Broxbourne Manor of the Bishop of London

Has been described as a Questionable Palace (Bishop)

There are no visible remains

NameBroxbourne Manor of the Bishop of London
Alternative Names
Historic CountryHertfordshire
Modern AuthorityHertfordshire
1974 AuthorityHertfordshire
Civil ParishHoddesdon

Residential manor of the Bishop of London, listed by Thompson.

The RECTORY MANOR of Broxbourne was held with the church by the Bishops of London, (Lond. Epis. Reg. Gravesend and Baldock, fol. 41) who seem to have generally farmed it out. (Ibid. Braybrook, fol. 345–6) In 1651 the rectory and glebe lands were sold by the trustees for the sale of bishops' lands to Edmund Lewin and his heirs for £522. (Close, 1651, pt. xxxi, m. 3.) The Bishop of London regained it at the Restoration, and in 1728 it was leased to the lord of the manor, (Salmon, Hist. of Herts. 16) and was probably acquired by him together with the advowson in 1868. (VCH)

Gatehouse Comments

Questioned by Payne. Presumably the Rectory manor house was near to the parish church, possibly the site now occupied by the Vicarage at given map reference. There is nothing to suggest the manor was used residentially by the bishops.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTL371069
Latitude51.7442893981934
Longitude-0.0152000002563
Eastings537100
Northings206900
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Books

  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 3 Southern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 234 (mention)
  • Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 180
  • Page, Wm (ed), 1912, VCH Hertfordshire Vol. 3 p. 430-440 (parish history) online transcription

Other

  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales (available via EThOS)