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was appointed to administer the Liberty on behalf of the Abbot in the same way that the Sheriff acted for the county. The first Steward was named Ralph, and was appointed by William I. The title subsequently passed through various hands and became hereditary with the de Windsors in 1115.
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The area of the Liberty of St Edmund was originally known as the "Eight and a Half Hundreds" which included the Hundreds of
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Green, Angela (1967). "The Stewardship of the eight and a half hundred".
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The present Hereditary High Steward of the Liberty of St Edmund is
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covers the entire area of the former administrative County of
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The Liberty was granted to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds by
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West Suffolk
Abbot of Bury St Edmunds Abbey
dissolution of the monasteries
Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Thingoe
Thedwastre
Lackford
Risbridge
Blackburn
Babergh
Edward the Confessor
Steward
The 8th Marquess of Bristol
"St Edmundsbury Local History – Home mapping using QGIS"
"History of Bury St Edmunds Abbey"
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