A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



Edward Palmer, owner of Dews Hall (see below).'* It 

 subsequently descended along with that manor. 



St. John's Farm was mortgaged by William Browne 

 in 1658 to John Eyver of Tilty.s' Browne died in 

 1665 and was succeeded by William Browne, probably 

 his son. 5 8 In 1678 the latter sold the farm to William 

 Scott of Chigwell.5' In 1699 it was settled upon Scott's 

 daughter Anne on her marriage to William Derham, 

 Rector of Upminster.*" Derham (1657-1735) became 

 a Fellow of the Royal Society and published many 

 books and articles on science and theology. In 1 7 14 he 

 became chaplain to the Prince of Wales and in 1716a 

 canon of Windsor.*' In 1733 he sold St. John's farm 

 to Sir John Fortescue-Aland. The farm was thus 

 merged in the main manor of Lambourne and subse- 

 quently descended along with it (see above).*^ 



In 1723 the court of the manor was being held at a 

 house called Tobys 'near Clay Grove'.*^ 



In 1 84 1 St. John's farm consisted of 88 acres in the 

 occupation of James Clark.*'' In 1929 the area of the 

 farm was 1 60 acres.*5 



The manor o{ ARNEWAYS, whose name has been 

 corrupted to the modern ARNOLDS, probably took 

 its name from Adam Arneway, who is said to have held 

 land in Lambourne 'about the reign of Henry VI' 

 under the Earl of Oxford, who held the neighbouring 

 manor of Battles in Stapleford Abbots (q.v.).** This 

 tenure suggests that Arneways was originally part of 

 Battles. 



In 1525 Arneways was among the possessions of Sir 

 William Fitzwilliam of Milton (Northants.) and was 

 settled in that year to the uses of his will.*' He also 

 owned the manor of Hunts (see below), and his pro- 

 perty descended on his death in 1534 to his son and 

 heir Sir William.** In a list of owners drawn up about 

 1 543-6 Anthony Browne is given under Arneways.*' 

 By 1556, however, Arneways and Hunts had come to 

 Robert Taverner, lord of the manors of Pryors (see 

 below) and Lambourne-and-Abridge (see above) who 

 died in that year.''" Arneways remained in the posses- 

 sion of Thomas, son of Robert Taverner, after Lam- 

 bourne-and-Abridge had been sold, and descended on 

 Thomas's death in 1610 to his son Robert." In 1625 

 Robert Taverner sold Arneways and Pryors to Robert 

 Draper, merchant tailor of London.'^ Taverner evi- 

 dently remained tenant of the estate. Draper died in 

 1635 and was succeeded by his younger son William.'-' 

 At its fullest extent the Taverner estate probably com- 

 prised about 500 acres. 



In 1 64 1 William Draper of Oxford sold Arneways 

 to Robert Broomfield of Stratford.''* The estate de- 

 scended to John Broomfield, son of John, son of Robert, 

 who in 168 1 assigned the lease of Arneways 'heretofore 

 in the occupation of Robert Taverner', to John Todd 

 of Walthamstow." In 1687 this estate 'once in the 

 occupation of Robert Taverner and afterwards of Lance 

 Nash' was sold to John Todd.'* Todd is said to have 



5* CP25(2)/550B Trin. 1649. 



57 E.R.O., D/DLo T56. 



58 Ibid. 59 Ibid. 

 "> Ibid. " D.N.B. 

 '2 E.R.O., D/DLo T56. 

 '3 E.R.O., D/P 181/8/1. 

 «« E.R.O., D/CT 202. 

 «! E.R.O., Sale Cat. A. 1046. 

 " Morant, Essex, i, 173. 

 " Earl Fitzwilliam (Milton) Deeds, 



1725, 1726. This reference has been pro- 

 vided by Mr. A. A. Dibben. For Fitz- 

 william see also Gaynes Park in Theydon 

 Garnon and Marshalls in North Weald. 



'8 CH2/57/20. 



69 E.A.T.,ti.s. ix, 217; E.R.O., D/DRg 

 1/197. 



■"> C142/109/54.. 



'■ C60/456, No. 44. For the Taverner 

 pedigree see Visits, of Essex (Harl. Soc), 

 498. 



'2 E.R.O.,T/A44,p. 319. 



" C142/52S/130. 



"t E.R.O.,T/A44, p. 319. 



75 Ibid. ■"• Ibid. 



" Morant, Essex, i, 173, 169. It is not 

 clear whether the estate remained per- 

 manently divided. A Mr. Church owned 



given half the estate to William Church, who married 

 his daughter; their daughter and heir married Peter 

 Searle who sold Arneways to Thomas Scott (d. 1733) 

 of Woolston in Chigwell (q.v.)." The estate passed, to 

 Thomas's son George Scott who was holding it in 1746. 

 A map of the farm was drawn for George Scott in that 

 year by Josiah Taylor.'* Arnolds then consisted of 2 1 5 

 acres in Lambourne, most of which lay opposite the 

 farm-house to the south of the main road. There were 

 also a few acres in Stapleford Abbots. George Scott 

 still held the farm in 1771," but by 1782 it was owned 

 by Edward Sewell.*" He was returned as the owner 

 until 1788 when the farm belonged to Mrs. Sarah 

 Sewell, probably his widow.*' After Mrs. Sewell's 

 death about 1801 Arneways came to Samuel Sewell 

 who still held it in 1841.*^ In the latter year the farm 

 consisted of 203 acres in Lambourne. It was occupied 

 by Mrs. Kitty Collyer and Philip B. Collyer.sj The 

 Collyer family had been tenants since 1788.*^ 



Arnolds Farm was advertised for sale in 1843. It 

 was then stated to contain 203 acres freehold in Lam- 

 bourne and a further 10 acres copyhold of the manor 

 of Stapleford Abbots. *s It was bought by Samuel 

 Crane, whose family continued to farm it until about 

 19 16 when it was sold to Mr. Jacob Saward. In 1925 

 the farm was bought by Mr. A. Clarke, whose son, 

 Mr. H. E. Clarke, is the present owner.** 



The manor house, now a farm, is a timber-framed 

 and weather-boarded structure with three gables to the 

 front. Its present plan, which is approximately square, 

 is the result of additions and alterations at various dates. 

 The centre part of the front was once a 15th-century 

 open hall, divided into two bays by a massive arch- 

 braced roof truss with a rebated king-post. Smoke- 

 blackened roof timbers indicate that there was an open 

 hearth, probably in the eastern bay. Flanking the hall 

 to east and west are two-story cross-wings, each with a 

 front gable. These are probably of the same date or 

 a little later. A ceiling has now been inserted in the hall 

 and the central gable constructed to give light and head- 

 room on the upper floor. The original truss has been 

 incorporated in a bedroom partition. These alterations 

 were probably made early in the i6th century. At 

 about the same time a central chimney was inserted and 

 a new two-story wing built out behind the hall. This 

 would give a somewhat unusual T-shaped plan, the 

 chimney providing fire-place openings both in the hall 

 and the new wing. The ground-floor room of the added 

 wing has fine moulded ceiling beams and joists of typical 

 early-i6th-century character and there is said to be a 

 carved external bressummer, now covered over, at the 

 north end.*' The next addition was probably the north 

 extension of the east cross-wing, which incorporates a 

 17th-century staircase. On the first floor of the west 

 cross-wing there is panelling of the late i6th or early 

 17th century, and later still this wing was also extended 

 northwards, giving the house its present square plan. 



Arnolds In 1723: E.R.O., D/P 181/8/1. 



78 Map in possession of Mr. H. E. 

 Clarke of Arnold's Farm and kindly lent 

 to the editor. A photo, of this : E.R.O., 

 T/M 227. 



'9 Hist. Essex by Gent, iv, 24. 



80 E.R.O., Q/RPl 687. 



81 Ibid. 688-93. 



82 Ibid. 694-737; D/CT 202. 



83 Ibid. D/CT 202. 



84 Ibid. Q/RPl 693 f. 



85 E.R.O., Sale Cat. B. 168. 

 ss Inf. from Mr. H. E. Clarke. 

 87 Ibid. 



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