Fredville Park is still famous for its trees, the “Majesty Oak” is the largest maiden oak in England and is said by some to be a thousand or more years old. It is now unfortunately suffering from the ravages of time and has recently undergone some minor tree surgery. The once noted avenues of chestnut trees planted in the 18th century are now somewhat reduced in number, but the “Step Tree” still stands with some assistance.
Fredville House Picture Gallery
The origins of the Manor of Fredville, owned since the middle of the 18th century by the Plumptre family, goes back to Domesday and beyond. Recent research has shown that Fredville’s history before its acquisition by the Boys family in 1485 is not as straightforward as previous histories have stated. Fredville, along with Esole, constituted the ancient manor of Essewelle recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086, and which later became the knight’s fee of Essewelle, a part of the Dover castleward Barony of Maminot, which became the Barony of Say.
https://nonington.org.uk/the-old-manors-of-nonington/the-fredville-estate/essewelle-manor
https://nonington.org.uk/the-old-manors-of-nonington/the-fredville-estate/sir-john-de-beauchamp-2
https://nonington.org.uk/the-old-manors-of-nonington/the-fredville-estate/de-retlyngs-esol
https://nonington.org.uk/the-old-manors-of-nonington/the-fredville-estate/fredville-school
Thank you for your message. I have no information on a Christopher Boys of Fredville in Nonington parish. He may have been one of the Boys’ of Bonnington in Goodnestone next to Wingham. Bonnington was the original home of the Boys’ of Fredville in Nonington.
I just found out that one of my ancestors was born and died here. Here is his data: CHRISTOFER BOYSE/BOYES/BOYCE
Birth 1546 • Fredville Manor, Nonington Parish, Kent, England
Death 1594 • Fredville Manor, Nonington Parish, Kent, England
He is the 12th great-grandfather of my wife. I wonder if you have info or records of this.
Robert xx