. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE in ; Dr. W'atu .pent the latter part of his life with Sir Thomas and Lady Abney at Theobald's ; No trace of permanent Roman occupation has been proved to exist at Cheshunt.'' The boundary bank, known as ' Above and Below Bank,' which runs through Theobalds Park over Beaumont Green to 5 Wood and i from the field banks, 1 hardly distinguishable i to have formed the boundary between Merc 13 and In con- nexion with this bank a curious custom of land tenure exists. In cases of
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE in ; Dr. W'atu .pent the latter part of his life with Sir Thomas and Lady Abney at Theobald's ; No trace of permanent Roman occupation has been proved to exist at Cheshunt.'' The boundary bank, known as ' Above and Below Bank,' which runs through Theobalds Park over Beaumont Green to 5 Wood and i from the field banks, 1 hardly distinguishable i to have formed the boundary between Merc 13 and In con- nexion with this bank a curious custom of land tenure exists. In cases of intestacy all copyhold properly on the west side, 'or above bank,' goes to the eldest son, all on the east side, or ' below bank,' to the youngest son. The greater part of the parish is ' below bank.' A mill is mentioned in the Domesday Survey. It appears to have been included, later, within the manor of ; CHESHUNT, which, with its bere- MJNORS wick Hoddesdon, had been held in the time of King Edward by Eddeva the Fair,⢠was one of" the many manors granted by the Conqueror to Count Alan of Britanny, who held it in 10S6, when it was assessed for 20 hides and had land for thirty-three ploughs. A little later than this the count built the castle of Richmond, and his lands were formed into the honour of Richmond," the descent of which Cheshunt followed as a rule. Pc;cr de Braine, who married Alice daughter of Con- signee of Britanny, daughter and heir of Conan Count of Britanny, had seisin of the manor in his wife's right in 1 2 ; He forfeited in 1217, and the manor was. CAaJtfranJ azure-wi,/, a border of ENGLAND and a quarter of BRIT- JNNT. granted to Walter, Bishop of Carlisle, to hold until the king should restore it to Peter Count of Britanny or his heirs.*3 By renouncing his homage to Henry 111 in 1234. the Count of Britanny finally forfeited his English possessions," and in J141 the manor of Cheshunt was granted to Peter of Savoy" w
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