REIGATE HUNDRED 



NUTFIELD 



William Charde and Elizabeth his wife, descendants 

 of Ann Tropenell, held a moiety of the site and 

 capital messuage of Nutfield in I557- 87 According 

 to Manning and Bray, using Mr. Glover's deeds, 58 

 it passed to a daughter of William Best above named, 

 Mary wife of Richard Jewell. He left a son John, 

 whose son, also John, married Mary Tyler and died 

 without issue. She married Anthony Aynscomb, see 

 above. It is now the property of Mr. J. T. 

 Charlesworth. 



The family of Hadresham or Hedresham was 

 settled in Nutfield at the end of the izth century, 

 their lands there being afterwards known as the 

 manor or reputed manor of HATHERSHAM. In 

 the reign of Richard I Hubert de Anestie granted a 

 wood in Nutfield called Widihorn to John de 

 Hadresham and his heirs, 89 and about the same time 

 John also received a grant of a mill there, the names 

 of Robert and Peter de Hadresham appearing among 

 the witnesses to this deed. 90 In 1271-2 Peter de 

 Caterham and Alice his wife quitclaimed 6 acres of 

 land in Nutfield to Bartholomew de Hadresham, 91 and 

 in 1316 John, son of James de Hadresham, received 

 a grant of a meadow there called Merchauntesmead." 

 In 1358 John de Hadresham died seised of a 

 tenement in Nutfield, held of the chief manor, 

 consisting of a capital messuage, 60 acres of land of 

 which 20 could be cultivated, 4 acres of meadow, 

 20 of pasture, and 10 of wood. The tenement was 

 said to be worth 23*. per annum. 9 * The same 

 amount was paid in the 1 7th century as the annual 

 rent of the manor of Hathersham. 94 John left a son 

 and heir, William de Hadresham. 9 * The lands 

 afterwards passed to the Asshurst family. William 

 Asshurst held land in Nutfield in the early I Jth 

 century, 96 and in 1507 John Asshurst, son of William, 

 died seised, among other lands, of the ' manor of 

 Hadresham ' ; he left no issue. 97 Agnes, widow of 

 John Asshurst, afterwards married John Skinner, 98 

 and seems to have brought this land to his family. 

 Sir Thomas Wyatt the poet held the manor in 1 538," 

 but he was possibly a trustee, his father, Sir Henry 

 Wyatt, having acted as such for John Skinner and 

 Agnes in the conveyance of property which they held 

 in East Betch worth. 100 In 1556 the manor of 

 Hathersham was held by James Skinner and Margaret 

 his wife, 101 and on James's death without issue in 1558 

 passed to the family of his brother. 101 John Skinner, 

 nephew of James according to the inquisition taken 

 at his death, died seised of the manor in I584. 101 

 Richard Elyot of Albury was a nephew and heir. 104 



In 1603 Richard and Thomas Elyot conveyed the 

 manor of Hathersham to Henry Drake and Charles 

 Evans, 104 Sir Thomas Palmer and Alice his wife, 

 widow of John Skinner, surrendering their claim. 106 

 Drake and Evans seem to have divided the manor, as 

 in 1609 Drake died seised of a moiety, 107 which his 

 son Edward conveyed to Richard Killick in i6l4, 108 

 and in 1616 it passed from Killick to Henry Shove. 109 

 Shove apparently acquired the other moiety also, as 

 his family afterwards held the entire manor, of which 

 they retained possession until the latter part of the 

 1 8th century. 110 It was held in 1768 by Henry 

 Shove and Ann his wife. 111 According to Manning, 

 Shove died in 1771, when, by the terms of his will, 

 Hathersham was sold, becoming the property of 

 Robert Smith. 1 " In 1790-1 Robert Smith the 

 son and Elizabeth his wife sold to Sir Sampson 

 Wright, 1 " whose widow, Lady Wright, held the 

 property in 1808."* It passed after her death to 

 Mr. S. Simms. 114 It is now held as a farm. 



In 1 3 50 Thomas de Wolbergh died seised of a tene- 

 ment in Nutfield which he held of the lord of Nut- 

 field for the service of 3 3/. <)J. U> His son, John de 

 Wolbergh, was witness to a deed in I359- 117 In 

 1364 Cecily de Beauchamp held five acres of meadow 

 in Nutfield of John de Wolbergh. 118 In 1463 

 William Sydney died seised of the manor of WOL- 

 BERGH leaving two daughters and co-heirs, Elizabeth 

 afterwards wife of John Hampden, and Anne, after- 

 wards wife of William Uvedale. 119 The Uvedale 

 moiety remained in this family until after 1528." 



In 1572 the whole manor was held by William 

 Jeale. 111 In 1602 William and Ovington Jeale, prob- 

 ably sons of the first William, conveyed to George 

 Evelyn, 1 *' who settled Wolbergh shortly after on his 

 daughter Katherine on her marriage with Thomas 

 Stoughton. 1 Stoughton, who survived his wife, died 

 in 1 6 1 1 seised of the ' manor or farm of Woolboro,' 

 George Stoughton, his brother, being his heir. 1 " 



The latter conveyed the manor in 1623 to John 

 Turner, 114 from whom it passed to Thomas Turner of 

 Nutfield. The latter by will of 1671 left 'the 

 messuage, &c., containing 1 60 acres in Nutfield in 

 occupation of Anne Barnes called Woolborough,' to 

 his nephew Thomas Turner. 116 The latter, according 

 to Manning, conveyed in 1685 to William Barnes, 

 whose son conveyed to William Lukyn in IJ22. 1 * 7 



From Thomas and Robert Lukyn the property 

 passed, in 1 740, to Helen Shelley, 118 daughter of Ro- 

 bert Bysshe, wife of John Shelley, and grandmother of 

 Sir Bysshe Shelley, who died in i8i5. 119 He was 



" Feet of F. Surr. East. 3 & 4 Phil. 

 and Mary. 



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

 171. 



88 Add. Chart. 24607. 



Ibid. 24606. 



91 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 56 Hen. III. 



94 Add. Chart 24608. 



98 Chan. Inq. p.m. 32 Edw. Ill (lit 

 nos.), no. 40. 



w Ibid. (Ser. 2), cccxiv, 126. 



n Ibid. 32 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), no. 40. 



* Feet of F. Surr. 7 Hen. V, no. 34. 



'7 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xx, 24. 



98 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 3 Hen, VIII ; 

 East. 4 Hen. VIII. 



Ibid. Trin. 30 Hen. VIII. 



100 See note 98. 



101 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cciv, 123. 

 > M Ibid. 



108 Ibid. He was really a great-nephew 



(Berry, Surr. Gen. 25 ; Visit, if Surr. 

 [Harl. Soc. zciii] $9). 



104 Ibid. 



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



108 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxiv, 126 ; 

 Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. ii, 273. 



10 7 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxiv, 

 126. 



108 Ibid. ; Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 12 

 Jas. I. 



10 Ibid. Hil. 13 Jas. I. 



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

 273 ; P.C.C. Henchman 64 ; Feet of F. 

 Surr. East. 2 Geo. III. 



111 Ibid. Mich. 8 Geo. HI. 



112 Manning and Bray, Hist, tf Surr. ii, 



*73- 



13 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 3 1 Geo. III. 



114 See note 112. 



115 Brayley, Hist, of Surr. iv, 332. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 24 Edw. Ill (lit 



225 



nos.), no. 91 ; Cat. of Close, 1249-54, p. 

 182. 



"7 Add. Chart 231619-20. 



>" Chan. Inq. p.m. 38 Edw. Ill (ist. 

 nos.), no. 8. 



119 Esch. Inq. (Ser. i), file 1805, 3 Edw. 

 IV ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. IV, no. 38. 



la Ibid. (Ser. 2), 1, 120. 



141 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 14 Eliz. 



114 Ibid. HiL 44 Eliz. 



148 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2 ), ecxc, 1 24 ; 

 Feet of F. Surr. East. 3 Jas. I. 



1M Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxxiv, 

 159 ; cccxcvii, 17. 



14 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 21 Jas. I. 



" P.C.C. 150 Duke. 



*" Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. ii, 



7* 



148 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 15 Geo. II. 



149 See note 127 (private deed) ; The 

 Shelley Pedigree (privately printed 1816). 



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