Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent is in Boughton Malherbe, Kent.
Around 1345 the building of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] was commissioned by Robert Corbie.
On 8th April 1395 Robert Corbie [aged 45] died. His daughter Joan Corbie [aged 23] inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
In or before 1425 Nicholas Wotton [aged 52] and Joan Corbie [aged 52] were married. She brought Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] into the Wotton family.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 27th February 1535. R. O. 275. Sir Edward Wotton [aged 45] to Cromwell [aged 50].
Remonstrates against Cromwell's urging him by his letters to resign his patent of the stewardship of the abbey of Malling, the King having written to the abbess in favour of master Thomas Wyatt. Cromwell may be as much assured of his heart as Mr. Wyatt, and since the death of his brother-in-law, Sir Henry Guildford, he has always depended on Cromwell's friendship. The grant he obtained under the convent seal was in fulfilment of a promise of the abbess many years past. Would have waited on the King before, but has been lately with his sister Guldeford [aged 36] and others, who have been with his cousin, Edward Brown, son of Sir Matthew Brown [aged 59], who has died of the common plague. Asks Cromwell to relate the matter to the King. Supposes that when the abbess made the grant to Cromwell she had forgotten her promise to him, for, though he knew from the first of the death of Mr. Fisher, he waited for five or six days before writing to the abbess, thinking that few then would apply for so small an office. On first reading his letter she had forgotten the promise which he claimed as having been made within two years and less after her being made abbess. She was not dissembling in her answers either to the King or Cromwell. No effect can grow in law or conscience of her promise to Cromwell, so long after her promise to him. Begs Cromwell to be good master to her and her poor house. Bocton Malherbe [Map], Saturday, 27 Feb.
Hol., pp. 3. Add.: Secretary. Endd.
On 2nd April 1630 Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton [aged 43] died. Baron Wotton extinct. His daughter Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 21] inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
On 9th April 1667 Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 58] died. Earl Chesterfield extinct. Her son Charles Kirkoven 1st Earl Bellomont [aged 23] inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
In 1683 Charles Kirkoven 1st Earl Bellomont [aged 39] died. Earl Bellomont and Baron Wotton extinct. He was buried at Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. He willed Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] to his nephew, Charles Stanhope aka Wooton [aged 7], son of his half-brother Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 49].
On or before 6th February 1704 Charles Stanhope aka Wooton [aged 28] died. Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] was inherited by his elder brother Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield [aged 31].
On 27th January 1726 Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield [aged 52] died. His son Philip [aged 31] succeeded 4th Earl Chesterfield, 4th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire and inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
In 1750 Philip Stanhope 4th Earl Chesterfield [aged 55] sold Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] to Galfridus Mann [aged 43].
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On 28th December 1756 Galfridus Mann [aged 50] died. His son Horatio Mann 2nd Baronet [aged 12] inherited his estates of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] and Linton, and over £100,000.
On 2nd April 1814 Horatio Mann 2nd Baronet [aged 70] died. Baronet Mann of Linton in Kent extinct. His nephew James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis [aged 35] inherited his estates of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] and Linton.
On 20th January 1824 James Cornwallis 4th Earl Cornwallis [aged 80] died. His son James [aged 45] succeeded 5th Earl Cornwallis, 9th Baron Cornwallis, and inherited his estates of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] and Linton.
In 1836 Jemima Isabella Mann died. Her son Fiennes Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis [aged 4] inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
On 21st May 1852 James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis [aged 73] died. Earl Cornwallis, Baron Cornwallis extinct. His daughter Jemima Isabella Mann inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
On 24th April 1867 Fiennes Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis [aged 35] died in a hunting accident. His son Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 2] inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
In 1922 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 57] sold Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] to John Kitchin.