26 Oct Lordship Title of Biddenham ID13087
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The mesne lords of Biddenham Manor at the Survey were Ralph and Serlo de Ros, the latter of whom also held of Hugh de Beauchamp in this parish. From this family the manor appears to have passed some time in the 12th century to the Passelowes, of whom the first mention has been found in 1203, when Thomas Passelowe quitclaimed land in Biddenham to Thomas son of Sewale. Gilbert son of Simon Passelowe held two fees in Biddenham of the Trailly honour in the 13th century, and William Passelowe held the advowson in 1252. In 1278 Ralph Passelowe held 1 carucate of land by the service of one knight's fee in Biddenham, and was succeeded before 1302 by his son William, who was still holding in 1316, and in 1337 conveyed his lands in Biddenham to Nicholas Fermband. By 1346 the property had passed to John Fermband, who is there declared to hold the fee in Biddenham which had formerly belonged to William Passelowe. In 1367 John Woodville, holding the manor with his wife Katherine, possibly a daughter of John Fermband, received a charter of free warren in his demesne lands of Biddenham. Thomas Woodville, their descendant, was holding by knight's service in 1428, and from this date onwards the manor appears to have followed the same descent as that of Bromham (q.v.), passing, as in the case of that manor, by marriage to the Dyves in the 15th century, and from them, by sale, to the Trevors in the 18th century. The ownership is at present vested in the trustees of the late Edward Wingfield.
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