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 A HISTORY OF SURREY

��among his sisters and co-heirs," Sancha wife of John Iwardby or Ewerby, Anne wife of Christopher Tropenell, and Elizabeth wife of Walter Twynyho. 41 In 1508-9 Nutfield was held by John Ewerby, Anne Tropenell and Walter Twynyho. 45 The Ewerbys seem to have conveyed their share of the manor in equal portions to the other co-heirs, as complete moieties were soon after held by the Tropenell and Twynyho families."

The manor was not again united until 1619. The Tropenell moiety descended to Thomas, also called Giles, son of Christopher and Anne, and to his daughters and co-heirs, Ann wife of John Eyre, Elizabeth wife of William Charde, Mary wife of John Young, and Eleanor wife of Andrew Blackman, all of whom were holding a moiety jointly in 1557." The Chardes seem to have relinquished their share soon afterwards. In 1570 John Young and Mary conveyed a third of a moiety to Thomas Bristow. 46 In 1576 Richard Mompesson and Susan daughter and heir of Andrew Blackman " conveyed a third of the moiety to William Gawton, 68 who in 1583 obtained the third which belonged to the Eyres." Gawton died ten years later seised of two-thirds of a moiety ; <0 his son William 61 obtained Thomas Bristow's third in 1 597," and died seised of a com- plete moiety of the manor in I6IO. 63 Richard Gaw- ton, his son and heir, 6 ' conveyed this moiety in 1619 to Daniel Bassano and Thomas Turner. 64

In the meantime the Twynyho moiety had passed from Walter Twynyho and Elizabeth to their son Edward, and to his son Anthony. 66 Anthony Twynyho died in 1529, and his sisters and co-heirs, Ann wife of Henry Heydon, and Katherine wife of John Dauntesay, each became seised of a moiety of a moiety. 67 That of the Heydons descended to Francis Heydon, their son and heir, while Bridget, daughter and heir of John and Katherine Dauntesay, married Hugh Hyde and inherited her mother's fourth share. 68 These parties held the moiety in 1564,*' but Heydon probably quitclaimed his share soon after, as in 1566 Hugh Hyde and Bridget conveyed the entire moiety to Nicholas Best. 70 Apparently Nicholas at his death left the property to three sons in equal parts ; Chris- topher Best, who died in 1598, held a third of a moiety of Nutfield, which he left to Nicholas his son

��and heir. 71 William Best was probably another son, and seems to have obtained both the share of his other brother and that of his nephew Nicholas, as he died in 1602 seised of a moiety of Nutfield," and Henry, his son, 73 is referred to in 1603 and 1609 as holding an entire moiety. 74 In 1619 Henry Best and Etheldreda his wife conveyed this moiety to Daniel Bassano and Thomas Turner, who," at the same time, obtained the Tropenell moiety as already shown. Bassano, barrister of the Inner Temple, was evidently a trustee as, in 1641, presumably after the death of Thomas Turner, he conveyed Nutfield to John Turner, eldest son of John Turner of Ham in Blech- ingley, to the second son, also called John, and to the third son Thomas. 76

The eldest son died before 1651," and John and Thomas Tuiner held Nutfield jointly in i658. 78 Thomas the survivor, by will proved December 1671, devised the manor to John, George, and Thomas Turner, sons of his brother John, late of Ham. 79 The survivor John conveyed in 1 707 to his son John in fee; the latter died in 1713, his sister Charity, wife of Joseph Cooke, being his heir. 80 On the death of the latter in 1740 without issue the manor was divided between Cooke's sisters and co-heirs, Eliza- beth Eboral and Mary Gotty. 81

Elizabeth's son William died in 1775 and he by will devised to his niece Mary Eliza who held this moiety in i8o8. 8 * William Gotty and Mary con- veyed their moiety to Sir George Colebrook, bart., in I763. 83 Colebrook in 1774 conveyed half to Anthony Aynscomb and half to John Clement ; Aynscomb left his share to his wife, who died in 1800, with remainder to her sister Belt Tyler, after- wards wife of William Burtt, and she held this fourth part in i8o8. M John Clement's fourth descended to his son and grandson, the latter selling in 1 805 to John Perkins. 85 The parts held by Mary Eliza and the Burtts afterwards passed either to John Perkins or John Newton, as these two held the manor in I841. 86 Newton afterwards obtained Perkins' share, and Mr. John Newton was lord of Nutfield until after 1895, after which date it passed to Jervis Kenrick, who held in 1899. Mr. Henry Partridge of Castle Hill, Blechingley, was recently lord of the manor, but it is now held with that house by Mr. A. P. Brandt.

��61 By the Vint, of Surr. (Harl. Soc. Publ. zliii) 17, it would appear that Nicholas, James's brother, had no male issue and left three daughters only. An inquisition on James, however (Cal, of Inq. Hen. VII, i, 362), states that the latter obtained Beddington, &c., after the death of his nephew Nicholas, which makes it probable that those pedigrees giving Nicho- las, James's brother, a son as well as three daughters are correct. See also Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxxv, 52.

"Berry, Surr. Gen. 3 ; Visit, of Glouces- ter (Harl. Soc. xxi), 263 ; Lysons, Environs cfLond. i, 53 ; The Trofenell Cart. (Wilts. Arch. Soc.), Introd. and vol. ii.

"Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxi, 118.

54 Chan. Proc. (Ser. 2), xc, 10 ; Feet of F. Div. Co. East 3 & 4 Phil, and Mary, vide infra. John St. John, however, descendant of the Ewerbys, afterwards held a rent of 4 marks from the manor of Nutfield (Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 32 Eliz.) vide the church.

w Trofenell Cart, ii (Wilts. Arch. Soc.) ; Feet of F. Div. Co. East 3*4 Phil, and Mary.

��"Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 12 Eliz.

"Visit. of Wilts. 1623 (ed. Geo. Mar- .hall), 97.

68 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 18 Eliz.

"Ibid. Mich. 25 & 26 Eliz.

"'Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccxlvii, 21.

"Ibid.

s Feet of F. SUIT. Mich. 39 & 40 Eliz.

68 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxiv, 144.

Ibid.

"Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 17 Jas. I.

M Visit. Gloucester (Harl. Soc. xxi), 263 ; Chan. Proc. (Ser. 2), bdle. 40, no. 10 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. i), 1, 84.

"Ibid.

68 Chan. Proc. (Ser. 2), bdle. 40, no. 10.

��7 Feet of F. Surr. East 8 Eliz. As late as 1639 a fine occurs (Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 14 Chas. I) in which Rich- ard and Anthony Hyde, heirs of Hugh and Bridget (Berry, Hants Gen. 108) quitclaim their right in a moiety of Nutfield to William Best, who, according to Manning and Bray, was son to Henry Best. The latter's conveyance of 1619 must have

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��been in trust, and the original title had to be confirmed to make it absolute.

''Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccclv, 35.

''Ibid, cccvii, 7.

"Ibid.

" 4 Ibid, cccxiv, 126; ccxc, 124. In a recovery in 1617 of a moiety of the manor between Henry Best and another, Nicholas Best was called to warranty, the deed being probably a surrender of all his claim in the manor preparatory to its sale by Henry (Recov. R. East 1 5 Jas. I, rot. 125).

1* Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 17 Jas. I.

76 Close, 17 Chas. I, pt xv, no. 16.

77 Cal. of Com. for Compounding, 2870.

78 Surr. Arch. Coll. xvii, 98.

79 P.C.C. 150 Duke.

80 Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. ii, 271 ; Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 12 Anne.

81 Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. ii, 271.

" Ibid.

88 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 3 Geo. III.

84 See notes 81, 82.

85 Ibid.

86 Brayley, Hist, oj Surr. iv, 331.

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