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 A HISTORY OF SURREY

��on Walter de Newdigate helps to prove this supposi- tion by giving an account of his lands in Newdigate and of whom they were held, the principal overlord being Lord Abergavenny. 16

The first authentic mention of the property as a manor is in a deed dated 1569, which appears to be a settlement of the manor by Thomas de Newdigate on his son Walter.* 6 At Thomas's death in 1576 he was said to be seised of the site of the manor, and of all those lands that constituted the manor of Newdi- gate, which he was holding of Henry Nevill, Lord Abergavenny. A water-mill which he left to his wife Agnes, and certain fisheries, were appurtenant to the manor, which passed to his son Walter. He also bequeathed a house called Newdigate Place to his wife." In 1588 Walter subscribed 25 towards the fleet raised against the Armada. 88 His son Thomas, who succeeded him in 1590, had only two daughters, Mary and Ann, 29 who married respectively William Steper and William Smithiman. Thomas bequeathed the manor to his brother Richard's son West, who succeeded him. 30

In 1636 West Newdigate united with Henry Darrell, who had married Thomas Newdigate's widow Mary," and William and Mary Steper, in a con- veyance of the manor to John Budgen." From this date New- digate was held by the Budgen family" until 1810, when John's descendant, Thomas Budgen, sold the manor to Charles, Duke of Norfolk," who in 1815 was succeeded by his cousin, Bernard Howard.* 4 The present lord of the manor is the great-grandson of the latter, Henry FitzAlan Howard,* 6 Duke of Norfolk. The old

manor-house was pulled down by Mr. John Budgen, owner between 1772 and 1805. It stood close to Newdigate Place.

The manor and park of IWOOD or EfTOOD in Newdigate belonged to the Earls Warenne and Surrey, and was used by them as a centre for hunting, hawk- ing, and fishing." It constantly appears in the Dorking Court Rolls as ' Dorking Iwode,' contrasted, apparently, with ' Dorking Homewode.'

In 1312 and 1314 commission of oyer and terminer was granted for the prosecution of poachers who had entered the free warren of John de Warenne at Newdigate.* 8 This property descended like the manor of Newdigate (q.v.) through the Arundels to William Beauchamp through his wife Joan Arundel and to the Nevills, Lords Abergavenny. In 1 476 Edward Nevill,

���BCDGEN. Party vert and argent a cheveron ermine and in the chief three crescents counter- coloured.

���DARRELL. Azure a

lion or having a cro-wn gules.

��Lord Abergavenny, died seised of the park of I wood. 3 * His great-grandson Henry conveyed the estate to George and Christopher Darrell, 40 who in June 1 5 54. leased it to John Stapley of Framfield for ninety-nine years at a rent of 66 1 3*. \d. n A month later Christopher Darrell sold his half of the property to Thomas Collet," and George Darrell sold the remainder to Anthony Pel- ham. 43 Anthony was suc- ceeded by his son Herbert Pelham," but Collet conveyed his share in 1567 to John Heathe," who in May 1574 conveyed it back to Christo- pher Darrell and Sir Thomas Browne." In the following De- cember Christopher bought what had been his brother George's share from Herbert Pelham." A few months later a survey was taken of the messuages and build- ings, including the ironworks, furnace, forge, and hammer, which were then worked by Robert Rey- nolds, who was occupying the mansion-house and park, and who also held the brew-house and water- mill for grinding corn. The ironworks were then said to be worth 40 yearly. The owners claimed view of frankpledge there. 48 In 1575 Christopher Darrell, who was indebted to the Crown for 2,000, conveyed three parts of the estate and view of frank- pledge, estimated at 800, to the queen. 49 This portion of the manor she granted in 1582, after Christopher's death, to Henry Darrell of Scotney for the sum of 700, at the same time transferring the debt of 2,000 to Edmund Pelham, with power to exact the money from Darrell, though without dis- training his lands at Iwood.* Apparently Darrell did not pay the joo to the queen, for in 1594 she granted the same land to Edmund Pelham and James Thetcher on condition of the payment of 200 by certain dates. 61 According to Manning and Bray this latter sum was never paid, and the estate remained in the royal possession" until it was granted to Mary Goche and her son Barnaby in l6o5. 53 The farm and lands of Iwood were later on divided between John Gratwicke with his wife Mildred and Elizabeth Richards, widow, with John Hetherington." One moiety afterwards descended to Dr. Morton, who was succeeded by his son Richard." At Richard's death the estate was sold to Thomas Grinstead, whose son Joseph Valentine Grinstead sold it to the Duke of Norfolk in 1786." The other moiety became the property of Richard Hurst, and was sold by his son to General Smith. This portion of the estate was also bought by the Duke of Norfolk in 1786," and

��95 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccxxxiii,

74-

26 Recov. R. East. 1569, rot, 706.

a ' Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), clxxix, 76.

88 Surr. Arch. Coll. xvi, 249.

89 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccclxxi, 93.

80 P.C.C. 26 Capel ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. z), cccclxxxviii, 9. Manning and Bray are of opinion West Newdigate did not hold the manor, but this inquisition states that he did inherit. Also the note of Livery, sued out by Mary Steper, quoted by them, is of money still unpaid.

81 Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. ii, 172.

��83 Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 12 Chas. I j Recov. R. Hil. 14 Chas. I, rot. 77.

38 Com. Pleas D. Enr. East. 3 Geo. I, m. 14.

84 Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 50 Geo. III.

84 G.E.C. Peerage, Norfolk. Ibid.

W Symmes, Coll. for Hist, of Newdi- gate, Add. MS. 6167, fol. 256.

"8 Cal. Pat. 1307-13, p. 531; ijij- 17, p. 236.

8 Chan. Inq. p.m. 16 Edw. IV, 66.

40 Surr. Arch. Coll. xvii, 28.

41 Close, I & 2 Philip and Mary, pt. iv, no. 21.

4 Ibid. 4S Ibid. no. 22.

3 I2

��44 Close, 17 Eliz. pt. xii.

45 Ibid. 10 Eliz. pt. xxi, m. I. Ibid. 1 6 Eliz. pt, ix.

4 ? Ibid. 17 Eliz. pt. xii.

48 Exch. Spec. Com. no. 2242.

49 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 17 Eliz.

50 Pat. 24 Eliz. pt. xiii, m. 10.

51 Ibid. 37 Eliz. pt. vii, m. 14.

" Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. ii, 174.

58 Pat. 2 Jas. I, pt. x, m. 30.

64 Exch. Spec. Com. 29 Chas. II, no. 6500.

66 Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. ii, 174. "Ibid. s? Ibid.

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