31 Oct Lordship Title of Sharnbrook or Lorings or Pipings ID13852
Posted at 09:39h
in
County:
Parish:
Title Type:
Previous Lords:
The reasons for connecting the Loring family, who subsequently held in this parish, with Albert of Lorraine, the clerk of Domesday, may be briefly summarized as follows:—Albert held in four Bedfordshire parishes at Domesday: Chalgrave, Wootton, Shelton, Sharnbrook. Some century and a half later it is found that in three out of these four, Chalgrave, Wootton and Sharnbrook, the Loring family are holding by knight service, and that moreover all three have become attached to the barony of Bedford. The chief seat of the Lorings was at Chalgrave; the descent of their Sharnbrook Manor was as follows:—Roger Loring died some time before 1185, at which date his son Peter, aged twelve, was in the guardianship of the king. This Peter was still alive in 1250, in which year he was defeated in a suit against Dunstable Priory, and it was probably his son Peter who died in 1286, and whose epitaph is given by the Dunstable chronicler as 'qui super omnes progenitores suos specialius nos amavit.' The feudal assessment for 1302 gives Peter Loring as still holding one-fifth fee in Sharnbrook. Roger Loring his son died before 1346, and was succeeded by his son the eminent Sir Nigel Loring, a founder Knight of the Garter, who on his death in 1385–6 left two daughters as co-heirs. Of these Isabel became the wife of Robert Lord Harington, and acquired Sharnbrook as part of her share in her father's property. Her husband died in 1406, when the Sharnbrook property included a messuage, 100 acres of land, 20 acres meadow and 10 acres of wood. Their son John Lord Harington died in 1417–18 without issue, and his brother William succeeded him. In 1449 William Lord Harington conveyed this estate, called for the first time a manor, into the hands of the Archbishop of Canterbury and other trustees. He died in 1458, leaving as heir Elizabeth wife of William Bonville. Her son William, who acquired the title Lord Harington in right of his mother, was slain at Wakefield in 1460, and Sharnbrook passed to his daughter Cecilia, who became the wife of Thomas Grey first Marquess of Dorset. Her son Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset died seised of the manor in 1530, and in 1543 his son Henry alienated this manor, here first called by its alternative title of Lorings, to George Boteler. George Boteler died in 1551, when his estates in Sharnbrook passed to his son John, who in 1614 was succeeded by his son Sir Oliver Boteler, kt. He died in 1633, leaving as heir his eldest son John, of whom Harvey says, 'This gentleman gave his seat (The Tofte) and estate at Sharnbrook to his wife; but his mother, widow of Sir Oliver, bought it of her daughter-in-law, and gave it to her third son (William).' The inquisition taken regarding Sir John Boteler's property at his death in 1634 certainly names William Boteler as heir to Sharnbrook, and by fine the same year Alice widow of John Boteler conveyed her rights in these manors to William Boteler and his mother. William Boteler was created a baronet in 1641, and on the outbreak of the Civil War he raised a regiment at his own expense and was slain whilst commanding it at Cropredy Bridge in 1644. He lies buried in the south transept of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. His son Sir Oliver Boteler succeeded him, and dying about 1690 was followed by Sir Philip Boteler, third baronet, whose son Sir Philip Boteler in 1765 sold Lorings Manor, together with his other manors in Sharnbrook, to Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Cornish, on whose death without issue in 1770 they passed to his nephew Admiral Pitchford, who assumed the name of Cornish. He died without issue and the estates came into the possession of his wife's nephew Admiral Gambler, who was lord of the manor in 1864. In 1876 these manors were dispersed by sale, the residence known as the Tofte and 235 acres of land going to Mr. C. Magniac and the Temple Estate with 662 acres to Mr. C. Bartholomew, from whom it was purchased by Mr. Brown. It is now the property of Mr. Alexander Rowland Alston.
Other Information:
Listed in the Domesday Book:
Yes