 Roger Newburgh dies leaving his daughter Christian as heiress. She marries John Marney and produces two daughters who become co-heiresses to the Newburgh legacy. Katherine marries asher second husband Thomas Poynings. d.s.p. Elizabeth marries Thomas Howard son of the third duke of Norfolk. They inherit the entire estate when Katherine and Thomas Poynings died.
1582 Thomas Howard I dies and leaves the estate and Vicountcy of Bindon to his son Henry 2nd
Viscount Bindon.
1589 Henry Howard 2nd Viscount and pirate dies and leaves the estate to his grand-daughter Ambrosia.
1600 Ambrosia Gorges, ward of Queen Elizabeth I dies. 11 Oct. 1600. Ambrosia and her mother
Douglessa, d. 13 Aug. 1590, are buried together in St. Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
Lulworth is inherited by her great uncle Thomas.
1611 Thomas Howard II 3rd Viscount dies d.s.p. and leaves Lulworth to his cousin Thomas Howard 1st earl of Suffolk.
1626 Thomas Howard 1st earl of Suffolk dies and leaves Lulworth to his son Theophilus 2nd earl of Suffolk.
1641 Theophilus dies and his son sells the estate to the Humphrey Weld family of London.
1086 Domesday Book entries for East-West Lulworth. Henry Newburgh 1st Earl of Warwick belted.
1107 Newburghs receive the lion's share of Lulworth in capite and via tenants-in-chief courtesy of Henry I.Henry Newburgh 1st Earl of Warwick receives huge landholdings WINFRITH HUNDRED and others.
1130 William Glastonia chamberlain of King's household Henry I.
1139 William Glastonia was chamberlain of the first Lulworth Castle.
1149 William Glastonia founded the first Bindon Abbey at Little Bindon.
1165 Henry II charter granting "Church of Merton et al, all donations of land, men and alms.”
1172 Roger Newburgh and Maude Glastonia re-found Bindon Abbey at Wool.
1225 St. Andrew Church ordained by William de Merton, Augustinian Canon of Sarum, located on the manor of Lulworth/St Andrew.
1233 Bindon Charter Robert Newburgh as tenant-in-chief for the manor of Lulworth/St. Andrew.
The Newburgh family line holds the manor through the king's descendants.
1260 In-fighting between families for Lulworth. Resolved by 1303. When John Newburgh holds half a fee in Lulworth. Parties involved: de Roche, de Lulleworth, Harang, FitzRogers.
1290 Thomas Newburgh gifted Winfrith by his brother Henry.
1380 William Payn I marries Margaret Newburgh (widow) and holds manor of Lulworth/St. Andrew. They produce a son William who carries the legacy down through his son Walter. d.s.p.
1393 Sir John Newburgh enters a covenant with his mother and step-father for Lulworth St. Andrew.
1425 Sir John Newburgh son of Margaret Newburgh Payn acquires Lulworth/St. Andrew for his son John Newburgh Esq.when Walter Payn son of William II dies.
1429 John Newburgh Esq. holds Lulworth/St. Andrew as tenant-in-chief via Richard duke of York.
1443 Sir John Newburgh dies at Isle Abbas/Northall Somerset.
1485 John Newburgh Esq. dies at Lulworth and leaves his legacy to his grandsons.
Primogeniture skirted via charters. Original heirs become secondary to his second wife's son William and his sons John and Roger. John dies 1485, brother Roger becomes heir.
1515 Roger Newburgh dies leaving his daughter Christian as heiress. She marries John Marney and produces two daughters who become co-heiresses to the Newburgh legacy. Katherine marries asher second husband Thomas Poynings. d.s.p. Elizabeth marries Thomas Howard son of the third duke of Norfolk. They inherit the entire estate when Katherine and Thomas Poynings died.
1582 Thomas Howard I dies and leaves the estate and Vicountcy of Bindon to his son Henry 2nd
Viscount Bindon.
1589 Henry Howard 2nd Viscount and pirate dies and leaves the estate to his grand-daughter Ambrosia.
1600 Ambrosia Gorges, ward of Queen Elizabeth I dies. 11 Oct. 1600. Ambrosia and her mother
Douglessa, d. 13 Aug. 1590, are buried together in St. Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
Lulworth is inherited by her great uncle Thomas.
1611 Thomas Howard II 3rd Viscount dies d.s.p. and leaves Lulworth to his cousin Thomas Howard 1st earl of Suffolk.
1626 Thomas Howard 1st earl of Suffolk dies and leaves Lulworth to his son Theophilus 2nd earl of Suffolk.
1641 Theophilus dies and his son sells the estate to the Humphrey Weld family of London.
