ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 



Wandsworth. — John Knolls resigned in 155 1.' His successor George Sharp, instituted 

 by Poynet, went on under Queen Mary and died in 1561.'' 



WiNDLESHAM.— John Hill was instituted in March, 1562,^ in succession to John 

 Twistleton, who had been instituted in 1554, after the resignation of the last 

 incumbent.* 



WiTLEY.— James Grayn was instituted on 7 September, 1552, on the resignation of 

 Robert Strudell." It was here that ' the lewd and naughtie curate ' « had got into 

 trouble for 'using words' in 1544 ; and it seems as if the example was contagious, 

 for Thomas Byrche, who had been instituted by White in 1558, was in difficulties 

 for 'uttering lewd words of the Queen's Majesty' in March, 1559,^ before the 

 passing of the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity. He was deprived in 1564 * but 

 whether for recusancy or otherwise is unknown. 



APPENDIX No. II. 

 ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISIONS OF THE COUNTY 



The county was anciently wholly in the diocese of Winchester, with 

 the exception of the eleven parishes or districts included in the ancient 

 deanery of Croydon, which were in the diocese of Canterbury, for a pos- 

 sible reason suggested above.° The four ancient deaneries were Ewell, 

 Guildford, Southwark and Croydon. 



By the Taxation of Pope Nicholas IV., imposed in 1291, it appears 

 that the named parishes were distributed in the deaneries as follows:" 



Ewell. — The rectories of Addington, Ashsted, Beddington, Betch- 

 worth, Blechingley, Buckland, Chaldon, Chipsted, Cobham, Coulsdon, 

 Cuddington, Crowhurst, Long Ditton, Esher, Ewell, Farley, Gatton, 

 Godstone, Hedley, Horley, Letherhead, Lingfield, Limpsfield, Maiden, 

 Merton, Mickleham, Morden, Nutfield, Oxted, Sandersted, Stoke 

 d'Abernon, Sutton, Tandridge, Tatsfield, Titsey, Walton-on-the-Hill, 

 Warlingham, Woodmansterne, 



The rectories and vicarages of Bansted, Caterham, Carshalton, 

 Epsom, Farley, Kingston, Mitcham, Reigate. 



Guildford. — The rectories of Abinger, Albury, Alford, Ash, Great 

 Bookham, Byfleet, Chiddingfold, East Clandon, West Clandon, 

 Compton, Cranleigh, Dorking, Dunsfold, Effingham, Ewhurst, Fet- 

 cham, Guildford St. Mary's, Guildford St. Nicholas', Hambledon, 

 West Horsley, Leigh, St. Martha's, Merrow, Merstham, Newdigate, 

 Ockham, Ockley, Peperharow, Puttenham, Shalford, Shere, Stoke- 

 next-Guildford, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge, Windlesham, Witley, 

 Wonersh, Worplesdon, Wotton. 



The rectories of Bisley, Little Bookham, Guildford Trinity, Has- 

 combe and Wisley do not appear in 1291. 



1 Wiaton. Epis. Reg., Poynet, 2b. ^ Ibid. Home, 4a. 



3 Ibid. Home, 4b. * Ibid. Gardiner, 8. 



» Ibid. Poynet, 5. " V-CH. Surrey, i. 381. 



"> Acts P.C. (1558-70), pp. 64, 92. 

 8 Winton. Epis. Reg., Home, 9b. 



^ Ante, Eccl. Hist. p. ■}■ ^ ... ^ , , „ 



" Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 207-8. Chapels, not named, existed m Chiddingfold, Coulsdon, 

 Dorking, Famham, Warlingham and Witley parishes. 



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