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Entry TypeCorporate
Corporate NameManor of Brampton
Also Known AsCaus Hall
PlaceBrampton
EpithetManor
HistoryAt the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, there were three manors in Brampton and Wadshelf, two belonging to Ascoit Musard, and one to Walter Deincourt. The two Musard manors seem to have been united into one, which was given by Henry II to Peter de Brampton, whose son Thomas took the surname of le Caus (c1216). It remained with the Caus family until c1460, when the male line became extinct, and co-heiresses married into the Ash and Baguley (or Balguy) family. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it was purchased by the Earl of Shrewsbury, who subsequently sold it to William Cavendish, Marquess of Newcastle. It passed successively through heiresses to the families of Hollies, Harley and Bentinck. In the early 19th century it was included in an exchange of properties between the Duke of Portland and the Duke of Devonshire. It remained with them well into the 20th century, with the Duke of Devonshire still described as lord of the manor in 1925.
The Deincourt manor is said to have passed with Sutton to the Leakes, from whom it was purchased in the late 16th century by the Clarkes of Somersall.
SourceMagna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) p. 85
The History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby, by S. Glover, Vol. 2 p. 142 (1833)
The History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire by T. Bulmer (1895) pp. 52
Assorted trade directories, 1846-1925
Authorised Form of NameBrampton; Manor of Brampton; Manor

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