. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE. Whitbread, Argent a eheveron between three hinds* heads raxed gules. In 1271 this manor became the property of her granddaughter, Alice, wife of William le Latimer," and followed the same descent as Sutton manor (), until its lapse into the duchy of Lancaster," and like that manor was settled in 1544 on Thomas Burgoyne and his heirs for ; Potton manor, with which were sub- sequently united the other manors in Potton, remained in the Burgoyne family until the middle of the eighte
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE. Whitbread, Argent a eheveron between three hinds* heads raxed gules. In 1271 this manor became the property of her granddaughter, Alice, wife of William le Latimer," and followed the same descent as Sutton manor (), until its lapse into the duchy of Lancaster," and like that manor was settled in 1544 on Thomas Burgoyne and his heirs for ; Potton manor, with which were sub- sequently united the other manors in Potton, remained in the Burgoyne family until the middle of the eighteenth century.'° By 1774 the pro- perty had passed from the Burgoynes to George Viscount Torrington," from whom this group of manors was purchased in 1795, by Samuel Whit- bread.'" I'hey were held in 1817 by his son Samuel Whitbread," and his son, also Samuel Whitbread, is at present the lord of Potton. A second manor in this parish is that o( POTTON MUCH ; This sub-manor was split off from the main manor of Potton on the death of the earl of Huntingdon without male heirs in 1237. The overlordship of this part went to Margaret, the elder sister of the earl of Huntingdon. Her daughter, Devorgilla, married John de Balliol, and through the marriage of her daughter Ada the over- lordship passed to the Clavering family, who held it as of the honour of ; The descent of the under-lords of this manor can be traced from ' the heirs of Nicholas Quatremars ' who in the thir- teenth century held half a fee in Potton of this ;" By 1284 it had passed to Fulk of Bath and Joan his wife, who at that date held a rent of £14 16/. in ; Their daughter Joan married John d'Eyville, who held the manor in ; He transferred the manor to Walter Langton, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield," before 1316, at which date Walter was rendering feudal service for ; From 1316 until 1564 this manor follows the same descen
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