23 Nov Lordship Title of Eversholt ID14049
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Among the lands of the reeves and almsmen of the king in 1086 is a third estate in Eversholt, consisting of half a hide which Herbert, a king's bailiff, held in the king's service. In 1204–5 William de Leicester received a grant of 1 virgate of land in Eversholt valued at 4s. yearly, and his descendant, another William of Leicester, held the same in 1276, paying to the king an annual rent of 4s. No direct descent can be traced for this small holding, but the lands held by John de Grey in the vill of Eversholt in 1316 may represent the half hide held by the king's bailiff at Domesday. The Greys retained a certain property in Eversholt, consisting of lands from which rents were due to them, up to the middle of the 16th century, the last record of this family in connexion with Eversholt occurring in 1545, when Lord Grey of Wilton owed certain services to the king at his court baron in the manor of Eversholt for lands there held in chief.
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