| Brambletye House Forest Row East Grinstead |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1766 | The History of Tunbridge Wells by Thomas Benge Burr ⇒ p. 268 |
| 1810 | Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne ⇒ p. 82 |
| 1827 | Brambletye House ⇒ p. 265 |
| 1830 | Guide of Tunbridge Wells ⇒ p. 165 |
| 1835 | The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 388 |
| 1840 | New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen ⇒ p. 288 |
| 1868 | Notes on East Grinstead by J. C. Stenning ⇒ p. 135 |
| 1883 | Pelton's Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge Wells by J. Radford Thomson, M.A. ⇒ p. 187 |
| 1902 | Historical Notes of Withyham, Hartfield and Ashdown Forest by C. N. Sutton ⇒ p. 359 |
| 1904 | Highways and Byways in Sussex by E.V. Lucas ⇒ p. 229 |
| 1906 | The History of East Grinstead by Wallace Henry Hills ⇒ p. 109; p. 225 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1087 | History | Brambletye House | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| Domesday book records: "Ralph holds Brambertei of the Earl. Cola held it of King Edward. It has constantly been rated at one hide. The arable is one plough land and a half. Here is a priest with a villain, one plough and a half and thirteen bondsmen. A wood and herbage yield twelve hogs. There are five acres of meadow, and a mill of two shillings. In the reign of the Confessor the value was thirty shillings; the present estimate is twenty." | |||||
| 1272 to 1327 | History | Brambletye House | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| From the beginning of Edward I to the beginning of Edward III it was held by a family of the name of Audeham ; but at the latter period, John, son of John de St. Clere, was seized of the lordship. In this family it continued many years. | |||||
| c 1429 | History | Brambletye House | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| In 7th Henry VI Galfridus Motte, clericus, re-conveyed to William Cheyne, Knt., and to others (inter alia) his right in the manor of Brambertye. | |||||
| 1631 | History | Brambletye House | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| At the commencement of the reign of James I, Sir Henry Compton was lord of the manor, and by him it is supposed Brambletye House was built [in 1631]. Sir Henry married, as his first wife, Lady Cicely, daughter of Robert, Earl of Dorset, by whom he had two sons and three daughters; his second wife was Mary, daughter of Sir George Browne, of Balten, Knt., by whom he had four sons and two daughters. | |||||
| 1660 | History | Brambletye House | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| The Comptons were seized of the lordship [of Brambletye] in 1660. | |||||
| 1683 to 1684 | History | Brambletye House | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| From the court rolls of the manor, it does not appear who succeeded the Comptons in the possession of the mansion ; but so much is certain, that Sir James Richards, in his patent of baronetcy, dated 26th February, 1683-4, is described as of Brambletye House. To this gentleman, the tradition which accounts for its premature decay is supposed to apply. It is related, that on a suspicion of treasonable practices, against a proprietor of this house, officers of justice were dispatched to search the premises, where a considerable quantity of arms and military stores were discovered. The owner, who was just then engaged in the diversion of the chase, receiving intimation of the circumstance, deemed it most prudent to abscond; and the mansion being thus deserted, was suffered to go to decay. ...... it was occupied during the reign of Charles II. by Sir James Richards, who was of French extraction, his father having come into this country with Queen Henrietta Maria. Being first knighted for an act of bravery in the sea-service, he was afterwards advanced to the dignity of a baronet; and married, for his second wife, Beatrice Herrara, apparently a Spaniard. It is recorded of him, that he quitted this country and settled in Spain, where some of his descendants have occupied high stations in the Spanish army. These circumstances, coupled with that of his being the last known resident at Brambletye, render it more than probable that the destruction of the house, attributed by report to the rebellious propensities of its owner, ought to be dated from his occupation. | |||||
| 1735 to 1835 | History | Brambletye House | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| The manor [of Brambletye] has been, for about a century, in the possession of the Biddulphs, a Roman Catholic family, of which John Biddulph, Esq., of Burton Park, is the present representative. | |||||
| 1782 |  | Brambletye House, Forest Row by S. Evershed | Stenning's East Grinstead | ||
| c 1785 |  | The Old House, Brambletye, Forest Row by Samuel Grimm and James Lambert (The Burrell Collection) | The Burrell Collection | ||
| Samuel Hieronymous Grimm (1733-1794), artist, was born in Switzerland, studied in Berne and Paris before moving to Covent Garden, London in 1768. Besides his work as a commercial engraver and watercolour painter he is best known for some 2,500 commissioned watercolurs of antiquities, historic buildings and landscapes in the British Library (MSS 15537-48). Throughout the 1780s he toured Sussex, sketching churches, monuments, castles, abbeys and houses of the gentry James Lambert, senior, (1725-1788) and his nephew James Lambert, junior, (1744-1799) were both landscape painters living in Lewes, Sussex. Between them they produced over 600 items, ranging from pencil sketches to large oils. William Burrell (1732-96), antiquary, was born in Leadenhall Street, London, educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University. He became Chancellor of Worcester and Rochester Dioceses, M.P. for Haslemere and a Commissioner of Excise. From 1780 he employed Samuel Grimm and the Lamberts to make drawings of all the notable antiquities and important houses in Sussex, which he bequeathed to the British Museum in his will. for more information refer to Sussex Views by Walter H. Godfrey and L.F. Salzman and Sussex Depicted by John Farrant, both published by the Sussex Record Society. | |||||
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Brambletye Place and Castle | ||
| 1809 |  | Brambletye, Forest Row by Paul Amsinck & engraved by Letitia Byrne | Letitia Byrne | Amsinck's Tunbridge Wells | |
| 1809 |  | Moated House at Brambletye, Forest Row by Paul Amsinck & engraved by Letitia Byrne | Letitia Byrne | Amsinck's Tunbridge Wells | |
| c 1830 |  | Brambletye House, Forest Row by R.B. Schnebbedie | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| c 1830 |  | Brambletye House, interior, Forest Row by R.B. Schnebbedie | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| 1840 |  | Brambletye, Forest Row by C. T. Dodd | Colbran's Tunbridge Wells | ||
| 1866 | History | The Manor of Brambletye | The History of East Grinstead | ||
| Mr. Donald Larnach purchased the land [in 1866], but not the manorial rights [of The Manor of Brambletye], and built the existing mansion, which was partially destroyed by fire on September 18th, 1903, but immediately rebuilt. | |||||
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | Caroline E Tomsett, F, Head, single, age 33, born Northfleet, Kent; occupation: general domestic servant | Caroline E Tomsett, general domestic servant | Brambletye | 1891 Census East Grinstead, Sussex |
| Charlotte Harris, F, Servant, single, age 25, born Tilling, Norfolk; occupation: general domestic servant | Charlotte Harris | ||||
| Arthur J Simmonds, M, Servant, single, age 17, born Forest Row, Sussex; occupation: general domestic servant | Arthur J Simmonds | ||||
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | Henry Withey, M, Head, single, age 24, born Frome, Somerset; occupation: gardener | Henry Withey, gardener | Brambletye Botheys | 1891 Census East Grinstead, Sussex |
| William Rolfe, M, Servant, single, age 26, born Bucknell, Oxfordshire; occupation: gardener | William Rolfe | ||||
| Charles Langridge, M, Servant, single, age 19, born Handcross, Sussex; occupation: gardener | Charles Walter Hills Langridge | ||||
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | John Giles, M, Head, married, age 67, born Backwell, Somerset; occupation: retired butler | John Giles, retired butler | Brambletye Lower Lodge | 1891 Census East Grinstead, Sussex |
| Emma Giles, F, Wife, married, age 66, born Ryde, Isle Of Wight | Emma Giles | ||||
| Alfred A Giles, M, Son, married, age 32, born Hamilton, Scotland; occupation: draughtsman | Alfred A Giles | ||||
| Evenlda I Giles, F, Daughter, single, age 27, born Dailly, Scotland; occupation: ladysmaid and domestic servant | Evenlda I Giles | ||||
| c 1899 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1899 by Ordnance Survey | Brambletye House | ||
| c 1900 |  | Brambletye, Forest Row painted by Charles Essenhigh Corke | Charles Essenhigh Corke, artist and photographer | English Homes and Villages | |
| 1910 |  | Brambletye Castle, Forest Row | Private collection | ||
| 1911 |  | Brambletye Castle, Forest Row photographed by Sayers Bros., Enterprise Series | Private collection | ||
| 1911 |  | Brambletye House, Forest Row painted by Ernest Frank Marillier | Private collection | ||
| 1927 |  | Brambletye House, Forest Row photographed by A.G. Wheller | The Sussex Highlands | ||
| c 1950 |  | Brambletye, Forest Row | Private collection | ||
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