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Thorpe Arnold is a small farming village in the English county of Leicestershire, England. The village is situated on the top of a hill to the northeast of the town of Melton Mowbray. [edit] HistoryFrom the 12th century, Thorp took on its suffix of Arnold after the name of its new owners, vassals of Earl of Leicester, whose family name for a long time was Erna(u)ld (Arnold) de Bosco (Bois). First Barons de Bosco, Arnold I and his son Arnold II, took an active part in political life of England and Normandy. Arnold II supported Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, and was rewarded by the earl with a grant of numerous manors in Leicestershire (including Thorpe Arnold, Brentingby, Evington, Humberstone and Elmesthorpe) and in Warwickshire (Clifton on Dunsmoor and Shrewley). In the 17th century, Thorpe Arnold was owned by Sir Martin Lister, English politician, whose stepdaughter Frances Thornhurst lately became the mother of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. In 1936 Thorpe Arnold was abolished as a civil parish with its land divided between Melton Mowbray and the parish of Waltham on the Wolds with Waltham on the Wolds receiving more that 75% of the total. [edit] Research Tips
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