Lordship Title of Cardington ID1049

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In 1086 Hugh de Beauchamp held 6½ hides and two-thirds of a virgate in Cardington which had formerly belonged to thirteen sokemen. This estate follows the same descent as the barony of Bedford (q.v.). On the partition of the lands of John de Beauchamp, who was slain at Evesham in 1265, the manor was subdivided; the principal portion, known as CARDINGTON MANOR, passed to Joan daughter of Ela de Beauchamp, who married, first, Michael Picot, and afterwards Ralph Paynell. (fn. 9) The latter died seised of the manor, and was succeeded about 1318 by John Picot son of Baldwin, and probably nephew of Joan's first husband. John Picot died in 1336–7, when his son John succeeded him. After his death in 1361 his wife Isabel held the manor until 1375, when she was succeeded by her son Baldwin Picot. His daughter and heir Dorothy married James Gascoigne, son of the well-known judge, and the manor passed to the Gascoigne family. Sir William Gascoigne, grandson of the judge and Controller of the Household to Cardinal Wolsey, died in 1540. His son Sir John Gascoigne made various settlements of the manor previous to his death in 1568, after which date his wife Margaret Gascoigne held Cardington for her life, and was succeeded by her son John, who held in 1586. John Gascoigne left two daughters and co-heirs: Dorothy wife of Sir Gerard Harvey of Thurleigh, and Elizabeth wife of Sir George Blundell. Cardington Manor passed to Elizabeth, whose husband died in 1627, and remained in the Blundell family for more than a hundred years, passing from Sir George Blundell, who died in 1688, to his only son George, who died in 1709. Another George Blundell owned it in 1731, and died in 1756, and the manor was purchased from William Nailour Blundell and Mary Nailour, who derived title under his will, in 1769 by Samuel Whitbread, who died in 1796. It has since followed the same descent as that of Old Warden (q.v.), the present owner being Mr. Samuel Whitbread of Southill Park. Courts leet pertained to Cardington Manor. The right of free warren was allowed to William de Beauchamp in 1287, and was confirmed to his descendants in 1304 and 1329. Assize of bread and ale was also claimed in 1287 and 1330.
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