A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



his son William Hoo, on whose death in 1636 the 

 manor descended to hi; son Thomas." Thomas died 

 in 1650, his son Thomas having predeceased him, 

 and Hockinghanger passed with Hoo in St. Paul's 

 Walden to his daughter Susan wife of Sir Jonathan 

 Keate, bart." It descended to their son, Sir Gilbert 



Hoo-Keate, who was succeeded by his son Sir Henry 

 Hoo-Keate. n He sold the manor in 1732 to Mar- 

 garet Brand of the parish of St. James's, Westminster, 

 widow of Thomas Brand," from whom it passed suc- 

 cessively to her son and grandson, both named 

 Thomaa." The son Thomas married in 1771 

 Gertrude daughter of Henry Roper Lord Teynham, 

 who, on the death of her brother Charles Lord 

 Dae re, became Lady Dacre in her own right. 

 Her son Thomas Brand succeeded his mother as 

 twentieth Lord Dacre, from whom the manor passed 

 in 1851 to his brother Henry Otway, who took the 

 name of Trevor. His two sons Thomas Crosbie 

 William Trevor, Lord Dacre, and Henry Bouverie 

 William Brand, Lord Dacre, created first Viscount 



Robert Brand, second Viscount Hampden and twenty. 

 fourth Lord Dacre, the present lord of the manor. 15 _ 

 The manor of PJRKBURi' was held under the 

 Says in the 14th century by the family of Brok as 

 one half and one half of one quarter of a knight's 

 fee." In 1303 Laurence de Brok was assessed for 

 it." He was dead by 1330, when the manor wai 

 held by his widow Ellen de Brok for life, with 

 i Ralph, and she received a grant 

 that year." Before 1 34.6 the 

 3 Nigel de Loreng, kt., M chamberlain 

 who had a large estate at Chalgrave 

 He was in possession in 1 384—5, 

 when he conveyed it to trustees." Probably the 

 trustees conveyed to John Fray," who was assessed 

 for the same fee in 1428." In 1436 John Fray and 

 Agnes his wife sold the manor under the name of 

 Parkbury to Richard Hungate and Elizabeth hu 

 wife." After Richard's death Elizabeth married John 

 Gunter, and they held it for life with reversion to 

 John Suliard and his wife Agnes daughter and heir 

 of Richard Hungate.' 6 Edward Suliard died seised 

 of the manor in 1516, leaving as heir his son William," 

 who died in March 1539-40, having settled the 



manor had passed tt 

 to the Black Print 

 in Bedfordshir 



property on his 

 passed to his s 

 1579-80 conv. 

 and George his 

 Temple, died it 

 predeceased his fathi 

 of Bayford 



brother Eustace." From Eus 



an Edward, 19 who in Hilary Term 



;yed the property to John Knighton 



son.' John Knighton, of the Inner 



599." His son George must have 



for his brother George Knighton 



George was knighted i 



Hampden in 1884, successively inherited the estate, 

 and it passed from the latter to his eldest son Henry 



He settled the property in 1603 on himself 

 and his wife Lady Susan for life, with remainder to 

 their son John, who succeeded in 1613." At John's 

 death in 1635 the manor passed to Knighton Ferrers, 

 son of his sister Anne, who had married Sir John 

 Ferrers of Markyate." His daughter and heir 

 Katherine married Thomas Viscount Fanshawe." 

 In [665 Basset Cole and his wife Anne" sold the 

 property to Sir Jonathan Keate, bart.,* 6 after which 

 it descended with Hockinghanger (q.v.). 



The manor of LEGGATTS was held in 1303 as 

 half a knight's fee and one-eighth of a fee of Lord 

 William de Say by Roger Wyscard." It passed shortly 

 afterwards to the family of Leggatt, from whom it 

 took its name. In 1346 Robert Morlee, a feoffee of 

 John Leggatt, was assessed for it. M John's son Edward 

 Leggatt, who was in gaol for felony in 13697" died 

 seised of the manor in 1 396." The estate consisted 

 of a messuage and garden, a dove-house, 242^ acres 

 of land, I acre of meadow, rents of 42/. z^d. and a 

 fishery." His cousin John was his heir." John 

 possibly left co-heiresses, for in 1409 a certain John 



■t of F. Di T . Co. Hil. 



"Chan. In 



143. 



i. p.i 



. (Set. 2), eecxliii. 



1. eccclxivi, hi). 



w G.E.C. Peerage, i.v. Fanshawe ; set 

 Feet of F. Dhr. Co. Hil. 1651. 



«' Chauncy calls the wife Lady Amy 

 Mordaunt, and says the had bought the 



of F. Her 



HiL 16 & 17 



*» Feud. Aids, ii, 419. « Ibid. 43S. 



51 Chan. Inn. p.m. 43 Edw. Ill, pt. ii 

 (and no,.), no. 3 L 



51 Ibid. 2; Ric. II, no. 34.. 



u Ibid. 43 Edw. Ill, pt. ii (ind do*.}, 

 no. 3*. 



M Ibid, 20 Ric. II, no. 34. 



