HERTFORD HUNDRED 



Walter Culling in 1303 held a fourth pare of a 

 knight's fee in Cheshunt of the Earl of Richmond." 

 In 1383 a tenement called CULLINGS in Ches- 

 hunt, held, with a tenement called Mores, by William 

 atte More, was valued for debt." It is first described 

 as a manor in 1 387, when Baldwin de Radyngton, kt., 

 and others received licence for the alienation in mort- 

 main of the manor of Cullings, held of the manor of 

 Cheshunt, to the Abbot and convent of Waltham 

 Holy Cross, 36 who in 1+28 held the fourth part of 

 a knight's fee formerly held by Walter Culling.'' 

 The convent ofWaltham Holy Cross continued to 

 hold Cullings until its dissolution in 1540, when 

 Robert Fuller, formerly abbot, received a life-grant 

 of the manor. 1 * In 1544 Cullings was granted to 

 Thomas Blanke and others" in return for money lent 

 to the king on condition that the grant was to be 

 void if the loan should be repaid within a year.'" 

 In 1552 the manor passed by a fine from Henry 

 Beecher and Alice his wife to Edward Baeshe,*' who 





Wiilia 



Cecil i 



a 1573" «r 

 t of Theobal 



which date it has followed the des 



TONGS was one of the properties of which 

 Theobalds was composed, but of its existence as a 

 separate manor there is practically no evidence. 

 Cussans says that in the litter part of the 13th 

 century it belonged to the family of Fitz Bernard," 

 but he is confusing it with the manor ofTonge in 

 Kent." He identifies it with the manor of Cullings, 

 which, according to Lysons, was afterwards called 

 Tongs, then Theobalds, and was made over to William 

 deTong in 1385 by William atte More in payment 

 of debt.* 5 In no documents, however, is Cullings 

 described as Tongs until it appears as one of the 

 aliases of Theobald-. Possibly both estates were 

 originally in the hands of William atte More, and 

 this one. having come to William de Tong, took the 



The manor of DARCIES or CRESSBROKE' 6 

 apparently gained its first name from John first 

 Lord Darcy of Knaith, co. 

 Lincoln, who in 1347 owned 

 two messuages called Cress- 

 broke and Tunsted, 4 ' which 

 descended tohis son John Lord 

 Darcy. On the death of the 

 latter in March 1355-6 his 

 heir, John Darcy, was a minor, 

 consequently the manor, wh ich 

 washeldofthe earldom ofRich- 

 mond in socage, was taken 

 into the king's hands. John 

 Darcy the younger died in 

 1362, apparently being still a 

 minor, and his brother and 

 heir, Sir Philip Darcy, did nc 



CHESHUNT 



1373." He was succeeded by his son John in 1398, 

 and the latter in 141 1 by his son Philip, who died 

 without male issue in 141b 1 . ,a In 1434 John Darcy, 

 brother and heir male of Philip, released to Sir John 

 Stiward, Alice his wile and their heirs ah right in the 

 manor of Cressbroke. w In the following year Sir 

 John Stiward and Alice granted the manor to John 

 Stopynden, clerk, and Thomas Weston, citizen and 

 fishmonger of London, 61 who were probably acting as 

 trustees for a settlement. In 1441 the two daughters 

 of Philip Lord Darcy," Elizabeth wife of James 

 Strangeways and Margery wife of John Conyers, con- 

 veyed the manor to Richard Appleby, clerk, Henry 

 Holden and Robert Founteyns," evidently the trustees 

 of John Clay, lor by a settlement made in 1446 the 

 manor passed from these to other trustees, who, acting 

 in compliance with the will of John Clay, confirmed 

 the manor to his widow Joan and his son John. 51 

 In 1480 Cecily daughter of John Clay," wife of Sir 

 Robert Green and formerly wife of John Acion, died 

 seised of the manor of Cressbroke. M Her son and 

 heir Edward Green was a minor at the time of her 

 death, and the manor with a messuage called Clays 

 Place was taken into the king's hands. Edward Green 

 died in January 1491-2, and was succeeded by his sister 

 Cecily, the wife of William Burb.ige." Cecily Bur- 

 William Craythorne and Cecily his wife were holding 

 themanor, M andin 1521 Cecily Bedell died seised of the 

 manor of Cressbroke, leaving a son and heir Thomas 

 Burbage. 15 From this time the manor appears to 

 have been held with Theobalds. 



In the survey of 1650 the boundaries of the manor 

 are given : 'The aforesaid Manner extends itselfe to 

 Walthamcrosse on the east and to Enfield cm the south, 

 and Wormely on the north and to Northall on the 

 west, being also intermingled with the lands belonge- 

 ing to Sir Richard Lucy called the Mannor of 

 Chesthunt.' Courts were then held for the manor at 



then 



M-hoi 



The manor of PERIERS appears to have taken its 

 name from a familywho owned land in Cheshunt in the 

 13th century. At some date between 1275 and 1292 

 Richard de Periers granted I mark of yearly rent 

 with 6 acres in Cheshunt Meadow to Robert Burn ell, 

 Bishop of Bath and Wells, 61 and in 1 3 1 7 Richard de 

 Periers and his heirs received a grant of lree warren 

 in Wormley and Cheshunt." When Richard de 

 Periers died in 1335 his lands were divided between 

 his three sons, the eldest, Richard, receiving the 

 Cheshunt property, which consisted of a messuage, 

 land and rent, including two parks containing 40 

 acres, held of John Duke of Britanny by service of a 

 quarter of a knight's fee. 63 It was still in the hands 

 of the Periers family in 1430, when William 

 Periers granted his manor of Periers to Thomas 



" Cal. Inq. p.m. H,n. VII, i, ; ;o. 

 * Feet of F.Div. Co. East. I 3 Hen." 

 "Chan. Inq. p.m. (Sen 2), I**,, 

 .e copy of the inquisition describe; 

 Cecilia wit',; of William Burbage. 



■"Pari. S,.r 



Her 



:, D. (P.R.O.), B 3521. 



ia Cal. Chart. R. 1300-26, p. 334. 



iJ Cal. Inq. p.m. 1-9 Edw. Ill, 453- 



