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Sudbury Common Lands, Suffolk

Sudbury Common Lands, Suffolk

The Norman Conquest confiscated the ancient ‘South-burgh’ manor of Suffolk.  Sudbury passed through the royal family to Robert of Gloucester, the illegitimate son of Henry 1.  The manor then passed down through his son William (along with the Gloucester estates) to William’s daughter Amicia.  She married Richard de Tonebruge (de Clare) 4th Earl of Hertford to become Countess of Gloucester and of Clare. In the late twelfth century Amicia, Countess of Clare gave rights of pasture (in common) and the…

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