14 Nov Lordship Title of Woodend or Launcelyns ID13981
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Of the 10-hide vill of Cople, 9¾ hides belonged in 1086 to the fee of Hugh de Beauchamp, and were divided among no fewer than eight tenants. So extreme a division of a vill is highly remarkable. Of these tenants one only, Robert, is described as holding a manor of 4 hides, which later became known as WOODEND or LAUNCELAYNS MANOR. The overlordship passed to that branch of the Bedford barony which became vested in the Dukes of Norfolk.
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