23 Oct Lordship Title of Henlow Lanthony ID13776
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At Domesday Nigel de Albini held the manor, afterwards called HENLOW LANTHONY, which was then assessed at 5½ hides, three virgates of which were held by the monks of St. Nicholas of Angers in free alms. Erfast held as subtenant under Nigel de Albini. In 1199 a charter of King John confirms the gift of this manor to the monks of Lanthony, Gloucester, by Nigel son of Erfast, and by Henry de Albini and Robert his son, from whom Nigel held in socage. In the thirteenth century Henlow Lanthony was assessed at five hides and declared to be held of the honour of Eaton. At the Dissolution this manor became crown property, and was for a time leased out for short terms, but in 1590 it was sold to John Fish and John Clarke for £1,891 18s. 10d. The former in 1591 relinquished all his right in the manor to John Clarke, and it passed on his death in 1595 to his son Thomas. (fn. 9) He died in 1612, leaving a son, St. John, aged five, who only survived his father a short time, leaving in 1614 his three sisters, Judith who married William Gerard, Anne wife of George Steward, and Sibilla wife of Walter Graye, as co-heirs. The consequent subdivision of this manor resulted in dual ownership during the next century, for in 1631 William and Judith Gerard alienated their third of the manor to Edward Aunsell, and in 1640 Walter Graye finally transferred the other two-thirds to John Idell and Richard Emery, from whom it eventually passed to William Buckby, though no record has been found of the transfer. Between the years 1661 and 1689 the courts of Henlow Lanthony manor were held jointly by Nicholas Aunsell and William Buckby and Mary his wife. Nicholas Aunsell's third passed to John Hobbs some time between 1695 and 1703, whilst Richard Buckby succeeded his father previous to 1687, and from 1703 to 1716 they held joint courts. Richard Buckby was succeeded by Thomas Medlicott who, together with John Hobbs, held the manor certainly till 1738. In 1739 Thomas Medlicott transferred his two-thirds of the manor to George Edwards, who held courts in 1756 and 1760, together with Daniel Caton, grandfather and guardian of Elizabeth, Mary, and Jane Hobbs, and finally, in 1775, their third of Henlow Lanthony was transferred to George Edwards, whose family had been for some years in possession of Henlow Warden (q.v.) and has followed the same descent as that manor.
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