General Notes

From "Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society", Vol I,Colchester, pp 251-273, The History of the Barrington Family

He had three sons, Humphrey, John and Eustace, all of whose names arefound as witnesses to a charter, without date, from Michael de Bosville.Eustace died in the reign of King Stephen and was succeeded by his eldestson, Humphrey de Barenton, to whom William de Mountfitchet confirmed allthe forest rights he had before granted to Humphrey's father Eustace, tobe held as well and honorably as his father held them; and this grant hemade by the advice of his wife Margaret, and of his good men and true.King Stephen confirmed this grant and those from Henry the First, andalso his own as to holding all the lands his father had held, and in asecond Charter he ordered that he should hold freely his lands "inHadfeld and Writtle and Hadfield and Havering and Witherfeld." This showshim a landowner at Hatfield Peverell as well as Hatfield Regis. IndeedChauncy, in his history of Hertfordshire, states that the Barringtons, inthe time of King Henry the First, held lands in Rameldon, HatfieldPeverell, Writtle, Ravensfield, Havering, Barking, Slyford, Chigwell andShelton in addition to Hatfield Regis. There is not a grant now extant toshew that this was the case, and most probably some of these lands cameinto the possession of the family much later.
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   King Henry the Second gave to Humphrey de Barenton a full confirmationof the grant from his grandfather, Henry the First, to Eustace deBarenton, of the Forestership and the lands given with it. After thedeath of William de Mountfitchet his son Gilbert confirmed his father'sgrant to Humphrey de Barenton. And Geoffrey de Mandeville, who had beencreated Earl of Essex, gave Humphrey a confirmation of the grant he hadformerly given him jointly with his father Eustace. Humphrey de Barentonhad also a confirmation of a grant to his father from Aubrey de Vere ofthe Manor of Chigwell and of lands there.
   Of this grant there is only a copy to be found. These Chigwell estatesremained the property of the Barrington family to the time of QueenElizabeth when they were sold by Sir Thomas Barrington. Morant states:

"From the Feodary of the de Veres, Earls of Oxford, it is manifest thatthe following persons of the name of Barrington held the Manor ofChigwell under them ---- George Barrington in 1263, William Barrington in1270, Geoffrey Barrington in the reign of King Edward the First, GeoffreyBarrington in 1429, John Barrington in 1447, and Thomas Barrington in1466, Margaret wife of Thomas Barrington that died in 1479 held jointlywith him the Manor of Little Chigwell, called Barrington's Manor, of AnneDuchess of Buckingham, as part of her hundred of Ongar by the service ofdoing suit at the Sheriff's court in that hundred, and a rent of sixpence per annum."

   All the above names will be mentioned hereafter with exception of thesecond Geoffrey of whom there is not any trace. The first one named wasone of the sons of Sir Nicholas, son of Sir Humphrey. He is mentioned asWoodward in the reign of King Henry the Third. The dates to the two firstnamed in the extract are most probably incorrect, as the only George tobe found was great nephew to William, who is here placed after him in1270. Thomas Barrington, it will clearly be shown, died in 1470, not 1479.
   Humphrey de Barenton had also a grant, from King Stephen, of lands inRamsden, Barking, and Birchanger, which was confirmed by King Henry theSecond; but neither of these charters is to be found. He was a witness tothe foundation charter of Woodham Priory, and a benefactor to the Abbeyof Waltham. His wife was Griselda, daughter of Ralph de Marcy, and heinherited in her right the Manor of Kelvendon with lands there. ThisRalph de Marcy had lands also at Hatfield, as it is stated in DoomsdayBoom, that half a hide of land had been recovered, formerly held by aSocman under Earl Harold, but which Ralph de Marcy then held. Humphreyhad three sons, Humphrey, Warine and Richard, the names of the two latterare found in deeds and will be mentioned hereafter. The eldest SirHumphrey de Barenton succeeded his father in his estates and office,being then a minor and ward of King Henry the Second. He lived in thereigns of King Henry the Second, Richard the First, and John, and wasSheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in the ninth year of Richard theFirst. He was a benefactor of Hatfield Priory, and it is singular thathis gift of a rent charge of twelve pence per annum is the only one thatcan be traced from the Barrington family to that priory.


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