. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . om theentry under Overton in Domesday Book :—that ofthe land of the manor of Overton Geoffrey was hold-ing 5 hides in Bradley, and that his predecessor Alrichad held the same 5 hides of the In 1167a certain Henry was holding Bradley as a separatemanor,6 quite distinct from the manor of Overton,and from this date the overlordship alone continuedwith the Bishops of In 1242 Henryde Bradley, probably a descendant of the Henry of1167, exchanged 3 virgates of land in Bradley for41 acres of land in Ellisfield with Geoffrey desRoch
. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . om theentry under Overton in Domesday Book :—that ofthe land of the manor of Overton Geoffrey was hold-ing 5 hides in Bradley, and that his predecessor Alrichad held the same 5 hides of the In 1167a certain Henry was holding Bradley as a separatemanor,6 quite distinct from the manor of Overton,and from this date the overlordship alone continuedwith the Bishops of In 1242 Henryde Bradley, probably a descendant of the Henry of1167, exchanged 3 virgates of land in Bradley for41 acres of land in Ellisfield with Geoffrey desRoches,8 nephew of the famous Peter des Roches,Bishop of Winchester. Geoffrey died some ten yearslater,9 but his wife Emma, the daughter of WilliamFitz Roger, survived him, and in 1260 one messuageand 1 \ virgates of land in Bradley were settled uponher by Roger Fitz Roger, probably her des Roches, the son and heir of Geoffrey andEmma, died seised of the manor of Bradley in 1277,leaving as his heir his brother Hugh,11 whose son and. Dil Roches. Sabletwo leopards argent. heir John was seised of the manor at his death He was succeeded by his son and heir SirJohn des Roches,13 who in 1338 settled the manorupon himself and his wifeJoan in tail-male, with con-tingent remainder in tail-malesuccessively to his daughtersAlice the wife of HenryRomyn and Mary the wife ofJohn de Aliceand Henry died without issuewhile Joan des Roches, whooutlived her husband,15 washolding the manor, and thuson her death in 1361 itpassed to her daughter Mary the widow of John de Borhunte,16 who almost imme-diately afterwards married Sir Bernard SirBernard obtained a grant of free warren in thedemesne lands of his manor of Bradley in 1363,19and died in 1395 leaving a son and heir Sir Bernard.*The younger Sir Bernard was executed at Tyburn fortreason at the accession ofHenry IV, but by means ofsettlements in trust the greaterpart of his estates, includingthe manor o
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