Sir Robert Parkhurst (d.1638), Knight, Alderman and Clothworker, bequeathed an interest in lands in Guildford, Surrey to The Clothworkers’ Company in 1648.[1] The only reference to the property in the Company Court Orders refers to the appointment of feoffees in 1668 for the estate trust.[2] A total of eight feoffees were appointed. These were Mr. Chaplin, Francis Dorrington, Michael Davison, Richard Beckford, John Lane, William Burton and James Young.[3] Many of these men had been noted previously in the company court orders as members of the Court. The Company sold the lands at Guildford at an unknown date.[4] The Company accounts include reference to the Guildford property in 1660, with an income of forty pounds and expenditure of five pounds record for the property.[5]
Individuals associated with this property
- Robert Parkhurst, Late owner, 4-8-1646. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 147v-148r
- Robert Parkhurst, Owner, 24-11-1636. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 157r (Manor of Poyle, Guildford, Surrey)
- Robert Parkhurst, Owner, 21-10-1646. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 152v-153r (Manor of Poyle, Guildford, Surrey)
- Augustine Phillips, Petitioner, 19-10-1647. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 174r (The Mills at Guildford, Surrey)
[1] TNA PROB/11/173, Will of Sir Robert Parkhurst, 22 February 1637.
[2] The Clothworkers' Company Archive (hereafter CCA), Court Orders, CL/B/1/10, p. 156, Appointment of feoffees for the lands at Guildford, p. 156.
[3] Ibid.
[4] A. Buchanan, ‘The Sources of the Wealth of The Clothworkers’ Company’, unpublished paper
[5] CCA, Renter Warden Accounts,CL/D/5/10, Renter Warden account of Mr. Dennis Gawden, 1660, f. 5 and f. 28.