. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. EDWINSTREE HUNDRED STOCKING PELHAM in this century was Jordan de Bideford,' whose heirs were said in 1303 to hold half a knight's fee in Stocking Pelham of the bishop.' The actual tenant was probably Richard de Bideford, who with his wife Agnes niece of Thomas de Wauncy occurs in 1278.' He may have had for his successor Richard de Bideford, who settled Stocking Pelham Manor in 1331 on himself and his wife Alice in tail-male, with remainder to his brother Henry.' In 1350 Richard de Bideford and Richard his son were amongst the t
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. EDWINSTREE HUNDRED STOCKING PELHAM in this century was Jordan de Bideford,' whose heirs were said in 1303 to hold half a knight's fee in Stocking Pelham of the bishop.' The actual tenant was probably Richard de Bideford, who with his wife Agnes niece of Thomas de Wauncy occurs in 1278.' He may have had for his successor Richard de Bideford, who settled Stocking Pelham Manor in 1331 on himself and his wife Alice in tail-male, with remainder to his brother Henry.' In 1350 Richard de Bideford and Richard his son were amongst the trustees for a settlement of Chamberleyns Manor in Brent Pelham.'" The younger Richard probably succeeded to the elder and was identical with Sir Richard Bideford, kt., from whom before 1411 the manor of Stocking Pelham passed to his daughter ; She married Henry Hert, citizen and cloth- maker of London, to whom and herself John son and heir of Thomas Bideford, perhaps the heir male of Sir Between 1483 and 1485 the legality of this transac- tion was disputed by Richard son and heir of Thomas Rous, who claimed to be reversionary heir under settlements made by Richard Bideford, Joan Hert and his father. He stated that John and James Songer had taken advantage of his father's ' great and feeble age of eighty years' to the undoing of himself and of his children,' which be many in number.''° Richard Rous lost his case and James Songer held the manor as late as ; In 1509 the holder was Anne Songer and in 1518 Richard Songer," who were probably James's widow and heir respectively. In 1541 Richard son and heir-apparent of Richard Songer seems to have conveyed his reversionary interest to Jeremy ; The manor was settled in 1542 on the elder Richard for his life, with remainder to Jeremy and Mary Grene, probably his betrothed wife, and to Jeremy's ; Further. Stocking Pelham Church from the South-east Richard, released the manor in 1410-1
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