10 Jul Lordship Title of Lawrence or Riseley with Members ID1172
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The manor of LAWRENCE was held of the Knights Hospitallers apparently by a family bearing this name. In 1279 William Lawrence held 2½ virgates of land here, and in 1364 Sir William Croyser received a grant of free warren probably in this manor. It is not, however, till 1489 that the manor can be definitely identified, at which date Robert Broughton died seised of it. He was succeeded by his grandson Robert, whose son John Broughton sold the manor to Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, and others in 1514. Within the next sixteen years the manor had come into the possession of William Holgyll, clerk, who quitclaimed it to Sir Anthony Oughtred in 1530. Two years later Sir Edward Seymour, afterwards the Protector Somerset, a brother-in-law of Sir Anthony, alienated the manor to Sir John St. John and others. Sir John died seised of the property in 1559; his heir was his son Oliver first Baron St. John. This manor has remained in the possession of the St. John family down to the present day, the present lord of the manor being Lord St. John of Bletsoe.
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