A HISTORY OF SURREY 



on Walter de Newdigate helps to prove this supposi- 

 tion by giving an account of his lands in Newdigate 

 and of whom they were held, the principal overlord 

 being Lord Abergavenny. 16 



The first authentic mention of the property as a 

 manor is in a deed dated 1569, which appears to be 

 a settlement of the manor by Thomas de Newdigate 

 on his son Walter.* 6 At Thomas's death in 1576 he 

 was said to be seised of the site of the manor, and of 

 all those lands that constituted the manor of Newdi- 

 gate, which he was holding of Henry Nevill, Lord 

 Abergavenny. A water-mill which he left to his wife 

 Agnes, and certain fisheries, were appurtenant to the 

 manor, which passed to his son Walter. He also 

 bequeathed a house called Newdigate Place to his 

 wife." In 1588 Walter subscribed 25 towards the 

 fleet raised against the Armada. 88 His son Thomas, 

 who succeeded him in 1590, had only two daughters, 

 Mary and Ann, 29 who married respectively William 

 Steper and William Smithiman. Thomas bequeathed 

 the manor to his brother Richard's son West, who 

 succeeded him. 30 



In 1636 West Newdigate united with Henry 

 Darrell, who had married Thomas Newdigate's 

 widow Mary," and William 

 and Mary Steper, in a con- 

 veyance of the manor to John 

 Budgen." From this date New- 

 digate was held by the Budgen 

 family" until 1810, when 

 John's descendant, Thomas 

 Budgen, sold the manor to 

 Charles, Duke of Norfolk," who 

 in 1815 was succeeded by his 

 cousin, Bernard Howard.* 4 The 

 present lord of the manor is 

 the great-grandson of the latter, 

 Henry FitzAlan Howard,* 6 

 Duke of Norfolk. The old 



manor-house was pulled down by Mr. John Budgen, 

 owner between 1772 and 1805. It stood close to 

 Newdigate Place. 



The manor and park of IWOOD or EfTOOD in 

 Newdigate belonged to the Earls Warenne and Surrey, 

 and was used by them as a centre for hunting, hawk- 

 ing, and fishing." It constantly appears in the 

 Dorking Court Rolls as ' Dorking Iwode,' contrasted, 

 apparently, with ' Dorking Homewode.' 



In 1312 and 1314 commission of oyer and terminer 

 was granted for the prosecution of poachers who had 

 entered the free warren of John de Warenne at 

 Newdigate.* 8 This property descended like the manor 

 of Newdigate (q.v.) through the Arundels to William 

 Beauchamp through his wife Joan Arundel and to the 

 Nevills, Lords Abergavenny. In 1 476 Edward Nevill, 



BCDGEN. Party vert 

 and argent a cheveron 

 ermine and in the chief 

 three crescents counter- 

 coloured. 



DARRELL. Azure a 



lion or having a cro-wn 

 gules. 



Lord Abergavenny, died seised of the park of I wood. 3 * 

 His great-grandson Henry conveyed the estate to 

 George and Christopher Darrell, 40 who in June 1 5 54. 

 leased it to John Stapley of Framfield for ninety-nine 

 years at a rent of 66 1 3*. \d. n 

 A month later Christopher 

 Darrell sold his half of the 

 property to Thomas Collet," 

 and George Darrell sold the 

 remainder to Anthony Pel- 

 ham. 43 Anthony was suc- 

 ceeded by his son Herbert 

 Pelham," but Collet conveyed 

 his share in 1567 to John 

 Heathe," who in May 1574 

 conveyed it back to Christo- 

 pher Darrell and Sir Thomas 

 Browne." In the following De- 

 cember Christopher bought what had been his brother 

 George's share from Herbert Pelham." A few months 

 later a survey was taken of the messuages and build- 

 ings, including the ironworks, furnace, forge, and 

 hammer, which were then worked by Robert Rey- 

 nolds, who was occupying the mansion-house and 

 park, and who also held the brew-house and water- 

 mill for grinding corn. The ironworks were then 

 said to be worth 40 yearly. The owners claimed 

 view of frankpledge there. 48 In 1575 Christopher 

 Darrell, who was indebted to the Crown for 2,000, 

 conveyed three parts of the estate and view of frank- 

 pledge, estimated at 800, to the queen. 49 This 

 portion of the manor she granted in 1582, after 

 Christopher's death, to Henry Darrell of Scotney for 

 the sum of 700, at the same time transferring the 

 debt of 2,000 to Edmund Pelham, with power to 

 exact the money from Darrell, though without dis- 

 training his lands at Iwood.* Apparently Darrell 

 did not pay the joo to the queen, for in 1594 she 

 granted the same land to Edmund Pelham and James 

 Thetcher on condition of the payment of 200 by 

 certain dates. 61 According to Manning and Bray this 

 latter sum was never paid, and the estate remained in 

 the royal possession" until it was granted to Mary 

 Goche and her son Barnaby in l6o5. 53 The farm 

 and lands of Iwood were later on divided between 

 John Gratwicke with his wife Mildred and Elizabeth 

 Richards, widow, with John Hetherington." One 

 moiety afterwards descended to Dr. Morton, who 

 was succeeded by his son Richard." At Richard's 

 death the estate was sold to Thomas Grinstead, whose 

 son Joseph Valentine Grinstead sold it to the Duke 

 of Norfolk in 1786." The other moiety became the 

 property of Richard Hurst, and was sold by his son 

 to General Smith. This portion of the estate was 

 also bought by the Duke of Norfolk in 1786," and 



95 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccxxxiii, 



74- 



26 Recov. R. East. 1569, rot, 706. 



a ' Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), clxxix, 76. 



88 Surr. Arch. Coll. xvi, 249. 



89 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccclxxi, 93. 



80 P.C.C. 26 Capel ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 (Ser. z), cccclxxxviii, 9. Manning and 

 Bray are of opinion West Newdigate did 

 not hold the manor, but this inquisition 

 states that he did inherit. Also the note 

 of Livery, sued out by Mary Steper, quoted 

 by them, is of money still unpaid. 



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

 172. 



83 Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 12 Chas. I j 

 Recov. R. Hil. 14 Chas. I, rot. 77. 



38 Com. Pleas D. Enr. East. 3 Geo. I, 

 m. 14. 



84 Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 50 Geo. III. 



84 G.E.C. Peerage, Norfolk. Ibid. 



W Symmes, Coll. for Hist, of Newdi- 

 gate, Add. MS. 6167, fol. 256. 



"8 Cal. Pat. 1307-13, p. 531; ijij- 

 17, p. 236. 



8 Chan. Inq. p.m. 16 Edw. IV, 66. 



40 Surr. Arch. Coll. xvii, 28. 



41 Close, I & 2 Philip and Mary, pt. 

 iv, no. 21. 



4 Ibid. 4S Ibid. no. 22. 



3 I2 



44 Close, 17 Eliz. pt. xii. 



45 Ibid. 10 Eliz. pt. xxi, m. I. 

 Ibid. 1 6 Eliz. pt, ix. 



4 ? Ibid. 17 Eliz. pt. xii. 



48 Exch. Spec. Com. no. 2242. 



49 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 17 Eliz. 



50 Pat. 24 Eliz. pt. xiii, m. 10. 



51 Ibid. 37 Eliz. pt. vii, m. 14. 



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

 174. 



58 Pat. 2 Jas. I, pt. x, m. 30. 



64 Exch. Spec. Com. 29 Chas. II, no. 

 6500. 



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

 174. "Ibid. s? Ibid. 



