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A century later in the Hearth Tax Rolls Robert Page appears at Willesden as assessed at one hearth ; while " Mr." Page, the overseer of Kingsbury, was assessed at seventeen hearths, the largest in his parish.

Page Street as a district of Hendon occurs frequently in documents from 1580 (see will of Rob. Marsh, 22 Butts) ; and Page's Grove in Willesden was known before 1634 (see will of Wm. Marsh, D. & C. St. Paul's, E 213). Both these place-names have come down to the present time.

Richard Page of Sudbury, by his will da!:ed and proved in 1558, provided for his wife Alice, who was to have the use of his bedroom and its effects at Sudbury for life. He left certain land at Harrow to his son Rowland ; and to the latter's three children, Garrett, Richard, and Alice Page, he bequeathed 40s. each ; a like " some " to his grandchildren Francis, Henry, and Richard, sons of his son Thomas Page ; and to the children of his daughters Agnes Thornton and Dorothy Gerrard. Thomas Page was the residuary legatee.

Thomas Page of Sudbury Court made his will in 1573, and it was proved the following year. He left Sudbury Court Farm to his eldest son Henry Page for the remainder of his lease, charged with an annuity of 20 marks to the testator's wife Anne ; and to her also he left a legacy of 40Z., with his effects at his farm at Hunborne, Southampton, which he " had with her." His brother William Page was an overseer to his will. His younger sons Richard, Thomas, and John Page, and his daughter Dorothy, are mentioned.

The will, dated 1603, of William Page of Wembley, in the parish of Harrow, bequeaths legacies to his children John, James, William, Constance, Elizabeth, and Audrye ; also to his sisters Rose Lawrence and Audrie Ashwell. His wife Katherine was ap- pointed executrix, or in the event of her predecease John Page of Wembley and Richard Page of Uxendon were to be exe- cutors. A little property at Harrow, occu- pied by Sam. Taylor and Roger Bunne, was left to his sons John and James, and the residue of his lands to his son William. This will was proved in 1604 (P.C.C. 72 Hart). The property passed down fairly regularly, and does not appear to have extended much, except in steadily increasing value. In 1727 John Page of Wembley left Wembley Manor to his younger son Richard, with Redhill Farm, Kingsbury, and other specified estate in the neighbourhood, his eldest son John taking the copyhold and little else

under the will (P.C.C. 19 Farrant). The estates were charged with annuities payable to the testator's daughters, the wife of Henry Newman, Anne Salter, and Susannah and Elizabeth Page.

The will of Richard Page of Wembley, proved in 1771 (P.C.C. 352 Trevor), and that of Susannah Page of Harrow, proved in 1783 (P.C.C. 374 Cornwallis), bring the estate down to the last century ; then the will of Richard Page of Wembley, proved 1803 (P.C.C. 990 Marriott), leaves but one later will of importance, namely, that of Henry Page of Upper Norton Street, St. Maryle- bone, dated 15 Nov., 1825, proved 1829, which states that the testator had by deed one day previously settled his real estate, the trustees being Henry Young of Essex Street, Strand, and Francis Fladgate of Queen's Square, Westminster. No details of the estates nor relatives named Page ocaur in the will, but the testator's kinsmen Richard Franklin sen. and Richard Franklin jun., both of the Mint, are legatees. It is at least clear that this Henry Page held the Manor of Harrow (or Wembley) and other property ; but the settlement is not filed nor available for public research, and present claimants will have considerable difficulty in tracing the lands held. It is certain that the estate is far smaller than has been repre- sented by the press.

FRED. HITCHIN-KEMP.

6, Beechfield Road, Catford, S.E.

GRANGER ANNOTATED BY

CAULFIELD. (See ante, pp. 65, 223.)

William Penderill [198]." The Print of Will"* Penderill is by Burghers, and worth at least 30A, though one has been sold for as little as 8/. 8*. It is an oval medallion in a large tree." The copy in the Sykes Sale, lot 963, sold for 31Z. to Woodburn.

In a sale held by Greenwood at Leicester Square, Tuesday night, 24 Jan., 1786, lot 108 was " William Pendril in the Oak, a most rare print, very fine," 81. 15s.

Maria, Edwardi Alston, eq. aur. filia, Jacobi Langham, eq. aur., uxor. [179]. " 25/. I had one of Mary Langham, a little damaged in the lace by a trifling crease, which I sold to Mr. Lloyd for &. 3*. In the Donnegal Collection, bought by Dart on the Quaker for 450A, was one very little better than mine, which Sir Mark Sykes gave him 251. for by Thane's advice ; and another would bring as much money, as it is perhaps the scarcest of Faithorne's Works."

" Darton the Quaker " was the bookseller ; Thane was then at 36, Lisle Street. The