The manor of Marks (in Romford-town ward) was the property Manor of of Thomas Urswyck, recorder of London, who died seised of it in 1479, leaving five daughters, coheirs. The next owner upon record is Sir George Hervey, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, who died seised of it in 1605. Sir Gawen Hervey, his only surviving son, bequeathed it to Carew Mildmay, Esq. second son of his sister Margaret. It is now the property of Sir Harry Pawlet St. John Mildmay, Bart, in right of his wife Jane, daughter and coheir of Carew Mildmay, Efq. of Shawford; whose name, in consequence of that alliance, he assumed, in addition to that of St. John.
The manor-house, of which a plate is annexed, stands about two miles west from Romford. It is a very ancient structure of timber and plaster, forming a quadrangle. It is surrounded by a moat, at two corners of which are square brick towers embattled. The house has not been inhabited for several years, and is now unfurnished, but some of the family-pictures stillremain; among which are

• Sir Thomas Hervey, Knt. Marshal to Queen Mary;
• Matthew Honeywood, Esq. a very good picture, in Cornelius Jansen's manner;
• Dr. Michael Honeywood, Dean of Lincoln;
• three or four of Mrs. Mary Honeywood, celebrated for her numerous progeny and descendants;
• P. Honeywood, Efq. aged 96;
• and several others of the Honeywood and Mildmay families.