STAPLEFORD-ABBOTS, (Essex) near Ongar, on the E. side of the r. Rodon, or Rothing, over which it had a ford, bel.
heretofore to the abbey of St. Edmondsbury, and at the Diss. was granted to John Maynard; but the last that held
Stapleford-Hall by grant from the crown, was the Countess of Granville, mother to the present E. of Granville, lately
created Knt. of the garter. In this p. is a house and park, the seat of the late Sir Robt. Abdy. The house, which is a
fine one, was built in 1620, by Inigo Jones, for Sir Tho. Edmonds; of whom it was purchased, 30 years after, by the then
Sir Rob. Abdy, the grandfather of the late Bart. of that name.