[511] Byfleet Manor in Busselagh parish, Surrey, belonged to John de Arderne, 2 Edward III. (see Close Roll, 2 Edward III., m. 24), and Mitcham (Inquis. P. M., 22 Edward III.). Leigh Place, near Reigate, belonged to the Ardernes _temp._ Henry VI. John Arderne was Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1432. In Leigh Church is a sepulchral brass in memory of John Arderne and Elizabeth his wife and six children, without date. Also one to the memory of Richard Arderne and Johanna his wife, which Richard died November 22, 1489(?). His arms were a Fesse chequy between three crescents impaling a chevron three stags. Among gentlemen 12 Henry VI., "John Ardern of Lye," arm. (Fuller's "Worthies of Surrey," 33; in Rot. Capella. Inquis. P. M., 15 Henry VII., Richard Arden). Brayley's "Surrey," iv. 282. [512] 8 Alenger. [513] 54 Brudenell. See "Berkshire Wills." The Loan, 1523. The certificate of Simon Yate, Highworth, and of Westropp, Walter Arden. Pap. Henry VIII., P.R.O. In 1539 Simon and Thomas Yate each find a horse, harness, bill, sword and dagger, and Walter Arden a horse and harness with bows and arrows; Thomas Arden a harness. [514] 53 Dale. [515] See Harl. MS., 1095, f. 93. Harl. Public., Visit. Oxford. Sir Thomas Phillipps' "Oxfordshire Visitations." [516] Fuller's "Worthies of England," Oxfordshire, 343, gives among the county gentry of 12 Henry VI. a William Anderne(?). Fuller thinks the Commissioners passed too many gentry for this small shire. In others it was the cream, here the thin milk. [517] Inquis. P. M. of Thomas, 14 James I., of Henry, 20 James I. [518] 52 Wrastley. [519] Katharine, daughter of John Cheney of Woodaye, Esq., married to John Arderne of Cottesford, co. Oxon. See Visitation of Wiltshire, 1565 (_Genealogist_, New Series, xii.). [520] He had to prove his right to Kirtlington and Jackley, Oxfordfordshire (Hil. Rec., 10 Elizabeth, Rot. 38). [521] Anthony's will was proved in 1572, 3 Peter, Somerset House. [522] Northampton and Rutland Wills. [523] Inq. P. M., 1 & 2, Ph. & M. [524] 11 Vox, Somerset House Wills. [525] _Ibid._, 6 Porch. [526] Somersetshire Wills, printed, Fourth Series. [527] _Ibid._ [528] Cotton MS., Galba, c. viii. [529] State Papers, Dom. Ser., Eliz., xix. 24. [530] _Ibid._, cxcviii. 12. [531] _Ibid._, ccxxxiv. 66. [532] "Life of Father John Gerard," by John Morris, p. cxv. CHAPTER V BRANCHES IN OTHER COUNTIES An interesting Arden whom I have not been able to connect with any relatives was John Arderne, of Newark,[533] a physician who practised with distinction at the time of the plague, 1349, and whose medical books were freely quoted by Johannes Argentein and succeeding medical writers.