. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE jjui-lmjfe E I4*Centujy M /Aodem. had formerly been held of King Edward the Confessor by ; This land was granted in 1204. by Peter Cokerel to Warine abbot of Warden and his successors," and the grant was confirmed in 1207-8 by Robert de Bruce, son of Isabella de Bruce.'' The abbey con- tinued to hold the land until the ; The land was then probably granted to Sir Michael Fisher, who had been chief steward of the abbey at a yearly wage of j^2 13/. 4</.," as he die
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE jjui-lmjfe E I4*Centujy M /Aodem. had formerly been held of King Edward the Confessor by ; This land was granted in 1204. by Peter Cokerel to Warine abbot of Warden and his successors," and the grant was confirmed in 1207-8 by Robert de Bruce, son of Isabella de Bruce.'' The abbey con- tinued to hold the land until the ; The land was then probably granted to Sir Michael Fisher, who had been chief steward of the abbey at a yearly wage of j^2 13/. 4</.," as he died seised of land in Clifton in 154-9, called Orwelle Meade, which had formerly belonged to the abbey of Warden.'* The land then be- came held with the manor and followed a like descent. The abbey of Ramsey also owned lands in Clifton, which amounted to i hide at the time of the Great Survey (1086), and which were held of the abbey by Leofwine or Lewin both before and after tTxe ; This land is mentioned again in 1184—9 ^' belonging to the abbey, but after that date no further trace of the holding can be found.** There were two mills worth 40/. in the manor of Clifton which William de Caron held ofEudoDapiferin ; The Knights Hospitallers in 1338 possessed one fulling mill worth £2 in their manor of Clifton, probably one of those men- tioned at Domesday as the estate apparently descended to ; The priory of Chicksands had temporalities in Clifton in 1535 worth 30/.," and two water- mills, called Tythe Mills, in Southill and Clifton, formerly belonging to the priory of Chick- sands, were granted in 1606 to Sir Francis Ventris for forty years at £61 6/. d;/. annual ;^ In 1611 these same mills were granted to Felix Wilson and to Robert Morgan and their heirs for the same rent;" they probably conveyed them to Richard Welbey who was in possession in 1698 and ; There is further mention of two corn water- mills and two co
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