A HISTORY OF SURREY 



after his decease, it was in the hands of his trustees, 8 ' 

 and is now held by his grandson Lord Henry Francis 

 Pelham-Clinton-Hope. 



In 1199 William de Wonham received a grant 

 from Walter de Lingfield of half a virgate of 

 land, afterwards included in the manor of fFON- 

 HAM in Betchworth, to hold for the annual rent 

 of 4/. M The name of Wonham also occurs as 

 that of witness to a deed early in the 1 3th cen- 

 tury. 89 It is probable that this family there- 

 fore held land in Betchworth for several centuries. 

 Manning states that a William Wonham held 

 manorial courts in 1533 and in 1552." In 1622 

 a William Wonham died seised of the ' manor, 

 capital messuage and farm of Wonham,' and was 

 succeeded by his grandson, 91 who held the manor 

 until 1646, in which year he conveyed it to 

 Andrew Cade. 9 * The deed of conveyance records 

 the name of the manor as ' Wonham alias the borough 

 of Wonham,' by which title it is afterwards known. 

 In 1678 the manor was held by Andrew Cade and 

 Mary his wife. 93 He was, according to Manning, the 

 cousin and heir of the first Andrew. The second 

 Andrew Cade seems to have left a daughter and heir 

 Anne, who married Henry Royall, as the latter, with 

 his wife, quitclaimed the manor in 1687 from them- 

 selves and the heirs of Anne to John Coldham, 91 who 

 was presumably a trustee. 95 



It would seem that Henry Royall and Anne left 

 three daughters and co-heirs, of whom Ann wife of 

 Darby Daniell and Rebecca wife of Daniel Cox con- 

 veyed their shares to Richard Hutchinson in 1690 

 and 1 694 M in trust. Richard Broomhall, second 

 husband of Rebecca Cox, held a court in 1 696. 



In 1711 Richard Hutchinson joined with Rebecca 

 Broomhall, widow of Daniel Cox, and Frances Evelyn, 

 the third heiress, widow, in a sale to William Arnold. 97 

 The manor passed soon after to John Taylor, who 

 held his first court in 1721, from whom it descended 

 to his son, also called John. 98 In 1 75 I it was conveyed 

 by the latter's widow Dorothy, then wife of John 

 Rapley, to J ohn Luxford, the sale including ' the 

 capital messuage or tenement wherein Rebecca Broom- 

 hall formerly dwelt ' and appurtenances, including the 

 names of the Hop Ground Moors and Fight Lake. 99 

 Luxford by will (proved 13 June 1775) devised his 

 houses and lands in East Betchworth and elsewhere to 

 his sister Jane and her husband Abraham Langham, 

 in trust for his nieces and heirs Elizabeth Lang- 

 ham and Ann, Mary, Harriet, and Elizabeth Luxford, 

 with remainder to his nephew James Luxford. 100 

 In 1788 all these parties conveyed to the Hon. 

 Charles Marsham. 101 Brayley states that Mr. Mar- 

 sham, afterwards Earl of Romney, sold the estate in 

 1793 to John Stables, who lived at More Place, and 

 from whom it was purchased in 1804 by J. H. Up- 

 ton, Viscount Templetown. 10 * 



In 1840 Wonham Manor was bought by Mr. 

 Albert Way, F.S.A., who married Emmeline daughte- 

 of Lord Stanley of Alderley. Their only daughter, 



Alithea, married her cousin Mr. Albert Way, who died 

 in 1884, leaving a son of the same name. The Hon. 

 Mrs. Way, who survived till 1906, was lady of the 

 manor. It is still (1910) in the hands of her trustees 

 for sale. 103 The manor-house is old, but much 

 modernized. 



A water-mill called Wonham's is mentioned 

 at the beginning of the I4th century. In 1328 

 Edward III granted a confirmation in mortmain to 

 the priory of Reigate of divers grants, including that 

 of the ' water-mill at Wonham with pond, water- 

 courses, &c., in East Betchworth, formerly in the 

 tenure of William de London and Roger de London, 

 and of 261. %d. yearly rent there granted them by 

 Roger son of Roger de London of Reygate.' 1M At 

 the surrender of Reigate Priory Wonham's water-mill 

 and lands there, which had been demised to farm to 

 William Hevyr, were valued at 53*. 4< 106 The 

 water-mill does not appear to have passed to the 

 owner of the manor of Wonham at once, 10 ' but was 

 included among the appurtenances by 1678 107 and has 

 since passed with the manor. 



The church of ST. MICH4EL is set 

 CHURCH among charming surroundings, the large 

 and pretty churchyard being bordered on 

 the south and west by lofty elms and other trees. It is 

 approached from the north by a village street of pictur- 

 esque old cottages, some of which are half-timbered. 

 There are a good many ancient head-stones among 

 the monuments, and besides other notabilities lies 

 buried here Captain Morris, who died in 1838, 

 aged 93, famous in his day as a song-writer, and par- 

 ticularly as the author of the well-known lines in 

 which ' the sweet shady side of Pall Mall ' is pre- 

 ferred to all the charms of the country-side, including 

 the oaks, beeches, and chestnuts of Betchworth. There 

 is a modern lych-gate on the north. The church is 

 built of chalk rubble, quarried from the neighbouring 

 hills, with dressings of clunch and firestone, which 

 have stood very well on the north side, but have 

 weathered badly, especially in the modern work, on 

 the south and west. Bath stone has been used for 

 most of the modern dressings. The roofs are still 

 covered entirely with the ancient Horsham stone slabs. 



As now standing the building consists of nave, 

 60 ft. 3 in. by 2 1 ft. 9 in., with north and south 

 aisles, 7 ft. 8 in. and 8 ft. 8 in. wide respectively, and 

 south and west porches, a chancel 3 3 ft. 4 in. by 

 1 7 ft. 6 in., with a large south chapel co-terminous, 

 1 3 ft. 4 in. at its widest, a tower between the chapel 

 and the south aisle of the nave about 1 4 ft. 6 in. 

 square, and modern vestry and transept on the north 

 of nave and chancel. This plan, in which there 

 are many puzzling irregularities, was brought to its 

 present form in the restoration of about 1850, prior 

 to which the tower was central between the nave and 

 chancel. It was then removed bodily to its present 

 position, much to the bewilderment of students of 

 archaeology, who without knowledge of what was done 

 must find the plan a very difficult one to decipher. 



W E. W. Brayler, Hitt. o/Sarr. iv, 151 

 (ed. E. Walford, 1878). 



88 Feet of F. Surr. file i, no. 36, 10 

 Ric. I. 



8 Add. Chart. 24586. 



90 Manning and Bray, Hitt. of Surr. II, 



212. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxciv, 48. 

 81 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 22 Chas. I. 



93 Ibid. East. 30 Chai. II. 

 * Ibid. Mil. 2 & 3 Jas. II. 

 Vide infra. 



x Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 2 Will. nd 

 Mary ; Mich. 6 Will, and Mary. 

 "7 Ibid. 10 Anne. 



98 Close, 25 Geo. II, pt. iii, m. 20. 

 Ibid. 

 M P.C.C. Alexander, 237. 



I 7 



H Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 28 Geo. III. 

 1M Brayley, Hist, of Surr. iv, 251. 

 108 Local information. 

 1M Cal. Pat. 1327-30, p. 326. 

 " Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), ii, 63 ; 

 Dugdale, Mon. Angl. vi, 519. 



1M Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 22 Chas. I. 

 W Ibid. East. 30 Chas. II. 



