A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



(see above). He was living in 1290," but before 

 [303 his lands seem to have been divided between 

 heirs. These were apparently Thomas Langton and 

 Richard de St. Edmund, then both minors." In 

 1307 Mabel widow of Thomas de Langton con- 

 veyed her share of the manor to Robert de Langton, 

 clerk, probably for a settlement.' 6 This part of the 

 manor continued as the manor of Langtons, whilst 

 the part of Richard de St. Edmund, which seems to 

 have descended to an heiress Margery wife of Ralph 

 de Foxton," became known as Foxtons. 



The part of the manor known as LANGTONS 

 descended to John de Langton,' 8 who was son of 

 Robert de Langton, and may have been nephew of 

 Thomas and Mabel." From John de Langton it 

 descended to his daughter and heir Alice wife of 

 Sir Robert Corbet, whose only child Agnes married 

 John Halle, citizen and goldsmith of London. In 

 1429 John and Agnes conveyed one year's rent of 

 60;. from lands in Hoddesdon called ' Langtonnes- 

 land' to Richard Benyngton and William Burton." 

 In the same year the 'manor* of Langtons was 

 acquired by Thomas Gloucester, who held courts 

 there from that year until about 1442." It then 

 came into the h.inds of John Edward, brother of 

 Thomas Gloucester, and Joan his wife, and they 

 conveyed it in 144-8 to Sir John Say," who in 

 1468 obtained an inspeximus of the grant of free 

 warren and the market and fair granted to Richard 

 de Boxe."" He died seised of it in 1478." His 

 »n and heir Sir William Say became lord of the 

 manor of Hoddesdon bury," in which this small estate 

 seems to have afterwards become absorbed. 



The quarter fee of FOXTONS, held in 1325 by 

 Ralph de Foxton in right of Margery his wife," had 

 come into the same hands as Langtons by 1380, 50 

 and follows the same descent." 



The manor of BOXES was a part of the holding 

 of the Boxe family, which seems to have become 

 separated from the larger holding: 

 of the 14th century. In 1376 

 30 acres called ' Le Boxes' with ; 

 in Hoddesdon were held by Simon 

 After his death these tenements 

 the Langtons" and thenceforth de; 



it is mentioned as the manor of Boxes." 

 MARIONS formed part of the lands of tht 



1 the div 



on of Imbert."' 



ere acquired by 



mded with their 



1 Say in 1529 



11 Cal. Ch„ 



[ 188-96, p. 138. He 



the 



of Gte 



of K 



II (« 



D. [P.K.O.J, A [q;o). 



»cf. Fad. /liJt, ii, 450 and 433. 

 The overlordship both here and in later 



of the manor of Boie in Walkctn, and 

 evidently some of the lands forming this 

 fee were held with that manor of the 

 Balliol! and their successors, lord? of 

 Bennington jcf. deed quoted in Tregelles 

 Hut. ;f IhJtiaJon, 69). 



K Feet of F. Herts. 35 Edw, 1,00.452. 



"See Cal. Chi!, 1323-7, p. 196: 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. 18 Edw. II, no. 62. 



™ Chan. Inq. p.m. ] 8 Edw. II, no. 26. 



s cE Feet of F. Herts. 3; Edw. I, 

 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 50 Edw. Ill 



nights 



F. Herts. 17 Hen. 

 Accts. hdle. 861, . 

 1446-52, p. 253. 

 «* Cal. Pat. 146 



Hospitallers," to whom a rent was payable from the 

 manor. Under the Hospitallers the manor was held 

 in the 1 eth century by John Edward and Joan his 

 wife, who conveyed it to Sir John Say in 1448, 

 together with Langtons and Foxtons and other 

 manors," whose descent it follows. Maryoni Manor 

 House stood west of the high road above Spital 

 Brook. " a 



The ' manor ' of HALLE or HALLES wai another 

 holding in Hoddesdon which by the 14th century 

 had given its name to a family of Halle. Richard 

 and John atte Halle were holding lands in Hoddesdon 

 of the manor of Great Arawell at the end of the 

 14th century." There is a rental of the manor 

 made in the reign of Henry VI." In 1448 it was 

 in the possession of John Edward and Joan hit 

 wife. They conveyed it in that year to Sir John 

 Say/ 6 and it followed the same descent as the above 

 manors." 



The manor of GEDDINGS probably formed pan 

 of the berewick of Hoddesdon, which was originally 

 appurtenant to the manor of Hatfield Broadoak in 

 Essex,* 6 and which in 1086 seems to have been in- 

 cluded in the manor of Great Amwell, then held by 

 Ralph de Limesi." With that manor (q.v.) it came 

 into the possession of the Abbot of Westminster. 

 Lands in Hoddesdon were held under the abbot in 

 the 13th century by a family of Gedding. William 

 de Gedding is mentioned at Hoddesdon during the 

 abbacy of Richard of Ware, 60 who held that office 

 from 1258 to 1283." A Richard de Gedding is 

 mentioned in Hertfordshire in 1287. In 1327 

 Edmund de Gedding received a grant of free 

 warren in his demesne lands of Amwell and 

 Hoddesdon." He died before 1331, when the 

 wardship of Robert de Gedding, son and heir of 

 Edmund, was granted by the Abbot of Westminster 

 to Richard and William of Hailey." In 1332 

 Beatrice widow of Edmund de Gedding was assigned 

 in dower one-third of a messuage in Hoddesdon." 

 Robert son of Robert de Gedding was returned as 

 holding a fourth of the vill of Amwell by half a 

 knight's fee in the latter part of the 14th century,* 1 

 and this must have included his lands in Hoddesdon. 

 In 1378 Reynbroun de Gedding, son of Robert, 

 conveyed a messuage, 300 acres of arable, 25 acres 

 of meadow, 6 acres of pasture and 40 acres of wood 

 and 100/. rent in Hoddesdon to Philip de Melrcth, 



VI, no. 146 ; Mins. 



M Add. R. 26828. See alio Chan. 

 Inc.. p.m. S o Edw. Ill (m no..), 00. 3, 

 for John atte Halle. 



« Rentals and Surv. Hcrti. portf. t, 



» Ibid. (Ber. 2), Ii, jo. 



Sj Cat. Clou, 1323-7, p. 296. 



36 Ct. R. (Gen. Ser.), portf. 

 ., 56-61 



177. 



" Mina. Accti. bdle. 862, 



(*> 



1. J;. 



M Close, S Hei.. . ., 



!1 Tregelles, Hiu. „J HUJaJon, 68 j 



Ct. R. (Gen. Ser.), portf. 177,00.59-61. 



J! Auct. D. (P.R.O.), B 241 ; Feet ol 



: of F. Herts. 27 Hen. VI, 

 no. 146 ; Mins. Accts. bdle. 862, no. 16, 

 17; Chan. Inq. p.m. 18 Edw. IV, 

 no. 43 i (Ser. 2), |[, 50. 



* Chan. Inq. p.m. ;o Edw. Ill {2nd 

 nos.), no. 35. s > Ibid. 



40 Ct. R. (Gen. Ser.), portf. 177, 

 no. 56. 



« Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ti, 50. 



"Ibid.; Mins. Accts. no. 114, m. 54. 



" Feet of F. Herts. 27 Hen. VI, 

 no. 146 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 18 Edw. IV, 

 no. 43 ; (Ser. 2), Ii, 50 ; Mins. Accts. 

 bdle. "' 



Chan. 



<"i- P-' 



.(Ser 



16,17; 



1), Ii, S o i Fee 



F. Div. Co. Hil. 12 Elit ; HiL 14 Elic. 



"■ y.CH. Es,tx,i, 429A. 



*» y.C.H. Htrtt. i, 325^1 Doc. at 

 Weitm. Press 17, shelf 4, boi %%, 

 no. 473] \ boi 76, no. 4147 ; Chin. Inq. 



,. (Set. 2), I 

 * Doe. . " 



Westm. Pre 



17, shell 4, 

 : k;, no. 4732. 

 1 Dugdale, Man. i, z ; Attiie R. JJJ. 



»D< 



*>» Tregelles, Hut. ofHsdaUtd 

 436 



23. 



Chart. R. 1 Edw. Ill, m. 29,00.50. 

 stm. PrcM 17, shelf 4. 

 85, no. 4733. 

 Ibid. 110.76,00.4247. 

 Add. R. 16828. 



