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Marshalls (house)

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100:, of which nearby Hornchurch Priory was a dependency. The land continued in the family into the 14th Century and then passed to the Carew family. Edward Carew son of John Carew, the deputy Steward of the Royal Library of Havering, is recorded as a past owner in 1610; at this date the property belonged to a 43:
at St Bernard, and in 1321 Richard le Marescall owned land near the eventual site of the house. Marshalls was situated roughly where the playground of the current St Edwards' C of E Primary school is now, and at its greatest the surrounding estate was approximately bounded by the modern roads of Main
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had embezzled the bank of nearly half a million pounds and in 1828 he fled the country. Marshalls was then bought by Hugh McIntosh, who also owned the Manor of Havering and passed to his nephew David McIntosh who lived there until 1850 when he moved to the newly built mansion in Havering Park,
72:, who lived there until his death in 1809. It is essentially this house that Pevsner in his book on Essex describes as having a "stuccoed Georgian five-bay front (Tuscan porch) and gabled back parts", while the sale catalogue from 1816 describes it as 139:
who were living there by then. She brought some of the poor children she had been teaching in London, to give them a taste of the countryside with which they were so unfamiliar. A number of Hill's published letters are addressed from 'Marshals'.
104:, probably George Thorowgood who owned Hornchurch Hall. On 20 January 1694 Simon Thorowgood leased Marshalls to Thomas Scawen, but then sold the property to Russell Alsopp in 1704. When Alsopp died he owed much money to Sir William Scawen, 258: 253: 214: 124: 115:
for 1796, the property remaining in the possession of his widow until her death on 24 December 1815. The house was then bought by local banker
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There is no record of any particularly grand or notable property associated with Marshalls. By about 1610 it was described as a
105: 74:“A plain neat edifice, brick, extremely well erected...(with)...a portico entrance to the principal or ground storey....” 116: 136: 39:
dates back to 1213 when Gilbert, son of Roger Marschal is recorded as leasing land in Havering to the house of
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In 1748 Marshalls passed from John Leigh to Mary Frost, and later passed to Jackson Barwis who was
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from 1697 to 1699 and there followed a lengthy legal argument over ownership of the property.
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in 1816. During his time Marshalls was described as ‘Princely’, but Stephenson, MP for
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As described above, Gilbert Marschal leased land in Havering to the
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in 1746. The house was considerably improved by Jackson Barwis, the
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Road, North Street, Pettits Lane, and Pettits Boulevard.
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Duvall, J T (1982). "Marshalls: the story of a house".
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although he had been letting Marshalls for some years.
204:. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 300–301. 259:Former houses in the London Borough of Havering 76:. The house was demolished in 1959 as it was 8: 23:in the historic parish and Royal liberty of 254:Buildings and structures demolished in 1959 78:“not of historical or architectural value” 149: 179: 169: 157: 155: 153: 202:The buildings of England : Essex 7: 121:Remington, Stephenson & Company 14: 106:Governor of the Bank of England 1: 102:“gentleman named Thorowgood” 60:and was still described as 275: 19:was a house, located in 135:visited the family of 113:High Sheriff of Essex 94:Hospice of St Bernard 226: /  230:51.5843°N 0.1792°E 131:In 1855 the young 117:Rowland Stephenson 90:Augustinian Canons 84:Owners and tenants 198:Pevsner, Nikolaus 266: 241: 240: 238: 237: 236: 231: 227: 224: 223: 222: 219: 206: 205: 194: 188: 187: 182:has extra text ( 181: 177: 175: 167: 159: 274: 273: 269: 268: 267: 265: 264: 263: 244: 243: 235:51.5843; 0.1792 234: 232: 228: 225: 220: 217: 215: 213: 212: 210: 209: 196: 195: 191: 178: 168: 161: 160: 151: 146: 137:Daniel Harrison 86: 50: 12: 11: 5: 272: 270: 262: 261: 256: 246: 245: 208: 207: 189: 164:Romford Record 148: 147: 145: 142: 85: 82: 49: 46: 29:Greater London 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 271: 260: 257: 255: 252: 251: 249: 242: 239: 203: 199: 193: 190: 185: 180:|volume= 173: 165: 158: 156: 154: 150: 143: 141: 138: 134: 129: 126: 122: 118: 114: 109: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 83: 81: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 47: 45: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 22: 18: 211: 201: 192: 172:cite journal 163: 133:Octavia Hill 130: 120: 119:of the bank 110: 101: 87: 77: 73: 66:High Sheriff 61: 51: 36: 16: 15: 233: / 98:Switzerland 35:. The name 248:Categories 218:51°35′03″N 144:References 125:Leominster 221:0°10′45″E 48:Buildings 37:Marshalls 17:Marshalls 200:(1954). 56:with 40 54:messuage 25:Havering 92:of the 33:England 21:Romford 41:Canons 70:Essex 58:acres 184:help 96:in 68:of 250:: 176:: 174:}} 170:{{ 152:^ 80:. 31:, 186:)

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Romford
Havering
Greater London
England
Canons
messuage
acres
High Sheriff
Essex
Augustinian Canons
Hospice of St Bernard
Switzerland
Governor of the Bank of England
High Sheriff of Essex
Rowland Stephenson
Leominster
Octavia Hill
Daniel Harrison



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Pevsner, Nikolaus
51°35′03″N 0°10′45″E / 51.5843°N 0.1792°E / 51.5843; 0.1792
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Buildings and structures demolished in 1959
Former houses in the London Borough of Havering

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