. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE of Gatesbury in Braughing. In 1317 Richard son of Richard de Gatesbury released to his lord Aymer de Valence Earl of Pembroke his right in a moiety. the Priory of Holv Trinity, Lond.n, lay partly in Aspenden and partly in Wat-mill.*1 The early history of this manor U treated under Aspend;n (q.v.). In 1578 that part of the manor which lay in West-mill was ted from the 1 nill.M This 1 ' descended of a mill, land and p. rent in perhaps, the mill mentioned in the 1 above of Westmill Manor. The manr. with

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. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE of Gatesbury in Braughing. In 1317 Richard son of Richard de Gatesbury released to his lord Aymer de Valence Earl of Pembroke his right in a moiety. the Priory of Holv Trinity, Lond.n, lay partly in Aspenden and partly in Wat-mill.*1 The early history of this manor U treated under Aspend;n (q.v.). In 1578 that part of the manor which lay in West-mill was ted from the 1 nill.M This 1 ' descended of a mill, land and p. rent in perhaps, the mill mentioned in the 1 above of Westmill Manor. The manr. with Gatesbury (q.v.), and with that manor was divided between Joskyn and Elveden. Joskyn's part came with one half of Gatesbury to Thomas Hanchett, who in 1 584 conveyed it to John Brograve.65 The other half came to Thomas Fitz Herbert, who conveyed it in 1588 to John Bro- grave, 66 after which the whole manor followed the descent of Hamells in Braughing (q.v.). The estate became amalgamated with Haroells, which in later documents is called Hamell-cum-Masters."7 The manor of BARKESDEN, which belonged to w Anct. D. (P.R.O.), C 322. the manor and was told by Edward Halfhyde and hi) wife Anne to John Bro- grave.BB* He soon after- wards acquired Westmill a&ai Westmillbury, and the two manors have since become incorporated under the name of Westmill-cum-Barkesden. Besides Robert Gcrnon's estate at Westmill in 1086 there were also 4. hides and 3 virgatcs there held by Ralph de Tany, and under h^rri by ' Roger.' These had been held before the Con- quest by Sexi, a house-carl of King Edward. In 1086 there was attached to them a virg:ite of land which a sokeman of Anschitil of Ware had held in the time of King Edward, and which formerly had not belonged to the manor. There were nine ploughs on the land, two of which were on the demesne, meadow for two plough-teams only, sufficient pasture, and woodland for sixty swine.89 This estate descended with the Tany family. Luke de Tany in th