WOKING HUNDRED 



WOKING 



the fine staircase at its south end is due. The stair- 

 head and the long gallery take up the whole of the 

 upper floor, and the tapestries and panelling are of 

 great interest ; about half of the lower floor is now 

 made into a library. The house is full of fine furni- 

 ture, pictures, etc., which cannot here be adequately de- 

 scribed. The quadrangle of offices on the west side of the 

 house is said to be the work of John Weston, 1652-90, 

 and though quite unpretending, is very picturesque. 

 The principal gardens lie to the west of it, and part 

 of their inclosing walls is of 16th-century date and 

 of the same character as the house, but the lay-out 

 of the Tudor garden is unfortunately not now re- 

 coverable. The house is now the residence of Lord 

 Northcliffe, to whom the recent restoration is due. 



There was a mill at Sutton in the time of Domes- 

 day, which does not however appear to be mentioned 

 afterwards. It may perhaps be included with the 

 Woking mills (q.v.). 



The manor of CRANSTOCK, CRASTOCK or 

 BRIDLEY was apparently the land recorded in the 

 extent of Woking Manor 67 as bought by Fulk Basset 

 of the fee of Pirbright, which was part of the honour 

 of Clare ; for Cranstock owed suit and service to the 

 Lord of Pirbright. 68 Both Pirbright and Woking were 

 granted to Edmund, Earl of Kent, 6 ' and Pirbright 

 descended to Joan his daughter, who married Edward, 

 Prince of Wales, of whom Cranstock was held in 

 1366. There was apparently always a sub-tenancy, 

 for in 1219 Gilbert de Chayham and Alice his 

 wife granted half a hide in Cranstock to William 

 de Cranstock, 70 and some years later Ralph son of 

 William de Tinchingfeld leased the manor of Cran- 

 stock to Roger son of William de Cranstock for life." 

 Apparently the manor did not remain long with 

 either of these families, for in 1 3 2 1 a certain Lambert 

 de Thrikyngham sold it to John de Latimer and Joan 

 his wife, with remainder to their son Edmund." 

 The manor remained as a possession of the Latimers 

 for some little time ; in 1 366 Robert Latimer died 

 seised of it, leaving Robert his son and heir, then 

 only a child." 



Little can be traced of the history of Cranstock for 

 some time after the death of Robert Latimer. In 

 1469 it appears in the hands of John White, who died 

 in that year, leaving his son Robert as his heir. 74 

 In 1531 Henry White conveyed to Walter Champyon, 

 William Roche, Thomas Pierpoint and Anthony Eliot, 

 possibly as trustees, 74 and until the beginning of the 

 next century the manor seems to have remained with 

 them and their successors. In 1611 William Engler 

 and William Skynner released to James Hobson, 7 * 

 and Christopher Hobson, presumably the heir of 

 James, sold in 1641 to Francis Williamson. 77 He 

 in 1652 joined with his wife Martha in conveying 

 the manor to Paul Carell (or Caryll), who held his 



first court in August 1652, and Paul Carell is said to 

 have bequeathed the manor to his cousin John of 

 Great Tangley Manor, Wonersh. 79 John was also 

 seised of Bramley Manor and other Surrey lands, most 

 of which were divided at his death among his three 

 daughters and co-heirs, Lettice wife of John Ramsden, 

 Elizabeth wife of Peter Farmer, and Margaret wife 

 of Henry Ludlow. Cranstock was among the lands 

 divided. 80 



Between 1678 and 1680 John Child of Guildford 

 purchased three parts of the manor, which passed to 

 his son Leonard, who died in 1730. Leonard left it 

 to his nephew Charles, who held a court in 1742. 

 He sold it to John Tickner about 1758, and from 

 him it was purchased by Richard (? Philip) Holling- 

 worth, who sold it to Sir Fletcher Norton, first Lord 

 Grantley. 81 Lord Grantley's Surrey estates were sold 

 about 1884. Major Ewings' trustees sold Bridley or 

 Crastock to Mr. Garton in 1894, who conveyed it in 

 1900 to Mr. Richards. Most of the land has been 

 bought by Mr. Anderson, who resides at Bridley 

 Manor. 8 ' 



In the 1 3th century Geoffrey de Pourton held 

 MAYFORD in chief of the king, 83 by grand serjeanty. 

 In 1231 and 1238 the sheriff accounted for lo/. -^d. 

 from the land of the late Henry Kinton in May- 

 ford. 8 ' Henry Kinton and Walter de Langeford 

 were Geoffrey's heirs. 85 Walter de Langeford sold 

 his moiety to John de Gatesden. 8 * The serjeanty 

 was acquired by Fulk Basset, 87 and in the survey of 

 Woking in I28O-I, 88 Mayford is called part of 

 Woking Manor. It remained hereafter attached 

 to Woking. 



The tithing of Mayford appears in 1666. 8 * Tene- 

 ments in Mayford occur frequently in Feet of 

 Fines. 



The reputed manor of RUDEHALL or HOL- 

 LANDS, really a part of Woking, possibly originated 

 in land held by William de la Rude in Woking in the 

 1 3th century. 90 It is at Hale End, which is perhaps 

 a corruption of Holland or Hollands. In the reign 

 of Henry VIII the Heyward family released their 

 rights in the manor of Rudehall to John Grover. 91 

 In 1 60 1 William Grover conveyed it to William 

 Collyer, 9 ' and in 1622 it passed to Sir Edward 

 Zouch. 93 It afterwards came into the hands of the 

 Covert family, who were holding it in 1 690,** when 

 they sold it to Robert Royden. 94 Royden in 1724 

 alienated it to John Coussmaker." In 1745 Na- 

 thanael Newnham conveyed it to William Collyer, 97 

 who in 1748 sold it to Philip Hollingworth M (see 

 Cranstock, above). It probably subsequently descended 

 in the same way as Cranstock. 



The parish church of ST. PETER 



CHURCHES has a chancel 28ft. by 20 ft. I in., 



modern north vestry, nave 49ft. Sin. 



*7 Inq. p.m. 9 Edw. I, no. 9. 



68 Chan. Inq. p.m. 40 Edw. Ill (ist 

 no*.), no. 38. 



' See Woking, above. 



T> Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 3 Hen. Ill, n. 



7> Ibid. East. 29 Edw. I, 7. 



7> Ibid. East. 14 Edw. II, 30. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 40 Edw. Ill (ut 

 nob), no. 25. 



W Ibid. 9 & 10 Edw. IV, no. 25. It 

 wa then still held of the manor of Pir- 

 bright. 



' Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 23 Hen. VIII. 



? Ibid. Div. Co. Mich. 9 Jas. I. 



11 Ibid. Surr. Mich. 17 Chas. I. 



7" Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 1652. 



7' Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surr. i, 

 127, who quote court rolls as their 

 authority. 



80 Exch. Spec. Com. 30 Chas. 11,6484. 

 See Recov. R. Hil. 1654, m. 57. 



81 Manning and Bray, op. cit. i, 128 ; 

 probably a mistake for Philip Holling- 

 worth, banker of Lombard Street. 



83 Private information. 



Tetta de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 225. 



84 Pipe R. 21 Hen. III. 



84 Fine R. 12 Hen. Ill, m. 4. 



387 



84 Tata de Netiill (Rec. Com.), 127 

 and 229, where it is called Mainford. 



" Inq. p.m. 9 Edw. I, no. 9. 



88 See Woking. 



9 Exch. Dep. 1 8 Chas. II, Mich. 18. 



90 Car. Anct. Deeds, A. 9738. 



M Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 12 Hen. VIII ; 

 15 Hen. VIII. 



w lbid. Surr. Mich. 43 & 44 Eliz. 



"Ibid. Surr. Hit 19 Jas. I. 



Ibid.Surr.Hil.2Will.and Mary. Ibid. 



"Feet of F. Surr. East. 10 Ceo. I. 



"Ibid. Mich. 19 Ceo. II. 



"Ibid. Mich. 22 Geo. II. 



