seph Thompson, Esq. uncle to the present proprietor, the rev. Joseph Whately, who has a neat villa at some distance from the site of the old palace. A view of this palace is given in Lysons's Environs, I. p. 153.*

SUTTON joins Chearn, and is situated on the public road from London to Brighton, at the distance of twelve miles from the former. The manor formerly belonged to the abbey of Chertsey; after the suppression of the abbey it was granted to Sir Nicholas Carew, on whose attainder it. reverted to the crown; but was restored to his son by Mary I. It afterwards came into the families of Darcey, Mason, Brownlow, Cliffe, and Hatch. Beeston Long, Esq. has the antient house in Sutton. Domesday Book, mentions two churches here; there is now only a small fabric, dedicated to St. Nicholas, at the west end of which was a wooden tower, since taken down, and rebuilt with brick. Over the north window is an antient inscription, partly in Saxon characters, requesting the prayers of the faithful

for William Foul, and Alice, his mother," probably benefactors to the church. Within are memorials for lady Brownlow, who died in 1700. Earl Talbot, who died in 1782; and Cecil, his mother, wife of Charles Talbot, Esq. barrister at law; (afterwards lord chancellor) she died in 1720, aged twenty eight. WILLIAM STEPHENS, rector of Sutton, was a party writer in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He was indicted in the court of King's Bench for a libel on the duke of Marlborough, and secretary Harley, in 1707, for which he was sentenced to pay a fine of hundred marks, to stand twice in the pillory, at Charing Cross, and the Royal Exchange, and to find sureties for twelve months. The more ignominious part of his sen tence was remitted; but not till he had been taken to a

* Lelande, in his description of Cuddington, remarks, that "Crompton, of London, hath a close by Codington in Southerey, wher the king buildith. In this close is a vaine of fine yerth, to make moldes for golde smithes and casters of metale, that a loade of it is sold for a crowne of golde, Like yerth to this is not to be found in all Englande."

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public house at Charing Cross, where he saw the pillory, and the multitude assembled to witness his disgrace.

To the north-east of Sutton is CARSHALTON, nine miles from London, situate among innumerable springs, which form a sort of reservoir in the centre of the town, and joining other streams from Croydon and Beddington, form the river Wandle. Domesday Book informs us, that "In Waleton Hundred Geffrey de Mandiville holds AULTONE *. In the time of king Edward there were five freemen, who could go where they would. One of these held two hides, and the other four each six hides. There were five manors; at present there is only one. It was rated at twentyseven hides, now at three hides and a half. The arable land contains ten carucates. In demesne there is one carucate. There are nine villans and nine cottages, with five. carucates. There is a church and seven servants, and twelve acres of meadow." But it seems by the same re cord, that Geffrey was never lawfully seised of it.

William de Fiennes departed thls life in 30 Edw. I. being then seised of the mannor of Clopham (Clapham) inCom. Surr. and xx marks yearly rent, issuing out of the manhour of KERSALTONE, in the same county. Carshalton came afterwards to the families of Carew, and St. John; thence, by various descents, to Sir William Scawen, in1712. His great nephew James, sold it to George Taylor, Esq. Though this village is thus situated among springs+, it is built upon firm chalk, and on one of the most beautiful spots south of London, on which account it has many handsome houses; some built with such grandeur and expence, that they might be rather taken for the seats of the nobility than the country houses of citizens and merchants. Mr. Scawen intended to build a magnificent

It was originally written Aulton, afterwards Kersalton, and which was corrupted to Cars-Alton, as it is vulgarly pronounced.

† On the banks of the Wandle are established several manufactories; the principal of which are the two paper mills; mills for preparing leather and parchment; for grinding logwood; oil mills; snuff mills; and bleaching grounds; besides those mentioned under Mitcham.

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house here in a fine park, which is walled round, and vast quantities of stone and other materials were collected by him for this purpose, but the design was never carried into execution.

Here also Dr. Ratcliffe built a very fine house, which afterwards belonged to Sir John Fellows, who added gardens and curious waterwork. It passed into the possession of lord Hardwick, who sold it to the late William Mitchell, Esq. It afterwards came into the possession of Theodore Broadhead, Esq. and is now the seat of John Hodson Durand, Esq.

The CHURCH has a low embattled tower, and is supposed to have been built in the reign of Richard II. but has several modern additions. It contains an antient tomb of Nicholas Gaynesford, esquire of the body to Elizabeth, queen to Henry VII. in her procession from the Tower to Westminster, previously to her coronation. Gaynesford, and Verney, the other esquire of honour, rode in the procession with the lord mayor of London, and, as described în the MS. in the Cotton library, were "welle horsede in gownes of cremesyne velvett, having mantells of ermyne, and on ther hedes hatts of rede clothe of golde ermyne, the beher forward."* Within the church are also monuments of modern structure, to the memory of Sir William Scawen, Sir Edmund Hoskins, Sir George Fellows, Sir George Amyand, &c. Carshalton was the occasional residence of the virtuous minister of queen Elizabeth, Sir Nicholas Throgmorton.

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* The office of esquire of the body is thus described in the Household Book of Edward IV. Esquiers for the body, four, noble of condition, whereof alway two be attendant upon the king's person to array and unarray hym, to watche day and night to dress hym in his clothes, and they be callers to the chaumberlayn if any thing lak for his person or plesaures; thyre busines is in many secrets, some sitting in the king's chaumber, some in the hall with persones of like service, which is called knyghts service, taking every of them for his lyvery, at night, a chete loffe, one quart wyne, &c." Their allowance for attendance was sevenpence halfpenny per diem, whilst in waiting,

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