Page "Bromham, Bedfordshire" Paragraph 6

The land formed part of the Barony of Bedford held by the Beauchamps.

After the battle of Evesham, in which John de Beauchamp fell fighting on the side of the Barons, the manor was held for a time by Prince Edward, but afterwards divided among the Beauchamp heirs female.

Bromham afterwards passed successively into the hands of the Mowbrays, the Latimers, the Nevilles, the Passelowes, the Wildes, and the Dyves.

Early in the eighteenth century, the manor was bought by Sir Thomas Trevor, who was afterwards created Lord Trevor, and whose mother was a daughter of John Hampden, the patriot.

Three of his sons succeeded to the title.

One of them – the third Lord Trevor married Sir Richard Steele's ( Dick Steele ) daughter ; and another – the fourth Lord Trevor – inherited the Great Hampden Estate in Bucks, through his grandmother, and was created Viscount Hampden.

The Trevors became connected through marriage with the Rice family ( the Dynevor Rices ) and at the death of the late Miss Rice Trevor the estate passed to the Wingfields.