Identifier: p2surreyarchaeol05surr (find matches)
Title: Surrey archaeological collections
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Surrey Archaeological Society
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Publisher: Guildford (etc.)
Contributing Library: Surrey Archaeological Society
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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man about theyear 1624, the date being upon one of the leaden pipes.This branch of the Holman family were settled at God-stone. They were originally from Dorsetshire, and oneof their ancestors, Sir John Holman, is said to havebeen standard-bearer to Sir William Russell at the battleof Bosworth. George Holman died in 1625. In hiswill,4 dated 16th June, 1621, he mentions his wife Suzanand his sons Robert and Jeffrey, and leaves £6. 13s. 4d.to the relief of the poor of Bletchingley. He was suc-ceeded by his son Robert Holman, who was one of thesix members chosen for the county in the Parliament of1654. He died in 1664, and by his will,5 dated 12thSeptember, 1661, bequeathed his lands at Bletchingleyand elsewhere to his son Theophilus. He succeeded his 1 Deed in possession of C. H. Master, Esq. 2 Claus. 33 Edw. III., m. 25. 3 Royal Comp. Papers, 2nd Series, vol. xxiii. p. 74. 4 Court of Probate, Doctors Commons, 39, Clarke. 5 Id., Ill, Bruce. ?>////////< // . cect V/// ■ -/, ///.
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3> 1IIST0EY OP BLETGHINGLEY. 219 father, and died in 1672, and by his will,1 dated 22ndMarch, 1664, devised his estates to his brother George.On the death of the latter in 1686, without issue, theproperty came to his sister, Mary Seyliard, the wife ofMr. Thomas Seyliard, of Penshurst, Kent. It passedinto the hands of the Perkins family about the beginningof the present century. In a window in the hall are thearms of Holman; viz. vert a chevron between threepheons or. Crest on a chapeau az., turned-up ermine, anostrich-head and neck argent. Nearly opposite Pendhill is a handsome red-brickhouse, built, it is said, by Richard Glydd, in 1636, fromdesigns of Inigo Jones. The basement is well worthyof examination, the house being built entirely upon verysubstantial arches. This Richard Glydd, to whom there isa tablet in the south chancel of the church, was treasurerof Christs Hospital; he was the father of Richard Glyd,whose son, John Glyd, was a barrister-at-law of Grays Inn,and one of

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