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��latter part of the 1 6th century the hall was cut in two by a large chimney stack with two fireplaces in it, and at the same time or a little later a three-light window was inserted at the south-east ; over it are the arms of George Carew, Earl of Totnes, dated 1636. A projection to the west of this, apparently of late 1 6th-century date, may represent an earlier (though not original) chimney breast. At the south- west of the hall is a large modern bay.

Close to the house on the north-east is a circular mound with a ditch. The possibility of its being a garden mount must not be overlooked, but it is not unlikely that it is of much earlier date, and marks the site of the dwelling-place of the Domesday lord of the manor. 49

The first reference to a PARK at Walton-on-the ' Hill occurs in 1436, when it is mentioned with the manor amongst the possessions held at her death by Alice widow of Richard, Earl of Arundel. 4 ** Free warren however was granted to the lords of the manor as early as 1268,* and in 1358 a rabbit warren, worth 6s. 8<, was part of the estate. The park and warren were granted to Rose and John de Merston in 1437,"

���PLAN OF MANOR HOUSE, WALTON-ON-THE-HILL

��*nd again are mentioned in the conveyances from Queen Catherine to Richard and Nicholas Carew. 6 '

In 12945 the pleas and perquisites of the court of Walton-on-the-Hill were worth 6s. 8</. M and in 1358, 8/., while in an account rendered to Sir Francis Carew by his bailiff in 1587 the profit of 'one court holden for the same manor the I gth daye of Oct. in the 27th yeare of the queene's majestie that nowe is,' amount to 4 4*. 8^.** In 1770 a general court baron was held there by William Pellat, executor to Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, in which certain waste land was leased with the consent of the tenant to Sir Richard Barnes, ' for the purpose of searching for the remains of some works of antiquity, of which dis- covery hath lately been made.' "

A windmill is mentioned in the I 3th century, 66 and again in the 1 7th century, 67 and in 13583 dovecot is amongst the appurtenances of the manor. 68

��The church of ST. PETER consists CHURCH of a chancel 33 ft. 6 in. by 18 ft. 2 in., nave 31 ft. 6 in. by 22ft. 6 in., small north vestry, north aisle of two bays, 13 ft 8 in. wide, and a west tower 12 ft. square, all measurements being internal. The chancel dates probably from the 1 5th century, but has been much modernized ; the nave was rebuilt and the greater part of the tower added in 1817 ; the tower fell into decay rapidly and was partly pulled down and rebuilt in 1895. The north aisle is an addition of 1870. The east window of the chancel is modern of four traceried lights with a transom. Of the three south windows the first two are of two cinquefoiled lights with tracery under a pointed head, while the west window in this wall is square-headed with modern tracery of two lights, below it is a blocked low side window. The three north windows match with those opposite ; west of them is a small blocked low side window, and below the third window is a door to the north vestry. In the south wall is a range of three plain arched sedilia of 15th-century date, with an ogee-headed piscina to the east, which has a single drain and a stone shelf.

The chancel arch has a round shaft in each jamb with octagonal moulded capitals and bases of 1 5 th-century character ; the arch is two-centred with a wide hollow be- tween its two hollow- chamfered orders. The buttresses of the chancel have been refaced in red brick, but one on the south side has been de- stroyed ; the walling is of flint with blocks of Reigate stone. Below the north-east window of the chancel is an ex- ternal recess containing an old coffin lid ; a modern stone bears an

inscription (now almost obliterated) to Johannes de Walton. . . 1268. The nave has three south windows, one of two tall cinquefoiled lights between two plain single lights. The modern arcade between the nave and aisle is of two bays, in 15th-century style, and the aisle is lighted by two two-light north windows and a western one of three lights.

The lowest stage of the tower is vaulted in brick with stone ribs, and is apparently work of 1817. There is a west doorway which forms the principal entrance to the church. The tower is in three stages and has a low pyramidal roof. The roofs of the nave chancel and aisle are modern, and all the window tracery has been renewed at various dates.

The most interesting thing in the church is the 12th-century lead font, cylindrical in shape, with its sides divided into eight and three-quarter panels, each

��49 See Sarr. Arch. Coll. xxiii.

49a Chan. Inq. p.m. 15 Hen. VI, no. 27.

60 Cal. of Chart. R. 1257-1300, p. 88 ; Plac. de Quo Warr.(R.ec. Com.), 737, 747; Chan. Inq. p.m. 3 1 Edw. Ill (ist no8.),no. I.

" Cal. Pat. i43 6 -4' PP- '3 8 > 347-

��52 Add. Chart. 22629 i Pat - 2 4 Hen - VIII, pt. ii, m. 12 ; L. and P. Hen. VUl, v, 1207 (13).

58 Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. I, no. 33 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 31 Edw. Ill (let nos.), no. 49.

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��64 Add. Chart. 22903. 5 Ibid. 24648.

56 Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. I, 33. "I Add. Chart. 23716. 58 Chan. Inq. p.m. 31 Edw. Ill (lit not.), no. 49.

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