. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. BIGGLESWADE HUNDRED EYWORTH. of Roger de ; The consequent division of the manor into two parts leads to some complication in its history ; what appears to have happened is as follows: Roger Leyburne died in 1283," and Ida married John de Cromwell," and on her death in 1334 the manor passed under a settle- ment made during her life- time " to Hugh le Despenser and his son Edward succes- sively," who in 1343 died seised of the manor held jointly with his wife Anne, who was the daughter of Henry Fe
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. BIGGLESWADE HUNDRED EYWORTH. of Roger de ; The consequent division of the manor into two parts leads to some complication in its history ; what appears to have happened is as follows: Roger Leyburne died in 1283," and Ida married John de Cromwell," and on her death in 1334 the manor passed under a settle- ment made during her life- time " to Hugh le Despenser and his son Edward succes- sively," who in 1343 died seised of the manor held jointly with his wife Anne, who was the daughter of Henry Ferrers, lord de ; She held the manor in 1346, her son Edward being still under ; In 1428 Anne Despenser is described as holding by feudal service in Eyworth ' quod quondam ' eadem Anna tenuit,'"" but by i486 these lands had become reunited to the other part of Eyworth manor, for the Despenser lands were included in a grant of the manor in i486 to John ; With regard to Isabel de Clifford's share, her hus- band at his death in 1283 was described as holding the manor of Eyworth in right of his wife and left a son Robert," who was slain at Bannockburn in 1314, and whose son Roger de Clifford was executed for high treason after Boroughbridge in 1322. This may account for the alienation of this manor, which next appears in the family of Francis. Adam Francis was holding in Eyworth as early as 13 71," and his son Adam at his death in 1417 was seised of the ; He left two daughters, of whom Elizabeth, wife of Sir Thomas Charleton, succeeded to Ey- worth manor, and was followed at her death in 1451 by her son ; He died in 1463,'^ and his son Richard, a supporter of Richard III, was attainted of treason in the reign of Henry VII. His estates fell to the crown, and in i486 were granted by Henry VII to John Fortescue, 'in recompense for services done to him.'" His son John succeeded him in 151 o, and held the
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