After his accession [King] John granted the manor [of Bramley] to Ralph de Fay, son of the former tenant. His son John de Fay had seisin of his father's lands in 1223, and after his death in 1241 the manor was divided between his two sisters, Maud de Clere and Philippa de Fay. They each held a moiety by service of half a knight's fee, the two portions being afterwards accounted separate manors. Maud de Clere's portion was again divided into three in the 17th century, but Philippa's remained entire, and is now known as the manor of Bramley. 1
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26 Jan 1219/20, Westminster
Order to the sheriff of Surrey that since Thomas de Balinghem and his wife, Mabel, Adam de Bendenges and his wife, Alice, Roger of Leybourne and his wife, Eleanor, Ralph son of Bernard and his wife, Eleanor, and Ralph de Fay and his wife, Beatrice, made fine with King John, father of King Henry, for five palfreys, for having all land formerly of Stephen of Thornham which falls to Mabel, Alice, Eleanor, Eleanor, and Beatrice by hereditary right, and having accepted security from Thomas and Mabel, Adam and Alice, Roger and Eleanor, Ralph and Eleanor, and Roger and Beatrice for rendering the five palfreys to the king, he is to cause them to have full seisin of all land formerly of Stephen with all of its appurtenances in Artington.
Calendar of Fine Rolls, 3 Hen. III, 119
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29 Apr 1221, Westminster
Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take into the king's hand the manor of Catteshall with appurtenances, which Edelina del Broc held of the king in chief by sergeanty. He is to summon Ralph de Fay and Beatrice, his wife, by good summoners, to be before the justices at Westminster at the Invention of the Holy Cross in 15 days, ready to show what right they claim in the aforesaid manor and sergeanty, and that then they are to have there the charters and muniments that Edelina and her ancestors had from the ancestors of the king, kings of England.
Calendar of Fine Rolls, 5 Hen. III, 138
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