29 Nov Lordship Title of Babham End ID14115
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An estate at Babham End in Cookham was held of the manor of Cookham by a family of Babham who flourished there from the 14th to the 17th century. William de Babham, who held land in Cookham in 1341, left two daughters, Alice and Joan, who inherited from him a messuage and 240 acres of land. Alexander de Babham held lands in 1352. Monuments and mural tablets in Cookham Church show that John Babham died in 1458, Richard in 1527 and Arthur in 1561. Christopher, son of Arthur, conveyed his property in 1612 to John Harrison, who died in 1619 seised of a capital messuage, woodland and free fishery in Cookham which he left to his nephew Francis Harrison. Francis dealt with the estate in 1647, and in 1689 it was in the possession of Henry Washington, in right of his wife Eleanor daughter and co-heir of Richard Harrison. He held it until 1718, when he sold it to Bartholomew Clark, a merchant of London. Clark bequeathed it to his grandson William, eldest son of his daughter Mary wife of Sir Jacob Bowen. In 1771 the trustees sold it to Dr. Battie, President of the College of Physicians in 1764. By his will of 1776 it was left in trust for his three daughters and was purchased in 1794 by Admiral Sir George Young, whose wife was Anne, the eldest daughter, and Samuel his son, the first baronet. Sir George Young had previously bought other lands in the Odney Islands and built there in 1785 the present mansion, Formosa Place. Sir Samuel Young died in 1826 and the estate now belongs to his grandson, Sir George Young, the present baronet.
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