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| 1369 |
A survey shows that the value of land in
the manor has fallen to twopence an acre and significant areas
of land are no longer being cultivated, particularly in the northeast corner of the manor, towards Charlton.
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| 1379 |
John d’Arundel, dies, estate passes to
his son, also John, who succeeds his cousin as the 13th Earl of Arundel.
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| 1381 |
Peasants’
Revolt
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| 1421 |
John, 13th Earl of Arundel dies, and
is succeeded by John Fitzalan, 14th Earl of Arundel.
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| 1435 |
John, 14th Earl of Arundel dies and
is succeeded by his brother, William Fitzalan as 15th
Earl.
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| 1485 |
Aynho Hospital dissolved.
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| 1487 |
15th Earl of Arundel dies, succeeded
by Thomas Fitzalan, 16th Earl of Arundel.
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| 1524 |
16th Earl of Arundel dies, succeeded
by William Fitzalan, 17th Earl of Arundel.
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| 1540 |
Henry Fitzalan, Lord Maltravers only son of the
17th Earl of Arundel, offers the manor of Aynho, rent free for twenty
years, to Rowland Shakerley, a London mercer, in settlement
of a debt of £465.
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| 1544 |
William Fitzalan dies. On becoming the 18th
Earl, Henry sells the manor outright to Shakerley for the additional
sum of £1060.
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| 1545 |
Tax return shows the richest man in the manor
of Aynho, next to Shakerley, to be Edward Love, tenant
of College Farm, with a holding of 6 virgates and taxed in
the sum of £20 (1 virgate = ¼ of a hide - approx. 30 acres)
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| 1552 |
Church Commissioners visit Aynho to make an inventory
of the church’s furnishings and vestments. Inventory placed in the
hands of Rowland Shakerley, Lord of the Manor.
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| 1567 |
Rowland Shakerley dies having been pre-deceased
by his son, John. Lordship of the manor of Aynho passes to
his grandson, also called Rowland.
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| 1572 |
The young Rowland Shakerley dies and the estate
is divided between his sister, Anne, and five aunts. One aunt, Mary,
and her husband, Thomas Marmion move to Aynho and Thomas proceeds
to purchase the shares of the manor from the remaining aunts.
On his death, Thomas leaves two thirds of the manor, along
with debts totalling £1500, to his son, Shakerley Marmion, a noted
dramatist whose plays were popular in the court of King Charles
I. The remaining third of the estate is held by Anne.
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| 1585 |
Anne Shakerley marries Paul Tracy, of Stanway,
Gloucestershire.
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| 1611 |
In an effort to clear
debts caused by dissolute living in London, Shakerley Marmion sells
eleven freeholds to village copyholders for the sum of £1995
Paul Tracy
is created a Baronet by King James I.
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| 1615 |
With debts continuing to mount, Shakerley Marmion
sells his lands, amounting to two thirds of the manor, to Richard
Cartwright, son of a Cheshire squire for £5250.
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| 1616 |
Richard Cartwright buys the remaining one third
of the manor from Sir Paul Tracy for £3000.
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| 1621 |
Richard Cartwright obtains a grant from the King,
under the great seal, reviving the weekly Tuesday market and
Michaelmas fair. Market house built outside the Red Lion Inn (now
the Cartwright Arms).
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| 1634 |
Katherine Cartwright, wife of Richard,
gives birth to a son, William.
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| 1637 |
Richard Cartwright dies,
to be succeeded as squire by his son, John.
Report commissioned
on the fabric of the medieval church reveals that it is in need
of major repair.
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| 1642 |
Outbreak of civil war - Battle
of Edgehill.
At its conclusion the King rides to Aynho to spend the night. A
proclamation is issued to the Cities of London and Westminster "….from
our Court at Aynho". For one night, Aynho becomes the capital
of royalist England John Cartwright, having taken the parliamentary
side against the King, is indicted, with his mother, for High Treason.
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| 1643 |
The
Earl of Essex briefly establishes
the headquarters of his parliamentary forces at Aynho
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| 1644 |
Battle
of Cropredy Bridge. Royalist
forces garrisoned in the great house at Aynho.
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| 1645 |
Battle
of Naseby. King Charles surrenders
to the Scottish army at Newark. Royalist garrison flees Aynho, having
set fire to the great house.
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| 1654 |
Mary, widow of Richard Cartwright, dies.
In her will she endows a grammar school to be built in the village.
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| 1663 |
Work commences on the
grammar school, which still survives as the Grammar House
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| 1676 |
John Cartwright dies, predeceased by his son,
William. The manor of Aynho passes to William’s 5 year old son,
Thomas.
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