AYLESBURY HUNDRED 



GREAT MISSENDEN 



of Sir John Golafre, survived until after 1383." 

 Edmund de Missenden, son and heir of Thomas, 

 died in I 394," the manor having been settled on his 

 wife Juliana for the term of her life and one year be- 

 yond. She married secondly Thomas Shelle, who 

 died about 1400," and died herself in 1407, when 

 the manor passed to her son Bernard de Missenden.* 



Bernard died in 1420, leaving two daughters, 

 Katherine and Alice," the manor being apportioned 

 to the elder, who married John Iwardby.* 7 Nicholas 

 Iwardby, son of John,** became lord of the manor 

 upon the death of his father," and was succeeded by 

 his son John in 1462," who being under age was 

 placed under the custody of Richard Fowler." He died 

 in 1485, leaving three daughters, Elizabeth wife of 

 William Elmes and afterwards of Thomas Pigot, 

 Margery wife of Ralf Verney, and Helen who 

 married first William Cutland " and secondly Thomas 

 Clifford." This manor was apparently assigned to 

 Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, as it afterwards de- 

 scended in the family of Elmes. John, son of 

 William Elmes, succeeded his father, 44 and in 1557-8 

 the manor was held by Edward or Edmund Elmes, 

 son of John. 4 * Edmund's son, John Elmes," was lord 

 of the manor previous to 1624, in which year he 

 died, and was succeeded by his brother Thomas. 47 

 The latter died in 163 2," and Ovcrbury passed to 

 his son William, 4 ' who was succeeded in 1641 by his 

 son Arthur. 60 Arthur Elmes and his wife Jane were 

 still holding it in 1660," but later there must have 

 been a sale, for in 1684 Ovcrbury appears in the 

 possession of William Flcetwood, owner of Nether- 

 bury.*' The two manors being thus again united 

 descended together ** and formed once more the single 

 manor of Great Missenden. 



The moiety of the manor of Great Missenden 

 assigned to Christiana and John de Plessy was sub- 

 sequently known as NETHERBURT. After the 

 death of Christiana John married Margaret, Countess 

 of Warwick, in whose right he became Earl of War- 

 wick.* 4 Upon his death in 1263 this manor passed 

 to his son Hugh de Plessy,** who lived until about 

 1292." He was succeeded by his son Hugh in that 

 year," and in 1301 by his grandson of the same name, 



who was then a minor in wardship of John de Se- 

 grave.* 1 A fourth Hugh, son of the last, became 

 lord of the manor in 1337,** his mother Millicent 

 retaining half of it in dower.* 1 He died between 

 1351 and 1357, half of his lands passing to his sister 

 Eleanor, who was the wife of John Lenneysey," or 

 Lenveysey, and the other half remaining for life to 

 his widow Elizabeth, who married secondly Roger 

 Elmerugge, and reverting upon her death in 1378 to 

 John son of John Lenneysey,** who had succeeded 

 his father before I374.* 3 John Lenneysey the younger 

 died in 1379, and his lands passed to his kinsman 

 John Cheyne of Isenhampstead * 4 (now Chenies), who 

 in 1381 conveyed Netherbury to trustees for the pur- 

 pose of a gift to Missenden Abbey." They leased it 

 for life to Isabella de Missenden, widow of John 

 Golafre and lady of the manor of Overbury, and in 

 1383 conveyed the reversion in mortmain to the 

 monastery of Missenden.** Netherbury presumably 

 remained in the possession of that house until its 

 dissolution, and afterwards in the hands of the king 

 until 1614, when it was granted to Sir Marmaduke 

 Dan-ell.* 7 He was still holding the manor in 1623, 

 and had a son and heir Sampson,* 8 who perhaps suc- 

 ceeded him. Sir Marmaduke died some time before 

 1638, by which date his widow Anne had married 

 Gilbert Neville." By 1655 another Marmaduke 

 Darrell " had succeeded to the manor, 71 and soon after, 

 apparently later than 1663, conveyed it to Sir William 

 Bowyer, for in 1 668 he sold it to William Fleetwood, 71 

 who died in 1691. He was succeeded by John 

 Fleetwood," said to have been his son, and said to 

 have been succeeded in 1745 by his sister Mary, 74 who 

 had married Thomas Ansell in 1715." Thomas and 

 Mary Ansell had two sons, Thomas and John, who 

 both died unmarried, whereupon the manor came to 

 their daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Goostrey. 7 ' 

 Mary died in 1780, and after the death of her hus- 

 band the manor passed to their eldest daughter Mar)', 

 the wife of William Lowndes, who died in 1786." 

 Great Missenden is said to have been sold in 

 1787 to James Oldham Oldham, who died in 

 1822, after which the manor came into the posses- 

 sion of George Carrington, 7 * in whose family it has 



" Inq. i.q.d. file 401, no. 10. She wat 

 aid to be the kinswoman and heir of 

 William de Mittenden, erroneously re- 

 ferred to ai founder of the abbey in I 336. 



Lantd. 207 A, fol. 491. Thomai de 

 Miuenden ii here stated to be the ion of 

 John Marshall of Miuenden. 



n Chan. Inq. p.m. 18 Ric. II, noi. 30 

 and 33. 



" Ibid. I Hen. IV, pt. i, no. 73 ; pt. ii, 

 no. zo. 



" Ibid. 8 Hen. IV, no. 19. 



"Ibid. 8 Hen. V, no. 87. 



" Lantd. MS. 107 A, fol. 491. 



"Ibid. "Anct. D,C. 1181. 



40 Chan. Inq. p.m. a Edw. IV, no. 10. 



41 Early Chan. Proc. bdle. 31, no. 455. 

 41 Chan. Inij.p.m. (Ser. i), liv, 91. 



a Liptcomb, ///if. of Bucki. ii, 395. 



44 Metcalfe, r/iif. Nortlutn, it. 



44 Ibid. ; Mem. Patch. Rec. 4 It 5 

 Phil, and Mary, rot. 1 6. 



44 Metcalfe, fiiit. Nort/iann, 18. 



<; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. j), ccccviii, 

 no ; Recor. R. Bucki. Mich, zz Ja. I, 

 rot. 80. 



Hit Inq. tlatet that he held both 

 Ovcrbury and Netherbury, but the latter 

 appear* to hare been at thit time in the 

 poMctaioo of Sir Marmaduke Darrell. 



49 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. z), cccclxviii, 

 87 ; Feet of F. Buck*. Trin. 9 Cha. I. 



* Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. z), ccccicvii, 

 88. 



" Recov. R. Buck*. Mich. 1 z Chat. 



II, rot. Si ; Feet of F. Bucki. Mich, iz 

 Chat. II. 



" Feet of F. Bucki. Trin. 36 Chat. II. 



" Ibid. Eatt. 3 Geo. III. ; ibid. Trin. 

 1} Ceo. III. 



M G.E.C. Com f left Pttragt ; Rot. Hund. 

 (Rec. Com.), i, zo. 



** Chan. Inq. p.m. 47 Hen. Ill, no. 27. 



u Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), i, 44 j Plae. 

 di Quo War. (Rec. Com.), 9$; t'tud. 

 Aidi, i, 8;. 



* Chan. Inq. p.m. zo Edw. I, no. I $6. 



* Ibid. Z9 Edw. I, Do. $4; t'cuJ 

 Aidi)\, 98 j ibid, i, iiz. 



"Chan. Inq. p.m. II Edw. Ill (lit 

 not.), no. 38 ; Ftud Asdi, i, 113. 



Abkrro. Rat. Orif. (Rec. Com.), ii, 

 lie. 



" Feet of F. Div. Co. Hil. 31 Edw. 



III, no. 3z ; Chan. Inq. p.m. z Ric. II, 

 no. ZO. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. z Ric. II, no. zo. 

 M Feet of F. Div. Co. Mich. 48 

 Edw. Ill, no. 1 10. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 3 Ric. II, no. 43. 



349 



" Feet of F. Buckt. 5 Ric. II, no. 4. 



M Inq. a.q.d. file 401, no. 10 ; Cal. 

 Pat. 1381-5, p. 264. 



" Pat. iz Jat. I, pt. v, no. iz. In 

 1577 Robert Bradbury died teited of the 

 rcveriion of the ' manor of Miuenden ' 

 after the death of Margaret hit wife. Hit 

 heir wat hit brother Henry. Pottibly thit 

 document refert to Netherbury ; Chan. 

 Inq. p.m. (Ser. z), clziviii, 54. 



w Feet of F. Bucki. Mich, zi Tat. I. 



" Cal. S.P. Dot*. 1638-9, p. 380. 



* Pottibly the tame ai Marmaduke 

 Darrell mentioned in 1613 (Feet of F. 

 HerU. Mich, zi Jat. I) ; Recov. R. Mich. 

 15 Chat. II, no. 17. 



"' Feet of F. Bucki. Mich. 1655. 



71 Lantd. 93, no. 94 ; Feet of F. Bucki. 

 Eait 24 Chat. II. 



" Recov. R. Bucki. Mich. 10 Anne, 

 rot. $8. 



' 4 Lipicomb, Hiit. ofBiuh. ii, 377. 



74 Ibid. 387, quoting Pariih Reg. 



"Ibid. 377 ; Feet of F. Bucki. Bait. 3 

 Geo. HI ; Lipicomb, Hut. of Biub. ii, 

 387, quoting Parith Reg. 



"Ibid. 377. 



" Lipicomb, ///'if. of Bucki. 385, quoting 

 Monumental Inscription. 



"Ibid. 378. 



