worplesdon : Earl Gilbert de Basseville

WORPLESDON (Werpesdene, xiii and xiv cents.; Worpisdene, xv cent.) was held by Earl Roger in chief at the time of Domesday. Turald held it of him, (fn. 5) and like the rest of the land of Earl Roger in Surrey it became part of the honour of Gloucester. (fn. 6) In the 13th century Earl Gilbert de Basseville held a knight's fee in Worplesdon of the honour of Gloucester, and Gilbert de Holeye held a third part of a fee of the same. (fn. 7) The manor of Earl Gilbert de Basseville in Worplesdon appears early in the 13th century in two moieties. In 1314 Roland de Wykford held half a knight's fee of the Earl of Gloucester, and the other moiety was held by Mary de Wintershull. (fn. 8) In 1317 the Wintershull moiety of the manor was said to be held of Nicholas de Seymour, (fn. 9) while in 1328 Thomas de Seymour, son of Nicholas, was declared to be intermediate lord between the heir of the Wintershulls and the Earl of Gloucester. (fn. 10) Mary de Wintershull died seised of this moiety in 1317. (fn. 11)