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C O N T E N T S .

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INTRODUCTORY

P I — G CHA TER . EOLOGY

II — C N . PREHISTORI CROYDO

— N IN M III . CROYDO THE TI E THE RoMANs

IV — S X N N . A O CROYDO

V — THE OLD CHURCH .

VI — . PARISH REGISTER

VIL— D OMESDAY BOOK

V — F N U C III . SITE O CROYDO CH R H PALACE 7 1 - 74

IX —THE A C P C P C . R HIE IS O AL PALA E AT CROYDON

X — L OF M N . ORDS THE A OR

XL— M ANORIAL

XII - . ANCIENT DESCRIPTION AND CHRONOLOGY

X - T P III . PAST O OGRAPHY

XIV — M C N U . IS ELLA EO S

XV — M N D . ODER EVELOPMENT

INTRODUOTORY.

HAVING lived for many years amid the lovely scenery of

Cr n and n n n n r oydo , i quired co cer i g the histo y of its

a a Old hurch and an a n n an P l ce, C , M ors, besides h vi g bee eye-witness of the n umerous changes that have taken

a in r n r r pl ce here ece t times , it has occur ed to me to w ite a short topographical and historical a ccount of this parish ,

as n a n and such a book , without clashi g with more le r ed

a ra r ma n n ra el bo te t eatises , y serve to co vey to the ge e l reader some trustworthy information respecting the locality ; and this I have endeavoured to a ccomplish in

n a the followi g p ges .

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CH AP TER L

GEOLOGY .

G C Y a n Cr n at EOLOGI ALL spe ki g , oydo is situated the edge L n n a n at n n a of the o do cl y basi its ju ctio with the ch lk . The cretaceous or chalk strata are well represented at rn end C ar n the southe of our parish . halk is of m i e r n an d ndi a a sea an d a r o igi , i c tive of rather deep warme En n The n period than now Obtains in gla d . mi ute forms that constitute a large portion of the chalk belong n ani a n to the lowest divisio of the m l ki gdom , the z n n Proto oa, which i cludes, besides them, the spo ges, n a n an d r A i fusori l a imalcules, some other fo ms . ccu mulations are now taking place in the depths of the Atlantic of the same spe cies of Foraminifera as is Cr n and a a washed out of the oydo chalk, ssoci ted with r n and a a these are silicious pa ts of spo ges di toms, th t, r a r ma a a r and r he e fte , y become ggreg ted togethe , fo m n or an ﬂints ar n in odules b ds of , simil to those see the

a our But a are not n in ch lk of parish . th t we still livi g the cretaceous epoch is evident by the disappearance r an A n and r f om the oce of the huge mmo ite, f om the ar a a an n z ar as e th of the Pterod ctyl , gig tic wi ged li d, well

r n x n The r as othe ow e ti ct reptiles . chalk pe iod was B 2 lo 4 Geo gy . brought to its close by a change in the physical geography - a u an n sea of these p rts , thro gh elevatio of the bed

r a ma a n r n n sea p ob bly, or it y h ve bee by a sh i ki g of the ; r was r yet, whicheve the p ocess , it preceded the com men cement of what geologists term the Tertiary era .

Of T r a r are T an an the e ti ry series, the ﬁ st the h et s ds ,

r I T n r a n so called f om the sle of ha et, whe e they att i their T a a x n n a greatest thickness . hese h ve but limited e te t e r in ra a n Cr n are n r . oydo they see , howeve the ilw y cutti g ’ n ar C L n an d in ar n at D u a s e ombe a e, the l ge pit beyo d, pp A n in H and at Croham H r . s ill, u st the fossils fou d To n a n are a r n r n . them i dic te, these sa ds lso of ma i e o igi - W and R n these sea beds succeed the oolwich eadi g series , ar ﬂuviatile ar n and r n r n n p tly of , estu i e ma i e o igi , showi g a further change in the physical condition s Of the district — n an - a n r r evide ce of l d surf ces dow which ive s ﬂowed, n a e ra teemi g . with molluscous life, which h v left t ces of ’ - at ar H D u a s H Ea Cr n shell beds P k ill, pp ill, st oydo S a n and Cr n S a and Gas W r t tio , the oydo ew ge o ks , Wadd on * Th e W in n n a . oolwich beds questio i dic te - r a n n O a n sub t opic l co ditio s . ther geologic l revolutio s

n ar a a r a n r followi g , this e bec me cove ed with ewe deposit an an d rr Oldhaven of s d pebbles, refe ed to the beds, those roun ded pebbles so largely exposed on Addington an d ’ D u a s H and at Croham H r a n pp ill, u st ; the s me bei g n Old n r evide tly due to some coast li e of chalk, f om , the ﬂints r rn and r n of which they were de ived, wo ou ded by a n - n n s a- r n roham H and lo g co ti ued e wave att itio . C urst A n n H n n r ddi gto ills, i deed, appear to have o ce fo med all n - a an n r sm shi gle be ched isl ds, peepi g out f om the an a n n in n oce , co ditio which they seem to have remai ed for a ges . A n n and n fter the depositio of these sa ds, pebbles estuari e

a as L T r r n r a an beds, cl ssed the ower e tia ies, a othe physic l d a an rin climat l ch ge occurred, du g which was deposited the

* “ Lect ure on the Geolo of Cro d on &0 B J ‘ M o rri gy y , Y s,

F . G . S. Geolo gy . 5

n n L n n a and n stratum k ow as the o do cl y, a thick te acious

u a n n n r a n r r n acc mul tio , exte di g ove co side able po tio of the and n r a The east o th sides of the p rish . muddy deposit

rr n r r ar refe ed to, seems to have bee de ived f om the we and r rn and rn an r n tea of some old southe weste l d, du i g n in as in n a a lo g period of time , which, the precedi g ch lk a r r an period, much warme climate prevailed he e th at present ; as is evident from n umerous remains of r and r n in L n n Of tu tles c ocodiles fou d the o do Clay . its n r in n ra an are n ow r Mollusca life, ich ge e , m y estricted r a In ar to t opic l seas . this deposit likewise e found a n ar and nor are rem i s of ﬁshes, such as the sh k ray ;

n n n a n an n and r there wa ti g i dic tio s of l d wadi g birds, bi ds n ra a n d r a of prey ; besides co ife e, the f uit of peculiar a now n in In a palm, rel ted to the Nipa, ﬂourishi g di . With the London clay the Lower Eocen e formations n in n r Cr n r na an d see the eighbou hood of oydo te mi te , n a r n r n n n - n n the a hiatus, ppa e tly rep ese ti g a lo g co ti ued r n n n and r pe iod, i terve es betwee it the deposit of the ove n r an r n or a n n lyi g g avel impe fectio , g p , i volvi g the dis appearan ce o f the whole of the Miocen e and Pliocene formations and the magnitude of which may be inferred r a r n On e- r an E r f om this , th t mo e tha thi d of the l d of u ope ,

n n r n sea and it is co jectured, has bee fo med be eath the , raised above it in the interval between the Eocene forma tion and the deposition of that superﬁcial gravel which Th covers so large a portion of o ur parish . e geological record of this area consequently is imperfect : a succes sion of vast marin e a ccumulations have been removed by a n a n r a -a r a r mighty de ud tio , eithe queous , sub e i l , or othe L r n a wise . ike whole chapte s tor out of book, the loss of which can only be understood by referring to some r r n r and n a r mo e pe fect copy, so the umbe tu e of these missing strata can only be a scertained by a careful colla tion with those sedimentary rocks wherein the history of the various strata constituting the surface of the e arth is r n n mo e co ti uous . 6 Geology

How far this evident interference with the succession a r n of the crusts of the e rth is due, either di ectly or i di rectl a r n n Noaic y , to that cat st ophe k ow as the ﬂood, we ann sa no a c ot y yet, that was very parti l ﬂood , as some

r n r n in i n a p ete d, which occu red whe , the subl me la gu ge

S r r all n a n r r of c iptu e , the fou t i s of the g eat deep we e ” n and i r n broke up, all the h gh hills , that we e u der the ” It n whole heaven were covered . must have bee a far n n and n n exte di g mighty deluge i deed, whe all ﬂesh died that moved upon the earth for man had lived long enough o n the globe to have traversed over a wide area

r Gr n n Of its su face . otius called atte tio to the curious an d n umerous an cient testimonies of the flood ; and Hu m boldt has remarked that similar tradition s exist among n L all the natio s of the earth . ike the relics of a vast wr n n in ship eck, these are highly i teresti g the philosophical f study O our species . We will conclude this brief reference to the variou s r n n ci cumsta ces u der which, at successive periods , that portion of the earth included within the boundaries of Croydon appears to have been gradually adapted by G C n man reca itu the reat reator for the reside ce of , by p n n ra l n lati g that, ge e l y speaki g, the crust of this parish x r ar n And an o e hibits p im ily ocea ic deposit . if y c n firmation were needed to prove that the ground on which C n now n r roydo sta ds was fo merly submerged by the sea, it will be found in the fact that a mass of petrified shells and r n r d n n oyste s was fou d, about thi ty feet ow , whe sinking a well at Shirley Vicarage ; coupled with the

n a n n r r circumsta ce th t, whe diggi g the well at the rese voi , on ar H r r n r P k ill , la ge oyste s were fou d scatte ed through an A r the s d . pet iﬁed lobster and bed Of oysters were ’ a n a t n r a D u a s H r lso fou d the o th b se of pp ill . Mo eover, at a I 0 n n depth of 5 feet, they we t through ple ty of

a n s and a n n m ri e hells, great bed of oysters, whe bori g ’ A n on he uby s well, t top of Norwood Hill . II CHAPTER .

PREHI T RIC CR YD N S O O O .

n C n n IN writi g a history of roydo , the circumsta ce must not be overlooked that traces have been detected of an occupation by man of this neighbourhood in prehistoric G n in an uncertiﬁed times . ropi g the twilight of past, geologists tell of a period when man shared the possession Eu a a of rope with the mammoth, the c ve be r, the woolly

r r n r and r now n n a an d hai ed hi oce os, othe exti ct a im ls ; ,

r a n n n r in a ce t i it is , huma relics have bee discove ed c ves , and ha in En n r n a n t t, too, gla d , st a gely associ ted with bo es ’ a na and A n diflerin of the hy e the elk . fau a g so widely from that now inhabiting our coun try would seem to a n r and r T imply climat l cha ges va ious g eat. his they n as a hi r S n A e and n defi e the Pal eolit c, or olde to e g ; the a a S n A e N hi The we come to l ter to e g , called the eolit c. physical geography Of North-western Europe seems to have settled into its p resent configuration ere the beautiful weapon s and instruments made of flin t and other kinds n and S n r of sto e of this later more polished to e Pe iod , Th n r n i n were fabricated . e u tuto ed i tell ge ce of the savage would naturally prompt him to adapt the hard stones he could so easily pick up to the piercing and cutting re qu irements of that fishing and hunting life which he led ; and n n n r n a r n rao by chippi g, or co ti uous ubbi g , fte lo g p n and r n n tice , the sto e arrow spea heads, cutti g impleme ts,

sa and r r n a n in n n ws , pe fo ated sto e h mmers fou d a cie t

r arr a m W g aves or b ows c me to be for ed . ith these tools , r a ou r r r n r ude lthough they seem to us, p imitive p oge ito s ma n n n or y have cut dow trees, scooped them i to ca oes , ' ' ‘ ’ 8 Pnenzsz onz c Cnoy o on .

and n n l ne , built huts, slai a ima s or e mies cut up their food . Relics of the Neolithic or later Stone Age have been n S found at Croydo . ome time n since a mutilated , but ﬁ ely n n im le formed, white sto e cutti g p ment was dug out of the gravel in this immediate neighbour hood ; the a ccompa nying sketch represen ts the interesting frag * n me t . Overlapping into the Stone A e in r in g , p ehistoric times, Western and in Northern E nz a urope, the use of bro e p a The r and p ears to h ve preceded that of iron . fo ms ornamentation Of the bronz e instruments and weapons f a n A e Br nz n r O wh t has bee termed the g of o e are si gula , and very unlike those of the corresponding weapon s and n r n in n I i r i st ume ts iro . t s a rema kable fact that r n z n n r n whe ever these bro e cutti g i st ume ts , gouges, or n are n in Ir an weapo s fou d, whether the far west of el d, in S an in S n n a in G r n ll cotl d, ca di avi , e ma y, or sti further

a in Sclavonic n r are — not . e st the cou t ies , they the same, r in n T a me ely similar character, but ide tical . h t these bronz e weapons and implements were not derived from R an r r a n ot the om s appea s f om this, th t they are dis r on R an and a are r n cove ed om sites , th t they f eque tly n in - I n and in S n n a a fou d the south west of rela d ca di vi , n either of which countries were occupied by the Romans

r an na nz B nz A e mo eover, a lysis of the bro e of the ro e g and that used by the Romans shows that they materially ff r A di e . s it is certain that after the conquest of Britain by the Romans our forefathers became better

The l ate M r . West of allin ton fou n d the st one celt refer , W g , red t o hen d i in fo r the f un d t ion o f his cotta es on B and n , w gg g o a g o

i Is now in the ca net of Mr Smee of allin o . t bi . , W gt n ' ’ nisfonz c Cno o on Pne y .

n n -a a n n a r acquai ted with iro , met l far more abu da t, e sie

r and n n o ne to wo k, co seque tly the use of which must

r nz -we are r a soon have supe seded that of bro e, p ob bly justiﬁed in assuming that the bronz e celts which have been found in this neighbourhood were cast before the

an Christi era . A number Of articles in bronz e were found in Wick

r an d in Br in ham Pa k, were deposited the itish Museum

a 1 8 . A nz r the ye r 5 5 better lot of bro e celts , howeve , r r 1 8 6 6 men was discove ed about the yea , as some were digging out the earth preparatory to building one of the B n The n a O R r n . houses e rly pposite the ecto y, eddi gto ar r a r in ﬁnd v ious fo ms of the rticles comp ised the latter , f are exhibited in the annexed sket chﬁ

During that long period which preceded the landing R an in Br n a Of Cr n of the om s itai , the spect oydo doubt was ff n n ow T less very di ere t to what it is . owards the r r are south p obably were , as the e still , tracts of heath and a n r an d r n- n r a ch lk la ds , whose a id soils i o bou d su f ce disqualiﬁed them for the production of trees other than Of n l n ar those a stu ted growth ; but mi e upo mile eastw d, and and n r a westward, orthward, st etched the primev l

3? On the o ect s n u m ered I 2 an d 6 the la t Wic ham bj b , , 3 , 5 , , e J. k Flo er rote a Pa er hich wa s rinted b th e Su rre w , w p , w p y y r h lo i al i t F i u r lon in o th s a me ﬁnd A c aeo c Soc e . e e t e g y g 4, b g g ; a f r c m in h io n of h u th o te ward s a e to t e possess t e a r . ' ' n f Cno d n I O Pne zs onz c y o .

A n n C n axe . s oed, as yet u cleared by the rem a t of thi n r n a w was N imme se fo est lo g fter ards called orwood . Through the lower parts of this leafy wilderness coursed n r n in n n r u ruly st eams that, swolle the rai y wi te time, or n n B n and n n n ﬂooded by the i termitte t our e , ever a o a grily woul d overﬂow every impediment that arrested their

r H a an oak onward p ogress . ere gig tic tree, struck by n n n a e n light i g, or succumbi g to hoary g , falli g athwart r and the stream , might arrest its p ogress, cause it to nn n overflow its cha el, whe the waters would wriggle out new l for themselves a course through the val ey, or swamp n n n r T the eighbouri g cou t y. his must have caused meres and reedy stagnant pools to abound in the hollows of the n a n a n n C n S n n u dr i ed surf ce of a cie t roydo . urrou di g n n r and acres the , bei g cove ed by forest reedy mere , it may easily be conceived that anim als such as the ar fox r and cat wolf, the be , the , the badge , the ,wild sought and obtained an asylum in the gloomy recesses and a r n rn n an d of those woods th t the he o , bitte , s ipe, water-rail were busy among the rushes and flags n in n of the po ds which, our time, have become clea meadows . The first inhabitant of this locality probably was the

K or C and n an a h a elt elt, the scie ce of l gu ge s ews th t Keltic or Celtic is the Oldest of the Japhetic or Aryan a in E r L n a r f mily u ope . o g fte the aboriginal Celt had

n r n r Ca ar T he bee d ive f om these parts , es wrote inhabitants of the interior of Britain are said by tradi n r n tio to be the abo igi es , but the coast is peopled by those who had passed over from Belgium [Belgic Gaul ] ” for n and a n war A the purpose of plu der m ki g . mong the various tribes peopling the south-eastern corn er of Br a n n n n n Of Br a n it i , whe the seco d i vasio it i by the R n rr n n Cantii n oma s occu ed , Ptolemy me tio s the a d R n Fr n ii eg i . om the Ca t the n eighbouring country of

K n r na . T r a r e t de ives its me hose dist icts to which , fte n S and S b wards , the ames urrey ussex were applied , e ' ‘ ’ Pnenzisz onzc Cnoy a on . I I longed to that kingdom of the Regni whose chief resided

r The B a r ~ at Regnum ( Chicheste ) . elg e had mig ated west nd S r r n H n W a . wa d i to a ts, ilts , ome set Vestiges of Celtic speech linger in one or two names of places in this neighbourhood ; but more of this here after . Our C and r Br i n n r eltic ea ly it sh a cestors e joyed, pe haps, hi l z n n n r a gher degree of civi i atio tha is ge e ally supposed . They undoubtedly had also a religious belief of some r n and and n l desc iptio , it is quite possible, eve probab e , that the hideous rites of Baal and Of Druidism have been

r o n n r n a p actised, either eighbou i g heights , or mid the recesses of that great o ak forest which formerly covered ar T a n a the larger portion of this p ish . here is me asso ciated one Old n r Cr n with of the ma o s of oydo , the etymology of which has been traced to the Saxon Ha lt or Ha li r na an n na n r g, holy ; the te mi l y de otes origi ti g f om . Within the memory of living men the now curtailed ’ estate known as Haling extended up to D uppa s Hill T ra I am n n r r er ce, but i cli ed to su mise that this sac ed designation of Haling or Holy originally was applied to a district more extensive even than the boun dary men tioned and r n a all a a , that it refer ed ge er lly to th t elev ted ra n an n r n t ct or to gue of l d , the desce t f om which la ds the r an in Wadd on on one and on pedest i the side, the other If at ar . a n the old churchy d this be right co jecture, n in r a a as the we have our midst a ve it ble high pl ce , well as l n n a a r a dec ivity slopi g dow wards towards v lley, whe e, in r r a o ak r n nin r i fo me ges, t ees , thick set, e twi g thei g antic ma a a a r g limbs, y h ve c used sh dowy ecesses, like

a a D r r those mid which, as we re d, the ruids p actised thei r The and gloomy ites . vale base of hill alluded to r r r n r No run fo me ly we e ple tifully wate ed by streams . w ning streams were also the objects of superstitious rever ence with our heathen forefathers Associations in conn ection with the various faiths of o ur forefathers n n r a seem to cluster rou d that eighbou hood . Close t ' ' 2 n on I Pne/z zsco z c Cr oy d .

n Wadd on an n Wadd ens na ha d lies , cie tly spelt , a me r W n S x n r - clea ly derived from ode , the a o he o god , whose ma a n r at one on t idol y h ve bee wo shipped time the spo . U nderneath the hill stan ds the representative of that n n C an T r n Of in a a cie t hristi emple, the o igi which is lost r r T r r a n for al emote obscu ity. he e must be some e so l n n at r these combi i g together just this pa ticular spot .

' s I 4 Cr oy don in tne Tz nee of Me R oma n .

The R an n Novioma u s n site of the om statio , g , has lo g rn S n been an undecided point with the lea ed . ome a ti qu aries have supposed it to have been situated in the n Holwood n n n vici ity of , where, i depe de tly of the earth

r rr r n dl R n wo k just refe ed to, seve al u doubte y oma * n and n en n buildi gs other remai s have be fou d ; others , n n Ca n G H an d Fr n n i cludi g mde , ale, orsley, eema , co cur in a n Novioma us at W n pl ci g the site of g oodcote, ear n The na Wa in n in D Cr . oydo me ll gto , spelt omesday B Wa letone n a ook , implies, i deed, th t somewhere here

n a r r a n abouts o ce stood fo tiﬁed o w lled tow . At least one Roman road passed through the parish n L a R n i of Croyd o . ike other roads m de by the oma s n Br a n a r n it i , it is supposed to h ve t aversed the cou try ar on n an r n B p tly the li e of o igi al ritish trackway, the rm n S r Th R an a r E y t eet . e om ro d to which we refe is d a in r n n Stane to this y , po tio s of the cou ty, called the treet Pebble L n S a ne &c . on a con , , , ccou t of its superior

n n Fr Re num C r structio of sto e . om g , hicheste , after n W a n n rn a now crossi g the e ld, it we t u de e th where is D r n C r It has en n r a o ki g hurchya d . be co jectu ed th t this r a a a n ran a nd W Br G n g e t c usew y the oodcote to oad ree ,

Cr n r a n r oydo , whe e it is s id to have bee visible towa ds L a c entur and n h S r a the close of l st y J the ce, t rough t eath m , L n n Coldharbou r hi n . m to o do , of w ch there are u erous places so named in England in the vicinity of Roman a an x a n n on ro ds , implies e posed st tio for legio aries the march ; this tallies with the situation of a place on ’ the - Of Du a s H l n n south west side pp il , k ow as Cold har The S m bour. etymology of treatha is found in Strctet-hdm hdm or on R , the home the street, that oman stra tum w n B hich o ce traversed our parish . etween

Du robrivis R and Novioma u s a m ar ~ ( ochester) g , ilit y high wa a ran Novioma u s n y lso ; so, if g stood a ywhere near Old C n n Ro n n o n roydo , a seco d ma , a bra ch of the

in h t e Ar h a ol . mm . 1829 See c aeologi , v .

" Pa er read b M r . B ra in 1 88 see vol. ix. Archceolo ia 1 p y y , 7 g . r o d on in Me Time o t/z e R m ns I C y f o a . 5

- rn W n S r a . south easte atli g t eet, must h ve cut through r and Cr n n r a this dist ict, oydo may have bee pie ced by R n And ertda n third oma road, the road from (Peve sey) L n n to Londiniu m ( o do ) . On Of Cr n in 1 8 1 the verge the parish of oydo , 7 , the remains of a Roman villa were brought to light at B n n O r n eddi gto . the evide ces of a former occupation of this neighbourhood by the Romans may be seen in the circumstance a not n n a a th t, lo g si ce, the mutil ted sm ll R an or a r r n was om cup _v se he e rep ese ted taken o u t of the earth above the chalk n r h m F It was n pit o C o a arm . fou d at the

a n on a b ck of the skull of a skeleto , duly laid the ch lk n there was no coi . Vessels of this description are n n in R n and n n T commo ly fou d oma tombs i terme ts . hey n a n a n n are ge erally supposed to h ve co t i ed liquids , ho ey, and other things which were thought to be acceptable to n ar A the ma es Of the dep ted . r large yellowish , red, coa se earthenware fragment of a neck and han dles of an amphora was also recently dug up from six a depth of about feet, the a r n a l st th ee bei g gr vel , at the back of a cottage behin d the - e r S r S . wat r wo ks, u rey treet A R n na x n oma coi ge , e te d ar B C 8 2 ing from the ye . . A D 0 0 ar n to the year . . 4 , has , at v ious times, bee picked r n up in our parish : of this we subjoin th ee specime s . The ﬁrst of the coins represented o n the next page is of an - unk nown type ; it is a silver plated piece of the Emperor

and n in a a n C n Otho, was fou d g rde at the foot of row

Hill ; the head is in bold relief . ‘ n n — n l Otho was Imp er a tor for three mo ths o ly ame y, 6 d a on 1 h f an ar A. D. from the st o J u y, 9 , the y which ’ 1 n 6 Cnoy a on in Me Time of Me R oma s .

i G A 1 6 the sold ery murdered alba, till pril th of the same a w n a r n n n a ye r, he , fte havi g bee defeated by the ge er ls a n O of his riv l Vitellius , with great deliberatio tho stabbed himself?16

OTHO.

‘ — S R IMP. M . O TH O. CE A Obv67 86 . [ ] AU G H ad f Otho t o the . TR . P. e o

ri h g t . — A A R eversa [DIVA] AU GUST . female ure stan din t o th e left ﬁg g ,

holding patera and sceptre .

The n ext drawing represents a copper coin of Vespa n R an E — was a d u r A. D 0 sia , om mpe or, . 7 7 9 , which l tely g w n a n in C R r up he m ki g the sewer hurch oad, just whe e n S n ‘ this is joi ed by heldo Street . 1

VESPASIAN. — bverse. IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG cos. O . III . Head of Vespasia n h ht rad ia te to t e rig . — E Reversa FORTVNA REDVOI . F or u ne ro ed s andin t b , t g to the a lo e left ; at her feet g b .

As an a Of n n ble ﬁcer, Vespasia disti guished himself in the attack on Britain during the reign of Claudius , D W n W r A. . . a i n A. D 6 6 4 3 he the Jewish broke out . , Nero

n n nd o f a a e trusted to Vespasia the co uct the c mp ign.

h i f T e co n re erred t o belon s to Mr . Cha e l of urre r g pp l , S y St eet, n Croy do . This co in is in the o ssession of th u 1 p e a thor . ’ I Cnoy a on in Me Time of Me R oma ns . 7

ale n Of E H r an The very perfect gold coi the mperor ad i ,

was at C n in here engraved , dug up the cemetery, roydo ,

1 8 7 3 .

HADRIAN

’ — Obverse. HADRIANUS AU G. cos.

Head of Ha drian t o th e 111 . PP.

d n d ri ht ear ed a lau reate . g , b — it R everse Ion VICTORI . Jup er d th left holdin s tr s eate t o e , g cep e n r a d victo y .

Hadrian thus addressed his departing spirit

Sou l o f mine rett on ﬂittin on e , p y e, g , Gu est a nd art ner of m cl a p y y , Whither wilt th ou hie aw ay ?

He on l o th A D 1 8 died the of July, . . 3 .

Now in th icar o f e o s s n f h A . s e s o il s M . o t e R ev. . W V p i W k , , hi l S r ey . A TE I V C H P R .

SAXON CROYDON.

THE a in S n C n great b ttle which , accord g to the axo hro icle, r in a n K n a n esulted the est blishme t of e t, the e rliest fou ded

in A D . n Saxon O r was . ki gdom of the cta chy, fought 4 5 7 ,

at Crec anford Cra n n Cr n . g ( yford) , withi ﬁftee miles of oydo Of the history of this particular neighbourhood during n n n An -S x n that lo g period k ow as the glo a o age, but a few scattered vestiges are left. It has been previously mentioned that traces of Celtic n n i ar speech linger i o e or two names of places n this p ish . In studying local etymology it will gen erally be foun d a n r an d n n r an n th t the ames of rive s mou tai s are ve y cie t, those in our country not seldom origin ating in the n C a r la guage of those eltic tribes which, ges ago, we e r n r The an n n Br n d ive f om the soil . l guage of the a cie t ito s was n a W Avon W or substa ti lly the elsh . is the elsh, old Br a river C a n n wa ter a itish, for the eltic , de otes , or str m F or ea . a n a a r x rom , stre m , with the p eﬁ V, its a on a non n r and at n little relative f , or co t acted ; , implyi g , an it now r n n W n added ; the V del, or, as is p o ou ced a dle , n are in ar ma r its the spri gs of which this p ish, y de ive

n e. It u an little am would th s me the water or stream, in n lar er T a n co trast with the g river, h mes , i to which a it f lls . Pa re is the Welsh for enclosure ; and the p ark is a designation that gen erally indicates the Oldest en closure ar a Of a of a p ish d ting back to Celtic times . the P rk Cr n — we n n in that is, oydo Park have a remi isce ce the H name Park ill . ’ Sax on Cro a n y o . 1 9

Combo no an C W cwm is other th the ymric or elsh , - modiﬁed afterwards by the Anglo Saxons into ca mb it n in and n n in sig iﬁes a hollow a hill, is ofte fou d the In n an valleys of hilly p arishes . some i st ces the word is a n as in Combo in r a used lo e , others, it fo ms part of n as Addisoombo n n Ad o-oombo compou d word, , a cie tly spelt g ,

E o-combo and Ads-combo— di n g , the strict lyi g at the edge or margin of the combo or valley.

’ Sca r —sca u r in Old B ll broo in , ritish implies a steep hi , An -Sax n n r n a glo o , mea s a brook or sp i g ; which t llies with n Old Scarbrook r one the situatio of the , forme ly of the Wan sources of the dle . It not r C Br n is , howeve , to the elt or ito , but to the Teutonic invader that we are mainl y indebted for the old nomenclature of these parts ; and from this circumstance ma a a S n y be deduced the f ct, th t it is to the axo s the n an d n our Of n reclamatio settleme t of soil is due . ames a in r a n an An -Sax n of pl ces this pa ish h vi g glo o etymology, ma n n Ham an a arm y be me tio ed that of , est te or f , at a n x r Cr n r situated the e ster e t emity of oydo , towa ds B n Ha m in An -Sa n n ecke ham . , glo xo , sig iﬁes a home or n r Th n n in e closu e . e etymology of Seledo is fou d the An -S x n sol or solo a a an n and d ata glo a o , se t or m sio ; , a n The n a Selesdun in an An hill or dow . me is spelt glo * Sa n ar r lhurs r ol n . Se t S xo ch te de ives from , a dwelli g, and G r an ltorst n n a a the e m , sig ify i g wood th t yields food n a n - a for cattle ; it is the wood surroundi g dwelli g pl ce . Sey r is the Anglo-Saxon for a bound a ry (when ce Shire) and loan a distr ict n , , a woody pasture which correspo ds a a S on with the p rt of our p rish called hirley, the extreme r r S r bo de of u rey. The earliest mention of Croydon is in the joint will of L Beorh ri n E l a 6 Z I In t c a d fsw th a a . y , d ted bout the ye r 9 - An S n n n baene this glo axo docume t the ame is spelt Cpog ,

o d x i l m i C e D p o at cu s . ’ ’ ' Ibid o 2 Th m rde s N . r t m ff n a ba 1 . 49 ; o pe s Regis ru Ro e se ; L ” Pe mb ulati n f K en ra o o t . ’ 2 Sax n Cr o a on 0 o y .

Cro d oono C was an d N r D an y . rog , still is, the o se or ish r r x in An -S x n wo d for c ooked, which is e pressed glo a o by Fr D an cru mb a ff r n . , a tot lly di e e t word om the ish come

ok n oked T r a ra r our cro a d cro . his te m ccu tely desc ibes the a a crooked or windin va lle in r r n loc lity it is g y , efe e ce to the valley which runs in an oblique and serpe ntin e course G n Cr n The An -Sax n from odsto e to oydo . glo o g is equivalent to our y an d thus the n ame was pronounced in 6 2 xa as now n n in 9 e ctly it is , with the substitutio o ly, na r 0 for n co the ﬁ l syllable, of the lette the diphtho g , f a very common and venial corruptionﬁ In any question n an n na an n r relati g to the me i g of mes, the most cie t fo m a In of spelling them ought to h ve great weight . the n in D a r a n e try omesd y book , el tive to the ma or, the N n na Oroind ono n Garr orma s spelt its me he ce , ow supposed that the term origin ated in the union of two hee n d d one a o a llo — - a Sa n r crono s a . xo wo ds, , p , , y sheep v lley D ucarel considered that the name Croydon was derived r r an-Fr n cra or cra iro a f om the old No m e ch word y , ch lk, and the Saxon d nn a hill ; meaning a town n ear the

' chalk-hill ;i but this surmise is Open to the objection a n N n an a a re th t, lo g ere the orma l gu ge could h ve so p a a was n n as n v iled, the pl ce k ow , we have see , almost by its present name .

ORWOOD —Of n n r n n r r N . the emi e ce which c ow s the o the n o ur ar no in ar h as n limits of p ish , title p ticular desce ded to us although the hill in question always must have been a n Bu n a a . t r a Coed co spicuous l dm rk to the p imev l , the r ar a ou r An forest, amidst which it used to e its he d, glo ’ Sa n a r a a a n o Owo o b N r xo foref the s g ve the ppell tio N p , o th in n r a a S ~ wood, order to disti guish it f om th t v st outh S rr S x and K n T . a wood, the weald of u ey, usse , e t h t the more n orthern forest formerly extended far beyon d the

n a now n n r limits assig ed to district k ow as No wood, is

it molo i s B i h Surre Et e . . am Flo r W c e F . G y y g y J k w , . S. ’ ” “ D ucarel s Cro don 1 y , p . 73 .

’ a n 2 2 Sax on Croy o .

deb ris ul the , they discovered what seemed to be a mo der in n n g bag full of somethi g, for the possessio of which n n and its there was a scramble amo g the avvies , some of B ut a contents were dispersed . brittle mass , matted and n a n together with clay gree oxide, was c rried i to the town of Croydon by the man who had ﬁrst laid han ds on and ff a S one H it, o ered for s le at the hop of of our igh

S r hl t eet jewellers, where it was rejected as wort ess ; but n eve tually, as old silver, the lump was purchased at the n n rate of four shillings and Sixpe ce a ounce . Upon a x n n r for n careful e ami atio , the hoa d, such it tur ed out to was n n n be, fou d to have origi ally co sisted of about two - r and An S x n n hund ed ﬁfty glo a o coi s, most of which were in ﬁn r n a e p eservatio , together with few small silver n and ar a n rn n al i gots, a p t of torc, or eck o ame t, so of

r and hr Cuﬁc n . The n r Of silve , two or t ee coi s coi s we e n Ethelward and E n E An l a the sovereig s, dmu d, of ast g i E and A r na r thelred lf ed, sole mo rchs as they are te med Burgred of Mercia (of which reign were about 20 0 of the L D nn and C le C mass) ; ouis the ebo aire ; harles hauve , B T r nn or the ald . he e was also the half of a pe y of A Ceolnoth and n n F rchbishop , a few orie tal coi s . rom n n evide ce supplied by the coi s themselves, it seems almost certain that they were placed where they were In B un in 8 . ur red was ri fo d , the year 74 that year g d ven r n n D n and f om his domi io s by the a es , took refuge in R E . n n was un n Al r ome gla d overr by the i vader, f ed was and n powerless, those who had treasure e deavoured to It mi in r secure by com tt g it to the ea th . Th e n and spot where this hoard was fou d, all its sur n n n r in n n rou di g eighbou hood, a cie t times probably was n n n i cluded withi that great orth forest of oaks, a portion hi now n N of the site of w ch is amed orwood . The treasure was secreted just at the foot of the hill yet, as to who he may have been whose hand placed it in this o and not sp t, why he came back to take his wealth fo r e er r in s . Of e e away, must v ema a my tery th se r lics , Sax on o don Cr y . 2 3 not more than eight or nine scattered coins continue in * ar i n the p ish in wh ch they were fou d . The coin s from which the accompanying drawings were Of n made formed part the collectio referred to .

ETHELWEABD .

- Obvorsor EDELWKRD REX. A cro ss with crescen ( , t in each an l g e . )

R eversa KEDHEL HELM .

Cro ss ith ll ( , w pe et in each

an le . Rar in g ) e co .

The above represents a very perfect silver penny of Ethelweard one n n n E An l n K n , of those u k ow ast g ia i gs, whose name only has been rescued from obscurity by the r n : discove y of such pieces as this, his mo ey all the rest is shrouded in darkness .

EADMVND .

0 bverse. EADM VND REX + .

M on o ra m in l ( g ﬁe d . ) R eversa EADVAL D M O Z

In c entre cross th ellet s in ( , , wi p n l a g es . )

Eadmun d began to reign over the marsh-environed kingdom of East Anglia in the year 8 5 5 in 8 7 0 he was Can n z now r r D an . c uelly mu dered by the es o i ed, he is

n S E n His n a ar . t . commo ly called . dmu d coi s are r ther r e

E LFB ED .

— bverse. ED O + AELFR REX.

B u st t o ri ht ( g . ) — e er ELBERE N ETA R v sa MO .

’ (Mo ney er s name .)

it The b ulk of these coin s have passed into the collection of John

E an s F . G S &c v , . . ’ 2 Sax on Cro a on 4 y .

Within that bag which the navvies dug up at White n no an r horse, were fou d less th twelve va ieties of the As na earliest coin s of Al fred the Great . the coi ge of K n r ar a n r this i g is ve y sc ce, it is circumsta ce wo thy of D 8 1 A D 0 1 Fr E lfr d r n r A. . n e . . . ote . eig ed f om 7 to 9 om Z Elfred Gr d on the eat, whose image is so rudely impresse n n n n this coi , Quee Victoria is li eally desce ded . On F n D n in n n n arthi g ow , the eighbouri g ma or of C ul n are n o r a a o sdo , the remai s, either f the bu i l pl ce of An -S x n C a n an some glo a o hieft i , or of the cemetery of An -Sax n di r The rr re a glo o st ict. tumuli refe ed to a situ te n a a n - n n on a S x n upo tr ct of dow la d lyi g the ch lk. i tee ra r n in r 1 8 1 and in of the g ves we e exami ed the yea 7 , every instance the skeletons were found extended at full

n Fr n rn a le gth, with feet towards the east. om u de e th on e of the tumul i they exhumed the skeleton of a man n A r hi a r . s and r a n r of giga tic st tu e c oss breast, e chi g f om

r l r the n as a r r the ight shou de to left k ee, w well p ese ved double-edged sword ; on his right foot rested the umbo In an r . was n of a shield other g ave fou d , close to ’ a a n sita la or A the he d, the rem i s of a , small bucket . r n a n a n n L thi d grave co t i ed beautiful dri ki g cup . ower down the same hill remains of an ancient earthwork can r still be t aced . Vestiges of another Anglo -Saxon burial-ground were on r r at B n n met with just the bo de of this parish , eddi gto , not far to the south of the recently discovered Roman il But v la . the cluster of tumuli on the brow of the

r A n n n n L n a r hill towa ds ddi gto , me tio ed by yso s, ppea s a n n n to h ve bee lo g si ce levelled by the plough .

A a 1 8 as M r Ar bout the ye r 49 , the late . is was

n n a n a in r S r diggi g the fou d tio of house Pa k t eet, he r a a n coﬂfin A x . Sa n n and a discove ed le de o coi , lso a r nz n n b o e piece of mo ey, were fou d by its side . Whether the bronz e coin was of Roman mintage or not cannot n ow n in all r l be determi ed ; but, p obabi ity, it was either th n of the E r G n the at coi mpero ratia , or other defaced ’ Sax on Cro a on 2 y . 5

n Axis n w Roman coi which Mr. is k o n to have found o n In 1 8 1 ten this 7 , from a depth of or twelve n r a n n in feet, a othe le de cofﬁ was dug up the same locality ; and near the spot where this second leaden fin had n a n R n E cof bee deposited, coi of the oma mperor rn T r n Valens was also tu ed up . h ee hu dred years ago a number of human remains were found as they were ’ digging the foundations of Archbishop Whitgift s Hospital r Of a n z z Sa F n the discove y these rem i s pu led muel i ch , who was Vicar of Croydon at the time when the Hospital was builtfr A quantity of human bones have recently n n r at rn r bee fou d by the well, forme ly the co e of the ’ Ar H and an an r n a chbishop s ospital, m y hum emai s h ve n in G r S r W h n bee dug up eo ge t eet . e they dug the “ ” n a n r at n r - a end fou d tio of the Victo y, the o th e st of S rr S a r r a on a r r u ey treet, the l bou e s c me ve y pe fect R n n in dl u an n . h m skeleto ece tly, they fou d the mid e of and n At r r S rr S n r . u ey treet, a umbe of skulls bo es the ea H r a an r an No . 2 2 S d a n of , igh t eet, skull, othe hum rem i s, n n o n n were fou d t lo g si ce . Putting together these various fragments of intelli n n n a in ge ce, it is difﬁcult to avoid the co clusio th t, n r n in a was Of the ce t e of our tow , former ges, a place n r n all n ar n and r i te me t ; but docume t y evide ce, eve y ha n I ra n nn s . t t ditio co ected with it, bee lost would a at r r r n seem th t, some ve y emote pe iod, the ge tle eminence along which the main street of Croydon now n was n r n n ru s , dotted over with i te me ts , amo g which, r a n n ar Br carnedd au pe haps , might h ve bee see e ly itish , R an r r a an d Sax n arr in om sepulch al memo i ls , o b ows , ages antecedent to the date when the Old churchyard became the a cknowledged last resting-place of the r Christian in habitants of this n eighbou hood . The old parish church of Croydon is a Saxon foundation .

9? m n . I See Cro d on Prehistoric an d Ro an . 6 and note o y , , p 9 , p 7

" “ ” ide am eth M S Lib No . 2 . 1 V L b , . , 75 TE CHAP R V .

HE OLD CH RC T U H .

GREAT as the alteration is which the hand of man has r n a n r g adually wrought upo the spect of our cou t y, the change is not so vast as that revolution in society which n f the benign influences of Christianity have sile tly ef ected . For n n r r n ow ra es aught we k ow to the co t a y, where the p is L are n in bone n of the amb su g, this or valley, o ce well f watered by running streamsf amid the recesses of that Coed r n r in primeval , the forest, t aces of which still li ge n r C n — r the eighbou hood of roydo here , whe e the sacred r r r r D a oak t ee fo merly flou ished, the c uel ruid may h ve an a n fired his colosse im ge of wicker work, full of huma a an r Con victims s crificed to appease the ge of his gods . n n r n n cer i g so emote a period, little is k ow ; but it is almost certain a population on ce dwelt hereabouts who n not r Go d nor C r He a k ew the t ue , Jesus h ist whom h th n -Off n was n a se t ; this, to our far a cestors , i deed a v lley a a Sun R of the sh dow of de th , for as yet the of ighteous n B n ess had not risen upon ritai . N r n nor n n eithe the time whe , the circumsta ces u der C n C r was n n are n n which, roydo hu ch origi ally fou ded k ow . We may infer that there was a structure dedicated to the r C r n r at C n in a 6 0 pu pose of h istia wo ship roydo the ye r 9 , n Beorhtric and fElfsw th a si ce to the will of y , m de about “ ” n Elfsies C this date, is wit ess , , the Priest of roydon

It h a s b een already ob served tha t ru nning streams were the O ects of su ers itiou s re erence w th our heathen for fath r bj p t v i e e s . ’ / 2 Tko Ola C z nr c/c. 7

Clpriej' ppeoyzzer on Cpo gbaene for it is not likely a person would be so designated unl ess a fabric of some kin d was set apart for him to perform the ministerial O n lf i s ffice in . A d the b uilding in which E s e officiated n an Old one n in as cen might have bee , eve his day, turies had already passed by since Christianity h ad been brought to his p agan Anglo-Saxon countrymen ; to say nothing of that earlier introduction into Britain of the a n n C m n gl d tidi gs of salvatio by hrist, which mo e tous in telligence appears to have first reached these shores when the Roman troops were overrunning the southern n n ar n portio of the isla d, app e tly about the time of the B a A D revolt of oadice , . . S na man ma n ome missio ry , it y have bee , who , with spirit stirred within him as he contemplated the ignorance and r a n n a n n a idolat y rou d , selecti g spot of la d e r a nnin brook and ar n axe n ru g i cle i g it with , the out of the n r r r Ru felled timber co st ucted here an o ato y. de although n was a in it may have bee , still this temple which the n an The livi g d true Go d might be worshipped . humble house Of prayer was reared just at the turn of the well r n a n fans t odde path , le di g to where, close by, stood a of — the false god the deity our pagan Teuton forefathers

o d x i l m A f th ill r f rred t o is C e D p o aticu s . copy o e W e e ’ ” rin in m n nt p ted La bard e s Perambu latio of Ke . ' h n d Gild as. Tertullian who rot e in the l atter h alf of t e seco 1 , w “ centu r sa s et B ri nn ru in Romanis loca Christo y y t a o m accessa , vero su bdita and tho se part s o f B rit ain which were inaccessible to “ ” th R m . an a r m u Ch i t T rt l Ad u das c . e o s e eco t t o r s . e u v. J , b e s bj ec , 7 Au u stin did n t l n l f Than u ntil lon aft er g e o a d u pon th e I s e o et g , namel in the ar In Ireland a n d in Scotlan d in the fth y , y e 597 . , ﬁ nd s h n ri f r u u s in l an d ed were Christian school a ixt ce tu es (be o e A g t e ) , s m f r h i r — inian at Clon ard near the f t e r lea nin z t . F a ou s o vi . S g , , B o n e an d the ren o n ed semin ar at the I sle of H o r Iona in y , w y y , ,

h rid n . B ede Arch isho U sher. t e Heb es . Ve : b p 1 The river Wa ndle o rigin ally t ook it s rise from variou s sou rces h r h n il r n a little to th e e ast an d s ou th of Cro d on C u c . U t ece tl y y , it c u rsed in tw t r a mlets one u on th n orth and the other o o s e , p e , h h past t e south sid e of t e chu rch. ’ 2 8 n Ola C/t nr c/i T o .

n in fell dow before, whose memory is still preserved the na n r d a for W n me give to the fou th y of the week ; ode , or O n r a one a r wo bnes di , d e d, furious , cl imed to be lo d of a g U n der some such circumstan ces as n a an o r n these , it may have bee th t eremite, mo k r r C s n in a chitect, put together the ﬁ st hri tia temple Croydon :

Or Old ar C n , does the p ish church of roydo owe its r n a a Ar T n o igi to th t scheme of ble chbishop heodor, whe , planning the establishment in Englan d of a parochial L cler an d an a n A a gy J guided by us ge of his ative si , with an n K n JEthelstan r n O n the s ctio of i g , he u ged upo pule t proprietors the expedien cy of building and en dowing r n an wa n ra n chu ches upo their l ds ; by y of e cou geme t, Offering them the right of p atron age to the churches they

r H n r n x n r might e ect . e ce the o igi of e isti g ights of a r na and n a r ar p t o ge ; si ce some est tes we e l ge, whilst r r a a n for n a z othe s we e sm ll, this ccou ts the u equ l si e of

ar If C r was n n p ishes . the hu ch here fou ded u der the

a r an n ma r a l tter ci cumst ces, the we y p esume th t the ar - n r n a n O n n m sh e vi o ed, w ttled stro ghold of the pule t theg a a n n r ar who re red it, occupied the site djoi i g the chu chy d , where n ow stand the remain s of the Archiepiscopal palace ; for it is likely the Saxon noble would consul t his own n n n and an d co ve ie ce that of his household, choose a

r n r n own n spot whe eo to erect his Chu ch ear his reside ce . Yet r s or a ma n , whereve ituate, wh tever y have bee the

if The la ce n ow called Wadd on a n cientl Wod d ens is n ot more p , y , than a u art f il r n h r h q er o a m e distant from C oy d o C u c . “ ” ” The An l - x n h h i t r H nr Soames o Sa o C urc t e His o 85 0 . B e 1 g , y , y y , l n M . A h rit r in u din md t a h . t er e s Ca e s te t . , pp . 74, 75 O w , c g , at Hono riu s Arch ish o of Can ter u r a red ecessor of Theod or , b p b y ( p ) , ” a ou t th e ear 6 6 t t e arish es in En land rs e an to se ara . b y 3 , ﬁ b g p p g ’ u h B ri i h r s l Go s t ol . . 1 Ar h i o Th od o wa s m v 8 . c s e o e nl g , p . 9 b p y enthro ned at Can r u r h l i 668 . T m t r an z i te A. D e co e e o at n b y , . p g o o f the ecclesiastical power in England a ppear s t o h ave been effect ed “ b Theodor : I s u e rimu s erat in Archie isCO is cu i mni y q p p p , o s ” n l orum l i m - A aecc es a an r r E . s e H E i . 2 u d a e consenti . B A . g t D , , v .

’ 0 T/z e O a 3 la com .

King [Elfred provided ancient England with a Bible in n n * fElfr d G a on 2 6 th her ative to gue . e the re t died the d a O in a 0 0 or 0 1 and a y of ctober, the ye r 9 9 , lthough ’ [Elfred s plans for the improvement of the education of n n his people dimi ished the evil he complai ed of, yet n n n n n a n succeedi g turbule t times , i cide t upo re ewal of D n n n n n n the a ish i vasio , te ded to thwart the e lighte ed An -Sax n K n measures of the glo o i g . The dogma of the infallibility of the Pope encounters difﬁ in a n XII was a culty the char cter of Joh , who sove

n n ff in 6 0 n r . no reig po ti the year 9 , si ce the e is circum stance in history better attested than the fact that this was n o n a n r Pope solem ly deposed ccou t of murde , adul ter and n y , other hei ous crimes . 6 A. D T D n an . was in t 0 . S . 9 his the year which u st , as nl a a n n a n r a he is commo y c lled, h vi g bee ppoi ted p im te

An - ax n a r of the glo S o s, received the p llium f om Pope ohn ' ' R n En n na z . n an D an J l etur i g to gl d , u st sig li ed his advent to power by expelling the married secular clergy r beneﬁces and n n n f om their , obtrudi g i to their places mo ks B n n Yet r Sax n r of the e edicti e rule . , whethe the o p iest Of Croydon suffered from the new-fangled celibatic n otion s eccclesiastical n o of his superior, or otherwise , we have n inin mea s of determ g . According to the Anglo ~ Saxon Chronicle in

AN. DCCCCL XXV.

Here end ed

the o s o f earth j y , d f l n Ea gar o Ang es Ki g, hi n h r li h cho se m a ot e g t ,

beau teou s and Winsome,

an d left this frail , hi ” t s b arren lif e .

Or is in an V n Of , as it expressed other ersio the same , probably contemporary authority

m i l S el t . E f M . 1 6 The auth rit f p , V , 7. o y or this Is a n n i nt Hist r f l a c e o y o E y .

“ 1 Flor. Wig . ’ T/z e Ola Cameo/z . 3 1

. The 8th efor h d l 975 b e t e I es of Ju y . Here E ad ar di g ed , ru ler o f An l s g e , ’ We st-Saxon s o j y , ’ a nd Mercians rotect r p o . a as at

s: as as

Kings him wid ely o ed t o the Kin b w g, a s was hi d u s e by kind . NO ﬂeet wa s so d arin g nor arm so stron y g , ’ that mid the English n ation took from him au ht g , the while that the n oble king ” r uled o n hi thr n s o e .

A all a r an i fter said, however, wh t mo e was it th a sl p of an a a n n An -Sax n l d th t ck owledged this whilom pote t glo o , B as r a x n asileus lo d, compared to the widespre d e te t of ’ n n K n Ead ar s n an those domi io s over which i g g desce d t, S n La a r — an n our overeig dy, sw ys her scept e empire upo sun n v Gr a n has n which the e er sets e t, i deed, bee the r n n n Elfsies r C n p ogress of the atio si ce , the p iest of roydo , i l ved . It Ead ar in was g who, order to extirpate these ferocious n r n r a imals f om the cou try, commuted the t ibute from ’ Wa in 0 0 les 3 wolves heads . S ar had K n Ead ar n c ce i g g departed, tha the dread a n Vikin r N in n - a he the , g of the orth, lo g gilt prowed cr ft, reafen n n at a — n with omi ously ﬂouti g m st head, bore dow u n S x n En an i n and po ill fated a o gl d, wh ch, disu ited dis ra S n It wasin a t cted, quickly succumbed to uei . the ye r 1 0 1 4 that Suein added to his other titles that of full ” K n E a di n n an and in a . i g of gl d, the s me ye r he ed sudde ly ’ The D an ar n Cn C n Suein s ish my the elected ut, or a ute, son an d n n , to be his successor ; it is withi the ra ge of possi bility that Elfsies may still have been doing duty as the a Cr n n in 1 0 1 K n Cn ged priest of oydo , whe , 7 , i g ut com En n The D n menced to rul e over all gla d . a e swore to 2 ’ / 3 Tbc Ola C/znr c z .

and n n and an be just be evole t, touched the h ds of the n in n pri cipal chiefs token of his si cerity . A son an a a Cn di a r lthough the of post te, ut spl yed g eat z a r He n nan a n e l for the Chu ch . discou te ced the e ti g of -ﬂesh in n r O n W horse ho ou of di . ith the view to still an and a further discourage the old Pag creed, stem th t host Of heathen superstitions which clung with the inveteracy Of an n a a n n D an n r Cn cie t ssoci tio to the rece t ish co ve ts, ut na n and ar r e cted laws agai st witchcraft ch ms, the wo ship n n a n r n and and n an of sto es, fou t i s, u es by ash elm, the i c tations a We ma a th t do homage to the dead . y t ke it for ran r r a r An -D n g ted, the efo e, th t the ule of this glo a ish m n r had n n n n a n n o a ch a te de cy to stre gthe , r ther tha weake , an r an r a n the h ds of the Ch isti p iest t Croydo . But Cn G a B or E ut the re t, asileus , mperor of the An -Sa n S Br n S D an an d or glo xo s, cots, ito s, wedes, es , N we ians a a a in 1 0 n as had g , p ssed w y 3 5 , whe his empire, n a r C a a n bee the c se with the empi e of h rlem g e , fell to ra n Fo r an six r Sa n En n n f gme ts . other yea s xo gla d groa ed under the partial and Oppressive imposts of Harold and Hard acnut and n n ot far r r C n C r the , f om whe e roydo hu ch an at C Cla a -lia m ha m m C a st ds, lapham , p , the or ho e of lap , the last-named intemperate rufﬁan fell down dead at the a a a one n as m rri ge fe st of of his obles , he stood at his With Hard acnut expired the Scandinavian na n En an domi tio over gl d . What; a picture is here presented to us of the manners of that early period throughout which it is probable a S n men n ran and uccessio of , ig o t grossly superstitious a ma n in n lthough they y have bee , yet let us hope si cerity, r Cr n C r now n from the very spot whe e oydo hu ch sta ds ,

' taught the Word of life— truly a light shining in a dark place I It Was in the our L 1 0 1 e year of ord 4 , that, amid ev ry

” ”t x n h n n 1 0 1 another ersion recou nts the circum Sa o C ro . A . 4 v s an n 1 0 2 hich e ar R . Hoved en al so a ssi ns it t ce u nd er A . 4 , t o w y g . ish f La m th Clapham was formerly in the pa r o b e . ’ The l 2 O a hu r ch . C 0 3

n n S n ff n Ed demo stratio of axo a ectio , ward the Confessor ,

na was r n in W n r as he is med , c ow ed i cheste Cathedral n al En an The n and Ki g of l gl d . lo g comparatively peace - ful reign of the monk king was distinguished by a church

i n a and not n a a r bu ldi g ctivity, it is u likely th t the f b ic, if

r and an n in Elfsies r a of timbe , still st di g, which p e ched ,

n n and a n ew r at Cr n was the pulled dow , chu ch built oy do upon the model of those stone structures which Edward had so good an Opportunity of examining during his pro in N r an tracted exile o m dy. The earliest direct n otice of Croydon Chur ch is in B An n r in a Domesday ook . e t y th t venerable record relates to the manor of Croydon : it contains the words ibi cccla n n here a chu rch At , sig ifyi g . the time of the

r r was in n S rr o ne a su vey the e , the cou ty of u ey, bbey, one na r on e n n n n x - r r mo ste y, asce t co ve t , si ty fou chu ches , Our Old r and a . r r r three ch pels pa ish chu ch , the efo e , is n a Saxon foundatio . — The fabric is dedicated to St . John the B aptist a holy and rem arkable chara cter : his raiment was of ’ camel s hair ; a leathern girdle was about his loins his meat was locusts and wild honey ; he drank neither wine r n nor strong d i k . If the ﬁrst church erected in this county was reared in a a ar n n in our p rish, there would be peculi sig iﬁca ce the dedication Of Croydon Church to the forerunner of Or r Cr n C r C r . h ist does the dedicato y title of oydo hu ch , contain an allusion to the particular circumstan ces of the a n an r na in site or loc lity upo which it was pl ted ; o igi lly, an n rr n r nn n r a and a fact, isla d, su ou ded by u i g st e ms

ra T a r n r n C r an mo ss . h t at the ﬁ st i t oductio of h isti ity a an An -S x n had r to the P g glo a o s , before they time to e ect

r not n a n ba z con chu ches , it was u usu l ope ly to pti e the

r in r or r a in a wa ar a rac ve ts ivers st e ms , y simil to th t p i n B a in r an a ar ro t sed by Joh the ptist the Jo d , ppe s f m n B A r Old man the relation of Ve erable ede . ve y told D a A Of Partene in r n ed , bbot y , that he himself, the p ese ce D hx 7 3 4 7 <9hl € mn xh.

E n An o n n of dwi , chief of the gles , who lived the orth - Of R H Humbrians had side the iver umber (the North ) , been baptiz ed with a great many others in the Trent at n n a B n D n n oo d y by ishop Pauli us . eda perso ally co veyed n n B n n n this i formatio to ede , by whom the i teresti g traditio * n an n u s has bee h ded dow to . Th n B e old parish church of St . Joh the aptist at C n n n on S n n r roydo was bur t dow aturday ight, Ja ua y 5 th, 1 8 6 7 . A ﬁre n fter the various curious revelatio s were made . The r n n r an n r g ou d pla of a mo e cie t house of praye , which had n r occupied the same site, could be disti ctly t aced . As each successive alteration had been made in the ara Old ll n ch cter of the structure, the wa s had bee merely r or a n n r pie ced, t ke dow to the requi ed level, but the n n ha n I ancient fou datio s d bee religiously preserved . t is r a n r ﬁre a Cr n ce t i that, p eviously to the , the w lls of oydo Church had been thrice pierced for win dows ; and the r n n x a p esumptio is, that this successio of lights e hibited design in harmony with the general character which the

a r at r a r n n f b ic bore the espective d tes of thei i sertio , r n N r n E whether this occu red duri g the late o ma , arly En D ra or r n a r ' It an glish, eco ted, Pe pe dicul r pe iods . 1 is interesting fa ct that the w alls of Croydon Church were n Of N r an E En l and D a fou d to be full o m , arly g ish , ecor ted — fragments débris of a former structure reverently used A r r o ur n r ma up . sculptu ed histo y of cou t y y lie em bedded in the walls Of our old parish churches ; stones — wrought by Saxon and Norman hands by men who lived in U r r or in the stormy time of the su pe , who fought the n r K n E r I Welsh a d Scottish wa s of i g dwa d .

It n r a r n a r is co jectu ed th t the wo k of rebuildi g, or r the converting Croydon Church into what is technically known as r n ar r n A a Pe pe dicul structu e, was comme ced by rch

en . B ed E l Hi f En H V e co . st . o . B . , g , .

" ” I Indication s o f some o f the ancient wind ow s h ave been p re er ed in the north and sou th alls f o u r n e Chu rch s v w o w . h / T e Old Cha r ch . 3 5 bishop Courtenay from the circumstance of the arms of r a or x n r n this p el te ( , three torteau ) havi g fo merly bee afﬁxed to the n orth entran ce ; and to the s ame heraldic a r are n n a a utho ity we i debted, whe we pl ce the d te of its n in a Ar C completio the d ys of chbishop hicheley, whose r ar ent a r n a tes n r n a ms ( g , chev o , g , betwee th ee ci quefoils of r r rn or r n the last) , we e ca ved at the side of the weste , p i

i a n ran The r n r r r c p l e t ce . Pe pe dicula style of a chitectu e exhibited by the late structure attained its purest de velO ment ar en d 1 and in ar p tow ds the of the 4th , the e ly part of the 1 5 th century ; exactly the period embraced by the archiepiscopates of the alleged re-constructors of the fabric . If any conﬁrmation were required to prove that the late building was only an alteration and enlargement of a church which for ages previously had stood upon the

r n in n ve y same spot, it would be fou d the circumsta ce that there is no ancient record of the consecration of n r The r Can n Law n r Croydo Chu ch . ule of the o is eve to consecrate a church unless it has been consumed by I ﬁre ra o r n n n ra r n . t , desec ted, built upo u co sec ted g ou d l r r had n n ew a r fol ows, the efo e, that if this bee a f b ic,

ar n r n ra n a a re ed upo a f esh site , its co sec tio would h ve p peared in the register of the archbishop in whose time it was built . In 1 8 and a a n in 1 8 n the year 44, g i 5 7 , specime s of rude mural decoration were found on the south wall of

r Croydon old Chu ch . The ﬁre which deprived the inhabitants of Croydon of - their p arish church was occasioned by the over heating of

ﬂu - S was r conﬂa ration a e pipe . uch the apidity of the g , that in little more than an hour a carcase of tower an d r skeleton outer walls were all that su vived .

N ET ADVOWSO , C.

Ba Cr n in St . n The Church of Joh the ptist, oydo , is the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury ; D 2 3 6 The Old Cha rch.

n r and V The a d was formerly both a recto y a icarage . r na n n V ra nn o igi l e dowme t of the ica ge ca ot be discovered , but Henry de la Ry e was presented to this Vicarage in JE idiu s Au d nard o n ar 1 2 8 e . the ye 9 by g de , the the rector An an n n r n at M aid enston 2nd n cie t i st ume t, dated , of Ju e, in a 1 8 in A S r the ye r 3 4 , the time of rchbishop tratfo d , r r r in a Ar whose egiste is lost, is prese ved th t of chbishop C r na an d n a n an r n a n A ou te y, co t i s o di tio made by rch bishop Stratford of what tithes were then to belong to the * r and r C n r recto s vica s of roydo espectively . In the archives of the Bodleian Library is an ancient a r B en eﬁciorum in w n r V lo , compiled the t e tieth yea of K n E I r r n Sir H nr i g dward . , which fo me ly belo ged to e y ’ S n Of n r n n PO e Nich olas s pelma . this, ge e ally k ow as p T xa n R r S r r n in a tio oll, so much as elates to ur ey is p i ted ’ “ ” A n x A r ra n n the ppe di to ub ey s Pe mbulatio of that cou ty, in n r r ma un which , amo gst othe particula s , y be fo d

D ecan atu s d e r n d on C oy ,

l i r n l x m r E es a d C o d on va L . a c . cc e y . ”

m l . x m i ria e u d e va v. are V ca j s .

In 1 V a at 2 l l 1 88 I 5 3 4, the icar ge was valued . . ’ and in Ecton s Thesaurus rerum Ecclesiasticarum it is thus stated

h i t l a l l r n t . o n B a t s P r C ear C oy d o V . (S J p ) [ ecu ] Y e y l P n Pr r d B rm n d a i . e e o se t n h e rl a u e e s . o e t s y y v y , d d is iiid . dd . n si n ii z . s I o . 0 3 0 M l cl v . v Re a o . . . 45 l . . c 3

In L r R V r ar the ibe egis , the ica age, disch ged of the m n ﬁr t - r a at 2 l l 83 d s . 1 . . pay e t of f uits , is r ted 9

A r n R i r Ar C r na cco di g to the eg ste of chbishop ou te y, an exch ange was m ade of this a dvowson fo r the m anor of

Wad d on n a Ar an d r r an d , betwee th t chbishop the P io ’ ’ C n n St Sa r B r n A r K n o ve t of . viou s , e mo dsey . fte the i g s ’ L n and B had n n r ice ce the Pope s ull bee obtai ed, the matte

it The in s tru men t it s elf is c o pied at length in the Appen dix o f l m ’ ” Du car e s ee also St ein an s Hist o r o f ro d on A en dix . y C y , pp

‘ ” 1 Re . Winton. ox l . g F , p 5 .

8 T I h h 3 he Ola C nr c .

n a n n C n and the a n sio s of th t co ve t, fell to the row , dvowso V ar r See Can r r of the ic age everted to the of te bury, whe e a n it rem i s . In 1 0 K n E VI ran r 5 5 , i g dward . g ted the recto y to T a Wa n a Es Of C r and R r hom s lsi gh m, q , hislehu st, obe t E B a a n s . n a In 1 2 Moyse, q , of ste d . 7 7 this est te belo ged a Wa n a Es a A to J mes lsi gh m , q , who by will, d ted ugust 1 6 in a ar a r La th th t ye , devised the s me to his siste , dy E z a O rn for a n o r r li beth sbo e, life, but m de ulte io bequest H i 8 a n r o . e n 1 2 c of it died 7 , without issue, le vi g th ee r — iz L E n n a v . a O b rn An n hei s , dy . s o e, tho y Viscou t Mo t gue , an d M r La E z r H nr s . r a h r Villie s . dy li beth left e thi d to e y B Es n a Wa n a r oyle, q , who took the me of lsi gh m , f om B n a n Hon R r Wa . whom it desce ded to the . obe t oyle lsi gh m He conveyed it in 1 7 7 0 to Anthony Joseph Viscoun t n a n r B a a n Mo t gue , desce ded f om arb r , a seco d sister of ’ a Wa n a n r n a r J mes lsi gh m, who , i he iti g his f ther s thi d , an d r a n a Of r pu ch si g th t Mrs . Villie s , died seised of the in 1 8 The n ar whole 7 7 . trustees u der his will sold p t L G r an d an - n r an d of the tithes to ord wydi other l d ow e s, conveyed the remainder to George Samuel Viscount n i z r n in 1 a was r n n S a . Mo t gue , who d ow ed wit e l d 7 9 3 He had conveyed his portion of the rectorial tithes to ar an - n n r a v ious l d ow ers, some buyi g the ectori l tithes r o wn a and r r r rs of thei est tes, othe s (where p op ieto declined) buying the rectorial tithes of the estates of o n r T r r a hi ar ther ow e s . hus the ecto i l tithes of t s p ish

r r and r we e widely dist ibuted, whe e they were bought

n r Of a on r r by the ow e s the est tes which they we e cha g ed, a ra a ab an d a r they bec me p ctic lly sorbed, the est tes f ee a The a r a of gre t tithes . l st lot sold was the g e t tithes n a a r n n o a and of the commo s , lot ppa e tly of v lue, which wa s a r M r R Boxall Fr bought for t iﬂe by . obert , om

a n r r a n n r and sm ll eve ts , howeve , g e t o es ofte p oceed ,

was a r for M r Boxall n n a n o this the c se he e ; . , ﬁ di g th t

rn ra n ha o r x on n co , g i , y , wood e isted the commo s , thought a all n titheable th t if they were e closed, some article e l hu h Th O d C rc . 3 9

in r r or at an r a in an might time g ow the e , , y ate , th t enclosure he might Obtain an allotment for his pro s tiv rr n r It was r r M r ec e n a . . p but the b e ight , the efo e , B oxall who ﬁrst stirred the important subject of the Cr n n r an d n a had oydo e closu e ; , whe it took pl ce , he an allotment made to him in lieu of the rectorial tithes f l H n r on O al n Of Cr n . e the commo s oydo e ce , eve y n ow n an r r ar n possessi g l d, fo me ly p t of the commo s ,

an r r r r a r n ar possesses l d f ee f om ecto i l tithe e t ch ge .

A t r r r n r f e these sales, the ecto y itself co sisted me ely ’ an St n C r and an r of the ch cel of . Joh s hu ch the M o H at N r End and M r R r ouse o th , these were sold to . obe t

Harr a r a r n M r Fran Harr is , f the of the l te su geo , . cis is, and one a ra Cr n B n of the m gist tes of the oydo e ch, who ’ d in I 8 Harr r r n a the ied 0 7 . Mr. is s ep ese t tives sold chan cel and Manor House to the late Alexander Cauld Es n a an a r cleugh, q , whose represe t tives sold the ch cel fte the ﬁre in 1 8 6 7 to trustees for the inhabitants Of Cr n oydo . U n der t he s ame enclosure an allotment was made to ar Cr n in Of ar a Of the Vic of oydo , lieu the vic i l tithes n r a an an in N r the commo s of No wood , so th t y l d o wood, r r n n o w r r ar a r n fo me ly commo , is f ee f om vic i l tithe e t charge ; but the rest Of the p arish is subject to vicarial * Ea Off r n r n a tithes . ster e i gs are p ese ted to the vic r r ar th oughout the p ish . A house was appropriated to the vicar in the reign E r I T n of dwa d II . his formerly stood o the south side

Old r ar R Ar Wa of the chu chy d . ebuilt by chbishop ke , ’ at n a n a in I 0 r V ara the i stig tio of his l dy, 7 3 , this ic ge was n in 1 8 and the r n o n pulled dow 47 , g ou d which it The n ew had stood was added to the churchyard . Vicarage was then erected about a quarter of a mile

ar r westw d of the chu ch .

* 1 n A f h 1 8 t he U 1 d er the Tithe Co mmutatio ct o t e y ea r 37, n h r vica rial tith es a re n o w commu t ed into a re t c a ge . ’ ” “ l t 1 Mil s Essay on Gen ero si y . 0 The ld hu r ch 4 O C .

On 1 6 F r ar 1 1 ﬁnd Ar the th eb u y, 4 7 , we chbishop C n a C n r r n hn B hicheley issui g ommissio , equi i g Jo , ishop Of Sorron r n ar r and r , to eco cile the p ish chu ch chu ch yard of Croydon which had then been lately polluted

* The a and ann r d by blood . c use m e of this bloo shed r a n a r an d u n r n at a em i sec et, the co t y bei g th t time n rna at a are a ar i te lly pe ce, we led to suppose th t it ose

u r from some pop lar a ff ay . F r r r r a n r in r o me ly the e we e two ch u t ies this chu ch ,

N c as. o n a t a and r St . e S . dedic ted to M ry, the othe to i hol

The r ed a i r i n ar was n ﬁ st, d ic ted to the V g M y, fou ded or 1 0 2 Sir R ina C a L r C a bef e 4 , by eg ld de obh m , o d obh m , Sterborou h Ca S rr The n n was of g stle , u ey . i cumbe t to ra for r Of a Sir R n a p y the epose of the souls the s id egi ld , w an his r n and all a C r ian his ife Jo , child e , of f ithful h ist The r n a n au n r r people . p ese t tio of the ch t y p iest the foun der vested in twelve of the prin cip al inhabitants of

n r n The a n a n r C . the tow of oydo tot l i come of this ch u t y , derivable from various ten ements and lands in Croydon d n r a or r 1 6 I s. 2 C w s elsewhe e , was £ . Joh ompo te

d . a n n had a n n Of 6 1 s. the l st i cumbe t, who life pe sio £ 3 4 granted him at the dissolution of this chau ntry in I E a VI dw rd . Th n N a e St. other chau try, dedicated to ichol s , was n n S aff r fou ded for the repose of the soul of Joh t o d, B B a an d W and Wi am O r ishop of th ells, of lli live , ar C n a 1 as in a Vic of roydo , before the ye r 44 3 , th t year Bishop Stafford was translated to the See Of Can ~ t erbur The a r na a n r a y . p t o ge of this ch u t y seems to h ve n in W n a m n am n bee the eldo f mily, fro their e bei g n r n a n The a n m con ected with several p ese t tio s . tot l i co e 6 a in a a n r 1 1 8 . d n of the ch u t y was £ 4 4 , obtai ble ’ r m r Th a in a ann r a St a . e simil e to th t of . M y s l st cumbent was Nicholas Sommer : he likewise had a n f 6 t di olu i n r a o 1 s d . a ss t o gr t £ 3 . 4 for life the f

4" hi h l l 1 a f . . R e . c e e o g C y , 33 , ’ ’ “ List s f th e In u m n t s o f Mar nd i l s a St . N cho a 1 o c be St . y s s The Old hu r ch 1 C . 4

The following Bishops were consecrated at Croydon Chu rch

1 A r 1 Ar Cran r T a 5 3 4, p il 9 , by chbishop me , hom s G r D B E and n a n a lia s D . l C ood ich , . , ishop of y , Joh po , a L D Ban r S L . B a A H . lcot, . , l te bbot of yde , ishop of go 1 1 S r 2 a Ar n 5 4 , eptembe 5 , by the s me chbishop, Joh Wa an a A T r and r B kem , l st bbot of ewkesbu y ﬁ st ishop

G r 1 Au a Ar . 1 0 of louceste 5 5 , gust 3 , by the s me ch n Scor D D B Of R r an d bishop , Joh y , . . , ishop ocheste , * C r a D D B Ex r I 1 Myles ove d le , . . , ishop of ete . 5 9 ,

A 2 ArchbislIO W G r a Ba n ugust 9 , by p hitgift, e v se bi g n D D B 2 to . L n a 1 6 2 S b r 0 a f. 1 , ishop of l d f , eptem e ,

Ar A a n K n B by chbishop bbot, ssisted by Joh ( i g) , ishop L n n R ar N B Lichﬁeld and of o do , ich d ( eile) , ishop of C n r and n Buck erid e B R r ove t y, Joh ( g ) , ishop of ocheste , S D D B . G . Miles mith, . , ishop of loucester

Cha u nt ries , a n d al so the it ems of th e en d o wment s o f thes e chau n ’ tries are i en in D u ca rel in Garro an d in Steinman s Histories , g v , w, o f r n C oy d o . “Q As the h o no u red inst ru ment of greatly extending the k no w led e o f the Hol Sc ri t ures the n ame o f M les Co erd al e ill g y p , y v w a l a s be m n tio n ed i h n i n The r st rin ted En lish w y e w t ve erat o . ﬁ p g t ran sl ation o f the New Test amen t we o we t o T n d ale who a fter y , a rd s wa s m rt r d This r r o o wa s rin ted in th e ea r w a y e . a e b k p y

1 26 . Bu t t o M les Co erd ale su se u entl con s ecrat ed B ish o 5 y v , b q y p o f Exet er in Cro d on Chu rch th e h ono ur elo n s o f h a vin e en , y , b g g b t he t ran sl at or o f the ﬁrst entire Bible print ed in th e English l n a u a e . U on th e th of Octo er 1 M les Co erd ale g g p 4 b , 5 3 5 , y v u lish ed his t ra n slation f th hol Bi l There is n o e id en ce p b o e w e b e . v c on cernin the d at a t which he co mmenc ed thi r at o r a nd g e s g e w k , it i u n ain h r i w ri d Co erd a le wa s ma d e Bish o s cert w e e t a s p nt e . v p o f Exet er Ed d n th e ch an e of reli ion in u een by wa r VI . U po g g Q ’ M ar s rei n he wa s e ected from his See a t Exet er a n d th ro n y g , j , w into prison ; o u t o f which h e wa s relea sed a t the ea rn est r equ est Of the Kin o f Den mark a n d a s a rea t fa o u r ermitt ed t o o g , g v p g ’ n a nishm nt S on afte r Eliz a eth s a cces sion he ret u rned i to b e . o b , m xil h n C erd ale wa s old an d oor Grind al Bisho o f fro e e . W e o v p , , p in f M a n s L n d d o n a him th li St . u at o on Brid Lo n e e o e . , g v v g g , g h rea h f a t w ear u t n t c min u t Here e p c ed or b out o y s, b o o g p o the

rm o f con formit th n re u ired h e relin u ished his arish t e s y e q , q p a. t le fore his d eath He d ied in 1 6 ein 8 1 ears o f a e li t be . 5 9 , b g y g . 2 4 The Old Chnr ch .

For upwards of eight hundred years the structure con cerning which we write rem ain ed the only episcopal at C n B ut n n r a in church roydo . , owi g to the vast i c e se

a n ar an n a St . the popul tio of the p ish , the cie t st tus of John the B aptist has been modified by the division of the p arish of Croydon into fifteen other ecclesiastical d r and r n r n as an ist icts , the e ectio the ei of m y eccle siastical a n n n edifices, all of which h ve bee ope ed si ce n n a 1 8 2 the comme ceme t of the ye r 7 . B an r r S r ar S a y orde f om the ec et y of t te, the old churchyard was closed for interments on the 1 st of

A 1 8 6 1 a n r n n ro ugust, , ha dsome cemete y havi g bee p vided n for the tow .

RE AR CTORS AND VIC S.

“ E lfsies was C n described as the priest of roydo , about f A. D 6 2 . 9 .

RECTORS. The names of many of these have been lost ; of those a a n a th t h ve bee discovered, the ﬁrst which occurs is th t of Z EGIDIUs DE AUDENARDO was in 1 2 8 2 , who rector here L and 1 2 1 9 5 .

J OHN MANSELL occurs as rector in I 3 0 9 . ’ ’ RIC D AUNGERVILLE al B r resentat . HAR , de u y, cl p per ’ ’ ad Cr n archie atu vac o th regem eccl de oydo , p , 3 Novem ” b r I E II T arn r I . as e d . w , I his the le ed autho of the ” E n in Phil i i n He was rn at B r St . ob bl o . bo u y dmu ds ,

S ff in a 1 2 8 and at Ox r . u olk, the ye r 7 , was educated fo d III w r In 1 was a E ar . 3 3 3 , he elev ted by dw d , hose tuto he h ad n th e a n and in n bee , to episcop l dig ity, the succeedi g

a was a n Tr a r r and a r ar L r H ye r ppoi ted e su e , fte w ds o d igh

C an r En an He at A an in 1 . h cello of gl d . died uckl d 3 4 5

“ ” m i x n Co d ex Di l o at cu s cccc c . p , TThe a u tho rities fo r this list o f rectors and vicars a re th e Registers of the several Archbishop s in whose time they were

coll at ed . ” 1 Ed . III . T Pat . The Old ha r eh C . 43

B r n n R ar B r ette k ow as ich d of u y, the delight of this

n n man was in an arn m n To emi e t books d le ed e . this passion he owed the honour of the personal a cquaintan ce rar a r n was o n an of Pet ch , which he cqui ed whe he em

a A n n W C r u r r . o r r r b ssy to vig o ith ice o, fo me ecto thought that to atta ch a library to his residen ce was to supply a A n B . r R ar r soul to his household cco di gly, ich d de u y collected a library that was one of the won ders of the a ge . The motives that induced Richard Au ngerville to accu mulate this vast literary collection do honour to his understanding and ben evolent heart

“ Mo ed sa s Rich ard b Him who alon e ra nteth a n d v , y , y g erfecteth a o o d ill t o ma n I d ili entl en u ir e d h at a mon p g w , g y q w g a ll th e offices Of iet o u ld mo st lea se the Al mi ht a n d mo st p y w p g y , ro t the chu r h milit nt Then efore th e e e of m min d there p fi c a . b y y c ame a flock of cho sen scholars in hom Go d th e Artificer an d , w , Na t ure his h an dmaid n h l n ted th e ro ot s o f th e e st ma nn ers e , a d p a b and scien c es bu t h o m n u r so O ressed th at th ese fru it ful , w pe y pp erms ere d ried u since in con se u en ce o f an t the ere g w p , , q w , y w a te red b n o d ew in the u n cu lti a ted soil o f ou th so th a t th eir w y v y , irtu e la hidd en an d u ried a n d th e cr o ith ered a a a n d th e v y b , p w w y , corn d e en erated int o t ares an d th o se who mi ht h a e ro n u g , g v g w p int o st ro ng c olu mn s o f the Chu rch by the ca pa city of their gen iu s were obliged t o ren ou n ce th e pu rsu it o f learn in g Wh at c a n the piou s man b ehold more d eplo rable ? What can mo re excit e his co mpa s sio n ? The result o f my medit atio n wa s pity for t his o s cu r e r a ce o f men wh o mi ht ren d er su ch s er ice t o the Chu rch b , g v , h m n ot nl ith mean s for their a n d a resol ution t o a s sist t e , o y w su sisten ce bu t also ith ooks for th eir b , w b

It was in rar r R ar B a the lib y , fo med by ich d de ury, th t ” Bradwardine The Profoun d obtained the m aterials that enabled him to produce his immortal work Con cerning ” the Cause of Go d again st Pelagius . as r r C n in I 8 JOHN DE TONNEFORD w ecto of roydo 3 4 ,

WILLIAM DE LEGHTON in I 3 5 1 . A TLESEYE a WILLI M DE WIT , coll ted to this rectory by H a n Ar I I 2th A r 1 2 . e his u cle, chbishop slip, p il , 3 5 fter

as l r o . Philobiblio n, P o g Th O 44 e ld Chnr ch.

a a a D r Can n Law O and was w rds bec me octo of o at xford , r r n Ofﬁ ar-G n ra p efer ed, by his u cle, to the ce of Vic e e l ,

n D an r Of A Ar a nr the to the e e y rches , the chde co y of

H n n n B r R and W r r u ti gdo , the ishop ics of ochester o ceste , and at a A a r l st became rchbishop of C nterbu y. ADAM DE HONTON LL D a rd , . . , who was dmitted to it 3 ’ M a 1 H D a . B St e was n ra . y , 3 5 9 co sec ted ishop of vid s in 1 6 1 and a n En an in 1 . 3 , ppoi ted Chan cellor of gl d 3 7 7 ’ He St . ar C n a Ca a built M y s ollege, e r his thedr l, which he

n £ 1 0 0 er a nna m e dowed with p . ADAM ROBE DE LYN was rector In 1 3 6 3 . WILLIAM B OURRRIGG in I 6 3 3 . N UERNBY 6 JOH Q was rector in I 3 4 . N 6 GODEWYKE a 2 th ar I . JOH , dmitted 9 M ch , 3 5

N GODEWYKE LL D r n on 6th N JOH , . . , p ese ted, the ovem ber I I a 0 r E r II . , 3 7 , to this recto y by dwa d , who bec me patron by reason of the temporalities of the vacant Arch r n in an He was a r r bishop ic bei g his h ds . the l st ecto of

r n r r n r was this chu ch, bei g ecto here whe the chu ch ’ a B n C n n St . Sa ppropriated to the o ve t of viour s, ermo dsey, in 1 0 n n 3 9 whereupo he resig ed .

ICARS V . The names of those that have been discovered are as follows : HENRY DE LA RYE became vicar of this church at Z r n a n i E idiu s d e Au d enard o the p ese t tio of g , rector of the a th A 1 2 8 s me , 4 ugust, 9 . a in 1 0 THOMAs DE SEVENOHE is mention ed as vic r 3 9 .

THOMAs DE M AYDE T n M a I 0 . NES AN was prese ted y , 3 9 N HORSTEDE DE 1 8 . JOH , 3 4

N STANSFELDE a o n D n of Cr n JOH DE was pp i ted ea oydo ,

m n r Ar I a at Lam by a com issio f om chbishop slip , d ted

1 1 F ar 1 beth, th ebru y, 3 49 . ’

RICHARD T E LICH r n th n I 6 . A T , p ese ted 7 Ju e, 3 5 N D H MY E A LDON 1 6 1 . JOH , 3 B OKELE I RO ERT , 3 7 3 .

46 The Old Cha reh . to his great infamie and losse of that estimation which men innocencie T B n had of his . hus , the ellweather givi g and was r n over his holde , the others yielded, so g a ted the a s iritu all r n for one ar h lfe of all their p eve ues ye , to be in eares n n paid ﬁve y followi g, that the burde might e y more easily be “ He Ruthall B D ( , ishop of urham) paid his last debt to n r D u a a n L n n on W n atu e at rh m Pal ce , ear o do , ed esday, f F b in n n r n n O e . a d the fourth , ﬁftee hu d ed twe ty two, in C a S n B ni an d . o n was buried the h pel of Joh aptist, j y g C S r in W n r A . to the bbey hurch of Pete , estmi ste ; at

Rowl Cr n a r Dr. . ea t which time Phillips , Vicar of oydo , g ” a nd a renowned Clerk an x n n ‘ , preached e celle t sermo . i In I I n H a ra L n n 5 3 , Joh ewes , d per of o do , was made a r a n a a Cr n to bju e, for s yi g th t he he rd the Vicar of oydo “ r n T a as a r [Phillips] p each ope ly, h t there is much b ud y n in r Wil sed on or M ouswel as kept by goi g pilg image to , ” ‘ l in i &c . l a n n ra the stews bes de , 1 Phi lips tte ded the fu e l A I W n r in 1 2 and r a of bbot slip , at estmi ste , 5 3 , p e ched

r n his funeral se mo . § H M A A ETER BUROWG . P , collated by rchbishop Cran 8 mer th I . , 9 May, 5 3 N GYBBEs ll A sh JOH , co ated by the same rchbi op , A 1 2 He n I 2th . ar pril , 5 4 e joyed it but about eight ye s , n for n K n bei g deprived refusi g to pay his tithes to the i g, and was succeeded by

D AVID KEMP in 1 0 . , 5 5

WILLIAM COOKE I . , 5 5 3

RICHARD FINCH A 2 rd , collated by rchbishop Parker, 3 A r I 6 0 . p il, 5 SAMUEL FYNCHE A G n , collated by rchbishop ri dal, 2 6th 1 8 1 May, 5 .

it ’ Holin sh ed s Chr n 1 4. o . . 52 , p ’ “

A h . . s i . . 3 1 Wo o d t vol . i p 72 F x 5 2. o vo l . 11 . 9 I , . p m ’ i f ” id o r H . W e s st . o West A e A endix 10. bb y , pp The Old Chu r ch; 47

SAMUEL FYNCHE n n K n , at the prese tatio of the i g , by 6 2 8th F r ar 1 0 . lapse, eb u y, 3

H Y RI GE M A. A ENR G . A , , collated by rchbishop bbot, h S r 1 6 1 6 2 0 t . eptembe , SAMUEL BERNARD a 1 0 th A 1 6 2 , coll ted ugust, 4 . He was dis placed by the committee for plundered ministers “ in F r ar 1 6 for rr r in n eb u y, 4 3 , e o s doctri e, superstition in and practice, D H MA BUCKNER D . T O S . , , Twho was succeeded by TE i SAMUEL O S M A. n 1 6 . , . , who died 4 5 F I PECR RANC S .

EDWARD ORBETT M A cir 1 6 8 C . . , 4 ONATHAN WESTWOOD n Sir W J , appoi ted by illiam Brere ton B t A , ar , who was become possessed of the rchiepiscopal

C n and was r r 0 a ar f Palace at roydo , o de ed 585 ye or the use of such minister as he should provide to serve the

Cure of the Church of Croydon . Westwood was in the

' n 1 st M a I 6 receipt of this stipe d from the 3 y , 5 4, to the th n 1 6 9 Ju e, 5 7 . WILLIAM LEWER D D A C . . uxon , , collated by rchbishop J , in 1 6 6 0 5; who deserves to be recorded only as a disgrace Hi n a r n . s n an to his p ofessio si gul r love of litigatio , d his r n and a n n a a h c imi al disgr ceful co duct, eve tu lly c used is

n r beneﬁce in It was ejectme t f om this , ,

r a a r r a n was tried a t the p ob bly, fte his dep iv tio , that he

Old B a ile a nd bu rnt in the ha nd or stea lin a silver cu y , f g p . ’ “ In Smith s Lives Of where this fa ct is

’

al r Li f E ected ler . 210. W ke s st o j C gy , p " ” l a n 1 4 Sa mu el B arn ard ein dis c ed i 6 3 , Tho mas B u ckn er l b g p , ’ i in R a lin n D D . in u d ed so s M . w s o d t S . , a a pp te , b w Notes n u r o A b ey . ’ m i n r ll Pa rish R e . This icar s n a e s e e a s elt Cleie er I g v g y p , bu t it is an error ; his sign atu re appears frequ ently in the Pa rish

Re ist er an d in aria l Clewor . g , v b y ” l R e Sa n croft fol . 404 b. See a so Ca se of the Inh i g. , , ab ta n ts ’ “ o f Cro d o n rint ed in 1 6 3 : a endix t o Steinman s y , p 7 pp Hist . o f ” Croy d on . l o . . . 5 [I V i p 2 7. 8 4 The Old Chu rch.

en n n n n m tio ed , the followi g a ecdote is also to be fou d ’ O Br an n D r Cleiver n y , meeti g with . , the parso of C n n n r a r A n an roydo , comi g alo g the o d f om cto , he dem ded his money ; but the Reverend D octor having not a farthing ’ n A O Br an was for in . t about him, y tak g his gow this o ur v n r n n di i e was much dissatisﬁed , but, pe ceivi g the e emy

‘ n ra Sir would plu der him, quoth he , P y, , let me have a ’ chance for my gown ; so pulling a pa ck of cards out Of ‘ ’ a a W one his pocket, he f rther s id, e ll have, if you please, a all- r and win a and g me of fou s for it, if you it, t ke it ’ r T a n r wea it . his ch lle ge was eadily accepted by the - ad n r nn n n an a n at foot p , but bei g mo e cu i g tha his t go ist S n and n a won a and lippi g palmi g the c rds, he the g me , the ” a doctor went contentedly home without his can onic ls . H NRY H HE M an roft E UG S . A. A S c , , collated by rchbishop , 6 2 6th n 1 8 . Ju e , 4 A 6 8 8 M . 1 8 n r 1 N CE SAR . a . JOH , , collated th Ja u y, D ANDREW REBECK B . Ar W T . , , collated by chbishop ake ,

2 8th A r 1 2 0 . p il , 7 A M . . 2 h N NATHANIEL COLLIER t ov. I 2 , , 9 7 7 . A M A. N ADE . H n in JOH V , , collated by rchbishop erri g , n r 1 Ja ua y, 7 5 5 . A EAST PTH RP D D . a A O . Seeker , , coll ted by rchbishop , “ 6 He a r L n 1 . r on Ju e, 7 5 was the utho of ette s the ” r n Prevalence of Ch istia ity . A ND D D a Ar N IREL . . JOH , , coll ted by chbishop Moore ,

h 1 D r I n was a “ 1 t . r F 5 July, 7 9 3 . rela d the utho of ive

D n a n n C r a n Ar n for a nd a a n iscourses , co t i i g e t i gume ts g i st the Reception Of Christianity by the An cient Jews and ” He a D an W n r Gr 1 6 . eeks , 7 9 bec me e of estmi ste .

T L KWO D M A. A N CU TS OC O . JOH , , collated by rchbishop n h r 1 8 1 6 S o t a . utto , 3 M ch , HENRY LINDSAY M A a A H , . coll ted by rchbishop owley,

“ th N H wa r r I 8 0 . e s ra 4 ovembe , 3 autho of P ctical ” L r on H r a B Old T a n ectu es the isto ic l ooks of the est me t .

N E E D M A Ar G ORG HO GSON . a JOH , . , coll ted by chbishop H n a 1 8 6 He n owley, Ja u ry, 4 . was vicar here whe the The Old hurch C . 49

ﬁre and in church was destroyed by , his time it was U n r n n rebuilt. po his esig atio , the d Rt R E r W n a D . T n D . . r r ev dwa d y dh m uf ell , , fo me ly

Wa a C Ox an d B B r an fellow of dh m ollege , ford, ishop of isb e , ‘ n n a A T S . 1 8 Quee sla d, was coll ted by rchbishop ait , ept 79 .

tun mmt ! ﬁ u s ant Epitaphs.

In Croydon Old Church were various interesting monu * n s o ne x n r me t , but, with or two e ceptio s , these eithe or r Th perished we e terribly mutilated by the ﬁre . e tomb least injured was the oldest in the church ; it still remains on the south wall and is presumed to commemorate T a War a Es n Ha n in 1 8 hom s h m, q , who , dyi g at li g 47 , r r r in C a Of St N a o de ed his body to be bu ied the h pel . ichol s , r a La befo e the im ge of our dy of Pite . The Oldest inscription in the church was on a brass n n n a r & c . plate, be eath the i de ts of c oss ,

Hie acot E idiu s Se mor ui o iit xxi die j g y , q b j ’

m . i . D e br d ni m l x u i i . d ec a ecc x xx c a e ic et e. . pp

’ In n r - a rn r a C n an the o th e st co e of St . M ry s ha cel was ar r E D a His ﬁ r alt tomb to the memo y of lye vy. gu e , w was o n ra a n n n r hich a b ss pl te , had bee tor away ; u de neath was the following inscription

Orate ro an ima El e D a nu er Ci is Merceri p y vy , p v ’ Lon d on u i o iit iii die mens D ecem ri Ann o Dni , q b j b e, ’

n i . Am n . Mill imo cccclv. c uj u s a ime p r0 p cietu r D eu s e Elye D avy founded the almshouse in Croydon called n after his ame .

it We shall here notice only those more important mo numen ts Li s o f h which a ppear to d eman d a particu la r d escription . st t e t h in ro d o n Chu rch a re t o be fo u n d u t o the ear 1 718 Epi ap s C y , p y in Au re t o 1 83 in D u carel an d t o 1834 in St einman . In th e b y , 7 , ear 185 5 and a ain in 1 85 the a u tho r u lished a d escri tio n o f y , g 7, p b p the M on ument s an d a list o f Epit a ph s in Croy d on Chu rch ; which pu blication s were a ccomp anied by a series of c areful d rawings from the n o w-d estroy ed n atio n al monu men t s o f Cro y d on Old Chu rch th d rawin s referr d t o d u rin the ear s 1 85 3 -4 thirt een h e mad e e g e g y , h men y ea r s before the d estru ction o f t e monu t s . 0 5 The Old Chur ch.

Continuing to notice the inscriptions according to their n n in rn - an chro ological seque ce , the co er of the mid ch cel , on n r n in ra the grou d, was the ﬁgu e of a priest i cised b ss , an n n n n T with the accomp yi g li es u der eath . his brass

r was recove ed after the ﬁre .

Sil ester Ga riel cu u s la is hic te it o ssa v b j p g , Vera sa cerd otu m loria n u er era t g p , Legis n emo Sa cre Divin a vol u min a verbis

Clarins a nt ita san ctiu s ex licu it . , v p Comi nu s er o D eo mo d o felix eminu s almis g , ,

om in s in scri tis vid era t an t e vid et . Q , p p ,

Ann dn i Millim x iii di obr it a est fun et . o o v v. . e Oct , , j v

N was a r n r a r ear b ass which, judgi g f om the rmo ial

r n was n n r one bea i gs , i te ded to commemo ate of the family

Heron of e . ’ A a n n St r C n g i st the orth wall of . Ma y s ha cel stood a

ar r n an n r . l ge tomb of f eesto e , with asce t of th ee steps On r r n in a relieve the tomb were ep ese ted, lto , the ﬁgures man in a r n n r a n of a rmou , k eeli g befo e desk , atte ded by ’ n an d a an in S n n his ﬁve so s , of wom the ame ma er, a r attended by her eight d ughte s . Over the heads of the women were these initials

K . A . M . . . A . M M E . S E . .

Between the ﬁgures

Ann o Domini, 15 68 .

Over the heads of the men

H. T. . W. I P. N.

At the bottom of the tomb was this inscription

Tumu lu s Nicholai Herone E u itis e u lti rimo di t m s . , q , p p e Sep e

In an n n S n the middle ch cel, upo the orth ide , withi

ar r r and an an d a sep ate ecessed a ches , ﬂ ked divided by C r n an n r a n efﬁ ies a man an d o i thi colum , we e the p i ted g of

n n n r A the n a a r woma k eeli g befo e desks . bove e t bl tu e r we e three shields of arms . Th O e ld Chu r ch . 5 1

Over the man was this inscription

Obn 21 n t a a 15 3 a et . su re 69 J 7 , .

Under the man were these lines

Heare lieth bvried the c orps Of M i a ster Henrie Mill, Citez en a nd gro cer of Lond on fa mo s cit i v t e, Ald erman and somt me sh r y eve, A man of rvd ent skill p , Charitable t o the poore An d alwaies fvll o f itti p e, Whose sovl e wee hOp e d othe rest in B lise hea re io d h , w y ot e stil abovn d e Thovgh e bodie his fvll d epe d o lie In earths here vn d er grovnd e

Over the woman

ii Au . 1 O t 2 5 85 act . su le t bla nk b g , ae ( f ) .

Under the woman

Eliz abeth Mill his lovinge wy f L eth al so bvri d hear y e e, Whoe sixt ene child ren d id him beare The lessin of the Lord e b g , Ei ht o f them on n n h h g s es, a d t e o t er 8 eare d a h r hi i l r W vg te s, t s s c ea e A witnes e re of mvtvall l o e v v , An d si n e o f reate a c ord g g c e, Whose sole a mon e the atr a rks g p y , In faithfvll A rams r b b est, Thovghe b odie hirs be wra pt in clay h in i h r We ope oy d ot e est.

At C n n T a n the south side of the ommu io able, ag i st on a n an the wall , a sarcoph gus withi arched recess, the n a r was r C r n an n e tabl tu e of which suppo ted by o i thi colum s , lay the painted efﬁgies of a churchman in his scarlet r S n n n a a r r r obes . urmou ti g the e t bl tu e we e th ee shields f ar iz n r a r O v . t Can r ms , , ce e shield, the ms of the see of te d a a r n ar r or . an n ar r bury, impali g qu te ly , c oss qu te ed er d or a- n r and m an . n e r . , betwee four p he s , the ﬁ st fou th E 2 5 2 The Old Church.

and the n and a r , as , seco d third dexter shield the arms n r a of the see of York ; Si iste shield, the rms of the see of On r n n . Londo , both impali g the same eithe side of the ’ a n a n Grin d al s ar r sarcoph gus , be e th the colum s , ms we e B n his fi r repeated . e eath ef gies were these ve ses

’ ll d o ctu s ru d en s ra it ate verendu s Grin d a , p , g v ,

un iﬁcu s su b cru ce fortis erat . Ju stu s, m , i Po st cru cis aerumn a s Chris ti gregis An glia fec t

i n if ru m Christu s c oelica r e n a d edit . S g e , g — l xu u tu s Psa . e . In M emoria aet ern a erit j s .

At the top of the monument

B eati mor tu i qu i in Dn o moriuntu r u u i R equ ies cu n t en im a lab orib s s s . n r ill Et Opera illorum sequ u tu os . A 14. po e .

w n in U nder the above were the two follo i g verses, juxtaposition

Praesulis eximn t er postqu am Mortu a marmoreo con duntu r h n re mem ra se u lchro e st anotu s o o , b p , i Pervigiliq greges rexit mo d era Sed men s san ct a v get F ama eren n is crit min e sacro s p , l N am stu d ia et M u sae u as ma Con fectum senio d u risq abo , q g

ribu s ecce nis cen sibu s au xit , Tra n stu lit in pl acid am M o rs ex Grin d ali n omen t empu s in omne

foren t . Optat a quiet em.

Immediately above the efﬁgies was this inscription

’ ’ l D r Eru ti Ed mu n d Grind all Cumbrien srs, Theo : , di on e , Pru d en t ia et Gra itat e claru s Con st an tia u stitia et Piet ate in si n is , v , , J , g , c ivibu s e t peregr in is ch aru s ab exilio (qu od Evan gelii cau sa su biit ) r ever sa s a d su mmu m dignitatis fa stigiu m (qu a sid ecu rsu hon oru m) ri u m u Eliz a etha evectu E l i m L n din en . m d in s b R . s cc es a o e d b , p , e

r a . d emu . C n tu ri E cu m m hi n ihil r t bo c a a en r exit . t a e os ar E . j et . qu o altiu s a scen d eret e corporis vin cu lis lib er a c b eatu s a d c oelu m ° l it 6 u i n i v 1 5 . ti u i o a li an . D . 3 ev 83 Z Eta s s ae 6 . H e raeter mu lt J , p a iet atis o fﬁcia u i u i ri n u xim n as v s ree stit t mo bu d s ma a . o oru m p q v p , b sn o r um artem iis u si u n ra In Pa r eia Di B h p p b s co sec vit . oe vae eg ae ubi n a tu s e st Scho em r mm i l n ( ) l G a at c . sp e did e extru i et Opimo

hu rch 5 4 The Old C .

* h u e and 40l . l. u n Mar et o s 200 to b ild a ewe k , t ° beau tiﬁe this Chu rch an d t o make a n ew ,

‘ Saint es B ellsl He died in September 1609 .

’ I - Nicholas s C n was n the south east corn er of St . ha cel a monument bearing the recumbent efﬁgies Of a church

man in r an in act ra . his obes , with his h ds the of p yer

The ar on n a ms the tomb were ce tre shield , the rms of

ﬂ u r sa . See Can r r a n a r . on a r e the of te bu y, imp li g g c oss y 5

z an x r S a See WVorcester be ts ; de te hield , the rms of the of ;

S n r ar D an L n n i iste shield , the ms of the e ery of i col , both a n a On a a ar imp li g the s me . the s rcoph gus were the ms Of See L n n Tr n the of i col , the colleges of i ity, Pembroke , and r- At n n was Pete house . the top of the mo ume t the following inscription

n r e r L m Post t e eb a sp e o u ce . Above the ﬁgure Whitgifta Eboru m Grimsbeia ad litt ora nomen hi if mi i F lix ho n omin e Grimsbei W tg t a e s t . oe e Hine n at u s : non n atu s a d h an c me x mittitu r ho sp es

Londinu m : in d n am Cantabri ia mat rem e ov t e, g , ﬁ u i u r e crescit In se u it u r u ra . d m s av e q , s p q e b Petro ﬁt sociu s : Pembro : Triadiq magist er :

i P r ma ri Cath d rae Profes sor u tri . F t . at e t e q , q. q

ath d ra Linc ln u u m tit sse D ecan u m : E. C e o a s p e e M ex Wigorn petit esse su u m : ﬁt Episc Opu s illic r i r lt P opraeses Patrim qu o nu nqu am a ccept o a er . Po st anno s plu s sex su mmu m petit Anglia p atrem ; Plu s u am bis d en o fui A hi i u s ann q s t re ep scop o s, Charior El sa: d u biu m est a n R e i aco o i , g J b n ul u tri fu i i i nia i Co s q . t. S s t u Cro d o t est s Pa u ribu s u am ch aru u i n ile str p e q s erat , q e s ob uxit

it When the old market hou se wa s u lled d own in 1807 the p , following inscription wa s discovered “ This M arkett Hovse wa s bu y lt at the c ost e and ch arges o f Fran c Tirrell Citez en a n d r cer of Lond on wh k , G o , o wa s borne in this t o n e and d ar d hi rld in w , ep te t s wo s Sept .

” On e ohn d e Ald erma st on who wa s u ri d in 1 J , b e this Chu rch in ’ 1403 left b ill t ent sh ee fo r t h r ha f , , y w , w y p , e pu c se o a n ew saint s — ell . Vid e R e . A nd l l fo . 212 ru e b. b g , , The Old Chu r ch . 5 5

Ho s itiu m u eris . scholam d ot em . reli ui p , p q , q q t . Coelibis haec vit ae sobol es qu ae n at a p er a nn o s Se t u a in t a d u o s nu llo enu merabitu r p g aevo . In vidia hae c c ern ens morit u r, Patien tia vin een s

Ad su mmu m ev cto aeternu m d at lu m n h n ri e e o o .

A n in x a little lower, the two followi g verses , ju t position

M a n a Senatorie sunt nomin a Pax i o rata est mens recti g , v v g , p ond era ac qu a con scia pacem No mini u u m b s e non u tra . F ort a nim h m r n n , q q o , aec o tem o u nct a remu n m tuis d i j p t ? e se ed t . Praesu lis a cced at si su mmi Mors re u iem mem ris nimae q b , a n o men ad ista coelestia d on ant

Po n d era u is forat au t erferat Gau dia sic tu it nc r ui q , p ; po vi e e q illa diu ti u r ? pa t .

Beneath the ﬁgure

Gratis. n on miror si sit di ina ohannis , v J

u i a cet hi solu s redito r atu r . Q j e, c g s e at Nee magis immerito Whitgiftu s dicit ur idem; C nd o r in l u r a nd or r a e o io ecto c e at . q , p e Ca n did a au eribu s o su it loca ca ndid a M u sis p p p , ; E t rri m ri n n id d na uli e s o e s ca d a o t t .

’ This is the celebrated Archbishop Whitgift s monu n a ff r ﬁre The inscri me t ; it lso su ered much f om the . p n a a n D r B n a n tio s are s id to h ve bee composed by . e j mi ’ Ar a a n Charior one . , of the chbishop s ch pl i s ’ ’ C ar Warham s Whit ift s n n omp ed to tomb, g mo ume t r art was a poor wo k of . To the e ast wall of the same south Chancel aisle was afﬁx a a n n ar n n r a r ar ed sm ll mo ume t, be i g u de ecessed ch

efﬁ ies a man in a n n n r . the g of gow , k eeli g befo e a desk Over his head was this inscription

Oss a Mich a elis sunt hie sit a

id i D a ia o sterit as M r atro . u g , p p , u u n vereq iet e c be t . Michael Murgatroid was secretary to Archbishop Whit gift . 6 5 The Old Chu r ch .

On a r on n at black marble ledge , the grou d, the

n an n a r e tr ce of the orth isle, f om the west

Here lieth th e body of M armad u e ell Es k Wy v , q ’ " a nd o n e of e Kin s M a ie Pentioners y g j , s con d on n r arm d u ell e S e t o S M a k e Wy v , o f Cun sta ble-B u rt on in Y orksheire Kni ht a n d B arronet , , g , h e ‘h w o d ed xx of Au u st 1 623 a ed 5 8 . y y g , , g Ju xt a hic j a cet In e e m cert am resu r end sic ori D e ositum p g y ( g. ) p Cor u s M arma du ci vell Armi eri p Wy , g , — Filii secu n d o geniti D n i M arma d u ci W vell d e Cu n stable-B u rt o n in A ro y , , g Eboracen si E u iti B ar netti o . , q s Ibid emqu e r econ d u ntu r Corpora M a r ma d u ci et Ju d ithaa ﬁliae ej u sd em Marmad u ci vell su ra n o min a i Wy , p t B eati su nt u lver p es , Quibu s p romittit u r a Christ o Resu rrectio a d gloriam in R egn o su o Ad en iat cit o o ra t u etiam L ect o r v , O iit 2 di M r"i 9 e a 1 6 8 t a 6 . b 7 , ae t su ae

’ Not far A Whit ift s on from rchbishop g tomb , a ledger M . S . To the memory of y e wo rthy L a d Eliz a eth Gre h m y b s a , L a t e wife of Sir Willia m Gre sham Kni ht who a fter , g , , She ha d li ed 72 eares v y , Un s ott ed in her c o n er s tio n p v a , Charita le to the o ore b p , Sincere in R eli ion R e g , sign e d u p h er sou le int o the h an d s o f h er Creat or u on e , p y 9th d a o f D ecem r 1 632 y be , , Lieth here interred in h ope o f a gloriou s R u r i n es r ec t o . For a M emoriall of which Singu la r virtu e s her d eare do nl D h r o a u t e E . G . h ath y g , , co nsecrated this marble a s a D uty she cou ld The 0 c Chu r ch. 5 7

In n on n on r the ave, the grou d, a rough ma ble, with

Here lieth int erred the body o f the t ru ly piou s an d ’ “ singularly acc omplish d L ady D ame R u th Scu d amorefi d au hter t o Grif th Hamd en of Ha md en in th e cou nt g fi , , y h Es . r Ed l r E o f B u c s st married t o w . O et o e s . k , q fi g p , q , s nn h eir to Owen letho r e in the c ou nt of o Og p , y Oxford ni ht an d b him h ad 2 d au ht r , k g , y g e s ; aft er to r Phili cu d amore S p S , ‘ of B u rnham in the cou n t of B u c s K a n d la stl to , y k , ; y h ” n r L i h H nr Lei Es s o n a nd heir t o S Edw. e e y g , q , g , “ of R u sh al l in the c ou n t of Stafford K , y , , m l n ow li n b him h ad o n e son n a med Sa u e i . y , , v g h d d a t Cro d on M arch 28 1 649 S e y e y , , , i h r f h be ng t e 73rd y ea o er a ge .

A in na on a ra a ar lso, the ve, b ss pl te, with ms

Here l eth u ried the o d o f Nichol as Ha cher y b b y t , f Cro d on in th e co un t of Su rr Gen tleman who wa s o y , y y , , Ca t ain e of a Troo of Horse u nd er his p p , M st Sa cred M a estic Kin Cha rl s th Fir t o j g e e s , - a n d Y eoman U sher in Ordin ary t o his M aj estic Kin Ch rl s th n g a e e Seco d . Who d e arted this life th e 29th of Se tem r in th ear p p be , e y

of ou r Lord Go d 1673 a ed 69 ears . , g y

In C n St . N a a n a the ha cel of icholas, g i st the south w ll, was a splendid monument to the memory of Archbishop S n n n r n the r a heldo , represe ti g the ecumbe t efﬁgy of P el te , in ar a r nd r His n his chiepiscop l obes a mit e . left ha d a ne a and in r was a r r T r sust i d his he d, his ight c osie . he e was r a n a in n r g e t i dividu lity the physiog omy of the P elate , w r r was r n hich , togethe with the mit e , ve y icely sculp t u red R n ar a r n n n . ou d the s coph gus po tio of the mo ume t, x in r r a n an a r a e ecuted bold elief, were the em i s of llego ic l n in n r- a ki d of subject, which wi ged hou gl sses, bits of fﬁn n n dir m n Th r a d . e co , bo es , wo ms , t com i gle compo sition of this relief was excellent ; the gradual manner in n n which it i creased from the sides to the ce tre, skil

3“ Lad Scud am r was au n t o the atrio Ham den . y o e t p t, p 8 T 5 he Old Chu m/z .

n r r a ana fully re de ed , whilst the c itic l accuracy of the t omical n a was n r r n k owledge displ yed i deed su p isi g . On the tablet above the statue of the Archbishop was the following inscription

Hic j acet

Gilbertu s Sheld on ,

An ti u a h f milia q S eld on ioru m a .

In A ro aff r i n i n tu s g St o d e s a , Oxonii

onis literis enu tritu s b , an" S S Theolo D r in i nis , giae o ct o s g ; ll m Co . O niu m Anim u d n s et ﬁd lis a ra m Cu st o s pr e e , A ca demies Can cellariu s M u n iﬁcentis simu s,

R e ii Oratorii Cl ricu s g e , Car I “ B M . : arty ri Charissimus ; “ s ub Sereni simo R Carollo II s . , MD CLX ma n o illo In t au r atio nis a nn o , g s , S c l a e li Palatini D eeann s, Lon din en sis Episco p u s MD CL II in s e cretio ris Con cilii o rdinem X , coopt at us ; MD CL III ad di nit atis A CHI PI C PAL I S a icem X , g R E S O p

evectu s . VIR

Omni u s Ne otu Par mni u s Titnlis Su erior b g s , o b p , In R e us a d r i M a u s in ro s eris B o nu s b ve s s gn , p p , Utriu squ e Fo rtu n ee D ominu s ; au ru m a r n s P p e P e ,

Literat o rum Patronu s,

Ecclesiee St ato r .

D e t an t o Viro

Pau ca dic r n n x it M u lt a n on O u s est e e o e ped , p ; n Noru nt Pressentes, Po st eri vix cred e t Oct ogenariu s Animam Piam et Coelo Matu ram D eo red didit i 1d ix B r s v . II MD CLXXV .

S r n n a on r n was u mou ti g the t blet, which the fo egoi g

n r r r r n a ar i sc ibed, we e che ubim suppo ti g shield of ms viz Can a n m . o n . See , the arms of the of terbury imp li g y The 0 151 Chu r ch . 5 9

m ra a . r on a an chev g , three sheld kes of the ﬁ st c ton of n a Fortit the seco d, rose of the last ; with motto, er et ” i r Suav te .

B W on efore the tomb of arham, a ledger

Here lieth the body of Sir o se h Sheld on K “ J p , , d so me time L M a or of L n d on y o , ” the eld est s on o f R a l h Sheld on Es p , q , wh o was the elder ro ther of Gil ert h ld n b b S e o , d L r h i h f Can t A c b s op o erbu ry . H left issu e two d au ht ers Eliz a eth An n e g , b , "t e a nd died Au 1 681 g y , h 1 “ f i in t e 5 y ear o h s age .

On a n n n n in n r ha dsome vei ed marble mo ume t, the o th a r a n n n was n g lle y, dor ed with arms ; the mo ume t broke to bits

a r h memor o f ohn P r r E S c ed to t e y J a ke , sq , f rm rl o f nd n o e y Lo o , h h f M r h 6 a d 46 a rs a nd is h re int rr d w o died t e 6th o a c , 170 , ge y e , e e e .

Also of

h h r li wh died the 10th of Au u st 1 30 Eliz abet , is e ct, o g , 7 , d 0 ears a ge 7 y . This air hilst the li ed t o ether ere p , w y v g , w A pa ttern for conj u gal beh aviou r ; in dul n He a careful ge t hu sba nd , She a t en d er en gaging wife H i in u siness un ctu al t o his o rd e a ct ve b , p w , hi fa mil en erou s t o his friend Kind to s y , g , B u t charit able to all ; i l ir Po ssest o f every so c a v tu e, urin her Wid o hood D g w , She carefully virtu ou sly

Ed u cated ﬁve child ren , Who su rvived her :

She was an excellen t econ omist,

ith u t affect at ion M o d est w o , Religiou s withou t su perstition ; An d in every a ction b ehaved n d u r an d st eadin s With u ncommon ca o e s . 60 The Old Chu r ch:

’ In N c St. i holas s C n on n ad o mm ha cel , the grou d , j g the on a east wall, a bl ck marble ledger

Depositu m Gu lielmi Wak e

Archie is co i Cantu ari n sis p p e ,

u i o it XXI an u arii An n MD X I . V o D om. CCXX Q bi J , V JEtatis I su ae LXX X .

Etheld red ae u xoris e u s j , u ae o iit XI A rilis MD CC Q b p XXXV, Z Et atis su ae L II X .

Archbishop Wake died at Lambeth Palace : he was

n rr r in ' a r ann r i te ed he e p ivate m e .

On a n a a a a e t , white m rble t blet, fﬁxed to the wall, n a now r e rly opposite the last, dest oyed

B en eath are d eposited the rema in s of the mo st reverend hn r D o Po tte D . Arch i h o f C nt r u r J , b s op a e b y , wh o died Oct o er MD CC L II b X . X V , h in the LXXI t i V y ea r o f h s age .

On n a n n a e the grou d, djoi i g the east w ll of the sam C an o n ar h cel , a black m ble ledger

Here ly eth the bo dy o f The mo st re eren d D ’ Th oma s Herrin v g, Arch isho of Can t er u r b p b y ,

ho died M ar ch 13 1 5 a ed 64. W , , 7 7, g

On the wall at the south-east end of the Nave was an n n ar r n a n r a elega t colum of white m ble, suppo ti g fu e e l u rn d n G r a L n , esig ed by love , the uthor of eo idas it was erected to the memory of Philippa Bourdieu . ’ n a rn a t ar C an O the e ste w ll of S . M y s h cel was a a n n F an n n an an be utiful mo ume t by laxm , represe ti g gel r n a bea i g up a fem le . It was in r n -n on f o t of this last amed tomb that, S r 1 th 1 8 1 n S n n C eptembe 9 , 5 , Joh i gleto opley, the n ar a r i e disti guished tist, f the of the st ll more cel brated L L n u s e . ord y dh r t, was buri d

CHA TER VI P .

PAR I S H R EG I STER .

ANY and n n M parish registers , amo gst the umber that of

Cr n n in I 8 n Cr oydo , comme ce 5 3 , whe omwell, Vicar G n r an r r e e al, issued orde for parish registe s to be kept n throu ghout the ki gdom . The n a B and B r followi g aver ges of aptisms u ials,

an R r D u carel and L n gle ed from this Parish egiste by yso s , enable us to judge respecting the comparative state of the a n Cr n n popul tio of oydo , duri g the periods embraced by n n the dates me tio ed .

Avera e of Ba tisms Avera e of B urials g p . g . 67 43 1 1 6% 1 3 7; 127 129 1 5 0; 130

u n n n From these doc me ts we lear , that the umber of m a at Cr n persons who fell victi s to the pl gue oydo ,

ul 20 1 603 t o A ril 16 1 604 wa s F rom J y , , p , , 1 58 In the y ear 1 625 76

D itto 1 626 24,

Ditto 1631 74,

l 2 1 665 t o M arch 22 1 666 1 F rom Ju y 7, , , 41

“ In a note it is stated that from the I 1 th to the I 8th — A 1 6 0 0 r n a in of ugust, 3 , 3 5 4 pe so s died of the Pl gue n d r and n i in Lond on a the libe ties thereof, that ma y d ed ” “ a n eare a citie and r the highw ys , bout the , that, f om the h A r S 8 r n 2 5 t of ugust to the ﬁ st of eptember, 3 3 5 pe so s died . n n an n are r The followi g i st ces of lo gevity reco ded . 1 0 0 annos n a was 6 Alice Miles, at , buried Mar. , ‘ Pa r ish R e zszer g . 6 3

1 6 F 1 0 3 3 Margaret ord, aged 5 years, was buried 1 1 n Ba Feb. 2 n a 1 0 1 ar , 7 4 Joh ydo , ged ye s , 2 1 1 E D c 1 . z r e . , 7 7 ab G W a bu ied li eth iles , idow , ged Au 1 “ 1 0 r . E 0 , b 7 , z Wilso n was u ied g li abeth , r B H 1 0 1 1 f om the lack orse, aged , was buried March 7 ,

1 7 7 1 . The following miscellaneous items are arranged accord ing to their respective dates On n o I 2 A x n Barckle T I , . Ju e , 5 5 le a der y , sepult his

a Bar . w s kley, the poet “ W llm H 1 6 . . n ust ce bur 5 3 Mr y ero , j y , was y ed the 1: n ar d ay of Ja u y . N a Voode the son w f icol s , of the good y e of the th rewond G n bur ed g [ reyhou d] , was y the xxix day of an r J ua y. 6 8 S r N H n Kn 1 . d eceasse 5 y icolas ero , ight, d the fyrst d a S and was bur ed ix d a y of eptember, y the y of the same n mo th . 1 8 T Can was r a n 5 7 . his dlemas the g e t s owe . Lady Mary Heron [widow of Sir Nicholas] was bur ed d a A r ll and her funerall y the xx y of p y , was made ” r ll the xxiiij day of Ap y . R ar Gornard s n B 1 . e o r n Gornard e 5 79 ich d , the of ya , was chr stened viii d a a T y the j y of M rche . his was Sir R ar G rn ra L a Lon d on ich d u ey, the celeb ted ord M yor of . Edmu nde Gr n a L Archbu h 1 8 . . s e C n 5 3 i d ll, p of a ter v d a and was bur ed burie, deceased the j y of Julye, y the f r a A nn 1 8 n d ste d . a nn n y y of uguste, a o dui 5 3 , a o reg i Eliz abethae 2 5 . 1 8 B na n R r travel n e n 5 4. o ve ture yde , y g betwee Wonswthe and Cr n was n a in Wa en oydo , fou d de d dd l n xxx d a and was r the iii mi l, upo the y of Julye , bu ied j d a a d y of August abo ves y . t h 8 r n a —T a on xxv d a 1 a . 5 5 . Memo d h t the y of Julye

was bro ht n Cr n a r la word g to the tow e of oydo , th t the e y one a in a n e Pollard e was u trified de d close y hill, who p and stanck in most horrible manner ; wherefor none cold ' Pa f ish R e zsfer g . be gotten by the officers to bringe by m ; whereupon he r t ll a at n hte r n lay the e y the tuesd y y g afte , bei ge the "h xxvii d a t me Sa F nche y , at which y the Vicar [ muel y rimu s ir one R r Wo o dward e and n p ] h ed obe t , they two we t th n h m and n b m n on a w u to y , fou d y lye g his b cke, his legs ulld b m n n p up to y his k ees lyi g wide , his right hand n on r r a s lyi g his ight legge , his left c osse his stom ck , th the skin of his face the hear [of] his hed beaten of w the weather no pporty on in the lineaments of his body to d ar utr fied a rn ro n ro ave t . ttn a be p , they w e so p y , ca v s t h d ublet a a hat w r , his hose r gged, a bl cke felt a cyp es an an d a then d e an VVo od b de , two l ces tyed at of the b d . ar ar h m r and w d digged the grave h d by y whe e he lay, 13l1 h m in w a n they two pulled y , each of them lo g foke Roger Pryce l eaninge on a caly ver charged W on his in a hayle shotte left side, his matche the s me an a se dd enl e k lled h me h de , the peece disch rged y y y n savin e as t me as r n ra prese tly, g much y whe ei he p yed an r ra to God for h m see a n the st de s by to p y y , f lli ge n d esiered Go d ar r h m all s nn es dow e , h tely to fo give y hys y , t h an xxvi d a And d see dyed the y of Julye . was buried th ” x i the x v j . “ 8 E z a r n K n 1 . e 5 9 li beth , the daughte of Joh y g Clemen ce wy fe of Samuell n nche [p rimu s] vy car by a eares r V r n at severall the sp ce of vij y , mothe of child e th b rthes a e xx eares a xvi d a y , of the g of j y ; dece sed the j y th n was bur d xvii ann 1 8 N a d e . of ovember, y the j , o dui 5 9 . 1 ran a a ra Sa n che Memo d , th t whe s muell n , ar Cr n l censed C n K n e w fe Vic of oydo , y leme ce y g , the y of n K n e r r t o a fieshe in t me L n Joh y g , b ewe , c te the y of e te, r a n her n s wch l cen ce a by e so of sick ess , y be reth date the t h xxix d a Ffebru ar and a sa d e y of y ; further, th t she the y C n cont nu e and not re leme ce doth as yet y sicke , hath r a Kn therfor a a cove ed her he lth : owe ye , th t the s yd l cence n n l in an d r efficacie y co ti ueth sti l force , for the mo e r s r r accordin e a in the of, y he e regist ed g to the st tute the sence T C a n a p of homas Mosar, hurchw rde of the s id ' ‘ Pa ish R zsz e r eg r . 6 5

’h arishe C n Vi in xxxvii p of roydo , the j day of Marche, the j ’ t s eare ueene s e ratieu s rai ne And y of the Q ma m ste g g , for the re istrin e a n ra i g g therof ther is p id u to the cu te vd . n VVhit ifte Archbushe Canterbirrie Joh g , p of , de ceassed at Lambith on Wednesday at viiij of the clocke in evenin e n a d a F r r A a . n the g , bei ge the l ste y of eb u y d was brought the d ay followinge in the eveninge to Croy And was ornin l d on . buried the m ge fo lowinge by two of the clocke in the chappell where his pore people doe ’é u u i His ffun rall a k s all e sitte . e w s epte at Croydon the th i f ll in A xv o ow e . nne 6 A x . 1 0 nne j day of Marche g dui 4 . ” J n d ni nri R a S n r reg i egis J cobi ecu do . A R h rd Est in a n 6 0 . man 1 . c a e e e 7 pril y g , you g , 1311 beinge killed sudd enly e w a stroke of thun der light ~ ninge o n the [neck] un der the right eare : but nothinge a n s scene & a but bl ck ess , the of swe led , t hl was buried the xix day : and smelt of Brimstone ex c edin le e g . D r 1 Th r n 60 . e ff ost ecembe , 7 greatest bega ye ix E - ” n n on Can a . day of this mo th . ded dlem s eve

1 6 0 Ffranncis T r c tez in ar an 9 . yr ell, y m ch te of L n n was r d a S r and o do , buried the ﬁ st y of eptembe , his t h ffunerall was kept at London t he xiij d ay of the same He n r ou d es ar n r month . gave two hu d ed p n to the p ishio e s Cr n builde n r - an d of oydo , to them a ewe ma ket house , ffortie n r a r o ur church e and ffortie n pou ds to ep i e , shilli gs a eare to our r Cr n xvii ar w t h y po e of oydo for j ye s , y

it F rom the ordin in the ch a ell h ere his ore eo le d o e w g, pp w p p p ” u su allie sitt e it h a s een b s ome su o sed that Arch ish o , b y pp b p hit ift wa s n ot u ried in Cro d on Chu rch bu t in the ch a el o f W g b y , p h i hi h h f u nd d Ho e er an d ou t th at ma t e Ho s t al c e o e . p w w v , y b y ha n xist d n h e s u ect is n ow set at r est sin ce th e cof n ve o ce e e o t bj , ﬁ ’ t Nich olas s o f the Archbish o p wa s seen u n d er his monument in S . chan c l r h a el d urin the re u ildin of Cro d on Chu rch . e o c p , g b g y “ 1” The cu st om of celebratin g the fun eral s o f eminent p erson s so me time a ft er th eir in t erment in th e chu rch o f the p arish wh ere the had a resid en ce hich continu ed man ea r s a fter the R efe r y , w y y ” ’ — s mation a cco u nt s for the a o e entr in the re ist r . Gou h , b v y g y g sepu lchra l Monuments in Grea t Brita in . 6 6 Pa r ish R egister . m anie other good and greate legacy es to the citie of ” L n n o do . 6 1 F 1 2 T was d a b . 1 e . 4 5 , his the y of the terrible ” d n a followin e a r n an S . s owe , the o d y g a gre te

' 1 6 J an o — S R S n 3 3 . 3 . epult. alph mith, yeoma of the guard A L A an G r C . a eo ge bbot, ord rchbishop of t , dece sed a r n u on A 1 6 His fun ll t C . era oydo p the day of ugust, 3 3 was r a ni in r n with g e t solem ty kept the chu ch here , upo

r d a Se temb n : and n x d a the thi d y of p . followi g the e t y r was convaid e G r and bu r ed his co ps to uilfo d, there y ” r n acco di g to his will . — B T 6 6 Se , a . a H rv nn I . a 3 , p 9 p hom s y , the so e of Mr. ” E a Harv T Thomas Harv was n t o D r li b y . his y ephew . W a Har ra r r r a illi m vey, the celeb ted discove e of the ci cul n It tio of the blood. is supposed that several of the family ar r at r n e bu ied C oydo . 1 6 M a 1 2 Sir H Wirrall Kn was 4 3 y ugh , ight, r bu ied . 2 L S 1 6 . 49 , March 9 My ady cudamore buried . Lady Scudamore was aun t n ot only to the patriot Hamp

E n W r d en a a . , but lso to dmu d lle , the poet 1 6 A 1 1 M r Wm Cr S r 7 5 , p . . . . ow, choolmaste , was ” ’ H was a C a a n Whit ift s H r . e a and bu ied h pl i of g ospit l, was a uthor of a Catalogue of English Writers on the Old an d New T n 1 6 has n r n estame ts , 5 9 , which bee f eque tly r n n n n p i ted . Mela choly to relate, this ge tlema committed suicide . “ 1 6 N 1 6 - Gelbert S n A 7 7 , ovember heldo , laite rch d ” of Can r r bu r e . bishop te bu y, y U n r a ar 1 1 2 2 Cr n R r de d te M ch 3 , 7 , the oydo egiste

n a n an n r ff a 6 men r x co t i s e t y to the e ect, th t we e e ecuted at T rn n H a on a d a : n r n r a ho to e th th t y a othe e t y, d ted A r 1 2 r r x n 4 r r n a p il, 7 3 , epo ts the e ecutio of othe c imi ls , a at T rn n H a Fr r a n otes as lso ho to e th . om such d e dful

ma n rr a r r a r r was these it y be i fe ed th t, fo me ly, highw y obbe y cr o n n r u on n n a a ime of n u freque t occur ence p the Lo do ro d . ' Pa wish R e l g zs er . 6 7

W li W Ar Dr. C n r r il am ake, chbishop of a te bu y, died

his L n ar 2 1 6 and wa at palace at ambeth, Ja u y 4, 7 3 , s y C n and r Feb and a brought to roydo bu ied 9 , his l dy, at La A r 1 I was n which was buried mbeth the p il , 73 , take and C n n d a and in up brought to roydo the ext y , put the vault with him. r G Br O . l I 7 4 3 , ctobe eorge igstock was ki led at 6 Chelsham with a fall from his horse buried y R a C r I A . son T was 74 5 , ugust ich rd oope , of homas , 8 drownded in a hog-tub buried y “ -D - D La an Cox ne o ecember. ame dy J e w C llier e ” e 1 v N n C l r wa r 5 Re . . s 2 wife of y M atha iel ol ie ( bu ied) y 9 . r Fiz Partrick 1 6 n . a sould er was 74 , Ja ua y James shott to death for desertion and buried on Bansteed ° Downs y 2 7 . “ D r n A C n r . Joh Potter, rchbishop of a terbu y, was O 2 th buried ctober 7 , 8 H Benbrid e 2 2 I 74 . ugh g , killed by a soldier the of 8 F r r and r eb ua y, bu ied y Robert Sax n n Ho E w s . 1 . 749 by , serva t to Joh , q , of r Oxteed in S r was and murd red the pa ish of , u rey, robed e t h at end B a L n o n Saterd a 1 ar the of re ch a e, y , y 7 of M ch , 6 ” r 2 I and bu ied y . C an I A 0 . a 749 , ugust 3 J mes ooper, a highwaym , was on in Smithd en B and r an executed a gibet ottom , the e h ged in a n r r n and r n R r Sax ch i s, for mu de i g obi g of obe t by, n How Es Barrow reen in ar groom to Joh , q , of gc , the P ish Oxteed in S rr o n 1 M arch 1 n a of u y, the 7th of , 749 , e r

1 Hur t C ome s e.

D r T a H rr n Ar o f Can r r . hom s e i g, chbishop te bu y, M ar 2 h at Cr n and . t died his palace at oydo , was buried 4 , 1 7 5 7 1 6 0 S n D was a a 7 , eptember. Joh owsett killed by f ll e in re earin r C r . p g the oof of the hu ch , y 5 CHAPTER VII .

DOMESDAY BOOK.

F M D B a n m n RO omesday ook , th t coeval mo u e t of the En an N n x Conquest of gl d by the orma s, we e tract entry relating to this Parish : the subjoin ed is a photo type facsimile

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Of the above the following is the Latin extension

AR CHIEPISCOPI CANTVAB IENSIS. I N WALE T N D TERR A O E H VN RED O.

Arehie isc u s Lanfra n cu s t en et in d omini Croind n o o e e . IJ . p p Tempor e R egis Ed wardi se d efen d ebat p ro qu at er viginti hidis et m d ro x i h i u n a ir t a Terra est i in i aru car m o o v id s et a . v t c u p v g g . min i iii u xl iii illan i t b rd a rii In d o o su nt i . c a r cae et . u e xx o cu m v v. xxxiiii arn i Ibi ccl sia t u nu s molinu s d lidis iii c o s . ae e e e so et . V . v .

rse rati ilu d . c a e . rei a p . S cc p o s

e ter a bu ne a ii n R s l s a chie isw o . D r j M ner te et e to du vu . hidas de r p p

0 h 7 Domesday B ac .

f seven po und s a nd eight shillings for gableﬁ I n the time of King

Ed ard and after ard s the h ole was worth t el e oun d s . w , w , w w v p - Ne w twenty seven pou nd s t o the Archbisho p : and to his men ” h llin (homagers) ten pou nd s and t en s i gs .

if Ca ble o r Ga vel a cu s omar rent in mone o r ind and , t y y k , sometimes a service p erformed to the King or any other lord . CHA TER III P V .

SITE or CROYDON CHURCH AND PALACE.

THE accompanying map of the site of Croydon Palace and Church has been prepared in order to show how these r r rl rr n r * The n we e fo me y su ou ded by wate . dotted li es indicate the roads in the vicinity as they coursed in the year 1 8 0 0 ; doubtless some of these are very ancient a p ths . Th e C . ( a . ) hurch b An n n a A ( . ) cie t Quadra gul r Court of rchiepiscopal a Pal ce . 0 Old ra ( ) Vica ge . d S ar rook n T r n ( ) c b Po d . hese were full of sp i gs ’ e L r n and a n in ( ) My o d s Po d . bou ded trout . - i . F n r r n ar n a a . f) ish po ds , fo me ly the g de s of the P l ce S r a r na na ra n ome of these, pe h ps , were o igi lly tu l po ds ; they were fed by streams issuing from Scarbrook and ’ L n My ord s Po d .

. N r r o n n r (g ) atural stream , fo me ly the o th side of Cr a d r T a r oydon Palace n Chu ch . his stre m issued f om

3“ ’ Auth rities sa lted — D u carel s M a of the ea r 1 8 M a o con p , y 7 3 ; p attached to the Awa rd o f the Commis sion ers a ppoint ed t o En clo s e the Co mm n a n a ste La nd s a t Cro d o n d ated in the ea r o d W y , y ’ 1 8 at 00 ; Plan a tt a ch ed t o Au ctio n eer s Pa rticu lar s of Pa l a ce E st e , d ated a nu ar 1 1 82 Plan of th e Est at e o o sit e the Ch urch , J y 4, 9 ; pp ’ ou ht b r H M C x Plan o f th To n of Cro d o n M . o s e b g y arris ; r . w y , ” which a ccom ani R rt f Cro d o n Lo al B oard of Health p ed epo o y c , d at ed No em er 2 1 8 a nd a rio u s li in men who remem er v b 7 , 49 ; v v g b h a in s een th e o n d s streams an d mills referred t o a nd who v g p , , , showed the writer a rches and oth er remainin g in dication s o f th e at r-ou rses d elin t w e c ea ed .

Sil o r o don hu r ch a nd P of C y C a la ce .

’ My Lord s Pond ; after coursing along the south side of

C R a re ad r r n r n hurch o d (which , howeve , is of ece t o igi ) it C r S in a a na n d ue n crossed hu ch treet di go l li e west, whe , ’ passing by the side of the north wall of Elys D avy s a a n a n r a No t lmshouse , it ultim tely joi ed the m i st e m . an ar n x n a n r a ar m y ye s si ce, the e te sive m chi e y of l ge calico-printing factory that stood at the spot indicated by u 2 was rn a r- r r an ar a the fig re , tu ed by w te powe f om tifici l n r M r E ar has bra ch of this st eam . . dw ds tells me he f n r in r a The r -ar o te caught t out the st e m . b ick ched a r r ran a n a w tercou se , th ough which it p st the orth w ll of E ’ D r n d a . lys avy s almshouse , emai s to this y (In) Natural stream upon the south side of palace and r at r as r l rn chu ch such pe iods the ove f ow of the bou , r a a an or six as far as this was t ace ble dist ce of five miles , The s ot shown a n a on G n R a . M rde P rk , the odsto e o d p r r U ni n S r now an o u by the figu e 3 , whe e o t eet st ds , is p p l arly known as B og Islan d a nomen clature sufficiently The indicative of the original condition of the soil . course of the stream roun d a large portion of B og Islan d can a ra an x n ro w and a e sily be t ced by e isti g of willow trees , n r na an r A r at successio of mo e objectio ble l dma ks . r ived

n r ar r ar a the cor er of the chu chy d , this t ibut y he d of the

Wan a ar a r e r a n r dle ppe s to h ve c oss d the o d, whe , afte r n a r an n r ar in r n and cou si g sho t dist ce o thw ds , f o t of, w n a r Cr n C r ithi few feet of, the towe of oydo hu ch , it M r n r The a . tur ed ather abruptly towards the west . l te Ha n r ul d n r x rris i fo med me he co d isti ctly emember, si ty

ar a o a n r in r a our ye s g , c tchi g t out this st e m opposite old r T r a r chu ch . he width and depth of the st e m va ied a ccording to the season ; at the corner of the churchyard r a re was n where the st e m crossed the ad , it ordi arily ten and r n n n from to twelve feet wide, f om i e to eightee inches deep ; where figure 4 is placed the depth was In r r a n r t en n . gre ter, amely, f om i ches to two feet o de to ’ - M Stare s a r n a a r. obtai more w ter power, the l te y f the n a a r n the e l rged, or formed, the l ke eprese ted west of She o Cr o d n hu r h nd Pa la e 74 f y o C c a c . church ; and figure 5 indicates where a water-mill stood ’ n A r M r ar s as a 8 . . St e so rece tly the ye r 1 49 fte y time, the dimension s of this mill dam were curtailed t o the siz e and n a n n - shape i dic ted by the dotted li e, whe a bath house was erected where the black spot is placed ; the site is no - a Ba a w occupied by a dwelling house c lled th Cott ge . In D a B in t he n r r a n C n omesd y ook, e t y el ti g to roydo , “ ” a ill n r a r a nd a m . S it s ys , here is chu ch i ce, howeve , not one of the ponds or streams described now have any x n a a n e iste ce , without some reli ble ch rt of the positio s these to n ar n formerly occupied guide his judgme t, fifty ye s he ce a local historian might a ssign to the mill referred to in Domesday a site more remote from the church than perhaps he would have done had he been conversant with the topography of our parish prior to the date when it an r a L a B ar H a h was h ded ove to the c re of the oc l o d of e lt . F n n a r n n or, doubtless, to the e lighte ed l bou s of the ge tleme n a n n a composi g this board, it is m i ly owi g th t a district, recently traversed by dangerous fever-emitting open

ha n ran r n a a a i s . sewers, bee t sfo med i to he lthy loc l ty D n a n and n uri g the process, however, the surf ce spri gs o ce pure waters and purling brooks that surrounded Croydon Palace and Church have disappeared no longer can it be an an said they stand upon isl d . CHA TER IX P .

TIIE ARCHIEPISCOPAL PALACE AT CROYDON.

THE capital residence of the Ar chbishops of Canterbury was an ciently the P alace situated near their Cathedral a t

Can and n K n E r a n terbury, give by i g thelbe t, fter his co ver n C an Au n sio to hristi ity, to gusti e and his successors for But . a A ever , besides this pal ce , the rchbishops had many o ther and an r castles , seats, m o s where they from time to as r n n a n time resided , thei i cli tio for retirement or pleasure

r . Of i n r manor C n di ected them th s umbe was the of roydo , a place which for many ages has belonged to the Sec of C n r a terbu y . Although a considerable portion of the buildings still

C n a a n na a r exist, roydo P l ce, u fortu tely, is too much lte ed and mutilated to tell its history otherwise than in an ann U n new imperfect m er. po the spot occupied by its remains may on ce have stood the residence of an Anglo ~ Sa n n r a n a in n xo chief, the theg , pe h ps, who fou ded the djo i g - r . Yet a w n in chu ch , whether d elli g house stood here An -S x n r D a B n glo a o times or othe wise, omesd y ook i forms ’ a n W a C n n us th t, whe illi m the o queror s commissio ers

ar n A L n an in visited these p ts , they fou d rchbishop a fr c

r A a D 6 n an C n . s possessio of the M or of oydo rule, omes d ay states in regard to places it describes to whom they ’ n in K n E ar C n r in belo ged i g dw d the o fesso s time respect, C o n N an r n as however, to royd , the orm sc ibe is sile t to h h n n Yet w o ad n Sa . bee its xo ow er , to whomsoever it a n in An -S x n t a n ere appert i ed glo a o times, cer i it is that, l n ha the Surrey D omesday was compi ed, Croydo d passed to an Italian ecclesiastic who held the same of the 6 The 7 A rchiepiscopa l Pa la ce a c CVoy don.

Norman Duke for the great battle of Hastings had been u an d won an d W am a n n H was fo ght , illi , h vi g slai arold, n ew r n En r wea i g the glish c own . A a n n N r an n in all ppert i i g to the o m ma or, likelihood , ca itaL messu a e an n sei neu r or was the p g or m sio of the g , r r a n n n lo d of the fee, f om whose usu l abidi g therei i deed, word man r memoir a n the o , , is derived ; so th t this, bei g

n a nn r r a esse ti lly co ected the ewith, p ob bly was coeval with an r and n n in n n the m o itself, , co seque tly, existe ce betwee A D 6 6 . . 1 0 and A D . 1 8 n Cr n . 0 7 , withi which years oydo was r n C n Lan ran p ese ted by the o queror to f c . A LANFRAN A 1 — 8 n n C D . 0 0 rchbishop ( . 7 9 ) the havi g received from King William a certain quantity of land r a n n r r n n n he e, to be p rcelled out amo gst i fe io te a ts holdi g n A n r r a in u der the rchbishop , of ecessity would equi e a pl ce which to assemble those tenants at stated times to p ay

n and r r n r the re ts, perform such se vice as by thei te u e ”

. I r r not were due shall, the efo e , scruple, writes the arn an ar E ar R n le ed tiqu y, dw d owe Mores , to set dow Archbishop Lanfranc as the first foun der of the Palace of ’ Of Lanfranc s presumed building at Croydon not a ra n ow t ce is visible . That a house existed here in 1 2 7 3 appears by a man date of Ar KILWAR 1 2 DBY A D . chbishop ( . 7 3 dated from C n o n th a a It roydo the 4 of September of th t ye r . shows that this primate on ce lived at Croydon ; and his dwell ing here may be received as eviden ce that this house was then for a fit the reception of so great a prel te . The Archiepiscopal Registers preserved at Lambeth n n KHAM A D 1 2 — comme ce o ly with Archbishop PEC ( . . 7 9 9 ’ who r at Cr n D n n esided much oydo . uri g Peckham s te ure of office occurs the earliest mention of a chapel in this

if u ot d i m A u nt of th Palac f n e n So e cco e e o Cro d o etc . Q y , , “ u lished b r u arel in h t elfth nu m r f he i lioth ca p b y D . D c t e w be o t B b e ” To o ra hica B rit nni a p g p a c .

8 h e r a 7 T e Archipiscopa l Pala ce a! C oy do . a d ed cs lecti n n now n p , me tio is made of a more ho ourable ’f apartment call ed the chief or principal Chamber Cour ~ n in n r Cr n n n te ay built a chapel his ma o of oydo , u der eath r v a r n r r n n the p i y ch mbe , ea the ga de , wherei a special T n on 2 8th I 0 . ordi ation was held the of May, 3 9 his seems to have been a small chapel intended for private and n u n n use, after its erectio the previo sly me tio ed old a r wa nc n ch pel appea s , by y of disti tio , to be called the a the an C n ca olla ma neri i d o ch pel of m or of roydo , p ” ’ o In C r n new n Croy d n . Archbishop ou te ay s time a gra ary and was erected here . with a chamber over it, also a wall n T co tiguous thereto , built towards the churchyard . his brings us to the time of Ar ARUNDEL A D 1 To en chbishop ( . . 3 9 7 his p tiﬁcate a r com u ta s A B ochers is sc ibed the p , or roll of dam , C n r a 1 a reeve of roydo f om Mich elmas, 3 9 9 , to Michaelm s , In l r r B r his n 1 0 0 . e 4 the rol efe red to , che s , by attor ey, n r n n x n in Joh Pie es, accou ts for a sum of mo ey e pe ded n new a and Cr n buildi g a st ble chambers at oydo , of which

r l r ar a ra n r Thi is the pa ticu a s e ccu tely e ume ated . s stable

r r r d n ew sta ble and rea t afte wa ds desc ibe as the , the g i B a n r old a . n st ble , to d sti guish it f om the st ble etwee the a r a a and a er n two st bles the e was a w ll of l th pl st , defe ded at the top with ridge tiles (the ordin ary method of con stru cting walls before the use of bricks was general ly introduced) ; and an other wall of the same material con n ected the great stable with an apartment called the privy a r : r in ar The ch mbe both of these we e built this ye . a r n n n was s me oll i forms us of a other buildi g , which also T n r r n a n . a a the rea ed f om its fou d tio his is c lled the h ll , an d described as being situate opposite the cellar towards herba riu m The a r r r re- n the . rep i s of this yea we e ha ging

a a an r and r in Ol the gre t g te of the m o , the acks the d stable ; a reparation Of the chamber over the gran ary ; a n ew ar an d a n ew - Ca n n door to the cell , door case of e sto e ’ Of r n r a n o r out doo s , the i closu e bout the po d f my lo d s if l R e . Cour n a f . t o a . g e y , 9 The A r chie isco a l Pa la ce a t r o dozz p p C y . 79

ar n and n n g de , the e closure of the garde itself were ’ amended and a new hedge was made from my lord s park a n n r n and n to spot betwee the cor e of the kitche the po d .

S n ra n Ar Ar n or oo after these alte tio s , chbishop u del a n an r n n r Cr n d i ed orato y withi his ma o of oydo , from whence it has been surmised that the chapel belonging to

an r was now r or a r Th r this m o either ebuilt rep i ed . e a ms of this prelate appearing on two corbels in the guard r n n chambe , also te ds towards the suppositio that this was r e ected by him .

Archbisli o CHICHELEY Sec Can r r p , who ﬁlled the of te bu y D 1 1 t r r A . 1 a C n In f om . 4 4 to 44 3 , resided much oydo . his register he appointed Adam Py kman and Richard Py kman ca scad es cap ita lis ma nsi manerii d o Croy d o n for T a r L 1 1 life . his act is d ted f om ambeth , July 7 , 44 . A r C fte the decease of hicheley,

F RD D . 2 Archbishop STA FO (A. 1 44 3 5 ) made Croydon Th r one of his principal residen ces . e a ms of this prelate are r n n in mo e tha o ce repeated the hall, which seems to n a r a and beautiﬁed was no t i dic te that he ep ired it, if it n r And d n r r e ti ely rebuilt by him . if evi e ce we e elsewhe e wanting to prove that Archbishop Stafford resided at ’ Cr n n in ar n r n oydo , it is fou d a c pe te s bill for maki g my ’ - n M lord s n ew bed at the manor house of Croydo . ost of a the cts of his successor,

EMP A D. 1 2 Ar chbishop K ( . 4 5 are dated from L n r n We come now ambeth a d C oydo . to A BOUCHIER See r - r rchbishop , who held the thi ty th ee 1 8 6 Cr n o n A . e a r .D . 1 ye rs , f om 4 5 4 to 4 oydo was of the Ear in ontiﬁcate chief places of his residence . ly the p of - B r an and n n ouchie , this m or house the out houses belo gi g n w A n r ar l ar r r to it were e tiled . mo g othe p ticu s eco ded as having been m ade at Croydon by the same Archbishop in 1 n n a r n ar r 4 7 5 , me tio is m de of wo k do e this ye ove ” n n h a ar in a for a . T e the lt the ch pel , pl ci g the jewels upo - earliest mention of a dove house a t this place is also met

in n a . In 1 8 n with the accou ts of the s me year 4 5 , Joh 80 The A r chie isco a l Pa lace a l Cr o d on p p y .

L ttell n n C n n y , the keeper of the ma or of roydo , accou ted in r r lx . . . a n . for s . iii d l id out repai s the e do e RTON A D 1 8 6—1 Archbishop MO ( . . 4 who was also a r at Cr n C na n . ardi l, occasio ally esided oydo

ARHAM A. D I 0 Archbishop W ( . 5 3 3 although he lived L and Kn chieﬂy at ambeth ole , yet sometimes dwelt at n n d Cr n Can r r C a . te bu y, hari g, oydo ’ MER A D 6 Ar CRAN S . I ar r chbishop ( . 5 3 3 5 ) ms, forme ly emblaz oned on the south-east window of the guard a r a n a a r a r ch mbe , ppear to i dic te th t he ep i ed this house . It was at Croydon Palace that the learned an d excellent n Fr th a r ar ff r ar at S Joh y , who fte w ds su e ed m tyrdom mith ﬁeld on l I a r r A , Ju y 4, 5 3 3 , ppea ed befo e rchbishop n r D r H h and r a n K n Cr . a me , eat , othe s ppoi ted by the i g for r n n n n rn n that pu pose, to a swer for his opi io s co ce i g

Tr n an n . On n a a a subst tiatio , etc the ight of his arriv l t “ ’ Cr n Fr th w n n in oydo , poor y was ell e tertai ed the porter s ” lodge . ’ A D 6 — 8 n Cardinal PoLE s ( . . I 5 5 5 ) pri cipal residence was a t La and W n r one act mbeth estmi ste , but of his is dated

r n at C oydo . ARKER A D I — O n Ar chbishop P ( . . 5 5 9 7 5 ) fte resided at n a In 1 6 n E z a Croydo Pal ce . 5 7 Quee li beth appears to

a r a at C n r on h ve visited the p el te roydo , whe e, the 3 o th 11 W n A r a C n . 0 1 of p il, she held ou cil ed esday, July 4 ,

1 r a n r her a a at 5 7 3 , the g e t Quee came here f om p l ce

r n an d a n an at Cr n G ee wich , with all her tte d ts stayed oydo n d a It a Palace for seve ys . would seem lso from the

n r n a n n a ran n for followi g pape , co t i i g the r geme ts the ’ n the n n Her a was receptio of Quee s reti ue, that M jesty so a her n a n n a n n well ple sed with e tert i me t th t she i te ded to ,

r did n ot re- C n in if He Majesty actually, visit roydo the following year

’ Lod in s at Cro d en the B u sshO e Of Ca nt erbu r e s hou se g y , p y , d foll eth the l th o f Ma e 1 b estowe a s ow , g y , 5 74 l n is ld lo d in The Lord Chamber ay e h o g ge .

Thoma s Red cl ffe Earl of ssex y , Su . T A r i c l P l ce a t ro don 8 1 he ch epis opa a a C y .

” The L Tresurer’x wher he was ” The La Marqu es? at y nether end of the great chamber The La of Warwick wher she wa s

‘ The Erle of Lecesteri wher he was ' ° The Lord Admy rall§ at y c n ether end o f y great chamber The La Ho ward wher she wa s

The LC of Hon sd ane wher h e wa s ” ” M Secreta ry e Wal singh am wher M Smy thll was The La Sta ff ord s wher sh e was ” M Henedgeﬂ wh er he was " 6 M D rewrey e wh er y La Sy d ney wa s L adis an d genty lwomen o f y c Privy e Cha mber ther old e M 's A in ton h er old e a nd n r m m d f bb g , o e othe s all ro e a d ed or y e t able The may d es of henner wher they wer Sir George Howard wher he wa s ” ’x‘i” The Ca pten of y gard wher my L o f Oxford wa s ”3 The gromes o f y Privy e Chamber ther old e The esquy eres for the body e ther old e The gen ty lmen hu sshers ther old e The phesy cy as ij ch ambers ’ The Qu en s robes wher they were The grome p orter wher h e wa s The Clark of th e Ky t chen wher he wa s h ard ro e o f ed e T e w b b s .

’ For the ueu e wa ht ers I can no a s et f nd e a n e con Q y g , t y y y t n ent romes to l ace them in bu t I ill d oo the es I ca n ve y p , w b t y ” ” t l them el sewher but f lea se ou S I d o e remo e to p ace , y y p y y v ” m The romes o f the Priv e Cha m er n or M Drewr e ha e the . g y b y v no other way e to ther ch ambers bu t t o p as th orowe that way e d f xford h u l m I ann th n ll a gay ne that my La y o O s o d co e . c ot e t e ” wh er to pla ce M Hatton ; and for my La Ca rewe here is n o pla ce ”3 m n e fo r her bu t th at she mu st le a red M with a chy e y , y b e by ” f e ha r F r 3 h n h Ap arry an d the rest o y Pry vy C mbe s . o M S elto ere is no romes with chy men ey s ; I shall st ay e on e ch amber withou t

3“ illiam Ce il Lord Burlei h . W c , g

’ Eliz a eth Paulet Marchioness of inches er. 1 b , W t r Robe t D u dley .

d ard F ne Earl f Lin col n . E w y s, o

After ard s Sir Thoma s and Secretar o f S a e . w , y t t - m r ard s ir Tho ma ic Cha e lain . 1[ Afterw S s, V e b h Hatton af rward s Sir hris her Chr s o er Es e C o . i t p , q , t t p G 8 2 T n he A rchiepiscopa l Pa la ce at Cr oy d o .

for her n a l . Here is a s mu tch e as I have a y way es b e to d oo in this hou se F rom ro d en this r sent n sd a morn in e o u r C y p e We y y g , y Honnors alway es mo st bowd en

S . B oe R .

The arms of Archbishop Parker were formerly em blaz oned on the bow Window of the guard chamber of ”e Cr n oydo Palace . A —6—1 8 w n GRINDAL A D . I rchbishop ( . 5 7 5 5 he urged n n a a n to resig the archbishopric, petitio ed th t he might ret i ” n and a in n a l S this reside ce the djo i g meadow c l ed tubbs , Cr a N r n a an d n a r . oydo P rk, eightee c es of me dow at orbu y ” C n no s and roydo house, he said, was whole ome house , his and n x r n that, both predecessor he fou d by e pe ie ce ; n n n n n L n n otwithsta di g, because of the ear ess to o do , hi n or n some w ther he must ofte repair, se d to have help h sio n no n n n of p y , he k ew house so co ve ie t for him , or that might better be Spared of his successor for the short

” ‘ 1 A Gr n on time of his life . rchbishop i dal died here 6 1 8 July , 5 3 . A 1 8 — 1 6 — WHITGIFT A D . 0 rchbishop ( . 5 3 3 4) resided at C n and an n r a Pa la tium much roydo , this m sio is ﬁ st c lled in Re r on th 1 in act his giste , the 9 of July, 5 9 9 , the of the dedication of the chapel of his Hospital of the Holy Tr n Sir G a in W r i ity . eorge P ul , his life of hitgift, obse ves , The Archbishop had ever a great affection to lie at his

n n at Cr en for n a ma sio house oyd , the sweet ess of the pl ce, a in a especi lly summer time , whereby lso he might some r n an d times reti e himself from the multiplicity of busi ess , suitors in the vacation ; yet after he had builded his a and in hospit l his school, he was farther love with the n place tha before . A B T A D 1 1 1 — a AB O . 6 e rchbishop ( . 3 3) lso resid d much at A n Har n The this palace . ccordi g to the leia

Arch ish n r r A C n b . C of a te bu y ( bbot) had a house by roydo , n too n pleasa tly sited, but that it was much woodbou d , so

’ ' if tr e s L e of Grind al . 28 Du carel. 1 S y p , p 4. I No 90 The A r chie i c l Pa la ce a t Cro d on 8 p s opa y . 3

Not he cutt downe all upon the front to the highway . n a L C n B a n r d n a wa lo g fter, the . ha cellor co i i g by th t y , a sked his man whose faire house that was he told him ’ L Can r n o for . It t my . of terbu ie s is possible, sayes he, ’ ’ r n in ir n e Tis r S a his buildi g is v o d with w dde . t ue , s yes f n B has a O . he , it was so, but he l tely cut most it dow e y r an r B n has n r my t oth ( swe ed aco ) , he do e ve y judiciously, for before methoughts it was a very obscure and darke a no e x n and a n r pl ce , but wh has e pou ded cle red it wo de Ar A Cr n a on fully well . chbishop bbot died at oydo Pal ce th A 1 6 He the s of ugust, 3 3 . was succeeded by Ar i LAUD A D 1 6 ar chb shop ( . . 3 3 whose ms were in n n r and formerly the orth wi dow of the guard chambe , are n in At still to be see the chapel . the trial of this ’ r a Br n n r n n at L r p el te, ow e, his joi e , bei g exami ed the o d s B ar a a n n n a in g i st his will, co fessed upo his o th , that the chapel at Croydon there was an old broken cruciﬁx in the ’ n Ar i n a wi dow, which he, by the chbishop s d rectio , c used to be repaired and made complete ; which picture was there remaining very lately ; for which work Master ’ Pr nn n az r ar Ar y fou d the gl ie s bill , disch ged by the ch i a n r o f r L b shop himself, mo g othe s his pape s . aud put up an r an in a as a ar a o g the ch pel, ppe s by his will, copy of which is preserved in the Manuscript Library at L ambeth . In ana and n u n a the times of rchy co f sio , s ys the

arn D ucarel n a a Ar le ed , which e sued fter the de th of ch L a a was bishop aud, this pal ce , with the est te about it, r r e e C n r and ff r w ested f om the of a te bury, o e ed to sales a particular survey for that purpose (wherein the material ; was a n n an d r of this house , which to be t ke dow sold, we e

a at 15 n a 1 a 1 6 6 v lued bei g m de the 7th of M rch , 4 ,

and r n a n to which time the palace, eve ythi g th t belo ged

h ad n a n r l n to it, bee le sed by the the u i g powers to the Earl of Nottingham after which the possession of it fell to Sir W a Br n C n -G n ra C r illi m ereto , olo el e e l for the heshi e F n a n n I orces, who tur ed the ch pel i to a kitche , which , G 2 8 The A r chie isco a l Pa la ce a t r o d 4 p p C y on.

n n in n n the R n suppose , co ti ued that co ditio till estoratio , in 1 6 6 0 n , whe A UK A D 1 6 6 -6 n ON . 0 a d t rchbishop J ( . 3) repaired ﬁt ed in a n n ann as it up ha dsome dece t m er, appears by his a in and in n n rms several parts of it, the orth wi dow of ” a the gu rd chamber . A SHELDON A D 1 6 6 — in rchbishop ( . . 3 77) the latter part r and in a o n of his life reti ed here , died this p lace N 1 6 His z n in ovember 9 , 7 7 . arms were embla o ed the n r n u ar o th wi dow of the old g d chamber . ’ A TENISO A 6 — N S . D 1 rchbishop ( . 9 4 1 7 1 5 ) regard for Croydon was manifested by his founding a charity school in i n n r n not th s tow it is u ce tai , however, whether or he

resided here . A WAKE A D I 6 s u . 1 s m rchbishop ( . 7 3 7) resided everal C n It W mers at roydo Palace . was ake who rebuilt the n lo g gallery . Ar A D — OTTER . . 1 chbishop P ( 7 3 7 47) seldom resided here, a in n n lthough he was buried the eighbouri g church . A HE N A D I RRI G . rchbishop ( . 74 7 5 7) thoroughly re a r and n a and m r p i ed fur ished this pal ce, much i p oved the

ar In r t D r D u r l n . ca e g de s . a letter f om this prela e to , d a C n H I 2 A t ted roydo ouse, 7 5 , the rchbishop wri es I and n love this old house, am very desirous of amusi g m r n yself with the histo y of its buildi gs, for the house is not one n an a a din , but most certai ly ggreg te of buil gs of ” ’ In A H n d ifferent tastes and ages . rchbishop erri g s time n n n D the a cie t alms, commo ly called the ole, used to be C n regularly distributed at the gate of roydo Palace .

A H n on I 1 . rchbishop erri g died here March 3 , 7 5 7

Ar HUTTON A D I 8 C n chbishop ( . . 7 5 7 5 ) resided at roydo in 1 As Ar Seeker and the summer of 7 5 7. chbishops ’ C n li H t n n ot ma or wal s, ut o s immediate successors, did ke Cr n n a oydo their place of reside ce, this palace became gre tly a and in I 8 0 an Act a n was dil pidated, , 7 , of P rliame t obtain ed by which the palace and appurtenan ces were — L r in n . C an r vested four trustees amely, the o d h cello , the ’ K n s B n and B Lord Chief Justice of the i g e ch, the ishops

86 The A rchie isco a l Pa la ce a l ro d n p p C y o . with the range of buildings that constituted the north side ’ r a n n of the g e t court, i cludi g the housekeeper s house ’ and n the porter s lodge, which have all va ished likewise , n a r n n ar nn excepti g moulde i g sto e ch of the i er gate . ° Of n ortions o f Cr n a the survivi g p oydo Pal ce , the great n t n r - n an r ll . A ha is of sto e the o th east cor er st ds the po ch , n r r n a n r n n n that o ce fo med the p i cip l e t a ce to the ma sio . This porch is considered to be older than the hall itself its outer archway forms a richly moulded pointed entran ce ; n r n The n the sto e roof is g oi ed . le gth of the hall is about fift - and ir - Its y six feet, its width th ty eight feet . roof, of o ak fine x n n ul , is a e ample of ope timber Perpe dic ar work ; r n o n n on h the p i cipals rest a series of sto e corbels, w ich n n in hi The win are represe ted a gels bear g s elds of arms . dows that light the apartment were probably once filled in a n Or n in with richly st i ed glass . igi ally the hearth was the n and s z n ce tre of the hall, here they u ed to pile the bla i g lo s u ntil diff n rn g , a ruddy glow was used i to the remotest co er n of this large chamber, while the smoke of the fire , curli g hr in mid - upwards, escaped t ough a turret or louvre roof. No new a n or trace rem i s of that dais, raised platform , at end t he n n the upper of hall, where the lord of the ma sio and his n in n guests were wo t to sit, days whe the proudest n oble deemed it no dishon our to eat his meals in the n n the n commo hall, alo g with humblest of his serva ts ; nor r n is there a vestige left of the o ielle, or lo g passage, end a n Th formerly at the west of this ap rtme t . e music a end g llery was situated at the lower or east of the hall, an d r n B n hi n was suppo ted by a scree . ehi d t s scree were a one n n n three arched doorw ys , leadi g to the a cie t buttery, or place for giving out the beer and other drink s ; the n n seco d to the kitche , where the great feasts used to be and n n distri cooked , the third to the pa try, whe ce were and n x n The buted the bread provisio s, e cepti g the meat. ’

a nn . r n l tter ofﬁces, which co ected the hall with the se va ts a r n on n r pa tme ts the easter side of the great court, we e n n in I 8 1 0 The nd take dow . whole of the east e of the a on th 8 n 1 8 0 e . h ll fell th of Ju e, 3 T a r 8 he A r chiepiscopal Pa lace l C oy dou . 7

Affixed to the upper end of the chamber is the following a — iz a r n v . rem rkable co t of a ms, supported by two a gels , a z ure a fleur or n n , cross y , , betwee five martlets of the seco d, E a C n M alin r I and for dw rd the o fessor ; p g quarte ly, 4 , az ure fleur— - or Fran 2 and ules , three de lis, , for ce ; 3 , g , En an U n n a an a an or . three lio s p ss t gu rd t, , for gl d der these ale an r an n r h arms is othe gel holdi g a sc oll , w ich bore the following new ill egible inscription

313m saltum far regem.

The r r n a S n n n n cove ed c ow , s ys tei ma , surmou ti g the n r H n VI and his on shield, bei g ﬁ st used by e ry arms the Charter of foundation of Eton Coll ege having the same r n n n suppo ters , this coat has aturally bee assig ed to that ” n ki g . The A St f — or in r arms of rchbishop af ord , a bo der

n sa ble n ules r w mitre o f e grailed, , a chevro , g , cha ged ith a , the — ﬁrst formerly occupied a conspicuous position at the e ast end l and r i an n of the ha l , f om th s circumst ce, joi ed to the a a r a r in f ct th t the same a ms ppear elsewhe e the chamber, it has been inferred that this hall was either entirely reno vated or Ar S a f in an rebuilt by chbishop t f ord, place of O and n l a ar n On lder, it may have bee a sma ler p tme t. n r - r n az n — or a the o th east corbel also we e o ce embl o ed , n ules— a H r E S f r chevro , g the rms of umph ey, arl of taf o d , D B in in 1 A created uke of uck gham 444, to whom the rch was r and r r bishop elated; opposite , formerly, we e the a ms See B a and W S ff of the of th ells, of which diocese ta ord ere ri was bishop he was promoted to the P macy. On the secon d corbel at the east end Of the n orth side of an n n n a r 1 and the hall is u k ow co t of arms qua terly, 4, u les a or 2 and or and a z ure a g , chief, ; 3 , chequy , chief of n r all a n n r or The on the seco d, ove be d si iste , . third, the a n a n ar r al ar n H n Ear s me side , co t i s the mo i be i gs of e ry, l S aff : ar r 1 Fran and En an of t ord qu te ly, , the arms of ce gl d in r r ur ent 2 and a z ure o n n impaled , a bo de , g ; 3 , , a be d

i m S e n an Hi f o n . 1 06 st . o Cr do t , y , p . 88 ‘ The A rchiepiscopa l Pa lace a c Croy don.

ur ent or n l n n cotised , g , three mullets , , betwee six io s rampa t, rd s f r B Th e o n or a n u les S ff . e g , ohu 4, , chevro , g , for ta ord shield o n the next corbel bears the arms of France and Eng an r rl a a n l d qua te y, with l bel of three poi ts , supposed to be a R D Of Y the rms of ichard, uke ork, the leader of the party Red R The r o n x of the ose . last co bel this side e hibits the arms of the See of Canterbury impaling those of Ar ch * uxen n ur ent u les n bishop J amely, g , a cross, g , betwee ’ r r fullf c d a e . fou Moo s heads, , proper T n n now on ur i g to the south side of the room , the n end r n n a seco d corbel, at east of wall, are the he aldic i sig i

See Ba and W : az ure or of the of th ells , a saltire , quarterly, ff an d ur ent n A S . g , impali g the arms of rchbishop ta ord N x are the a See Can n e t rms of the of terbury, impali g those Ar ff r Afiix d r of chbishop Sta o d . e to the fourth co bel are See and n S n n ~ the arms of the same , these, accordi g to tei ma , * formerly impaled those of Archbishop Herring é ur ent n n sem e of cross crosslets , g , three herri gs , hauria t, of On - the last . the south west corbel is the device of the ’ a See l n A La : sa ble on s me impa i g rchbishop ud s arms , a n or r é fitchées u les n chevro , , th ee cross patt es , g , betwee three r ent S -na n estoiles u g . ome of the above med escutcheo s are n n icely cut out, but the colouri g has faded . G n n n on ll la ci g at its positio the older map , it wi be n C n a oticed that the great hall of roydo P lace , like those H en and n n n in at add Pe shurst, o ce occupied a ce tral site relation to other portions of the mansion a position deter n n o i a n mi ed by the requireme ts medi eval society, whe it was the custom for an entire household to meet at meal in n L in off a u end time a commo hall . ead g the d is , or pper n a o of the hall, some four or five ce turies g , used to be the apartments of the lord an d his family ; whilst a ccess to the ’ servants rooms was obtained from the opposite or lower end B n in O n n a of the hall . ehi d the dais, lde times , ge er lly a one lower ar were two ch mbers, over the other the ap t

B oth Archbishop s Juxen an d Herring rep aired and ﬁtted u p this Palace . 1 The A rchie isco a l Pa lace at ro don 8 p p C y . 9

n a and one ll me t was c lled the cellar, the upper the so ar it was from the latter that the lord descended with his a n a and n or a a r r f mily i to the h ll ; i to it, ch mbe simila ly n n r end a at a and adjoi i g the uppe of the h ll , later more ’ n r a r n refi ed period, the lo d s f mily used to withd aw , whe , n n n n n u der the pote t i flue ces of the wassail bowl, the oise and roysterous merriment of the retainers became unbear n r d ra win - able ; he ce our wo d g room . The a a n r n n n p rtme t thus desc ibed, for ce turies co ti ued r a l an n and n a to be the g e t ha l, b queti g, cou cil ch mber of the Ar C n r r and in n r chbishops of a te bu y ; , days whe the lo d of the manor of Croydon combined in his own person the great position of a prin ce of the Church with that of chan cellor a a r n r or chief politic l dvise to the mo a ch , doubtless n a r n n n n n n a ma y stir i g i cide t has bee e acted withi its w lls . At this an cient threshold envoys and ambassadors have n r n and in n an r met a fitti g eceptio , this hall ma y illust ious n and n n r n and n r oble scholar have bee e te tai ed, eve oyalty s a Oft a a ran it elf fe sted . h ve the m jestic beams of this g d old roof been lit up and warmed by the great crackling n and a r n n yule log be eath, its r fte s ru g with acclamatio s ’ Ar and r a n and of the chbishop s guests et i ers , as with cup n l r a hor , wel filled, they pledged to the health of that p im te n n o n n whose hospitality k ew bou ds , savi g the limits of But those vast resources formerly attached to the see . are an and n on a times ch ged ; , as the escutcheo s these w lls r the a r n n n have moulde ed, so t pest y, that o ce hu g dow all a n and i a now them , t r ished, has faded away ; th s h ll is A and r as as all . ! desolate las the good g eat, well the ever n a rn merry mummers , their revels , have go e to th t bou e n no n whe ce traveller retur s . The n ext great room in Croydon Palace to be noticed is ar a It t a n and a the gu d ch mber . is buil p rtly of sto e p rtly

a o n r of brick ; it is situ te the west side of the g eat hall , and a - In is bout ﬁfty feet long by twenty two feet wide . n n a ar n former times this also must have bee a oble p tme t. The massive oak principals of the roof spring from four

2 The A r chie isco al Pa la ce a t ro d n 9 p p C y o .

n n n n on large sto e corbels displayi g a gels beari g shields , two and r r r o ne in either side ; f om fou smalle corbels, each n r T ar n are cor e of the chamber . hese c vi gs superior both in n an x n F n desig d e ecutio . rom the circumsta ce that the armorial bearings of no other p erson but those of Arch A n a a o n cerbels n bishop ru del ppe r these , it is co cluded that the guard chamber at Croydon Palace owes its construction to this Primate and he is said to have built it in the place r r n a a The a n where befo e stood the p i cip l ch mber. st i ed glass that formerly adorned the windows of this apartment has now n and k a e tirely disappeared ; li e the great h ll , a r r n n a this guard ch mbe , at p ese t, is so cut up i to v rious n n n n compartme ts, that it is impossible to obtai a ythi g n like a just view of its proportio s . The rude dining-room which extends from the guard r as n n r chamber to the churchya d , well as the adjoi i g apa t n r lin a r me ts, are of b ick ; the cei gs of some of the ch mbe s n rn and r n u de eath are of wood, ve y low, the wi dows below “ a r ll And D u carel are n ot st i s sma ; though, adds , they of the same m ake as those of the (now pulled down) east an d r a I n west sides of the g e t court, yet take this buildi g to n and a n in be ear as old, to h ve bee built some time the I It a n r n reign of King Henry V . h th bee so f eque tly and r ra repaired alte ed by the seve l archbishops of this see, that there are at present few or no marks to ascertain the ” n r S n rn time whe it was ﬁrst e ected . ome of the u de eath brick and rubble walls in this part of the old mansion are r W h r D G n ve y thick . ere the lette is placed (see rou d an 1 r an an n n and in Pl , p . 9 ) the e is cie t arrow light, the ar n a n n - n a same cell , be e th the di i g room , at the spot i dic ted

E -u n and by , is a blocked p poi ted doorway, there is n n a a at F It a other poi ted rchw y . is possible that these a one a as dimly lighted d mp vaults may, at time, h ve served for n n r n r S a n n a receptacle some u fortu ate p iso e of t te, co sig ed ’ to the Archbishop s custody ; or in the evil times of intele rance they may have been appropriated to be the dungeon of a luckless Gospeller or Lellard : but the secrets of these ar f chambers e like those o the grave .

' ’ 94 The A rchz eﬁzscoﬁa l Pa la ce a c Cr oy don .

ha n n n n n s . O right of e tra ce to choir, a ca opy the k obs

“ o ak n at end a of the be ches the west of the choir, are c rved r A La a the a ms of rchbishop ud, imp led successively by ’ D a B and W L n n S St . those of the ees of vid s, ath ells, o do and Canterbury ; of the dean ery of Gloucester ; and of ’ t x Th nd n are S . n C O . e e Joh s ollege , ford east be ches

a n on ar Ar u xon . dor ed, both sides, by the ms of chbishop J The n r r a n n n i te io of the ch pel is lit by seve wi dows , co sist in a n n - a li The h as g of pl i la cet sh ped ghts . roof, of wood, The n n a a end ba a depressed slope . floor u der e th the e st y is raised .

The following Bishops were consecrated in the chapel of Croydon Palace — h H l f . Bisho o H r f rd M a 6 I Jo n ar e D . D . e e o b y , 55 3 y , , p , y h i ho ranmer assisted b Nichola s Ridle Bi h f Arc b s p C , y ( y ) , s op o Ald h ish arli l n n an d R o rt ric B f C s . Lo d o , b e ( ) , op o e — l D h f u n e 26 1 . J ohn Ta or D . . Bis o o Lin coln b th J , 5 53 y , , p , y e sa me Arch ish o a ssisted b Nichol a s Bisho Of Lon d n n b p , y , p o , a d ohn Seer Bisho of R och est er J ( y ) , p , 2 1 — hn o l st on D D isho r Au u st . o W o . . B of Exe e b g , 5 79 J , , p t , y h ish o Grin d al a ssit sed b ohn Elmer Bi h Ar c b p , y J ( ) , s op o f Lond on , hn o u n isho o f o chester o Y B R . an d J ( g) , p 8 1 80 — ohn at n D m er 1 . so . h Septe b , 5 J W , D . , Bis op of Win

lli m n D . h est er a nd Wi a O ert o D . Bisho of Lichﬁ ld n c , v , , p e a d

entr b the same Arch isho a ssiste d a s efore. Cov y , y b p, b — m 1 8 1 . ohn B u llin h a D h m er . i e t e D . B s o of l S p b 3 , 5 J g , , p G ou cester

th e s ame Arch ish o a ssist ed a s efore. by b p , b — i h ard Au gu st 628 . R c of Chichester

William L au d Bisho of Lond on Richard Neile B ish o f by ( ) , p , ( ) , p o in t on ohn B u ckerid e Bisho of El and Francis hi W , J ( g ) , p y , ( W te) ,

Bisho p o f Carlisle . — Se tem er 1 628 . Leonard M a e D . D . Bisho of B ath a nd p b 7 , w , , p l rl] D D Bi h ll s an d Wa ter Cu . s o Of R o chest er b Ar hbi We , , p , y c sho p ot a ssist ed b Rich ard Neile B ish o o f int on ohn sh Abb , y ( ) , p W , J , Bi o p

f l a nd Fra n cis B isho of Ca rlisle . o E y , , p — illiam ir 1 0 Pe D . D . i Oct o er 2 6 . W se B sh o of Peter o rou h b 4, 3 , , p b g , b th e sa me Ar ch ish o a ss sted b Richard Bisho o f Winton y b p , i y , p ,

Theo hilu s Field Bish o o f St . Da vid s Richard C r t i h p ( ) , p , ( o be ) , B s op xf rd and ohn B o le Bisho of Roch t Of O o , J ( w ) , p es er.

The Old reenhouse n at - n g or vi ery, the south east cor er f n n now n n n Th o the ma sio , is co verted i to a dwelli g . e The A rchie isco a l P la e a t p p a c Cr oy don . 9 5 orchard has been cut down ; the canal and all the ﬁsh n a ar po ds have dis ppe ed . Cr n a a and n oydo P l ce is lowly situate, , as a refere ce to ma on a 2 was once rr n the p p ge 7 will show, su ou ded by Th r n a a r a wa running streams . e p i cip l pp o ch s through an a n r C r Str r r ar r n ve ue f om hu ch eet, fo me ly gu ded by i o a red r an d n a r g tes , the b ick sto e c pped pie s of which , Ar ar I 2 r a . e ected by chbishop Potter, still be d te, 7 4 Surr n r r a an d n ar as ou ded by woods , t out st e ms , vi ey ds , in a r Cr n a a r n a it used to be d ys of yo e , oydo P l ce , du i g all n n r aff r r a lo g successio of summe s , o ded to the P im tes of England a very pleasant retreat from care and the n multiplicity of busi ess . CHA TER P X .

LORDS OF THE MANOR.

SINCE the Archbishops of Canterbury were lords of the n C n and n n Ma or of roydo , for ma y hu dreds of years were a ccustomed occasionally to reside in their mansion-house r n n n he e , it follows that their lives are i separably i terwove The a are with the history of this parish . Prim tes who n n Cr n k ow to have lived at oydo , form a majority of the men who have occupied the See of Canterbury since the N an n f a C . O orm o quest these, therefore, we h ve collected together a series of short biographic notices in the follow in a n n g ch pter, well k owi g how much the ecclesiastical and political importance of its former lords tends to n n n n old n e ha ce the i terest attachi g to this their ma or. There is no eviden ce that any of the Anglo-Saxon prelates had n r ever a house here our arrative , the efore, must com n r n A L n n me ce with a brief efere ce to rchbishop a fra c.

LANFRANC was n in L a bor at Pavia, omb rdy, about the D In i ar A. . 1 0 0 . ye 5 early l fe, he acquired a taste for and n D n literary scie tific pursuits . evoti g himself to the s law n n tudy of the , he obtai ed celebrity by the eloque ce ” leadin fi He a n N rm an and of his p g migr ted i to o dy, n n A n r a ope i g a school at vra ches, thithe , attr cted by his a n n and n n le r i g eloque ce, a crowd of scholars soo flocked. A n on n n cti g the impulse of religious e thusiasm , sudde ly Lan n and n fra c threw up his office of Magister, quitti g the r in n r B ee wo ld, sought refuge the secluded mo aste y of , of B l n . n at R which he became prior y skilfu egotiatio ome,

as ” Ordericu s i alis Lib. I . 0. i. V t , V , v

8 rds o the M a nor 9 L o f .

ROBERT KILWARDBY Of and n . the birth place pare tage R Kil rdb n n n n A D n an wa . s of obert y , othi g is k ow a omi ic hi at O he attached mself to the study of theology xford , in an d was n a taught the schools, ultimately elected Provi ci l r D n See R O . of his der evoted to the i terests of the of ome, n in 1 2 was n a this lear ed friar, 7 3 , adva ced to the ch ir of St A A Kil ard at . n w b ugusti e . rchbishop y ofﬁciated the r K n E I and n n in A 1 2 . co o atio , ugust, 74, of i g dward E an n n n n r H le or his Quee , the rece tly retur ed f om the oly n In 1 2 n a r n la d . 7 3 , he obtai ed g a t of a market to be if held every Wednesday at Croydon ; and in 1 2 7 6 he also obtained for this town a grant of a fair to be held for n n nn n S B A on t. i e days, begi i g the vigil of otolph the bbot, on 1 6 a ‘ Kilwardb was that is to say, the th of M yd y a n On n n n a dina volumi ous writer. bei g omi ated a c r l by Pe e N a III n A and p ichol s he resig ed his rchbishopric, n R He n s at we t to ome . was poiso ed, it was uspected , in 1 2 Viterbo, 7 9 .

JOHN DE PECKHAM was born in Sussex about the year I 2 0 and a i n a n 4 , prob bly received the rud me ts of that le r ing for which he afterwards became distinguished at the C n a n L At an n lu i c Mo astery of ewes . early age he we t O and in n as n to xford, , accorda ce with the f hio of those Un times, completed his studies at the iversity of Paris . R n n O a n etur i g to xford, Peckham became Mi orite, or Fr n n one an n a cisca brother, of that phal x of lear ed friars who successfully laboured to make Oxford famous among l f Eu In O m e. the schoo s p course of time, Peckham was advanced to be Provin cial Minister of the Franciscan Order in En n and L n n gla d, removed to o do , where he presided n G Fr He over the large establishme t of the rey iars . R and a n n n Kilwardb visited ome, h ppe i g to be there whe y Pe e n n See arrived, the p appoi ted Peckham to the vaca t o f C n a ra r was a terbury. Peckh m , writes his biog phe , not - En n and was n a true hearted glishma , i variably

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n in n n in e gaged furtheri g the i terests of the Pope, oppo ” K n En n and n sitiou to those of the i g of gla d the cou try . He in 1 2 2 died 9 .

ROBERT WINCHELSEY r n n n , acco di g to traditio , was bor o f a n a W n a in S x r humble p re t ge at i chelse , usse , towa ds r n H nr III At an a e the middle of the eig of e y . early g was a n Can r S and d he dmitted i to te bury chool, proceede to Paris where he so distinguished himself that he was n R r U n r On rn appoi ted ecto of the ive sity. his retu to En an n r n C Ox and at n gl d he e tered Me to ollege, ford, le gth n l Ox On A became Cha cel or of ford . the death of rch a in a r an K n bishop Peckh m , cco d ce with the wish of i g I R Winchel e wa n ni E ar . s s dw d , obert y u a mously elected by the prior a nd convent of Canterbury to ﬁll the vacant H his R r d See. e an received pall at ome f om the Pope, , a n r En n n n n h vi g t avelled homewards to gla d, the e thro eme t of the new Primate was solemnly celebrated in Canterbury d 2 C ra on z u O 1 . It athed l the of ctober, 9 4 was a n K n a n r sple did spectacle , the i g, tte ded by his g eat earls

and a n n n . in li b ro s , bei g prese t Profuse hospita ty, this prelate exercised an almost boundless charity towards the r L Winchelse poo . ike various of his predecessors, however, y n -En Hi al an was u i . s thoroughly gl sh was a divided legi ce, and he preferred the Pope of Rome to the King of En an He O in I I gl d . died at tford 3 3 .

WALTER REYNOLDS a a a a , who fterw rds bec me Prim te of all En an was son a a and was rn at gl d , the of b ker, bo En n n a a i W n . a n s a r n i dsor g gi g, with disti ctio , l wye the ’

K n C was E I . r i g s ourts, he selected by dward to be tuto to n rin his son and f n a the you g P ce , ; to the dif ere ces th t spra ng up between the monarch and his foolish son may be imputed the circumstan ce that Reynolds obtained n o n E ar I N n r ur r a n . r f the ppoi tme t from dw d o soo e , howeve ,

II at n n a r had Edward . arrived the crow tha showe of H 2 1 0 0 L ords of che M a nor .

r n n on He prefe me ts desce ded this favourite . became Tr r r B W C an r and ar in easu e , ishop of orcester, h cello , e ly

I 1 Ar an r But r n a a 3 4 chbishop of C terbu y . du i g th t ye r En ff a r B nn rn the glish su ered disast ous defeat at a ockbu , and R n n S a It n ey olds resig ed the Great e l . was a seaso and nf n of much misery co usio . In 1 3 1 4 Archbishop Reynolds obtained a grant of a C n on T a and a a market to be held at roydo hursd y, f ir to ’ on and r St be held here the vigil mor ow of . Matthew s ”6 D a y . In n n K n and n mediati g betwee the imbecile i g his baro s , the Archbishop appears to have a cted with discretion n r x n I a a u til pe ple ed, he espoused the side of Quee s bell , and a in a r E cquiesced th t evolution which deposed dward . Archbishop Reynolds even ofﬁciate d at the coron ation of K n E II r n - n I . the you g i g dward , du i g the life time of his a H i I d . e n 2 an f ther died at Mortlake 3 7 , , like his

C n . predecessors, was buried at a terbury

— SIMON MEPEHAM 1 2 8 1 . T no a n , 3 3 3 3 here is cert i eviden ce that either this or any of the three succeeding C n prelates ever resided at roydo .

— A OHN STRATFORD I 1 8 . S r J , 3 3 3 3 4 rchbishop t atford in 1 3 43 obtained ‘ a grant for a market to be held at and a n F St C n o n Sa o . n roydo turday, a f ir the east of Joh the Baptistfr

THOMAs BRADWARDINE I . , 3 49

ISLIP 1 - 1 6 6 A I on SIMON . , 349 3 rchbishop slip, the 1 8 F 1 2 n R F n a and th of ebruary, 3 5 , gra ted to obert ar h m W l Chober for n r a il iam , the term of their atu al lives,

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‘ 1 0 2 ords o che M a n r L f o .

’ of the King s chaplains during the Chancellorship of L angham . In I 6 6 Simon L n n Sec 3 , a gham was tra slated to the of ’ C n r n a on a n n a terbu y, but soo fter, the Pope s dva ci g him a n K n n n L n a had to be cardi al, the i g, co sideri g that a gh m a z r th ceased to be rchbishop, sei ed the tempo alities of e See C n L n A n n in I 6 . ardi al a gham died at vig o 3 7 .

WILLIAM WHITTLESEY n A I was ephew to rchbishop slip , and a n at Ca r a received his educ tio mb idge , where he bec me ” C a He ustos , or M ster of Peterhouse . devoted himself an n and a r n to the study of c o law, , cco di gly, became a n a in a C A n n H n stude t lso the P pal ourts at vig o . avi g n En an W a n retur ed to gl d, hittlesey was ppoi ted Judge of C A R r C n and A n the ourt of rches, ecto of roydo , rchdeaco H n n n In 1 6 1 n a B of u ti gdo . 3 his u cle g ve him the ishopric R in 1 6 n W r of ochester ; 3 4 he was tra slated to orceste . Whittlesey is said to have been a man of commanding r n n and r In 1 6 8 p ese ce, eloque t , disc eet. 3 he became Archbishop of Canterbury ; but soon after his elevation n n and he became a co ﬁrmed i valid, for two , out of the six n n He years of his primacy, was co ﬁ ed to his house . died on 6th n I the of Ju e, 3 74 .

SIMON SUDBURY acquired his surname from the place in uff H n n S S . e ot n of his ativity, udbury olk did study lo g at En n n n n n the glish u iversities, for his pare ts, i te di g him a n n n Fr n and I A to be ca o lawy er, se t him to a ce taly . t ’ length Simcn s legal attainments attracted the notice of

Inn n VI n S r oce t who became his patro . udbury ea ly n G n D attached himself to the party of Joh of au t, uke of L n G ff C The a caster, at whose court he met eo rey haucer, ” n n En and n W The mor i g star of glish poetry, Joh iclif, G D In 1 6 0 S n C n ospel octor. 3 imo became ha cellor of S r and on 2 0 th a I 6 2 was alisbu y the of M rch , 3 , he ’ n B n t C co secrated ishop of Londo at S . Paul s athedral h M a n r L ords of t e o . 1 0 3

n New C l O f W lia the illustrious fou der of ol ege, x ord, il m of W k ham Bisho Winchester o fﬁciatin on a n e . y , p of , g the occ sio On 6 th A 1 6 S n n at the of pril, 3 7 , udbury was e thro ed

C n r r r a all En an . a te bu y, P im te of gl d At the solemn coronation of Richard 11 then only in r Ar S r a r n a his twelfth yea , chbishop udbu y acted p i cip l 11 th I G a part . 0 the 4 of July, 3 79 , he received the re t But and n n in F an Seal . educated lo g reside t r ce this r a n in I 8 0 created a p ejudice ag i st him , added to which, 3 , C an r S r a n a as h cello , udbu y presided over the Parli me t th t r r -tax The n dec eed the opp essive poll . cou try rose in n A a n A a a rebellio . fter pill gi g the rchiepiscop l Pal ce at Can r r Wat T te bury, the riote s , with yler at their head, ar L n n and n n marched tow ds o do , havi g e tered it, they r n T i K n ni su rou ded the ower, to wh ch the i g, accompa ed C n and r a r S by his ha cellor other g e t ofﬁce s of tate, had 0 11 n n 1 removed for security. the mor i g of the 4th of n 1 8 I n a n n nin Ju e, 3 , the mob burst i to the ch pel, whe , pi io g n n Ar a the arms of the u fortu ate chbishop, with sav ge x n the a him x n n T r H e ultatio y dr gged to e ecutio upo owe ill . a C r an The in ur Sudbury met his f te like a h isti hero . s ’ n n r a a u n a n and ge ts the placed the P el te s he d p o lo g pole, on L n n B r r r n for stuck it up o do idge, whe e it emai ed n ar a n W r L a substi e ly week, u til alwo th, the ord M yor, u d a Wat T S t te for it the he d of the iler. uch was the ra a end S n an Cr n t gic l of imo , lord of the m or of oydo . It was Archbishop Sudbury who commenced the re n of n v C n r C r buildi g the glorious a e of a terbu y athed al .

WILLIAM COURTENAY was the four th son of Hugh C r n E r D n and ar ar r ou te ay, a l of evo , M g et, daughte of Hmn hre B n Ear H r r : r was p y de ohu , l of e efo d his mothe a ran - a K n E 1 B rn Ex g d d ughter of i g dward . o at eter a a 1 2 on n n r bout the ye r 3 4 , leavi g his a cest al home he n Ox r r a a in In 1 6 we t to fo d , whe e he gr du ted law. 3 9 C en B He n l e ourt ay became ishop of reford, he was tra s at d 1 0 4 L ord s of lhe M a nor .

L n n in 1 In n to the See of o do 3 7 5 . the early portio of h s a r C r n a R a n n o w i c ree ou te y resisted omish ggressio , but he showed his subservien cy to the Pepe by citing Wiclif ’ in St au Ca ra an to appear before him . P l s thed l , to swer O n n an d n n Ga n D for his pi io s atte ded by Joh of u t , uke L n an d L r Ear a En an of a caster, o d Percy, l M rshal of gl d, R m n an n r r the eformer obeyed the sum o s . M y a g y wo ds , n B and Ear however, passed betwee the ishop the l at the m n hi n a r eeti g, w ch causi g the ssembly to g ow tumultuous, ” n an n U n th e the court broke up without doi g y thi g . po n r n S r a B murder of the u fo tu ate udbu y, the popul r ishop of London was chosen to succeed him as Archbishop of n S n in r a n Ca terbury. oo after receiv g the oyal sse t to his n C r n a G S and as C an electio ou te ay ccepted the reat eal, , h cellor n ar i n on N r , ope ed the P l ame t which met ovembe 4 , 1 8 1 He ff at a K n 3 . o iciated likewise the marri ge of i g Ri II Ann B an d a r chard . to e of ohemia, shortly fterwa ds the young Queen was anointed and crowned by him in m n A West i ster bbey. Archbishop Courtenay received his pall with great n n Cr n r an ceremo y, at his ma or of oydo , f om the h ds of the B L n h M a 8 2 n on t I . ishop of o do the 4 of y , 3 Reference has been made to the changes that took place at the manor-house at Croydon during the life-time of this prelate ; and to Archbishop Courtenay has been assigned the credit of commen cing that alteration in the architectural character of the old Parish Church of Croy d on which resulted in its becoming what is techn ically n n r n i r He In I 6 k ow as a Pe pe d cular structu e . died 3 9 .

THOMAS ARUNDEL was third son of the illustrious Fitz Al n L A n C n n a , ord of ru del astle , who comma ded the seco d

n En r C and E an divisio of the glish a my at ressy ; le or, a H nr n a n E r L n a He d ughter of e y Pla t ge et, a l of a c ster. n I 2 and Ox was bor about the year 3 5 , studied at ford .

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1 0 6 L ords of lhe M a nor .

signed at Croydon a deed of general conﬁrmation to Sir W D D rumlanri n illiam ouglas , of g, which ru s as follows

amis hrou the race of God K n e o f Scottis Till all that J , t g y g , i i h th s lettre h eris or seis sen d s grety n ge . Wit z e that we ave rau ntit and be his resentis lettres r au ntis s eciall conﬁr g , t p g a p matin in the maist s forme till ou re traiste and wele bel oﬁt co sy ng Sir William o f D ou gl a s of D rumlan rig of all the l andis that he is ossessit an d ch art rit of ithin the K n d om f Scotl and e th at p w y g e o , is for to sa the landis o f D ru mlanri of Haw ke and of Selkirke y , g, y , ;

the whilkis ch artris and p o ssessiou ns be this lettre we conferme . an d wil for the mare sekernes this c u re conﬁmatiou n e b e formabilli

efter the fou rme of cu re Chau n sellu re, and the ten or of his chartris , l th ur r l in t t f h hil i se it wi o g ete se e y me o come . In witnes o t e w k s this presentis lettres we wrate with o u r propre han d e u n d er the si ne u si in sel n of o ur l et tres a s n ew at Croid ou ne th las g t t y g , e t d aie o f N em er the z er of ou r Lord e if ov b ,

The n n n r n a n u fortu ate pri ce who g a ted the bove, havi g in n n on the eleve th year of his age bee captured , his Fr n n a n in En an voyage to a ce, was detai ed priso er gl d n r W n n n K n fourtee yea s . he he sig ed this docume t the i g a n a and n at C n was bout eightee ye rs old, evide tly roydo a in A A n D n Pal ce, the custody of rchbishop ru del . isti uished n g by me tal gifts , highly cultivated by the best En n n teachers that gla d could produce, eve tually James F Of S n in 1 the irst cotla d was murdered at Perth, 4 3 7 . Archbishop Arundel cruelly persecuted the Lollards ; he even went so far as to request of the Pope that the body W an d r in n of iclif might be exhumed, bu ied a du ghill ; but, n n a a r for the prese t, the i f mous propos l was defer ed . Arundel was al so a consenting p arty to the passing of the S D e Hoerelico comburend o n x tatute, , u der which e ecrable m n B E act he adjudged to the ﬂa es Joh adby, of vesham ,

Sir J ohn O a L C and an r ldc stle ( ord obham) , m y other believe s in C T in 1 1 an d n hrist . his prelate died 4 4, was i terred in C r at Can n the athed al terbury, towards the rebuildi g of n muniﬁcentl n the ave of which he also had y co tributed .

’ This grant is preserved in fa csimile in And erson s Diplomatu m ” umi m m oti Th sau ru s et N s atu Sc ee e . 1 0 L or ds of the M a nor . 7

HENRY CHICHELEY was originally a shepherd boy of H F r and an igham e rers, rose to become Metropolit of England through the advantage of an education e xtended A 1 6 2 -6 h as n to him by William of Wykeham . bout 3 3 bee n as a r and t he r I for assig ed the d te of his bi th, yea 3 7 3 his admission to Winchester School in due course he r New C Ox r r a p oceeded to ollege, fo d, whe e he became F and r C ellow, took his deg ees . hicheley studied law ; yet,

n n on C r n . depe di g the hurch for suppo t, he was ordai ed In 1 0 2 r n a r It 4 the Pope etai ed him as his l wye . was in for r a an and usual those - days p el tes to be politici s ; , a r n C was on ar cco di gly, hicheley employed v ious embassies and aff r S H nr IV In 1 0 8 ai s of tate by e y . 4 he became ’ B D a an d was o ne n ishop of St . vid s ; of the delegates chose to represent the Church of Englan d at the (Ecumenical S n a n r a n n y od of Pis , wherei the two iv l reig i g Popes were and n n and a deposed solem ly excommu icated, the P pacy n n ar a an a new was bei g the decl ed v c t , Pope elected by C na n c a r St the ardi ls, who he ceforth oc upied the ch i of . n r Al n Peter u de the title of exa der V. Chicheley became the friend and adviser of King H nr V n r n n was nan e y . , upo whose ecomme datio he u imously elected by the Chapter of Canterbury: to the Metropolitan i A D 1 1 At an ar n T 2 h S n . . o t ee . 4 4 e ly hour uesday, the 9 O r 1 1 n a C i L of ctobe , 4 5 , the ews re ched h cheley, at ambeth , a a A n r had n and won th t the b ttle of gi cou t bee fought . The r a r K n at Can r r and P im te met the victo ious i g te bu y, r ar atLond on where amid n r n a afte w ds , , i desc ibable e thusi sm , a n T n In r solem e Deum was su g. the t uce made with F an C o ne n r and r ce, hicheley acted as of the commissio e s , on n a the war n H nr the re ew l of , he was prese t with e y V. n a his n r n R n whe he m de public e t y i to the city of oue . He remain ed with the army while the English King rapidly x n n r N n and B an e te ded his co quests ove orma dy ritt y . a n n in 1 2 0 H n arr r n Pe ce bei g sig ed 4 , e ry m ied the p i cess Ka n and h r n n C fﬁ H e a . e theri e , at coro atio hicheley o ci ted - baptiz ed the infant heir to the English crown in 1 4 2 1 ; 1 0 8 or s o the M a nor L d f .

and n not n n n H n whe , lo g after, to the grief of the atio , e ry

in Fr n C n n r died a ce, hicheley co sig ed the body of the he o A King to its grave in Westminster bbey. Chicheley was mu niﬁcent his great work was the All S Ox A n n a n C . fou d tio of the ollege of ouls , ford mo g a ra ar n other objects , he g ve libe lly tow ds the buildi g of

Cr n C r H n C Ar oydo hu ch e ry hicheley, chbishop of Canterbu rie new r a a r , was the builde or especi l rep i er of C n C r r n on roydo hu ch , as appea eth by his arms grave the ”if a and orch Ecclesia: Cro d onensi cedi w lls , steeple, p . y ﬁ ” eu clce mu ltu m im endit i In r n p . other wo ds, C n A hicheley completed that work, comme ced by rchbishop C na r n n C C n n ourte y, of t a sformi g the old hurch at roydo i to n a Perpe dicular fabric . W n inﬁrmities or out by , this worthy old lord of the

an x r on 1 2th A I and n r m or e pi ed the of pril , 44 3 , was i ter ed C n r t n n at a terbury, whe e here is a mo ume t to his memory.

OHN STAFFORD was n son Sir H S ff J seco d of umphrey ta ord , ” r f r an A n su named O the silve h d . fter taki g his degree at Ox ford he pra ctised as an advocate in the ecclesiastical

r In 1 2 1 was K r cou ts . 4 he eepe of the Privy Seal ; in a T a r En nd On 1 2 2 . 2 4 he bec me re su er of gla May 7 , I 2 S a f n ra B B and W 4 5 , t f ord was co sec ted ishop of ath ells , and n one L C n n appoi ted of the ords of the ou cil, duri g the in H n VI In 2 minority of K g e ry . 1 43 he obtained the ” G S and He m n F in reat eal , re ai ed, says oss, this high ffi n n for n n n o ce u i terruptedly eightee years, wa ti g thirty He r r f two days . is the ﬁ st possesso of the o ﬁce who is kn own to have been called Lord On May 1 1 a n See Can 3 , 44 3 , he was ppoi ted to the of terbury, an d about the same time the Pope selected him to be his

in En an D r n n r legate gl d . u i g the lo g period th oughout G S t he n which he held the reat eal, it was misfortu e of this

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1 1 0 or ds o the M a nor L f .

THOMAS BOUCHIER was great gran dson of Sir Robert ’ B n n K n a ar ouchier, who, joi i g the i g s army with very l ge Hi n a C . s array, disti guished himself at the b ttle of ressy H nr E Ewe in W lia . father, il m , was created by e y V arl of , N n and a n Ann T a orma dy ; m rry i g e, daughter of hom s of

W o D G x son E a III. oodst ck, uke of loucester, si th of dw rd and E n Ea S aff widow of dmu d, rl of t ord, by her had issue , H n r E r E x in 1 6 1 an d T a e ry, c eated a l of sse 4 , this hom s , n ar 1 0 a an bor about the ye 4 5 , who bec me lord of the m or ’ Cr n En r n as a n N il Inn Ox of oydo . te i g stude t ev s , ford , Thomas Bouchier held the ofﬁce of Chan cellor in that n and n B W n u iversity, becomi g ishop of orcester, was tra s n See El On Ar lated the ce to the of y . the demise of ch K n at C n bishop emp , the cou cil, the request of the ommo s , For r and oo his grete merits , vi tues , grete bl d he comes ” n in n n B of, joi ed recomme di g ouchier to the Pope as suc a and a din was cessor to the Prim cy, , ccor gly, he elected Ar Can r r on A 2 2 1 A chbishop of te bu y pril , 4 5 4 .

z an D Y at a and parti of the uke of ork , th t time protector n r a o n 1 B defe der of the e lm , March 7 , 4 5 5 , ouchier n Gr a S and a n n ot was e trusted with the e t eal, ret i ed it quite n n G n eightee mo ths . loomy, i deed, were the prospects of n — a in n at — the cou try defe t abroad, surrectio home whilst the fun ction s of governmen t were complicated by the Th Ar illness of the King . e chbishop did his utmost to f n n n n ndin a ef ect a reco ciliatio betwee the co te g p rties, but in a n W n n B v i . ithi three mo ths after ouchier became A n a C n r a St . w s ha cellor, the ﬁrst g eat b ttle of lba s fought, and it was followed at brief intervals by ﬁerce engage ’

n N r a n Wa an d r C . me ts at o th mpto , keﬁeld, Mortime s ross

B r n E a I on n 2 A V. rchbishop ouchie crow ed dw rd Ju e 9 , 1 6 1 In 1 2 n Ar 4 . 47 the Pope i vested this chbishop with hat U n a E r IV R a the red . po the de th of dwa d ich rd, ” D G C a R a a s uke of loucester, rookb ck ich rd , he is styled, induced the Archbishop to urge the queen-mother to give ’ n son n r r ar — up her you ger i to his , the P otecto s , c e the n E n in elder ( amely, dward bei g already lodged the r ds o the M a nor 1 I 1 L o f .

T But n for ower. whe he pledged his word the safety of D u Y and all n n to the little ke of ork , used his i flue ce remove him from his mother in the Sanctuary at West n r n r in T r A mi ste , to joi his brothe the owe , the rchbishop does not appear to have h ad a suspicion of the horrible a to n a r r d ee med A f te which the u h ppy P inces we e . rch bishop Bouchier placed the crown on the head of the r R ar III a at e usu per, ich d . he likewise offici ted the cor na n u r a H nr T Ear R tio of his successf l iv l , e y udor, l of ich n n won on B r F now mo d , who havi g the fight oswo th ield , a n n H nr VII and n in sce ded the thro e as e y . ; he u ited a H n VII and E z n m rriage e ry . li abeth, the represe tatives W R and Red of the hite ose the . Ca n B hi at Kn on A 6 1 8 6 rdi al ouc er died ole, pril , 4 , and a n in C n r was lso e tombed a terbu y Cathedral .

OHN ORT N n a 1 2 R J M O was bor bout the year 4 0 . e ceivin a a n at C n A r n g his e rly educ tio er e bbey, f om the ce n B C Ox r he we t to alliol ollege, fo d , where he took the D in a and n a degree of octor, both l ws ; eve tually bec me C an U n As an a in h cellor of the iversity. dvocate the C Ar ra n A ourt of ches , he att cted the otice of rchbishop B r and in 1 6 a ouchie , 4 5 , while th t prelate still held the Gr a S n a n C an E e t eal, Morto was ppoi ted h cellor to dward, r H VI an a n W son n . d o P i ce of ales, of e ry , was als m de r in C n His a a r cle k or master ha cery. ecclesi stic l prefe n r n S n r n me ts we e umerous . tau ch to the deth o ed H nr VI n as in T n o n . w e y , Morto the bitter ﬁeld of owto , a S n a 1 6 1 n En n P lm u d y, 4 , whe glishme lost their n o ne a a n r n r O ann r lives, ﬁghti g g i st the othe u de pposite b e s Whi E a n r a and Red R . of the te ose sc pi g f om the b ttle, a F an r A he accompanied Queen Marg ret to l de s . fter the ra n n r at B a n and T and n despe te e cou te s r et ewkesbury, whe no immediate representative of the House of Lancaster r r a r n in 1 1 r n su vived the d e dful evolutio s 47 , Mo to sued E I for and n his a n r a V. , obtai ed , p rdo f om dw rd , with I 1 2 r ds he a n r L o of t M o .

a n In 1 2 n reversal of his ttai der. 47 he was appoi ted a R and Gr S a ra M ster of the olls, the eat e l was seve l times in I as r 1 . n 1 8 n deposited with him keepe 47 3 47 , Morto El was elected Bishop of y . Bishop Morton is said to have been one of the executors I and K n E war V. a n rr of i g d d , this may ccou t for his a est R ar D G r r It was by ich d, uke of louceste , the P otector. o n 1 th n 1 8 a r a n the 3 of Ju e , 4 3 , th t the P otector, ppare tly in x n ir a n a n in T r e celle t sp its , tte ded cou cil the owe , to

ra n rn n r n a n n E a delibe te co ce i g the co o tio of you g dw rd V. Praising the strawberries which grew in the Bishop of ’ E ar n on H rn H R a a ly s g de olbo ill, ich rd asked the prel te a a r nn r to h ve some g the ed, that he might eat them at di e , H n an d n r . e r n a r he the reti ed retur ed, howeve , soo fte , r n and n as in a n with eyeb ows k it, biti g his lip if passio , n a n a arm D ar whe , l yi g b re his left , the uke decl ed its withered state was caused by the sorcery of the Queen and an S r a r n J e ho e , who comp ssed his dest uctio by witch

ra L r Ha n r had n c ft . o d sti gs obse ved that if they do e ” n W a . n this, they deserved to be pu ished h t, rejoi ed the

r r r i s an d a nd s I P otecto , thou se vest me with f with a n and a I l a tell thee they h ve do e so , th t wi l m ke good on a r l VVh ereu on n a a thy body, tr ito p , givi g the t ble a r was a blow with his ﬁst, the ch mbe immedi tely ﬁlled ” m n I rr ra r ar e . Glou with med a est thee, t ito , cried d t a I ester Ha n an S . ar a n I c to sti gs, by P ul swe , th t di e ” a r L H n ot n . a n will , u til thy he d be b ought to me ord sti gs was rr n T r a and be hu ied to the gree by the owe ch pel ,

on a an n r headed log of wood that ch ced to be lyi g the e . a B r n and Ar At the s me time, ishop Mo to the chbishop of a r and n n in A York were r ested co ﬁ ed separate cells .

n r U n Ox r r petitio f om the iversity of ford, howeve , p ocured ’ r n a r a r an d n Mo to s rele se f om th t fort ess, he was se t to

Br n in D B n a eck ock custody of the uke of ucki gh m . n was an n n a Morto , who a delightful comp io , soo bec me n and n D on i timate with his keeper ; whe the uke, whom n and n the Usurper had lavished both ho ours estates, tur ed

1 1 s o the M a nor 4 L or d f .

ran n In a he was t slated to the See of Ca terbury. ccor d ance with the an cient laws of the realm and the can on s C En an W a r r of the hurch of gl d, arh m eceived f om the king the office of Primate of All England : the King ’ ’ con e cl elire C a Can and issued his g , the h pter at terbury the nd ul E n i a h l was . n Pope obeyed, the usual issued ve a and C n a an th t age of festivals eremo i l pomp , the b quet a n n z n Wa a n th t followed the e thro i atio of rh m , accordi g to h r n r in n r wa n U n t s . e ch o icle s . sple dou ever surpassed der r n r an War was a o di a y circumst ces, ham frug l ; like his wise n a r o n a a n but pe urious roy l maste , however, gre t occ sio s ’ munificent n an n n he could be , si ce archbishop s i come the as w very large . Warham officiated at the marriage and subsequent na n K n H n III and n K a ar n coro tio of i g e ry V . Quee th i e , the coronation service of Englan d being the same then as was in An -Sa n and as n it glo xo times , it still remai s . A War a an r Ha n rchbishop ham g ve the m o of li g , at ”é H n III in x an an C n . roydo , to e ry V e ch ge for other l ds To n n Wa a n the i flue ce of rh m , some of the most disti uished a d a — L n Groc n L — g schol rs of the y i acre, y , illy were n n n not n and i debted for their i troductio , o ly to the schools n r I a an u ive sities of taly, but lso to the courts of the Medice and I an r n a n other tali p i ces ; where , m ki g themselves ” new a n n r rn ff masters of the le r i g , they etu ed to di use it

En n and a n ~ through the schools of gla d, thus r ised the i tel a ra n r E lectu l cha cter of this cou t y. rasmus was especially n Wa m T t S . i debted to rha . his great prelate died at ’ S n s n C n in I 2 tephe , ear a terbury, 5 3 .

THOMAS CRANMER n A n Nottin ham was bor at slacto , g r in 1 8 At n n shi e, 4 4 . the age of fourtee he we t to Ca and n a an d mbridge , where he resided ﬁve twe ty ye rs ; n a C duri g this time he bec me a fellow of Jesus ollege . It would seem that originally Cranmer designed to

Gran and Ex h n e of Lands Au . fﬁ ts c a g s , g O ce . ords o the M a nor 1 1 L f . 5

n n n n was practise as a lawyer, but alteri g his i te tio , he r a n in I 2 and n r r o d i ed 5 3 , becomi g a p ofesso of theology, Th or D D r o n H S r r . e . he lectu ed the oly c iptu es subject ’ of the King s divorce being at that time the topic of n ra n r a n Cr n r ar r u ni ge e l co ve s tio , a me gued befo e the ve rsities of Oxford and Cambridge that the m arriage of ’ H nr VIII a r r was e y . with his dece sed b othe s wife A not r a r nn n . s me ely void ble, but f om the begi i g void a a for K n Cr n a n o n an dvoc te the i g, a mer lso we t embassy R In r rn for z on a a to ome . etu such eal beh lf of his roy l . a n H nr III n na D r Cran r Sec p tro , e y V . omi ted . me to the of Canterbury ; and his consecration took place o n the

o th ar I . On 2 rd n 3 of M ch , 5 3 3 the 3 of May followi g, Cranmer pronounced sentence of divorce between King I n La K r n H nr I I . a d a a r e y V the dy athe i e ; two d ys fte , H nr Ann B n and Cran n e y married oley , mer set the crow n Ann at her r na n upo the head of co o tio . The question of the royal supremacy had once more ’ n ra in nn n K n It bee ised co ectio with the i g s divorce . is an historical error to represent Englan d as differing with r in r n H nr III the Pope for the ﬁ st time the eig of e y V . , since the anti-papal chara cter of the statute law of Eng l and is proved by various Acts Of Parliament long ere a

Tu n r n B a I r . H nr II do asce ded the th o e y statute of e y . , ’ an n had n o a in En an x n the Pope s c o law pl ce gl d, e cepti g * far as K n and ar a n r In so the i g P li me t pe mitted . the ar n n at Car in a 1 0 6 n P liame t holde lisle the ye r 3 , bei g the 3 5 th of Edward I It was enacted that from then ceforth the usurpations of the Bishop of Rome in respect to English beneﬁces should not be su fferedi By the Statute r r in 1 0 was r a of P oviso s, passed 3 5 , it dec eed th t the Bishop of Rome should no t be permitted to dispose of the livings of the Church of Englan d :l the Statute of ae n in I ena no o ne n Pr mu ire , passed 3 5 3 , cted that he ce

’ " “ . R r i n III . Co e s e o t s . 20 He r e . 1 . y , 9 1 k p , 4

St atu t e of Pro ision o f B eneﬁces 2 Edw III . 6 and I v , 5 . , ,

t of Pro sors 8 Ed w. III . Statu e vi , 3 6 1 1 L ewis of Me M a nor .

an a forth should draw y plea out of the re lm, the ’ n z an r a n K n C r on cog i ce of which appe t i ed to the i g s ou t, * a n and a Cr n p i of forfeiture of goods ch ttels to the ow . The S a rae n in n t tute of P mu ire , passed the reig of “ II a a The C n En n a R a . ich rd , sserted th t row of gla d h th n a a n in no a l bee so free at all times, th t it h th bee e rth y n m a u God in subjectio , but im edi tely s bjected to all n n r a and n o r an d n ot thi gs touchi g its eg lity, othe , ought to ” I H n II . r be submitted to the Pope . e ry V , the efore , claimed no powers beyon d those which belonged to his an a in ar n an e h ad a cestors , lthough v ious i st ces th y f iled to r The r a n En an and R exe cise them . b e ch betwee gl d ome ’ n an d n r H nr and Cranmer s r n wide ed ; u de e y di ectio , legisl ation in ecclesiastical affairs proceeded graduall y r At n an Act a n n fu ther . le gth , of P rliame t co ceded to the K n S H a C i g the title of upreme e d of the hurch, together with power to correct grievances and call defaulters to n accou t . The monasteries had been the nurseries of much that and u n was great good, but they outlived their usef l ess, an in H nr III had d the time of e y V . ceased to meet the a In r D n requirements of the ge . the wo k of the issolutio of na r Cr n r no a ar the Mo steries , howeve , a me took ctive p t ’ that in iquitous proceeding was accomplished by the King s r n T Cr Vicege e t, homas omwell . ’ Wiclif s noble labours to furnish the people of this country with a manuscript translation of the Holy S r r in o wn n l c iptu es their to gue, coupled with the circu a tion of the ﬁrst p rinted Bibles in English by Tyndal and C a had ar r n r r a n overd le, oused a spi it of i qui y eg rdi g the W Go d and rr n C ord of , the co uptio s of the hurch , to s atisfy which Archbishop Cranmer obtained the royal n A a n for an a z En . in sse t uthori ed glish Versio ccord gly, in I n B n 5 3 7 , a folio editio of the ible appeared u der the assumed n ame of Matthews ; it was a revision of Tyndal ’ a n d Coverd ale s translation ; and a copy of this book was

3“ mun r in r i alm 2 E Prae ir f u in e n Re dw III . e o S g a Fo g , 7 . , e . i.

1 1 8 L ords of Me M a nor

A n K n n and fter the death of the you g i g, Quee Mary her Government carried on their bloody work against C n was heretics with a barbarous severity. ra mer odious ’ not nl to Mary, o y as the author of her mother s divorce, ’ n and n n but as the Pope s e emy, for co spiri g to place the n En an n L n Accor crow of gl d upo the head of ady Ja e . n n n n and n n di gly, he was arraig ed, co dem ed, se te ced to F T was in an death . rom the ower he removed, comp y with Ridley (alas n ot as they had formerly met in the Chapel Cr n and L r n r r n of the old Palace, at oydo ) , atime , u de a st o g r Ox on 2 1 st r I 6 gua d, to ford, where, the of Ma ch, 5 5 , he

was n and n a . chai ed to the stake , co sumed amid f ggots The r n L r last wo ds of this ve erable martyr were, o d ” Jesus, receive my spirit.

’ REGINALD OLE It n P . appears that duri g Pole s brief n See Can r s n occupa cy of the of terbu y he was here, i ce a was n one C . , at le st, of his acts , dated from roydo ’ On r R na the fathe s side, egi ld Pole claimed to be H n I n E IV V I . related to e ry . his mother was iece of dward He at O r and a at a a studied, ﬁrst xfo d, afterw rds P du , H n III was where, through the liberality of e ry V . , he n a n n n n The n e abled to m i tai a pri cely establishme t. reﬁ ed

roﬂi ac C Leo n p g y of the ourt of X . had caused a reactio a n r r r R n C mo g the mo e se ious membe s of the oma hurch , an d the compan y with whom Pole associated were favour n and I a n ably disposed to a reformatio . Pole the t lia reformers accepted the gran d doctrin e of justiﬁcation by r n a a n G r an faith yet, although doct i lly greei g with the e m

r r n L r and Cran r n refo me s , u like uthe me , Pole determi ed to ’ and uphold the Pope s supremacy the sacerdotal system . In 1 6 a a n F 5 3 , Pole was created c rdi al . rom the S an a n r im c s Papers we glea that, at the ve y time Pole was n H nr III n n so much i debted to e y V ., he was co spiri g to dethrone his benefactor and restore the papal power in En n Th n n n gla d . e treaso able correspo de ce of Pole ords o t/z o M a n r 1 1 L f o . 9

n n n and n se t his brother, his ki sma , his oble mother to ’ ff and R n o wn a a n r n the sca old, egi ald s tt i de followed soo r As o ne a C n r afte . of the p pal legates, ardi al Pole p esided C n Tr n at the ou cil of e t.

On H n III an the death of e ry V . Protest tism triumphed in En an in r n gl d the pe so of his youthful successor, but ’ E ar VI r n the early demise of dw d . evived Pole s lo g cherished expectations of reintroducing the Papacy into En an An . n r r gl d xious to see this cou t y pu ged of schism , L l III on a o n as egate of Pope Ju ius . , Pole set out missi to n hi m r n The his cousi Mary, who received with reve e ce . ’ n r a now r a statutes agai st the Pope s sup em cy were epe led, and a for r n r a those hideous l ws the rep essio of he esy, p ssed n n R ar II H nr I n r i . and V a d the reig s of ich d e y . V we e - L re na . a n u ni at e cted ambeth Pal ce, sple didly f r shed ’ n a n n Quee M ry s expe se, became the reside ce of Pole . His election to the See of Canterbury took place even C n a n ra n while ra mer was live ; the co sec tio of Pole , how not 2 2nd a I 6 d a ever, did occur till the of M rch , 5 5 , the y n on Cr n f r It was followi g that which poor a mer suf e ed . ’ during Pole s ascenden cy in the Council s of Queen Mary ” a G r as r n that the great m jority of ospelle s, they we e ick n d — a r — r n a Car ina ame f ightful list we e se t to the st ke . d l b r a on Nov I 8 I 8 -and Pole eathed his l st . , 5 5 , just two n r twe ty hours after the decease of Queen Ma y.

MATTHEW PARKER was the son of a substantial trades man N r r the r n of o wich, at which city he eceived udime ts u a n Fr n n Ca r of his ed c tio . om the ce he we t to mb idge , His where he became a Fell ow of Corpus Christi College . z a n and arn n r n n Ann e l , eloque ce le i g, ecomme di g him to B n C a a n n and a r ar oley , he became h pl i to the Quee , fte w ds nr III C r r n a r to He y V . Master of o pus Ch isti soo fte receiving this honour he became Vice Chan cellor and to ’ Parker s judicious management it was m ainly owing that the estates belonging to the U niversity and Colleges o f o t g n r L ords f a M a o .

Cambridge were not swallowed up by the hungry courtiers H III in a ad n . h of e ry V , the s me way as these devoured the possession s of the religious houses throughout the k n As D an L n n in ll th i gdom . e of i col , he acquiesced a e r in n E a VI refo ms that took place the reig of dw rd . yet a a n C r such was his tt chme t to ambridge that, rathe than a B n e C n le ve e t ollege, he refused a bishopric ; havi g r on n n mar ied, however, the accessio of Quee Mary he was r all r r n D n i n dep ived of his p efe me ts . uri g the re g of ar r in r r S a n . n Mary, P ke lived eti eme t oo fter the acces n E z a r r D D n sio of li beth, Matthew Pa ke , . was co secrated A C n r r on I th D r rchbishop of a te bu y, the 7 of ecembe , I A n ot man an a n Ar 5 5 9 . lthough a of brilli t t le ts, ch ar r n n and bishop P ke possessed a sou d judgme t, could , n u n n n and n on- n a disti g ish betwee thi gs esse tial esse ti l . He in R r n in C was favour of the efo matio the hurch , for, n ar F and n r in havi g studied the e ly athers , bei g well ve sed a r n r C n n all th t related to the ﬁ st four ge e al ou cils, he k ew the deviation s of the Church of Rome from primitive truth ;

a i n L r Z n P rker had likewise stud ed the writi gs of uthe , wi liu s an d C n and r as l g alvi , could espy thei faults we l as r n r their merits ; acco di gly, he wished to avoid ext emes . For the revision of the Book of Common Prayer his n n n n a A a tiquaria researches emi e tly qu liﬁed him . rch bishop Parker was also m ainly instrumental in procuring ’ ” t he n B B was a publicatio of the ishop s ible , as it c lled , arr o n n r r n r which was c ied u de his di ectio . Pa ker was not n n a r was an na a o ly a tra sl to , but he origi l uthor ; he an n a i r an n n was, moreover, i def t gable collecto of cie t ma u r R n a a n sc ipts . especti g th t most v luable bequest of ma u scripts made by Archbishop Parker to the library of Corpus “ C r C C has a h isti ollege, ambridge, Masters observed th t it contained more m aterials relating to the history of this n and a n r ki gdom , both civil ecclesi stical tha could befo e a r A r n h ve been met with anywhe e else . p i ce of the C A ma n a n hurch, rchbishop Parker at all times i t i ed a o n n and the great, yet decor us a d orderly establishme t ;

1 22 e L ords of M M a nor . and while in Germany applied diligently to the study of n a in r its la gu ge, orde that he might be qualiﬁed to preach in r a n One the chu ches of th t cou try . of his chief em “ lo ments r n x p y also, du i g his e ile, was to collect the writings and stories of the learned and pious sufferers in En an and gl d, to publish them ; for which purpose he had ” a r rr n n The in g eat co espo de ce here . results of these “ qu iries were in corporated by John Foxe into his Acts ” and n n M r Gr n a n n Mo ume ts . . i d l was also co cer ed about n r r n n u at Fr nk in the co trove sies that were sp i gi g p a fort, a 1 new and the ye r 5 5 4, about a model form of worship , ’ ar n K n E w r n n r v yi g from i g d a d s seco d book . Quee Ma y

n in 1 8 G n a rn En an and was dyi g 5 5 , ri d l retu ed to gl d, soon called upon to take a part in the settlement of im n a aff He o n e Com porta t ecclesiastic l airs . was of the missioners charged with the revision of the Book of C n r in n ommo Praye , which its ame ded form was to be ’ g presented to Queen Eliz abeth s ﬁrst Parliamentﬁ In the 1 R Com summer of 5 5 9 , he was also employed as a oyal n r in N r r r missio e the o th, to requi e the oath of sup emacy, and n to i spect the cathedrals and manners of the clergy.

The r B nn r n r B c uel o e , bei g deposed f om the ishopric of L n n n B an G D . n o do , ri dal, . , was co secrated to the vac t see,

D 2 I 1 n at a . ecember , 5 5 9 , bei g the time forty ye rs of age ’ On W n a th J un e I 6 1 B ed esd y, the 4 of ; 5 , the ishop s ’ Ca St n n and thedral of . Paul s was struck with light i g rn The u n ff n bu t . Q ee , deeply a ected with this misfortu e in En n to the chief church her metropolis of gla d, gave

’ it The o ri in al a ers cont ainin u stion s in rind al h an d g p p , g s gge G s ritin a re reser ed amon the P t t M S in h Li rar o f e S . t e w g, p v g y b y m r n n r Te l The Lit ur f n d 6 Ed ar I . wa s e the I e p e . gy o 5 a w d V a lished ith so me few l r a i n a n d d ion s b 1 Eliz est b , w a t e t o s a dit , y . Th B o f Comm n Pr r thu s en acted t o be u sed a . 2 . e o o o a e c p k y , hr o u hou t th e Chu rch es of En la nd wa s u sed for the r st time t g g , ﬁ ’ n u nd a M a 1 2 1 in h u n s Cha el On the follo in o S y , y , 5 59 , t e Q ee p . w g ’ n sd a it e an t o e r Pau l s u on hich o ccasio n Wed e y b g b ea d at St . , p w Grin d al rea ch ed efore an au u s a ssem l of he Cou rt the M r . p b g t b y t , M a r Ald rmen c Lord y o , e , & . ’ 2 L ora s of on M a nor . 1 3

and G n d orders for its immediate repair, ri dal expe ited the work; Our Bishop was much engaged in the famous Con vocation of the year 1 5 6 2 by it the forty-two articles of r l n n K n E ar e igio , framed u der i g dw d, were reduced to n n — n ir -n n In their prese t umber amely, th ty i e . the year

1 6 a a u r a n 5 3 , th t wf l scou ge , the plague, gai broke out n in L n n rr n off viole tly o do , ca yi g out of the n A people who died in that year withi the city. red cross was ﬁxed on the door of every house where the a w r n n rn a n pl gue was, ith a w iti g u de e th to sig ify that the n n r and At n i fectio was the e, to avoid it . this ju cture , B Gr n r r n an ra and ishop i dal u ged the duty of epe t ce, p yer a n nor n ff r n r a f sti g did he eglect the su e i g poo , but dvised a r n a n a or th t of the p ovisio s saved by this f sti g , good p tion should be weekly bestowed in the back lanes and L n n n n alleys of o do , amo g the poor stra gers who were r so est visited . A his concerne in en bout t time , the bishop was much d d eavouring to allay and repress the differences which had r n n an sp u g up amo g the clergy of his import t diocese .

D ur n a r r a n i g the p st ﬁe y t ials , a mutual symp thy had bou d r ff r n r r and r had togethe the su e i g efo mers, togethe they r n r n n ow n d u k deeply of the cup of pe secutio but , whe the ﬁerce and bloody struggle with the Papists h ad a r n n somewh t subsided, although the e still co ti ued to be a n agreement among the reformers in Englan d in matters r n r ar a n s a a of doct i e, yet the e ose co trover y bout wh t — should be the discipline of the n ewly-reformed Church a n n a o co troversy which, u h ppily, quickly led to the destru tion of the visible unity of the reformed Church of r for n r England . C oydon old Church must ever be i te est in an r and r an C r an and Dis g to the tiqua y histo i , hu chm n r n n a a se te , si ce withi its h llowed w lls lies the dust of G n B L n n n H C n ri dal , ishop of o do whe the igh ommissio C r n r Lo n n n r an d ou t suspe ded thi ty of the do mi iste s , n r n a put some of them u de arrest, for refusi g to we r the and to the n s ecclesiastical dress, comply with ceremo ie ‘ 1 2 L ords o we M a nor 4 f .

n n ra N l n E z . A e joi ed by Quee li abeth fter p yer, says ea , and a serious debate about the lawfulness and necessity ” n E C r of separati g from the stablished hurch , the dep ived ministers resolved on quitting it ; and laying aside the En L an glish iturgy, they beg to celebrate public worship G n an F En after the e ev model . rom that day dates glish n Nonconformit Protesta t y . Grindal had the honour of assisting in the work of an n H S r n an a for in tr slati g the oly criptu es i to our l gu ge, “ ” I 6 8 n Gr B the year 5 , the ﬁrst editio of the eat ible , ’ n a B B commo ly c lled the ishop s ible, was published, of * r r n which wo k he executed a po tio . In 1 0 G n was n a A r 5 7 , ri dal tra sl ted to the rchbishop ic Y r and on d Ar of o k, the emise of Parker he became ch Can r u r Yet r r ere bishop of te b y. sca cely a yea elapsed

this prelate had the misfortun e to fall un der tthe dis a r of n E z an r n h ple su e Quee li abeth, occur e ce w ich was m an d r him In the source of uch trouble so row to . his z a an n G n a on r n e l to adv ce religio , ri d l, ﬁ st comi g to the See C n r r a n l n ra an d of a te bu y, e r est y set himself to e cou ge “ ” r n had regulate the exercises called p ophesyi gs, which n r w a in bee used befo e , but ith some buses most dioceses , and r In had the countenan ce of the espective bishops . r an n this , howeve , he was grily checked by the Quee , she supposing the heads of most of those who resorted to these ex ercises would be ﬁlled with notion s that might

n n r n in St In n re der them at le gth tu bule t the ate . Ju e, 1 A was r r 5 7 7 , the rchbishop , by o der of the lo ds of the S Cha n n and r for tar mber, co ﬁ ed to his house , sequeste ed six n In I n n n mo ths . the year 5 79 , either his co ﬁ eme t was n off had r his take , or he leave to reti e for health to n - C n in a r n ma or house at roydo , as th t yea he co secrated

9“ Grin d al a ears t o h a ex u ted th e min or ro het s tha t pp ve ec p p , “ ” “ i f l . L The t enth ort on o the or arin his initia s E . p w k b e g , allotment co ntain d Hosea oel Am o s t o M alachi in clu si e ( ) e , J , v , ” — ’ and h ad the letters E for Edmundus Lond on. Su rrn s

P er ar o . ii. . 222. k , v l p

1 2 l M n r L ords of /z e a o .

a n n n x n man It h s bee already me tio ed that this e celle t , n R and C a r the bosom frie d of idley Myles overd le, d ew his r n He in last breath at C oydo Palace . was buried the a n n where a and n n djoi i g church , characteristic sple did mo u n was r as a me t reared over his g ave ; but this , we h ve a n r n r in fl a con rel ted, u fo tu ately pe ished the ames th t B a n old St . n C . sumed the church of Joh the ptist, at roydo

OHN WHITGIFT n o n n n J , whose ame , accou t of his mu i ﬁcence r a z at Cr n was to this pa ish , is immort li ed oydo , n n n d a descen ded from an a cie t a we lthy Yorkshire family . His a H n W had r an f ther, e ry hitgift, settled as a me ch t at G Gr in L n n an d reat imsby, i col shire , there the subject of n n n n a this otice, bei g the eldest of six so s , was bor , bout 0 His n n the year 1 5 3 . childhood was spe t u der the care of his Abbot of Welhove ; but about the secon d E a VI 1 K n . 8 W n year of i g dw rd , 5 4 , hitgift e tered at ’ n C C n Quee s ollege , ambridge, from whe ce he removed to H w R was Pembroke all, of hich college the famous idley n r and G n an d B r the maste , ri dal radford (afterwa ds n T r martyred) , fellows , the latter becomi g his tutor. h ough n r n o f n ar out the da ge ous reig Quee M y, the subject of our n n an d otice kept himself reserved, plyi g his studies, by n arrowly examining the controversies between the R n and R r n r in oma ists the efo med, he became co ﬁ med the

In 1 6 on a n n E z r . 0 t uth 5 , the ccessio of Quee li abeth ,

h n n H O and n a W itgift e tered i to oly rders, soo fter preached ’ a r U n n St . r his ﬁrst sermo at M ry s, befo e the iversity, f om “ these words of the Apostle Paul : I am not ashamed of ” & R m C c o . . S a r G . the ospel of hrist, ( i hortly fte , he o n n D r C B El btai ed preferme t from . oxe, ishop of y , who m his n and n o n n ade him chaplai , co ferred him a prebe d

' in n n him the r that church , havi g previously give recto y of

T r in C . In I 6 n eve sham , ambridgeshire 5 3 , he comme ced

R D and in a a a n a r , that ye r lso was ppoi ted M rga et of n In 1 6 n Professor Divi ity. 5 5 he was swor chaplain 1 2 L ord s of Me Ma nor . 7

n n him and n to the Quee , who havi g heard preach , taki g a n him nn n na r n a had liki g to , pu ed upo his me, decla i g th t he a white i t n n a n n g f i deed . Mai t i i g the character of a good r and i r na an a r p eacher v go ous discipli ri , his sal ry as p ofessor was n and a n r U n r was augme ted, lice ce f om the ive sity a A r granted him to preach in any part of the re lm . cco d in U n r W n D . D . g to the ive sity register, hitgift comme ced , I 6 and on a n n Act 5 7 , his ppoi tme t to keep the , he chose for Pa a est ille Antiohristns his thesis , p , the Pope is the ” An r B n - in 1 6 s . r n tich i t ei g P eside t of Peter house, 5 7 , he was a r Ha made M ste of Pembroke ll, but about three n a n on W h mo ths afterw rds amely, July 4, itgift l H succeeded to the Mastership of Trinity Col ege . ere a n n he assiduously tte ded to the duties of his statio , a n n n n w tchi g over the stude ts of his house, atte di g their public disputations generally dining and supping with

in C Ha and n n at ra r . them the ollege ll , bei g prese t p ye s In 1 0 W was a -C n 5 7 , hitgift m de Vice ha cellor of the U niversity : about this ti me he carried on a hot con trovers rn T a Car r and y with the lea ed hom s tw ight, the r an in n ra As r r n in vin Pu it s ge e l . a ewa d for his pai s dication C En n in d o ctrines worshi of the hurch of gla d, its , p , and n n in 1 n E iz a n rr gover me t, 5 7 3 Quee l beth co fe ed n W D n L n n and a n upo hitgift the ea ery of i col , highly v lui g a i in n n and n n u his b lities lear i g gover me t, she f rther r in I 6 W S r See . p omoted him , 5 7 , to the of orcester ho tly a r a - r r Wa fte he was m de Vice P esident of the Ma ches of les . ’ Grind al s remissness in executin g the laws against the non- n n n n sus co formi g clergy displeasi g the Quee , she n r his n n and n n pe ded him f om fu ctio s , co ﬁ ed him to his ’

. U n Grindal s s a W h n house po di gr ce, itgift was chose Ar C n r r and n r chbishop of a te bu y, the Quee desi ed her a r n a in ple su e should be commu ic ted to him ; but, her r n r n n a n p ese ce, he besought pe missio to decli e the ppoi t “ ” n n his r n Yet Ful me t duri g the lifetime of f ie d . , as ler “ a a not sna tch n a ll nt s ys , wh t he would soo fter fe i o his ” n . It n 2 rd S t 1 8 at ha ds was upo the 3 of ep ember, 5 3 , th n r Ar C n The he was co ﬁ med chbishop of a terbury. Queen charged Archbishop Whitgift to restore the disciplin e of the C an d n r a law hi hurch , the u ifo mity est blished by , w ch a a r nn n ( s id her M jesty) , th ough the co iva ce of some r a n a r an and r p el tes , the obsti cy of the Pu it s , the powe of ” n n run some obleme , is out of square . ’ In judging of Whitgift s measu res to accomplish the end which Queen Eliz abeth had in View in appointing him fﬁ n r in C r En an to the highest o ce , u de her, the hu ch of gl d , much doubtless should be allowed for the times an d cir cu mstances n a In ran was u der which he cted . tole ce the

r r d a n r ar ar o de of the y the , i respective of p ty each p ty, n a r n o wn an was whe it could gr sp the powe i to its h ds , but too e ager to assert the n ecessity of a uniformity of public worship ; n or scrupled at using the sword of the magistrate to prevent that liberty of conscien ce and freedom of ’ r n r an r far as religious p ofessio which is eve y m s ight, so is consisten t with the peace of the civil governmen t he T r ar n n . a d lives u der hose we e times , too, of d k plots

n ra In a T r co spi cies . the d ys of the udo s, moreover, the notion was generally entertain ed th at the royal preroga was n as et a tive u limited ; y , the gre t body of the people were unprep ared for those a dvan ced prin ciples of civil and r now a for n a religious libe ty which , h ppily us, ge er lly

r a r n ra n n n and a p ev il ; these we e the p ctically u k ow , lmost ’ r Ou r A z and a a n as un cared fo . rchbishop s eal l borious p i s for the establishmen t of the Church of Englan d brought

‘ n n him n in own d a no a a n dow upo , eve his y , sm ll mou t of animosity and abuse ; n or is it to be won dered at that the judgments of succeeding historians have greatly varied ’ i n Whit ift s ara r respecting h s co duct . g public ch cte is thus brieﬂy but graphically ren dered by Strype : Invin~ n n in Ar cible patie ce was co spicuous this chbishop, n n n un r a a u der those ma y oppositio s , ta ts , rep o ches, c lum n and n ff a n n ies , clamours , lies, i su er ble abuses , he u derwe t in r i n in in in n and Pa l ame ts, court, city, cou try ; for nothing else but for labouring to preserve and keep the

' ’ 1 r h M r Z o a s of t e a no .

a n o wn an at all n mo gst his serv ts , to equip , poi ts , a regularly trained little force of one hundred foot and ﬁfty r At n r n I nvincible ho se . the mome tous pe iod whe the S n A a a as was n a was pa ish rm d , it vai ly c lled, almost n Br a n upo the shores of it i , this little force, with W t at was a a ar in hitgif its head , re dy to t ke its sh e defen ce of the sovereign and country ; but happily the r a n a n ra n as d e ded i v sio was frust ted ; the eve t, is well

n n n a n r r n A k ow , bei g, th t u de the p ovide ce of the lmighty , the leviathan Armada was ign ominiously vanquished and m ra a r U n Ear . ise bly sc tte ed po . the revolt of the l of ’ E x W hit ift s ar was n sse , g med force the ﬁrst to e ter the E x H an r Th a d . e g tes of sse ouse , to secu e the premises ’ Archbishop s military preparation s were somewhat carped n at by his e emies . Archbishop Whitgift delighted to reside in his mansion t r n He as a r a n a house a C oydo . w g e t be ef ctor to this n He n H a H T n tow . fou ded the ospit l of the oly ri ity It n on 2 th S 1 and here . was ﬁ ished the 9 of eptember, 5 9 9 , n n for n n n a n e dowed with la ds the mai te a ce of a w rde , and w n - r n and schoolmaster, t e ty eight poor b ethre sisters , or a n r not x n a gre ter umbe , to e ceed forty, if the reve ues Th n should admit of it . e buildi g of this hospital cost “ him above This memorable and charitable ” r r and n a S r one st ucture of b ick sto e , s ys t ype, of the most n otable monuments founded in these times for a ar r and n r a r h bou subsiste ce for the poo , together with a f i

- n r a r and ar school house for the i c ease of liter tu e, a l ge n A dwelli g for the schoolmaster, the rchbishop had the ’ a n r G a a a an h ppi ess, th ough od s f vour ble ssist ce, to build r in own An d a n an d pe fect his lifetime . the re so why he

a M r chose to do it himself, while he was live, was, as . S r an r r own beca use tow, the histo i , had hea d f om his mouth, ’ he would n ot be to his execu tors a ca use of their d a mna tion; remembering the good advice that an an cien t father ‘ St Gr r had n r Tu tior est via ( . ego y) left writte to all poste ity, , u t bounni uott uis uis ost mortem s crat a i er a l os a a t q g g p p g p i , g ’ Z r t M a nor 1 1 a a s of he . 3

’ ( tum cira t i se er se The an one p , p good that y hopeth n r a r a a will be do e by othe s, fte he is de d , th t he do it a wa Of himself while he is alive is much the s fer y . the condescension of this prelate to the inmates of this “ a are Iz aa Wa n in L hospit l , we told by k lto , his ife of ” H r a n a n ooke , th t he visited them so ofte , th t he k ew r na and n and was r l thei mes dispositio s , so t u y humble , that he called them b rothers and sisters ; and whenever the Queen descended to that lowliness to dine with him at a a at La was r n his p l ce mbeth , which ve y ofte , he would usuall y the next d ay shew the like lowliness to his poo r

r r and r at Cr n and . din at b othe s siste s oydo , e with them his a at hospit l , which time you may believe there was joy at ” a the t ble . On 1 th Au 1 6 0 0 n E z a a n the 4 of gust, , Quee li beth ag i i Cr n a a n a v sited oydo P l ce, to e joy the hospit lity of this , her a r r a The Ar s was t f vou ite , p el te . chbi hop much wi h n E z a r n her a r r r n Quee li beth du i g l st hou s , pe fo mi g the fﬁ n W k n n o ces of religio . hitgift li ewise set the crow upo a K n a nd n Ann a the he ds of i g James Quee e, his roy l ’ n t W n on S D a 2 a t . co sort, estmi ster, James s y , July 5 , 1 6 0 a n n a n 3 , with all the pomp ccompa yi g th t solem ity. ’ The closing years of W hitgift s life were somewhat O r n a C r ppressed with fea s respecti g the s fety of that hu ch , the establishment of which had been the great object of n n n ma a r his life i deed , to his co cer for it y be tt ibuted a a r h a n nd In th t p raly tic st oke whic h ste ed him to his e . an r K n a o n his a swe to i g J mes , who visited him de thbed , ’ at La Whit ift s r r Pro Ecclesia D ei mbeth , g last wo ds we e , , “ Pro Ecclesia D ei for C u r Go d for C ur the h ch of , the h ch ” Go d Ar as n ra n rr of . chbishop Whitgift w ho ou bly i te ed in a r Cr n o ar 2 1 6 0 the p rish chu ch of oydo , n M ch 7 , 4 , his b anners being carried by two noblemen who had r r n — na Ea W fo me ly bee his pupils mely, the rl of orcester and L Z ouche ord . 1 2 3 L ords of the M a nor .

RICHARD BANCROFT 1 6 0 — 1 0 nn n , 4 , ca ot be recko ed

n a n at C n n n n amo g the rchbishops reside t roydo , si ce o e of A his cts are dated from here .

EORGE ABBOT son n G , the of a clothworker, was bor at He G r in S r on 2 th O I 6 2 . uildfo d, u rey, the 9 of ctober, 5 received the ru diments of education at the Grammar S n n n r B a chool of his ative tow , whe ce he emoved to lliol

C Ox hi in was n F . ollege, ford, of w ch, time , he chose ellow In 1 8 A M A 5 5 , bbot became . . ; he took his degree of D D in I and in a . . 5 9 7 , the same year was elected M ster U n r C In I n a D an of ive sity ollege . 5 9 9 he was i st lled e o f W n r and V -C n Ox in a i cheste , ice ha cellor of ford the ye r 1 6 0 and a a n in 1 6 A ul r a r n 0 . 3 , g i 5 pop ar p e che , soo r n A a a n T a after he was o dai ed, bbot bec me chapl i to hom s, L r B n in 1 6 0 8 was o d uckhurst, upo whose decease, , he a n n G H Ear D n r and ppoi ted chaplai to eorge ome, l of u ba , Tr S n B n su es easurer of cotla d . y the prude ce of his gg n D r A r n r ant r tio s, . bbot e dered impo t se vice to this roy al favourite in the en deavour to establish Episcopacy in S n n the own a cotla d, thus pavi g way for his r pid prefer n me t. In 1 6 0 n n B now in 4, the tra slatio of the ible use was rd r K n a and r n r o e ed by i g J mes , ﬁfty fou divi es we e selected K n w D r A a by the i g for the work, of hom . bbot was p n n In D I A a n ra o e. r 6 0 w s poi ted ecembe , 9 , bbot co sec ted B C n and Lichﬁeld in ishop of ove try ; yet, hold g this for one n n in 1 6 1 0 an bishopric mo th o ly, he was tr slated See L n n and n a t — n in ar to the of o do soo f er amely, M ch , 1 6 1 1 K n a n n All , i g J mes omi ated him to the Primacy of En n gla d . ’ Archbishop Abbot s theology was of the Calvinistic and r n n a n stamp , th oughout life he co ti ued a st u ch a n r B n dvocate of the pri ciples of the Puritan pa ty. ei g ’ at Croydon when King James s proclamation for permit ’ ting sports and pastimes upon the Lord s D ay was ordered

1 34 L ords of the M a nor .

En n He n n to conformity with that of gla d . was omi ated ’ h B r St D n t e . ishop ic of avid s , but owi g to the circum stance o f Archbishop Abbot having accidentally kill ed ’ one L Z ou che s L of ord gamekeepers, aud scrupled to n n at n r a n l receive co secratio the ha ds of the p im te, u ti a n r a On the l tter had bee clea ed of irregul rity. his n E L n r n elevatio to the piscopate, aud resig ed the P eside t ’ o i St n and n : n beneﬁces ship . Joh s , ma y of the mi or he possessed . B n n K n n n y appoi tme t of i g James, a co fere ce took n F and L con place betwee isher, the famous Jesuit, aud,

rn n r An a n ce i g the e rors of the Church of Rome . ccou t r n r was in 1 6 2 and of this celeb ated co t oversy published 4, L nd in 1 6 The a n a . a justiﬁc tio of it by himself, 3 9 ingenuity and learning that Laud displayed at this confe rence acquired for him the frien dship of the D uke of B n a a n et n otwith ucki gh m , who m de him his chaplai ; y , an n nn n had a st di g this co ectio , he the cour ge to oppose the D uke in his design to appropriate the fun ds of the Charter ’ H for a n nan K n r ouse the m i te ce of the i g s a my . ar I a n a n hr n B L C . h les h vi g sce ded the t o e , ishop aud became his prin cipal adviser in affairs of the Church but the general history of this momen tous period was agitated

r r and a r n n On with a spi it of eligious politic l fe me tatio . 1 6 th A 1 6 2 6 a was r n the of ugust, , this prel te t a slated to See Ba and W in 1 6 2 a B the of th ells ; 9 , he bec me ishop L n n La was at Cr n a n at on . c of o do ud oydo , ssisti g the

ra n B n a n ar sec tio of ishop Mo t gue, whe he he d of the a ss assination of his frien d the D uke of Buckingham an d the grief he experienced on the occasion is expressed in the prayers he inserted in his manual of private n A t a K n devotio s . f er the de th of the duke, the i g eu trusted the chief management o f English affairs to B L H n . ar n r ishop aud James, M quis of amilto , admi iste ed the government of Scotlan d ; the third great personage C r r I C . at the ou t of ha les , to whom was committed the aff s I n W n w E S ff air of rela d, was e t orth, arl of tra ord, rds o the M anor 1 L o f . 3 5 between whom and Laud an extraordinary friendship existed : it is a remark able circumstance that these three statesmen were all destined to fall victims to popul ar fury. In 1 6 0 Land C an U n r 3 , was elected h cellor of the ive ’ sit Ox r As D n C a R a y of fo d . ea of the h pel oy l, he z n an r n r ar C r II bapti ed the i f t P i ce , afte w ds ha les . ; he

a z a II In 1 6 La a a n a n also b pti ed J mes . 3 3 , ud g i tte ded S r n o n a S an n C ar I his ove eig visit to cotl d , whe h les . was r n K n S at H r a a on 1 8 th c ow ed i g of cots, oly ood P l ce, the n On En L r was r at of Ju e . this visit the glish itu gy ead Divine Service in the Chapel Royal ; it gave much offence to the Scots ; and Edinburgh was also erected into an See a xa a n episcopal , to the still gre ter e sper tio of the r an B L r a ran a P esbyteri s . ishop aud was fo m lly t sl ted to See C n r r o n S 1 1 6 The the of a te bu y eptember 9 , 3 3 . year 1 6 3 5 foun d the Archbishop busy in his design of

r n an n n r r at Can r r resto i g to its cie t sple dou the chu ch te bu y, and those other cathedrals which had fallen into decay ; r r a Cr n a a for he also epai ed the ch pel of oydo P l ce , to this a n r r On 2 th an d quiet pl ce he used ofte to eti e . the 9 A 1 6 6 ar I and n r o th C . 3 of ugust, 3 , h les his Quee we e n r n O r ma as C an r e te tai ed at xford by the P i te , h cello of the U niversity ; and on this occasion the royal party visited ’ n n n C n n a ra St . the i er qu d gle of Joh s ollege , which , the n n e a n a n n a and rece tly fi ish d, rem i s mo ume t of the t ste munificence Land of . The Archbishop was again concerned in the eccle siastical a f r S n In 1 6 a r a r a f ai s of cotla d . 3 5 , fte evis l by Land and B u xon and Wr n B C n n ishops J e , the ook of a o s was n Not n a r L r a r fi ished . lo g fte , the itu gy, lso evised

a r a was a r a r a a n by the s me p el tes , , by oy l p ocl m tio , an in l S r T comm ded to be read a l cottish chu ches . his r r an un a ra r n litu gy, howeve , met with f vou ble eceptio , and an r ul ar n n r n d ge ous tum ts isi g, led to the i t oductio of “ ” - n n S n L a and C nan and a the well k ow olem e gue ove t , concurrence between the Presbyterians of the North and th M a no 1 3 6 L ords of e r . the leaders of the Puritan p arty in England : it terminated in r n A and the dest uctio of the rchbishop , the overthrow of the monarchy . The H C n L and ouse of ommo s voted aud a traitor, the ’ order for the Primate s committal being carried up to the H L n n B ouse of ords, he was give i to the custody of lack Ro d On 2 6th F r ar 1 6 0 —1 a . the of eb u y, 4 , the rticles of the ’ Ar a n — in n r r n— r chbishop s impe chme t umbe , fou tee we e arr L r an d r ra a c ied up to the o ds, they we e seve lly re d to ar It was ar La a h ad him at the b . ch ged to ud th t he traitorously endeavoured to subvert the fundamental laws and n n n an d n a gover me t of the ki gdom , i ste d thereof to introduce an arbitrary an d tyrannical government ; and that he had wickedly en deavoured to reconcile the Church

‘ En n In r R &c . of gla d to that of ome, the histo y of his Troubles and Trials the Archbishop has separately n r La was a swered these a ticles . ud committed to the T r n for n ar ar ere ower, whe e he la guished e ly three ye s his n r His r a n e emies brought him to t ial . t ial l sted five mo ths, and in end n n ff W the he was co dem ed to su er death . ith n n and n nan in u dau ted courage a cheerful cou te ce, the r n L n a f on p ese ce of a vast mob, aud mou ted the sc f old T n r — Ha n n H 1 0 1 6 . ower ill, Ja ua y , 44 5 vi g fi ished his n a r an d ra A a a dyi g dd ess, p yed, the rchbishop l id his he d “ on and n had L the block , whe he said , ord, receive my ” was na x t n soul, which the sig l for the e ecu io er, his head r ff on was st uck o at e blow . O n mu nificen ce Land xford is much i debted to the of , who presented to that U niversity n o fewer than M SS in H S a and n a . the ebrew, yri c, other la gu ges ; he n an A a L and nn also fou ded there r bic ectureship , a exed C n n i H w a a o ry to the Professorsh p of ebre .

A n Land a n fter the impeachme t of , a g p of twe ty years, r 1 6 0 1 6 6 0 in Ar s a f om 4 to , occurred the chiepi cop l n C n D n occupatio of roydo Palace . uri g the earlier part of

1 ’ 38 L ora s of the M a nor . tenderly waited from the commen cement of his trial till o th n 1 6 on C the 3 of Ja uary, 49 , the day which harles On was executed in front of Whitehall . that dreadful n n B uxon n S n on mor i g, ishop J accompa ied his overeig to ff A n n z the sca old . dig iﬁed calm ess characteri ed the n K n ndi the demea our of the i g, who viewed u smayed h and n r apparatus of deat , the cou tless c owd of spectators far n n r that, as the eye could sca , surged behi d the swo ds r W K n was r n of the soldie y, hile the i g prepa i g himself “ B u xon T for the block, ishop J said to him , here is but one a n and st ge more it is a turbule t troublesome, but a s one It n It hort . will soo carry you a great way. will ar n and r ll ﬁnd carry you from e th to heave , the e you wi ,

z a n— a to your great joy, the pri e to which you h ste ” ” “ n I a froin crow of glory. go, replied his M jesty , , a ” ” r n You x n an n . cor uptible to i corruptible crow e cha ge , n uxon an an n n— a rejoi ed J , earthly for eter al crow good ” x n C n a n off e cha ge . harles havi g t ke his cloak , delivered n n G G r the i sig ia of the arter, usually called the eo ge , to the ” R B n n n n . prelate, pro ou ci g the word emember ei g ready, K n n o n n r n the i g laid his eck the block, whe , st etchi g out an na n and his h d as a sig l, the axe desce ded, the head A an r n rolled from the body. deep gro bu sti g from the l rr r sad a The mu titude testiﬁed their ho o at the spect cle . B and M r H r r n r faithful ishop , . e be t, the took thei deceased ’ r and and a n maste s body head , after emb lmi g them , in fﬁn and n in placed them a co , revere tly buried them ’ St G r C a at W n r . eo ge s h pel i dso . An na u xon a other me , besides that of J , is associ ted with I n r C r . a d t the martyrdom of ha les , wi h the histo y of our immediate neighbourhood ; but to it a stern er interest a W n a r rn n a att ches . ithi few ya ds of the southe bou d ry o f ar Cr n an Purl e bur the p ish of oydo st ds y y , the house , it “ in n S r an n Brad shaw is said, which o ce lived e ge t Joh f who presided over the so-called High Court of Justice “ n n C S n r m r r that pro ou ced harles tuart a tyr t, t aitor, urde e a ,

’ “ e In T f arl Se trodu ction to Home ooke s Diversions o P ey . L ords of the M a nor . 1 39 and a public and implacable enemy to the Commonwealth ” of England ; and for his treason and crimes condemned n the Ki g to death . During the Commonwealth Juxon retired to his estate in L C n G r ittle ompto , loucestershi e, where he lived like a n n n x n S n a cou try ge tlema , e cepti g that every u d y, at C n H in n in t he n hastleto ouse , the vici ity, spite of pe alties attached to an attendance on D ivine service a ccording to C r En n B not the rites of the hu ch of gla d, the ishop did In ir n scruple to perform that service . this ret eme t he r n on ar I W are composed his se mo the death of Ch les . e n r W uxon in n n i fo med by hitelock that J delighted hu ti g, and a n and kept pack of good hou ds, so well ordered n o wn and n hu ted, chiefly of his skill directio , that they h hound s in En n for exceeded all ot er . gla d the pleasure and r r n n On R a n in o de ly hu ti g of them . the estor tio , 1 6 6 0 J uxon was a n r , ppoi ted to the p imacy ; he had become , r an man and a r n r an n a howeve , old , l bou ed u de i cur ble a n He a r n n K n compl i t. pl ced the c ow upo the head of i g C ar II a aran B h les it was his l st public appe ce . esides r muniﬁcent Ar u xon n n r othe acts, chbishop J spe t a co side a in r a r Cr n a He x r on ble sum . the ep i of oydo P lace . e pi ed ’ n 1 6 6 and in St n Ju e 4, 3 , was buried the chapel of . Joh s C O ollege , xford .

GILBERT SHELDON rn S n n in S ff r , was bo at ta to , ta ordshi e , in I 8 His a r a n r an an n 5 9 . f the , lthough desce ded f om cie t a was a n a r an G r Ear S r f mily, but me i l se v t of ilbe t, l of h ews

r : S n n a r Ear was bu y heldo took his me f om the l, who his a r H n a n a n a n godf the . avi g l id the fou d tio of good educatio , was n r Tr n C l Ox r in 1 6 1 and he e te ed of i ity ol ege , fo d, 3 , ’ n a r F All S taki g the usu l deg ees, was elected ellow of ouls C in 6 2 2 A r had a n r r a ollege I . fte he obt i ed o de s he bec me a a n L r K r C n a ch pl i to o d eepe ove try, who m de use of him on ar m r n a n As a ar v ious i po ta t occ sio s . rew d for these

r r n a r n G r se vices, he p ese ted him with p ebe d of louceste , and m n C I as on reco me ded him to harles . e well versed ’ 0 ra s o the n r 1 4 L o f M a o .

in ffa r . On z u d 1 6 His political a i s the of May, 3 3 , a e r n ara H n in M j sty p ese ted him to the Vic ge of ack ey, S n a r r I r in B n Middlesex heldo was lso ecto of ckfo d , ucki g hamshire an d Archbishop Laud gave him the rectory of in x r n B D on 1 1 O . . No N n n . v ewi gto , fordshire P oceedi g . , r D D n 6 an d 1 6 2 8 . 2 1 , he took the deg ee of . Ju e 5 , 3 4 ; ’ Wa n All in 1 6 3 5 he was elected rde of Souls College . He C a a n in Or nar K n an d C r was also h pl i di y to the i g , le k

C an d on r r r r n n of his loset, the oad to furthe p efe me t whe C War r an d a He was the ivil s b oke out, checked his c reer . a z a r n and was on e e lous adhe e t to the royal cause, of the chaplain s whom His Majesty sent for to atten d his n r at Tr U x r d On n Commissio e s the eaty of b i ge . accou t of a S n r W r n his loy lty, heldo was ejected f om his a de ship , an d ri n n on R ra n imp so ed for six mo ths but, the esto tio , ar ff and he received ample rew ds for his su erings , was r See L n n p omoted to the of o do . The conferen ce between the Episcopal and Presbyterian D n in 1 6 6 1 Sa S n ivi es , , was held at the voy, of which heldo

a r B O r an was M ste . y the pposite pa ty he is accused of w t of rn on a n To n a was no t fai ess this occ sio . co cili te his object, n was in C n in A u 1 6 6 2 for whe it debated ou cil , ug st, , whether the Act of U niformity should be punctually n n a B executed that mo th , or be suspe ded for time , ishop S n a a a n n n and ar heldo ple ded g i st the suspe sio , c ried the C n In 1 6 6 S n n ou cil with him . 3 , heldo was tra slated to n the See of Ca terbury. On the removal of Lord Clarendon from the Chan cellor of U n r O r A S n ship the ive sity of xfo d, rchbishop heldo

and r z was elected to succeed him , he immo tali ed his na in u n r n me that ive sity by the erectio , at his sole ex

n r r na pe se, of the celeb ated theatre which bea s his me .

I ia a nin Ar mmed tely fter the ope g of this ediﬁce, the ch

n C n r and r bishop resig ed his ha cello ship , retired f om

n D n a r public busi ess . uri g the l tter pa t of his life he C n r N chieﬂy resided at roydo , whe e he died, ovember 9 , 1 6 in o th his 77 , the 8 year of age .

’ 142 Z ora s of the Ma nor;

’ a n St a W n in lso prese ted to the rectory of . J mes , estmi ster , 1 0 1 Wa a n a an E U n w s D . 7 , ke i st lled e of xeter po the 2 1 st Of O 1 0 was n B ctober, 7 5 , he co secrated ishop of L I an d n n n a a n G r . i col , whe ce, fter the ccessio of eo ge , on Of D r Tenison n na the demise . , he was omi ted to n See and n n r 1 6 the Metropolita , co ﬁrmed, Ja ua y th , 1 1 — 1 6 7 5 . Wake was the author of many controversial and theo a r In 1 0 a a a logic l wo ks . 7 3 ppe red his celebr ted book n The S a Of C an d C r En an e titled t te the hurch le gy of gl d , in C n S n C n a n C n n n and their ou cils , y ods , o voc tio s, o ve tio s , A r a other Public ssemblies , histo ic lly deduced from the C n n Of Sax n r n T W a o versio the o s to the P ese t imes . ith ” r na r n large Appendix of o igi l W its and other Instrume ts . ’ ” F L n n In E a on G n a olio, o do . Mill s ss y e erosity, dedic ted Ar Wa a s a a a ex to chbishop ke, it is stated f ct, th t he pended on the rep airs of the two p al a ces of and r n W rn a and inﬁrmities L C . e ambeth oydo o out by g , La a o n 2 th this prelate died at mbeth P lace , the 4 of 6 n a 1 . He n in a nn Ja u ry, 7 3 3 7 was i terred private ma er in n C Croydo hurch .

OHN OTTER a -n A J P , who succeeded the l st amed rch as L an C n was rn at bishop ord of the M or of roydo , bo H ar Wa in 1 6 . e a a a keﬁeld, 74 e ly discovered gre t pti for a n n a in G an a tude le r i g, particul rly the reek l gu ge . At r n a was n Ox fou tee ye rs of age Potter se t to ford , n n BA in 1 6 was where , havi g take the degree of 9 4, he elected Fellow Of Lin coln College ; an d he proceeded 1 6 In 6 A on O a r . 1 M . . , ctober th of the s me yea 9 7 ’ “ a r a n L r n A xan ra ppea ed his be utiful editio of ycoph o s le d , and in a ar r Archaeolo iae , the s me ye , the ﬁ st volume of his g Graecae ; these productions established his reputation as a B H u a . He was a n r schol r ord i ed p iest by ishop o gh , B D 8 6 . n n 0 an 1 C . . 1 J uary 4, 9 9 omme ci g , July , 7 4 , that same y ear he was appointed chaplain to Archbishop ’ 1 Lord s of the M anor . 43

Te niso n Ire n , to reside with whom the removed to the

a a at La U n 1 8 Of A r 1 0 6 p l ce mbeth . po the th p il , 7 ,

r D D an d n a a C a Potter p oceeded . . soo fter he bec me h p An I 1 8 a n in Or nar u n n . n 0 l i di y to Q ee e 7 , through the n n Of r a D u ar was i ﬂue ce the g e t ke of M lborough, he

a n R r r Of D n and Can n ppoi ted egius P ofesso ivi ity, o of

C r C r Ox r It was K n G r I . h ist hu ch , fo d . i g eo ge who

a D r See Ox r was r ised . Potter to the of fo d , of which he ra B n 1 th Of M a 1 1 consec ted ishop o the s y , 7 5 . In the celebrated Bangorian controversy Bishop Potter an a He a r na n n took active p rt . pre ched the co o tio sermo G r II n o n a n Of . a the ccessio eo ge , who , upo the de th of

D r Wa r B r See an r . C ke , p omoted ishop Potte to the of te r was n r F a 2 8th 1 6 - He bu y ; he co ﬁ med ebru ry , 7 3 3 7 . O l th 1 on o . died ctober , 74 7

THOMAS HERRING son n , the of a clergyma , was born in 1 6 He r u n Of u i 9 3 . eceived the r dime ts ed cation n the Gra a S Wisbeach an d n n mm r chool , at , the e tered Jesus A r n C Ca r . n r ollege, mb idge fte bei g successively mi iste of ar ar in 1 2 6 n na v ious p ishes , 7 he was omi ted preacher to ’ the Honourable Society of Lin coln s Inn ; and about the same time was appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to the K n In 1 D r H rr n was i g . 7 3 7 , . e i g promoted by Ki ng r II See Of Ban n i G . n 1 eo ge to the gor, whe ce , 74 3 , he was ran Ar r Y r t slated to the chbishop ic of o k . It was fortunate for the kingdom that a prelate so noted for his attachment to civil and religious liberty ﬁlled the i mportant Ofﬁce of Archbishop of York at the r a n Of a R A c itic l mome t the J cobite ebellion . midst the ’ consternation o ccasioned by the rout of the Kings troops n Sir n C at r n an on 2 u der Joh ope, P esto p s , the 1 st of r I Ar H rr n a a Septembe , 74 5 , chbishop e i g p triotic lly rallied n n r and N r I the obility, ge t y clergy of the o th . n an ani a at a r n Y m ted speech , delivered g eat meeti g held at ork, his Grace called upon all tr ue Britons to rally round their 1 44 L ords of the M a nor .

n n and n one man n happy co stitutio , u ite as agai st the

r n The a a a ar n n P ete der . v st ssembl ge w mly e tered i to the ’ A an d a ar Of n rchbishop s views , l ge sum mo ey was sub r on n sc ibed the spot, to raise troops for the defe ce of the n r cou t y. U n A t in I Dr po the decease of rchbishop Pot er, 747 , .

H r n was a Sec C n r T e ri g elev ted to the of a te bury. his prelate spen t upwards of in the reparation and ﬁtting up of Croydon Palace ; and here he drew his last breath .

ATTHEW HUTTON was the n a n n Dr M li e l desce da t of .

a H n Ar Of Y r in x n cen M tthew utto , chbishop o k the si tee th ’ C Ca r r He at St . n and tu y . studied Joh s ollege, mb idge,

a r B Ban n A Y r bec me ﬁ st ishop of gor, the rchbishop of o k, H and A Can . e r 1 lastly rchbishop of terbury died Ma ch 9 , A n I 7 5 8 having ﬁlled the chair of St . ugusti e less than a year.

With the above mere referen ce we con clude our series of biographic n otices Of bygon e Lords of the Man or of Cr n n H n was a Ar oydo , si ce utto the l st chbishop who took u a d in Old a a ere n a p his bo e the P l ce here , it fell i to dec y . L arn - r fl Of C e ed prelates , head shephe ds of the ock hrist, an d r a n in r d a and n n illust ious st tesme thei y ge eratio , a n Old L an r Cr n h ve bee these ords of the M o of oydo , whose chief glory it is to be associated with their memories .

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in n C n much value as to be worth, whe the ommissio ers W C n 2 ar of illiam the o queror surveyed it, £ 7 to the ch men 0 1 0 3 In 1 2 1 was bishop ; to his , £ 1 . 9 , it taxed £ 2 0 in 1 2 2 in A at 3 , at the same ; the time of rchbishop B 3 1 1 d nn and ouchier it was valued at £ 5 5 3 . . per a um ; n r n in 1 6 6 from a survey of the ma o , take the year 4 , we a n a ar an and an in le r th t the chiepiscopal m or, palace, l ds Cr n n 2 1 s d oydo , were the computed to be worth £ 74 9 . gt . ann x D r n n per um , e clusive of the timber . u i g the i ter n a n n n r r reg um , the cie t reside ce of the a chiepiscopal lo ds n r and n a of this ma o , with its orchard vi ey rd , was , as we C Ear N n a have related, leased, ﬁrst to harles , l of otti gh m , and Sir W Br n n rn afterwards , to illiam ereto , u til the retu C II n n r r n a n of harles whe the ma o ial eside ce , lo g with the n r A Can ma or itself, was resto ed to the rchbishops of ter But in 1 8 0 C n a bury. 7 , roydo Pal ce, the old home of an and n n and the lord of the m or was sold, the ma sio e state of Addington having been purchased with the n s in proceeds , he ceforth the archbishops ceased to re ide an r f the m or or pa ish O Croydon . ’ F liff n and ormerly, the archbishop s bai had retur ’ n Of K n r executio the i g s w its . Within the parish and manor of Croydon are seven u — n C Selsdon B encham W boro ghs amely, oombe , , or hite Addiscombe W S and Croham and horse , , oodside , hirley ; from each of these a constable used to be annually n - n Of C n appoi ted at the court leet for the ma or roydo , held in E - n n con aster week ; whe a head co stable, two petty a and - n n st bles, two head boroughs were omi ated for the last n n me tio ed of these places . T beadlewick n n h here are eight la ds, the ow ers of whic , in r n fi a thei tur , used to serve the of ce of be dle ; they n and n collected the ﬁ es amerceme ts . T r reeveswick n — he e are also eight la ds that is, eight estates the owners of which are liable to be chosen to f The - n are serve the of ice of reeve . quit re ts collected by nn ll the reeves a e y chosen by the homage jury, at the ' M n r l I a o ia . 4 7 general court baron ; the reeves are generally chosen in n To n O fi Of rotatio . either the f ce beadle or reeve was or is any emolument attached . The last time that the customs of the manor of Croydon n e in 1 n were prese t d here was the year 7 9 3 , whe they . were as follows 1 One — n . . heriot bei g the best beast of every copy n an a n n no t holder dyi g seised of y messu ge or te eme t, * — lying within the four crosses shall be paid for every a n n and a no such messu ge or te eme t , if he h ve quick

a n n and x n a a r . c ttle, the three shilli gs si pe ce for de d he iot 2 On a for r . the de th of every copyholder life, th ee

l n and x n for a a and no . shil i gs si pe ce de d heriot, more If an n a 3 . y perso to whom right of copyhold shall n a a an one desce d, sh ll die before dmitt ce , quick heriot is r a n n and no r and due for eve y messu ge or te eme t, mo e n n and n for wa t of a quick heriot, three shilli gs sixpe ce f r r T n an o a dead he iot . ( his is u derstood to me for every distin ct copyhold . ) If n n 4. a surre der be made to any person being o n ﬁne at copyholder before, the he is to the will of the L and hr ll n and n ord, to pay t ee shi i gs sixpe ce for a dead and no heriot, relief. If a surren der be made Of a copyhold to any r i n and copyholder, there is due to the lo d three sh lli gs x n for a r and a si pe ce dead he iot, relief, which is the extent of the rent the quit rent) by the year due to and no the lord, more . 6 C n on and . opyholds desce d to the youngest s ; if

The precise spot at which the four crosses referred to stoo d annot now be identi ed bu t the co hold t at s hich lie ithin c ﬁ , py es e w w the squ are o riginally fo rmed by t h ese cro sses are kn own ; they x m tion from heriots bu r u to all other enj oy e e p , t we e s bj ect r i In 2 Eliz a eth th e crosses re thu s d escri ed The se v ces. 3 b we b ’ at urchall s Hou se in an lm t r h z u d i a th u n d rst is B , e ee ; t e s t e po ; ' the rd is at Li tle Almshou se Corner a n d the th at dd s 3 t . ; 4 Do lm - ” Corner, in an e against the Catharine wheel Corner. L 2 1 8 4 M anor ia l .

no son n n e and , the to the you gest daught r, so to the n in you gest every degree .

All r n n n . a e 7 copyholde s who have y state of i herita ce, ' and n n i may strip waste , but the te a t for l fe may do n either. 8 NO . copyholder may let a lease of his copyhold

n Of r an ar without lice ce the lord, for mo e th three ye s , and r r a a is to give to the lo d, for eve y ye r th t he is to have n hi x n nd n s a o . lice ce to let copyhold, si pe ce, more T a l n n n r 9 . hat l copyholders taki g a y surre de out of no n n n n n r court, if there be co ditio me tio ed to the co t ary, n n at n x r shall make due prese tme t thereof the e t cou t. 1 0 NO ﬁn an . e is to be paid for y messuage or n n n * te eme t lyi g within the four crosses . The n or n Ham a ma ors, reputed ma ors, of , P lmers or T lehu rst and Selhurst now n a y , , are i corpor ted with the r n n Of Cr n p i cipal ma or oydo . HAM — T a a on n - his est te , situ ted the orth east side of the a a B n a was ran Cr n in p rish, tow rds ecke h m , g ted by the ow

2 i n n Br Ku n and a S r A n t . Philip M ry, to tho y ow e , , Viscou t n a r n Of all a n and Mo t gue , by the desc iptio th t demes e

an a Estham a lias Escheha ni unta Cro don m or c lled , , j y , n n H n r Ha n C In bei g the part of the o o of mpto ourt. 1 8 0 n L r G n r it r 9 , it belo ged to o d wydir, who i he ited f om r n r B rr Es B n A his g a dfathe , Peter u ell, q , of ecke ham . bout . a 1 8 L G Ham Fa the ye r 3 5 , ord wydir sold rm to Mr. rr L O n was Mo is , who sold it to ord versto e, from whom it r r r L L E P a n s . . purch sed by its prese t p op ieto , ewis oyd , q J . PALMERs TYLEHURST r as , or , sometimes desc ibed a

n r in a n a ar r a n ma o , yet re lity o ly f m , comp ised bout seve ty a an on n r N acres , ple s tly situated the souther ski ts of orwood h B an In n in 1 ills . y quisitio the year 5 9 5 , it appears R a F L D a It L . that ich rd orth , died seised of this est te r Of Newland s was afterwards the prope ty the , the B in 1 6 Of . coheiresses which family sold it to Mr ulkley, 7 9 ,

Some f the a o e cu stoms ar e now almos O solete hil s o b v t b , w t thers ha een modi ed so as t o conform to mod ern con en ence o ve b ﬁ v i .

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n o r r was gra ted for life, te ms of years , to various ff n T n . in I 2 6 A i dividuals, at di ere t periods hus, 3 , rch bishop Reynolds conferred the keepership of this park B Sir W on le . W for life arber illiam alworth, the n n L L n n s re ow ed ord Mayor of o do , who truck down Wat T n n K n R II . n the iler for i sulti g i g ichard , was appoi ted A C n in 1 8 2 keeper of this park by rchbishop ourte ay, 3 ,

nd . In the n E I a V. here he probably resided reig of dward , n L tt ll r C n and Joh y y was keepe of roydo Park, so W n C n forth . he roydo Palace was sold, it was at ﬁrst proposed to erect the new archiepiscopal residence at Park H l E n ll A n n r r and il . ve tua y, however, ddi gto was p efe red, an Act of Parliament having been obtained in 1 8 0 7 for a n n n and Al n Tricothick purch si g the ma sio estate of derma , on a n th t site arose the prese t archiepiscopal seat . On the enclosure of the common and waste lands of C n in 1 an d roydo , 7 9 7 , claims were made allowed for the following manors 1 Cr n A C n . oydo , by the rchbishop of a terbury. R R H r Es 2 The . . ectory, by obert ar is, q A n Waddon C b . 3 . , by the rchbishop of a ter ury

Wh itehorse b n C Es . 4. , y Joh ator, q R C Es Nor u r . . b 5 y , by ichard arew, q ar Ha E 6 H n W n s . . ali g, by illiam P ker mmo d, q ’ Croham n and Whit ift s 7 . , by the warde poor of g H ospital . C n n n n C n o cer i g the ma or of roydo we have just treated . An n R and a n accou t of the ectory, further p rticulars relati g n R C n n to the Ma or of the ectory of roydo , will be fou d "e n Ad o son under their proper headi g of v w .

M anson.

T n n n Wodd ens n his ma or, a cie tly styled , is of co sider n on able exte t ; it lies the west side of our parish, towards H n I Wadd on n n K n . Beddingto . i g e ry gave to the mo ks I 1 B n in 1 1 2 . n 0 n n e of ermo dsey, 7 3 9 , the co ve t gav the

f ll n See page 35 and o owi g. ’ ' 1 1 M a nor za t. 5

n A C n in x n ma or to rchbishop ourte ay, e cha ge for the

r r a n r Cr n and See app op i tio of the chu ch of oydo , with the Can r n n of terbu y it has ever si ce remai ed, except for a r n n n short time du i g the i terreg um . The r Wan n r n a st eam of the dle, pe t up he e i to a l ke, propels the machinery of a large mill standing on the far shore : it is supposed to occupy the site of that mill mentioned in Domesday Book in connection with the n r Cr n ma o of oydo . In A B n the time of rchbishop ouchier, the ma or of Waddon 8 1 2a and in Ar was valued at £ , that of ch 6 S at 2 2 3 . et. bishop Parker, £ A court baron used to be annually held here in E aster week.

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T r n Norbur Northborou h i e ma or of y , or g , was situated o n the north-west side of this parish ; it extended over L n n R and ar Of T rn n H a both sides of o do oad, p t ho to e th , and there were several detached houses and lan ds in an d n Cr n a -r n In 8th ar ear oydo which p id quit e ts to it. the 4 ye Of n Of Kin E r III N a Ca Bed the reig g dwa d ichol s rew, of din ton K Of r S a O a n a ran r g , eeper the P ivy e l , bt i ed g t of f ee rr n on an in Cr n and A 1 wa e all his l ds oydo died, ugust 7 , 1 1 inter a lia n r Of Norbur It 3 9 , seised, , of the ma o y . remained in the possession Of the Carews un til the a a n r Sir N a Car KG in 1 for in tt i de of ichol s ew, 5 3 9 ; ’ ff a n a Of Sir N a Ca the baili s ccou t of the est tes ichol s rew, a n a n r Mich aehn as I to a a 2 ttai ted of tre so , f om 3 Mich elm s 3 , ” H nr III a n n Of Norbur e e y V , mo gst others is the ma or y , in Cr n oydo . Sir N one n an n icholas, at time the boo comp io of H nr III and ar a r in r e y V . , a p t ke with him all the tou naments and r r n a a e was othe dive sio s of th t g , related to Ann Boleyn ; so the king promoted him to be master of

his r . At n r ho se le gth, however, with the Ma quis of 1 2 5 M a nor ia l.

E and Sir N con xeter others, icholas was charged with spiring to set Cardinal Pole on the throne ; and after a

r on T H r summa y trial, he was beheaded ower ill, Ma ch 3 , 1 H n III n ann N r n 5 3 9 . e ry V . the exed o bury to his ewly E VI in r a H n r H n C r an d r . c e ted o o of ampto ou t ; dwa d , a r n n the first ye r of his eig , gra ted it, with the meadow P rle- in Cr n Ar called y Mead, oydo , to the chbishop of C n in r an an a r n a a terbury, perfo m ce of g eeme t of his l te a r In a r Fran C r n f the . the s me yea , cis a ew obtai ed a ’ n and r n reversal of his father s attai der, either the g a t n n not a ff n just me tio e d did t ke e ect, or the ma or was ’ n n an for in 6 E a VI resumed i to the ki g s h d, dw rd . we find Norbur T a L r D C y held by hom s, o d arcy, of hiche, who a Fran Car But n in m rried a sister of cis ew . Quee Mary, n Of n n O n the seco d year her reig , havi g previously btai ed re- n an r L D re- r n Sir a co vey ce f om ord arcy, g a ted to ’ F n C a It ra cis arew his father s forfeited est tes . was this lord of Norbury who magnificently rebuilt the mansion B n t n and in house at eddi g o , took so much delight its n He n n - in En n garde s . first pla ted ora ge trees gla d , ’ n r n n raisi g them from seeds impo ted by his iece s husba d, i W R n in n in n r S r . alter aleigh Pla ted the ope , wi te , these orange-trees were preserved by a movable shed and thus r n and n they flou ished for about a hu dred fifty years, u til 1 — o n the hard frost of the years 7 3 9 40 cut them ff. Quee ’ Eliz abeth paid a visit of three days duration to Sir Fran in A 1 and a n in n cis , ugust, 5 9 9 , ag i the same mo th n On one a n of the followi g year . of these occ sio s he n - r showed the Quee a cherry tree , with its f uit ripe a n Sir F an n r mo th after the usual time . r cis had co t ived this botanical curiosity by straining a wet canvas over an and r his tree, by which me s both the growth colou of ’ r t r n Of n its f ui we e checked, u til, assured the Quee s n n n nn comi g, he removed the ca vas, whe a few su y days m u The a n at red the fruit . favourite w lk of Quee E z t n B n n li abeth is s ill poi ted out at eddi gto . Sir F n C on 1 1 6 1 1 and ra cis arew died the 6th of May, ,

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2 1 3 . and the of a year, suit of court to archbishop at C n a roydo , from three weeks to three weeks ; th t there was a capital messuage of no value beyond reprises 2 0 0

Of n 83 . d 1 0 0 acres arable la d, worth 5 4 . a year, of which at d and d an was valued 4 . , the other at 3 . acre ; the 8 a 1 2d nn n pasture , of cres of wood, worth . the pa age whe n commu nibus a nnis l 8d n s it happe s , . ; the u derwood, 4 .

8 8s 2 0 2d . an acres of meadow, ; acres of pasture, at 3 d n Of z n n acre, 3 . 4 . ; re ts assi e, as well from free te a ts as n 0 3 and C 2 n and 1 from atives, 7 . at hristmas, 4 he s cock, 2s 1 a six a a worth , at . each ploughsh res at the s me 3 and u C 3 d It time, 4 . pleas perq isites of ourts , 3 . 4 . was n n n H N also fou d that the reversio belo ged to ugh de evill , ’ ﬁne in K n C and n by levied the i g s ourt, that he was the 0 r 3 yea s of age . In 2 E III Ch n n 9 dward irbury was ow er of the ma or . ’ In 1 8— in K n E III s 6 1 st . 3 that is, the 4 year of i g dward n Chiriton a n Wa W r reig , lie ated it to lter hiteho se, the ’ King s shield-bearer ; and from him the manor is said n W r Two a to have acquired its ame of hiteho se . ye rs

W r O a n a re r n . after, alte bt i ed charter of f e war e here He a rs a A n H r con ppea to h ve sold to r old olke , who had a firmation in Of r a n n H n IV fee f ee w rre herei from e ry . In n H nr VI E n Bru d enell h ad the reig of e y . dmu d a r n r n Of r ar n B ut in fu ther co fi matio this f ee w re . the x a r n H nr III Sir R r si th ye r of the eig of e y V . , obe t n K nt n Of C n a r n A Of Morto , . , ephew ardi l Mo to , rchbishop C n r n and a terbu y, died seised of this ma or ; it was held a W a r n in 1 6 6 r n n by his rel tive, illi m Mo to , 5 , whose g a dso T a n in 1 6 8 a n hom s, dyi g 7 , left five d ughters , amo g whom F a ur the estate was divided . our of the sh res were p

n Barr Es . in 1 1 2 and r n n chased by Joh et, q , 7 his g a dso ,

r d escended . havin to whom the prope ty , g bought the ﬁfth a in 1 8 n n sh re, 7 7 , eve tually sold the whole to Joh C Es B n -D n in I 8 0 6 ator, q , of ecke ham . yi g , he left the a n n C r Es est te to his ephew, Joh ato q , who sold it to n D n S Es n e W Joh avidso mith, q , si ce whos time hitehorse ’ 1 M a nor zal . 5 5

n and not one Manor has bee cut up sold, to , but probably ff n n ﬁve hundred di ere t ow ers . B n ham an H as a e c M or ouse , it used to be c lled, stood a t Off a on r W r just li tle the ro d , the south, whe e hiteho se The a 1 6 0 r n r R a . Lane joi s Whiteho se o d d te , 4, was w ought

- r 0 11 has in brick wo k the south gable, but the old house n been pulled dow .

n issui g.

We have already dilated upon the peculiar signiﬁcance f n * The an r H n on O this ame . m o of ali g is situated the ar an d r a an d W. n an S side of this p ish , comp ises m sio The ﬁne an a n r park . pl t tio s here fo m the subject of a poetical Epistle from a Grove in D erbyshire to a Grove “ ” in S An r W W i urrey, with the swe , by illiam h tehead,

r In ar n forme ly poet laureate . the latter p t of the ﬁftee th century this manor appears to have been in the possesion T Wa one r n inhabi of homas rham , of the twelve p i cipal n C n n n n C n r ta ts of roydo , fou d prese ti g to the hau t y of St in Old r in 1 8 and a n in 1 6 . Mary, our chu ch , 4 5 , ag i 47 . C z n and a n L n n r an iti e c rpe ter of o do , it would seem f om R r 1 6 Hen a imperfect oll of the yea 4 5 ( 3 4 . th t this Thomas Warham was professionally employed o n the a n He r a n archiepiscop l reside ce . is p esumed to h ve bee un W l a W a r A cle to i li m arham , fte wards rchbishop of Can The n n r a n n on terbury. a cie t tomb , still em i i g the Cr n C r n south wall of oydo hu ch, is supposed to have bee in Ha n erected memory of this old lord of li g . Amongst some papers at the Chapter House at VVest ” B “ n . mi ster, observes Mr ray, is a copy of the will of C n S a T Wa . 1 8 nd homas rham , of roydo , dated 3 ept 47 , B ll r particulars of his estate there . y his wi he di ects that his body should be buried in the parish church of St n B Of C n in C Of St . Joh the aptist roydo , the hapel . Our L H N . e icholas , before the image of ady of Pite

e a 1 1 Se p ge . '

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di n &c . gives legacies for masses, , with a stributio of torches ’ n n a n di f n r used at his mo th s mi d, mo gst f ere t chu ches, nri He in a n one of which is Ta gge. gives le d for coveri g B n r a Of C r Cr n mares . the o th ile the hu ch of oydo , 4 y the papers we ﬁn d that he held the Man or of Haling of r n 2 I s o d r - n the Archbishop by the e t of . t . that the f ee re ts - a an r a n I 28 8d and quit ren ts paid to the s id m o mou ted to . . ; m u n d to 1 6 3 I O d a a a a o te . . th t the cle r ye rly value £ 3 5 § , the house no t accounted ; and that he h ad woods then

r and n ten r h 0 0 wo th , which withi yea s would be wort , 4 ann It a was a mares per um . is likely th t he f ther of W Wa an an r illiam rham, of whose l ds of the m o s of al n and Selerste an d n in n H y g , of his la ds the tow s of Cr n W a n and M cham r an a n oydo , h ddo y , the e is ccou t n th a a r in w amo gst e bove p pe s , hich it is stated that the man a Hal n r r n or pl ce of y g, with two orcha ds, two ga de s , - n n r Sir a culver house with the ba k of co ies, we e let to Ku N Ca t . 0 3 . a n icholas rew , , at 4 a ye r ; the la d of the n and n 1 2 L D said ma or game of co ies , at £ ( ittle ubbers H n n n n and ill is me tio ed amo gst the la d) , the farm of h r Sel e ste, The William Warham referred to here was either n Can r r in 1 that archdeaco of te bu y who died 5 5 7 , or his n Sir W W r M alsan er in cousi , illiam a ham , of g , the ar O S n a r H p ish of akley, outhampto , whose f the , ugh Wa one r Of A W rham , of the brothe s rchbishop arham ,

n Ha n r was certai ly a possessor of li g, as his pedig ee is to be foun d in one of the early Visitations Of the n T i W W r n cou ty. h s illiam a ham , styli g himself of M alsan er n n in Wo dd en g , sold the Ma or, with other la ds and n a the 1 st I 6 Mitcham , by deed beari g d te of March, 5 3 , H n III for 1 . 0 In 1 to e ry V , the sum of £7 . 5 5 4, n n Sir n G K an G. Quee Mary gra ted to Joh age, . , the m or Halin n n in all of g, valued with its appurte a ces issues n £ 1 nn beyo d reprises, at 5 per a um , to be held by the ’ a Sir n and n n s id Joh his heirs, by the te ure of k ight s ’ in ca i — iz n te v . service p , for the fortieth part of a k ight s

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T Sir n Ga in 2 2 H n III w his Joh ge, e ry V ., hilst Vice C n one n hamberlai , was of the k ights deputed by Parlia n a and n a me t who, with the two rchbishops the pri cip l n and n a obility clergy, sig ed that memor ble letter to the ’ n him K n Pope, desiri g to comply with the i g s divorce, n n n threate i g him , if he refused, that they should co sider own n and ul themselves as committed to their ha ds , sho d H f seek their remedy elsewhere . e was one O those warriors and favourites of royalty whose portraits Henry III n H n H n . e V . commissio ed olbei to pai t left issue n and au r R r four so s four d ghte s, of whom obe t, his third son at Ha n He n L in , succeeded him li g. represe ted ewes a l n in I an d di n in P r iame t 5 3 3 , ed seised of this ma or, 1 8 He n and — na 5 7 . also had four so s a daughter mely , n R E a W llia and G all Joh , obert, dw rd, i m , Mary age, of whom were probably born at Haling but almost certainly n r n in the last amed three , to judge f om the accompa y g extracts from our parish register “ rd G was chr sten d ii O Mary age y e the j day of ctober, 1 5 6 3? r E G son M R dward age the of . obert Gage was t n x A I 6 christe ed the x vi . day of ug 5 7 . “ Ga son R E W llm. G y ge, the of obert age, sq , was hi O 6 n 1 8 . christe ed the t rd of ctober, 5 n son H n Joh , the eldest , succeeded his father at ali g, ’ R n nn at Babin ton s for his brother obert, havi g co ived g n n n E z and i a co spiracy to assassi ate Quee li abeth , l ber te a n S an n n n n M ry Quee of cotl d from her co ﬁ eme t, had bee ’ Giles s-in- -F at St . on 2 1 st S executed the ields , the of ept . ” 1 8 6 It not S n an 5 . does appear, however , remarks tei m , a all n n n a th t he actu y e tered i to the co spir cy, but rather ff as an in con that he su ered accessory after the fact, cealing the conspirators when their treasonable design had In a M S. n r been discovered. accou t of their seve al “ and n n n trials co fessio s, we read that whe all the matter was n S a ff discovered, he le t av ge (who su ered for the same s ﬂ e Croiden and him on cause) a hor e to y to , directed to e ’ M a nor ia l . 1 5 9

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Off a a men . Sav ge s f ther s , who should help him away A n ar r a a n at a was mo g the ch ges u ged g i st him the tri l ,

a n Ba r as man n n n th t he atte ded lla d , his , whe he we t i to n He was the North to provoke the people to rebellio . ’ r in a arn in C nn a n discove ed hid b , a ock s app rel, havi g n B a n n W n o n r a lent his ow to bi gto . he asked his t i l n and wherefore he ﬂed i to the woods , he stoutly ﬁercely ’ For an answered : comp y. n Ga Ha n was T Joh ge, of li g, committed to the ower, by

ran a l o th n ar 1 0 ar u n war t d ted the of Ja u y, 5 9 , for h bo ri g ” na r H ff r r his G. B a . e eesley, missio ry p iest su e ed, w ites n an r a ar Ca a t and desce d t, g e t h dships for the tholic f i h, was ”f F n in n n n . r son lo g co ﬁ eme t om the memoir of his , it appears that John Gage remained in durance upwards of “ r ar n a n his n thi ty ye s, outlivi g the rem i der of subsiste ce “ a nd the several annuities his noble allies and kindred had ” H a B a bestowed upon him . e occupied pparently the ro d ” A r T r on - n Of r ow owe , the left ha d side which room is still x an a a n n n 1 1 e t t def ced i scriptio , subscribed Ja uary 5 9 , ” Ga T n na Of m n f H n I . O ge . his u fortu te lord the a or ali g left r a Sir T issue by his two wives (Marga et, d ughter of homas C Kut G n S r and n opley, . , of atto , u rey, a lady of the ame of B rn six sons the i a es) , eldest of whom l ved abroad for several a in C A and D A r ye rs , the ourt of the rchduke uchess lbe t

and I a a at B . R n n En n Sir n s bell , russels etur i g to gla d, Joh Ga n r t he r K n C a I and a a ge e te ed se vice of i g h rles . , bec me n in R a r He was G n O d colo el the oy list a my. over or of xfor , B n H and twice relieved asi g ouse, ultimately lost his life in a C B n A n n on skirmish at ulham ridge, ear bi gdo , n a 1 6 He was n at C C Ja u ry 7 , 44. i terred hrist hurch , Ox r r n r n on na fo d, whe e the i sc iptio his tomb desig tes

Filius a c Hoeres J oha nnis G a e d o Ha lin in A ro him g g, g

B a n n Ga Es n y the att i der of Joh ge, q , the ma or of H n n ali g became forfeit to the Crow .

’ “ ” Ga e s Hist . and An t . of Hen rave 1 822 . 2 1 . g iq g , , p 3 1 6 M r t 0 ano za .

Under letters patent of the 3 4th of Eliz abeth h f n and n Of t O K I. H n agai the 9 i g James ali g , all n and n n on with the la ds te eme ts attached, was let a C n C L H Effin ham le se by the row to harles, ord oward of g a r a E r N n L r H A ( fte w rds a l of otti gham) , o d igh dmiral E n nn A n an 1 . of gl d, at a re t of £ 5 per a um bout four r r H n yea s before he came to eside at ali g, this celebrated a r a n t S n A dmi al had put to sea ag i s the huge pa ish rmada . W the In n A nl ll hilst vi cible rmada, as it was vai y ca ed , C ann in r n n moved proudly up h el , fo m of a cresce t, the hor s n n r r an of which were seve miles asu de , the superio seam En a n ship of the brave glish dmiral , seco ded as it was by n n ffi D H in an those disti guished aval o cers, rake, awk s d F r n n L H robishe , who held comma ds u der ord oward, gave the English fleet a considerable advantage over the n a n S a n and r u wieldy g lleo s of p i , seve al of them were On n 2 h . t captured or disabled the ight of the 9 of July, I 8 8 En n fire- n A 5 , the glish se t eight ships i to the rmada, la an n Ca S ani r in as it y at chor ear lais ; the p a ds, terror, a and n on n n n cut their c bles , dispersi g , the followi g mor i g n n h n En i two more galleo s fell i to the a ds of the gl sh . On the 3 1 st a storm came o n that necessitated the return S a n na the En to p i of the shattered vy of Philip , glish p ursuing it in its inglorious flight as far as Flamborough H a n an a n n e d, whe w t of mmu itio compelled them to give N t n a th ra n r a . o e ove the ch se lo g fter memo ble eve t, Queen Eliz abeth raised her admiral to the dignity of n a T L r H A ra Earl Of Notti gh m . his famous o d igh dmi l En n r a in a h at of gla d d ew his last bre th our p ris , the

Ha n on 1 D r 1 6 2 man n Of . sio li g , the 4th of ecembe , 4

Sir W a H a r r on illi m ow rd, his b other, also died he e , S I 1 6 0 0 and n son C a eptember , his seco d , h rles, after E Of N n was rn H n in wards third arl otti gham , bo at ali g

1 6 1 0 . Notwithstanding the forfeiture of Haling by John G n n age , the ma or appears to have bee ultimately restored hi and the n c n n to s family, with ge erous o se t of his eldest

f ' l 1 6 2 M a nor za .

row ham In 1 a r n na Chiriton a n C e . pe so med lie ated ’ man r Wa r Whithors K n - ar r the o to lte , the i g s shield be e it appears however to have reverted to the family of

Bu in r ar Of r n H hiriton t nr I . C . V the ﬁ st ye the eig of e y , bein then in n Cr n K n ran g possessio of the ow , the i g g ted it W a O r Fr r the custody of to illi m live . om the Cou t R an r a ar a in r n H nr olls of the M o , it ppe s th t the eig of e y

VII roham n D a Ann In C . . belo ged to me e Peche the n H nr III ‘ an r Sir n reig of e y V . the m o was held by Joh

D an in r a r an d r Of T a et ight of his wife , d ughte hei hom s El nbri e A r ar Croham n Sir Oli h y gg . fte w ds, belo ged to p L Of A n n was Ar eigh ddi gto , by whom it sold to chbishop W a H a H Tr n hitgift, who g ve it to his ospit l of the oly i ity , as r Of n n a a pa t its e dowme ts , tt ched to which it still a n C r are for an r rem i s . ou ts sometimes held this m o .

ADDIS OMBE O .

NO better proof could be adduced of the change which has a n a in r ar ar an n r t ke pl ce eg d to this p ish, th the co t ast

n Addiscombe Of -d a and a r betwee to y , the s me dist ict a s it a ar r ar n n an n ppe ed thi ty ye s ago , whe its oble m sio stood a a - r a n r n ow midst well timbe ed dom i , whe e little else is and r ar visible but bricks mo t . Addiscombe a r a a an is situ ted f om mile, to mile d a a n r - T n Ha Of Cr n on h lf o th east of the ow ll oydo , the r n B n a In roa ds to Shi ley a d ecke h m . the reign of nr III t a n to T a H H . r n son e y V , his est te belo ged hom s e o ,

o f an ul n z n L n n and ma a r op e t citi e of o do , he y h ve e ected

t a r an n Ad comb n a n a n d h t olde m sio of g , the fou d tio w lls a o ther relics of which were discovered during the course n n ra n D n o f some rece t buildi g ope tio s . yi g here in S ber 1 1 8 a ar a n eptem , 5 , he ppe s to h ve bee succeeded by

a n r T a H n Es on O r 2 othe hom s ero , q , who died ctobe , T T a E h I . z a 5 44 his hom s left issue by his wife li bet , a e r and co - r W l a B n d Es r Of the d ught hei of i li m o , q , cle k Green C two s n na W a loth, o s, mely, illi m , justice of the ' a 1 6 M a nor i l. 3

a fo r S rr u in 1 6 2 and pe ce u ey, who died witho t issue; 5 N a a r ar n h and n r ichol s, fte w ds k ig ted, who dyi g he e , was r n S t r 1 1 6 8 in Cr n Old C r o . bu ied oydo hu ch, ep embe , 5 Sir N a was r a e son ichol s p ob bly succ eded by his eldest , Ca n n H r n had a a h r a z a t pt. Poy i gs e o , who d ug te b pti ed Cr Ad discombe a r ar a oydon in 1 5 7 9 . fte w ds bec me the r n Sir n Tun l a r d eside ce of Joh stal , who must h ve esi ed r a er 1 6 1 as on 1 th S te r in a he e ft 9 , the 3 of ep mbe th t ’ ar r n a A n a r ar ye , he subsc ibed his me to lley e s Qu d ip tite n f Of e D C b n O Car a n. de d of ulwich ollege, ei g the sh lto a D r a a Sir n was n an r and u h m f mily, Joh ge tlem ushe uir n Ann n r Ja I Hi ld . s t esq e to Quee e, co so t of mes e es son H nr n r din at Cr n in 1 6 was e y, the esi g oydo , 47 appointed one of the Committee for inquiring in to the n ir n T n a Kn t r S rr . S . co duct of the cle gy of u ey Joh u st ll, , in F r ar 1 6 0 and son in Au n died eb u y, 5 , his gust followi g , a n n his so n and r Bu t in 1 6 6 2 Addisc ombe le vi g Joh hei . , n i r T K t f S r n . a r O belo ged to Pu beck emple, , membe the II n i r C n C ar s . n P ivy ou cil of h le , who dyi g without issue, A 1 6 ta a n n his ugust, 9 5 , the es te c me i to the possessio of on her as in F r ar 1 0 0 to widow; who, dece e eb u y, 7 , left it her n W llia D ra r Es arr S anna ephew, i m pe , q , who m ied us , a r ra n E n d ughte of the celeb ted Joh vely . —I din r E n in hi 1 1 6 . s 9 July, 9 5 ed , w ites vely , ’ mr at Sir r e T n eare Cr n his Me oi s, Pu b ck emple s, oydo ; - - a is a n son in D r r the u . l dy u t to my law, ape ; ho se is ” xa rn d e ctly fu ishe . Again Evelyn remarks 2 A — r Sir ur 1 6 . a r. 9 ugust, 9 5 Ve y cold we the P beck T n n D ra r n A r a so . te emple, u cle to my pe , died sudde ly g e n ra at Ads m His a n own e a n fu e l co be . l dy bei g u t to my son Dra r for a r n r n no pe , he hopes good fo tu e, the e bei g r hei . And again F r —I h funerall f mv 1 ar 1 0 0 . was at t e o 3 eb u y, 7 La T was b r at I n n r r m dy emple , who u ied sli gto , b ought f o

Ad scomb neare Cr on : son-in-law D ra e r , oyd she left my p M 2 '

1 6 4 M a norza l .

her n mansion o hou se Ad scomb v n ( ephew) , the of ery obly ’ an d furnish d a a completely , with the est te bout it, with plate an d jewels to the value in all Of a bout was a r r n a a an r a a she ve y p ude t l dy, g ve m y g e te leg cies , 0 r I n n r her an with £ 5 0 to the poo e of sli gto , whe e husb d

Sir r T n Pu beck emple was buried, both dyi g without ” issue . M r D r r Addiscombe H Sir n . ape rebuilt ouse . Joh Vanb rugh is said to have been architect Of the n ew man n n was n in n sio , the buildi g of which comme ced Ju e, 1 0 2 and n in r a n 7 , ﬁ ished the latte h lf of the followi g ar arn r a di n a x ra r ye , as we le f om these d tio l e t cts f om ’ Evelyn s diary —I n W n h m a 2 n 1 0 2 . 7 Ju e , 7 we t to otto wit y f mily, for m r and son -in- D ra r the rest of the su me , my law pe , amil a a at with his f y, c me to st y with us, his house ” Ad m n n w n sco b bei g e buildi g . — I n Ad om 1 6 r 1 1 1 0 . sc b July, 7 3 we t to , miles f om ’ W n son -in- new otto , to see my law s house, the outside to r n in x n r - r a the cove i g be g such e celle t b ick wo k , c sed with

r an n a r n and n Po tl d sto e , with the pil ste s , wi dows, withi , ’ that I pronou nc d it in all points of good and solid archi ’ r on e r n n s in tectu e, to be of the ve y best ge tleme s house ’ ” r n n I W S r . rn n ar . u ey, whe ﬁ ished retu ed to otto tho we y On the east front of Addiscombe House was carved t he following in scription in Roman capitals NON FA IAM VITI P VE M C O CUL A INOREM .

The a an d lin ran a r a and a n w lls cei gs of the g d st i c se, s loo

O f an n are a n a n Sir a the m sio , s id to have bee p i ted by J mes " n Thor hill . B arr an D a a y m iage with heiress of r per, this est te af r ar n C ar C ar Es O te w ds we t to h les l ke , q , of ckley, S: rr n son C ar di in Of u ey, whose o ly h les ed the lifetime his a r a n an n an son na C ar n f the , le vi g i f t med h les Joh , wh o in r r a r Farnab , ight of his mothe , bec me hei of the y ’ a n d R S a an a f H n . f mily, of eve o ks, of the dclif e s , of itchi He w n ar on a Of A n and e t to P is the Pe ce mie s , there l his l e a n f ost if , through the f lli g of a scaf old at some

1 66 M a nor za l .

S i r and r r ophy, chem st y geology we e delive ed at stated r An a n a a n a r an d n r pe iods . occ sio l det chme t of s ppe s mi e s

in r n and r r used to be employed th owi g up ﬁeld othe wo ks ,

h in r n ra r O f r a a n r n w ich , thei ge e l p ogress , f e ed v lu ble i st uctio Th e a ann a x n n ar to the cadets . tot l u l e pe se of the semi y was a Of r r n a bout which , the p opo tio llowed by the Company was between £ 1 an d Two public examination s were held during the year at Addis in r n o f r C r Of combe, the p ese ce the membe s of the ou t D r r Ca a n Ge r T n who r i ecto s . pt i o ge hompso , sto med

Ghu z ni L nan E r n r n r , ieute t ld ed Potti ge , the defe de of H ra and a n s n An -In an e t , lo g li t of disti guished glo di s n A i omb It received their educatio at dd sc e . used to be one Of the sights of Croydon to see the Addisco mbe a ar an a n Old ar c dets m ch, with b d pl yi g, to the p ish r o n n chu ch a Su day morning. On the dissolution of the powerful East India Com

an a r u n a Of Addiscombe C p y, fte the M ti y, the est te ollege was in ar n r r n ar sold upw ds of two hu d ed lots , du i g the ye s — 1 8 6 2 6 3 various n ewly made roads having been r r No r r was p eviously cut th ough it . bidde , howeve , foun d willi ng to Offer the reserved price ﬁxed for the ur h an n n a r w as p c ase of the m sio , which soo fte levelled to the ground ; an d thus Croydon was deprived of a

r r a for r an a n and a a st uctu e th t, mo e th ce tury h lf, had n one Of rn n bee its stateliest o ame ts .

COMBE a on r A n n , delightfully situ te the ski ts of ddi gto

H in a - rn dir n r T ills , lies south easte ectio f om the own Ha C n Th a r n 2 0 0 ll of roy do . e est te comp ises betwee and 0 0 a r an r ar 3 c es of l d, well studded with t ees of l ge r H and a . C g owth, beeches, limes , elms , o ks ombe ouse , a a a an n now in a n Of B ar n c pit l m sio , is the occup tio o H a a n M rs S r an e th ; the whole est te belo gs to . uthe l d, who resid es at Combe Lodge ; Combe Farm is the only other d n o n a O n n welli g the est te . pposite the e tra ce to a n r za l 1 6 M o j . 7

C H e r a a n n P r r ombe ous g ows m g iﬁce t o tugal lau el . Or na one r r a en ran a igi lly oot, f om this p r t stem b ches h ve h in all r n o r an n r n s ot out di ectio s , which , ve h gi g the g ou d, in n r n an a a n r a a n ar n ume ous i st ces , h ve t ke oot g i , y ds eve r r na and r h r S n f om the o igi l stem ; these f es oots , hooti g

ar and n r ran upw ds developi g thei b ches , the whole

t r r o n e ran r r u r n Of toge he fo m g d sh ub , the ci c mfe e ce

a x ar In r n an n are which is bout si ty y ds . f o t of the m sio r ar L an n n r one th ee ced s of eb o ; of these, the ce t e is the n in ar N - . ot far o ff on a ﬁ est the p ish , the south e st side the u an an n and are r a n of ho se, is cie t well , by it the em i s r r T in r r was of th ee old elm t ees . his well fo me times n ar r r a ra Of has n e e to the o d , the t ck which bee shifted ar r off n n It a a l r on f the the ma sio . is s id th t the pi g ims r rn r n Of T a a B at thei jou ey to the sh i e hom s ecket , Can r r - Th t r n wa . e te bu y, used o d i k of this y side well ’ pilgrims way can still be traced in the n eighbourhood of War-C Ca r a and a t T n oppice , te h m, itsey ; to joi which r r r a n ar r Cr n an oute, pilg ims f om pl ces e e oydo th the Ta ar at S ar not t r an rid b d outhw k, could do bet e th go Old a a Of Ar and n C e the P l ce the chbishop , the ce by omb Lan ar a n as h a r r e, p t ki g, t ey p ssed this eti ed spot, of

r r the pure ef eshment such a well might yield them .

ELSDON In r a n Of ar S . t e ti g of the soil this p ish i n T an d n r not r S . its ow e ship, we must ove look e sdo his con sidera ble estate occu pies the deta ched portion Of t h e

ar h a r ar Cr n T n p is , bout th ee miles southw d of oydo ow

Ha The an n was i W l l a C Es ll . m sio bu lt by i i m oles , q , a the ar 1 8 Selsd on G r S bout y e 0 9 , who sold to eo ge mith , E M P r h r a L r Carin ton a s . q , b ot e to the l te o d g ; he dded th ra n -r and rar To G r S Es e d wi g oom lib y . eo ge mith, q , o n 2 6 th Of D r 1 8 6 who died the ecembe , 3 , succeeded

G r R r S Es a a r and n ar eo ge obe t mith , q , who lso lte ed e l ged D n o n 2 rd F r ar 1 8 6 an n . the m sio yi g the 3 of eb u y, 9 , he was son Erna Sm Es succeeded by his , ld Mosley ith , q , ’

1 68 M a nor z a t.

on 8 D r 1 8 2 n who died the th of ecembe , 7 , whe the estate r r r W r Cara S became the p operty of his b othe alte doc mith, ar 1 6 Selsd on i at ar o n 1 8 . who d ed P is , the 3th of M ch 7 n a r n a n the p ssed to the p ese t heiress, M bel, o ly child of - na Erna a n r. the above med ld, mi o Th an n n a n a a ra r e m sio co t i s a v lu ble lib ry of wo ks, a n Ind a a G r chieﬂy rel ti g to i , collected by the l te eo ge S Es was a D H n a Ea mith, q , who irector of the o our ble st n an T r a a r and ni l n I dia Comp y . he e is lso cu ious ce co lectio n at Selsd on G r R r of coi s , collected by the late eo ge obe t S E In o n r Selsd on r a n s . e mith, q espect is pe h ps u ique , r n no a r a a n ar L n n the e bei g pl ce p ob bly, equ lly e to o do , that comm an ds such an extensive View and yet retaining O f a r ra ra r D r n n r S much O u l cha cte . u i g the mi o ity of the

r n n r B R has a p ese t ow e , the ishop of ochester a le se of the an n an d r r m sio , esides he e . E E H SHIRL Y HOUS is situated on the skirts of the eath . n ax n Es in 2 an n was B C . 1 0 uilt by Joh l to , q , 7 , this m sio sold ran n Of a n a n M aberl Es by his g dso the s me me to Joh y , q , r n son C n M aberl f om whom it desce ded to his olo el y , who was r n a S r ar G n ra O A t r p i cip l ec et y of the e e l Post fﬁce . f e a n r n r r n n ar an d lo g eside ce he e, du i g which he e l ged beau tiﬁed the groun ds by diverting the course of the r a r r r an n an d n n public o d fu the f om the m sio , by e closi g and planting on a great slip of what until then had been r arr n a h n Of C n M aberl me ely b e he t , the assig s olo el y sold th a nn r E e S. S s est te to ki e , q , who disposed of it to the L E n T n an i r a r . n son l te o d ldo his oblem d ed he e , whe his ,

’ r n ar the ro ert Sir n the p ese t e l, succeeded to p p y . Joh An n S r H for r r n so occupied hi ley ouse some yea s , du i g the n r r n n n r mi o ity of the p ese t oble ow e . B E a a C m n r Wh esides the cclesi stic l om issio e s, the itgift C ar an d na r r a n h ity, the previously med p oprieto s, mo g other c on siderable lan down ers in the parish may be mentioned the n a L L Es P La A r n W li mes of ewis oyd , q , J . . , dy shbu to , il am B . a Es Far a a Teevan J l ke , q , the ley f mily, the f mily of , M r N man M r s . R S s. r n &c ew mith , ussell, the Mo la d family, .

’ I 0 A ncient escr i tion a nd hr onol 7 D p C ogy .

r nn n r n r n u i g th ough ﬁelds ; leadi g over highe grou d, how r and in a r r r an r r a eve , mo e di ect cou se th the c ooked o d wa r Old n a a y th ough the tow , by us ge , this bec me the r n r an d at n was a n p i cipal oute, le gth built lo g . T a in r r Ar a a a and h t, fo me times , the chiepiscop l P l ce undrained Old town of Croydon were damp an d unwhole some may be surmised from the answer which Henry III e a a a Cran r I was V . som wh t sh rply ddressed to me . r r n O r an d Kn wer n by, obse ved Mo ice , whe tfo d ol give r ran r n him . My lo d (C me ) mi ded to have retained Kn ol n a a was a u to himself, s id th t it too sm ll a house for his ‘ ’ a arr a K n I had a r a M jesty . M y, s id the i g, r the h ve it than this house (meaning Otfo rd) for it stan deth on a T an an rh u m i better soil . his house st deth low d is e at ck n Cr n r I n r like u to oydo , whe e could eve be without sick A n Cr n r n in r n otice of oydo , w itte the eig of

n E z a a a : The r d Quee li beth, s ys th t streets we e eep a a d r r n ra hollow w ys n ve y di ty, the houses ge e lly with n n an d ar n ar r woode steps i to them , d ke ed by l ge t ees growing before them— and the inhabitants in gen eral ” r and r The er collier r we e smiths collie s . t m , he e used, wa s n n a charcoa l-bu rner an d re sy o ymous with th t of , p viou sly to the introduction of mineral coal from New a t Or r r a on e c s le elsewhe e , the e is little doubt th t of the chief occupation s of the n atives of old Croydon was to ' con vert the wood which grew so plen tifully in the neigh

bo urin r n ar a for n . g fo est i to ch co l , the purpose of supplyi g r r n Of r l In na C r the equi eme ts the met opo is . the me ollie s a r a a a in ar a a w te , still pplied to pl ce this p ish, we h ve memento of the on ce thriving but now extinct charcoal

rn n or r r di r bu i g collie y t ade of the st ict . The sooty looks of the colliers or charcoal-burners of Croydon long furnished a topic for merriment to poets and a r R ar Cr in his a r a pl yw ights . ich d owley s ti ic l

ra a ar 1 0 h as one on epig ms, published bout the ye 5 5

THE COLLIER OF CROY DON, which run s as follows : scr i hr n A ncient De p tion a nd C o ology . 1 7 1

It is said that in Croy d on there d id somety me d well A oll er that d id other Co l er s exc el C y y , For his r iches th s coll er mi ht h a e een a K ni ht y y g v b g , B ut in t he o rd er Of Kn ight ho o d he ha d n o d elight ; u ld l r n i h did min d colin n o mo re NVo Go d a o u K g t s g . Th an th s c oll r d id Kn i h tin a s is sa d efo re y y e g g , y b F h n u o r c oll ers d id ith cole s mell o r w en n O e b t p e y w , At a rea s on able price th ey did their coles s ell ; B u t s n c o u r K n i ht coll ers h a e h ad the rst sale y e g y v ﬁ , ’ e ha e a d mu ch mon e an d ha d few sa c s to t ale W v p y y , k ; A lo d e th a t la ea rs fo r a ro al wa s sold , te y y ,

l st now X I Shillin s o f s l e r o r old . Wy co V . g y v g God ra u nt th e m n ra ce their ollin t o refra n e g se e g p g y , Or el se bry ng th em back t o they r o ld st ate agay ne An eciall h olliar tha t at Cro d o n d oth d ell d e sp y t e C y w , h l ll F o r men thin k he is co sin t o t e co l y a r o f he .

About the same date were published the Egloges of

A xan B ar r in o ne Of le der kley, who thus refe s these to o u r town h lli h And a s in Croid o n I heard t e Co er p reac e .

It wa s era R r a n an d u d r the of the efo m tio , , to j ge f om r n n n a a n the fo egoi g, its i ﬂue ces seem to h ve stimul ted i to a ctivity the religious life of one at least of the sooty n z n Cr n man n ma a n de i e s of old oydo ; the , i deed , y h ve bee B n an in wa a u y his y . T a Peend in H r a r an d hom s , his fable of e m ph oditus Sa a i In 1 6 O r a V n lm cis , publ shed 5 5 , bse ves th t ulca A Croy d on Sa n gwin e right d id seme .

A a n in D a n an d hia r n g i , mo Pyt s , a comedy w itte by R ar E ar an d r a in 1 6 6 one ich d dw ds , ﬁ st cted 5 , of the ara r in r r r ch cte s t oduced is Grimme the Collie of C oydon . Ul ean Ful wel in Of L p likewise , his comedy ike wil to like D C r in 1 6 8 a quod thee evil to the olie , published 5 , m kes r d ra ma tis ersonoe- — n a Tom C r N th ee of his p f mely, ollie , ichol Newfan le and D — an r n g , the evil d ce togethe to the tu e of Tom C r Croid n a T r a ollie of o h th solde his cole . he e is lso “ a a n The Hist oric C r r a n pl y e titled of the ollye , el ti g to

a r was a in 1 6 — 1 r the s me wo thy, which cted 5 7 5 7 7 befo e E z “ n a . Gr n in an U ar Quee li beth ee e , his Quip for pst t 1 7 2 A ncient Descr iption a nd Chr onology .

C r r lookt ourtie w ites , Marry , quoth hee that L r I am a I am not like ucife , though bl ck , the divell , but n An d in ra in deed a Collyer Of Croydo . the t gedy of L n in 1 r ocri e, published 5 9 5 , occu s this distich

Th Colli rs of Cro d on e e y , The R u stics o f R o d n y o .

NO-ways more favourable than the preceding strictures o n r n a an n r n its g im i h bit ts , is the followi g doleful refe e ce Cr n and r r a n to oydo its collie s , culled f om poem writte by a Hann a G nt an d r n in 1 6 6 2 P trick y, e , p i ted

’ In mid st of these stan d s Cro d on clo ath d in la c y b k , I n a low botto me sinke Of all these bill s An d is recei t Of all the d u rtie ra cks p w , Which fro m their t o ps still in a bu n d an ce t ril s ; ’ The vn a u d lan s ith mu ddie mire it lls p e w ﬁ , If on e sho er fall o r if that l s sin st a w , b e g y ,

Y ou ma ll smell bu t n eu er see ou r wa . y we , y y

The satirist has one more hit at the dusky imps of this “ a in Gr C Cr n or v lley the comedy of im, the ollier of oydo , D D and his D a D and St . n an the evil me, with the evil u st , 6 2 a 1 6 . by J . d ted The Cr n r r x n woods about oydo forme ly we e of vast e te t , nd n wa r ar a - rn n ra a a lo g it s e e the ch co l bu i g t de dec yed . W n a as in ar 1 8 D u carel n a riti g so l te the ye 7 3 , oted th t the town is surroun ded with hills well covered with ” r r a r ar a a The n wood , whe eof g e t sto e of ch co l is m de . o ce a a n r r n n f mous st ple of this eighbou hood, howeve , eve the

‘ a n n a x n n in a r n must h ve bee e rly e ti guished, si ce desc iptio “ ” Of Cr n n in n n A a r oydo give the seco d editio of the mbul to , 1 8 2 a a a n n r 7 , it is s id the dj ce t hills bei g cove ed with a n ar are a an d n wood , gre t qua tities of ch coal m de se t to ” a n L n n in n n th t city, amely o do ; but subseque t editio s a a this p ss ge is omitted . r f r n - ra n and r Ve y dif e e t to the ill d i ed , smoky di ty v a in a n ill ge alluded to the previous quot tio s, is its succes sor - ra n an d a an d a ar , the well d i ed p ved , lighted he lthy l ge m n F r o n in n C n . oder tow of roydo orme ly the t w , respect

' ' ' ' ’ I 74 A ncient Descr iption a na Chronology .

In 1 2 0 a r ra on A an L r Z ou che o 7 , fte the out ge l o d , J hn d e Warr nn Ear Of Surr and S x a an In stru e e, l ey usse , d ted m n r Gre nd one a n n n n an th e t f om y , st ti g his i te tio to st d to e judgmen t of the Court on pain Of ex commun ication and

r a The ra E fo feiture of his est tes . celeb ted arl Warren rr d arr a - r H nr II h I . e refe e to , m ied the h lf siste of e y ; fought in the ﬁrst division of the Royalist army at Lewes a n r n E ar The arr n E r lo g with P i ce dw d . qu el betwee a l Warr n and L r Z ou che r n rn n an an d e o d a ose co ce i g some l d , ’ the dispute being carried before the King s Ju sticiaries at

W n r Ear a r n a rdi estmi ste , the l , pp ehe sive lest ve ct might n a a n a a in C r L r Z and be give g i st him, tt cked ou t o d ouch

son n a r n his , both of whom he wou ded, the f the i deed ’ ra and n r n n n K n despe tely, the ushi g viole tly i to the i g s a a a r ar a at R a r p l ce, fte w ds ﬂed to his c stle eig te , whithe , r was n r an d r r howeve , he soo pu sued b ought to te ms by r n E ar A r n an n m n n a P i ce dw d . cco di g to the o y ous co ti u tor ’ Of a ar C r n n d e War nn Ear M tthew P is s h o icle Joh e e , l Of S rr own an in W n r Ha u ey, slew with his h d estmi ste ll, ’ A an la Z ou che K n r in n n l de , the i g s justicia y, co seque ce of ” r a n Bu t law some wo ds which p ssed betwee them . the less in cident appears to be more accurately related by the ’ cotemporary contin uator Of Florence of Worcester s C r n a a Ear Warr nn a au h o icle , who s ys th t, l e e ss lted the L r A an Z ou che in W n r Ha on he n o d l de estmi ste ll, t be ch, n a St n a r ar o . n d befo e the justici y, the oct ve of Joh , so n a o n a St severely wou ded him, th t he died the fe st of . La r n a six a r ar Hi w e ce (th t is about weeks fte w ds) . s e son R h ad r r n a ldest oger ecou se to ﬂight, but rrowly ” a esc ped . an a n son ra n Mel choly to rel te , the o ly of this i te seve th Earl of Warren was killed in a tournament held at Croy d o n To a n n n n n n a . the s me u k ow mo k who co ti ued the l st n amed Chronicle we owe the following record of the r an The L r W a Warr nn son ci cumst ce o d illi m de e e, a nd n Warr nn Ear S rr was heir of Joh de e e , l of u ey, n n r and r a n as a ene e cou te ed c uelly sl i , it is s id, by his l 1 A ncient D escr ip tion a ncl Chr onology . 7 5

in a urna n at Cr n in n mies , to me t held oydo , the mo th ” 8 6 Th sad an rr D r A. D . 1 2 . e of ecembe , misch ce occu ed ’ r a on a a a D u a s H p ob bly the elev ted pl te u of pp ill , the ﬁrm level Of which seems well a dapted either for a tilt at ’ l outra nce or in the gentler mode . T h n ar and a r at Cr d n he privilege of oldi g m ket f i oy o , a n in ar 1 2 1 2 6 1 1 and 1 obt i ed the ye s 7 3 , 7 , 3 4 3 4 3 , by the n r Of Ar h Kilwardb i te est successively chbis ops y , E war I II nd K n . a R n and S ra r r . ey olds , t tfo d, f om the i gs d d ,

' III no u n n an r an Of our . , do bt te ded to e h ce the impo t ce

wir t o .

r n H a T a The Master and Breth e of the ospit l of St. hom s ar r in S ar r a n an and n n the M ty , outhw k, held ce t i l ds te eme ts in Cr n Bed ntone Ban n an d M cham hi oydo , y , do y , w ch they a G r t r or Red Ear G c e r g ve to ilbe t, the hi d the , l of lou est and H r r and L r Bletch n ele h in x an e efo d , o d of y g g , e ch ge for a n Bletch n ele h s a ar a the dvowso of y g g , a ppe s by Ear a 2 Nov E r I d Of a e 0 . a . a eed th t l d t d 7 dw d , st ted by n x in a n r a n ran E ar II i spe imus co ﬁ m tio g ted by dw d . , a nno but this exchange seems to have been afterwards an c celled . a n o n n r an a o n 2 o th P ssi g , we ote the ci cumst ce th t, the o f ar 1 8 2 Sir W a Wa r a M ch , 3 , illi m lwo th , the s me who , n L r a r L n n had n whe o d M yo of o do , boldly plu ged his r n r a Of Wat T r and arr swo d i to the th o t the ile , ested the progress Of that revolution ary movement Of which Wat was Ar C r na was a n K r chief, by chbishop ou te y ppoi ted eepe o f Cr n ar T a r r an n oydo P k . h t the e we e cie tly some

ra ar 111 n a ar r an r n r g mm schools this tow , ppe s f om othe e t y ’ in Ar C r na R ter f a on chbishop ou te y s egis , to the ef ect th t, th e 1 st M a 1 h r a r in n 3 of y , 3 9 3 , t is P el te o da ed Joh

M akhe t a a n at a s n a r ra ar y , de co M id to e , m ste of the g mm s chools Of Croydon ; yet what became of the schoo l o r h in n n can sc ools questio obody tell . 1 1 ir R r n Kn . S r r an K n 4 4 obe t Mo to , ight, se v t to i g ” H nr b l 1 a nd was r in r o . C n Old C r h e y, 4 4 , bu ied oydo hu c .

S e 8 n 1 0 0 a d . e pp . 9 1 6 A ncient escr i tion a nd 7 D p Chr onology .

’ In F r W r i Of En an a n S ulle s o th es gl d, mo g the urrey gentry return ed by the Commission ers in the year 1 44 3 1 2 Hen VI are n n n n ( . . ) me tio ed the ames of the followi g gentlemen of Croydon R r Elin bri Arm oge g g, . T H r n Cr n homas e i g, de oydo . R r D Cr n obe t ogge, de oydo . a an n Cr n J cob J y , de oydo . R r Lon land Cr n oge g , de oydo . — U n r ar an n r in Cr 1 5 44 . de this ye e t y oydon parish register informs us that Thomas Hey rne obiit 2 die ” Octobris was T a H r n Es r n r ; it hom s e o , q , the ich ow e of m Ad disc mbe 1 n 1 6 Ad eco e o . : o O r g or 5 4 5 the th of ctobe , a commission of array was issued for raising four hundred a men n n was r r urn r ble , whe this tow equi ed to f ish fou i n 1 Au — M r T ar r and s x . 0 . onstall che s billme 5 5 , g bury ed the 2 SO run s an other entry in our parish H nr Tonstall r rr register ; the Mr. e y efe ed to was eldest son Sir n n a r Sir of Joh , by his wife Pe elope , d ughte of Ku t L a n S . Wa r Leveso . lte , of illeshall, lop In n S r 1 0 a ul S the mo th of eptembe , 5 5 , po terer of urrey n a Gr r ar n ran as a r a med ig, eg ded by the ig o t p ophet ble

r ea r s and ra for a to cu e dis ses by wo d p yers , which he s id a n o n was an n Of he would t ke mo ey, , by comm dme t the ’ Ear War and r Kin C n on l of wick othe s of the g s ou cil, set a a f in n Cr n a on r a sc f old the tow of oydo , with p per b e st, whereon was written con cerning his deceitful an d hypo n He a a in r critical deali gs . was fterw rds put the pillo y L -da a r at S t ar r n a . ou hw k, du i g the dy y f i On 2 th M a 1 1 an ar a was at the 5 of y , 5 5 , e thqu ke felt n Croydo . The entry in our parish register relating to the poet

B r 1 2 as a Of n r n a kley gives 5 5 the d te his i te me t.

An n a W a was r ed in Cr n C r tho y ood s ys he bu i oydo hu ch . Al exan der Barkley or Barklay appears to have been by H at Or C Ox r a S . e and bi th cot studied iel ollege , ford , was a B n n m n at El afterwards successively e edicti e o k y ,

1 8 A ncient escr i tion a nd hr onolo 7 D p C gy .

o n the 1 4th of the following month the higher distin ction

a Bar n a In a a ar Sir R ar G rn of o et ge . th t s me ye ich d u ey caused the Royal Proclamation against the militia to be

r a in C For n r a publicly e d the ity. this devotio to oy lty was r his a ra r n r n a a Of he dep ived of m yo lty, e de ed i c p ble n an in n n holdi g y public ofﬁce the ki gdom , ﬁ ed and ordered to be imprison ed in the Tower during the plea sure of both Houses Of Parliamen t ; and there he r a n n a n Of a a r n em i ed till withi mo th his de th , te m of seve ar A r a n o n a n a n ye s . fte h vi g , ccou t of his ttachme t to R a a ff r in a e n the oy l c use , su e ed his est te to the xte t of R h 1 H wa ir ar o n ct . 6 t 6 e s S O . ich d died , 47 o ne Of r n na H nr S Es the t ustees omi ted by e y mith , q , for the m anagemen t of his large property left to this and r o n in rr othe t w s Su ey. On 1 th 1 8 Ar W the 7 of July, 5 4, chbishop hitgift a n Sa F n ar Cr n issued commissio to muel i ch , Vic of oydo ,

a and xa n all c r ndi to cl im , receive , e mi e, le ks sued , i cted , or n r an n an n co victed befo e y justice, or upo y felo ies within Croydon ; and to require such clerks to be received an d a n an d r r dmitted to the be eﬁts p ivileges of the cle gy . The same prelate issued a similar commission to Fin ch a 8 nd Ha n on 2 0 th n 1 8 . mmo d the of Ju e, 5 I It af r a in r n K n a . n is ﬁ med th t the eig of i g J mes , whe

r -ra in was r r ar a Ga public ho se c g fi st egul ly est blished , teley , in Y r r T a on Enfield a an d Cr n o kshi e , heob lds . ch se , oydo , r in the r a n as r r for we e held g e test estimatio , eso ts this a p stime . “ 6 2 2 — R a a n nn L r 1 1 . 5 , July ich rd V ugha so e to the o d ” L r marr T a an and M rs Br ed . V ugh . idget loyd we e y his R ar was n son n r B ar n a n and ich d o ly of Joh , fi st o V ugha

Ear o f ar rr K n Of Ir an Cr a a l C be y of the i gdom el d . e ted I Kn Of B a at r na n C ar . as ight the th the co o tio of h les , the R a L nan G n ra Of Car ar n oy list ieute t e e l m the , Pembroke , and Ca n d n and r n rdiga , he became isti guished, eceivi g as his reward the title of Baron Vaughan of Emlyn in the

C n Of Car ar n a r R ra n was ou ty m the , fte the esto tio he appointed Lord President of the Principality of Wales . n 1 A ncient Descr iptio a nd Chr onology . 79

He arr a S n an r Br a and : m ied , s ys tei m , ﬁ st, idget, d ughter r T a Llo d e Es Llanlees Car an as hei of hom s y , q , of , dig , a n Fran a e r an d cO- r Sir n bove ; seco d, ces, d ught hei of Joh A a K n Ox H r r hir h r La A i lth m, ight of by e tfo ds e ; t i d , dy l ce

E r n a r hn Ear Br d a r and d , dge to , d ughte of Jo l of i gew te , die

in 1 6 8 a n n n . 7 , h vi g issue by his seco d wife o ly Yet two more entries in our Parish Register connect

Croydon with the calamitous vicissitudes of that d readful . “ F r B 6 r in a C ar . a 1 wa . civil the d ys of h les the i st p 3 7, r M a — C r H n nn S n H n y h istopher eydo , the so e of Joh eydo

Ku t Sir n H n B arkinstro N r was , . Joh eyde of p , o folk , “ L nan Of Or nan C ar I 1 6 n 1 8 ieute t the d ce to h les . 3 9 , Ju e — Ba Col n an an d La A mie r an sset , ge tlem the dy y Mo d t; Kn and Bar n r mar ed he was r ight o et we e y . S mothe of Sir C ar r a n Bart on e Ca a r who h les Mo d u t, , of those v lie s paid the penalty of their loyalty by the forfeiture of their estates . “ — On 1 A r r u nd r i n 1 6 4 5 . the 5 of p il the o der e g ve was issued by the Parliament for the wrthd rawel of a deta ch n 2 0 0 or and 1 0 0 d ra n had l me t of h se goo s , which til ’ — then been quarter d in this town there awaiting the * n n ra n Of n co ce t tio the Cou ty forces . — Sir We a now r n n at , , h ve eceived some i tellige ce th

rebells K n are in a r r And the of e t some me su e dispe sed . r therefore there being no further use of y o Horse an d D ra n a wrot n n ar Cr n go es th t we u to you to se d tow ds oydo ,

“ s ma r a an d as ou we de ire you, they y bee ec lled disposed y a ple se . Signed in the n ame and by the warrant of the Committee of Both Kingd omes by your very affectionate friends and hum r an s ble se v t , Ma nchester Lo , ud oun . T D ar H bie ouse , A 1 6 1 . 5 pril , 4 5 Sr T a Fa r ax hom s i f .

Vid e a Diar n Ex l o r a a ct o u rna O. 8 y , J , N 4 . ’ ” ' M M . rit SS B . u s . A sc u h t o s Ca . . 1 1 i . , y g No 5 9 , p 44; N 2 1 8 0 escr i tion a nd hr A ncient D p C onology .

On l o th A u 1 6 G n ra Fa r ax ar the of ug st, 47 , e e l i f m ched

r a - ar r at C n K n n r o n f om his he d qu te s roydo to i gsto , whe e, a C n War the following d y he held a ou cil of . W t n B a A z at Ox r in 1 and ri i g of the l ck ssi es fo d , 5 7 7 , o f the Assiz es at Hereford in the reign s of King James I D r F a The an and C r . . ha les , uller dds like ch ced m ar n at Cr n in S rr r a r a so e four ye s si ce oydo , u ey, whe e g e t depopulation happen ed at the assiz es of person s of quality and two B a n Ya and B ar n R n the judges , ro tes o igby, getti g

r n r a a t r The xa thei ba es the e, died a few d ys f e . e ct d ate at which this fatal catastrophe occurred has not been a r a n D u carel s Ya and R sce t i ed, but suppo es that tes igby ’ ” r we e some of Oliver s judges . — Na n H D D 1 6 0 Ou 1 st n a ar . . 7 the of Ju e , th iel dy, , D an R r in n He was r n e of ocheste , died this tow . p ese t C n r at Ux r and in 1 6 6 0 a n with the ommissio e s b idge , lo g r n Ha n C ar II with othe s, we t to the gue to i vite h les . to n and a n G rn n At retur , t ke possessio of the ove me t . n a W a and r ar man who le gth, s ys ood, this ctive fo w d , had or n o ra r a n r a little cha cte mo g the t ue loy lists , e specially that part Of the clergy who had suffered in the r a n n wa a in at times of usu p tio , givi g y to f te his house, Cr n in S rr on 1 st d a Of n 1 6 0 was oydo u ey, the y Ju e 7 r on th d a a n in n bu ied the 9 y of the s me mo th , the cha cel ’ F ” a t n C r in . of St. M r i s hu ch the ields On an a 2 1 2 1 —2 a a n a J u ry 7 , 7 , child h vi g two he ds, ar r one one n a and n n four ms, fou legs, body, vel , disti ctio Of a r n rn r 2 8 —On h . 1 . 1 2t two m le child e was bo he e 7 the _ Of M a a Of a and n ac ani y tempest h il rai , comp ed with

n r and n n r Cr n . The r thu de light i g , swept ove oy do sto m was so violent that hailstones from eight to ten in ches roun d were struck some inches into the earth ; cattle

r r n and r n a was a r we e fo ced i to ditches d ow ed gl ss sh tte ed, and r w r a a a n In othe ise g e t d m ge do e . 1 7 44 much r n was ff n n in and n ar Cr d n dest uctio e ected by light i g e oy o . An other great thunderstorm broke over Croydon on Sunday a e n n n 2 rd 1 8 8 n Hand cro ft R a and ft r oo , Ju e 3 , 7 , whe o d

C H A T E R I I I P X .

PAST TOPOGRAPHY.

SINCE the introduction of railwa y communication between m r an d Cr n and r a n our the et opolis oydo , the fo m tio of B a H a an in r hi a o rd of e lth , the ch ges espect to t s loc lity a n an and r a Who a now h ve bee m ifold g e t . th t visits the neighbourhood of our Old Church woul d dream that the site on which both it and the remain s of the Archiepiscopal

a a t an was r r an an r n a P l ce s d fo me ly isl d, su rou ded by cle r nn n s tr a Of r r a ru i g e ms, out which t out we e ﬁshed ; th t a big pond on ce existed by the side Of the road called Scarbroo k ; that adjoining the avenue lea ding from the Old Palace into Church Street was a still larger expanse ’ ” a n n as L r n a O and of w ter k ow My o d s po d th t pposite , ’ w hin a ar Of r St n C u r it few y ds the west doo of . Joh s h ch , - a great mill d am ex tended o r tha t a broad natural stream used to co urse throu gh the Old Town Nevertheless

S r a an d r x a n uch we e the f cts , , as p eviously e pl i ed , it is entirely owing to a recen t superior system Of draining the w r ar s n r a n and lo e p t of this tow , that the st e ms , po ds , r a a r a a a r * su f ce w ters refer ed to h ve dis ppe ed . The springs of those tribut ary heads Of the Wan dl e w ar e r n r rn H S r hich os f om u de the weste side of igh t eet, a nd A n r n Scarbro ok r r . fed the , we e powe ful oted sp i g of water also formerly gushed up opposite the west end o f S n S r and a r n n n r in heldo t eet, emi isce ce of it still li ge s

na - a B n n S r n was a ﬁne the me Pump p il . e so p i g likewise a n d very clear o ne : this arose about ﬁfty feet n orth of

- S e chart a nd a ccom an in ex lan a tio n . 1 . e p y g p , pp 7 74 Pa st To o m /z 1 8 p g p y . 3

’ a r- r n n - and a a n the w te wo ks e gi e house , the p th le di g to it from Surrey Street used to be called Spring Walk another path that l ed from Surrey Street to this spring is ’ r r nt S r Yar B n n S r n was n r ep ese ed by tu t s d . e so p i g eve r z n r not n in ar n T a f o e ove , eve the ye whe the h mes was r z n : r r n a r r f o e it is the sou ce of the p ese t w te wo ks . With respect to that other tributary of the Wandle r rn end ar which ﬂowed f om the southe of the p ish , this r a ran a n Br n R a w n a st e m lo g the ighto o d, bet ee the footp th

“ ” n wa Arr t An r o n a d r a . a the west, the o d y ived the cho it r a n the a a at th e a a inn r nn n cou sed lo g p ss ge b ck of th t , u i g a a n a on a a v n a immedi tely lo gside the w ll the c st, yet le i g S a r n r or in r n r p ce of g ou d fou five feet wide , f o t of the doo s of those little an cient tenements which still fa ce the a a The r a n n r for a r p ss ge . st e m co ti ued its cou se sho t distance along what is now the path on the west side of S r Lan n r n and n r n outhb idge e , whe , c ossi g the e te i g a ara n ran one the me dow , it sep ted i to two b ches , of which ran t r r r a h ough the field, while the othe ski ted the e st side S r Lan As r r u a of outhb idge e . it gu gled th o gh the me dow, rn a ar a r a the bou e ppe ed lovely ivulet, bout five feet wide, and r one a n ra f om to two feet deep , with ice g velly bottom for r a n in and r x ar a o t out to sp w he e , si ty ye s g , they used Th a rn r r a to catch trout a foot long . e e ste fo k of the st e m ’ An r flowing roun d by the lin e of St . d ew s Street (which however at that time had no existen ce) eventually met the rn ran r a in r n r n ow weste b ch of the st e m f o t of, whe e is , ’ n r An r r and r St . C at n the o th doo of d ew s hu ch ; , this poi t, a an a n an -ra on a wide pl k, with si gle h d il couple of posts , was r n a r r a n a ou r Cro d onians th ow c oss the st e m , to e ble y - to pa ss d ry shod in the direction of Combe Lan e . A l r r n N W an o St . ittle fu the , just opposite the . . gle of ’ An r S r a was ann an r d ew s chool, the st e m sp ed by othe r al Six Ar Br for r r b idge , c led the ches idge he e, ove the

u st b th e Nu rser Ga rd en the M erstham r m J y y . t a went a cro ss a n o en ar ch o ver the st re a m u n til a child h a nin p , ppe g to get d here the co ered the a r h it h d ro n e c W a ra n . w , y v g ti g I 8 Pa st Ta ﬁo m ﬁ 4 j g p y .

* a on e ha a w ter d to cross to get to Me dow Stile . At this n rn was n in r a a nd poi t the bou e some twe ty feet b e dth ,

r n r r a u r the b idge, co st ucted of b ick , bo t th ee feet wide , with - r D an ra was a o a . s h d ils , pl ced bliquely to the st e m oubtle s , it is to o ne or other of these no w defun ct bridges that we are in debted for a nomen clature still preserved in South - A hi brid e Lan S brid e a &c . r r a g e , outh g Pl ce , t d b idge, lso

r ar l r a ara a a r a egul ly bui t of b ick , with p pet of the s me m te i l , ’ n a e n - a and D u a s H Lan commu ic t d betwee Pump p il pp ill e, for was a a n r it m i oute . And now the stream ran close un der the west wall of “ ” R nn n H r one n the old u i g o se, of the wi dows of which,

s r o n r r minnow uppo ted posts , p ojected ove the y ﬂood ;

n or r n n ran r a n could the f o t e t ce of this hostel y be g i ed, e xcept by a wooden bridge a nother tin y bridge led to the - r n Ha n ar a a n in r r to n r skittle g ou d . vi g p ted g i , o de e ci cle B o I an n a n rea arr at g sl d, eve tu lly the combi ed st m ived C r ar n a n ar the old hu chy d, whe , devi ti g tow ds the west , its waters mingled with those from the Sc arbrook and r Wan fo med the dle . On r n the rn o n an a ra the isi g of bou e, which , ve ge

a n r r o r a Old T n h ppe ed eve y fou th fifth ye r , the ow used to n n a a n a h a d r be i u d ted, so much so , th t the tives to c oss o r o n an r o n o ne ve the flood pl ks , to get f om the houses side of the road to those o n the other ; and this con dition o f a ffa r a r ix an i s l sted sometimes five o s weeks . Me while

' water o n Br n R a in n r the the ighto o d, the eighbou hood of r Oa r a n r rt At Pu ley ks, e ched eve up to the ho ses gi hs . - a r a r n in a an tar Pump p il bu i l g ou d , those p lmy s i y times

a r x ra - ra r n a n th t p eceded e t mu l sepultu e , cofﬁ s h ve bee

n a an d a a r r r n r see to ﬂo t, ctu lly equi e to be fo ced u de wa ter while they wer e shovelling the earth into the grave ! Fan cy the inhabitan ts of n eighbouring houses or ourselves being compelled to drink water that had been ﬁltered through such a process ! Cremation itself would

Livin g men c an well remember when there wa s rea lly a stile at the en d o f th e ath t u h the m ad o her it oin ed i h Street . p hro g e w, w e 3 H g

[86 Pa st T o r a b/z op g j j .

in 1 8 A r a n th e canal itself was opened 0 9 . fo k of th t iro tram which then commun icated between Croydon an d

r a n n r n Ta r Me sth m, followi g the li e of the p ese t mwo th R a ran a ana a n T ra was a o d up to the s id c l b si . his t m l id J lliffe an d Ban a th r I 8 0 d n r . o e a ow by Mess s ks bout ye 4, and n n an ar n an r n , co seque tly, it was e ly specime of i o r It ran r na r r a Wan rail oad . o igi lly f om Me sth m to ds

r aid r no w n a C r R a and a r wo th the cou se med hu ch o d, fte wards a bran ch was carried up to the Croydon Canal ; the junction of the lines being at the Old Gu n Orchard in Pitlake The r r n a ra n ar . t ucks we e ge er lly d w by l ge N ar n ar r a m . ules e i g the wh f, the t ucks used to be h uled W n dl a a r n n on a r r by a i ss up sho t i cli e , to the pl tfo m , whe e ’ r n n n or r ar as thei co te ts of lime , timber, sto e fulle s e th , a ma a n r n a nt ar a the c se y h ve bee , we e u lo ded i o b ges, th t r ar a a r D r a n a a fte w ds c me b ck f om eptfo d l de with co ls . Fragments of the ba nk on which this old Croydon tram n ar b o n Br n R a ra e still visi le the west side of ighto o d . The bank or footway running along the right han d side ’ ra a n St J a Br an d G of the ilw y betwee . mes idge loucester Ro ad is the old towing path of the Croy don Canal ; of the na a n n r r an R a ca l itself, vestiges rem i to the o th of Po tl d o d , An r S N and at . . orwood, e ley S r a r ome of the wells , out of which our fo ef the s used to

ra a r r a n and r r are d w w te , still em i , f om time to time othe s r The o n n a discove ed . t w pump used to sta d t the angle formed by the jun ction of Market Street and Middle T r was a s a ar a - S r . t a and t eet he e l o p ish pump Pump p il,

n r in Han r A u in H a othe dc oss lley. Some of the ho ses igh Street used to be supplied with water from a pump tha t ’ sto od up the yard of the Old King s Arms : a woman n n s a a r we t rou d to the house with p ils of w te . Various living persons can remember when there was no t a single house stan ding between the recently pulled n R r an r- N 8 on dow ecto y M o house, o . 3 the west side N r End and an n n n as Br a Gr n of o th , the M sio k ow o d ee Br n H . G e as na n ouse oad r e , its me i dicates, sixty y ears P st 1 8 a Top og r ap/zy . 7 ago was really an unenclosed gree nsward where boys a r H r a o n r M a a used to pl y c icket . e e lso , the ﬁ st of y , a r was T r was a r r Gr n and f i held . he e ooke y by the ee , when this was destroyed an effort was ma de to re-establish it in ar Brickwood H rocks n the p k of ouse, but the decli ed . A r n Garr in ar I 8 I 8 r r a cco di g to ow, the ye , the e we e bout -ﬁv u at Br a Gr n The a eighty e ho ses o d ee . old p th is still remaining which led between the London and Mitcham R a for r was no S n r R a n Su n r o ds , the e um e o d the . m e R a was na in n Ar S n r at o d so med ho our of chbishop um e , the a n n r r C r r was whose cost djoi i g st uctu e, h istchu ch , ” r B n Hal o . n Inn ar a o e ected eyo d the f M o , forty ye s g , were not more than three houses o n that side of the roa d ere ou n a t T rn n H at One y came to the po d ho to e h . of n n no w n was a W l r these old te eme ts , pulled dow , c lled el e

H In M r W r r . r na a ouse it lived . elle , the o igi to , it is s id , Gin a a t h a a of the P l ce sys em , by whic he am ssed r n a in at Cr n Old fo tu e which he l id out ﬁelds oydo . Weller aspired to having a coat of arms pain ted on his arr a a in La n a ar c i ge , with motto ti , of which , s ys popul ’ ra n En was : Gin a t ditio , the glish bought it, who d h ve ’ On W r thought it. elle s decease his estate was claimed bv a a n an na W bo r o n his medic l tte d t , by me ild e , the ground that the same ha d been left to him by will ; this led to a lawsuit between the doctor and the relatives ; and ’ hen ce Wildbore s name came to be afﬁ xed to this section u r r of o pa ish .

We r a a in ar I 8 I 8 T rn e d th t, the ye , the hamlet of ho ton H a n a n a x - e th co t i ed bout si ty eight houses . In a ra - ar I 6 — n r a n te book , of the ye s 7 5 7 , u de the he di g N r -En d J u E W . r f . s at o r Oakfield s o th , os illo ghby, q is ed ; the site is now ou t up into a variety of roads and kno wn as Oakfield E a On i a the st te . th s , the e st side of the L n n R a r -five ar n r r no o do o d , thi ty ye s si ce , the e we e houses between where Croydon Hospital now stands and Broad

Gr n a a at Br a Gr n ee Pl ce ; but some cott ges stood o d ee , and the rn r B ns a Lan at co e of e h m e . 1 8 8

S a a o . an n n r f rz ixty ye rs g ope commo , cove ed with u e and ra r a a r N r End in the g vel pits , st etched w y f om o th r n r and Selhurst U n n di ectio of No wood . po this commo r r n One o n we e fou wi dmills . of them stood the left ’ han d side of Windmill Roa d near where it join s St James R a The a an r ll r r u o n o d . s ils of othe mi evolved highe p n ot far r n n W r an d the left, f om the ju ctio of hiteho se W n R a W n C a B a Gr i dmill o ds ; i dmill ott ge, eul h ove, is the n a m - A r n ll o n ide tic l ill house . thi d wi dmi stood the - an G r R ad as a ar right h d side of louceste o , you c me tow ds

Cr n wn n ot far r W r Inn : and oydo to , f om the hiteho se the ’ r n N a a on r - an fou th wi dmill, o kes , stood lso the ight h d

r R a It was r n i r side of Glouceste o d . f om the wi dm ll ﬁ st referred to that Windmill Roa d derived its name ; this mill be ing the only o ne of the four marked on the Eu r M a ar 1 8 0 closu e p of the ye 0 . “ Near the locale of the present Windmill Inn a small n n n n n m n ma n r on a i co ve ie t te e e t y be see , pe ched up soli ar an a a di t y slip of l d left by the sp de of the gr vel gger. ‘ ’ It H in n n is the old Pest ouse , to which less e lighte ed sanitary days they con signed those patients who were

f r n a - o x and r r for suf e i g from sm ll p , he e, huddled togethe , wan t of proper ve ntilation doubtless a considerable per n a di ce t ge of them ed .

O an n n n as D n a r pposite the M sio k ow i gw lls, ﬁfty yea s n n ara an u c x- a si ce might be see ble l d plo ghed by te ms .

As fo r d r n n as B ar not on e th the ist ict k ow edford P k, of e r a on x n S n a R a at a o ds it e cepti g the yde h m o d, the d te we a had an x n n n n spe k of, y e iste ce , but the wi di g rou d of this old pathway over the common is clearly in dicated o n En r M a The r n a on the the closu e p . eside ce situ ted W t S n a R N r n n as es side of yde h m oad o th, k ow Middle ’ H a a a r r a so -n a Th n a e th Cott ge is pp op i tely med . e mes B r ar Ta and W rn R a &c a obvi edfo d P k, vistock obu o d , . , h ve o u sly been applied in remembran ce of that Russell family

n r r r r n r St . whose i te ests hereabouts we e fo me ly co side able . ’ a C r r o f o ne r ia a J mes hu ch, the esult of the ea liest eccles stic l

Pa st To o m /z 1 9 0 p g p y ,

“ ” The reason this estate is called Brickwo od is because it n a n an a n a formerly belo ged to ge tlem of th t me . The greater portion of the ﬁeld on which Croydon Fa ir u sed to be held has been hollowed out into a huge gravel the r n ar n an n i in the pit, for p ese t appe i g u s ghtly object T a r n centre of Croydon . his f i used to comme ce with a a a U n goodly display of c ttle it l sted three days . til a r was a n ard Bu t recently the f i ﬁeld lovely gree sw . , a r r n Fairlo and Gr n Fa r fte the supp essio of p ee wich i s , the L n n r ru n n ra n in n fast o do e s used to dow by t i , thousa ds , ' to Croydon Fair ; and here they carried on such a satur n alia that the respectable inhabitants of the parish rejoiced a r a r a was n a a An x n when this ple su e f i lso do e w y. e celle t

a a r n n nn a a a c ttle f ir, howeve , still co ti ues a u lly to t ke pl ce at Cr n on O r z u d d a o n a oydo , ctobe , the y which the old f ir n u sed to comme ce . Formerly a row of lime trees extended from where the r in H S r residue of them still g ows igh t eet, opposite end W S n Wa a the of est treet, up to Mi t lk . P tches of

n r r n a a n in N r En d limes , u til ve y ece tly, lso rem i ed o th . Poplar Walk derives its name from the row of poplars r which formerly grew the e . In r r n end Cr n a efe e ce to the south of oydo , ﬁfty ye rs sin ce there was scarcely a house between the Swan an d ” - n d r Sugar loaf a Pu ley . ’ The avenue to Haling House used to run from D uppa s H Lan Wa r n and a rt ill e, through the ld o s, th t po ion of the ar n ow n o n Br H p k covered by reside ces amley ill . Nor r an n on Wa r n a we e there y buildi gs the ld o s, s ve the entrance ’ in D u a s H Lan for n a lodge pp ill e ; , seve ty ye rs ago, the Wa r n na s was in ld o s , as its me import , a wild waste, which ra was d u and a ran g vel g, r bbits wild, with plenty of a and n At a m n . w s akes , dders ewts th t ti e there as neither ’ D u roadway nor houses where ppa s Hill Avenue now is ; L n was n and on h but Violet a e the , eit er side of it grew n Na plenty of broom . Whe poleon contemplated invading B in nn n nt rita , at the begi i g of the ce ury , lest the French a z 1 1 Pa st Top og r p/y . 9

in n n an might succeed stoppi g our supplies , amo g m y

‘ similar precautionary measures adopted in othe r parts of n a ro w n n n on the the ki gdom, th t old of woode te eme ts ’ east side of D uppa s Hill Terrace was turned into a ’ ranar and a was Whit ift s S in G r g y, so lso g chool eo ge S r t eet.

B wa in S r Lan ar r R a y the y , outhb idge e , opposite P ke o d , an a r and n r r and r st ds b ick fli t st uctu e , over the doo a r n t n o n ar moulde i g s o e, which is c ved T W + E I SS3 It was the eventful year in which King Edward the nd n ar a n r n S x a . i th died , Quee M y sce ded the th o e From the Running Horse Inn up to the Old U nion H no w an In r ar o n r n ouse , fi m y , both sides we e fields fe ced n a n F -five ar in a ar in with woode p li gs . ifty ye s s ce l ge ’ ’ tra ct called Penfold s Field extended from D u ppa s Hill ’ nfi d L O R Lan Ta el . h e to odge pposite was idley s , w ich ,

r H a in Old T n x n f om ill Pl ce the ow , with the e ceptio of ’ o ne t n n a cowkee er s at t H e eme t, p just the bot om of ill a x n one n n r n Pl ce , e te ded co ti uous ﬁeld ight rou d to the ” Fr R Old U n n H . nn n H r in io ouse om the u i g o se , the direction of the Old Church there was no t a house till you — came to the four little red -brick cottages nearly opposite the Globe Inn between these an d the Running H r n rv n a a n and r o se i te e ed ble chi g ﬁeld, th ough the

“ an r Wan E r on Bo midst of it me de ed the dle . ve y house g Islan d has been erected within the memory of living m an .

It a ar r ar a - a in would ppe f om the p ish r te book th t, ar 1 6 r r a r -one n n i the ye 7 5 , the e we e bout thi ty te eme ts n Wad d n o .

Westward of Pitlake is a district known as Barrack

F r na r B arra r r ields , it de ives its me f om the cks fo me ly ad n n A u n r no joi i g . pop lous eighbou hood w occupies the s on n men an ite of those ﬁelds, which livi g c remember -ra a n a On n o r Hand cr e ces t ki g pl ce . the th side of o ft ’ x n an n ad a a n so e te ded ope me ow , c lled P rso s Mead , b au as a n r r n the ec se , we h ve see , it fo me ly belo ged to ctor Cr n The a r y of oydo . me dow st etched d cro ft Road on o ne side to the Lon don Road on an d from Broa d Green House to the Manor End F ar a o wa North . ifty ye s g it s customary z n L -d a — f r . o a a o who , mm s y those r rn one or a a e yed the ight, to tu out two he d of c ttl a The n a Hand crof ma r this me dow . me t y be me ely rru tion Han -Cr One r r in p of d oss . of the fou c osses Man or of Croydon was described in the reign of an ding at the Little Almsho use Corn er ; the spot is that an cient passage called On the en closure map of the year 1 8 0 0 ’ n s a n as n n r a r Me d is deli eated co sisti g of thi ty c es , an d n - rc s Not n an roods twe ty two pe he . u til m y after the above -n amed date was there a single house

n or was n r an a x t n a it, it i te sected by y p th , e cep i g th t

N r End of o th . ’ Tamworth Ro ad was cut through Parson s Mead when the ra was a n Ta r an d D ra n R ad t m l id dow . mwo th yto o s

in wa Th a M r Wa r a u r n e . cq ired thei ames this y . l te lte N W n s r r at end . right ow ed ome p ope ty the south of the ﬁrst-na r and as a r had n n r med st eet, his f the k ow the ﬁ st Sir R r na in r obe t Peel, he suggested these mes emem ran e r s an and nam r a s b c of the ci cum t ce , so ed the o d t y r e e . Hand croft R r an n and on e oad is doubtless ve y cie t, at

was nn w B n a Lan a ar time co ected ith e sh m e, which ppe s to a n n a n The r an n r u r be co ti u tio of it . mo e cie t o te f om Croydon to Lon don woul d seem to h ave led from ou r old

n a ol d r u Hand cro ft R a and tow p st the chu ch , p o d , B n a an an d a r S r a a mid a G n e sh m l e, so c oss to t e th m , th t ree an Parchm r R a One l one end na o e . e , of which is med o d o i w l Bu t n h a no . , the li ks of t is route ppears to be ost

1 P st To o r a ﬁ 9 4 a p g p y .

R a and B n a Lan an o d e sh m e, ought the circumst ce to be r a a n r R an an d Sax n n ove looked, th t umbe of om o coi s r ha ve been found in various spots n ot far o ff this oute . A Roman coin is in my o wn possession which was foun d i ar n ff Hand croft R a A n E n a g de o o d . coi of the mperor a an and a on e D an r r in Vesp si , lso of omiti , we e discove ed n B n a A n Ha r an was the ma or of e sh m . coi of d i dug up in o u r m r and one Z Eliu s Ca a on ce ete y, of es r the site of U n n H an a the io ouse, both of which st d just little to the ’ east of Bensham Lan e : and it was not far o ff Collier s Wa r Lan n Parchmore R a a a an te e , where it joi s o d , th t qu An -Sax n n r n D r tity of glo o coi s we e fou d . iscove ies such as b a for on these seem to espe k , the spots which these

n r a r x a . coi s we e picked up , p o imity to some old highw y ’ ” Not a r a n The ar Oak a vestige em i s of Vic s , th t

r ar a b r hi an n r at a r em k le t ee w ch cie tly g ew spot, whe e , “ a r n Au bre fou r ar n n Cr n cco di g to old y , p ishes (i cludi g oydo ) in a n It a a a n a n ar or meet poi t . ppe rs to h ve bee bou d y ar - r and a C r oak r a was m k t ee, like the f mous he tsey p ob bly ar a X m ked with . The forest of Norwood must at one time have been of a x n E n n r n m n v st e te t . ve withi the memo y of livi g e the N r H n n r n on whole of o wood ill , i cludi g the g ou d which Cr a a a n ow an was a n N r the yst l P l ce st ds , wood, u til o wood , n D ul W an d G H r n joi ed wich ood ipsy ill, the whole fo mi g o ne n r ar an a n ar o ak r imme se i regul pl t tio of poll d , sc ubs a nd r z x n a ta r and r fu e with the e ceptio of cot ge he e the e , The Woodman public-house o n the top of the hill was n r The ar n the o ly structu e visible . g de s of this old ” Woodman used to be a favourite resort in summer of the

n r n r a n r an cock eys , whose fo tu es we e told by ume ous g g o f F r r was n o n n i gipsies . o me ly it u commo s ght to see ’ from thirty to forty gipsies tents pitched on that open d n r a n n a G ow , the site of which still et i s the me of ipsy H A - ill . bout forty years ago the tea garden s of the old “ ” J Sa r at S N r a r a n r n z olly ilo outh o wood , lso we e oted e de L n n r n on a and S vous for o do e s be t ple sure , at outh P st To a m /z 1 a p g p y . 9 5

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N r n r n . Ro ers s o wood too , umbe s of gipsies used to co sort g ar and n n a f m is old ; excepti g some woode huts bout , it “ ” was the only habitation between the Jolly Sailor and S lh r e u st.

The n ra rin a t r ar n n as B a S a mi e l sp g f e w ds k ow eul h p , had long been held in great repute ; a little green a x n and a a sw rd e te ded by the well , there used to be th tched r- a n n The ar was x n open summe house djoi i g . ch ge si pe ce a W n n Ca r Es an r a gl ss . he Joh to , q , sold the m o of W t h r n D a n S Es a r hi e o se to Joh vidso mith , q , the l tte n an r a B a H now a ge tlem made the o d over eul h ill , c lled Gr n R a and a a B a S a Th . e the a ge o d, lso l id out the eul h p spring once so famed for its medicinal virtues is however r n and S a r un s utte ly eglected , the lovely p g o d , cut up , now n of n co sist villa reside ces . C H A P TE R XIV

MISCELLANEOUS .

SEVENTY years ago two large elm-trees grew by the a a Cr n H and a n n r a n an ro dw y of ow ill ; djoi i g , still em i s ” r in -d as The R r old house , desc ibed its title eeds ooke y . The ar n n a n o n B H l ge block of te eme ts butti g ell ill , the n a w are b r H S r poi ted g bles of hich visi le f om igh t eet , n a -h s as n o sa looki g like some old f rm ou e, , i deed, s me y it t a ar A n n was a 0 0 . o ce , must be le st 3 ye s old ha dsome r r r m No an old house fo me ly stood whe e the pre ises s . 7 d 8 Surrey Street no w are ; the house referred to was at ’ o ne n had o ak - an a time the Judges lodgi gs ; it p elled w lls , an d in al a a n i and a k a the h l , p veme t of wh te bl c m rble .

A r ar a Br S n a fte w ds it bec me the itish chool, but eve tu lly n ‘ n r N S rr S r was U o . 2 0 a it pulled dow . de , u ey t eet is r ar n n ar and a n cu ious old cell , with poi ted sto e ches, sto e r r a r a ara at ibbed oof it is vestige, pe h ps, of cell ge , which r r r n a n n con some emote fo mer pe iod , belo ged to te eme t n ected Ar a a a A with the old chiepiscop l P l ce . picturesque r r n r an n w r Oak timbe ed eside ce , ove h gi g the top of he e Al n S r r a n a ley joi s Middle t eet, em i s to ttest the former r an a now a a impo t ce of th t f ded loc lity . — Old F a milies The Court Rolls of the manor show that the family of Farley has held land in this parish for upwards of 3 0 0 years ; the family of Covell is also one

. in r n W r B of the oldest C oydo . ith espect to the lake ” a r a in ar r at W llm B a f mily, we e d the p ish registe th y l ke w ar n 8 1 8 2 and a o n h as r o Oct S . t m ied . th , 5 , th t ept 9 , I 8 T a B a was r r n r n r 5 3 , hom s l ke bu ied ; the e is a othe e t y, ff a on 2 th n 1 8 W llm to the e ect th t the 7 of Ju e, 5 5 , y

1 9 8 M iscella neous .

as The G s at rn G such eorge , which tood the co er of eorge ’ S r Whit ift s H a no n t eet, opposite g ospit l, lo ger serve the r an inn a n n e n or pu poses of , but h ve bee co vert d i to shops r a in W r K a ri n S r n p iv te dwell gs . he e the e t eet ru s used to

r a ar Gr n ar ar in be me ely y d, like the eyhou d y d the y d ’ ” n was K n A a - ar questio the old i g s rms st ble y d, which ’ r H S r ar L n En n reached f om igh t eet to P k a e . twistle s wi e and r n in H S r spi it establishme t, igh t eet, occupies the ’ ’ x K n A The r n K n e a ct site of the old i g s rms . p ese t i g s ” Ar in Ka r n S r r n ms , the i e t eet, is rea ed upo the site of the ’ ’ t a r r K n A an d a r r p of the fo me i g s rms g oce s shop , ’ a r ar n r n an r r a H fte w ds co ve ted i to upholste e s, f ced igh S r now O n r a a Ka r n t eet, where is the pe o dw y of the i e S r G r F r an r o n t eet. eo ge the ou th used to ch ge ho ses his ’ wa Br n at Old K n Ar an y to ighto the i g s ms, the ch ge wa ff in n B u n d a n ar s a . t o e e ected about mi ute y , e the r a n Car n r n time of the t i l of Quee oli e , a ude fellow, poki g his head through the open window into the carriage in “ ’ K n was n n n which the i g sitti g, i quired, why did t you ‘ r n o r G r A r G IV b i you wife , eo ge fte that eorge . was n n n r r n ever k ow to drive th ough C oydo . ” Of Th r T n in S rr S r r x an the ee u s , u ey t eet, the e are e t t ’ more than one very perfect tradesman s token of the year ” 1 6 6 The Gr n D ra n in H S r a a 7 . ee go , igh t eet, was gre t a n in a r Lan n n co chi g house d ys of yo e . d adjoi i g the ” Ha n rn L n n R na o n th e lf Moo tave , o do oad, is med map ” ” Of r 1 Ha n F Th Old Gun 8 0 0 . e the yea , lf Moo ields orchard was at the back of the Little Almshouses ; the ” n Of The Gun in C S r n a n sig , hurch t eet, used to co t i a r n n an a l r an n n rep ese tatio of rtil e ym , sta di g with lighted a a - and Hit m tch pplied to the touch hole, the motto, ’ or all miss, luck s . The variety of ﬁgures and devices on the signboards of inn s have frequently engaged the attention of the T n in are one r n curious . hese sig s , short , of the su vivi g r Of a a n n a r elics those h ppy d ys whe , i ste d of ca efully a n n afﬁ n and p i ted ames xed to the cor er of every street, [Miscella neous 1 9 9

n n n r on a r an r or r r de oti g umbe s e ch doo , the b ke t ade suspended from his lintel the sign under which he hoped

a n an n n n an d a n u n a to g i i depe de ce, by th t disti g ishi g b dge Inn n and n ca n n . his house busi ess be me k ow sig s, such ” ” the Gr n Har and H n H r as eyhou d, the e ou ds , the o se “ ” “ and Gr Fox and H n and H r oom, the ou ds , the o se S all Of are n in ar hoe, which to be fou d this p ish, imply that Croydon was the centre Of a ﬁn e sporting country ; ” ’ n Of The Cr n and K n whilst sig s like those ow , the i g s d T r Ar a a a Of a an d Ol . ms , h ve sm ck loy lty good o yism

“ The Rose and Crown was the badge Of the house of ” Tudor ; the Royal Oak dates back to the days of th e ” r The G r r a r r a a cco m ani Stua ts . eo ge p ob bly efe s to th t p n art r C n rn n n T r me t Of the G e . o ce i g the sig of the h ee ” was a a r n r T T n r . u s , th ee f vou ite umbe hose of the ” ” “ ” Gr n D ra n Red D r Ha n an d S ar ee go , ee , lf Moo , t , had an ra r n Fr n evidently he ldic o igi . om the sig of the ” Can r r Ar as r na Of ar r in te bu y ms , f om mes v ious st eets ou r ar n rr a Of Ar p ish , may be i fe ed the st tus the chbishop n Th n Gun Cann n in a r. e the m o sig s of the , the o , and V n r r a n r r x the olu tee , ec ll to mi d their forme p o imity Old arra to the b cks . R n G r Inn n n especti g the eo ge , of which me tio has ’ M r r n a xa t r . ra r bee m de , it stood e c ly whe e Mille , the d pe s , in n r n w ar A a and a n o o e . a djoi g houses eithe side , c p cious ” n n h r r was G r and n otwith te eme t , t e efo e, the old eo ge,

andin an a n an n a Of st g m y mut tio s , the gig tic chest ut be ms a n an n r and n a r l its b seme t, b queti g oom, lo g g lle y, sti l n t r r ran r U r a r a a . t one em i , to ttes its fo me g deu gly sto ies r a a n rn n ana n time , howeve , got ﬂo t co ce i g the m geme t of

h a ar n a n for was al a t is w yf i g est blishme t, it leged th t ” travellers who pu t up at the Old George never were seen a r ar ra n n a h r r a n r fte w ds ; the t ditio bei g, th t t ei em i s we e in a a r n an a A r n boiled huge c uld o , by the l dl dy. cco di gly, mine hostes s acquired h er nickname of Old mother hot ” a r r an a G r w te , by which sob iquet the l dl dy of the eo ge , in r r was no n and r a far and fo me times , k w d e ded wide . 2 0 0 M l n ou s isce la e .

B u t seventy o r eighty years ago this s ame tenemen t had B M r B . n n r n t a . bee co ve ted i o school, kept by issett issett,

a n r an was a Old a r s id my i fo m t, stout jolly fellow, who fte

n a r r r a n r n his tuitio l bou s we e ove , used to s u te dow to ” Old n a the Ship a d have his gl ss .

— Smuggling A great deal of smuggling was carried on

r r r n n fo me ly in the n eighbourhood of C oydo . Mou ted gangs Of armed smugglers might often be seen in the n r A n n and San r a or r n eighbou hood of ddi gto de ste d, c ossi g

r as r a ar r din - a in ove , if f om the co st, tow ds thei hi g pl ces

N r T ran - n r n r a n the o wood . hese st ge looki g ho seme ode lo g in the dusk with a small barrel of Hollan ds or bran dy in r n an d an r n or a n a in f o t, othe behi d ; l de with s cks , which

r r a n r a r we e sec eted umbe of sm lle kegs , which they would s a a in ra tow w y bbit holes .

— Town Ha ll a nd J a il Situated towards the middle of H S r and o n an an a igh t eet, its west side, st ds the subst ti l r r n n T n Ha Of r n Th st uctu e k ow as the ow ll C oydo . is

n a a r an n T n Ha sto e f bric occupies the site of mo e cie t ow ll, was n r An n r n which co st ucted chieﬂy of wood . i sc iptio o n the front Of the older Hall in formed the inquirer that was i d r a r in 8 1 T n 1 6 0 an 1 . it built 9 , ep i ed 7 his old

T n Ha was r n a r o r c a and ow ll su mou ted by belf y upol , from the front of the building a clock projecte d over the

a a n -b ro donians To d r a r d he ds of the p ssi g y C y . ju ge f om u e ’ s T n Ha in r r n ketch of the old ow ll, the w ite s possessio , the r n r n was ra in an d g ou d ﬂoo of this buildi g iled , devoted r a ar T a n to the pu poses of m ket. his must h ve bee the

a as a ar H Fran T rre s me th t old M ket ouse which c i ll, “ ” citiz en an d grocer of Lon don is s aid to have built a t

Cr n in ar 1 6 6 fo r n was ul n oydo the ye 5 , whe it p led dow in 1 8 0 n r n on a was re 7 , the i sc iptio quoted p ge 5 4 discove d . The n r rr are n ow a f x an n ri r a o n li es, efe ed to , f i ed to i te o w ll th e n r r C r Of r n T n Ha o th side of the lowe ou t the p ese t ow ll , a nd r an n n o n a ove them is other i scriptio , rec rdi g th t the

2 O 2 M is e la ne u c l o s .

a t Cr n on n z u d 1 6 1 2 A oydo , Ju e , . gibbet stood at ” G Gr n n ar n ran n San r ad L n ibbet ee , e the e t ce i to de ste a e ; an d a n r d u a s at two he dless skeleto s we e g up ppo ite to it, Nan C S a hin a s rt an c Br n cy ock h w, wit ho dist e of ighto Ro a Th e t rribl a has n a r a n n a d. e e f ct bee l e dy me tio ed, th t six men r x at T rn n H a on one d a in we e e ecuted ho to e th y ,

ar Th M r T Far a a r e a . the ye l te . ley s id his f the could remember on e of the gibbets at Thornton Heath s tan ding j ust where the kitchen garden no w is at the b a ck Of D r r W n di n in a a ove cou t . he ggi g his p ddock , little to n r - a a n n Wad d on ar Lan the o th e st of his house , djoi i g M sh e , M A r. n n an n He a ppleto fou d hum bo es . told me of ra n a n n a man was n on t ditio , th t o ce whe hu g the gibbet x at r r and man a n ﬁ ed this spot, the ope b oke , the t ki g to his heels ran into the wood which formerly adjoin ed on

- a an d a A r r n a n r on the south e st, esc ped . fte obbi g p sse ge s

L n n R a N r r a n the o do o d, by o bu y, the highw yme used to run in r n N r through the wood, the di ectio of o wood .

Ca nnon B alls — An n nn n a a n n iro ca o b ll, lo g with bo es Of a r was n in ra n r a n r ho se , fou d the g vel whe el yi g the ﬂoo ’ in e a n r M r n r NO 1 0 H the c ll r u de . Pelto s p emises, 3 , igh S r An r ann n wa r in d in t eet . othe c o ball s discove ed igg g up the roots Of a large tree which grew on the Bloun t ’ H a n n d a n ar St . r C r a ouse est te , e Pete s hu ch, lo g with it was r a n A a r ann n a the co d s of a epaulette . sm lle c o b ll was n a n r in L n n R a dug up whe m ki g the sewe the o do o d, D u nheved R a opposite o d .

B a rracks were erected near the town on the south side a R a in 1 Or n r n n e of Mitch m o d 7 9 4 . igi ally they we e i te d d as a rar a n for a a r r n r arat n tempo y st tio c v l y, du i g the p ep io f r f r A rwar r O t oops o foreign service . fte ds they fo med the - n T a n d epOt and hea d quarters of the Royal Waggo r i . D uring the Russian war the barra cks at Croydon served

it See page 66 . 2 0 M iscella neou s . 3

&c r r for the Gr n r a a n r n . as st tio for d illi g, , ec uits e adie ,

C r a and F r G ar . oldst e m, usilie u ds The band of the Royal Waggon Train was a very ﬁne o ne and n r r n n r t , used , by its sple did pe fo ma ces, to co t ibu e ro d onian T r or r much to the happiness of the C y s. h ee fou & r a a an a a c. . bl cks with cymb ls , , we e tt ched to this b d

k was a M r r Cro don Old B a n . y est blished by the late Mille , ” in ra r a n n Gr n H his d pe y shop , djoi i g the eyhou d otel, and r an in Cr n no w the site of this , the ﬁ st b k oydo , is r n n r a n r occupied by the i o mo ge y est blishme t of Mess s .

H n nd H . r n an ammo d a ussey. Mr Mille co ducted the b k in in n n - a nd n o r r ar g his cou ti g house, kept cle k ; but egul n - For a te n r ba k n otes were issued . bout yea s this was in r n T n a n an C . r S the o ly b k oydo he c me Mess s . mith , ’ r and Watne s an r a the ﬁsh Moo e , y b k, held whe e P ge ’ ’ morr er s now a r ar a Co rnd ealer s Ban g shop is ; fte w ds k , ’ R n x S on and ussell s , e t door to the hip , the south side ; ’ n Har an and Ta a on r r the m it s , situ ted the spot whe e Mess s . ’ F r a n f n ow E n a n ulle nd Moo s Of ice is . ve tu lly the busi ess ’ r an ran r C a n of Mille s b k was t sfer ed to r fto , the chemist, who carried it on for a short time o n the premises still M r Cra t n ul an occupied by . f o , but sim t eously with the starting Of the Lo ndon and County Bank this banking n n r co cern was ha ded ove to them .

c — In 1 8 1 6 G n ra Of f r Post Ofi e . the e e l Post fice o “ ” Cr n was a at Har and H n Inn oydo situ ted the e ou ds , A r ar was renroved rn r Wadd on . fte w ds it to the co e of C r S r in n r n r hu ch t eet, to the house which Pi e , the p i te , lives , ‘ a n n a ar a -Office Yar djoi i g which is y d still c lled Post d . “ ” Croydon Post Office was next moved to where the Ca stle

C ffee Ta rn now an in H S r n Cr n o ve st ds , igh t eet, the ce to ow ’ H n rn M N n nd na a r. a to r ill, u de e th ewto s shop, ﬁ lly whe e in H r r a n S . it em i s , igh t eet

Coaching in the Old en Time — Prior to the opening of

’ the railway some fifty regularly appointed stage coaches 20 4 [Miscella neou s rattled every week-day through the good Old town of Croy d o n— sa n -five a-d a a a h that is to y , twe ty coaches y p ssed e c wa a n in all and n n His y , m ki g fifty, this without cou ti g ’ a a r rn n a n H M jesty s M il, which , eve y mo i g, drove lo g igh

n Br n n Of Street to London a d return ed t o ighto at ight .

a r a ﬁft - c e n or n n te n a the fo es id y two vehi les, eighte i e e p ssed a Br n and a n a a a n d ily to ighto , the s me umber b ck g i to London every d ay ; there was o ne stage coach to Lewes and a one Ea Gr n an d an r to R a e b ck, to st i stead , othe eig t and back every d ay ; besides a coa ch three times a week Ea n S Of a r had hr to stbour e . ome these st ge s t ee horses , ” - Th e S r n but the most were four horse coaches . ove eig the ” “ ” “ ” “ ” D a I and r T r all rt, Vivid , the tem , the fou imes we e driven from Lon don to Brighton and back by the same

“ ” drivers every d ay ; the Age was likewise a first-rate turn out . From the town Of Croy don itself there were six four r and or six on e a r- a a ho se coaches , five p i horse co ches d ily L n n a T r r W a an d to o do and b ck . he e we e the hite co ches Red n n n the they belo ged to oppositio compa ies . The fare to London from Brighton by the regular con ve ances ran all ar r n a n a n y , which the ye ou d, was gui e i side , an d twelve shillings outside ; but with what were styled “ ” B a o n m r for the utterflies , or co ches put e ely the summer n I ar a r. t seaso , the f e used to be somewh t lowe cost an r one n one Of r a Br n othe pou d , cou se , to get b ck to ighto .

Fr C n L n n ar n r ar ar om roydo to o do , ﬁfty ye s si ce , the egul f e was r n n and n for th ee shilli gs i side two shilli gs outside , the single journ ey ; but this was afterwards lowered to n n d x n in and one and x n a o u t . two shilli gs si pe ce , si pe ce

The a had ar - a r r and ar a r M il sc let co ted d ive gu d, the l tte a n ar a r a a n h vi g ch ge of the b gs , which we e stowed w y u der

or in box on a The ar his feet the the top of the co ch . gu d r blew his ho n . Their favourite place for pulling up was the Green

D ra n for a r n Cr n an d L n n go the loc l se vice betwee oydo o do ,

“ ” s n r at r wh Th a C o . e t however, pa se ge s booked the l e

2 0 6 M ll n us isce a eo .

a a in G r S r Wa the st ble was situ ted eo ge t eet, where ters , ’ a r no w was r n An r n n co chmake , is ; it Mo to s . othe hu ti g ’ stable stood in the long yard at the south side of Hussey s n cAr was a B h the iro monger ; M ty the l st who kept it . ot Morton and M cArty had other stables in Croydon besides D r Ar L r S at these, such as the e by ms ive y tables, which o ne was n an d a war b time occupied by Morto , fter ds y B n H r for r a a Sir Fran s ig ell . e e, fo ty ye rs, the l te ci ld mid M n r d a n r Go s . P. an , , kept all his hu te s h cks u de M r B n an d son ar a . the ch ge of . ig ell, f ther Th e n n a n at Cr n in n a hu ti g se so oydo , the olde time , l sted

r O r Ea r n a r n r f om ctobe to ste Mo d y, du i g which the e might be a couple Of hun dred good hunters lodged in the Cr n a Bu t a a and n a n oydo st bles . r ilw ys buildi g specul tio s are n ot n fo x- n n an d nar has co ducive to hu ti g, sly rey d

r a r n r n S ret e ted f om our tow to mo e secluded hau ts . till a in n S r S a n we h ve this eighbourhood the u rey t ghou ds , and a Old S rr F x n E n lso the u ey o hou ds, kept by dmu d B r n P an C n s a y o , J . lord of the m or of oulsdo ; the e l st have been hunted by the Hill family for quite seventy ar ye s .

The S ortin Ma az ine an a 1 p g g of J u ry, 7 9 3 , gives the l n a n an n a r an n fo lowi g ccou t of eco omic l spo tsm , the or r n T w n at C . as a r . Osbald l tely before, eside t oydo his Mr n was n son a n n esto , who the you gest of ge tlema of good a a l r n in N r Of En an f mily but sm l fo tu e the o th gl d, who ’ a n r n rr one r n h vi g imp ude tly ma ied of his fathe s serva ts , was turn ed out of doors with no other fortune than a

a u n Off r n a ar f vourite ho d , big with pup, whose sp i g fterw ds a an d a n t o T became source of proﬁt museme t him . his r O a n n L n n r a M . a sb ldesto we t to o do , whe e he ofﬁci ted s ’ an a rn r and in r r tto ey s cle k, spite of popula p ejudices a a n n a n an n man g i st the professio , is said to h ve bee ho est . T n law e n ri has at a his ho est limb of the b i g mar ed, le st

a a z n r n t as an h lf do e child e , whom , wi h m y couples of b ound s and ra n a n a ns o ut , a b ce of hu ters , he m i t i M iscella neous .

o f a ? To r a six i r n wh t suppo t himself, wife, ch ld e , twelve and r has not a nn r an x dogs , two ho ses , he pe y mo e th si ty n er ann and n r a pou ds p um ; , if possible, to i c e se the ra in L n n fo r an ar n mi cle, he did this o do m y ye s, payi g r r own and n a t a for S n a eve ybody thei , keepi g ight co t u d ys a nd a But x a n n ara x a holid ys . , to e pl i this seemi g p do , fter th M r O a n e expiration of the time which . sb ldesto owed his a r a as an a n an for r in m ste , he cted ccou t t the butche s C ar ar a in ffa r l e M ket, who p id him o l the choicest { mo sels Of and a a nd this he selected for himself f mily, with the rest b e fed his hounds ; his horses were lodged in his ar and ra n had r n cell , fed with g i s which he f om a eigh bo u rin r an d o n a a rn g b ewhouse , d m ged co , with which he was supplied by a corn ch an dler whose books he kept in r r n n n o de . O ce or twice a week he hu ted duri g the a n and n a ar now an d n ar r se so , by givi g h e the to the f me s

r r n r r r ove whose g ou ds he spo ted , secu ed thei good will an d r n ra n n r pe missio besides which , seve l ge tleme , st uck x ra r nar n n at n r with his e t o di y eco omy, wi ked his goi g ove A r an r ra a . n r thei m o s with his mode te p ck ccide t, howeve , r n n ara r L in S x emoved this u commo ch cte to ewes, usse , r o n a n a n a n a a whe e the s me stipe d , he m i t i ed the s me f mily ’ C r a a n an a a r u iosity, s ys ge tlem who p id him visit the e , ‘ led me to visit this extraordin ary party ; about their nn r t wo - ar r an di e time the legged p t of it we e cle , though n ot su erﬂu ou sl and r r p y clothed , seemed to live like b othe s with the surrounding animals— it looked in short like the a M r a n and a golden ge : . Osb ldesto seemed cted like the a r Of a r as as Of and as f the the qu d upeds well the bipeds, — such decided with the utmost impartiality fo r Master a a n a n a n r r an J ckey h vi g t ke bo e f om Jowle , he comm ded n an r n— and o n r an D x a n i st t estitutio the othe h d , o y, h vi g na a r r D r a was s tched piece of live f om Miss o othe , obliged , ’ o n S r to r n a . the pot, to es e it to the you g l dy The a a r ar r Cr n S rr f mily fte w ds emoved to oydo , u ey . His r n at Cr n was in n -S r now eside ce oydo , Pou d t eet ( G r S r n x a r l n n eo ge t eet) e t to the ch pel , whe e he stil co ti ued 20 8 M i ll e u s sce a n o .

n in arr and u n to keep his hou ds his g et , to h t with them as r H had a al a for . e r befo e sm l st ble his two ho ses , h r in a a n H n n i whic he used to d ive ph eto . e co ti ued n

n u this situation till he died . O e of his da ghters is still

n in n r n r her own n r livi g the tow , suppo ti g he self by i dust y . He is r r d ra r n now n in well emembe e , by seve l pe so s livi g

Cr n for n ar was r r oydo , his si gul ity ; much educed befo e his d and n r r r a r n eath, e ti ely suppo ted by his cha it ble f ie ds .

Geor e I II — His a Old K n G r III o n g M jesty, i g eo ge . ,

r a h as n n r n rn r ho seb ck , bee see to whip ou d the co e of ’ Whit ift s H a r n on wa g ospit l , with g oom behi d, his y to ’ L r L r at Ad i m d sco be . o d ive pool s,

Tra d e Old a nd New — An Old n n r r a n , i de tu e el ti g to ’ r Cr Br r n as T Mess s . owley s ewe y comme ces follows his in denture made the seven an d twentity d aw Of October

Ann o dm. 1 6 3 7 and in the thirteenth y ere of the Baign e r Of O Sovrai ne L r C ar b Gra Of Go d g o d h les y the ce of. Englan d Scotlan d Fran ce and Ireland King d efend or of Fa Betwen e n R ff Chi sted in the ith etc . Joh o ey of p the C n Of S B a one ar an d ou ty urrey, l cksmith of the p te William Mullen the Elder of Croydon in the said coun ty Of Surrey Maltman of the other parte witn esseth that the said John Roffey fo r an d in consideration Of the sume Of Three hun dred Thirty Eight pounds Of lawfull mon ey of Englan d to him in han d paid by the said William Mullen before ther sealing an d delivery hereof whereof hee a cknowledgeth the receipt and there Of an d Of every p arte a nd parcell thereof doth clerely a cquite exonate and m discharge the said William Mullen his beires execu t o rs r and administrato for ever by theis p sents Hath grau nted bargay ned sold aliened en feoffed an d confirmed ' a n d by these p nts d oth fully clerely and absolutly grau n t bargay n e sell alien enfeoffe an d confirme unto the said William Mullen his beires and a ssignes for ever all those t s “h three messu ags or tenenrn w all ediffices buildings

2 1 0 M isc lla n u e eo s.

The n n now n M r n grocery co cer co ducted by . Pelto , the n M r C n an . d S n busi ess of rafto , the chemist, tapleto the ’ r in H S n n clothie s, all of which are igh treet, represe t sou d a n n n cie t calli gs . S a n no t nl Old a ome of the bove belo g o y to the , but lso to rn ra Cr n and a n r the mode t de of oydo ; , mid ume ous and n t ma other worthy represe tatives of the lat er, y be n n and n a r Of me tio ed the boot shoe ma uf cto y Messrs . Cooper and Son ; the Optical and m athematical instru n n W F S an me t maki g works of Mr. . . t ley ; the steam

n r an d n f M r H O . W s joi ery wo ks sawi g mills J . . obb ; ’ and r H n and H n a Mess s . ammo d ussey s ge er l iron mongery b n usi ess .

' Our n n Al r E bu x at . C. b tt tow sma , Mr f ed , e hibited ar In rn a na Ex n I 8 8 Cr n the P is te tio l hibitio of 7 , the oydo ” C n In r r n n r abi et . efe e ce to this piece of fur itu e , the “ Ar t J ou rna l has a observed that, it is a most el borate a work of the very highest cl ss, a complete triumph of n - a an d n on the cabi et m ker, co fers the utmost credit all ” a n n a in who h ve bee e g ged its production . At the clock and bell founding establishmen t Of B n an r n n r G a d Co . C Mess s . illett, l d, , of oydo , were desig ed and m anufa ctured the great clock and carillon ma chin e T n Ha Of an r in of the ow ll M chester, the wo ks of which , t he r a n r a n a n x agg eg te, co stitute , ce t i ly, sple did e ample of an H r a at Cr n an d a mech ism . e e lso, oydo , by the s me a ﬁne n ow nd ﬁrm , were c st those two bells which, suspe ed a in n ew E n L are n loft the ddysto e ighthouse, desti ed, we r ar n n n n in trust, by thei sh p ri gi g otes, resou d g amidst r - a n nrariners n r sto ms , oft times to w r to avoid the da ge s o f a The E n L a th t rock . ddysto e ighthouse bells are n and are a Of a little over two to s weight each , m de mixture of copper and tin ; their diameter at lip is I in 5 ft . i .

— Croy don Thea tre In the year 1 8 0 0 a theatre was a n H A Old nd n on C . t built, eatly ﬁtted up , row ill this M ll s 2 1 r isce a neou .

t heatre the renowned Edmun d Kean played Sir Giles

’ R a III Overreaclr and a . , cted ich rd

— Croy don Genera l Hosp ita l The followi ng 1s an Extract

‘ from the Minute book Of the Select Vestry I I tlr 8 2 In n r the Old a A 1 . ugust 9 . Mr kpe repo ted that Messu ge o r Tenement situate o n Croydon Common and used by the Parish as a Pesthouse had been sold pursuant to a Resolu tion of the General Vestry for the sum of one hundred n and r n r n r in pou ds , equesti g the di ectio s of the Vest y what manner the money was to be expended . Resolved that the mon ey so received be laid out in bu ilding an Hospital o r Inﬁrmary at the present work ’ H an a D n at D u a s d . T n house pp ill , th t Mr a iel hompso B rooke be requested to Obtain an estimate from sonre sur ” ve or n n . y upo the costs of the buildi g, etc

S n WILLIAM INKPEN Chairma n ( ig ed) , .

- Such was the small beginn ing Of what unquestionably is o ne of the most important and beneﬁcent institutions in Cr n G n ra H a a in the parish . oydo e e l ospit l is situ te the L n n R a and n on 2 th Of S o do o d, was ope ed the 7 eptember, 8 Ar C n r r F 1 G . r 7 3 , by his race the chbishop of a te bu y om the foregoing extracts it will have been surmised that for many years previously an Inﬁrmary formed p art of the ’ Old W r at D u a s H l r a n o khouse pp i l ; but, st ictly spe ki g, the establishment of Croydon Hospital dates from the year 1 8 6 n a r r U n n W r 7 , whe , fte the emoval of the io o khouse ’ n R a Old W r r to Quee s o d, the premises of the o khouse we e adapted for the purposes of affording to the poor of the n eighbourhood the advantages of medical and surgical in a and n The Old skill c ses of disease accide t. Work

n a a n r r G ar an n a house bei g g i equi ed by the u di s , eve tu lly Oakﬁeld Lodge was purchased for raised by

n r r n an d n r n ma volu ta y subsc iptio , co ve ted i to what y be r a r C H imn desc ibed as la ge ottage ospital, where the ates

' n a -r and e joy all the comforts of well egulated home , receive P 2 2 1 2 M iscella neous . the utmost possible attention from a staff of skil ful medical Th r ofﬁcers and experien ced n urses . e wa ds of Croydon H a - and n a n a n all im ospit l, well lighted ve til ted, co t i the provements scien ce has brought to bear on the all eviation of disease ; whilst the beautiful plantations that environ

a r n n n r ul a N ur is the f bric p ese t a surrou di g so chee f , th t at e foun d to a ccelerate the convalescen ce of those who u nfor tu natel r di a n are to y , either f om se se or accide t, compelled at a n seek a cure this est blishme t .

Th Inn S N r wa e G a H . s n o n o t ouse , o wood, so amed accoun t of its proximity to that an cient goat or deer

n n r r n r house, belo gi g to the a chiepiscopal lo d of this ma o , was n r which stood amid what o ce the fo est .

The ﬁn e Newfoun dlan d dog that served as a model t o E n Lan r n was a n n - n n dwi dsee , whe he p i ti g his well k ow picture of A distin guished Member of the Human e ” S n N an S Es n ociety, belo ged to ewm mith , q , whe he lived

’ “ ” Birdh ur t Cr n The n a L s eo . at , oydo . dog s me was

Ea r th a a ke - r in rn n r g . Very ea ly the mo i g of the ﬁ st T a in O r 1 8 6 an uesd y ctobe , 3 , a slight shock of earth a a r n quake w s felt t C oydo .

The last Pera mbu la tion of the bou nd a ries of this Parish a in n M a 1 8 6 was m de the mo th of y , 7 .

— Worthies of Croy d on TO the list of distinguished p er n na nr r n ma so s, whose mes already e ich my ch o icle, y be f ir F n B H a K H H O. a a o S . e s w added th t ra cis e d, . . some r in S n an d n a B ra active se vice pai , was prese t at Qu tre s, and Wa r In 1 8 2 n S Am r a te loo . 5 he we t out to outh e ic , and o n his return home published a n arrative of his

n r n r R N n r n adve tu es, u de the title of ough otes take du i g some rapid journ eys across the Pampas and among the ” n T an n a h A des . his lively d graphic arr tive was read wit

2 1 4 M iscella neou s .

H C n : hi R a e C m. o d . was lerk to the Privy ou cil with Her a n En an M jesty lost a faithful serva t, glish literature

rn n and an r n o ame t, hum ity a f ie d . F R n in K n i W n n . . S n 1 C r . uthbe t Joh so , bor e t 7 9 9 , was r n a a r n by p ofessio b r ister, but, devoti g himself to the n an d ra a a an a scie ce p ctice of griculture, he bec me uthority

In 1 8 2 0 an E a o o n that subject . he published ss y n ” U Sa A a and was the ses of lt for gricultur l Purposes, this “ ” The A an Ra A r r followed by dv tages of ilways to g icultu e, ” in 1 8 On L n 1 On F r r 3 7 iquid Ma ures , 7 e tilise s , 1 8 3 9 The Objects and History of the Thames I r n C an 1 8 On G as mp oveme t omp y, 3 9 ; ypsum a ” F r I 8 0 On S r an d N ra Of S a as ertilise , 4 ; altpet e it te od F r r 1 8 0 and On In n D e tilise s , 4 ; creasi g the epths of ” in 1 In 1 8 1 n n M r S h S 8 0 . . e oils , 4 4 , co joi tly with haw , ’ ” an The Far r A ana x beg me s lm ck, which has e isted In 1 8 2 un interruptedly up to the present time . 4 he ’ n r The Fa r En a a an n u de took rme s cyclop edi , exte sive ’ a T n The F r work Of p ges . he followed arme s ” “ di D na 1 8 The En R ra S n Me cal ictio ry, 4 5 glish u l pelli g ” ” B 1 8 6 Our H and Gar n 1 8 6 ook , 4 ouse de , 7 besides ” A C n for Y n Fa r The rn D r ale dar ou g rme s , Mode ai y

- man an d m n r n . , other i o publicatio s n n a n Mr . Joh so advoc ted the passi g of the Public ” H Act an d n o n n ealth , soo er was it passed tha , aided by n n in a n a a few other ge tleme , he succeeded est blishi g f H a in r n For Local Board O e lth C oydo . some time previously he had been experimenting and writing o n the important subject of the disposal Of the sewage of n He n a n tow s . early poi ted to irrig tio as the best mode nin n and r of tur g evil i to good, his views we e ultimately s an ction ed as correct by the Report of a Government .

M r hn n was n Of Commission . . Jo so the ﬁrst chairma the C n L B an d n a r n a roydo ocal oard ; , with o ly sho t i terv l , he occu pied that post from the appointment of the Board in 1 8 e n in 1 8 n was 49 , till his r tireme t 7 7 , whe he ‘ n w a a ar n n prese ted ith piece of pl te , be i g the followi g 2 1 M iscella neous. 5

n r n C W l a n n i sc iption Prese ted to uthbert i li m Joh so , Es l r Of C n L q , by his fe low membe s . the roydo ocal B ar Of H a in n l n o d e lth, testimo y of the va uable assista ce in Law an d Science rendered by him for u pwards Of a a r Of a n r as r C a an and in qu rte ce tu y thei h irm , memory I Of their high esteem an d affectionate regard . n n an n Of H h Mr. Joh so published editio the Public ealt ” ’ C n He in St . Act . , with otes was buried Peter s hurch r ya d . C n M aberl at S H olo el y , who lived hirley ouse, was a an man n A sportsm as well as a shrewd of busi ess . characteristic story of him is current in regard to the a ra n r a a in n S r H The lte tio of the o dw y fro t of hi ley ouse . Old r a a a narr n n ni n wa n o dw y, ow i co ve e t y , passi g close an n C n ar S n by the m sio , the olo el applied at Qu ter essio s a n and r as ru n r r o ff to h ve it wide ed dive ted , so to fu the A his house but the application was unsuccessful . dopt in a n r O a n his end n x g more i di ect method to bt i , he e t invited the county magnates to a gran d banquet at S r H an n n n hi ley ouse . Me while, apprisi g the eighbouri g r n n the farme s of his desig , he i duced them to block up n rr n a an d a n a ow path with their du g c rts w ggo s, just a inn C n n was n a r bout his d er hour. o seque tly, it o ly fte r ar and x n a n much up o , the greatest e ertio s, th t the do s at length succeeded in reaching their destination ; but not n nn - a r n a r u til the di er hour had p ssed . Ve y soo fte wards Colonel M aberly Obtained permission to divert the course Old r a as had of the o d he wished . n C r an Schetk at rn r Of Joh h isti y , who resided the co e G r S r C n was for n a r r eo ge t eet, roydo , , ma y ye rs , P ofesso ’ D ra n a H n E an at t o . I C C of wi g the . . omp y s ollege Addiscombe r ar , whe e he closed his public c eer by ir n in 1 8 W n a R r B n his ret eme t, 5 5 . he boy, obe t ur s , ’ a r r n n Schetk o ff n f the s f ie d , begged you g y a ﬂoggi g for ' l a in truant a at L C r p y g to s il toy ships eith . hristophe ” North mentions him more than on ce in No ctes Ambrosianae and Sir Walter Scott and Schetky were 2 1 6 M iscella neous .

n n h tk i i timate frie ds . Sc e y was marine painter succes s ivel G IV W r y to eorge ., illiam the Sailo an d He a n her present Majesty . p i ted with the left han d ; ’ was a and n ra a a If t ll, ge e lly wore a s ilor s j cket . he w n an one Ou t a ted to hail y , he would with a whistle; ” i a a ar and - an wh ch he lw ys c ried with him , pipe all h ds . A a r a an n an d li as an most g ee ble comp io voca st, as well ’ a a r o n ui ar M r Schetk s ccomplished pl ye the g t , . y society

was He r r much courted . published some wo ks illust ated by engravings and chr omo -lithographs his marin e s r in r n ketches a e va ious collectio s . He died on the 2 9 th an ar 1 8 at r a a in -ﬁv e n e . of J u y , 7 4, the g e t g of ety Rev n an a — M r h k . C e O to r Sc et Jo ath p pposite whe e . y “ in n n as Whi H G r lived, the house k ow tgift ouse, eo ge

S r R n an M . A ev. Ca . treet, esided the Jo ath pe , , r Of C a an d a E I t . formerly P ofessor l ssics Mathematics the . C Addiscomb He a n F r 1 e . w s a ollege, bor ebru y 9 , 7 9 3 , and S r 1 8 6 8 died eptembe 9 , . R F r C Rev . N x M r . C e t doo to ape lived the . . ell, who Al r an K wrote the life of de m elly. n W a F r F S for an r r G. Joh ickh m lowe , . , m y yea s esided in Old an n at ar H hi a rn a the m sio P k ill, w ch he do ed with

c li r r an d a r n an n an d hoice b a y, la ge collectio of tiquaria

a O Of n r Ar a n a ra r geologic l bjects i te est . ch eology, tu l histo y, ” a Th ar ar nd . e geology were his delight p ticul problem ,

r n n M r. r w ites that emi e t geologist, P estwich, which he set i r on n at C n h mself to wo k out, his settli g roydo some n -ﬁve ar a o was a r a n r twe ty ye s g , to sce t i whethe the n - A n n n n L r imme se pebble beds of ddi gto , belo gi gto the owe T ar r no t r ﬂints r r erti y se ies , were fo med of de ived f om the destruction of higher beds of chalk than any which n ow ” r L n n In an emain in the n eighbourhood Of o do . pursu ce o f s arr o n for ar an a n a n thi object he c ied , ye s , ex mi tio of

n r n A n n Hi an d r the ﬂi t pebbles fo mi g the ddi gto lls, b oke u p m an y thousan ds Of them in search Of the small fossils t F r n a n a n As an an r M r. hey occasio lly co t i . tiqua y lowe was z a and n Of n n e lous liberal, his collectio sto e impleme ts,

Misc ll n . e a eous . and Ofﬁcer Of the Legion of Hon our ; he was promoted to be Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1 8 5 7 and n 1 8 H wa 8 . e s received the seco d class of the Medjidie , 5

a R -A a Of Red in 1 8 8 -A ra m de ear dmir l the 5 , Vice dmi l in 1 8 6 an d a an A a on r 5 , , the s me year, dmir l the eserved was L -G n r n H a He . G list . ieut over or of ee wich ospit l 6 2 H a r H r n 1 8 . e n a of du i g 5 m r ied e riett , daughter i H B A l h A ra S r G . O r a n n dmi l . Prescott, . fte lo g i l ess, w ich r x r a n A ra L hin n he bo e with e empla y p tie ce, dmi l us gto died at r n Oak L T n n H a on 2 8th his eside ce, odge , hor to e th , the Of M a 1 8 He in o ur C r y , 7 7 . rests emete y . E a F a ﬁve r dw rd oss , for the l st years of his life, esided “ C n His a n was The of at roydo . chief public tio Judges ” En an a r n la r gl d, wo k disti guished for bo ious research , n a nd ar n an d r a n acute ess , imp tial judgme t, the eput tio of as an r a a F s which , histo ic l authority, is est blished . Mr . os was F S An D -Lieu te a ellow of the ociety of tiquaries , eputy n an for K an a a a or r H at n d f S r . e t e t, m gistr te u ey died Frensh arn H s Ad discombe on ul 2 1 8 0 and ou e , , J y 7 , 7 , was n at S r At Fr n H r n a i terred hi ley . e sham ouse emai s ’ a M n F n a l n S. in v lu ble col ectio of otes Mr. oss ha d writing . N n a an n Of En nd Joseph ash , who deli e ted the M sio s gla in O n T and a an r n the lde ime , g ve to the world other g a d r r a n W n C was n at R r se ies el ti g to i dsor astle , bor the ecto y n H in N r End an d n a Ma or ouse , o th , spe t his youthful ye rs at Cr n oydo . Sir John William Kaye may be mentioned among other distinguished men who received their military education at “ Ad discombe He H War in A n . wrote the istoryof the fgha ” “ ” n a u a rterl R eview as a as ista , a work , s y s the Q y , wful , and as a and i n ra as an simply artistic, cle r lofty its mo l ” E h l a S C D r r sc y e n trilogy . elected by the ourt of i ecto s H n Ea In a C an S ar in r of the o . st di omp y to be ecret y thei a and S D r n a Politic l ecret epa tme t, he held th t post for ” n ar n His L In dian Of r has e ly ninetee years . ives of ﬁce s - as become a textbook for every Anglo In dian . He w 2 1 M iscella neous . 9

a a a n a F R a S m de , without pplic tio , ellow of the oy l ociety ; in 1 8 7 1 he was created a Knight Commander of the Star In of dia. M A C r C C R . T a . Henry hom s iley, , of o pus hristi ollege ,

Ca r and Ex C O r at Ha na mb idge , eter ollege, xfo d, died i ult Cr n Selhurst on A r 1 1 8 8 o f House, the esce t, , p il 4, 7 , r an illness which had been brought on by hard mental wo k . In En r and a r him glish histo y, especi lly the histo y of

En C r n a z and arn n . glish o poratio s , lost ealous le ed stude t ’ “ He translated Ingulph s Chronicle of the Abbey Of Croy ” ’ ” an an d ra r r for B C a a and l d, seve l othe wo ks ohu s l ssic l “ ” Antiquarian Libraries ; and he was a valued contributor ’ m ma n .Ma a z henoea Gentle s ine and At . to the g , the Ear in 1 8 8 M r R was a n L r ly 5 . iley ppoi ted to edit the ibe ” “ ” Cu stumarum and L r Al and n r the ibe bus, he cefo th he was regularly engaged as one of the editors of the series of important historical publications issued un der the

r R M r R as a o r n a . w di ectio of the M ste of the olls . iley ls

“ employed by the Corporation to edit Memorials of London in T r n F r n and F n Cen the hi tee th , ou tee th , iftee th ” ur n I 1 M r R t ies was r in 1 8 6 8 . n 8 6 , which p i ted 9 , . iley was appointed o ne Of the Inspectors of Manuscripts under t h H r a M C n an w s e SS. d a isto ic l ommissio , chieﬂy occupied in xa na n r r C r ra n the e mi tio of the eco ds of o po tio s , eccle siastical as a s la He was in x ar and well y . his si tieth ye ; Inn r T Ba r-at-l aw of the e emple , rriste .

A u A le ath n n as ri na r ug stus pp g , k ow the o gi to of some r an r n in art r n n was impo t t imp oveme ts the of p i ti g , the n n r n- a and n -r r i ve to of the compositio b ll compositio olle , and a r r a r n n - r &c The fte wa ds of the ste m p i ti g p ess , . establishment for his experiments in B ank n otes that could n ot be forged was at Croydon : he received from the B ank a r 1 f r n utho ities £ o the i vention .

“ Hablot Br n r n n na z ow e, bette k ow by the me of Phi attached to those inimitable comic etchings and drawings o n wood with which he adorn ed the earlier pages of Dickens ai nd Pun ch lrve on D 4 7 , used to uppa s MW 747 ; 1 M iscell ne us a o .

’ B ann M A Of L n n Inn Ba r was S . s axe ister, . , i col s , rri te , n at S n n S on n 2 1 1 He was bor tey i g , ussex, Ju e 7 , 7 9 . A rn -G n r New S wa some time tto ey e e al of outh les , to which Of had n n in 1 8 2 He a r ﬁce he bee appoi ted 3 . was utho an a and a r on S Br H r of m y tr cts p pe s chools , itish isto y,

an r in C n &c M r B ann at Phil th opy the olo ies , . . ister died T n n H a on S r 1 6 1 8 hor to e th eptembe , 7 7 . T a L ra Su r r was hom s ockyer, the celeb ted r ey crickete , r n His r n born at C oydo . o igi al avocation was that of a r a r r r for r -ﬁeld b ickl ye , but this he ea ly fo sook the c icket , w r a a n ra a r t r an x n he e he bec me good ge e l , ha d hi te , e celle t bowler ; but his n ame stood highest of all as a wicket

r an d r a n a keepe , the ce t i ty with which he took the f stest

lin an an d n r a bow g , both with right h d left, was u su p ssed . F or a ni in - n Tom was O n his sto sh g wicket keepi g, fte

“ ” “ a a and at L ppl uded ; such times , to quote illywhite, was ff r r an n a r was the e ect of his pe fo m ces upo the spect to s , it n ot an a a h ad n believed , by m y, th t the b ll ever bee deli ” r an d r n r a n L r was ve ed etur ed to the bowle gai . ockye o n e of the English Cricketers who in 1 8 5 9 visited Canada d U n S a r won all a He an . the ited t tes , whe e they m tches afterwards took part in the ﬁrst cricketing expedition to A ra a r m n r rn n n ust li , f o whe ce he etu ed to die of co sumptio ,

in r a t Cr n . oydo , the p ime of his life

n W n r H f r ir . H An S o S . Joh so , who occupied hi ley ouse some years during the min ority of the present Lord E n on e r a a a ldo , was of the victims of that d e dful r ilw y a n rr at W an on 2 2n d A ccide t which occu ed ig the of ugust, The r a n n r n n an are I 8 7 3 . em i s of this u fo tu ate ge tlem n rr in S r r r i te ed hi ley Chu chya d .

ar n r r n M r S in A C , . p ishio e of oydo covell f lost his life / ’ i n" that sea of ﬂame which resulted from th e lush mail train n ear Abergele running into some waggons laden with barrels Of r n r - r r n na s pet oleum , whe thi ty th ee pe so s , u ble to

et arr a r rn r g out of the c i ges , we e bu t alive , thei bodies n r n r bei g educed to ci de s . W n H M S Ca ta in r n- a n off Ca he . . . p , i o cl d, fou dered pe Q) /

2 2 2 lV/ iscella neou s .

Ad H n an n n C r miral the o ourable Pl tage et Pierrepo t a y, N nd who has n at S. a an n r lo g resided orwood , is a l dow e Of a r r ro th n F n this p rish, is b othe to the Viscou t alkla d ,

Th n . and heir presumptive to that title . e 2 d Viscoun t r a h r n R was the celeb ated d e e t of the oyal cause , who fell a N r t the battle of ewbu y .

— N E ' ’ N a . n r a Vetera ns . St. e r to the cor e of J mes , Cr n W Tru n clreorr was in oydo , is buried illiam , who the a n on 1 st Of n 1 n L r H a n ctio the Ju e, 7 9 4, whe o d owe g i ed a n v r Fr n at U an sig al icto y over the e ch fleet sh t . R r B n n at Cr n n ar obe t rick, lo g reside t oydo , e tered the my in h R n in a n a 1 8 0 t . bout 3 , the 5 7 egime t, which he rem i ed In 1 8 0 one arr n at G bra ar 5 he formed of the g iso i lt . J ust before the battle Of Trafalgar some of the British men-Of-war in G ra ar r n n &c put to ib lt to get f esh ammu itio , . , when Brick assisted to carry the ammunition on han d a Br He me a barrows to the bo ts of the itish fleet . told th t he heard the reverberation Of the distant booming of the c ann n as n S an and F n r o , the combi ed p ish re ch fleets we e fi n a n B r o n r- r 2 1 ghti g gai st the itish, the eve memo able st A O 1 8 0 . r r r of ctober, 5 fte the victo y some of the shatte ed n G ra ar and our n an ships retur ed to ib lt , tow sm could n r A ra C lin r disti ctly remembe dmi l ol gwood , who soglo iously had n Br r n a n led the lee colum of the itish fleet fi st i to ctio , a n on r at G ra ar an d a n an w lki g sho e ib lt , lso seei g m y of the n r an a on ar on r wou ded , with thei b d ges , c ried sho e to H In 1 8 1 0 a R r Br the ospital . this s me obe t ick fought un r W ll n n Bu saco in r a de e i gto at the heights of , Po tug l , a n a H and came out of the he t of battle u sc thed . e fought

' in n n a Al r r a u n - likewise the Pe i sul at bue a, whe e g shot n in a an n r n r n a we t, sl ti g di ectio , th ough the bo y p rt of the a r an as n off end p lm of his ight h d , just he was biti g the of a r an d a n ra n a his c rt idge, at the s me mome t a f gme t of in r The th R n s hell l odged his ight temple . 5 7 egime t was n ar e in a Al ra e ly cut to pi ces the bloody b ttle of bue , 1 6 M a 1 8 1 1 T Old C - n n fought y , . his helsea out pe sio er - ’ attained the age of nin ety three years he was buried ab dﬂ i F r ar n 1 8 . Croydon Cemetery eb u y , 7 9 a n was a n n n ar Mich el Mitchell, whe he bout i etee ye s of

a e n r C nna Ran an d had not n i g , e te ed the o ught gers, e l sted r wa In more than six months e e he s called out . the n n a was in r r a and Pe i sul , he the et e t , at the battle of C nn r ha d r r oru a, whe e he a b othe killed , but he himself n He Sir n his was not wou ded. followed Joh Moore to ’ r T ral a Sir n r g ave . hey lite ly, he s id, dug Joh Moo e s ra w n a n and was g ve ith their bayo ets at de d of ight , it

i r S n ar in done n a hur y. ubseque tly Mitchell took p t the - Ta ra He r n hard fought battle of lave . also was p ese t at B a a an d the siege of d jos , likewise at the battle of n a a r a n n Salama c . Mich el Mitchell , afte h vi g lo g resided

In r r 11 ar at Cr n 0 1 1 8 8 1 . here, died the oydo ﬁ ma y M ch 3 , L was rn in S r S r Cr n in James loyd bo ur ey t eet, oydo , 1 6 En n in th H ar in I 8 1 7 9 . listi g the 7 uss s , 4, he fought Th th H r r a t W r . e ate loo 7 ussa s , he told me , cove ed the r on 1 n 1 8 1 o n ret eat the 7th of Ju e, 5 , but that same r r ar In r e vening they were o de ed to ch ge . this cha ge the ' th H lost man men and L had r 7 ussars y , loyd his ho se killed, n him n a n ra l n an d a r u der , whe , to void bei g t mp ed dow s b ed b F n i r n a y the re ch cu rassie s , he jumped i to ditch, up to n He a n for an or his eck . was priso er hour two, but ar na a on ra n afterw ds ma ged to esc pe , a despe tely wou ded Fr n r a B n O n r e ch ho se , b ck to the ritish li es . wi g to the e n no r for on not on bei g ho se him to ride , he did ﬁght the H had Wa a 1 8 . e th the terloo med l . T s S a a n Cr n at W homa t gg, ative of oydo , fought aterloo , an d a n a : n in sa c me out u sc thed he was wo t, joke , to y , “ ’ ” Fr n n r n H the e ch did t aim st aight e ough to hit me . e in our C Of lies emetery . the soldiers between whom he one was was fought, killed ; the other

W a C n a rn at Cr n Old T n and illi m o st ble , bo oydo ow , him - a nn n a l r his arm W r ca o b l dep ived of left , at ate loo . In C r G w n a memory of ha les ood i , formerly private in R a A ll an d a the oy l rti ery, fterwards Verger at St . 2 el u 2 4 M isc la neo s .

’ H C C n . e In r nn Matthew s hurch, roydo fought at ke ma , and served thr oughout the Crimean campaign ; he rests in C r our emete y . W a r n one n illiam P tte so , of the galla t troop who made r Ba a a on the 1 S e the cha ge at lacl v , was , 7th of eptemb r, Cenreter C n An 1 8 r at . 7 3 , bu ied the y , roydo other of the heroes of the B alaclava charge was unfortunately kil led through the breaking of a spoke of the ladder o n which was n n hi at in Addiscombe an d he he sta di g, w lst work ; r C an in C n C r also eceived hristi sepulture roydo emete y . The charge of the Light Brigade at B alaclava took place 2 8 I a on O r 1 . ctobe 5 , 5 4 have he rd the memorable n r o ne Ga a eve t desc ibed by of the survivors, Joseph mm ge ,

i n He a fr r r r of th s tow . s ys that, om the spot whe e the o de was brought from the Earl of Lucan to Lord Cardigan by N n R an a r in C . a n apt ol , up to the ussi b tte y fro t, which L Br r r r n r fnil e . the ight igade we e o de ed to sile ce , was ove a To reach that battery the English had to t raverse an Open n a a an d on grassy plai , about h lf a mile wide, either side hi a n R an of t s were heights lso crow ed by ussi batteries, n r n riflem n The En a d swa mi g with e . glish charged in r n On r 1 th L th ee li es . the right of the fi st rode the 3 ight “ ” D r n n a D a r agoo s , alo g with the f mous e th or glo y boys, the 1 th L n The n n 1 1 7 a cers . seco d li e was composed of the th H a and on r r th L D ra n uss rs , thei left ode the 4 ight goo s . Th e 8 H ar a f 1 0 to th uss s formed the rear, space of rom 0 r n n n a n Ou r 1 5 0 yards inte ve i g betwee e ch li e . townsman rode in front with the 1 3th Light D ragoons ; for to the two a n Of n a a r and squ dro s dragoo s were tt ched fou trumpeters, r Th in G a was one . e n fine an d amm ge of the fou mor g was , n Off nn an d the mist cleari g it became su y bright.

Int o th e valley Of D ea th ” R o d e th e six hu n d red .

“ ” F r n allo for t o irst trot was t umpeted , the g p , them quicken their pace through that ﬂood of smoke and ﬂame which now belched forth on the British from the entire

2 2 6 M lla isce neou s.

’ o f the e e n men in Gemma e n n ight e quartered g s te t, o ly n n e n ﬁve remai ed that ight, all the rest b i g either killed,

n n n s. wou ded, or take priso er After the Crimean war our hero volunteered into the 1 Lan In n n 7th cers, to proceed to quell the dia Muti y, and he was present at the execution Of the notorious T n i T S r But n n - a t a e ee. opee at p , after bei g twe ty eight a in Br a G a ye rs the itish rmy, amm ge was compelled to n an a n hi n a a r u dergo oper tio , w ch i cap cit ted him f om r and n n fu ther military service so he lost his full pe sio . He in n a one n is the possessio of four med ls, of them bei g n for meritorious co duct . CHA TER P XV.

M OD ER N D E VEL OPM EN T.

THE parish of Croydon is situated in the Eastern D ivision n S rr It a r - in of the Cou ty of u ey. is bout thi ty six miles u r n and ar a n n a r n circ mfe e ce, its e , i cludi g the det ched po tio ﬁe Selsd on Cr n Crook r n called or oydo , acco di g to the Th O nan S r a r n r a r . e rd ce u vey, is f actio ove c es n L n n on Br o n tow itself lies due south of o do , the ight Road ; the distance between Croydon Town Hall and the n On Royal Exchange bei g a little over t en miles . the n r Cr n n a S a a o th, oydo is bou ded by the p rishes of tre th m, La Ca r and am Of n at mbeth, mbe well, the h let Pe ge, the l ter being a detached portion of B attersea parish ; on the e a B nh a and A n n on st, by ecke m ddi gto the south, by San r a and C n and on B n de ste d oulsdo ; the west, by eddi g t on and a Cr n an z n r n Mitch m . oydo is assi e tow , sha i g with Guildford the hon our of altern ately having the z assi es for the County of Surrey held in it . Petty s n are at Cr n r S r a and essio s held oydo eve y atu d y, a police a n S na n n a n c ourt d ily. Croydo Petty essio l Divisio co t i s a a n r n a n The popul tio , acco di g to l st ce sus, of Croydon Ben ch numbers eleven or twelve magistrates ; C r has a r and an a an Al the ou t cle k ssist t . though out s r n are n ide the district, p iso ers occasio ally committed to C n ra mi r The n n r the e t l Cri nal Cou t . amou t co t ibuted by this parish in 1 8 8 1 towards the Metropolitan Police was upwards of

3“ Cro d on Cro o con sistin of n arl 88 a r s ith a o a la y k , g e y 9 c e , w p p tion of a ou t fort inh a ita nt s o nl li t a di ta n f m 0 0 b y b y , e s a s ce o so e 3 ard s from the main area of h a h fr i i ff y t e p ris , om wh ch t is cut o b Addin on n n r y gt a d Sa d e stead . 2 2 8 M od er n Development .

Croydon is a place of election for the Eastern Division f r O the County ; and it has both a cattle and corn ma ket . The C n C Of S r Cr n r is ou ty ourt ur ey, for the oydo dist ict, i T Ha a n al so held n the own ll twice mo th . A rdin D ucarel in 1 8 C n n n cco g to , 7 3 , roydo co tai ed n In 1 8 1 r r between 7 0 0 a d 8 0 0 houses . 0 the e we e and a n a t in houses, a popul tio of bou 1 8 1 r an d a n 3 there we e houses, populatio of about The n umber of houses in the town and ar C n at r n n n p ish of roydo , the p ese t time , i cludi g T r are a empties, is over he e bout Th n r inhabi inhabitant householders . e total umbe of t n Cr n a n in ar a ts of oydo is estimated to h ve bee , the ye 1 8 a n Cr n in 7 3 , bout the populatio of oydo 1 8 1 in 1 8 1 in 1 8 6 1 4 was 5 it was , in 1 8 1 and r in n 7 , acco d g to the ce sus of 1 8 8 1 it was This rapid and con tinuously extraordin ary rate in the increase of the popul ation of C n r a r n roydo is due, pa tly to the s lub ity of its positio , a n on u a an d at m i ly a substrat m of gr vel chalk, the foot of the n orth downs ; partly on account of the beauty of the n eighbourhood ; much to a constant supply of water n r a in and ra na u su p ssed purity, good d i ge ; but chieﬂy a Of r x r r a a bec use its p o imity to the met opolis, e dy ccess r a Cr n in all r n to eve y p rt of which from oydo , di ectio s , an Of n r n n a a a a by me s trai , e deri g this p rish desir ble pl ce n for r n an d r n a n of reside ce me cha ts othe s, whose e g geme ts n a r a n n in L n n C n ecessit te thei d ily atte da ce o do . roydo is a place con venient of access also from different parts Of n r T ar no n n a a the cou t y. here e less tha eleve r ilw y * n n a T r a an n s statio s withi the p rish . he e is lso om ibu

Namel — est Cro d on Station the Old est sit u at e in the y W y , , Lond on R oad : it is the princip al st ation for the pa ssenger trafﬁc ith Lon d n an d s r es f r th E m n d im l d n ran h s w o , e v o e pso a W b e o b c e f th n n B ri ht on and o u h- a st R i a Ea t ro d on O e Lo d o , g S t Co a lw y ; s C y Station an d New Cro d on St ation situ ated sid e b sid e in U er y , y , pp ddiscomb e R o ad the former of hich ser es for the main B ri ht on A , w v g - a t and Sou th-Eastern Com ani s and the la tter and South Co s , p e ,

2 0 M od er n evelo ment ; 3 D p .

rd Of S e 1 8 B r n 3 ept mber, 49 , the oa d comme ced those ar n n n t o v ious public duties, which they have si ce co ti ued r rm Th B a a a pe fo . e Local o rd h ve to de l with all the importan t question s coming before them as an U rban S n ar A r and a S a Fa to a it y utho ity, they h ve two ew ge rms ana are H a B a m ge ; they the ighw y o rd, with, at the r n n n n -five il p ese t mome t, the supervisio of seve ty m es of roadway ; they are ex-Officio members of the Burial Board ; they have the m anagement of the public water supply of the town or district ; and in addition they have the r u n r n n The eg latio of th ee public recreatio grou ds . Provisional Order directed twelve to be the n umber o f members of the Croydon Board of Health ; but in 1 8 6 2 N Wai was r and r re the orwood d c eated, three membe s we a N a n a n a n in llowed to orwood, m ki g a tot l of fiftee gai , 1 8 6 8 n r at L B ar , the umbe of members the ocal o d was n a n n n i cre sed to their prese t umber of eightee , of whom e r a C n an d tw lve we e llotted to the roydo , six to the N r Wa The C n Wa o wood rd . acreage of the roydo rd is a N Wa th t of the orwood rd, Croydon has been a pioneer in the course of sanitary n an d an n a r and con scie ce, m y other tow s h ve p ofited, will nn n The n x ra ti e to profit, by its experie ce . followi g e t cts will en able the reader to judge of the almost in credible state of thin gs that existed at Croydon before the adoption of the Public Health Act : the first is a quotation from the Report of the Superintending Inspector to the General B a H 1 2 th A 1 8 o rd of ealth, dated of pril, 49

Th n u h unt f Su rre n the e tow itself is sit ated in t e co y o y , o east and est sid es of a all e with the ri er Wan dle some h at w v y , v w dist d fr m u r in h m hos tri u t r str ams orte o its co se t e botto , w e b a y e ﬂow fr th a rn i f th Bri hton R oad either in O en or om e e ste s d e o e g , p l s h ann l th a si f the old t own of Cro d on c o ed c e s, to e e st de o y , formin B Island hi h is i d b numerou h ou ses from g og , w c o ccu p e y s ; thence it a s s throu h th P leachin - round s frin ed b p se g e al ace b g g , g y a series of ri ies and su l in in its cou rse se eral ditches it p v , pp y g v , p asses close by the sid e Of the sou thern and western walls of the new urial- r und r n ad i n to th church ard and from b g o , a ece t dit o e y ; M oder n evelo ment 2 1 D p . 3

th en ce to ard s add on in it s cou rse to hich lace it i ent w W , w p s p back for the pu rpose o f su pply ing a mill situ ated within about sixt ard s Of the chu r ch a n d it is a ain ent ac at a dd n y y , g p b k W o f m h mill-h a f an th r mill h r Th e dam alr ad t o or t e e d o o e t e e . e y l a lud ed t o n ear the church , with th at of the Wa dd on mill d am, o th h a in een increa sed in hei ht thro the aters ac u o n b v g b g , w w b k p the lo er art s of th to n so th at hen th ater of the B ourne w p e w , w e w , at cert ain irre u lar eriod s ﬂo s ith increased olume some of g p , w w v , the r t r r h t st ee s a e cove ed wit wa er .

Referring to the sanitary condition of Croydon before r a n B ar D r W O the fo m tio of the o d, . estall bserves

In the lo er arts of th e to n d ense fo s re ail and han w p w g p v , g upon the su rfa ce in th e vicinity of Southbridge and 3 og I slan d ; whilst at or n ear Wadd on there are marshes with stagn ant ditches, from t el e t o ft een feet id har ed ith animd an d ve eta le w v ﬁ w e, c g w g b matter from which n oxiou s exh al ations are on e ed b the re , c v y y p ailin ind s to the t o n M oreo er th e t o n it self is entirel v g w w . v , w y d evoid of u nd er d rain a e n th f r d nd n n a su rface g , a d ere o e epe e t o d rain a e hich is a sou rce of unhealth exh alation s i in rise t o g , w y , g v g ” e id emics hich ha of late ar in d p w ve y e s crea se .

M r n f nui n . Pe fold thus describes some O the sa ces that formerly prevailed in the parish

’ Those enormou s reser oirs for the re e tion of lth called L and s v c p ﬁ , and Scarbrook Po nd s ha e een u sed from time immemorial to , v b re cei e the sulla e Of th e to n a s well a s that from sl au ht er v g w , g ’ hou s nd L n n n t nl an abomi es a private dwellings . a d s Po d is o o y na le nuisance at all times bu t must e th mean s of creatin b , b e g

fe ers and oth er disea ses . The st ench from i is er bad and in v t v y , th e su mmer u nbearable Scarbrook is an able secon d er of ’ Lau d s Pon d in their oint occu ation Of s readin fe er and , j p p g v ” d eath amon he inh a i n s g t b ta t .

And again

Thou gh the to wn is furnished by Nature with an inexha ustible su l of ater that hich is int end ed for ou r ood we con ert pp y w , w g v i T nt aminat ed the ater nt o il . h n arl l co ev e springs are e y a l , w t ainted ivies ere t l t ell s into hich the soil ercol at es , pr c ed c ose o w , w p , ” and th h r r h avin n o remed . e water rend ered impure, t e su ff e e g y

In 1 8 n 49 , out of houses, it was fou d that 7 5 5 were not supplied with water at all ; 2 7 5 complained 2 2 3 M oder n Development .

not and a wa that the water was good, th t the supply s insufficient ; the occupants of 1 4 houses were obliged ’ to buy beer in order to get water from the landlord s h in n 2 1 1 pump ; w ilst the old tow , out of 3 houses, 43 r n in and in 2 was we e deficie t supply, 4 cases the water un It n in n a fit for use . was likewise show evide ce th t the inhabitants of Croydon generally had no other mean s of Obtaining supplies of water ex cept by pumping or fetching r a di n S n n n fa r f om sta t source . uch bei g the co ditio of af i s previous t o the commencement Of its operation s by the B H i x no r r n a oard of ealth, it w ll e cite su p ise to lear th t n n in n this tow was the most u healthy the cou ty, the d - n an in an r r eath rate here bei g higher th y othe dist ict . One r Of B ar n in i of the fi st cares the o d, acti g the r c n r apacity as guardia s of the public health, was to secu e a s Of r a n an d accom upply pu e w ter to the tow , this they lish d n n Ar n n r p e by si ki g tesia wells i to the uppe chalk . ’ The B r a - r n S S r an d oa d s w ter wo ks adjoi urrey t eet, here

are nn o n n . . four wells, co ected t gether by mea s of sypho s

‘ Th n are : one eir bori gs two to the depth of 7 5 feet, to a d 1 0 t and o ne r epth of 5 fee , , the last bo ed, to the depth o f 2 1 B an r C n m n - n n 4 feet. y me s of th ee or ish pu pi g e gi es, and one gran d compound differential engine of 1 5 0 horse n r power, the qua tity of pure water pumped up f om these in one d a n o a wells, y , has reached the e ormous t t l of n Two n a n one 1 2 an d gallo s . risi g m i s , of , the o 8 -in a are a r n n - in ther I ch di meter, l id f om the e gi e house, H l T S rr S r r r r at r . u ey treet, to the cove ed ese voi Pa k i l his r n in reservoi co sists of a domed chamber, 74 feet diameter in and n in n by 3 5 feet depth , is capable of co ta i g a n a A nin an a N an g llo s of w ter. djoi g the reservoir st ds orm r a r- r n n and n n - b ick w te towe , two e gi es e gi e house, with a di n n a for a r r sti ct set of mai s att ched, the w te se vice of the

r ar At r n a highe parts of the p ish . p ese t, bout ’ h B a - ouses are supplied from the o rd s water works, the Lambeth Water Company supplying most of the re maind r e .

2 M e n 3 4 od r Development .

n n in Cr n a n of tow s , i clud g oydo , h ste ed to avail themselves an a and n a its adv t ges, comme ced with rdour to remove r a r n as n thei sew ge, by pou i g it speedily as possible i to n r r r n r an a r a ul the ea est ive , u de idea th t the st e m wo d a m a r f n w be r it har lessly way. Ve y dif ere t, ho ever, was r and a n n x n the esult, l rge sums of mo ey have bee e pe ded in the vain attempt to purify sewage by chemical and an a n re nin n r a o f mech ic l age cies, befo tur g it i to the st e ms n r U n n n ow the cou t y . po the grou d occupied by the a - Pitlake B ar n public sl ughter houses at , our o d co structed a n a n an works for de li g with the sew ge of this tow , by me s fil n and z n a n of tratio deodori atio , but llowi g the sewage a n W n dl It was n w ter afterwards to flow i to the a e . soo foun d that these works did not prevent the river be coming poll uted to a fearful extent ; nau sea and sickness r l n r u Of ul n and. we e the res t its fec e t scum, ume ous actions and injunction s against the Board arose from those who had property in the drainage valley below n F r n a n L a the tow . o tu ately, by the p ssi g of the oc l G n n Act 1 8 r n L B a over me t of 5 8 , empowe i g ocal o rds rr r and e to ca y sewers out of thei district, to tak an for a 1rri ation our B r was l d the purpose of sew ge g , oa d enabled to surmount the obstacles which presen ted them ih n n n r Wan selves co seque ce of their fouli g of the iver dle , and henceforth a voiding the evil practice of turning their n r r an and n a ra r sewage i to the ive , by easy tu l p ocess not n in f n n they succeeded, o ly ef ecti g the purificatio of in in a n a the sewage, but apply g it by irrig tio to agricultur l The xt n n n in r n purposes . e e sio of the tow the di ectio of Wadd on n n x n , re dered it the e pedie t to remove the site of filter- to n and a rdin the works a greater dista ce, cco gly an was a and n l d purch sed, works were erected beyo d Wadd on at B i n Ba n H r r as , r msto e r . e e the c ude sewage, n n in n a it comes from the tow , is co veyed its atur l state, n - r x by mea s of two four feet culve ts to the e tractor, a n as a n all which, cti g revolvi g sieve, removes the lumps of

s e en s &c. and n s es olid xcrem t, paper, rags, ticks, , the pa s 2 M od er n Development . 3 5

a r r r a n r the liquid sew ge , without fu the t e tme t, ﬁ st through u r and n an n n on an a c lve t, the ope cutti g, to the l ds of ’ F B n n Two La a s the Irrigation arm at eddi gto . of th m ” Patent Solid Sewage Extractors are in use at B rimston e Barn ; the solid matter is carted away to be used as r It a a a o dinary manure . is c lcul ted th t the sewage of about persons comes on to the farm by this ann and N r hi ch el , by the o wood sewers, w ch are n The a n a a n lower dow . mou t of sew ge p ssi g through a a in n n a n a the outf lls v ries much, co seque ce of the r i f ll n r A r of the district being admitted i to the sewe s . cco d in La a m a a n g to Mr. th m, the volu e of sew ge p ssi g through the Brimstone B arn outfall was as follows

R a in a ll. Tota l Volume. f

‘ gallo n s LI 5 T e B ou rne was 8 736 470 gallon s h . l ﬂ rn u n ram. ow g, b t o gallons 53

The Beddington Sewage Farm has been recently pur chased by the Croydon Local Board of Health at a total Its a 0 r i cost of about are is 5 4 ac es, of wh ch 0 a are now a ai a r a n B 47 cres v lable for sew ge i rig tio . y an rr r a in n r in r a me s of ca ie s, m de co c ete, o der th t they r a a a n o n may be mo e e sily cle red, the crude sew ge is se t

an for 1 2 2 rr a n to the l d or 4 hours at a time, i ig ti g the n A r . n on n and whole of it by tur s fte goi g to a seco d, n r r sometimes eve over a thi d field, befo e it leaves the ar na l n and r n n r f m, fi l y, clea sed pu ified of its oxious i g e dients ffl n a all on n r , the e ue t p sses by two outf s the o th an In a west into the river W dle . addition to the Loc l ’ B ar a B n n an n a a has n o d s f rm at eddi gto , irrigatio re bee a on i f a S N l id out the st f cl y soil at outh orwood, which n r end h nt n — n also a swe s the for w ich it was i e ded amely, i a n Of a hi a the pur fic tio the sew ge of t s p rish. Although considerable sums have been ann ually realiz ed L a B on un by the oc l oard acco t of the sale of milk, cattle, 2 6 M oder n evelo ment 3 D p .

and n r vegetables of various ki ds, the produce of thei ann a sewage farms, it c ot be affirmed that these h ve proved a financial success ; yet this is not due to any wan t r n a and r a of p oductive ess, but r ther to other pe haps void a a C r a nl n f an ar ble c uses . e t i y the evide ce af orded to s it y scien ce through the experiment of the utiliz ation of the r n r a a r n sewage of C oydo by su f ce irrig tion is most impo ta t . Sewage irrigation has been contin uou s on the Beddington ar n ar and r f m for upwards of twe ty ye s , tested eithe by a n r n z in the vit l statistics of its eighbou hood, or scruti i ed an n r a y other way, the result demo st ates that the sew ge Of n n r and an n r a a tow passi g ove , through l d , u de goes a and a ch nge , whereby it becomes chemically physic lly so a r n nor an hi can lte ed, that either disease y other misc ef a ar fterwards ise from it . In a i n to ’ their n i dd tio work of seweri g th s district, the B has r ll - n r oard emoved the mi dam ear the old chu ch , ff r r a n n r which, if su e ed to em i , would have re dered abo tive ra n n every attempt to d i the lowermost parts of the tow . ’ ” My Lord s and other stinking ponds have been fil led in and n r n an x n r r ; by the co st uctio of e te sive b ick culve t, n n rn and laid with ope joi ts , through the southe lowest Of n n r n B rn part the tow , the i te mitte t waters of the ou e a in d a r a Of Old th t used, ys of yo e , to flood the rea the n are now n n n ni n n tow , co ducted, without i co ve e ce, i to the Wan dle. One of the gravest mistakes committed at Croydon in t he earlier days of its sanitary experience was the total a n an n n r a bse ce of y system of ve tilatio of the sewe s, r rr an a r A g ievous e or, that led to outbre k of feve . more r n n was and pe fect system of ve tilatio , however, devised, is n ow carried out . . The utility and value of sanitary science is shown by a r - a C n r a in 1 8 8 the lte ed death r te of roydo , for whe e s 4 , the year previous to the a doption of the Public Health Act r had n 2 8 1 6 er by the pa ish, the mortality rise to p n n n n at thousa d ; si ce the it has steadily decli ed, the de h

men M oder n Develop t .

N a s n to the L B orwood, which l o belo g ocal oard, were n in 1 8 8 1 formally ope ed . For the admin istration of the laws for the relief of the r on 2 1 st M a 1 8 6 C n uni poo , the of y , 3 , roydo was ted with t he a n and Wa n n and ar h mlets of Pe ge lli gto , the p ishes of A n n B n n C n r n a ddi gto , eddi gto , oulsdo , Me to , Mitch m, n San r a a nd W n rn na Morde , de ste d, oodma ste e, by the me Cr n U n n The a ra nn a a of the oydo io . ve ge a u l moun t c ontributed by the parish Of Croydon for the relief of the r n thr n in La -d a 1 8 poo duri g the ee years e d g dy y , 3 9 , did n ot x a ndin L - 1 8 e ceed for the ye r e g ady day, 5 9 , the sum contributed was for that ending Lady d a 1 8 6 2 rin r n n La y , 9 , £ but du g the yea e di g dy d a 1 8 8 1 a n £ n y , , it mou ted to 3 this i cludes R 1 I S d n C n a . ou ty tes, 3 . ; but either the Police, n or B a B a nor S B a The uri l o rd, chool o rd rates . sum is more than half that total of received by the n n Union from the eleve u ited parishes . It would be too curious to inquir e how much of the s u m annually levied from the Croydon ratepayers under the name of Poor-rate actually rea ches the down -stricken

o on a n . Yet bjects whose beh lf it is oste sibly levied if, a r na n all and a ar and an d fte elimi ti g the fees s l ies, jobs ar r r n hi n a ch ges of eve y desc iptio to w ch the fu d is li ble, it could be ascertain ed how much of this huge rate

a n x n not on n a r rem i s to be e pe ded, the professio al p upe or an on r a n r an idle vagr t, but the e lly deservi g poo , such a nalysis woul d prove n either uninstructive nor unin teresting ! The voting power of Croydon at the Board of the Cr n U ni n not a r s n n n oydo o does f i ly repre e t its co tributio , sin ce only seven out Of twenty-two guardians are allotted r N ndin n to this pa ish . otwithsta g the e ormous relative in a n and r a cre se, both of the populatio ateable v lue of this

ar a Cr n n n p ticul r parish of oydo , si ce the establishme t of U n n in 1 8 6 its r n n rn the io 3 , atepayers co ti ue to retu just n of i n as A the same umber guard a s they always did. M r ode n Development . 2 3 9 r edistribution of seats at the board Of the Croydon U n n r in an r n io , somewhat mo e accord ce with the p ese t population and rateable value of the respective parishes c n n U n n r ra o stituti g the io , seems therefo e impe tive . ’ The Cr n U n n or r as r oydo io wo khouse, with m te s r n and all n n n fﬁ and r n a a eside ce, co ve ie t o ces , ga de tt ched , ’ is in n R a The situate Quee s o d . site occupies about 1 0 a cres Of lan d ; the total cost Of ground and erection was C n ew inﬁrmar Of Cr n lose by, the y the oydo U nion is n ow being reared o n a site occupyin g 8 acres of r n a n - On M a -d a R In n n g ou d butti g y y oad . depe de tly of a for and n and n n the sums p id the site, walli g fe ci g

r fir n ra for the buildin a r the eof, the st co t ct . g of this p upe in firmary amounts to I n n Of Old C has n r treati g the hurch , it bee al eady n n r r 1 8 2 St n me tio ed that, p eviously to the yea 7 , . Joh ’ the B aptist s remained the only episcopal church in Cr n n a n ul a n oydo but, owi g to the v st i crease of its pop tio n a h as n n n ar i si ce that d te, it bee fou d ecess y to subd vide the an cient p arish into no less than sixteen ecclesiastical di r — na a r r Old st icts mely, th t of the p eviously refer ed to ’ C St a n in r 1 8 2 All hurch ; . J mes , co stituted the yea 7 ; ’ S n U N r a in 1 8 2 t n S . ai ts , pper o wood, lso 7 Joh the ’ E an in 1 8 8 r S St . r 1 1 C v gelist, hirley, 3 5 Pete s , 5 h ist ’ r S 2 t 1 8 2 St . ar N r 1 8 S . chu ch, 5 M k s , outh o wood, 5 ’ ’ ’ n r 1 8 St a 1 r 8 St . S A . 6 d ew s, 5 7 M tthew s, 5 aviou s , 1 8 6 H Tr n Selhurst 1 8 6 t a a nd S . 7 ; oly i ity, , 7 Mich el All An 1 8 1 St ar a a n Addiscombe gels, _ 7 . M y M gd le e, , ’ ’ 1 8 1 Luk 8 2 l T rn n St . W t au I S . 7 e s , oodside, 7 P s, ho to H a 1 J E N in 8 2 and St . n n e th , 7 ; oh the va gelist, orwood, 1 8 6 Ea r - r n a n 7 . ch of these dist icts or sub pa ishes co t i s its own r r a a The n r new p ope ecclesi stic l edifice . i te ior of the r St n B a an n x chu ch of . Joh the ptist is imposi g e ample of the Early Perpendicul ar style this church was rebuilt after ’ n S R A S r and G . G r . . t the desig s of ilbe t cott, . Pete s , r n r at S r n the p ese t chu ch hi ley, both good specime s of E D a n n n arly ecorated, were lso desig ed by that emi e t 2 0 M oder n evelo ment 4 D p .

’ r St A a . W. B chitect . Matthew s was the work of . lom M A Th St a e . and Al l An field, . . church of Mich el gels , E St . n an N as well as that of Joh the v gelist, orwood, are ’ n L r n A R A n . . . In St S the co ceptio s of J Pea so , . . . aviour s , ’ over the communion table is Theed s sculpture of the Last S upper. B -n a hi are esides the above amed pl ces of wors p , there a n in ar n n bout twe ty chapels the p ish, belo gi g to various den omin ation s ; some of these are handsome and com modiou s and r n m n- edifices ; the e are su dry issio houses . ’ Croydon Cemetery adjoin s the U nion grounds in Queen s R a r 2 2 a ten Of r r o d ; it comp ises cres, which are ese ved D n T r n Th a . e for isse ters he e are two eat chapels . tot l cost of lan d an d building was about The members of the Board of Health constitute the Burial B a The n n on ul 2 6th o rd . first i terme t took place J y , I 8 6 1 in now e but this cemetery sl ep a great multitude, r r a one of whom, some pe haps we e dear to the re der, as was very dear to me ; they rest in the mighty keeping of God until the morning of the Resurrection ! The schools of a town are n ot the least important of a n and in r C n is n ot n its dju cts, this espect roydo behi d n In N End an W i Gra ha d . orth st ds the hitg ft mmar S n n a n ar n chool , a oble fou d tio , which the p ishio ers owe to n n A W It r ee the be evole ce of rchbishop hitgift. was a f grammar school that Whitgift foun ded and attached to ’ a r na a r his hospit l ; the o igi l f b ic, with schoolmaster s house nin a n n in G r S r In 1 8 6 adjoi g, still rem i i g eo ge t eet. 5 a decree of the Court of Chan cery authoriz ed the erection o f N r End and r n was this school at o th , acco di gly it built, out of proceeds arising from the s ale of lan ds belonging ’ Whit ift s C The a a n a to g harity. c pit tio fee for the educ tion of son s of parishioners of Croydon in this North End School was limited by the Court of Chancery to £4 per annum ; but by a recent new scheme Of the Charity Commissioners the entrance and tuition fees here are to be in n n n s e n not e n paid adva ce, such e tra ce fee b i g l ss tha

2 2 M od er n el en t 4 Dev opm . his pupils being exhibited in the Royal Academy in o n e

ar r o n n . ye , with th ee the li e One of the most con spicuous Objects in the centre of Cr n a H a Of H Tr n n oydo is th t ospit l the oly i ity, fou ded by Ar W n n has a r a n chbishop hitgift, of which me tio l e dy bee ’ a To a was a n E z a m de . this hospit l it th t Quee li beth s a r r a a Gra ar S O r f vou ite p el te ttached his free mm chool . ve the main entran ce to the an cien t quadrangle is inscribed QUI DAT PAVPERI NON INDIGEs rr— Hc tha t giveth to the

oor sha ll not Z a ck An d as r arn n r r p . if to fo ew plu de e s of the

a t a a r n H Wr n helpless of th f te which , cco di g to oly it, eve t u all a r a all r a as y sh ll ove t ke such , the p el te selected the d evice for the corporate seal of his en dowment a scen e from ara R M an and Laz ar The an an d the p ble of the ich us . l ds tenements that Whitgift gave to the warden an d poor of the Hospital of the Holy Trinity have become very

a Th r ran rr v luable . e dec ee of the Court of Chan cery t sfe ed the man agement of the estate from the poor brethren to govern ors ; an d the Whitgift foun dation an d its en dow ment is at presen t a dmin istered a ccording to a scheme framed by the Charity Commission ers and approved by Her a in n in 1 8 8 1 B a W M jesty Cou cil . esides th t of hit Cr n r in r ar r gift, oydo is ich othe ch ities , of which the mo e ’ ’ r an are E D a S D r an d S n impo t t lye vy s , mith s eptfo d tocke ’ ’ d en Ar Lan d s and Tenison s C r T n , chbishop , , the hu ch e e ’ ’ Ink n Th r a n A n n n e s &c . e F me ts , p , eem so s sylum belo gi g to Th e Royal Ben evolent Institution for Aged Free ” a n and r W was n ra an d n m so s thei idows , co sec ted ope ed ra in 1 8 0 B in T an by the c ft 5 . uilt the udor style , it st ds n ot far Off L r Addiscombe R a n L n n owe oad, f ci g the o do nd B n Ra a a righto ilw y.

There are two Fire Briga des in the parish . We a n o R r n L rar or as h ve Public efe e ce ib y Museum yet, In n n a r a L rar an d S n . but , i ste d the eof, ite y cie tiﬁc stitutio One of the best organiz ations in the place is the Micro SOO ical p Club .

Seven or eight n ewspapers are published here . M e od r n Develop ment .

With regard to the lighting of the town : Croydon was

r r as M r O r n at r 1 28 fo me ly supplied with g by . ve to , f om . 1 s r u an in 1 . e ar 8 to 3 p tho s d squ e feet ; but , 4 7 , the ’ Cr n Gas C an M r Ov r n n r oydo omp y bought up . e to s i te est , and n r Act C an no w , u der thei , the omp y supplies the whole

ar x n Of a r n i d p ish , with the e ceptio th t po tio which is suppl e Cr a a a C an The an fi by the yst l P l ce omp y . h dsome of ce of the Croydon Gas Company is in K atharine Street ;

r r are n Br n Barn thei wo ks outside the tow , by imsto e . In 1 8 Ba and W En an S July, 74, the th est of gl d ociety r A r ra S at Wad d on D r n th e held thei g icultu l how . u i g th 1 0 th 1 1 and 1 2 th O r 1 8 C r 9 , , th, of ctobe , 7 7 , the hu ch C n r 1 th Ann a n at Cr n o g ess held its 7 u l Meeti g oydo . When u sing the expression of the town of Croydon we refer to that larger and more an cient n ucleus of habita tions clustering aroun d the Town Hall ; but in deed the ar a ar n ra r an d whole e of this p ish is bei g pidly built ove , n now U r as l as S N r T rn n eve ppe wel outh o wood , ho to H a an d Selhu rst r n r r r nt e th , f om the umbe of thei eside population s may justly claim to be considered as impor an r Of r n t t subu bs C oydo . Croydon is not a Parliamentary borough A n effort )” has just been ma de to procure a municipal charter of n r ra n n an d ar an d a n in i co po tio to this tow p ish, petitio a r Of a n Cr n a r n f vou m ki g oydo bo ough , sig ed by n a an r ar was r n i h bit t householde s of the p ish , p ese ted to H r in n A n a a n n r a n e a C . M jesty ou cil petitio g i st i co por tio , n r was r an d sig ed by householde s , howeve , lodged ; ’ a public in quiry o n the subject commen ced at the Town Ha Cr n o n O r 1 1 8 8 1 ll , oydo , ctobe 3 , , which occupied

a For n n as ex e eight d ys . the mome t the questio to the p n dien cy of converting Croydon into a borough is in suspe se . The gen eral appearan ce Of Croydon is Of a residential ara r n r r an rn r ch cte , with ume ous ows of cle mode st eets ,

r and ha and r vi a in all r n . chu ches c pels . ows of ll s di ectio s A healthy feature in ou r town is the abun dant foliage which has been preserved in large trees studding it here 2 44 M oder n Development .

and in n a an there , or the shrubbery of garde s , ple s tly serving to break the mon otony that otherwise might weary the eye by a con stan t contemplation merely of bricks an d ar T r Of n x n mort . h ough the middle the tow e te ds o n e l n a a n ra an d n arr r n o g ro dw y, the ce t l ower po tio of a H S and n r at which is c lled igh treet, this is i te sected an an r n r ar n n right gles by other p i cipal tho oughf e , decli i g ar n Cr n H ar Old C r westw d, dow ow ill , tow ds the hu ch ; ran n Off o n r r whilst b chi g , eithe side of these two mo e

r n r r r Cr n a a e . impo t t thoroughfares , othe st eets oydo , r r a n Old - a n air r however, still de ives a ce t i f shio ed f om its

H a an d r c Of Old a a a r ospit l , the eli s its P l ce, its g bles he e an d r and n n Inn n Of r n a the e , the swi gi g sig its p i cip l

r as in a the S ar hostel y, which , the d ys of tu ts , is sus B ut pen ded right a cross the High Street . these vestiges

Of n are ar n n and a tiquity , ye by year, dimi ishi g, shops a - a n an d n - an in with showy pl te gl ss wi dows joi t stock b ks,

a ar ra are n all the l test chitectu l mode, occupyi g the a a a in a n a v il ble sites the le di g thoroughf res . Fain would my pen linger to describe the glorious na ra n r n i r Cr n the tu l sce e y of the e ghbou hood of oydo , ’ an ar Of Croham H r D u a s sylv ch ms u st, the wolds of pp H or r a r- a n a n ran o n ill , , still wilde , the he the cl d mou t i ge A n an a r Yet ddi gton Hills ; but w t of sp ce fo bids . let n o t any scribe con clude even a mere outlin e Of the history

n r m r n n Con tinu ed of this tow without e embe i g to i voke , ” ros ri o l own a nd tra d e o Cro d on p p e ty to the go d o d t f y .

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