. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE no further trace of the advowson until 1340, when Sir Thomas Spigurnel released to Sir Gerard Braybroke and Isabella his wife his right and claim to the presentation to the church.⢠The advowson con- tinued annexed to the manor of Clifton, which was then in the possession of Sir Gerard Braybroke, and passed with it to Sir William Babyngton, Sir John Fisher, and then into the family of the St. Johns of Bletsoe," in whom it was vested until conveyed by fine in 1602 to Walter Rolt," It apparentl
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE no further trace of the advowson until 1340, when Sir Thomas Spigurnel released to Sir Gerard Braybroke and Isabella his wife his right and claim to the presentation to the church.⢠The advowson con- tinued annexed to the manor of Clifton, which was then in the possession of Sir Gerard Braybroke, and passed with it to Sir William Babyngton, Sir John Fisher, and then into the family of the St. Johns of Bletsoe," in whom it was vested until conveyed by fine in 1602 to Walter Rolt," It apparently con- tinued the right of the family of Rolt for some time," for although Thomas Upwood and Stephen Apthorpe had the right of presentation in 1662," Frances Rolt, widow, was the patroness in 1668," and in 1708 it was in the possession of Francis Rolt and Charles ; It is not known at what date the advowson ceased to be held with the manor, but the separation probably occurred when Rolt sold his manor and went out of the county before 1667-8. In 1732 George Edwards presented, and in 1738 Sarah Osborn, ; In 1744 Thomas Osborn, , and his wife possessed the advowson," but apparently con- veyed it to the Rev. Thomas Ripley, who sold it in 1788 to Susanna Olivier widow for j^3,; The right passed from Mrs. Olivier to her son the rector of Clifton, in whom it was vested in 1832* and in ; In 1864 H. Miles presented to the church," and his son the then rector, the Rev. Henry Hugh Miles, inherited the advowson and is patron at the present day.^ There are two almshouses and two widows' houses which were built in 1871. There is a Baptist chapel built in 1853 and another chapel built in 1883 which is now vacant. The Poor's Land consists of a cot- CHJRITIES tage and ir. 7p. in Great Barford, conveyed in 1736 for the use of the poor in satisfaction of a sum of ;^lo which had been given by a donor unknown for their use
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