Copthorne Hundred

Copthorne comprised the manors of Ashtead, Burgh, Cuddington, Epsom, Ewell, Fetcham, Headley, Leatherhead, Mickleham, Pachevesham (within Leatherhead parish), Tadworth, Thorncroft and Walton-on-the-Hill. It had two enclaves, areas of other parishes dominated by manors and sometimes churches within it: in Weybridge and Newdigate. In present terms Epsom, Leatherhead and Ewell are almost uniformly called towns: for example at the county level of local government when it considers service provision and population analysis — the first two were granted market town status in the Middle Ages. The Victoria County History, based on ecclesiastical records, states that these were its parishes: • Ashtead • Epsom • Leatherhead • Banstead • Ewell • Mickleham • Chessington • Fetcham • Cuddington • Headley • Walton on the Hill • Newdigate (part of) ==Ownership and late transactions==

Copthorne was a royal hundred (to the extent its overarching overlordship affected the manors and common land), and remained in the hands of the Crown, though James I of England leased it for 21 years to Thomas Jenkins in 1617. In a subsidy roll of the 14th century it was said to be worth £47 15s. 6¼d. and with Effingham Hundred the various land units within it were assessed in total for ship money at £136 16s. 4d. at the third such levy in 1636. ;Contribution to constituencies The area was an eastward projection of the West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency) an 1832-1885 dual-member (MP) area. With minor additions from Kingston, Effingham and Dorking Hundred it was then used for that of Epsom. Its northern bulk mirrors Epsom and Ewell the smaller modern successor. ==Domesday survey==

Copthorne appears in the Book as Copededorne. Copthorne was a hundred (these are not in the Domesday Book's map of the county, which focuses on the main unit, manors). ==References==