A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



of Gatesbury in Braughing. In 1317 Richard son 



of Richard de Gatesbury released to his lord Aymer 

 de Valence Earl of Pembroke his right in a moiety 



the Priory of Holv Trinity, Lond.n, lay partly in 



Aspenden and partly in Wat-mill.* 1 The early history 



of this manor U treated under Aspend;n (q.v.). In 



1578 that part of the manor 



which lay in West-mill was 





ted from the 1 



nill. M This 1 



' descended 



of a mill, land and p. rent in 



perhaps, the mill mentioned in the 1 



above of Westmill Manor. The manr. 



with Gatesbury (q.v.), and with that manor was 



divided between Joskyn and Elveden. 



Joskyn's part came with one half of Gatesbury to 

 Thomas Hanchett, who in 1 584 conveyed it to John 

 Brograve. 65 The other half came to Thomas Fitz 

 Herbert, who conveyed it in 1588 to John Bro- 

 grave, 66 after which the whole manor followed the 

 descent of Hamells in Braughing (q.v.). The estate 

 became amalgamated with Haroells, which in later 

 documents is called Hamell-cum- Masters." 7 



The manor of BARKESDEN, which belonged to 

 w Anct. D. (P.R.O.), C 322. 



the manor and was told by 

 Edward Halfhyde and hi) 

 wife Anne to John Bro- 

 grave. BB * He soon after- 

 wards acquired Westmill a&ai 

 Westmillbury, and the two 

 manors have since become 

 incorporated under the name 

 of Westmill-cum-Barkesden. 

 Besides Robert Gcrnon's 

 estate at Westmill in 1086 

 there were also 4. hides and 

 3 virgatcs there held by 

 Ralph de Tany, and under 

 h^rri by ' Roger.' These had 

 been held before the Con- 

 quest by Sexi, a house-carl 

 of King Edward. In 1086 

 there was attached to them a 

 virg:ite of land which a 

 sokeman of Anschitil of Ware 

 had held in the time of 

 King Edward, and which 

 formerly had not belonged 

 to the manor. There were 

 nine ploughs on the land, 

 two of which were on the 

 demesne, meadow for two 

 plough-teams only, sufficient 

 pasture, and woodland for 

 sixty swine. 89 This estate 

 descended with the Tany 

 family. Luke de Tany in the 

 reign of Henry III granted 

 all the land in Westmill 

 which he hela from his 

 granddaughter Amphelisa, 

 daughter of Hugh de 

 Marines, except an acre of 

 meadow in Tunmannemade, 

 convent of Holy Trinity. 70 The family of 

 Marines held under the Tanya in Westmill, and many 

 deeds of theirs are extant. The grantors include Gwerric 

 de Marines and Hugh de Marines his brother, Hugh 

 ?on of Gwerric, John and Theobald, brothers of 

 Hugh, and Theobald son of Hugh. 71 Hugh de 

 Marines, son of Gwerric, fell into debt, and mort- 

 gaged 1 5 acres of his demesne land in Westmill to 

 Thomas de Nevill, Chancellor of Lichfield, for ten 

 years, 72 and other lands there he mortgaged to certain 

 Jews. 73 In 1275 he was presented for making a 

 purpresture on the high road of half an acre. 7 * 

 About 1264 John de Marines, presumably John 

 brother of Hugh, granted the manor of Westmill, 



the 



