BROADWATER HUNDRED 



Andrewe. 5 * It was probably no more than a freehold 



held of the manor of Great Munden." Andrewe's 



possession of the estate was disputed by Thomas 



Ashley, and it was decided by arbitrators that William been almost 



Andrewe should keep it for life upon payment of £8, 



LITTLE MUNDEN 

 d south porches and south 



south-west tower, north a 

 vestry.' 



Although the original 11th-century church has 



holly obscured by later alterations and 



certain that in the latter half of 



ind north 



aisle, with an arcade of three bays. The 1 ^th-century 



alterations consisted of building the western portion 



of the present north chapel about 1340, and about 



1360 replacing the two eastern bays of the nave 



arcade by those now in existence ; at the same time 



the aisle may have been widened. In the 15th 



century the north chapel was extended eastwards to 



with remainder to Thomas Ashley and his heirs. After that century it consisted of a chancel, i 

 the death of William a fresh suit took place, Gifibrds 

 being claimed by George Carleton, who stated that 

 he had purchased Thomas Ashley's interest in the 

 estate, and was therefore the rightful owner, but that 

 John Andrewe, William's son, and John Lane would 

 not allow him possession. John Andrewe denied 

 Thomas Ashley's title to Giffords, and said that the 

 arbitrators decided that it 

 was to remain to William 

 and his heirs. He also said 

 that the deeds connected 

 with the matter had been 

 stolen by William's wife 

 Anne and delivered to John 

 Lane, who claimed the 

 estate by just conveyance.™ 

 The mult of the suit is not 

 recorded, and Giffords had 

 passed by 1580 into the 

 possession of Matthew Lowe, 

 who apparently held it in 

 right of his wife Anne." It 

 was then called a manor. 

 Soon after it came into the 

 hands of William Kinge, 

 who sold it to his brother- 

 in-law Robert Brisco. 3 " 

 Robert died seised of it in 

 16 16, holding it of the king 

 in free socage as of the 

 manor of Great Munden, 

 by fealty and free rent of 

 1 os. yearly. He left it by 

 will to his wife Ellen, after 

 whose death it presumably 

 passed to his nephew and 

 heir Edward Briseo. 98 In 

 the following century it had 

 passed into the hands of the 

 Spence family, 100 lords of the 

 manor of Libury, in which 

 manor it presumably became 

 merged. 



Two parks are mentioned 

 in Little Munden in 1299.' 

 One of them, however, seems 

 to have been disparked 

 before the 15th century, for 

 in 1480 and again in 1594 

 mentioned.* It does not nc 

 ship's Wood is a survival of it. 



The church of ALL SJINTS, stand- 

 CHURCH ing on high ground about the centre 

 of the parish, is built of flint rubble 

 with stone dressings and the roofs are tiled. It con- 

 sists of a chancel, north chapel, nave and north aisle, 



mly 'Munden Park' is 

 ' remain, unless Lord- 



its present size, new windows were inserted almost 

 throughout the church, a rood turret was built, and 

 the aisle was probably rebuilt and towards the end 

 of the century the west tower was built. In the 

 19th century the church was restored, the western 

 arch of the nave was replaced by a two-centred arch 

 and the south vestry and north and south porches 

 were added. 



iions : chancel, 21 ft. 6 in. by 

 ; north chapel, 21ft. 6 in, by 

 ; nave, 4. It by lift. 6 in. ; 



