PELHAM-ARSA, (Hertfordshire) or PELHAM-BRENT, PELHAM-FURNEUX, PELHAM-STOCKIN, are three villages in Hartfordshire, on the
b. of Essex, towards Clavering, which have each their Ch. and bel. all formerly to the Bp. of London. The first, which is
the nearest to Clavering, bet. Pelham-Furneux and Cockenhatch, was purchased by one Sarners, and therefore called Pelham-
Sarners; but being for most part consumed by fire, in the R. of Henry I. it was afterwards called Arsa. It is now the
manor of Mr. Tho. Floyer, whose grandfather, Francis Floyer, purchased it of Mr. John Newport; and he has a fine seat
here, just by the Ch. called Burnt-Pelham-Hall. Pelham-Furneux, to the S. E. of Hormeads, was anciently the manor and seat
of Simon de Fourneux; but passed through several hands to Sir William Parker Ld. Monteagle, who in the R. of Q. Eliz.
conveyed the manor-house to Rich. Mead of Berden; but the manor itself he conveyed, about 1600, to Edw. Newport, and his
heirs, whose son, William, did lately, if he does not still, enjoy it. In the R. of Cha. II. the manor-house, with the
parks, was sold to Felix Calvert, the father of the present owner. Pelham-Stockin, which lies a little to the E. of the
latter, was once also the manor of Simon de Fourneux; but in the R. of Q. Eliz. it was in the hands of Sir Edmund
Huddlestone. It was soon after sold to Jeffery Nightingale; and after the decease of his son Thomas, it was sold to
William Webb of Gray's-Inn, whose son, Jonathan, sold it to Will. Calvert, who settled it on his eldeft son, Felix Calvert
of Hadham. N.B. These three villages were but one at the time of William the Conqueror, and gave name to the ancestors of
the present D. of Newcastle, one of whom, viz. Ralph de Pelham, as appears from Doomsday-book, held lands here of the Bp.
of London, as did others of the family in the Rs. of Hen. II. K. John, and Edw. I. and the pelicans which are in the arms
of the family, are painted in one of the Chs.