In the 12th century the manor was granted by Henry II to William Fitz Aldelin, who is reputed to have built the original Manor House.
Sherfield was held in the reign of Edward I (1272-1307) by Thomas de Warblington, High Sheriff of Hampshire, tenant-in-chief from the king in serjeanty by the services providing laundresses, of dismembering malefactors and measuring the gallons and bushels in the royal household [REF].