TIMELINE for DEDISHAM MANOR

Lords of the Manor 1066-1789

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Under the Normans, the king distributed land to ‘Tenants-in-Chief’ who held it in exchange for military services. Each tenant-in-chief had to attend the king whenever required with a certain number of fully equipped knights. These knights originally lived as part of the household of the tenants-in-chief, but such knights tended to be quarrelsome and the tenants-in-chief began to grant them their own pieces of land in return for their military services. These pieces of land were called “Knights Fees”, and at first were granted only for the duration of the knight’s life, but gradually the knights gained hereditary rights over their lands.

Richard Standing very ably explained the subtleties in his article on the Manses of Preston & Kingston as follows “The history of lordship may conveniently be separated from the general village history, and indeed even that of the manor itself.” For Dedisham “the lord, as owner, was a person of paramount importance, but he generally played his part from far away through his steward and others.

“Therefore, in feudal hierarchy all property, ultimately, descended from the Crown. Under the crown, came the tenants-in-chief, and below them there was often a final tier in the mesne lords, usually knights. Effectively the mesne lord was the owner of the manor, in that he was the person to whom all rents and services from the village tenants were due.

“We tend to imagine that feudal hierarchy is dead, and this is undoubtedly true except in one respect, property, even now, is not privately owned to any greater degree than of old, for it still devolves from the greater lord, and today that is expressed in fairly democratic terms through Parliament.”

Dedisham, since the Norman invasion, had been held by Earl Roger de Monte Gomerie, Earl of Shrewsbury, as the tenant-in-chief, and later by the successive Earls of Arundel, except for a period of involved descent prior to the 16th century, and a Mesne lord held the manor by knight’s service. Dedisham was originally a knights fee which was part of the Honour of Arundel. Dedisham at this time was not part of Slinfold. The Lord of Dedisham had to attend the Hundred Court of Esewrith, whereas the tithing of Slyndefeld was part of the hundred of Poling.

"It is the immediate owners of the manor that were, and are, of greatest local importance." (Standing, Ibid) We do not yet know who the Saxon owner(s) were of the mense, but after 1066 the first Norman mesne lord was Robert Fitz Tetbold, (Robert, son of Theobold), believed to be the sheriff of Arundel, and it is this Robert who is listed in the Domesday Book as being mense Lord of the Goring estates within the Arundel Rape.

ROBERT FITZ TETBALD

J. F. A. Mason, in his 1962 address to the Royal Historical Society entitled Roger de Montgomery and his sons (1067-1102), said “Much the greatest of Earl Roger's Sussex tenants, Robert held over thirty manors worth some £190, some of them near Arundel—Robert was sheriff of the Rape—but most of them north of the Downs. William 'de Anslevile', Roger's only other Sussex tenant of much substance, held fifteen or more estates worth about £50—all save one south of the Downs. Fitz Tetbald held Pulborough, which commanded an important ford over the marsh-girt river Arun—the crossing here seems for long to have been a difficult one [G. D. Johnston, 'Hardham Causeway', Sussex Notes and Queries, ix (1942-43), pp. 83-86. A motte which may go back to Fitz Tetbald's day overlooked the Arun at Pulborough (V.C.H., Sussex, i, pp. 472-73)]. "- at a point where a possible route from Arundel and the line of Stane Street from Chichester converged on the way to London. Some of William's manors straddled the line of Stane Street itself; manors at the ends of two gaps through the line of the Downs were in one case held the one by the earl and the other by Robert, in another case both were held by Robert." [Doubts about the identity of 'Robert' or 'William' at a few manors do not affect the validity of these broad statements; it was certainly Fitz Tetbald who held Pulborough: cf. W. Farrer, Honors and Knights' Fees, iii (Manchester, 1925), pp. 3 ff.; V.C.H., Sussex, iv, passim, where (pp. 50, 77)]

“Such dispositions are not found in other Rapes; they may not have been accidental, and may have had a value we can scarcely now conceive at a very early stage of the Norman land settlement, however quickly they lost that value thereafter.”

Following Robert Fitz Tetbold’s death in 1087, his son Hugh becomes Manse lord of Goring, Dedisham etc, but backs the losing side in the rebellion of De Belesme against the King, and in 1102 Hugh loses all his holdings. It is thought that it is following this event, whilst the holdings were part of the Dower of Queen Adezile, Goring manor was put into the hands of the Tregoz family who consequently became Lords of Goring.

"With an absent landlord, a bailiff would have lived at Dedisham manor managing the estate according to what would now be "custom". However, the manor was often assigned to maintain a widow or son and various of these may have lived at the manor house from time to time." (Standing. Ibid).

TREGOZ of GORING

The family of Tregoz took its name from Troisgots in Normandy, and various branches of the family had lands in this country. Early in the 12th century William de Tregoz held lands in Sussex, inclusive of Goring, to which Dedisham was already enfeoffed. In 19 Henry I (1118) he is recorded as being presented with a son, Geoffrey, by his wife Agnes, at Goring Manor in East Preston, Sussex .

Henry de Tregoz, had respite of knighthood for 3 years, 11 July 1256. In 1257 he was granted rights of free warren on his lands in Goring, Dedisham and Warbinton, Sussex, also a yearly fair at Goring. He was one of those appointed, 16 September 1264, to defend the Sussex coast. In 1269 he was in debt to Wibert de Kancia, to whom he pledged his lands in Kent and Sussex, and in 1270 he was a surety in the courts for Philip de Fluri and Richard de Ferringes. He was engaged in lawsuits in 1269 for the manor of Preston, Sussex; obtained a lease in the manor of Storrington, Sussex, in 1276; and was returned as holding 2 fees in Goring and Preston of Robert de Mohaut, 1284-85. He died before 1293. (Complete Peerage XII/2:24).

In 1279 Henry claimed the assize of bread and ale, and wreck of sea, in his manors of Goring and Preston but the claim to wreck was disallowed.

The family tree is involved, but the next member of interest is Sir Thomas, who had a survey of his manors in Sussex drawn up in 1321. Dedisham, was part of the Goring extent held by service of 5 1/2 knight's fees from Sir Robert de Monte Alto. Altogether, Tregoz held the manors of Goring, Preston, Dedisham, Walderton, Ham in Angmering, and also Barpham; He was also granted in 1329, licence to crenellate his manse at Dachesam. A history of this family is thoroughly recorded in SAC 93 by LF Salzman.

One interesting document dated Sept 15th, 1400 Sept.15 Westminster, suggests that the King was attempting to get his hands on the estates. - “To William Westone escheator in Sussex. Order to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with the manor of Gorynge with the members, namely Haydoun, Dadesham, Preston and Walderton, the manors of Wygenholte, Bargham, Hamme and Gretham and divers lands in Perham and Codham, delivering to John Tregos any issues thereof taken ; as the king has learned by divers inquisitions, taken by the escheator, that Edward Tregoes at his death held no lands in chief, but held the said manors and lands in his demesne as of fee, that the manor of Gorynge and the members are held by knight service of the prince as of the honour of Walyngforde, the other manors and lands of other lords, and that the said John, being son of Henry father of Robert father of the said Edward, is his cousin and next heir, and of full age.” (1 Henry IV – part II, Membrane 18 page 143)

However, four years later, in 5 Henry IV, last in the line, John Tregoz dies, and his lands including the manors of Goring, Preston, Dedisham, Walderton, Ham & Barpham were conveyed to Nicholas Carew, in trust (Sussex Rec. Soc xxiii, No 2708) for John’s wife Alice [or widow of his Nephew]. (Inq, p.m. 5 Hen IV, file 43, no.3)

His will (Archbp. Reg. Arundel, pt. I, fol. 214.), made at Dedisham on 30 June was proved at Slindon on 16 Sept 1404.

By 1428 the trust had expired, the widow having died, and Sir Thomas Lewknor inherited the lands as nearest eligible cousin.

Three generations of the Lewknor family owned Dedisham, until 1547 (1 Edw VI) when King Edward grants Dedisham to Sir Richard Blount, Lieutenant of the Tower, in whose family it remains, until in 1629 (3 Charles I) when Richard Blount jnr. dies leaving Dedisham to his four daughters equally, and Dedisham Manor was sold to Sir Richard Onslow (WSRO MP23).

"For much of the time when it was owned by Tregoz and Lewknors, the manor was assigned to sons and widows. Whether or not any of them lived in the village is an interesting point not resolved." (Standing. Ibid) There is one known early effigy in Slinfold Church that is not identified except by the title of The Lady of Dedisham, but can only have been a notable person of the manse.

Dedisham remained in the hands of the Onslow family until 1789 when Charlotte Maria Williams Onslow, widow, and Middleton Onslow passes the Manor and estate into the hands of Charles, Duke of Norfolk. (WSRO Add Ms 362-367).

Manor Formerly Owned by 3 Major Families

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Throughout most of its existence, "Detsom" was held as a sub-manor of Goring and the families who owned it, were Lords of the latter estate. In the year 1271, Henry Tregoz held the manor of Dedisham having obtained in 1256, a charter of free warren therein. (Claus Rot. 41. Hen III. m 3)How it had devolved to him does not appear, but the Charter was confirmed in 1301 to his son Thomas Tregoz, and the manor ultimately descended to Sir Roger Lewknor, who died in 1543, leaving four daughters his coheirs.

In 1547 it was granted by King Edward VI to Sir Richard Blount, Lieutenant of the Tower (in what way the manor reverted to the Crown we are presently unable to say) to be held by Knights' service, and it remained in his family until after the death of Richard Blount* in 1629 whose daughter sold it to the Onslow family.

In 1786 John Williams Onslow, (having obtained it by bequest from Lord Onslow) sold the manor to Charles, Duke of Norfolk.

Mr Dallaway says that the park was converted into farms, and that Dedisham or Detsum Place, after having been ransacked by Sir William Waller's soldiers in 1643, fell into decay, but that some of the offices were for many years occupied for farming purposes. We may, however, observe that the park attached to Dedisham in part survives, and bears the name Mansfield Park of which Col. E. J. St John's residence was probably one of the South Lodges.

In Burr. MSS, 5187, p232, the Manor is described as Daddesham, alias Dedisham, alias Dodesham, alias Deddisham, alias Deadsome, alias Mansfield Park.

* In the Church are memorials to Katherine, ye daughter of Richard Blount, and his wife Mary, dau of Sir William West, Lord de la Warr: the said Katherine died 1st March 1617, aet 26, leaving her estate to her four sisters, Elizabeth, Ann, Martha and Jane. Mrs Jane Blount died 29 Jan 1621, and her monument was executed by her sister Martha Blount.

Elizabeth Blount married Reginald St John; Anne died unmarried.

The Parish Registers contain the baptism of William, son of William Blount, gent, 1st October 1627, and the burials of Mrs Katherine Blount 1st March 1617 & William Blount, gent., 14 Oct 1624; and Richard Blount Esq., 4th May 1629.

Burrell quotes from Dulwich Col MSS:

"5 Edw 6 Deddisham Manor & Park &c held by Richard Blount, Knt.;

4 & 5 Ph and Mary, Sir Thomas Blount Kt. seized of Manor;

1 Mary, 1 Aug. Keeper of the Manor Ric. Blunt;

26 Eliz Manor &c recovered by Thomas West & others against Richard Blount, Esq.;

34 Eliz R Blount seized;

11 Jac The king seized."

Taken from "Castles, Manors & Mansions of Western Sussex" by Dudley George Cary Elwes FSA, 1876

Time-Line for Dedisham Manor & its Owners.

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Pre-Conquest. We have no present knowledge of ownership of Dedisham during the Saxon period. The lands were possibly in the possession of either King Edward (the Confessor), Earl Harold, or Earl Godwine. We know that Earl Roger (see below) received from King William many manses in Susssex, many of which were antecessores of the Confessor or Harold; Roger also had six manses of the Godwine family.

1067. [1 William I] There can be very little doubt that Roger de Montgomerie received his lands in Sussex in or very soon after December 1067 (the month of his landing), when the king gave away every man's land, perhaps even at Christmas 1067 itself, but it has not always been realized that Roger's Sussex lands are called in Domesday Book either the Rape of Arundel, or the Rape of Earl Roger, but never the Rape of Chichester, a term for which there is at present no evidence before 1275. (J F A Mason, Roger de Mont Gomerie & His Sons [1067-1102] Trans. R.H.S.1962; G.E.C., Complete Peerage, i, p. 230 ).

1071. [6 William I] "In 1021 (sic) Roger de Monte Gomerie earl of Arundel was peacefully seized of the following fees pertaining to the honour of Arundel.... 6 knights' fees, .........., in Goryng, Haydon, Beaucy and Dadesham.” (Burrell Papers B.M. Add. MSS. 5687; SRS 67 p91).

1086 [21 William I]. The first Norman mesne lord was Robert Fitz Tetbold, (Robert, son of Theobold) Sheriff of Arundel, and it is this Robert who is listed in the Domesday Book as being mense Lord of the Goring estates within the Arundel Rape.

1087 [1 William II] Robert Fitz Tetbold dies. ('The City of Chichester: Historical introduction', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 3 (1935), pp. 82-90 fn. 27.) his son Hugh Fitz Tetbold inherits.

1094. [8 William II] Roger of Montgomery died, to be succeeded in Normandy by his eldest son, Robert de Belleme, and in England by his second son Hugh.

1098. [12 William II] Hugh Montgomery’s tenure of the earldom of Shrewsbury was brief. Joining the earl of Chester in an invasion of Anglesey he was killed in the summer of 1098 by a Scandinavian force which mounted an unexpected raid on the island. Robert of Belleme claimed his inheritance, combining the family’s Norman and English possessions. His loyalties lay with Duke Robert of Normandy, and on the accession of Henry I he joined a rebellion against him.

1102. [2 Henry I] Robert de Bellesme is deprived of his earldom and his English estates and was forced to retire to Normandy, and with him, his brother, Arnulf of Pembroke, suffered disgrace and forfeiture. Hugh Fitz Tetbald also forfeits for his adherence to Robert de Bellesme. ('The City of Chichester: Historical introduction', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 3 (1935), pp. 82-90 fn. 28) and his manse holdings confiscated and granted to William Tregoz, with the king as direct overlord.

1118 [19 Henry I] William de Tregoz is presented with a son, Geoffrey, by his wife Agnes, at Goring Manor in East Preston, Sussex.

1130 [31 Henry I] The Pipe Roll makes much mention of William de Tregoz.

1135 King Henry I dies, leaving the estates as part of his widow Queen Adelize’s dower. Wm Tregoz continues as manse-lord of Goring, with Dedisham remaining as sub-manor.

1137 [3 Steph.] John de Tregoz born in Goring by Sea, East Preston.

1138 William d'Aubigny,( d'Albini,) was son of William d'Aubigny Pincerna (Master Butler of the Royal household) of Buckenham Castle and Maud Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigot. After Henry's death he married the widow Queen consort Adeliza of Louvain in 1138 and became Lord of Arundel in her right, and consequently William Tregoz’s new overlord. He was loyal to Stephen of England, who made him first Earl of Lincoln and then Earl of Arundel (more precisely, Earl of Sussex).

1139 [5 Steph.]Geoffrey de Tregoz witnessed 2 Charters of William, Earl of Lincoln, who soon afterwards exchanged that earldom for the Earldom of Arundel. (Complete Peerage XII/2:22).

Note; That Geoffrey was the heir of William is shown by the fact that William’s lands of the Honor of Peverel in Essex – Blunts Hall, Billingford, Tolleshunt (Tregoz), and Leigh – passed to him and his descendants.

The Pipe Roll of 5 Stephen also makes much mention of William de Tregoz; A charter of William de Braose gives to the Abbey of St Florent (the mother house of Sele Priory) the land which Sarazenus held and a house on the north of the church of St mary (of New Shoreham), is attested by “Johannes Gosfridi Tresgot” (Salter, Oxford Charters, 6; Chartulary of Sele Priory [ed. Salzman], 8.).

1140 [6 Steph.] William de Tregoz dies.

1153 Henry D’Aubigny fought loyally for King Stephen, but in 1153 helped arrange the truce between Stephen and Henry Plantagenet, known as the Treaty of Wallingford, which brought an end to The Anarchy.

1154 When Henry II ascended the throne , he confirmed William D’Aibigny's Earldom and gave him direct possession of Arundel Castle (instead of the possession in right of his wife he had previously had).

1155 [1 Hen II] Geoffrey de Tregoz is found witnessing the Charter of the foundation of Snape Priory by William Martel (Dugdale, Mon. Angl. iv 558), and about that time he was acting as dapifer, or steward, to Henry II’s brother William. (Cal. Anct. Deeds [P.R.O.]. A.13413).

1158 [4 Hen II] 2nd Feb, John de Tregoz (probably son and heir of Geoffrey Tregoz) with his brother Philip, witnessed a Charter by which William, Earl of Arundel, gave the church of Ansleville in Normandy to the Abbey of Montebourg (Cal. Doc. France, 315).

1164 [10 Hen II] John de Tregoz in dispute with the Norman Abbey of Fecamp, who held extensive estates attached to their manor of Steyning. The Abbey claimed a quarter of a wood called Dureshurst, half the wood of Perregate and part of the wood of Brunnesburi [Brinsbury in Pulborough], and an estate held by Norman, a villein of the abbot’s. John recognised their claim to the quarter of Dureshurst, where they were to have the right to take one tree when he took three. The monks were to have half Perregate and the whole of Norman’s tenement, but John was to have the part of Brunnesburi in dispute. John pledged his faith to observe this agreement, as did Hemeric de Cnelle on behalf of the monks, and the abbot gave John 15 marks and received him into the brotherhood of the Abbey.

1167 [14 Hen II] John de Tregoz recorded as being seated in Sussex, and marrying, had issue, apparently, two sons, Henry, evidently his heir, and Thomas Tregoz, who removed into the adjoining county of Kent and was living there 1 John (1199) (Topographer & genealogist, Vol II. 1853).

1168 [15 Hen II] John de Tregoz recorded as owing 46s 8d for Scutage on 3½ fees, said by them to be an overcharge (superdemand) made by the Earl of Arundel.(Pipe Roll 14 Hen II [P.R.S.], 195.)

1171 [17 Hen II] For some reason Geoffrey de Tregoz’s lands were seized into the king’s hands and so remained until his death. (Pipe R 17 Hen II, 124).

1173 [19 Hen II] Robert Tregoz, brother of John, was the most prominent member of the clan. He was a supporter of the “Young King” Henry, son of Henry II, in his rebellion against his father. (Gesta Henrici, I, 46; Cal. Doc. France, 8, 378)

1175 [21 Hen II] Geoffrey de Tregoz dies, leaving a widow Amabel, dau. Of Robert Greasley, and a son William, an infant, who was put in ward to Robert de Luci, and also four daughters; The sherrif of Essex in that year accounted to the Exchequor, for the amounts of his lands, by name of an “Honour”

1180 [26 Hen II] John de Tregoz recorded as having been fined for disseisin in Surrey.

1181 [27 Hen II] John’s 2nd son, Henry, is born at Goring by Sea, East Preston. The long dispute between John Tregoz, the Exchequor and the Earl of Arundel over his, and his tenants’, liabilities continues to be made, but is respited by the king “until enquiry about their services is made in the county by justices” (Pipe Roll 27 Hen II, 143.).

1194 [5 Ric I] John de Tregoz essoined himself at Goring, de malo lecti, and dies 11 April. Following John’s death, his son John, also aware that Abbot Henry of Fecamp was also dead, in pursuance of the 1164 dispute, and at the wish of his brothers Henry and Thomas, agreed with Abbott Ralf de Argenciis that Durehurst should be divided into four quarters, so that the quarter next to Tuddestrode should belong to the monks, and the other three to John. To this John and his uncle Philip pledged their faith, as did Peter de Gatewik and William de Sceldune on behalf of the Abbey, who gave John 100s. (Cal. Doc. France, 47-49)

Note: What is of interest here is that the pasture of Tuddestrode (or Toddestrode) mentioned above, belonged to the manor of Dedisham in 1321 (Harl. MS. 173, fol. 42), and probably lay near Tedfold (formely Tuddesfold) in Billingshurst.

1196 [8 Ric I] John de Tregoz charged £6 for 6 knights fees, and Philip de Tregoz 30s for 1½ fees (Pipe Roll 8 Ric. I, 86)

1197 [10 Ric I] John de Trezoz, eldest son of John above, who had assoined himself as confined to his bed by sickness in a case by Ralph de St. Ouen about land in Goring (Rot. Cur. Reg. I. 97, 106), dies. His brother Henry, inherits the Tregoz estates. (Pipe R. 10 Ric I, 227).

1201 [3 John] Henry de Tregoz, brother and heir [of John d. 1197] is pardoned for the debt of £6 “from the first scutage of the Honor of Arundel” because “it was acknowledged thet they are of overcharge” (Pipe Rolls, 3 John, 85)

1202 [4 John] Henry de Tregoz recorded as holding lands in Goring, Sussex (3 John), as appears by Rot. Oblat.; and that he was also living is confirmed by the Rot. Canc.

1203 [5 John] John de Tregoz born at Goring by Sea, East Preston In 4th John, Henry de Tregoz was concerned with disputes over the services due to him for lands in Billingshurst and Goring held by William Mordant (Abbrev. Plac. 37; Curia Regis R. Vi. 191, 316) For the half hide in Billingshurst Henry claimed that William should not only do service as for a tenth part of a knight’s fee, which William admitted, but should also provide him with one day’s entertainment (unum convivium) yearly and find a horse to carry his young heir (infantem) from one manor to another. These last services Henry remitted, and for this concession William gave him a meadow called Cusig and 8 acres of arable in Tadesham [Dedisham] called Herbetinges, not part of the half-hide. William and his heirs should in future hold by render of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d, at Easter and do service for a tenth of a Knight’s fee (Suss. Rec. Soc II, no 79).

William Mordant acknowledged that he ought to render to Henry Tregoze the free tenement in Goring, in Sussex.

1206 [8 John] Henry de Tregoz recorded as being a knight in Sussex

1219 [3 Hen. III] Henry de Tregoz gave the King half a mark to have a writ against Emma fitz Ralph, and Rose and Avice her sisters, concerning tenements in Goring. This Henry had 2 sons, (Henry who died without issue after 1257, and John)

1225 [9 Hen III] Henry de Tregoz recorded as being a juryman for a Forest Perambulation in Sussex. John de Tregoz marries Matilda Denne and thus adds the manor of Denne in Warnham, to the family estates.

1226 [10 Hen III] Henry de Tregoz recorded as a Commissioner of oyer and terminer in Sussex. A son and heir, Henry, is born at Denne Manor, Warnham. (another record gives this latter Henry as being son of John [b1203], son of Henry [b.1181] ).

1243 [27 Hen III] Henry de Tregoz recorded as holding six Knight’s Fees, when on the death of Hugh d’Aubigny, Earl of Arundel, the knight’s fees were divided between the representatives of his four sisters. Thus it was 6 fees in Goring, “Heydon”, Beaucy (Parham?) and Dedisham that were assigned to Roger de Mohaut. At the same time Robert Tatteshale received 5 fees in Bargham, Ham, Preston, Bepton, Graffham, Elmere, and Tortington, and one in Walderton; Roger Somery others in Drayton, Storrington, Kirdford, and Billingshurst; and John FitzAlan two fees “in the hands of Tregoz” in Ham (Angmering), Bargham, Graffham, and Walderton (Tierney, Hist of Arundel, 17-18). The overlordship of the Tregoz fees were therefore complex.

Note; As Henry de Tregoz was one of the “Four knights” appointed to select a jury for a dispute about the will of Rackham in 1196 (Curia Regis R. I. 30.), he can hardly have been born later than 1170. It is therefore an open question whether the Henry who in 1243 was tenant of 6 knights fees of the Honor of Arundel assigned in dower to Isabel, widow of Henry Earl of Arundel, was this Henry or his son and namesake.

1256 [40 Hen III] 11 July, Henry de Tregoz granted respite of Knighthood for three years. Henry de Tregoz Snr. dies.

Note: There seem to be at least 3 men called Henry de Tregoz associated with Goring in the 13th century. The suggested date-limits of 1243 and 1256 are based on an estimate of his possible age, which would allow him to be the Henry who held 6 knights fees in 1243, and the fact that in 1256 a Henry was granted respite of knighthood, suggesting that he was only recently come of age and that therefore he was born about 1235, whereas Henry abovenamed had long been a knight. I believe the Henry who died 1256/7 above was the one who died without issue. Therefore this Henry died after 1243.

1257 [41 Hen III] Henry de Tregoz granted a Charter of Free Warren on lands in Goring, Dedisham, and Warbinton, Sussex, He also had a grant of a fair at Goring on the eve, feast, and morrow of St Laurence (9-11 August)[Cal. Chart. R. I. 4]

1264 [48 Hen III] Henry de Tregoz recorded as being one of those appointed 16 Sept to defend the Sussex Coast. He obviously took the baronial side in the Civil War, as he was one of six knights ordered to assemble at Pevensey with horses and arms and all their posse to repel an expected invasion. (Cal. Pat. 1263-6, p. 347)

1267 [51 Hen III] After the victory of the Royalists an enquiry was held as to “offences during the rebellion” in the course of which Nicholas de la Thyche complained that Henry Tregoz received 150 sheep of which Roger, son and heir of William le Covert, and Robert son of William de Wysteneston, who were of the household (familia) of Henry, had deprived him (assize R. 1267)

1269 [54 Hen III] Henry de Tregoz recorded as being in debt to Wilberd de Kancia to whom he pledged his lands in Kent and Sussex. He was also engaged in a lawsuit for the Manor of Preston, Sussex.

1270 [55 Hen III] Henry de Tregoz recorded as a surity in the courts for Philip de Fluri and Richard de Ferringes. Henry dies at Denne Manor, Warnham. John de Tregoz gains a grant of free warren in Denne and Ham (55th Hen. III).

1271 [56 Hen III] Henry de Tregoz sold his manor at Denne, Warnham, to Rosa D’Oyly of Raunton, Staffs. In the same year he purchased the manor of East Preston, called Preston Milliers, from Henry de Leye and Emma his wife for 250 marks. (Sussex rec Soc VII, no 759)

1274 [2 Edw. I] It was found that Henry de Tregoz claimed wrecks in Palynge hundred, and assize of bread and ale in the vill. of Goring, and moreover, that he had appropriated to himself free warren there. The claim to wreck was subsequently disallowed (Farrer, Honors and knights fees, III, 32)

1276 [4 Edw I] Henry de Tregoz gave the advowson of the church of Billingshurst to the Prior of Arundel, who received him into the prayers and other benefits of his convent (Sussex rec Soc VII, no 859); Hugh Lovel, the same year, mortgaged the manor of Storrington to Henry deTregoz for 7 years for repayment of £86 which Sir Henry had lent to him (Col. Close, 1272-9, p. 336); his son and heir, Thomas de Tregoz was born in Goring by Sea, East Preston.

1284 [12 Edw I] Henry de Tregoz was returned as holding 2 fees in Goring and Preston of Robert de Mohaut.

1290 [19 Edw I] An undated deed exists, thought to be from about this time, made by “Henry de Tregoz, lord of Goring and of Daddesham, son and heir of Sir Henry de Tregoz”, By this deed he gave, or rather sold, to Walter Burgess of Horsham his tenement in Southwark which his father had of the gift of Richard Martin, lying between a tenement of the Prior of Merton on the south, one of Stephen Abod (formerly of Isaac the jew of Southwark) on the north, and extending from the high road on the west to the common ditch (antrum) which runs round the vill of Southwark, in the parish of St Margaret; to hold by the rent of 1d yearly.

1293 [21 Edw I] Henry [b1226] de Tregoz dies.

1294 [22 Edw I] Henry [b.1250] de Tregoz summoned in June to attend the King for service in Gascony. By this time he was lord of the manor of Wykenholle, Sussex, though his marriage to Margaret of Goring, through which match some represent the family as acquiring Goring lordship. It has been shown, however, that the Tregozes held property there nearly a century before. and their importance almost exceeded his great deceased kinsman John Baron Tregoz.

1295 [23 Edw I] Henry de Tregoz granted protection in November as he was going to Scotland with Earl de Warenne.

1296 [24 Edw I] Henry de Tregoz was ordered to aid sheriffs of Surrey and Sussex in punishing the disturbers of the realm, being also a Commissioner concerning the clergy, for many of whom he vouched. He was also enrolled pursuant to an ordinance for the defence of the sea-coast of Sussex, as a knight holding lands within the Rape of Arundel, but not resident of the county.

1297 [25 Edw I] Henry de Tregoz summoned to attend the King in May, as he was also recorded as being among those returned from Sussex and Surrey, as holding lands or rents of £200 yearly, and as such required to perform military service in parts beyond the seas. He was also summoned to attend the King in August, for a military Council at Rochester.

Note: Henry de Tregoz was repeatedly summoned against the Scots from 1297 to 1323. He was ordered to remain on the Scottish border during the winter 1315, and was also a Commissioner, 1300 and 1311, to recruit men from Surrey and Sussex for service in Scotland. During the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, 1294 and 1322, he baving acquired much renown in the Scotch Wars, was summoned to parliament as a Baron.

1299 [27 Edw I] Henry de Tregoz recorded as a Justice of oyer and terminer in Sussex.

1300/01 [29 Edw I] Henry de Tregoz recorded as being Knight of the Shire for Sussex in the Parliament which met at Lincoln, and his seal, as Dominus de Garynges, was attached to the letter of the Barons to the His Holiness the Pope in February of that year, rejecting his offer to adjudicate on the claim of Edward I to the Scottish throne.

1301 [29 Edw I] Henry de Tregoz obtains a licence from the King to hold a market and a fair at Goring. We also find him styled “Dominus de Garynnges”

1303 [31 Edw I] Henry de Tregoz recorded as a Commissioner for the supression of vagabonds in Sussex.

Note: He was summoned to Parliament from 12 Nov 1304 to 14 March 1321, by writs directed Henrico Tregoz, whereby he is held to have become Lord Tregoz.

1305 [33 Edw I] Henry de Tregoz granted letters of protection dated 21st June to go on pilgramage to the Shrine of St. Edmund of Potigny. By this time, Henry de Tregoz is granted free warren at Wykenholt, Sussex.

1307 [35 Edw I] Henry de Tregoz recorded as a Conservator of Peace in Surrey.

1308 [I Edw II] Henry de Tregoz, recorded also as being Conservator of Peace in Sussex; Both he and his wife Margaret de Goring, were summoned to the Coronation of Edward II.

Note; in 1309 and 1313 “Henry Tregoze” was summoned to Parliament as Knight of the Shire for Sussex as well as by Special Writ.

1314 [8 Edw II] Henry de Tregoz still recorded as a Justice of oyer and terminer, and also for jail delivery in Sussex, Surrey and Kent.

Note: Henry’s son, Thomas was appointed to organise and lead contingents against the Scots from Sussex, 1316, 1322, and 1323, and from Surrey and Sussex in 1326, and further summoned for personal service against the Scots 1318, 1319, 1333, 1nd 1335.

1316 [9 Edw II] As if to underline that, Thomas de Tregoz was a knight of great note; he was certified, pursuant to a writ tested at Clipstone, to be Lord of Goring, Preston, Burpham, and Greatham, Sussex.

1317 [10 Edw II] On 4th January and 3rd March 1317/8, Thomas de Tregoz was summoned to Parliament. However, this parliament, which had been originally summoned on 20 November 1317, and was twice prorogued, on the above dates and never met, was revoked 6 June 1318, (11 Edw. II) when Thomas was addressed as one of the Majores Barons.

1318 [12 Edw II] Thomas de Tregoz was granted protection to go on pilgrimages to Santiago, 1318 and 1321. He named as attorneys during his absence Henry Tregoz and John de Hayton (Cal. Pat. 1317-21, pp. 556, 565)

1320 [14 Edw II] Thomas de Tregoz was appointed Knight of the Shire for Sussex, 1320 and 1321.

1321 [15 Edw II] Henry de Tregoz appointed to aid in the enforcement of peace in the realm. His son, Thomas, caused an Extent and customal of his manors, including Dedisham Manor, to be drawn up, and mention is made at Dedisham, of a Mill worth 13s 4d yearly, and three deer parks, - Suthpark (South Park), Midelpark (Middle Park), and Hertpark (Hart Park). It is also mentioned that the garden in a normal year produced one cask of cider. Here Thomas’s brother Henry had a messuage and some 50 acres of arable and meadow called “la Violette” which he held by serving the lord in his parks of Goring and Dedisham and by render of two bows, each worth 3s., and 10 barbed arrows and 2 bolts (tribal); he also had other land, including a messuage with a croft “on le Stanstrete”; Also, the 1276 Storrington debt seems not to have been paid off, as Thomas recovered his grandfather’s interest by taking possession of the manor of Storrington against Hugh’s son Richard Lovel (De Banco, 242, m. 116)

Note: it must have reverted to the Lovels as in 1340 James Lovel sold it to the Earl of Arundel (Sussex Rec. Soc. XXIII, no 1912).

1321/2 [15 Edw II] Thomas de Tregoz was in January, in the comitava of William de la Zouche, for service in Wales against the rebel Barons. (Cal. Pat. 1321-4, p 65), and in October he was commissioned to array and command all men in Sussex between the ages of 16 and 60 (Cal. Pat 1321-4, pp. 213, 267) so that he was evidently a loyal supporter of Edward II during the rebellion of Thomas of Lancaster.

1323 [16 Edw II] Henry de Tregoz died shortly after 2nd June at Wiggonholt, Thakeham, Sussex.

1324 [17 Edw II] Thomas de Tregoz, being returned by the Sheriff of Sussex to attend the Great Council at Westminster.

1325 [18 Edw II] Thomas de Tregoz was summoned, with certain other knights, to pass over into Guienne under the Earl of Warren’s command.

1327 [I Edw III] Thomas de Tregoz was Commissioner to perambulate the forests in Surrey (Cal. Pat. 1327-30, p. 59)

1330 [4 Edw III] Thomas de Tregoz granted licence to crenelate his dwelling house of Dachesham, Sussex, by privy seal, Worcester. (Cal. Pat 1327-30 p. 495). – “For Thomas Tregoz. The king to all &c., greeting – Know that of our special grace we have granted on behalf of ourselves and our heirs, to our beloved and faithful Thomas Tregoz, that he may fortify with a wall of stone and lime, and krenellate his manse of Dachesham, in the County of Sussex, and may hold that manse so fortified and krenellated, for himself and his heirs, for ever, without penalty or impediment from us, or our heirs, or our officers whatsoever. In witness whereof, &c. Witness the King at Worcester, on the 30th day of September.” (Pat. 4 Edw. III., p. 1, m. 40)

1331 [5 Edw III] Thomas de Tregoz was Justice for oyer and terminer in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants and Wilts. He was again summoned for Parliament as a Baron, from 27 Jan 1331/2 to 1 April 1335.

1331/32 [5 Edw III] Thomas de Tregoz had a grant of free warren on his demeesnes of Goring, Preston, Ham, Bargham, Storribgton, Parham, Greatham, Walderton, and Deddisham, and at Bowley (in Boughton) in Kent. (Cal. Chart. R. Iv. 258)

1335 [9 Edw III] Thomas de Tregoz died shortly before 5 May (Cal. Fine. R. iv. 441), leaving a son, Henry, and a daughter Margery or Margaret. He was certainally dead by 26th Edw. III for then was Joane de Poynings, his widow, a party to a family settlement made by her son in law, Sir John D’Oyly, and Margaret, his wife, her daughter.

Note: Margaret, the sister of Henry, 3rd Baron, marries Sir John d’Oyly, was great-grandmother of Thomas Lewknor, the heir, in 1404, of her nephew, John 6th Lord [Baron] Tregoz. By way of explanation, the barony went to Henry 3rd Baron, d. 3 Jun 1361, then to his son Robert, 4th Baron, d 14 may 1387, then to his son Edward, 5th baron, dsp. 4 Aug 1400, then to the 3rd Baron’s son (and 5th Baron’s uncle), John, dsp. Legit 8 Sept 1404, when Margaret’s great grandson Thomas Lewknor became heir.

It is also worth noting that shortly before his death Sir Thomas was owing £15. 13s. 4d to Queen Isabelle. The sheriff declared that he had been able to raise only 20s., but the king’s attorney said that Thomas had plenty of goods and had bribed the sheriff (Exch. Plea R. 63, m. 3). An inquiry was ordered, and when it was held in 1337, it was alleged thet Thomas was indebted to the Crown on his own account and also for debts incurred by his father Henry as far back as 1305 when he had control of the manor of Westbourne and other lands of the earldom of Arundel, entrusted to him during the minority of the heir. Sir Thomas’s goods were valued at £108. 9s. 2d: namely, at Goring a horse (40s), 4 farm horses (affros) (26s. 8d), 34 oxen (£17), 50 swine (72s. 6d), 100 ewes (100s), 100 hoggets (66s. 8d), 100 acres sown with wheat (£20), 60 acres of beans and peas and vetches (£6), 60 acres of oats (£6), 100 qr. Of wheat in stack in the barn (£25), 40 qr. Of barley in stack (£9). At Preston 2 farm horses (13s. 4d), 5 oxen (50s), 20 acres of wheat (£4), 15 acres of beans and peas (30s), 10 acres of oats (20s). At Dedisham 2 mares (20s). All of which had come into the hands of his executors – Henry Tregoz (his brother), William de Wolvercote, and William Pomeray, rector of Bargham..

1336 [10 Edw III] Henry Tregoz “the elder” (brother of Sir Thomas) is recorded as a trustee for a settlement of Midhurst and other manors on John de Bohun and Isabel his wife ( Sussex Rec. Soc. xxiii, no. 1836)She is said to have been sister to henry and to have married Sir John sometime before 1324 (W. St. J. Hope, Cowdray, 9), but any evidence of her identity appears to be lacking.

1343 [17 Edw III] Henry must have come of age, for in this year as Sir henry, it is recorded that he granted to the Lady Joan, his mother, the manors of Bargham and Ham – reserving the next presentation to the church of Bargham, and the service of Sir William de Wolvercote, knight – inexchange for the manor of Haydon, which she was holding in dower (Add. Charter 56358)

1350 [24 Edw III] Lady Joan was party to a settlement of the reversion of the manor of Bargham on Henry and Joan and their heirs (Sussex Rec Soc xxiii, no 2093).

1353 [27 Edw III] Customal of Drungewick. On December 20th of this year Sir Henry “Tregors” did fealty to the Venerable Father Robert (de Stratford) Bishop of Chichester for a parcel of land formerly called Plattere within his park of “Gatesham” ( dedisham) being 60 acres of land in Slyndefold by fealty and service of 5s rent payable in equal parts at Christmas, lady day, Midsummer, and Michaelmas. He owed relief and heriot, a horse and gear with all purtenance, for suit and all other services. (Sussex Rec. Soc. Xxxi, 67).

Note: there is the entry in the Customal “now Lekenere” noted in the margin of P. In a later hand, obviously referring to Lewknor, who took possession of the lands after 1428. (Liber P. F 66 r-68 r.)

1364 [38 Edw III] Sir Henry Tregoz must have died between 1353 and 1364 as his widow Joan is recorded in this year as being wife of Sir Edward St. John (Suss. Rec. Soc. xxiii, no. 2286)

1386 [10 Ric II] When Lady Joan St John died (now a widow) in November, her son Sir Robert Tregoz (son of Sir Henry)was already dead and her heir was his son Edward aged 8½. She had been holding for life very extensive property, settled on her by her two husbands. These were now split up: the St John Estates going to Sir John Arundel, son of the Earl of Arundel, and of the Tregoz estates, she left Goring and its members then held of the Honor of Wallingford, to her grandson; Bargham, 200 acres in Slinfold and Rudgwick called mareschales (held partly of the Earl of Arundel and partly of the bailiff of Worminghurst, as agent of Fecamp Abbey(, and a messuage in Southwark, to her younger son John Tregoz (Inq. P.m. 10 Ric II file 46, no.20). Amongst her goods and chattels, she gave to her son John “Tregors”, two colts running in the park of Dedisham.

1400 [1 Hen IV] Edward died 4 August; Estates pass to John Tregoz, uncle of the elder Edward and brother of Sir Robert.

1400 [1 Hen IV] Sept.15 Westminster, “To William Westone escheator in Sussex. Order to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with the manor of Gorynge with the members, namely Haydoun, Dadesham, Preston and Walderton, the manors of Wygenholte, Bargham, Hamme and Gretham and divers lands in Perham and Codham, delivering to John Tregos any issues thereof taken ; as the king has learned by divers inquisitions, taken by the escheator, that Edward Tregoes at his death held no lands in chief, but held the said manors and lands in his demesne as of fee, that the manor of Gorynge and the members are held by knight service of the prince as of the honour of Walyngforde, the other manors and lands of other lords, and that the said John, being son of Henry father of Robert father of the said Edward, is his cousin and next heir, and of full age.” (1 Henry IV – part II, Membrane 18 page 143)

1404 [5 Hen IV] Last in the line, John Tregoz dies, and his lands including the manors of Goring, Preston, Dedisham, Walderton, Ham in Angmering, and also Barpham which was still then a village and parish separate from Angmering, were conveyed to Nicholas Carew, in trust (Sussex Rec. Soc xxiii, No 2708) for John’s wife Alice [or widow of his Nephew]. (Inq, p.m. 5 Hen IV, file 43, no.3) His will (Archbp. Reg. Arundel, pt. I, fol. 214.), made at Dedisham on 30 June was proved at Slindon on 16 Sept 1404.

1408 [9 Hen IV] An attempt to eject Nicholas Carew and his fellow trustees from continuance of holding of the estate of John Tregoz resulted in their recovering 300 marks damages against Henry Palmere; on the other hand they were amerced for wrongly accusing Thomas Leukenore and others of being concerned in the disseisin (Assize R. 1521, m. 30)

1412 [14 Hen IV] Nicholas carew and his co-trustees continued to hold John Tregoz’s lands and documents give value of the Goring holdings at £50; Dedisham, £20; and Greatham , £10 (S.A.C. x. 137)

1428 [6 Hen VI] By this time the trust had expired, presumably through the death of Alice, widow of Edward Tregoz, and Sir Thomas Lewknor inherits the lands, including Goring, Bargham, Dedisham and the other Tregoz estates, as nearest eligible cousin. (Feudal Aids, v. 154)

1509 [1 Hen VIII] Suggested date (by some Local Historians) for founding of Dedisham Iron working forge. This seems more likely than Straker’s suggestion of 1615.

1543 (Easter, 34 Hen VIII) A quit claim exists citing the King as plaintiff, re: the deforciants Sir Roger Lewknor, Elizabeth his wife, Sir Wm Barrantyne, and Joan Pole, widow, late wife of Sir Arthur Pole, and one of the daughters and heirs apparent of Roger, in respect of the manor of Deddisham and tenements in Dedisham, Slynfold, Rugewyke, Byllyngeshurst, Vyolettes and Marshall (Suassex Rec Soc. Pedes Finium).

1547 [1 Edw VI] Edward VI grants Dedisham to Sir Richard Blount, Lieutenant of the Tower.

1597 [39 Eliz I] A dispute deposition dated 24th September, exists relating to the “Detsom” (Dedisham) forge. The forge was run by Thomas French, Anthony Fowle, and Thomas Middleton. The latter’s family had other ironworking interests, and in 1595 John Middleton had leased Gosden Furnace at Lower Beeding to Wm & Neville Cheeseman. The deposition by French & Fowle refer to the pending lawsuite of Cheeseman V Middleton in which amongst other issues, Wm Cheeseman complains thet Thos Middleton had in the Maytide of 1597 taken divers tons of “sows”(Iron ingots) laying at Godson Furnace and carried them to Detsom Forge. The dispute was not resolved until 1602. (PRO.REQ2/166/46) The old furnace house still stands to the east of the southern end of the pond, and has been dated to c1580 which may be contemporary but not necessarily so.

1611 [5 Jas I] A quit claim exists by Richard Blount of Dedisham, co Sussex to John Waller of Spellhurste, Co Kent, yeoman, and Richard Tichborne, citizen and skinner of London, of and in all that messuage, farm, and lands called the Violett farm in Slyndfolde, co. Sussex, and parcel of the manor of Dedisham, which premises the said Richard Blount bargained and sold to the said John Waller and Richard Tichborne by deed of 10 January. (SAS-H/585)

1613 [11 Jas I] There is an entry in the Slinfold Churchwarden’s accounts for a new bell-clapper “Payde to Gardner the hammerman two shillings and six pence and the olde copper clypper”

1614 [12 Jas I] Inventory exists of decd Richard Otway, lesee of Dedisham Furnace and forge with a “one fourth share of the 200 loads of myne (iron Ore) laying at the furnace”. The inventory shows charcoal valued at 14/- a load, Iron Ore at £1. 6s. 8d a load, and sows at £5 a ton.

1615 [13 Jas I] Suggested date (E. Straker, Wealden Iron.) for the setting up of the Dedisham Iron-working forge. However, this does seem at odds with the 1597 and 1613 entries.

1621 [19 Jas I] A conveyance (bargain and sale inrolled) in consideration for £440 from Richard Blount of Dedisham, esq. and William Blount, his son and heir apparent, to Lawrence Peirs of Hastings, esq., two messuages and 150 acres of land called Winstrowdeswood als Winstrelleswood als Winstrowd als Winstrells in Billingshurst, parcel of the manor of Dedisham, in occupation of William Wakeham and Joshua Turner bt deed dated 20 October. (Add Mss 41016).

1628 [2 Ch. I] A bargain and sale exists by Richard Blount of Dedisham, esq., to Nicholas Naldrett of Rudgwick, husbandman, and Nicholas Naldrett his eldest son, of a messuage or dwellinghouse erected by the said Nicholas Naldrett the father with the leave of the said Richard Blount on the waste belonging to his manor of Dedisham in Ridgwick, near to certain lands of henry Goring, esq., holding the said manor of Dedisham, and a garden plot to the same belonging; rent yearly on New Year’s day, 1 fat capon and doing service at ther Court of the said Richard Blount of the said manor of Dedisham when summoned as other freeholders, by deed dated 30 March. (SAS – H/617)

1629 [3 Ch. I] Richard Blount jnr. dies leaving Dedisham to his four daughters equally, and Dedisham Manor was sold to Sir Richard Onslow (WSRO MP23).

1631 [5 Ch. 1.] A deed dated May 9th conveys certain land in the manor of Dedisham and Parish of Rudgwick, including “the close of mead called the Mill meadow, and one other parcel of meadow ground....lying near the works or iron-mill called the Hammer.” (Close Roll 2892)

1636 [12 Ch. I] A water corn-mill is recorded on the estate, and also three parks, - Sharpes Park, Mansell’s Park, and Reeds Park.

[Easter, 12 Ch. I.] A quit-claim exists between George Duncumbe, Esq, plaintiff, and Mary Lewknor, widow, Sir George Ayliffe, and Martha, his wife, Reginald Mohun, and Elizabeth his wife, William Ducke, and Anne his wife, and John Knightley, and Bridget his wife, deforciants, regarding the manor of Dedisham and tenements in Dedisham, Slinfold, Rudgwick, Itchingfield, and Billingshurst, and also the advowson of the church of Itchingfield. (Sussex Rec. Soc. Feet of fines)

1637 [13 Chas I] Dedisham sold to Sir Richard Onslow

1640 [16 Chas I] Thomas Middleton elected member of parliament for Horsham, and again in 1648. It is interesting that he was jailed for hindering the Horsham Commonwealth Committee and his estates seized 1643, but he seems to have continued sitting in the house and upon appealing in 1651 was profitably compensated over the affair. (Windrum).

1643 [19 Chas I] Dedisham manor house purportedly ransacked by Sir William Waller’s troops, and the house left to decay (Dalloway & other Local Historians). I think this highly unlikely, unless by mistake, as the owner, Sir Richard Onslow was one of Cromwell’s trusted aides - albeit an absentee landlord, - who lived at “Knolle” (Knowle Park), Cranleigh until 1641 when he moved to Clandon Park, Guildford. He was Colonel in Chief of the Surrey Regiments on the parliamentarian side, and after which he was speaker of the House of Commons during the Commonwealth. Could this be a confusion with the confiscation of Thos Middleton’s estates (Dedisham Forge etc) following the latter’s arrest and inprisonment? The forge apparently ceased operation from about this time, although a document (ref unknown) was noticed by Alan Siney, a local historian, at WSRO dated 1714 referring to a contractor invoicing for the cartage of 300 loads to Dedisham Furnace. The reference if authenticated, would put the forge’s demise much later than previously thought.

1646/7 [Hil., 22 Ch. I] a quit claim exists between Sir John Compton and Nicholas Stoughton, plaintiffs, and Sir Richard Onslow, and Elizabeth his wife, and Arthur Onslow, deforciants, regarding the manors of Knoll, Utworth, Holehurst, Bramley and Unsted alias Ownsted, also advowson of church of Merrow, co. Surrey, and manors of Dedisham and Pallingham and tenements in Dedisham, Slynfold, Rudgwick, Billingshurst, Greene alias Wisborough Greene, petworth and Kerford, also advowson of church of Itchingfield, Co. Sussex. (Sussex Rec. Soc. Pedes finium)

1647 [Easter 23 Ch 1] a further quit claim exists between Sir Richard Onslow plaintiff, and William Duck and Anne his wife, deforciants, regarding tenements in Rudgwick and Slynfold and moiety of lands in Rudgwick, also third part of manor of Dedisham and tenements in Rudgwick, Slynfold and Billingshurst, and advowson of third part of church of Itchingfield, also fourth part of tenements in Rudgwick (Sussex Rec. Soc. Pedes finium)

1649 [Mich., D. C.] A document exists between Thomas Foot, mayor of the City of London, and John Cutler, plaintiffs, and Sir Richard Onslow and Elizabeth his wife, and Arthur Onslow, deforciants, concerning the manors of Knoll, Utworth, Holehurst, Unstead alias Ownsted, and Bramley alias Bromley, and advowson of church of Merrowe, co. Surrey, and manors of Dedisham and pallingham and tenements in Dedisham, Slynfold, Rudgwick, Billingshurst, Greene, alias Wisborough Greene, Petworth and Kerford, also advowson of church of Itchyngfield, co. Sussex, quitclaimed to plaintiffs and heirs of Thomas Foot. (Sussex Rec. Soc. Pedes finium)

1650 Indenture dated 29th May wherein Dame Mary Lewknor sells her remaining share of Dedisham and estate to Sir Richard Onslow of Clandon, and his successor Sir Arthur Onslow. (SRO GMR Onslow 97/13/732)

1676 [Mich., 28 Ch II] A document exists between Robert Raworth, and John Child, plaintiffs, and Arthur Onslow and Richard Onslow, deforciants, concerning the manors of Knoll, Utworth, Holehurst, Unstead alias Ownsted, and Bramley alias Bromley, and Deddiswell, also advowson of church of Merrow, co. Surrey, and manors of Dedisham and Pallingham and tenements in Dedisham, Slynfold, Rudgwick, Billingshurst, Greene, alias Wisborough Greene, Petworth and Kerford, also advowson of church of Itchyngfield, co. Sussex, and tenements in London, cos. Gloucester and Wilts, quitclaimed to plaintiffs and heirs of Robert Raworth. (Sussex Rec. Soc. Pedes finium)

1789 [29 Geo III] Charlotte Maria Williams Onslow, widow, and Middleton Onslow passes Dedisham Manor and estate into the hands of Charles, Duke of Norfolk. (WSRO Add Ms 362-367) She wasMiddleton’s stepmother, his mother being Anne Middleton, a descendant of the iron-working Middletons. She had outlived his father, Denzil Onslow.

1860 [24 Vic] Dedisham Chapel (North side of Chancel, Slinfold Church) is demolished. With it went the Lady of Dedisham effigy.