A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



Elizabeth, however, seems to have recovered possession 

 of the manor, which she sold to Lord Cheyne, 9 and at his 

 request granted it to John Dudley and John Ascoughe 

 in 1 575. 10 From these grantees 

 it appears to have come into 

 the possession of the Tyring- 

 hams of Lower Winchendon. 

 This, however, is not defi- 

 nitely stated in any of the 

 documents in which the manor 

 of Cuddington is mentioned. 

 The family certainly had land 

 in the parish," and one branch 

 probably resided in the house 

 now called Tyringham House, 

 close to the church. In 1654 

 Thomas Tyringham of Lower 



Winchendon sold the capital messuage or site of the 

 manor of Cuddington, called ' the Farme House,' 

 with land in the parish to Dr. Henry Wilkinson, 

 Prebendary of Christ Church, Oxford, and Lady Vere 

 his wife, for ^1,800." 



An attempt is said to have been made by James 

 Herbert, lord of the manor of Haddenham, who died 

 in 1721, to obtain possession of the manor of Cud- 

 dington, but evidently without success." 



The manor is mentioned in 1 805, apparently being 

 in the possession of William Clarke, 14 but some years 



TYRINGHAM. Axure 

 a saltire engrailed ar- 

 gent. 



later the Rev. David Jones, curate of Cuddington, 

 said that there was no manor there and all the tenures 

 were freehold. This seems to have been in l8z6. 14 

 The Prior and Convent of St. Andrew held the manor 

 of Cuddington in frankalmoign. 16 They also obtained 

 a grant of free warren in their demesne lands there 

 from Edward I in 1295." 



In Cuddington, as in Haddenham, 19 a military tenant 

 of the priory of St. Andrew paid homage to the Bishop 

 of Rochester, and therefore is found amongst the 

 bishop's tenants. 



His land apparently is mentioned in 121012, but 

 the name of the tenant is not given. 19 



In the reign of Henry III John son of Miles held 

 certain lands of the bishop, for which he paid scutage 

 at the rate of \od. whenever the bishop paid 40*.** 

 It is not definitely said that this land was in Cud- 

 dington, but it seems probable that it was the land 

 that Richard Franklyn held in 1302-3." 



His land was held in 1 346 by John Franklyn, 

 Roger Beel, John de Saunterdon, and John atte 

 Asshe." 



In the 1 4th century Geoffrey Darches held land in 

 Cuddington. In 13212 he granted a messuage 

 there, with land and rent, to Robert de Upton, clerk, for 

 his life.* 3 This land descended to his son Richard,* 4 

 and finally to Joan, the heiress of Darches." She 

 married Sir John Dinham, who died in 



CUDDINGTON CHURCH FROM THE SOUTH-EAST 



29. 



9 Exch. Dep. Mich. 25 & 26 Eliz. no. 



9- 



10 Pat. 17 Eliz. pt. 5, m. 15, 27. 



11 Feet of F. Bucks. Trin. 38 Eliz. 

 "Close, 1654, pt. 7. 



18 Lysons, Mag. Brit, i, 547. 



14 Recov. R. East. 45 Geo. Ill, rot. 342. 



15 Lipscomb, Hist, of Bucks, ii, 131. 

 18 Cott. MS. Dom. x, foL 105 ; cf. Had- 

 denham. 



M Chart. R. 23 Edw. I, no. 88. 



18 See Haddenham. 



19 Red Bk. of Exch. (Rolls Sen), 

 474- 



268 



w Testa de Ne-vill (Rec. Com.), 245. 

 91 Feud. Aids, i, 97. 

 M Ibid. 122. 



88 Feet of F. Bucks. Hil. 15 Edw. II. 

 44 Chan. Inq. p.m. 18 Edw. II, no. 

 18. 



25 See Little Kimble. 



