GRAFTON-TEMPLE, (Warwickshire) abovementioned, is said to have been given early to the abbey of Evesham; but it was in lay
hands long before William the Conqueror, who took it from them, and gave it to some of his followers. It afterwards bel.
to the Kts. Hospitallers, who held it of the Earls of Warwick, by the service of one Kt's. fee.