… 129 to the Crown. In 1544 Henry VIII granted it to Henry Dowes, 130 who made a fresh lease of one part of the manor to Henry Knight four years later. 131 At Henry Dowes' death in 1550 Leigham Court passed to his brother … leet was included in the grant of this manor to Henry Dowes in 1544, 159 and in the licence of alienation to his …