NORTHCOT, (Hertfordshire) a manor of North-Church, held of the honor of Berkhamsted St. Peter, by Nich. de Bosco, in the R. of Edw. I. by Ralph de Marshal in that of Edw. II. from whom it went by marriage to the Lutons in the R. of Rich. II. Jeremy Hamden held it in the R. of Hen. VIII. whose descendant, Alexander, conveyed it in the R. of Q. Eliz. to Will. Edlyn; and in the next R. it went, by marriage of John Edlyn's daughter, to Tho. Emerton.