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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