John Wight, of Wimbledon

Jhon Wyght England Marriages, 1538–1973 Name: Jhon Wyght Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 22 Sep 1549 Event Place: Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England Event Place (Original): Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Angnes Brey Spouse's Gender: Female

Queen Elizabeth granted John Wight land in Isleworth, where his will was written. John Wight, gentleman, and Edward James, and Joan, his wife. Land in Istelworth. Easter Anno 7. [1566]

John Wight's will in 1573 mentions his sons Rice (called Richard by his wife in her will), Ralph, Thomas, John, Joseph, James, brother in law Thomas Armstrong, son in law Philpott, daughter Elizabeth, and wife Agnes. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_311320-00441?pid=89...

BRABOEUF MANOR ¶
BRABOEUF MANOR, which extends very widely about St. Catherine's Hill and towards Godalming, includes that portion of Stephen de Turnham's manor which was assigned to his daughter Alice de Bendeng, for she granted her portion of Artington to Geoffrey of Braboeuf in 1232, (fn. 26) and he had confirmation of the grant in 1251. (fn. 27) He had other lands in Artington and Guildford, and in 1257, together with Richard Testard, obtained a royal grant of the sites of old mills in Guildford which they had recently sold to the king, and also of new mills which they were to remove to the site of the old ones. (fn. 28) Cicely 'la Braboeuf' held a quarter of the manor at 'Artington next Braboeuf' at her death in 1347, (fn. 29) probably as dower. John Braboeuf witnessed deeds of Artington in 1337 and again in 1350. (fn. 30) Andrew Braboeuf, son of Andrew and Cecily de Braboeuf, died seised of one quarter of Artington in 1361–2, leaving a daughter Agnes, (fn. 31) who married first Robert Danhurst, and secondly, Robert Loxley. At her death her grandson Robert Danhurst inherited her lands. He died s.p.m. in 1481–2, having settled Braboeuf on Bernard Jenyn and his wife Elizabeth, who was niece of Agnes Braboeuf's second husband Robert Loxley. (fn. 32) Bernard Jenyn settled the manor on his second son Thomas, (fn. 33) who died in March 1508–9. (fn. 34) Sir John Jenyn, kt., son of Thomas Jenyn, died holding Braboeuf in 1545, leaving a son Edward aged five, (fn. 35) who died a minor and was succeeded by his aunt Joan, wife of Robert Kemp. (fn. 36) Agnes, wife of John Wight of Wimbledon, and daughter of Joan Kemp, was in possession of Braboeuf in 1559, (fn. 37) and was succeeded by her son Rice (Riceus) Wight, who died at Artington 31 October 1602. His son John was born in 1674 and died in 1656, his son John died 1707 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son William, who died in 1722, and his son Tempest Wight died 1768. John Wight, his son, died 1817, his son Arthur Wight died 1847, having married Jane More-Molyneux of Loseley. His son Albert Wight died in 1905, and his widow, née Mary Anne Boulderson, is lady of the manor. (fn. 38) ¶

27. Add. Chart. 24582, 24583, 24584. 28. Cal. Chart. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 456. 29. Chan. Inq. p.m. 22 Edw. III (1st nos.), no. 20. 30. Montagu Burrows, The Family of Brocas, 430–2. 31. Chan. Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. III (1st nos.), no. 21. 32. Memo. R. (Exch. L.T.R.), Trin. 11 Hen. VII, m. 16, 'Recorda'; Feet of F. Surr. 42 Edw. III, 1; 10 Ric. II, 23. 33. Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), lxxxiii 20. 34. Ibid. xxv, 48. 35. Ibid. lxxii, 96. 36. Ibid. cxiii, 46. 37. Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 1 Eliz. 38. Parish Reg. of St. Nicholas, Guildford.

The reputed manor of CHINTHURST (Chilthurst xvi cent.) formed, together with a moiety of Loseley, the dower assigned to Thomasine widow of William Sidney by his son William in 1452. (fn. 29) It had then lately been held by John Hover. It passed with Loseley to Sir Christopher More in 1532, and descended to his son (fn. 30) William More of Loseley, who exchanged it in 1557 for Polsted Manor in Compton with John Wight and his wife Agnes. (fn. 31) John Wight, a descendant of this John (see Artington), sold the manor to John Sparkes of Gosden in 1791. (fn. 32) The manor was then held successively by his son and grandson, both being his namesakes. (fn. 33) It is now the seat of Mr. W. V. Cooper.

29. Harl. Chart. 56 B 25. 30. See under Loseley; also Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), lxxxix, 134. Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 5 Edw. VI. 31. Com. Pleas D. Enr. East. 4 & 5 Phil. and Mary, m. 367. 32. Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 31 Geo. III. 33. Manning and Bray, op. cit. ii, III; Brayley, Topog. Hist. of Surr. v, 148

Short title: Wight v Lord Grey. Plaintiffs: John WIGHT and Agnes his wife, descendant... Ordering and viewing options This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. Reference: C 1/1486/48 Description: Short title: Wight v Lord Grey. Plaintiffs: John WIGHT and Agnes his wife, descendant and heir of Bernard Jenyns. Defendants: John GREY, Lord Grey. Subject: Detention of deeds relating to the manors of Braboeuf in the parish of St Nicholas, Guildford, and of Polsted in Compton, and messuages and lands in Shalford, Worplesdon, Chiddingfold, Bromley, Albury, Wonersh, Dunsfold and Haslemere. Pedigree given. Surrey Date: 1556-1558 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7506498