TRING, (Hertfordshire) the most W. T. in the Co. next to Bucks, is 4 m. from Wendover, 28 cm. 33 mm. from London. In the
Saxons time it gave name to a H. of which it was the most considerable T. 'Tis still a pretty little T. with Fairs on May
18, June 29, Sept. 29, and a good Mt. on F. especially for corn, of which here are large granaries. K. Stephen gave this
manor to the abbey of Feversham; and Edw. II. granted its Mt. and Fairs. After the Diss. Q. Mary gave it to Hen. Peckham,
who forfeiting it to the crown in the next R. by treason, James I. granted it to his son Prince Charles, who afterwards
settled it on his Q. Henrietta-Maria. After her death, it was granted to Hen. Guy, a native of this place, who, from a
mean beginning, rose to be secretary to the treasury, &c. and groom of the bedchamber to Charles II. K. James II. K.
William and Q. Mary, and built a magnificent seat here, which he sold to Sir Will. Gore, who was Ld.-mayor of London, and
paid the quit-rents of the manor to Q. Catherine, it being part of her dowry; besides, Sir Will. Gore made a park here of
300 acres, part of which is on the Chiltern, and in it is a beautiful wood, by which runs the Ikenning-Street. His son,
Cha. Gore, is the present possessor. Here is a handsome Ch. which was not long ago beautified and wainscotted by Mr. Gore
and Sir Rich. Anderson, and a ch. sc. for teaching and cloathing 20 boys. At Little-Tring in this parish, rises one of the
heads of the Thames, which leaving the Co. at Puttenham, runs by Alesbury to Thame. By the custom of this manor, every
tenant, on admission to any copyhold land, pays the Ld. the value of 2 years quit-rent for a fine.