Cannix
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Cannix otherwise Canwykes or Broxbournes, is an area near Broxbourne
, Hertfordshire
, England. It was named from its early tenants, and was held of the manor of Stevenage
by military service. It seems to have been identical with the messuage
and virgate
held of the Abbot of Westminster in 1315 by John de Broxbourne.
Nothing more is heard of the estate until about 1509, when William Canwyke paid a relief of 40s
. for certain land in Stevenage called ' Broxborne' which he had received from Petronilla, his mother. In 1510 Samuel and Clemence Canwyke sold the 'manor' to William Lytton of Knebworth
, who died seised of it in 1517.
Eventually, the whole estate returned to the male line of the Lyttons and descended in the same manner as Knebworth
. It is mentioned in 1811 after which its identity was probably lost among the other lands held by the Lyttons in Stevenage
. Cannocks Wood in the southwest of the parish perhaps preserves its name.
Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hertford: volume 3
William Page (1912, ed.)
Broxbourne
Broxbourne is a commuter town in the Broxbourne borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England with a population of 13,298 in 2001.It is located 17.1 miles north north-east of Charing Cross in London and about a mile north of Wormley and south of Hoddesdon...
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, England. It was named from its early tenants, and was held of the manor of Stevenage
Stevenage
Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated to the east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1, and is between Letchworth Garden City to the north, and Welwyn Garden City to the south....
by military service. It seems to have been identical with the messuage
Messuage
In law, the term messuage equates to a dwelling-house and includes outbuildings, orchard, curtilage or court-yard and garden. At one time messuage supposedly had a more extensive meaning than that conveyed by the words house or site, but such distinction no longer survives.A capital messuage is the...
and virgate
Virgate
The virgate or yardland was a unit of land area measurement used in medieval England, typically outside the Danelaw, and was held to be the amount of land that a team of two oxen could plough in a single annual season. It was equivalent to a quarter of a hide, so was nominally thirty acres...
held of the Abbot of Westminster in 1315 by John de Broxbourne.
Nothing more is heard of the estate until about 1509, when William Canwyke paid a relief of 40s
Shilling
The shilling is a unit of currency used in some current and former British Commonwealth countries. The word shilling comes from scilling, an accounting term that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times where it was deemed to be the value of a cow in Kent or a sheep elsewhere. The word is thought to derive...
. for certain land in Stevenage called ' Broxborne' which he had received from Petronilla, his mother. In 1510 Samuel and Clemence Canwyke sold the 'manor' to William Lytton of Knebworth
Knebworth
Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England immediately south of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Walden and Langley, and encompasses the village of Knebworth, the...
, who died seised of it in 1517.
Eventually, the whole estate returned to the male line of the Lyttons and descended in the same manner as Knebworth
Knebworth
Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England immediately south of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Walden and Langley, and encompasses the village of Knebworth, the...
. It is mentioned in 1811 after which its identity was probably lost among the other lands held by the Lyttons in Stevenage
Stevenage
Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated to the east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1, and is between Letchworth Garden City to the north, and Welwyn Garden City to the south....
. Cannocks Wood in the southwest of the parish perhaps preserves its name.
External references
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43593Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hertford: volume 3
William Page (1912, ed.)