EDWINSTREE HUNDRED 



BARLEY 



The Abbots of Colchester and their tenants at 

 Barley were free of danegeld, murder and hidage 

 under a charter of Henry II.^^ About 1275 jurors 

 returned that the abbot had withdrawn his men 

 from the sherifFs tourn for twelve years past."" The 

 abbot laid claim to gallows and assize of bread and 

 ale." 



The manor of GREENBURT was formerly in the 

 possession of the Prior and canons of Anglesey, co. 

 Camb.*^ It is evidently identical with land granted 

 to the priory by ' Henry de Stikewand.' The 

 service from this land was that of one-half and one- 

 sixth of a knight's fee, and was due in the early part 

 of the 13 th century to Ralph son of Fulk de Broad- 

 field."' Thus it is clear that this manor originated 

 in a considerable part of the 4 hides and I o acres of 

 land held of Harduin de Scales in 1086 by Ralph's 

 ancestor ^ Theobald."* Before the Conquest Theo- 

 bald's holding had been in the possession of five 

 sokemen ; three of these were Earl Algar's men, one 

 was the man of Earl Gyrth, brother of Earl Harold, 

 and one was the man of Harold himself"" Theobald's 

 great-grandson Fulk"' gave a life interest in a half 

 and a sixth of a knight's fee in Barley to Alan son of 

 Theobald."* Possibly, therefore, Henry de Stikewand 

 succeeded Alan as immediate tenant of the manor and 

 gave it to Anglesey Priory at some time subsequent to 

 1222, in which year Alan was still living."' Ralph 

 de Broadfield afterwards freed the priory from all 

 obligation to do knight's service in consideration of 

 iQosP At about the same time Alan de Barley con- 

 firmed to the priory certain other land in Barley 

 which had been given to the canons by his mother 

 Agnes.'i In 1291 the rents of the prior in Barley 

 were assessed at £^ 1 3/. ^dJ^ In the absence of 

 evidence it is not clear whether the prior kept the 

 demesne lands in hand, but the court was certainly 

 held in his name in 1325.'' 



Anglesey Priory was suppressed with the lesser 

 monasteries in 1536.'* In 1553 Greenbury was 

 purchased from the Crown by Sir Robert Chester, 

 kt.^' He parted with it before his death in 1574,'" 

 probably to John Payne, yeoman, of Newsells in Bark- 

 way, who was in possession in May 1557 and then 

 conveyed it to his son Thomas and the latter's wife 

 Joan." Thomas Payne died at Greenbury in 1583 

 and was succeeded by his son John.'* In 1602 it 

 was conveyed by John Payne and his wife Dorothy 

 to Andrew Willett, S.T.P.,'' a controversial divine 



and author of 'Synopsis Papismi.'^" His father had 

 been rector of Barley from 1 571 to iSgS,**' and he 

 was also rector and lived in the rectory-house. "-' 

 He died on 4 December 162 1, having bequeathed 

 Greenbury to his younger son John towards the pay- 

 ment of his debts.''' The manor afterwards came 

 by purchase into the Bowes family. In 1 681 John 

 Burscough, clerk, and his wife Hannah conveyed it 

 to Ralph Bowes,*^ and Robert Bowes was in pos- 

 session in 1700.'*' It is said to have descended to 

 his daughter, who married into the Feltham family."" 

 A Martha Feltham, spinster, possibly granddaughter 

 of Robert Bowes, w.is dealing with it in 1726."' It was 

 afterwards acquired by Hale Wortham and inherited 

 by his grandson Hale Wortham of Royston. In 

 1 844 he was succeeded by his nephew the late Biscoe 

 Hill Wortham of Kneesworth House, co. Camb.,*** 

 whose trustees now hold the manor. There are only 

 two copyholders. 



The lords of Greenbury had view of frankpledge, 

 assize of bread and ale, goods of felons and fugitives '* 

 and heriots.^'' 



The manor of HO ARES was evidently so styled 

 from the family of ' Hore ' residing in Barley from 

 the 13th to the 15th century.^^ The name Hoares 

 has first been found in 1539.'^ Previously it was 

 apparently called the manor of BARLET or BUR- 

 NELLS.^^ In I 294 Philip Burnell, nephew and heir 

 of the great chancellor, died seised of 5 marks rent 

 due from Walter the Clerk of Barley out of 200 

 acres there, which were said to be held partly of 

 Ralph son of Fulk (of Broadfield) and partly of 

 William de Graveley.'* Obviously, then, the holding 

 of Walter the Clerk included those 40 acres in 

 Barley which Ralph de Graveley had held for ward 

 at Dover Castle and had alienated shortly before 

 1275 to a certain William Burnell (probably the 

 predecessor of Philip Burnell).'^ It was, therefore, 

 probably part of the ' fee of Gravelega ' included in 

 the castle-ward barony of Adam Fitz William '" about 

 1 2 1 1 .'' The holding of Ralph de Graveley included 

 more than 40 acres,'' and was doubtless identical 

 with the hide and a half of land in Barley which 

 Adam was holding of Odo Bishop of Bayeux at 

 the time of the Domesday Survey.'^ The tenant of 

 this land before the Conquest was a man of Arch- 

 bishop Stigand.i"" 



The holding of Walter the Clerk was of consider- 

 able extent; in 1291 he was assessed towards a 



** Cart. Mon, S. Johannis de Cohceslria 

 (Roxburghe Club), ig, 20. 



'0 HunJ. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 193. 



*' Assize R. 323, m. 45. 



*' Pat. 7 Edw. VI, pt. iii, m. 1 8 ; 

 Ct. R. (Gen. Ser.), portf. 177, no. 33. 



^ Anct. D. (P.R.O.), B 785. 



" r.C.H. Herts, iii, 210. 



^ Ibid, i, 33gi ; see also below under 

 Hoares and Mincingbury. 



«« KC.H. Herts, i, 339*. 



*' Ibid, iii, 210. 



^ Maitland, Bracton's Note Bk. n, 127 ; 

 iii, 422. 



" Ibid. ; a part of Theobald's holding 

 was granted in sub-fee and became a 

 part of Hoares Manor (q.v.). 



™ Anct. D. (P.R.O.), B 785 ; cf. Feud. 

 Aids, ii, 430. 



" Anct. D. (P.R.O.), B 800. 



" Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 14. 



" Ct. R. (Gen. Ser.), portf. 177, no. 33. 



The customary, works are recorded in 

 detail on this roll. 



'<See L. and P. Hen. VIll, x, 1238 ; 

 Mins. Accts. Hen. VIII, no. 264. 



'* Pat. 7 Edw. VI, pt. iii, m. 18. 



™ Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), clxx, 51. 



" Pat. 3 & 4 Phil, and IMary, pt. vi. 



'» Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cciv, 114. 



" Feet of F. Herts. Trin. 44 Eliz. 



™ Diet. Nat. Biog. 



81 Epis. Reg. quoted by Clutterbuck, 

 op. cit. iii, 385. 



»2 Diet. Nat. Biog. M. I. in church. 

 Possibly Greenbury was still occupied by 

 the Payne family (Chan. Proc. [Ser. 2], 

 bdle. 379, no. 12). 



» Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccccvi, 51. 



8* Feet of F. Herts. Mich. 33 Chas. II. 



85 Chauncy, op. cit. 96. 



'^ Clutterbuck, op. cit iii, 383 ; Salmon, 

 Hist, of Herts. 296. 



8' Recov. R. Hil. 13 Geo. I, rot. 16. 



39 



88 Cussans, op. cit. Edivinstree Hund. 13. 

 Inform, from Mr. John Balding. 



8» Pat. 7 Edw. VI, pt. iii, m. 18; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccccvi, 51. 



9" Ct. R. (Gen. Ser.), portf. l77,no. 33. 



'1 Lay Subs. R. bdle. 120, no. 2 ; Cal. 

 Pat. 1292-1301, p. 462; 1388-92, 

 p. 48; ; Feud. Aids, ii, 445. 



92 Feet of F. Herts. Mich. 3 1 Hen. VIII. 



93 De Banco R. 285, m. 257 ; Feet of 

 F. Herts. 11 Edw. Ill, no. 185 ; Chan. 

 Inq. p.m. 33 Hen. VI, no. 28, m. lo. 



9* Chan. Inq. p.m. 22 Edw. I, no. 45. 



95 Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 193. 



98 what appears to be another part of 

 this fee was held by the Fitz Simons (see 

 below), who were apparently descendants 

 of Adam Fitz William. 



9' RedBk. of Exch. (Rolls Ser,), 615. 



98 Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 193 ; cf. 

 Assize R. 323, m. 46. 



99 r.CH. Herts, i, 310. 1™ Ibid. 



