Brampton Manor was acquired by Lord Sandwich in 1662-3; he enjoyed the income of its properties from August 1662. Lady Sandwich found it at least as agreeable as Hinchingbrooke House; her husband improved it at great cost.
A full description of Brampton village includes this information about the manor:
"The Manor House is on the opposite side of the road to the church. It was rebuilt in 1875, but probably stands where there was a royal residence from before the Norman Conquest until the 13th century. Henry I stayed here; Stephen spent the autumn of 1136 hunting at Brampton; Henry II visited it immediately after his accession, and here it was that he promised a new charter to the Abbot of Ramsey in order to restore the abbey after its sufferings in Stephen's reign. His houses and birds are mentioned. Henry was here in July 1174, when his corrody was accounted for at £18 4s. King John also stayed here on 4 January 1213, and Henry III on 22 November 1227. The principal lay manor having been alienated by John, and Harthay granted by him in 1215 to the bishops of Lincoln, the royal visits ceased. The hall is mentioned in 1251, and in 1348 it is said to have been destroyed by floods. In 1595 the 'site of the manor or tenement called Lordship's house' is mentioned, and it was called Brampton Berry in 1652.
"Brampton Park, the property of the Duke of Manchester, covers about 100 acres to the south-west of the village. The history of Brampton Park (q.v.), and probably that of the house, goes back to the 12th century. In 1328 the house was said to be ruinous. An Elizabethan house seems to have been built here, probably by the Throckmortons, which is described as a fair brick house. This building was incorporated in a house probably built by Sir John Bernard, who succeeded to the property in 1666. The mid 17th-century house was rebuilt by Lady Olivia Bernard Sparrow about 1820. Over her front door were the arms of Bernard, Bernard with St. John, and Sparrow and Bernard quarterly impaled with Acheson. Lady Olivia lived here until her death in 1863. In 1889 it became an institution for the cure of stammerers and was completely burnt down in 1907, when a smaller house was built on the site, which is now the residence of Viscount Mandeville.
"Another capital messuage was called in 1559 'Austin Frier' which possibly belonged to the Austin Friars of Huntingdon. The lands of the Friars (q.v.) were granted to the Ardernes and from them passed to Philip Clampe of Brampton, who died seised of 'Austin Frier' in 1559." http://ephotocaption.com/a/3/Bram…
Possibly there is some confusion between Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester and Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich? But Viscount Mandeville still lives there, so maybe not. Maybe this Brampton Manor should be correctly called Brampton Berry Manor -- but if Lady Sandwich preferred it to Hinchinbrook, it can't have been 'site of the manor or tenement called Lordship's house'? So maybe they bought Austin Friars? This calls for a local historian.
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Terry Foreman • Link
Brampton Manor was acquired by Lord Sandwich in 1662-3; he enjoyed the income of its properties from August 1662. Lady Sandwich found it at least as agreeable as Hinchingbrooke House; her husband improved it at great cost.
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San Diego Sarah • Link
A full description of Brampton village includes this information about the manor:
"The Manor House is on the opposite side of the road to the church. It was rebuilt in 1875, but probably stands where there was a royal residence from before the Norman Conquest until the 13th century.
Henry I stayed here;
Stephen spent the autumn of 1136 hunting at Brampton;
Henry II visited it immediately after his accession, and here it was that he promised a new charter to the Abbot of Ramsey in order to restore the abbey after its sufferings in Stephen's reign. His houses and birds are mentioned. Henry was here in July 1174, when his corrody was accounted for at £18 4s.
King John also stayed here on 4 January 1213, and Henry III on 22 November 1227.
The principal lay manor having been alienated by John, and Harthay granted by him in 1215 to the bishops of Lincoln, the royal visits ceased.
The hall is mentioned in 1251, and in 1348 it is said to have been destroyed by floods.
In 1595 the 'site of the manor or tenement called Lordship's house' is mentioned, and it was called Brampton Berry in 1652.
"Brampton Park, the property of the Duke of Manchester, covers about 100 acres to the south-west of the village. The history of Brampton Park (q.v.), and probably that of the house, goes back to the 12th century. In 1328 the house was said to be ruinous.
An Elizabethan house seems to have been built here, probably by the Throckmortons, which is described as a fair brick house. This building was incorporated in a house probably built by Sir John Bernard, who succeeded to the property in 1666.
The mid 17th-century house was rebuilt by Lady Olivia Bernard Sparrow about 1820. Over her front door were the arms of Bernard, Bernard with St. John, and Sparrow and Bernard quarterly impaled with Acheson. Lady Olivia lived here until her death in 1863.
In 1889 it became an institution for the cure of stammerers and was completely burnt down in 1907, when a smaller house was built on the site, which is now the residence of Viscount Mandeville.
"Another capital messuage was called in 1559 'Austin Frier' which possibly belonged to the Austin Friars of Huntingdon. The lands of the Friars (q.v.) were granted to the Ardernes and from them passed to Philip Clampe of Brampton, who died seised of 'Austin Frier' in 1559."
http://ephotocaption.com/a/3/Bram…
Possibly there is some confusion between Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester and Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich? But Viscount Mandeville still lives there, so maybe not.
Maybe this Brampton Manor should be correctly called Brampton Berry Manor -- but if Lady Sandwich preferred it to Hinchinbrook, it can't have been 'site of the manor or tenement called Lordship's house'?
So maybe they bought Austin Friars?
This calls for a local historian.