A HISTORY OF SURREY 



for special privileges in his Buckinghamshire pro- 

 perty," and in 1359 the king levied a fine against 

 William son of John, 11 by which he made his pos- 

 session more secure. 



From that time Henley Manor remained Crown 

 property for upwards of three centuries, and the 

 evidence for its history consists chiefly of appoint- 

 ments of stewards and parkers. In 1633 Charles I 

 granted it to Robert Tyrwhitt and Arthur Squib," 

 who sold it soon after to Sir John Glynn.' 4 In 1724 

 the Duke of Roxburgh, Lord Justice in the absence of 

 George I from England in 1723 and 1725, seems to 

 have been residing at Henley Park.* 6 Bowen's map 

 of about 1736 also names him as occupier. Sir John 

 Glynn's son left three daughters, two of whom died 

 unmarried, and the manor passed to Dorothy, the 

 third daughter, who ' married Sir Richard Child, 

 created Earl of Tylney in 1731. In 1739 the earl 

 sold the manor to Mr. Solomon Dayrolles,* 6 who in 

 1784 conveyed to Henry Halsey.* 7 The Halsey 

 family are still owners, but the late Lord Pirbright 

 lived in the house, and Sir Owen Roberts is the 

 present tenant. 



In 1338 John de Molyns received licence to im- 

 park his woods of West Grove and Goddard's Grove 

 in the manor of Henley. 18 In 1356, after the manor 

 had returned into the king's hands, he bought out 

 twenty tenants, and seems to have laid all the land 

 into the park, granting the rector of Ash compensa- 

 tion for the loss of tithes. The office of park- 

 keeper, with a residence in the manor-house, was a 

 valuable piece of preferment bestowed among others 

 upon Sir Thomas St. Leger by his brother-in-law, 

 Edward IV, on Sir Reginald Bray by Henry VII, and 

 on Viscount Montagu by Queen Mary. Montagu 

 frequently resided at Henley, and it was notoriously 

 the refuge of recusants and suspected priests M dur- 

 ing his tenure. Henley Park is among those sur- 

 veyed by John Norden in 1607." The house may 

 contain some ancient walls, but it was mostly rebuilt 

 by Mr. Dayrolles in 1751, the year of his marriage, 

 and bears the date upon it. Lord Pirbright made 

 further additions during his tenancy. 



The manor of CLAYGATE (Cleygate) was appa- 

 rently of late formation. In 1 399 a grant was made to 

 Richard Rayle and Nicholas Churchill of lands called 

 Claygate lying at Henley." These lands probably 

 came into the hands of Jasper Tudor, Earl of 

 Pembroke, later Duke of Bedford, and on his attainder 

 in 1461 lapsed to the Crown. In 1475 Sir Thomas 

 St. Leger received a grant of the manor of Claygate ** 

 for his expense in keeping the game in Guildford 

 Park.* 4 Claygate returned into the possession of 

 Jasper, Duke of Bedford," on the reversal of his 

 attainder in 1485. He died in 1495." It is said, 

 however, that Claygate was granted for life to Sir 



Reginald Bray in 1488 with the custody of Guildford 

 and Henley Parks. 37 Bedford died without issue, and 

 his lands passed to his nephew, King Henry VII. 

 Elizabeth granted the manor to Edward Lord Clynton 

 and Saye, afterwards Earl of Lincoln. 88 A deed of 

 1564" records that Lord Clynton owed money to 

 a certain Christopher Draper, citizen and alderman 

 of London. The manor was in Draper's hands in 

 the same year, 40 so that probably Claygate was ceded 

 to him in payment for debt. Draper apparently lost 

 little time in selling, for a year later William Harding 

 of Wanborough was in possession. 41 He died seised 

 in I593, 4 ' leaving by his wife Catherine daughter of 

 Sir John White of London a son and heir William, 

 who died unmarried in 1 6 10, when the manor passed 

 to his sister Mary. 4 * Mary married Sir Robert Gorges, 

 who in 1620 joined with her in conveying the manor 

 to Sir Thomas White. 44 According to Manning and 

 Bray, 44 who had access to Mr. WoodrofFe's papers, 

 Sir Thomas settled it on his cousin, Robert Wood- 

 roffe, son of Catherine wife of William Harding, by 

 her second marriage with Sir David Woodroffe. From 

 him it descended in the family with Poyle ** (q.v.). 



The manor of FR1MLEY, although part of the 

 parish of Ash, is in Godley Hundred, and is reckoned 

 in it in a court roll. 47 It may have been the land in 

 Ash purchased for Chertsey Abbey by Bartholomew 

 de Winton, the abbot, in 1277, from a Sir Walter 

 Raleigh. 48 William de Henley ' held land in Fremeles- 

 worth ' of the abbey, together with Henley (q.v.), in 

 1324. It came into the possession of Henry VIII 

 in I537 49 with other monastic lands, and was appa- 

 rently held by the Crown in demesne for some years. 

 It was granted to Sir John White of Aldershot,* 

 who died seised of it in 1573," leaving a son and 

 heir Robert, then aged twenty-eight. Robert died 

 in 1599," when the manor passed to his daughters 

 Helen and Mary, who had 

 respectively married Richard 



and Walter Tichborne. 



The manor remained in the 



Tichborne family until 1790, 



when Sir Henry Tichborne 



and Elizabeth his wife joined 



in conveying it to James 



Laurell. 61 He died in 1799 



leaving a son and heir James. 64 



He sold the Manor House to 



Mr. Tekell. This and the 



manor were subsequently 



bought about 1858 by Mr. J. F. Burrell. The manor 



has since been sold to Messrs. Pain & Brettell, soli- 

 citors at Chertsey. 



The reputed manor of fORMANS in Ash does 



not appear before the i6th century. Henry Vyne 



died seised of it in 1571, leaving a son and heir 



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TICHBORNE. Vair a 

 chief or. 



M Close, 25 Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. 4. 

 88 Feet of F. Surr. 33 Edw. Ill, 41. 

 88 Pat. 8 Car. I, pt. ix. 

 * 4 Private Deed quoted bjr Manning 

 and Bray. 



85 Willis, Visit. 1724. 



* Deed quoted by Manning and Bray. 



* Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 25 Geo. III. 

 28 Pat. II Edw. Ill, pt. iii, m. 19. 



M Close, 29 Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. 14, 

 15 d. ; pt. ii, m. 25. 



80 Loseley MSS. passim, 



81 Harl. MS. 3749. 



88 Cat. Pat. 1399-1401, p. 109. 



88 Ibid. 1467-77, p. 548. 



84 Accts. &c. Exch. JC.R. 516, no. II. 



86 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. z), ccxxxvi, 



79- 



88 Ibid, xxiii, 280. 



8 ' Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. 

 quoting Antis MS. 



88 Pat. 2 Eliz. pt. i. 



89 Close, 6 Eliz. pt. x. 



40 Pat. 6 Eliz. pt. i. 



41 Ibid. 7 Eliz. pt. vi. 



48 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccxxxvi, 79. 



48 Ibid, cccxxiv, 131. 



44 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 18 Jas. I. 



342 



44 Hist. Surr. iii, 69. 

 48 V.C.H. Surr. ii, 618. 



4 7 Ct. R. (P.R.O.), portf. 204, no. 53. 



48 Excheq. K..R. Mic. Bks. xxv, 67*. 

 48 Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 1537. 



40 He was Lord Mayor 1563. Hif 

 brother, alto John, was Bishop of Lincoln 

 and Winchester; deprived 1559. The 

 grant is probably of Mary's reign. 



41 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), clxv, 174. 

 48 Ibid, cclvii, 1 1 2. 



48 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 29 Geo. III. 

 44 Manning and Bray, Hist. Surr. iii, 

 77- 



