. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . John and In 1689 his widow Lucyjoined with Thomas Chaffin, Edward Lowe, andothers, in conveying it to Thomas Freke,21 who diedwithout issue in 1698, leaving his estates to ThomasPile and Elizabeth wife of Thomas Freke of Han-nington (co. Wilts.) for life, with reversion to GeorgePitt of Stratfieldsaye, husband of Lucy, LawrenceLowes George Pitt died in 1734, leavingthe manor in trust for his son George, then a minor,and in 1739 tne trustees held a court baron 1745 George Pitt held a court leet, court baron,and view of
. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . John and In 1689 his widow Lucyjoined with Thomas Chaffin, Edward Lowe, andothers, in conveying it to Thomas Freke,21 who diedwithout issue in 1698, leaving his estates to ThomasPile and Elizabeth wife of Thomas Freke of Han-nington (co. Wilts.) for life, with reversion to GeorgePitt of Stratfieldsaye, husband of Lucy, LawrenceLowes George Pitt died in 1734, leavingthe manor in trust for his son George, then a minor,and in 1739 tne trustees held a court baron 1745 George Pitt held a court leet, court baron,and view of frankpledge, as lord of the manor of Cove,and died the same year, leaving the manor to his sonGeorge, who is mentioned as holding a court there in1762. He was created Lord Rivers of Stratfieldsaye20 May 1776, in which year he held the court of themanor together with his son, and it was still held byhim in 1785. He evidently, however, parted withthe estate almost immediately afterwards, as in thesame year it was dealt with by fine between Oliver. Sullivan, Baronet-Vert a hart tripping orimpaling party argentand sable a boar passantcounlerchangcd and achief or -with a righthand cut off at the wristand holding a sword erect•with a serpent entwinedabout the blade betweentwo lions argent facingeach other. and James Farrer and Thomas Parry. By 1814Cove had come into the possession of Valentine HenryWilmot of Farnborough,26 by whose family it had prob-ably been acquired by purchase. Valentine Henry diedin 1819, leaving the manor to his widow Barbarina,with reversion to his only daughter and heir ArabellaJane. Barbarina afterwardsmarried Thomas, Lord Dacre,who is mentioned as lord ofthe manor in 1823, and in1845 he and his wife held acourt On the deathof Lady Dacre the estate passedto her daughter Arabella Jane,whose husband, the Rev. Fred-erick Sullivan of Kimpton, ismentioned as lord of the manorin He died in 1873,leaving the manor to his thirdbut eldest surviving
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