. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE. OSBORN, Baronet. Argent a bend berween fWQ lions sable. charter of Edward I, and also to view of frankpledge held twice a year in the manor by prescriptive ; At the time of the dissolution of Chicksands, the priory's estate was worth ^9 12;. %d.^ Henry VIII in 1544 granted the manor to Henry Audeley and John Maynard and their heirs,*' but it was probably soon acquired by Richard Snowe and Elizabeth his wife, who had already obtained in 1540 the manor of Chicksands, and all lands in that pari
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE. OSBORN, Baronet. Argent a bend berween fWQ lions sable. charter of Edward I, and also to view of frankpledge held twice a year in the manor by prescriptive ; At the time of the dissolution of Chicksands, the priory's estate was worth ^9 12;. %d.^ Henry VIII in 1544 granted the manor to Henry Audeley and John Maynard and their heirs,*' but it was probably soon acquired by Richard Snowe and Elizabeth his wife, who had already obtained in 1540 the manor of Chicksands, and all lands in that parish belonging to the dissolved priory. Richard Snowe died in 1553 seised of a messuage and lands in Haynes," and his son Richard in 1587 alienated the Grange to Peter Osborn at the same time that he sold him Chicksands manor.** Since this date the manor has remained in the Osborn family, and its history has been ident- ical with that of the manor of Chicksands (). The present representative of the family, in whom the manorial rights are vested, is Sir Alger- non Kerr Butler Osborn, bart.; the manor is now known as the Grange Farm House, and is situated about half a mile south-east of the village. In shape it is like the letter H, of which the central portion and east wing have been rebuilt at a comparatively recent date. The old west wing of half timber con- tains a fine old staircase, leading to a spacious apart- ment, in which there is a large open fireplace. Applewood and Inwood, which were sold by the priory in 1325 in order to raise money, were appar- ently regained and followed the same descent as Haynes Grange, for Sir John Osborn died seised of them in 1628.'° Another wood called Auferney was reserved to the crown when Henry Audeley received Haynes Grange in 1544, but the Snowes were hold- ing it in 1587, and it passed to the Osborns. The name Apple still survives in Appley Corner. The manor of FRJh'KLINS probably owed its name to the family of Franklin, for in
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