A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 



John died in 1 58 1 holding this manor," and left a 

 son William, who in 1587 transferred the manor by 

 fine to John Burgoyne.'* 



In 1593, on the marriage of a kinsman, Bartholo- 

 mew ChishuU, John Burgoyne settled ' the manor or 



ROTHERHAM, ytft 



three running hartl or. 



GosTwiCK. Argent 

 a bend gules cotised table 

 between six Cornish 

 choughs. 



farm ' of Chamberlains Bury on the former, who, 

 dying in 1 6 19, was succeeded by a son John Chishull, 

 and he transferred the manor to Nicholas Franklin in 

 1638.'' The Franklins appear to have retained this 

 manor for some time ; John Franklin was in posses- 

 sion in 1759," but between that date and 1797 it 

 had become the property of Earl Spencer, to whom 

 Dunton Goyes (q.v.) at this time belonged, and the 

 manors have since followed the same descent." 



An estate which the family of Goyes held in the 

 early thirteenth century became known two centuries 

 later as DUNTON GOTES manor, though it does 

 not appear ever to have attained the status of a 

 manor. 



The family of Goyes was certainly holding land in 

 Dunton from the early part of the thirteenth century 

 onwards. In 1227 Andrew le 

 Goyes alienated land in Dun- 

 ton to John le Goyes,'" and in 

 the charters of the Chamber- 

 lains to Holwell Priory the 

 names of members of this 

 family recur as witnesses." In 

 1385 Thomas de Senhous, as 

 heir of Thomas le Goyes, 

 granted to John de Fourneys 

 his lands in Dunton." This 

 estate next appears in I474> 

 when, together with the manor 

 of Dunton Chamberlain, it 

 was the property of Sir John 

 Manyngham," and until they 

 were alienated to John Burgoyne in 1587 the descent 

 of these two properties is the same." John Burgoyne 

 held Dunton Goyes for a few years only, and in 1 598 

 alienated it, together with the advowson of Dunton 



Spen-cer, Earl Spencer. 

 Argent quartered ivith 

 gules fretty or over all a 

 bend sable ivith three 

 scallops argent thereon. 



church, to Robert Spencer.** He was created baron 

 Wormleighton in 1603, and died in 1627," when 

 his son William succeeded to the manor." In 1662 

 Robert Spencer, grandson of William and second 

 earl of Sunderland, held Dunton Goyes." His son 

 Charles, who died in 1 72 2, left the property to a 

 younger son John, who was created Earl Spencer in 

 1765, and it remained in the direct line in this 

 family" until 181 2. It appears later as the property 

 of Earl Brownlow, who held it in 1 869, and since 

 1877 has belonged to the Rev. John Richardson. 



The manor of MILLO formed part of the original 

 endowment of Waltham Abbey, founded by Harold 

 son of Earl Godwin, and is mentioned in the con- 

 firmation charter of Edward the Confessor." It was 

 seized by William the Conqueror together with other 

 lands of the abbey, and granted by him to the bishop 

 of Durham, who held this manor at the time of the 

 Domesday Survey." It is not clear whether it had 

 come into the Conqueror's hands by exchange or 

 violence, but it was subse- 

 quently recovered by Waltham 

 Abbey," and is mentioned as 

 part of the endowment" in 

 the charter of confirmation of 

 Henry II. The abbot claimed 

 view of frankpledge and free 

 warren in Millo manor in 

 131 1," and it continued in 

 his possession down to the Re- 

 formation. In 1 541 the king 

 sold the manor for X3°S '°-'- 

 to John Burgoyne," who on 

 his death in the following year 

 left it to his son Thomas,** 



who died in 1550 leaving a son John to inherit." 

 He alienated Millo in 1599 to Robert Spencer," 

 together with the manor of Dunton Goyes (q.v.), and 

 the history of the two manors henceforth coincides. 



Walter Giffard possessed 5 hides at the time of 

 the Survey, which constituted a second MILLO 

 MANOR.*^ This manor reappears later as the 

 knight's fee which Walter Marshal earl of Pembroke 

 held in Millo." On the death of Walter without 

 male heirs this fee passed to his sister Maud, and 

 through her, as in the case of a moiety of the Edworth 

 overlordship (q.v.) to the earls of Norfolk." 



Ralph de Langetot held this manor of Walter 

 Giffard at the Survey, but no further trace of tenants 

 has been found until the fifteenth century, when the 

 family of Enderby are found holding. In 1474 

 Maud Bothe, widow of John Enderby, died seised of 

 a messuage and land in Millo held of this overlord- 

 ship." The inquisition held at the death of her 

 grandson John Enderby in 1509 states that he died 

 seised of the manor of Millo held in a similar way." 



Waltham Abbey. 

 Argent a Cross engrailed 

 sable and thereon Jive 

 crosslets Jitchy or. 



^ Chan, Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cxciv. No. 9. 

 26 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Mich. 29-30 Eliz. 

 ^^ Ibid. Mich. 14 Chas. I ; Recov. R. 

 Mich. 14. Chas. I. 



28 Recov. R. Hil. 32 Geo. II, rot. 6. 



29 Acts Priv. and Local, 37 Geo. Ill, 

 cap. 23 ; Lysons, Mag. Brit, i, 78. 



BOFeet of F. Div. Cos. 12 Hen. Ill ; 

 Cat. of Pat. 1225-32, p. 156. 



" Harl. Chart. 83 A. 49, 50. 



'2 Close, 9 Ric. II, pt. I, m. 13. 



88 Cal. of Pat. 1467-71, p. 485. It is 

 here for the first time called a manor. 



8* Cf. Hist, of Dunton Chamberlain, ut 

 supra. 



85 Feet of F. Beds. Trin. 41 Eliz. 



88 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccci, No. 8. 



87 Ibid, i Feet of F. Beds. Hil. 4 Chas. I. 



88 Recov. R. M ich. 1 4 Chas. II, rot. 119. 

 8» Feet of F. Div. Cos. Hil. 7 Geo. II ; 



Recov. R. Mich. 20 Geo. Ill ; Acts Priv. 

 and Local, 37 Geo. Ill ; V.C.H.Northants 

 Families^ i, 298, 



■•o Dugdale, Mon. vi, 56. 



41 F.C.H. Beds, i, 227a. 



« Ibid. 312. 



■" Dugdale, Mon. vi, 63 ; Cart. Antiq. 

 M. 15. 



** Plac.deQuo l^arr.{Kec. Com.), 8, 15. 



" Pat. 32 Hen. VIII, pt. i. 



220 



■" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), bciii, No. 20. 

 *7 Ibid. Ixxxiv, No. 2. 

 *^ Feet of F. Beds. Trin. 41 Eliz. 

 " F.C.H. Beds, i, 2320. 

 "> Chan. Inq. p.m. 40 Edw. Ill, No. 

 S3- 



81 Chan. Inq. p.m. 46 Edwr. Ill, No. 38 ; 

 I Hen. IV, No. 72 ; 1 Edw. IV, No. 46 ; 

 13 Edw. IV, No. 46 ; (Ser. 2), xxv, No. 

 154 i Cal. of Close, 1339-41, p. 36 ; Plac. 

 de Quo fTarr. (Rec. Com.), 12. 



82 Chan. Inq. p.m. 13 Edw. IV, No. 46. 

 The land was held of John duke of Nor- 

 folk for fealty and IoJ</. rent. 



88 Ibid. (Ser, 2), xxv, No. 154, 



