Editing Bisham Abbey (section)

==Manor house==
[[File:Bisham-29Ag9-wyrd2.jpg|thumb|The Manor House]]
The manor house was built around 1260 as a community house for two [[Knights Templar]]. There was substantial rebuilding and alteration in later centuries.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1303584|desc=Bisham Abbey|accessdate=29 September 2015}}</ref> When the Templars were suppressed in 1307, King [[Edward II of England|Edward II]] took over the manorial rights, granting them to various relatives.
In 1310 the building was used as a place of confinement for [[Elizabeth de Burgh|Queen Elizabeth]] of the Scots, wife of King [[Robert the Bruce]], along with her stepdaughter [[Marjorie Bruce|Princess Marjorie]] and sister&ndash;in&ndash;law, Lady [[Christine of Carrick]]. They had been captured on the Isle of [[Rathlin]] during the [[Wars of Scottish Independence|Scottish Wars of Succession]], and were placed in the charge of the King's [[Yeoman]], John Bentley, for two years, until removed to [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]].

In 1335 the manor was bought by [[William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury]] and in 1337 he founded Bisham Priory alongside, within the year of his death 1344, and he was buried there.

[[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] granted the manor house to [[Anne of Cleves]] as part of her divorce settlement from him, and it was later bought by the [[Thomas Hoby|Hoby family]], who lived there until 1768. [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] was a regular visitor in the time of the Hoby family. [[Anne of Denmark]] stayed in August 1610.<ref>E. K. Purnell & A. B. Hinds, [https://archive.org/details/reportonmanuscri0002grea_n4k0/page/358/mode/2up ''HMC Downshire'', vol. 2 (London, 1936), p. 358]</ref> Her arms with the motto ''La Mia Grandezza dal Eccelso'' and the arms of her husband [[James VI and I]] featured in the stained glass of the parish church, and were later installed in the house.<ref>John Gough Nichols, ''The Family Alliances of Denmark and Great Britain'' (London, 1863), p. 25.</ref> There is a long-standing legend that the house is haunted by the ghost of [[Elizabeth Cooke, Lady Russell|Dame Elizabeth Hoby]], as she purportedly beat her son to death for blotting his copy-book.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RBHy: The Ghost of Lady Hoby at Bisham (Berkshire), Part 2 |url=https://berkshirehistory.com/legends/bisham02.html |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=berkshirehistory.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-26 |title=The Ghost Of Dame Elizabeth Hoby – The Grey Lady Of Bisham Abbey |url=https://www.planet-today.com/2020/08/the-ghost-of-dame-elizabeth-hoby-grey.html |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Planet Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes |title=The Berkshire Book |publisher=The Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes |year=1939 |location=Watlington House, Reading, Berks. |publication-date=1939 |pages=22}}</ref>