A HISTORY OF SURREY 



sale from King John in 1205.' Stephen's daughter 

 Clemency received Peper Harow as her portion on 

 her marriage with her first husband Alan de Plugen- 

 hay ; 8 she afterwards married Wandrith de Corcell, 

 and her third husband, Henry Braybrok, who evi- 

 dently survived her, sued Ralph son of Bernard and 

 his wife Eleanor, daughter of Clemency by Wandrith 

 de Corcell,' for Peper Harow as having been settled 

 on him at his marriage with Clemency. 10 Clearly 

 the suit was decided in favour of Ralph and Eleanor," 

 for William Braunch, husband of their daughter Joan, 

 held a fee in ' Piperinges ' of the honour of Wind- 

 sor." William and Joan settled a rent of 2 marks 

 from the manor on Giffard, Abbot of Waverley, and his 

 successors in 1246," and Joan was still in possession 

 of Peper Harow in, 1279, when she claimed free 

 warren there under a charter of Henry III, her right 

 being disputed on the ground of the previous dis- 

 afforestation of the whole county." A fresh grant 

 of free warren in Peper Harow was issued to Henry 

 of Guildford in 1 303, when he was lord of the 

 manor. 14 Joan Braunch died before 21 December 

 1279, leaving a son and heir Nicholas, 16 who suffered 

 a recovery to Henry of Guildford, marshal of the king's 

 household 1297-8, and gave him a release. Henry 

 died 1312 holding the manor, 17 and among the execu- 

 tors of his will was Hervey (or 

 Henry) de Stanton, 18 who ob- 

 tained a release of the manor 

 from Henry de Stoughton. 19 

 Henry de Stoughton was as- 

 sessed for feudal aid in Peper 

 Harow in 1 3 1 6.* He is said 

 to have obtained it from Henry 

 of Guildford 1312-13 and to 

 have conveyed it to Henry 

 de Stanton c. 13602, from 

 whom it descended to Hervey 

 de Stanton." He held the 

 manor for some time." The Stoughtons recovered 

 their estate, though by illegal means, for in 1 343 

 Henry de Stoughton was fined for persuading Walter 

 de St. Neot to come to Bagshot calling himself 

 Master Hervey de Stanton, and in that name to 

 make quitclaim of Peper Harrow to John son of 

 Henry de Stoughton." In the same year Sir 

 Andrew Braunch, son of Nicholas," purchased 

 Henry Stoughton's rights in Peper Harow for 

 j^ioo. 15 He was succeeded by a young son and 

 heir Thomas, who died in the wardship of the king 

 in 1360, leaving, though he was only eleven years of 

 age, a widow Mary,' 6 to whom dower was assigned 

 in the manor." Stephen de Wydeslade, Andrew 



STOUGHTON. Azure a 

 croix engrailed ermine. 



Braunch's nephew by his sister Eleanor, heir to 

 Thomas, seems to have sold the manor, for in 1368 

 it appears in the possession of John Chapman and 

 Geoffrey Edyth, evidently trustees, who conveyed 

 it early in 1368 to Bernard Brocas, clerk, for life, with 

 remainder to Sir Bernard Brocas of Beaurepaire and 

 his wife Mary in tail. 18 The latter's son and heir, 

 Sir Bernard, succeeded to Peper Harow at his father's 

 death in 1395," but forfeited it by his share in the 

 conspiracy to restore Richard II.' His son William, 

 however, was restored to his father's estates in the 

 following year," and died in 1456." His son 

 William, sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 

 1459, held the manor, 53 as is recorded by his wife's 

 inscription in Peper Harow Church. It had been 

 seized by Edward IV and granted in 1477 to his 

 servant John Smyth," but it was clearly recovered by 

 Brocas. His son John followed, and was succeeded 

 by William Brocas, also of Beaurepaire. 



His two daughters and heirs, Anne and Edith, were 

 aged respectively twelve and nine at their father's 

 death in July 1506." Edith, who was ultimately 

 her sister's heir, married Ralph Pexsall, 56 during 

 whose tenure the house and demesne lands, ex- 

 cept the rights of fishing, were leased for ten years 

 to John Moth of Sherborne." Ralph's son, Mr. 

 Richard Pexsall, afterwards knighted, was holding in 

 the survey of the manor of Godalming in I547. 58 

 He was once attacked at Peper Harow by a certain 

 ' Bedon,' who with his friends had entered upon 

 lands belonging to the Parsonage. 39 Sir Richard's 

 daughter Anne having married Bernard Brocas of 

 Horton, a descendant of Sir Bernard, the supporter 

 of Richard II, most of the Pexsall lands were settled 



PEXSALL. Argent a BROCAS. Sable a leo~ 



flowered crust engrailed fard rampant or. 



sable between four birds 

 azure having beaks and 

 legs gules and collars ar- 

 gent taith a scallop ar- 

 gent in the cross. 



on her son Pexsall Brocas, 40 and among them a con- 

 siderable portion of Peper Harow. In 1585 he sold 



7 Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), i, i6oi. 



8 Maitland, Bracton't Note Bk. 116. 



9 Curia Regi R. no. 162 (Hil. 43 

 Hen. Ill), in. 21. 



10 Bracton's Note Bk. 1 1 6. 



11 It turned upon the point whether, after 

 the death of Wandrith de Corcell, Edelina, 

 Stephen's widow, had any right to re- 

 enfeoff Clemency and Henry de Braybrok. 



14 Testa de Ne-vill (Rec. Com.), 220, 

 221 ; Curia Regii R. 87, m. 7. 



18 Feet of F. Surr. 31 Hen. Ill, 313. 

 " Plat, de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 74.. 



15 Chart. R. 3 1 Edw. I (no. 96), m. 2. 

 18 Chan. Inq. p.m. 8 Edw. I, no. I. 

 "Ibid. 6 Edw. II, no. 57. 



18 Cal. Close (Rec. Com.), 1307-13, p. 

 474- 



' Add. MS. (B.M.), 5846, fol. 78. 



*>Parl. Writs (Rec. Com.), ii (3), 338. 



81 Stoughton MSS. quoted by Manning 

 and Bray. 



M Add. MS. (B.M.), 5846, fol. 78. 



M Cal. Pat. 1343-5, p. 150. 



M Cal. Close, 1318-23, p. 611. 



Feet of F. Surr. 17 Edw. Ill, 37. 



K Chan. Inq. p.m. 27 Edw. Ill (tit 

 nos.), no. 61 ; ibid. 34 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), 

 no. 58. 



" Close, 34 Edw. Ill, m. 22. 



88 Feet of F. Surr. 42 Edw. Ill, 12. 

 It is worthy of notice that John Brocas 

 mainprised that Henry Stoughton would 

 pay the fine due for his share in the 

 Bagshot conspiracy. See Cal. Pat. 1343-5, 

 p. 150. See also Loseley MSS. 



50 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 19 Ric. II, no. 3. 



80 Ibid. I Hen. IV, pt. ii, no. 2. For 

 an account of the family see Burrows, 

 Brocas of Beaurepaire. 



11 Pat. 2 Hen. IV, pt. i, m. 19. 



33 Chan. Inq. p.m. 34 Hen. VI, 

 no. 9. 



38 He died in 1484 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 I Ric. Ill, no. 23. 



84 Cal. Pat. 1476-85, p. 43. 



85 Ibid. (Ser. 2), xx, 97. 



86 Pat. 4 Hen. VIII, pt. i, m. 21. 



8 ? Burrows, Brocas of Beaurepaire, 441. 



88 He also held Piccards in Arlington. 



89 See a letter by Sir Richard quoted in 

 Brocas of Beaurepaire, 197. 



Will of Sir Richard, 1571, P.C.C. 6 

 Holney. 



