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Sarnesfield
Sarnesfield (National Grid ref. SO374508) is a civil parish and village in Herefordshire, eleven miles north-west of Hereford. Descent of the manorDe LacySarnesfield was granted by William the Conqueror to Roger de Lacy. De Sarnesfield Philip de Sarnesfield held one and a half hides from Hugh de Lacy in 1109. An early lord of the manor was Nicholas de Sarnesfield, a member of the retinue of the Black Prince and created a Knight of the Garter in 1386 by King Richard II to whom he was standard bearer and an eminent diplomat. He died in 1394, leaving his two daughters co-heiresses, the eldest of whom married Hugh de Moynton or Monington. The younger daughter married Walter Bromwich of Sarnesfield Coffyn, now Little Sarnesfield Farm. The manor was split into two moieties, with Greater Sarnesfield passing to the Monington family, and Sarnesfield Coffyn (also known as Little Sarnesfield) to Bromwich. The latter was held by John Bromwich in 1532. Subsequently the two moieties seem to have been re-united into one manor. Sarnesfield was held by the Monington family until 1781.[1] Monington In St Mary's Church is the following marble wall tablet:[2]
John Webbe-Weston was the heir of Sutton Place, Surrey. In 1837 Thomas Monington of Sarnesfield was High Sheriff of Herefordshire.[3] MarshallIn 1891 Sarnesfield Court was bought by George William Marshall (1839–1905), York Herald, who did much to restore the church to its original condition, removing later additions. He was buried in the parish on 16 Sept. 1905.[4] St Mary's ChurchFragments of 13th- or 14th-century floriated crosses are visible in the church. One apparently from the 14th century in the south-east corner of the south chapel commemorates Isabel De Sarnesfield.[5] Sarnesfield CourtSarnesfield Court was demolished in 1955.[6] Sources
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