| History | At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, the manor or barony of Crich belonged to Ralph Fitzhubert. His descendants, the Fitzralphs, were lords in the 12th century. Juliana, the heiress of Hubert Fitzralph, brought it to Anker de Frechville, whose son Ralph possessed by 1219. In 1323 it was bought from Ralph de Frecheville by Sir Roger Beler (murdered in 1326). When Sir Roger Beler died in 1380, it was left to his two daughters, who held it in moieties, but it all soon devolved to Sir Robert de Swillington, who had married the elder daughter. It passed by inheritance to Ralph, Lord Cromwell, who sold it in 1445 to John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. It remained with the earls of Shrewsbury until the death of Gilbert Talbot in 1616, when it was split between his daughters into three moieties. The first moiety was initially held by Mary, Countess of Pembroke, whose share passed to Sir George Savile, who held it in 1655. It remained with the Savile family before passing to Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet in the early 18th century, whose descendant was still called lord of the manor in 1833. The second moiety was initially held by Elizabeth, Countess of Kent, who conveyed her share to her uncle, Edward, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury. In 1711 his descendant, Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, sold the manor to William Sudbury and four other persons. The third moiety was initially held by Alathea, Countess of Arundel, but sold in 1660 by Henry Howard, second son of Henry, Earl of Arundel, to Anthony Bennet and Ralph Smith, who sold their moiety in severalties. By the early 19th century the manor was held in manor shares,
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