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   Reigate

   Reigate is a historic market town in Surrey, England at the foot of the North Downs, and in the London commuter belt. ... After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1535 the estate was granted by Henry VIII to William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, who soon converted the Priory buildings into a residence.
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   Henry VIII of England

   Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. ... The king was granted the power to further determine the line of succession in his will.
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   Costessey

   In 1546, Henry VIII granted the manor to Anne of Cleves, although evidence suggests that she never actually occupied Costessey Hall. ... The 10th Baron Stafford, who inherited the title in 1884, was certified as a lunatic; during his ownership, the estate was held by the Lunacy Commission.
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   Long Melford

   The village is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 which lists the manor of Long Melford as an estate of 600 hectares. ... Following the dissolution of the Monasteries, Henry VIII granted the manor to Sir William Cordell.
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   Priory Church of St. Peter, Thurgarton

   King Henry VIII granted the manor partly to Trinity College, Cambridge, and partly to William Cooper. It was lived in by the Cooper family until at the end of the 17th century the estate passed to John Gilbert, who also took the name of Cooper.
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   Covent Garden

   King Henry VIII granted part of the land to Baron Russell, Lord High Admiral and, later, Earl of Bedford. ... The complete Covent Garden Estate owned by Capital and Counties consists of 550,000 sq ft (51,000 m2). and has a market value of £650 million.
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   Grimsthorpe Castle

   Their daughter Katherine inherited the title and estate on the death of her father in 1526, when she was aged just seven. ... In 1539, Henry VIII granted Charles Brandon the lands of the nearby suppressed Vaudey Abbey, founded 1147, and he used its stone as building material for his new house.
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   Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

   Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443 – 21 May 1524) was an English soldier and statesman, and son of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk by his first wife, Katherine de Moleyns, the daughter of William de Moleyns and Anne Whalesborough. ... To commemorate his victory at the Battle of Flodden Field, Henry VIII granted an Augmentation of Honour to Howard's coat of arms.
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   William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1501–1570)

   Portrait at the National Museum in Cardiff. ... He had been granted Wilton Abbey and other land by Henry VIII by 1544.
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    Aylsham

    In 1519 Henry VIII granted a market on Saturdays and an annual fair to be held on March 12, which was the eve of the feast of St Gregory the pope. ... The Corporation eventually sold it to Sir John Hobart, and through him it passed to the ownership of the Blickling Estate.

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