Goldsworth Park Community Association
Goldsworth Timeline : 1500-1759 Long Lane and Langmans to Land Purchase
(Photos on this page Copyright A. Jones/GPCA)
1500
Map of Europe.
John Gaynesford is Sheriff of Surrey (1500-1501).
Long Lane Cottage which is now in Clifton Way, Goldsworth Park, Bridge Barn (now a pub) and Langmans which is now in Langmans Lane, Goldsworth are both thought to have been built in this century (16th Century).
They are now Grade II Listed buildings and are Timber framed.
For more details about Langmans see here.
and Bridge Barn see ...
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=290704
Christopher Bainbridge is Roman Catholic Archdeacon of Surrey (1500-1503).
Christopher Urswick is said by some to have possibly been Roman Catholic Archdeacon of Surrey c.1501.
Gilbert Gilpin (Park Keeper of Woking Park) dies and is buried at St Peter´s Church.
1501
Sir Richard Carew is Sheriff of Surrey (1501-1502).
1502
John Apseley is Sheriff of Surrey (1502-1503).
1503
Ralph Shirley is Sheriff of Surrey (1503-1504).
Matthew Long (Laung) is Roman Catholic Archdeacon of Surrey (1503-1516).
Henry VII is Lord of the Royal Manor of Woking.
1504
John Parker is Roman Catholic Abbot of Chertsey Abbey (1504-1529).
Richard Sackville is Sheriff of Surrey (1504-1505).
1505
Goddard Oxenbridge is Sheriff of Surrey (1505-1506).
John Venables is Roman Catholic Prior of Guildford's Dominican Friars (1505-1519)
1506
William Ashburnham is Sheriff of Surrey (1506-1507).
1507
Thomas Morton is Sheriff of Surrey (1507-1508).
John Trustram is the Roman Catholic Vicar of Chobham (1507-1510)
1508
Sir Thomas Fiennes is Sheriff of Surrey (1508-1509).
King's Hall built at Woking Palace.
1509
Henry VIII (8th) is King of England. (1509-1547)
Henry VIII is Lord of the Royal Manor of Woking.
Sir John Legh is Sheriff of Surrey (1509-1510).
1510
Edward Lewknor is Sheriff of Surrey (1510-1511).
Richard Dolsynby is the Roman Catholic Vicar of Chobham (1510-1557)
1511
Sir Roger Lewknor is Sheriff of Surrey (1511-1512).
1512
Sir Goddard Oxenbridge is Sheriff of Surrey (1512-1513).
1513
Richard Shirley is Sheriff of Surrey (1513-1514).
1514
Roger Copley is Sheriff of Surrey (1514-1515).
1515
Sir John Legh is Sheriff of Surrey (1515-1516).
1516
William Ashburnham is Sheriff of Surrey (1516-1517).
John Fox is Roman Catholic Archdeacon of Surrey (1516-1519).
1517
Sir John Gaynesford is Sheriff of Surrey (1517-1518).
1518
Nicholas Carew is Sheriff of Surrey (1518-1519).
1519
Sir Goddard Oxenbridge is Sheriff of Surrey (1519-1520).
William Rokeby is Roman Catholic Archdeacon of Surrey (1519-1521).
1520
John Scott is Sheriff of Surrey (1520-1522).
Sir William More was born. His father had bought the manor and estate of Loseley (between Guildford and Godalming).
1521
Sir Richard Weston of Sutton Place, becomes Lord of the Manor of Sutton, which had been previously joined with that of the Royal Manor of Woking.
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RichardWeston.htm
1522
Sir Edmund Bray is Sheriff of Surrey (1522).
Richard Covert is Sheriff of Surrey (1522-1523).
John Stockeslie is Roman Catholic Archdeacon of Surrey (1522-1530).
1523
William Ashburnham is Sheriff of Surrey (1523-1524).
1524
Sir Thomas West is Sheriff of Surrey (1524-1526).
Duke Thomas dies.
Lord Thomas Howard (born 1473) became 3rd Duke of Norfolk and de-facto 14th Earl of Surrey.
His son Henry Howard (born 1517?) was given the title of Earl of Surrey however.
For a selection of Henry Howard's Poetry see this website.
1526
Richard Shirley is Sheriff of Surrey (1526).
Sir John Dawtrey is Sheriff of Surrey (1526-1527).
1527
John Sackville is Sheriff of Surrey (1527-1528).
1528
Sir Nicholas Carew is Sheriff of Surrey (1528).
Richard Bellingham is Sheriff of Surrey (1528-1529).
1529
John Cordrey is the last Abbot of Chertsey Abbey (Roman Catholic) (1529-1537).
Sir Roger Copley is Sheriff of Surrey (1529-1530).
Wolsey fails to gain the Pope's agreement to allow Henry to divorce his first wife.
1530
Sir William Goring is Sheriff of Surrey (1530-1531).
Edward Lee is Roman Catholic Archdeacon of Surrey (1530-1531).
1531
Sir Roger Lewknor is Sheriff of Surrey (1531-1532).
Thomas Williams (Baghe)(Bawth) is Roman Catholic? Archdeacon of Surrey (1531-1555). Possibly converted or was always Anglican?
1532
Christopher More is Sheriff of Surrey (1532-1533).
English Reformation. Thomas Cromwell (Henry's chief adviser) gets Parliament to produce the Act against Annates (which was later suspended) to threaten the Pope's ecclesiastical revenues. The newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury Cranmer declares the marriage invalid. Henry then marries Anne Boleyn. As the Pope responds with excommunication, Parliament then enacts Henry's decision to break with the Roman Catholic Church. Another Act forbids appeals to Rome and that the King and England was completely sovereign.
1533
John Palmer is Sheriff of Surrey (1533-1534).
1534
Richard Bellingham is Sheriff of Surrey (1534-1535).
Act of Supremacy made the king supreme head of the Church of England (Anglicana Ecclesia). All holders of important posts throughout England had to chose whether to be loyal to the King or the Pope.
1535
Sir William Goring is Sheriff of Surrey (1535-1536).
Sir Thomas More executed for treason.
Start of the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1535-1540).
1536
England and Wales united (though normally only called England).
Sir Richard Page is Sheriff of Surrey (1536-1537).
1537
Nicholas Gaynesford is Sheriff of Surrey (1537-1538).
William Cobden is last Roman Catholic Prior of Guildford's Dominican Friars (c.1537-1538)
1538
Sir Edward Bray is Sheriff of Surrey (1538-1539).
1539
Christopher More is Sheriff of Surrey (1539-1540).
1540
John Sackville is Sheriff of Surrey (1540-1541).
King Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard (cousin of Henry Howard).
For a selection of Henry Howard's Poetry see this website.
1541
Thomas Darell is Sheriff of Surrey (1541-1542).
'Earl' Henry was knighted.
For a selection of Henry Howard's Poetry see this website.
1542
Richard Bellingham is Sheriff of Surrey (1542-1543).
1543
John Palmer is Sheriff of Surrey (1543-1544).
1544
John Thatcher is Sheriff of Surrey (1544-1545).
1545
John Dawtrey is Sheriff of Surrey (1545-1546).
1546
John Sackville is Sheriff of Surrey (1546-1547).
1547
Edward VI (6th) is King of England. (1547-1553)
Edward VI is Lord of the Royal Manor of Woking.
Sir Thomas Cawarden is Sheriff of Surrey (1547-1548).
Earl Henry was beheaded.
For a selection of Henry Howard's Poetry see this website.
1548
John Scot is Sheriff of Surrey (1548-1549).
1549
Nicholas Pelham is Sheriff of Surrey (1549-1550).
1550
Sir William Goring K.B. is Sheriff of Surrey (1550-1551).
The first loss of land in Surrey occurs when Southwark becomes part of the City of London as the 'The Ward of Bridge Without'.
SURREY BOUNDARY 1550-1558 MAP
SOUTHWARK (SOUTH OF THE RIVER) AND CITY OF LONDON (NORTH OF THE RIVER) IS SHOWN IN RED.
HA=HAMPSHIRE (HANTS/SOUTHAMPTONSHIRE) BE=BERKSHIRE
OX=OXFORDSHIRE BU=BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HE=HERTFORDSHIRE
1551
William Parr, Marquis of Northampton is Surrey's first Lord-Lieutenant (1551-????)
Robert Oxenbridge is Sheriff of Surrey (1551-1552).
1552
Sir Anthony Browne is Sheriff of Surrey (1552-1553).
1553
Jane is Queen of England. (1553)
Jane is Lord of the Royal Manor of Woking.
Mary I (1st) is Queen of England. (1553-1558)
Mary I is Lord of the Royal Manor of Woking.
Sir Thomas Sanders (Saunders) is Sheriff of Surrey (1553-1554).
1554
John Covert is Sheriff of Surrey (1554-1555).
Duke Thomas dies.
His grandson Thomas Howard (born 1536) becomes the 4th Duke of Norfolk and the 15th de-facto Earl of Surrey.
1555
William Saunders is Sheriff of Surrey (1555-1556).
Edmund Marvin is Roman Catholic? Archdeacon of Surrey (1555-1559).
Mary was Roman Catholic and would have appointed men loyal to her?
1556
Sir Edward Gage is Sheriff of Surrey (1556-1557).
1557
John Ashburnham is Sheriff of Surrey (1557-1558).
Robert Newman is the Roman Catholic Vicar of Chobham (1557-1560)
1558
Elizabeth I (1st) is Queen of England. (1558-1603)
Elizabeth I is Lord of the Royal Manor of Woking.
She creates the office of Lord-Lieutenant who took over the military duties of the Sherrif's.
She also started the ceremony of 'pricking' the list of names of potential High Sherrifs with a bodkin as she happened to be sewing at the time.
This traditional occasion is normally attended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
This is in token of his ancient relationship with the Shrievalty.
William More is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1558-1559).
SURREY AND SUSSEX BOUNDARY 1558-1567 MAP
SOUTHWARK (SOUTH OF THE RIVER) AND CITY OF LONDON (NORTH OF THE RIVER) IS SHOWN IN RED.
HA=HAMPSHIRE (HANTS/SOUTHAMPTONSHIRE) BE=BERKSHIRE
OX=OXFORDSHIRE BU=BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HE=HERTFORDSHIRE
1559
Sir Thomas Palmer is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1559-1560).
John Watson is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1559-1573).
1560
John Culpeper is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1560-1561).
Richard Ode is the Anglican Vicar of Chobham (1560-1561)
Sir William More in the 1560's demolished the old manor house at Loseley and using stone from the demolished Waverley Abbey built Loseley House. As a protestant with land he was a trusted servant of Elizabeth I. He was an important part of West Surrey life at the time doing many roles including magistrate.
1561
John Stydolph is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1561-1562).
Thomas Broadhurst is the Anglican Vicar of Chobham (1561-1575)
BISLEY BURIALS LIST 1561-1941.
1562
Henry Goring is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1562-1563).
1563
William Gresham is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1563-1564).
1564
Richard Covert is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1564-1565).
1565
Anthony Pelham is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1565-1566).
Thomas Baker is Mayor of Guildford (1565).
1566
Anthony Palmer is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1566).
William Dawtrey is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1566-1567).
1567
Francis Carew is Sheriff of Surrey (1567-1568).
SURREY BOUNDARY 1567-1571 MAP
SOUTHWARK (SOUTH OF THE RIVER) AND CITY OF LONDON (NORTH OF THE RIVER) IS SHOWN IN RED.
HA=HAMPSHIRE (HANTS/SOUTHAMPTONSHIRE) BE=BERKSHIRE
OX=OXFORDSHIRE BU=BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HE=HERTFORDSHIRE
1568
Sir Henry Weston is Sheriff of Surrey (1568-1569).
1569
Thomas Lyfield is Sheriff of Surrey (1569-1570).
1570
Thomas Browne is Sheriff of Surrey (1570-1571).
1571
John Pelham is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1571-1572).
SURREY AND SUSSEX BOUNDARY 1571-1636 MAP
SOUTHWARK (SOUTH OF THE RIVER) AND CITY OF LONDON (NORTH OF THE RIVER) IS SHOWN IN RED.
HA=HAMPSHIRE (HANTS/SOUTHAMPTONSHIRE) BE=BERKSHIRE
OX=OXFORDSHIRE BU=BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HE=HERTFORDSHIRE
1572
Thomas Palmer is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1572-1573).
Duke Thomas dies.
Titles of Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Surrey were forfeited.
1573
Francis Shirley is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1573-1574).
Valentine Dale is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1573-1574).
1574
John Read is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1574-1575).
William Wickham is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1574-1580).
1575
Richard Polsted is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1575-1576).
Thomas Baker is Mayor of Guildford (1575).
John Heywood is the Anglican Vicar of Chobham (1575-1595)
1576
Herbert Pelham is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1576).
William Gresham is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1576-1577).
1577
Sir Thomas Shirley is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1577-1578).
1578
George Goring is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1578-1579).
Humfrey Letters.
Raleigh Charter.
1579
Sir William More is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1579-1580).
1580
William Morley is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1580-1581).
Duke Thomas's son Philip Howard (born 1537 or 1557) became the 20th Earl of Arundel.
James Cottington is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1580-1605).
Thomas Baker is Mayor of Guildford (1580).
1581
Edmund Slyfield is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1581-1582).
1582
Herbert Pelham is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1582-1583).
1583
Thomas Browne is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1583).
Walter Covert is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1583-1584).
1584
Thomas Bishop is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1584-1585).
1585
Richard Bostock is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1585-1586).
1586
Nicholas Parker is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1586-1587).
1587
Richard Browne is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1587-1588).
1588
John Carrell is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1588-1589).
1589
Thomas Pelham is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1589-1590).
Earl Philip has to forfeit his title.
1590
Herbert Pelham is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1590-1591).
1591
Robert Lyvesey is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1591-1592).
1592
Sir Walter Covert is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1592-1593).
1593
Sir Nicholas Parker is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1593-1594).
1594
William Gardener is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1594-1595).
1595
Richard Leeche is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1595-1596).
Philip Howard dies.
Thomas Taunton is the Anglican Vicar of Chobham (1595-1652)
1596
Edward Culpeper is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1596-1597).
1597
Sir George More is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1597-1598).
1598
James Colbrand is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1598-1599).
1599
Thomas Eversfield is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1599-1600).
1600
Map of Europe.
Edmund Bowyer is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1600-1601).
Sir William More dies.
Loseley is passed down the family and is still owned by his family (now called More-Molyneux).
1601
Thomas Bishop is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1601-1602).
1602
John Ashburnham is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1602-1603).
1603
James I (1st) is King of England. (1603-1625)
James I is Lord of the Royal Manor of Woking.
Robert Lyvesey is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1603-1604).
England Map.
1604
Sir Henry Goring is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1604-1606).
Philip's son Thomas Howard (born 1586) regains his title of Earl of Arundel.
He also gains the title of 16th Earl of Surrey.
Also he gained the Earl of Norfolk in 1644.
1605
Arthur Lake is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1605-1616).
Guy (Guido) Fawkes's part of the Gunpowder Plot (blowing up the old House of Lords building with the King and his Parliament by setting light to the barrels of saltpetre that had been placed in the undercroft) was discovered on November 5th.
If the Plot had succeeded it has been proven (by a test explosion in Cumbria) that all would have died within the building and there would have been much destruction in the village of Westminster.
Buildings in Surrey across the River such as Lambeth Palace would have suffered broken windows and blast damage.
The rebellion that was planned by disaffected rebels and Catholics was started anyway in the Midlands, but was defeated.
1606
Sir Edward Culpeper is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1606).
Sir Thomas Hoskins is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1606-1607).
Catholics were made to swear oaths of allegiance to the Crown.
1607
Herbert Morley is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1607-1608).
1608
Sir George Gunter is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1608-1609).
1609
Sir Thomas Hunt is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1609-1610).
1610
Sir John Lunsford is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1610-1611).
1611
Sir Edward Bellingham is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1611-1612).
1612
William Wignall is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1612-1613).
1613
Edward Goring is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1613-1614).
1614
Sir John Wildgoose is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1614-1615).
1615
Roland Trapps is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1615).
Sir John Morgan is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1615-1616).
1616
Sir John Shurley is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1616-1617).
1617
John Middleton is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1617-1618).
George Hakewill is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1617-1649).
From 1649 the post was vacant until 1660.
1618
Sir John Howland is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1618-1619).
1619
Nicholas Eversfield is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1619-1620).
1620
Sir Richard Michelborne is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1620-1621).
Woking Palace ownership passed by James 1st to Sir Edward Zouch and it stops being a royal palace.
Sir Edward Zouch is Lord of the Manor of Woking.
Mayflower.
1621
Sir Francis Leighe is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1621-1622).
1622
Sir Thomas Springett is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1622-1623).
1623
Sir Benjamin Pellat is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1623-1624).
William Bishop is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster (1623-1624)
1624
Ambrose Browne is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1624-1625).
Richard Smith is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster (1624-1632)
1625
Charles I (1st) is King of England. (1625-1649)
Edward Alford is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1625-1626).
From around about this time Sir Edward Zouch abandons Woking Palace and builds a new Manor House at Hoe Place.
1626
Sir Thomas Bowyer is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1626-1627).
1627
Edward Jordan is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1627-1628).
James I Edward, Viscount of Wimbledon is Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (162?-c.1627).
Charles, Earl of Nottingham is Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (c.1627-c.1638).
Charles I at St Peters Church and listens to a sermon there.
1628
Sir Stephen Boord is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1628-1629).
1629
Anthony May is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1629-1630).
1630
Sir William Walter is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1630-1631).
1631
Robert Morley is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1631-1632).
1632
Sir John Chapman is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1632-1633).
1633
Richard Evelyn is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1633-1634).
1634
Sir William Culpeper is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1634-1635).
1635
Sir William Morley is Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (1635-1636).
1636
Sir Francis Vincent is Sheriff of Surrey (1636).
SURREY BOUNDARY 1636-1782 MAP
SOUTHWARK (SOUTH OF THE RIVER) AND CITY OF LONDON (NORTH OF THE RIVER) IS SHOWN IN RED.
HA=HAMPSHIRE (HANTS/SOUTHAMPTONSHIRE) BE=BERKSHIRE
OX=OXFORDSHIRE BU=BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HE=HERTFORDSHIRE
Sir Anthony Vincent is Sheriff of Surrey (1636-1637).
1637
Nicholas Stoughton is Sheriff of Surrey (1637-1638).
1638
Sir John Gresham is Sheriff of Surrey (1638-1639).
Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and 16th Earl of Surrey is Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (c.1638-1646?).
1639
Sir John Howland is Sheriff of Surrey (1639-1640).
Elizabeth Feilding is Countess of Guildford (c.1639)
1640
Thomas Smith is Sheriff of Surrey (1640-1641).
1641
George Price is Sheriff of Surrey (1641-1642).
1642
Sir John Denham is Sheriff of Surrey (1642-1643).
He was captured by Parliament in 1642 and so could not carry out his duties from this time.
They did not appoint another sherrif for a year.
English Civil War. Surrey mostly is on Parliament's side.
1643
Edmund Jordan is Sheriff of Surrey (1643-1645).
England Map.
1645
Sir Matthew Brand is Sheriff of Surrey (1645).
Richard Bettinson is Sheriff of Surrey (1645-1646).
1646
Lady Zouch (widow of the previous Lord of the Manor of Woking and ward of her son Edward Zouch who was now the new Lord of the Manor of Woking) and George Duncombe (Steward of the Manor of Woking) complain to the House of Lords.... http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=34136#s19
William Wymondeshold is Sheriff of Surrey (1646-1647).
Earl Thomas dies.
Henry Frederick Howard (born 1608) becomes the 17th Earl of Surrey and Earl of Arundel and Norfolk.
1647
John Turner is Sheriff of Surrey (1647-1648).
1648
Thomas Thorold is Sheriff of Surrey (1648).
Thomas Morton is Sheriff of Surrey (1648-1649).
Godalming's Classis of 1648.
1649
John Carpenter is Sheriff of Surrey (1649-1650).
'Digger's' try to set up a community on St. Georges Hill Weybridge.
Monarchy abolished after the trial and execution of the King.
Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Although the country is run by a Council of State, Oliver Cromwell is Lord General from 1649-1653 and is 'de-facto' leader .
1650
William Hynde is Sheriff of Surrey (1650-1651).
1651
Richard Farrand is Sheriff of Surrey (1651-1652).
Wey Navigation opened for traffic from Guildford to the Thames.
1652
Edward Knipe is Sheriff of Surrey (1652-1653).
Earl Henry dies.
His son Thomas Howard (born 1627) becomes the 5th Duke of Norfolk and the 18th Earl of Surrey and the Earl of Arundel.
Philip Smith is the Anglican Vicar of Chobham (1652-1665)
1653
Anthony Smyth is Sheriff of Surrey (1653).
John Parker is Sheriff of Surrey (1653).
Henry White is Sheriff of Surrey (1653-1654).
Oliver Cromwell is Lord Protector from 1653-1658.
1654
Daniel Harvey is Sheriff of Surrey (1654-1655).
1655
Colonel Thomas Pride is Sheriff of Surrey (1655-1656).
1656
John Blackwell is Sheriff of Surrey (1656-1657).
1657
Thomas Walker is Sheriff of Surrey (1657-1658).
1658
Jeffrey Howland is Sheriff of Surrey (1658-1659).
Richard Cromwell is Lord Protector from 1658-1659.
1659
? is Sheriff of Surrey (1659-1660).
John Lambert is 'defacto' Lord Protector from 1659-1660.
1660
Henry Weston is Sheriff of Surrey (1660-1661).
John Pearson is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1660-1686).
George Monck is 'defacto' Lord Protector for 1660.
Kingdom of England restored.
Charles II (2nd) is King of England (1660-1685).
Was 'de-facto' King from 1659 after Richard Cromwell abdicated, but didn't return to England until 1660.
John, Vicount Mordaunt of Avalon is Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (1660-1675).
1661
Roger Duncombe is Sheriff of Surrey (1661-1662).
James Zouch, grandson of Sir Edward Zouch, obtains the Market Charter for Woking.
1662
Sir Nicholas Stoughton is Sheriff of Surrey (1662-1663).
1663
Sir Walter Plomer is Sheriff of Surrey (1663-1664).
1664
Sir William Humble is Sheriff of Surrey (1664-1665).
The River Wey was a long time called the Wye. Its name changed around this time.
Surrey Hearth Tax Map
1665
Sir John Evelyn is Sheriff of Surrey (1665-1666).
Robert Field is the Anglican Vicar of Chobham (1665-1680)
1666
Dawes Wymondeshold is Sheriff of Surrey (1666-1667).
Fire of London.
1667
Sir Richard Stydolph is Sheriff of Surrey (1667-1668).
1668
Sir George Woodroffe is Sheriff of Surrey (1668-1669).
1669
James Zouch from Woking is Sheriff of Surrey (1669-1670).
1670
Walter More is Sheriff of Surrey (1670-1671).
1671
Ellis Crisp is Sheriff of Surrey (1671-1672).
1672
James Burton is Sheriff of Surrey (1672-1673).
1673
Matthew Andrews is Sheriff of Surrey (1673).
Edward Smyth is Sheriff of Surrey (1673-1674).
1674
Sigismund Stydolph is Sheriff of Surrey (1674).
Matthew Andrews is Sheriff of Surrey (1674).
John Appleby is Sheriff of Surrey (1674-1675).
1675
Robert Knightley is Sheriff of Surrey (1675-1676).
1676
Sigismund Stydolph is Sheriff of Surrey (1676).
Thomas Saunders is Sheriff of Surrey (1676-1677).
1677
Sir Edward Bromfield is Sheriff of Surrey (1677).
Anthony Bryan is Sheriff of Surrey (1677).
Thomas Newton is Sheriff of Surrey (1677-1678).
Duke Thomas dies.
His brother Henry Howard (born 1628) becomes the 6th Duke of Norfolk and the 19th Earl of Surrey and the Earl of Arundel.
1678
Robert Wilson is Sheriff of Surrey (1678).
Anthony Bryan is Sheriff of Surrey (1678-1679).
1679
Sir Robert Hatton is Sheriff of Surrey (1679-1680).
1680
Sigismund Stydolph is Sheriff of Surrey (1680).
Joseph Reeve is Sheriff of Surrey (1680-1681).
Henry Christmas is the Anglican Vicar of Chobham (1680-1691)
1681
Peter Daniel is Sheriff of Surrey (1681-1682).
1681 Surrey Map.
1682
Anthony Rawlins is Sheriff of Surrey (1682-1683).
Prince Rupert is Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (1682).
Henry Howard, Earl of Arundel and the 19th Earl of Surrey is Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (1682-1684).
1682 Interactive Middlesex, Surrey and London Map.
1683
William Inwood is Sheriff of Surrey (1683-1684).
Francis North is the 1st Baron Guildford (1683-1685)
1684
Samuel Lewin is Sheriff of Surrey (1684-1685).
Duke Henry dies.
His son Henry Howard (born 1655) becomes the 7th Duke of Norfolk and the 20th Earl of Surrey and the Earl of Arundel.
Henry Howard, Earl of Arundel and the 20th Earl of Surrey is Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (1684-1701).
1685
George Turner is Sheriff of Surrey (1685-1686).
James II (2nd) is King of England. (1685-1688)
Francis North is the 2nd Baron Guildford (1685-1729)
1686
John Weston is Sheriff of Surrey (1686).
George Gore is Sheriff of Surrey (1686).
Morgan Randyll is Sheriff of Surrey (1686-1687).
Richard Oliver is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1686-1689).
1687
? Le Cane is Sheriff of Surrey (1687-1688).
1688
Peter de Lannoy is Sheriff of Surrey (1688).
Sigismund Stydolph is Sheriff of Surrey (1688-1689).
James II leaves England.
1689
Sir Edward Bromfield is Sheriff of Surrey (1689).
George Meggott is Sheriff of Surrey (1689-1690).
Thomas Sayer is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1689-1710).
William III (3rd) (1689-1702) and Mary II (2nd) (1689-1694) are King and Queen of England.
Bill of Rights.
1690
Walter Howland is Sheriff of Surrey (1690-1691).
1691
George Attwood is Sheriff of Surrey (1691-1692).
William Oades is the Anglican Vicar of Chobham (1691-1730)
Discourses upon Trade.
1692
Michael Edwards is Sheriff of Surrey (1692-1693).
1693
John Buckworth is Sheriff of Surrey (1693).
Thomas Bouroughs is Sheriff of Surrey (1693).
Henry Wheatley is Sheriff of Surrey (1693-1694).
1694
Henry Bartelott is Sheriff of Surrey (1694-1695).
1695
John Pettyward is Sheriff of Surrey (1695-1696).
1696
William Mason is Sheriff of Surrey (1696-1697).
1697
Thomas Lowfield is Sheriff of Surrey (1697-1698).
East India Trade.
1698
Edward Budgen is Sheriff of Surrey (1698-1699).
1699
Leonard Wessel is Sheriff of Surrey (1699-1700).
1700
Robert Corffe is Sheriff of Surrey (1700).
John Shorter is Sheriff of Surrey (1700-1702).
Map of Europe.
1701
Duke Henry dies.
His nephew Thomas Howard (born 1683) becomes the 8th Duke of Norfolk and the 21st Earl of Surrey and the Earl of Arundel.
For 'Jacobites' (followers of James II) since he left the country they follow a separate line of 'succession' to the English Crown.
It is not recognised by Parliament.
They excluded this Royal Line by the Act of Settlement in this year, which also prevents a heir marrying a Roman Catholic, adopted children or people born to unmarried parents and then succeeding, but does not rule out marriage to a member of any other faith.
Also foreigners cannot be law officers including magistrates (A recent change allows for an oath of allegence to be taken).
Another law says that former priests are not allowed to sit in the House of Commons.
1702
John Deleau is Sheriff of Surrey (1702).
Edward Woodward is Sheriff of Surrey (1702).
William Woodward is Sheriff of Surrey (1702-1703).
Anne is Queen of England (1702-1707) and of the United Kingdom (1707-1714).
George, Duke of Northumberland is Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (1702-1714).
1703
James Tichborne is Sheriff of Surrey (1703-1704).
1704
William Fenwick is Sheriff of Surrey (1704-1705).
1705
William Hammond is Sheriff of Surrey (1705-1706).
1706
Isaac Shard is Sheriff of Surrey (1706-1707).
1707
John Dewey is Sheriff of Surrey (1707-1708).
'England' (actually England and Wales) merges with Scotland to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
1708
William Steavens is Sheriff of Surrey (1708-1709).
1709
John Evershed is Sheriff of Surrey (170-1710).
Barbara Palmer (Duchess of Cleveland) is Lord of the Manor of Woking.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Palmer,_1st_Duchess_of_Cleveland
The Manorof Woking may or may not have passed to her heir Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_FitzRoy%2C_2nd_Duke_of_Cleveland
1710
William Genew is Sheriff of Surrey (1710).
Walter Kent is Sheriff of Surrey (1710-1711).
Edmund Gibson is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1710-1716).
1711
John Mitchell is Sheriff of Surrey (1711-1712).
1712
Richard Oldner is Sheriff of Surrey (1712-1713).
1713
Joseph Wandell is Sheriff of Surrey (1713-1714).
1714
James Plume is Sheriff of Surrey (1714-1715).
King George I (1st) is Head of State of the United Kingdom (1714-1727).
Charles, Earl of Halifax is Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (1714-1715).
1715
Joseph Bagnoll is Sheriff of Surrey (1715-1716).
1716
Vincent Sheppard is Sheriff of Surrey (1716-1717).
Richard Onslow (born 1654) is made the 1st Baron (Lord) Onslow and is also the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (1716-1717). The Full Title gained was Baron Onslow, of Onslow in Shropshire and Clandon in Surrey.
Hugh Boulter is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1716-1719).
1717
Sir Charles Cox is Sheriff of Surrey (1717).
John Vanhattem is Sheriff of Surrey (1717-1719).
Baron Richard dies.
Thomas Onslow (born 1679) is the 2nd Baron (Lord) Onslow and is Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (1717-1740).
1719
Nathaniel Roffey is Sheriff of Surrey (1719).
William Belitha is Sheriff of Surrey (1719-1721).
Samuel Billingsley is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1719-1725).
1721
Wright Woolley is Sheriff of Surrey (1721).
Peter Theobald is Sheriff of Surrey (1721-1722).
1722
John Neale is Sheriff of Surrey (1722-1724).
1724
John Essington is Sheriff of Surrey (1724).
William Nicoll is Sheriff of Surrey (1724-1726).
1725
Richard Furney is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1725-1753).
1726
John Palmer is Sheriff of Surrey (172-172).
Sir Thomas Steavens is Sheriff of Surrey (172-172).
1727
John Wall is Sheriff of Surrey (1727-1728).
King George II (2nd) is Head of State of the United Kingdom (1727-1760).
1728
Sir Matthew Decker is Sheriff of Surrey (1728-1729).
1729
Samuel Kent is Sheriff of Surrey (1729-1730).
1730
Percival Lewis is Sheriff of Surrey (1730-1731).
Thomas Warton is the Anglican Vicar of Chobham (1730-1746)
Sir Robert Walpole (Whig) is Prime Minister of the UK from 1730-1742.
1731
Joshua Smith is Sheriff of Surrey (1731-1732).
1732
Ralph Thrale is Sheriff of Surrey (1732-1733).
Duke Thomas dies.
His brother Edward Howard (born 1685) becomes the 9th Duke of Norfolk and the 22nd Earl of Surrey and the Earl of Arundel.
1733
Maltis Ryall is Sheriff of Surrey (1733-1734).
1734
John Copeland is Sheriff of Surrey (1734-1735).
1735
Joseph Chitty is Sheriff of Surrey (1735-1737).
1737
John Rush is Sheriff of Surrey (1737-1738).
1738
William Clarke is Sheriff of Surrey (1738).
Robert Booth is Sheriff of Surrey (1738-1739).
1739
William Browning is Sheriff of Surrey (1739-1740).
Guildford population has now grown to 2750.
1740
Benjamin Hayes is Sheriff of Surrey (174-174).
1740
Baron Thomas dies.
Richard Onslow (born 1715) is the 3rd Baron (Lord) Onslow.
1741
Thomas Bevois is Sheriff of Surrey (1741-1742).
1741
Richard, 3rd Baron Onslow is Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (1741-1776).
1742
Isaac Eles is Sheriff of Surrey (1742-1744).
1742
Spencer Compton (Earl of Wilmington) (Whig) is Prime Minister of the UK from 1742-1743.
1743
Henry Pelham (Whig) is Prime Minister of the UK from 1743-1754.
1744
Elias Bird is Sheriff of Surrey (1744-1745).
1745
Sir Peter Thompson is Sheriff of Surrey (1745-1746).
1746
Thomas Page is Sheriff of Surrey (1746-1747).
Joseph Warton is the Anglican Vicar of Chobham (1746-1748)
1747
Abraham Atkins is Sheriff of Surrey (1747-1748).
1748
Samuel Atkinson is Sheriff of Surrey (1748-1749).
Alleyne Walter is the Anglican Vicar of Chobham (1748-1779)
1749
Jeremiah Crutchley is Sheriff of Surrey (1749-1750).
1750
Jacob Tonson is Sheriff of Surrey (1750).
John Smith is Sheriff of Surrey (1750-1752).
Surrey Map.
1752
Edward Saunderson is Sheriff of Surrey (1752-1753).
Francis North is the 1st Earl of Guildford (1752-1790)
1752
What happened in Britain between the 3rd and 13th September 1752?
Trick question!
Those dates didn't exist because of the 1751 Calendar Act where we adopted the Gregorian Calendar and moved the official start of each year to the 1st January (was 15th March).
1753
Edward Langton is Sheriff of Surrey (1753-1754).
Thomas Thackeray is Anglican Archdeacon of Surrey (1753-1760).
1754
Henry Talbot is Sheriff of Surrey (1754-1755).
Thomas Pelham-Holles (Duke of Newcastle) (Whig) is Prime Minister of the UK from 1754-1756.
1755
John Mackerill is Sheriff of Surrey (1755-1756).
1756
Charles Devon is Sheriff of Surrey (1756-1757).
William Cavendish (Duke of Devonshire) (Whig) is Prime Minister of the UK from 1756-1757.
1757
Joseph Mawbey is Sheriff of Surrey (1757-1758).
Thomas Pelham-Holles (Duke of Newcastle) (Whig) is again Prime Minister of the UK for 1757-1762.
1758
Edmund Shallett is Sheriff of Surrey (1758-1759).
1759
Daniel Ponton is Sheriff of Surrey (1759-1760).