ODSEY HUNDRED 



was so divided between her two sisters that Muriel had 

 the greater part of the manor. 61 It is doubtless due 

 to this fact that Muriel's purparty in Clothall was 

 known from the 15th century onwards as 'the manor 

 of BOTTELES.' Apparently she married first Roger 

 Scales, 61 and afterwards John Poley, 6 ' who was holding 

 this moiety of the manor in 1303." It is said that 

 the had a son Laurence, 68 possibly the Laurence ' de 

 Bottele ' who held land in Clothall about I 3 I J.™ In 

 February 1361-2 Henry 'son of John Bottele of 

 Clothall ' conveyed certain rents with manorial rights 

 and one-third of the common fold of Clothall and one- 

 third of the advowson of the church to Sir John de la 

 Lee, kt., and Joan his wife. 63 These appear to have 

 been identical with Botteles Manor. This Henry 

 was said (in 1405) to have been son of Laurence son of 

 Muriel Poley. 63 It seems possible that he was grand- 

 son of Laurence, and that the descendants of Muriel 

 took the name of Bottele from their estate at Clothall. 



Sir John ' atte Lee,' kt., died seised of the manor in 

 1369, leaving a son and heir Walter, 70 afterwards 

 knighted. Sir Walter was burdened with debt," and 

 after his death his trustees transferred all his rights in 

 Clothall to three brothers, Matthew and Henry Rede 

 and Thomas Blount." By 1405 these three had also 

 acquired the manor of Hauvills (see below). Henry 

 Rede died about 1411 and Matthew before that date." 

 Hauvills and Botteles were settled upon Margaret wife 

 of John Mitchell, 71 for whom they had possibly been 

 holding in trust. Her husband was returned as the 

 tenant of a knight's fee (Hauvills) In Clothall in 

 1428," and in February 1444—5 he died seised of 

 both Hauvills and Botteles. 76 Margaret survived till 

 about 1455. 7 ' Of her three daughters, Cecily wife 

 of William Sydney, who died in her mother's lifetime, 

 had two grandchildren, Elizabeth and Anne, aged 

 respectively seven and sis in 1465. Another daughter 

 Elizabeth wife of John Wode died 26 March 1463-4, 

 and the third, Joan, married first William Druell and 

 afterwards John Brunne, 76 



Hauvills and Botteles passed 

 Joan Druell. In 1485 Williar 

 son of William and Joan) died 

 was succeeded by his 

 1495- 



Alyson) w being still aliv 



to the descendants of 

 1 Druell (possibly the 

 J died seised of them." He 

 1 John, who died childless in 

 (the 



His brothci 



md hei 



CLOTHALL 



Richard Druell came of age in 1 503."' The Clothall 

 estate descended at his death in 1525 to his daughter 

 Anne, who married first Robert Warner 8a and 

 secondly Thomas Perient of Digswell." Two of her 

 daughters, Mary then wife of 

 George Horsey and Anne wife 

 of Anthony Carleton, con- 

 veyed their shares in Clothall 

 in the spring of 1550 to 

 George Burgoyne, 81 who had 

 married a third daughter, 

 Dorothy.** In 1572 settle- 

 ment of two-thirds of the 

 manors was made on George 

 and Dorothy Burgoyne with 



successive remainders in tail- burgoyn*. u»«i a 



male to their sons Thomas, twZ°" ^'ITZith" 

 George and others. George XJled llfeftrgnt Jd 

 Burgoyne died in 1 588," but three martlets awe 



his widow apparently con- fhirtit. 

 tinued to reside at Clothall, 



with her younger son George, 88 upon whom the re- 

 maining third of the manors was settled. 89 During his 

 mother's life the elder son Thomas Burgoyne of Weston 

 raised £2,000 on his reversionary rights in the two- 

 thirds of the estate acquired by his father. 80 In February 

 1602 Dorothy Burgoyne presented to the rectory. 81 

 Probably she died soon afterwards, for in 1603 Peter 

 Picrson and William Plomer and others were dealing 

 with the estate," and in 1604 her first cousin George 

 Perient of Little Ayot and others surrendered to the 

 Crown ' the manor of Clothall and manors of Hauvills, 

 Botteles, Hooks and Brickfields formerly the possessions 

 of Simon of Clothall and late of George Burgoyne and 

 Dorothy his wife.' 9S The surrender seems to have 

 been intended to procure a change in the tenure." 

 In 1604 the estate was re-granted to Sir Thomas 

 Challoner, kt., and Edward Cason, 35 agents in a con- 

 veyance to Nicholas Trott, 38 son-in-law to George 

 Perient. 87 Trott sold to William second Earl of 

 Salisbury in June 1617, 83 and the estate has remained 

 with his direct descendants until the present day. 



The moiety of the main manor which descended 

 to Geoffrey and Emccine de Hauvill after the death 

 of Simon de Clothall afterwards took the name of 

 HAUFILLS?* Geoffrey de Hauvill died about 



»De Banco R. 578, m. 231. 

 « Feet of F. Herts. 56 Hen. Ill, 

 no. 63B. M De Banco R. 578, m. i 3 i. 



65 Feud. Aids, ii, 433. 



66 De Banco R. 578, m. 231. 



67 Lay Subs. R. bdle. 120, no. 10. 



68 Cat. Close, 1360-4, p. 387. It is 

 noteworthy that the manot of Hooka 

 was, at a later date, said to be held of 

 John Botles (Chan. Inq. p.m. [Ser. 2]. 

 xlv, 23). 



65 De Banco R. 578, m. 231. It is to 

 be noted that Laurence ' de Bottele' was 

 coroner of Hertfordshire till 1327, when 

 he was disqualified by infirmity and age 

 (C.i CI,„, ij. 7 -3=. P. ■«)• 



70 Chan. Inq. p.m. 44 Edw. Ill, no. 37. 

 In 1357 Thomas Hauvill, lord of the 

 second moiety of Clothall, released all 

 reversionary rights in this moiety to Sir 

 John (Assize R. 339). 



71 Close, 50 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, m. 8 d., 9, 

 12,13 d. 



" De Banco R. 578, m. 231. 

 73 Sharps, Cat. of Wills in Ct, ef 

 Hutting, ii, 424. 



(Inq. p.m. 33 Hen. VI 



Aids, 



, 4+7- 



..J.). 



16 Chan. Inc, , 



77 Ibid. 33 Hen. VI, no. 31. 



78 Ibid. 4 Edw. IV, no. 2;. 



« Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), i, 134. 



«> H. C. Andrew, ' Hospital of St. Mary 

 Magdalene,' East Herri. Arch. Sac, Tram. 

 iv(l), 9 2. 



ql Ch -i:i. fnq. p.m. (Ser. 



-■■■ ib:-! 



119-2C 



daughter 

 Joan, who was fourteen years younger, 



possibly died s.p. In 1546 Anne was 

 styled heir, not co-heir, of Richard Druell 

 (Feet of F. Herts. East. 38 Hen. VIII). 



« Visit, of Her,,. (Hart. Soe. xxii), 

 157; 



Feet of F. Herts. H 



86 Visit, of Herts, loc. c 



H7 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Se 



M Chan. Proc. EI12 



Evidently misled by 



of these proceedings, Mr. 



223 



that this Dorothy was wife of the younger 

 Gcoruc {Kjit Ihrts. Arch. N.,r, 7, am". ~w 

 M.95). 



"■> Close, ,6 Eli,, pt. r, m. 2. 



w Ibid. The money was to be repaid to 

 John Goodman of Cumberlow in the 

 church porch of Clothall ; cf. Feet of F. 

 Herts. Mich. 29 & 30 EH.;. ; Mich. 

 3; & 34 Eliz. ; Hil, 3; Eliz. ; Hi), and 

 East. 38 Eih. ; Recor. R. Trin. 39 Elix. 

 m. 6. Dorothy Burgoyne sufiered recovery 

 of the remaining third in i;8S {Rccov. R. 

 Hil. 30 Eliz. m. 66). 



»' Cussans, Hist, of Herts. Odsey Hund. 



«Clos 



of F. Her 



,J« 



«■ Pat. , Jas. I, pt. xix, m. 20. 

 "Close, 9 Jas. I, pt. xxxiy, no. 13 ; 

 :f. Feet of F. Hens. Hil. 10 Jas. I. 

 J ' Herts. Visit. (Harl. Soc. xxii), i; 7 . 

 '<" Hatfield MSS. quoted by Clutterbuck, 



!, 503. 



"The 

 1445 (Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 H. 



..VI, 15)' 



