10 Jul Lordship Title of Beeston ID13288
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At the time of the Domesday Survey William Spech held 3½ virgates in Beeston, whose previous possessor had been Lewin Cilt. These virgates evidently lay principally in Thorncote, and were attached to Old Warden Manor as part of the honour of Warden (Old Warden, q.v.). During the 13th century Fulk le Moyne and Robert Joce each held a quarter-fee of this honour, and their descendants still owned land in Thorncote during the following century. In 1309 John de Bowels seized the cattle of Robert le Moyne because his services (consisting of those appertaining to half a fee and that of doing suit to John's court at Warden) were in arrear. In 1346 John Joce owned land of the Abbot of Warden which William Joce had formerly held. By 1428 it was occupied by three tenants, namely, John Greenlane, John Cooke and Thomas Ivell, after which its descent cannot be traced. Other Domesday tenants were Walter, who held half a hide of Hugh de Beauchamp in Northill which Osiet, a man of King Edward, formerly occupied and could sell, and Turstin the Chamberlain, who owned half a hide of the king in Beeston which previously Godwin, a man of Earl Tosti, held and could assign. This land later belonged to the barony of Bedford (an overlordship which is traceable in Thorncote as late as 1499), following the same descent as in Astwick, and appears to have been divided among numerous small tenants. Finally 3 virgates in Beeston in 1086 were held by Godmund of the king and were in the possession of the burgesses of Bedford, but no later particulars about this land have been found.
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Manorial Counsel Limited has created a new legal right to bring the titles of this lordship back into use.
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