TUDDINGTON, (Middlesex) or TEDDINGTON, 1 m. N.W. of Kingston on Thames, is a p. on the bank of that r. that joins to
Hampton. The manor was given by Edward the Confessor to Westminster-Abbey, but after the Diss. Henry VIII. made it parcel
of the manor of Hampton-Court. Edw. VI. leased it to Geo. Gates for 21 years, before the expiration of which, Q. Eliz.
granted it to Rich. Brown for 31 years, from the determination of Gates's lease; and when Mr. Brown's lease was expired,
she granted one for 40 years to Sir Amias Paulet; but before this was expired, K. James I. granted it to John Hill, one of
the auditors of the exchequer, his heirs and assigns, for ever, paying yearly, as the former lessees did, 8 l. 6 s. to the
crown, and 6 l. 4 s. to the chaplain who officiated in reading the service, and administring the sacrament, with 4 s. a
year for bread and wine, and 5 l. forfeiture for every default in the payment of the curate. From him it descended to the
late Mr. Hill; but is now by purchase the manor of Mr. Perkins, apothecary. Here is a ch. sc.