ODSEY HUNDRED 



of the whole manor by 1 4 3 7 - ss In accordance with 

 settlements made in 1445 and 1466" it descended 

 to his son Richard Paul of Baldock, who in 1477 

 let it to John Sturgeon for twelve years in return for 

 £50 and a gown of cloth. 39 In 1484 Richard Paul 

 conveyed the manor (probably in trust) to John 

 Sturgeon and others.' 9 In 1485 Thomas Nudegate, 

 son of Richard's sister Alice, surrendered his right in 

 the manor to Sturgeon.' The latter sold to Richard 

 Sheldon, who was succeeded in 149+ by his son 

 Richard." Richard Sheldon the younger settled this 

 manor on himself and his wife Alice with remainder 

 to his nephew Richard Barington. He died in 15 18, 

 but his wife survived." It is not clear whether 

 Barington inherited the manor. Some, at least, of 

 the manorial lands had been leased to Edmund 

 Kympton of Weston." In 1546 Peter Hering and 

 h is wife Joan conveyed the manor to Thomas Matthew 

 and others," evidently trustees in a sale to George 

 Lucy, to whom Edmund Kympton released his rights 

 in 1551." 



George Lucy was succeeded by his son Sir Edmund 

 Lucy, kt., of Broxbourne before i58o,' 6 and in 1610 

 Sir Edmund entailed the manors of Kingswood Bury 

 and Mundens upon his son Henry and the latter's 

 wife Anne Sheldon." Sir Edmund died in 1630, 

 and his son Henry inherited the estate/ 9 which was 

 retained by his widow after his death. In 1656 she 

 joined with her eldest son, Edward Lucy, in a sale to 

 Rowland Hale of King's Walden for the benefit of 

 his son William Hale of Gray's Inn, who was about 

 to marry Mary Elwes." The manor remained thence- 

 forward in the family of Hale" until 1888, when 

 it was purchased by the Marqv 

 whose family it still remains. 



In 1552 the site of the ma 

 ' motted rounde abowte with an 

 and a cow-yard adjoyning to the same motte 



LUFFENHJLL was granted with Ardeley to the 

 Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's/' It has since con- 

 tinued to be a member of Ardeley Manor in this 

 hundred (q.v.). 



MUNDENS v 



i of Salisbury, 



rcheyard gardeyn 



r Kingswood 



reputed manor ni 

 11 the side of Burr 

 opposite the place called 'Chapels.' 51 Some of these 

 may be identical with the virgate held by Osgot, one 

 of Eddeva's men, before the Conquest, and afterwards 

 attached to Munden in Broadwater Hundred. In 

 1086 this virgate was held of Count Alan by Leuiet." 

 The earliest known reference to the 'manor' of 

 Mundens in Clot hall dates from 1 466, when it was 

 entailed upon the heirs of Peter Paul and his wife 

 Alice." It has subsequently remained in the posses- 



CLOTH ALL 



sion of the successive lords of Kingswood Bury 

 (q.v.). 



QUICKSWOOD or QV1CKSETT was the resi- 

 dence of George Burgoyne in 155+." It miy 

 therefore be the site of either of his manor?, Hauvills 

 or Bottcles. The site of the former house is near that 

 of the present farm. Nicholas Trott resided at 

 Quickswood," and for many years after the acquisition 

 of Clothall Manor by the Earl of Salisbury Quicks- 

 wood was an occasional residence of the Cecil family. 68 

 It was occupied by the earl in 1620,"' and in 1632 he 

 caused the annual sermon provided by St. John's 

 College, Cambridge, to be preached at Clothall 

 instead of Cheshunt.™ In 16+7 the earl's bailiff was 

 obliged to quarter four Parliamentarian soldiers at 

 Quickswood. 61 The house was razed to the ground 

 by lames Cecil, the seventh earl, about 1790." 



The church of ST. MARY THE 

 CHURCH VIRGIN stands on rising ground to the 

 north-east of the village, and is built of 

 flint rubble with stone dressings ; the roofs are of 

 lead. It consists of chancel 17 ft. by 16 ft. 6 in., 

 nave 36 ft. 6 in. by 19 ft., south chapel 18 ft. by 

 10 ft. 6 in., and south tower, the lower stage of 

 which forms the porch. All the measurements are 

 taken internally. A north vestry was added in the 

 19th century. The present church appears to have 

 been erected c. 1350-70 on the foundations of the 

 older one or the older stones re-used, as some of the 

 lower stones are of shelly oolite, the rest of the stone- 

 work being of clunch. The south chapel, tower and 

 chancel may have been built a little later in the 14th 

 century. 6 ' All the windows of the chancel are of 

 modern stonework, and the chancel arch has been 

 cemented. The roof is modern. In the south 

 wall is a trefoil-headed piscina of late 14th-century 

 work, and in the north wall is a square locker with 

 rebated edge ; there is a blocked doorway on the 

 south side. On the north wall of the nave are two 

 windows having two cinquefoiled lights ; one is of 

 1 jjth-century date, the other being a modern copy ; 

 the west window of two cinquefoiled lights also 

 belongs to the 15th century. All the old tracery has 

 been repaired with cement. In the south wall is a 

 14th-century arch opening into the south chapel. 

 The arch is of two splayed orders, the jambs of semi- 

 octagonal piers separated by filleted bowtels, and with 

 moulded capitals and bases. The south doorway is 

 of the 14th century, and retains the original plank 

 door, with ornamental iron hinges. The name 'John 

 Warrin ' is painted in black letter on the inside. The 

 south chapel has an east window with 15th-century 

 tracery of three lights, the jambs being of earlier date. 



63 Cat. S. P. Dom. 1619-23, p. 113. 



M Andrew, -Quickswood,' East Herts. 

 Arch. Soc. Tram, iv (i), 9 S. 



« Hht. MSS. Com. Rep. vi, App. i, 1 70,7. 



6! Cusaans, Hist, of Hern. Odscy Hund. 

 64. See above. 



» Richard Druell (d. 1525) bequeathed 

 31. %d. to the sepulchre light in the 

 church of Cl<>thall(P.C.C. Wills, 7 Porch). 

 In 1526 Grace Druell directed that 

 her body should be buried in the 

 chapel of St. James within the parish 

 church of our Lady of Clothall, leaving 

 z6i. id. for the repair of the chapel and 

 all her bee-hives for the maintenance of 

 the lights (ibid. 14 Porch). The south 

 chapel is probably the chapel of St. James 



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