ODSEY HUNDRED 



COTTERED 



wife of Edmund Gessyng, presumably her daughter, 

 levied a fine of the manor. 51 



In i 387 Katherine, then the wife of Philip Bluet," 

 joined with her husband and a certain Margaret and 

 John Radeswell in selling the reversion of the manor 

 after the death of John Owdyn to Andrew de Bures, 

 son and heir of an Andrew de Bures of Suffolk. 3 - 

 Andrew de Bures was holding Cottered in 1400," but 

 shortly afterwards seems to have conveyed ic to John 

 Fray, who was holding it in 1428." Fray became 

 chief baron of the Exchequer, and held the manor 

 until his death in 14.6 1, 3 ' when it passed by his 

 will to his wife Lady Agnes Fray. Some accounts 

 of the manor between the years 1462 and 1467 

 show that the lord of the manor received yearly 

 for rents and customs £23 6s., fifteen capons, £4 

 for the farm of the water mill, one pair of gloves 

 and one needle and thread, whilst the perquisites 



1624-5 h' s grandson Arthui 

 Pulter sold the site of this 

 and Edward Hamond." 



1 Toby Cocks 



Cottered : TiiK Lofti 



of the court included two capons. 36 Lady Agnes 

 Fray died in 1478. 3 ' The reversion of Cottered 

 had been settled on their daughter Agnes with 

 remainder to their youngest daughter Katherine. 33 

 Agnes died without issue, and the manor passed to 

 Katherine wife of Humphrey Stafford, 39 who held it 

 until her death in 1482." She was succeeded by her 

 son Humphrey, aged eight," who was knighted and 

 held the manor of Cottered until his death in 1 545." 

 His son Humphrey Stafford inherited his lands," and 



The manor ofCHErh'Er-COTTERED (Cottered, 

 xiii cent. ; Cheines Place, Cheyneys, xv cent.) formed 

 part of the honour of Boulogne, but its lands extended 

 into Ardeley, Aspenden, Wakeley Throcking, Rushden 

 and Broadfield, and parcels of the manor were held 

 of various overlords. ,s 



The lands forming this manor were apparently 

 reserved by William de Blois when he granted the 

 manor of Cottered to Richard de Lucie (see above), 

 and remained part of the honour of Boulogne until it 



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