HERTFORD HUNDRED 



He died in 1908 and was succeeded by his son Mr. 

 George Smith-Bosanquet, who is the present possessor. 



Broxbourne possessed a mill in 1086," which passed 

 with the estate of the Knights Hospitallers. The 

 mills were granted with the manor in 1 544 to John 

 Cock, together with ' le lokk. ' upon the River Lea, 

 through which water was carried from the river to 

 the mills. 5 ' John Cock in the same year granted 

 the lock and the mills to William Garnett and 

 Agnes," and in 1550 the mills were granted as 

 'parcel of the lands of William Garnett' to Ralph 

 Sadleir and Laurence Wennyngton and the heirs of 

 Ralph, being then or late in the tenure of Richard 

 Stansfeld." William Garnett, however, died seised of 

 them in 1559, leaving a son William." At the end 

 of the 1 6th century the mills and lock were held by 

 Robert Garnett, who died in 1600 or shortly after, 

 leaving his property lo his daughter Elizabeth, who 

 was then the wife of Abraham Hartwell. She soon 

 afterwards married Robert Bennett, and died in 1610, 

 when she was succeeded by John Hartwell, her son 

 by her first husband." John Hartwell died in 1644 

 seised of two water-mills called Broxbourne Mills and 

 two other mills, and also the lock, all of which passed 

 to his cousin Henry Hartwell, son of Abraham Hart- 

 well's brother Alexander." In 1671 the vicar of 

 the parish sued the occupier of the water-mills, then 

 Thomas Pryor, for his tithe. This had been fixed 

 at one peck of the best wheat meal weekly, for which 

 a former vicar in 1662-3 na ci compounded for ^4 

 a year. It was then stated that there were three 

 water corn-mills under one roof." 



In 1547 'the sewer called a Weyre, and a fishery 

 called the Weyre, and one island called the Islande 

 and the shrubbery and wood,' and two meadows in 

 Broxbourne and Nazeing (the neighbouring parish 

 of Essex) were granted to Sir William Herbert and 

 his heirs, having been part of the possessions of the 

 Knights Hospitallers." This weir and fishery with 

 the island were subsequently held by Elizabeth 

 Bennett, the heiress of the Garnetts," and descended 

 with the mills." 



In 1670 Sir John Monson obtained a licence to 

 make a park of 320 acres, and to 'enjoy franchise 

 and liberty of free chace and free warren within the 

 same,' and to store it with deer and coneys.' 6 It is 

 mentioned in 1751, but is said to have been dis- 

 parked in the time of the last Lord Monson who held 

 Broxbourne, and to have been converted partly into 

 a grazing farm and partly cultivated." A park of 

 about 330 acres still surrounds the Bury. 



Besides the manor of Broxbourne there were in 

 1086 several holdings in Hoddesdon, whose assess- 

 ment made a total of about 10 hides. 48 Of these one 

 holding assessed at 2 hides and 3 virgates was in the 

 hands of Alan Count of Britanny and formed a 



lands 



of 



BROXBOURNE 

 WITH HODDESDON 



bcrewick of his manor of Cheshunt, and another 

 consisting of I hide, was held of Geoffrey de Mande- 

 ville" by a certain Ralph. 



The manor of BAAS was formed 

 held of both these fees.™ Early in the 13th 

 tury this manor seems to have been in the tenu 

 John de Burgh, and he en- 

 feoffed of it Henry de Baa or 

 Ba (Bathonia), iJ from whom 

 it takes its name. The manor 

 was recovered against Henry 

 by the king as an escheat on 

 the ground that Henry was 



was confirmed to him and his 

 wife Aline." Aline, widow 

 of Henry de Baa, died about 

 1274 seised of a messuage, B.ia. Guhiatteverm 



120 acres of arable land, 3J I"'™"" ,Ar " rtmfeU 

 acres of meadow, 10 acres of •"'g"»- 

 pasture, 8 acres of wood, 



19/. \d. rent of assize, and a fishpond in Broxbourne, 

 held of the Earl of Hereford (representing Geoffrey 

 de Mandeville) by scutage for a quarter of a knight's 

 fee and of the Count of Britanny by a rent of 20^., 

 with small services to other lords. 51 Henry left a 

 son and heir John, who conveyed the manor to John 

 Pykard and Joan his wife, niece of John Baa. 5 ' In 

 1297 John Pykard, keeper of the king's forests in the 

 county of Huntingdon, exchanged the manor with 

 Richard Chertsey. 5 ' 3 John Chertsey is recorded as 

 the holder of a quarter of a fee in Broxbourne in 

 1303," and in 1394-5 the 'manor of Bas ' was 

 settled on John Chertsey and Isabel his wife. 56 In 

 1402-3 it was held by Richard Spice, who seems to 

 have been the second husband of this Isabel, for he 

 leased the manor to John Chertsey (apparently the 

 son and heir of the above-mentioned John) 'for the 

 term of the life of Isabel wife of the said Richard.' w 

 After the death of Isabel the manor evidently came 

 to John Chertsey and descended to his son, also John, 

 for in 1418 'John, son and heir of John Chertsey,' 

 conveyed Baas to Robert Hackeston and John 

 Neweton. 58 



The manor seems to have r 

 of trustees for some time. In 

 Rotse surrendered his right in 

 Lochard and others, 5 ' and 

 Chertsey, son and heir of John Chertsey, released 

 his right to Nicholas Dixon and others.™ Pro- 

 bably these transactions were for the purpose of a 

 mortgage to Thomas Gloucester, for the latter held 

 courts at Baas from 1433 onwards,* 1 although it docs 

 not seem to have been formally conveyed to him 

 until 1438. It was then surrendered by Will' 

 Chertsey and Lettic 



1+ *6-7 on 

 he manor t 



William 

 , William 



Edmund 



. wife. 61 



i later 



35 V.C.H. Htrtt. i, 344.1. 

 " L. a *d¥.Htn. VIII, xix (i), So (48). 

 3! Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), exxvii, 6. 

 58 Pat. + Edw. VI, pt. iv, m. 21. 



:S;^-: (S - "'""*'• 



" Ibid, dxixi, 78. 



« Exch. Dep. Mich. 23 Chas. II, no. 3. 



18 Pat. 1 Edw. VI, pi. iv, m. 24. 



" Chan. In,, p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxvi, 19. 



" Ibid. 



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P. Don 



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rtB. Co. Mase 

 lfl V.C.H. Ht 



53 Chan. Inq. p 

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(quoting ■■!■ 



r j. Er. 



8 MSS. 



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t:b- 



the 



of Hoddesdon, 



Hatfield). 



58 Feet of F. Herta. 6 

 Apparently the father w 

 this date, for a little latei 

 of John Chertsey the 

 [P.R.O.], B567). 



53 Close, 5 Hen. VI, 1 



«" Ct. R. (Gen. Set.), portf. 



« Ftud. Aid,, ii, 433. The fee is said 

 o be held of the Earl of Oxford, but 



