. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE Conquest it formed part of the demesne lands of Odo Bishop of Bayeux, and was assessed at lo hides.' Odo forfeited in 10SS and Aston remained for some time in the possession of the Crown, until Henry I gave it to his queen Adelaide. After his death Adelaide, who married secondly William de Albini Earl of Arundel in 1138,* gave the manor of Aston to the Abbot and monks of St. Mary of Reading for the good of the soul of King Henry her This grant was afterwards confirmed by Henry II,* Richard I
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE Conquest it formed part of the demesne lands of Odo Bishop of Bayeux, and was assessed at lo hides.' Odo forfeited in 10SS and Aston remained for some time in the possession of the Crown, until Henry I gave it to his queen Adelaide. After his death Adelaide, who married secondly William de Albini Earl of Arundel in 1138,* gave the manor of Aston to the Abbot and monks of St. Mary of Reading for the good of the soul of King Henry her This grant was afterwards confirmed by Henry II,* Richard I, John, and Henry III,' and the abbey of Reading continued to hold it 'by service of praying for the King, his progenitors and successors'6 until the Dissolution. After the attainder of Hugh Cooke, the last abbot, all the possessions of the monastery were seized by the ting, Nicholas Eristowe being possesions of ; In 1537 he was present at the christening of Prince Edward," afterward) Edward VI, and in 1539-40 was among the knighu ap- pointed to meet Anne of Cleves," on which occasion he was one of those who ' stood from the park pales upon the heath (Blackheath) to the meeting-place' (at Shooter's Hill).16 In 1544 his name was enrolled as supplying men for the rearguard in the army against France,17 and later in the same year he was ap- pointed to levy ; He Burn i-R of Wood- hill. GuUt&ftuitkttkj argatt andiabU btwun. Aston Bum- from the North-west appointed steward in 1540.' In the same year the manor of Aston was granted to Sir Philip Boteler of Warton Woodhall, to be held in chief for the tenth part of a knight's fee and rent of 77/. 1 yd}" This Sir Philip had been one of the Knights of the Body to King Henry VIII in 1516," and was Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1524-6, 1530, 1532 and ; In 1530 he was one of the commis- sioners for Hertfordshire to inquire concerning the * Cmpltt, Pelage. 1 DugdaU, Moit. iv,
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