10 Jul Lordship Title of Claybrookes ID1057
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In the 16th century a property called CLAYBROOKES MANOR appears in Harrold. The first reference that has been found occurs in 1554, when Francis Lord Russell and Margaret his wife alienated it by fine to John Dobbe and Frances Dobbe. Thirty years later it is found in the possession of Henry Laurence, a mercer of Bedford. He died in 1587, when his Harrold property passed by will to his cousin, Edward son of Geoffrey Laurence, with a charge of £60 to be paid to the testator's brother Nicholas. Two years later Edward and Richard Laurence sold Claybrookes Manor to John Blott, who died seised of the manor in 1630, and was succeeded by his son William Blott. An inquisition was taken at his death in 1636–7, when his property in Harrold had diminished to one cottage and 13 acres of land. His son John was aged six, but no further trace of this estate has been found.
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