. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. FLITT HUNDRED LUTON Stockwood alias Whiperly which the said Thomas Rotherham doth now inhabit together with the ap- purtenances known as New, Woodfield, Ponds Close, Stockwood Close, Woodyard Close, Slipp, and High- wood.' "' Luke Norton held the property until 1658, but between that date and 1707 it had passed to Richard Crawley, whose representative, Mr. Francis Crawley, holds it at the present day.''' The house built by John Crawley about 1740 is a rectangular brick building with stone dressings, of two stories and an at
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. FLITT HUNDRED LUTON Stockwood alias Whiperly which the said Thomas Rotherham doth now inhabit together with the ap- purtenances known as New, Woodfield, Ponds Close, Stockwood Close, Woodyard Close, Slipp, and High- wood.' "' Luke Norton held the property until 1658, but between that date and 1707 it had passed to Richard Crawley, whose representative, Mr. Francis Crawley, holds it at the present day.''' The house built by John Crawley about 1740 is a rectangular brick building with stone dressings, of two stories and an attic, with a balustraded parapet and hipped roof. The principal entrance is on the north-east, under a pillared portico, and the central bays of the east and south fronts are set forward slightly from the general wall-face. The house has a central hall with a stair on the west side, and to the west, or more accurately, north-west, lie the offices and stables. The garden is on the south and west, and running due northwards from a point in front of the house is a fine avenue. The ground is high, nearly the whole of the park being 500 ft. or more above sea-level. The parish of Luton also contained twelve other manors, or so-called manors. BJILIFF'S MJNOR, which was probably never organized on a true manorial basis, does not appear until the sixteenth century, when it was held of Luton Hoo () with the exception of the gate-house, an orchard, and one acre of land, which were said to be held of Brache manor ().'" The known descent of this manor is as follows :— In 1542 Henry Bradshaw and Joan his wife trans- ferred it to Thomas Field, who died in 1556-7,"* and whose son, James Field, died in possession of the manor, leaving a son George,"" and between this date and 1638 it passed to Sir Robert Napier, and so be- came one of the members of Luton manor ().'°° It is mentioned by name in a Recovery Roll of 1815, but at the present day its identity is lo
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