28 Nov Lordship Title of Milton Grange ID14072
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The grant of Robert son of Bryan to Merton Priory in the reign of Henry II included, besides the church, 1 hide of land, which was evidently the nucleus of the property known later as MILTON GRANGE. The Abbot of Woburn obtained a licence from the bishop to acquire 3 virgates of this 1 hide at an annual rent of 20s. from the Prior of Merton before 1247, when William de Upton the rector endeavoured to claim for himself as right of his church the rent paid by Woburn. The grange of Milton in 1291 yielded an annual rent of 21s. to the prior, and in 1535 the abbey of Woburn was still its tenant, paying the same rent of 20s. to Merton Priory. After the Dissolution the grange was annexed to the honour of Ampthill, and before 1584 had been granted to Christopher Estwick, who in 1596 settled it upon his wife Marion and his son Christopher on his marriage with Anne daughter of Arthur Brooke of Great Oakley (co. Northants). The elder Christopher died in 1598, and the younger, his successor, purchased the manor of Milton Bryant in 1601. From this date the grange shares the history of the manor (q.v.) until its owner, Miss Henrietta Synnot, sold it in 1892 to the Duke of Bedford, whose successor acquired the manor in 1906. The grange farm property was then 126¼ acres in extent.
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