10 Jul Lordship Title of Woodmanley ID1326
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A spurious manor called WOODMANLEY is found mentioned in early 17th-century documents. It was released by Thomas Wells and Ellen his wife to Thomas Smyth in 1606, (fn. 39) and the latter in 1629 sold the estate, then described as the manor of Woodmanley, with 18 acres of arable land and I pightle called Blackwell, in tenure of Thomas Wells, to Thomas Saunders, Sir Samuel Luke and Sir William Fleetwood. (fn. 40) No further mention of such a property in Whipsnade has been found.
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