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��the fine staircase at its south end is due. The stair- head and the long gallery take up the whole of the upper floor, and the tapestries and panelling are of great interest ; about half of the lower floor is now made into a library. The house is full of fine furni- ture, pictures, etc., which cannot here be adequately de- scribed. The quadrangle of offices on the west side of the house is said to be the work of John Weston, 1652-90, and though quite unpretending, is very picturesque. The principal gardens lie to the west of it, and part of their inclosing walls is of 16th-century date and of the same character as the house, but the lay-out of the Tudor garden is unfortunately not now re- coverable. The house is now the residence of Lord Northcliffe, to whom the recent restoration is due.

There was a mill at Sutton in the time of Domes- day, which does not however appear to be mentioned afterwards. It may perhaps be included with the Woking mills (q.v.).

The manor of CRANSTOCK, CRASTOCK or BRIDLEY was apparently the land recorded in the extent of Woking Manor 67 as bought by Fulk Basset of the fee of Pirbright, which was part of the honour of Clare ; for Cranstock owed suit and service to the Lord of Pirbright. 68 Both Pirbright and Woking were granted to Edmund, Earl of Kent, 6 ' and Pirbright descended to Joan his daughter, who married Edward, Prince of Wales, of whom Cranstock was held in 1366. There was apparently always a sub-tenancy, for in 1219 Gilbert de Chayham and Alice his wife granted half a hide in Cranstock to William de Cranstock, 70 and some years later Ralph son of William de Tinchingfeld leased the manor of Cran- stock to Roger son of William de Cranstock for life." Apparently the manor did not remain long with either of these families, for in 1 3 2 1 a certain Lambert de Thrikyngham sold it to John de Latimer and Joan his wife, with remainder to their son Edmund." The manor remained as a possession of the Latimers for some little time ; in 1 366 Robert Latimer died seised of it, leaving Robert his son and heir, then only a child."

Little can be traced of the history of Cranstock for some time after the death of Robert Latimer. In 1469 it appears in the hands of John White, who died in that year, leaving his son Robert as his heir. 74 In 1531 Henry White conveyed to Walter Champyon, William Roche, Thomas Pierpoint and Anthony Eliot, possibly as trustees, 74 and until the beginning of the next century the manor seems to have remained with them and their successors. In 1611 William Engler and William Skynner released to James Hobson, 7 * and Christopher Hobson, presumably the heir of James, sold in 1641 to Francis Williamson. 77 He in 1652 joined with his wife Martha in conveying the manor to Paul Carell (or Caryll), who held his

��first court in August 1652, and Paul Carell is said to have bequeathed the manor to his cousin John of Great Tangley Manor, Wonersh. 79 John was also seised of Bramley Manor and other Surrey lands, most of which were divided at his death among his three daughters and co-heirs, Lettice wife of John Ramsden, Elizabeth wife of Peter Farmer, and Margaret wife of Henry Ludlow. Cranstock was among the lands divided. 80

Between 1678 and 1680 John Child of Guildford purchased three parts of the manor, which passed to his son Leonard, who died in 1730. Leonard left it to his nephew Charles, who held a court in 1742. He sold it to John Tickner about 1758, and from him it was purchased by Richard (? Philip) Holling- worth, who sold it to Sir Fletcher Norton, first Lord Grantley. 81 Lord Grantley's Surrey estates were sold about 1884. Major Ewings' trustees sold Bridley or Crastock to Mr. Garton in 1894, who conveyed it in 1900 to Mr. Richards. Most of the land has been bought by Mr. Anderson, who resides at Bridley Manor. 8 '

In the 1 3th century Geoffrey de Pourton held MAYFORD in chief of the king, 83 by grand serjeanty. In 1231 and 1238 the sheriff accounted for lo/. -^d. from the land of the late Henry Kinton in May- ford. 8 ' Henry Kinton and Walter de Langeford were Geoffrey's heirs. 85 Walter de Langeford sold his moiety to John de Gatesden. 8 * The serjeanty was acquired by Fulk Basset, 87 and in the survey of Woking in I28O-I, 88 Mayford is called part of Woking Manor. It remained hereafter attached to Woking.

The tithing of Mayford appears in 1666. 8 * Tene- ments in Mayford occur frequently in Feet of Fines.

The reputed manor of RUDEHALL or HOL- LANDS, really a part of Woking, possibly originated in land held by William de la Rude in Woking in the 1 3th century. 90 It is at Hale End, which is perhaps a corruption of Holland or Hollands. In the reign of Henry VIII the Heyward family released their rights in the manor of Rudehall to John Grover. 91 In 1 60 1 William Grover conveyed it to William Collyer, 9 ' and in 1622 it passed to Sir Edward Zouch. 93 It afterwards came into the hands of the Covert family, who were holding it in 1 690,** when they sold it to Robert Royden. 94 Royden in 1724 alienated it to John Coussmaker." In 1745 Na- thanael Newnham conveyed it to William Collyer, 97 who in 1748 sold it to Philip Hollingworth M (see Cranstock, above). It probably subsequently descended in the same way as Cranstock.

The parish church of ST. PETER

CHURCHES has a chancel 28ft. by 20 ft. I in.,

modern north vestry, nave 49ft. Sin.

��*7 Inq. p.m. 9 Edw. I, no. 9.

68 Chan. Inq. p.m. 40 Edw. Ill (ist no*.), no. 38.

' See Woking, above.

T> Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 3 Hen. Ill, n.

7> Ibid. East. 29 Edw. I, 7.

7> Ibid. East. 14 Edw. II, 30.

" Chan. Inq. p.m. 40 Edw. Ill (ut nob), no. 25.

W Ibid. 9 & 10 Edw. IV, no. 25. It wa then still held of the manor of Pir- bright.

' Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 23 Hen. VIII.

? Ibid. Div. Co. Mich. 9 Jas. I.

��11 Ibid. Surr. Mich. 17 Chas. I.

7" Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 1652.

7' Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. i, 127, who quote court rolls as their authority.

80 Exch. Spec. Com. 30 Chas. 11,6484. See Recov. R. Hil. 1654, m. 57.

81 Manning and Bray, op. cit. i, 128 ; probably a mistake for Philip Holling- worth, banker of Lombard Street.

83 Private information.

Tetta de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 225.

84 Pipe R. 21 Hen. III.

84 Fine R. 12 Hen. Ill, m. 4.

387

��84 Tata de Netiill (Rec. Com.), 127 and 229, where it is called Mainford.

" Inq. p.m. 9 Edw. I, no. 9.

88 See Woking.

9 Exch. Dep. 1 8 Chas. II, Mich. 18.

90 Car. Anct. Deeds, A. 9738.

M Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 12 Hen. VIII ; 15 Hen. VIII.

w lbid. Surr. Mich. 43 & 44 Eliz.

"Ibid. Surr. Hit 19 Jas. I.

Ibid.Surr.Hil.2Will.and Mary. Ibid.

"Feet of F. Surr. East. 10 Ceo. I.

"Ibid. Mich. 19 Ceo. II.

"Ibid. Mich. 22 Geo. II.

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