St Lois

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; St Loys; Sutton; le maners

In the civil parish of Sutton Upon Derwent.
In the historic county of Yorkshire East Riding (Modern Authority of East Riding of Yorkshire, 1974 county of Humberside).

Medieval moated site surviving as an earthwork. Site of fortified manor house. Building debris reported in eastern enclosure. Licence to crenellate granted to Robert Percy in 1293. The manor-house was probably mentioned, as 'le maners' in the park, in 1309. It was certainly recorded in 1368. The park had been mentioned as early as 1280 and ground south of the manor-house is still called the Park. It may have been in the manor-house, moreover, that the chapel was located where Aubrey, widow of Robert de Percy, was licensed to have a chaplain in 1232. In 1314 Aubrey, daughter of Robert de Percy, was granted an oratory in the manor-house.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1293 Feb 22.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE70934925

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 59492

Books

Allison, K.J. (ed), 1976, 'Sutton Upon Derwent' VCH Yorkshire East Riding Vol3 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=23023
Le Patourel, H.E. Jean, 1973, The Moated Sites of Yorkshire (The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series 5) p116
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p403

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Patent Rolls (1292-1301) p6, 14

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