AYLESBURY HUNDRED 



BIERTON 



Before the Norm.m Conquest," Edward, a thegn 

 of King Edward the Confessor, held the greater part 

 of the township of BROUGHTON, and could $ell his 

 manor there at will. It was then (T.R.E.) worth 

 i o a ye.ir. At the time of the Domesday Survey 

 William de Warcnne, Earl of Surrey, was lord of the 

 manor, which had depreciated in value by 2." 

 Presumably it descended to his son and grandson in 

 turn, and then to Isabella, 10 the heiress of the 

 Warennes, since her husband, William, Count of 

 Boulogne, the second son of King Stephen, confirmed 

 a charter granting land in Broughton " to Missenden 

 Abbey. This grant resulted in the division of the 

 township into two parts, and the manor remaining 

 with the Count of Boulogne was known as the manor 

 of BROUGHTON PARVA alias HOLAND alias 

 LOVEL alias STAVELT. At the death of the 

 count his lands escheated to the Crown," and the 

 manor was presumably not alienated until either 

 Henry III or Edward I granted it to Edmund, Earl 

 of Lancaster, the second son of Henry III. He 

 died seised of the manor of Broughton Parva in 

 1295," and it descended to his son Thomas, Earl 



THOM., Earl of 

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of Lancaster," who subinfendatcd it, but from this 

 time it was held of the earldom or duchy of Lan- 

 caster." 



The earl granted the manor about 1320 to Robert 

 de Holand M and his wife Maud, but when his lands 

 were seized, after his execution by Edward II, the 

 Holands were dispossessed of Broughton Parva." 

 Maud de Hol.md and her son Robert petitioned 

 Edward III in 1328 to recover their lands, and were 

 successful in obtaining them." Since the earldom of 

 Lancaster was in the king's hands at this time, he 

 held the manor during the minority " of the young 

 Robert de Holand. Maud seems, however, to have 

 recovered the manor, possibly after her son had come 

 of age, and she died seised in 1 349."" It seems 

 probable that she had granted it for life or a term of 



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yean to her younger son Thomas, afterwards Earl of 

 Kent. Thomas held it in 1 346,"" and after the death 

 of his mother obtained a renewal of the grant "* of 

 the manor for life from his brother. On the death 

 of Thomas in 1361 '" it reverted to Robert de 

 Holand, who died seised of it in 1373 ; lo * his son, 

 another Robert de Holand, had predeceased him, 

 leaving a daughter Matilda as his heir. She married 

 Sir John Lovel,' 06 and the 

 manor of Broughton Parva 

 passed to them on the death 

 of her grandfather."* Sir 

 John Lovel, their son and 

 heir, succeeded his mother in 

 possession of the manor, and 

 also died seised in 1413."' 

 Another John Lovel, a minor, 

 was his son and heir,"" but 

 probably a mistake was made 

 in the inquisition on his lands, 

 made after the death of 



Sir John, as a William Lovel "* succeeded to the 

 estates. The manor of Broughton Parva was, how- 

 ever, held by his mother Eleanor for life," 11 but he 

 granted the reversion to Henry Archbishop of Can- 

 terbury, Alice Lady Deyncourt, and others." 1 After- 

 wards, by a further grant, Sir William Lovel trans- 

 ferred it to William Tresham and his heirs, on condi- 

 tion that the latter would give up certain deeds that 

 were in his charge, between Sir William and Sir 

 John Radcliff. 1 " The two survivors of the first grant, 

 John Potter and John Waget, also transferred their 

 right "* in the manor to William Tresham to hold to 

 him and his heirs and assigns. On the death of Sir 

 William Lovel in 1454'" his son Sir John Lovel 

 was his heir, and in 1461 "* he obtained a ratification 

 of the manor of Broughton Parva, of which he was 

 said to be seised in fee-tail, but no descendant of his 

 appears to have held any further right in the manor. 

 William Tresham died seised in 1450,'" and was suc- 

 ceeded by Thomas Tresham, his son and heir. The 

 latter sold the manor in 1 466 '" to William Stavely, 

 from whom the manor obtained its fourth name. In 

 1495 "* Stavely made a settlement of it to the use of 

 himself and his wife Alice for life, and then to the 

 use of his son George Stavely. Alice died in 1500'" 

 seised of the manor, which passed to George Stavely, 

 who settled it on himself and his wife Isabel by 

 charter in 1523 ; " he held it till his death in 1525,"' 

 when his son and heir John succeeded him. John 

 Stavely mortgaged Broughton Parva '" to Thomas 

 Walker and Simon Lowe, two London merchants, but 

 in I 544 a sale of the manor was made by Stavely, 

 Walker, and Lowe 1 " to Alice Baldwin, daughter of 

 Sir John Baldwin, for 340. In a copy of the will 



T.C.tf. Butk,. 1,252*. 



Ibid. 



G.E.C. ComfltH Peirtp. 



>l Harl. MS. 3688. 



n C.E.C. Comfliu Pitrtp. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 2; Edw. I, Ju. 



w Cat. Par. 1317-21, p. 431. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 13 Edw. Ill (pt. i), 

 no. 58. 



Ctl. Pal. 1317-11, p. 431. 



"I Purl. R. (Rcc. Com.}, ii, 29*. 



Ibid. 



H Cat, Clot, 1327-30, p. 248. 



100 Chan. Inq. p.m. 2} Edw. Ill (pt. i), 

 no. 58. 



101 Feud, jiidi, i, 124. 



101 Chan. Inq. p.m. 3 5 Edw. Ill (pt. I ), 

 no. 104. 



" Ibid. 



> Ibid. 47 Edw. Ill, file 233 (lit not.), 

 no. 19. 



" Ibid. 



w Ibid. 9 Hen. IV, no. 29. 



"> Ibid. 2 Hen. V, no. 30. 



" Ibid. 



X" Clow, 8 Hen. VI, m. 6. 



" Ibid. 



"i Ibid. { Chan. Inq. p.m. 33 Hen. VI, 

 no. 28. 



" Ibid. 



323 



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114 

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1 Chan. Inq. p.m. 34 Hen. VI, no. 



Ibid. 33 Hen. VI, no. 28. 



Cal. Pa. 1461-7, p. 8 5. 



Chan. Inq. p.m. 34 Hen. VI, no. 



Anct. D., A. 684. 



Feet oft. Bucki. II Hen. VII; 

 Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xix, no. 64. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid, lux, no. 126. 

 Ibid. 



Clou, 35 Hen. VIII.pt. 2, no. 70. 

 Feet of F. Buck*. EaM. 36 Hen. 



