10 Jul Lordship Title of Franklins ID1485
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The manor of FRANKLINS must be identified with the fee in Charlton held by John le Frauncklyn in 1316. Reginald Franklin of Charlton is mentioned in 1320 and Richard Franklin in 1360. In the reign of Henry VII the manor of Franklins belonged to Richard Estmond of Wantage, who sold it to John Tate before 1507. Later he stated in a dispute with John Tate that his ancestors had held it in fee and that he had mortgaged it to Robert Tate. The Tates were apparently successful in this suit, for in 1552 Richard Tate was in possession. Franklins then followed the descent of Woolley (q.v.) into the possession of the Pauncefoot family. Elizabeth wife of Thomas Dennis and apparently a daughter of Richard Pauncefoot conveyed it in 1570 to Thomas Webbe. In 1609 Richard Webbe and Joan his wife were in possession. The manor was sold in 1650 by Thomas Webbe to a member of the family of Blower, and Frances Blower held it in 1691. Nothing more is heard of it till 1752, when Mary and Charlotte Mallet conveyed it to James and Nicholas Carter. Its later history is unknown.
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