| The Rev. Frank Parnell, Rector, kindly extracts the following from the register: "John, the sonn of Thomas Stone, was buryed 17 day of November 1671." In the Feet of Fines, Surrey, Trinity, 17th Charles II, is an entry of: "Thomas Stone, plaintiff, and John Holmden, Esq., and Elizabeth his wife, defendants, of twenty-four acres of land, with appurtenances, in the parish of Oxsted; the said John and Elizabeth grant the same to the said Thomas Stone, who paid £41 sterling." No. 187-479, 14th Charles II, in the schedule of persons exempted from payment of hearth-tax, Thomas Stone is charged four hearths, 4s. This man is mentioned in the Lay Subsidy Roll, Surrey, No. 18-495, as a collector for West Moulsey, and also for Oxted. In the Feet of Fines, Surrey, Trinity, 21st Charles II, we also read: "Thomas Stone, plaintiff, and Charles Bickerstaffe, Esq., and Elizabeth his wife, defendants, of one messuage, one stable, ten acres of land, in Oxted, granted to the said Thomas, who pays £60 sterling." |
