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��granted land to Thomas his son ; Richard de Foisted was a witness. 109 They were perhaps then tenants of the Wintershulls. In 1424 Joan then wife of William Catton and Agnes Basset, sisters and co-heirs of Thomas Wintershull, to whom Walter Wintershull's estates had descended, sued John Loxley for the manor, 110 and again in 1441 Agnes Bassett and John Weston son of Joan Catton disputed it against John Jenyn. The latter claimed to be enfeoffed of it, jointly with Bernard Jenyn of Braboeuf, who is said to have married Elizabeth daughter of John Loxley, son of Robert Loxley, half-brother of Thomas Win- tershull. 111 The Jenyns seem to have made good their claim to the manors, for Thomas Jenyn, son of Bernard, held it at his death in March 1508-9."' He left an infant son John, afterwards knighted, who died in 1545."* His widow married Stephen Adams, who was holding the manor in her right a few years after Sir John's death. 1 " It was ultimately inherited by Agnes,

or Anne, niece of Sir John and wife of John Wight (or Weight), 116 who sold it to Sir William More of Loseley in 15 58," from which time its history has been coincident with that of Loseley.

Court baron was attached to Westbury, East- bury, Field Place, and Polsted, 117 but there seems to be no record of courts held for Down, which was not called a manor till I386." 8 The court of Pol- sted was held during the I yth century in a meadow under a walnut tree. 119 In 1249 the tenant of Compton had estovers in the wood of Compton towards the repair of the house of the court of Compton.' 1JO

In the Godalming Hundred Rolls, 1 " it appear, that in the I4th, I5th, and i6th centuries the tithing-man and tithings of Compton attended at the hundred courts at Godalming. But a view of frankpledge was held regularly at Compton on the Thursday after St. Matthew's Day, when the tithings of Eastbury, Westbury, and Polsted and of part of Hurtmore in Compton were represented. On 22 Sep- tember 1453, no one attended from Polsted ' eo quod nullus est residens neque inhabitans super eandem dec-nam,' and the same is recorded of Hurtmore in God- aiming the same year. But on 1 8 Sep- tember 1483 the tenant of Polsted paid %d. at the Godalming court, fro sua secta relaxanda, and the tithing of Hurtmore appears later, but no tithing-man for Polsted. The inhabitants of the manors,

��which were also tithings in Compton, owed suit to the court at Godalming (q.v.), when the Bishop of Salisbury, lord of the manor as well as of the hundred, held courts which from an early period combined the functions of a court baron and a hundred court.

In 1547 it was stated that the lords of Down had failed to pay suit to Godalming for many years. 1 "

The church of ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH is built on a spur of sand hill rising out of the valley in which the village stands. The east end of the building is approached from the road by the steep path overshadowed with cypresses and other trees, and the church- yard, which is very picturesque and well-wooded, shares in the undulating nature of the site. Be- hind the church to the west are some fine cedars and other trees. The church, which is one of the most interesting in the county, is built of Bargate stone, flints, and chalk, with Bath stone used in the modern work. A good deal of the exterior is covered with a brownish plaster ; the roofs are tiled and the spire of the western tower is shingled. Nearly all the internal dressings are in clunch or hard chalk.

The church was restored in 1843, under Mr. H. Woodyer, and further works were carried out in 1869 and 1906. It consists of a western tower about I o ft. square internally ; nave 47 ft. 6 in. long by 1 8 ft. at its western end and i6ft. 6 in. at the eastern ; north and south aisles, of the same length, 7ft. 3 in. wide, south porch, and chancel 27ft. (originally 28 ft.), by 13 ft. at its western end. The eastern part of the chancel is vaulted and separated from the western by a low arch. It is of two stories, the upper forming a chapel over the sanctuary, a very rare feature in this country. On the north is a

���COMPTON CHURCH FROM THE SOUTH-EAST

��109 Deed at Loseley. M De Banco R. 655 (Mich. 3 Hen. VI), m. 123.

'j 11 Ibid. 724, m. 477. It is possible

thai} John Loxley claimed it as a descen-

dai^t of Alice, widow of Thomas Winters-

hpll and wife of Henry Loxley ; if so

,ere must have been some definite settle-

ent on Alice by the Wintershulls, and

.is seems unlikely since Polsted is not

��mentioned in the inquisition taken upon her death. Chan. Inq. p.m. 8 Ric. II, 24.

ua Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxv, 48.

" Ibid. Ixxii, 96.

Misc.Bks. (Exch. T.R.), clxix, 109*.

113 See under Braboeuf in Arling- ton.

" Feet of F. Surr. East. 4 & 5 Phil, and Mary.

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��W Chan. Inq. p.m. 6 Edw. II, 57 5 Add. MS. (B.M.) 6171.

118 Chan. Inq. p.m. 10 Ric. II, 46.

"'Add. MS. (B.M.), 6171.

M Feet of F. Surr. 33 Hen. Ill, I.

1M Loseley MSS.

"Misc. Bks. (Exch. L.T.R.), clxix, 1 1 3*.

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