10 Jul Lordship Title of Standford or Stanfordbury ID1278
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There were two manors in the hamlet of Stanford. Of these STANFORDBURY MANOR derived its origin from land which was confirmed to Warden Abbey in 1198 in a charter of Richard I. Various small grants were added to this from time to time, and in 1257 the abbey possessed nearly 4½ hides in Stanford attached to the barony of Bedford, which in 1284–6 represented the corresponding half fee to that held by John le Child. The manor remained with the abbey until the Dissolution. In 1543 the Crown granted Stanfordbury to Edward Gostwick and his wife Dorothy. The former died in 1558, leaving as his son and heir William, then aged fifteen years, who had livery of the manor in 1564, and in the same year conveyed it to Oliver Lord St. John of Bletsoe, brother and heir of John Lord St. John referred to above, who died seised of it in 1618. After this it appears to have followed the descent of Southill Manor (q.v.), and passed to the Whitbread family, who own it at the present day, the name being retained in Stanfordbury Farm.
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