10 Jul Lordship Title of Maidbury or Maydebury ID13318
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The manor of MAIDBURY or MAYDEBURY is a so-called manor which appears in the 16th century, and though the capital messuage was in Elstow the greater part of the lands appear to have lain in Wilshamstead and Cardington. Maidbury as a place-name occurs as early as the reign of Edward II, while the name of Thomas Maydebury appears as witness to deeds concerning land in Elstow in the latter part of the 15th century. This property appears to have belonged to the nuns of Elstow, and Richard Fitz Hugh died seised of it in 1557. Another Richard Fitz Hugh in 1583 alienated the property to Thomas Deacons, and it remained in the hands of Deacons' family until about 1639, when Edward Deacons owned it. The latter's widow Mary appears to have taken for her second husband George Halfhide, and with him alienated the property to Gilbert Morewood in 1647. A few years later the property was divided into moieties between his two daughters Grace wife of Symon Benett and Frances the wife of Sir Thomas Gresley, bart., who alienated their rights to Thomas Rich in 1656. The last mention of this property occurs in 1682, when Edmund Pye and Anne his wife conveyed it to Robert Stevenson and John Wagstaffe. There is still a Medbury Farm on the southern boundary of the parish, which is a modern house built on the site of an older one.
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Manorial Counsel Limited has created a new legal right to bring the titles of this lordship back into use.
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