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The earliest deed concerning the ''Stanihurst'' is held in the college's Arundell Library; it dates from approximately 1200. In 1372, a licence was granted to John de Bayley for an oratory on the site.<ref name="handbook" />{{Rp|11–12}} His descendants, the [[Shireburn baronets|Shireburn family]], completed the oldest portion of the extant buildings.<ref name="handbook" />{{Rp|46}} Richard Shireburn began building the hall, which was enlarged by his grandson Nicholas who also constructed the ponds, avenue and gardens.<ref name="handbook" />{{Rp|36}} Following his death, the estate passed to his wife and then to sole heir, their daughter, [[Maria Howard, Duchess of Norfolk|Mary, the Duchess of Norfolk]].
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In 1754, it was inherited by her cousin, [[Edward Weld (Senior)]], the subject of controversy and two trials, one for impotency. After his death it passed to Weld's eldest son, also [[Edward Weld|Edward]]. Unfortunately, this Edward, who was to be [[Maria Fitzherbert]]'s obscure first husband, fell off his horse three months after the wedding and not having had time to sign the will before he died of his injuries,intestate; the estate passed to Edward senior's third son and Edward's youngest brother, [[Thomas Weld (of Lulworth)|Thomas]]. Thomas Weld and his wife had many children and great swathes of land which he distributed among his progeny. However, asAs a former pupil of the English Jesuit Colleges of St Omer and Liège, and already a philanthropist, heWeld stepped in to save the refugee Jesuit schools overin theFrance. Channel andHe resolved in 1794 to donate his Lancashire estate, including the buildings, with {{convert|30|acre|m2}} of land to the [[Society of Jesus]] for the purpose of settling them and their evacuated charges from Northern [[France]] and the [[Austrian Netherlands]].<ref name="Whitehead">{{cite journal |author=Whitehead, Maurice |date=2003 |title=In the Sincerest Intentions of Studying: The Educational Legacy of Thomas Weld (1750–1810), Founder of Stonyhurst College |journal=Recusant History |volume=26 |pages=169–193 |doi=10.1017/S0034193200030764 |s2cid=163342081}}</ref><ref name="Hewitson" />{{pn|date=December 2023}}
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