A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



In the mean time the estates of the earldom of Pem- 

 broke had passed through the hands of William's four 

 brother;, and in 1 14; were divided among his five sisters 

 and their heirs. The office of Marshal of England 

 was inherited by the eldest sister Maud wife of Hugh 

 le Bigod Earl of Norfolk, and descended to her son 

 Roger, and in 1270 to her great-nephew Roger le 

 Bigod." At the death of the Countess of Pembroke 

 the manor of Weston was assigned by the king to this 

 Roger le Bigod, who in 1279 made 



vith the 

 the Crow 



<ing by which the revers 

 1 if he died without issue." 

 came into the king's hands in I 306/ 

 in I 312, together with the earldom 

 the marshalship, to Thomas of Brothei 

 of Edward I." Weston was delivered 

 Mary in dower in 1338," and at tier de: 



5 to fall to 

 The manor thus 

 and was granted 

 of Norfolk and 

 hereon, fifth son 

 his widow 

 in 1362" 

 ssigned to her eldest daughter Margaret, then 

 the wife of Sir Walter de Mauny. M From her it 

 passed to her grandson Thomas Mowbray Duke of 

 Norfolk, 17 whose son Thomas inherited it in 1 399.*" 

 The latter was involved in the Scrape conspiracy and 

 was beheaded in 1405," when Weston was granted 

 to John Cornwall for life." In 1406 it was granted 

 to the queen consort. 31 However, as there had been 

 no trial or attainder of Thomas Mowbray, the 

 manor was recovered in dower by his widow Con- 

 stance, who married secondly Sir John Grey," and 

 held the manor until her death in 1437, when it 

 passed to Thomas's brother and heir John Mowbrav 

 Duke of Norfolk." 



Weston descended to John Mowbray's son John 

 Duke of Norfolk, who died in 1461," and to 

 John, son of the latter, a minor at his father's 

 death." Weston was settled upon his wife Elizabeth 

 as part of her jointure, and she was allowed to hold 

 it during her husband's minority." John left an 

 only daughter and heir Anne, aged four at her 

 father's death in 14.76." She was married soon after 

 to Richard Duke of York, the younger of the two sons 

 of Edward IV, but she died in 1 480, her boy husband 

 being murdered in 1483.*" Anne's heirs were her 

 cousins John Lord Howard (son of Margaret sister of 

 Anne's great-grandfather) and William, second Lord 

 Berkeley, of the creation of 1421, called ' the Wast 

 all,' son of Isabel, her great-grandfather's other 

 sister. Upon Anne's marriage with Richard Duke 

 of York Lord Berkeley released his right to the 



reversion of half her estates to King Edward IV 

 and his male issue, in exchange for the discharge of 

 his debts to the amount of £34,000. The king's 

 male issue, however, became extinct by the murder of 

 his two sons in the Tower in 1483, and Richard III 

 conferred the moiety of Anne's estates, including 

 Weston, on Lord Berkeley, together with the title of 

 Earl Marshal. 38 He died without issue in [491-1 

 and Weston lapsed to the Crown." 



In 1 5 19 Henry VIII granted the manor to Sir 

 William Fitz William for the lives of himself, his 

 wife Elizabeth and their eldest son," but in 1 53 1 

 Sir William surrendered it again in payment of a 

 debt to the king." In the following year, when 

 Anne Boleyn was created Marchioness of Pembroke, 

 Weston was granted to her together with that dignity." 

 She became queen in the same year, but was exe- 

 cuted in 15 36. Weston was then conferred on 

 Queen Jane Seymour," who, however, died in the 

 following year." The manor then seems to have 

 remained in the king's hands" until it was granted 

 to Queen Katharine Parr in 1 544." After the 

 death of Henry VIII, Edward VI granted the 

 reversion of Weston after Katharine's death " to Sir 

 William Herbert," who had 

 been a gentleman of the Privy 

 Chamber to Henry VI II, and 

 was created Earl of Pembroke 

 in 155 '■" At the accession 

 of Mary in 1553 it was dis- 

 covered by an inquisition that 

 as William Lord Berkeley, 

 who died in 1491-2, had 

 settled the reversion of the 

 Henry VII and his 



tale, 



vith r 



aindei 



Gul« 



heirs of William, the manor 

 now rightly belonged to that 

 heir, viz. Henry Lord Berkeley, 

 grandson of William's brother 

 heirs of Henry VII being cxtin 

 Henry Lord Berkeley had specia 

 although underage, in 1554." 



In 1 572 Henry Berkeley sold the manor to George 

 Burgoyne," whose son Thomas succeeded him in 

 1588" and sold Weston in 1593 to Sir John Pucker- 

 ing," who died seised of it about 1596." Sir John's 

 son Thomas Puckering was holding the manor in 



,,/ermy argent. 



Maurice," the male 

 with Edward VI. 

 /ery of his lands, 



™ G.E.C. Complete Peerage. 



" Cat. Chu, 1171-9, pp. 5;;, 5*9 i 

 Feet of F. Div. Co. 7 Edw. I, no. 11. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 3; Edw. I, no. 46. 



*» G.E.C. Complete Peerage - t Chan. Inq. 

 j.m. 5 Edw. Ill, no. 46. 



** Cat. Chit, 1337-9, p. 582. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, F t. il 

 ;.««•.), no. 9- 



M G.E.C. Complete Peerage. Her 

 mother Elizabeth Duchess of Norfolk had 

 lettled Weston on herself for life in 1477 

 (Feet of F. Div. Co. Mil. ,6 Edw. IV, 

 no. 117 ; Close, 16 Edw. IV, m. 10). 



JS C.E.C. Complete Parage ; Feet of F. 

 Div. Co. Hil, 5 Hen. VII. 



« William Lord Berkeley had a brother 

 Maurice, hut he d.sinherited him (G.E.C. 



co-heir of the Norfolk eitatci \ 

 William Lord Berkeley. 



s « Add. R. 36217. 



« Pat. 1 Edw. VI, pt. v!i, m. 38. 

 1 549 John Cock held the man< 

 court [here (Add. R. 36118). He 

 possibly a lessee or stiward of the ma 



*» G.E.C. Complete Peerage. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Set. 2), ci, 108. 



s = C.E.C. Ciwpliu Peeragi ; .eeAdd. R. 



1230-7. 



■-- f-.r 'Will 



of Pembroke 

 Cock of Eroxbourne in 1557 it not 

 aliogether easy to enplain (Pal. 4 & e 

 Phil, and Mary, pt. ii, m. 25). Perhaps 



the Eai 



of Per 



iroke hi 



refill 



_. . may be a formal 

 quitclaim in trust for Lord Berkeley. 



i3 Recov. R. Mich. 14. Eli*, rot. i;o • 

 Feet of F. Herts. Trin. 1+ Eli;. 



" Harl. MS. 757, foL 26S. 



a F«tofF. Hem. Mich. 35*36 Eli*. 



'Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), colvi, , 2;, 



