10 Jul Lordship Title of Potton ID1231
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The earliest mention that has been found of Potton is a tenth-century grant of land by Alfelm and his wife, Affa, to Ramsey Abbey, (fn. 5) but there is no subsequent trace of the abbey holding here. At the time of the Domesday Survey one holder of land only is mentioned in Domesday, the Countess Judith, who held Potton manor, which was assessed at ten hides. She had acquired it as wife of Waltheof, whose father, Siward, slew Tosti, earl of Huntingdon, and received his inheritance from Edward the Confessor. Maud, daughter of Judith, married David of Scotland, afterwards created earl of Huntingdon, and the Potton manor continued to be attached to the earldom of Huntingdon until the death of John le Scot, earl of Huntingdon, without issue in 1237. The overlordship of the three manors at that time existing in Potton was then divided among his three sisters—Margaret, Isabel and Ada.
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