12 Mar Lordship Title of Fawler ID14345
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The tenant under the abbot in 1086 was Anskil de Seacourt. On the forfeiture of Anskil's estates William II gave Fawler to his dispenser Thurstin. Both Thurstin and his son and successor Hugh refused all service to the abbey, and their fealty was only recovered on the payment of 60 pounds of silver by the Abbot Faritius to Henry I. In 1105 Hugh came to Abingdon to do homage and ask indulgence for his past omissions. After the tenancy of Hugh the manor passed into the family of Columbars. Baldwin de Columbars, the tenant in the early 12th century, was still living in 1166; he was followed by Henry de Columbars, who was in possession in the late 12th century, and was succeeded before 1204 by Robert. In that year Robert de Seacourt, the descendant of Anskil, owed 10 marks for right in the vill of Fawler against Robert de Columbars. Three years later, however, he released his claim. The land and heir of Robert de Columbars in Berkshire and elsewhere were in custody in 1216. In 1231 a Robert de Columbars was again involved in a dispute concerning land in Fawler, this time with William le Gras and his wife Felice. He is perhaps to be identified with the Robert who died in 1238 and whose estates were mortgaged to the Jews. Certainly Fawler passed from his family about this date, and came into the possession of Warin Fitz Gerold, lord of Kingston Lisle. It has since followed the descent of Kingston Lisle (q.v.), and possibly was never treated as a separate manor. It has certainly been merged in Kingston Lisle for more than a century.
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