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��his heirs. His widow Anne was holding part of Paddington in dower at her death in 1384 ; she left a son and heir John, who was then fifteen years of age. 65 John married Philippa, daughter of the Earl of March, 64 but had no issue ; and after his death in 1590 Philippa became the wife of Richard, Earl of Arundel, and held Paddington in dower. 65 After the death of Richard, 66 who held the manor for life, the trustees enfeoffed by John de Hastings the elder re- leased the manor to William de Beauchamp, his kinsman, on condition of his assuming the title of Earl of Pembroke, 67 from which title it took the name of Paddington Pembroke. After the death of William his wife Joan held Padding- ton in dower, 68 and at her death it passed to the family of Nevill by the marriage of Edward Nevill with Elizabeth daughter of Richard Beau- champ, the son of William and Joan. 69 Edward Nevill died seised in I476, 70 leaving George Nevill his son and heir, then aged thirty-six. Probably the manor remained in the hands of the Nevills from this time until it passed to the Evelyns, since George Nevill, lord of Abergavenny, was holding it in the time of Elizabeth, 71 and it formed part of the possessions of the Edward Nevill who died in 1623." Six years later Henry Nevill, lord of Abergavenny, conveyed the manor to Richard Evelyn," from whom it descended with Wotton to the present owner.

The manor of PADDINGTON BK.AT, which still retains a separate identity, may perhaps be identified with the three hides which were held of Paddington Manor by a certain Hugh, a homager, in 1086. Later they seem to have been held in demesne by William and Eva de Cantlow, who, in 1250, sub-enfeoffed Adam de Gurdon of the ' manor ' of Paddington." Adam de Gurdon died in 1305," leaving a daughter and heir Joan, aged ' 40 and more.' No record of Joan's death has been found, but in 1 3 37 Agnes de Gurdon, presumably a kins- woman, died seised, leaving as her heir Thomas son of Thomas de Syndlesham. 76 He was followed by his son Thomas, "who died in 1361, and his kinsman Robert de Lenham is named as his heir in the in- quisition taken after his death. 78 There is, however, record of a conveyance by Thomas de Syndlesham of his share in the manor during his lifetime to one John Kingesfold, who afterwards alienated to William Rykhill. 79 The next lord of whom there is record, after William Rykhill, is a certain Robert White, who was holding about 1475.* His daughter Alice, by her marriage with Sir John Yonge, brought her share in Paddington to his family, and it was inherited

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��by her son John Yonge, who in 1492 conveyed it to John Leigh. 81

After the death of John Leigh in I524 81 his nephew and heir of the same name ceded his Surrey property to the king in return for lands in other counties ; "* and the king soon after granted Padding- ton to Sir William Roche, 84 from whom it ultimately passed to the family of Bray, and thus obtained its name of Paddington Bray. In 1556 Owen Bray alienated to Owen Elrington, 84 with whom he was connected by marriage. 86 Edward Elrington alienated the manor in two moieties as in the case of Abinger, and here also one moiety passed to William Morgan. 87 John Mor- gan, the son of William, sold his share inPaddington to Sir Christopher Parkins, 88 whose widow Anne transferred it to

Richard Evelyn in i624. 89 The other moiety passed with the second moiety of Abinger to the Evelyn family through the hands of Richard Browne, Richard Hill, and Oliph Leigh.

Some land in Paddington belonged to the mon- astery of St. Mary Graces on Tower Hill, 90 and was after the Dissolution granted to John Leigh under the title of ' Paddington Manor.' 91 It seems pos- sible that this land was identical with the hide of land in Gomshall which was said in 1086 to be in the hundred of Wotton. 91

There was a water-mill at Paddington which is first mentioned in Domesday as worth 6s., and again in the inquisition taken after the death of Adam de Gurdon as worth lo/. 3^. Possibly it stood on the site of the existing mill on the Tillingbourne just above Abinger Hammer.

The church of ST. JAMES con- CHURCHES sists of a chancel 29 ft. 7 in. long and 1 8 ft. wide, a large north chapel with arcade of three bays 38 ft. 4 in. long and 17 ft. gin. wide, a south vestry and organ bay, a nave 47 ft. 9 in. long and 1 8 ft. wide, a south porch and western bell- turret. The roofs are covered with Horsham slates.

The present nave is that of an early 12th-century church which had a chancel smaller than the present one. About 1220 this chancel was rebuilt and made equal in width to the nave, and a north chapel was added at the same time or very soon after. From that date the building remained little altered to modern times, when a south vestry and organ bay were added and a south porch built (1857). The bell-turret is old, but of uncertain date. The east window of the chancel consists of three modern lancets. Below the sill is a moulded string-course with bosses which

��* a Chan. Inq. p.m. 49 Edw. Ill, no. 70. Ibid. 7 Ric. II, no. 67. 61 Placita in Cancellaria, 270. 65 Cloie, 21 Ric. II, pt. i, m. 6, 7. 65 Chan. Inq. p.m. 21 Ric. II, no. 2. 6 ? Cal. Pat. 1399-1401, p. 444. He never was Earl of Pembroke.

68 Chan. Inq. p.m. 14 Hen. VI, no. 35.

' Ibid. 12 Hen. IV, no. 34.

7 Ibid. 1 6 Edw. IV, no. 66.

"' Exch. Dep. Trin. 28 Eliz. no. 14.

7' Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccclix, 157.

' doie, 5 Chii. I, pt. xxvi, no. II.

��' 4 Feet of F. Surr. 34 Hen. Ill, 10.

" Chan. Inq. p.m. 33 Edw. I, no. 25.

1* Chan. Inq. p.m. II Edw. Ill (lit nos.), no. 3;.

" Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill (2nd part, ist nos.), no. 137.

Chan. Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill (pt. 2, lit nos.), no. 37.

' De Banco R. no. 574, m. 379 d.

90 Early Chan. Proc. bdle. 52, no. 44.

81 Feet of F. Surr. 5 Hen. VII, no. 25.

w Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xl, 12.

L. and P. Hen. VIII, xix ( i ), g. go (20).

133

��"Ibid, xix (2), g. 166(53).

84 Pat. 3 & 4 Phil, and Mary, pt. vi. m. II.

Harl. Sac. Publ. xliii, 178.
 * >L. and P. Hen. fill, xvii, 1154)

W Pat. 21 Eliz. pt vi ; Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 22 Eliz.

88 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 1 5 Jas. I.

' Ibid. East. 22 Jas. I.

90 Partic. for Grants (Aug. Off.), 708.

M Ibid.

M r.C.H. Surr. i, 298*.

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