PUNSBURN, (Hertfordshire) in a bottom, in the S. E. part of Hatfield p. near Cheshunt-Common, bel. in the R. of Hen. VI. to John Fortescue; from whose family it was conveyed in the R. of Hen. VIII. to the crown. Q. Eliz. granted it to Sir Hen. Cock. It went afterwards by marriage to Sir Edm. Lacy, and by his daughter to Sir John Ferrers; after which it was sold to Step. Ewre and Josh. Lomax, who granted it to Rich. Woollaston of Grays-Inn; by whom and his son it was conveyed to Paris Slaughter of Blackwell-Hall, London; from whose family it went by marriage to Mr. Clark; whose son sold it to William Strode, Esq; the present possessor.