[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of William Hull, son of Sarah Wilcox (Hull), daughter of Mary Pierson (Wilcox), daughter of Abraham Pierson, son of Abigail Clarke (Pierson), daughter of George Clark, son of George Clark, son of Elizabeth Bristowe (Clark), daughter of Margaret Boteler (Bristowe), daughter of John Boteler.]
In the 12th century the sub-tenants of the manor appear to have been a family of Watton. There was a Ralph de Watton, whose son Robert succeeded, and settled his 'vill of Wattun' on his wife Katherine in dower, some time before 1158. (fn. 77) 'Selidus' de Watton is mentioned in 1166 (fn. 78) and Gilbert de Watton in 1207, (fn. 79) both of whom were perhaps subtenants. After this the manor passed to John de Tuwe or Teu, who was holding it in 1248, and was in that year accused of obstructing a way in Watton by making a ditch where the road was accustomed to be. (fn. 80) He was succeeded before 1303 by Mabel de Tuwe, (fn. 81) probably his daughter. In 1308 she conveyed the reversion of the manor to Philip de Peletot, (fn. 82) who was still holding it in 1346, (fn. 83) and died in 1361. (fn. 84) Philip is said to have had a daughter Katherine, who married, first, Ralph le Boteler (by whom she had a son Philip), and secondly Edmund Bardolf. (fn. 85) Edmund Bardolf and his wife Katherine were holding Woodhall in 1372, (fn. 86) when the manor was claimed by Elizabeth Peletot, as daughter of Adomar, son of Philip de Peletot, (fn. 87) but there seems to have been a defect in her title, as the manor passed to Philip Boteler, the son of Katherine. In 1382 Philip received an exemption for life from being put on juries, &c, and from being made mayor, sheriff, escheator, or other minister of the king against his will. (fn. 88) He died in 1420, and his eldest son Edward dying a few weeks after, Woodhall came to his second son Philip, (fn. 89) who came of age in 1435. (fn. 90) Philip died in 1453, and his widow Elizabeth immediately married Laurence Cheyney and held the manor with him until her death, when it came to her son John Boteler. (fn. 91) John was succeeded by Philip Boteler, presumably his son, in 1514, (fn. 92) who in turn was succeeded by his son John in 1545. (fn. 93) From John's son, Sir Philip, Woodhall passed in 1607 to his grandson Robert Boteler, son of an intervening Philip who died during his father's lifetime. (fn. 94) Robert died in 1622, leaving a daughter Jane and a brother Sir John. (fn. 95) John Boteler succeeded, (fn. 96) and the lord of the manor in 1700 was Philip Boteler, (fn. 97) his son. The lastnamed Philip died in 1712 without issue, and his estates passed to John Boteler, the son of his great-uncle John. (fn. 98) From John Boteler Woodhall came to his grandson John Palmer Boteler, (fn. 99) who sold it to Sir Thomas Rumbold. After the death of the latter Woodhall was purchased in 1793 by Paul Bendfield, after whose bankruptcy it was sold, and acquired in 1801 by Samuel Smith, (fn. 100) who died in 1834. (fn. 101) His greatgrandson Mr. Abel Henry Smith is the present lord of the manor. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43596
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