LORDSHIP/LADYSHIP OF
THE REPUTED MANOR OF MUSWELL
THE ANCIENT PARISH OF HORNSEY
INCLUDING HIGHGATE
IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
The reputed manor of MUSWELL originated
between 1152 and 1159 in the grant of land at Muswell by
Richard de Belmeis, bishop of London (d. 1161), to the
Augustinian priory of St. Mary, Clerkenwell. The land
probably corresponded to the later 61½ a. of Clerkenwell
detached, but the priory may have acquired additional lands in
Hornsey: in 1539 part of the estate adjoined Rowledge
farm. In 1540 the prioress demised to John Avery, yeoman of
the bottles, the farmhouse, chapel, gatehouse, a house, a
storehouse, and all lands not already leased; the estate was
granted in 1543 to William Burnell, to be held in fee for rent
following Avery's death. In 1544 Burnell conveyed his estate to
the Augmentations official William Cowper and Cecily his
wife, who in 1545 alienated it to Thomas Golding of
London. In 1549 Golding sold it to John Goodwin (d. 1574),
merchant-tailor of London .
Lots more history comes with this super title.
The legal package includes the Deed of Conveyance signed and stamped by the company solicitor in the UK who is certified in manorial law by the Law Society
This title will be registered on the Official Gazette
and it will also be registered on the Manorial Documents Register