10 Jul Lordship Title of Rowney Grange ID1249
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Rowney apparently formed part of the original grant of Walter Espec to Warden Abbey, consisting of those woodlands which overlapped from Old Warden into Southill, for ROWNEY GRANGE was named among the possessions of Warden Abbey in 1198 in the second confirmation charter of Richard I. At the Dissolution it was granted temporarily to William Rolte, serjeant-at-arms, and in 1544 to Francis Pigot of Stratton, whose widow Margery surrendered her life interest in the grange to Thomas Pigot, her husband's son, and he in 1566 alienated it to Hugh Cartwright. In 1587 Hugh's relative, William, alienated Rowney Grange to Nicholas Thurgood, who in his turn conveyed it to Sir John Brett in 1599. Owen Brett succeeded his father in 1620. He fought on the king's side in the Civil War, and in 1651 he was fined £1,396 13s. 4d., of which sum two days later he was only able to pay £100. Soon after Rowney Grange was conveyed by fine to Henry Wynn and his son John for £200. With the exception of a later conveyance by fine in 1663, in which a quitclaim was granted to Peter Newes and others from Brett Norton and Sarah his wife, Rowney does not reappear as a separate estate. The name survives in Old and New Rowney Farms, which belong to Mr. Whitbread at the present day.
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Manorial Counsel Limited has created a new legal right to bring the titles of this lordship back into use.
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