A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



Bathurst. Sable tvfo 

 bars ermine ivith three 

 crosses formy or in the 

 chief. 



daughter Julia wife of the Hon. Seymour Thomas 



Bathurst, third son of the fourth Earl Bathurst, for 



life, and to Julia's children in 



tail.** The entail was barred in 



1862 by Allen Alexander, son 



of Mrs. Bathurst. In 1873 he 



and his mother sold to Charles 



Fredk. Adams, who died 1894. 



His trustees sold to Henry 



Edward Paine and Richard 



Brettell in 1 895, and in 1900 



Mr. Paine became soleowner.^ 



In 1314a court leet was 

 said to be held once a year in 

 Anstey,*' but in 1470-1 it 

 was held twice yearly.^ In 

 1 301—2, I 'id. was rendered of 



3/. of ' Sendyng-pennie ' for a certain way and l\d. 

 was paid for pannage ** ; in 140 1-2 6d. z year was 

 paid as chevage by each of the nativi who lived out 

 of the manor, which amounted in 1403—4 to i8</.*' 

 In 1470—1, IS. was rendered to Hertford for castle 

 ward,^" and in 1508-9, 121/.'^ In 1 301-2 a large 

 return was made from the dairy.'' The clear profit 

 derived from the manor was ^£47 13/. 2j(/. in 

 1358-9,^^24 lis. 9^. in i403-4,«< £32 6s. 4</. 

 in 1459-60,'' and only £6 i is. g^d. in 1470-1.'' 



Haifa hide of land in Anstey was, like Wyddial, 

 held before the Conquest by Alward, one of Earl 

 Algar's men, who had the right to sell it. At the 

 time of Domesday it was still, like Wyddial, held in 

 chief by Hardwin de Scales. The mesne tenant was 

 then a certain Payn.'' This holding seems to be 

 that which subsequently passed with Wyddial. In 

 1359 it '' described as 100 acres of land in Anstey 

 and Wyddial, which were then held in demesne by 

 Sir Thomas de Scales of Wyddial for suit of court 

 at Anstey Manor.'^ In 1382-3 the annual rent 

 owed for it to the lord of Anstey was 10/.,'' and in 

 1443 it appears that the suit of court at Anstey 

 was rendered every three weeks.!**" jjj i^y8 the 

 tenants were returned as Robert [John] Harcourt and 

 his wife, who was daughter and co-heiress to Sir 

 John Scales of Wyddial. ^ This holding may possibly 

 be identified with tenements in Anstey held with 

 Wyddial Manor in 1621.' 



In 1359 there were said to be eight free tenants 

 of Anstey Manor. These included, as well as Sir 

 Thomas de Scales, John de UiFord, holder of a 



knight's fee in Braughing, the heirs of William 

 ToUemache, who held half a knight's fee in Brockley 

 in Suffolk, the heirs of William Claydon, who held a 

 knight's fee in Sandon, co. Essex,^ and the heirs of 

 Martin Chamberley, tenants of half a knight's fee in 

 Rownho or Littlebury in Stanford Rivers in Essex.* 

 These tenants all owed suit of court to Anstey Manor. 

 Of their holdings, Rownho Manor was again said in 

 1478 to be held freely of Anstey Manor by military 

 service and by suit of court and an annual rent of 

 6s. 8</.« 



A windmill appertained to Anstey Manor in 1 3 14.' 

 In 1470-1 it was let for a rent of $6s. Sd.'' and it 

 was still held by a lessee in 1508-9.8 In 1547 a 

 water-mill in Anstey was granted in fee simple to 

 Sir John Bridges and said to be of the annual value 

 of 20/.' 



LITTLE JNSTET" occurs in the early 13 th cen- 

 tury as part of the honour of Richard de Sackville,*" 

 and perhaps originally formed part of the lordship of 

 Aspenden.i! In 1303 and later it was said to beheld 

 of Robert Fitz Walter and his descendants, ^^ who 

 seem to have been the overlords of Aspenden. The 

 heir of William de Sackville, successor of Richard, was 

 Richard de Anstey,^' and this holding passed with 

 Anstey Manor. In 1 303,1* and again in 1 304,^^ it 

 was stated to constitute a knight's fee, and at the latter 

 date it was described as a hamlet of Anstey Manor.'' 

 In 1 3 14 it consisted of 120 acres of arable land, 

 2 acres of meadow and 2 acres of pasture.^' After 

 the 14th century it appears to have been completely 

 merged in Anstey Manor. 



BIGGIN MJNOR probably consisted of the lands 

 of the hospital of St. Mary Bigging, which existed 

 in 1287 and held land in Anstey parish in 1291.'* 

 Among their lands was the tenement called Paynes- 

 hall." The chapel and lands of the hospital were 

 granted in 1589 to William Tipper and Robert 

 Dawe,^" the notorious ' fishing grantees.' The estate 

 was acquired by the Provost and fellows of King's 

 College, Cambridge,*"* who, according to Salmon, 

 held a court leet and court baron in Biggin Manor 

 in 1728.^1 Cussans states that in 1873 all manorial 

 rights had been merged in Anstey Manor.'* 



BJNDONS was the name given in the 15th cen- 

 tury to certain copyhold land of Anstey Manor.*' 

 In 1 5 3 5 a holding so called was sold by William 

 Hawke of Ely to John Gill, of the family of Wyddial. 

 The estate was increased by further acquisitions of 



84 CussanB, Hist, of Herts. Ed'winstree 

 Hund. 58. 



8* Inform, from Mr. G. F. Beaumont. 



85 Chan. Inq. p.m. Edw. II, file 34, 

 no. 7. 



^ Mins. Accts. bdle. 870, no. 7. 



88 Ibid. bdle. 862, no. i. 



89 Ibid. no. 3. 



90 Ibid. bdle. 870, no. 7. 



91 Ibid. Z4 Hen. VII-i Hen. VIII, 

 no. 61. 



9« Ibid. bdle. 862, no. 1. 



9» Ibid. no. 2. 



" Ibid. no. 3. 



9' Ibid. bdle. 870, no. 4. 



9« Ibid. no. 7. 



97 r.C.H. Herts, i, 340A. 



98 Ct. R. portf. 176, no. 124. 



99 Chan. Inq. p.m. 6 Ric. II, no. 31. 

 IM Ct. R. portf. 176, no. 124. 



■ Rentals and Surv. R. 268. 



' Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccccrii, 95. 



° cf. Cal. Inq. p.m. 1-9 Edtu. Ill, 206. 



* Ct. R. portf. 176, no. 124. 



' Rentals and Surv. R. 268. Inquisi- 

 tions taken in 1330 and in 1478 found 

 that Aspenden Manor (q.v.) was also held 

 of Anstey. See Cal. Inq. p.m, 1—9 

 Ediu. Ill, 210 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 18 

 Edw. IV, no. 28. 



^ Chan. Inq. p.m. Edw. II, file 34, 

 no. 7. 



^ Mins. Accts. bdle. 870, no. 7. 



8 Ibid. 24 Hen. VII-i Hen. VIII, 

 no. 6l. 



9 L. and P. Hen. nil, jtxi (2), 770 



(83)- 



" Testa de Nevill (Rec Com.), 270. 

 In the 13 th century Little Anstey waa 

 apparently a separate parish, for there 

 was a church there (Assize R. 323 [6 & 7 

 Edw. I], m. 44 d.). 



" Richard de Sackville was tenant of 

 Aspenden (q.v.) in 1086. 



14 



" Feud. Aids, ii, 431 ; Chan, Inq. p.m. 

 Edw. II, file 34, no, 7 ; 10 Ric II, no. 

 i^ \ Ahbre-v. Plac. (Rec. Com.), 252; 

 Cal. Inq. p.m. 1-9 Edtv. Ill, izy. 



'8 See account of Aspenden. 



" Feud. Aids, ii, 431. 



^ Abbre-u. Plac. (Rec Com.), 252. 



16 Ibid. 



1' Chan. Inq. p.m. Edw. II, file 34, 

 no. 7. 



1* See account of hospital in article on 

 Religious Houses, The information 

 given by Chauncy {Hist. Antiq. of Heru. 

 108) refers evidently to Bigging in 

 Standon, 



19 Rentals and Surv. R. 268. 



'o Pat. 31 Eliz. pt, V, m. 37. 



»»= Cal. S. P. Dom. 1619-23, p. 409. 



'1 Salmon, Hist, of Herts. 294. 



" Cussans, op. cit. Edtvinstree Hund. 

 58. 



'" RentaU and Surv. R. 268, 



