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the Denny family" until 1587, when Edward Denny 

 and Margaret his wife conveyed them to Henry 

 Colthurst.™ They seem to have been conveyed to 

 Martin Trott probably about 1590. 01 Trott sold 

 them to Richard Willis in 1617,°* who died seised in 

 1625," leaving a son Thomas 

 under age.* 1 In 1637 Thomas 

 Willis sold the manor to John 

 Harrison of London, BS and it 

 descended with Balls Park in 

 Little Amwell (q.v.) until 

 the latter was sold to Sir 

 G. F. Faudel-Phillips, ban. 

 Hertford Priory is still in 

 the possession of Marquess 

 Townshend. In 1624 there 

 are mentioned as appurtenant 

 to this manor the water-mill 

 called Lyckermill or Dicker- 

 mill and the close called ' the 

 churchyard of St. John the E 

 Close."* 



The origin of the BOURNE FEE 

 probably to be found in the 



property of Geoffrey de Beeh, 



who in 1086 had three houses 

 there. 57 Like the manors of 

 Eastwick (in Braughing Hun- 

 dred) and Bengeo this prob- 

 ably came to Baldwin de Clare, 

 lord of Bourne, and through 

 his daughter Emma to the 

 Wakes. Later we find the 

 court of the honour of Bourne 

 (Broune, Brunne) being held 

 at Hertford, to which the 

 neighbouring tenants of the 

 Wakes owed suit. 68 



Another court held at Hertford was the court of 

 the HONOUR OF MANDEVILLE. In 1086 

 Geoffrey de Mandeville had property at Hertford 

 which had been held by Asgar the Stiller, and he 

 had also seven houses which rendered no dues except 

 geld. 58 Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and 

 Essex, successor of Geoffrey de Mandeville, was pre- 

 sented in the reign of Edward I for withdrawing his 

 suit from the borough. 70 In the 13th century and 

 later one of the courts of the honour (called the court 

 of knights) " was held at Hertford," and to this we 

 find a Middlesex tenant of the earl's doing suit in 

 1197." 



The VALOGNES FEE in Hertford can also be 

 traced back to 1086, when Peter de Valognes (who 

 was farming the borough) held two churches and a 



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hich he had bought of Ulwi of Hatfield." 

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the mills of Hertford (see above) and ' the service of 

 Alban de Hairon and all other lands and tenements 

 as his father held them.' ri In the reign of Edward I 

 Christine de Manne, one of the Valognes heirs, was 

 presented for withdrawing her suit at the borough 

 court." The Valognes family held the manor of 

 Hertingfordbury which in 

 1086 had been held by Ralph 

 Baniard, and it is probable 

 that Ralph Baniard's Domes- 

 day holding of two houses in 

 Hertford also came to them 

 with that manor. In the 

 13th century the advowson of 

 the hospital of St. Mary Mag- 

 dalene is found descending 

 with the manor of Herting- 

 fordbury," and it seems prob- 

 able that the Valognes' lands 

 in Hertfordshire were given 



to that monastery. The hospital of St. Mary 

 Magdalene was taken over by the Crossed Friars of the 

 order of Holy Trinity, 76 and after the Dissolution the 

 messuage called ' Le Trinitie ' was granted to Anthony 

 Denny. 79 In 1577 Edward Denny alienated to John 

 Spurling the close of pasture called Trinity Close on 

 which Trinity House stood, 8 acres of arable land 

 adjoining, 'Friers Grove' containing 8 acres and 

 another grove of 6 acres. 60 



The church of ST. ANDREW was 

 CHURCHES erected on the site of the former 

 church in i860. 81 ; it consists of an 

 apsidal chancel, nave with aisles, north and south 

 transepts and west tower. It is built of flint with 

 stone dressings in the style of the early 14th century. 

 The north doorway is part of the old church, and 

 is of late 15th-century date, with moulded arch 

 under a square head, and with quatrefoils in the 



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