X RECORDS OF OLD TIMES 



by the Rev. I. Williams, who held it under the 

 trustees of Mr. Kaye, and at his decease the 

 mansion and large estates were sold by auction. 

 The eldest son of Mr. Williams was very desirous 

 of purchasing it, but at the auction Lord Rothschild 

 became the purchaser at something approaching 

 250,000/., the timber, which was very extensive, 

 being taken at a valuation. The enclosed deer 

 park makes a great addition to the property, and 

 its easy access to London is of much consequence 

 to the occupier. From several sources, especially 

 from a description given in a number of ' Country 

 Life ' of June 5, 1897, I find that the manor of Tring 

 (of the famed 'Tring, Wing, and Ivinghoe') was 

 granted to Earl Eustace by William the Conqueror, 

 from whom it descended to Matilda, wife of King 

 Stephen. It then became the property of the 

 Abbot of Feversham, from whom it passed to 

 Edward III., who, in exchange, granted it to the 

 Archbishop of Canterbury, in whose possession it 

 remained till Henry VIII., when plundering the 

 revenues of the Church, vested the property in the 

 Crown. The manor remained a Royal possession 

 till the time of Charles I., who presented it to 

 his Queen, Henrietta Maria. Oliver Cromwell, 



