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��quitclaimed to Monchensey and his heirs the 16 rent in Nutfield and all right which the abbot or his successors might have in the manor. 15

Denise survived her husband Warin de Monchensey and her son William and, in 1288, after the death of the latter, was granted the custody of her son's lands during the minority of Denise, daughter and heir of William." In 1290 Joan, half-sister of William de Monchensey," and William de Valence, Earl of Pem- broke, her husband, protested against the right of the younger Denise to inherit her father's lands on the plea of illegitimacy, which was, however, disallowed. 18 In 1290 Denise was married to Hugh de Vere," and in 1 304 after the death of her grandmother, Denise de Monchensey, inherited the manor of Nutfield.* Denise the granddaughter died in 1314 and, her husband being already dead, the manor passed to her cousin Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, son of Joan Countess of Pembroke.' 1 He died ten years later, but in the inquisition made on his lands at the time of his death there is no mention of Nutfield, though it is not evident when he parted with it. He held in 1316." In 1325-6 it was held by John de Cobham," to whom it had been demised by Sir Ralph de Cobham, 14 presumably his brother.

The latter seems to have been a younger brother of Stephen de Cobham of Rundale, but this is not certain.** He died before 1329, in which year, in a suit concerning the manor, John de Cobham, senior, stated that he held the manor for life, calling to warrant John, son and heir of Sir Ralph, then a minor. 16 At the same time Mary, widow of Sir Ralph and wife of Thomas Earl of Norfolk, Marshal of England, claimed to hold a third as dower." In 1359, probably after the death of John de Cob- ham, senior, the manor was held by Sir John de Cobham, son and heir of Ralph and Mary, usually referred to as the son of the Countess Marshal. 18 He alienated the manor to Fulcon Horwode in that year. This

was apparently a grant for life only,* 9 as Sir John de Cobham, who served in the French wars under the Black Prince, conveyed the reversion of his lands to the Crown

���COBHAM. Gaits a

cheveron or w;M three ttart sable thereon.

��in 1 359, 30 ' by reason,' as was stated in 1 377, when the matter came before Parliament, ' of the great love and good affection he bore towards the prince, eldest son of the said King' (Edward III). 31 Sir John surrendered his lands by giving the king a gold ring for livery of seisin, a procedure which Parliament, in 1377, stated to be legal and valid without any document, especially when such a surrender was made to the king himself. 31 The manor of Nutfield was among those so conveyed, 33 but though the king had re-granted the manor to Cobham for life, 34 it was seized into the king's hands in 1363, as it was found that the alienation to Fulcon de Horwode in 1359 ^ad been made without royal licence, 35 and early in 1364 the manor was granted by the Crown to Sir Nicholas Lovayne, 36 to whom Horwode quitclaimed all right in 1365." In 1367 William Strete presented to the church as lord of Nutfield. 38 It is probable that Strete obtained the manor in consequence of a debt incurred by Lovayne. In 1372 and for several years afterwards the manor was in the hands of trustees, who had been enfeoffed by consent both of Lovayne and of Strete, apparently for the purpose of raising the sum of .550 due to Strete from Lovayne. 39 In 1375 Strete acknowledged the payment of 275," but soon after, possibly in payment of the remainder of the debt, Strete seems to have obtained full possession of the manor, as he held it in 1377, though it was still in the hands of trustees. 41 An inquisition taken in that year on the death of Sir John de Cobham, recording the grant of his lands to the Crown, states that William Strete held the manor of Nutfield. 41 In 1380 trustees quitclaimed the manor of Nutfield to Sir Nicholas Carew and his son Nicholas ; 4S possibly this was also a mortgage. William Strete by his will, 1 3 8 3, desired that his manor of Nutfield should be sold for 900, but that if the purchaser were Nicholas Carew the price should be 800." Edmund Strete, kinsman and heir of Wil- liam, quitclaimed all his right to the Carews in 1 384." Sir Nicholas the father died in 1 3 go. 46 His son in 1432 settled the manor on himself and Mercy his wife and their issue ; " it seems, about this period, to have been frequently in the hands of trustees. 48 The manor passed to his son and grandson ; the latter died in 1466 and left a son, also called Nicholas, 49 who died soon after. The major part of his lands, includ- ing Beddington, then passed to his uncle, James Carew. 50

The manor of Nutfield was, however, divided

��"Feet of F. Surr. 31 Hen. Ill, no. 309.

" Cal. Pat. 1281-92, p. 292. W See note 14 ; G.E.C. Peerage, &c.

18 Roll, ofParl. i, 38*.

19 Cal. Pat. 1280-92, p. 376.

Abbrev. Rat. Orig. (Rec. Com.), i, 133.
 * > Akbrev. Plac. (Rec. Com.), 252;

81 Chan. Inq. p.m. Edw. II, file 34, no. 7.

Harl. MS. 6281.


 * Close, 19 Edw. II, m. 4.

M De Banco R. 275, m. 39 d.

44 Banks, Dormant & Ext. Bar. i, 270 ; Dugdale, Bar. ; G.E.C. Peerage, Sec.


 * De Banco R. 275, m. 39 d.

"Ibid. Most pedigrees (G.E.C., Dug- dale, &c.), state that Ralph de Cobham probably lived till after 1338, when Thoma Earl of Norfolk died ; and that Cobham then married the latter's widow. It is clear, however, from the above that Cob-

��ham died before 1329, and that Mary was his widow when she became the wife of Thomas, Earl of Norfolk.

88 Add. Chart. 23615, 23619-205 G.E.C. Peerage, &c.

"Add. Chart. 23619-20.

80 Chan. Inq. p.m. i Ric. II, no. 146^. "Rolls of Part, iii, 8a.

81 Ibid.

88 Add. Chart. 23621 ; Ech. Enr. Accts. Surr. It SUM. bdle. 5, no. 14 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. i Ric. II, no. 1466.

84 See note* 30 and 32.

275 ; Esch. Enr. Accts. Surr. and Suss, bdle. ;, no. 14.
 * Abbrev. Rot. Orig. (Rec. Com.), ii,

M Cal. Rot. Pat. (Rec. Com.), 176*; Esch. Enr. Accti. Surr. and Suss. bdle. 5, no. 15.

87 Close, 39 Edw. Ill, m. 26 and 25.

M Egenon MS. 2030, fol. 97 ; Winton Epis. Reg. Wykeham, i, foL 64.

223

��89 Add. Chart. 23622 ; Close, 45 Edw III, m. II.

40 Add. Chart. 23623.

41 Chan. Inq. p.m. I Ric. II, no. 146,'; ; Add. Chart. 23624-8.

49 Chan. Inq. p.m. i Ric. II, no. 146*.

48 Add. Chart. 23267-8.

44 Coll. To fog. tt Gen. iii, 100.

"Add. Chart. 23629.

46 Chan. Inq. p.m. 14 Ric. II, file 63, no. 10.

4 ? Close, 10 Hen. VI, m. 4 ; Feet of F. Surr. 10 Hen. VI, no. 14.

48 Ibid. ; Close, 6 Hen. V, m. 6, 13. Add. Chart. 23632, 23633, 23635. Ni- cholas Carew died in the year of settlement, 1432. (Monumental inscription at Bed- dington.)

48 Chan. Inq. p.m. 6 Edw. IV, file 21, no. 40.

"Cal. of Inf. Hen. Vll, \ 362.

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