GORAMBURY, (Hertfordshire) near St. Albans, bel. to its abbey in 1161, when its abbot was Robert de Gorham, from whom it
probably had the name. After the Diss. K. Hen. VIII. granted the manor to Sir Ralph Rowlet, who sold it to Sir Nich.
Bacon, whose son, the Ld. Verulam, conveyed it to his secretary, Sir Thomas Meautys, whose widow marrying Sir Harbot de
Grimston, Bt. he had it by her for her life, and bought the reversion of the heir, Mr. Hercules Meautys; so that it is
descended in Sir Harbottle's family, to the present Ld. Visc. Grimston, Here is a statue of K. Hen. VIII. and in St.
Michael's Ch. is the monument erected by Sir Tho. Meautys, in memory of his great master and patron.