27 Mar Lordship Title of North Moreton ID14198
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'Moreton' appears among the boundaries of Hagborne in a spurious charter of king Alfred contained in the 12th-century chartulary of St. Swithun's, Winchester. Before the Conquest 10 hides at NORTH MORETON were held by a freeman who is not named; in 1086 they were one of the manors of William Fitz Corbucion and were held by one Ralf. There was a mill and a church, and five tenements in Wallingford belonged to this manor. By the time of Henry III the overlordship had passed with William's other estates in Berkshire to Thomas of Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, who died in 1242. In 1299 it belonged to Joan widow of William de Valence, and her son Aylmer de Valence held one fee here at his death in 1324, when it was assigned to Mary his widow in dower. The next mention of the overlordship is in 1419, when the manor was held of the Abbot of Dorchester by service unknown, but afterwards by service of 1 lb. of pepper annually. After the dissolution of the abbey it was held of the king in chief by knight service.
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