27 Jan Lordship Title of Lyford ID14333
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An estate at LYFORD, consisting of 3 hides, was held of the Abbot of Abingdon at the Domesday Survey by Rainald, the ancestor of the St. Helen family, and this part of Lyford followed the descent of St. Helen (q.v.) for two centuries. In 1428 Thomas More and others held the land which had belonged to Philip de St. Helen. It was doubtless his estate which came to be known as More Place and appears in the 16th century in the hands of the Yate family. John Yate died in possession of it in 1541, and was succeeded by his younger son Thomas, who founded the family of Yate of Lyford. He was succeeded by a son and heir Francis, who died in possession in 1588. His son Thomas succeeded him and had a son John, who was in possession of the estates in 1665 and died in 1671. Charles son of John was the next owner; he died in 1696, and seems to have left co-heiresses. Winifred Yate, spinster, released the manor in 1713 to William Dunn and his wife Mary, a daughter of Charles. William Dunn died in 1745 and was succeeded by Charles Dunn, probably his son. Mary daughter of William Dunn and wife of William Boote was the heir of Charles. She died in 1760, and the estate seems to have been sold to William Toovey, who was in possession in 1801 and in 1824. It was purchased, probably in the middle of the 19th century, by the Pusey family. Mr. P. Bouverie-Pusey of Pusey sold it in 1908 to Mr. John Richards.
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