. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE century. John Shelley died seised of ' the manor of Chamberlains' in January 1513-4,* William Shelley, his son, a judge, being his heir. It appears in 1615 . in the possession of Sir Thomas Bishop of Parham, to. Sussex,-9 who sold it in that year as the manor of Chamberlains alias Burstead to Thomas Draner of Hoxton, co. Middlesex. The latter died seised in 1632, having settled the manor on his nephew Sir William Halton (son of his sister Joan) with contingent re- mainder to his brother Robert Halton


. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE century. John Shelley died seised of ' the manor of Chamberlains' in January 1513-4,* William Shelley, his son, a judge, being his heir. It appears in 1615 . in the possession of Sir Thomas Bishop of Parham, to. Sussex,-9 who sold it in that year as the manor of Chamberlains alias Burstead to Thomas Draner of Hoxton, co. Middlesex. The latter died seised in 1632, having settled the manor on his nephew Sir William Halton (son of his sister Joan) with contingent re- mainder to his brother Robert Halton for life, then to Thomas son of Thomas Halton was holding in 1661 * and Philip Halton in * In 17+3 Chamberlains was in the possession of Christopher Parker of St. George's, Hanover Square, who in that year settled it on his son Christopher and his In 1763 this entail was barred, the manor then being in the hands of Christopher the elder died almost immediately after- wards, and in 1764 Christopher the younger (of St. Paul's, Covent Garden) paid off the mortgage by the sale of The manor was bequeathed by him to John Grimstead and Elizabeth his wife for their lives, with reversion to his cousin and heir Dorothy ; He died before ; Dorothy Parker conveyed her interest in 1786 to Robert * According to Cussans the farm called BursteaJs was sold by Robert Lord Ebury to William Barnard of Sawbridgeworth in * It now belongs to Mr. E. B. Barnard, , , who lives at Fairgreen House in Sawbridgcworth. The old manor-house, now used as a farm-house, which lies a little to the east of Trim'i Green and is occupied by Mr. E. Stephens, is a small timber- framed house covered with lath and plaster, the plaster work being decorated with basket-work pattern probably of the RL_kSTtv\D£. .SAWfeRJOCEWORTH iddle of I 7th century. The main gables are weather- boarded, the apex of each being slightly hipped. The


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