The de Veres and Belchamp Walter
According to Thomas Wright, Alberic de Vere was
married to a half-sister of William the Conqueror.
Bishop Odo of Bayeux is well known as William's half-brother. If this is the case then Beatrix de Vere would be
Bishop Odo's niece.
In addition to what I found in the church guides, originally written by Samuel Philip Raymond,
the manor "came to John Wentworth" and was then sold to John Raymond in 1611.
What Thomas Wright said:
Under the de Veres it was held by a number of families until in 1539 it
came to Sir Roger Wentworth.
Sir Roger's grandson, John Wentworth, commissioned the surveyor Walker to prepare a map of his estate,
which was completed in 1605 and showed that the house was surrounded by a garden with an orchard,
a rectangular pond, and a dovecote, and was enclosed to west and north by a ditch.
John Wentworth sold the manor (still officially held by the de Veres) to
John Raymond in c 1611.
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