10 Jul Lordship Title of West Hendred ID1675
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The manor of WEST HENDRED is probably to be identified with the 10 hides at 'Hennarithe' which were granted to the thegn Brihtric by Edwy in 955 and by Edgar in 964 to Abingdon Abbey. During the following century, however, the abbey lost its hold upon this land. In the reign of Edward the Confessor it was held by three thegns, who were at liberty to go to what lord they wished. At the Conquest it became the property of Niel Daubeny, a Bedfordshire baron, who granted it before 1086 to the abbey of St. Albans. At the Domesday Survey a freeman Ernuzon held 2 hides of the abbot. Paul, the Abbot of St. Albans who had received the grant, founded before 1093 a cell of the abbey at Wallingford. To this cell his successor Richard gave the manor of West Hendred, and it remained the property of the house till its dissolution. This took place in 1528, when the priory with its possessions, including this manor, was granted to Cardinal Wolsey for his new college at Oxford. On his fall it was given to the President and scholars of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in exchange for the manor of Molesey (Surrey). They are still lords of the manor.
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