ST. MARGARET'S, (Hertfordshire) anciently called Stansted-Thele, half a m. from Amwell, bel. in the R. of Hen. IV. to the
Goldingtons, and had a mon. but at the Diss. K. Hen. VIII. gave the manor to Edw. Baesh, Esq; one of whose descendants
sold it to Edw. Lawrence, Esq; after the death of whose son, Henry, in 1664, it was sold to Edw. Westrow, Esq; whose widow
held it to 1689, when it was sold to Francis Roston, Esq; and by him or his heirs first leased out for years, and then the
ground-rents were sold to the late Spencer Cowper, Esq; the Ld. of the manor. The Ch. is a donative.