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4 unusual facts about William Bereford


William Bereford

In 1287 his brother, Osbert de Bereford, a previous High Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, bought a property in Wishaw, and after his death a few years later the land was left to William.

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Bereford was associated with Piers Gaveston, a favorite of Edward II, perhaps because he had bought land in the Honour of Wallingford held by the earl.

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He was the son of Walter de Bereford, with the family name coming from the village of Barford, Warwickshire.

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In Michaelmas term of that year he joined one of the last countrywide Eyres.



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