KINGSTON HUNDRED 



RICHMOND 



ANNE op CLEVIS. 

 Gules a tharbocle or 

 groining out of a icut- 

 cheon argent. 



abbey of Bermondsey, where she died in 

 Henry, having appropriated the manor of Sheen, 

 held it throughout his reign, and changed its name 

 to Richmond. 106 In 1522 Henry VIII granted a 

 lease of the lordship of Richmond for thirty years to 

 Massi Villiarde, Serjeant of the king's pleasure-water, 

 and Thomas Brampton, with the exception of the 

 palace and the park, of which 

 they were only granted the 

 custody. 107 In 1 540 the king 

 bestowed the manor, palace, 

 and park upon Anne of Cleves 

 as part of the provision made 

 for her after her divorce.* 08 

 She granted a lease for eighty 

 years to David Vincent, which 

 was confirmed to him by Ed- 

 ward VI in 1547, a reserva- 

 tion being made of the palace 

 and park, or one of the parks, 

 belonging to it. 109 Later Vin- 

 cent transferred his lease to 



Gregory Lovel." Sir Thomas Gorges received a 

 grant of the keepership of the house, park, and garden, 

 with the wardrobe, vessels, and victuals, in 1597.'" 

 This grant was repeated to himself and his wife, the 

 Marchioness of Northampton, for their lives, about 

 1 603,"* and in 1607 Sir Thomas Gorges obtained 

 a grant of the manor for forty years, with the 

 exception of the palace, park, and ferry.*" Sir 

 Thomas died in l6lo," 4 and in the same year the 

 king granted the manor, palace, and park to Henry 

 Prince of Wales and his heirs. 21 * In January 1617, 

 a few years after the death of Prince Henry, they 

 were assigned to Sir Francis Bacon and others in 

 trust for Prince Charles, 116 who received a direct 

 grant of the manor, palace, 

 and park for himself and his 

 heirs in February of the same 

 year.' 17 As Charles I he is 

 said to have settled them on 

 his queen, Henrietta Maria, 

 in l626.' 18 A court leet, to 

 be held twice a year, was ap- 

 pointed for the manor of Rich- 

 mond in 1628, and the king 

 ordered that the tenants of the 

 manors of Richmond, Peters- 

 ham, and Ham should attend or. 

 it instead of the court leet at 

 Kingston, as had been the custom. Sir Robert 



HENRIETTA MARIA. 

 Azure three fieurs de Us 



Douglas was made steward of the court for life."* 

 In 1638 he, as Viscount Belhaven, was the keeper of 

 the palace and park, as well as steward of the court 

 leet and court baron ; but he surrendered these offices 

 in that year," and the king granted the custody of 

 the palace and park to James Stuart, Duke of 

 Lennox.* 21 In 1639 William Murray, afterwards 

 Earl of Dysart, 11 * was the lessee of Richmond Manor 

 under the queen, and on her determination to sur- 

 render it to the king, Murray petitioned for a grant 

 of the manor in fee-farm together with the court leet 

 and view of frankpledge. An order to this effect 

 was accordingly given,*" but was evidently not carried 

 out, as the manor remained part of the queen's jointure. 

 It became the property of Sir Gregory Norton, bart., 

 and later of his son Sir Henry Norton *" during the 

 Commonwealth, but was restored to Queen Henrietta 

 Maria in 1 66o." 5 In July of that year the custody 

 of the manor, palace, and park was consigned to 

 Edward Villiers, who petitioned that the grant might 

 extend during the lives of his two sons.** 6 Queen 

 Henrietta Maria did not die until l669,** 7 but per- 

 haps exchanged the manor with the king, as in 1664 

 it was granted with the ' capital messuage ' and the 

 park to James, Duke of York, afterwards James II, and 

 his heirs.** 9 On his accession he settled the manor 

 on his queen, Mary Beatrice, as part of her jointure. 1 * 9 

 It must have been appropriated with the rest of her 

 jointure by William and Mary, as in 1690 her 

 trustees desired that no grant of the manor might 

 be made until they were first heard on her behalf.* 30 

 The manor does not appear to have been granted out 

 again until 1733, when it was conferred by George II 

 upon George, Earl of Cholmondeley, to hold during 

 the life of Queen Caroline, 1 " who died in I737.* 51 

 In 1770 it was granted, exclusive of the site of 

 the palace, to Queen Charlotte for her life, by 

 George III. 13 * This is the last grant of the manor 

 that has been found, and it is now in the possession 

 of His Majesty King George V. 



One or more fisheries were appurtenant to the manor 

 from very early times. The first mention of a free 

 fishery occurs in an extent of the manor in I2g2. 134 



Among the customs claimed by the tenants of 

 Richmond Manor by grant of 1481 which still survive 

 is that of Borough English, or the succession of the 

 youngest son to all copyhold lands ; if there are no 

 sons the youngest daughter inherits. 136 



The church of ST. MARYMAGDA- 

 CHURCH LENE consists of a chancel, north organ- 

 chamber and vestry, south chancel aisle, 



ict. Nat. Biog. xvii, 199. 



*See above. 



W L. and P. Hen. Fill, iii (2), 2694. 



408 Ibid, xv, 899. In 1541 there was a 

 grant of the manor and advowson for life 

 to Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire (L. and P. 

 Hen. Vlll, xvi, 1500, p. 717), but this 

 date must be erroneous, as he died without 

 male heirs in 1539 (Exch. Inq. p.m. [Ser. 

 2], file 639, no. 4). 



a* Land Rev. Misc. Bks. cxc, foU 



IOO-2. 



210 Memo. R. Mich. 6 Eliz. rot. 95. 

 ul Cal. S.P. Dom. 1595-7, p. 490. 

 "'Ibid. 1603-10, p. 63 ; G.E.C. Peer. 



og', S 7- 



Ms Pat. 5 Jas. I, pt. jutvi, m. 20. There 

 is a grant of the palace to William Ris- 

 brooke dated 1605 in which Sir Thomas 

 Gorges it said to be deceased (Cal. S.P. 



Dom. 1580-1625, Addenda p. 471), but 

 apparently there is some error. A 

 grant of the reversion of the custody of 

 the palace and park was made to Sir 

 Edward Gorges, after Sir Thomas Gorges 

 and his wife, in 1608 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 

 1603-10, p. 395). 



" G.E.C. Peerage, vi, 70. 



nt Pat. 8 Jas. I, pt. xli, no. 2. 



816 Ibid. 14 Jat. I, pt. xx, no. 2 ; Exch. 

 Orig. R. L.T.R. 14 Jas. I, pt. iv, m. 126. 



"' Pat. 14 Jas. I, pt. x, no. 3. 



218 Manning and Bray, op. cit. i, 411. 

 No mention of the manor and palace can be 

 found in the documents quoted by Mann- 

 ing, but they evidently became part of the 

 queen's jointure. See Cal. S.P. Dom. 

 1638-9, p. 609. 



u 'Cal. S.P. Dom. 1628-9, PP- 3 z 9i 35> 

 399- 



543 



8:10 Ibid. 1637-8, p. 274. 

 911 Pat. 14 Chas. I, pt. xliii, no. 23, m. 

 10. 



M2 G.E.C. Peerage, iii, 228. 



133 Cal. S.P. Dom. 1638-9, p. 609. 



311 Notes of Fines, Surr. Mil. 1659. 



825 Commons' Journ. viii, 73. 



aM Cal. S.P. Dom. i66o-i,pp. 140,141. 



" Diet. Nat. Biog. xxv, 436. 



228 Pat. 1 6 Chas. II, pt. viii, no. J. 



229 Ibid, i Jas. II, pt. xii, m. I. 

 880 Cal. S.P. Dom. 1690-1, p. 28. 

 481 Pat. 10 Gco. Ill, pt. v, no. 7. 

 **Dict. Nat. Biog. ix, 144. 



" Pat. 10 Geo. Ill, pt. v, no. 7. 



994 Chan. Inq. p.m. zi Edw. I, no. 50 ; 

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



* Surr. Arch. Coll. (Surr. Arch. Soc.), 

 v, 97 ; Land Rev. Misc. Bks. ccxxvi, fol. 

 166-82. 



