Coulsdon Lords of the Manor
This is by no means a complete list
It will be added to if, and when, I am able to find more information
Up until 1537 (The year of the dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry V111)
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The Abbey of Chertsey
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1537
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Sir Nicholas Carew (Beheaded 1539
This was because he argued with King Henry over the outcome of a game of Bowls)
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1539
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King Henry V111
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1553
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Sir Francis Carew
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1611
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Sir Edward Darcy
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1612 *
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Sir Robert Darcy
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1618 *
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Sir Edward Darcy
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1664 *
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Jerome, Earl of Portland
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1670
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Sir Richard Mason
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1688
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Sir Edward des Bouverie
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1762
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Edward Roffey
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1782
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Thomas Byron
The Byron family held the Manor for the next 139 years until the death, in 1921,of Edmund Byron who was the last Lord of the Manor of Coulsdon
He lived in the large house next to St John's Church (the recreation ground was the front garden) before he built the house now known as Coulsdon Manor Hotel
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* Information supplied by Brian of Ashtead
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