19 Aug Lordship Title of Whatcombe or Wadecombe ID14272
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The manor of WHATCOMBE (Watecumbe, xi–xiii cent.) was held in alod of King Edward the Confessor by Seward, but by 1086 it had passed to Geoffrey de Mandeville. He shortly afterwards granted it as 'the land of Edward called Watecumba' to his newly-founded priory of Hurley, to which it was confirmed by Henry II. Ailward, the prior's bailiff, was in charge here in 1166–7 and 1167–8, but by the middle of the next century the manor had been granted to Bartholomew Peche, who paid for it a rent of 1d. to the prior. The Priors of Hurley held the overlordship until 1275–6 or later, the priory being then a cell of the abbey of Westminister, but no further mention of their overlordship has been found. In 1508 the manor is returned as held of the duchy of Lancaster.
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