MEESDEN, (Hertfordshire) or MESDON, (Hertfordshire) on a hill N. W. of the Pelhams, bel. anciently to the Bp. of London,
and afterwards to the abbey of St. Mary de Grace near the tower; but at the Diss. K. Hen. VIII. granted it to Sir Tho.
Audley, and his heirs; from whom it passed to Thomas D. of Norfolk, who sold it to Mr. Bradbury, whose son conveyed it to
Rich. Luther, Esq; and it did very lately bel. to Anthony, his descendant. The Ch. here is a peculiar bel. to St. Paul's,
London.