Arthur Swayne, Esq. of Sarson

Arthur Swayne of Sarson in Amport, Hampshire.

There is a brief pedigree headed by Arthur Swayne and his five children, Robert Swayne of Sarston, Co. Hants, Edward Swayne (died without issue), Jane, Anne and Mary. By his wife, Mary Arnold, Robert Swayne is recorded as having children, Arthur, William, Robert, Judith and Mary.

• http://www.swayne-swain-coa.com/page10.html

In 1574 Elizabeth granted a messuage and lands called ' Whethames,' and two closes called ' Cockcrofts,' parcels of the manor (of Hinton Daubnay), to Robert earl of Leicester, 58 who some time afterwards sold them to Robert Paddon and Arthur Swayne. 5 * The rest of the manor was in 1590 granted to Robert Paddon and John Molesworth, 60 the latter of whom conveyed his moiety to Arthur Swayne. 61 While Robert Paddon and Arthur Swayne were lords of the manor of Hinton Daubnay, there occurred a dispute with Edward earl of Worcester concerning the right to common lands called Wood- crofts and a wood called The Lye Wood. 61 In 1604 Robert Paddon, William Pytt, and William Hokrofte alias Haycrofte, 6 * of New Sarum, conveyed the manor to Sir Nicholas Hyde, 64 who had married Margaret the daughter of Arthur Swayne.*' Sir Nicholas died seised of the manor, capital messuage, and demesne
lands of Hinton Daubnay in 1631, leaving a son and heir Arthur, aged thirty-four and more. 66 Hinton Daubnay, however, passed to his second son Laurence, and continued in the family of Hyde until about the middle of the eighteenth century," when on the death of - - Hyde a minor it descended to his cousin Mr. looker, who was the owner in 1 76S. 68 His descendant, Mr. Hyde Salmon Whalley-Tooker, is the present lord of the manor.

• A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight by Doubleday, Herbert Arthur, 1867-1941.

Arthur Swayne / Swain acquired the Manor of Sarson from Anthony Lisle in 1598. Sarson, (Sarston) also known as "Anne Savage" is in Amport, Hampshire.

Links:

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ancestors...
• http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol4/pp337-344
• http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D945319