| History | At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, Tideswell was a berewick of the manor of Hope, part of the King’s demesnes. It later became part of the possessions of the Peveril family until the attainder of William Peveril in 1154, when it was confiscated and returned to royal control. In 1208 King John granted the manor of Tideswell to Thomas Armiger alias de Lamley, who died c. 1223. After being briefly seized by Brian de Insula, it was confirmed in 1232 to Thomas’s daughter and heiress, Joan, who had married Paulinus de Bampton. Paulinus was granted a market for Tideswell in 1250. The manor was later purchased from Paulinus by Sir Richard Daniel. It remained with the the Daniel family until the death of Richard Daniel in 1332. It would then seem to have passed to 3 co-heiresses married to members of the Meverell, Marchington and Turvel families. It would seem to have passed fully to the Meverell family through the marriage of Elizabeth Daniel to Thomas Meverell, and the lack of male heirs by her two sisters. Thomas and Elizabeth Meverll had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Sir Nicholas Stafford, who held the manor during the reign of King Richard II. With Sir Nicholas and Elizabeth having no children, the manor reverted to the Meverell family, with which it remained until 1626, when Robert Meverell died. His daughter and heiress, Elizabeth, had married Thomas, 4th Lord Cromwell. In 1654 their son, Wingfield, 5th Lord Cromwell, sold the manor to Robert Eyre of Highlow, whose grandson, William, took the surname Archer. His son, John Archer, died in 1800, and the manor was sold by order of Chancery decree in 1802 and purchased by William, 4th Duke of Devonshire, whose descendants remained lords of the manor in the early 20th century. |