Hall Place - Otterden Online

Hall Place, in the south-east part of Otterden parish was once a significant manor. According to one source, early owners included a Roger Rey and, later, a Thomas Franklyn, who is said to have paid a yearly rent of one red rose.

By the time of Henry VII (1485-1509), Hall Place was no longer a manor and had become the property of a Mr Locke.

He sold it to a John Bunce, whose only son, James, died in 1606 and was buried in the south chancel of the church.

His eldest son, Simon, became his heir. He died in 1611 leaving it to Anne, his only daughter, who was married to a William Brockman (the son and heir of a Henry Brockman of Newington, near Hythe).