Visited 27 July 2023 on a shopping trip to Halstead visting Earls Colne
and Colne Engaine.
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The Wikipedia entry for the manor of Earls Colne says:
Manor of Earls Colne
In the time of Edward the Confessor Earls Colne belonged to a Saxon noble named Wulfwine,
also recorded as Ulwin or Ulwine.
Ulwin's whole estate was given to Aubrey de Vere by William the Conqueror.[4] His grandson Aubrey de Vere III became the first
Earl of Oxford in the mid-twelfth century.
The Earls had an ancient mansion called Hall Place standing near the site of the present Ashwells in Park Lane.
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford mismanaged his finances and in 1583 the estate, then
comprising the manor and park of seven hundred acres, were purchased from him by his steward Richard Harlakenden.
There is no information on Wikipedia for Richard Harlakenden but there is a memorial to Roger Harlakenden in the church
with a date of 1602. The Harlakenden family were apparently from Woodchurch in Kent. I am not sure where I determined this.
