GODALMING HUNDRED 



PEPER HAROW 



HoLLrs, Lord Holies. 

 Ermine rwo filet sable. 



ten-twelfths of the manor and the advowson to Henry 

 Smythe," the remaining two-twelfths of the manor 

 being in possession of Pexsall's aunt Margery Cotton, 

 and of Edward Savage, son of Sir John Savage, second 

 husband of Eleanor widow of Sir Richard Pexsall." 

 The former conveyed her share to Henry Smythe in 

 1594," while Edward Savage sold his to Sir Walter 

 Covert, kt.," who in 1605 bought the other eleven 

 parts from Henry Smythe." Sir Walter died 

 22 January 1631-2," the manor being settled on his 

 widow Joan for life, with remainder to John Covert, 

 son of Sir Walter Covert of 

 Maidstone, who in June 1655 

 sold the reversion at Joan's 

 death to the Hon. Denzil 

 Holies of Damerham, after- 

 wards Lord Holies, who died 

 1680." The manor descended 

 his son, Francis, Lord 



to 



Holies." At the death of his 



son Denzil (who had no issue) 



in 1694, the manor reverted 



to John, Duke of Newcastle, 



male heir of the elder branch 



of the family." He sold it in February 1699-1700 



to Philip Frowde,* who in 1713 sold it to Alan 



Brodrick, afterwards Viscount Midleton. 



In 1725 Viscount Midleton was 'expected to 

 reside shortly,' and was patron." He died 1728. 

 His son Alan, second viscount, died 1747. In his 

 time his first cousin Vice- 

 Admiral Thomas Brodrick was 

 residing at Peper Harow." 

 George, the third viscount, son 

 of Alan the second, died 1 765. 

 He was succeeded by his son 

 George, created Baron Brod- 

 rick of Peper Harow in the 

 peerage of the United King- 

 dom. He died 1 836. His son 

 George Alan was succeeded 

 in 1 848 by his cousin Charles, 

 grandson of the third viscount, 

 who died in 1863. The 

 manor passed to his brother 

 the Very Rev. William John Brodrick, who dying in 

 1 870 was succeeded by his son William, the late Lord 

 Lieutenant of Surrey. Viscount Midleton died in 1 907, 

 and was succeeded by his eldest son, the present viscount. 



There is mention in 1 3 5 3 of a manor-house M at 

 Peper Harow. It formed for a time the residence of 

 William Brocas and his widow Joan, who was buried 

 in the church in 1487." The third viscount pulled 

 down the old house, but at his death in 1765 the new 

 house, which was being built from designs by Sir 

 William Chambers, was not completed. It was finished 

 by his son when he came of age ten years later, and 

 afterwards added to, under the advice of Wyatt. It 

 is a plain Italian building, in brick and stucco. 



B BOD RICK, Viscount 

 Midleton. Argent a 

 chief vert and therein tvjo 

 spear-heads argent having 

 draft of blood upon them. 



RIEHULL (or Royal hodle) in Peper Harow was a 

 very early grant to Waverley Abbey by Ralph the 

 sheriff, confirmed by the pope in 1147." It is pre- 

 sumably part of the land in Peper Harow of which 

 the Earl of Southampton, the grantee of Waverley, 

 died seised in 1542. In 1602 Henry Smith, who 

 owned Peper Harow, 66 settled ' Ryalls ' on his son 

 William on his marriage." 



The property continued with the Smiths till about 

 1837, when it passed to Mr. Fielder King, son of 

 George and Elizabeth King, under the will of 

 Smith, brother of the latter. The King family sold 

 the property to Lord Midleton.* 8 



Besides the liberty of warren claimed by Joan 

 Braunch and granted to Henry of Guildford, the 

 lords of Peper Harow had free fishery, which last was 

 reserved by Ralph Brocas in granting a lease of the 

 manor. He also claimed hospitality from his tenant 

 when he came to the manor to hold his courts. There 

 is mention in the survey of 1086 of a mill at Peper 

 Harow ; this had fallen into ruins before 1353." 



The church of ST. NICHOLAS is 

 CHURCH situated in the park. The churchyard, 

 which is beautifully kept, is surrounded 

 by trees. The ancient parts of the church are built 

 of local sandstone rubble, with dressings of clunch, 

 covered with rough plaster ; the modern work is in 

 local stone rubble with Caen stone dressings, except 

 the tower, which is coursed stone. The roofs are tiled. 



The church consists of a nave about 3 5 ft. by 20 ft., 

 and a chancel 1 8 ft. long by 20 ft. wide. These 

 represent the extent of the mediaeval building. To 

 them in 1826 a western tower was added, replacing the 

 wooden bell-turret with shingled spire shown in 

 Cracklow's view. A north aisle was added to the nave 

 and a mortuary chapel opening out of it to the chancel 

 by the then Viscount Midleton in 1847, from the 

 designs of the late A. W. Pngin, while in 1877 the 

 nave was reroofed and reseated, and a new porch 

 added on the south side, to replace one built in 1826. 

 There is a vestry on the north of the aisle. These 

 successive works have considerably changed the ancient 

 aspect of the building ; but even so they have stopped 

 short of what was proposed to be done, judging by the 

 plate published in Brayley's Surrey. 



The nave is entered through the south porch by an 

 ancient round-headed doorway of two plain orders, 

 with a hood-mould and impost simply chamfered. 

 The only other ancient features in this wall are the 

 external south-east quoins of chalk and ?. single-light 

 window low down in the wall close ; djoining, with 

 an ogee trefoiled head, evidently inserted to light the 

 south nave altar, and dating from about 1330; it is 

 set in a recess going down to the floor on the inside. 

 The two windows to the westward are quite modern. 

 In the south wall of the chancel, near to its western 

 end, is a low side window renewed in modern stone. 

 All the other windows and external features in the 

 chancel, chapel, north aisle, and tower are modern. 



a Close, 27 Eliz. pt. xv ; Feet of F. 

 Surr. Hil. 35 Eliz. 



Chan. Proc. Elit. S.. 15. 



Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 36 Eliz. 



Ibid. Trin. 3 Jas. I. 



Ibid. Mich. 3 Jas. I ; Close, 3 Jas. I, 

 no. 1809. 



46 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccclxvii, 

 187. *" Close, 1655, pt. xxxvii. 



48 Chan. Decrees Enr. (1313), vi, fol. 



100. He was sued by the administrator 

 of the estate of his stepmother Hester, 

 for money due for a release of her life 

 interest in Peper Harow. 



Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 1 1 WilL III ; 

 Luttrell, Brief Historical Relation of State 

 Affairs, ii, 496. 



Close, II Will. Ill, pt. iv, no. 5. 



11 Bishop Willis's Visit, at Farnham. 



11 Registers. 



51 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 27 Edw. Ill (lit 

 nos.), no. 61. 



64 Major H tales, ' The Brasses in Peper 

 Harow Church,' Surr. Arch. Coll. rii, 34. 



" B.M. Lansd. MS. 27. 



Harl. MS. 1561, fol. 190-1. 



" Chart, at Peper Harow. 



48 Local information. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 27 Edw. Ill (irt 

 nos.), no. 61. 



