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Cistercian Monks of Warden Abbey (1198 to 1539)Sometime before 1198 Puttenhoe Manor was received by the Cistercian Monks of Warden Abbey as a gift, and this was confirmed by Richard I. At this time it is understood that Warden Abbey had 12 granges. A grange typically comprised of a Chapel and Refrectory with some lay brothers in charge of a monk. It is thought that insistence on seclusion by the Cistercian order may have resulted in the clearing of any existing dwellings near the grange at Putnoe. In 1252 Warden Abbey received the grant of free warren in the woods belonging to the grange, and this charter was brought forward by the abbot in 1330 in proof of his right. In 1286 the monks were confirmed in their possession of the grange by Edward I, and their estate in Puttenhoe, comprising lands, rents, fallen woods, mill and court, was assessed at £9 6s. in 1291. During the siege of Bedford Castle in 1224 considerable damage was done to Puttenhoe Woods, and the abbey in compensation received a pension of 20 marks a year during the lifetime of Henry III. The grant was renewed in 1304 for another twenty years. The Abbey
held PUTTENHOE MANOR or GRANGE of the barony of Bedford until the Dissolution,
surrendering it in 1537 to the king, by whom it was bestowed in 1539
on Oliver Leader at the yearly rent of £4 5s. 8d. |
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