A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



From before the time of the Domesday 

 MANORS Survev two manor; were in existence in 

 King's Walden. Each was estimated at 

 i hide, and in the time of Earl Harold both were 

 held of him, one by Leueva, the other by Asgar's 

 widow. At the time of the Survey the former was in 

 the king's hands, the latter was still held by Asgar's 

 widow, of the king. s These two manors, both 

 known by the name of King's Walden, existed as 

 separate manors till the middle of the 15th century, 9 

 when they seem to have become united. 



One manor of KING'S H'JLDEN, afterwards 

 called DUXirORTH, was granted at an early date to 

 the family of Delamare, 10 who were holding in the 

 neighbouring parish of Offley. Early in the 13th 

 century Robert son of Osbert Delamare n held King's 

 Walden by the service of one knight's fee. 12 Robert 

 forfeited his lands in 1224 as an ally of Falkes de 

 Breautc, but they were afterwards restored to his wife 

 Alice for herself and her heirs. 13 Her son John 

 inherited his mother's estate 11 and held it till his 



death about 1 



this yea 



land, ; 



assize. 



Dokcs! 



on himself and his 



John died 



6, leaving as heir his grandson John, 

 ivas assessed for the fee in 1303. 1 * 

 nded at a messuage and 60 acres of 

 2 acres of wood and rents of 

 he alienated it to John de 

 rth," who settled it in 1316 

 fe Parnel and their heirs. 18 

 338,'° leaving a son William, who held 

 till his death in 1362, when he was 

 succeeded by his son Elias. 31 He about 1 3 80 

 alienated King's Walden to John Bixen and Walter 

 Pulter, who enfeoffed John Wylkyn of the same. 2 -' 

 John Wylkyn was convicted in J uly 1 3 8 1 of felony and 

 treason and forfeited his lands, which were granted in 

 fee farm to Hugh Martyn, one of the king's servitors. a 

 It would appear that Hugh lost his possessions about 

 1395 by his outlawry, 2 ' and they reverted to the 

 Crown. The king made a fresh grant of them to 

 Reginald Lord Cobham of Sterborough, who held a 

 court in 1401. Si The manor descended to his son 

 Reginald Lord Cobham, 2 * who died in 1446. His 

 nddaughter Margaret (daughter of his eldt 



Reginald), 



about 1 460, i 



Westmorland it 



daughter of Th. 



Cobham, the v 



descended to the: 



died seised of King's Walden 



ded him, 2 ' died withot 



;band Ralph Earl of 



1485. The 



nas second son of Reg 



fe of Sir Edward Bur; 



Lord Burgh, who 



'55'"" 



to Anne 

 .Id Lord 



His 



William Lord Burgh 29 conveyed it in 1576 lo 

 Richard Hale. 30 He died in 1621, having settled 



the property on his second son Richard and his heire. 

 The estate, however, came eventually to William, the 

 eldest son. 31 



William Hale died in 1633, leavinga ton William, 

 whose heir at his death in 1 643" was his brother 

 Rowland, 33 from whom the 

 manor passed to his son 

 William. 34 It descended in 

 this family to Paggen Hale, 

 who was holding in I742. 3 ' 

 He left no issue, so that at 

 his death the property passed 

 to a cousin, William Hale, 30 

 and from him to his son 

 William, who was holding in 

 1815. 37 After the death of 

 Charles Cholmondeley Hale Hale of King'* 



in 1884 the property was pur- Walden. Axurtachtv- 

 chased by Mrs. Hinds, and in ™ » battled m both 

 1891 it was bought from her " "* 

 by Mr. Thomas Fenwick 



Harrison, 38 who is the present lord of the manor 

 and lives at King's Waldenbury. 



The other manor of KING'S WALDEN men- 

 tioned in the Survey 3a extended into the hamlet of 

 Wandon End. It was apparently granted at an 

 early date to the family of Valoines, of which barony 

 it was held as one knight's fee. 40 On the death 

 (before November 1220) of Gunnora wife of Robert 

 Fitz Wal ter, daughter and heir of Robert de Valoines, 

 the manor descended to her daughter Christine, who 

 married, first, William de Mandeville Ear! of 

 Essex, and, secondly, Raymund de Burgh, and died 

 without issue in 1233. King's Walden then went 

 to Isabel wife of David Comyn, one of the heirs 

 of Christine. 11 In 1310 it was granted by Edmund 

 Comyn to John de Do kes worth, 43 lord of the other 

 manor of King's Walden (q.v.), and the ovcrlordship 

 remained with his successors in that manor. 43 



This fee, together with other lands held of the 

 Delamares' manor of King's Walden, was held in the 

 first half of the 13th century by John de Nevill. 11 



3 holding 

 i John,* 6 ' 

 » till hii 



:eded by John de Nevill, who w 

 in 1 250,. 45 He died in 1 286, leaving a sc 

 who with his wife Denise held the estate 

 death in 1313. 47 A windmill and a water mill are 

 mentioned in the extent of the manor at this date. 

 Walter, John's son, succeeded him. 48 He obtained a 



" Tata d r Nevill (Rec. Com.), 266. 

 1 Red Bk. vfExeh, (Rolls Set.), 499. 

 • Testa dt Nevill, 279* i fi «* &*•<>/ 



?p- 6 



u Cat Pa!. 

 !i Add. R. 

 K Clone, 1 



file 397, no. 



. II, pt. ii, ri 

 1391-6, pp. i 



3593*- 



: Csl. Vat. 



5 Recov. R. Trii 



I 6 <><:■ 



". 



Hen 



IV, 



"See Feet of F. Diy. Co. Hil. 33 

 Hen. VI, no. 53. 



* 3 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cciii, 10;. 



a? See Recov. R. Hil. 5 & 6 Edw. VI, 

 rot. 517 ; Add. R. 35989, 35990, 35993, 

 35996. 



"• Feet of F. Herts. East, 18 Elk.; 

 Add. R. 35997. 



Jl Chan, Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccclxx*™, 

 110 ; Add. R. 36021. 



!:t Chan, Inq. p.m. (Set. 2), dxXVI, 148. 



33 Ibid, dcicviii, 65 ; Add. R. 36055. 



11 Feet of F. Herts. Trin. 8 Anne; 

 Aid. R. 36036 ; Burke, Undid Gentry, 



34 



a Ibid. Mich. 11 Geo. HI, rot. 185. 

 9 Ibid. 55 Geo. Ill, rot. 248 ; Burke, 

 nded Gentry. 



* Information from Mr.T. F. Harriioi*. 

 1S V.C.H. Herti. i, 302*. 



■a dt Nevill {Rtc Com.), 271-} 



1, 429. 



Feud. Aids, 



« Cal. Pai. 1307-13, p. 213 ; Feet of 

 F. Herts. 4 Edw. II, file 54. 



u Feud. Aids, ii, 437, 



« Tern dt Nevill (Rec. Com.), 271. 



« Feet of F. Herti. Mich. 43 Hen III, 

 no. 5.4. 



<*» Chan. Inq. p.m. 14 Edw. I, no. 9. 



" See Feet of F. Hertt. Mich. J 

 Edw. II, no. 47 ; Add. R. 35925, 3!9 lS - 



,! Chan. Inq. p.m. 7 Edw. II, no. 26. 



,b Chart. R. 12 Edw. II, m. 17.no, 71. 



