A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



doubtless recovered Buckland Manor.*" Her son 

 Giles was seised of it at his death in 1338." It was 

 among the manors assigned in dower to his widow 

 Elizabeth," and the reversion contingent upon her 

 death was included in the purpart/ of Margery wife 



Badlesmere. Argent 

 a feiie benoeen double 

 cotises gulei. 



R o o s . Gules three 

 xvaler bougets argent. 



of William de Roos of Hamelak, sister and co-heir of 

 Giles de Badlesmere.*^ 



From the time of Badlesmere's acquisition of 

 Buckland the service due at the castle of Tonge 

 appears to have lapsed. In all subsequent records 

 the manor is said to be held of the king in chief." 



Buckland remained with the Lords Roos for nearly 

 two centuries. It was entailed on the heirs of Thomas 

 Lord Roos,^' second son and ultimate heir of William 

 and Margery,*' by his wife Beatrice, who married as 

 her second husband Sir Richard de Burley, kt.*' She 

 died in the spring of 141 5 and was succeeded by her 

 grandson John son of William Lord Roos.*' Upon 

 his death on Easter Eve 142 1 *' the manor was taken 

 into the king's hands during the minority of his 

 brother Thomas, who was his heir.*" A certain 

 Thomas Home, evidently the grandson of Eleanor 

 s ster of Richard de Buckland,'^ was then farming 

 the manor.'^ Thomas Lord Roos died seised of it 

 18 August 1430, leaving an infant son Thomas." 

 Eleanor, widow of Thomas Lord Roos the father and 

 afterwards wife of Edmund (Beaufort) Duke of 

 Somerset, held it in dower until her death 6 M.irch 

 1466-7." The estates of her son Thomas Lord 

 Roos had been forfeited upon his attainder as a 

 Lancastrian in 1 46 1," and in April 1468 the king 



granted Buckland for life to Jaquef Haulte, esquire, 

 one of the ' kervers ' of the queen.'" John Home, 

 otherwise Littlebury, son of the Thomas Home 

 mentioned above, took this occasion to petition for 

 the restoration of the manor to his family under the 

 settlement of 1313." The grant to Jaques Haulte 

 was cancelled in December 1468,'' but John Home 

 apparently failed to make good his claim. Edmund 

 son of the last-mentioned Lord Roos obtained the 

 reversal of his father's attainder'" and recovered 

 Buckland Manor."" Since he was not 'of sufficient 

 discretion to govern himself,' the custody of his lands 

 was granted for life to Sir Thomas Lovell, kt., his 

 brother-in-law."' Sir Thomas died 25 May 1524, 

 and Buckland then passed to Thomas (Manners) 

 Lord Roos, great-nephew and heir of Edmund Lord 

 Roos."^ He was created Earl of Rutland on 1 8 June 

 1525,"^ and in 1529 sold this manor to Edward 

 Watson."* The latter died in the following year 

 and was succeeded by his son Henry."' Edward 

 Watson, probably the heir of this Henry,"" with his 

 wife Dorothy sold Buckland Manor to James Altham, 

 citizen and clothworker of London, in i 552."' Altham 

 died at Latton, co. Essex, 28 February 1582-3."" 

 In accordance with a settlement of 1577 his widow 

 Mary, formerly wife of Sir Andrew Judd, kt., held 

 Buckland for her life, and it then passed to his 

 second son Edward Altham."" The latter died in 

 1605 ; his widow Elizabeth survived'" and in 1607 

 joined in a settlement of the manor on her son 

 Sir James Altham, kt., upon his marriage with Eliza- 

 beth Barrington.'^ Sir James bequeathed it to his 

 brother Edward, failing his own issue male. He died 

 in 1 6 10, leaving an only daughter, an infant named 

 Joan,'^ and his brother Sir Edward Altham, kt., of 

 Mark Hall in Latton, succeeded.'^ Sir Edward died 

 at Mark Hall, 28 May 1632.'* His widow Joan 

 had a life interest in the manor." Their son and 

 heir James was fined as a Royalist in 1645,'" and was 

 created a knight of the Bath at the coronation of 

 Charles II." He gave Buckland in marriage with 

 his daughter Mary to Sir John Tufton, bart.,'* who 

 sold it to James Hoste." He sold it about 1669 to 

 Samuel Mellish of Doncaster,'" who was still in pos- 

 session in 1700." From him'^ it was purchased 



*" See Cal. tnf. f.m. i-lo fJiv. HI, 91. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. iz Edw. Ill (2nd 

 noB.), no. <;4..i. 



« Cal. C;;/f, > 3 37-9. p.498- 



" Ibid. 1341-3, p. 14.6. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 7 Ric. II, 68 j 

 (Ser. 2), li, 13 ; Cal. Par. 1385-9, p. 57. 

 Tonge had been asaigned to Elizabeth 

 Countess of Northampton, another sister 

 of Giles de Badlesmere (Hasted, Hiit. of 

 Kenty ii, 603). 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 7 Ric. II, no. 68. 



*• G.E.C. Cnrr.pltre Peerage, vi, 401 ; 

 Dut it should be noted tiiat the same 

 work names his widow Margaret and not 

 Beatrice (sec text). 



*' Cal. Pat. 1385-9, pp. 57, 149; 

 Clcie, 10 Ric. II, pt. i, m. 23 d. ; Feet of 

 F. Div. Co. 10 Ric. II. 



^^ Chan. Inq. p.m. 3 Hen. V, no. 44 ; 

 cf. G.E.C. Ice. cit. 



*' Chan. Inq. p.m. 9 Hen. V, no. 58. 



" Mini.Accts. (Gen. Ser.), bdle. 11 21, 

 no. 12, 13, I-. 



** Chan. Inq. p.m. 8 Edw. IV, no. 60. 



" Mins. Accts. (Gen. Ser.), bdle. H2i, 

 no. 12. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 9 Hen. VI, no. 48. 



" Ibid. 7 Edw. IV, no. 20. 



" Pari. R. V, 477*. 



«• Cal. Pat. 1467-77, p. 86. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 8 Ejw. IV, no. 60 ; 

 Cal. Pal. 1467-77, p. 100. It is note- 

 worthy that a John Home was among 

 the jurors who had returned Buckland 

 among the lands of John Lord Roos in 

 1421 (Chan. Inq. p.m. 9 Hcu. V, no. 58). 



" Cal. Pal. 1467-77, p. 86. 



** G.E.C. Complete Peerage, vi, 403. 



*• De Banco R. 964, m. 431. 



" Ibid. ; cf. G.E.C. loc cit. Lovell's 

 interest was for life onljr. It was probably 

 in error that the manor of Buckland was 

 included in the grant to Edward Downing 

 and John Walker in 1579 of lands which 

 had belonged to Sir Francis Lovell (Pat. 

 21 Eliz. pt. vi, m. i). 



" Ct. of Wards Misc. Bks. dUxviii, 

 fol. 126 d. « G.E.C. loc. cit. 



" L. and P. Hen. Fill, iv, 5624 (20) ; 

 Feet of F. Herts. Trin. 21 Hen. VIII ; 

 Recov. R. Trin. 21 Hen. VIII, roL 336. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), li, 13. 



" Feet of F. Herts. Mich. 6 Edw. VI. 



^ Ibid. Apparently he obtained further 

 assurance of his title from Kenelm 



44 



Watson in 1556 (Recov. R. Hil. 3*4 

 PhiL and Mary, rot. 546). 



"• Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccii, 176 ; 

 cf. yiiit. of Essex (Harl. Soc), 538. 



^» Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccii, 176. 



'" Ibid, ccciv, 74. 



" Ibid, cccxix, 201 ; Recov. R. East. 

 5 Jas. I, rot. 27. 



^ Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxix, 201. 



" Ibid, cccclxv, 63. A settlement was 

 made on him by his mother Eliiabeth in 

 1 6 1 2 (ibid.). '< Ibid. (Ser. 2), cccclxv, 63. 



" Ibid. ; cf. Feet of F. Div. Co. East. 

 12 Chas. I. 



" Cal. Com. for Comp. 879 ; cf. Recov. 

 R. East. 12 Chas. I, rot. 163 ; Hil. 21 

 Chas. I, rot 31. 



" Shaw, Knights of Engl, i, 166. 



"Chauncy, op. cit. 114; ef. G.E.C. 

 Baronetage, ii, 151. 



" Chauncy, loc. cit. ; cf. Feet of F. 

 Herts. Trin. 17 Chas. II ; Recov. 

 Trm. 17 Chas. II, rot. 116. 



^ Feet of F. Herts. Mich. 21 Chas. II. 



"' Chauncy, loc. cit. 



■" Salmon, Hist, of Herts. 304. PossibI) 

 the sale was made by the heir of Samue. 

 Mellish (Recov. R. Hit 7 Anne, rot 17) 



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