Monument record 7199/68 - Revell Manor

Unlocated within settlement

There were three manors in Buckby in the early 12th century, though only two are identifiable in 1086. Another manor appears in the 14th century, which cannot at present be related with confidence to the earlier three. It has not been possible to identify the location of the manors within the village, other than the castle that is presumed to have been the capital messuage of one manor in the 12th century. Neither has it been possible to determine whether the tenants of the different manors were to be found within discrete parts of the settlement.

The other manor recorded in Buckby first appears in the mid 13th century, when Robert Revell held of Richard de Keynes a small fee in Cosgrove and other places, including Buckby. William (de Keynes) held various small properties of the Count of Mortain in 1086 and again in the early 12th century. It is possible therefore that the Revell manor was part of the property held from the Count of Mortain in 1086 and that only part had been granted to the Knights Hospitaller. Alternatively it was somehow silently included in other property not identified with Long Buckby in 1086. In 1299 William de Revell had grant of free warren in his demesnes in Buckby. In 1346-7 William Ryvell held a third of knights fee of John de Keynes. From this manor George Revel granted a messuage and half virgate to St.James?s Abbey, Northampton, which was worth 15/- in 1535.

Ryvell’s manor is described in 1401-2 in a grant by Joan, late wife of Geoffrey Reynald of Buckby. At this time the demesne included the hall and chambers, the sheephouse, the hayhouse next to the hall which included a stable, a close called Lady Yerd, a grove called Armeley and a garden of the manor between the sheephouse and the hall. Ryvell?s manor was the same fee held in 1482-3 by William Catesby. The site of the Ryvell manor may be that held in 1485 by John Line for £4. However the rental of 1485 seems to show that, in addition to the Revell manor, Catesby also held the Chokes manor at this time. He may have held the whole property from the crown or the king acquired the Ryvell manor soon after 1485 when Catesby forfeited his property to the crown. The Ryvell?s manor was granted in 1488-9 to William Owen. (1)

<1> FOARD G., 2000, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Long Buckby (Medieval + Post Medieval), (unchecked) (Report). SNN100746.

Record last edited

Apr 6 2001 11:52AM