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��and was buried at Chiddingfold. His father was John Quenell, as was shown by a monument formerly at Haslemere. Peter's eldest son Thomas died in 1571; he married Agnes Irelond. 4 His brother Robert Quenell succeeded to Lythe Hill. He became owner of the Imbhams iron furnace in Chiddingfold (the works probably reached into Haslemere) after 1574.* Robert died in 1612.' His wife was Elizabeth Hall, heiress of George Hall of Field, Compton, whence the Quenells came to Field." Their son Peter, who was born in 1580 and died in 1650, was a gentleman of coat armour at the Heralds' Visitation in 1623. He made guns for the king when the Civil War was breaking out, and his son Peter tried to raise a Royalist company in 1642, but it was soon disarmed. 7 Peter married his cousin Alice Cranley. Their son Peter, born in 1605, served in the king's army, and was nominated as one of the intended knights of the Royal Oak. He died 1666, and was buried at Compton. His son Peter sold Imbhams to William Golden, 8 and perhaps also sold Lythe Hill.

Hallands is another well-preserved timber house, of the 1 6th century, smaller, and of a plain oblong plan, with a lean-to against one of the long sides, a great chimney in the centre, having two large open fireplaces, back to back, in the kitchen and parlour on the ground floor, and sleeping apart- ments on the floor over, the upper story being bracketed out on three sides and the gable ends fur- ther projected. The brackets are of a classical scroll pattern.

The Crown Inn, opposite the church, retains a fine 14th-century king-post roof, over what was originally the open hall. A curious feature of the exterior is the canted wing in the rear, the angle of which has been planned askew to conform to the line of an ancient passage way. This wing, which is of massive timber framing, has an overhanging upper story, showing the projecting ends of the floor joists, stif- fened with occasional brackets. There is a fine example of the corner-post at the angle of the main front, the bracket of which has been hewn out of the solid butt of a tree. Besides some excellent examples of oak- joisted ceilings and panelling, the interior contains two or three ancient fireplaces, one of which, on the ground floor, has a massive moulded and arched beam over the wide opening." Two of the adjacent cottages show ancient features, such as four-centred arches of brick to first-floor fireplaces, and half-timber walls.

The manorial rights have always be- M4NORS longed to the lords of Godalming. Chid- dingfold was a tithing of Godalming Hundred. 10 Three tithing-men reported for it in Godalming courts. No separate court was ever held for Chiddingfold as a manor, although Edward I in 1 300 granted a fair to the Bishop of Salisbury at his

��' manor of Chiddingfold.' " The fair was to be held yearly on the eve, day, and morrow of the Nativity of St. Mary (7-9 September). At the same time the bishop had a grant of a weekly market on Tuesday, but both have long ceased to be held. As living in the royal demesne the tenants were free from tolls else- where." The rents from tenants at Chiddingfold formed a considerable item in the profits of Godalm- ing Manor. The latter included in 1543 the holders of Killinghurst, ' le Crown,' and Pockford," and in 1 60 1 the rent of assize from free tenants in Chidding- fold amounted to 9 6/. 8$ chiefly in Chiddingfold, but also in Thursley (anciently Witley), Shalford, and Hascombe, with reputed mem- bers in Witley.

A Stephen de Hassehurst in the 1 3th century, and Margaret atte Assch and Richard Asshehurst, both holding Frithinghurst Mead at Pockford in the 1 4th century, are known to have existed."

There was an ancient manor of Ashurst in Witley which included in 1369 a fishery in Frithinghurst and a meadow called Frithinghurstmead. 16 Frithing- hurstmead was afterwards part of the Fridinghurst property," but not properly belonging to the manor. It seems that the manor of Ashurst in Witley, with members in Chiddingfold, drops out of sight, while the manor of Fridinghurst, with members in Witley, appears. The history of Ashurst in Witley is as follows :

Henry of Guildford held land of Queen Margaret, including what was afterwards parcel of Fridinghurst Manor. 18

The separate existence of Ashurst Park probably dates from the grant of free warren to Henry of Guildford in his demesne lands of Chiddingfold." This took place in 1303, and in 1312 Henry of Guildford was returned as holding tenements called Ashurst and Bovelythe (in Thursley) of the Witley manor. 10

The park of Ashurst came into the king's pos- session, but was not always in the same custody as that of Witley until near the end of the i6th century." In 1363 the farmer of Witley Manor stated in his account that the rent of 1 6s. SJ. due from the tenant of Ashurst had not been paid for more than eight years because it was held by the king." Later the manor and park were granted to Adam Pinkhurst, one of the archers of Edward III ; n but six months afterwards, in June 1378, Philip Walwayn the elder had a grant of the manor and

��4 Will printed in Surr. Arch. Coll. vol. XT.


 * V.C.H. Surr. ii, 271.

6 Chiddingfold Reg.

1487.
 * Hundred Court 1357, Subsidy R.

1 Loseley MSS. I Aug. 1642.

Vide infra.

' See Ralph Nevill, F.S.A., Old Cottage and Domestic Arcbit. Soutb-*vest Surr. (2nd edit.), 59. The Rev. T. S. Cooper has copied ancient deeds which make mention of a building on this site in 1 383, the 'aula' spoken of being in all likeli-

��hood the shell of the existing building with its fine roof. Under the date I $48 a later deed refers to some additions lately made to ' le Croune * perhaps the canted wing above described.

> Par!. Writ, (Rec. Com.), ii (3), 338 ; Erch. Mins.Accts. Surr. 34 & 35 Hen. VII, Div. Co. R. 64, m. 21.

11 Chart. R. 28 Edw. I, m. 6, no. 24 ; Cart. Antiq. H.H. 21.

"Add. MS. (B.M.) 19572.

" Eh. Mins.Accts.34 & 35 Hen.VIII, Div. Co. R. 64, m. 21.

14 Pat. 43 Eliz. pt. xvi.

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��15 Deeds in hands of Mr. James Sadler of Chiddingfold.

16 Mins. Accts. bdle. loio, no. 5. W Ibid.

18 Chan. Inq. p.m. 6 Edw. II, no. 57.

19 Chart. R. 3 1 Edw. I, m. 2. But Ashurst Park was probably partly at least in Witley.

90 Chan. Inq. p.m. 6 Edw. II, no.

91 Mins. Accts. bdle. ioio,no. 5 ; ibid, no. 7.

M Ibid. bdle. 1015, no. 9. 98 Cal. Pat. 1377-81, p. 104.

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