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- Robert of Acton, elder son of William of Foxherd--Robert Bures, sonandheir of William, held court at Bromptons in 1501. In 1507(*) the manorofActon was conveyed to him "and to the heirs male of his body at therequisition and special request of Thomas Ormond, Knight, Earl of Ormond," by the same persons who had "lately recovered" it from William Bures and Joan his wife. In the same year, to wit: 1507, Robert Bures quit-claimedtoThomas Ormond, Knight, Earl of Ormond, the Manors of Boydon [? Roydon] and Whersted, Suffolk. In 1517 Robert Bures married Joan, daughter ofRobert Buck of Moryeves Manor, Suffolk, Gent., and Johan (Heigham) his wife.He died 10 July 1524. His inq. p.m. is dated the following year, viz: 3Nov. 1525. He held the manors of Acton and Moryeves in Suffolk; the manorand advowson of Foxherd, the manor of Brokehall in Foxherd, and a millthere called Weston Mill, all in the county of Essex. He also heldcertainlands appertaining to the manor of Moryeves and lying in Waldingfeld,Melding, Melford, Sudbury, Beuntell, Groton and Newton and otherlandsappertaining to the manor of Acton and lying in Acton, Kettlebarston and Melford.The manor of Moryeves was granted by Robert de Bures to his father and mother-in-law Robert Buck and Johan his wife "and to the longer liverof them" with reversion after their death "to the use of the saidRobertBures."
The children of Robert Bures and Joan, were: Henry, Robert,Jane,Katherine and Anna.
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Abt 1476 - 1524 (48 years)
