COPTHORNE HUNDRED 



BANSTEAD 



On the east of the churchyard there used to be a pit 

 called traditionally the cellars of Hubert de Burgh; but 

 the remains referred to above, which must have belonged 

 to a considerable house, were found south of the church. 



In October 1275 the manor was assigned as dower 

 to the king's consort, Eleanor of Castile. 44 In 1299 

 it formed a portion of the dowry granted to Margaret 

 of France on her marriage with the king," and she 

 held until her death." Edward II and Edward III 

 subsequently granted Banstead to their queens as 

 dower. 47 In 1378 Richard II confirmed to Nicholas 

 Carew a grant of Banstead made to him in 1376 for 

 life, ' saving to the Prior of Merton the term granted 

 to him.' 48 This latter grant, made evidently after 

 the death of Queen Philippa, was not, presumably, of 

 long duration, as in I 378-9 Carew was tenant of the 

 manor and was ordered to pay loos, yearly out of 

 the issues of the manor to Stephen de Haddele, 

 yeoman of the chamber to the late queen. 49 In 1 390, 

 after the death of Carew, the manor and park of Ban- 

 stead were granted for life to Sir Reginald Braybrooke ; 

 if, however, the issues exceeded 40 marks annually, 

 the surplus was to be paid to the Exchequer. 50 



In 1399 confirmation was made of a grant of 

 1397 to Sir William de Arundel and Agnes his wife 

 of the same manor, 41 and on their death shortly 

 after without issue, the grant was extended to Sir 

 Richard de Arundel, brother of William, for life, 51 

 and on his death to his widow Alice, 53 who died in 

 I436. 54 The king in the following year demised the 

 manor to Sir Ralph Rochefort." The reversion was 

 granted in November 1437 to John Merston and Rose 

 his wife in survivorship, 66 and Rochefort quitclaimed 

 his life interest to them in 1438." In 1448 Henry VI 

 granted the reversion, after the death of John 

 Merston, Rose being already dead, to his new foun- 

 dation of Eton College. 48 This grant was, how- 

 ever, cancelled by Edward IV, and the manor was 

 resumed in 1 464. 5 ' His queen 

 received the manor as dower in 

 1466 ; M in 1471 it was given 

 to George, Duke of Clarence, 61 

 after whose death it remained 

 in the Crown until Henry 

 VIII, in the first year of his 

 reign, assigned it to Queen 

 Katharine. 61 She continued 

 to hold after her divorce, and 

 in 1532 leased the manor to CAREW . Qr three lhns 

 Sir Nicholas Carew for ninety- patsant sable. 

 nine years, should she live so 



long. 63 This deed seems to have been made at the 

 king's desire, as two months later he granted the re- 



version of the manor, after Katharine's death, to Sir 

 Nicholas Carew in fee. 64 When it came to the Crown 

 on the attainder of Carew the manor was annexed to 

 the honour of Hampton Court. 65 It was given back to 

 Sir Francis Carew on the reversal of the attainder in 

 1 549, and continued to be held by this family with their 

 manor of Beddington until 1762, when Sir Nicholas 

 Hacket Carew died. 66 By the terms of his will the 

 manor of Banstead was sold, according to a previous 

 agreement, to Rowland Frye of Beddington, 6 ' who died 

 in 1777, when his brother and heir William inherited 

 the manor. 68 It passed in 1795 to their nephew Row- 

 land Frye, and on his death in 1801 to the latter's 

 nephew, William Morris Newton, who took the name 

 of Frye, 69 and was lord of the manor in l8o8. 70 At 

 his death in 1820 it passed to his daughter, wife of 

 Captain Spencer, and she held in 1841." The 

 property was subsequently sold before 1874 to Sir 

 William Craddock-Hartopp, who held until after 

 1882. It passed soon after to mortgagees, the trustees 

 of Lady Lavinia Bickersteth, the present lady of the 

 manor. The manor of Banstead included extensive 

 holdings in Horley and Leigh. Sir William Craddock- 

 Hartopp between 1874 and 1878 paid over 13,000 

 to buy up rights over Banstead Wastes from the 

 following lands : Part of Leigh Place, Dunshott, 

 Flatguns, Sawyers and Skeats, in Leigh, and Horshill, 

 part of Christmas Farm, West Green, Tylers, Fether- 

 idge, Watts, Gawlers, Axes, Crutchfield, Flanchford, 

 Rydens and Banfield, in Horley, 7 * a total of 720 acres. 

 Woolvers Farm, Stumblehole, Collendean Farm, and 

 Duxhurst were also in Banstead Manor. 71 



The first mention of the PARK of Banstead occurs 

 in 1 299," when it was included with the manor in 

 the grant made to Margaret of France by the Crown. 

 It was probably imparked after Banstead had been 

 granted to the king by John de Burgh in 1274. An 

 action for trespass in the queen's park was brought in 

 1305." In 1348 and 1349, when Queen Philippa 

 held the manor, a writ of aid for one year was granted 

 to the clerk of the great wardrobe to enable him to 

 have timber brought to her wardrobe in La Rioll, 

 London, from her park at Banstead. 76 In 1439 John 

 Merston and Rose, then holding Banstead, received 

 licence to inclose the park, stated to be in great need 

 of repair, with paling and hedge, and to cause trees 

 and oaks required for the purpose to be felled both 

 within and without the park, under the survey of the 

 Prior of Merton. 77 The park was included in the 

 grant in fee made to Carew in IS32. 78 In 1623 

 John Lambert received a lease of the part of the 

 park called Banstead Old Park. 79 The manor-house, 

 which succeeded the older manor-house near the 



44 Cat. tf Chart. 1157-1300, p. 192. 



45 Cat. of Pat. 1292-1300, p. 452. 

 Ibid. 1301-7, p. 355; i37-'3> P- 



216; 1313-17, p. 135. 



47 Ibid. 1317-21, p. 115 ; Cal. tf Clou, 

 1318-23, p. 149; 1318-23, p. 57; Cal. 

 of Pat. 1327-30, p. 476 5 1330-4, p. 55 ; 



48 Cal. of Pat. 1377-81, p. 143 ; Chan. 

 Inq. p.m. 7 Ric. II, no. 14. 



49 Close, i Ric. II, m. 35. 



M Cal. of Pat. 1388-92, p. 299. 



41 Ibid. 1399-1401, p. 266. 



"Ibid. 1399-1401, p. 547. 



" Ibid. 1422-9, p. 159. 



" Chin. Inq. p.m. 1 5 Hen. VI, no, 27. 



* Cal. of Pat. 1436-41, p. 112. 



58 Ibid. Wlbid. p. 138. 



68 Pat. 27 Hen. VI, pt. i, m. 16 ; Parl. 

 R. (Rec. Com.), v, 1601. 



Parl R. (Rec. Com.), v, 517*. 



M Cal. of Pat. 1461-7, pp. 430, 481. 



61 Ibid. 1467-77, p. 241. 



ra Pat. 24 Hen. VIII, pt. ii, m. 12. 



Ibid. Ibid. 



L. and P. Hen. V111, xv, .498 (36). 



M Feet of F. SUIT. Hit 17 Chas. I ; 

 Hi!. 18 Chas. II ; Recor. R. Hit 6 Anne, 

 rot 106 ; Add. Chart 22918, etc., etc. 



W P.C.C. 370 St. Eloy. By a fine of 

 1763 (Surr. Trin. 2 Geo. Ill) James Earl 

 of Lauderdale and Mary Turner his wife 

 appear as holding the manor in Mary's 

 right She was a daughter and co-heir of 



255 



Sir Thomas Lombe, who seems to have 

 held a mortgage on Carew's estate of 

 Banstead (P.C.C. 370 St. Eloy), which 

 presumably devolved upon his daughter 

 Mary after his death. 



68 P.C.C. 507 Collier. 



Ibid. 165 Newcastle. 



" Ibid. 174 Abcrcrombie. 



71 Brayley, Hitt. of Surr. iv, 340. 



7* Private information. 



1* B.M. Add. MS. 16532. 



1* Cal. of Pat. 1292-1301, p. 452. 



1* Ibid. 1301-7, p. 355. 



7" Ibid. 1348-50, pp. 5. i*3> 393- 



Tl Ibid. 1436-41, p. 347- 



78 Pat. 24 Hen. VIII, pt ii, m. 12. 



79 Add. Chart 21910. 



