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Fairford History Society |
Knights Hospitaller‘Report of an archaeological dig carried out at Quenington Court in 1971, includes a background history of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. This article was published in the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Transactions, Vol 93 p136-141, 1974 ‘The manor of Quenington passed to the Order of St John in c 1195 as a gift from Agnes Laci or de Lucy…It is reasonable to suppose
that a manor would be given to the Order in full working order, with living accommodation, farm buildings, animals and presumably
some farm workers. From the moment of gift the manor came under the jurisdiction of a professed knight whose aim was to administer
the estate so as to provide maximum revenue for the Order. |
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