16 Apr Lordship Title of Clapcot ID14209
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The manor of CLAPCOT held by Edmund Earl of Cornwall at his death in 1300 may perhaps be identified with the manor held in the reign of Edward the Confessor by Safford. In 1300 Clapcot contained 40 acres of meadow, a water-mill with an island close to it, and a free fishery extending from the Bishop of Winchester's weir to the stream coming from Elm Bridge. From this date onwards two estates, each known as the manor of Clapcot, can be distinguished, while the overlordship remained with the lords of the honour of Wallingford (q.v.). One so-called manor of Clapcot was acquired by the priory of Holy Trinity, Wallingford, land in Clapcot being bestowed upon the priory by Richard de Louches in 1322–3 and by John Touke in 1337. This manor remained with the priory until its dissolution by authority of Pope Clement VII in 1526. It was then granted by Henry VIII to Thomas Wolsey, who conveyed it to the Dean and Chapter of Cardinal's College, Oxford, in 1528. On Wolsey's attainder the property reverted to the Crown.
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