Stanton Wyard

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Staunton Harecourt; Stanton Herle

In the civil parish of Stanton Harcourt.
In the historic county of Oxfordshire (Modern Authority of Oxfordshire, 1974 county of Oxfordshire).

In 1327, a licence to crenellate was granted to John Wyard for his manor house at Stanton Harcourt; its site is unknown, but by the late C17 the manor house was leased to Thomas Flexney and was probably that later known as Flexney's House, north-east of Blackditch. Not to be confused with Stanton Harcourt 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.
Nothing visible remains.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1327 Oct 7.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP41420600

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; 336426

• Web site links
  • http://british.history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=8119&strquery=Wyard#n13a
• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p211
    Crossley, Alan (ed), 1990, 'Stanton Harcourt: Manors and other estates' VCH Oxfordshire Vol12 p274-81
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p276, 408
• 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 (1327-30) p179