the whole of the manor became privately owned by Alexander de Barentyn, the King's butler.

19th century legal and political battles

In 1767, the Manor of Hampstead and the estate which went with it came into the possession of the Wilson family following the marriage of General Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, sixth baronet, to Jane Weller, niece and heir of the Revd. John Maryon. The estate consisted of 416 acre, being mainly farmland to the west and north west of the village and including

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