A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



Newport," who was presumably son of Robert, and 

 who represented Hertfordshire in Parliament in 1427 

 and 1433 " and died in 1434. The manor was then 

 surveyed as consisting of a messuage and other houses, 

 400 acres of arable land, 1 00 acres of meadow and 

 10 acres of wood, a garden, rents of assize of the 

 annual value of 40/. and a view of frankpledge and 

 a court worth 1 2d. a year in addition to the steward's 

 fees and expenses. The heir of William was his son 

 George," who died in 1 484 and left a son and heir 

 Robert,^' Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1496," who in 

 1 5 1 8 was succeeded by his son John." The latter 

 at his death in 1523 left a daughter and heir Grace, 

 who a week previously, when only eight years old, 

 had married Henry the son and heir of Lord Morley.'' 



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Newport. Argent a 

 fet:e benueen three cra- 

 cents table. 



Parker, Lord Mor- 

 Icy. Argent a lion pas- 

 tant gules betiueen fwo 

 bars sable 'with three 

 bezants on the bars and 

 three harts' heads ca- 

 boshed sable in the chief. 



In 1538 the manor was settled on her and her hus- 

 band, then Sir Henry Parker, kt., with successive re- 

 mainders in tail-male to their sons Henry, Thomas 

 and Charles, to their own heirs male and to the heirs 

 of Grace.'' 



Sir Henry Parker, who was Sheriff of Hertfordshire 

 in 1536,^' died in I 551 in his father's lifetime. His 

 son and heir Henry became eleventh Lord Morley 

 in 1555" and died in 1577, when in right of the 

 settlement of 1538 Furneux Pelham passed to his 

 son and heir Edward, twelfth baron." The entail 

 was barred by Lord Morley and his son William by 

 settlements of 1583" and 1600." Soon after the 

 latter date the manor was alienated to Edward 

 Newport, Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1622," on 

 whose son and heir John and the latter's wife Mary 

 Sulyard it was settled in 1 614." John succeeded to 

 the manor at his father's death in I 624." He was 

 an ardent Royalist, and Salmon relates of him that 

 he led out all his four sons to fight for the king." 

 He died in 1646 from the effects of a wound 



received in a skirmish near Figheldcan in Wiltshire" 

 and his lands were forfeited. In 1650, however, his 

 widow Mary received leave from the committee for 

 compounding to enjoy his mansion-house at Pelham 

 and one-third of his estates." At the Restoration 

 his eldest son John" entered on his inheritance. He 

 died without issue and was succeeded by his brother 

 William, who was lord of the manor in 1 700.'*' He 

 also died childless, and, in accordance with a settle- 

 ment made by him, the manor passed to the son of 

 his brother Thomas, John Francis Newport. The 

 latter's son and heir John held in 1728." In 1760" 

 and 1766" the holder was William Newport. He 

 in 1780 conveyed the manor to John Calvert," at 

 whose death in 1 804 it passed to his son John," 

 who died in 1859 ^"^"^ ^7 '^^ trustees of whose 

 will it was sold to Captain Brown. He soon 

 afterwards conveyed it to George Shaw of Barne- 

 parks in Teignmouth, Devon, who was lord of the 

 manor in 1 870.'* It is now the property of Mr. Amos 

 Gilbert Pembroke of Ford Heath Chislet, near Canter- 

 bury." 



Furneux Pelham Hall, the manor-house, was not 

 conveyed with the manor at the beginning of the 

 1 7th centur)- to Edward Newport, but was sold about 

 the same time " by Lord Morley to Richard Mead." 

 According to Chauncy, Mead pulled down a great 

 part of the house as being too large for his estate and, 

 having sold the materials, made of the rest a con- 

 venient habitation for himself™ It passed at his 

 death to his son Thomas, who in 1614 sold it to 

 Edward Cason of the Middle Temple. In 161 5 it 

 was settled on Edward and his wife Susan daughter of 

 Sir Robert Oxenbridge, with successive remainders to 

 their second son Edward and others of their sons in 

 tail-male. The elder Edward died in 1624." His 

 widow married Sir Thomas Cecil, kt.," younger son 

 of the Earl of Salisbury. ' She was a proper comely 

 lady, endowed with a most rare and pregnant wit, a 

 florid and ready tongue, very sharp, but witty in her 

 repartees ; her common discourse did much exceed 

 the ordinary in her sex.' She lived to a great age."" 

 Chauncy states that in 1641 she joined with Sir 

 Thomas Cecil in conveying 

 Furneux Pelham manor-house 

 the reversionary heir. He in 



and the parks, lately paled and stocked with deer, 

 to Felix Calvert," son of Felix Calvert of Little 

 Hadham." Felix is said to have died in 1699, and 

 he was succeeded by his eldest surviving son William, 

 who died in 1749. From him Furneux Pelham 

 Hall passed to his eldest son Felix, who owned a 

 house and a share in a brewery in Thames Street 

 and who at his death in 1755 was succeeded by his 



her life interest in 

 to her son Edward, 

 1677 sold the house 



s" Feet of F. Herts. 9 Hen. VI, no. 47. 



»J J^.CH. Herts. Families, 290. 



^ Chan. Inq. p.m. 12 Hen. VI, no. 36. 



^ Ibid. {Ser. 2), xiiii, 61. 



" y.C.H. Herts. Families, 282. 



** Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser, 2), xxxiv, 

 96. 



^ Ibid, ilii, 96. 



o-' Feet of F. Herts. East. 30 Hen. VIII. 



»8 y.C.H. Herts. Families, 283. 



'» G.E.C. Peerage, v, 372. 



*" W. and L. Inq. p.m. xii, 91. 



*' Feet of F. Herts. East. 25 Eliz. ; 

 Recov. R. East. 25 Eliz. rot. 87. 



" Feet of F. Herts. Trin. 42 & 43 

 Eliz. ; Recov. R. Trin. 42 Eliz. roL 75. 



" Visit, of Herts. (HarL Soc), 79 ; 

 r.C.H. Herts. Families, 283. 



** Feet of F. Herts. Mich. 12 Jas. I. 



^ Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccccxxrv, 

 125. " Sialmon, Hist, of Herts. 286. 



*' Cussans, Hist, of Herts, Edivinstree 

 Hund. 86. 



■" Cat. Com. for Comf. 2663. 



« Ibid. 2616. 



**> Chauncy, Htst. Antiq. of Herts. 144. 



'1 Salmon, Hist, of Herts. 286. 



" Recov. R. EasL 3 3 Geo. II, rot. 4 1 . 



" Feet of F. Herts. Trin. 6 Geo. III. 



*• Ibid. Trin. 20 Geo. III. The con- 

 Teyancy at this date was apparently in- 

 complete, for in 1782 William Newport 



102 



and his son William were vouchees in a 

 recovery of the manor (Recov. R. East. 

 22 Geo. Ill, rot. 188). 



" Recov. R. East. 44 Geo. Ill, rot. 23. 



** Cussans, op. cit. Edivinstree Hund. 1 50. 



*^ Information communicated by Mr.W. 

 Minet. 



=■* Before 16 18 when Edward Lord 

 Morley died. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), dxzxii, 4. 



^ Chauncy, op. cit. 144. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), dcczWiii, 4. 



" Visit, of Herts. (Harl. Soc), 37. 



"» Chauncy, op. cit. 145. 



" Ibid. 



« V.C.H. Herts. Families, 55. 



