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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Baynard</strong>s of <strong>Lackham</strong><br />

<strong>Baynard</strong>’s are known in several places in the country - an early name<br />

for Bromsgrove, in Worcestershire, is given as “<strong>Baynard</strong>esgove” 18<br />

for example but they were mainly located in the east of the<br />

country. <strong>The</strong>ir main manor in the twelfth century was at Dunmow<br />

Fig.2 Early Wiltshire <strong>Baynard</strong> line ** 19<br />

<strong>The</strong> Wiltshire line of the <strong>family</strong> was established by Edmund <strong>Baynard</strong><br />

the third son of William <strong>Baynard</strong> of Great Dunmow in Essex.<br />

William was the son of Thomas and Joan <strong>Baynard</strong>. Edmund’s eldest<br />

brother, John, died in 1362 without issue and Gt Dunmow was<br />

inherited by the second son, Thomas.<br />

Edmund <strong>Baynard</strong> bought a grant from Edward III to hunt in the<br />

Royal Forest of Pewsham<br />

west. [Mackie, JD (1951) <strong>The</strong> Oxford History of England : <strong>The</strong> Earlier Tudors<br />

1485 – 1558 OUPp43]<br />

18 VCH Worcestershire vol III p 20 (ed Page, W 1971)<br />

19 If visiting from the Dene footnote below click here to return<br />

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