of Cardinal Wolsey, who is said to have been visited
here by Henry VIII. At the _Manor Farm_, Edward VI.--according to
tradition--once slept; the Green Man, close by, on the W. side of the
main street, has been kept by successive generations of one family for
300 years. Forty years ago several Roman urns were discovered in the
neighbourhood, and the well-preserved pavement of a Roman villa was
unearthed, subsequently, at Purwell Mill, between the village and
Hitchin. Prehistoric implements have also been found.

WYMONDLEY, LITTLE, formerly Wymondley Parva, is 1 mile S. from the
above. The E. end of the street is crossed by the G.N.R. near the tiny
churchyard. The church is Perp.; and was largely rebuilt in 1875; two
earlier structures are thought to have occupied the site. It contains
several inscriptions, and some monuments to the Needham family
(seventeenth century). A Priory of Augustinian Canons, dedicated to St.
Mary, was founded here by Richard Argenton, in the reign of Henry III.;
it was suppressed at the Dissolution. When, in 1891, the _Old Priory_
farm-house was being altered, some portions of two E.E. arches were
disclosed, and are thought to show where the cloister of the _Priory_
stood. There is another E.E. arch in the house.

YARDLEY. (See Ardeley.)

_Youngsbury._ (See High Cross.)

INDEX OF PERSONS

A

Abbot d'Aubeny, 62, 179, 188
---- Eadmer, 186
---- Ealdred, 186
---- Geoffrey de Gorham, 148, 179, 184, 185, 187
---- Hugh de Eversden, 189, 194
---- John de Berkhampstead, 189
---- John de Cella, 188
---- John de Hertford, 123, 189
---- John de Marinis, 189
---- John de la Moote, 64, 145, 198
---- John Wheathampsted, 146, 147, 167, 190, 193, 196, 225
---- Leofstan, 186
---- Michael de Mentmore, 189
---- Paul de Caen, 187, 191
---- Ralph, 119
---- Ramryge, 193
---- Robert de Gorham, 197
---- Roger de Norton, 63, 157, 189
---- Symon, 37, 188
---- Thomas de la Mare, 91, 179, 189
---- Ulsinus, 181, 182
---- Warren de Cambridge, 179, 184, 188
---- William de Trumpyntone, 188
---- Wm. Wallingford, 190

Adane (brass), 135

Adrian IV., 41, 45, 193

Aguillon family, 226

Alan the Red, 85

Alban, a rector (brass), 103
---- St., 31, 37, 59, 177, 186, 188, 193

Albyn (brass), 114

Aldenham, Lord, 49

Alford, Lady M., 99, 154

Alfred the Great, 31, 117, 118

Altham, Helen, 159
---- Sir J., 159

Alwin the Thane, 48

Amph