A HISTORY OF SURREY 



among his sisters and co-heirs," Sancha wife of John 

 Iwardby or Ewerby, Anne wife of Christopher 

 Tropenell, and Elizabeth wife of Walter Twynyho. 41 

 In 1508-9 Nutfield was held by John Ewerby, Anne 

 Tropenell and Walter Twynyho. 45 The Ewerbys seem 

 to have conveyed their share of the manor in equal 

 portions to the other co-heirs, as complete moieties 

 were soon after held by the Tropenell and Twynyho 

 families." 



The manor was not again united until 1619. The 

 Tropenell moiety descended to Thomas, also called 

 Giles, son of Christopher and Anne, and to his 

 daughters and co-heirs, Ann wife of John Eyre, 

 Elizabeth wife of William Charde, Mary wife of 

 John Young, and Eleanor wife of Andrew Blackman, 

 all of whom were holding a moiety jointly in 1557." 

 The Chardes seem to have relinquished their share 

 soon afterwards. In 1570 John Young and Mary 

 conveyed a third of a moiety to Thomas Bristow. 46 

 In 1576 Richard Mompesson and Susan daughter 

 and heir of Andrew Blackman " conveyed a third of 

 the moiety to William Gawton, 68 who in 1583 

 obtained the third which belonged to the Eyres." 

 Gawton died ten years later seised of two-thirds of a 

 moiety ; <0 his son William 61 obtained Thomas 

 Bristow's third in 1 597," and died seised of a com- 

 plete moiety of the manor in I6IO. 63 Richard Gaw- 

 ton, his son and heir, 6 ' conveyed this moiety in 1619 

 to Daniel Bassano and Thomas Turner. 64 



In the meantime the Twynyho moiety had passed 

 from Walter Twynyho and Elizabeth to their son 

 Edward, and to his son Anthony. 66 Anthony 

 Twynyho died in 1529, and his sisters and co-heirs, 

 Ann wife of Henry Heydon, and Katherine wife of 

 John Dauntesay, each became seised of a moiety of a 

 moiety. 67 That of the Heydons descended to Francis 

 Heydon, their son and heir, while Bridget, daughter 

 and heir of John and Katherine Dauntesay, married 

 Hugh Hyde and inherited her mother's fourth share. 68 

 These parties held the moiety in 1564,*' but Heydon 

 probably quitclaimed his share soon after, as in 1566 

 Hugh Hyde and Bridget conveyed the entire moiety 

 to Nicholas Best. 70 Apparently Nicholas at his death 

 left the property to three sons in equal parts ; Chris- 

 topher Best, who died in 1598, held a third of a 

 moiety of Nutfield, which he left to Nicholas his son 



and heir. 71 William Best was probably another son, 

 and seems to have obtained both the share of his 

 other brother and that of his nephew Nicholas, as he 

 died in 1602 seised of a moiety of Nutfield," and 

 Henry, his son, 73 is referred to in 1603 and 1609 

 as holding an entire moiety. 74 In 1619 Henry Best 

 and Etheldreda his wife conveyed this moiety to Daniel 

 Bassano and Thomas Turner, who," at the same time, 

 obtained the Tropenell moiety as already shown. 

 Bassano, barrister of the Inner Temple, was evidently 

 a trustee as, in 1641, presumably after the death of 

 Thomas Turner, he conveyed Nutfield to John 

 Turner, eldest son of John Turner of Ham in Blech- 

 ingley, to the second son, also called John, and to 

 the third son Thomas. 76 



The eldest son died before 1651," and John and 

 Thomas Tuiner held Nutfield jointly in i658. 78 

 Thomas the survivor, by will proved December 1671, 

 devised the manor to John, George, and Thomas 

 Turner, sons of his brother John, late of Ham. 79 

 The survivor John conveyed in 1 707 to his son John 

 in fee; the latter died in 1713, his sister Charity, 

 wife of Joseph Cooke, being his heir. 80 On the death 

 of the latter in 1740 without issue the manor was 

 divided between Cooke's sisters and co-heirs, Eliza- 

 beth Eboral and Mary Gotty. 81 



Elizabeth's son William died in 1775 and he by 

 will devised to his niece Mary Eliza who held this 

 moiety in i8o8. 8 * William Gotty and Mary con- 

 veyed their moiety to Sir George Colebrook, bart., 

 in I763. 83 Colebrook in 1774 conveyed half to 

 Anthony Aynscomb and half to John Clement ; 

 Aynscomb left his share to his wife, who died in 

 1800, with remainder to her sister Belt Tyler, after- 

 wards wife of William Burtt, and she held this fourth 

 part in i8o8. M John Clement's fourth descended 

 to his son and grandson, the latter selling in 1 805 to 

 John Perkins. 85 The parts held by Mary Eliza and the 

 Burtts afterwards passed either to John Perkins or John 

 Newton, as these two held the manor in I841. 86 

 Newton afterwards obtained Perkins' share, and Mr. 

 John Newton was lord of Nutfield until after 1895, 

 after which date it passed to Jervis Kenrick, who 

 held in 1899. Mr. Henry Partridge of Castle Hill, 

 Blechingley, was recently lord of the manor, but it is 

 now held with that house by Mr. A. P. Brandt. 



61 By the Vint, of Surr. (Harl. Soc. 

 Publ. zliii) 17, it would appear that 

 Nicholas, James's brother, had no male 

 issue and left three daughters only. An 

 inquisition on James, however (Cal, of Inq. 

 Hen. VII, i, 362), states that the latter 

 obtained Beddington, &c., after the death 

 of his nephew Nicholas, which makes it 

 probable that those pedigrees giving Nicho- 

 las, James's brother, a son as well as three 

 daughters are correct. See also Chan. 

 Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxxv, 52. 



"Berry, Surr. Gen. 3 ; Visit, of Glouces- 

 ter (Harl. Soc. xxi), 263 ; Lysons, Environs 

 cfLond. i, 53 ; The Trofenell Cart. (Wilts. 

 Arch. Soc.), Introd. and vol. ii. 



"Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxi, 118. 



54 Chan. Proc. (Ser. 2), xc, 10 ; Feet of 

 F. Div. Co. East 3 & 4 Phil, and Mary, 

 vide infra. John St. John, however, 

 descendant of the Ewerbys, afterwards 

 held a rent of 4 marks from the manor of 

 Nutfield (Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 32 Eliz.) 

 vide the church. 



w Trofenell Cart, ii (Wilts. Arch. Soc.) ; 

 Feet of F. Div. Co. East 3*4 Phil, 

 and Mary. 



"Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 12 Eliz. 



"Visit. of Wilts. 1623 (ed. Geo. Mar- 

 .hall), 97. 



68 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 18 Eliz. 



"Ibid. Mich. 25 & 26 Eliz. 



"'Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccxlvii, 21. 



"Ibid. 



s Feet of F. SUIT. Mich. 39 & 40 

 Eliz. 



68 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxiv, 144. 



Ibid. 



"Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 17 Jas. I. 



M Visit. Gloucester (Harl. Soc. xxi), 263 ; 

 Chan. Proc. (Ser. 2), bdle. 40, no. 10 ; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. i), 1, 84. 



"Ibid. 



68 Chan. Proc. (Ser. 2), bdle. 40, no. 10. 



7 Feet of F. Surr. East 8 Eliz. As 

 late as 1639 a fine occurs (Feet of F. 

 Surr. Mich. 14 Chas. I) in which Rich- 

 ard and Anthony Hyde, heirs of Hugh and 

 Bridget (Berry, Hants Gen. 108) quitclaim 

 their right in a moiety of Nutfield to 

 William Best, who, according to Manning 

 and Bray, was son to Henry Best. The 

 latter's conveyance of 1619 must have 



22 4 



been in trust, and the original title had 

 to be confirmed to make it absolute. 



''Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccclv, 35. 



''Ibid, cccvii, 7. 



"Ibid. 



" 4 Ibid, cccxiv, 126; ccxc, 124. In 

 a recovery in 1617 of a moiety of the 

 manor between Henry Best and another, 

 Nicholas Best was called to warranty, the 

 deed being probably a surrender of all his 

 claim in the manor preparatory to its 

 sale by Henry (Recov. R. East 1 5 Jas. I, 

 rot. 125). 



1* Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 17 Jas. I. 



76 Close, 17 Chas. I, pt xv, no. 16. 



77 Cal. of Com. for Compounding, 2870. 



78 Surr. Arch. Coll. xvii, 98. 



79 P.C.C. 150 Duke. 



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

 271 ; Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 12 Anne. 



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

 271. 



" Ibid. 



88 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 3 Geo. III. 



84 See notes 81, 82. 



85 Ibid. 



86 Brayley, Hist, oj Surr. iv, 331. 



