Sayre family : lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton . hould think fit to restore it to thehouse of Reginald Damastin, Earl of Boloigne, whose property it had formerlybeen; in which case he promised to grant her an equivalent. The manor wasafterwards successively in the Grays of Ruthin and in the Bromfletes. In thereign of King Henry VIII, being vested in the crown, it was annexed to thehonor of Ampthill. In 1557 it was granted to George Bredyman. In KingJames reign it was in the family of Payne, from whom it passed by an heirfemale to that of Child. The seat of the ancient manor h
Sayre family : lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton . hould think fit to restore it to thehouse of Reginald Damastin, Earl of Boloigne, whose property it had formerlybeen; in which case he promised to grant her an equivalent. The manor wasafterwards successively in the Grays of Ruthin and in the Bromfletes. In thereign of King Henry VIII, being vested in the crown, it was annexed to thehonor of Ampthill. In 1557 it was granted to George Bredyman. In KingJames reign it was in the family of Payne, from whom it passed by an heirfemale to that of Child. The seat of the ancient manor house, which appears tohave been a castellated mansion, is occupied by a farm. Before the Conquest it was held by Levenot, a thane of King Edward, and inDomesday by Hugh Flandrensis. In 1782, Rev. Oliver St. John Cooper, then vicar of Podington, compiled ashort account of the place, which forms a part of No. VIII of the BibliothecaTopographica Britannica, published in 1783, a copy of which was found in thePublic Library of Boston, Mass., and from which we quote :. CHURCH AT PODDINGTON, BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGUND Home of the Sayre Family from as early as at least the 13th Century. English Ancestry g The modern name is Puddington; on some of the communion plate it is Poud-ington; 17 Edward II, 12 Richard II, Podington, and often so spelt at this day[1782]. In Domesday it is called Podintone. Haneuwich = Hinwich is also men-tioned in Domesday. It is a hamlet half a mile from Puddington, and is mentionedin the Will of William Sayre as the place of his residence. Sharnbrook the resi-dence of William Sayre (will 1519), is 3^ miles S. W. of Puddington, and Harold,hereafter mentioned as the residence of a Sayre, is 4 miles from Puddington. In 1778 there were 21 houses in Hinwich, with a population of 116. Therewere only eight freeholders then in the hamlet. In Puddington at that date there were 51 houses with 305 were paid one shilling a day, including one mess of milk i
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