A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



in 1556 sold it to William Hyde.° It was sold by 

 William Hyde before 1571 to Jasper Smyth and 

 Elizabeth his wife, for in that year they conveyed it 

 to Thomas Norwood. 61 Thomas Norwood died in 

 February 1587-8 and left the manor to Thomas 

 Norwood, third son of his son John Norwood." He 

 in 1613-14 sold it to Thomas Draner of Hoxton, co. 

 Middlesex.* 6 Thomas Draner held the manor till his 

 death in 1632. Having no children he left it by 

 will to his cousin William Boteler for life with 

 remainder in tail-male to his great-nephew Francis 

 Halton (a younger son of Sir Roger Hal ton, son of 

 Joan, Thomas Draner's sister) M with contingent 

 remainder successively to his great-nephews Draner 

 and Henry Massingberd, 68 the sons of Frances 



daughter of Jo 

 Mamngberd of Br 



.toft, 



ho had married Thomas 

 :o. Lines. 59 Thomas Draper's 

 great-great-niece Elizabeth 

 le, who in 166; with her 

 Moseley ,l quitclaimed 



Halton, : ° then agei 

 second husband ]; 



right in the manor of Hinxworth." William Boteh 

 and Francis Halton, the first and second devisees, 

 seem to have died without children, for the manor came 

 to Sir Draner M.issingberd, knighted in 1 660-1, " 

 and was held after his death by his widow." On 

 her death it descended to her son" Burrell Massing- 

 berd, who was holding the manor in 1705." In 

 1709 he sold it to Sussex Sell of Hinxworth," who 

 with his wife Sarah sold it in 1 7 1 1 to John Izard '" 

 of Baldock, draper." By the will of John Izard 

 dated Z) April 1713 and proved in August 1 714, 

 Hinxworth was left to his wife Ellen for life with 

 remainder to his son Robert™ Robert Izard married 

 Grace Cox in 1719 and had a daughter Grace who 

 was seised of the manor on his death. In 1744 she 

 married Thomas Daniel of Devizes, co. Wilts., but 

 died childless a year later, when she left the manor to 

 her husband. 81 John Izard (elder brother ofRobert) 

 quitclaimed all right in the manor to Thomas 

 Daniel in 1754," and the latter continued to hold it 

 until 1766, when he sold it to Robert Thurgood of 

 Baldock.* 3 Sarah, daughter of the latter, married 

 Thomas Clutterbuck, 9 * and by her father's will dated 

 26 March 1774 84 inherited the manor of Hinxworth. 

 On her death in 1 788," by the terms of the will,™ it 

 descended to her son Robert Clutterbuck, the 

 historian. He died in 183 1 and was succeeded by 

 his son Robert, M who died in 1879.^ The manor 

 was bought of his trustees by Mr. John Sale in 1881. 

 He died in 1 894, and the manor is now held by hia 

 trustees. 



The manor of CJNTLOWBURY (Can til bury, 



Cantlebury, Cantlobury, xvi cent.) is not mentioned 

 byname before I 5 2 I -2.* It probably took its name 

 from the family of Cantlow or Cantelupe, who had 

 land in Hinxworth as early as 1 176, when Walter de 

 Cantelupe held property there." It seems probable 

 that their lands in Hinxworth were not inconsider- 

 able, for they owned the advowson of Hinxworth 

 Church,** which continued with their descendants 

 until I3+6. 13 In spite of this no further record can 

 be found of what land they held. The manor of 

 Cantlowbury was held in I 522 by Thomas Waferer," 

 who also held the manor of Hinxworthbury alius 

 Wattonbury (q.v.). From this date the two manors 

 descend together." The manor-house of Cant- 

 lowbury was for some time held by a family of 

 the name of Harvey, but was pulled down about 

 1865."* 



The priory of Newnham in Bedfordshire held 

 lands in Hinxworth in the 13th century, and in 1278 

 the prior was summoned to show by what warrant he 

 held view of frankpledge and assize of bread and ale 

 there. The prior, however, withdrew all claim to 

 these liberties." His lands and rents in Hinxworth 

 were valued in 1291 at £1 10/., 97 and described as a 

 quarter of a knight's fee in 13o3. m These lands 

 remained with the priory until the 1 6th century," and 

 it is probable that on its dissolution by Henry VIII "* 

 they became absorbed in the manor of Hinxworth. 



The reputed manor of PULTERS (Pollers, xviii 

 cent. ; Potters, xix cent.) seems to be first mentioned 

 by name in the year 1782. Chauncy says that it 

 was held in the reign of Edward IV by a family of 

 the name of Pulter, who held it of the king for n 

 yearly rent of 10/. 8</. 1 From them he says it was 

 sold to John Ward, son of Richard Ward of Holdcn, 

 co. York., who was Lord Mayor of London for one 

 month in 1484.* The Wards appear to have been 

 connected with Hinxworth as early as 1+53, for 

 Simon Ward, who died in that year, was buried in 

 Hinxworth Church. 3 John Ward, who placed a 

 window in Hinxworth Church, certainly held land in 

 Hinxworth, for Chauncy says he gave cow commons 

 to maintain the church in repair, the people of 

 Hinxworth being taxed according to the number of 

 cows they had on the common. 1 But there seems 

 to be no direct proof that his lands were the 

 manor of Pulters. Chauncy says that after the death 

 of John Ward in 1487 his lands in Hinxworth were 

 conveyed to John Lambard, master of the Mercers' 

 Company and alderman of London.* John Lambert 



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