26 Oct Lordship Title of Clophill Hall ID13789
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Another manor in Clophill, which at the beginning of the sixteenth century acquired the name of the MANOR OF CLOPHILL HALL, can be traced back to a grant of land made in 1354 by Joan the widow of Roger Dakeney to Gerard de Braybrook and his wife Isabella, which consisted of 4 acres of meadow, and 250 acres of wood. Gerard died in 1359, and was succeeded by his son, another Gerard. The manor then probably followed the same descent as that of Clifton (q. v.), descending from Sir William Babington to Sir John Fisher, for in 1510 Sir John Fisher died seised of it and was succeeded by his son Michael. On Michael's death in 1548 the manor passed to his granddaughter Agnes, who by her marriage with Oliver St. John brought it to that family, in which it remained until 1598, when Lord Oliver St. John of Bletsoe alienated it to Thomas Anscell. The latter conveyed it to Richard Charnock in 1605 and it was held by the Charnock family together with Bedlow manor until 1651 when it was sold to James Beverley from whom it was bought in 1656 by Lord Bruce. It was probably conveyed by the latter to the de Greys, earls of Kent, for Lady Amabel Grey was in possession in 1772. The subsequent history of the manor is identical with that of Cainhoe and Bedlow and is held jointly with them at the present day by Lord Lucas and Dingwall.
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