31 Oct Lordship Title of Stagsden ID13862
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A family of Bray or Broy were 12th-century tenants of the Bedford barony in Stagsden. In 1196 Robert Bray owned land and services in Stagsden which he held of Simon de Beauchamp. Eight years later his tenant Adam son of Drew held 2 hides of him by one-third of a knight's fee. Roger Bray is mentioned in the feudal assessment of 1302 for this parish, and his right had passed by 1346 to Robert Mordaunt, a member of that family, which later held so largely in this parish. The Brays were very large benefactors to Warden Abbey, and such alienations account for the scanty details concerning what was a comparatively large property at the beginning of the 13th century. In 1278 Hugh le Blunt, Richard Koc and Adam Harlew all held small portions of land of the Beauchamp barony. Of the two latter no further mention has been found, but the former was still holding in 1302, and by 1346 had been succeeded by Matthew atte Wiche.
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