BITFORD, (Warwickshire) 5 m. W. of Stratford on the Avon, near its conjunction with the r. Arrow. The empress Maud gave
the demesne of the manor to the mon. of Bordesley; but K. John gave the tenements with his daughter to Llewellin, P. of
Wales, who, being thus possessed of the T. obtained of K. Hen. III. the grant of a Mt. here on Tu. which was afterwards
changed to F. as it now continues. Llewellin gave it, in marriage with his daughter, to the E. of Huntington; after whose
death, it passed with his widow to Humphry de Bohun, whose daughter carried it in marriage to Baldwin Wake, who sold it to
Robert Burnell, Bp. of Bath and Wells; from whom it passed, successively, through the families of Sir John Lovell and Sir
John Handlow, 'till by a forfeiture it fell to the crown. K. Hen. VIII. granted it to Gerard Danet, one of the esquires of
his body, whose heir, in the R. of Q. Eliz. procured a confirmation of its Mt. on F. and the grant of two yearly Fairs. As
for the lands, and the mills upon the Avon, that were given to the abovementioned mon. K. Hen. VIII. granted them to
Thomas Badger, Thomas Fowler, Robert Dyson, and their heirs.