07 Oct Lordship Title of Letcombe Bassett ID14296
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Richard Longespé, mentioned in 1258 as a coparcener of the advowson, was the son of Egeline wife of Richard Burdun, who granted him all her lands in Letcombe Bassett after her husband's death. Richard was succeeded by Sir Nicholas Burdun, who died in 1273, leaving as his heir his son Robert. Robert died about 1280, leaving a son Nicholas, a minor, whose wardship was granted to Queen Eleanor. She was holding part of the advowson on this account in 1283, but the estate may have passed before this time, as the advowson did later, to Henry de Anwick, for a messuage and land with a third of a mill at Letcombe and Kingston were settled in 1278–9 on Henry de Anwick, who was to hold the property of Richard Benham and his wife Constance. The estate passed before 1316 to John de Anwick, who was holding the third part of a knight's fee in Letcombe Bassett in that year and in 1332. In 1428 it belonged to Alice wife of Philip Brenham or Benham, who granted it in 1452 to Simon Brenham and his heirs, but no further reference to it has been found.
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