A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



Gardner surrendered to Comyn all his rights in the half- 

 manor. 's The court roll for 1659 names as lords Abdy, 

 Chapman, Thomas King, John Jekyll, Edward Cotton, 

 and John Berrisford.'* The last four were presumably 

 trustees to the settlement made on the marriage of Anne 

 and Francis Comyn. Anne died in 1694 and Francis in 

 1697." Their half of the manor passed to their son 

 Francis Comyn who sold it in 1700 to William Harvey, 

 who thus became owner of the whole manor.'* 



William Harvey died in 1 731 and was succeeded by 

 his son, also named William, who died in 1 742.'" The 

 younger William was succeeded by his son, a third 

 William Harvey, who died in 1763.80 The manor then 

 passed to WiUiam Harvey (IV), son of the last owner, 

 who died unmarried in 1779, leaving Barringtons to his 

 brother Eliab, later Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey.*' The 

 admiral died in 1830 without surviving male issue. He 

 left the bulk of his estate, including Barringtons, to his 

 eldest daughter Louisa, wife of William Lloyd of Aston 

 Hall (Salop). In 1839 the estate in Chigwell consisted 

 of about 420 acres. '^ Lloyd and his wife acted as joint 

 lords of the manor until his death in 1843, after which 

 Louisa was sole lady until her death in 1 866.^3 Her son 

 Richard T. Lloyd succeeded to the manor and died in 

 1898. Barringtons then passed to Richard's eldest son 

 Lt.-Gen. Sir Francis Lloyd, who died without issue in 

 1926. The manor then passed to the Revd. Rossendale 

 Lloyd, brother of Sir Francis. ^^ Soon after this the 

 manorial rights were sold to Philip Savill, from whom 

 they passed to his son Mr. Lawrence L. Savill of 

 Comenden Manor (Kent) who is their present owner. *5 

 The freehold of the Barringtons estate, however, re- 

 mained in the Revd. Rossendale Lloyd who died in 

 1940 and was succeeded by his son Mr. Andrew F. 

 Lloyd.86 



Rolls House, the capital mansion of the Barringtons 

 estate in modern times, is now (1953) in process of 

 demolition, much of the older part having already dis- 

 appeared. It was a two-story building with attics, 

 partly timber-framed and partly of brick. The former 

 kitchen block was built about 1600 and late in the 17th 

 century the north-east and north-west wings were built 

 or rebuilt, making the house L-shaped. Early in the 

 1 8th century a long addition was made on the south-east 

 side of the north-east wing and there were later additions 

 on the south and south-west.*'' 



The manor oi BUCKHURST alias MUNKEN- 

 HILL alias MONKHAMS probably formed part of 

 Barringtons (see above) until 1 135, when William de 

 Montiichet granted to the abbey of Stratford Lang- 

 thorne his wood of Buckhurst.** The grant was later 

 confirmed by Henry II.*' The abbey's estate was 

 increased by other grants: in 12 17 Matthew de St. 

 Tronius and Rose his wife quitclaimed to the abbey a 

 third part of 55 acres in Chigwell which was her dower 

 from her former husband Geoffrey Levenoth, and in 



1230 William Fitz Edric granted to the Abbot of 

 Stratford | carucate and 8J acres in Chigwell. 9" In 

 1240 the Abbot of Stratford came to an agreement 

 with the Abbot of Waltham, a neighbouring land- 

 owner, concerning the agistment of cattle." In 1253 

 Henry III granted the Abbot of Stratford free warren 

 in his demesne in Chigwell and Woodford.'^ The 

 boundary of the parish at Buckhurst Hill was for long 

 ill defined and the manor of Buckhurst seems to have 

 extended into Woodford. 



Stratford Abbey retained Buckhurst until the Dis- 

 solution. "3 In 1 521 John Saunders had a 41-year 

 lease from William Etherway, then abbot, of a tene- 

 ment called 'Buckhurst alias Monkyn'.'* By 1 527 the 

 lease had passed to Ralph Johnson of Woodford. '5 In 

 1547 the king granted a tenement called Buckhurst 

 and a grove called Monk Grove, formerly belonging to 

 Stratford Abbey, to John Lyon alderman of London 

 and Alice his wife, to hold by jj knight's fee.'* Sir 

 John Lyon died in 1564 seised of this property." He 

 was succeeded by Richard Lyon, son of his brother 

 Henry, who died in 1579.'* Richard's son Henry 

 Lyon died in 1590." In 161 1 Henry's son George 

 Lyon leased the manor to the sitting tenant Joan 

 Newman for 21 years.' In 16 16 John Lyon sold the 

 property to Thomas Hill of London,^ and Hill sold it 

 in 1649 to William and George Nutt who were 

 brothers.3 



George Nutt was dead by 1656 when his son George 

 sold his interest in Monkhams to his uncle William 

 Nutt.* In 1669 William Nutt settled it on his son on 

 the marriage of the latter.' The younger William died 

 in 172 1, leaving the manor to his son William who sold 

 it in 1725 to William Cleland of Woodford.* Cleland 

 sold Monkhams in 1735 ^^ Sir Joseph Eyles, Kt., who 

 was already owner of the neighbouring estate of Lux- 

 borough (see below) .7 Eyles died in 1740 and his 

 widow and executors sold the manor in 1 746 to Robert 

 Knight, I St Baron Luxborough, whose father had 

 bought Luxborough from them three years earlier.* 

 Lord Luxborough sold both properties in 1750 to 

 James Crokatt.9 Crokatt sold them in 1767 to Baker 

 J. Littlehales, who conveyed them a few days later to 

 Sir Edward Walpole, K.B.'" Walpole sold them in 

 1775 to Samuel Peach." In 1781 Peach went bank- 

 rupt and Buckhurst and Luxborough were bought 

 from his creditors by Sir Edward Hughes, whose 

 widow Ruth sold them in 1 799 to James Hatch, lord 

 of Chigwell Hall.'^ Thereafter they passed along with 

 Chigwell Hall. In 1839 the farm of Monkhams 

 included 178 acres and was let by James Mills to 

 William Death. '3 The farm survived until 1936, when 

 it was broken up for building. The house, which was 

 then demolished, stood at the south-west corner of 

 Lords Bushes. '■» Its site is now Farm Way and Farm 

 Close. 



" C6/139/54, 142/39; CP25(z)/552 

 Mich. 1657. '6 E.R.O., D/DU 97/1. 



" E.R.O., D/DEs M104; P.C.C. 90 

 Pyne. 



" CP25(2)/830 Trin. 12 Wm. III. 



" Morant, £««r, i, 167. '" Ibid. 



" P.C.C. 204 Warburton. For the 

 admiral see above. Worthies. 



«^ E.R.O., D/CT 78. 



«3 E.R.O., D/DU 97/9. 



8« Burke' i L.G. (17th edn.), p. 1538. 



*' Inf. from L. L. Savill, Esq. 



" SarVjL.G. (i7thedn.), p. 1538. 



'' hiu. Mon. Com. Essex, ii, 48. 



" F.C.H. Essex, ii, 130. For this manor 



see A. R. J. Ramsey, Monkhams (Woodford 

 Hist. Soc). 8« Ibid. 



«» Feet off. Essex, i, 49, 86. 



»■ Harl. MS. 4809, fo. 3, 4. 



« Cal. Chart. R. 1226-57, 433. 



'^ In 1 29 1 the abbey's property in Chig- 

 well was valued at ^12 lys. zd.l Tax 

 Eccl. (Rec. Com.), 25. 



»♦ Ci/i 165/23-25. 



« E.R.xlv, 168. 



»<> Cal. Pat. 1547-8, 41 ; Cal. S.P. Dom. 

 1 547-80, 4. 



" C142/14./39. "S C142/194/47. 



*' Lysons, En'virons of London (1796), 

 119. 



28 



I E.R.O., D/DB T347 (deed of 1649); 

 C3/359/34. ^ Ibid. 



3 E.R.O., D/DB T347. ■» Ibid. 



5 E.R.O., D/DBT345. 



P.C.C. 200 Marlboro'; E.R.O., 

 D/DDa T42, 43 



' Guildford Museum Deeds 51/3/50. 



' Ibid. Knight's father had originally 

 purchased Luxborough (see below) in 1 716. 



» E.R.O., D/DDa T42. 

 ■o Ibid. " Ibid. 



'2 E.R.O., D/DDa T39, 40; ibid. 

 D/DBT352. 



" E.R.O., D/CT 78. 



'* Ramsey, Monkhams, 10. 



