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��the time of his father's death. 48 In 1592 Edmund conveyed the manor to Sir John Wolley, 49 who died in 1595. In i 597 Lady Elizabeth, widow of Sir John Wolley, was holding the manor in trust for her son Francis. 50

Francis Wolley died seised of the manor in 1609, and bequeathed it to his illegitimate daughter Mary. 41 Chancery proceedings followed, but Mary Wolley was still in possession in 1629" of half at least of the manor. But in the same year her cousin Sir Arthur Mainwaring parted with one-sixth of it, which he claimed, to Robert Bacon and Thomas Acton ; 5J and in the same year Mary Wolley gave a warranty to Thomas Bosser against herself and her heirs for part of the manor. Mary Wolley married Sir John Wyrley, 54 and a court was held in their names in 1645. In 1679 a court was held by Sir John Wyrley alone. It seems that Mary Wolley com- pounded with the heirs-at-law for part of the manor, but kept the lordship. After her husband's death this passed to her half-brother Robert Wroth. Mr. Wroth was M.P. for Guildford in 1704, 1707, and 1714. He died in 1720, and the manor was bought by Lord Onslow, in whose family it has since continued. Burpham Lodge is the seat of Mr. J. B. S. Boyle.

The so-called manor ofFRENCHES in Worplesdon originated perhaps in the 2 hides and a virgate held separately by two knights in Domesday. It certainly is represented by the knight's fee held there by Richard le French in 1349." In 1402 John French, pre- sumably a descendant of Richard, released the manor of Frenches to Robert Oyldesborough, brewer, of London. 56 In 1465 Robert Wintershull, son of John, granted the manor of Frenches to trustees in use for himself and his heirs." In 1477 Thomas Winters- hull died seised of Frenches, 68 and it is mentioned among the lands of Robert Wintershull at his death in 1547." John Wintershull his son died in 1549 seised of Frenches. In 1570 John Wintershull his son parted with Frenches to William Hamonde of Guildford, 60 probably for the purposes of a settlement, as William Wintershull his son appears in possession later. In 1 598 William Wintershull conveyed to Robert Russell. 61 The subsequent history of Frenches is lost, 6 ' but it is probably represented by Russell Place Farm. Anthony Russell was living in Worplesdon when Symtnes wrote, about i676. 6S

There is mention in 1 742 of the ' manor ' of

��MERRIST WOOD in Surrey, when George Grenville levied a fine against James Grenville. 64 This is Merrist Wood in Worplesdon, but it was only a reputed manor. In 1582 the queen, by charter, granted a lease to George More of Loseley of ' Merest Wood,' described as 82 acres of wood and wooded ground in the Forest of Windsor, in Worplesdon in Surrey, at 3 8/. per annum. 65 It may have been originally a resi- dential property, for a John de Merehurst was suing in 1 3 1 7 for land in Worplesdon. 66 A genealogy of Mere- hurst of Worplesdon is in the Visitation of i623, 67 and a John Merest was vicar of Woking 1 674-99. Merrist Wood Hall is the residence of Mr. S. Brotherhood.

The manor offf^KE (Wucha, xi cent.) in Worples- don apparently originated in the hide in Burgham held by Godric of Earl Roger at the time of Domesday. 6 *

The manor appears in the 1 3th century in the possession of a family which took its name from the place. 69 In 1279 William of Wyke was holding the manor of Wyke, 70 and in 1316 Richard de Wyke made a settlement of it on himself and his wife Joan. 71 He died before 1 342." His son Peter survived him, for in the inquisition on Hugh le Despenser, 73 Peter held a third of a knight's fee in Wyke as of the honour of Gloucester.

Peter was dead when his mother Joan died in 1353," leaving as heirs Katerina, Joan, and Christine, daughters of her son Peter. From that date the history of the manor becomes obscure. In 1376 Walter Wyke, amongst others, 75 was reported to hold a fee of the honour of Gloucester," 6 but this is probably a reminiscence of a former tenant. Of the three shares of the co-heiresses two passed to John Logge or to his- son John Logge by conveyance in 1457 and 1475 respectively." 7 Geoffrey the great-grandson of the first John Logge of Ash afterwards held these. 78 He had two co-heiresses, Alice and Mary, who married re- spectively John Bond and George Osbaldeston. 79 In 1563 Alice and Richard Osbaldeston, son of George and Mary, conveyed to William Harding. 80

The remaining third was conveyed by one Stephen Parker to Thomas Manory, to whom and to whose daughter Anne there are brasses in Ash Church. Thomas settled in 1 500 on Anne on her marriage with Ralph Vyne. Their son Henry Vyne, owner in 1552," settled it on his son Henry in 1553. Henry the younger died in 1571 leaving a son Stephen, 81 who conveyed to Robert White in 1580, probably by way of mortgage, 8 * and in 1584 sold outright to William

��. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), clxii, 162.

"Feet of F. Surr. 34 & 35 Eliz.

"'Hist. MSS. Com. Kef. vii, App. 657*.

41 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxxxiv, 60.

M Recov. R. Trin. 5 Chas. I, m. 29.

w Feet, of F. Surr. Trin. 5 Chas. I.

"Ibid. Hil. II Cha>. I; Trin. 17 Chas. I.

"Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, (ist nos.), no. 69 ; Manning and Bray, op. cit. iii, 96, refer to a grant by Will. leFrauncei of Worplesdon in 1290, saving suit and reliefs to his heir and his rights to the lord of Burpham.

Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 3 Hen. IV.

W Deed from Mr. Percy Woods, C.B.

59 Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. IV, no. 48.

59 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), Ixxxv, 53. For the history of this family see Wintershull Manor in Bramley, and Bramley Manor.

M Close, 1 3 Eliz. pt. xiii.

' Com. Pleas Fine Enr. East. 40 Eliz.

��61 The Drake family occur in fines and recoveries in connexion with a manor of Frenches, but this is evidently Frenches in Reigate. In a survey of Reigate Manor in 1623 Edward Drake is mentioned as holding Frenches, a subordinate manor to Reigate.

68 See Harl. MS. 1561, fol. 168*, 1 74, 1 74*, for the Russells of Worplesdon about 1623.

M Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 16 Geo. II.

"Harl. Chart. 43 F. 41.

w Feet of F. 1 1 Edw. II.

"Harl. MS. 1561, fol. 172.

y.C.H.Surr. \, 319*.

68 Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com-X 744.

" Ibid. See also Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 226, where John de Wyke is re- ported to hold one-third of a knight's fee of the honour of Gloucester.

"Feet of F. Mich. 10 Edw. II, no. 8.

7 J Will proved in Court of Archdeacon of Surrey.

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��" 8 Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, no. 169.

'* Ibid. 24 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), no. 75.

"The others are : the Abbot of Wa- verley, Thomas Baus and John de Ly- cewyrne. Possibly the three co-heiresses may have become the wives of Walter, John, and Thomas.

'* Chan. Inq. p.m. 49 Edw. Ill, pt. i (2nd nos.), no. 46.

"Mr. Woodroffe's deeds, quoted by Manning and Bray, op. cit. iii, 91.

"See Feet of F. Surr. East. 3 & 4 Phil, and Mary. ? 9 Ibid.

80 Ibid. Hil. 5 Eliz. ; Trin. 5 Eliz. j Div. Co. East. ; Eliz.

81 Star. Chamb. Proc. temp. Edw. VI, ii, 67. Henry's wife was Logge, but she was not an heiress.

82 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), clix, 48.

83 Mr. Woodroffe's deeds, Manning and Bray, op. cit. iii, 94. Compare Poyle Manor, V.C.H. Surr. ii, 618.

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