The neighbourhood is interesting. The Lords of the Manor of Wymondley Magna were formerly, as the newspapers have recently reminded us, Cup-bearers to the King at his Coronation. Near the church are some traces of an ancient fortification; a little S., and opposite a row of quaint cottages with heavily thatched roofs, stands _Delamere House_, once the property of Cardinal Wolsey, who is said to have been visited here by Henry VIII. At the _Manor Farm_, Edward VI.--according to tradition--once slept; the Green Man, close by, on the W. side of the main street, has been kept by successive generations of one family for 300 years. Forty years ago several Roman urns were discovered in the neighbourhood, and the well-preserved pavement of a Roman villa was unearthed, subsequently, at Purwell Mill, between the village and Hitchin. Prehistoric implements have also been found. WYMONDLEY, LITTLE, formerly Wymondley Parva, is 1 mile S. from the above. The E. end of the street is crossed by the G.N.R. near the tiny churchyard. The church is Perp.; and was largely rebuilt in 1875; two earlier structures are thought to have occupied the site. It contains several inscriptions, and some monuments to the Needham family (seventeenth century). A Priory of Augustinian Canons, dedicated to St. Mary, was founded here by Richard Argenton, in the reign of Henry III.; it was suppressed at the Dissolution. When, in 1891, the _Old Priory_ farm-house was being altered, some portions of two E.E. arches were disclosed, and are thought to show where the cloister of the _Priory_ stood. There is another E.E. arch in the house. YARDLEY. (See Ardeley.) _Youngsbury._ (See High Cross.) INDEX OF PERSONS A Abbot d'Aubeny, 62, 179, 188 ---- Eadmer, 186 ---- Ealdred, 186 ---- Geoffrey de Gorham, 148, 179, 184, 185, 187 ---- Hugh de Eversden, 189, 194 ---- John de Berkhampstead, 189 ---- John de Cella, 188 ---- John de Hertford, 123, 189 ---- John de Marinis, 189 ---- John de la Moote, 64, 145, 198 ---- John Wheathampsted, 146, 147, 167, 190, 193, 196, 225 ---- Leofstan, 186 ---- Michael de Mentmore, 189 ---- Paul de Caen, 187, 191 ---- Ralph, 119 ---- Ramryge, 193 ---- Robert de Gorham, 197 ---- Roger de Norton, 63, 157, 189 ---- Symon, 37, 188 ---- Thomas de la Mare, 91, 179, 189 ---- Ulsinus, 181, 182 ---- Warren de Cambridge, 179, 184, 188 ---- William de Trumpyntone, 188 ---- Wm. Wallingford, 190 Adane (brass), 135 Adrian IV., 41, 45, 193 Aguillon family, 226 Alan the Red, 85 Alban, a rector (brass), 103 ---- St., 31, 37, 59, 177, 186, 188, 193 Albyn (brass), 114 Aldenham, Lord, 49 Alford, Lady M., 99, 154 Alfred the Great, 31, 117, 118 Altham, Helen, 159 ---- Sir J., 159 Alwin the Thane, 48 Amphibalus, St., 37, 166, 177, 188, 193 Anestie, Rich. de, 51 Anne of Bohemia, 136 ---- Mortimer, 137 Anorbul, Wm. (brass), 107 {Annabull in text} Anthony, W., 81 Antoninus (quoted), 84, 94, 117, 177