 He left Ditton Court to his nephew, another Thomas, who seems to have sold it and then repurchased it around 1735.The surname Golding is synonymous with a variety of hop known as Goldings and, although it is not certain who discovered the hop, it has been accredited to John Golding (who died some time before 1811), the great-nephew of Thomas and the owner of Ditton Court, or to his son John (who died at Ditton Place in 1851).Lt.