OFLEY-GREAT, (Hertfordshire) on the S. W. side of Hitchin, where Offa, the Mercian K. lived a good while, and dyed, came
soon after the conquest to the St. Legers; in the R. of Edw. III. it passed by the heiress to Sir Tho. Hoo; in whose
family it continued, till the R. of Hen. VII. when it went by marriage to Sir William, son of Sir Godfrey Bullen. In the
R. of Hen. VIII. it was conveyed to Rich. Farmer, merchant of the staple; by whose descendant it was sold to Sir John
Spencer; but since came by marriage, and partly by purchase, to Sir Hen. Penrice. On the E. side of it, there is a fine
seat, with a park, called Ofley-Place. Here is a ch. sc.