A HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX 



nursery and market gardens, which give employ- 

 ment to a large proportion of the population. Of 

 the 1,372$ acres in the parish, 543 acres are 

 arable land, and 2 37 J acres are grass. 1 The vil- 

 lage is composed of detached houses mostly lying 

 about the cross roads in the southern part of the 

 parish. The church of St. George stands at a 

 little distance from the village, near the ruins of 

 Hanworth Castle. There is a Wesleyan chapel, 

 which was built in 1867. The most distinctive 

 feature of the parish is Hanworth Park, which 

 occupies the north-east corner and extends over 

 the boundary into Feltham parish. It contains 

 many fine trees, which are the more remarkable 

 as the rest of the parish is but sparsely wooded. 



The parish was inclosed in 1 800, together with 

 Feltham and Sunbury.' The following place- 

 names occur: Le Pille, Le Yawe, Ham-acre, 

 Grewclose, Andymeres Land, Rice, Lott-meadow, 

 Livershaw. 



H 4 N WORTH was held in the 

 M4NOR time of Edward the Confessor by Ulf, 

 a ' huscarl ' of the king.' It was 

 granted by William I to Roger de Montgomery, 

 Earl of Arundel, under whom it was held by one 

 Robert. 4 Earl Roger's English estates were in- 

 herited by his second son Hugh de Montgomery, 

 but after the latter's death in the Mowbray con- 

 spiracy of 1098 they passed to the eldest son 

 Robert de Bellesme, who in turn rebelled against 

 the king in i loz, with the result that all his lands 

 were confiscated. 5 It is likely that the over- 

 lordship of Hanworth came in this way to the 

 Crown. It was probably attached to the honour 

 of Wallingford during the 

 reign of Henry II,* and 

 formed part of that honour 

 apparently until 1539.' In 

 1 540 it was annexed to the 

 h nour of Hampton Court.' 

 The family of Dayrell 

 of Lillingstonc Dayrell, 

 Buckinghamshire, held the 

 manor for several genera- 

 tions of the honour of Wal- 

 lingford by the service of 

 half a knight's fee." It 

 is uncertain when they 



were first connected with Hanworth. According 

 to an ancient pedigree, Robert Dayrell, who lived 

 Juring the latter part of the izth century, is styled 



DAVRCLL. Azure a 

 lion or with a crown 

 gules. 



'of Hanworth."' Ralph Uayrell his son" held 

 half a knight's fee of the honour of Wallingford, 

 which probably represents Hanworth, from about 

 1166 to about 1210." His son Henry Dayrell 

 certainly held Hanworth about IZI2, 13 and his 

 grandson, 14 also named Henry, who held the 

 manor in the reign of Edward I, certified that his 

 ancestors had been lords of Hanworth time out of 

 mind. 14 He died in possession of the manor in 

 1 303, holding it jointly with his wife Alice. 16 

 The manor was settled for the term of her life 

 on Alice," who was still living in 1 316." Henry 

 Dayrell left a son and heir named Henry," who 

 was sixteen years of age at the time of his 

 father's death.* 1 He was alive in 1307-8, when 

 he made a feoffment of the manor." In 1 3 1 6 the 

 king was holding in Hanworth," probably on 

 account of the minority of the younger Henry's 

 heir, who seems to have been John Dayrell." 

 The latter certainly held the manor in 1335," 

 and was still in possession in 1353." He was 

 succeeded by his son Sir Roger Dayrell.** In 1377 

 Roger conveyed all his rights in Hanworth to 

 Alan Ayete of Shalderton, and John Chamberlayn, 

 clerk."- 8 



Later in the same year Alan Ayete surrendered 

 his claim to John Chamberlayn,* 9 who then granted 

 the manor to Thomas Godlak. 50 The latter en- 

 feoffed Thomas Walyngton, Gilbert Manfield, and 

 William Makenade, 31 and these again enfeofFecl 

 John de Macclesfield, the king's clerk." The 

 manor was occupied at the will of the lord by Sir 

 Nicholas Brembre. 33 Sir Nicholas was Lord Mayor 

 of London for part of 1377 and again in 1377-8. 

 He was the strong supporter of Richard II among 

 the London merchants, and was knighted for his 

 services during the peasants' march on London in 

 1381. He was again mayor in 1383-4, repre- 

 senting the king's party ; and was also a membei 

 of Parliament for London. He narrowly escaped 

 impeachment in 1386; but in November 1387 

 he was accused of treason by the lords appellant, 

 and was hanged at Tyburn in February of the 

 next year. 34 



After his execution Hanworth was taken into 

 the king's hand, but as it was found that Sir 

 Nicholas had no real estate there, but was only 

 a tenant at will, the right of John de Macclesfield 

 was restored in 1391.** Idonea, the widow of 

 Sir Nicholas Brembre, bought back a large pro- 

 portion of her husband's personal property in July 



1 Inf. supplied by the Bd. of Agric. 

 (1905). 



9 Slater, Tht Engl. Peasantry and the 

 Enclosure of the Common Fields, 287. 



Dom. Bk. (Rec. Com.), i, 30. 

 4 Ibid. 



4 Stubbs, Const. Hist. (1891), i, 334. 



Red Bk. ofExck. (Rolls Ser.), 310. 

 1 Ibid. p. Ixzxiii, 140, 145, 543, 595 ; 



Chan. Inq. p.m. 28 Edw. I, no. 44 j 

 P.R.O. Ct. R. bdle. 212, no. 2, 6-8, 

 18-19. 

 8 L. and P. Hen. yill, XT, 498 (36). 



Red Bk. of Exck. (Rollt Ser.), 

 p. cclxwiii, 145, 310, 543, 595. 



10 Lipscomb, Hiir. of Hut is. iii, 31. 

 " Ibid. 



Red Bk. ofExc/i. (Roll Ser.), 145, 

 310, 595. 

 18 Ibid. 543. 



14 Lipscomb, Hitt. of Bucks, iii, 31. 

 Plac. de Quo ffarr. (Rec. Com.), 



477- 



16 Inq. a.q.d. 2 Edw. II, no. 98 ; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. 31 Edw. I, no. 26; 

 Feet of F. Lend, and Midd. 22 Edw. I, 

 no. 208 ; Lipscomb, Hist, of Bucks. 

 iii, 31. 



J 7 Feud. Aids, iii, 372. > Ibid. 



Ibid. 



90 Chan. Inq. p.m. 31 Edw. I, no. 26. 



21 Inq. a.q.d. 2 Edw. II, Izxiv, no. 8. 



M Feud. Aids, iii, 372. 



Lipscomb, Hist, of Bucks, iii, 31. 



392 



94 Chan. Inq. p.m. 9 Edw. Ill (m 

 nos.), no. 10. 



* Feud. Aids, iii, 375. 



96 Lipscomb, op. cit. iii, 31. 



"- Feet of Lond. and Midd. 5 1 

 Edw. Ill, no. 540 ; Close, 51 Edw. Ill, 

 m. 5. 



29 Close, i Ric. II, m. 24 d. 



80 Chan. Inq. p.m. 12 Ric. II, no. 

 78, 90. 



Ibid. 



83 Pat. 14 Ric. II, pt. ii, no. 31. 



88 Chan. Inq. p.m. 12 Ric. II, no. 

 78, 90 ; Feet of F. Div. Co. 8 Ric. II, 

 no. 129. 



84 Diet. Nat. Biog. vi, 255-6. 

 M Cal. Fat. 1388-92, p. 379. 



