10 Jul Lordship Title of Bagnor or Bagnor with Courage or Courage ID1358
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In the time of Edward the Confessor Ulveva held BAGNOR of the king in alod, and at the time of the Domesday Survey it was held by Humphrey the Chamberlain. The history of the overlordship is obscure, but in the 13th century it formed part of the fief of the Earl of Gloucester. In 1227–8 Henry de Bagnor sold the manor to Richard son of Michael, and in 1234–5 Ellis de Bagnor conveyed it to William Prior of Poughley Monastery. This conveyance probably referred to part only of the manor, as the following year Henry de Bagnor conveyed it, or the remainder, to the same prior. It was held by the priory till its dissolution in 1524. In 1526 it was granted to Wolsey, and by him granted that year to the college of Thomas Wolsey at Oxford. On the attainder of Wolsey it was seized by the king, and by him granted in 1531 to Westminster Abbey. In 1542 the manor was transferred to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, who received a further grant here in 1559–60, and it remained their property until purchased in June 1871 by Mr. Head Pottinger Best, at whose death, on 14 December 1887, it passed to his son Mr. Marmaduke Head Best of Donnington Grove, at whose death, on 3 January 1912, it passed to his widow.
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