. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE hampstead and its deep moats are still usually filled with water. At one time it was the head of a small barony, but it was never more than a manorial strong- hold and has no history. It followed the descent of the manor. According to tradition it was built by Cour.t Eustace of Boulogne, and either he or one of his immediate successors may well have thrown up its formidable earthworks, upon which buildings of timber only would at first be erected. The castle was probably in existence when Geoffrey de
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. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE hampstead and its deep moats are still usually filled with water. At one time it was the head of a small barony, but it was never more than a manorial strong- hold and has no history. It followed the descent of the manor. According to tradition it was built by Cour.t Eustace of Boulogne, and either he or one of his immediate successors may well have thrown up its formidable earthworks, upon which buildings of timber only would at first be erected. The castle was probably in existence when Geoffrey de Mande- ville acquired the manor in 1141, for he no doubt obtained it with the object of strengthening his position along the valleys of the Lea and Stort, where, between his stronghold at Walden and London, except for Bishop's Stortford Castle, he had complete control." The Ansteys apparently sided with the barons against John and added to the fortifications of Anstey Castle during the Barons' War. In 1218 Nicholas de Anstey was commanded to destroy the castle before mid-Lent, so that no part of it should remain except what was built before the war." It is impossible to decide what part of the castle was then demolished : possibly it was the masonry keep, indications of which have apparently been found.'° The castle was still, however, of sufficient importance for the king to seize it on the death of Nicholas de Anstey in 1225, when William Fitz Baldwin was ordered to deliver the custody of it to Robert de Rokele, steward of the Archbishop of Canterbury." Anstey Castle is referred to in 1304, " but by 13 14 it had apparently ceased to be maintained as a castle, for in the inquisition after the death of Denise de Monchensey there is only reference to a capital messuage with garden and curtilage and no mention of the castle." The Hall probably stands on the site of the capital messuage just referred to, '° which took the place of the castle as the residen