A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



In 127R the Prior of St. Bartholomew, Smiihfield, 

 claimed in Tevvin, as in his other lands, sac and soc, 

 thol and theam, flemenesfrith, frithsoken, mundbriche, 

 miskennig, utlop (utlagh ?), wesgeldethef and ham- 

 soken in breach of the peace, arson and bloodshed. 

 He also claimed to be quit of tolls, sheriff's aid 

 and shire and hundred courts, and ro have view of 

 frankpledge." In i 287 he claimed and was allowed 

 utfangentheof, infangenthe:jf, flemenesfrith, gallows, 

 amendment of the assize of bread and ale, and view 

 of frankpledge. 11 Court leet and view of frankpledge 

 were included in the grant to John Cock in 1544." 

 In 1086 there was one mill in Tewin, 16 which was 

 later given with the manor to St. Bartholomew, 

 Smithfield.' 1 In 1368 two are mentioned, perhaps 

 both under the same roof, for they were called ' la 

 Solo.' M They were granted with the manor to John 

 Cock in 1 544." The mill, which was on the River 

 Mimram, was pulled down in 1 9 1 I. 



The half-fee held of Robert de Valognes in 1166 

 by Brian de Tewin" 5 presumably descended to his 

 ion Ralph before HI!." Later it seems to have 

 been held by Eudo de Hameley." If this is the half- 

 fee in Tewin which afterwards appears among the 

 possessions of Aymer de Valence," it must have been 

 assigned by Henry de Maule, co-heir of the Valognes 

 barony, to Agnes de Valence with the manor of 

 Hertingfordbury. After the death of Aymer de 

 Valence this half-fee was assigned in [326 to David 

 de Strabolgi and his wife Joan," niece and co-heir of 

 Aymer de Valence. David de Strabolgi, grandson of 

 the above, died seised of it in [ 375, leaving no male 

 heirs." Some time before 1323 this estate had been 

 given to the priory of St. Mary at Little Wymondley," 

 who held it of Aymer de Valence and the Strabolgis. 

 It remained in the possession of Wymoudley until (he 

 middle of the 1 6th century, and in 1 520 was leased 

 by them for fifty year; to Roger Wrenne, a weaver of 

 Tewin, and Christine his wife." At the dissolution 

 of the priory the reversion of this lease was granted 

 to James Needham,' 8 together with the site of the 

 priory. In 1537-8 the value of the property was 

 £i '7* +"'" 



A quarter-fee in Tewin, which again may repre- 

 sent the holding of Brian de Tewin, was held in 

 1303 by Robert de Ktrsebroc.™ It had perhaps been 

 previously possessed by John de Kcrsebroc, who is 

 mentioned in Tewin at the beginning of the 13th 

 century. 1 ' Robert de Kersebroc had a son Henry 

 who was living in I 33 I, 1 ' but nothing more is known 

 of his family. 



In the 14th century another manor of Tewin 

 appears which was held of the lords of Walkern 



(Broadwater Hundred). This in 136; wa» divided 

 between Elizabeth the wife of William Chelmcrs- 

 ford u and Joan the wife of John Cook,* 1 and by them 

 was granted to John Spendlove and Joan his wife for 

 the term of Joan's life." In 1377 the reversion of 

 the manor after the death of Joan was conveyed by 

 trustees to the Prior and convent of St. Bartholomew, 

 Smithficld,** and appears in their possession as a 

 428." It presumably became united 

 manor of Tewin already in their 



quarter- fee 

 with the n 

 hands. 



The mar 

 Merdcn} w 

 ' Cyrictiwa ' 

 by Tova, \ 

 madi 



of MJRDEN (Muridene, Merydcn, 



probably identical with the land at 



' or Tewin which was held about 1050 



-vidow of Wihtric. Tova at that time 



igreement with Leofstan, Abbot of St. 



<* Phe.dc Qvi « - arr. (R« 



>< Assir. 



'■■ !I5- 



n .),z 79 . 



17 p 



j; Hen. VIII, pt. i, m. 1 

 -.C.H. Him. I, Jj8. 



:of F. Hem. 7 Edw. I, no. 



ipb. MSS. viii, 16. 



Pat. ;; Hco. VIII, pt. x, m. 1 



RtJ Bk. ofExth. (Rolls Ser.], i, 



.ittnv. Flat. (Ret Com.), gi. 



" - ;c Com.), a; 



7 Edw. II, di 



:, p- +47 ; < 



Inq. p.m. 1 Edu-. Ill, no. 8;. 



« G.E.C. Compliti Ptcragt ; Chan 



p.m. 14 Ric. II, no. 139*. 



« Chan. Inq. p.m. 1- Edw. II, m 

 ' : L. and P. He*. Fill, ai.i(i), g 



In)- 



Albans, by which she and her son Godwin were to 

 hold the land for their lives, paying yearly to the 

 abbot at the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula (1 August) 

 one sextar, 32 ounces of honey, and that after the 

 death of both the monastery of St. Albans was to 

 take possession 'without contradiction. '** It remained 

 with St. Albans* 8 until 1529, when it came to the 

 Crown by the conviction of Thomas Wolscy Cardinal 

 of York, then Abbot of St. Albans, under the Statute 

 of Praemunire. 00 He was, however, pardoned in 

 1530 and his possessions restored. 61 The abbey was 

 surrendered in 1539, and in 1540 the manor of 

 Marden was granted to William Cavendish and 

 Margaret his wife. 01 Later it came into the posses- 

 sion of Edward North, whose son Edward succeeded 

 his father in 1606. 61 Edward the younger died in 

 1653." His son Hugh, who built a house at Marden 

 Hill,** left two daughters — Mary, who married Arthur 

 Sparke, and Sarah, who married Marmaduke Rawdon." 

 These sisters, who were holding the manor in 1672," 

 are said to have sold it to Edmund Field, after which 

 it was acquired by Edward Warren, who was holding 

 it in 1700, 68 and whose son Richard succeeded before 

 1 728.*" The latter died in 1 768 and was succeeded 

 by his son Arthur,' who is said to have sold Marden 

 in 1785 to Robert Macky," who was holding it with 

 his wife Elizabeth in 1810." He sold it soon after 

 to Richard Flower," from whom it was acquired in 

 1817 by Claude George Thornton." The latter 

 died in 1866 and his son George Smith Thornton 

 in 1867, when Marden came to Godfrey Henry 

 Thornton, son of the last-named, who was holding it 

 in 1877." It has since been acquired by the Earls 

 Cowper, the Countess Cowper being the present 



The reputed manor of QVEENHOO HALL 

 (Queenhawe, Qucnehagh) lay partly in the parish of 



A 5873. 

 m Pica R. ; 

 39 Edw. 



" Chan. In. 

 " Col. Chit 



*> Matt. Pari), Circn. Maj. (Roll) Ser.), 



29. 



a Dugdale,op. cit. u, 252. 



Misc. Bk*. (Aug. Off.), ccliiit. 



1 Dugdale, op. cit. u, io 7 . 



" L.and P. Htn. rill, xv,g.2E2 (]o8). 

 3 Chan. log. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccwviii, So. 



482 



onveyarice here giecn ii 1809, but UYi 

 nut be at lea.t a year too early. 



'• Ctmant, op. tit Hwtjkri Hixd. 1 3. 



