. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. More of Moor Place. Argent sprinkled 'with drops of blood two cheve- rons gules. Hadham in the 15th century. Towards the end of this century John Threscher and Robert More enfeoffed various trustees of lands in Hadham called ' Mores.' These lands in- cluded in 1488 a messuage, 100 acres of arable land, 6 acres of meadow and 6 acres of wood. After the death of some of the feoifees the re- mainder enfeoffed one of their number Thomas Gierke and his wife Elizabeth of these lands. Thomas Gierke was holding in 1488,*" and after
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. More of Moor Place. Argent sprinkled 'with drops of blood two cheve- rons gules. Hadham in the 15th century. Towards the end of this century John Threscher and Robert More enfeoffed various trustees of lands in Hadham called ' Mores.' These lands in- cluded in 1488 a messuage, 100 acres of arable land, 6 acres of meadow and 6 acres of wood. After the death of some of the feoifees the re- mainder enfeoffed one of their number Thomas Gierke and his wife Elizabeth of these lands. Thomas Gierke was holding in 1488,*" and after- wards mortgaged them to James Songer.^' At the begin- ning of the 16th century the property called ' Mores' was held by Sir John Ghamp- neys, kt., from whom it was purchased by John Haynes the elder in trust for Mary Dalton, widow. In 1550 John Haynes brought a suit against Mary Dalton claiming 10 acres of land belonging to her son Eldred Dalton on account of this transaction.'^ Moor Place remained with the Daltons until about 1620,'' when they sold it to Edward Nevill Lord Bergavenny.'* He died in 1622.'' His son Henry was living in Hadham as late as 1641.'^ The estate was acquired soon afterwards by Sir John Gore, kt.,'' who in 1648 settled the capital messuage called Moor Place and the inclosed land called Hadham Park in which it stood, described as heretofore in the occupation of Sir Gerard Harvey and at that time his own residence, on himself and his wife Katherine in tail-male.'* About two years later he conveyed it to Sir Richard Atkins," who is said to have made a small park on the estate.*" He was created a baronet in 1660.^^ He died in 1689,^^ and Moor Place was sold either before or after his death to James Bemers, who died in 1692.*' The estate was afterwards conveyed by William Berners to Robert Atkins.^ In 1742 Robert Atkins conveyed Moor Place to William Mills to be sold for payment of his debts.*' Lands included in this conveyance were Hunts Wood, Sm
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