DIGSWELL, (Hertfordshire) near Welling, and 4 m. from Hatfield in the road to Stevenage, stands on the S. side of the r.
Mimeram. In the R. of Edw. I. Lawrence de St. Nicholas, then Ld. of the manor, procured it a weekly Mt. and a yearly Fair
for 10 days. In the R. of Rich. II. it came into the family of the Purients; and in that of Hen. VIII. to the Horseys; one
of whom sold it, in the R. of Jam. I. to Sir Geo. Purient, a branch of the former family, who, in the same R. conveyed it
to Rich. Sidley, Esq; sheriff of the Co. one of whose heirs sold it to Humph. Shalcross, Esq; who was sheriff of this Co.
in the R. of Cha. II. whose heir, Tho. Shalcross, Esq; is, or was lately, the possessor.