A HISTORY OF SURREY 



other manors in Charlwood which were held by 

 this family, 64 and probably became united with the 

 main manor. It is named on the tomb of Philippa 

 Sharp in 1759, and in the sale of 1806. 



No mention^ of SHIREMARK as a separate manor 

 is found unrii the 1 6th century, and it was probably 

 included '.a the manor of Charlwood, being evidently 

 situated in that part of the parish which borders 

 Sussex. In 1542 Shiremark was quitclaimed, with 

 ttie manor of Charlwood, to Sir Robert Southwell 

 and Margaret by Henry de la Hay. 67 The manor 

 of Shiremark passed to Henry Lechford before the 

 latter obtained that of Charlwood from Sir Robert 

 Southwell, as in 1546 Lechford sold it to Henry 

 Amcotts. 68 In 1616 Sir Thomas Hewett, then hold- 

 ing the manor, conveyed it to William Mulcaster, 69 

 whose son Thomas was rector of the church of Charl- 

 wood. 70 In 1625 it passed from William Mulcaster 

 to Edmund Jordan of Gatwick," with whose manor 

 of Charlwood it has since descended. 71 



ROWLEY is another reputed manor in this parish 

 which was held of the manor of Charlwood. In 

 1429-30 Reginald Cobham of Charlwood made an 

 agreement with the Abbot of Chertsey concerning the 

 right to repair the banks of a certain brook which 

 flowed past a meadow of Reginald Cobham and into 

 the main stream, called Emel stream (the Mole), 

 flowing from a mill called Rowle Mill to one belonging 

 to the abbot in Horley. 7 * It is possible from this 

 account that the mill marks the position of lands after- 

 wards known as ' the manor of Rowley,' the manor of 

 Gatwick, close by, being held at that time by Cobham. 

 In 1497 the 'manor' of Rowley was held by the 

 family of Culpepper. 74 John Culpepper died seised of 

 it in 1565 and was succeeded by his son Thomas. 74 

 The manor descended in this family until 1648," 

 when Sir William Culpepper, bart., with his brother 

 and other trustees conveyed it to Thomas Luxford." 

 George Luxford held the manor in 1683, when he 

 conveyed it to Thomas Jordan, 78 and it appears to 

 have been in this family as late as 1770." In 1820 

 it was held by George Maximilian Bethune of Worth 

 in Sussex in the right of his wife, Anna Maria. 80 It 

 is now a farm. 



In 1295 Master Clement de Wyk held 2 1/, rent 

 in Charlwood. 8 ' In 1357 an inquisition taken on 

 John son and heir of John de Brewes states that he held 

 a tenement called WYKES in Charlwood consisting 

 of a toft, a garden worth 4 </., I oo acres of arable land, 

 5 acres of meadow worth 5/., and 201. rent ; mention 

 is also made of one Richard de Sloghterwyk who held 

 land in Charlwood of John de Brewes, paying an 

 annual rent of 21. at the tenement called Wykes. 8 ' 



At the end of the I5th century land called Wyke- 

 land is referred to as being parcel of the manor of 

 Gatwick ; M it is probable that it was identical with 

 the Wykes before named. In 1539-40 Henry VIII 

 granted the ' manor of Wyklond ' M in Surrey to Sir 

 Robert Southwell in fee. 85 



Sir Robert Southwell was so notorious a recipient 

 of monastic lands that the grant raises a suspicion that 

 ' Wyklond ' answered to the 60 acres once held in New- 

 digate by Merton Priory (see under Newdigate). 

 But a messuage in Charlwood, ' Wykelandes in Charl- 

 wood,' and Lowfield Common had been granted for 

 life that same year to Agnes widow of Walter Whyght, 

 lately in occupation of the same, by Thomas Nudy- 

 gate, John Skynner, and others, and by a deed of 

 10 October 1541 the reversion of the life interest of 

 Agnes, now wife of William Wever, was confirmed to 

 Sir Robert Southwell and his heirs for the sum of 

 100 paid to William Wever and Agnes. 86 



Sir Robert Southwell, in 1547, received licence to 

 alienate the manor to Henry Lechford 87 together with 

 that of Charlwood (q.v.), with which Wyklond, or 

 Weekland, has since been held. 88 



EDOLPHS, a well-known farm in Charlwood, de- 

 rives its name from the family of Edolf, who were 

 settled in Charlwood in the early 1 4th century. 8 * 

 John Edolf made a grant of land in Charlwood in 

 13 18," and in 1371 Stephen Edolf, or Edolfi, quit- 

 claimed land there to William Walsshe. 91 At the end 

 of the 1 5th century a messuage and lands called Edoln's 

 was held by Henry Lechford, whose family afterwards 

 held the manor of Charlwood." 



Occasional reference is found to a RECTORY 

 MANOR in Charlwood. The earliest mention of 

 land belonging to the rectory occurs in 1316-17, 

 when a grant of land in Charlwood, bounded on one 

 side by that of the rectory, is recorded. 95 Manning 

 states that in 1406-7 Richard, vicar of the parish, 

 held lands of the manor of the rectory." In 1535 

 Philip Mesurer, rector, gave the annual value of 

 the rectory as 20 131. i^d., of which the house 

 with garden and cemetery of the church was worth 

 2O/. 9S A conveyance of the rectory, made in 1629, 

 includes ' all manors, views of frankpledge, courts leet 

 and baron &c. belonging,' * and a deed of 1828 also 

 mentions the ' manor of the rectory.' " According to 

 Manning courts were held by most of the rectors from 

 quite early times. 98 



The church of ST. NICHOLAS con- 



CHURCH sists of a chancel (now used as a vestry 



and organ chamber) 28 ft. 4 in. long by 



1 6 ft. 7 in., south chapel (now serving as the chancel) 



26ft. 5 in. by 1 9 ft. 2 in., central tower 1 6 ft. Sin. 



Recov. R. East. 25 Geo. III. rot. 

 259 ; Com. Pleat D. Enr. Hil. 26 Geo. Ill, 

 m. 113-14. 



7 Feet of F. Div.Co. Mich-34 Hen. VIII. 



68 Close, 38 Hen. VIII. pt. i, no. 63 ; 

 Feet of F. Div. Co. Mich, i Edw. VI. 



"Feet of F. Div. Co. Hil. 13 Jas. I. 



1Surr. Arch. Coll. xi ; Diet. Nat. Biog. 

 (Hy. Heiketh). 



7* Close, I Chas. I, pt. xviii, no. 17. 



7' Vide Charlwood Manor. 



7Exch. K.R. Misc. Bks. vol. 25, fol. 

 367. 



7< Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 13 Hen. VII. 



7* Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cxlii, 91. 



7 Ibid, clix, 50; Recov. R. Trin. 33 

 Eliz rot, 17 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), 



cccclv, 80 i Feet of F. Div. Co. East. 

 6 Chas. I ; Trin. 22 Chas. I. 



77 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 24 Chas. I. 



78 Ibid. Mich. 35 Chas. II; Recov. R. 

 Mich. 35 Chas. II, rot. 4$. 



7Feet of F. Div. Co. (K.S.B.) Mich. 10 

 Geo. III. 



80 Feet of F. Surr. East. I Geo. IV. 



81 Ibid. East, 23 Edw. I, no. 38. 

 8J Chan. Inq. p.m. 31 Edw. Ill (lit 



nos.), no. 49. 



88 Star Chamb. Proc. Hen. VII, no. ji. 



84 It seems that the manor of Wyklands, 

 and some at least of the land called Wyke- 

 landes, must be distinguished. The former 

 may have been partly in Newdigate, the 

 latter in Charlwood. 



1 86 



**L. and P. Hen. VIII, xiv (i), 590. 

 " Close, 33 Hen. VIII, pt. i, no. 66. 

 8 ' Pat, I Edw. VI, pt. viii, m. 15. 



88 See Newdigate parish. 



89 Add. Chart. 17303, 17307, 18588, 

 18590, 18600. 



""Add. Chart. 8816. 

 01 Feet of F. Surr. 45 Edw. Ill, no. 87. 

 M Early Chan. Proc. bdle. 100, no. 79. 

 "Add. Chart. 18590. 



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

 192. 



95 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), ii, 43. 



96 Close, 5 Chas. I, pt xxvi, no. 1 3. 

 'Recov. R. East. 9 Geo. IV, rot. 



3 '4- 



98 See note 94. 



