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��in the same year granted these lands to Thomas Crom- well, when the previous act was stated to have referred ' not only to the manor of Wimbledon, but also to the manor of Burstow.' K A few years later Cromwell was attainted, and his lands became forfeit to the Crown. By this time probably part of the estate had been dis- parked and tenants had settled there, for in 1 542 a court with view of frankpledge, evidently an off- shoot of the court at Wimbledon Manor, was held at Burstow, which then included the tithings of South- borough, Middleborough, and Northborough. 69 A curious entry in a Court Roll occurs for the year 1 547, when after the usual entries under Wimbledon it is stated that at Burstow no one was amerced that year causa infirmitatis. 1 " In 1590 Elizabeth granted to Sir Thomas Cecil and his heirs the manor of Wimbledon and ' all those our lands in Bristowe aftaj Burstowe called le Parke." " Later in the same year Cecil received licence to alienate the manor of Burstow to Sir Thomas Shirley and his heirs." Shirley, whohad been appointed Treasurer-at-War to the English army in the Low Countries in 1587, had in that capacity become inextricably involved in debt to the Crown, and his pecuniary embarrassments grew greater as the years passed on ; in 1596 it was stated that ' he owed the queen more than he was worth.' " In satisfaction of j8oo i it. SJ. remaining due to her, the queen accepted, among other lands, this manor, which was therefore conveyed to her in March 1602 by Shirley and John Quarles, whom Shirley had previously enfeoffed." In the following month the queen granted the manor to William Bowes and others in consideration of the payment by them to the Crown of the above sum. 76

These grantees were evidently trustees for Quarles, to whom they conveyed the manor in 1603." It remained in his possession until 1 606, in which year he conveyed it to William Turner, 78 from whom it passed, four years later, to Richard Infield or Innyng- field. 78 The latter in 1625 made a settlement on himself in tail, with contingent remainder to his bro- ther and to his nephew Innyngfield Falconer, son of his sister Agnes. 80 He died in 1625 and was succeeded by his brother. 81 Henry and Agnes Falconer were seised of the manor in i633. M It was conveyed by Falconer to Edward Payne in 1 649, when the Park is mentioned as still existing. 85 Richard Payne, perhaps his son, was owner in 1 669." In 1697 Richard's son John Payne was holding it, 86 and in 1701 settled it on his intended wife, Anne Gage. 8 *

Owing to a family dispute the manor was sold, and bought by John Smith, husband of Elizabeth Smith and grandson of John Payne by his first wife Blanche. 87 In 1743, apparently after the death of Ann and Eliza-

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��beth, John Smith, with his son and various trustees,

conveyed the manor to Walter Harris, 88 from whom

in 1765 it passed to Daniel Hailes. 89 The latter

conveyed in 1779 to Thomas

Dickson, who held it as late as

1807. It was soon afterwards

sold by him to Henry Kelsey,

who died in 1827, and whose

son, of Burstow Court Manor

(q.v.), owned the estate in

i84i 91 and held it as a farm

until 1887, when he died. It

was bought from his family by

Mr. Alfred Howard Lloyd in

1888."

Burstow Park is considered the manor-house of Burstow Court Manor, as well as of Burstow Park, but is probably

not the most ancient manor-house of the former (see above). It is little more than a farmhouse. 93

In 1328 John de Wysham received a grant of free warren in his demesne lands of Burstow and Home, 94 and by inquisition taken in 1332, after his death, he was found to have been seised of I mes- suage, 1 60 acres of land, 6 acres of meadow, and 22/. rent in Burstow known as the manor of RED- HALL near Burstow, which he held, jointly with Hawisia his wife, of John de Burstow. 95 His son John de Wysham, afterwards knighted, inherited the manor, and in 1370 granted it to John Pecche, citizen and alderman of London. 96 In 1379 John Pecche died seised of the manor, which he held of Richard Burstow by fealty, and by service of ren- dering thence yearly to the said Richard 42*., and by suit at his court of Burstow every three weeks. His son Sir William Pecche was his heir. 87

The history of the manor during the next century is not apparent. It passed, however, out of the hands of the Pecches and became the property of the family of Welles. Mention is made in 1447 of a Henry Welles of Burstow. 88 Edward Welles was lord of the manor in 1595-6," and it afterwards passed to John Welles, who held it in i6i3. 100 In 1650 it was in the possession of Edward Payne the elder and Hannah his wife, 101 and it continued to be held by this family until the late i8th century. 101 Thomas Holies Payne, by his will, proved in May 1800, devised the manor of Redhall, including a capital messuage or mansion-house called Redhall, and a messuage called Cophall, to Sophia Elizabeth Beard and her heirs for ever. 103 The said messuages, Sec., were in 1 799, when the will was made, in the occu- pation of himself and Richard King, and mention is

��68 Stat. of the Realm, iii, 713.

Ct. R. (P.R.O.), bdle. 205, no. 39, 40.

'" Ibid. bdle. 205, no. 41.

7 1 Pat. 32 Eliz. pt. xvii, m. 37.

" a Ibid. pt. xiv, m. 43 ; Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 33 Eliz.

7* Diet. Nat. Biog.

7* Close, 44 Eliz. pt. xxviii ; Pat. 44 Eliz. pt. xxiii, m* I.

' Ibid. ; Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 40 Eliz. ; Hil. 43 Eliz. ; S.P. Dom. Eliz. cclxviii, 126 ; Pat. 43 Eliz. pt. xiii, m. I.

71 Pat. 44 Eliz. pt. xxiii, m. I.

77 Close, 45 Eliz. pt. ix.

78 Feet of F. Surr. Hi!. 3 Jai. I. 7 Ibid. 7 Jai. I.

��80 RCCOT. R. Hil. 22 Ja. I, rot. 67 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), dxxv, So.

Ibid.

8 " Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 9 Cha. I.

88 MS. abtract of title.

84 Manning and Bray, Hitr. of Surr. ii, 282. 5 Recov. R. Hil. gWilL III.

88 MS. abstract of title.

8 7 Feet of F. Surr. East. 13 Geo. I; and MS. abstract of title.

88 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 16 & 17 Geo. II ; and MS. abstract of title.

89 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 5 Geo. III.

90 Ibid. East. 47 Geo. Ill j Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr, ii, 282 ; informa- tion from Mr. A. H. Lloyd.

179

��81 Brayley, Hist, of Surr. iv, 293. M Information from Mr. A. H. Lloyd. Ibid.

94 Chart. R. 2 Edw. Ill, m. 17, no. 59.

94 Inq. p.m. 6 Edw. Ill (ist nos.),

no. 53 ; Cat. Close, 1330-3, p. 516 ;

'333-7, P- 454-

96 Close, 44 Edw. Ill, m. 15.

97 Inq. p.m. 3 Ric. II, file 10, no. 54.

98 Cal. oflnq. Hen. VII, 177.

99 Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccxlvii, 52.

100 Feet of F. Surr. East. 1 1 Jas. I.

101 Ibid. East. 1650.

10 > Ibid. East. 3 Jas. II ; ibid. Mich. 3 Will, and Mary ; Div. Co. East. 1 1 Geo. I. > P.P.C. Adderley, 393.

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