FTM CD194, MA & ME Fam., V2, pg 619, 620
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FTM CD194, Mass. & Me. Families, Vol II, Mitton, of Weston-Under-Lizard:
pg 619:
The family of Harpesfield obtained its name from the manor of Harpesfield
in the parish of St. Peters in the town of St. Albans, co Hertford, of
which the Abbot of St. Albans was the lord. The Harpesfield arms were:
Argent, three harps sable, stringed or. In the reign of King John the
manor was held by Ralph de Harpesfield under the abbot, and in the time
of Henry III by John, son of Roger De Harpesfield. It
encompassed one hide and 43 acres of land, and the Harpesfield were
obliged to provide a horse for a groom whenever the abbott rode to
Tynemouth, but if the horse died on the journey they were to be
compensated. In 1316 t he manor was divided and Harpesfield Hall
eventually became the property of the family of Benstede. Thereafter the
manor went throiugh various vicissitudes. Early in the fifteenth century
the heir was an idiot, John son of John De Harpesfield, who d. in 1425
without heirs. Two claimants came forward, but one died before he could
make good his claim, while the other, sued by the abbot, received an
adverse judgement from the court. In 1420 King Henry V granted certain
property in Harfleur, Normandy, to Thomas de Harpesfield, presumably a
soldier, and this Thomas was, in all
probablility, the father of Nicholas, who as "Nicholas de Harpesfield,
son of Thomas,"...