ONGAR HUNDRED 



HIGH ONGAR 



wing in the centre of the south-west front. In general 

 it appears to be of late 17th or early 1 8th century date, 

 but an oak mullioned window of about 1600 on the 

 upper floor suggests that parts may be more ancient. 

 The house was altered and restored about fifteen years 

 ago when the present staircase was inserted. There is 

 a kitchen wing of red brick at the north-east corner of 

 the house. 



The manor of WITHERS PAWNE alias 

 WETHERSPANE alias CHIFERS PAWNE alias 

 CHIFERS HALL appears to have been the original 

 estate of the Pawne family, which later acquired the 

 neighbouring manor of Chivers Hall (see above). The 

 manor house is now known as The Rookery. A William 

 Pawne held the manor in 1494'° and it descended to 

 his namesake who died in 1578.9' By his will dated 

 April 1578 William Pawne left Chivers Pawne to 

 WiUiam Chatterton, who had married his sister's 

 daughter Bridget.'^ Withers Pawne evidently passed 

 with Chivers Hall to John Penruddock but in 1595 

 was separated from the main manor and sold to Gregory 

 Yonge, grocer of London. '3 Yonge held a manor court 

 in 1596.''' He died in or shortly before i6io.95 The 

 manor passed to the Holman family, to which he was 

 probably related through the marriage of his daughter 

 Jane.'* In 1618 a conveyance of Withers Pawne was 

 made by Elizabeth Holman, widow." She had prob- 

 ably been the wife of Alexander (d. 161 7) son of 

 George Holman.'* Sir John Holman, ist Bt. (cr. 

 1663), held Withers Pawne in 1679." ^^ ^^ prob- 

 ably inherited it from his father Philip Holman (d. 

 1669) who was no doubt a collateral descendant of 

 Alexander Holman, who had died childless.' Sir John 

 died shortly before May 1700.^ In the same year 

 Withers Pawne was conveyed by Anastasia Holman, 

 widow, to William Baker.' William Baker held a 

 court in the manor in 17 18.'' He was succeeded by his 

 son Bramston Baker. 5 In 1849 Chivers Pawne farm 

 was owned and occupied by William Baker and com- 

 prised 134 acres.* The farm was purchased in 1926 

 by the London Co-operative Society Ltd. It now com- 

 prises 98^ acres freehold, with an additional 19J acres 

 rented. Mixed arable and dairy farming is carried on 

 there.' 



The Rookery farm-house isa timber-framed building 

 probably dating from the i6th century. It was origi- 

 nally built on a half H-shaped plan.* About 20 years 

 ago it was thoroughly reconditioned: part of the north- 

 east wing and also an 18th-century addition between 

 the two wings were demolished. At each end of the 

 house is an original red-brick external chimney with 

 two diagonal shafts. 



The manor of FOREST HALL (formerly 

 FOLIOTS HALL) originated as a tenement of ^ hide 

 in Norton held in 1066 by a woman named 'Godid'. 



After the Conquest it was given by her to the Dean and 

 Chapter of St. Paul's.' It continued to be known as 

 the manor of Norton until the 13th century. In 1181 

 it was farmed for St . Paul's by Odo de Dammartin, a 

 member of the fami ly which held the neighbouring 

 manor of Norton, later Norton Mandeville.'" It was 

 then stated that the manor satisfied the royal demand 

 for hidage in the time of Henry I and William the 

 Dean by paying for 40 acres and by giving to the bailiff 

 of the hundred 1 2<i. and 1 2ii. for wardpenny. There 

 were 100 acres of arable land, 5 acres of meadow, and 

 12 acres of wood. There was i plough in demesne and 

 the manor rendered to St. Paul's 40J. in the octave of 

 Easter and 60s. at the Exaltation of the Cross." 



Another inquisition into the lands of St. Paul's was 

 held in 1222.'^ John de Dammartin was now the 

 farmer. The hidage of the manor was the same as in 

 1 181. The manor was free from suit of county, but 

 followed the hundred of Ongar, at the suit of which 

 1 2ti. were paid from the demesne to the reeve of the 

 hundred and 1 2d. from the tenants. There were now 

 102 acres of arable, 6 acres of meadow, and 12 acres 

 of poor {gracilis) woodland. The arable could be 

 tilled with one plough team of eight beasts. Seven 

 marks had been spent on fertilizing the land with 

 marl and the erection of new buildings. The names 

 and services of six tenants were given. 



In the middle of the 13 th century the manor was 

 held, under St. Paul's, by Richard Foliot, Archdeacon 

 of Middlesex. John son of Ernald de Mandeville 

 (see Norton Mandeville) granted 60 acres of land in the 

 parish of 'Great Norton' to Foliot for the use of St. 

 Paul's in free alms. '3 In 1258 John de Mandeville 

 granted to St. Paul's 76 acres of land and i acre of 

 meadow in Norton in pure and perpetual alms.'* 

 Perhaps this last grant included all or some of that to 

 Foliot. 



The manor remained in the possession of St. Paul's 

 throughout the Middle Ages, and was known some- 

 times as Norton and sometimes as Norton Foliot. In 

 1535, under the name of Folyathall it was valued at 

 £,6 13/. 4<2'.'s In 1544 St. Paul's exchanged the manor 

 for other lands with the king, who in the same year 

 sold Folyathall and a wood called Folyatswood to 

 William Rigges for ^1,127.'* Rigges immediately 

 transferred the property to Sir Richard Rich, later ist 

 Baron Rich. '7 



In 1562 Lord Rich conveyed Foliots Hall to 

 Richard Stane of Shelley, yeoman, and Richard his 

 son.'* Richard Stane the elder died in 1601 and was 

 succeeded by Richard the younger, then aged 40." 

 Foliots Hall had been settled upon the latter in 1589, 

 on his marriage to Ann Rabett.^" He died in 16 14, 

 leaving a son and heir John.^' A Richard Stane held 

 Forest Hall in 1687." He died in 17 14 and the manoi 



»« P.N. Esssex (E.P.N.S.), 73. 



»■ C142/181/55. See Chivers Hall, 

 above. »» Ibid. 



»3 CP25(2)/i36/.736. 



«♦ E.R.O., D/DC 26/6. 



«5 P.C.C. ffills, 1609-19 (Index Libr.), 

 502. 



«' Visits, of Surrey, 1530, Sec. (Harl. 

 Soc), 96. The pedigree states that Jane, 

 daughter of George Young of London, 

 married George Holman, but there is no 

 trace of a George Young at this time. 



»' CP25(2)/295 Hil. 15 Jas. I. 



»« Visits, of Surrey, 96; P.C.C. ffills, 

 1609-19 (Index Libr.), 235. According 

 to Morant, Essex, i, 131 Alexander 



Holman held Wetherspane in 16 14.. 

 99 CP25(2)/295 Trin. 31 Chas. II. 

 ' G.E.C. Complete Baronetage, ii, 277; 

 Morant, Essex, i, 131 refers to Philip 

 Holman in his account, of Chivers Hall. 

 ' G.E.C. op. cit. 277. 



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



4 E.R.O., D/DC 26/7. 



5 Morant, Essex, i, 131. 

 <• E.R.O., D/CT 263. 



' Inf. from London Co-operative Soc. 



* Hist. Mon. Com. Essex, ii, 133. 



9 y.C.H. Essex, i, 442^. And see 

 Norton Mandeville. 



'» Dom. of St. Paul's (Camd. Soc. 1858), 

 III. " Ibid. 143. 



'2 Ibid. 73. 



" Hist. MSS. Com. gth Rep. pt. i, 

 p. 38a. For the parish boundaries of 

 Norton Mandeville and High Ongar see 

 above, p. 172. 



■* Feet off. Essex, i, 225. 



'5 yalor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), i, 360*. 



" L. & P. Hen. Fill, xix (i), p. 495; 

 ibid. (2), p. 72. 



" Ibid. p. 86. 



'8 E.R.O., D/DGe 259; CP25(2)/ii8 

 Mich. 4 Eliz. 



■9 C142/266/87. " Ibid. 



" Morant, Essex, i, 131; C60/469, . 

 no. 34. 



" E.R.O., D/DGe 265. 



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