Cannix otherwise Canwykes or Broxbournes, is an area near

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, England. It was named from its early tenants, and was held of the manor of

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by military service. It seems to have been identical with the

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and

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held of the

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in 1315 by John de Broxbourne. Nothing more is heard of the estate until about 1509, when William Canwyke paid a relief of 40 s. for certain land in Stevenage called ' Broxborne' which he had received from Petronilla, his mother. In 1510 Samuel and Clemence Canwyke sold the 'manor' to William Lytton of

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, who died seised of it in 1517. Eventually, the whole estate returned to the male line of the Lyttons and descended in the same manner as

. It is mentioned in 1811 after which its identity was probably lost among the other lands held by the Lyttons in

. Cannocks Wood in the southwest of the parish perhaps preserves its name.

References

Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hertford: volume 3'' William Page (1912, ed.)
Geography of Hertfordshire {{hertfordshire-geo-stub