A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



The three-weekly hundred court la was probably originally held at 

 Hitchin, and perhaps later at Ippollitts, judging by the alternative name. 

 There is also record of * the full hundred court ' having been held at 

 Kimpton, 13 and a view of frankpledge was held at Oughton's Head in Pirton 

 in the 14th century. 1 * The jurisdiction of the sheriff was limited by the 

 franchises of the lords of various manors within the hundred, including 

 Hitchin," Lilley, 15 Offley St. Ledgers, 17 Wells in Offley, 18 , Oddingselles in 

 Pirton, 19 and Dinsley. 20 



In the 17th century a grant of court leet was made to Ralph Radcliffe, 

 lord of Hitchin, in Maidecroft, Ippollitts and Gosmore" and to St. John's 

 College, Cambridge, in the manor of Ramerick in Ickleford. 23 



A survey was taken of the hundred as part of the king's possessions in 

 1 65 1. Within the hundred all waifs, strays, goods of felons and fugitives 

 belonged to the lord if his bailiff seized them first ; but if they were first 

 seized by the bailiff of the lord of a manor having a court leet the profits 

 went to such lord. The lord of the hundred also had the return and 

 execution of all writs within the hundred. A three-weekly court was held, 

 and the whole value was J^J* 3 



ls Chan. Inq. p.m. 3 Edw. Ill (1st nos.), no. 7. 



13 Assize R. 340, m. I ; CJ. Pat. 1324-7, p. 13;. 



14 Chan. Inq. p.m. I 5 Edw. II, no. 4. 



15 Plat, de Quo. Ifarr. <Rec. Com.), 288 ; Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 194. 



15 Hund. R. {Rec. Com.), i, 188. » Pat. 4 Edw. VI, pt. ix, m. 35. 



18 Chan. Inq. p.m. 16 Ric. II, pt. ii, m. 34. 



19 Asdze R. 325 ; Pat. 29 Hen. VIII, pt. ii, m. 18. 



50 Assize R. 313, m. 36, 48 ; Plac. de Quo. M'arr. (Rec. Com.), 2P1. 



"Pat. I+Jas. I, pt.xii. 



" Ibid. 15 Jas. I, pt. xviii, no. 12. 



23 Par]. Surv. Herts, no. 2. 



