10 Jul Lordship Title of Henlow Zouches ID1132
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A third manor to be found in Henlow is that of Henlow Zouches. The Domesday Survey states under the land of the burgesses of Bedford that Alric held one virgate, and had held it in the time of Edward the Confessor. In the thirteenth century William de Cantelow held one virgate of the honor of Eyton (probably Eaton Bray), in Henlow, and it is possible that these virgates are identical. From William de Cantelow this manor passed into the hands of the Zouches of Harringworth by the marriage of Millicent daughter of William de Cantelow with Eudo de la Zouche. In 1302 William de la Zouche, her son, held onetwentieth of a knight's fee, consisting of one virgate of land in Henlow. His grandson William de la Zouche held the same fee in 1346. William de la Zouche, son of Eudo, and grandson of the former William, died seised of this fee in 1382, as did also his son William in 1396. The property appears to have remained in this family in the direct line, though there is very little documentary evidence, for in 1473 Jacquetta duchess of Bedford was appointed guardian to John son of William de la Zouche, and amongst his possessions are mentioned lands, rents, and services in Henlow. In 1542 Richard de la Zouche, son of the above John, alienated Henlow Zouches to Reginald Conygrave and Joan his wife; sixteen years later it was the property of Thomas Henneage, and by the marriage of his daughter to John Luke passed to that family, being held by Nicholas Luke and his son Oliver successively. In 1632 it was alienated by Sir Oliver Luke to Richard Edwards and others, to become absorbed later in the more important manor of Henlow Warden (q.v.) which was acquired by the Edwards family.
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