10 Jul Lordship Title of New College or East Hendred ID1563
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NEW COLLEGE MANOR must be identified with the hide of land in East Hendred which in 1086 was held of the king in alms by Ældeva, a free woman. She had been the tenant before the Conquest. This hide of land was granted by Richard I to John de Edgareston to hold for life. He gave his interest in it to the Prioress and nuns of Littlemore, to whom in 1232 the king granted this estate to hold of his gift for ever. After the Dissolution the manor came into the possession of John Lord Williams, and was left by him as part of the endowment of the grammer school at Thame. In 1575 his executors granted these endowments to the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford, as trustees for the school. The college held the East Hendred manor till the end of the 19th century, when the trust was taken over by the Charity Commissioners. The Prioress of Littlemore claimed the assize of bread and ale here in the 13th century.
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