A HISTORY OF SURREY 



latter part of the 1 6th century the hall was cut in two 

 by a large chimney stack with two fireplaces in it, 

 and at the same time or a little later a three-light 

 window was inserted at the south-east ; over it are 

 the arms of George Carew, Earl of Totnes, dated 

 1636. A projection to the west of this, apparently 

 of late 1 6th-century date, may represent an earlier 

 (though not original) chimney breast. At the south- 

 west of the hall is a large modern bay. 



Close to the house on the north-east is a circular 

 mound with a ditch. The possibility of its being a 

 garden mount must not be overlooked, but it is not 

 unlikely that it is of much earlier date, and marks the 

 site of the dwelling-place of the Domesday lord of the 

 manor. 49 



The first reference to a PARK at Walton-on-the 

 ' Hill occurs in 1436, when it is mentioned with the 

 manor amongst the possessions held at her death by 

 Alice widow of Richard, Earl of Arundel. 4 ** Free 

 warren however was granted to the lords of the manor 

 as early as 1268,* and in 1358 a rabbit warren, worth 

 6s. 8<, was part of the estate. The park and warren 

 were granted to Rose and John de Merston in 1437," 



PLAN OF MANOR HOUSE, WALTON-ON-THE-HILL 



*nd again are mentioned in the conveyances from 

 Queen Catherine to Richard and Nicholas Carew. 6 ' 



In 12945 the pleas and perquisites of the court 

 of Walton-on-the-Hill were worth 6s. 8</. M and in 

 1358, 8/., while in an account rendered to Sir Francis 

 Carew by his bailiff in 1587 the profit of 'one court 

 holden for the same manor the I gth daye of Oct. in 

 the 27th yeare of the queene's majestie that nowe is,' 

 amount to 4 4*. 8^.** In 1770 a general court 

 baron was held there by William Pellat, executor to 

 Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, in which certain waste 

 land was leased with the consent of the tenant to Sir 

 Richard Barnes, ' for the purpose of searching for the 

 remains of some works of antiquity, of which dis- 

 covery hath lately been made.' " 



A windmill is mentioned in the I 3th century, 66 and 

 again in the 1 7th century, 67 and in 13583 dovecot is 

 amongst the appurtenances of the manor. 68 



The church of ST. PETER consists 

 CHURCH of a chancel 33 ft. 6 in. by 18 ft. 2 in., 

 nave 31 ft. 6 in. by 22ft. 6 in., small 

 north vestry, north aisle of two bays, 13 ft 8 in. wide, 

 and a west tower 12 ft. square, all measurements being 

 internal. The chancel dates probably from the 1 5th 

 century, but has been much modernized ; the nave 

 was rebuilt and the greater part of the tower added 

 in 1817 ; the tower fell into decay rapidly and was 

 partly pulled down and rebuilt in 1895. The north 

 aisle is an addition of 1870. The east window of 

 the chancel is modern of four traceried lights with a 

 transom. Of the three south windows the first two 

 are of two cinquefoiled lights with tracery under a 

 pointed head, while the west window in this wall is 

 square-headed with modern tracery of two lights, 

 below it is a blocked low side window. The three 

 north windows match with those opposite ; west of 

 them is a small blocked low side window, and below 

 the third window is a door to the north vestry. In 

 the south wall is a range of three plain arched sedilia 

 of 15th-century date, with an ogee-headed piscina to 

 the east, which has a single drain and a stone shelf. 



The chancel arch has a 

 round shaft in each jamb 

 with octagonal moulded 

 capitals and bases of 

 1 5 th-century character ; 

 the arch is two-centred 

 with a wide hollow be- 

 tween its two hollow- 

 chamfered orders. The 

 buttresses of the chancel 

 have been refaced in red 

 brick, but one on the 

 south side has been de- 

 stroyed ; the walling is 

 of flint with blocks of 

 Reigate stone. Below 

 the north-east window 

 of the chancel is an ex- 

 ternal recess containing 

 an old coffin lid ; a 

 modern stone bears an 



inscription (now almost obliterated) to Johannes de 

 Walton . . . 1268. The nave has three south 

 windows, one of two tall cinquefoiled lights between 

 two plain single lights. The modern arcade 

 between the nave and aisle is of two bays, in 

 15th-century style, and the aisle is lighted by two 

 two-light north windows and a western one of three 

 lights. 



The lowest stage of the tower is vaulted in brick 

 with stone ribs, and is apparently work of 1817. 

 There is a west doorway which forms the principal 

 entrance to the church. The tower is in three stages 

 and has a low pyramidal roof. The roofs of the nave 

 chancel and aisle are modern, and all the window 

 tracery has been renewed at various dates. 



The most interesting thing in the church is the 

 12th-century lead font, cylindrical in shape, with its 

 sides divided into eight and three-quarter panels, each 



49 See Sarr. Arch. Coll. xxiii. 



49a Chan. Inq. p.m. 15 Hen. VI, no. 27. 



60 Cal. of Chart. R. 1257-1300, p. 88 ; 

 Plac. de Quo Warr.(R.ec. Com.), 737, 747; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. 3 1 Edw. Ill (ist no8.),no. I. 



" Cal. Pat. i43 6 -4' PP- '3 8 > 347- 



52 Add. Chart. 22629 i Pat - 2 4 Hen - 

 VIII, pt. ii, m. 12 ; L. and P. Hen. VUl, 

 v, 1207 (13). 



58 Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. I, no. 33 ; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. 31 Edw. Ill (let nos.), 

 no. 49. 



318 



64 Add. Chart. 22903. 

 5 Ibid. 24648. 



56 Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. I, 33. 

 "I Add. Chart. 23716. 

 58 Chan. Inq. p.m. 31 Edw. Ill (lit 

 not.), no. 49. 



