10 Jul Lordship Title of Sandon Fee ID1600
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Part of Hungerford, which may be identified with SANDON, was held of the Earls of Leicester. In the 12th century Gilbert de Brutenoles (Briteignol, Britmoll, Brittinoles) granted land here to Ralph de Helme, and in 1218 the custody of Gilbert's land in Sandon was committed to John de Netheraven. Gilbert appears to have been succeeded by William de Brutenoles, who held this land as a fee of Simon de Montfort in the middle of the 13th century, and was still holding it in 1262–3. Land in Sandon was held of Sir William de Brutenoles in 1294, but this fee had passed before 1298 to Richard Fokeram, who was then holding half the vill of West Ilsley with the hamlet of Sandon. A Richard Fokeram had received a grant of land at Hungerford with the manor of Ilsley about 1271 from Edmund Earl of Lancaster, and in 1278–9 conveyed meadow land in Hungerford to Richard Fokeram, jun., who was probably his son. One of them may have married the heiress of Adam de Helme, for on 12 May 1281 Richard Fokeram and Alice his wife had licence to assart the wood of Helme, which was the inheritance of Alice. Richard was holding Sandon in 1315, and soon afterwards granted 100s. rent from his free tenants and an assart in Helme Wood to Henry le Tyeys of Chilton and Margaret his wife. Richard died before 1325, when the fee was held by his son Robert. Henry le Tyeys was beheaded and his lands forfeited, but the rent and assart were restored to Margaret in 1325. Meanwhile Robert Fokeram granted the reversion of the fee, after the death of Margaret, to John de Rivers, clerk, son and heir of Sir Richard de Rivers, and after the death of Margaret, which occurred in or before 1340, John obtained possession of the fee, which he released to Henry Earl of Lancaster in April 1350. The Duke of Lancaster was holding it in 1428, when it was stated that a former tenant had been Thomas Abboteston, and it was granted on 20 May 1446 to Sir Walter Hungerford. This fee passed with the manor of Hungerford to the feoffees of the town, who now hold it.
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