Venue Type & Location
Private Residence
Site Name: Hooke Court
Location: near Beaminster
County: Dorset
Location Type: Town - near town at determined location
Overview
Approx 1/4 m NW of Hooke, 4 m W of Beaminster.
Originally moated, a substantial manor house; earliest surviving remains are from 17th c.
Current Status
Residential education/adventure centre
History of the Venue
Seat of Humphrey Stafford, 1429-69
E wing (15th c.) demolished c. 1965 (only its plinth moulding survives), leaving only the 17th c. south wing. The only remaining 15th c. work is the
perpendicular canopy-work built into the south wall.
Patrons who owned this venue
| Name | Date | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Blount, Charles | 1563-1606 | Knight |
| Blount, Charles | 1563-1606 | Baron Mountjoy |
| Blount, Charles | 1563-1606 | Earl of Devonshire |
| Blount, Charles | 1563-1606 | Knight of the Garter |
| Blount, James | 1533-1581 | Baron Mountjoy |
| Blount, James | 1533-1581 | Knight of the Bath |
| Leigh, Katherine | 0-1576 | Lady Mountjoy |
| Stafford, Humphrey | 1439-1469 | Baron Stafford of Southwick |
| Stafford, Humphrey | 1439-1469 | Earl of Devon |
| Stafford, Humphrey | 1439-1469 | Knight |