. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. Bmton. Aaure thret scallops or. Wenlock, Argent a eheveron betnveen three blackmoors* heads razed sable. who was knight of the shire in ; As in the case of the manor of Someries in Luton (), Upper Stondon, on the death of Sir John Wenlock in 1471, passed to the family of Rotherham," and was alien- ated in 1565 by George Rotherham to William Huls," who, in 1592, sold it to Henry Grey earl of ; From this point onwards the descent of Upper Stondon follows that of Wrest in Flitton-cum- Silsoe ()
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. Bmton. Aaure thret scallops or. Wenlock, Argent a eheveron betnveen three blackmoors* heads razed sable. who was knight of the shire in ; As in the case of the manor of Someries in Luton (), Upper Stondon, on the death of Sir John Wenlock in 1471, passed to the family of Rotherham," and was alien- ated in 1565 by George Rotherham to William Huls," who, in 1592, sold it to Henry Grey earl of ; From this point onwards the descent of Upper Stondon follows that of Wrest in Flitton-cum- Silsoe (), and it is now held by Lord Lucas and ; In 1287 the prior of St. John of Jerusalem claimed view of frankpledge as appurtenant to his manor of Clifton.'* Judgement was on that occasion deferred, but a similar claim made in 1331 secured ; Chicksands Priory also owned lands in Upper Stondon which were parcel of their manor of St. Thomas Chapel in ; These lands were granted in 1543 to Sir Henry Grey of Wrest," and are subsequently found included in Upper Stondon manor () which came into his family some years later.™ The church oi JLL SAINTS was re- CHURCH built in 1857, and consists of a chancel 18 ft. by 12 ft., nave 29 ft. by 16 ft., north transept 17 ft by 16 ft., and a small tower with one bell. The south doorway, which dates from the fourteenth century, is the only relic of the former church. The single bell is dated 1819. The registers date from 1683, the first book con- taining baptisms, marriages, and burials to 1787, and the second those from 1787 to 1812. In 1261 Richard le Breton con- ADFOWSON firmed the advowson of the church of Upper Stondon to Merton Priory.^' No mention of it as part of the possessions of the priory has been found at the Dissolution,^* but in 1617 John Rotherham, who presented in 1605,^^ and whose family had recently alienated the manor of Upper Stondon, conveyed the advowson by fine to Marg
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