. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE a son John, who died in i 313 and was succeeded by his son Walter.^* The latter was holding the manor in Little Hormead in 1325 by knight service.^' He died in 1329, leaving a daughter Agnes, who married Thomas Fytlyng.'" In 1352 a settlement was made with regard to the manor of Stonbury, which was held for life by Katherine formerly wife of Walter Nevill. It was arranged by fine that the reversion of the manor, which was said to belong to Reginald de Cobham after the death of Katherine, should g
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE a son John, who died in i 313 and was succeeded by his son Walter.^* The latter was holding the manor in Little Hormead in 1325 by knight service.^' He died in 1329, leaving a daughter Agnes, who married Thomas Fytlyng.'" In 1352 a settlement was made with regard to the manor of Stonbury, which was held for life by Katherine formerly wife of Walter Nevill. It was arranged by fine that the reversion of the manor, which was said to belong to Reginald de Cobham after the death of Katherine, should go to Thomas de Fytlyng and Agnes his wife. In case of failure of heirs on the part of Thomas and Agnes the manor was to revert to the heirs of Reginald.^! In 1408 Reginald son and heir of Reginald Cobham granted the manor of Stonbury to Thomas Colepeper and others who were probably acting as trustees.^^ There is no evidence of the descent during the next hundred years from this date, but the manor appears to have pa=sed by 1 5 I 3 to the family of Bolnes.'' In that year it was the subject of a fine between Agnes Bolnes, widow, Robert Bolnes and others on the one part and Katherine Bolnes, widow, on the other.^ A member of the same family probably held the manor in I 561, in which year Thomas Bolnes was a freeholder in Little Hormead.'^ In 161 2 William Bownest died seised of the manor of Stonbury, which â cII40 50 ii 13-Cent EARLY ^ IJ^Cent. E±ai7^CENT E3 I8a G:nt. â¡ Modern. Plan of Little Hormead Church is described as held of Francis Delawood as of his manor of Hormead Redesvvell in Great Hormead by suit of court.^'' The manor remained with the descendarts of William Bownest,^' one of whom, William Bownest, was lord of the manor in 1725.^* By 1758, however, it had come into the possession of Jacob Houblon, who in that year settled it on his son Jacob,^' and it was held by John Archer-Houblon in 1826*''and has apparently since descended with the manor of Redeswell in Gr
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