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��late possessions of Lewes granted with the site of the priory to Cromwell. 88 Nevertheless Michael Denys, who released the manor to Roger Copley in 1518, presented a rector in I5I2. 89 It is clear that he had had a grant of the advowson for one turn only, for the priory presented in I53O. 90 Cromwell was attainted and executed in July 1540. Lord William Howard possibly had a grant or lease of the advowson, for he presented a rector in February I55O. 91 In 1551 a new royal grant of the advowson was made to Thomas Bill and his wife Agnes, 9 * who immediately conveyed it to Elizabeth widow ol Sir Roger Copley, 93 and she presented in 1552," but it was not returned among her possessions at her death. 95 Thomas Copley presented in 1562,** but in 1571 the queen presented by reason of his recusancy." In 1581 Michael Harris and his wife Margaret conveyed the advowson to Richard

��More, 98 and again in 1596 Michael and Margaret Harris conveyed to Richard More, 99 but in 1615 the Crown presented by lapse. 100 The Rev. Nehemiah Rogers, who was himself turned out by the Parliament from St. Botolph's Without Bishopsgate, petitioned for confirmation of his title in the advowson in 1635, stating that he had acquired it by conveyances and assurances in law, possibly from Michael and Margaret Harris. 101 He presented it to St. John's College, Oxford, at the instance of Archbishop Laud, who re- served to himself the nomination of the incumbent dur- ing his lifetime. 10 * Presentation was made under the Great Seal in i648, 103 but the college presented a rector in 1666. Thomas Turgis had acquired the advowson before l668, 104 and since his time it has remained vested in the successive lords of the manor. Smith's Charity is distributed as in

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��other Surrey parishes.

��HORLEY

��Horley, Horlie, and Horle (xiii cent.) ; Horlee (xiv cent.) ; Horle (xv cent.).

Horley is a village 5 miles south of Redhill. The parish, which is one of the largest in Surrey, is bounded on the north by Reigate, on the east by Nutfield, Burstow, and a detached portion of Home, on the south by Worth in Sussex, and on the west by Charlwood and Leigh. It is of ir- regular form, with western extensions running into Charlwood and Leigh, but the greatest length from north to south is 6 miles, and die greatest breadth from east to west 4 miles. It contains 7,957 acres of land and 2 5 of water. It is a Wealden parish, on the clay, with strips of sand and alluvium which stretch along the course of the Mole and its tribu- taries. The various branches of the Mole, those which flow from the Surrey chalk range at first south- ward and then westward, that coming eastward from Charlwood, and those flowing northward from Crawley and Worth in Sussex, all come into Horley and unite in the parish, which is consequently much intersected by streams. There are numerous bridges.

The character of the parish has been changed by the opening, in 1841, of the Brighton Line, which runs through it, having a station at Horley, and another, also in Horley, for the use of the Gatwick race- meetings, though Gatwick is in Charlwood. Horley Village, or Horley Street, was a small place clustered round the church, east of the Brighton road and west of the Cuckfield road. East of it was an ex- tensive common. This is now inclosed, and the station is on its site. Here a new village has grown up. Farther north, and stretching nearly all the way to Earlswood Common and Reigate parish, are frequent groups or rows of small houses and cottages. There is a Horley District Gas Company, established in 1886.

��The road through part of Horley parish from Craw- ley to Reigate was the first turnpike road in Surrey, made by the Act 8 & 9 Will. Ill, cap. 1 5, but available then only for horses, posts being fixed in it to prevent its being subjected to the wear and tear of wheels. The road from Horley Common to Cuckfield was made a turnpike road by stat. 49 Geo. Ill, cap. 94, but there was an old road on this line. Probably a very old track had led from the Sussex coast in this direction, and some habitations had been made near the line of it. Thundersfield, for instance, though deep in the forest and the clay, had been accessible in Athelstan's time, if it is the Thundersfield where he held a Witan ; ! and there is stronger reason for supposing that it is the Dunresfelda of Alfred's will. It is half a mile from the road, just outside Horley parish. The Ordnance map records Roman pottery found west of the road in Horley parish. South of Horley Station, north of Holyland Farm, a British sepulchral urn, flint arrowheads, and bronze Roman coins were found when the line was being made in 1839-40 ; and a British gold coin has been found in Horley * and another in Home not far away. 1 The implements and pottery indicate dwellers in the Weald, the coins possibly show that traffic passed through it. Of the old village, not many houses re- main. On the outskirts of the parish, a mile to the north of the church, are one or two old cottages close to the blacksmith's forge, and close by is a picturesque old inn, with the sign of 'The Chequers,' parts of which are of the i6th century. Adjoining the churchyard is the picturesque Six Bells Inn, dating back to the 1 5th century or earlier, with its steep roof of Horsham slabs, half-timbered walls and fine brick chimney. Inside is to be seen a large beam, perhaps part of a screen, bearing a battlemented moulding. The quaintness of the building is en-

��88 L. and P. Hn. rill, xiii (l),g.384

(74).

89 Winton Epis. Reg. Fox, iii, fol. 7*.

90 Ibid. Wolsey, fol. 550,

81 Egerton MS. 2034, fol. 164*. M Pat. 5 Edw. VI, pt. vi, m. 34. M Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccx, 85. 94 Winton Epis. Reg. Poynet, fol. 5*. " Chan. Inq. p.m. 2 Eliz. pt. i, no. 145.

��M Winton Epis. Reg. Horn, jt.

Hist, of Surr. ii, 239.
 * 7 Ibid, quoted by Manning and Bray,

18 Feet ofF. Div. Co. Mich. 23 & 24 Eliz. "Ibid. Eat. 38 Eliz.

100 Inst. Bki. P.R.O.

101 Pat. ii Chas. I, pt. xxiv, no. 28. i a Laud, J?V*,(ed. Oxford, i86o),vii,

42.

200

��108 Lord? lourn. x, i\b.

><" Inst. Bk. (P.R.O.). The Parliamen- tary Survey of 1658 says that Thomas Turgis was then patron (Surr. Arch. Coll. xviii).

1 Thorpe, Difl. Angl. Sax. i, 217.


 * Evans, Coins of the Ancient Britons, 69.

"Ibid. 61.

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