History
The manor was originally given, in 1283, to Richard le Norreys, the chief cook to Queen Eleanor. [2] It passed down through the Norreys family, ending up in the possession of Sir John Norreys, Keeper of the Wardrobe to Henry VI, who started re-building the manor in 1446.
In the windows of the great hall, Sir John inserted beautiful stained glass, proudly showcasing his Lancastrian connections by displaying the arms of his friends at Court:
The Norreys family lived there until 1517. At that time, Sir John's great-grandson, also Sir John, had to surrender the estate in return for a pardon after having murdered a certain John Enhold of Nettlebed. Ockwells was then owned by Sir John's uncle, Sir Thomas Fettiplace. It passed through the Fettiplace family, before being owned by the Day family.
In 1942 Ockwells' owner, Sir Edward Barry, wished to sell the estate to the National Trust for £75,000. James Lees-Milne, Secretary of the Country Houses Committee of the National Trust, could not justify this sum, and therefore the property was never handed over to the Trust. Lees-Milne revisited Ockwells in 1973 with architectural historian John Cornforth, who commented that the property is an 'over-restored fake' and deemed it too unimportant for the National Trust. [3]
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