06 Feb Lordship Title of East Hendred ID14339
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In 1086 a hide and a half of land in East Hendred were held by Tori of the Bishop of Salisbury, to whose overlordship he had commended himself. In the first half of the 13th century this estate was held of the bishop by John de Hendred, in 1324 by Thomas de Abberbury, and in 1347 by John de Abberbury. Richard de Abberbury had licence in 1365 to grant six messuages and half a carucate to two chaplains in a chapel to be built by him at Donnington. In 1376 this grant was assigned to the Friars of the Holy Cross or Crutched Friars, near the Tower of London, with the obligation to support the chaplains. The Abberburys had the right of re-entry if chaplains were not appointed, and the nephew of Richard exercised it in 1448; he afterwards granted the premises to William Duke of Suffolk. The duke died in possession, but it seems probable that some of the land was afterwards granted to the priory of Crutched Friars at Donnington. This priory possessed at the Dissolution a messuage here and land called 'Church Howse land,' which in 1540 was granted to Edward Fettiplace in fee. He had licence to alienate it in the next year to John Coxhed and his heirs. In the reign of Elizabeth these lands belonged to Humphrey Forster of Aldermaston, who sold them in 1587 to William Doo. The latter died in possession, but there is no further evidence as to the history of the estate.
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