DIVISIONS OF THE PARISH.

The parish is divided into four quarters, viz.—the Town, Chase, Bull's Cross; and Green Street and Ponder's End.

Town Division.-Enfield Old-park, London-road, Essexroad, Sydney-road, Raleigh-road, Cecil-road, Churchstreet, Enfield-town, Silver-street, Nag's-head-lane, Bakerstreet, Clay-hill, Parsonage-lane, and the east side of Chase-side.

Chase Division.-Windmill-hill, the west side of Chaseside, and the whole of Enfield-chase.

Bull's Cross Division.-Forty-hill, Bull's-cross, Turkeystreet, Enfield.wash, Lock-lane, the Lock, Freezywater, White-webbs, and Crew's-hill.

Green Street and Ponder's End Division.-Green-street, Enfield-highway, and Ponder's-end.

It appears by the minute book of the Vestry, 1691 (the earliest one preserved) that there were then, and for several years subsequently, four Churchwardens and four Overseers for four quarters, viz.: "Enfield Green," now "the Town quarter, Bull's-cross quarter, Green-street quarter, and Ponder's-end quarter; and five Surveyors, for Enfield-green, Parsonage-ward, Bull's-cross, Greenstreet, and Ponder's-end respectively. In 1703, one Churchwarden served for Green-street, Ponder's-end, and Bull's-cross. From that time, Green-street and Ponder'send seem to have been permanently united for Churchwardens; but not for Overseers, till 1710.

PRIVILEGES AND EXEMPTIONS.

There is a singular document in existence, with reference to Fairs and Markets. There was originally a grant by Richard II., and subsequently confirmed by Henry IV. and VI., and other Monarchs, down to George III., a copy of which can be had on application to the Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster, which exempts the inhabitants of Enfield from toll, pannage, passage, lastage, tallage, tollage, carriage, pesage, picage, and terrage, for their goods, wares, and merchandizes, in all fairs, markets, villages, and other places throughout England, (out of the Duchy of Lancaster, in the County of Middlesex.) It is stated, however, that this exemption has been resisted in Covent-garden and Whitechapel markets.

There was also a charter of exemption from arrest, granted by Richard I., but it has not been acted upon for many years, and is now considered obsolete.

An exemption from toll at Warebridge was also granted to the inhabitants of Enfield by Queen Elizabeth, and subsequently confirmed by George III. All these charters are preserved among the parish records.

MANORS, COURTS-LEET, COURTS-BARON, &c.

"Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private "recordes and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of bookes, "and the like, we doe save and recover somewhat from the deluge "of time."

Bacon-Advancement of Learning,—Book II.

The following is a list of the Manors for which Courtsleet and Courts-baron are held on particular days, for the purpose of settling all fines, heriots, services, reliefs, profits, perquisites of courts, waters, waste grounds, fisheries, royalties, liberties, franchises, &c., viz.—

The Manor of Enfield.

The Manor of Durants, or Durant's Harbour.

The Manor of Elsynge, alias Norris, or North Farm.

The Manor of Suffolks.

The Manor of Honylands and Pentriches, alias Capels.

The Manor of Goldbeaters.

The Manor of Worcesters, and

The Rectory Manor.

Of these Manors the most important are those of Enfield and of Worcesters, both of which were formerly in the possession of the Crown, each having its own park and palace.

It is material that this circumstance should be distinctly. pointed out, as it has led to some confusion in the statements of both Gough and Lysons, which have been copied by Dr. Robinson and all subsequent writers. The Manorhouse of Worcesters, was Elsynge-hall, alias Enfieldhouse; this was built by the Earl of Worcester in the 15th century, and enlarged by his nephew, Sir Thomas Lovell, after which, it was sometimes known by the name of Lovell-place. This was the royal residence of Edward VI., of Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, and was pulled down in the time of Charles II.

"The palace," as it is still called, and a part of which yet remains, was the Manor-house of Enfield, and appears to have been built by Edward VI. at the time when he gave the Manor to his sister Elizabeth, who resided here whilst Princess, but held her court at Elsynge-hall, after she came to the throne. Norden records with exultation, "the stately and most princely pallaces of Queene "Elizabeth," and speaks of "Hir Majesties parkes "exceeding all the kingdome of Fraunce, (if the discourse "be true betweene an Heraulde of England and a "Heraulde of France) where it is affirmed that there are "in all that region but two parkes,-in Mydlesex there "are ten of Her Majesties,-Enfield parkes two."

MANOR OF ENFIELD.

In the reign of Edward the Confessor, the Manor of Enfield belonged to Asgar, Master of the Horse. When the survey of Domesday was taken, it was the property of Geoffrey de Magnaville, or Mandeville, a powerful Norman, who had accompanied William to England.

His son, William de Mandeville, gave to the Priory of Hurley, in Berks, the tithe of nuts, "in parco suo de "Enfeld in frank-almoine," and to Trinity Priory, Aldgate,

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XL carucates bushii per ann. in bosco de Enefeld. He married Margaret, daughter of Eudo Dapifer, (Steward to the Conqueror), by whom he had a son, Geoffrey, created Earl of Essex, by King Stephen.

"Circa hæc tempora ROBERTUS HUDUS et PARVUS "JOANNES, latrones famatissimi in nemoribus latuerunt - "Latronum omnium humanissimus et princeps erat." [Majoris Britan. Histor.]

Dr. Stukely says, that "Robin Hood took to this wild "way of life, in imitation of his grandfather, Geoffrey de "Mandeville, who, being a favourer of Maude, Empress, "King Stephen took him prisoner at St. Albans, and "made him give up the tower of London, Walden, "Plessis, &c., after which he lived in plunder."

In resentment for this reduction of his power and influence, he committed (says Camden) the most violent ravages on the King and his party, and proceeding to seize and pillage Ramsey Abbey, was shortly afterwards