SHENFIELD, (Essex) so near to Brentwood, that it is only divided from it by the road from Billericay to Ongar. It was held
formerly of the honor of Mandeville. Edw. IV. settled it upon his Q. Eliz. It was afterwards granted from the crown to
private hands. In the R. of Cha. I. Sir John Lucas was created Baron Lucas of Shenfield. The Hon. Philip Yorke, Esq;
eldest son of the Ld. Hardwick, Ld.-High-Chanc. had this manor (to which the rectory is appendant) by marriage with the
marchioness De Grey. Here was the seat of the late Rich. Vaughan.