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Eynesbury belonged at the time of the Domesday Survey, to the Countess Judith, from whom it passed to her son-in-law, St de Liz, whose daughter appears to have brought it in marriage to Saher de Quincy, who however, held it as of the Honour of Huntingdon. On the death of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, in 1264, two thirds of the manor passed to his eldest daughter, Margaret, wife of William Ferrers, Earl of Darby, from whom they descended to the Lords Ferrers of Chartley, in which family it remained until 1548. The other third part of the Manor passed to Roger’s second daughter, Elena, wife of Alan la Zouche, of Ashby de la Zouche, and so came to Maurice Berkeley.
The sub-manor of Eynesbury Berkeleys, was given to
Thomas Lord Berkeley, on his marriage with Joan, daughter of William
de Ferrers and Margaret Quincy, and it remained in his family until
1538. Eynesbury Cressener’s was a sub-manor held in the 15th century
from the Lords of Ferrers of Chartley by the Cressener family.
Eynesbury Buckley derives its name from the Buckleys who held it in
the 16th century.
James Toller “the young English giant,” was born in Eynesbury in August 1798. At the age of eighteen he stood 8 feet 1 ½ inches in height, his feet measuring 15 inches each in length. He lived only about twenty years, and was buried in the church.
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