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��The manor of COLLET 111 (Colle, xiii cent.) was a member of the honour of Reigate. It seems to be identical with 2 hides of land held by Walter of Colley in 1217-18."' In that year he gave three- fourths of a virgate there to Roger son of Alfred."* Roger of London evidently acquired the manor, for he was holding half a knight's fee in Reigate late in the 1 3th century, 144 and obtained a release of land there from Thomas son of Walter of Colley in 1326.'" Roger's widow Eleanor, in consideration of a yearly rent to herself and her son Roger of London, conveyed the manor to Ralph son of Roger of London in 1332, with contingent remainder to Ralph's brother Roger and others, and finally to Eleanor's son Roger. 148 A Roger of London with his wife Alice 147 sold the manor to Richard, Earl of Arundel, in I348, 148 and it was settled on his younger son Sir John Arundel, kt., in tail male, together with the manor of Buckland. 14 ' The grandsons of Sir John Arundel became successively Earls of Arundel, and it was held by the earls till 1 566, when Henry, the thirteenth earl, after the death of his only son, sold it to Thomas Copley of Gallon. 1 ** With his heirs male '" it remained for more than a century. At the partition of the estates of William Copley the elder between his two granddaughters, Mary wife of John Weston, and Anne wife of George Weston and afterwards of Sir Nathaniel Minshull, Colley was assigned to Mary Weston. 141 Her husband died in 1690,"* and her grandson John Weston was in posses- sion of Colley in 1702. IS4 He died in 1730, leaving an only daughter, Melior Mary Weston, who died unmarried in June 1 782."* Under her will Colley passed to John Webbe, who took the name of Weston. His son John Joseph Webbe Weston sold it in 1 842 to Henry Lainson. 146 He died in 1850, and was succeeded by his son Mr. Henry Lainson, whose nephew Mr. William H. Nash succeeded him in 1 890, and almost immediately broke up the property. The manor is now lost. Mr. Frederick Home at present lives in Colley Manor House.

The reputed manor of COMBES was held for several centuries by the lords of Flanchford "' (vide infra). Possibly it was identical with the messuage and land conveyed to Henry Flanchford by William Combe and his wife Alice in I4O8-9, 148 but the Priory of St. Mary Overy had a grange at Combe. 159

��The house called Minster Lea is reputed to be on their land.

The reputed manor of FLANCHFORD (Flaunch- ford or Flaunchworth, xvii cent.), a member of Reigate, was held by Hugh Flanchford, 160 and after- wards granted by John Earl Warenne to Brice his cook and his wife Alice. 161 In 1446 it was given by John Duke of Norfolk, lord of the manor of Reigate, to John Timperley, who represented Reigate in Parliament in 1453 and 1460. In February 14534 the manor was conveyed by feoffees to John and Alice Arderne of Leigh (q.v.). 161 Richard Arderne, son of John, died in 1499, and left his estates to his half-brother John Holgrave, 163 from whom this must have passed to the Dudleys (of Leigh Place). John Dudley sold to Edward Shelley of Findon in Sussex in 1530. Anne widow of Reginald Cobham (Cobbe f) of Blechingley, and possibly daughter-in- law of Edward Shelley, conveyed it to Sir Thomas Sander of Charlwood in 1539;'" his eldest son Edmund sold it in 1601 to Martin and Christopher Freeman, 164 who alienated in the following year to Thomas, afterwards Sir Thomas Bludder, kt., a com- missioner of the Victualling Office. 166 He died at Reigate 2 November 1618, and was succeeded by his son Sir Thomas Bludder, kt. 167 After his death in 1655 it was sold to Sir Thomas Hooke, bart., 168 who in 1666 conveyed it to Sir Cyril Wyche, one of the six clerks in Chancery. 169 He is said to have sold it in 1676 to Thomas Lord Windsor, afterwards created Earl of Plymouth. 1 From his younger son, Thomas Viscount Windsor (in Ireland), it was purchased by Sir William Scawen in 172O. 171 His heir male, James Scawen, sold in 1781 to Sir Merrik Burrell, bart., of West Grinslead Park, co. Sussex, who bequeathed it to his great-nephew Sir Peter Burrell, bart., from whom it was bought in 1790 by William Browne. 171 It was afterwards owned by a Mr. William John Glutton, deceased, whose executors held it till recently.

FRENCHES was a reputed manor held of Reigate by fealty, suit of court, and 24*. rent. It belonged in 1596 to Nicholas Pope and his wife Mary, who conveyed it in that year to Charles Tingilden. 17 * From the latter it was shortly afterwards acquired by Henry Drake, who died seised in 1609, and was succeeded by his son Edward. 173 * There was an in-

��141 Derived doubtless from Collii. The manor liei on the hill north-west of Rei- gate town.

141 Chan. Inq. p.m. 14 Ric. II, no. i.

141 Feet of F. Surr. z Hen. Ill, 4.

144 Testa dt Nevill (Rec. Com.), 22 li. It is worthy of note that some of the manorial landi were (till known as Lon- don Lands in 156; (Close, g Eliz. pt. v, m. 12 d.).

Feet of F. Surr. zo Edw. II, file 41, no. 23.

" Ibid. 6 Edw. Ill, no. 77.

14 7 Very probably Roger son of Eleanor, for Ralph's brother Roger died before him, and neither Ralph nor his brother left issue (De Banco R. East. 6 Hen. V, m. 117).

149 Feet of F. Surr. 22 Edw. Ill, 22. In 1476 Edward Lord Abergavenny was said to have the service of half of half a knight's fee formerly held by William de Loundres. The Christian name here is evidently incorrect (Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 6 Edw. IV, 66, m. 22).

149 Chan. Inq. p.m. 50 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), no. 526.

150 Feet of F. Surr. East 8 Eliz. At

��the time of the sale it was mortgaged to Sir John White, kt., of London (Close 8 Eliz. p t. v, m. I z d.).

141 See the account of Gattoa.

153 Title deeds quoted by Manning and Bray, Hitl. of Surr. i, 313.

" Berry, Surr. Gen. 55.

144 Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. I Anne. His father Richard died in 1701. Monu- ment at Guildford.

" 5 Berry, Surr. Gen. 55 ; Com. Pleas D. Enr. Hil. 15 Geo. Ill, m. 251, 25$.

164 Manning and Bray, op. cit i, 313: Recov. R. Mich. 46 Geo. Ill, m. 36. See Sutton, in Woking. Brayley, Hist, of Surr. iv, 228.

167 See Manning and Bray, Hill, of Surr. \, 308.

143 Feet of F. Surr. 10 Hen. Ill, 35.

169 Cott MS. Faust. A. viii, feL

154*-

160 Henry Flaunchford was a party to conveyances of land in Reigate in 1394-5 and 1408-9 (Feet of F. Surr. 18 Ric. II, 64 ; 10 Hen. IV, 35). Possibly he was a member of the same family.

181 Deeds pcnet R. Barnes of Reigate,

2 37

��quoted by Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. i, 30;. The name is here given Cobham, but see Inq. p.m. Ct of Wards xzi, 249. This Anne may be the widow of Edward's son Henry.

"'Ibid.

"P.C.C. Moone, foL 5.

164 Manning and Bray, op. cit. i, 305.

1M Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 43 Eliz. By his father's will it had been left to younger brothers, but had probably reverted to him (Chan. Inq. p.m. [Ser. 2], cxli,

2 S-)

1M Feet of F. Surr. Hit 44 Eliz.

""Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccclxxx, 114.

16 Feet of F. Surr. HiL 22 Chas. 1 5 Mich. 14 Chas. II.

169 Aubrey, Hist, and Antij. of Surr. iv, 209 ; Feet of F. Surr. East 18 Chas. II.

1 ' Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. i, 307.

^ Feet of F. Surr. East 6 Geo. I.

179 Manning and Bray, op. cit i, 307.

M Feet of F. Surr. East. 1596.

l ? to Ibid. Mich. 1596; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxiv, 126.

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