10 Jul Lordship Title of Potsgrove (Woburn) or Blankfront ID1230
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Blankfront Manor derived its distinctive name from Henry and William Blankfront, who held one fee in Potsgrove about the 13th century. In 1247 Henry was summoned to do service to William for half a hide in Potsgrove, but proved that he held nothing of the latter. In 1275–6 Robert Blankfront, a member of the same family, held two parts of the 1¼ fees at which this vill was assessed. The Blankfronts continued to hold by knight's service in Potsgrove until 1346. In 1392 John Chastellon and Margaret his wife, possibly a descendant of the Blankfronts, owned the manor, here so called for the first time, and in 1415 granted it to John Goldington of Lidlington, who in his turn granted it the same year to the Abbot of Woburn. After the Dissolution Potsgrove Manor was granted by Edward VI to Edward Fiennes Lord Clynton and Saye in exchange for other lands given to the king. Lord Clynton granted it to William Saunders, who died seised of the manor in 1559, leaving a son Thomas to succeed him. Thomas died in 1560, his heir being his sister Ellen, through whom the manor, like that of Battlesden (q.v.), passed into the hands of the Duncombes, and from this date the descent of the manor is similar, having been bought by the Duke of Bedford in 1884 from the trustees of Sir Gregory PageTurner.
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