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 A HISTORY OF SURREY

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CATTESHULL (Chatishull, Cateshull, xii cent. ; Catteshull, xiii-xiv cent. ; Catteshill, xviii cent.) is a manor and tithing in the north-east of Godalming, and included lands in Chiddingfold." a Its separate existence seems to date from the reign of Henry I, who gave Catteshull to Dyvus Purcell." Geoffrey Purcell, the king's usher (hostiarius), son of Dyvus, held it free of toll as it had been in his father's time, 74 and gave it to Reading Abbey on becoming a monk there." This gift was confirmed both by the Empress Maud 76 and by her opponent Stephen, the latter stipulating in his grant that Ralph, Purcell should hold 2cu. of land in Windsor of the monks." No mention is made of Catteshull in the confirmatory grants of Henry II to Reading Abbey, 78 and he seems to have regranted it to Ralph de Broc, son of Dyvus Purcell (identical with Ralph Purcell), to hold by the service of usher of the king's chamber. 79 This service or serjeanty by which the manor was held is variously stated as 'the keeping of the linen ' M and being 'usher of the laundresses.' 81 Ralph de Broc's daughter Edelina having married Stephen de Turnham, 81 the manor passed to one of his (Stephen's) five heiresses, viz. Mabel wife of Thomas de Baveling- ham, 83 who was also known as Mabel de Gatton. In 1224 she established her claim against the Bishop of Salisbury, lord of Godalming, in Arlington and Catteshull. 84 She conveyed the manor to her son-in- law Robert de Manekesey in 1234, but the sale was opposed by her son Hamo de Gatton, whom Edelina de Broc had empowered to perform the service due. 84 Mabel was given the option of buying back the manor, 86 but does not seem to have done so, for in November 1234 the king confirmed the grant to Robert de Manekesey. 87 In 1254-5 Robert de Gatton was in possession of Catteshull. 88 He died c. 1264, leaving a son Hamo, 89 who was succeeded by his son Hamo de Gatton, 90 who dowered his wife Margery with Catteshull at the church door. 91 Their son, Edmund de Gatton, was an infant at his father's death, and died a minor. He had two sisters and co-heirs, Elizabeth wife of William de Dene, and Margaret wife of Simon de Northwood. 9 ' Of these

��Margaret obtained her purparty of her brother's lands in I3I5,' 3 although Guy de Ferre, custodian of Edmund's lands during his minority, 94 accounted for the manor in February 1319-20." Margaret's portion evidently included the whole of Catteshull. Her son Sir Robert de Northwood, kt., inherited it and made good his claim to it against Robert de Dol of Loseley, who asserted that Robert de Manekesey had granted it to his grandfather Hugh de Dol and his wife Sibyl. 98 Sir Robert was in possession of Catteshull at his death in 1360," and was succeeded by his son Thomas, who only survived his father a year. 98 One of his sisters and heirs, Joan wife of John Levyndale, was apportioned certain rents in Catteshull, while his other sister, Agnes, afterwards wife of William Beaufoy, received the rest of the manor, 89 and conveyed it to John Legg, or Leigh, serjeant-at-arms, who is said to have been her second husband, William Brantingham, and John West. 100 During the lifetime of John Legg land in Catteshull was leased to Elizabeth widow of Peter Stonhurst. 101 William Brantingham held a court there 25 July 1383, but almost immediately conveyed the manor to Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, and others, probably trustees, for William Brantingham obtained in 1384 a quitclaim of the rights of Joan Weston, wife of William Weston, daughter of Agnes and heiress of John Legg or Leigh. 10 '

William Brantingham was in possession in 1407 when he granted the manor to trustees, evidently for the purpose of a conveyance to his kinsman John Brantingham, which was completed in 1413.'* John was still holding in 1421, but in 1428 Richard Brantingham was assessed in a feudal aid for the manor. In 1430 John Brantingham sold it to Thomas Wintershull senior, and others, to the use of Robert, father of Thomas, 104 who was lord of Wintershull in Bramley (q.v.). In his family it remained 104 till 1565, when John Wintershull sold it to William More of Loseley. 106 His direct descendants retained it till i836, 107 at which date James More-Molyneux sold it to George Marshall. 108 Mr. Marshall died in 1853, having bequeathed his estate to his wife, who died 1874, leaving it to her daughter Mrs. Fairclough.

When the lord of Godalming held his yearly view of frankpledge at Catteshull the lords of that

��''Misc-Bks. (Land Rev.), vol. 190, fol.

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WHiit. MSS. Com. Ref. vii, App. 660.

7 J a Court Rolls passim.

"' Tata de Ne-vill (Rec. Com.), 223.

f Add. Chart. (B.M.), 19572.

"* Ibid. 19576.

7* Ibid. The date of her confirmation was probably May 1141, in which month she visited Reading. See Arch. Jwrn. xx, 284-96.

n Add. Chart. (B.M.), 19584.

78 Harl. MS. 1708, foL 21 et seq.

? Ttita de Ncvill (Rec. Com.), 223, 227.

80 Red Bit. of the Exch. 561, 1013. In Inq. p.m. of Robert de Gatton, 48 Hen. Ill, 90, he is 'marescallus meretricum,' and the Red Book of the Exchequer leaves no doubt whatever that the literal meaning ii correct. See also Chan. Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. I, no. 25.

81 Assize R. 80, m. 3 d. See Blount, Jocular Tenures (ed. W. C. Hazlitt), 126.

��81 Testa de Nevill, 223 ; Red Bk. of Exch. 561 ; ibid. 1013, where it ap- pears that the heirs of Ralph de Broc's second daughter, Juliane, had no share in Catteshull.

8s Fine R. 3 Hen. Ill, m. 9.

" Feet of F. Surr. 8 Hen. Ill, 65.

85 BracKn's Nate Bk. 1171; Assize R. 80, m. 3 d. Robert de Manekesey married Mabel's daughter Isabel ; Assize R. 867, m. i8d.

86 Maitland, BracKn's Note Bk. 1171.

87 Cal. of Chart. R. i, 188.

88 Assize R. 872, m. 23. He may have been either the above-mentioned Robert de Manekesey or his son.

89 Chan. Inq. p.m. 48 Hen. Ill, no. 20.

90 Ibid. 20 Edw. I, no. 2 J. 81 Ibid. 29 Edw. I, no. 58.

m Abbrev. Plac. (Rec. Com.), 318. 94 Cal. Pat. 1292-1301, p. 570. 85 Pipe R. 13 Edw. II. " De Banco R. 331, m. 311. Roger son and heir of Thomas Lewkenor released
 * Cal. Close, 1313-18, p. 237.

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��all his right in the manor to Sir Robert de Northwood in 1 344 (Loseley D.).

9 ? Chan. Inq. p.m. 34 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), no. 72.

98 Ibid. 35 Edw. Ill, pt. 2 (lit nos.), no. 13.

" Close, 37 Edw. Ill, m. 38.

1 Feet of F. Surr. 48 Edw. Ill, 2 ; Fine R. 3 Ric. II, m. 3 ; Loseley D. 3 Ric. II.

101 Chan. Inq. p.m. 5 Ric. II, no. 34.

Feet of F. Surr. 8 Ric. II, 73.

" Loseley D.

Ibid, and Chan.Inq. p.m. 17 Edw.IV, no. 48.

105 Cal. fat. 1476-85, p. 499 j Exch. Inq. p.m. mlix, 2 ; Feet of F. Mich. 33 Hen. VIII.

106 Recov. R. Mich. 7 & 8 Elir. m. cccxii ; Pat. 7 Eliz. pt. i ; Deed at Lose- ley.

W Feet of F. Trin. 7 Jas. I ; Eat. 32 Chas. II ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccccxxxvii, 106.

'8 Brayley, op. cit. v, 215.

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