106 J. E. HAETING HEETFOEDSHIEE DEEE-PAEKS. 



called Old Parke, Rowgh Cattel, and the common- wood in Cheshunt. 

 Under date 1st May, 1609, the following entry appears in the 

 account of payments made of the royal exchequer:* — " To Humphrey 

 Plint the sum of £4. 17. 9. for the ploughing and sowing of oats in 

 Theobalds and Cheshunt Parks for his Majesty's deer there. By 

 general writ current £4. 17. 9." 



Cheshunt Park was formerly the property of Oliver Cromwell, 

 a lineal descendant of the Protector, and author of Memoirs of the 

 family. It passed by marriage to the late Mr. T. A. Russell, and 

 is now in the hands of his devisees. 



PANSHAifGEE,f near Hertford, the seat of Earl Cowper, with Cole 

 Green Park adjoining, well wooded, and containing about 500 

 acres, formerly inclosed a herd of deer, but none have existed 

 there for many years. On the lawn stands an oak, which at 10 

 feet from the ground measures nearly 20 feet in circumference. 



At Sawbridgewokth J there seems to have been formerly a park. 

 Licence to impark there and in Thorley was granted by Henry the 

 Sixth to John Leventhorpe in 1449. The park was licensed to 

 inclose 400 acres of land, 40 of meadow, and 40 of wood. 



Subsequently, in Charles the First's time, the manor with the 

 inclosed park called Sayesbury Park was granted by royal charter 

 dated 2nd August, 1633, to Arthur Brett, of London, Esq., and 

 Nicholas Herman, as trustees for Lord Craufield, created Earl of 

 Middlesex, who subsequently, in 1636, sold it to Thomas Hewit, 

 of the parish of St. Martin, Esq. 



Close to Sawbridge worth was Pishobuey Paek,§ now the residence 

 of Andrew Caldecott, Esq., formerly held on lease under the Crown 

 (temp. Elizabeth) by Henry Chauncy, but sold to Walter Mildmay 

 [see Gilston], who was afterwards knighted as Sheriff of the County 

 and died in 1606. " He built the Manor-house upon a rising ground 

 in the vale near the river Start, which courses about 20 acres of 

 ground on the east side of the house, lately converted into a paddock 

 for deer." This was written in 1700, but the present owner informs 

 me that there have been no deer kept here for a great number of 

 years. 



Three miles S.W. of Sawbridgeworth lay New Place, || Goldeston, 

 otherwise Geldeston, or Gilston. It was built in the reign of 

 Queen Elizabeth by Henry Chauncy, who had previously leased 

 the manor of Pishobury from the Crown ; but, having incurred the 

 displeasure of Henry Gary, Lord Hunsdon (the chief favourite of 

 Elizabeth, by whom he was created Baron on her accession), because 

 he would not sell part of his Manor of Gilston to enlarge the park 

 at Hunsdon, Lord Hunsdon prevailed with the Queen to sell the 



* ' Pell Records,' p. 91. 



t Cussans. ' Hertford,' p. 70. 



X Saxton, E. ; Chauncy, p. 172 ; Salmon, p. 259 ; Clutterbuck, vol. iii, p. 89 ; 

 Cussans, ' Braugliing,' p. 74. 



§ Chauncy, p. 177; Salmon, p. 261; Clutterbuck, vol. iii, p. 196; Cussans, 

 ' Braughing,' p. 78. 



II Chauncy, p. 187 ; Salmon, p. 262 ; Clutterbuck, yoI. iii, p. 169 ; Cussans, 

 ' Braughing,' p. 67. 



