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1598 Speculi Britan[n]iæ pars the description of Hartfordshire by Iohn Norden.; Speculum Britanniae. Part 2
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Norden, John, 1548-1625?; Kip, William, engraver.
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especially with corne EDWINESTRE hundred bordereth vpon Essex BRAWGHING hundred taketh name of a parishe of that name and boundeth vpon Edwinestree HARTFORD hundred is named of Hartford the prouincial towne of the Shire BROADWATER hundred so tearmed of a little hamlet of 2. or 3. houses neere Steuen edge COISHOO hundred or CAEGSHOO is named of an anncient Berye called Caishoo-berye de CASSIIS of a people mentioned by Caesar resident in this hundred as M. Camden affirmeth See more of this vnder that name in the table of parishes DACORVM hundred as I am out of doubt de Dacis of the Danes who in this hundred after many spoiles committed by them were ouerthrowne by Adelnulph and Adelbalde his sonne about the yeere of Christ 8 29. And in memoriall of their ouerthrow and stoppe of their further passage that way at that time the place where the fight was is to this day called DANE ENDE Dacorum clades And neere it in the highway towardes Steuen edge are many burials great heapes of earth vnder which are enterred such as were slaine at that conflict as may be supposed HITCH halfe hundred so called of a wood called HITCH-WOOD and not of Hitchin towne which indeed is HITCHENDE terminus de Hitch and not Hitch-ing as it is corruptly tearmed and the hundred is HITCH-HAVLFE hundred not Hitchnie nor Hitching haulfe hundred This Shire is well furnished with market townes the most of them plentifull of all thinges necessarie for the peoples reliefe namelie SAINT ALBONS which hath market on the Saterday BARNET on the Munday BARKHAMSTED on the Munday BALDOCK a little market on the Thursday BVNTINGFORD on the Munday BARKWAY on the Fryday HEMSTED on the Thursday HARTFORD on the Saterday HODDESDON on the Thursday HITCH-END on the 〈…〉 RYCKMANSWORTH on the Saterday ROYSTON on the Wednesday STORTFORD a very good market on the Thursday SABRIDGWORTH on the Wednesday TRINGE a little market on the Fryday WAYRE on the Tuesday WATFORDE on the In number 18. The Fayres for the most part in this Shire viz. 2 At RICKMANSWORTH on Ladie day in haruest and on the second of Iuly 2 At WATFORD on Trinitie Munday et per duas dies proximè sequentes and on the decolation of Iohn Baptist. 2 At BARKHAMSTED on sainte Peters day and sainte Iames day 1 At TRING S. Peters day 1 At HEMSTED at the day of Holie-crosse 3 At saint ALBAN on Michaelmas day on Th'annunciation of Mary and vpon saint Albans day which is 3. dayes after Midsommer 1 At the PREE called Sancta Maria de pratis on It is held sometime in the towne of S. Albans or in Keyfeild neere Sop well 3 At HITCH-END on the Wednesday in Easter weeke on Michaels day and on S. Edw. day 1 At BENNINGTON on S. Peters day 1 At HATFEYLD on S. Georges day 4 At HARTFORD on S. Iohn Baptist day on Simon and Iudes day on the fryday before Passion sunday and our Lady day 4. September 3 At BALDOCKE on S. Matthyas day sainte Androwes day and on saint Matthewes day 2 At SABRIDGWORTH on S. Georges day and on saint Dionise day 3 At STORTFORD on Michaels day on Ascention day and on corpus Christi day 1 At WAYRE on the natiuitie of Marie 1 At HODDESDON S. Peters day 3 At ROYSTON on Ashwednesday on the Wednesday in Whitsun weeke and at Thomas Beckets day At Chipping Bernet on At S. Giles on The deuision of the Shire THe Iustices of the Shire for the more ease of themselues and the cōmon people haue by consent deuided the whole Shire into 3. partes or deuisions for the determination of matters of meanest moment 1 The first deuision is of CAISHOO and DACORVM hundreds and for this the Iustices of that limitte meete sometime at Welwine and sometime at Steuen-edge 2 BROADWATER and HITCH haulfe hundred meete at S. Albans 3 HARTFORD BRAWGHING ODDESY and EDWINESTREE meete at Hartford or Hoddesdon But for matters of greatest importance the Iustices meete all at Hartford where is also the common gaole for the Shire and in the Castle the gaole deliuerie except onely for the libertie of S. ALBANS which both for ecclesiasticall eiuill gouernement hath peculiar power within it selfe whose Iurisdiction reacheth into these parishes namely S. ALBANS wherein are parishes S. Michaels S. Steuons S. Peters WATFORD RICMANSWORTH NORTON neere Baldocke NEWNHAM RIDGE HEXTON WALDEN abbottes SARRET LANGLEY abbottes ELSTRE or Eglestre BVSHIE CVDYCOT or Casticot of some Caudecot SHEPEHALE SANDRIDGE REDBVRNE BARNET S. ANDROWES in S. Albans These haue gaole and gaole deliuerie at S Albans 4. times in the yeere namely the thursday after the quarter Sessions at Hartforde which is alwayes on the Munday For Ecclesiasticall gouernement these former belong to the Diocesse of LONDON and is called the DEANERIE OF S. ALBANS together also with the Deanerye of Brawghing The rest of the Shire belongeth to the sea of LINCOLNE and conteineth the Deanries of BARKHAMSTED HITCH-END HARTFORD BALDOCK To speake something of the Riuers that water this Countrie the STORT may be first mentioned because it lyeth farthest in the East and is the bound betweene this Shire and Essex But that this Shire steppeth ouer the riuer both at Stortford and neere Sabridgworth and fetcheth within her limits about Stortford the Castle of Waymore Hockerell the parsonage of Stortford with other thinges in Essex side and at Sabsworth or Sabridgeforde it depriueth Essex of a house called HYDE-HALL Some as I take it in tearming this Stort the STOVR are not meerely mistaken for though the Stowrē parteth Suffolke and Essex and riseth at STOVR-MER the Stort riseth in Essex also neere WENDON LOWGHES and signifieth Wendod water and beginnes to deuide the two Shires betweene Stortford and Fernham about a mile aboue Stortford And may in deede not amisse be called Stowret THE LESSER OR LITTLE STOWR And the passage ouer the riuer neere Waymore Castle is called STOWRETFORD briefely STORTFORD whereof the Towne taketh name and is called STORTFORD for Stowretsord And vnder the name of the Stowret or Stort it maintaineth that deuision till it come beneath an auncient house called the REE where it meeteth with the LEA or LAVE who as the more worthie bereaues the little Stort of her title and glorie and vnder the name of the Lea they both in one hasten to WALTHAM ABBEY and there bidde HARTFORDSHIRE vale continuing her most milde course as stickler betweene Essex and Middlesex vntill she present her selfe to famous Thames The LEA is the most famous Riuer within this Shire And bringeth as it were a testimoniall of her worh from the Saxons who entitled her LIGEAN or LIGEAM Lea water And it may be supposed probably gathered that she yeelded in those pristine ages some prayse-worthy fruites vnto that antique nation as her free entertainement of boates
Henrie 6. such was the plentie of corne that in this place the best wheare was sould for twelue pence the quarter three halfe pence the bushell The price was not then so lowe as it is now aloft for it is at this present in the same place at eight shillinges the bushell RIDGE m 22. de iugo of the hill or Ridge wheron it standeth REED b 26. de loco arundinoso RVSHDEN c 24. vallis Scirpina a lowe rushie ground S. SARRET n 14. It was granted by Ethelred to S. Albans by the name of SYRET SANDON c 24. mons arenosus It belongeth to Paules SANDRIGE k 18. It diffreth not in signification from Sandon SAWCOMBE f 26. SABS-WORTH f 34. or SABRIDGE-FORDE a market Towne standing neere the Stort SLEPES HIDE k 20. a little hamlet SHENLEY m 20. SHEEPES HALE f 22. Ager ouibus salutaris SPELBROOKE e 34. STEPHENS l 16. called S. Stephens neere S. Albans STEVEN-EDGE e 20. or STEPHEN-EDGE de accliuitate of the steepe standing of it on the edge of a hill of some Steuen-haut or Stepen-haut The principal parte of this towne is from the church ½ mile and is a pretie thorrow fare There hath beene in time past a market It is a libertie and belongeth to the Bishoppe of London hauing pillory and gallowes within it selfe but howe farre the power for execution extendeth mihi latet STAPLEFORD g 24. or STABLEFORD STANDON e. 28. or STENEDON mons saxosus there is a free Schole for the towne the stipend yet in suspence the Fishmongers of London contribute twentie pound vt ferunt STANSTED h 32. or STENSTEDT locus glariatus of the grauely soyle called Abbotes Stansted STANSTED h 32. in time past called Le Veyle nowe Olde Stansted and corruptly Stansted Theele STORTFORD e 34. so called of the passage or forde ouer the Riuer Stort There is neere this towne on the east side of the riuer a little ruynous castle called the Castle of Waymour standing in an Iland vpon a little firme artificiall mount verie steepe aud though of small circuit yet in former dayes stronge within it is a dungion deepe and darke called the Conuictes pryson arguing some great priuiledges in time past to belong thereunto William the Conqueror gaue both the towne and the Castle to the Bishoppe of London and to this day it belongeth to that Sea and thereof is called Bishoppes Stortforde The towne standeth on the side of a hill declyning towardes the riuer And some fruitefull groundes are about the same It hath market on the Thursday and three faires in the yeare SVLLONIACA n 22. the ruynes of an olde cittie or famous place mentioned by ANTONINVS in his Itenerary which he placeth twelue miles a Longidinio from London and nine miles a verolamio a citie sometime neere S. Albans And where others haue heretofore placed this Sulloniacae at Chipping Barnet regarding onely the foresayde distances M. Camden by dilligent obseruation hath founde that it should stand vpon Brokeley hilles West of Bernet wherby I being occasioned made inquisition thereof in my trauaile and was informed of the place where these snpposed ruynes appeare namely some fragmentes of the scituation of some decayed buildings where sundry peeces of Romish coyne haue beene taken vp as was informed me This place indeede neere agreeth with the former distances of Antoninus and standeth east of a regall auncient highway called Watlingstreet or via consularis T. THOMAS Chappell c 14. called S. Thomas chappell TEWING h 22. or TWEY-ING de binis pratis TRINGE k. 6. a little market towne on the Fryday THROCKING c 24. THVNDREDGE f 28. THORLEY f 34. or THORNLEY terra spinosa TOTTER-EDGE f 28. parcell of the hundred of Broadwater yet eight miles from the neerest parte of that hundred Londoners haue much beautified this place with their neat buildings TWO-WATERS i 13. a little hamlet so called de binis aquarum fluctibus of the two riuers that meete there V. VEROLAMIVM k 18. the ruynes of a most auncient citie called of the Britons Cair Maricipit Cair Municip Cair Watteline of Ptolomey Verolanium of the Saxons ƿerlamcester 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Citie vpon the riuer Werlame or Verlame This auncient decayed Citie seemeth at this day to publishe her pristine state and strength on the west side of S Albans by the reliques of her defensiue walles And at this day although Seges sit vbi erat Werlamcester yet the sundry Roman coyns tumbled out of their obscure denns by the painefull plough doe as it were proclaime vnto vs so many hundred yeares after her fall that it is no fable that is written of her antiquitie The brasse monies whereof I haue much but seeme farre more Import the antique names and pictures not only of sundry Emperors but of some of their Empresses also which in those ages swayd the Romane monarchie which argueth it to bee quondam CAIR MVNICIP or Municipium a citie enfranchized and endowed not only with the ayde of the Romans by mony but with their Romishe priuiledges also the inhabitantes for the most part being of the auncient britishe line who deseruing well at the handes of the Romans were made Municipes as it were free denizens of Rome hauing their Lawes orders and officers free among them permitted to liue vnder their ayde and protection vntill through the fury of the Saxons and Danes it was sackt and subuerted and of a hautie citie made an heape of stones which as a Caos layd afterwards long smothered in the ashes of her owne rubble and ruynes without regard what it was or had beene At length one Eldred Abbot of the new Monasterie of S. Albans coueting to aduance the state of his monasticall sea began to embowell this ruynate heape to search what curious conceites hee might finde to beautifie S. Albans sell. And founde in short time great varietie of stone worke of sundrie kindes and pillers of mettall as of Brasse and Latton towch and Allablaster All which laide in heapes Eldred beheld to his no small ioy but imploide them not according to his purpose intended for death preuented him But as curious a searcher as hee succeeded him one Eadmere who had both a will and workemen to sound further into the bottome of this vnknowne gulfe not ceassing till hee saw the very entrayles of this confused Caos in whose most hiddenvautes he found sundry Idolls and aulters not a fewe superstitiously adorned for the honour of these vnknown gods of the Pagans some of these Idols were of pure golde some of other metall and withall he founde great store of housholde stuffe and other thinges witnessing the glory both of the citie and the cittizens of the same Besides sundry pottes of gould brasse earth glasse and other mettall some frawght with the ashes of the dead some with the coyne of the auncient Britons and Romane Emperours And in a stone were found certayne Brytish bookes whereof one imported