Edworth Manor

Edworth Manor was a manor in Bedfordshire, England. The manor was mentioned in the Domesday Book.[1] The manor was owned in the 16th & 17th centuries by the Pygott and Hale families.[2] There was a house in the manor, known as 'The Hall' which was home to the Spencer family. John Spencer (c.1505–68) and Ann Merrill (died 1560) leased the house and a farm in the 16th century.[3]

Not to be confused with Edgeworth Manor.

References
  1. Airy, William (1881). A digest of the Domesday of Bedfordshire: being an analysis of that portion of the Domesday survey which relates to the county of Bedford, and a key to the fac-simile edition of the same published by government. Published at the "Mercury" Press. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/beds/vol2/pp223-226 A History of The County of Bedford, Volume2, Victoria County History, London, 1908, pages 223-226, Parishes: Edworth.
  3. Spencer, Jack Taif; Spencer, Edith Woolley (1997). The Spencers of the great migration. Gateway Press. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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