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2 unusual facts about Whittlewood Forest


John Claypole

Claypole was appointed by his father-in-law one of the lords of his bed-chamber, clerk of the hanaper, and ranger of Whittlewood Forest) in Northamptonshire, where he built Wakefield Lodge, a magnificent house near Potterspury, (it came into the possession the Dukes of Grafton, the first duke having had a grant of the forest in 1685, with the title of hereditary ranger).

William Courten

In 1628 he paid Charles I £5,000 and received lands in Whittlewood Forest, Northamptonshire.



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