A HISTORY OF SURREY 



Lady Mary Evelyn, 1696, Lady Anne Evelyn, 1669, 

 and to other members of the same family, also to An- 

 thony Balam, February 1691 2, Mary infant daughter 

 of Sir William Glynne, bart., 1692, and other later 

 slabs, besides some modern mural tablets. Several 

 ancient brasses were removed to the new building and 

 are now affixed to the walls. One at the east end of 

 the north aisle has the figures of a man in a long fur 

 gown and his wife, both with their hands in prayer. 

 The inscription below reads : ' Hie jacent Rofctus 

 Castelton armig? unp justic' dni Regis ad pacem in 

 Corn Surr ac Clicus ptitor' in SCcio eiusde dni R 

 apud Westffl et Elizabeth ux9 eius qui quidem Rofctus 

 obiit XXIII die Decebr an dSi millmo V c XXVII 

 cujus anime propicietur Deus Amen.' 



Below are the small figures of their six daughters; 

 but the indent only remains of the sons. There is 

 also a shield with their arms, on a bend three roundels 

 (? buckles). 



By the side of this brass is another of a knight and 

 lady of the Elizabethan period, but it has no inscrip- 

 tion. 



On the south wall of the chancel is a brass inscrip- 

 tion which reads : 



' Here lieth Maist' John Haymer M. of Arts and 

 late pson of this chirche of whose goods was dispende 

 an C Mck. among pore people and upon highways 

 nere unto this town and w'in the same on whose 

 soule Jhesu have mercy.' 



John Haymer was rector of the church from 1492 

 to 1535. These are the only antiquities preserved 

 in the church, which is a well-built structure, one of 

 the last designs of the late George Edmund Street, 

 and contains some good stained glass. The pulpit is 

 of stone, the font of green and white marble. Two 

 bells hang in a cote above the chancel arch. 



The churchyard is fairly large, having evidently 

 been augmented when the new church was erected ; 

 it contains many graves, and there are some large trees 

 around it, especially the older part at the south end. 

 A new lych-gate stands at the entrance to the north, by 

 the road. 



The communion plate consists of a silver cup dated 

 1659 but without a hall-mark, a stand paten with the 

 hall-mark of 1770, 'The gift of a worthy person 

 to the parish of Long Ditton,' a large silver flagon of 

 1715, a smaller cup and stand paten of 1894, and a 

 salver of 1856. The first book of the registers is a 

 parchment volume containing baptisms, marriages 

 and burials 1564 to 1655, the second is a large paper 

 book with baptisms 1659 to 1812, marriages 1659 to 

 1752, and burials 1658 to 1812 ; the third is a 

 paper copy of part of the second book, from 1695 to 

 1710 ; the fourth has marriages from 1754 to 1793, 

 and the fifth continues them to 1812. 



There is also a book of churchwardens' accounts 

 and vestry minutes dating from 1663, but it gives 

 little information as to the repairs to and state of the 

 fabric ; there were many repairs carried out in 1675, 

 and mention of three new bell-ropes and mending of 

 the wheels in 1676. In 1680 is an entry giving a 

 list of the communion plate as follows: ' (1)2 flaggons 



of pewter, (2) I chalice of silver with a cover to it of 

 silver, (3) 2 pattons of pewter, (4) a faire surplice, 

 (5) a table Cloath of Holland.' The list is continued 

 with later items : ' (6) a large coffin the gift of 

 Mr. Ro. Pocock, rector, (7) a large carpet of green 

 cloath for the Communion table, (8) a faire green 

 velvet cushion for the pulpit, the gift of Mrs. Sarah 

 Pocock, the wife of Mr. Ro. Pocock, rector A.D. 1690, 

 (9) a faire piece of plate to put the Communion bread 

 on in the fashion of a patten or Pattison, being the 

 gift of Mrs. Sarah Pocock, the wife of Mr. Robert 

 Pocock the present rector, Aprl 1696, (10) a Com- 

 mon Prayer Book, the gift of Madame Sophia Glynne 

 wife of Stephen Glynne, esq., given in August 1696, 

 (l l) a velvet cushion with a cloath round the pulpit 

 a rich fringe about it of crimson colour lined with 

 fine silk, 1699.' It would be interesting to know 

 whether in the sixth item the word ' coffin ' represents 

 a coffer or chest, or whether it is really a late 

 example of the common coffin used for the burial 

 service of poor persons who were interred simply in 

 their grave clothes. 



In 1716 George London, gent., gave a large Com- 

 mon Prayer Book for the Communion Table ; in 

 1720 John Willis, Virginia merchant and citizen of 

 London, gave a rich green velvet furniture for the 

 pulpit laced with a broad gold lace, and a cushion of the 

 same, for which the parishioners erected a new pulpit. 



In 1715 is a note of the anonymous gift of a silver 

 flagon. In 1778 the vestry decided to pull down 

 and rebuild the church, but no information is given 

 as to the progress and cost of the work, except that in 

 1779 the rector complained that the work was still 

 unfinished and money unobtainable. 



A church existed at Long Ditton 

 ADPOWSON at the time of the Domesday 

 Survey. 116 



The advowson was claimed by the Prior of 

 Merton at the end of the 1 3th century against the 

 lord of the manor of Long Ditton as having been 

 granted by Peter de Talworth to the Priory of Mer- 

 ton and confirmed by King Henry the elder. 117 

 The Priors of Merton presented until the Dis- 

 solution, but did not appropriate the church. 118 

 Edward VI granted the advowson of the rectory to 

 David Vincent 119 and the advowson then followed 

 the descent of the manor of Long Ditton. Anne 

 Evelyn, widow, presented in 1662 and 1665." 



Sir Evelyn Alston sold the advowson to Sir James 

 Clarke in 1 7OO. 111 An Act of Parliament was passed 

 in 1753 for the sale of the advowson after the death 

 of the Rev. Joseph Clarke, 1 " and it was then sold, 

 according to Manning and Bray, to Mrs. Pennicott. 

 George Elers, as a trustee for Mrs. Pennicott, pre- 

 sented in 1750,"* but he with Mary his wife sold the 

 advowson in 1 767 to New College, Oxford, " 4 to which 

 it still belongs. 



Smith's Charity, which amounts 

 CHARITIES to about 30 a year, is distributed 

 usually in clothing. Bishop Willis's 

 Visitation in 1725 mentions land called Kingswood 

 leased for relief of the poor. This is not the estate 

 upon which Smith's Charity is now charged. 



"6 V.C.H. Surr. i, 317. 



"7 Assize R. Surr. 876, m. I (7 Edw. I). 



118 Egerton MSS. 2031-3. 



119 Pat. 6 Edw. VI, pt. iv, m. 45. 

 o Inst. Bkt. (P.R.O.). 



U1 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 5 Geo. 1. 

 According to Manning and Bray it was 

 sold in 1719 to Dr. Joseph Clarke, the 

 rector. In 1714. Robert Coleman pre- 

 ented ; Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). 



$22 



laa Manning and Bray, Surr. Hi, 20. 

 Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). 

 " 4 Feet of F. Surr. HiU 7 Geo. Ill ; 

 Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). 



