10 Jul Lordship Title of Uplambourn ID1654
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The second holding had various tenants in the early 13th century. Oliver Plukenet seems to have had some right in it before 1196, and in 1198 it belonged to Baldwin Earl of Albemarle. Richard Walens was the tenant in 1202 by grant of King John. He made a lease of some of his land here, but the whole of it was granted in 1229, after his death, first to Robert de St. John, and then to John de Gyse. John de Gyse, who was a tenant at the king's pleasure, was succeeded before 1242 by Hugh Plukenet. In 1248 Hugh exchanged his holding here with Henry de Bathe for land in 'Amenel' (Ampney, Gloucestershire). Henry de Bathe, thus lord of the whole manor, had a grant of free warren in 1255. His widow Aline, who married Nicholas de Yattendon, retained the manor for life by grant of her son John de Bathe, who died in 1291, leaving a daughter and heir Joan married to John de Bohun. Her son and heir John de Bohun had seisin of her lands in 1316. In the next year the granted the part of the manor held in chief to Edmund de Bohun, who must later have had a grant of the rest. Edmund was involved in the rebellion of 1321–2, but the manor was restored to him in 1324. In 1330 he granted it to Edward de Bohun, retaining a life interest. Humphrey Earl of Hereford, brother of Edward, inherited the reversion, and had seisin on Edmund's death in 1349. His nephew Humphrey succeeded him in 1361, and on Humphrey's death in 1373 his widow Joan held the manor in dower. She died in 1419, and Humphrey's lands were divided between Henry V and Anne Countess of Stafford as his grandchildren by his daughters Mary and Eleanor. The manor fell to the king's share and was annexed to the duchy of Lancaster. The manorial rights have since followed the descent of Plukenets Manor. The manor-house and demesne lands were, however, purchased from the trustees of William Essex in 1609 by William Wilmot of Wantage. The 'manor' was in the possession of his grandson William in 1665. The latter, who died in 1684, left his lands in default of male issue to William Daniel, to provide portions for William Daniel's daughters and then to pass to his cousin Thomas Garrard. His widow Mary had a life tenancy, and Thomas Garrard entered on her death in 1728. The subsequent descent of the estate is uncertain.
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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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