ODSEY HUNDRED 



In 1543 the manor 

 Wymondley 19 ; this * 

 Wymondley, for 3 portio 

 Goisbert de Beauvais ii 



has been found. It may have been attached to 

 Hardwin's neighbouring manor of Reed (q.v.). It is 

 not clear whether it was this same Siward who held 

 a virgate in Wellington of Geoffrey de Mandeville. 18 



The manor of fVALLINGTON seems to be 

 identical with the 3 hides and 40 acres of land 

 there which were held of Goisbert de Beauvais by a 

 certain Fulk in 1086. The greater part of this 

 holding was occupied before the Conquest by Edric, 

 one of Earl Algar's men ; but a small tenement of 

 14 acres was held by a sokeman of Eddeva the Fair, 

 and subsequently came to Ralf Earl of Norfolk. It 

 was amalgamated with the main manor before 1086, 

 and probably before 1075, for it was not then held 

 by the earl. 17 



m said to be held as of Little 

 s probably an error for Great 

 of the latter was held by 

 1086. 13 From the I 3th cen- 

 tury onwards the overlordship of Wellington Manor 

 was held by the Argentines and their successors, lords 

 of both Great and Little Wymondley (q v.), of whom 

 it was held by the service of half a knight's fee. 20 



The immediate tenants of this manor in the 12th 

 and two following centuries took their name 'from 

 Wallington. They may possibly have been descendants 

 of Fulk, the tenant In 1086. William de Wallington 

 appears to have held the manor in 1 185. 21 He was 

 probably the son of Robert de Wallington and the 

 same William who gave the church to the monks of 

 St. Albans. 2 * William and Reginald de Wallington 

 served as jurors with Richard of Clothall and others 

 in ijoo. 23 John de Wallington witnessed charters 

 relating to neighbouring lands in 1279. 21 This or 

 another John held the manor in 1303,^ and was still 

 living in 1324. 2fi Apparently he was succeeded by 

 Richard Monchesney, 27 the king's escheator in Hert- 

 fordshire, 38 who had grant of free warren in Wallington 

 and also in Clothall, 29 where his interest was for life 

 only. 30 Walter Monchesney, evidently the heir of 

 Richard, seems to have conveyed the manor to Sir John 

 Lee, kt-, lord of the neighbouring manor of Botteles 

 in Clothall, for a yearly rent of 1001. 31 Sir Walter 

 Lee, kt., son of Sir John, 32 released all his rights 

 in Wallington to Richard Ravensere and others in 

 1376, 33 evidently in trust for sale. 34 



The history of the manor during the next century 



" V.C.H. Hern, i, 331a. 



"Ibid. i2 6a. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), IniK, t 



« V.C.H. Herts. 1, 33ji. 



K Ftud. Aid,, ii, 433, 447 J Chan. I 

 p.m. 6 Hen. VI, no. 53. 



»' Stacey Grimaldi, Rot. dt Dominai 

 35, where this William is associated w 

 the monks of St. Albans, who were he 

 iog the manor of ' Monks ■ in Wallingt: 



« Dugdale, Won. ii, 229. 



« Rot. Cur. Rig. (R«. Com.), 

 cf. i, IDQ. 



" MSS. D. and C. of St. Paul's, A, 

 bo* 31, no. 597 ; if. A, box 30, no. 453. 



" s Feed. Aid<, ii, 433. 



28 Cal. Clan, 1323-7, p. it; hay Subs. 

 R. bdle. 120, no. 11. 



27 Feud. Aids, ii, 447. 



M CV. Fat. 1340-3, pp. 393, 479 et 

 ■eq. 



13 Chart. R. 7 



"See Clothall j 

 Tallin; 



■7S; 



n John Lee (Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 44 Edw. Ill, no. 37). 



33 Cloie, ;o Edw. Ill, pt. ii, m. 9, 12. 

 M Cf. Bottelei in Clothall. 

 M Feud. Aids, ii, 4+7. 



38 Diet. Nat. Sing. ; cf. the account of 

 the altar tomb in the north chapel of the 



87 Feet of F. Herts. 33 Hen. VI, 

 no. 175. 



3S Thomas Walkern held Netherwick 

 in Wellington in right of his wife Joan 

 about the middle of the 14th century 

 <A«i« R. 339). 



39 Close, 8 Hen. VIII, m. 8 ; it ii 

 notable that the manor of Barsham, co. 

 Suff., which had belonged to the Walling- 

 ton family and was held by Aymer de 

 Wellington 91 late as 1346 (Feud. Aids, 

 v, 40, 65, 67), also descended to the 

 Echinghams (Suckling, Hist, of Suff, 1, 

 37; E*ch. laq, p.m. [Ser. 2], file 639, 

 no. 1 3 ). 



WALLINGTON 



is obscure. William Brid was holding it in 1 418." 

 In 1455 it was settled on John Prisot, a judge and 

 member of the commission for raising funds ior the 

 defence of Calais, 36 and his wife Margaret with 

 remainder to the heirs of Margaret by her former 

 husband William Walkern. 37 Richard Echingham 

 and his wife Joan were parties to this settlement, and 

 appear to have been the heirs of Margaret, 38 since 

 the manor subsequently descended to Sir Edward 

 Echingham of Ipswich, kt. 39 In February 1515-16 

 he sold Wallington Manor for 400 marks to John 

 Bowles, gent., who already resided at Wallington. 40 



John Bowles purchased also the manors of Monks 

 and Montfitchets (q.v.), thus consolidating in Walling- 

 ton a considerable estate, which he settled upon his 

 grandson Thomas. 41 The latter was aged thirteen at 

 his grandfather's death, which took place in i$43. 41t 

 In his time a single court was held for his manors in 

 Wallington. In consequence even the tenants of his 

 son and successor Thomas Bowles began to doubt the 

 existence of two distinct manors of Monks and 

 Wallington, while the existence of Montfitchets was 

 almost forgotten. 43 Thomas Bowles the younger 

 settled the Wallington estate on John son of his eldest 

 son Lewis with remainders in succession to Lewis 

 and to the latter's younger brothers, Charles, Thomas 

 and others. Thomas Bowles died 10 September 

 1626, 41 and John, the grandson, on whom the estate 

 had been settled, 28 January 1627-8, 46 leaving a 

 brother and heir Thomas. Lewis Bowles survived 

 till 1 February 1633-4, when his son Thomas was 

 still living. 46 It is not clear whether this Thomas 

 was to inherit under his grandfather's settlement. A 

 Thomas son of Thomas Bowles and probably nephew 

 of Lewis was dealing with the estate in 1659, 47 and 

 was possibly the same Thomas who in 1671 sold it 

 to the Rev. John Breton, D.D., Master of Emanuel 

 College, Cambridge. 43 



The latter bequeathed it to Thomas Breton, a 

 merchant of London, who was succeeded by his son 

 Francis Breton. A life-interest was bequeathed by 

 Francis Breton to his widow. 43 His daughter and 

 heir, Alice Breton, married Sir John Jennings of 

 Newsells in Barkway. 60 Their granddaughter Hester 

 Elizabeth Jennings carried the estate in marriage to 

 John (Peachey) Lord Selsey." Their second son and 

 ultimate heir Henry John Lord Selsey died childless 



is remarkable that _ w Close, 8 Hen. VIII, m. 8 ; Feet of 

 Trin. 9 Hen. VIII. 

 l Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), lxviii, 14. 



'■' Ibid. < 



,e Ibid. 



c*c, 84. 



"Rl-cov. R. Mich. 1659, m. 126 

 since Thomas son of Lewis Bowks wa 

 aged eighteen in 1638 it ia scarce! 

 possible that he could have been succeeded 

 by a son Thomaa by 1659. 



« Chauncy, Hist. Anfy. of Htrti 



ef. Feet 

 . II : Re. 



of F. Herts. HiL 

 >v. R. Hil. 2 & 3 



2 8 5 



*» Clutterbuck, Hist, axd Antiq. of Hen 

 "• 5^5, 596 i cf. Feet of F. Herts. Eas' 

 i Anne ; Reeov. R. East. 6 Anne, m. 224 

 East, 1; Geo. II, m. 211. 



sl Clutterbuck, op. cit. iii, ;q6 ■ c 

 *ecov. R. Mich. 47 Geo. Ill, m . 237. 



