15 Sep Lordship Title of Barbourne
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Lordship Title of Barbourne
County: Worcestershire
Parish: Claines
History from: 904 - Pre Domesday
History to: 1534 - the reign of King Henry VIII
Of interest…
(1) Barbourne is granted by Werefrith, Bishop of Worcester to Ethelred, Earl of Mercia in 904 (over 1100 years ago). (2) In 1215 Walter Gray, Bishop of Worcester, recovers Barbourne from Ralph de Willington as the Sheriff of Worcester is commanded to give the Bishop seisin. (3) The last reference to a Lord of Barbourne is when King Henry VIII grants it to Richard Callowhill after it had been confiscated from Whiston's Priory.
Price: £3,150 to become Lord and Lady Barbourne