22 Apr Lordship Title of Catmore ID14213
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Under the Confessor CATMORE was held by Ezui, but at the date of the Domesday Survey it was in the possession of Henry de Ferrers, his under-tenant being one Henry. It was one of the manors devastated by the Conqueror's army, its value in the time of Edward the Confessor having been £7, then 40s., and at the time of the Sur ey 70s. The overlordship remained with the Ferrers family until the forfeiture of Robert de Ferrers in 1266, whereupon a great part of the vast lands of the Ferrers including the honour of Tutbury was granted to the Earl of Lancaster, whose successors retained the overlordship until it became merged in the Crown on the accession of Henry IV. In 1537 the manor was said to be held of the Earl of Devon as of his manor of Sutton Courtney, but no explanation of this has been found.
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