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Lovelace also rebuilt the south front of the manor house in 1790. Bigg and his two sons thereupon changed their surnames to вЂњBigg-WitherвЂќ. In 1789, the last Mr Wither died without an heir and a cousin of his - the Reverend Lovelace Bigg (1741вЂ“1813) - inherited the estate. Wither to retain the Manydown manor house and the estates as their tenant on a 21 years' lease, renewable in the usual way every seven years, at a small annual rent and a moderate fine.

Following the Restoration (1660), it was returned to the Dean and Chapter, without compensation being paid to the Wither family. This situation continued until 1649вЂ“50 when, under the Commonwealth Republic, it passed into the hands of the Contractors of the Long Parliament and was sold to another William Wither (1584вЂ“1653). The connection with the local priory continued until the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, when, in 1540, King Henry VIII granted Manydown to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester Cathedral. William thereby commenced a long and eventful connection between his descendants and Manydown that continued for some four centuries. In 1449, William Wither - whose family had lived at Manydown as tenants since at least 1402 (some sources say as early as 1344 ) - purchased the manor. William of Wykeham (1324вЂ“1404) was supplied with oak timber from the estate when he reconstructed Winchester Cathedral nave around 1390вЂ“92. (A Manor of Wootton was probably created for Ethelric the thegn in the year 958, long before the name вЂњManydownвЂќ was first devised.) Manydown estate was granted a licence to impark the wood of Wootton in 1332 and was visited by royal huntsmen in 13. Swithun from the time of the Domesday Book (1086). The manor of Manydown at Wootton was a possession of the prior and convent of St.

2 List of Lords of the Manor at Manydown.

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