A HISTORY OF SURREY 



hands." Early in the 1 7th century a dispute arose 

 between Sir George More and Mr. Castillion, farmer 

 of the rectory manor, as to the fishing rights belonging 

 to the latter. 71 



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. 



m- 



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. 

 * Cal. Close, 1313-18, p. 237. 

 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 



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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. 



