Morebarne Grange
John Nichols records the grange as a holding of 308 acres (1.25 km) enclosed in a ring fence (Vol. IV, p. 853)
During the English Civil War Mr Bradshaw was extremely hard hit by the loss of valuable horses taken by parliamentary troops from the local Warwickshire garrisons. A claim for losses submitted to the Warwickshire county committee from June, 1646 reveals that on one visit Captain Ottaway and Captain Flower from the Coventry garrison seized fifteen valuable horses worth an estimated total of £242.13.4. In June, 1643, Captain Castleton of the Tamworth Castle garrison took a stoned colt from Mr Bradshaw estimated to be worth £10 and on another occasion Captain Hunt of the Astley garrison took two mares and a stoned horse worth £36. (Exchequer accounts, SP28/161)
References
John Nichols, Antiquities of Leicestershire Volume IV, p. 853.
P.R.O. Exchequer Accounts, SP 28/161.