BRAUGHING HUNDRED 



Richard de Tany claiming that such right had been 

 exercised by his father Reginald de Tany, whose 

 nominee had been forcibly ousted by the abbot." 

 The lord of Eastwick must have won his suit, for 

 the advowson is included in an extent of the manor 

 in 1300." The living is given as a vicarage in 

 1535," but seems to have been endowed with the 

 tithes later. The advowson subsequently passed with 

 the manor" until the purchase of the latter by Mr. 

 Hodgson from Mr. Plumer-Ward in 1850, when 

 the presentation to the living was retained by Mr. 

 Plumer-Ward, who presented in 1852 and 1866. 

 The advowson was purchased in 1870 by the incum- 

 bent, the Rev. J. R. Pursell," who apparently sold it 

 to Mr. John Hodgson, who presented in 1874." 

 It has since descended with the manor. 



GILSTON 



In 1599 Sir George Carey, K.G., 

 CHARITIES Lord Hunsdon, by his will proved in 

 the P.C.C. 27 September 1603, gave 

 a sum of money, which was afterwards invested in 

 land situate in Great Parndon in Essex, to the poor 

 of Eastwick and Hunsdon. The land was sold in 

 1906 and the proceeds invested in North-Eastern 

 Railway 4 per cent. Guaranteed Stock in the name of 

 the official trustees, and the parish of Eastwick 

 receives the dividends, £6 izi. \o,i. yearly, on a 

 sum of £166, being a moiety of the stock. The 

 charity is distributed to poor widows. 



See also under the parish of Hunsdon. 



In the Parliamentary Returns of 1786 it is stated 

 that a donor unknown gave a house to the poor 

 which was occupied by two poor families rent free. 



GILSTON 



Gedeleston (xii cent.) ; Godeleston, Gedelston 

 (xiv cent.) ; Godulston (xv cent.) ; Gelston (xvi 

 cent.) ; Gilston (xvii cent.). 



Gilston is a small parish of 984 acres, of which 10 

 are water. On the south-east it is bounded by the 

 River Stort, which divides it from the county of 

 Essex. It adjoins Saw bridge worth on the east and 

 there is a detached part of Sawbridge worth on the 

 south-west, whilst cut out from this on the 

 . small detached part of" Gilston 

 v lying, for the most part less th; 



above the ordnai 



31th t< 



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Of the total e 



: datum, and slopes down from 



of Gilston about 330 acres are 

 permanent grass, 260 acres arable land, and 70 acres 

 woods and plantations.' The chief woods are Golden 

 Grove on the north, Home Wood and Gibson's Shaw 

 on the west, whilst Gilston Park occupies a large space 

 on the south-west. Ditchingford, Solsden, Dunstalls, 

 Start, Oxstid, Long Mead and Full Mead were common 

 fields, but no inclosure award has been made.' 8 A 

 stream called Fiddler's Brook runs south through the 

 parish and joins the River Stort. The road from 

 Eastwick runs in an easterly direction through the 

 parish, ultimately joining the road from London to 

 Sawbridge worth. From this road another branches 

 off at Pye Corner, and runs north past the church 

 and Overhall Farm towards the parish of Widford. 



Gilston is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey 

 and was probably part of the vil] of Saw bridge worth. 

 Besides the tenure of the manors, evidence of this is 

 seen in the intermingling of the boundaries. The 

 church of St. Mary and the manor-house of Overhall 

 lie together on the high ground in the north of the 

 parish ; the village is at Pye Corner on the high road 

 in the south of the parish. The Plume of Feathers 

 Inn, 1 which stands here, is a 17th-century house of 

 two stories. It is timber-framed and plastered out- 



side with a central porch and a chimney stack with 

 diagonal shafts. The rectory lies near the park, and 

 the schools built in 1856 are close by. There was a 

 fulling-mill in Gilston in the 13th century. !a 



The Gilston and Eastwick Working Men's Club 

 was built by Mr. A. S. Bowlby in 1908, in memory 

 of his father Mr. E. S. Bowlby. To the south of 

 the village is Terlings Park, the residence of Mr. 

 R. E. Johnston. This estate takes its name from a 

 family of Terling who had land in Gilston in the 1 5th 

 century. 4 In 1602 the messuage called Terlings was 

 sold by Robert Stephyn to John Howe. 5 From 1683 



1847 it T 



the possession of the family of 



Turvi 



There is no mention of Gilston in 

 MJNORS the Domesday Survey, and it seems to 

 have formed part of the manor of 

 Sawbridgeworth held by Geoffrey de Mandeville. 

 Before the end of the 12th century the Mandevilles 

 had subinfeudated, 6 and Gilston was held as one 

 knight's fee of the barony of Mandeville. 7 The 

 overlordship passed through Beatrice, aunt and heir 

 of William de Mandeville, to the Say family, and 

 through Beatrice de Say, granddaughter of the elder 

 Beatrice, to Geoffrey Fitz Piers, created Earl of Essex 

 in I 199, and through their daughter Maud to 

 Humphrey de Bohun. It descended with the 

 Bohuns, Earls of Hereford and Essex, 8 until the 

 marriage of Eleanor de Bohun brought it to 

 Thomas Duke of Gloucester. His daughter and 

 ultimate heir Anne married Edward Earl of Stafford. 

 In 1420 Gilston was said to be held of the Countess 

 of Stafford, 9 but after her death in 1438 its tenure 

 seems to have been lost, for in 1444 it is returned as 

 held of the king as of the duchy of Lancaster. ,q 



Under the Mandevilles and their successors Gilston 

 was held in two moieties as the manors of Overhall 

 and Netherhall, the names corresponding apparently 



