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 A HISTORY OF SURREY

��On 10 September 1616 Elizabeth Onslow, widow, and her son Thomas Onslow made a settlement of ' all and every the manors of Cranley alias Cranleigh, Knowle, Holehurst, and Utworth in the parishes and hamlets of Bramley, Shalford, Wonersh, Guildford, Hascombe, and Cranley,' on the intended marriage of Thomas with Mary daughter of Sir Samuel Lennard. Thomas died the following December, perhaps before the marriage could take place. Richard his brother succeeded him. 89 This shows that Holdhurst in Cran- leigh was united in the hands of the Onslows, and that Sutton in Shere (q.v.) was not then considered part of it. The manors are described as ' late of Sir Richard Onslow, Thomas' grandfather,' who died in 1571.

Holdhurst continued in the Onslow family till 1818, when it was alienated to Thomas Puttock.' In 1823 Mr. Walter Hanham bought it. About 1839 it came into the possession of Mr. John Brad- shaw, 31 and in 1878 the present owner, Sir George Francis Bonham, bart., H.M. representative at Berne, bought it from Mr. Bradshaw's heir.

The early history of KNOWLE Manor (Knolle, xiii to xviii cent.) is somewhat obscure." Robert, William, and Henry at Knowle witnessed deeds at Cranleigh in 1303 4.** Peter at Knowle granted a house and lands in Shere to Bartholomew of Shere in 1308-9," and a few years afterwards Bartholomew re- leased land in Shere to Henry at Knowle and his wife Cassandra. 35 In 1336 Henry and Cassandra granted Cravenhurst out in farm. 36 Walter at Knowle wit- nessed deeds at Cranleigh in 1360, 1404, and 141 1.'* 7

In 1481-2 the trustees of Thomas Slyfield of Great Bookham conveyed Knowle to Robert Hard- ing, afterwards master of the Goldsmiths' Company.* 8 He bequeathed it to his nephew Thomas Harding. 3 ' Robert Harding left two crofts and a cottage towards the maintenance of the aisle called Our Lady Aisle in Cranleigh Church. 40 In 1 549 William Harding of London, mercer, died seised of Knowle, which he had bequeathed to his daughter Catherine," with whom it went in marriage to Richard Onslow." The manor henceforward remained in the Onslow family. At one time they resided there," and Arthur Onslow, the Speaker, took from it his title of Viscount Cranley, since merged in the earldom of Onslow. It was for sale with the rest of the Onslow estates in Cranleigh in 1815, and passed ultimately with Holdhurst to Mr. Hanham and Mr. Bradshaw and to Sir George F. Bonham, bart.

REDINGHURST (Redinghers, xiii cent. ; Riding-

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��hersh, xiv cent.). This manor was originally a member of Utworth. A deed of the latter end of the 1 3th century records the quitclaim to Robert of Reding- hurst of the service which he owed to Thomas of Utworth for Redinghurst, except one penny yearly.* 4 In 1331 John son of Robert of Redinghurst was enfeoffed of his father's lands in Cranleigh. 45 His son John was still living in September 1364," and seems to have been succeeded by Walter Redinghurst. *' In 1494 the manor was conveyed by the trustees of John Red- inghurst to John Bysshe of Burstow, 48 whose grandson William settled it on his son John in I544- 49 John Bysshe bequeathed it to his wife Mary. 60 In 1635 it was the property of Edward Bysshe." His son, Sir Edward, Garter and Clarencieux King of Arms,

was dealing with it in i654, 51 and later conveyed it to John Hill. 53

William Chennell and his wife Mary conveyed it to Henry Chennell in 1780." It passed soon after to Mrs. Ayling, and from her to Henry Streater Gill, who sold it to Mr. Evershed, owner in 1804."

UTWORTH Manor, which extends into Wonersh and Dunsfold parishes, 56 was held of Bramley. In 1234 John de Fay, lord of Bramley, granted the Abbess of Fontevraud 2 marks rent from Utworth in exchange for an annuity due to her." Other rents were due from the manor to Beatrice, mother of John de Fay. 58 Roger de Clare confirmed the grant of a rent from Walter of Utworth to the Abbess ofWher- well towards the support of a chaplain in the chapel of the Garden of St. Mary." Walter son of Elias of Utworth laid claim to Chilworth Church in I224, 60 and was probably the Walter of Utworth who con- veyed the manor to his son Thomas in return for a life annuity in I247-8. 61 There is a late 13th-cen- tury agreement between Edmund and Lawrence of Utworth as to land in Bramley. 61 They seem to have been succeeded by Thomas of Utworth, who witnessed many charters at Cranleigh. 63 In 1394-5 Walter Utworth witnessed a grant to John Redinghurst. 64 William Utworth was living in 1 462." In 1580 Wil- liam Morgan, who is said to have been a descendant of William Utworth's granddaughter Catherine, held the manor, 66 which he settled on his son John, after-

��Com. Pleas D. Enr. 14 Ja. I, m. 13.

Ct. R.

81 Brayley, Hist, of Surr. T, 172.

83 Manning and Bray (Hist, of Surr. i, 536) state that Robert at Knoll possessed it temp. Edw. I, and that a settlement was made on his son William in 131516.

88 Add. Chart. 5939, 7613.

" Feet of F. Surr. 2 Edw. II, 28.

85 Ibid. 7 Edw. II, 6.

86 Add. Chart. 17304.

8 " Ibid. 7631, 7616, 17337.

88 Close, 21 Edw. IV, m. 9 ; Manning and Bray, op. cit. i, 537.

' Surr. Arch. Coll. vi, 38.

< Ibid. 41. He died Feb. 1503-4.

11 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), Ixxxviii, 78.

Feet of F. Div. Co. Hil. 3 Eliz.

Hist. MSS. Com. Ref. xiv, App. pt. ix, 476.

Add. Chart. 7606.

��Ibid. 7610.

Close, 38 Edw. Ill, m. 7 d.

7 Add. Chart. 7603.

48 It was granted him by the trustees of a certain John Redinghurst, deed. ; Add. Chart. 7626, 7597, 7638, 7622 ; Man- ning and Bray (op. cit. i, 540) state that Joan, one of the daughters and co-heirs of John Redinghurst, married John Bysshe.

Add. Chart. 7641.

40 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cxlviii, 23.

u Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 1 1 Chat. I.

" Ibid. Mich. 1654 ; Trin. 1655.

48 Ibid. East. 13 Chat. II.

44 Ibid. East 20 Geo. III.

46 Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. i, 540.

46 Lease in 1821 of part of the waste of Utworth manor near Dunsfold Church.

Feet of F. Surr. 19 Hen. Ill, 16. Thomas of Utworth bought a release

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��from this rent in 1260-1 ; Feet of F. Surr. 45 Hen. Ill, 24.

48 Ibid. 25 Hen. Ill, 20.

69 See Arlington ; Chartulary of Wher- well Abbey; Egerton, MS. 2104, A. foL 1 05 b.

60 Maitland, Bracton't Note Bk. 928.

81 Feet of F. Surr. 3 2 Hen. Ill, 28 and 37.

s Ibid. 12 Edw. I, 17. This Edmund was juror in a perambulation of Windsor Forest in 1300. Select Pleas of the Forest (Selden Soc., xiii}, 117.

88 Add. Chart. 7609, 7610, 7623, 7631.

4 Ibid. 7604.

85 Cal. Pat. 1461-7, p. 2OI.

88 According to fiiit. of Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii, 23), Catherine daughter of William Utworth married John Gunter, and their daughter Catherine married Henry Mor- gan. They had a grandson William Mor- gan.

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