. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE rectangular two-storied timber-framed house of the 17th century. The construction, with brick filling below and plaster above, is only seen at the back of the house, the front being cemented. The kitchen has an open timber roof supported by a beam. At the back of the house is a small staircase wing. The Garden City Pioneer Company are now the sole landowners in Letchworth parish, which is being laid out by them for residential and business pur- poses ; it is said that over 9 miles of new roads have be
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE rectangular two-storied timber-framed house of the 17th century. The construction, with brick filling below and plaster above, is only seen at the back of the house, the front being cemented. The kitchen has an open timber roof supported by a beam. At the back of the house is a small staircase wing. The Garden City Pioneer Company are now the sole landowners in Letchworth parish, which is being laid out by them for residential and business pur- poses ; it is said that over 9 miles of new roads have been made. The soil is sandy loam, in some parts clay with beds of sand and gravel ; the subsoil is chalk. King Edward the Confessor. In 1086 it formed part of the domain of Robert Gernon, and was assessed at 10 Robert Gernon's estate* were acquired early in the reign of Henry I by William de Montfitchet,' who with his wife Rohai* seems to have been holding Letchworth at the beginning of the izth Hit son William* succeeded him before 1135 and married Margaret1 the daughter of Gilbert Fitt Richard de His wife outlived him and was still holding some of the Montfitchet lands in 118 The rest of William's lands seem to h; Gilbert,8 whose 1. Litchworth Hall : Part of Stair. LETCHWORTH {HANCHETS or MANORS MONTFITCHETS).~Before the Norman Conquest Letchworth was held by Godwin of Souberie (Sonlbury), a thegn of ve passed about 1167 to his son life's name was ; Gilbert was succeeded by his son Richard about i whose son, also named Richard,11 was one of the confederate barons of 1115 who demanded the Charter of Liberties from King He was among those excommunicated by Pope Innocent III in 1216 » and was taken prisoner by Henry III at Lincoln in ' In 11+4 he was one of the barons' deputies chosen to consider the king's demand for a ; He ap- pears in connexion with Letch- worth in He died without issue about 1
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