BRAUGHING HUNDRED 



(1265), and Hunsdon went to Maud, one of Ma 

 sisters and co-heirs, wife of Roger de Mowbray. 58 

 Her great-grandson John, third Lord Mowbray, is 



found as overlord of Hunsdon in 1358/' and the 

 fourth Lord Mowbray is similarly described in 1 367. 3 " 

 John, eighth Lord Mowbray, is so found in 1419 

 under Ms title of Earl Marshal of England. 8 ' Anne, 

 only daughter and heir of the tenth Lord Mowbray, 

 married Richard, younger brother of Edward V. 

 Richard was murdered in the Tower in 1483, his 

 child-wife having died some three years previously, 

 and such rights of overlordship in Hunsdon as sur- 

 vived fell to the Crown. 



The tenant in demesne at the time of the Domes- 

 day Survey was the daughter of Ralph Taillebois, 

 who had succeeded Lewin, a thegn of Earl Harold, 

 at the Conquest. 38 No under-tenant is known after 

 this date until 1248, in which year Vitalis Engayne 

 died seised of this manor, 

 holding of the Beauchamps. 33 

 This Vitalis, son of Richard 

 Engayne, is found earlier in 

 the century holding the manor 

 of Upminster in Essex. 34 His 

 son and heir Henry" received 

 a grant of free warren in the 

 demesne lands of Hunsdon in 

 1253, 36 and died seised of the 

 manor in 1 27 1 , 37 Henry's 

 brother and heir John died Ehgxvhx. Gaits a 



similarly seised in 1296. " fiat dametty between ,ix 

 John Engayne, his son and WB( * "'• 

 heir, is found holding Hunsdon 



in the early years of the 14th century, 35 and Nicholas 

 his son and successor made a settlement of the manor 

 in 13 18.* Nicholas Engayne was succeeded by his 

 son John, a knight, who married Joan the daughter 

 of Robert Peverel and died in 1358.' 1 Thomas, their 

 son and heir, died ' in parts beyond the sea ' about 





M FtuJ. A, 



k, ii, 435 i G.E.C.P«< 



HUNSDON 



1367, when the Engayne inheritance was divided 

 amongst his three sisters and co-heirs." 



Hunsdon fell to Joyce the wife of John Goldington, 

 the latter dying some time previous to 1383," when 

 she was still Jiving. John Goldington, son of Joyce 

 and John, died seised of this manor in 1419, leaving 

 Thomas his son and heir a minor." Thomas must 

 have died very shortly after, for in 1423 John 

 Hinsworth of Ashwell was holding Hunsdon as the 

 kinsman and heir of John* Goldington, when he 

 released all right in it to John Tyrell of Essex and 

 others.' 6 John Tyrell was still holding in 1428," after 

 which the immediate descent is not clear. 



In 1445 view of frankpledge, waifs and strays, and 

 other rightswithiu the manorof Hunsdon were granted 

 to William Estfeld, kt." Possibly he was a trustee for 

 Richard Duke of York, who was evidently lord of 

 this manor in the autumn of 1445, 18 and who in 

 May 1447 received royal licence to hold it to himself 

 and heirs. 48 It was probably from Mm that Sir 

 William Oldhall, kt., his chamberlain, obtained 

 Hunsdon, either by grant or by purchase. Oldhall 

 is described as ' of Hunsdon ' in February 1 448,'° and 

 'late of Hunsdon' in April 1450. 61 He forfeited for 

 complicity in the rebellion of Jack Cade, which took 

 place in that year, and was formally attainted in 

 Parliament in June 1453.^ In May 1453 the 

 manor of Hunsdon, with all appurtenances, was 

 granted by the king to York's rival, Edmund Duke 

 of Somerset.' 3 In 1454 the York party returned to 

 power and Somerset was imprisoned. It was not, 

 however, until after the complete triumph of the 

 Yorkists at the first battle of St. Albans, when 

 Somerset was slain (May 1 45 5), that Oldhall's 

 attainder was reversed in Parliament (November 

 145 5). 5 - 1 The fortunes of the Wars of the Roses 

 brought about a second attainder for Oldhall in the 

 autumn of 1459. In January 1459-60 his possessions 

 were granted to Humphrey Duke of Buckingham," 

 but in February they were taken into the king's 

 hands. 56 The accession of Edward IV a year later 

 nullified this attainder, and Oldhall presumably held 

 Hunsdon until his death, which took place before 

 the end of 1460." In his will, dated 15 November 

 1460, Oldhall left Hunsdon to his executors, to be 

 sold by them for the payment of legacies. 58 The 

 Archbishop of Canterbury, one of the executors, 

 transferred the manor to trustees, who conveyed it 

 to Laurence, Bishop of Durham, and others.' 9 It 

 seems that the latter were acting for the king, 

 Edward IV, who was clearly in possession by 1476.'° 

 Richard III, at some time during his brief reign 

 (June 1483-August 1485) granted Hunsdon to Sir 



:, p. 324. 



30 Ibid. 41 Edw. HI, do. 2;. 



31 Ibid. 7 Hen. V, no. 7. 

 31 V.C.H. Her!,, i, ]■,!„, 



"Chan. Inq. p.m. 33 Hen 



"> Ibid 



32Edw 



1 Edw. Ill, 



HI,i 



i Wro 



cerpta e Rot. Fin. (Rec 



■ley, Fedigm, f rm 



m.j, i 



Rolls, 478, 490. 



85 Excerpts i Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com,), 

 46. 



36 CI. Chart. R. 1226-59, P 1 4 2 3> 



37 Chan. Inq. p.m. 56 Hen. Ill, no. 3 



38 Ibid. 2; Edw. I, no. 46. 



Chart. 19979. 



,J Close, 7 Ric. II, m. 29 d. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 7 Hen. V, no. 



*> Close, 2 Hen. VI, m. red. 



« B Feud. Aid,, U,45i. 



47 Chart. R. 23 Hen. VI, no. 2;. 



15 Inq. a.q.d. file 450, no. 32. 



* CI. Pat. 1446-52, p. 77. 



"■ ''■ 'wed then 



CI. Fat. 1446-52, 



Diet, Nat. Bhg. 



CI. Fat. 1452-61, p. 103; Pari. 

 ' general grant of Oldhall's 

 larl of Pembroke in June 

 446-52, p. 557) did not 



■ 45^ [CaL P. 



take effect in regard to Hunsdor 



i( Pari. R. 



,45i; Cat. Pat. ,452- 



'■ ***, 535- 

 Wm. Oldhall,' 



ouring rr 



of 1447 ( se 



rofEai 



■ick Pa: 



in the a 



p. 28,. 



I CI. Pat. ,4,2- 



"Ibid. 562, 572. 



37 C. E. Johnston 

 Er. 7 i. lint. ffi™. XXVj , 



5 Will, P.C.C. 2i Stokton. 



.5E^v% <p ,1: - ),As, " iC " 



60 Cal - Pa <- 14-67-77. p- 596". 



