Prested Hall, Feering
Prested Hall is a country house in Feering, Essex. It was built in the fourteenth century for the Weston family and passed through several notable families over the next six hundred years. Today it is a hotel and spa and caters for special events particularly weddings. It is a Grade II listed building. Early history The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions the site and at this time it was known as Peresteda. It was owned by Ranulf Peverel who was a knight in the service of William the Conqueror. William rewarded his followers by giving them numerous fiefdoms. Before the conquest Peverel had no land at all but after 1066 he owned 37 different manors one of which was Preston Hall. By 1360 the manor was owned by Humphrey de Weston and the Weston family flourished here until the beginning of the seventeenth century. The last member of the Weston family was Robert Weston who had no sons to inherit Prested Hall. When he died in 1601 his heir was his daughter Amye who married Dean Tyndale th ...
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