See also
| Husband: | Nathaniel Attfield (1647-1733) | |
| Wife: | Mary Vicary ( -1714) | |
| Children: | Elizabeth Attfield (1671- ) | |
| Sarah Attfield (1672-1740) | ||
| Nathaniel Attfield (1675-1758) | ||
| Mary Attfield (1678-1692) | ||
| Jane Attfield (1681-1681) | ||
| Jane Attfield (1682-1692) | ||
| Anne Attfield (1684-1692) | ||
| Marriage | 20 Jun 1671 | Chobham, Surrey |
| Name: | Nathaniel Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Hedge Attfield (c. 1620-1667) | |
| Mother: | Ann Ashman ( - ) | |
| Birth | 1647 | Westminster, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 21 Oct 1647 (age 0) | Saint Margaret, Westminster, London (father Hedgefeild Feild) |
| Occupation | Farmer, of "ye Parke", Woking | |
| Will | 12 Jan 1675/76 (age 28-29) | Witness to will of Thomas Stimson of Woking, yeoman, snr. |
| Possessions | 7 Apr 1683 (age 35-36) | Chapmans, later The Ship, Ripley - mortgage (see notes) |
| Occupation | 1688 (age 40-41) | Churchwarden |
| Occupation | 14 Jun 1689 (age 41-42) | Yeoman, Woking (witness to will of Lawrence Porter) |
| Residence | 1695 (age 47-48) | Woking (Association Oath Rolls: Surrey 1695) |
| Possessions | 25 Dec 1699 (age 51-52) | Chapmans, Ripley (see notes) |
| Fact1 | 27 Jul 1710 (age 62-63) | Mentioned in letter from Earl of Anglesey (see notes) |
| Possessions | 1714 (age 66-67) | Lands in the tithing of Townstreet, Woking, conveyed by Nathaniel Attfield to James Stevens (see notes) |
| Death | 1733 (age 85-86) | Woking, Surrey |
| Burial | 20 Feb 1732/33 | St Peter, Woking ("Nathaniel Atfield of Chobham") |
| Name: | Mary Vicary | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Death | 1714 | Woking, Surrey |
| Burial | 29 Mar 1714 | St Peter, Woking, Surrey (wife of Nathaniel Atfield yeoman of Townstreet) |
| Name: | Elizabeth Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Owen Porter (1663-1734) | |
| Birth | 1671 | Woking, Surrey |
| Baptism | 19 Sep 1671 (age 0) | St Peter, Woking, Surrey |
| Name: | Sarah Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | James Stevens ( -1711) | |
| Birth | 1672 | Woking, Surrey |
| Baptism | 26 Nov 1672 (age 0) | St Peter, Woking, Surrey |
| Will | 7 Apr 1711 (age 38-39) | Mentioned in husband's will |
| Death | 1740 (age 67-68) | Woking, Surrey |
| Burial | 11 Oct 1740 | St Peter, Woking, Surrey |
| Name: | Nathaniel Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Jane Collyer (1677-1734) | |
| Birth | 1675 | Woking, Surrey |
| Baptism | 28 Jan 1674/75 (age 0) | St Peter, Woking, Surrey |
| Occupation | 2 Oct 1714 (age 38-39) | Yeoman, of Badshot, Farnham (executor to will of Elizabeth Hooke) |
| Will | 17 Sep 1718 (age 42-43) | Witness to will of Charles Rogers of Woking |
| Will | 24 Mar 1720/21 (age 45-46) | Witness to will of William Hall of Chertsey, innholder |
| Will | 26 Dec 1723 (age 47-48) | Overseer to will of Henry Stevens of Badshot, Farnham, friend |
| Occupation | 1728 (age 52-53) | Brewer, Chertsey (see Notes for son Nathaniel the Younger) |
| Will | 13 Apr 1734 (age 58-59) | Mentioned in will of John Lampard of Farnham |
| Occupation | 21 Dec 1745 (age 69-70) | Yeoman, Farnham (signed daughter Jane's MLA) |
| Death | 1758 (age 82-83) | Farnham, Surrey |
| Burial | 13 Mar 1758 | St Andrew, Farnham, Surrey |
| Name: | Mary Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 11 Sep 1678 | Woking, Surrey |
| Baptism | 24 Sep 1678 (age 0) | St Peter, Woking, Surrey |
| Will | 27 Oct 1683 (age 5) | Goddaughter of Nicholas Stimson, mentioned in his will |
| Death | 1692 (age 13-14) | Woking, Surrey |
| Burial | 2 Oct 1692 | St Peter, Woking, Surrey |
| Name: | Jane Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1681 | Woking, Surrey |
| Death | 1681 (age 0) | Woking, Surrey |
| Burial | 8 May 1681 | Woking, Surrey |
| Name: | Jane Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 30 Jul 1682 | Woking, Surrey |
| Baptism | 1 Aug 1682 (age 0) | St Peter, Woking, Surrey |
| Death | 1692 (age 9-10) | Woking, Surrey |
| Burial | 30 Sep 1692 | St Peter, Woking, Surrey |
| Name: | Anne Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1684 | Woking, Surrey |
| Baptism | 4 Nov 1684 (age 0) | St Peter, Woking, Surrey |
| Death | 1692 (age 7-8) | Woking, Surrey |
| Burial | 30 Sep 1692 | St Peter, Woking, Surrey |
Nathaniel Atfield was a "Farmer of the Park", the Park being that originally surrounding Woking Palace when it was a royal residence and later turned over to arable farming. He was a churchwarden in 1688.
According to the Church Rate Assessments of St Peter's, there were as many as seven farmers of ye Parke in 1675 and this would suggest that there should have been a similar number of farmhouses. The Grange at the edge of or just within the Park would probably been one of these farmhouses. By 1685 there were only three farmers, Richard Porter, Nathaniel Atfield and John Slyfield. The John Holmes Survey shows the house as held by John Slyfield in 1709.
Source: Old Woking - The Grange (Contributed by Philip Arnold)
http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/places/surrey/woking/old_woking/old_woking_the_grange
Surrey History Centre: Item ref: 1405/18
Chapmans, later The Ship, Ripley
Bond in £300, to accompany grant and Release of even date
1) Elizabeth Jones of Clerkewell, Middlesex, widow, formerly wife of Edward Alchurch, late of Ripley, surgeon, deceased
2) Thomas Collard of Ripley and Anne, his wife
3) Elizabeth Alchurch of City of London, spinster
4) David Sitter of Ripley, mariner
1), 2) and 3) bound to 4) in sum of £300 to carry out covenants in an indenture of even date. Signed Thomas Collard, Ann Collard, the mark of Elizabeth Alchurch, in presence of Nath Atfield, John Alldwin, Natha Sturt, Josh Sturt, John Collard
[A bargain and sale and assignment of a term in trust to attend the inheritance of 25 Dec 1699 is ref G46/1/16. Parties 1), 2) & 3) in this bond are heirs of the original mortgagor, Edward Alchurch senior, who mortgaged to Nathaniel Atield on 7 Apr 1683]
Date(s): 25 Dec 1699
Surrey History Centre: Item ref: G46/1/16
Bargain and sale of mortgaged premises and assignment of a term in trust to attend the inheritance
1) Elizabeth Jones of Clerkenwell, widow, relict of Edward Alchurch, late of Ripley; Thomas Cotlard and Anne his wife; Elizabeth Alchurch
2) Nathaniel Atfield (mortgagee)
3) David Sitter, mariner, and Richard Woodyer (trustee of David Sitter).
Messuage called Chapmans, Ripley.
Mortgage sum £40; £7 interest to Nathaniel Atfield
Date(s): 25 Dec 1699
"My Lord Gernsey's son, Mr. [Heneage] Finch, sent a gentleman to me yesterday, to desire I would beg your interest for him and Sir Francis Vincent, in ye next election of knights of ye shire for Surry; he told me that the gentlemen had met and offered Sir Richard Onslow, that if he would joyn with Sir Francis, he should have their assistance, and the county might be easy, but Sir Richard, after taking time to consider, having not thought fitt to give them his promise for it, they were oblig'd to set up two to oppose both him and Sir Wm Scawen. ... the gentleman mention'd, one Nat. Atfield, who lives at Woking, as a person usually intrusted by Mr. Zouch upon the like occasion."
Letter from Arthur Annesley, Earl of Anglesey, to Sir Thomas Hanmer, July 27th, 1710
Source: The correspondence of Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart., speaker of the House of Commons, London 1838, pages 125-6
Deeds and extracts relating to copyhold of the manor of Woking, including lands in the tithing of Townstreet conveyed by Nathaniel Attfield to James Stevens (1714), land in the tithing of Goldsworth settled by John Collyer on his estate (1717), and land of the Boughton family in Woking Broadmead, Send (1708, 1775). With letter to Col Southam concerning the 'Woking documents', May 1934
Surrey History Centre, Reference: 459/1/4-8
[James Stevens is husband of Nathaniel's daughter Sarah.]