10 Jul Lordship Title of Cotes or Cotton or Eastcotts or Cardington Cotton End ID13299
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In 1086 Nigel de Albini held a manor of 6 hides in Harrowden, which 14 sokemen held freely under King Edward the Confessor. From its after-history it is clear that the Albini land lay chiefly in Cotes, represented by the modern hamlet of Cardington Cotton End, and the overlordship of the barony of Cainhoe (q.v.), of which it formed a part, is traceable until 1541. The manor of COTES alias COTTON alias EASTCOTTS alias CARDINGTON COTTON END followed the same descent as that of Clophill (q.v.) until the death of Robert de Albini in 1233, when it was divided between his three sisters Isabel, Ascelina and Joan. Ralph de St. Amand, husband of Joan, and Isabel de Albini held here by knight service in the 13th century, (fn. 31) but the manor eventually passed to Almaric son of Joan and Ralph St. Amand, and followed the same descent as Millbrook (q.v.). From the St. Amands it passed, as in the case of the second manor of Blunham, through the Braybrookes, the Beauchamp St. Amands to George Lord Cobham, who made various settlements of his property about 1534. It was settled in 1536 by Richard Osbaldiston on his wife Dorothy, who died in 1541, four months after her husband, and was succeeded by his son John. The latter alienated Eastcotts Manor in 1544 to Sir John Gascoigne, who appears to have mortgaged it about 1566 to Thomas Colby of London, an action which was fruitful in law-suits. Colby's interest in the manor eventually descended to his daughter Dorothy and her husband Philip Lord Wharton, who conveyed it by fine for £600 between the years 1612 and 1613 to Robert Mildmay and John Cason. A further alienation took place, for in 1633 Sir Arthur Savage died seised of the manor, and was succeeded by his son Thomas, but by 1693 it was in the possession of Charles Palmer, who bought it from Laurence Purchase. In 1770 the manor belonged to another Charles Palmer, whose daughter and heir Dorothy sold it in 1779 for £4,000 to Samuel Whitbread of Cardington, since which time the descent has remained in the Whitbread family, following that of the principal manor of Cardington. Manorial courts were held twice a year at this manor during the 15th century, the roll for the year 1454–5 being at the present time in the British Museum, but no later reference to these courts has been found. The rights of the assize of bread and ale were claimed in Cotes under Edward I and free warren under Henry IV. The value of the manor was estimated in 1310 at £9 5s. 8d., in 1400 at £15, in 1427 at £22 8s., and in 1541 at 20 marks beyond reprises.
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