Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, CompleteHolinshed, Raphael
History
Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
The next water that it méeteth withall, is on Essex side, almost
[Sidenote: Lée.]
against Woolwich, and that is the Lée or Luie, whose head riseth short
of Kempton in Hertfordshire, foure miles southeast of Luton, sometime
[Sidenote: Logus.]
called Logodunum or Logrodunum, & going through a péece of Brokehall
parke (leauing Woodhall parke on the north, and Hatfield on the south,
with another parke adioining) it goeth toward Hartford towne. But yer
[Sidenote: Marran.]
it come there, it receiueth a water (peraduenture the Marran) rising
at northwest in Brodewater hundred, from aboue Welwin, northeast of
Digeswell, and going to Hartingfeld burie, where the said confluence
is within one mile of the towne. Beneath Hatfield also it receiueth
[Sidenote: Beane.]
the Beane (as I gesse) comming from Boxwood by Benington, Aston,
Watton, and Stapleford, and a little lower, the third arme of increase
from aboue Ware, which descendeth from two heads: whereof the greatest
commeth from Barkewaie in Edwinster hundred, the other Sandon in
Oddesey hundred, and after they be met beneath little Hornemeade, they
go togither by Pulcherchurch, or Puckrich, Stonden, Thunderidge,
Wadesmill, Benghoo, and so into the Lée, which from hence runneth on
till it come at Ware, which was drowned by the rage of the same 1408,
and so to Amwell, where on the north side it receiueth the water that
commeth from little Hadham, through a péece of Singleshall parke, then
by great Hadham, and so from Widford to the aforesaid towne. From
hence also they go as one to old Stansted called Le Veil, branching in
such wise yer it come there, that it runneth through the towne in
sundrie places. Thence it goeth foorth to Abbats Stansted, beneath
[Sidenote: Sturus.]
which it méeteth with the Stoure, west (as I remember) of Roidon. This
Sture riseth at Wenden lootes, from whence it goeth to Langleie,
Clauering, Berden, Manhuden, & Birchanger (where it taketh a rill
comming from Elsingham, & Stansted Mountfitchet.) Thence it hieth on
to Bishops Stourford, Sabrichfoord, and beneath this towne crosseth
with another from the east side of Elsingham, that goeth to Hatfield,
Brodocke, Shiring, Harlo, & so into the Stoure, and from whence they
go togither to Eastwic, Parmedon, and next into the Lée. These things
being thus performed, the Lée runneth on beneath Hoddesdon, Broxburne,
and Wormleie, where a water breaketh out by west of the maine streame,
a mile lower than Wormeleie it selfe, but yet within the paroch, and
is called Wormeleie locke.
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