A HISTORY OF SURREY 



scription in the church, now covered by seats, to 

 Henry Drake of Frenches, father of Edward Drake. 

 In 1630 Edward Drake sold the manor to Timothy 

 Cartwright, 173b who conveyed it in 1646 to John 

 Parker. 174 John Parker died seised in 1679, his 

 son James in 1689, his son John in 1718.'"' The 

 last is said to have left it by will to John Shaw 

 of Eltham. Richard Ladbroke ' of Frenches ' died 

 in 1730. His 'kinsman' Richard Ladbroke died 

 in 1765, and the latter's son Richard Ladbroke 

 in I793-" 5 Richard Ladbroke, junior, left Frenches 

 by will "' to the children of his sisters Elizabeth 

 Denton and Mary Weller in succession. 



The so-called 'manor' of HOOLET (Houlegh, 

 xiv cent. ; Houghley, xv cent.) was held by John son 

 of John de Brewes c. 1357,'" but had been acquired by 

 Richard, Earl of Arundel, before his death in I397, 178 

 and thenceforward descended with the main manor 

 of Reigate (q.v.). There is no record of separate 

 courts, although in the deeds relating to Reigate and 

 Hooley they are always distinguished as two separate 

 manors. The manor-house of Hooley was conveyed 

 to Richard Savage, yeoman, as a tenant of the manor 

 in 1702. In 1729 his widow was admitted. In 

 1733 Charles Boone was admitted, and in 1752 his 

 sons sold their interest to John Burt Tanner. 178 

 When Manning and Bray wrote 16 Henry Byne held 

 it. In 1838 it was bought by the London, Brighton 

 and South Coast Railway. 



The reputed manor of L1NKF1ELD, held of 

 the Priory Manor and of Gatton Manor, is prob- 

 ably identical with the tenement held by Nicholas 

 de Linkfield, whose rent Earl Warenne granted 

 to the prior in I3I5. 181 In February 1506-7 

 Thomas Fulbourne, his wife Katherine, and his 

 daughter Anne sold the manor of Linkfield to John 

 Couper, 181 and in 1560 Thomas Engles and his 

 wife, Katherine daughter of John Couper, were in 

 possession. 16 * He died 26 September 1575- 18 ' She 

 was still living at Reigate in I575, 186 and had a 

 son James. But in accordance with a settlement 

 on his first wife Linkfield descended to their 

 daughter Anne wife of Philip Moys of Banstead. 186 

 It remained in their family till 1648, when Henry 

 Moys conveyed it to Roger James and Edward Thur- 

 land, 187 as trustees for Thomas Turges. In the fol- 

 lowing year he alienated it to John Parker. 18 " His 

 son Ambrose Parker, who succeeded in 1 684, 189 mort- 

 gaged it in 1 7 1 7 to Turges Newland of Gatton, who 

 shortly afterwards became the owner. 190 It descended 

 with Lower Gatton to Robert Ladbroke. 191 Brayley lw 

 says that Mr. Robert Ladbroke left it to Miss Lad- 

 broke, who married Mr. Weller, and he took the name 



of Ladbroke, and owned it in 1841. But Mary 

 Ladbroke, cousin to Robert, married the Rev. James 

 Weller in 1767, and he, under the name of Weller, 

 held the livings of Trinity and St. Mary's Guildford 

 from 1774 to 1824, when he resigned. Possibly his 

 son changed his name. The capital mansion of 

 Linkfield no longer exists. 



The reputed manor of REDSTONE was evidently 

 held in 1292 by John de Montfort, for in that year 

 he had grant of free warren in Ashtead, Newdigate, 

 and Redstone. 191 It is probably identical with the 

 messuage and carucate of land granted in 1273-4 by 

 Peter de Montfort, father to the said John, and his 

 wife Maud to Martin Odo of Westminster for life, 

 with remainder to his brother Thomas and contingent 

 reversion, failing the heirs of Thomas, to Peter and 

 Maud and the heirs of Maud. 1 " John de Montfort 

 did not hold it at his death, unless it was then in- 

 cluded in Ashtead. 195 John Birt sold it in 152810 

 Thomas Michell and others, 196 and in 1584 John 

 Michell of Cuckfield conveyed it to John Hussey of 

 Cuckfield. 197 George, brother and heir of John Hussey, 

 son of George son of the above-mentioned John, alien- 

 ated to Richard Heath c. i632. 198 It remained in his 

 family until 171 3, when George Heath conveyed to 

 Robert Bicknell. 199 



The house with the site of the manor passed to Sir 

 Evelyn Alston in 1720, when the lands of the manor 

 were broken up. 800 Mr. Thomas Peyto became 

 owner of part of them.* 01 Thomas Okes died in 

 1759 owner of Redstone, 8013 and his widow was 

 in possession till 1768. The house was eventually 

 acquired by the Colebrookes of Gatton, with which it 

 descended to Mary Graham and George Graham, who 

 in 1794 sold it to Ebenezer Whiting.*". In 1883 it 

 was the property of Mr. Henry 

 Webbe, and since 1891 has 

 been owned by his daughter 

 Miss Webbe. 



The RECTORT M4NOR 

 had its origin in the enfeofF- 

 ment of the priory of St. 

 Mary Overy by Hamelin, Earl 

 Warenne, and his wife Isabel, 

 of the church of ' Crechesfeld,' 

 with the tithes and land ap- 



purtenant *"* (1164-99). In 



SKINNER of Reigate. 

 Sable a (heveron wavy 

 argent between three grif- 

 fon? heads razed or 

 with three jtcurs de Us 

 azure <m the cheveron. 



1535 the rectory was valued 



at 20. JM After the surrender 



of the monastery, October 



1539, the rectory apparently 



remained in the Crown until 17 December 1552, 



when it was granted to James Skinner. 205 He settled 



178b Feet of p. Surr. Mich. 6 Chas. I. 



? 4 Ibid. Mich. 22 Chas. I. 



1744 Inscriptions describing them as of 

 Frenches. 



1:5 Inscriptions in church. 



176 Proved 1793, P.C.C. 



"""Chan Inq. p.m. 31 Edw. HI (ist 

 nos.), no. 49. 



Wlbid. 21 Ric. II, no. 137. 



J 7> Ct. R. 



180 Op. cit. i, 309. 



181 Dugdale, Man. vi, 518. 



182 Feet of F. Surr. 22 Hen. VII, 1 i. 



188 Ibid. Mich. 2*3 Eliz. 



184 Ct. R. 



185 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cxci, 75. 

 186 Ibid, ccxxix, 127. 



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



188 Ibid. Mich. 1649. 



189 Ct R. 



190 Reigate MS., summary of title ; 

 Recov. R. Hil. 4 Geo. I, m. 122 ; Manning 

 and Bray, op. cit. i, 310. 



191 See the account of Gatton; Com. 

 Pleas D. Enr. Mich. 35 Geo. Ill, m. 



39- 



192 Op. cit. iv, 2i8. 



193 Cal. Chart. R. 1257-1300, p. 428. 

 i J Feet of F. Surr. 2 Edw. I, 13. 



19i Chan. Inq. p.m. 24 Edw. I, no. 

 59. He died seised of the manor of Ash- 

 tead, which descended in his family. 



186 Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 19 Hen. VIII. 



W Ibid. Div. Co. East. 26 Eliz. 



238 



19 Ibid. Surr. East. 8 Chas. I ; for the 

 pedigree cf. Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 34 

 Eliz. ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccl, 61, 

 64. 



199 Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 12 Anne ; 

 Recov. R. Hil. 12 Anne, m. 103. 



> Add. MS. 34237, fol. 7*. 



801 MS. in Reigate papers in hands of 

 Messrs. Walford, New Oxford Street. 



8013 Monumental inscription at Rei- 

 gate. See under Church. 



802 Com. Pleas D. Enr. Hil. 35 Geo. 

 Ill, m. 23. 



203 Dugdale, Man. vi, 172. 



*" Valor Eal. (Rec. Com.), ii, 62. 



205 Orig. R. 6 Edw. VI, pt. ii, m. 99. 



