Medieval moat, Ingrave Hall (EHER 5357)

Earthwork remains of a Medieval homestead moat, partly filled in. The house is late 19th century.

Homestead moat. <1> <13> 16th century barn at Ingatestone Hall, timber-framed and weatherboarded. Six-bayed, with queen-post roof, and a north porch. Moat east of the barn. <2> Southern and northern halves of moat have recently been filled in. <3> <13> Incomplete, "irregular stirrup shaped". Complete on OS 25". Well preserved. Not on OS 2.5". "Gone"(?). "Mansion near site of old church". <4> <5> Sketch plan, presumably from OS, on back of MSRG card, also on SMR sheet. <6> <7> Moat shown on map of 1596, also buildings within, and without. Tracing of map in EHER. <8> <9> At the time of the Domesday Book, 1066-86, Ingrave comprised three distinct manors. These were however rapidly amalgamated to form a single manor, administered from Ingrave Hall. According to Morant (1768) it was held by the family of Montchesney until the male line died out during the reign of Edward I (1272-1307). The King then granted the manor to his sixth son, Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent. There was also a family by the name of de Ginges in Ingrave during this period, who owned all or part of the manor of Ingrave, in 1281 Reginald de Ginges was granted permission to empark ‘divers lands in Ginges Radulfi’. The Johannes Madison map of 1596 illustrates Ingrave Hall at the beginning of the post-medieval period. It is shown as a moated enclosure (at present all but the north-west corner have been infilled), within the moat are two buildings, both with tiled roofs and chimneys. Outside the moat are a further three or four buildings form the farm yard, these probably include a barn and stables. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.