28 Nov Lordship Title of Studham ID14081
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The manor of STUDHAM was held in the early part of the 11th century by Ulf, whose widow Adelitha married Oswulf son of Frane, a thegn of Edward the Confessor. Oswulf and Adelitha granted about 1064 the reversion of the manor after their deaths to Leofstan, Abbot of St. Albans, for the health of their souls, the soul of Ulf and other relatives. Oswulf was living apparently at the time of the Conquest, and William I, it would seem, seized his lands, ignoring the grant to St. Albans, and gave the manor of Studham to his follower Robert de Tony or Todeni of Belvoir before 1086. At this date Baldric was holding the manor of Robert de Tony. The overlordship of Studham and Barworth was given by Robert de Tony to his daughter Agnes wife of Hubert de Rye. Her son Henry was succeeded about 1162 by his nephew Hubert, son of his brother Hubert, who held three fees in Studham in 1166. He died in 1171–2, leaving Alina wife of John Marshal and Isabel wife of Roger de Cressie his daughters and co-heirs. The fees in Studham fell to the share of John and Alina, and passed in 1234–5 to their son John, who died in 1242–3 and was succeeded by his brother William. On the death of the latter in 1264–5 the fees passed to his son John, who died in 1282–3, leaving a son William, then five years of age. In 1314–15 William Marshal was succeeded by his son John, who died in 1316, and two fees in Studham and Whipsnade were assigned to his wife Ela, with the consent of Robert de Morley, who had married Hawisia sister and heir of John. Ela afterwards married Robert Fitz Payn, and in 1327 it was agreed that he should hold these fees jointly with Ela. After the death of Ela these fees came to Robert de Morley, who died seised of them in 1360–1, and they were held by his descendants until 1428. Some time after this date the overlordship must have passed to the Crown, as in 1616 the manor is stated to have been held of the king in chief by knight service.
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