Combley Manor/Farmhouse The house has been described as being, in 1539, 'a vast edifice with twelve bays'. Tenants & occupiers of Combley Farm * William Colnett (16thC) * Philip Fleming, Steward of the Isle of Wight (17thC) * John Fitchett (1737) * William Taylor (1793) * James Urry (1815) * Mrs Urry (1817) * George Watson, estate bailiff (1837,1839,1841) * Mary Watson,…
The Tomb of William Colnett THIS INSCRIPTION IS SET ABOUT TEN FEET OFF THE GROUND ON THE NORTH WALL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH ARRETON ISLE OF WIGHT AND READS HERE IN THIS TOMB LIETH BURIED THE BODY OF WILLIAM COLNETT OF COMBLEY GENT WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE FIRST OF JULY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD GOD 1594 AUTATIS SUAE .69 ( HIS AGE 69)