BROADWATER HUNDRED 



1638." He was succeeded before 1652 by his 

 nephew Henry Puckering or Newton, son of his 

 sister Catherine Newton, 55 who seems to have sold 

 the manor in 1654. to Sir 

 John Hale. 6S The latter left 

 an only daughter and heir 

 Rose, who married Sir John 

 Austen. 150 Their son Sir Robert 

 Austen, bart., sold Weston in 

 1703 to Robert Heysham, 61 

 lord of the manor of Little 

 Munden(q.v.), in whose family 

 Weston descended « until 

 1852, when it was sold to 

 Samuel Adams, who in the 

 next year sold it to Robert 

 Pryor, 63 whose son Mr. Marl- 

 borough Robert Pryor is the 

 present owner. 



Weston possessed a mill i: 

 Jurdan the n 



pond,' " probably so that it overflowed 

 but it seems to have been later disused in favour of a 

 windmill, which is first mentioned in I 275.^ There 



or. Arpm 



ch, t fp,L: 



ring gala. 



1086. 64 In 

 i fined for ' filling up the 



charged 



Hii: 



till a 



/indmill in the parish situated on Lannock 



The park of Weston is first mentioned in 1231, 

 when Ranulf Briton claimed therefrom fifteen deer 

 and five stags which he stated that Earl William Marshal 

 had given him before he died and which had not 

 been delivered. 6 ' In 1306 and later it is referred to 

 as 'a park called Yppegrave.' 6 ' Two parks are men- 

 tioned in 1366, but not again." In 1384 Margaret 

 Countess of Norfolk granted the custody of her park, 

 warren and game to her butler John Ethom, with 

 ' clothing ' of the suit of her esquires, or I y. 4^. 

 yearly in lieu thereof, and iooj. yearly rent from 

 the issues of the manor."' This grant was confirmed 

 to John Ethom in 1399" at Margaret's death. In 

 1405, Weston being in the king's hands by reason of 

 the insurrection of the Earl Marshal, the office of 

 parker was granted during good behaviour to the 

 king's esquire Robert Scot/ 2 In 1437 the park was 

 stated to be worth nothing beyond the profit of the 

 deer." John Duke of Norfolk granted the custody 

 of the park 'with the custody of the coneys in it' 



WESTON 



to the king's esquire Laurence Fairdough ; the office 

 was confirmed to him in 1476 after the duke's death, 

 by which time Fairclough had become one of the 

 marshals of the king's hall." In 1515, when the 

 park was again in the king's hands, John Sharpe and 

 James Druel were appointed keepers of it in sur- 

 vivorship in place of Ralph Pudsey." It seems to 

 have been disparked before 1-41, for in that year a 

 messuage called the Lodge and certain lands 'parcel 

 of the late park of the manor of Weston ' were leased 

 to Edmund Kympton. 70 The park is not again 

 referred to, but Weston Wood with a warren is 

 mentioned in 1557" and the wood in 1703.™ 

 There is now a park surrounding the manor-house. 



View of frankpledge was claimed in the manor of 

 Weston in 1287." The rolls for the court and 

 leet held there in 1397 and later are extant. 80 In 

 1287 Roger le Bigod claimed, in addition to frank- 

 pledge, amendment of the assize of bread and ale, 

 tumbrel, gallows, infangentheof and free warren. 61 



The manor of WESTON ARGENTEIN was held 

 of the manor of Weston for the service of half 

 a knight's fee/* It is first referred to as a manor in 

 138 1. 43 In 1205-6 Roger son of Nicholas conveyed 

 2 carucates of land in Weston to Richard de 

 Argentein, 61 which land was doubtless the manor of 

 Weston Argentein. Richard was lord of Great 

 Wymondley, and Weston Argentein descended with 

 that manor fi until William Alington and Elizabeth 

 his wife, heiress of the Argenteins, conveyed their 

 manor in Weston to Peter Paule and others, 

 apparently trustees, in I440. E ' These feoffees con- 

 veyed the manor to others in 1452," from whom it 

 seems to have come to Laurence Harreys, who held 

 it in 1489,^ and afterwards to Thomas Harreys and 

 Agnes his wife, who sold it in 15 14 to Sir William 

 Say. 86 The latter died seised of it in iczo,, 90 and 

 afterwards it came to the Crown in the same m; 

 as his other lands s: (see Benington). In 1 5 ;6 i 

 leased for forty years to Sir Robert Rochester 

 Edward Walgrave." At the end of that term it 

 reverted to the Crown and was granted to Edward 

 Vaughan and Thomas Ellys, probably in trust for Sir 

 John Puckering, as he died seised of it in 1596." John 

 Puckering was lord of the manor of Weston, with 

 which Weston Argentein descended from that date/' 



- and 



Feet of F. Div. Co. Hil. 1 5 Chas. I ; 

 lso Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccccviii, 

 i Add. R. 36290. 



'rhk. of Fhth. (Had. Soc.xxii), 160; 

 '/. R. Midi. r6;2, rot. 228. 

 (654, rot. 144. 



73 Chan. Inq. p.m. 16 Hen. VI, no. 6 

 J1 Cal.Pat. 1467-7?. p. 599- 

 !i I. and P. Hen. VUl, ii, 621. 

 ,e Ibid, xsi, g. 878 (56). 



& 5 Phil, and Mary, pt. ; 



^ChaL 

 61 Close, 



ra.15. 



. Anne, 



> s Close, 2 Ann- 



pi. . 



» Recov. R. Trin. 8 Geo. II, rot. ;o 

 Feet of F. Div. Co. Mich. 15 Geo. Ill 

 Recov. R. Mich. 31 Geo. Ill, rot. 21 

 Feet of F. Herts. Hil. 45 Geo. Ill 

 Mich. 3 Si 4 Will. IV. 



63 Cussans, op. cit. Broad-waier Hand. 

 41. '< V.C.H. Hern, i, 327*. 



*• Ahbrev. Piac. (Rec. Com.), 33. 



66 Chan. Inq. p.m. 40 Edw. HI ( 2n d 

 nos.),no. S3 ; 35 Edw. r, no. 46. 



*> Cat. Close, 1227-31, p. 489. 



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

 Feet of F. Herts. 8 Edw. II, no. 190. 



63 Chan. Inq. p.m. 40 Edw. Ill (2nd 

 nosO.no- S3- 



'"> Col. Pal. 13S1-5, p. 482. 



---',p.77- 



e R. 325, .__. _ 



m Add. R. 360S6. There are a great 

 number of Court Rolls of this manor 

 extant, both in the British Museum and 

 in the possession of the lord of the manor. 



« Assize R. 32;, m. 26 d. 



S1 Feet of F. Div. Co. 7 John, no. 58 ; 

 Feud. Aids, ii, 430 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 1 2 Edw. II, no. 4] ; 2 Hen. VI, no. 27 : 

 6 Hen. VI, no. 53 ; (Ser. Z ), li, 50. It 

 is said {Feud. Aids, ii, 437) to be held of 

 the Earl of Hertford, but this is obviously 

 an error (cf. the former entry). 



83 Chan. Inq. p.m. 4 Ric. II, no. no. 



« Feet of F, Div. Co. 7 John, no. 38. 



" Feud. ^^1,11,430,437,44.9 ; Chan. 



no. no; Feet of F. Div. Co. Mich. 



5 Ric. II, no. 57 , Chan. Inq. p.m. 6 

 Hen. V, no. 13; , Hen. VI, no. 27 : 



6 Hen. VI, no. 53. 



* Feet of F. Herts. Mich. 19 Hen. VI, 

 no. 104 ; Close, 19 Hen. VI, m. 16, ? S. 



WftM. 30 Hen. VI, m. 18. 



3S Add. R. ,6i 38. 



68 Feet of F. Herts. East. 6 Hen VIII 



*> Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), li, 50. 



81 Ct. of Wards, Misc. Eks. dlxxviii 

 fol. 372a; Feet of F. Herts. Hil. 33 

 Hen. VIII. JJ 



1,2 Pat. 3 & 4 Phil, and Mary, pt. jtii, 



33 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser, i), ccxlvi, 12; 



31 Feet of F. Div. Co. Hil. 13 Chas. I; 

 Recov. R. Mich. 1653, rot. ;;8 ■ Trin. 

 1654, rot. 144; 4 Will, and 'Mary, 



1 Will. Ill, , 



i Clos. 



J Edw. II, 



'•4-3 



, Abbrc 



" Ibid 



K-S-E 



Rot. Orig. (Rec. Com.), i, 243 ; Cat. Pat. 

 •1*7-3°,?- 2; Chan. Inq. p.m. 4 Ric. II, 



173 



2 Anne, pt. i 

 Recov. R. Trin. 8 Geo". II, rot. « 

 Mich. 31 Geo. Ill, rot. 21 - Feet of 

 Div. Co. Mich. i S Geo. Ill j Hen' 

 Hil. 4.5 Geo. Ill ; ;c Geo. Ill ; Mic 



3 &4 Will. IV. 



