 In 1308 Edward II granted Beckley to Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, who then leased it to Sir John de Hadlow.When Sir John died in 1346 Beckley passed to The Black Prince, who in 1356 granted it to Sir John Chandos.In 1367 Beckley reverted to Richard III, and when his successor Richard II married Anne of Bohemia in 1382 he gave Beckley to Anne as part of her dowry.