SAMFORD, GREAT and LITTLE, (Essex) N.E. of Thaxted. The former, with the chapel of Hemstead to the N. of it, was given by
Will. Rufus to Battel-Abbey in Sussex, but has since the Diss. been in the hands of the Tyrrels and the Harveys. The
latter, which stands on the S. side upon the same stream, which forms a fine canal below the mansion-house, is the manor
of Will. Peck, great-grandson of serjeant Peck, who purchased it of Sir Will. Halton, in the R. of Charles II.