HERTFORD HUNDRED 



and which passed in 1 520 to Thomas son of Edmund," 

 and later to John son of Thomas. John Denny 

 exchanged it in 1544 with George Dacres, 100 who 

 already held the other moiety of the original manor. 1 

 This other moiety was conveyed in 1440 by Roger 

 Ree and Rose his wife to John Walsh and others * ; 

 rt is in association with this moiety that the manor 

 olJNDREWS first appears, both being held in 1474 

 for life by Margaret widow of John Walsh, 5 and from 

 this time the moiety in question and the manor of 

 Andrews are always associated. In 1487 a court was 

 held for the latter in the name of John Walsh and 

 Christine his wife. 4 This John Walsh, who was 

 probably the son of the former owner, conveyed the 

 manor of Andrews with a moiety of the manor of 

 'Moteland' to John More and others in 1500 as 

 feoffees to the use of his last will.* The feoffees 

 transferred the property to Henry Stafford Earl of 



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wife received a grant in survivorship of the estate 1 ; 

 but in 1 5 3 8, before the death of the Earl of Worcester, 

 it was granted in fee to Robert Dacres of London, 1 ' 

 to whom the Earl of Worcester released his interest." 

 Robert Dacres was succeeded in 1543 by his son 

 George," who united the two moieties of the Mote 

 (see above). 



On the death of George Dacres in 1 580 the manors 

 went to his son Sir Thomas Dacres, 1 " who died in 

 1615, leaving a son and heir Thomas Dacres." The 

 latter, outliving his eldest son, was succeeded by his 

 grandson Sir Robert Dacres, who sold the property 

 in 1675 to James Cecil third Earl of Salisbury." By 

 the end of the 17th century the manors arc described 

 as the manor of Andrewes le Mote, for which courts 

 were held in 1690 and 1 69 1 in the name of James 

 Earl of Salisbury. 19 In 1692 the latter conveyed 

 the manor to Sir Edward des Bouverie," who, dying 



Wiltshire and Lucas Langland 6 ; the latter appears 

 to have been acting for Cardinal Wolsey, who by 

 1519 had bought up the claims of John Rufford 

 and Michael Nevill, nephews of John Walsh/ Alice 

 wife of William Chesyll, his sister, 8 and others. 9 On 

 the attainder of Wolsey in 1529 the manor of 

 Andrews and a moiety of the manor of ' la Mote ' 

 were forfeited to the Crown and granted to Henry 

 Duke of Richmond, who died without heirs in 1 5 3 6.'° 

 In 1531 Henry Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth his 



in 1694, left directions in his will that the manor 

 should be sold by his sons William and Jacob; 

 it was bought by Sir John Shaw, second baronet, 

 who was the possessor in 1700.* 1 Sir John Shaw 

 lived until 1721," but by 1 7 1 5 is the manor had 

 come by settlement to William Shaw, the eldest 

 son of Sir John and his second wife. 33 In 1750 

 William Shaw, barring the entail, conveyed the estate 

 to trustees for the use of his son John Shaw and 

 Meliora Huxley, the latter's future wife. On the 



w Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. i), xxxv, 49. 



U »L. W P. Hen. VIII, xix (]), 2; 

 (cap. Mill). 



1 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), Ixxiii, 89. 



! F«t of F. Herts. 19 Hen. VI, 

 no. 108. 



> Ibid. r + Edw. IV, no. 98. 



4 Ct. R. portf. 177, no. 28. 



» Anct. D. (P.R.O.), A 6801. 



8 Ibid. A hjzg. 



'Ibid. A 6730, 6733, 1157. 



9 Ibid. A 6715. 



'Ibid. A 6731, 6732. La Mateseenu 

 to have been acquired by Wolsey lor a grant 

 to Cardinal College, Ipswich (see L. 

 and P. Hen. Fill, iv [2], 4**9 [+] [>])• 



10 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), lxxiii, 88. 



11 L. and P. Hen. VIII, v, g. %%a (13). 

 M Ibid, xiii (2), g. 734 (37). 



13 Feet of F. Div. Co. East. 3 1 

 Hen. VIII. 



14 Chan. Inq. p.m. {Ser. 2), hcxiii, 89. 



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