Maugersbury Manor was in the ownership of the Chamberlayne family from 1598 until the end of the 18th Century. It is now two houses, the larger part retaining the name Maugersbury Manor and the north wing, Park House, was sold as a separate lot in the 1955 Sale.
Maugersbury was originally known as Malgeresberie. Maugersbury Manor was controlled by Evesham Abbey from 708AD until its dissolution in 1537. At the time, Stow was a small settlement within the lands of Maugersbury Manor and intended by the Abbots to be a centre for trade. This would leave Maugersbury to its agriculture.
After the dissolution of the monasteries, Maugersbury Manor was granted to John T Seymour, Lord Seymour of Sudeley in 1547, and subsequently to John, Earl of Warwick who was licensed in 1549 to sell the estate to George Willoughby, of Netherton (Worcs).
Willoughby died in 1550 and was succeeded by his infant son Henry. In 1580 Thomas Willoughby sold the Manor to Sir Rowland Hill and Thomas Leigh. In 1598 Rowland Leigh, Thomas’s eldest son, sold the freehold to James White a London silk weaver.
In 1603 White sold the Manor to Edmund Chamberlayne and the Chamberlayne family retained the Manor until the end of the 19th century. The Chamberlayne family is descended from John, Count de Tankerville, of Tankerville Castle in Normandy, who came with William the Conqueror to England, but returned to Normandy, leaving John de Tankerville, a younger son of the former earl behind.
John was Lord Chamberlain to King Henry 1, and his son Richard was Lord Chamberlain to Stephen. Hence the assumed name Chamberlayne. The Maugersbury Chamberlaynes are descended from Sir Thomas Chamberlayne of Prestbury, Gloucestershire, and his second wife Elizabeth.
The Lord of Maugersbury Manor, Joseph Chamberlayne, sold Maugersbury Manor in 1898 to fund the building of Hyde House (now in 21st century a wedding venue together with Hyde Barn). Joseph Chamberlayne and his wife Henrietta Catherine saw Hyde House as the perfect place to improve their passion for entertaining. It was completed in 1901.
Maugersbury Manor was sold to John Hewitt and passed to his daughter Mrs Thomas Stubb-Hewitt in the 1920s. In the 1930s the estate was begun to be split up.
During the Second World War the government requisitioned Maugersbury Manor and for at least some of that period it accommodated American troops. More information on the use of the Manor and its grounds during the war is here.
Developer De Courcy bought Maugersbury Manor in 1945.
In 1947 the Manor Estate was sold in several separate lots. Lot 3, the Garage, Stable Block and Stable Yard was purchased and developed by Mr Len Hill. Four dwellings were made from the stable block, collectively known as 1, 2, 3 and 4 Maugersbury Close but now known as Clematis Cottage, Broom Cottage, Falcons and Little Broom. The Lodge at the north end of the Manor Road was also sold at that sale.
In a separate negotiation, the estate timber yard with barn and outbuildings was sold to John Fisher. The main barn was converted into a dwelling in 1949 and became the farmhouse with 96 acres of land purchased from the Maugersbury Estate in 1946, the farm being known as Park Farm.
A more comprehensive history of Maugersbury Manor, written in 1969 by L C Dowdeswell, is found below.
Legal dispute over ownership of Maugersbury Manor in 1618 Around 1618, the Sandford family who owned properties in Stow on the Wold, challenged the title to Maugersbury Manor and this was disputed by the Chamberlayne family. Details of this are included in a PDF document which can be viewed below.
We received details of this dispute from a visitor to this website, namely John Curran of New South Wales, Australia, to whom we are most grateful.
Sale particulars and estate plans In recent years ownership of Maugersbury Manor Estate has changed following sales in 1898, 1946, 1947 and 1955.
The Sale Particulars and Estate Plans are included below:
Further documentation Maugersbury Manor - Grade II Listing