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 A HISTORY OF SURREY

��1674 to Ambrose Holbech and Lawrence Lord," probably as trustees to sell to Richard Gwynn, cloth- worker of London, whose niece and heiress Susan Clifton had a daughter Trehane, who married Sir William Chappie, justice of the King's Bench. His daughter Grace married Sir Fletcher Norton, first Lord Grantley," who thus obtained another third of this manor.

John Carrill's third daughter married Henry Lud- low, and their share of the estate was known as WEST BRAMLEY Henry Ludlow, by will in 1 724 (proved P.C. Cant. 15 October 1730), devised the manors of West Bramley, Markwick, Monkenhook, and Shoelands in Puttenham to his daughter Elizabeth. She became insane, and on her death her next heirs were found to be her father's first cousin's sons Cap- tain Harcourt Masters and Mr. Giles Strangways. By a deed of partition in 1750 West Bramley fell to Captain Harcourt Masters. He sold West Bramley to William Hammond, who was already tenant of the manor-house. 79 William Hammond sold it to John Shurlock and Richard Elliott. John Shurlock's grandson John conveyed his interest to Thomas Smyth, nephew of Richard Elliott, who thus owned the whole of West Bramley. 80 He sold it to William Lord Grantley, 81 who already owned the rest of the original manor, with which it has since descended.

William de Breus and William Wintershull with their wives, lords of the divided manor of Bramley in the time of Edward I, made good their claim to view of frankpledge, assize of bread and ale and liberties of pillory and cucking-stool according to a charter of Henry III. sla The lord of Bramley used also to hold pleas for merchants attending Shalford fair, and to take the stakes set up in his fee. 81

View of frankpledge was held by William, grandson of Walter Wintershull, on Wednesday in Whitsun week. 8 ' He also had a rent called 'work- silver ' from his free tenants in Bramley. 84 The view of frankpledge was sold with the manor to William Harding in 1 542.

Of the liberties peculiar to the de Breus' half of the manor of Bramley free warren was granted to Walter de Gedding in 1304..** Among items given in the account of Robert the Tailor, ' bedell ' of Sir Thomas de Breus in 1354 and the following years, are a rent called ' Toppingselver ' from Clandon and ' Work- selver ' from various tenants. 84

THORNCOMBE STREET or M4RSH4LS was that land of 'Torncumba' of which Stephen de Turnham the king's marshal was enfeoffed by William and Roger de Paceys, and which he was holding in 1205 in accordance with a charter of Ralph de Fay." It probably returned to the de Fay family through

��Beatrice daughter and co-heiress of Stephen de Turn- ham and wife of Ralph de Fay. 87 It afterwards formed part of lands granted to John of Wintershull by Maud de Fay. 88 No documentary evidence concerning Thorncombe during the next three centuries has been found.

In 1 502 John Mellersh recovered the manor of Thorncombe, &c., from Robert Marshall. 88 *

In 1505 John Onley and others acquired the manor of Thorncombe alias Marshall from John Aprye, Robert Marshall and Elizabeth his wife being called to warrant. 89

In 1510 Onley conveyed to William Lusher. 90 George Lusher settled it on his son William on his marriage (1564-5); and subsequently, in 1593, his son's first wife being dead, was trying to recover pos- session against John Comber, to whom William had conveyed it in 15 83," presumably on a second mar- riage with a daughter of Comber. In 1596 Comber and William Lusher were able to convey it to Henry Mellersh, at whose death it seems to have been split up into fifths, which descended respectively to Martha wife of Robert Roydon, Anne wife of John Wight, Eleanor wife of William Skynner, James and Chris- topher Hobson, and Margaret wife of John Scales, 91 * which last sold her fifth to Francis Aungier in 1 604"

The portions of the manor often reappear, and ' Marshall or Marshalls ' kept its name as a farm. It was owned by Budds and Balchins, and conveyed by George Chandler's trustees to Mr. Richard Gates, in 1839. He sold it to Mr. Fisher in 1849, and it is now, as Thorncombe, the property of Captain Fisher- Rowe.

The manor of WINTERSHULL seems to have been separated from Bramley Manor soon after the death of Ralph de Fay the younger, for in 1227 a royal confirmation was made to Henry Wintershull of ' all the land of Wintersell and all ser- vice of the land saving the king's service only,' which he had of the gift of John de Fay. 9 * Ralph de Fay's widow, Beatrice, had also granted land in Bramley to Henry Winter- shull. 933 The manor remain- ed in the Wintershull family, though not in that branch which held Bramley half- manor. It was held of Bramley by the service of a knife for cutting bread yearly." In 1279 J onn Wintershull proved his claim to view of frankpledge in the manor. 94 In 1327-8 Francis Wintershull

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��7' Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 26 & 17 Chaa. II.

7 Close, 30 Chas. II, pt. vi, no. 30. 77 Diet. Nat. Sing, xli, 211 ; x, 62. f Feet of F. Surr. East. 31 Chas. II. 7 Close, 25 Geo. II, pt. i, no. 5.

80 Manning and Bray, op. cit. ii, 83, 112 ; Brayley, op. cit. v, 121.

81 Braylejr, op. cit. v, 120.

8la Plac. de Quo tVarr. (Rec. Com.), 743. 81 Chan. Inq. p.m. 15 Edw. I, no. 69. 88 Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 1 Edw. Ill (pt. 2, lit nos.), no. 82.

Feet of F. Surr. HiL 33 Hen. VIII.

84 Chart. R. 33 Edw. I, no. 98.

" Mint. Accts. bdle. 1010, no. 23.

��86 Cal. Roc. Chart. (Rec. Com.), i, 160. Stephen was confirmed at the same time in the possession of lands which had been his father-in-law's, Ralph de Broc.

8 7 Sec the account of Arlington.

88 Deed quoted by Manning and Bray, op. cit. ii, 8;. The rent due from the tenement of Geoffrey *de Torcumba' in Bramley had been granted by John de Fay to the Prioresi of Amesbury ; Curia Regis R. 1 08, m. 9.

146 d. [Recovery]. It is probably from this family that it took the name of Marshals.
 * > De Banco R. East. 17 Hen. VII, m.

89 De Banco R. HiL 20 Hen. VU, m. 360.

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��Ct. R. of Selhurst Manor. Feast of St. Edmund, 2 Hen. VIII.

91 Chan. Proc. Eliz. LI, i, 34.

911 Feet of F. Surr. East. 5 Jas. I; East. 7 Jas. I. Henry Mellersh's will (1597) names his four daughters, of whom one is Martha, who married Robert Roydon, but the other names are not those of these co-heiresses. His only ton died young, and there were only four daughters.

"Ibid. HiL i Jas. I.


 * Cal. Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), i, 48.

9ta Maitland, Braaon's Note Bk. 679.

94 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), Unix, 133.

"Plac. de Qua Warr. (Rec. Com.), 747-

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