10 Jul Lordship Title of Snelsmore ID1613
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The tithing of SNELSMORE, which formed part of the manor of Bradley, was held in the 13th century by the abbey of Abingdon, which in 1392 acquired 10 acres here from William Somerford, parson of Speen. The abbey was holding the tithing from the king in 1401–2 as part of the manor of Chieveley. At the dissolution of the abbey in 1538 these lands came into the hands of the king, and certain lands here were granted in 1545 to Robert Browne, goldsmith of London, Charles Edmonds and William Wenlowe. In 1565–6 the queen granted the manor of Snelsmore, late the property of the abbey of Abingdon, to Robert Earl of Leicester and his heirs, but in 1580 it was the subject of a law-suit between William Dodington and Sir Walter Mildmay and others. William appears to have been successful, for in 1606 he and Mary his wife conveyed the manor to John Parsons, George Smyth and Richard Marshall.
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