Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire [h131507]

Hamlet of the ancient parish of Blunham

Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, 1793

Census Abstract, 1821

Samuel Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of England, 1845

Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, 1881


20 January 1500: At Westminster the quindene of Martinmas 15 Henry VII [25 November 1499] before Thomas Bryan, William Danuers, John Vauasour and Thomas Wode  justices; adjourned to octaves of Hilary 15 Henry VII [20 January 1500]: John Mordaunt serjeant-at-law, William Mordaunt, John Vynter, William Gascoigne and Robert Spencer, plaintiffs, v. Robert Bulkeley esquire and Anne his wife, deforciants of 8 messuages, 10 tofts, 300 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 60 acres of pasture, 20 acres of wood and 20s rent in Mogerhanger  Charleton and Southmyll. Deforciants acknowledge the premises to belong to John Vynter, for which the plaintiffs grant the deforciants £100


3 February 1508: At Westminster on the morrow of Candlemas 23 Henry VII [3 February 1508] before Robert Rede, John Fyssher, John Kyngesmyll and John Boteler justices: Robert Brudenell justice, Thomas Pygott, John Mordaunt, William Marshall, Thomas Knyghton, John Burgoyn and William Westerdale clerk plaintiffs v. Edmund Lucy knight & Alianora his wife deforciants of the manor of Mogerhanger, 14 messuages 14 gardens, 1000 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, 300 acres of pasture, 100 acres of woodland and 30s rents in Mogerhanger, Blounham, Charleton, Southmyll, Sonday & Beeston. Deforciants acknowledge the premises to belong to John Mordaunt, for which the plaintiffs grant the premises to the defendants for life, to remain to John Mordaunt and his heirs