. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. BIGGLESWADE HUNDRED EDWORTH. The Testa de Nev'tll states that Richard son of William held one-fifth fee of William Cantilupe," and Milicent his daughter, who married Eudo la Zouche of Harringworth, held two hides of land here in chief in ; Like Henlow Zouche's () it descended through the Zouches of Harringworth," though its identity as a manor seems early to have been lost, and no independent mention of the property has been found subsequent to 1473," but the fact that the manor of Henlow Zouches is
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. BIGGLESWADE HUNDRED EDWORTH. The Testa de Nev'tll states that Richard son of William held one-fifth fee of William Cantilupe," and Milicent his daughter, who married Eudo la Zouche of Harringworth, held two hides of land here in chief in ; Like Henlow Zouche's () it descended through the Zouches of Harringworth," though its identity as a manor seems early to have been lost, and no independent mention of the property has been found subsequent to 1473," but the fact that the manor of Henlow Zouches is described in 1614 as in Henlow, Edworth, and Hinxworth," makes it pro- bable that this La Zouche property had become merged in the one manor. Walter de Langton, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, re- '''"'""⢠ceived a charter of free warren in his manor of Edworth," which privilege was still claimed in the eighteenth ; To the manor also belonged view of frankpledge twice yearly, a court leet, and a court baron.'" The church of ST. GEORGE consists CHURCH of a chancel 17 ft. by 14 ft. 6 in., nave 42 ft. by 17 ft., with north aisle 21 ft. by 8 ft., and south aisle 19 ft. 6 in. by 6 ft. 3 in., north and south porches, and west tower 9 ft. by 8 ft. 6 ; The plan of the nave is probably that of a thir- teenth-century church, or possibly earlier, but there are no details in position from which a definite date can be deduced. The oldest piece of masonry is a pillar piscina at the east end of the north aisle, of the end of the twelfth century. About 1320 the present aisles were added, taking up almost exactly the eastern half of the nave, and the chancel was rebuilt about the same time. The tower belongs to the middle of the fourteenth cen- tury, and in the latter part of the fifteenth north and south porches were built at the west ends of the aisles. In modern times the chancel has been short- ened, and the present east wall built. It
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