The Crown, Crown ownership following monastic dissolution
Dates: 1539-1540 in this descent
Biography
The Crown took possession of the lands of dissolved religious houses and subsequently granted or sold them to lay purchasers.
Notes / Sources
Institutional holder; the exact legal instrument for Aldburgh remains to be checked in the estate deeds or Crown records.
Research sources:
- Landed Families of Britain and Ireland, account of Beckwith of Aldburgh Hall, citing the descent of Aldburgh Hall as Crown granted in 1540; National Archives, Major Accessions to Repositories 1994, MIC 2945, Aldburgh (Masham) and district deeds and related documents, circa 1154-1597. — https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2022/10/526-beckwith.html
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