ODSEY HUNDRED 



son Richard de Clare, 21 who died in 1 176, when his 

 estates passed to his daughter Isabel. 23 She married 

 Sir William Marshal, created Earl of Pembroke, 23 

 and with her husband was holding land in Hinxworth 

 in 1196." William Marshal died in izio,, 25 and 

 his estates passed in rapid succession through the 

 hands of his five sons, all of whom died without 

 issue. 26 On the death of the youngest, Anselm 

 Marshal, 27 in 12451 their lands were divided among 

 his five sisters and co-heirs. 28 The eldest of these, 



w 



d, married Hugh le Bigod Earl of Norfolk, 29 and 



' claimed view of frankpledge 

 .nd ale in Hinxworth in 1277.-8. 31 

 ^ holding a quarter of a fee in 

 :onsequence of his having rebelled 

 reverted to the Crown. 3 * 

 was amongst the estates 

 in dower to his widow 

 ; Plantagenet, fifth 



1 Re 

 and assize of bread" ; 

 He died in 1306 

 Hinxworth.. 33 In consequ 

 against the king his estates 

 His land in Hinxworth 

 which the king granted 

 Alice. 35 In 1 312 Thoma 



Edward I, was created Earl of Norfolk, and 

 received all the lands of the late earl. 38 He died in 

 1338 and his lands were divided between his two 

 daughters and co-heirs. 37 The elder of these, 

 Margaret, married Lord Segrave. 38 The younger, 

 ried Edward de Montague, and, with the 



consent of her ! 

 certain estates, including the 

 fifth part of a fee which her 

 father had held in Hinx- 

 worth, were assigned to her. 39 

 Her daughter Joan married 

 William Ufford Earl of Suf- 

 folk.*" She had no children 

 and died in 1375. 41 Her 

 husband died in 1382 seised 

 of a fifth of a knight's fee in 

 Hinxworth.* 2 The second 

 sister and co-heir of Anselm 

 Marshal, Isabel, married 

 Gilbert de Clare Earl of 

 Gloucester and Hertford, 43 who 



and her husband, 



HINXWORTH 



md who died seised 

 ;ter and co-heir of 



s assessed for half 



1303.* 8 After this date the 

 different holdings cannot be 

 distinguished except by their 

 under-tenants, who are numer- 

 ous and not easy to trace, for 



the land seems to have been much divided up as it 

 was before the Conquest. 



Under William Marshal a hide of land was held in 

 1196 by Eustace son of Airic Longi of Weston, and 

 was in that year granted by him to Richard de 

 Milkley. 43 In 1278 Robert de Milkley was sum- 

 moned to show by what warrant he held view of 

 frankpledge in Hinxworth, 60 but he withdrew his 

 claim in favour of the overlord Roger Bigod. In 

 1287, however, he was said to hold this and other 

 liberties in Hinxworth of the said Roger. 61 This fee 

 is returned in I 306 (on the death of Roger Bigod) as 

 held by Walter le Baud, 62 and Thomas le Baud was 

 holding it in 14Z8. 53 



Another holding was that which in the 1 3th 

 century was in the tenure of a family named 

 Stopham. Ralph de Stopham and Milisent his wife 

 claimed view of frankpledge and assize of bread and 

 ale in Hinxworth in 1286-7. 1 " 1 This holding, 

 described as a quarter of a knight's fee, was in the 

 hands of Isabel de Stopham in 1303. 55 In 1428 it 

 had become the property of Thomas Bryd, then a 

 minor. 56 A Roger Brian also held lands and rents in 

 Hinxworth in 1292/ 7 in which year he granted 2 

 acres of land and 1001. rent to a chaplain in the 

 chapel of St. John the Baptist at Buntingford, re- 

 taining other land there. This land, described as a 

 quarter of a knight's fee, he was still holding in I30 3- BS 



At the end of the 15th century these different 

 holdings seem to have been amalgamated in the manor 

 of HINXff'ORTH or IVJTTONBURT, which was 

 then owned by Richard Waferer, who leased it in 

 1471-2 to John Ward, alderman of London. 69 It 

 descended to Thomas Waferer of Sundridge, co. Kent, 

 who in 1521 sold it to John Bowles of Wallington, 

 co. Herts. fi0 John Bowks died in 1543," and the 

 manor passed to his grandson Thomas Bowles, 68 who 



brake. 



» Ibid. 



*» Ibid, 



: of F. Her 

 (7 Ric. I) ; sec also Pipe R. 22 Hat. II 

 (Pipe R. Soc), 6. 



2i G.E.C. loc. cit. 



36 Ibid. " Ibid. *> Ibid. *> Ibid. 



M G.E.C. Complete Peerage, s. v. Norfolk. 



« Piac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 290. 



" G.E.C. loc. cit. 



83 Chan. Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. I, no. 46. 



s * G.E.C. loc. cit. 



BS Cat, Close, 1303-7, p. 511. 



36 G.E.C. loc. cit. 



81 Ibid. 



39 Ca! - c!asl 7 1339-4-1. p. 39- 



40 G.E.C. Compute Peerage, s.v. 

 « Ibid. * 



# Chan. Inq. p.m. 5 Ric. II, r. 

 53 G.E.C Complete Peerage, n, 

 ,rcke. ' * 



M Feud, Aids, ii, 431. 



45 Chan. Inq. p.m. 8 Edw. II, 



46 G.E.C. Complete Peerage, ».. 



Pem- 

 432 ; G.E.C. Complete 



. de Quo 



. (Rec Com.), 



i. file 1 8, no, i J (30 Edw. I) ; 

 1-92, p. 486. 



Ceil. Pat. 



50 Feud. Aidt 



58 Early Chan. Proc. bdle. 233, 



60 Com. Pleas D. Enr. t 

 Hen. VIII; Feet of F. Hert 

 13 Hen. VIII. 



el Chan. Inq. p.m. (Sw, z), lxvi 



M Ibid. 



