Word: alresford
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Dates: during 1947-1947
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...great manor house of Alresford, Hants, one spring day 797 years ago, a gentle-hearted lady lay sick unto death. Outside her chamber windows yeomen's ploughs bit deep into her rich husband's acres, preparing them for the crops that would make him even richer by summer's end. But all Lady Tichborne could think of were the poor villagers in Alresford with little or no land or wheat of their...
...Tichborne lands and title passed to one Edward Doughty. Born a Tichborne, Edward-by a fluke of fate-had changed his name earlier. The curse was only technically fulfilled, but since then every Tichborne has been careful to make the annual presentation of flour to the villagers of Alresford...
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