PENLEY, (Hertfordshire) or PENTLEY, on the N. W. side of Berkhamsted, near Tring, was purchased in the R. of Edw. III. by
Sir John de la Hay; from whom it passed, by marriage of his daughter, to Rob. Whittingham, whose son enclosed a park here
for deer in the R. of Hen. VI. but being attainted in the R. of Edw. IV. for adhering to the said Henry, it was granted to
Humph. Bourchier, Ld. Cromwel; who dying without issue, it was restored to Sir Rob. Whittingham, whose daughter carried it
in marriage to John Varney; whose descendants held it from the R. of Ed. IV. to Q. Eliz. when it was sold to Rich.
Anderson, who was knighted in the R. of Ja. I. and the grandfather of Sir Richard, the late Ld. of it; whose daughter
carried it by marriage to Simon Harcourt, Esq; whose son, Henry, is the present owner.