EASTON-GREAT, (Essex) on the E. side of the Chelmer, 2 m. from Dunmow. In the R. of Rich. II. it bel. to the family of Monk, and went by marriage to that of Ld. Stourton; but coming at length to be Sir Ralph Warren's, and then Sir Tho. Knivet's, it passed by them to William Ld. Maynard, so created in Cha. I. in whose family it has continued ever since.