WRITTLE, with its HALL and PARK, (Essex) 1 m. from Chelmsford, having been always in possession of Ks. and noblemen, was purchased of the family of the Bohuns Es. of Hereford and Essex, by that great statesman, Sir Will. Petre, and has continued in his posterity ever since. K. Ja. I. created one of them baron Petre of Writtle. Here is a ch. sc. Colonel Stanley and serjeant Comins had their seats here.