Thorley Manor is a

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just outside

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, on the

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, England. Built in 1712, it features a modillion cornice, hipped roof, as well as tall chimneys.

Early history

Richard de Redvers obtained this manor from

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, and it remained an appanage of the Lordship of the Isle, until

Isabella de Fortibus Isabel de Forz (July 1237 – 10 November 1293) (or Isabel de Redvers, Latinized to Isabella de Fortibus) was the eldest daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon (1217–1245). On the death of her brother Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl ...

sold it to the Crown. After being in the family of the Montacutes, it was granted to Edward of York, by Henry IV; to

George, Duke of Clarence George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (21 October 144918 February 1478), was the 6th son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of English kings Edward IV and Richard III. He played an important role in th ...

, by his brother; was resumed by the Crown on his attainder; and finally granted in the reign of Elizabeth to David Urry, Esq., reserving to the Crown a rental of £30 17s. 5d. per annum. It afterwards passed by marriage into the Lucy family, and thence by purchase into that of Holmes. Formerly, a considerable part of this manor was a warren, and a grant of "one fifth of the conies in the manor of Thorley" was made by Isabella de Fortibus. The name of one of the Warreners has descended to posterity—Walter White, who held the office in the time of Edward III.

References

''This article includes text incorporated from William Henry Davenport Adams's "The history, topography, and antiquities of the isle of Wight (1856)", a publication now in the public domain.'' {{coord, 50.7004, N, 1.4807, W, source:wikidata, display=title Country houses on the Isle of Wight Houses completed in 1712 Grade II* listed buildings on the Isle of Wight