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��granted the manor of Parnish to Andrew Lord Windsor in 1539 for life, with remainder to his sons William, Edmund, and Thomas. 54 William Lord Windsor sold this manor and others to the king for i ,000 in 1 544." Edward VI granted it in 1 5 50 to Sir Thomas Smith, 56 a settlement on the latter's heirs being made in 1577." The manor remained in this family until 1652, when it was sold by Thomas Smith, the nephew of the original grantee, to John Lee, 58 from whom it passed to his son John. 59 Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of this son, married Sir Philip Har- court, she being his second wife. Their son was John Harcourt of Ankerwick, and the manor has remained in this family

since that time. 60 The present lord of the manor in the fifth generation from John Harcourt is Mr. George S. C. Harcourt.

The first definite reference to the manor of MILTON does not occur until the middle of the 1 4th century, 1348, when Matilda Gatelyn, or Gacelyn, received licence from the bishop to celebrate divine service in the oratory of her manor of Middle- ton. 61 It is, however, possible to trace the history of land, which evidently formed the nucleus of this manor, to an earlier date, as in 1299 Henry de Middleton and Matilda his wife held a messuage, a mill, and lands in Egham and Thorpe. 61 After the death of Henry, Matilda presumably held the manor for her lifetime, marrying as her second husband John Gatelyn. A record occurs in 1319 showing that John Gate- lyn and Matilda, together with Thomas son of Henry de Middleton, disseised the Ab- bot of Chertsey of various lands, of which, however, he afterwards regained posses- sion. 63 After the death of Matilda the manor probably reverted to Thomas, her son by her first husband, as in the early 1 6th century the manor was still in possession of the Middletons. 61 Certain lands belonging to the manor were sold about this time by Henry de Middleton to Richard Fox, Buhop of Winchester and founder of the college of Corpus Christi, Oxford, and these lands, together with the manor of Middleton or Milton, were granted to the college in 1518, when

���CORPUS CHRISTI COL- LEGE, OXFORD. Tierced in pale : (i) Azure a pelican or, for Bishop Fox ; (2) Argent -with a scutcheon of the armt of the tee of Winchester j (3) Sable a che-veron or between three oivls ar- gent and a chief or with three roies gules therein, for Bishop Oldham.

��the Abbot and convent of Chertsey granted permission to William Frost and Ralph Lepton, then seised of the manor, to enfeoff John Cleymond, President, and the fellows of the college of Corpus Christi. 65 It is probable that Frost and Lepton were acting for the Middletons, as in 1522 John Middleton and Margaret made a confirmatory grant of the manor to John Cleymond and his successors, receiving in return the sum of J 34O. 66 The manor thus granted is still held by this college. The Valor of 1535 shows that the college paid a rent of 3 6s. to the Abbot of Chertsey. 67 It was demised in 1598 to Francis Morley, to hold for nineteen years. 68 In 1622 Mary More, widow, held the ' manor of Middleton or Mylton Place and other lands in Egham ' of the college of Corpus Christi. 69 The manor appears to have been leased both before and after that date to the family of More, or Moore. 70 Adrian Moore, senior, who died in 1 740, was of Milton, and his son Adrian Moore, who died in 1 749, held the estate. 71 His sister's son was William Edgell, who succeeded to Adrian Moore's property, and his heiress and niece Priscilla married Richard Wyatt in 1766." Edgell Wyatt their son inherited the estate in 1813, taking the additional surname of Edgell." His son, Richard Wyatt-Edgell, succeeded him in i853. 7 ' The

����WYATT. Sable a fesse dancetty argent between three eagles or with a chief or.

��EDGELL. Argent a

cheveron sable between three cinqfoils gulei with three bezants on the cheveron.

��connexion between this family and the college was severed about 1870, when the unexpired portion of their lease was purchased by Baron de Worms. 75

A water-mill known as Trumpes Mill was granted with the manor to the college of Corpus Christi. 76 Tithes from it to the value of 211. \d. remained due to the almoner of Chertsey Abbey until the Dissolu- tion. 77 In a rental of 1622 Trumpes Mill, the property of Corpus Christi, and in the tenure of Mary More, is stated to be in Thorpe, 78 a mistake which is doubtless dae to the fact that the mill is on a stream which divides the parishes of Egham and Thorpe.

In 1 1 89-90 Nigel le Broc held land called TROTTESfTORTH of the Abbot of Chertsey for the fourth part of a knight's fee, 79 and at some period during the latter half of the I2th century Maurice de Trotteswrth and others held land in

��"Pat, 31 Hen. VIII, pt. i, m. 18, 19.

"Feet of F. Div. Co. Hit 35 Hen. VIII.

66 Dugdale, Mon. Angl. iv, 230; Add. MS. 4705, fol. 145.

'? Pat, 20 Eliz. pt. v, m. 31.

68 Recov. R. Mich. 1651 ; Feet of F. Div. Co. HiL 1652.

"Feetof F. Div. Co.Trin. 31 Chas. II.

Com. Pleas D. Enr. Trin. 34 Geo. Ill, m. 4 ; Recov. R. East. 9 Geo. IV , Burke, Landed Gentry; E. W. Brayley, op. cit.

��61 Winton Epis. Reg. Edendon, ii, fol. 13*.

63 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 27 Edw. I.

63 Exch. K..R. Misc. Bks. vol. 25, fol. 228 d.

4 Ibid. fol. 245*. Ibid.

66 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 14 Hen. VIII.

7 Vahr Eccl. (Rec. Com.), ii, 247.

68 Ct, of Req. Ixxxvii, 54.

19 RentaU and Surv. (P.R.O.), Surr. R. 626.

7 Information received from Mr. A, Wyatt-Edgell j Aubrey, op. cit iii, 167.

423

��"1 Gent. Mag. 1749, p. 93.

1* Information received from Mr. A, Wyatt-Edgell ; Burke, Landed Gentry.

78 Burke, Landed Gentry. 7< Ibid.

7* Information received from Mr. A. Wyatt-Edgell.

7 Exch. K.R. Misc. Bks. vol. 25, fol.

MS*-

77 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), ii, 56.

"' Rentals and Surv. Surr. R. 626, 20 Jas. I.

7 Exch. K.R. Misc. Bks. vol. 15, ful. 64.

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