. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. BIGGLESWADE HUNDRED ASTWICK ;' "Xhis was probably the same mill which in 1386 Sir John Vynter, parson of Clothall, granted to John Cukkowe of Clifton," but no further men- tion has been found of it. Certain jurisdictional rights over the town appear to have been possessed by the lord of the manor. At his court the constable of the town was elected and sworn ; At a court held in 1564 the stocks were declared to be in ruin, and the inhabitants were ordered to repair them by a certain ; Agai
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. BIGGLESWADE HUNDRED ASTWICK ;' "Xhis was probably the same mill which in 1386 Sir John Vynter, parson of Clothall, granted to John Cukkowe of Clifton," but no further men- tion has been found of it. Certain jurisdictional rights over the town appear to have been possessed by the lord of the manor. At his court the constable of the town was elected and sworn ; At a court held in 1564 the stocks were declared to be in ruin, and the inhabitants were ordered to repair them by a certain ; Again a Court Roll of 1583 relates that all who had offended against the statute of 13 Elizabeth anent the wearing of caps were amerced to the lord 3/. ^; A document recording a lease of the manor in 1479 by William Astwick to John and Robert Squire affords interesting detail as to the resources of a fif- teenth-century manor. The manor-house or hall, * with the chambers in the eyr end of the hall, with botry, pantry, kechyn, «tabylle, with the cham- bers above the stabylle, the hawkes house, and the garden within the mote on the east side of the hall, before the hall window' were not to be included in the lease. William Astwick was also to retain ' all the fruits that shall happen to grow within the said mote,' and a hey-house at the westgate, the dove-house^ a garden, and the cherry trees in the Church ' mede.' Reference is also made to a vinery belonging to the said William Astwick. Robert and John were to make yearly payments of fuel- wood, two hogs, three dozen capons, a gander, three geese, a cock, six hens, half a bushel of apples, one peck of' grate walnotys schalyd,' and straw for litter ' both for horses and beds,' and were to pay all charges on the manor save stint money. They were not to fowl with nets nor fish within the grounds, moats, and waters of the manor, nor to fell or lop the trees. William Astwick on his side had to provide sufficient plowbote, cartbot
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