PIRITON, (Hertfordshire) or PIRTON, on the W. side of Ickleford, and N. W. of Hitchin, did bel. partly to Tho. Docwra of Putteridge, whose grandfather, of the same name, purchased a moiety of Sir Edw. Marow of Berkeswell; but it went by marriage of his daughter to Sir Pet. Warburton, father of Sir George, the present possessor. The other moiety was conveyed to the provost and fellows of Eaton-Coll, who let it by leases for years to the Hammonds, and since to Mr. Lacy. The manor of the rectory bel. formerly to the priory of Hartford; but after the Diss. it went to Sir John Davy, who sold it to Poultney, who conveyed it to White; and his sons sold it to Sir Ant. Deane, grandfather of Morgan. There is a hill near the Ch. moated in, where was a castle, either of the Saxons or Normans.