Sayre family : lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton . mily of Bosard or Bossard, from which it seems to have derived its additionalname, were of consequence in the county, and knights of the shire in the reign ofEdward II and Edward III. The market, which is on Tuesdays, is one of the? most ancient in the county; the tolls were valued at seven pounds per annum atthe time of the Norman Survey (Domesday). In the market-place is a beautifulGothic cross of a Perpendicular form, with figures of kings, etc. The number ofhouses in Leighton parish (exclusive of the hamlets), according to
Sayre family : lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton . mily of Bosard or Bossard, from which it seems to have derived its additionalname, were of consequence in the county, and knights of the shire in the reign ofEdward II and Edward III. The market, which is on Tuesdays, is one of the? most ancient in the county; the tolls were valued at seven pounds per annum atthe time of the Norman Survey (Domesday). In the market-place is a beautifulGothic cross of a Perpendicular form, with figures of kings, etc. The number ofhouses in Leighton parish (exclusive of the hamlets), according to the returnsmade to pariiament in 1801, was 376; that of inhabitants, 1963. King Henry II granted a manor in Leighton to the abbess and Cisterciannuns of Font-Everard in Normandy, who established a cell of foreign monks inthis parish at a place called Grovesbury, the prior of which was procurator-geri-eral for the concerns of the abbey of Font-Everard in England. In 1316 thismanor was held under the abbess by Mary, the^ kings sister, who was a nun CHURCH AT LEIGHTON BUZZARD, BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND Where Thomas Sayre, the Founder, was Baptized in 1597 andwhere his Parents were Married in 1591. English Ancestry ii In 1411 the abbess of Font-Everard had the kings license to alienate themanor of Grovesbury to John Worship. In 1413 it was purchased by Sir JohnPhelip, who settled ir upon his wife Alice, a granddaughter of the poet Chaucer,and their joint heirs. It seems to have been seized by the crown on the death ofher third husband, William Duke of Suffolk, for in 1472 it was granted for life tothe duchess as a compensation in part for a debt due to her by the crown. At the entrance of the town is an almshouse for eight poor widows, foundedby Matthew Wilkes in 1630. Their allowance is three shillings a week each,besides firing and clothes. The Hon. Mrs. Leigh, about the year 1790, built ahouse for the Sunday schools, to which she subscribed twenty pounds per annum. In
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