23 Nov Lordship Title of Aspley ID14035
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At the time of the Survey Acard de Ivri was Hugh's tenant in Aspley Guise. More than a century later it is found in the possession of Guy de Valery, to whom it may have passed by inheritance, as he was great-grandson of Ralph de Ivri, a contemporary of the Acard of Domesday. He was lord of the fee in 1203, and was succeeded by his son Reginald, from whom Aspley was held at farm for a certain term of years by Falkes de Breauté. On the confiscation of Falkes' estates in 1225 the remainder of the term was confirmed by the king to Henry Capella. The manor was in the hands of Reginald de St. Valery in 1227, when he released the whole of the fee to Hubert de Burgh, who obtained a confirmation of the alienation for himself and Margaret his wife and their heirs in the same year. Hubert de Burgh fell into disgrace and Aspley Manor was confiscated, being granted in 1233 to Robert Passelewe. The estates of Hubert were restored in the following year, and he was returned as lord of the Aspley fee in the Testa de Nevill. He died in 1243, and on the death of his widow Margaret Countess of Kent in 1259 the property passed to his son John by a former wife Beatrix. John de Burgh obtained a grant of free warren in his demesne lands in Aspley in 1260, but before 1267 he had subinfeudated the manor to Anselm de Gyse. The tenants in fee continued to hold Aspley from John de Burgh by knight service, and on his son's death without male issue from the latter's daughter and co-heir Hawise wife of Robert de Gresley. Joan daughter and heir of Hawise and Robert de Gresley married John de la Warr, and Aspley Manor was held of them in the middle of the 14th century. After this date the interest of the heirs of Hubert de Burgh in Aspley seems to have lapsed, and the manor was held directly of the barony of Bedford. Anselm de Gyse held the manor for one-twentieth part of one knight's fee in 1276 and 1284, and dying in 1295 left as heir a son John, then aged seventeen, who was returned as lord of Aspley in 1302–3. In 1313 John settled the manor—one-third of which was still held by his mother Beatrix as dower—on his son John by his wife Margaret, Robert Lovet being appointed trustee. The younger John apparently succeeded his father shortly afterwards, for in 1316 he was lord of Aspley, and in 1346 he and his tenants were returned as holding it for one-third of a knight's fee. He died some time before 1363, leaving as heir a grandson Anselm, then a minor, in the wardship of William Tyrington and Joan his wife. Anselm entered into possession of the property—from this time known as Aspley Guise Manor—in 1375, possibly on attaining his majority, and died in 1412, when he was succeeded by a son Reginald, aged twenty-four. He settled the manor and advowson by a charter of 1420 on trustees to the use of himself and his heirs and died before 1428, when Aspley Guise was in the hands of Giles Bridges, who had married Catherine widow of Reginald Gyse. John Gyse, son and heir of Reginald, was living in 1470, and his son John, created a knight by Prince Arthur, died seised of Aspley Guise Manor in 1501, leaving as successor a son, also called John, then a minor, aged sixteen. John Gyse was still seised in 1540, when by negotiation with the Crown he exchanged his estate at Aspley Guise for lands nearer to his large property of Elmore in Gloucestershire. In 1541 the manor of Aspley Guise was annexed to the newly-formed honour of Ampthill, which in 1551 was granted to Princess Elizabeth for life. (fn. 44) In 1560 Sir Richard Lee, the great military engineer, obtained the whole property, with rights of court leet, free warren, rent of assize worth £14 13s. 11½d., &c., by royal grant. In the same year he received licence for its alienation to Edward Greves and John Kettell as trustees for himself and his wife Margaret daughter of Sir Richard Greenfield. On the marriage of Anne elder daughter of Sir Richard Lee with Edward Sadleir Aspley Guise was settled on her and her issue, with remainder to the heirs of Sir Richard Lee. Anne survived her husband, and married as her second husband Ralph Norwich, with whom in 1591 she alienated Aspley Guise Manor to Francis Bury and his heirs. The latter, by an indenture of 1596, vested the estate in trustees to hold for his only daughter and heir Frances, who afterwards married Thomas Lee Sadleir, grandson of Edward Sadleir and Anne, and by this alliance brought back the manor of Aspley Guise to the Sadleir family. Frances succeeded her father in 1597, and in 1645 was still seised of the manor, her husband having died the previous year. On her death in 1676 Aspley Guise passed to her third but second surviving son William. Ralph Sadleir, son of William, made a settlement of the manor in 1684, and the estate passed down from him in the direct line to Richard Vernon Sadleir, who died without issue in 1810. His sister Ursula married Edmund Moody, and Aspley Guise passed to their son Robert Sadleir Moody, who died in 1825, and whose descendant, Mr. F. Moody, is the present owner.
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