15 Nov Lordship Title of Warden ID13987
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A third WARDEN MANOR in this parish belonged to Warden Abbey, and had its origin in the grant of Walter Espec, who founded the abbey during the first half of the 12th century, and endowed it with the wood of Ravenesholt. This grant was confirmed by King Stephen in 1135 and again at a later date, and also by later kings, among whom were Henry I, Richard I and Henry III. In 1204–5 Wiscard Ledet and his wife Margery gave to the abbey land and pasture in Old Warden, and in 1252 free warren was granted to the abbot in the woods belonging to the grange of Ravenesholt. After the acquisition of the Coynte and Bowels Manor this third manor is no longer individually distinguishable, and henceforward follows the same descent.
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