10 Jul Lordship Title of Caldecote ID1044
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CALDECOTE MANOR was another manor in Caldecote and Ickwell, which probably consisted of lands formerly belonging to Northill Manor, the possession of which was claimed by Warden Abbey from the 12th century. In 1252 free warren was granted to the abbot in the woods belonging to the granges of Caldecote, and this right and that of view of frankpledge were asserted under Edward III. The manor remained with the abbey until the Dissolution. In 1564 it was granted to Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, and subsequently came into the possession of George Fish of Southill, who died seised of it in 1603. In 1674 it was owned by John Moore and Mary his wife, who quitclaimed it to Nicholas Ratchford. In the reigns of William III and Anne George Vaughan possessed the manor, but in 1714 it was conveyed to trustees for the use of Mrs. Stukeley, sister-in-law of Sir George Byng, and was owned by his grandson George fourth Lord Torrington in 1776. It was probably purchased from him by Thomas Smith of Gray's Inn, in whose possession it was early in the 19th century. Caldecote Manor afterwards passed to the Thornton family, Col. Godfrey Thornton owning it in 1821, after which date its identity as an independent manor has not been preserved. Cook's alias Butler's Farm, of which Nicholas Cook died seised in 1561, was named two years later as having formed part of the possessions of Warden Abbey, while some of the abbey farms in Ickwell are specified as the property of William Scroggs, who died in 1606. Views of frankpledge were held twice yearly at Caldecote, of which Court Rolls are preserved at the Public Record Office for the latter years of Henry VIII. Court leet and free warren in Caldecote were included in the grant made to Robert Earl of Leicester.
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