. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. CLIFTON HUNDRED SHILLINGTON acquired by the abbey in mortmain without licence had been forfeited to the crown and regranted to Thomas ; Shillington manor remained in the possession of the abbey till its dissolution, at which time its value was assessed at £SS zs. lod}^ In 1540 Henry Bord was made bailiff,*" and Shillington then became part of the honour of Ampt- hill. It was conferred on the Princess Elizabeth in 1551," and later formed part of the dower of Anne wife of James I.'* During the sixteenth and
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. CLIFTON HUNDRED SHILLINGTON acquired by the abbey in mortmain without licence had been forfeited to the crown and regranted to Thomas ; Shillington manor remained in the possession of the abbey till its dissolution, at which time its value was assessed at £SS zs. lod}^ In 1540 Henry Bord was made bailiff,*" and Shillington then became part of the honour of Ampt- hill. It was conferred on the Princess Elizabeth in 1551," and later formed part of the dower of Anne wife of James I.'* During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the site of the mansion-house of the manor was leased out by the crown, which reserved to itself the right of hold- ing court leet and view of frankpledge in the manor/' In 1594 George Rotherham held it on a twenty- one years lease,'* and in 1625 the king leased the manor for ninty-nine years to Sir Henry Hobart and others, as trustees," who transferred it three years later to Anthony Chester,*^ whose son Henry was holding in ; In 1711 (three years before the expiration of this lease), Roger Gillingham sold to John Borrett for /1,340 the annual rent of ^78 6s. z^d. from the manor of Shillington, which rent had been purchased in 1678 of Dr. Peter Barwick.^* Nothing further has been found concerning this manor until in 1764 John Briscoe left by his will Shillington Bury to Henry earl of Essex for life with remainder to Margaret Arnold and Frances Skegness, daughters of Grey ; Upon the death of the earl in 1800, the property came in moieties to Grey Arnold, the great-grandson of Margaret, and to Bridget Frances Anne, granddaughter of Frances Skegness.™ About the middle of the nine- teenth century, Shillington Bury, till then the property of Miss Profit, was purchased by Mr. Hanscombe, whose son Mr. Wm. Hanscombe owns it at the pre- sent day.^^ The first mention that has been found of a second manor in Shillington, afterward
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