FINCHDEAN HUNDRED 



CATHERINGTON 



ALBINI. Gules a lion or. 



this was determined by the fact that it was parcel of 

 the honour of Arundel. It was therefore included in 

 the settlement of the castle and honour of Arundel 

 upon Adelicia the widow of Henry I by way of 

 dower, and passed to William de Albini on her mar- 

 riage with him in 1138." It 

 remained in the possession of 

 the Albinis, earls of Sussex and 

 Arundel, until 1243, in which 

 year Hugh de Albini earl of 

 Sussex and Arundel died in 

 the ' flower of h's youth,' leav- 

 ing four si-ters and co-heirs. 9 

 Thus at the time of the Testa 

 de Nevitt Catherington was 

 held ' de veteri feoffamento ' of 

 the earl of Arundel by the ser- 

 vice of one knight's fee. 10 It was allotted as portion 

 of her inheritance to Nichola third sister of Hugh and 

 wife of Roger de Somery," and from her descended to 

 her son and heir Roger de Somery, who in 1280 was 

 holding one fee of the king in ' Katerington ' of the 

 honour of Arundel." In the middle of the four- 

 teenth century, however, Catheringtnn, like Chalton, 

 was held of the heir of the duke of Lancaster, as of 

 the honour of Leicester. 13 It afterwards came to be 

 looked upon as dependent on Chalton. Thus by an 

 inquisition taken in 1442 it was stated to be held of 

 Sir John Montgomery," who was at that time lord of 

 the manor of Chalton. Again in 1497 it was said to 

 be held of Sir John Norbury," who was one of those 

 to whom Anne Montgomery had released all her 

 interest in the manor of Chalton in I496. 16 A 

 certain Roger Tyrell granted a toft in Catherington 

 to William de Arundel, son and heir of Juliana de 

 Wade, in 1 199, to hold of him and his heirs by the 

 rent of a pair of gilt spurs." Roger was succeeded by 

 Thomas Tyrell, probably his son, who in the reign 

 of Henry III was holding one knight's fee in Cather- 

 ington of the earl of Arundel. 18 In 1280 a certain 

 Olive Tyrell, possibly widow of Thomas, held half a 

 knight's fee in Catherington of Roger de Somery." 

 Early in the fourteenth century Catherington seems 

 to have been divided between two co-heiresses, Joan 

 and Isabel, probably daughters or granddaughters of 

 Thomas Tyrell. Thus in 1302 a messuage, a mill, 

 300 acres of land, 24 acres of wood, and zos. rent in 

 Catherington were settled upon R.ilph de Hangleton 

 and Joan his wife, and the heirs of Joan,' and in 

 1316 a messuage and half a carucate of land in 

 Catherington were settled upon Nigel de Coombes 

 in fee-tail with contingent remainder in fee-tail suc- 

 cessively to John, Joan, Thomas, and Alice, the 



children of Isabel Haket," probably sister of Jo.;n. 

 Ralph de Hangleton had by this time been succeeded 

 by Richard de Hangleton, probably his son. Thus, 

 in 1316, the vill of Catherington was held by Richard 

 de Hangleton and Nicholas de Coombes." In 1334 

 occurred a dispute between Sir John Le Strange and 

 Richard de Hangleton, concerning the encroachments 

 of the latter upon the manor of Chalton, an account 

 of which is given under Chalton.* 3 



Nigel de Coombes died seised of the manor of 

 Applesham in Coombes (co. Sussex) in 1336." He left 

 no issue, and his half of the manor of Catherington 

 possibly passed to the Joan Haket mentioned in the 

 fine of 1316. This Joan may have been the Joan 

 who married William Bonet, lord of the manor of 

 Wappingthorne in Steyning (co. Sussex), 24 or her 

 mother. At any rate, William Bonet in 1346 was 

 holding the land in Catherington which Nigel de 

 Coombes had held in 1 3 1 6, !6 and it is probable that he 

 held it, as he did most of his property, of his wife's 

 inheritance. Some time between 1346 and 1349 

 Richard de Hangleton seems to have parted with his 

 moiety of the manor also to William Bonet, who at 

 the time of his death was seised of a messuage, a 

 carucate of land, 3 acres of wood, and 40*. rent in 

 Catherington. 17 His heir was his son Nigel, aged 

 twenty on 19 January, 1349. ^ n the same year the 

 king granted the custody of William Bonet's property 

 in Catherington to William de Fifhide, to hold until 

 the coming of age of the heir, by the rent of six 

 marks. 38 Nigel died while still under age, and his 

 widow Margaret shortly afterwards. By the inquisi- 

 tion taken after her death William Bonet, aged four- 

 teen, was found to be Nigel's brother and heir.*" 

 William seems to have died shortly after coming of 

 age. 30 There is no inquisition on his death, but the 

 fact that his manor of Wappingthorne reverted to the 

 over-lord, John Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, who died 

 seised of it in 1362," seems to support the theory that 

 he died without heirs, probably about 1360. Hence 

 William de Fifhide, to whom the custody of the 

 manor of Catherington had been granted in 1349, 

 probably entered into possession, and died seised in 

 1361, leaving a son and heir William aged eighteen." 

 The king, by letters patent, granted the custody of 

 William de Fifhide's lands to Eustace Dabridgecourt, 

 to hold during the minority of his heir William with- 

 out money-rent. 13 The latter came of age on the 

 Feast of St. Barnabas 1363, but was not possessed of 

 Catherington until 1365, when the king ordered 

 John de Evesham, escheator of Hampshire, to deliver 

 to him seisin of all his lands in that county. 34 William 

 died seised of the manor in 1387, his heir being his 



8 G. E. C. Complete Peerage, i, 140. 



9 Ibid. 144. 



10 fata de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 231*. 



11 G. E. C. Complete Peerage, i, 142. 

 " Assize R. Mich. 8 Edw. I. 



13 Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. Ill, pt. I, No. 88, 

 and 10 Rich. II, No. 17. 



11 Inq. p.m. 20 Hen. VI, No. 35. 



15 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xi, No. XIO. 



" Close, 1 1 Hen. VII, No. 20. 



*' Feet of F. Hants, i John, No. 10. 



18 Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 231*. 



19 Assize R. Mich. 8 Edw. I. 



"> Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 30 Edw. I. 

 Ralph probably owned land in Hangleton, 

 which is a hamlet in the parish of Ferring 

 (co. Sussex). 



M Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 9 Edw. II. 



M Feud. Aids, ii, 318. Five years later 

 a messuage, a mill, 300 acres of land, 

 4 acres of meadow, 1 8 acres of wood, 

 and 381. rent in Catherington were settled 

 by fine between Richard de Hangleton and 

 Juliana dc Putlegh on Richard and his 

 heirs (Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 1 5 Edw. II). 



Anct. D. (P.R.O.), B, 3481. 



a< Dallaway, Suss, ii, pt. 2, p. no. 



2S Elwes and Robinson, Castles, Mansions, 

 and Manors of Western Suss. 70. 



86 Feud. Aids, ii, 335. 



V Abbrev. Rot. Orig. (Rec. Com.), ii, 

 201. " Ibid. 



49 Inq. p.m. 24 Edw. Ill, No. 105. 



80 Ibid. 32 Edw. Ill (ist Nos.), No. 



57- 



81 Dallaway, Suss, ii, pt. 2, p. 161. 



95 



M Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. Ill, pt. i, No. 

 88. The inquisition gives the following 

 extent of the manor : Two capital mes- 

 suages, a dovecote, a windmill, 207 acres 

 of arable land in severally; 150 acres of 

 land in common, of which 12 acres can be 

 sown, and the rest lie uncultivated and can- 

 not be valued because they are common ; 

 pasture in severally containing 6 acres ; 

 8 acres of wood, the underwood and pas- 

 turage of which arc worth i8</. ; a certain 

 profit of 'housbote' and 'haibote' to be 

 received from the wood of the lord of 

 Chalton ; rents of eight free tenants j 

 rents of tenants at will, 451. 6d. ; pleas 

 and perquisites of court, 31. ^d. 



83 Pat. 6 Ric. II, pt. i, m. 5 and 4. 



8< Ibid. 



