Buckinghamshire Winslow Hall

1610	Rental William Lowndes the Angell 94 acres of land One ancient shop in the market place
1651	Surrender: William Lowndes Admission: Robert Lowndes and Elizabeth his wife and on failure of issue to Wendover Lowndes: Angell with 93 acres of land
1652	19 November William son of Robert Lowndes baptised at Winslow. [My own mother was the daughter of Anne one of the daughters of Mr Peter Figge the elder above named by Mr John Fitzwilliam]
1654	28 May Will of William Lowndes of Winslow yeoman Leaves to his son Robert All moveable goods which are mine at or in the house called the Angell in Winslow To son Wendover All my working tooles and all the plough timber in the chamber over the shopp and all the iron in the shidg
1664	Surrender: Robert Lowndes and Elizabeth his wife Admission: Andrew Campion Messuage or tenement in Winslow called the Angell
1666	Surrender: Andrew Campion, Robert Lowndes and Elizabeth his wife Admission: William Emerton of Alberry Herts gent Messuage or tenement, shop, barn, stables, buildings, yard called the Angell
1667	Lowndes notes           D/LO 4/2 I who in the year 1667 came from Winslow the place of my birth to the city to abide there....
1670	Surrender: Robert Lowndes and his wife Admission: Edward Palmer of London wine cooper All interest of Robert Lowndes and Elizabeth his wife in the Angell Inn
1678	Surrender: Edward Palmer and Susanna his wife Admission: William Lowndes of St Martins in the Fields, Scivener 72 acres formerly surrendered by Robert Lowndes of Winslow to said Edward Palmer
1679	William Lowndes first appointment in the Treasury
1679	26 October William Lowndes marries Elizabeth Harsnett at St Martin in the Fields, Westminister
1680	8 November Robert son of William and Elizabeth Lowndes baptised St Margaret's Westminster
1680	Death of Elizabeth wife of William Lowndes.
1683	29 January Burial of Robert Lowndes at Winslow
1683	25 November William Lowndes marries Jane Hooper at St Clement Danes, London
1684	6 September Ann dau William and Jane Lowndes baptised at St Margarets Westminster
1685	Death of Jane 2nd wife of William Lowndes
1685	9 October Surrender: Thomas Halfpenny and Mary his wife Admission: William Lowndes gent Messuage in Sheep Street adjoining to the tenement of Stephen Bigg on the west with the yards orchards sheep pens [Mentioned in 1703 settlement in the area included Pond Close one of ye Rose Closes and all Norden except one acre. Total 33 1/2 acres, purchase price £10 15s]
1686	12 July William Lowndes married Elizabeth daughter of Richard Martyn D.D.
1687	22 October William son of William and Elizabeth Lowndes baptised [Ancestor of Lowndes of Astwood Bury]
1688	12 January Elizabeth daughter William and Elizabeth Lowndes baptised St Margarets Westminster
1689	Death of Elizabeth 3rd wife of William Lowndes.
1691	29 Nov William Lowndes married Rebecca daughter of John Shales
1692	October Surrender: John Dymock and Jane his wife Admission: William Lowndes of Westminster gent Messuage or tenement in Sheep Street..... Benjamin Scott west and John Seaton jnr East [Mentioned in 1703 marriage settlement of Robert Lowndes and Margaret Atcherley as site of John Dymock's house, purchase price 400 "This was a brick house standing near the street pulled down to build my new house"] [Also in Winslow Hall building accounts "for work in taking down cleaning and stacking 60,000 bricks and 12,000 tiles from the old house of Mr Lowndes at Winslow £7 4s 0d for work in pulling down ye ceiling and portions of ye same 12s 8d for work in taking down the roof 10s 8d]
1693	Charles son of William and Rebecca Lowndes born [Ancestor of Lowndes of Chesham]
1695	24 April William Lowndes succeeds Henry Guy as Secretary to the Treasury [His share of the fees for the first year of office approached £2,440 - DNB]
1695	25 October Surrender: Benjamin Scott and Elizabeth his wife and Anne Scott widow Admission: William Lowndes of Westminster Messuage or Tenement in Winslow in which the said Benjamin Scott and Ann Scott widow now inhabit [mentioned in 1703 marriage settlement purchase price £280 "in the sheep street now demolished to build my new house"] [Also in Winslow Hall building accounts "paid for work in pulling down Scotts house which stood in the street next that in ye tenure of Ben Sounders" 3s 0d]
1695	October - November William Lowndes pays George London and Henry Wise, his Majestry's Gardeners, for fruit trees "to plant the garden then made now next ye new house"
1695	12 November William Lowndes returned as Member of Parliament for Seaford, one of the Cinque Ports
1697	29 May William Lowndes of Westminster Esq purchases from Nicho1as Goodwin of Hammersmith gent and others The Manor of Winslow with Little Horwood, Shipton and Granborough 8 acres dispersed in Winslow Field The Town of Wins1ow with the fairs and market The Rectory impropriate of Winslow and Shipton 2 acres and a barn in Parsonage Close [Mentioned in 1703 Marriage Settlement, purchase price £4,900. Theses are all let together to Robert Gibbs at an old rent of £220]
1703	24 June Robert son of William Lowndes marries Margaret Atcherley at St Stephens Shoreditch
1706	7 Oct Richard son of Robert and Margaret Lowndes baptised St Martin in the Fields
1720	Cottage in Sheep Street surrendered to William Lowndes ["Demolished to open the view from my sons house towards Granborough"]
1724	Death of William Lowndes. Buried in vault in Chancel of Winslow Church. Will mentions "all my books in my new closet at Chesham" and "my house newly built there called the Bury"
1730	8 Oct Charles Lowndes married Ann Shales St Giles Cripplegate
1740	19 April Mary Lowndes buried at Chesham in 39 year [dau William & Rebecca Lowndes]
1750	14 July Joseph Lowndes, son of William & Rebecca buried at Chesham aged 39 years
1765	Winslow Inclosure Act
1766	William Lowndes marries Mary daughter of Thomas Goostrey
1767	Winslow Inclosure Award. William Lowndes receives multiple allotments and builds new farms like Tuckey Farm.
1767	Birth of William son of William and Mary Lowndes
1772	Will of Thomas James Selby of Whaddon leaving property to his friend William Lowndes who was to take the name of Selby to become his lawful heir
1775	17 October Richard Lowndes buried at Winslow
1786	13 June Sun Fire Insurance 337/518991 William Selby of Winslow Esquire On his buildings and goods as particularly expressed on the back of this policy viz; On his dwelling house, kitchen, brewhouse and offices adjoining,
	brick tiled and leaded	£3,000
	Household goods therein	£200
	China and glass	£30
	Coachhouse, stables and laundry only adjoining separate, brick and tiled	£400
	Barn and dog kennel only adjoining separate, brick timber and tiled	£60
	Three tenements only adjoining in Ship Street in the tenure of Church and others	£30
	House only in the tenure of John Cox farmer, brick and tiled	£100
	Barn and stable only adjoining separate	£20
	House only in the tenure of Lee saddler, brick and tiled	£60
	House only in the tenure of Bignell baker  brick and tiled	£80
	House only in the tenure of William Bunce	£10
	House only in the tenure of Keys farmer	£60
	Barn only separate, brick pannelled and tiled	£40
	Barn only separate	£10
	House only in the tenure of Read farmer, brick panelled and tiled	£100
	Barn only adjoining (not communicating)	£40
	Barn and woodhouse only adjoining separate	£30
	Barn only separate, timber and tiled	£20
	Barn only separate	£20
	House and barn only adjoining in the tenure of Henry Cox private. brick and tiled	£100
	House only in the tenure of Hillier farmer, brick and tiled	£80
	Barn and stable only adjoining separate	£60
	House gate house woodhouse stable and barns adjoining at Shipen in the tenure of Brandon	£120
	Two tenements only adjoining in the tenure of Evans and others	£30
	House and dairy house only adjoining separate in the tenure of Wilson farmer, brick and tiled	£100
	Cowhouse stable and barn only adjoining separate	£40
	Farmhouse only separate in the tenure of Thomas Ingram farmer, brick and tiled	£320
	Barn and two stables only adjoining separate	£70
	Barn and two cowhouses only adjoining separate	£70
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		£5,300
	All thatched except otherwise mentioned and situate in the Parish of Winslow aforesaid
1807	5 Nov. Birth of William son of William and Lucy Selby Lowndes
1813	10 May William Selby Esq of Winslow buried at Winslow aged 78
1832	28 June William Selby Lowndes married Lucy daughter of Isaac Rawlings Hartman
1836	13 Nov. Birth of William son of William and Lucy Selby Lowndes
1840	26 May William Selby Lowndes Lowndes of Winslow and Whaddon buried at Winslow aged 73 years
1841	Census Winslow Hall William Lowndes                                         30 Lucy Lowndes nee Hartman Wife                  30 Essex Lowndes              Daughter               5 William Lowndes             Son                      4 John                             Son                      2 Lucy                             Daughter               1 Cressedor                     Daughter               2 months Clara Hartman               Sister In Law          25 8 Servants
1851	Census shows Winslow Hall Henry Lovell     Schoolmaster    41 Wife 6 Children 3 Teachers 27 Schoolboys 6 Servants Gamekeeper
1861	Census Winslow Hall Henry Lovell     Schoolmaster     50 Wife 7 Children 4 Teachers 27 Schoolboys 7 Servants Gamekeeper
1863	Bucks Herald 21 Feb Presentation to to Dr Lovell, lately of Winslow Hall, recently removed to Apsley Guise, Beds, where he has purchased more commodious school premises … fourteen years residence
1871	Census Winslow Hall John Lane JP
1873	2 June 1) William Selby Lowndes of Whaddon Hall Esq 2) Henry Ralph Lambton of 47 Eaton Place Middlesex 14 year lease of Winslow Hall
1881	Census Bertha Lambton                     11 Margaret Lambton                  8 Dorothy Lambton                   7 Governess 6 Servants Gamekeeper 2 Grooms 2 Stablemen
1887	Kelly's Directory Chinnery, Henry Joseph, Winslow Hall
1891	Census Unoccupied
1897	27th July Sale of Winslow Estate by William Selby Lowndes. [The Hall is not sold]
1897	1 December Norman McCorquodale buys Winslow Hall [A branch of his family's printing works had been opened in Wolverton in 1878]
1898	19 Nov. Birth of Norman Duncan son of Norman and Constance Helena McCorquodale
1901	Census Servants only
1909	Norman McCorquodale High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
1913	Norman McCorquodale builds St Lawrence Room near the entrance to Winslow Parish Church
1938	3 Jan Death of Norman McCorquodale
1939	Kelly's Directory Major Norman Duncan McCorquodale, Winslow Hall
1941	Winslow Hall requisitioned by the R A F
1947	Winslow Hall bought by Thomas Oakley Ltd demolition contractors
1948	Geoffrey Houghton Brown, an antique dealer, purchases Winslow Hall
1959	Sir Edward & Lady Tomkins move into Winslow Hall.