01 Oct Lordship Title of Denford ID14292
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Certain lands at DENFORD (Daneford, xi cent.) were bequeathed in 931 by Wulfgar to AtheJstan and Cynestan on condition that they obeyed him till his death. In the time of Edward the Confessor Denford comprised 10 hides, and had been held in alod of the king by Alward, but was in the hands of William de Ow in 1086. In 1095 William joined Robert de Mowbray Earl of Northumberland against the king, and was condemned to be blinded and mutilated on 13 January the following year. What happened to the overlordship of this manor is uncertain, but it afterwards, probably as early as 1201, formed part of the honour of Kinton. William de Braose, who held this honour in 1201, died in 1211, when he was succeeded by Reginald his son. Reginald was followed by his eldest son William de Braose, lord of Brecon and Bergavenny, who held this overlordship until he was hanged in 1230. His estates were divided among his daughters, and this fee passed to Eleanor, who married Humphrey de Bohun, son of Humphrey second Earl of Hereford. It followed the same descent as the overlordship of Anvilles, and eventually became part of the duchy of Lancaster. The manor was returned in 1455 as held of Ralph Grey in socage and in 1464 as held of Robert verse, but it was still held in the 17th century of the duchy of Lancaster.
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