Conclusions on Property

These are the personal conclusions of me, Joan West, having researcher the history of Lacey Green and Loosley Row.

Even before 1066 the Manor of Princes Risborough had belonged to the monarch, "The Lord of the Manor. The land included Longwick to the west, Princes Risborough town and the upper hamlets of Loosley Row, Lacey Green and Speen to the east. The houses and parcels of land were let, sometimes the leases given as a reward for gallantry.

However King Charles II, greatly in debt, sold it. From then on The Manor with all its cottages and land changed hands simply to the highest bidder.

There must have been heavy taxes or calls on the big estates throughout the Napoleonic Wars and wealthy landowners were on verge of going bankrupt, the Lord of the Manor of Princes Risborough among them.