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descent_n and_o succession_n of_o the_o house_n of_o drayton_n rerum_fw-la anglicarum_fw-la scriptores_fw-la historia_fw-la ingulphi_n abbatis_fw-la croilandiae_fw-la pag._n 488._o inter_fw-la confirmationes_fw-la regis_fw-la witlafii_fw-la item_n domum_fw-la oswini_fw-la militis_fw-la in_o draytonâ_fw-la videlicet_fw-la octo_fw-la hidas_n terrae_fw-la &_o quatuor_fw-la virgatas_fw-la &_o ecclesiam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la villae_fw-la quinque_fw-la lineae_fw-la infrá_fw-fr et_fw-la donum_fw-la wulnoti_fw-la dapiferi_fw-la mei_fw-la in_o adingtonâ_fw-la videlicet_fw-la dvas_fw-la hidas_n terrae_fw-la &_o piscariam_fw-la cum_fw-la advocatione_n ecclesiae_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la villae_fw-la &_o in_o alia_fw-la adingtona_n ex_fw-la dono_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la unam_fw-la virgatam_fw-la terrae_fw-la rerum_fw-la anglicarum_fw-la scriptores_fw-la historia_fw-la ingulphi_n abbatis_fw-la croilandiae_fw-la pag._n 492._o inter_fw-la confirmationes_fw-la beoredi_fw-la regis_fw-la similiter_fw-la confirmo_fw-la praedicto_fw-la monasterio_n de_fw-la croilandiâ_fw-la de_fw-la dono_fw-la oswini_fw-la militis_fw-la in_o draytona_n octo_fw-la hidas_n terrae_fw-la &_o quatuor_fw-la virgatas_fw-la &_o ecclesiam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la villae_fw-la rerum_fw-la anglicarum_fw-la scriptores_fw-la historia_fw-la ingulphi_n abbatis_fw-la croilandiae_fw-la pag._n 498._o inter_fw-la confirmationes_fw-la abbatis_fw-la turketuli_n abbatiae_fw-la croilandiae_fw-la in_o draytona_n unam_fw-la carucatam_fw-la terrae_fw-la sex_n acras_fw-la prati_n quatuor_fw-la salinas_n aubrey_n de_fw-fr vere_n great_a chamberlain_n to_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o and_o chief_a justice_n of_o england_n the_o baronage_n of_o england_n page_n 190._o this_o last_o mention_v albery_n call_v albericus_n junior_n confirm_v all_o those_o grant_v make_v by_o his_o fater_n to_o the_o monk_n of_o abington_n and_o be_v in_o high_a esteem_n with_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o be_v by_o he_o make_v lord_n great_a chamberlain_n 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page_n 398._o at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o conqueror_n general_a survey_v of_o this_o realm_n william_n mauduit_n have_v seven_o lordship_n in_o hampshire_n and_o be_v afterward_o chamberlain_n to_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o obtain_v a_o grant_n from_o he_o of_o all_o the_o land_n whereof_o micael_n of_o hanslape_n die_v seize_v the_o inheritance_n whereof_o the_o say_a micael_n have_v in_o his_o life_n time_n yield_v to_o that_o king_n with_o maude_n his_o daughter_n who_o thereupon_o give_v she_o in_o marriage_n with_o all_o those_o land_n unto_o this_o william_n which_o william_n have_v issue_n by_o she_o two_o son_n robert_n mauduit_n and_o william_n mauduit_n robert_z lord_n maudvit_n chamberlain_n to_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o lord_n of_o hanslape_n and_o divers_a other_o land_n and_o lordship_n baronage_n of_o england_n the_o same_o page_n line_n 15._o of_o these_o robert_n succeed_v in_o the_o inheritance_n of_o his_o land_n enjoy_v also_o the_o office_n of_o 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