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ESTATE Rentals and Accounts
Rentals, accounts, bills and receipts for Hastingleigh Court Lodge Farm, leased by Sarah Ashdown from the Governors of St. Thomas' Hospital, London, which was managed for her by her son-in-law, Henry Streatfeild, through an agent, John Jenkins
FILE -
Receipts for rent
paid to St. Thomas Hospital by Henry Streatfeild on behalf of Sarah Ashdown - ref. U908/E10/4
- date: 1691-1692
FILE - List
and
valuation of animals and hay with appended an account of the sale by
Henry
Streatfeild to his father-in-law, John
Ashdown, of some of
this
farm stock
- ref.
U908/E10/5 -
date: c.1670
AGREEMENTS
FILE -
Agreement between
John Ashdown of
Chiddingstone yeoman, and
Richard Streatfeild of
Chiddingstone, 15th February 1648/9 - ref.
U908/E17 -
date: 1649
FAMILY
Streatfeild Family Letters and papers connected with the compilation of a family pedigree by Henry Streatfeild (d.1747)
FILE - Lists
made 1742
of the names of members of the Woodgate, Ashdown, Birsty
and other families related to the Streatfeilds, found in Hever
registers,
1632-1736 - ref.
U908/F2/25
- date: 1742
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MANORIAL
In the following
catalogue the names of the lord and the bailiff are noted for each
court and
any references to families such as Streatfeild, Seyliard, Burgh,
Willoughby,
Medhurst, Ashdown
and
others who appear frequently in the
documents in the collection. Also noted are the names of such well
known and
important families as Boleyn, Cobham and Clinton. References to
properties for
which there are also title deeds are included.
The entries for
transfers
of properties in the rolls are often several years after the date of
the conveyances connected with the same transfers
to be found in the bundles of title deeds. Any entries of an unusual
nature are noted but routine
business is not mentioned.
Manor of
Chiddingstone Burgherst
(Burghersh, Burghurst) otherwise Burwash in Chiddingstone, Hever,
Edenbridge
and Cowden
FILE
- File of draft paper court rolls for
the manors of Chiddingstone Burgherst and Rendeslegh -
ref.
U908/M3 -
date:
1485-88; 1497,
1499, 1501-04, 1542-43
Court held 22nd May 1488
for Rendeslegh; lord not given;
Richard
Ashdown essoined
FILE - Engrossed parchment court roll for the manors of Chiddingstone Burgherst and Hersbroke - ref. U908/M4 - date: 1541, 1545, 1554
Court held 30th Sept. 1541 for Chiddingstone Burgherst; lord as above; William Pollenger, William Pygott, Henry Asshdown, Ralph Asshdown and Elizabeth, widow of Richard Ashdown were the homage; Richard Potter, gent., the heirs of Sir Edward Boorrough and George Sellierd among those in mercy for non-attendance; George Sellyard chosen as bailiff
FILE
- Engrossed parchment court roll -
ref.
U908/M13 -
date: 1599, 1602,
1605, 1608
Court baron
held 27 Oct. 1605; lord
as above;
Richard Streatfeild one of the homage; Lady Katherine Burgh and John
Courthope
gent. among those in
mercy for
non-attendance; George Saxby fined for not executing the office of
bailiff;
John Courthope, gent. chosen as bailiff for the current year and John Ashdown senior for
the next;
Richard Streatfeild one of
the assessors
Court
baron held 7th
Oct. 1608; Dorothy
Berisford, widow, lady for three parts and Thomas Selyard, esq. for the
fourth
part; Lady Katherine Burgh, widow, Kenelm Willoughby gent., John
Courthope,
gent. and Silvestre Streatfeild among those in mercy for
non-attendance; John
Courthope fined for not executing the office of bailiff;
John Ashdown chosen as bailiff
for
the current year and Henry Jesopp for the next.
FILE
- Engrossed parchment court roll of
the combined manors of Chiddingstone Burgherst and Smythstreet - ref.
U908/M15 -
date: 1617, 1619, 1621,
1625, 1628, 1630
Court
baron held 3rd Oct. 1619;
Thomas
Seyliard, lord; includes alienation by
John Porter of a croft called Ashawer; reference to Buckhurst [see
T158]; Lady
Katherine Burgh, Kenelm Willoughby, the heirs of John Courthope and
Richard
Streatfeild among those in mercy for non-attendance; William Luck,
junior,
chosen as bailiff for the present year and
Robert Ashdown for the next.
FILE
- Court rolls for Chiddingstone
Burgherst for 1672 with two copies of a rental 1672 and for 1690 with an estreat
roll 1690 - ref.
U908/M18 -
date: 1672,
1690
Rental, 1672 giving
details of 35
holdings including one copyhold, held by 24 tenants including Thomas
Seyliard,
Richard Streatfeild, Stephen Streatfeild and Henry Streatfeild in right
of his
wife, a daughter of John
Ashdown, mainly in
Chiddinstone but
three holdings in Penshurst, one in Hever and one in Cowden 2 copies
Manor of
Chiddingstone Cobham in Chiddingstone, Penshurst and Cowden
FILE
- A file of draft paper court rolls -
ref.
U908/M50 -
date: 1572-1603
Court
baron held 7th Sept. 1586;
lady as
above; Robert Goldsmyth, bailiff; Henry Streatfeild one of the homage:
in mercy
as above; records alienation of Gilridge [see T178] by Christopher
Willoughby
to his son Kenelm and by Kenelm Willoughby to
Henry Ashdown;
Robert
Goldsmyth
removed from the office of bailiff and replaced by John Hollomby alias
Nicholas; Henry Streatfeild one of the assessors of the court;
memorandum on
the custom of the manor that on death and alienation both heriot and
relief are
due to the lord the seller paying heriot if he disposes of all his
holding but
if he remains a tenant for any part none is payable and the buyer pays
relief.
Court
baron held 30th April
1595; lords
as above; the heirs of Henry Hiblethorpe, bailiff; Henry Streatfeild
one of the
homage; Kenelm Willoughby and William Seyliard among those in mercy for
non-attendance; Ann
Ashdown to exercise the
office of bailiff by
a deputy for the next year and
to be succeeded by Henry
Ashdown; Henry Streatfeild
one of the
assessors of the court.
Court baron held 14th April, 1603; lady as above; Robert Goldsmyth chosen as bailiff; Percival Willoughby, Kenelm Willoughby, Thomas Seyliard in mercy for non-attendance; John Courthope appears; John Sidley in right of his wife Joan who was the wife of John Ashdown does fealty for Gilridge [see T178]
FILE
- Engrossed parchment court rolls -
ref.
U908/M52 -
date: 1632-62
Court
baron held 10th Oct. 1639
by Thomas
Weller, steward; no lord given; records alienation by Henry Ashdown
to Robert Streatfeild
and his son Richard of Gilridge [see T178] and by Thomas Willoughby to
John
Seyliard of Hillyfields and by Silvestre Streatfeild to Margaret Moodie
of
several parcels of land; memorandum that it has been
the custom of the manor since time immemorial for the lord
to have straying animals and for the tenants to chose a bailiff;
William
Woodgate chosen as bailiff
FILE
- Engrossed parchment court roll -
ref.
U908/M53 -
date: 1700, 1717
Court
baron held 3rd Oct. 1700
by Thomas
Streatfeild, steward, for Henry Streatfeild and Anne Luddington, widow,
heiress
of Jane Taylor, widow, lord and lady;
Stephen Streatfeild one of the homage; John Seyliard and Richard
Streatfeild
among those in mercy for non-attendance; records alienation to Henry
Streatfeild by Sir Thomas Seyliard of Hunts [see T51]; inheritance by
William
Woodgate from Richard Streatfeild of Chested, of Gilridge [see T178];
inheritance
by Henry Streatfeild from Sara
Ashdown of Larkins and
Jemetts Field [see
T13];
inheritance by Richard Streatfeild from his
mother Sara Streatfeild of meadow land which she had inherited from
Thomas Woodgate; alienation to Henry
Streatfeild by Richard Hayward of a house, part of a barn and a garden
in
Chiddingstone town; death of Stephen Streatfeild and inheritance of his
property by his son Stephen; Richard Streatfeild chosen as bailiff.
FILE
- Engrossed parchment rental for
Chiddingstone Cobham dated 1669 - ref. U908/M55
- date: 1669
Showing
25 holdings held by 25
tenants
including Sir Thomas Seyliard, Thomas Seyliard of Salmons, Richard
Streatfeild
of Chested, Widow
Ashdown at present
afterwards Henry
Streatfeild in right of his wife, Widow
Streatfeild; payments in money, hens and cocks
Manor of Leighton-in-Cowden, Hever and Edenbridge
FILE
- Engrossed parchment court roll for
courts held for Leighton-in-Cowden and Berytrowe [in Hartfield] - ref.
U908/M76 -
date: 1564-73
Court
baron held 4th Oct. 1564
for
Leighton-in-Cowden; John Palmer, steward; Thomas Wickenden of Ludwells
one of
the homage; John Tichborne and William Wickenden among those in mercy
for
non-attendance; records alienation by
Thomas Wickenden and George Wickenden of Cowden Street of their
property
to John Ashdown and his alienation to
William
Turner; Richard Weyinner chosen as bailiff.
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TITLE DEEDS
Chiddingstone
etc. FILE - Messuage,
Four
Acres and the Grove in Chiddingstone - ref.
U908/T1 -
date: 1523-1567
Messuage,
garden, orchard and
two parcels
of land containing 14a.; the messuage abutting to the street on the
south, to
the lands of Henry
Ashdown north and west, to
the lands of
Andrew Furmyger and to the
Parsonage land, east; Four Acres
abutting to the Parsonage land, south west, to Churchfield, east and
south, to
Targatefield, north, to Hawfield, west; The Grove abutting to
Targetfield,
south, to Grovemead and Pyrremead, east, to Marles, east and to
Targetcroft,
west
Consists of copies made
in 1733 of wills of the Piggott family, 1638-88, and the marriage
settlement of
Henry Piggott and Mary
Ashdown, 1708, the
original settlement and the
conveyance of 1713 to Henry Streatfeild being with the deeds of
Skinners, see U908/T147. The rest
of the property bought in
1713 reverted to the
Piggott family and was not re-purchased by the Streatfeild family until
1783
(For gavelkind partition, 1602, of the property of Henry Piggott
allotting
Withers to his eldest son, William, see
U908/T157)
FILE
- Rock
House [endorsed as the Castle
Inn] in Chiddingstone [see
also U908/P82] - ref.
U908/T94 -
date:
1622-1738
Includes,
1622, William Beecher
to his
brother Richard, sons of Henry Beecher of Chiddingstone, butcher, when
called
the Bell with a slaughter house and also included Chiddingstone Crofts
in
Penshurst hitherto part of Vexour Farm; 1634, Richard Beecher of
Croydon, co.
Surrey, butcher to John
Ashdown of Chiddingstone,
yeoman, Rock House
and Chiddingstone Crofts; 1666,
John Ashdown
to Thomas Wakelyn of Chiddingstone, butcher, Rock House and
Chiddingstone
Crofts; 1677, copy of Thomas Wakelyn's will; 1683, mortgage William
Wakelyn to
Henry Streatfeild of Rock House only; 1683, deed to lead the uses of a
fine of
Wakelyn family property including Hole Farm, Cowden, [see
U908/T19]; 1684, release by William Wakelyn to Henry
Streatfeild; 1695, William Wakelyn to
John Ashdown;
1712,
John Ashdown
to
Thomas Weller with
deed to lead the uses of a fine also including property in the
Shambles,
Sevenoaks; 1714, Thomas Weller's redemption of a mortgage to Richard
Boakes of
Chiddingstone, yeoman; 1733, mortgage. Thomas Weller to George
Summerton of
Tonbridge, blacksmith; 1737, conveyance to Henry Streatfeild
and
assignment of mortgage
FILE
- The
Court House of the manor of
Chiddingstone Cobham with Lower Hill Field in Chiddingstone
-
ref.
U908/T96 -
date: 1663-1743
Includes,
1663, 1673, purchase
by the
then tenant of the house, Thomas
Wakelyn of Chiddingstone, butcher, of the shares of the co-heirs of
Thomas
Streatfeild; 1666, John
Ashdown to Thomas Wakelyn of
Lowerhill; 1678,
Thomas Wakelyn to Benjamin
Wakelyn of Lower Hill; 1693, mortgage by Benjamin Wakelyn to John Speed
of
Chiddingstone, yeoman, of Lower Hill; 1695, Benjamin Wakelyn to Anne
Woodgate
of Chiddingstone, widow, of Court House and Lower Hill; 1736, lease of
Lower
Hill, Anne Leggatt to Henry Streatfeild for 21 years at £3
p.a.;
1739,
conveyance to Henry Streatfeild and grant of annuity to Mrs. Leggatt;
1737-39,
bills for repairs; 1740-42, accounts and receipts for
annuity;
1739-43, correspondence.
FILE
- Hoath
Farm and Geers or Truggers in
Chiddingstone [see also
U908/P57] - ref.
U908/T120 -
date:
1603-1759
Includes, 1603, Thomas
Waters of Chiddingstone, yeoman, to
Mathew
Tye of Chiddingstone, yeoman, messuage called Geers and land (43a.)
excluding 1
daywork of land in the Riddens and 1 daywork of land in the Further
Grottons;
1610, mortgage, Mathew Tye to John
Ashdowne, the elder,
of
Chiddingstone, yeoman, of Geers; 1616, quitclaim by Robert Ashdown of
Cowden to his brothers, John
and
Mathew Ashdown of Chiddingstone,
yeomen, of Geers; 1621, Mathew
Ashdown to Henry Ashdown
of
Chiddingstone, tailor, of
Geers; 1625, Walter Woodgate to his
son,
William, messuage called
Truggers and
land (50a.) with land called Rookes Hoath (24a.); 1626, Henry Ashdown to William
Woodgate, the younger,
of Chiddingstone, seven
parcels of land (16a.) called Geers Land, part of Geers; 1643, John
Care of
Chiddingstone, carpenter, to William Woodgate of Chiddingstone, yeoman,
tenement and land at Rendley's Hoath; 1652, John Seyliard of Delaware
to Thomas
Woodgate of Chiddingstone, yeoman, Robert Land (34a.) at Rendley's Hoath;
1655, marriage settlement of Thomas
Woodgate of Chiddingstone, yeoman, and Anne, daughter of Michael
Bassett of
Chiddingstone, yeoman, Truggers and Geers Land with a messuage and land
(8a.)
at Renley's Hoath in Chiddingstone; 1664, deed to lead the uses of a
fine by
John Sage of Speldhurst, cordwainer, of Geers and land (20a.) and
woodland
(8a.); 1665, John Sage to Thomas Woodgate of Geers; 1714, will of
William
Woodgate leaving his property to his brother, Thomas; 1723, will of
Thomas
Woodgate of Chiddingstone, gent., bequeathing his property to his
natural son,
John Longley; 1735, deed to lead the uses of a recovery of John Longley alias Woodgate's property in
Chiddingstone, Hever, Cowden and
Lingfield, co. Surrey and
Rotherfield, co. Sussex, 1735, 1741,
1755,
mortgages and assignments; 1759, conveyance to Henry Streatfeild and
assignment
of mortgage]
FILE
- Hamptons
alias Hampkins in
Penshurst
- ref. U908/T144
- date: 1693-1779
Includes,
1693, conveyance by
Benjamin
Wakelin of Chiddingstone, yeoman and his wife, Mary, to
John Ashdown, the younger,
of Leigh-next-Tonbridge, yeoman; 1712, mortgage,
John Ashdown
to Valentine Hayward
of
Tatsfield, co. Surrey,
yeoman, with
cottages called the Castle in Kemsing; 1716, assignment to
Robert Baldwin of Wrotham,
yeoman; 1735,
assignment to Henry Piggott of Chiddingstone, yeoman; 1753, assignment
by
Nicholas Piggott of Chiddingstone, yeoman, to John Saxby of Penshurst,
yeoman,
on Hamptons only; 1766, assignment by Robert Saxby of Penshurst, yeoman,
son of John Saxby to Thomas Harvey of
Tonbridge, esq., on Hamptons only; 1774,
assignment by Thomas Harvey
to Ann Streatfeild; 1777, assignment
by Ann
Streatfeild to her son, Henry Streatfeild. (For gavelkind partition of
Piggott
family, 1602, affecting this property
see U908/T157.)
FILE
- Great
Batts in Chiddingstone and
Cowden [see also U908/P61] -
ref.
U908/T152
- date: 1723-1794
Includes,
1723 mortgage by
John Ashdown Sussex, clerk,of
Leigh
to Thomas Streatfeild of Chiddingstone;
1733, assignment to Edward Bennett of East Grinstead, co. Sussex,
yeoman, the
property having been inherited in 1729 by Henry Piggott and Nicholas
Piggott;
1752, copy of the will of Nicholas Piggott leaving his property to
Nicholas
Driver; 1753, assignment to David Langton, Thomas Durnford and John
Howard of
London in trust for Anne
Bowyer,formerly Bennett; 1754, assignment to John Bethume of East
Grinstead,
co. Sussex, surgeon and apothecary; 1767, assignment to Ann
Streatfeild; 1773,
assignment to Thomas Lamb of Rye, co. Sussex, the property having been
inherited by Thomas and John Driver; 1773, 1778, further mortgages by
Thomas
and John Driver to Thomas Lamb and his trustee, Jeremiah Curteis of
Rye,
including Skinners, Tanhouse, Brookhoath and the Ryes in
Chiddingstone [see U908/T147]; 1783,
assignment to Richard Curteis of Tenterden, gent. of 1778 mortgage;
1783,
Thomas and John Driver's release in trust to sell to Jeremiah Curteis
and
Richard Clarke with Skinners etc. [see U908/T147] and Colemans in
Cowden,
Chissells Hall, the Screed Lands,
Milkhouse Crofts, land at Marsh Green, Hillards all in Edenbridge;
1784,
mortgage by Thomas and John Driver to Rev.
William Delves of Crowhurst, co. and Elizabeth and Henrietta
Delves of Frant, co. Sussex,
spinsters, of Great Batts and property
in Cowden and Edenbridge, mentioned above; 1787, assignment to Edward
Sheppard of Lydd,gent.; 1788, assignment to James Bowlden of Lydd,
yeoman;
1788, mortgage by Thomas and John Driver and trustees to Thomas Lamb of
Rye,
co. Sussex, with Cowden and Edenbridge property; 1790, assignment of
James
Bowlden's mortgage to Thomas Shoosmith of Lydd, gent.; 1792, assignment
of
Thomas Lamb's mortgage to Joseph Sladen of Folkestone, esq.; 1794,
assignments
of both mortgages and conveyance of Great Batts to Henry Streatfeild
with legal bill
FILE
- Kitchen
Croft in Chiddingstone and
Larkins [Lorkins] in Penshurst
[see also P2, 50] (Spelt Larkins
on the Ordnance
Survey and in the title of P60 but Lorkins in the deeds and in the
individual
field names such as
Lorkinshope in both
deeds and maps.) - ref.
U908/T12
- date: 1648, 1679
[Formerly
property of the Ashdown
family and acquired as a result of the marriage in 1665 of Henry
Streatfeild
and Sarah Ashdown, see U908/T312]
[Includes,
1648, marriage settlement of John
Ashdown of Hever, yeoman
and Sarah Woodgate, widow, d. of Richard Streatfeild of Penshurst,
yeoman, the
property then being in the occupation of Richard Streatfield, with
provision
for an annuity out of Lorkins as jointure; also 1648, additional
settlement, in
compensation of claims for dower by Joan, wife of John Ashdown,
senior, on the
property settled on John Ashdown, junior,
of a
moiety of the manor or messuage called the Colt in Cowden; 1679 deed to
lead
the uses of a fine by Henry Streatfeild and w. Sarah, also includes
Cinderhill
in Leigh [see
U908/T16]
Early deeds of Larkins [Lorkins] and of Jemetts Field and of the Hope in Penshurst
FILE
- One
parcel of meadow called the Hope
(1½a.) - ref.
U908/T13/14
-
date: 1628
In
Penshurst abutting to
Hamptons and
Jennett field, south, to the river east, north and west; Thomas
Seyliard of
Delaware in Brasted, esquire, to
John
Ashdown of Chiddingstone,
yeoman, 23rd Jan.
1627/8
FILE
- Manorial services of fealty, suit of
court, heriot, relief and an annual rent of 6d. due to the manor of
Chiddingstone
Burgherst from the Hope - ref.
U908/T13/15
- date: 1630
Quitclaimed by Thomas
Seyliard to John Ashdown
except for
the 6d. rent,
28th Dec. 1630
Cinderhill
Cinderhill
[Sinderhill]
alias Gylwyns Blackhoath in Leigh-next-Tonbridge
[Formerly
property of the Ashdown
family and probably acquired as a result of the marriage in 1665 of
Henry
Streatfeild and Sarah
Ashdown]
FILE
- Admission of John Ashdown, junior -
ref.
U908/T16/22
- date: 1639
Son
of John Ashdown, senior and w.
Agnes,
who was the daughter of John Mills, on the death of John Mills, to a
tenement
and lands called Gylwyns (16a.) in Leigh, 20th Aug. 1639
FILE
- A messuage called Sinderhill in
Leigh and land (18a.) - ref. U908/T17/1 -
date: 1651
John
Ashdown of
Chiddingstone, yeoman, to Thomas Medhurst of Leigh, yeoman,
for
11 years at £12 p.a.; with penalty
clauses for converting meadow into arable or for cultivating more than
4a. in
any year of the last four years of the term; the tenant to plant twelve
fruit
trees of apple or pear.
Wickenden Family
FILE
- Fine; quarter part of a messuage
and
land in Cowden - ref. U908/T35/1 -
date: 1562
John
Ashdown, querent,
Thomas Wickenden and w.
Joan, deforciants
T100-107 concern the
property of Thomas Streatfeild of Chiddingstone inherited by his nephew
Henry
Streatfeild under the terms of Thomas' will in 1752
Earlier
deeds of
Whistlers alias Joan Robbins in Edenbridge
FILE
- A messuage in Edenbridge Street and
a moiety of three pieces of land called Whistlers alias Joan Robbins - ref.
U908/T104/15 -
date: 1697
Containing
3a. and a moiety of
one other
parcel of land of the same name containing 3a.; Katherine Sanders of
Speldhurst, widow, to Thomas Ashdown
of
Lingfield, co. Surrey,
yeoman, 21st September 1697
FILE
- As U908/T104/15 but whole not a
moiety - ref.
U908/T104/16
- date: 1697
Mortgage
by Thomas Ashdown to Thomas Kenner
of
Crowhurst, co. Surrey, yeoman, 4th October 1697
Earlier deeds of Riddens in Chiddingstone
FILE
- Parcel of land called Riddens (8a.)
in Chiddingstone, part of the demesne of the manor of
Chiddingstone Burgherst - ref.
U908/T125/1 -
date: 1652
Abutting
to the road from
Chiddingstone
town to Rendley's Hoath, east and to a lane leading to Geers, north;
the
trustees under the will of Thomas Seyliard of Delaware, Brasted to Robert Ashdown of
Chiddingstone, yeoman
FILE
- As U908/T125/1, John Ashdown
of
Chiddingstone, yeoman - ref.
U908/T125/2
-
date:
1703
Earlier deeds of two parcels of land in Chiddingstone
FILE
- Two pieces of land and wood
containing 4½a. in Chiddingstone - ref.
U908/T127/1 -
date: 1621
Abutting
to the highway from
Chiddingstone to Geers, west and which were formerly part of the farm
called
Geers; Mathew
Ashdown of Cowden, yeoman to
Thomas Saunders
of Chiddingstone, yeoman
Earlier deeds of Hammerhaw, Truggers and other lands in Chiddingstone, conveyed with Coles Farm [see U908/T129]
FILE
- Four parcels of land in
Chiddingstone called Crutchfields and
Dungcroft in Chiddingstone - ref.
U908/T131/13 -
date: 1740
Which
had been purchased by
Thomas
Streatfeild and his son John, from
Thomas and James Hollamby, also Charcott Farm in Leigh and Tonbridge,
formerly
belonging to John
Ashdown, devised by him to
William Streatfeild
and purchased by John
Streatfeild from William Streatfeild, also Goldsmiths in Chiddingstone
which
had belonged to Thomas, father of John Streatfeild, also four messuages
in
Cowden called Priors, Glovershaw and Alcocks formerly belonging to
Richard
Streatfeild, also Claydon Farm, Cowden, formerly belonging to Richard
Streatfeild; John Streatfeild of Leigh, yeoman and his wife, Ruth, to
Richard
Brown of Bermondsey, co. Surrey, fellmonger
Earlier deeds of Skinners in Chiddingstone
FILE
- As U908/T148/2, with a moiety of the
manor
of Cowden and a new built
messuage with lands -
ref.
U908/T148/3 -
date: 1708
Called
Perryfield (7½a.),
Upper Hopgarden
(1a.), Parkfield (2a.), Butteswell Mead (5½a.), Little
Moorey
Mead (2½a.),
Cantrell (4½a.), Great Moorey Mead (3a.), Churchfield
(18a.),
the Mead
adjoining (1½a.) in Cowden; marriage settlement of Henry
Piggott
of
Chiddingstone, yeoman and Mary, daughter of John Ashdown, the elder, of
Chiddingstone, yeoman
Earlier deeds of Batts in Chiddingstone
FILE
- Messuage called Batts,
close,
garden, orchard and nine parcels of land (44a.) at Renslieshoath in
Chiddingstone - ref.
U908/T153/1 -
date: [1602]
Abutting
to the road from
Edenbridge to
Renslieshoath on north also land called
Biltons, Tare grotten and Longcroft containing 30a. in Chiddingstone
and
Cowden; land and wood called Gilmanshoath and Skutteshoath with a
little house
built on the first and a piece of waste adjoining in all 10a. in
Chiddingstone
abutting to two highways on the north,
west and south; marriage settlement of Robert Ashdown. son of John Ashdown, the elder,
of Chiddingstone, yeoman, and Agnes, daughter of Robert French, the
elder, of
Seal
FILE
- Annuity out of property in
U908/T153/1 - ref.
U908/T153/2 -
date: 1636
Marriage
settlement of Robert
Ashdown, the
younger of Chiddingstone, yeoman and Jane, daughter and co-heir of
Henry
Chapman of Westerham, yeoman
Earlier deeds of Gilridge in Chiddingstone and Penshurst
FILE
- Barn and land known as Gilridge
Barn
or Gilridge Lands in
Chiddingstone and Penshurst -
ref.
U908/T178/1 -
date: 1585
Containing
80a. except for the
trees on
the land which can be felled by the seller within three years after the
sale of
the property, apart from three oaks, two walnut trees and a chestnut
tree near
the barn; Kenelm Willough by of Penshurst,
gent., to Henry
Ashdown of Chiddingstone,
yeoman
FILE
- Messuage and nine parcels of land
(80a.) called Gilridge in Chiddingstone and Penshurst and
£100
allotted to
Henry Ashdown
- ref. U908/T178/2 -
date: 1615
Also
a messuage where John
Ashdown
and
his
mother, Joan Sedley dwell with three parcels of land called Kitchen
Croft and
Marten Fields (15a.) abutting to Chiddingstone High Street, north, and
two
parcels of land called Hawghfield (14a.) belonging to the same messuage
abutting to Parsonage Field and The Four Acres, east, to Targatfield,
north,
and to the highway, west and south, and four parcels of land of which
one was
called Jemetts Field and the other three Lovekyns alias Lorkyns (20a.)
belonging to the same tenement in Penshurst abutting to the highway on
the
south and the river on the north [see U908/T12], allotted to John Ashdown; gavelkind
partition between Henry
and John, sons of
John Ashdown
of
Chiddingstone, yeoman, and
grandsons and co-heirs of Henry Ashdown
FILE
- Messuage wherein Henry Ashdown
dwells and lands called Gilridge Lands
containing 80a. in
Chiddingstone -
ref.
U908/T178/3 -
date: 1629
John
Ashdown of
Chiddingstone, yeoman: quitclaim to his brother,
Henry Ashdown
of
Chiddingstone, yeoman
FILE
- Lands called Gatefield, Newmead and
the Upper End of the Aldrett containing 20a.. part of Gilridge in
Chiddingstone
- ref.
U908/T178/4 -
date: 1630
Abutting
to the highway from
Chiddingstone to Penshurst, south; mortgage,
Henry Ashdown
of
Chiddingstone, yeoman, to
John Mylls of Chiddingstone, yeoman
FILE
- Lands called Springfield, Millfield
and the Lower Aldret
containing 26a., part of Gilridge - ref.
U908/T178/5 -
date: 1630
Abutting
to the highway from
Chiddingstone
to Penshurst, south and Bourne Mead, north; mortgage, Henry Ashdown
to
James Beecher of
Chiddingstone, yeoman
FILE
- Parcels of meadow and wood
containing 8a. and lands called Spryngfield, Millfield and Lower Aldret
containing 26a.. part of Gilridge - ref.
U908/T178/6 -
date: 1631
Which
James Beecher had by
mortgage from Henry
Ashdown; James
Beecher of Penshurst, yeoman, to Henry
Ashdown with a letter of
attorney from James
Beecher to
Robert Beecher of Penshurst, yeoman, to deliver seisin to
Henry Ashdown
FILE
- As U908/T178/6; fresh mortgage from
Henry Ashdown
to James Beecher - ref.
U908/T178/7 - date:
1631
And
letter of attorney from
James Beecher
to Robert Beecher to Robert Beecher to receive seisin from
Henry Ashdown
FILE
- Messuage with lands called Gilridge
Lands containing 80a. - ref.
U908/T178/8
-
date:
1633
Henry
Ashdown of
Chiddingstone, yeoman, to Robert Streatfeild of Penshurst,
yeoman
and his son. Richard
Earlier deeds of Skipreed in Chiddingstone and Penshurst
FILE
- 1a. meadow called Lepping Acre in
Bourne Mead, 3yrd. of meadow
adjoining the same in Bourne Mead,
also ½a. in
Close
Mead, all in
Chiddingstone - ref.
U908/T181/1
- date: 1578
Henry
Ashdown of
Chiddingstone, yeoman, to John
Woodgate of
Chiddingstone, yeoman
FILE
-
Messuage called Brookers and
land
(17a.) in Chiddingstone [see U908/T179] - ref.
U908/T181/5 -
date: 1714
Marriage settlement of William
Streatfeild of Penshurst, yeoman and Sarah, daughter of John Ashdown
FILE
- Mathew
Ashdown of Cowden, yeoman, to
Thomas Saunders of Chiddingstone,
yeoman -
ref.
U908/T224/4
-
date:
1621
FILE
- Thomas
Ashdown of Lingfield, co.
Surrey, yeoman, to Thomas Henner of
Crowhurst,
co. Surrey, yeoman - ref.
U908/T224/7
-
date:
1697
FILE
- Thomas
Ashdown of Lingfield, co.
Surrey, yeoman. to Thomas Sutton of
Crowhurst,
co. Surrey, yeoman, in connection with a mortgage - ref.
U908/T224/8
- date: 1702
