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Domesday
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Domesday and the Normans (1066 to 1198)Following the conquest of 1066 the Manor of Putnoe (know then as Putenehou or Puttenhoe) was taken from the Anglo Saxons by the Normans. Initially this was Ralph (or Ralf) Tallebosc (or Taillebois) who originated from Normandy in France. In 1086, at the time of Domesday, the first Baron of Bedford - Hugh de Beauchamp (Hugo de Beauchamp) - had taken control of Puttenhoe. The Domesday book records that he held Goldington, as appurtenant to Puttenhoe, 3 hides and 1 virgate, of which 2 hides and 3 virgates had been held by his predecessor Ralph Tallebosc in exchange for Ware. Hugh de Beauchamp married Ralph Talleboscs daughter, Matilda in 1087. The Domesday records show that the Manor of Putnoe had woodland for 100 swine. In Norman times it is known that pigs were turned loose in the oak woods to fend for themselves on acorns. Estimates vary from 1 to 3 and a half acres to support a single pigs livelihood. This would mean that the Woodland would have been between 100 and 350 acres. i.e. between four and fourteen times the size of the present day Putnoe Wood. Evidence of the reduction in the woodland is found later during the occupation by the Cistercian Monks and the siege of Bedford Castle by the Royal forces of Henry III in 1224 (see the Cistercian Monks). In 1198
it is thought that the Manor of Putnoe was given by the de Beauchamp
family to the Cistercian Monks of Warden Abbey. This gift was later
confirmed by Richard I. |
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