Ashwell Village
Ownership:
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| 1066 |
Edward the Confessor gifted the new manor of Ashwell to the Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster who retained the village for the next 500 years |
| 1540 |
Abbot Boston surrendered Westminster Abbey to Henry 8th |
| 1541 |
King Henry 8th gifted Ashwell to Bishop Thomas Thirlby |
| 1550 |
Bishop Thirlby surrendered the village to King Edward 7th |
| 1551 |
Edward 7th gave Ashwell to Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London |
| 1554 |
Queen Mary gave Ashwell to Bishop Bonner of London & his successors |
| 1647 |
Cromwell appropiated all Bishops lands & leased the village for £30 a year to a landowner called, Jeremiah Whitacre |
| 1649 |
The village was sold to Thomas Challoner for £416 |
| 1650 |
The Restoration. Crown gave the village back to the Bishops of London |
| 1868 |
In accordance with the Ecclesiastical Commissoners Act 1860, the village transferred ownership to Bishop’s of Canterbury |
| 1889 |
Ownership rights of the manor lapsed |
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Lord of the Manor Families
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| 1086 |
de Valognes |
| 1189 |
Fitz Walter |
| 1338 |
Gernet |
| 1428 |
Brydd |
| 1557 |
Bill |
| 1665 |
Whitmore |
| 1688 |
Gatward |
| 1716 |
Anstey |
| 1789 |
Pennell (distant relatives of new landlord, 220 years later!) |
| 1808 |
Heath |
| 1850 |
Westrope |
| 1885 |
Fordham |
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3 Tuns
(Grade 2 listed building)
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| 1701 |
Built in the reign of Queen Anne, last of the Stuart monarchs |
| 1806 |
Converted into a Public House |
| 1998 |
Refurbished into a hotel |
| 2009 |
Taken over by new landlord |
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