10 Jul Lordship Title of Brytvilles or Birchfield ID1039
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The first mention of the family who give their name to the manor of BRYTVILLES or BIRCHFIELD is in 1166, when Hugh de Bryteville held one knight's fee in Bedfordshire. Hugh's son William was seised of the property in 1197, and one of the same name held it in the latter part of the 13th century for half a knight's fee and one-thirteenth part of a knight's fee. In 1275 John was seised of it, and by 1286 it had passed to Hugh de Bryteville. By 1316 it was the property of Hugh's son William, who held it in 1330–1. By 1342 Hugh de Bryteville was in possession. The family continued resident in this parish till the 15th century, William Bryteville, the last member of whom mention has been found, holding there in 1439. Brytvilles Manor was subsequently alienated to John Spencer of Cople, his son Robert dying seised of the manor in 1521. The descent of the manor now follows that of Rowlands in Cople (q.v.) till 1691. In 1692 William Spencer suffered a recovery of Birchfields; he appears to have alienated this property shortly afterwards, for by 1729 it had passed to John Browning. By 1789 the Polhills of Howbury Hall (q.v.) had acquired Birchfields, and hold it to the present day.
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