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 A HISTORY OF SURREY

��after his decease, it was in the hands of his trustees, 8 ' and is now held by his grandson Lord Henry Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope.

In 1199 William de Wonham received a grant from Walter de Lingfield of half a virgate of land, afterwards included in the manor of fFON- HAM in Betchworth, to hold for the annual rent of 4/. M The name of Wonham also occurs as that of witness to a deed early in the 1 3th cen- tury. 89 It is probable that this family there- fore held land in Betchworth for several centuries. Manning states that a William Wonham held manorial courts in 1533 and in 1552." In 1622 a William Wonham died seised of the ' manor, capital messuage and farm of Wonham,' and was succeeded by his grandson, 91 who held the manor until 1646, in which year he conveyed it to Andrew Cade. 9 * The deed of conveyance records the name of the manor as ' Wonham alias the borough of Wonham,' by which title it is afterwards known. In 1678 the manor was held by Andrew Cade and Mary his wife. 93 He was, according to Manning, the cousin and heir of the first Andrew. The second Andrew Cade seems to have left a daughter and heir Anne, who married Henry Royall, as the latter, with his wife, quitclaimed the manor in 1687 from them- selves and the heirs of Anne to John Coldham, 91 who was presumably a trustee. 95

It would seem that Henry Royall and Anne left three daughters and co-heirs, of whom Ann wife of Darby Daniell and Rebecca wife of Daniel Cox con- veyed their shares to Richard Hutchinson in 1690 and 1 694 M in trust. Richard Broomhall, second husband of Rebecca Cox, held a court in 1 696.

In 1711 Richard Hutchinson joined with Rebecca Broomhall, widow of Daniel Cox, and Frances Evelyn, the third heiress, widow, in a sale to William Arnold. 97 The manor passed soon after to John Taylor, who held his first court in 1721, from whom it descended to his son, also called John. 98 In 1 75 I it was conveyed by the latter's widow Dorothy, then wife of John Rapley, to J ohn Luxford, the sale including ' the capital messuage or tenement wherein Rebecca Broom- hall formerly dwelt ' and appurtenances, including the names of the Hop Ground Moors and Fight Lake. 99 Luxford by will (proved 13 June 1775) devised his houses and lands in East Betchworth and elsewhere to his sister Jane and her husband Abraham Langham, in trust for his nieces and heirs Elizabeth Lang- ham and Ann, Mary, Harriet, and Elizabeth Luxford, with remainder to his nephew James Luxford. 100 In 1788 all these parties conveyed to the Hon. Charles Marsham. 101 Brayley states that Mr. Mar- sham, afterwards Earl of Romney, sold the estate in 1793 to John Stables, who lived at More Place, and from whom it was purchased in 1804 by J. H. Up- ton, Viscount Templetown. 10 *

In 1840 Wonham Manor was bought by Mr. Albert Way, F.S.A., who married Emmeline daughte- of Lord Stanley of Alderley. Their only daughter,

��Alithea, married her cousin Mr. Albert Way, who died in 1884, leaving a son of the same name. The Hon. Mrs. Way, who survived till 1906, was lady of the manor. It is still (1910) in the hands of her trustees for sale. 103 The manor-house is old, but much modernized.

A water-mill called Wonham's is mentioned at the beginning of the I4th century. In 1328 Edward III granted a confirmation in mortmain to the priory of Reigate of divers grants, including that of the ' water-mill at Wonham with pond, water- courses, &c., in East Betchworth, formerly in the tenure of William de London and Roger de London, and of 261. %d. yearly rent there granted them by Roger son of Roger de London of Reygate.' 1M At the surrender of Reigate Priory Wonham's water-mill and lands there, which had been demised to farm to William Hevyr, were valued at 53*. 4< 106 The water-mill does not appear to have passed to the owner of the manor of Wonham at once, 10 ' but was included among the appurtenances by 1678 107 and has since passed with the manor.

The church of ST. MICH4EL is set CHURCH among charming surroundings, the large and pretty churchyard being bordered on the south and west by lofty elms and other trees. It is approached from the north by a village street of pictur- esque old cottages, some of which are half-timbered. There are a good many ancient head-stones among the monuments, and besides other notabilities lies buried here Captain Morris, who died in 1838, aged 93, famous in his day as a song-writer, and par- ticularly as the author of the well-known lines in which ' the sweet shady side of Pall Mall ' is pre- ferred to all the charms of the country-side, including the oaks, beeches, and chestnuts of Betchworth. There is a modern lych-gate on the north. The church is built of chalk rubble, quarried from the neighbouring hills, with dressings of clunch and firestone, which have stood very well on the north side, but have weathered badly, especially in the modern work, on the south and west. Bath stone has been used for most of the modern dressings. The roofs are still covered entirely with the ancient Horsham stone slabs.

As now standing the building consists of nave, 60 ft. 3 in. by 2 1 ft. 9 in., with north and south aisles, 7 ft. 8 in. and 8 ft. 8 in. wide respectively, and south and west porches, a chancel 3 3 ft. 4 in. by 1 7 ft. 6 in., with a large south chapel co-terminous, 1 3 ft. 4 in. at its widest, a tower between the chapel and the south aisle of the nave about 1 4 ft. 6 in. square, and modern vestry and transept on the north of nave and chancel. This plan, in which there are many puzzling irregularities, was brought to its present form in the restoration of about 1850, prior to which the tower was central between the nave and chancel. It was then removed bodily to its present position, much to the bewilderment of students of archaeology, who without knowledge of what was done must find the plan a very difficult one to decipher.

��W E. W. Brayler, Hitt. o/Sarr. iv, 151 (ed. E. Walford, 1878).

88 Feet of F. Surr. file i, no. 36, 10 Ric. I.

8 Add. Chart. 24586.

90 Manning and Bray, Hitt. of Surr. II,

212.

M Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxciv, 48. 81 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 22 Chas. I.

��93 Ibid. East. 30 Chai. II. Vide infra.
 * Ibid. Mil. 2 & 3 Jas. II.

x Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 2 Will. nd Mary ; Mich. 6 Will, and Mary. "7 Ibid. 10 Anne.

98 Close, 25 Geo. II, pt. iii, m. 20. Ibid. M P.C.C. Alexander, 237.

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��H Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 28 Geo. III. 1M Brayley, Hist, of Surr. iv, 251. 108 Local information. 1M Cal. Pat. 1327-30, p. 326. " Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), ii, 63 ; Dugdale, Mon. Angl. vi, 519.

1M Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 22 Chas. I. W Ibid. East. 30 Chas. II.

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