Wolverton Palace (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Wolverton House; Vlfertona; Ulferton

In the civil parish of Baughurst.
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: SU55365852
Latitude 51.32310° Longitude -1.20691°

Wolverton Palace has been described as a certain Palace.

There are no visible remains.

This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*.

Description

Wolverton was a royal demesne manor until alienated by King John in 1215. In the reign of Henry II (1154-1189) there was a royal residence and deer park here. Repair of the King's House at Wolverton accounted for in the Pipe Rolls of 1158-9, 1159-60, 1165-66 and 1166-67. (HKW)

WOLVERTON, which Elveva had held of Edward the Confessor, was held by Alvred the priest of the Conqueror at the time of the Domesday Survey. In the 12th century the manor was farmed out for £10 a year, exclusive of the park, which sometimes brought in an additional £1, and also occasionally furnished venison for the royal table. There was a royal residence at Wolverton, as appears from the Pipe Rolls, in which there is frequent mention of money spent in repairing the king's houses there, and it seems probable that the early kings sometimes stayed in the parish. Thus in 1165 Queen Eleanor, the wife of Henry II, was at Wolverton during her husband's absence in Normandy, and her expenses during her stay amounted to £18.
At length King John in 1215 granted the manor to Peter Fitz Herbert —a gift which was, however, rendered void in 1217, in which year it was granted by Henry III to his mother, the dowager queen Isabel, as part of her dower. Peter, however, subsequently regained possession of the manor, obtaining a grant of free warren in his lands in the hundred of Kingsclere from Henry III (VCH)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1092570
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 236440.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 20947.

Books
- Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol. 2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p. 1009
  Page, Wm (ed), 1911, VCH Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol. 4 p. 270-2 online transcription
Periodical Articles
- Briggs, Keith, 2008, 'Freemantle' Journal of the English Place-name Society Vol. 40 p. 97-111 online copy
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- 1884, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the fifth year of the reign of King Henry II, A.D. 1158-1159 (Pipe Rolls Society 1) p. 45 online copy
  1884, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the sixth year of the reign of King Henry II, A.D. 1159-60 (Pipe Roll Society 2) p. 48 online copy
  1888, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the twelfth year of the reign of King Henry II A.D. 1165-1166 (Pipe Roll Society 9) p. 101 online copy
  1889, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the thirteenth year of the reign of King Henry II A.D. 1166-1167 (Pipe Roll Society 11) p. 176 online copy

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