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John de Beauchamp.' By a series of settlements extending over twenty- 

 years," Hugh de Mortimer acquired the whole hundred and died seised of it 

 in 1372," when it passed to his grandson William, an idiot, who died in 

 1 39 1, leaving as his heir his brother H ugh, ^'^ who married Petronilla and 

 died childless. On the latter's death in 1422 the hundred passed to John 

 Cressy as cousin and heir of Hugh.^* It then followed a similar 

 descent to that of the manor of Luton, passing from the family of Cressy to 

 the Wenlocks and after- 

 wards to the Rotherhams ; 

 in 161 2 it was sold by 

 the Rotherhams to Lewis 

 and Edward Marbury for 

 jfjoG, a preliminary step 

 to alienating it to Richard 

 and Robert Napier. The 

 Marburys were ordered to 

 appear in court but failed 

 to put in an appearance, 

 and the hundred was taken 

 into the king's hand, but 

 was finally restored to the 

 Napiers in 1618." It re- 

 mained, with the manor 

 of Luton, in the Napier 

 family, passing from them 

 to Francis Heme, a rela- 

 tive, who in 1764 alien- 

 ated it to the earl of Bute; ^' 

 the latter was holding the 

 hundred in 18 15, when 

 the annual payment of 6oj. 

 was still made," but after 

 this date all rights in it 

 seem to have lapsed. 



In 1 297 the hundred 

 paid ^38 15J. 4i^. to- 

 wards a general subsidy," 

 while its contribution to- 

 wards a general assess- 

 ment had increased to 

 £ji IS. Sid. in 1597 ;" 

 in 1645 the amount rose 

 further to ^80 12s 



' Jli5ref. Rot. Orig. (Rec. Com.), ii, i8 ; Plac. de Quo War. (Rec. Com.), 54- 



" C<?/ of Pat. n27-30, p. 393; Inq. a.q.d. File. 212, No. 25 ; Cal. of Pat. 1340-3, p. 275; 



ibid i3+;-8; p. 280. 7 ^ ' P '^' '^ ^ u Chan. Inq. p.m. 46 Edw. Ill (ist Nos.), No. 41. 



"Ibid. 1 5 Ric. II, pt. I, m. 46. " Ibid. 6 Hen. VI, No. 5 1- 



" Memo. R.L.T.R. Trin. 16 Jas. I, rot. 302. " Close R. 4 Geo. Ill, pt. 8, No. 10. 



« Recov. R. Hil. SS Geo. Ill, rot. 274. " Lay Subs. R. ^. 



" Ibid. -A-i 



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