17 Nov Lordship Title of Flitwick ID14004
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At the Domesday Survey William Lovet held FLITWICK assessed at 5 hides. It passed to the Countess of Albemarle, by whom it was subinfeudated, and before 1195 the overlordship was held by William Earl of Albemarle and his wife Hawis. William died in 1195, and his widow Hawis, who afterwards married Baldwin Earl of Albemarle, continued to hold the overlordship. Hawis of Albemarle was succeeded by her son William, overlord of Flitwick, in the early 13th century, who died in 1241, and was succeeded by his son commonly called William le Fort. At his death in 1240 this William left a widow Isabel Countess of Albemarle and an only daughter Aveline, who died without heirs in 1277. In 1284 Flitwick was held of the countess, who died in 1292, but in 1346 it was held of John de Lyle as of the fee of Albemarle. John was succeeded by a son Robert, who in 1368 alienated his right in Flitwick to the king, by whom it was bestowed on John de Wahull, who died seised of the overlordship in 1370. In 1414 the manor was held of Nicholas Borus, but no later mention of the overlordship has been found.
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