. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. Azure d the religious houses, when'" it became crown property and was leased for short terms to various persons. In 1550, the Princess Elizabeth was lady of the manor" and apparently kept it in her hands until 1578, when she granted it to William Worthington for twenty- one ; In 1601 the manor reverted to the crown.'' In 1612 Thomas, Viscount Fenton, sur- rendered the office of steward of the manor," which was then conferred by James I upon Lord ; In 1628a grant of the manor was made to Ed- w
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. Azure d the religious houses, when'" it became crown property and was leased for short terms to various persons. In 1550, the Princess Elizabeth was lady of the manor" and apparently kept it in her hands until 1578, when she granted it to William Worthington for twenty- one ; In 1601 the manor reverted to the crown.'' In 1612 Thomas, Viscount Fenton, sur- rendered the office of steward of the manor," which was then conferred by James I upon Lord ; In 1628a grant of the manor was made to Ed- ward Ditchfield and others" as trustees for the city of London, who probably sold it to Richard Norton, who was lord of the manor in ; The family of Norton re- tained the manor for many years, and in 1709 it was in the possession of Richard the son of Richard Norton," who alienated it to John Roberts of North Mimms. The latter sold it to Robert Jenkin of Harpenden, who in 1735 transferred his right to Edward Willes, bishop of Bath and Wells,'^ whose son, Mr. Edward Willes, afterwards the Reverend Ed- ward Willes, was holding the manor in ; The Rev- erend Edward Willes owned the manorial rights during the last half of the nineteenth century," and at his death the lordship of the manor was vested in his trustees, in whose hands it still apparently remains. The site of the manor of Barton was granted to Thomas Brazier, who died seised of it in 1637, when Richard Norton was lord of the manor ; the site was held of the king as of the manor of East Greenwich in ; There is no further record of the descent of the site, which was probably acquired by the Nortons. Records of property owned by the crown in Bar- ton are found from the thirteenth century, and from this grants of small pieces of land were made which were bestowed, as a reward for services, upon various officials and servants for definite periods. In 1264 Thomas Fauconer received
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