WOKING HUNDRED 



WORPLESDON 



the time of his father's death. 48 In 1592 Edmund 

 conveyed the manor to Sir John Wolley, 49 who died 

 in 1595. In i 597 Lady Elizabeth, widow of Sir John 

 Wolley, was holding the manor in trust for her son 

 Francis. 50 



Francis Wolley died seised of the manor in 1609, 

 and bequeathed it to his illegitimate daughter Mary. 41 

 Chancery proceedings followed, but Mary Wolley 

 was still in possession in 1629" of half at least of 

 the manor. But in the same year her cousin Sir 

 Arthur Mainwaring parted with one-sixth of it, 

 which he claimed, to Robert Bacon and Thomas 

 Acton ; 5J and in the same year Mary Wolley gave a 

 warranty to Thomas Bosser against herself and her 

 heirs for part of the manor. Mary Wolley married 

 Sir John Wyrley, 54 and a court was held in their names 

 in 1645. In 1679 a court was held by Sir John 

 Wyrley alone. It seems that Mary Wolley com- 

 pounded with the heirs-at-law for part of the manor, 

 but kept the lordship. After her husband's death 

 this passed to her half-brother Robert Wroth. 

 Mr. Wroth was M.P. for Guildford in 1704, 

 1707, and 1714. He died in 1720, and the manor 

 was bought by Lord Onslow, in whose family it 

 has since continued. Burpham Lodge is the seat of 

 Mr. J. B. S. Boyle. 



The so-called manor ofFRENCHES in Worplesdon 

 originated perhaps in the 2 hides and a virgate held 

 separately by two knights in Domesday. It certainly 

 is represented by the knight's fee held there by Richard 

 le French in 1349." In 1402 John French, pre- 

 sumably a descendant of Richard, released the manor 

 of Frenches to Robert Oyldesborough, brewer, of 

 London. 56 In 1465 Robert Wintershull, son of John, 

 granted the manor of Frenches to trustees in use for 

 himself and his heirs." In 1477 Thomas Winters- 

 hull died seised of Frenches, 68 and it is mentioned 

 among the lands of Robert Wintershull at his death 

 in 1547." John Wintershull his son died in 1549 

 seised of Frenches. In 1570 John Wintershull his 

 son parted with Frenches to William Hamonde of 

 Guildford, 60 probably for the purposes of a settlement, 

 as William Wintershull his son appears in possession 

 later. In 1 598 William Wintershull conveyed to 

 Robert Russell. 61 The subsequent history of Frenches 

 is lost, 6 ' but it is probably represented by Russell Place 

 Farm. Anthony Russell was living in Worplesdon 

 when Symtnes wrote, about i676. 6S 



There is mention in 1 742 of the ' manor ' of 



MERRIST WOOD in Surrey, when George Grenville 

 levied a fine against James Grenville. 64 This is Merrist 

 Wood in Worplesdon, but it was only a reputed 

 manor. In 1582 the queen, by charter, granted a 

 lease to George More of Loseley of ' Merest Wood,' 

 described as 82 acres of wood and wooded ground in 

 the Forest of Windsor, in Worplesdon in Surrey, at 

 3 8/. per annum. 65 It may have been originally a resi- 

 dential property, for a John de Merehurst was suing in 

 1 3 1 7 for land in Worplesdon. 66 A genealogy of Mere- 

 hurst of Worplesdon is in the Visitation of i623, 67 and 

 a John Merest was vicar of Woking 1 674-99. Merrist 

 Wood Hall is the residence of Mr. S. Brotherhood. 



The manor offf^KE (Wucha, xi cent.) in Worples- 

 don apparently originated in the hide in Burgham held 

 by Godric of Earl Roger at the time of Domesday. 6 * 



The manor appears in the 1 3th century in the 

 possession of a family which took its name from the 

 place. 69 In 1279 William of Wyke was holding the 

 manor of Wyke, 70 and in 1316 Richard de Wyke 

 made a settlement of it on himself and his wife Joan. 71 

 He died before 1 342." His son Peter survived him, 

 for in the inquisition on Hugh le Despenser, 73 Peter 

 held a third of a knight's fee in Wyke as of the 

 honour of Gloucester. 



Peter was dead when his mother Joan died in 

 1353," leaving as heirs Katerina, Joan, and Christine, 

 daughters of her son Peter. From that date the 

 history of the manor becomes obscure. In 1376 

 Walter Wyke, amongst others, 75 was reported to hold 

 a fee of the honour of Gloucester," 6 but this is probably 

 a reminiscence of a former tenant. Of the three shares 

 of the co-heiresses two passed to John Logge or to his- 

 son John Logge by conveyance in 1457 and 1475 

 respectively." 7 Geoffrey the great-grandson of the first 

 John Logge of Ash afterwards held these. 78 He had 

 two co-heiresses, Alice and Mary, who married re- 

 spectively John Bond and George Osbaldeston. 79 In 

 1563 Alice and Richard Osbaldeston, son of George 

 and Mary, conveyed to William Harding. 80 



The remaining third was conveyed by one Stephen 

 Parker to Thomas Manory, to whom and to whose 

 daughter Anne there are brasses in Ash Church. 

 Thomas settled in 1 500 on Anne on her marriage 

 with Ralph Vyne. Their son Henry Vyne, owner in 

 1552," settled it on his son Henry in 1553. Henry the 

 younger died in 1571 leaving a son Stephen, 81 who 

 conveyed to Robert White in 1580, probably by way 

 of mortgage, 8 * and in 1584 sold outright to William 



. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), clxii, 162. 



"Feet of F. Surr. 34 & 35 Eliz. 



"'Hist. MSS. Com. Kef. vii, App. 

 657*. 



41 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxxxiv, 60. 



M Recov. R. Trin. 5 Chas. I, m. 29. 



w Feet, of F. Surr. Trin. 5 Chas. I. 



"Ibid. Hil. II Cha>. I; Trin. 17 

 Chas. I. 



"Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, 

 (ist nos.), no. 69 ; Manning and Bray, 

 op. cit. iii, 96, refer to a grant by Will. 

 leFrauncei of Worplesdon in 1290, saving 

 suit and reliefs to his heir and his rights 

 to the lord of Burpham. 



Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 3 Hen. IV. 



W Deed from Mr. Percy Woods, C.B. 



59 Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. IV, no. 48. 



59 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), Ixxxv, 53. For 

 the history of this family see Wintershull 

 Manor in Bramley, and Bramley Manor. 



M Close, 1 3 Eliz. pt. xiii. 



' Com. Pleas Fine Enr. East. 40 Eliz. 



61 The Drake family occur in fines and 

 recoveries in connexion with a manor of 

 Frenches, but this is evidently Frenches 

 in Reigate. In a survey of Reigate Manor 

 in 1623 Edward Drake is mentioned as 

 holding Frenches, a subordinate manor to 

 Reigate. 



68 See Harl. MS. 1561, fol. 168*, 

 1 74, 1 74*, for the Russells of Worplesdon 

 about 1623. 



M Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 16 Geo. II. 



"Harl. Chart. 43 F. 41. 



w Feet of F. 1 1 Edw. II. 



"Harl. MS. 1561, fol. 172. 



y.C.H.Surr. \, 319*. 



68 Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com-X 744. 



" Ibid. See also Testa de Nevill (Rec. 

 Com.), 226, where John de Wyke is re- 

 ported to hold one-third of a knight's fee 

 of the honour of Gloucester. 



"Feet of F. Mich. 10 Edw. II, no. 8. 



7 J Will proved in Court of Archdeacon 

 of Surrey. 



393 



" 8 Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, 

 no. 169. 



'* Ibid. 24 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), no. 75. 



"The others are : the Abbot of Wa- 

 verley, Thomas Baus and John de Ly- 

 cewyrne. Possibly the three co-heiresses 

 may have become the wives of Walter, 

 John, and Thomas. 



'* Chan. Inq. p.m. 49 Edw. Ill, pt. i 

 (2nd nos.), no. 46. 



"Mr. Woodroffe's deeds, quoted by 

 Manning and Bray, op. cit. iii, 91. 



"See Feet of F. Surr. East. 3 & 4 Phil, 

 and Mary. ? 9 Ibid. 



80 Ibid. Hil. 5 Eliz. ; Trin. 5 Eliz. j Div. 

 Co. East. ; Eliz. 



81 Star. Chamb. Proc. temp. Edw. VI, 

 ii, 67. Henry's wife was Logge, but 

 she was not an heiress. 



82 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), clix, 48. 



83 Mr. Woodroffe's deeds, Manning and 

 Bray, op. cit. iii, 94. Compare Poyle 

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



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