10 Jul Lordship Title of Dudleys or Turvey ID1074
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Two knights, whose names are not mentioned, were tenants of Robert de Todeni at Domesday, and from one—probably the larger—of these two shares originated a manor later known as DUDLEYS or TURVEY MANOR. It is, of course, impossible to connect the nameless knights of Domesday with the family of Hotot, who held in Turvey from the 13th century, but members of this house were certainly holding land under Robert in Leicestershire in 1086. In 1254–5 the right of Thomas Hotot to lands in Turvey was recognized by Richard de Ardres, Simon de Holwell and others. Before 1278–9 he had been succeeded by his son William, who at that date owned 1½ hides in Turvey. Robert Hotot son of William held Turvey Manor (here so called for the first time) in 1313–14, at which date his sister Joan quitclaimed all right in the manor to him. Robert Hotot held by knight's service in 1346, and appears to have died the same year, for an inquisition was made into the possessions of his widow Juliana in 1347. She was found to hold in Turvey a messuage, a windmill, 237 acres of arable land and 3 acres of fallow meadow. Her heir was her son Robert. Robert Hotot had a daughter Joan, who married Robert Dudley, and Turvey Manor thus passed into the family from whom it acquired its distinctive title. Its history during the next two centuries seems to be clear, though the materials for it are very scanty. Between 1467 and 1472 William son of Richard Dudley and grandson of Joan claimed lands in Turvey from William Armingston, whom his father had appointed as trustee, and who now refused to render up his trusteeship. William Dudley appears to have brought his suit to a successful issue, for four generations later, in 1608, his direct descendant Edward Dudley died seised of Dudley Manor in Turvey. He left a son Edward, who died in 1608, and his son Edward held this manor until 1632, when he died, leaving five sons, Edward, William, Thomas, Gamaliel and Augustine, of whom Edward the eldest succeeded to the Turvey property. His death took place in 1641, and his heirs were his four daughters, Elizabeth, Alice, Anne and Frances, all under age at the time of their father's death. In 1649 Alice (then the wife of John Fortescue) and Elizabeth Dudley conveyed their two-fourths in the manor by fine to William Dudley, their uncle. Anne Dudley, who came of age in 1654, and Frances, who came of age in 1655, both transferred their fourths to William Dudley, who thus acquired the whole manor. He was created a baronet in 1660, and was Sheriff of Northamptonshire the following year. In 1662 he conveyed the manor in trust to Gabriel Bedell and Thomas Collins. This may have been preliminary to a transfer of the property to the Mordaunts, for Lysons, writing of this manor, says, 'This estate came afterwards to the Mordaunts, who possessed the whole landed property of the parish. Its name has been long forgotten.'
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