28 Nov Lordship Title of Chalton ID14085
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In the 14th century another property, known as CHALTON MANOR, appears in the parish. It was held in 1366 of Sir Walter Massey and Elizabeth his wife as of the Earl Marshal, and in 1417 was said to be attached to the manor of Weston, near Baldock. Sir Henry Grene was lord of the manor, which included a chapel, till his death in 1369, when his son Thomas was declared to be his heir. Thomas died in 1418, but prior to his death he and his brother John appear to have remitted their right in Chalton to their brother Ralph. He had died shortly before, when his brother John became his heir. It is impossible to state with any certainty that this manor is identical with one of the same name which appears in 1562 as the property of George and Humphrey Browneand of John Lord Mordaunt, who then made a settlement of it. Humphrey Browne settled his third on his son George, and in default of his issue on his three daughters Mary, Christiana and Katherine. Before 1570 this share had passed to the three daughters of Humphrey, from whom two third parts were purchased in 1576 by Robert Bell, on behalf of the third sister Katherine. She, who married William Roper, sold her part of Chalton Manor to Francis Bigg in 1589. John Lord Mordaunt acquired the reversion of the moiety of George Browne in 1561, and his son and heir Lewis so inherited from his father two-thirds of Chalton Manor, which he sold in 1590 to Francis Bigg, above mentioned. Francis died in 1618, leaving as heir to his Chalton property a son Abraham, who was in turn succeeded by a son Abraham. The latter obtained seisin of the manor on reaching his majority in 1628, but apparently died without issue before 1639, leaving Chalton to his sisters and co-heirs Mary Goldsmith, widow, Abigail wife of George Wainright, Sarah wife of Richard Shepherd and Agnes wife of William Burr. Mary Goldsmith acquired the share of Agnes in 1643, and her son and heir Thomas that of Abigail in 1650. He also acquired the share from Sarah before his death, and by his will dated 1674 left the manor to his eldest son Thomas, with various legacies chargeable on the estate to his other children. The manor of Chalton remained in the Goldsmith family until 1754, when it was purchased from William Goldsmith and Elizabeth his wife by David William. In 1761 it was the property of Charles Dymoke William, from whom it passed to Rev. Dr. Hibbins, and in 1797 it was in the hands of Maria Lepine. Lysons, writing at the beginning of the 19th century, states that Viscount Howe was then lord of the manor. Chalton was sold before 1804 to a brewer of London called Cox, and before 1832 it was acquired by William Dodge Cooper of Toddington Manor, whose subsequent history (q.v.) this manor of Chalton shares.
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