. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE in 1177, ri'ing only to a height of about i ft. 6 in. above the ground. It measures about 4+ ft. by 41 ft. externally, the walls, which are of flint rubble with ashlar dressings, being from 7 ft. to 8 ft. in thickness with two pilaster buttresses about 4 ft. wide projecting z ft. at each angle and one in the middle of each wall. The bailey was surrounded by a curtain wall, fragments of which have been found. Although the castle was abandoned, the lords of Benington continued to have a residence here p
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE in 1177, ri'ing only to a height of about i ft. 6 in. above the ground. It measures about 4+ ft. by 41 ft. externally, the walls, which are of flint rubble with ashlar dressings, being from 7 ft. to 8 ft. in thickness with two pilaster buttresses about 4 ft. wide projecting z ft. at each angle and one in the middle of each wall. The bailey was surrounded by a curtain wall, fragments of which have been found. Although the castle was abandoned, the lords of Benington continued to have a residence here probably on the site of the existing house. BEMNGTOS was the head of a Saxon MANOR lordship of some importance, which ex- tended apparently into Sacombe, Layston, Ashwell, Hinxworth and It was held in the time of Edward the Confessor by ^Imar or .Ethel- mar, and before him possibly by ^Elfric of Ben- ington.' William the Conqueror granted the lands of ,-Elmar to Peter de Valognes, who was sheriff of the :nty i r de Va! j£lmar, made Benington the head of the Valog barony, which was sometimes styled later the hon< of Benington. Here we find he had 6£ hides demesne and a park for beasts of the chase, In 1303 Alexander de Balliol conveyed the manor to John de Benstede and his heirs.* This John was king's clerk at the time of the grant, and in 1307 keeper of the ; In 1309 he was appointed one of the six justice* for the Common Bench, and held this appointment until 1320.™ In 1311 he received leave of absence to go to Rome on the king's ; In 1315 he was again sent abroad with Thomas de Cantebrugge to carry the king's instructions to Almarie de Craon, Seneschal of Gascony, Amaneui Lord of Lebrct, and other officials in Gascon/ and Aqui- ; In 1 3 i 7 he was appointed one of the two commissioners of array for ; In 1310 he was again sent 'beyond seas,'" and died in ; His widow Parnel held Benington
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