The history of Hertfordshire ; describing the county and its antient monuments, particularly the Roman / With the character of those that have been the chief possessors the the lands. And an account of the most memorable occurences. By N. Salmon.

  • Salmon, N. (Nathanael), 1675-1742.
Date:
1728
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Credit: The history of Hertfordshire ; describing the county and its antient monuments, particularly the Roman / With the character of those that have been the chief possessors the the lands. And an account of the most memorable occurences. By N. Salmon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fignal Divifion of this Spot of Earth the Con¬ queror made : For Woodlands we find in the Record always valued lower than Pafture and Tillage. Indeed it would have coft a great deal in thofe Days to grub up Wood for ploughing, which could be fold for nothing: And we find by Experience Woods (locked up are generally the word Soil, our Anceftors having made Choice before us. The Manor of Barley, properly fo called, was granted to William d' Ogburville, who came in with the Conqueror. Hugh his Son fucceeded him in it, and dying in the 5th of King Ste¬ phen, left a Wife and a Son William within Age. Turgis d'Abrincis married the Widow, and pro¬ cured the Wardfhip of the Son. For this he paid 300 Marks of Silver, one Mark of Gold, and a Courier. William d' Ogburville married the elded Daughter of Ranulph^ de QlanviHe, Judice of England, and had a Son Hugh, who left a Son William within Age. Of him William Briwer had the Wardfhip at the Price of a thou- fand Marks. , William £ Ogburville married and left a Daughter Joan, who was married to;-Ni¬ colas de Crioll. . - , Here the Succeflion isninterrupted : The Manor by fome means came in to the Crown, and was given to Henry Duke of Lancajler, who poffeffed it in the Time of Edward III. He married Ifabel Daughter of Henry Lord Beau¬ mont, and had two Daughters, Maud and Blanch. Maud was fird married to Ralph, Son and Heir of Ralph Lord Stafford, and after to William Duke of Zealand. Blanch was married to John of Gaunt, Earl of Richmond, fourth Son of Ed¬ ward III. The Duke died of the Pedilence at Leicefier 1360, and was buried by the High Altar in the Collegiate Church there of his own Foundation. Upon Partition this Manor came to John of Gaunt and Blanch, whofe Ho¬ mage was taken becaufe fhe had Children. Maud dying without I(Tue, her Edate fell in to John of Gaunt, whom the King his Father made Duke of Lancajler in the ufual Form, in the 36th of his Reign. In the 42d Blanch died of the Pedilence, and was buried in St. Paul's at London. . ? The next Poffeffor we find was William Mar- tin, who held Court here in the lad Year of Richard II. Martin conveyed it to Thomas Hore. He left a Son Gilbert, who kept Court here in the Reign of Henry VI. From him the Manor hath gone by the Name of Hores ever fince. John Ayland poffeffed it after him, and kept Court in the 22d of Henry VI. He is fuppofed to have had it by Marriage of Gilbert Hore's Daughter. Anthony Bacon was Lord, and kept Court here in the loth of Elizabeth. Then John Spencer■ of Offley, Efq; pur chafed it, and held Court in the 16th of the fame Reign. He was created Baronet in the 2d of Charles I. and fold to Richard Bourk Earl of Clanrickard. It was again conveyed to Sic Richard Lucy about 1657, and Edward Atkins of Lincoln's-lnn, Efq; and their Heirs. Mr. Atkins, after the Death of Sir Richard, fold it to 1 homos ljjnjey, Citizen of London; he to Sir Thomas Byde of Ware Park. Sir Thomas gave it to his Son Ralph, who married a Daughter of George Nodes of Shepall, Efq; and from him the Edate defcended to John Byde of Hon [don, Efq; his Son and Heir, and he is the prefent Poffeffor. He bears, Or on a Pile in* graiPd Gules 3 Anchors of the fird. The Manor of Mincing Bury-, At the Time of the Record, belonged to thd Nunnery of Chatteris in the Ifle of Ely. At the Didolution it was by the Crown conveyed to Ralph Rowlet, afterwards Knighted; from him to Sir John Spencer, and fo down, as the pre¬ ceding Manor of Hores, to John Byde, Efq;. The Church and Parfonage are probably within this Manor, becaufe the Nuns.prefented to the Living tiH the Diffolution. The Reafon of the Parfonage being afterwards in the Bi- (hop of Ely's Gift, feems to be from the Title the Bilhop had to it from the Grant of Henry I. Till that Reign it appears thefe Nuns held of the King in Capite. But from the great Incon¬ venience that arofe from thence, the King granted the Patronage of the Monadery to, Hervey the fird Bilhop of Ely. All their Lands and Poffeffidns were veded in that Bilhop and his Succeffors, who had the chief Power of placing Abbefs and Nuns there. The Advowfon could not be parted with from the Crown, amongft the others that Queen Elizabeth gave in Exchange for Hatfield and Had- ham, becaufe we find a Clerk prefented by the Bilhdp of Ely in Queen Mary's Time. The Manor of Abbots Bury, In Domefday is called the Land of Eudo Son of Hubert, who is from his Office called Eudo Da- pifer. He was by William Rufus made Governor of Colchefier, and founded the Abbey of St. John's in that Town, and endowed it with this Manor. At the Diffolution it was granted to Sir Ralph Rowlet, and paffed by Sir John Spencer, as Hores and Mincing Bury, to Sir Thomas Byde. At the Suppreffion it was valued at 15 /. u s. 6 d. per Ann. The brave Abbot refufed to fur- render, and was attainted of High Treafon This is alfo John Byde's, Efq;. The Manor of Greenbury5 At the Survey, belonged to Hardwyn de Sea* lers, who was Lord of part of the neighbour¬ ing Vill of Barkway. By what Calculation the Surveyors went, I know not, but his Lands here are faid to be worth 45 s. per Ann, and thofe in Barkway but ten. It’s poffible the great- eft Part was Wood, and fo of little Value; or his Eftate in Barkway was originally final!, and being encreafed by Marriage of the Daughter of Roffe, what he had at firft is forgot. This Manor was given to the Abbey of An- gle/ey in Cambridgejhtre, of the Foundation of Richard de Clare. Who gave it, can only be gueffed, but it’s highly probable one of the Family of Scales; becaufe as they kept and in- creafed their Barkway Eftate to the Time of Henry VI. it is not to be fuppofed they fold off this neighbouring Branch, who had no occafion to difmember it, but rather gave it, as they call it, for the Health o( their Souls. After the Diffolution Edward VI. granted this Manor to Sir Robert Chefier, to be held by the fortieth Part of a Knight’s Fee, and 3 /. and 4 d. yearly Rent. It was afterwards conveyed to Dr. Andrew Willet, Reft or of this Church; from him it came to Robert Bowes, whofe Daughter was married to-Pelt ham, and — Feltham his Son is prefent PoffelDr. According 1