A HISTORY OF SURREY 



Horsley in 1166. Hamo de Wudecote in 1232 

 brought a suit against Hugh de Windsor, who seems 

 to have been a younger son of the Hugh last mentioned, 

 concerning services which Hugh claimed from him." 

 Some ten years later Hugh de Windsor bought the 

 right of common pasture in eighty acres of land in 

 West Horsley. 11 In 1271 Hugh son of Hugh de 

 Windsor granted the manor to Ralph de Berners and 

 Christina his wife in return for an annual rent of 

 jio during the life of Hugh. 11 This Christina was 

 probably the daughter of Hugh de Windsor ; most of 

 the old historians agree in asserting that the manor 

 passed to the Berners family by reason of the succes- 

 sion of heirs female. 14 The manor still continued to 

 be held of the main line of the Windsor family." In 

 1297 Ralph de Berners died, leaving a son and heir 

 Edmund, 16 who was reported to be in Normandy at the 

 time of his father's death, although it was uncertain 

 whether he were alive or dead. 17 Christina wife 

 of Ralph survived both her husband and her son, 

 and in 1317 was party in a fine with Richard 

 de Berners touching lands held by him in West 

 Horsley and elsewhere. 18 In 1325 another fine 

 was levied : Christina had died in the meanwhile, and 

 the manor had passed to her grandson John son of 

 Edmund." A final conveyance of these lands was not 

 made until some ten years later, when Thomas son of 

 Richard released all his right to John. 10 In 1 3 3 2 John 

 settled the manor on himself and his wife Elizabeth, 

 probably on the occasion of their marriage. 11 He died 

 in 1361, and the manor passed to his grandson James, 

 who was then a minor." James de Berners grew up to 

 be a person of some influence in the government, but 

 was accused of taking advantage of the youth of 

 Richard II for his own purposes, and was beheaded in 

 1388." His lands were forfeited to the Crown, but 

 his widow Anne secured West Horsley by a special 

 grant from the king." Henry IV confirmed this grant, 

 while deprecating the fact that his predecessor had 

 alienated the manor without the consent of Parlia- 

 ment." Anne de Berners married a second husband, 

 John Bryan, who seems to have held the manor 

 jointly" with her until her death" in 1403, when 

 her son Richard de Berners came into possession. 

 Bryan released his right in the manor to Richard in 

 1 406." Three years later Richard enfeofFed trustees 

 of his estate to the use of himself and his wife 

 Philippa, with remainder to their heirs. He died in 

 141 7- 30 Philippa married a second husband, 11 Thomas 

 Leukenore," but did not live long afterwards, and at 

 her death Margery daughter of Richard de Berners 

 was found to be her heir. Margery while still a child 



was married to John Fereby, 3 * who held his first court 

 at West Horsley in 1420." He died in 1441," and 

 she then became the wife of Sir John Bourchier. In 

 1442 certain trustees released the manor to Sir John 



BERNERS. Quarterly 

 or and vtrr. 



BOUXCHIIR. Argent 

 a cross engrailed gules be- 

 tween four vjater-bougets 

 table. 



Bourchier, called Berners, summoned to Parliament 

 in 1455 as Baron Berners, and to Margery his wife, 

 which was probably a form of marriage settlement." 

 By her second husband Margery had issue Humphrey, 

 who, however, died before his mother, being killed at 

 Barnet in 1471, so that at her death in 1475 the 

 manor passed to her grandson John Bourchier, Baron 

 Berners, then a child of eight." John, known as the 

 translator of Froissart, was also a distinguished soldier 

 and courtier in the expensive court of Henry VIII, 

 and in 1518 he mortgaged the manor to Thomas 

 Unton 38 and others. He died in 1522. 



Thomas Unton was probably father of Alexander 

 Unton who married Mary, Lord Berners' daughter, who 

 died childless. Joan, his other daughter, married Ed- 

 mund Knivett and had livery as heiress to the estate in 

 1 534." The Lady Knivett's steward is referred to in 

 a document at about this date. 40 The manor afterwards 

 passed into the possession of Henry, Marquis of Exeter, 

 who was seised of it at his attainder in 1539." His 

 estates were forfeited to the king, who in 1 5 47 granted 

 West Horsley to Sir Anthony Browne. 4 ' His widow, 

 daughter of the Earl of Kildare, Surrey's ' Fair Geral- 

 dine," married Lord Clinton, afterwards Earl of Lin- 

 coln, and held West Horsley for life. She and her 

 husband resided here till her death, which took place 

 after 8 December 1589.*' Her stepson Viscount 

 Montagu succeeded and died here in 1592. His 

 grandson and heir succeeded. His son, who made 

 great sacrifices for the king in the Civil War, appar- 

 ently mortgaged some of his estates to Sir John Evelyn 

 and sold West Horsley in 1 65 6 " to Carew Raleigh 44 

 son of the great Sir Walter, who conveyed it to Sir 

 Edward Nicholas*' in 1664." Sir Edward died in 



Feet of F. SUIT. Trin. 16 Hen. Ill, 9. 



" Ibid. Mich. 27 Hen. Ill, 9. 



Ibid. Mich. 56 Hen. Ill, IJ. 



14 e.g. Collins, Hiit. Coll. for family of 

 Winder. 



16 Chan. Inq. p.m. 22 Ric. II, no 52. 



16 Ibid. 25 Edw. I, no. 39. 



Ibid. 



> 8 Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 10 Edw. II, 

 no. 14. 



19 Par!. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 4250. 



80 Close, 10 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, m. 39 d. ; 

 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 1 1 Edw. III. 



Ibid. Hil. 6 Edw. Ill, 114. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 50 Edw. Ill (lit 

 nos.), no. 10. 



23 Par!. R. (Rec. Com.), iii, 241-3. 



11 Ibid. 24;. This James was father of 

 Lady Juliana Berners, Prioress of Sopwell, 



the celebrated authoress ; Pat. 13 Ric. II, 

 pt. iii, m. 28 ; 16 Ric. II, pt. iii, m. II. 



95 Cal. Pat. 1399-1401, p. 81. 



" Ibid. 



* Chan. Inq. p.m. 4 Hen. IV, no. 18. 



88 Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 7 Hen. IV, II. 



M Close, 10 Hen. IV, m. 9, lod. 



Chan. Inq. p.m. 5 Hen. V, no. 8. 



81 Ibid. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 9 Hen. V, no. 24. 



88 Ibid. 



81 Ct. R. (P.R.O.), gen. scr. portf. 204, 

 no. 59. 



85 Esch. Inq. p.m. (Ser. i,) file 1222, 

 no. 7. 



86 Feet of F. Div. Co. 20 Hen. VI, 70. 

 1 Chan. Inq. p.m. 15 Edw. IV, no. 35. 



88 Anct. D.(P.R.O.), A. 3993, 3981, &c. 



89 Pat. 25 Hen. VIII, pt. ii, m. 17. 



354 



<Harl. MS. 1561, fol. 262. 



41 Esch. Inq. p.m. file 1088, no. 3. The 

 marquis shortly before his attainder had 

 received large grants in Surrey, including 

 the adjacent manors of Effingham and 

 Ockham. Blomefield (Hist, of Nor J.) says 

 that Berners died in debt to the Crown, 

 which may explain the addition of West 

 Horsley to those grants. 



Pat. I Edw. VI, pt. ix. 



48 Loseley MSS. numerous letters. 



44 Cf. Aubrey, op. cit. iii, 253, who 

 misdates the sale apparently. Carew 

 Raleigh was of the dominant party. 



45 Feet of F. Surr. East. 1656. 



46 Secretary of State to Charles I and 

 Charles II, collector of the Nicholas 

 Papers. 



*l Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 1664. 



