122:
187:, in 1383. Anne granted it to her Chamberlain Sir Richard de Abberbury, who received the reversion in fee from the King in 1385, and in 1393 Sir Richard sold Carswell to Sir Peter Bessels and his mother Katherine, who already held another manor in the same parish. During the fifteenth century it descended in a troubled course through the Bessels family to William Bessels (died 1515). His daughter and heir Elizabeth made her first marriage to Richard
25:
297:. This led to the legal case "Butler's Settlement Trust, Lloyds Bank Ltd. v. Ford" (as to whether being reported missing was sufficient evidence of death) and ultimately led to the sale of the property. There are memorials to both father and son in nearby
191:, and the manor descended by 1584 to Bessel Fettiplace, who in that year sold it to John Southby the elder (died 1599), "Yeoman". From him it passed to his son Richard Southby and to Richard's son
274:) then bought the house to be his country seat. The Niven family's crest and motto are still set in stone above the front porch. The Niven family sold the property shortly after David's birth.
322:
289:. His only son (Francis Charles Joseph Butler), born in 1915, was brought up at Carswell Manor and became a noted aviator. In June 1940, whilst serving as a Pilot Officer in the
266:
The buildings were extensively restored and remodelled between 1893 and 1898 by
William Niven (1846-1921), an architect who had designed the Gothic revival church of St Alban in
558:
175:
The manorial estate of
Carswell was occupied by the St Philibert family and their tenant Richard Hake, until 1358 when it was quitclaimed by Sir John de St Philibert to King
538:
533:
310:
518:
523:
255:
277:
The house was bought by
Captain Francis Mourilyan Butler and his wife Josephine (née Lawrence), the daughter of Joseph Jeremiah Lawrence of
479:
365:
Will of John
Sowthebye or Southebye, Yeoman of Carswell, Berkshire (P.C.C. 1599, Kidd quire): see listing at The National Archives (UK)
409:
240:
553:
548:
290:
108:
431:
404:
543:
42:
379:
200:
89:
46:
383:
61:
208:
196:
247:
563:
235:
dating from 1619 which is purported to be the first square dovecote built in
Berkshire. The house and dovecote are both
68:
121:
251:
258:
in 1654–56. His family had occupied the manor and lived on the site since 1584, and continued there until 1892.
75:
192:
318:
314:
286:
278:
35:
57:
298:
180:
176:
144:
136:
133:
281:
whose father founded Miner, Lawrence and Co. and the
National Whaling Bank. In October 1917, during
528:
366:
294:
400:
380:'Southby, Richard (c.1624-1704), of Somerford Keynes, Wilts. and Carswell, Buckland, Berks.'
353:
82:
236:
204:
184:
224:
512:
348:'Parishes: Buckland - The manor of Carswell', in W. Page and P.H. Ditchfield (eds),
140:
282:
271:
220:
148:
24:
267:
188:
494:
481:
156:
152:
455:
227:
and surrounded by mature woodland. Within the extensive grounds there is a
232:
160:
164:
432:"Dovecote approximately 20 meters East of Carswell Manor (1181982)"
228:
223:
dates back to the early 17th century. It is constructed mainly of
120:
390:(from Boydell and Brewer 1983), (History of Parliament Online).
18:
471:
384:'Southby, John (c.1650-1741), of Carswell, Buckland, Berks.'
388:
The
History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690
356:(British History Online, accessed 25 September 2022).
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
309:Since 1945, Carswell Manor has been the home of
454:St Hugh's Preparatory School, Carswell Manor,
203:: it descended in the Southby family (through
405:"Carswell Manor (St Hugh's School) (1048665)"
8:
559:Jacobean architecture in the United Kingdom
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
539:Grade II listed buildings in Oxfordshire
334:
270:. Niven's son (the father of the actor
534:Grade II listed agricultural buildings
344:
342:
340:
338:
262:Victorian expansion and later history
16:Country house in Oxfordshire, England
7:
350:A History of the County of Berkshire
47:adding citations to reliable sources
436:National Heritage List for England
410:National Heritage List for England
378:See also L. Naylor and G. Jagger,
241:National Heritage List for England
14:
285:, Captain Butler was killed near
246:The house was probably built for
211:MP) until the late 19th century.
352:, Volume 4 (VCH, London 1924),
23:
183:, who granted it to his Queen,
34:needs additional citations for
519:1647 establishments in England
201:Second Protectorate Parliament
1:
524:Country houses in Oxfordshire
179:. It then descended to King
293:, the younger Francis went
155:). It is just north of the
580:
386:, in B.D. Henning (ed.),
252:High Sheriff of Berkshire
147:in the English county of
554:Houses completed in 1898
549:Houses completed in 1647
193:John Southby the younger
317:which moved there from
279:New London, Connecticut
195:, who sat as MP in the
544:Grade II listed houses
126:
171:The manor of Carswell
124:
321:, where it had been
43:improve this article
564:Vale of White Horse
491: /
367:Discovery Catalogue
139:at Carswell in the
495:51.6772°N 1.5297°W
430:Historic England,
315:preparatory school
231:. There is also a
127:
295:missing in action
219:The three-storey
119:
118:
111:
93:
571:
506:
505:
503:
502:
501:
500:51.6772; -1.5297
496:
492:
489:
488:
487:
484:
472:St Hugh's School
459:
452:
446:
445:
444:
442:
427:
421:
420:
419:
417:
401:Historic England
397:
391:
376:
370:
363:
357:
346:
325:during the war.
311:St Hugh's School
256:MP for Berkshire
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
58:"Carswell Manor"
51:
27:
19:
579:
578:
574:
573:
572:
570:
569:
568:
509:
508:
499:
497:
493:
490:
485:
482:
480:
478:
477:
468:
463:
462:
453:
449:
440:
438:
429:
428:
424:
415:
413:
399:
398:
394:
377:
373:
364:
360:
347:
336:
331:
313:, an exclusive
307:
264:
237:Grade II listed
217:
215:The manor house
205:Richard Southby
173:
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
577:
575:
567:
566:
561:
556:
551:
546:
541:
536:
531:
526:
521:
511:
510:
475:
474:
467:
466:External links
464:
461:
460:
447:
422:
392:
371:
358:
333:
332:
330:
327:
306:
303:
263:
260:
254:in 1646/7 and
225:Cotswold stone
216:
213:
172:
169:
130:Carswell Manor
125:Carswell Manor
117:
116:
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
576:
565:
562:
560:
557:
555:
552:
550:
547:
545:
542:
540:
537:
535:
532:
530:
527:
525:
522:
520:
517:
516:
514:
507:
504:
473:
470:
469:
465:
457:
451:
448:
437:
433:
426:
423:
412:
411:
406:
402:
396:
393:
389:
385:
381:
375:
372:
368:
362:
359:
355:
351:
345:
343:
341:
339:
335:
328:
326:
324:
320:
316:
312:
304:
302:
300:
296:
292:
288:
284:
280:
275:
273:
269:
261:
259:
257:
253:
249:
244:
242:
238:
234:
230:
226:
222:
214:
212:
210:
206:
202:
198:
194:
190:
186:
182:
178:
170:
168:
166:
162:
158:
154:
151:(formerly in
150:
146:
142:
138:
137:country house
135:
131:
123:
113:
110:
102:
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67:
63:
60: –
59:
55:
54:Find sources:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
476:
450:
439:, retrieved
435:
425:
414:, retrieved
408:
395:
387:
374:
361:
349:
308:
276:
265:
248:John Southby
245:
218:
209:John Southby
174:
141:civil parish
129:
128:
105:
99:January 2017
96:
86:
79:
72:
65:
53:
41:Please help
36:verification
33:
498: /
283:World War I
272:David Niven
221:manor house
149:Oxfordshire
513:Categories
483:51°40′38″N
354:pp. 453-60
329:References
268:Teddington
189:Fettiplace
181:Richard II
177:Edward III
69:newspapers
529:Dovecotes
486:1°31′47″W
441:6 October
416:6 October
323:evacuated
157:A420 road
153:Berkshire
301:church.
299:Buckland
250:who was
233:dovecote
159:between
145:Buckland
134:Jacobean
456:website
319:Malvern
239:on the
207:MP and
161:Swindon
83:scholar
382:, and
305:School
165:Oxford
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
291:RAFVR
287:Ypres
229:ha-ha
197:First
132:is a
90:JSTOR
76:books
443:2017
418:2017
199:and
185:Anne
163:and
62:news
143:of
45:by
515::
434:,
407:,
403:,
337:^
243:.
167:.
458:.
369:.
112:)
106:(
101:)
97:(
87:·
80:·
73:·
66:·
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
