STANSTED-MONTFICHET, (Essex) near Birchenger, had the name from a castle fixed here anciently on an artificial mount; some
relicks of which were lately, if they are not still, visible a quarter of a m. from the Ch. It bel. for many generations
after Will. the Conq's. time, to the Montfichets, who were reckoned then among the chief nobility of the Km. K. Hen. VIII.
gave the manor to Sir John Gary, and it was afterwards sold to Edw. Hubberd; from whom it was transferred to the
Middletons, who had a fine seat here. In the late R. this estate was purchased by Thomas Heath. The priory of Tremhale
enjoyed the great tithes of this p. till the Diss. Here is a small ch. sc.