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��he was at Chobham in 1538 and again in 1542.' Sir Anthony Browne was made keeper of the manor in 1543." Christopher Heneage appears to have had a grant of it during the reign of Elizabeth." James I granted the manor to Sir George More in 1614 for the sum of .890 121. 6J. to be held as of the manor of East Greenwich. Annual rent from the manor to the amount of 35 \zs, 6J. was also granted him. 13 This rent was granted to Lawrence Whit.iker and others in 1620." The manor was granted in the same year to Sir Edward Zouch, in- cluding the rent previously reserved to Whitaker." The grant included Bisley and the manors of Woking and Bagshot, and henceforth the manor of Chobham descended with these l6 and is at present held with them by the Earl of Onslow.

All rights and privileges pertaining to the manor of Chobham were enjoyed by the Abbot and convent of Chertsey, who appear to have exercised very complete power over their lands in Surrey." John de Rutherwyk, who was abbot from 1307 to 1346 and who was noted for the many improvements which he carried out in his domain," surrounded the manor- house of Chobham with running water in the first year of his rule as abbot." In 1254 Geoffrey de Bagshot held Chobham under the abbot, and among the yearly dues of the abbot from that fee are in- cluded los. \d. rent, 12 gallons of honey, valued at 6/., 2 sheep or ^s., 2 quarters of oats, I ploughshare, and a horse for carrying a monk to Winchester twice a year."

The grant of Chobham to Sir George More and the later grants include land in Chobham called Langshott, Chabworth, Hill Grove, and Buttes, and a pond called Gratins Pond, also called Craches or Crathors Pond or the Create Pond. A mill called Hurst Mill in Chobham was conveyed to the abbot by John de Hamme in the early I4th century."

A court roll of the time of Charles II mentions 'Stanners' and 'Pentecost' as presenting tithingmen." Sir Charles Walpole of Chobham has a note in his father's writing, ' I have a deed without date wherein is a Fine and Recovery by John de Pentecost of 5 acres in Chobham from John de Ardern and Agnes his wife.' n There is land near Chobham vicarage now called Penny Pot, which possibly means Pentecost. Ardern is the local pronunciation of Aden (q.v. infra).

The chief messuage of the

CHOBHAM PARK manor of Chobham, called Chobham Park, was granted to

the king by John Cordrey, Abbot of Chertsey, in 1535, two years before the surrender of the entire manor of Chobham. 14 The Manor Place, commonly called

��Chobham Park, was sold in July 1558 by Queen Mary to Nicholas Heath her chancellor, Archbishop of York, for 3,000. The land was inclosed by a pale, whence it was called a park, and is marked as such in Norden and Speed's map of 1610. This grant was confirmed by Queen Elizabeth," but as Heath had been deprived for refusing the oaths to the queen, the nominal pos- session was conveyed to his brother William in 1564." The ex-archbishop continued, however, to reside, and died here or in London in 1578," when his nephew Thomas is referred to by Lord Montagu as ' the nowe (or newe) owner.' Thomas forfeited his lands in I 588, but was restored, and in 1 606 conveyed them to Francis Leigh. 29 The next year he conveyed to Antony Cope,* who in 1614 sold to William Hale." John Hale con- veyed it to Henry Henn in 1654." The same family held it in 1681." The house was let, and before 1720 was the property of John Martin," who con- veyed it in that year to John Crawley." Mr. Revel, M.P. 1734-5 2, is said to have owned it.* 6 His daughter and heiress married Sir George Warren in 1758, and their daughter mar- ried Lord Bulkeley in 1777. The latter died in 1822, having left it to Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams, his nephew. From him it was bought by Sir Denis le Marchant, father of the present owner, Sir Henry le Marchant, in 1838." The old house was pulled down and the park broken up in the 1 8th century. The farm called Chobham Park is on the old site, and parts of the double moat round the old house remain.

The manor of ST4NN4RDS, STANTORS, or FORDS was held of the abbey of Chertsey with the manor of Ham next Chertsey by John de Hamme and Alina his wife from the feoffment of Thomas de Saunterre in l^oj. 39 John de Hamme died seised of ' Stanhore ' in 1319-20." During the reigns of Edward II and Edward III it was held, under the de Hammes, by a family of the name of Ford, 4 * whose name became attached to that of the manor, which in later times always appears under the name of the manor of Stanners and Fords. A dispute arose in 1343 concerning land in 'Stanore' which John de Totenhale claimed to have received from Alice de Ford and Ralph. It was adjudged that John de Totenhale, being illegitimate, could not inherit this land, which therefore became escheat to the abbey. It was afterwards claimed by Agnes, a daughter of Ralph and Alice." The manor seems to

���LE MARCRANT. Azure a cheveron or be- tween three itvli argent.

��"L. and P. Hen. fill, xiii (i), g. 1519(61); xvii, p. 482.

11 Ibid, xviii (i), p. 546.

ls Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 19 Eliz.

18 Pat. 12 Jas. I, pt. xiv, m. 16.

Ibid. 1 8 Jas. I, pt. ii, m. 8.

ls Ibid. 18 Jas. I. pt. vi, m. I.

le Vide Woking. Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), dxxxviii, 136 ; Feet of F. Div. Co. Mil. 16 & 17 Cha. II; Pat. 23 Chai. II, pt. ix, no. 6, no. 22-8 ; fit. 22 Geo. II, pt. ii, no. 14 ; Close, 16 Geo. II, pt. iii, no. 9 ; Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 25 & 26 Geo. II ; Recov. R. Hil. 49 Geo. III.

'? fide tufra.

��18 V.C.H. Surr. ii, 59 ; Dugdale, Mm. Angl. i, 424.

19 Dugdale, Mon. Angl. i, 424 ; Exch. K.R. Misc. Bks. voL 25, foL 173.

80 Cat. Inj. p.m. i, 88.

"Exch. K. R. Misc. Bk. vol. 25, foL 250.

M Ct. R. P.R.O. bdle. 204, no. 53; Manning and Bray, op. cit. iii, 192.

83 Sec Feet of F. 5 Edw. Ill, no. 68, in Surr. Arch. Soc.'s volume of fines.

"Pat. 27 Hen. VIII, pt. ii, m. 28-9.

54 Ibid. 7 Eliz. pt. ix, no. 9. *> Ibid.

2 ^ Not in 1579, ai commonly stated; Loseley MSS. x, 71, 72. The letter seems to imply that he died at Chobham.

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��18 Def. Keeper's Ref. xxxiii, App. i. Feet of F. Surr. Mil 3 Jas. I.

80 Ibid. Trin. 5 Jas. I. "Ibid. East. 12 Jas. I.

"Notes of F. Mich. 1654 ; Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 1654.

88 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 1 1 Chas. II ; Trin. 33 Chas. II.

"Ibid. Mich. 7 Geo. I.

81 Ibid. Hil. ii Geo. I. "Manning and Bray, op. cit iii, 195. 'Information ofSir Henry le Marchant.

88 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. I Edw. II.

89 Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 3 Edw. II, no. 14. "Lansd. MS. 434, fol 168*, 187*,

200*, 201. "Ibid.

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