HIDE, (Hertfordshire) in the p. of Abbats-Langley, to the N. W. of Langleybury, was granted by Hen. VIII. in special tail
to the D. of Norfolk; but it has been long since passed to the Greenhills of Harrow. Upon a death, or alienation of this
manor, the heir, or purchaser, pays 6 d. an acre for a fine, and 10 s. for a herriot. 'Tis called West-Hide, to
distinguish it from the two following in the same Co. viz.
1. HIDE-HALL, upon a hill on the E. side of the r. Stort, in the p. of Sawbridgworth, the seat and manor of Sir Strange
Jocelyn, Bt. but anciently of the Mandevils and the Hides. It lies within the duchy of Lancaster.
2. HIDE-HALL in Sandon, which was called Oliver's, from one Oliver its Ld. in the R. of Hen. VI. It passed at length to
the Hides, by whom the seat was here built, called Hide-Hall; and in the R. of K. Jam. I. was sold to Sir Tho. Cheek, who
conveyed it to Thomas E. of Exeter, as the E. did to Sir Julius Caesar. His son sold it, in 1656, to Will. Franklin of
Grays-Inn, who dying without issue, it came to his only sister and heiress; and, by her marriage, to Nicholas Miller; who
was knighted by Cha. II. and settled it on his son Franklyn Miller. It had its present name from Q. Eliz, who was
entertained here by one of the Hides.