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Aug 15, 1998 · The manor of East Cheam was held by the Archbishop of Canterbury from the time of the Domesday Book until Thomas Cranmer sold it to Henry VIII in 1538, and it was annexed to the honour of...
Aug 30, 2024 · The manor of East Cheam continued in the possession of the see of Canterbury till the year 1540, when it was alienated by Archbishop Cranmer to King Henry VIII. in exchange for Chislet park in Kent (fn. 4).
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The earliest mention of Cheam isin the alleged charter of 727, (fn. 18) bywhich Frithwald, subregulus of Surrey,with Bishop Erkenwald, confirmed to the monastery ofChertsey '20 hides of land at Cheam, with the swinepasture in Danewald.' The original grant was saidto be in 675 A.D. Next we have on December 15933 (fn. 19) Athelstan confirming to the ...
—In 1291 the estates of Christchurch in Cheam were valued at £6 13s. 4d. (fn. 23) In1316 the Prior of Christchurch received a grantof free warren in his demesne lands there. (fn. 24) TheValor Ecclesiasticus gives the farm of the manor as£5, the rent of assize £6 6s. 8d. and the perquisitesof court as of no value. (fn. 25) Christchurch surrenderedto...
—The archbishop's estate atCheam was taxed at £10 in 1291. (fn. 30) An inquisitiontaken on the lands of Archbishop Thomas in thereign of Richard II mentions the manor of Cheamamong his possessions. (fn. 31) This manor was includedin the archbishop's bailiwick of Croydon. In 1535the farm of the manor was £7; the perquisites ofcourt were of no value ...
The church of ST. DUNSTAN, erectedin 1864, stands on a new site to the northof the former church, the east end of thechancel of which has been preserved as a sepulchralchapel (fn. 40)to contain the monuments and brasses of thedemolished structure. Two plans of the old churchare still extant, one made early in the 18th century,the other in 1862. Fro...
There was a church in Cheam onthe archbishop's land at the timeof the Survey. The church seemsto have been generally called Cheam, sometimesWest Cheam. It was in the diocese of Winchester,but was a peculiar of Canterbury, the archbishopshaving the advowson. In 1538 (fn. 41) Cranmer sold toHenry VIII the manor of East Cheam, and thisgrant probably i...
Smith's charity is distributed as inother Surrey parishes. In 1719 Mr. Peirson left a cottageand 3 acres of land for the relief of the poor. In 1824 Sir Edward Antrobus gave £1,000 forpoor relief, subject to a charge for maintaining monuments. In 1872 J. T. Martin left £107 for poorrelief. There is church land producing £15 a yearfor repair of the ...
Apr 15, 2023 · This page summarises records created by this Manor. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the...
Tradition has it that on one trip she stopped at Whitehall in Cheam to sign important state papers before returning to the palace. Elizabeth was the first and only monarch to devote a great deal of time to Nonsuch.
View of the gateway to East Cheam Manor House at Cheam
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Nov 4, 2019 · By the 14th century Cheam had been split into east and west manors, each of which had its own village. East Cheam (later known as Lower Cheam) was the larger of the pair. From the 14th to the 16th century Cheam was known for its potteries, which specialised in making jugs.
