A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



conveyed it to Sir Thomas Cheeke, Kt.3 In 1652 Sir 

 Thomas, settled it upon his second son Thomas.* It 

 descended from Thomas Cheeke to his son Edward 

 (d. 1707) and then to Edward Cheeke, son of Edward, 

 who died childless in 1 7 1 2.5 North Weald then passed 

 to Ann, daughter of Thomas Cheeke and wife of Sir 

 Thomas Tipping, ist Bt.* She died in 1727 and the 

 manor descended to her daughter Katherine, wife of 

 Thomas Archer, later created Baron Archer.' Katherine 

 died in 1754 and her husband in 1768.* The manor 

 passed to their son Andrew, Lord Archer (d. i778).9 

 Andrew left four daughters and coheirs: Sarah, who 

 married Other Windsor Hickman, Earl of Plymouth 

 (d. 1799), Ann who married Christopher Musgrave, 

 Maria who married Henry Howard, and Harriott who 

 married Edward Bolton Clive." 



Between 1 791 and 1793 North Weald was bought 

 by Daniel Giles, Governor of the Bank of England." It 

 subsequently followed the same descent as Youngsbury, 

 near Ware (Herts.), until about 1900." Christopher 

 Giles-PuUer was lord of the manor in 1 899, but by 

 1902 the manorial rights had passed to Henry E. Paine 

 and George F. Beaumont.'^ In 1841 Lady Louisa 

 Puller owned 801 acres in the parish, including Great 

 Weald Hall, and William C. Kirkby was her tenant in 

 all except 4 acres of it.'* 



The farm-house known as Weald Hall Farm was 

 probably built early in the 19th century. It is a square 

 two-story building of gault brick. To the south of the 

 farm-yard and on the perimeter of the airfield there was 

 formerly a circular moat, probably representing the 

 site of the medieval manor house. The north half of 

 the moat was recently filled in and at the same time an 

 embankment west of the farm was levelled. The square 

 red-brick house on the north side of the road, now 

 known as Weald Hall, dates from the late 19th century. 



The manor of CANES or CAWNES took its name 

 from the family of Calne or Caune which held it 

 during the 13th and 14th centuries.'^ Richard de 

 Calne was a litigant concerning land in the parish in 

 1204—5.'* About the same time Richard de Caune 

 granted an assart called 'Unere Redene' in Weald to 

 his brother Walter de Caune." Richard de Caune had 

 sons Richard and John, both of whom held land in 

 North Weald about i2 30.'8 In 1261 a Richard de 

 Caune held land in the parish.' » Joan, widow of 

 Richard de Caune, is mentioned in deeds of about 

 1 290.2" In one of these is a reference to the 'greenway' 

 leading to Richard's hall.^' In 1295 Joan granted to 

 Thomas, son of Richard de Caune, all the tenements 

 which she held in dower in North Weald. In return 

 Thomas granted her an annuity of 12 marks for life, 

 to be paid in her chamber at Hedingham Priory.^^ 

 Thomas de Caune was alive in 1335.^^ His son and 

 heir John had app^arently succeeded him by April 1 343. 



Katherine widow of Thomas, was then still living.^ 

 Sir John de Caune, kt., held land in the parish in 1 349.^' 

 In 1371 John Caune (possibly son of Sir John), then 

 about to leave for Gascony, enfeoffed Sir John atte 

 Vyne and others with all his lands in North Weald 

 and elsewhere to the uses of his will. If he returned 

 from Gascony he was to enjoy the property for life. 

 If he died abroad it was to be sold and the money was 

 to be applied for the salvation of his soul and those of 

 his parentes and benefactors, and in works of charity.^* 

 It is not clear whether John de Caune died in 

 Gascony, but he was apparently the last of his line to 

 hold Canes. By October 1406 the manor was held by 

 Thomas Caune, son of John le Rous of Norton Mande- 

 ville (q.v.).^' This Thomas presumably assumed the 

 name of Caune after acquiring the manor.^* The name 

 of Rous was evidently readopted by Thomas, second 

 son and ultimate heir of the above Thomas Caune.^' 

 The manor descended along with that of Norton 

 Mandeville until about 1864, when Norton was sold 

 by Merton College, Oxford. Canes remained in the 

 possession of the college until 1923 when it was sold 

 to the lessee, William Hart.^o 



Between 1536 and 1593 the manor was leased by 

 Merton College to successive members of the Springer 

 family.3' In 1841 the property consisted of 292 acres 

 and was farmed by Frederick Chaplin. 3^ 



The present farm-house of Canes dates from about 

 1 840. It is a square stucco building with a low-pitched 

 slate roof. South of the farm buildings is part of a large 

 moat. In the early 19th century it extended farther 

 north, almost enclosing the farm-yard.33 The pond in 

 front of the farm-house may represent part of a second 

 moat. 



The manor of MARSHALLS was held of that of 

 North Weald. It derived its name from the family of 

 Ralph le Mareschal or Marchal who held land in the 

 parish in 1280.^* In 1300 Hugh le Despenser, lord of 

 North Weald, granted to John son of Laurence le 

 Mareschal, of Laver, clerk, land which Laurence once 

 held of him, at a yearly rent of 40/., John agreeing that 

 if the rent should be in arrears not only this land but 

 also his property in Magdalen Laver might be dis- 

 trained. '^ In 1 306 William de Sutton and Margery his 

 wife conveyed to Peter Mareschal and Amiane his wife 

 2 messuages, 123 acres of land, 2 acres i rood of meadow, 

 and ^od. rent in North Weald.^* Peter and Amiane 

 were still alive in 1317.37 Ini33i Robert son of Peter 

 Mareschal was holding a messuage, 199 acres of land, 

 18 acres of meadow, 3 acres of wood, and jar. rent in 

 North Weald and Theydon Garnon.3* The reversion 

 of this property was settled upon his son Thomas and 

 the heirs of his body, with remainder to Thomas's 

 brother Robert and his right heirs. In 1359 Robert le 

 Mareschal settled an estate in North Weald and 



J E.R.O., D/DP Ti50i CP43/153, 

 rot. 38. Cheeke had married a daughter of 

 the earl. 



♦ E.R.O., D/DPT150. 



5 Ibid. This MS. includes a chart 

 pedigree of Cheeke. 



' Ibid.; G.E.C. Complete Baronetage^ 

 iv, 172. 



' E.R.O., D/DP T150; Complete 

 Peerage, i, i88. 



* Complete Peerage, i, l88. 



» Ibid.; E.R.O., D/DBm Mi 97-203. 

 "> E.R.O., D/DBm M 197-203. 

 >' Ibid. 



" y.C.H. Herts. Gen. Vol. 15. 

 '» Kelly' I Dir. E:sex (1899, 1902). 



Beaumont was a solicitor at Coggeshall. 



■t E.R.O., D/CT 387. She was the 

 widow of Sir Christopher Puller (d. I 824). 



'5 It is suggested that the family came 

 from Calne, Wilts. : P.N. Essex (E.P.N.S.), 

 87. 



"• Cur. Reg. R. iii, 169, iv, 26. 



" Merton College MSS. Deed 3128. 



'8 Ibid. 3155-60, 3192; Feet of F. 

 Essex, i, 75. 



'9 Mert. Coll. Deed 3161. 



" Ibid. 3214, 3181, 3185. 



^' Ibid. 3214. 



22 Ibid. 3215. 



" Ibid. 3246. He also held land in 

 Ongar Park, High Ongar (q.v.). 



288 



" Ibid. 3238. 

 ^5 Ibid. 3229. 

 2' Ibid. 3249. 

 " Ibid. 3257. 



28 Ibid. And see Norton Mandeville. 

 " Ibid. 3267, 3256,3288. 

 30 Mert. Coll. Conveyance Reg. This 

 ref. supplied by Dr. J. R. L. Highfield. 

 3' Mert. Coll. Deeds 2045-.9, 2059. 

 32 E.R.O., D/CT 387. 33 Ibid. 



34 Winstone, Epping and Ongar High' 

 •way Trust, 271. 



35 Cat. Anct. D. \, A. 750. 

 3' Feet of F. Essex, ii, 107. 

 3' Ibid. 176. 



3' Ibid, iii, 16. 



