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��Stephen." In 1598 Jane Vyne, presumably the widow of Stephen, joined with her son Ralph in con- veying the manor to Robert White of Aldershot. 64 At his death it came with Frimley into the hands of the Tichborne family, who alienated to Sir Thomas White in 1609." From that date it seems to have followed the descent of Poyle in Tongham. It is now a farm.

The church of ST. PETER ASH CHURCHES consists of two parts, an old and a new. The former has a chancel 1 8 ft. by 1 5 ft. 7 in., nave 426. loin, by 20 ft. 6 in., west tower 14 ft. 9 in. by 13 ft. 7 in., and the latter, con- sisting of a large modern chancel, nave, and vestry, has been added to it on the north side. The new chancel is 30 ft. long by 14 ft. 3 in. wide, and the nave 58 ft. long by 246. wide. The older part of the church has been a good deal repaired, but has been an aisleless building of nave and chancel of 1 2th- century date, the tower, built of Heath stone, being a 15th-century addition. The earliest details are in the south door and a lancet in the old chancel, both of early 1 3th-century date, and in the new north wall of the nave is reset a small 12th-century round- headed light, much repaired.

The east window of the old chancel is modern, of three lights in late 13th-century style. On the north are two double bays vaulted between, with foliate or moulded capitals, opening into the new chancel. West of this is a modern squint directed towards the new chancel. In the south wall is a 13th-century lancet with external rebate, in which are a few old stones. The south door is modern and has a continuous chamfer ; and west of it is a square-headed window of two trefoiled lights, 151(1- century work repaired. Under the lancet is a small piscina with pointed head and half-projecting bowl. The chancel arch is of two chamfered orders with modern moulded capitals and bases and half-octagonal responds; the jambs perhaps date from the 1 4th cen- tury. The north arcade is modern, of four bays, each of two chamfered orders and with moulded circular capitals, ornamented with heads carved in high relief.

In the south wall are three modern two-light windows. The south door dates from c. I 200, and is round-headed, of two orders, the inner with an edge-roll on jambs, the outer with a filleted roll be- tween two hollows in the arch, and filleted shafts with foliate capitals in the jambs. The porch has wood framing, probably of 16th-century date, filled in below with brick, and is covered with ivy. The tower arch is of two chamfered orders with half- octagonal responds and moulded capitals and bases. The tower is a fine massive building of Heath stone, modernized as regards its windows, with a tall shingled broach spire. The modern chancel has a five-light traceried window in the east wall. On the north and south walls is a wall arcade, and there is also a single traceried light on each side. The north vestry has a single and a two-light window. The chancel arch, in 15th-century style, rests on moulded

��corbel capitals. In the north wall is inserted a small 12th-century light, and there are also three modern three-light windows, with a similar one of two lights in the west wall. The roofs are all of steep pitch and modern. The font is of wood, as at Chobham in this neighbourhood, probably of 1 7th-century date, the bowl octagonal, cut from one piece and lined with lead ; there is a central stem with eight octagonal detached shafts.

On the south wall of the old chancel is a brass tablet to Thomas Manory, 1516; below is another to Anne Vyne, his daughter and heir. A shield above these bears an engrailed cross.

There are five bells, all of which were cast by Thomas Mears, 1798.

The plate consists of a silver cup and silver cover of 1575, a silver paten of about 1674, a s i' ver flagon of 1734, an d a brass almsdish.

The registers date from 1580. There is an iron church at Ash Vale, built in 1885.

The church of ST. PETER FRIMLEr.The present church was built in 1825 in place of the old chapel and is of stone with a low west tower of de- based design. It was restored and added to in 1882, 1884, and 1888. The old chapel was a picturesque timbered building with a thatched roof ; a good en- graving of it is preserved in Cracklow's Surrey Churches.

A new church, S2". PAUL'S, was built in 1903 near the north boundary of Frimley.

There is an iron church at Frimley Green, built in 1889.

The church of ST. MARK WTKE is of stone, with a belfry, erected in 1 847.

The church of ST. MICHAEL TORK TOWN dates from 1851. It is of stone, in 13th-century style-

The church of ST. GEORGE CAMBERLEt was built in 1893.

The advowson of Ash, like the ADfOffSONS manor, belonged first to Chertsey Abbey* 8 and later to Winchester College. 5 * In 1311 the presentation was in the king's gift ' by reason of the late voidance of the abbacy of Chertsey.' M

Under Edward III some supplementary provision was made for the parson of Ash, after the inclosure of Henley Park (q.v.), on condition of his celebrating divine service daily within the king's manor of Henley." This grant was confirmed under Richard II" and subsequently."

There was a chapel at Frimley, built at an un- known date. After the foundation, but again at an unknown date, a chantry called John Stephen Chantry was founded in the chapel, worth 5 14^. lii</. in the time of Edward VI. 84 It was served by an ex-canon of Newark. It was not demolished when the chantry was suppressed, for by the registers bap- tisms took place there in 1590. In 1607 Bishop Bilson licensed the chapel and churchyard for mar- riages and burials, the inhabitants undertaking to raise 6 and the rector of Ash to contribute ^4 a year for a curate, Winchester College, the patron of Ash, consenting. 64 In 1636 the warden and fellows

��' Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. l), clix, 48. 58 Deed supplied by Mr. Woodroffe to Manning and Bray.

7 Fret of F. Surr. Trin. 7 Ja. I.

Wykchani 'i Rig. (Hants Rec. Soc.),

i, 22.

��s Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.).

80 Col. Fat. 1307-13, p. 330.

81 In 1357. See Henley Park. Cal. Pat. 1381-5, p. 385.

Ibid. 1399-1+01, p. 54.9 j 1422-9, p. 98.

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��M Chant. Cert. Aug. Off. xlriii, J.

A note on the cover says that the chapel was consecrated 8 March 1606-7. But the building had existed before.
 * Winton Epis. Reg. Bilson, fol. lib,

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