A HISTORY OF SURREY 



to 5 l6s. \\d. after deducting a 5 rent-charge 

 to the abbey of Waverley. The survey taken on the 

 death of Bishop Burnell in 1292 mentions 220 acres 

 of arable land, a windmill, a dovecote and half of 

 another weir besides that mentioned above. 509 In 

 1346 the manor was valued at 3 is. 2d. yearly and 

 included 60 acres of arable land worth, if well tilled, 

 4</. per acre ; 40 acres of arable land worth zd. per 

 acre ; 51 5 acres of meadow and 5 acres of pasture at 

 is. per acre ; a weir on the Thames worth 5*. ; and 

 assized rents of free tenants worth igs. 6d. m The 

 weir and dovecote mentioned above were bestowed 

 by Henry V on the convent of St. Saviour and St. 

 Mary and St. Bridget, Syon, which he founded at 

 Isleworth. 4 " 



In a survey taken in 1610 a barn called Court 

 Barne is mentioned, and numerous closes ; common 

 of pasture in Ham Common ; an island called Cro- 

 well Ait ; rent of free tenants 64*. id. ; assize rent of 

 customary tenants )6i. jd. ; total yearly value 

 j53 V- Sa'. 413 In 1650 the manor with its appurten- 

 ances was valued at f,nj $s. \d. yearly, the trees on 

 the estate being worth 64 5/. 6U 



There was a hospital for lepers near Kingston in 

 the 1 3th century, founded by the men of the vill on 

 a site now unknown. 515 In 1227 the lepers received 

 royal letters of protection, 516 but the house was 

 abandoned by 13434, when it was ruined and 

 escheat to the Crown. 517 In this year William de 

 Veirdire, valet of the chamber of Queen Philippa, 

 petitioned for a grant of the site called ' Ye old Hospi- 

 tal,' 518 and appears to have obtained it for life. 5 " He 

 died before 1366-7, when it was valued at los. a year 

 and granted for life to Nicholas Gretton, sompter of 

 the king's larder. 4 In 1392 he was dead, and the 

 croft called 'Spitelland' was granted at a rent of 101. 

 a year to Robert Clay, yeoman of the spicery. 5 * 1 The 

 grant was confirmed to Robert Spicer alias Clay in 

 1 400;"" and a croft, lands and tenements called 

 Spittelland are again mentioned in 1534 as having 

 belonged in the reign of Richard III to John Popyll." 3 

 In consequence of his murdering one John Byrde 

 this and other land escheated to the Crown, which 

 appears to have retained it until 1534, when it was 

 granted to Richard Kynwelmershe, mercer, John 

 Crymes, clothworker, and Richard Crymes, haber- 

 dasher of London. 5 " No later mention of it has 

 been found. 



Rights of free fishery in the creek at Kingston 

 were conveyed by William le Grys and Katharine his 

 wife to John Celye in 1 586 ; 4J5 he and William Bark- 

 worth sold them in 1612'" to William Ryder, whose 

 heirs James Maxwell and Elizabeth his wife, Broome 

 Whorwood and Jane his wife and Ann Ryder parted 

 with them to Benjamin Agar in 163 7-8. 5J7 They 

 again changed hands in 1641, when they were 

 bought by George Sheeres. 6 " Similar rights were 

 sold by John Evelyn to Anthony Benn in i6o5, 419 



and by John Rowle and Elizabeth his wife to 

 Edward Wilmot in I778. 530 



The church of ALL SAINTS is a 

 CHURCHES large building consisting of a chancel 

 43ft. by 22ft. 8 in., north chapel 

 25 ft. 2 in. by 17 ft. 9 in., now used as a vestry and 

 organ chamber, north-east vestry, south chapel of the 

 same length as the chancel and 20 ft. 4 in. wide with 

 a shallow south transept at its west end 1 7 ft. 2 in. 

 long by 1 1 ft. 3 in. deep, central tower 1 7 ft. square, 

 north transept 27ft. 4 in. by i8ft. 1 1 in., south 

 transept 29 ft. 1 1 in. by 1 8 ft. 9 in., nave 73 ft. 6 in. 

 by 20 ft. 6 in., north aisle i8ft. 1 1 in. wide, south 

 aisle 2 1 ft. 3 in. wide, the latter with a small south 

 transept at its east end in line with the transept wall 

 and loft, wide, and a north porch. 



Apart from the destroyed chapel of St. Mary there 

 appears to have been on the site of All Saints a 

 1 2th-century church, probably successor of the one 

 mentioned in Domesday. A 1 2th-century doorway 

 is said to have been discovered in the west wall of 

 the nave when the modern restorations were begun 

 about 1865 ; unfortunately it was only discovered to 

 be again destroyed, but a photograph showing it was 

 taken and is preserved in the vestry. This church 

 must have been of considerable size and probably had 

 a central tower, some of the stones of which may be 

 still preserved in the piers and walling of the present 

 one ; it is said that when one of the piers was rebuilt 

 in the restoration of 1877-8 it was found that the 

 visible ashlar work was merely a casing about the 

 older work with which it had no real bond. The 

 south wall of the early nave and the present south 

 arcade probably coincided in position, but the nave 

 was evidently some 2 ft. narrower, the north wall 

 being moved outwards subsequently. There were 

 also probably transepts of a depth equal to the width 

 of the present aisles, but all vestiges of them are 

 destroyed, as also are those of the earlier chancel, 

 excepting for a length of roll mould in the jamb of 

 the arch opening into the north (Holy Trinity) 

 chapel. This length of mould appears to be of 

 1 3th-century date and points to the enlargement of 

 the 1 2th-century chancel Ly moving the north wall 

 outwards, keeping the south wall in its old position. 

 In fact the widening of both chancel and nave may 

 very well have taken place in the 1 3th century. If 

 the widening of the chancel took place in the 1 5th 

 century (the date of the rest of the arch) it seems 

 curious that this short length of mould should have 

 been re-used in a rebuilding when the remainder 

 was so thoroughly destroyed ; but the fact that the 

 mould was already in situ would assist in its preser- 

 vation. 



Before tracing the history of the present fabric, 

 mention should be made of the chapel of St. Mary, 

 which has now disappeared. It stood at the south- 

 east of the church next to the southr- chapel of 



Add. MS. 6167, fol. 250. 



509 Chan. Inq. p.m. 21 Edw. I, no. 

 50. 



410 The decrease of arable acreage is 

 remarkable. In 1383 there were 100 

 acres. Had 120 acres been enfranchised, 

 or alienated ? 



511 Chan. Inq. p.m. 21 Edw. I, no. 50. 



"* Cal. Pat. 1422-9, p. 205. 



518 Land Rev. Misc. Bks. vol. 198, 

 fol. 101 d. 



511 Parties, for Sale of Comn. Land 

 (Aug. Off.), R. 18. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. Ill (Add.), 

 no. 100. 



616 Cal. Pat. 1Z25-J2, p. 116. 



"7 Chan. Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. Ill (Add.), 

 no. I oo. 



Ibid. 



sl ^t>brev.Rot.Orig.(Rec.Com.),ri,lW. 



5M Ibid. In Cal. Pat. 1391-6, p. 58, 

 the name is given as Birton. 



506 



M Cal. Pat. 1391-6, p. 58. 



52a Ibid. 1399-1401, p. 292. 



5M L. and P. Htn. VIII, vii, g. 1498 



(36). 

 5 Ibid. 



MS Feet of F. Surr.'Hil. 28 Elir. 

 526 Ibid. East. 10 J I. 

 sa 'Ibid. East. 13 CR s. I. 

 5 *> Ibid. Trin. 1 7 C%is. I. 

 Ibid. Hil. 1 Jas. 

 Ibid. Hil. 1 8 Ge III. 



