“ The manor, with a market and tolls, was among the possessions confirmed in 972 by King Edgar to the abbot of Peterborough, to whom it still belonged in 1086. The market was then worth 20s. yearly and is shown by the quo warranto rolls to have been held on Saturday, the day being changed to Thursday in 1835. After the Dissolution the market was granted with the manor to John, earl of Bedford, and still belongs to the lord of the manor. ”