Category: Lord of the Manor

The Sale Catalogue for the 1918 Auction of properties in the two villages detailed the conditions of sale along with detailing the overall merits of the properties and their location. This might normally be seen as “small-print”, but one or two of the paragraphs make for more interesting reading, giving some indication of what was… Read more

Ownership of much of the property and land Church Lawford and Kings Newnham had been with the Montagu family since 1688 and joined with the Buccleuch family since the third Duke in 1767 – with the remainder owned by the Church of England. At the start of the 20th Century a series of changes began… Read more

Ownership of much of the property and land Church Lawford and Kings Newnham had been with the Montagu family since 1688 and joined with the Buccleuch family since the third Duke in 1767 – with the remainder owned by the Church of England. At the start of the 20th Century a series of changes began… Read more

Following the period of ownership by the Leigh family discussed here, the estates of Sir Francis Leigh (1598-1653) were inherited by his eldest daughter, Lady Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Wrothesley, fourth Earl of Southampton, of Beaulieu Abbey, Hants, whose only surviving child, Lady Elizabeth, brought the estates to her second husband, Ralph Montagu, son of… Read more