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��in the hands of William Covert of Slaugham and Harlcombe, who died in 1494- In I 504 his son John Covert died seised of the manor of Imbhams in Haslemere, Chiddingfold and Alfold, held of the Bishop of Salisbury." H is heir was his cousin Richard, from whom it went to John's nephew Giles, who held at the time of the survey of Godalming made by Edward VI, and died in 1557," holding of the Crown, which then held the bishop's manor of Godal- ming. He was succeeded by his brother Richard. He was father of Antony Covert, father of John and An tony, all of whom held it." John conveyed to Antony in 1625, the conveyance including the pond which supplied the water for the Quenells' iron furnace called Imbhams." The Coverts sold to Peter Quenell the elder in \6zj. K ,

Quenell had already acquired SOUTH IMBHAMS, the other moiety, which went with the Bures portion of Loseley, probably to the Strodes, who had land in Chiddingfold, 47 and so to the Westbrooks. John Westbrook was lord of the manor of Imbhams alias Southymbhams, in 1492, and granted land which had escheated to him as lord. When he sold Loseley to Sir Christopher More he did not convey the manor of South Imbhams 48 specifically, and it continued in his family. He died in 1513, and his son William in 1537. His heirs were his sister Florence Scarlett, widow, and Elizabeth wife of Edward Hull. John, grandson of the former, sold his moiety of South Imbhams to Thomas Quenell in I568. 49 Thomas left it, subject to his wife's life interest, to his brother Robert Quenell in 1571, and Scarlett levied a fine to Robert Quenell in I576. 50

Thomas Hull, son of Elizabeth Hull, had sold his share to the same Robert Quenell in 1574." This Robert was father to Peter, who acquired the other part of Imbhams, vide supra, in 1626. The Quenells were ironmasters, and Peter, a Royalist, cast guns for the king at Imbhams as long as he was allowed." He died in 1 649. His son Peter served in the king's army, and also borrowed money. He died in 1666. Peter Quenell his son held a court in 1669, but under an arrangement to satisfy his father's debts sold with his mother's concurrence in 1677 to Thomas Newton and William Yalden." The latter took the manor and held a court in 1 679. He died in 1 740, aged 91. His son William died in 1742, leaving a son William who died in 1796. He had a daughter Elizabeth, wife of Ralph Bennet, and two other daughters. The trustees of the estate sold it to George Oliver of Brentford in 1797. His son George died at a great age after 1 870, and the manor was sold to the late Mr. James Stewart Hodgson of Lythe Hill, Haslemere, whose widow died in 1907.

William Yalden the younger was of ' the New- house,' since known as the Manor House. The old manor house is a moated farm of the 1 6th century.

The church of ST. BARTHOLO-

CHURCH MEW is embowered in trees, among

which the grey stone tower with stone-

��slated roof has a more venerable aspect than is war- ranted by its actual age. The churchyard, which is extremely pretty and well kept, abounds in choice shrubs and trees, and has a great number of old and new monuments. Professor Tyndall lies here, but under a gorse and heather-covered mound, without stone or other memorial.

The church was originally only a chapel-of-ease to Chiddingfold. The tower at the west end is practic- ally all that remains of ancient date, and there is reason to suppose that this goes no further back than the middle of the I7th century. The nave, north aisle, and chancel, after having been greatly altered about 1837, were partly rebuilt in 1870-1, a south aisle being added at the same time. The style in which the new work was designed is that of the middle of the 1 3th century. When the rebuilding took place a number of the older gravestones were built into the walls inside and out. There is a good deal of modern glass of varying merit, including a two-light window designed by the late Sir Edward Burne-Jones to the memory of the poet Tennyson, its subject being Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail. Some old glass said to have been brought out of Kent by the Rev. M. San- derson at the end of the 1 7th century has been re- distributed, part being in the west window of the tower, and the rest in the west window of the north aisle ; originally the whole was in the east window of the chancel. A writer in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1 80 1 gives the subjects as follows :

' I. St. Matthew. 2. Our Saviour's Ascension. 3. St. Mark. 4. Adam and Eve in Paradise. 5. The Nativity. 6. Noah going into the Ark. 7. St. Luke. 8. Saul thrown from his horse, and his attendants offering him assistance : " Savl, Savl, qvid persecv'is me ? " 9. Offering of the Wise Men. Among the numerous presents, I distinguished some fine hams, poultry and mutton. 10. St. John.'

The same writer describes the nave as ' separated from the transept [i.e. aisle] by four pointed arches resting on low round pillars, part of a wooden screen remaining under the chancel arch. The font is a large octagonal stone supported on a pillar corre- sponding with it. On one of the bells is inscribed, " Peace and good neighbourhood." '

Another writer says 54 of the arcade between the nave and north aisle, ' the pillars that support the arches are of oak, and of large dimensions.' Mr. J. W. Penfold, an old resident, in giving his recollections of the church as he remembers it ' in the early days of William IV,' says ; ' The north aisle was separated from the nave by huge oak pillars, with heavy carved ribs or struts forming arches to support the low roof, and much obscuring the view into the nave. . . About 1 837 the oak pillars were removed, and neat fluted iron columns were substituted.' "

From Cracklow's view of 1823 it would seem prob- able that the old nave and chancel retained features of 1 3th-century date, but that the building had been greatly altered in the 1 6th and following centuries.

��18 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxxi, 263. 48 Ibid, cxiv, 42.

44 Feet of F. SUIT. Hil. 14 Jas. I; Chan. Proc. Elir. H.h. vi, 60.

45 Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 22 Jas. I.

46 Ibid. East. 2 Chas. J, and East. 4 Cha". I.

4 ' Strode Deeds at Loseley, q.v. 43 Add. Chart. 13557. See Loseley. Imbhams was included in the marriage

��settlement of William More in 1551 (Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 5 Edw. VI). It was probably an overlordship attaching to Loseley, merged in the general overlord- ship acquired by the Mores in the whole hundred and manor of Godalming by grant in 1601.

49 Com. Pleas D. Enr. East. 18 Eliz. m.

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50 Feet of F. Surr. East. 18 Eliz.

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��"Ibid. Hil. 1 7 Eliz.

M For an account of the Quenell family see Surr. Arcb. Coll. xv, 40.

68 Chan. Decree, 3 July 27 Chas. II, 790, no. 13.

64 Gent. Mag. 1802, pt. ii, 817, 8 1 8.

65 Preface to Haslemere and Hir.dhcad, in the 'Homeland Handbooks' series. This timber arcade was the only one of ancient date in Surrey.

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