A HISTORY OF SURREY 



STOUGHTON, baronet. 

 Azure a cross engrailed 



Ive, 10 and it accordingly passed to him. 11 At his 

 death in 1615 " he was succeeded by his third son 

 George," who died in 1624 

 without issue.* 4 His brother 

 Nicholas barred the entail in 

 order to secure the manor to 

 his daughter Rose, wife of 

 Arthur Onslow, but on the 

 failure of her issue it passed 

 to Nicholas son of Anthony 

 eighth son of Laurence Stough- 

 ton.* 5 He was created a 

 baronet in 1 66 1, and died in 

 1 68 5, leaving one son Laurence 

 and four daughters." Laurence 

 died childless in 1692," and 

 by a Parliamentary decree his estates were vested in 

 trustees to be sold for the double purpose of paying 

 his debts and providing portions for his sisters. 88 



The now combined manors of Stoke and Stoughton 

 were bought by Edward Hubbald in 169 8." He 

 died in 1 707. His son William died in 1 709, and 

 shortly after his death in 1711 an Act was passed for 

 the sale of his estates." Nicholas Turner purchased 

 the manors in 1718, and his son sold them about 

 1760 to Jeremiah Dyson." Mr. Dyson died in 

 1776. His son sold in 1780 to Mr. George 

 Vansittart, who sold immediately to Mr. William 

 Aldersey (vide supra}. The latter also purchased 

 parts of Stoughton which had been alienated since 

 1 700 and had passed to Lord Onslow, including the 

 site of Stoughton Place, which had been pulled down 

 after the sale in 1692. Mr. Aldersey died in 1800. 

 His widow sold next year to Mr. Nathaniel Hillier. 

 Colonel the Hon. C. T. Onslow married in 1812 

 Susannah second daughter and co-heiress of Mr. 

 Hillier. His son, Mr. G. A. C. Onslow, who died in 

 1855, succeeded, and his son, the present Earl of Ons- 

 low is now lord of the manor. No separate courts 

 have been held for Stoughton since 1615. 



In 1324 there is mention of a messuage and 5 

 acres of land in Stoke called WOODBRIDGE. This 

 tenement was held of the family of La Poyle," who 

 had lands in Guildford and Tongham. The earliest 

 tenant seems to have been Thomas de Woodbridge, 

 who was holding about 1264; Juliana his daughter 

 and heir married Roger de Rypon. 33 



About the end of the 1 6th century Henry Stough- 

 ton was in possession of this property," which passed 

 from him to his son Thomas, who died seised of it in 

 1612. Woodbridge, with certain lands appurtenant, 

 was settled on his wife Alice, with remainderi to 

 various members of the Stoughton family. 34 



Manning M speaks of Woodbridge House as having 

 been the property of Jeremiah Dyson in the i8th 

 century. It was aftenvardi in the possession of 

 Mr. Allen and Mrs. Smith, and in Manning's time 

 belonged to John Creuse." It was subsequently the 



residence of Colonel the Hon. E. M. Onslow, of 

 Colonel Annand, and now of Mr. H. Porter. 



The church of ST. JOHN THE 

 CHURCHES EfJNGELIST, STOKE JUXTA 

 GUILDFORD, consists of a chancel 

 1 5 ft. 5 in. by 33ft. 2 in., with a north chapel 

 24ft. 10 in. by 13 ft. loin. ; south vestry and chapel 

 formed by a prolongation of the aisle ; a nave 

 40 ft. 6 in. by 1 9 ft. 6 in. ; a north aisle i8ft. 7 in. 

 wide ; a south aisle 1 7 ft. 6 in. wide ; a west tower 

 12 ft. 8 in. by loft. 3 in., and a south porch. Like 

 so many churches in the neighbourhood it has suffered 

 severely at the hands of the restorer, and externally is 

 almost completely modern. The earliest details now 

 to be seen are in the arcades of the nave and south 

 chapel, which are of early ^th-century date. Late 

 in the 1 5th century the tower was added, and the 

 north chapel is probably work of a century later. In 

 comparatively recent years the north aisle has been 

 completely rebuilt and widened, and the whole church 

 greatly modernized. The south porch and south-east 

 vestry are completely modern, but the latter is evi- 

 dently on the site of an earlier and similar structure. 



The east window of the chancel is of five lights, of 

 15th-century style, with sub-mullions and smaller 

 lights in the two-centred head. The north wall is in 

 three bays, the first being blank and the other two 

 filled with an arcade with a circular column and half- 

 round responds, plainly moulded capitals, and arches 

 of two chamfered orders. The bases are now buried 

 under the floor. On the south is a similar arrange- 

 ment, but the arcade is of earlier date, and has arches 

 of two wave and ogee moulded orders. The capitals 

 are of good profile, and the bases have a roll-mould- 

 ing, all being circular on plan. There is no chancel 

 arch, a cambered beam of late 1 6th-century date sup- 

 porting the eastern gable of the nave. 



The nave is of three bays, with arcading of similar 

 date but plainer detail than the south chancel arcade. 

 The arches are of two plain chamfered orders, and 

 the columns circular with moulded capitals and bases. 

 The tower arch is of late ^th-century date, and of 

 two continuously moulded orders, separated by a 

 three-quarter hollow. 



The north chapel has a two-light window to 

 the east and a four-light to the north, both tran- 

 somed, and with square heads of late 16th-century 

 date. Between the chapel and the aisle is a plastered 

 arch, either of brick or lath-and-plaster. At the north- 

 east is an external door with a segmental head. 



The north aisle has, to the north, two modern 

 windows of two lights with tracery of 14th-century 

 detail. The west window is of four lights, also of 

 14th-century design. 



The south aisle and chapel, in one range, have an 

 east window of which the opening is apparently 

 original and at such a height above the floor as to 

 clear the vestry. The tracery and external jambs are 



* Feet of F. Surr. East. 17 Eliz. 



81 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), clxxix, 81. 



88 Ibid, ccclv, 49. 



88 His eldest son Laurence died s.p. in 

 1597, and his second son Thomas in 1610. 

 Thomas has a monument in the church. 



84 Entry in Stoke Ch. Reg. copied in 

 Symmes, MSS. (Add. MSS. 6167, fol. 

 405 d.) ; Harl. MSS. 1561, f. 76. 



11 G.E.C. Complete Baronetage. The 

 inscription to Nicholas at Stoke Church 



records how he was disinherited in favour 

 of Rose, but succeeded at last Deo volente, 

 bominibus iwiiis. 



M Ibid, (i) Elizabeth, wife of Timothy 

 Whitfield ; (2) Frances, wife of Charles 

 Ventris ; (3) Henrietta ; (4) Sara. See 

 also Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 1 1 Will, and 

 Mary. 



* G.E.C. Complete Baronetage. 



89 Journ. of Haute of Lords, xv, 6140, 

 668A. 



372 



99 D. Jan. 1697-8 ; Manning and Bray, 

 Surr. i, 168. The deaths of Edward and 

 William Hubbald are in Stoke Reg. 



w journ. of House of Lords, xix, 216, 

 30 1 i. 



81 Hist, of Guildford (publ. xSoi), 276. 



88 CW. Close, 1 324, p. 241. 



88 Ibid. 



84 Chan. Inq. p.m. {Ser. 2), dxvii, 36. 



85 Ibid. 



M Hist. Surr. i, 173. *! Ibid. 



