RISBOROUGH HUNDRED 



1653" and 1655," and after the Restoration Thomas 

 Adeane, a minor, was lord of the manor as heir of 

 Ralph." In 1684, however, Edward Bigland and 

 George Pelham appear to have been in seisin." In 



DENMARK. Or plun- 

 dered ivitk kearn jf'-/ 

 three leopardl azure vuith 

 goldn crwini. 



CHAHLIS, Prince of 

 Walei. The royal armt 

 of the Stuarn, FIANCE 

 and ENGLAND quartered 

 viith SCOTLAND and IK- 

 LAND, with the difference 

 of a label argent. 



170* and in 1729 Henry Penton held this manor a 

 In 1766 it was sold by the Penton family to John 

 Grubbe of Horsenden.* 4 In the same year he, together 

 with his next brother Samuel, sold it to Edward, the 

 third brother." Edward's grandson John held the 

 manor in i 8 13,' 6 but in 1841 it was advertised for 



PRINCES 

 RISBOROUGH 



sale by auction.* 7 It was, however, purchased privately 

 by the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos on the day 

 previous to the sale " The duke's lands were sold 

 very shortly after the purchase of this manor, which, 

 in 1862, was in the hands of Mr. James Cuddon " 

 At the present day Mr. Humphrey Brill, of Aston 

 Clinton, claims to be lord of the manor of Princes 

 Risbo rough. 



This manor in Princes Risborough was held by 

 William de Similly by the service due from one 

 knight's fee, 78 and the same service was performed by 

 the Earls of Cornwall." In later grants the service 

 is not defined. The lords of the manor under the 

 Commonwealth paid a fee-farm rent, which in 1671 

 was given as 82 4*. J\d. n It is interesting to note 

 that this rent had hardly varied from the yearly value 

 of the manor 300 years before. In 1303 it was 

 82 9 /. 3d-./ 1 and in 1337 84," and 1381 90." 



Earl Walter Giffard and Countess Ermengarde 

 granted a wood called Lullested in Princes Risborough 

 to the abbey of Notley, on its foundation." This 

 grant was confirmed by Henry II and John and by 

 Edward III." 



In 1291 the temporalities of the abbey in Princes 

 Risborough were lands and meadows worth 1 2/. <)J. 

 a year." The abbey probably obtained further grants 

 of land in the parish, since at the Dissolution it held 



PRINCES RISBOROUGH : CHURCH STREET 



* Recor. R. Mil. 1653. 



Feet of F. Bucki. HiL 1655. 



" Eicb. Dep. by Com. Mich. 26 Chat. 

 II, no. 46 ; Mich. 19 Chit. II, no. it. 



Recor. R. HiL 36-7 Chat. II. 



Feet of P. Buck*. Trin. 1 3 Will. IIIj 

 Recov. R. Hil. 3 Geo. II. 



" From information lupplied by Mr. 

 W. J. Grubbe, Southwold, Suffolk. 



" Feet of F. Bucks. Trin. 6 Geo. III. 



Ibid. Trin. 53 Geo. III. 



1 Lipicomb, Hitt. of Bucki. ii, 333 ; 

 Timet, 13 Aug. 1841. 



** From information lupplied bjr Mr. 

 W. J. Grubbe. 



* Sheaham, Hiit. and Topog. Bucki. 

 191. 



7 TatJ Jt Nfvill (Rec. Com.), 152*. 



263 



H Cal. e,f hi), f.m. He*. Ill, no. 808 ; 

 Feud. Aidt, i, 97. 



7* Clou, 24 Chat. II, pt 9, no. 23. 



J Cal. Pat. 1301-7, p. II 8. 



74 Ibid. 1327-30, p. 68. 



" Ibid. 1377-81, p. 157. 



1* Cal. Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.}, i, 46 ; 

 Dugdile, Man. vi, 278. Tl Ibid. 



71 Pt ft Nick. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 32. 



