The manor (19½ hides) was held by Count Eustace of Boulogne in 1086, his father having received it from William I. A further half hide was held by Durand from Hardwin de Scales. The land thereafter became part of the Honour of Boulogne. Eustace's daughter married King Stephen, who controlled the Honour until Maud's death. After Stephen's son William's death in 1159 it passed to Henry II.
The Priory, founded for Benedictine nuns in the mid-12thc., probably received the church as part of its foundation endowment. According to VCH it was never the priory church, but the vicar was presented by the Prioress.