BLACKHEATH HUNDRED 



BRAMLEY 



Elizabeth had knighted." The manor was settled on 

 Sir Edward's son Thomas at his marriage with Mary 

 Lennard in i6l6.* 6 He died in the same year and 

 was succeeded by his brother Sir Richard Onslow, 

 knight of the shire for Surrey from 1627 to 1658." 

 Bramley descended to his son Arthur,* 8 whose son 

 Richard was created Baron Onslow in 1716." 

 George, first Earl Onslow, grand-nephew of Richard 

 first Baron Onslow, sold Bramley to William Lord 

 Grantley in 1805." He also owned the whole of 

 the other moiety, thus uniting the portions which 

 had been separate for nearly six centuries. He was 

 succeeded by his nephew Fletcher Norton, third Lord 

 Grantley, in 1822." The Grantley property was sold 

 in 1886, and Captain W. H. Waud is now lord of 

 the manor. 



The second moiety, which was assigned to Maud 

 de Clere, descended at her death in 1250 to Alice 

 daughter of Maud's daughter Agatha and William 

 de Ros, who afterwards married Richard Longe- 

 spee." Her daughter Alice, wife of Richard Breus," 

 granted it in iz66 to Maud Longespee to hold for 

 life." In 1271 Richard and Alice Breus conveyed 

 the manor to William Breus and his wife Mary in 

 exchange for Akenham Manor, co. Suffolk.* 5 



In 1293 Mary Breus obtained licence to grant 

 Bramley in fee simple to Walter de Gedding for his 

 good services to her. 46 Evidently this grant was only 

 for life, for Mary Breus was holding it at her death in 

 May 1326." She was succeeded by her grandson Sir 

 Thomas Breus, 48 whose widow Beatrice held Bramley 

 for life. 49 Sir Thomas Breus, kt., died seised of it in 

 1395,* leaving two children who died within a week 

 of their father. The manor of Bramley, however, 

 after being for a time in the hands of trustees, 51 in- 

 stead of passing to his niece and heir Elizabeth, wife 

 of William Heron, descended in tail male to George 

 de Breus son of John brother of Thomas de Breus the 

 elder." This George died seised of it in 1418." 

 Dower was assigned out of the manor to his widow 

 Elizabeth, afterwards wife of Thomas Slyfeld. 54 She held 

 it of the inheritance of Sir Hugh Cokesey, kt., great- 

 grandson of Agnes sister of George de Breus. 55 After 

 Hugh's death in February 1 445-6 M Bramley remained 

 with his widow Alice in accordance with the terms of 

 a previous settlement, 57 but at her death descended to 

 his sister Joyce Beauchamp, then wife of Leonard 

 Stepelton. 58 Her son Sir John Greville, kt., suc- 

 ceeded her as lord of the manor " and died seised of 



CARRILI. of Bramley. 

 Argent three ban table 

 viith three martins table 

 in tiu chief. 



it in 1480, leaving a son Thomas who assumed the 

 name of Cokesey. 60 At his death there was a partition 

 of the family estates, and the Surrey part, including 

 Bramley, passed to the Earl of Surrey. 61 



The manor of Bramley is mentioned as a possession 

 of his son Thomas Duke of Norfolk, in 1545." His 

 widow, Agnes, Duchess of Norfolk, held it for life with 

 reversion to the king by reason of her husband's at- 

 tainder. 68 Her grandson and 

 heir, being restored to the 

 dukedom, sold Bramley to 

 Richard Carrill (or Caryl) in 

 1559." Richard Carrill died 

 in February 15 75-6" and 

 was succeeded by his son John 

 Carrill, attorney of the Duchy 

 of Lancaster. His kinsman 

 and heir, John Carrill, proved 

 himself of age in 15 78,** 

 and died seised of the 

 manor of Bramley in 1612, 

 leaving a son Simon, 67 on 

 whom he had settled it at 

 the time of his marriage with Elizabeth daughter 

 of Sir Francis Aungier. 68 Elizabeth survived her 

 husband, and Bramley ultimately passed to her son 

 John Carrill, who in 1649 granted it, 69 as a security 

 probably, to a relative, George Duncombe, for life, for 

 the yearly rent of one peppercorn. 70 John Carrill 

 mortgaged all his property heavily. His widow, 

 Hester, married Sir Francis Duncombe, bart., who 

 complained that he had to abandon his profession as 

 barrister-at-law in order to give proper attention to 

 the estates of his stepchildren. These were Lettice, 

 Elizabeth, and Margaret, daughters of John Carrill. 

 At the age of sixteen Lettice Carrill married John 

 Ramsden, 71 and joined with her husband in a suit 

 against her stepfather for ill-treatment of herself and 

 her sisters and mismanagement of their estates. 

 Bramley was divided among the three sisters, Lettice 

 Ramsden's portion of the estates being known as the 

 ' manor of EAST BRAMLET or Great Tangley.' " 

 In 1673 she conveyed it to John Child. 73 His grand- 

 son Charles Child left it to his nephew Charles Searle, 

 who conveyed it in 1759 to Fletcher Norton, first 

 Lord Grantley, 74 in whose family it descended to- 

 gether with the first moiety of the manor. 



John Carrill's second daughter Elizabeth, wife of 

 Peter Fermor, conveyed her third of the estate in 



84 Hilt. MSS. Com. Ref. xiv, App. pt. ix, 

 476. 



85 Com. Pleat D. Enr. Mich. 14 Jas. I, 

 m. 33. 



87 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccclv, 105. 



88 Feet of F. Surr. Mil. 22 Chas. 1 5 

 ibid. Div. Co. Mich. 1649. 



" Hiit. MSS. Com. Ref. xiv, App. pt. ix, 

 489. 



10 Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. ii, 

 79 ; Recov. R. Trin. 10 Geo. Ill, m. 195. 



41 Brayley, Tofog. Hilt, of Surr. v, 121. 



42 Chan. Inq. p.m. 46 Hen. Ill, no. I. 

 48 Coram Rege R. 58, m. 5. 



44 Feet of F. Div. Co. 5 1 Hen. Ill, 9. 



Feet of F. Div. Co. 56 Hen. Ill, no. 

 73. Bramley was to be held of Richard and 

 Alice by William and Mary, and after the 

 death of Alice's son, Giles Breus, the 

 manor was said to be held of his heirs 

 (Chan. Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. II, no. 90), but 

 in all subsequent documents the successors 



of William and Mary are said to have 

 held it in chief. See Chan. Inq. p.m. 29 

 Edw. I, no. 52 ; ibid. 4 Edw. II, no. 40 ; 

 Cal. Pat. 1324-7, p. 262. 



44 Cal. Pat. 1292-1301, p. 79. 



4 " Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 9 Edw. II, no. 90 ; 

 Each. Enr. Accts. i, 25. 



Feet of F. Div. Co. n Edw. Ill, 

 22 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. Ill, pt. i, 

 no. 39. 



48 Pat. 46 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, m. 6. 



40 Chan. Inq. p.m. 19 Ric. II, no. 7. 



41 Close, 3 Hen. IV, pt. i, m. 24. 



51 Wrottesley, Pedigrees from the Plea 

 R. 230. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 6 Hen. V, no. 48. 



44 Ibid. 10 Hen. V, no. 33. 



44 Ibid. 12 Hen. VI, no. 4. 



*> Ibid. 24 Hen. VI, no. 36. 



Ibid. 38-9 Hen. VI, no. 49. 



48 Ibid. 24 Hen. VI, no. 36. 



4 Ibid. 13 Edw. IV, no. 32. Ibid. 



83 



41 He was descendant of William Breus, 

 elder brother of Peter father of Sir Thomas 

 Breus, who succeeded to the manor in 

 1326. William Breus' daughter Alina 

 married John, Lord Mowbray ; Cal. Close, 

 I 31~lt PP- 259.479 5 Cal. Pat. 1330-4, 

 p. 128. 



ra Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), Ixxii, 26. 



8 Ibid. Ixix, 189. 



84 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. I Eliz. 



86 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. i), clxxv, 74. 



66 Ibid, clxxxiii, 65. By Visit, of Surrey 

 (Harl. Soc.), 89, the first John was brother 

 of Richard, the second John Richard's son 



67 W. and L. Inq. p.m. xlvi, 9. 



68 Ibid, xxix, 155. 



69 Com. Pleas D.Enr. East. 1649, m. 16. 

 7 Visit, of Surr. (Harl. Soc.}, 89. 



71 Exch. Dep. HiL 21 & 22 Chas. II, 26. 



73 Exch. Spec. Com. 6484, 6485. 



7 Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 25-6 Chas. II. 



74 Manning and Bray, op. cit ii, 83. 



