GODLEY HUNDRED 



CHOBHAM 



he was at Chobham in 1538 and again in 1542.' 

 Sir Anthony Browne was made keeper of the manor 

 in 1543." Christopher Heneage appears to have 

 had a grant of it during the reign of Elizabeth." 

 James I granted the manor to Sir George More in 

 1614 for the sum of .890 121. 6J. to be held as of 

 the manor of East Greenwich. Annual rent from 

 the manor to the amount of 35 \zs, 6J. was also 

 granted him. 13 This rent was granted to Lawrence 

 Whit.iker and others in 1620." The manor was 

 granted in the same year to Sir Edward Zouch, in- 

 cluding the rent previously reserved to Whitaker." 

 The grant included Bisley and the manors of Woking 

 and Bagshot, and henceforth the manor of Chobham 

 descended with these l6 and is at present held with 

 them by the Earl of Onslow. 



All rights and privileges pertaining to the manor 

 of Chobham were enjoyed by the Abbot and convent 

 of Chertsey, who appear to have exercised very 

 complete power over their lands in Surrey." John 

 de Rutherwyk, who was abbot from 1307 to 1346 

 and who was noted for the many improvements which 

 he carried out in his domain," surrounded the manor- 

 house of Chobham with running water in the first 

 year of his rule as abbot." In 1254 Geoffrey de 

 Bagshot held Chobham under the abbot, and among 

 the yearly dues of the abbot from that fee are in- 

 cluded los. \d. rent, 12 gallons of honey, valued at 

 6/., 2 sheep or ^s., 2 quarters of oats, I ploughshare, 

 and a horse for carrying a monk to Winchester twice 

 a year." 



The grant of Chobham to Sir George More and 

 the later grants include land in Chobham called 

 Langshott, Chabworth, Hill Grove, and Buttes, and a 

 pond called Gratins Pond, also called Craches or 

 Crathors Pond or the Create Pond. A mill called 

 Hurst Mill in Chobham was conveyed to the abbot by 

 John de Hamme in the early I4th century." 



A court roll of the time of Charles II mentions 

 'Stanners' and 'Pentecost' as presenting tithingmen." 

 Sir Charles Walpole of Chobham has a note in his 

 father's writing, ' I have a deed without date wherein 

 is a Fine and Recovery by John de Pentecost of 

 5 acres in Chobham from John de Ardern and 

 Agnes his wife.' n There is land near Chobham 

 vicarage now called Penny Pot, which possibly means 

 Pentecost. Ardern is the local pronunciation of 

 Aden (q.v. infra). 



The chief messuage of the 



CHOBHAM PARK manor of Chobham, called 

 Chobham Park, was granted to 



the king by John Cordrey, Abbot of Chertsey, in 1535, 

 two years before the surrender of the entire manor of 

 Chobham. 14 The Manor Place, commonly called 



Chobham Park, was sold in July 1558 by Queen Mary 

 to Nicholas Heath her chancellor, Archbishop of York, 

 for 3,000. The land was inclosed by a pale, whence 

 it was called a park, and is marked as such in Norden 

 and Speed's map of 1610. This grant was confirmed 

 by Queen Elizabeth," but as Heath had been deprived 

 for refusing the oaths to the queen, the nominal pos- 

 session was conveyed to his brother William in 1564." 

 The ex-archbishop continued, however, to reside, and 

 died here or in London in 1578," when his nephew 

 Thomas is referred to by Lord Montagu as ' the nowe 

 (or newe) owner.' Thomas forfeited his lands in I 588, 

 but was restored, and in 1 606 conveyed them to Francis 

 Leigh. 29 The next year he conveyed to Antony Cope,* 

 who in 1614 sold to William Hale." John Hale con- 

 veyed it to Henry Henn in 1654." The same family 

 held it in 1681." The house was let, and before 

 1720 was the property of John Martin," who con- 

 veyed it in that year to John 

 Crawley." Mr. Revel, M.P. 

 1734-5 2, is said to have owned 

 it.* 6 His daughter and heiress 

 married Sir George Warren in 

 1758, and their daughter mar- 

 ried Lord Bulkeley in 1777. 

 The latter died in 1822, 

 having left it to Sir Richard 

 Bulkeley Williams, his nephew. 

 From him it was bought by 

 Sir Denis le Marchant, father 

 of the present owner, Sir Henry 

 le Marchant, in 1838." The 

 old house was pulled down and the park broken 

 up in the 1 8th century. The farm called Chobham 

 Park is on the old site, and parts of the double moat 

 round the old house remain. 



The manor of ST4NN4RDS, STANTORS, or 

 FORDS was held of the abbey of Chertsey with the 

 manor of Ham next Chertsey by John de 

 Hamme and Alina his wife from the feoffment 

 of Thomas de Saunterre in l^oj. 39 John de Hamme 

 died seised of ' Stanhore ' in 1319-20." During 

 the reigns of Edward II and Edward III it was 

 held, under the de Hammes, by a family of the name 

 of Ford, 4 * whose name became attached to that of 

 the manor, which in later times always appears under 

 the name of the manor of Stanners and Fords. A 

 dispute arose in 1343 concerning land in 'Stanore' 

 which John de Totenhale claimed to have received 

 from Alice de Ford and Ralph. It was adjudged that 

 John de Totenhale, being illegitimate, could not 

 inherit this land, which therefore became escheat to 

 the abbey. It was afterwards claimed by Agnes, a 

 daughter of Ralph and Alice." The manor seems to 



LE MARCRANT. 

 Azure a cheveron or be- 

 tween three itvli argent. 



"L. and P. Hen. fill, xiii (i), g. 

 1519(61); xvii, p. 482. 



11 Ibid, xviii (i), p. 546. 



ls Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 19 Eliz. 



18 Pat. 12 Jas. I, pt. xiv, m. 16. 



Ibid. 1 8 Jas. I, pt. ii, m. 8. 



ls Ibid. 18 Jas. I. pt. vi, m. I. 



le Vide Woking. Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 (Ser. 2), dxxxviii, 136 ; Feet of F. Div. 

 Co. Mil. 16 & 17 Cha. II; Pat. 23 

 Chai. II, pt. ix, no. 6, no. 22-8 ; 

 fit. 22 Geo. II, pt. ii, no. 14 ; Close, 

 16 Geo. II, pt. iii, no. 9 ; Feet of F. 

 Surr. Trin. 25 & 26 Geo. II ; Recov. R. 

 Hil. 49 Geo. III. 



'? fide tufra. 



18 V.C.H. Surr. ii, 59 ; Dugdale, Mm. 

 Angl. i, 424. 



19 Dugdale, Mon. Angl. i, 424 ; Exch. 

 K.R. Misc. Bks. voL 25, foL 173. 



80 Cat. Inj. p.m. i, 88. 



"Exch. K. R. Misc. Bk. vol. 25, foL 

 250. 



M Ct. R. P.R.O. bdle. 204, no. 53; 

 Manning and Bray, op. cit. iii, 192. 



83 Sec Feet of F. 5 Edw. Ill, no. 68, in 

 Surr. Arch. Soc.'s volume of fines. 



"Pat. 27 Hen. VIII, pt. ii, m. 28-9. 



54 Ibid. 7 Eliz. pt. ix, no. 9. *> Ibid. 



2 ^ Not in 1579, ai commonly stated; 

 Loseley MSS. x, 71, 72. The letter seems 

 to imply that he died at Chobham. 



415 



18 Def. Keeper's Ref. xxxiii, App. i. 

 Feet of F. Surr. Mil 3 Jas. I. 



80 Ibid. Trin. 5 Jas. I. 

 "Ibid. East. 12 Jas. I. 



"Notes of F. Mich. 1654 ; Feet of F. 

 Surr. Mich. 1654. 



88 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 1 1 Chas. II ; 

 Trin. 33 Chas. II. 



"Ibid. Mich. 7 Geo. I. 



81 Ibid. Hil. ii Geo. I. 

 "Manning and Bray, op. cit iii, 195. 

 'Information ofSir Henry le Marchant. 



88 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. I Edw. II. 



89 Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 3 Edw. II, no. 14. 

 "Lansd. MS. 434, fol 168*, 187*, 



200*, 201. "Ibid. 



