Lea, R., i, 29-30, 51, 57-8; ii, 2, 
125, 136, 294, 432; ili, 415, 441, 
463; iv, 173-4, 209, 241-2; 
fishing, i, 361, 363; ii, 298; 
iii, 384; navigation, iii, 380-1, 
383; rainfall, i, 40 
Lea, R., Small, iii, 441 
Leaden Cross (Shenley), ii, 265 
Leader, John W., iv, 15, 75; Mary, 
iv, 88; miss, iv, 75 
Leake, John, iii, 357; John M., iii, 
358; Mary, iv, 97; Steph., iii, 
358; Steph. M., iv, 97; Steph. 
R. M., iil, 358; Will. ii, 458; 
iii, 357, 391; mrs, iii, 358; 
arms, ill, 358 
Leakey,—, ii, 154 
Leasy Bridge Farm, ii, 313 
Leatherfield Com., iii, 73 
Leather-making, iii, 292 
Leathes, rev. Stanley, iv, 61 
Lea Vale, parish, see Stanstead 
St. Margaret’s 
Leavesden (Watford), ii, 142, 320, 
446, 462; char., ii, 469; non- 
conf., ii, 466 
Leavesden, tithing (Watford), ii, 
182, 185”, 452, 453” 
Leavesden Green, ii, 461 
Leavesden Woods, ii, 452, 454 
Lebard, John, ii, 457 
Le Bas, rev. C. W., ii, 97 
Lebret, Amaneus, ld. of, iii, 74 
Leccinton, Rich. de, iv, 440 
Lech, Leche, see Leech 
Lechewood (Tring), ii, 282 
Lechmere, T., iii, 459 
Leckie, Frances, iii, 20 
Ledet, Christine, iii, 22; Hen., iii, 
22; Margery, iii, 22; Wiscard, 
iii, 22, 46; iv, 419 
Ledmaer, iii, 210 
Lee, Legh, Alice (de la), ii, 427; 
ili, 79”; iv, 5; Anne, ii, 353; 
413-14, 426-7; Sir Ant., iii, 203 ; 
Denise de la, iv, 5; E., iv, 246; 
Geoff. de la, iii, 68, 310, 477, 
483; iv, 5; Hen., ii, 307; Joan 
(atte, de la), iii, 79, 223, 310, 
318, 340; iv, 5,7, 67, 96; (Sir) 
John (de la, atte), ii, 259; iii, 79, 
149, 223, 223”, 224, 285, 310, 
358, 477; iv, 5, 7-8, 10, 67, 96, 
461; rev. J. Bond, ii, 80-1; 
Kath., ii, 307; Marg., lady, ii, 
390, 414; Margery (de la), iii, 
79, 477; iv, 5, 96; Mary, ii, 
413-14, 426-7; rev. Nich., iii, 
149; Sir Rich., ii, 58, 272, 283, 
292, 323, 326, 332, 348, 353-4, 
390, 401, 412-14, 417-18, 426-8, 
430, 470 n, 488, 510-11; ili, 359; 
iv, 63, 413; Rob. (de la), iii, 
318; iv, 5, 96; Rog. de la, iii, 
196; Thos. (de la), ii, 81, 195, 
427; ili, 477; Iv, 5; (Sir) 
Walt. (atte, de la), ii, 15; iii, 79, 
223, 268, 285, 310, 477-8; iv, 
5, 7-8, 10, 96, 202; (Sir) Will. 
(de la), ii, 272; iii, 149, 264%, 
265; iv, 439; dr., iv, 410, 412; 
miss, ili, 303; —, iv, 341, 394; 
arms, ii, 353; iv, 5; see also 
Leigh, Ley 
Lee Antonie, see Antonie 
Leech, Lech, Leche, John, iii, 48, 
411”; Mary, iii, 404; Rob., 
fii, 404 
Leecheworthe, see Letchworth 
Leeds, Bridg. Osborne, dchss. of, 
ii, 145, 254, 289; Charlotte 
Osborne, dchss. of, ii, 254; 
Fran. G. Osborne, dk. of, ii, 254; 
Geo. W. F. Osborne, dk. of, ii, 
254; Mary Osborne, dchss. of, 
ii, 254; Peregrine Osborne, 2nd 
GENERAL INDEX 
Leeds (cont.) 
dk. of, ii, 145, 254, 289; Pere- 
grine H. Osborne, 3rd _ dk. of, ii, 
254; Thos. Osborne, dk. of, ii, 
145, 254 
Lee Hall (St. Peter’s), see Sopwell, 
House 
Leeman, Alf., ii, 87 
Lees Langley, see Langley, Abbots 
Leeson, Frances, iii, 456 
Leete, Rob., iii, 204 
Le Fanu, V. C., i, 385; —, i, 385 
Lefevre, Sir Geo. W., ii, 163 
Lefroy, Will. C., ii, 89 
Legat, Legate, Leget, Leggatt, 
Alice, iii, 318; Edw., iii, 30; 
Helmyngus, iii, 318; Hugh, ii, 
408 ; iv, 418; John, ii, 461 ; iii, 
30, 217; Rich., ii, 272; Rob., ii, 
408; iii, 68; Thos., ii, 408; 
Will, ii, 405, 408; iv, 442; 
—, heretic, ii, 456 
Legatts, man. (Watford), ii, 461 
Legatt’s Farm (Leavesden Green), 
il, 461 
Leggats, Howenden, man. (St. 
Paul’s Walden), ii, 408 
Leggats End (St. Paul’s Walden), 
ii, 408 
Leggatshot Meade, ii, 452 
Leggatts (North Mimms), ii, 257 
Leggatts, man. (Kimpton), iii, 30-1 
Leggatts Spring, wood (Kimpton), 
ili, 29 
Legge, D., i, 385 
Legh, see Lee 
Leglega, iii, 1, 7, 35 
Leheup, Mich. P., iii, 203-4; Will., 
ili, 203 
Leicester, abbey, iv, 456 
Leicester, bp. of, iv, 367 ; Remugius, 
bp. of, iv, 362 
Leicester, hon. of, ii, 262, 287 
Leicester, earls of, iii, 417 » ; Parnel, 
Petronilla, Beaumont, ctss. of, 
iii, 383, 385, 432; iv, 455; 
Rob. Beaumont (of Meulan), 1st 
earl of, iii, 385, 403, 432; Rob. 
Beaumont (of Meulan), 2nd earl 
of, iii, 432; Rob. Beaumont (of 
Meulan), 3rd earl of, ii, 358; 
iii, 385, 432, 439, 452; Rob. 
Beaumont (Fitz Parnel), 4th earl 
of, iii, 383, 383 , 385, 394; iv, 
455; Rob. Dudley, earl of, i, 345; 
ii, 25, 79; iii, 106, 271, 435; 
Eleanor de Montfort, princess 
(ctss. of Pembroke), ctss. of, 
ii, 9, 393; ili, 171-2; Sim. de 
Montfort, earl of, ii, 7-10; iii, 
171; Marg. de Quincy, ctss. of, 
ii, 7; ili, 383, 386; Geo. Towns- 
hend, earl of, iii, 411 
Leicester, Laycestria, John de, ii, 
309 
Leifchild, John, ii, 330 
Leigh, Fran., ii, 396; Hester, ii, 
224; Jas., iii, 357; Jas. H., 
iii, 357; John G., i, 351-2; 
Joshua, ii, 224; Mary (lady), ii, 
278; iii, 357; Phil., iv, 342; 
(Sir) Thos., ii, 81, 278”; iii, 
293, 416, 457; iv, 335”; Will, 
iii, 357, 416; see also Lee Ley 
Leigh, Lygh, man. (Kimpton), iii, 
I 
3 
Leighbury, see Libury 
Leightenhouse, Hannah, ii, 384; 
Saml., ii, 384 
Leightes, see Lite’s 
Leighton Buzzard (Beds.), ii, 330 
Lek, Sir Sim. de, iii, 102 
L. E. L., see Landon, 
Lely, Sir Pet., ii, 397; iii, 471 
Leman, Anna M., lady, ii, 359; 
John, ii, 359; Mansell, it 359; 
63 
Leman (cont.) 
Rich. Alie, ii, 359; (Sir) Will, 
li, 36, 358-60; iv, 341; arms. ii, 
359, 492 
Lemar, see Leofmere 
Lemming, Rob., iii, 96 
Lemonfield, Lemannsfeld 
mill), iii, 397; iv, 169 
Lemsford, iii, 91; adv., iii, 111 ; 
ch., iii, 110; mills, iii, 99 
Lennard, Frran., ld. Dacre, see 
Dacre; John, iii, 390; Rob., iii, 
388 ; Thos., iii, 387; Thos., earl 
of Sussex, see Sussex; see also 
Leonard 
Lennox, dks. of, iii, 257; Esme 
Stuart, duke of, ii, 281 
Le Notre, —, ii, 454 
Lenvyse, Geoff. de, iv, 437 
Leofmere, Lemar, iii, 212, 217; iv, 
292 
Leofrune, ii, 451 
Leofsig, ealdorman, ii, 361, 454 
Leofstan, iii, 152, 159 
Leofstanechirche, Lestoncherche, 
Leyston, see Layston 
Leofwin, Leofwyn, ii, 262, 352; see 
also Lewin 
Leon (Spain), arms, ii, 507 ; ili, 444 
Leonard, St., ii, 53 
Leonard, Hen., ii, 363%; Mary, 
lass of Baldock mill, ii, 363 7; 
see also Lennard 
Leoni, —, ii, 377 
Lepers, ii, 427; iii, 221, 259; iv, 
366, 428-30, 453, 459-61, 464-7 
Lepidoptera, i, 110-68 
Lepsi, a sokeman, iii, 87 
Lerediman (Aldenham), ii, 149 
Lermitte, —, ii, 251 
Leslie, Chas. F. H., iii, 462, 467 
Lestanchurch, see Layston 
Lester, Thos., iii, 264, 345; T., ii, 
465; iti, 467 
Lester & Pack, ii, 226, 243, 291, 
384, 391, 510; iii, 231, 402, 406; 
1v, 67 
Letchmore Heath, ii, 149; church 
mission, ii, 161 
Letchworth, iii, 53, 118-24; iv, 
232, 364; adv., iii, 121, 123; 
ch., iii, 123; iv, 303, 310; Hall, 
iii, 118-21; houses, iii, 118-20; 
ind., iv, 247, 251, 264; man. 
(Montfitchets, Hanchets, man.), 
(West- 
iii, 120-2; nonconf., iii, 124; 
parsonage, iii, 123-4; pop. ret., 
iv, 235; R. C. ili, 124; Rom. 
rem., iv, 124, 158 
Letchworth, Leecheworthe, John 
de, iv, 461; Will. of, iii, 121 
Letchworth Montfitchets, see Letch- 
worth 
Lether Field (Benington), iii, 73 
Lethmore (Datchworth), iii, 78 
Letty Green, Lety Green, iii, 463, 
463; chap. of ease, iii, 468 
Lety, John, iii, 463”; Marg., iii, 
465”, 469; Matth., iii, 465%, 
469 
Leucata, see Lowey 
Leueron, Leveron, iii, 132, 410 
Leueva, iii, 34, 37, 41 
Leuiet, iii, 221, 225 
Leuing, iii, 248, 250 
Leukenore, see Lewkenor 
Leutherius, bp. of the West Saxons, 
see West Saxons 
Leuwardescroft (Aldenham), ii, 149 
Levefa, iii, 428 
Levegar, Rob., iv, 32 
Levellers, ii, 34 
Levens Green, iii, 124; nonconf., 
iii, 129 
Leventhorpe, Anne, iv, 5-6; rev. 
Sir Chas., 111, 340; Dorothy, iii, 
