ALTON HUNDRED 



FROYLE 



celebrated in the church for some person unnamed, 

 an obit of ' Thomas Moore,' and a light. 30 In 



1 540 a lease of the ' Chantry House ' was made 

 (with the consent of the patrons of Chawton) by 

 ' the chantry priest of the free chapel or chantry 

 of Chawton ' to Joane Raynolds and William 

 Knight the younger of Chawton. 31 



The National Church of England school was 

 built by Mr. Edward Knight in 1840, and has 

 undergone several enlargements, the last in 1897 

 by Mr. Montagu Knight, and is his private pro- 

 perty. 



There are five charities connected with the 

 parish : 



(1) A sum of 6s. yearly paid by Mr. Montagu 

 Knight to the parish clerk charged upon property 

 formerly called church, or clerk's, land, near 

 Chawton Pond, purchased by Mr. Edward Knight 

 in 1838 from the guardians of Alton Union, sub- 

 ject to the above payment. 



(2) Knight's charity, a charge of 2 yearly, less 

 land tax, on Amery farm, Alton, left by John 

 Knight in 1 6 1 7 to the minister and churchwardens 

 for the relief of the poor in Chawton. 



(3) Stent's charity, a charge of z yearly, less 

 land tax, 6s. 8</., on Wivelrode farm left by 

 John Stent in 1592, to be paid to the minister and 

 churchwardens of Chawton to be by them dis- 

 tributed to the ' poor people ' of that parish. 33 



(4) Harford's gift, the interest on l 10 Js. id., 



2 per cent Consols left by Mrs. Anne Harford, 

 in 1773, to the rector, to be divided between two, 

 three or four industrious poor persons, not 

 receiving parish allowance. This charity was 

 transferred to the Official Trustees of Charitable 

 Funds in 1858. 



(5) Poor's Money, the interest on 23 6s. $J., 



3 per cent Annuities, formerly received by the 

 rector and given to the poor, but transferred in 

 1858 to the Official Trustees named above. 



$I**,W* 



^^ 



7 



CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS. 



FROYLE 



Froli (xi. cent.). 



The parish of Froyle is situated on the northern 

 side of the valley of the Alton branch of the river 

 Wey. The village, called Upper Froyle, lies to the 

 north-east of the London and Gosport road as it 

 traverses the southern side of the parish, which is 

 on that side bounded by the Wey. To the north 

 of the village lies Lower Froyle. The parish of 

 Long Sutton is the main boundary of Froyle parish 

 on the north ; Bentley bounds it on the east and 

 Holybourne on the west. Froyle Place (Captain 

 E. H. Sawbridge) stands near the church in a 

 wooded park of 1 50 acres, the property of Sir 

 C. J. Hubert Miller, bart., lord of the manor. 

 The house was entirely rebuilt in 1867. Adjoin- 



ing the park is Froyle House, the residence of 

 Walter T. E. Bentinck. The 

 chief crops are hops and 

 cereals. 



The following are some of 

 the place-names that occur 

 in a rental for the year 1415: 

 North Froyle, Burydonfield, 

 Wykehill, Bownamesditche, 1 

 Spolicombe and Sonnebury. 8 

 In 1 5 39 occur : Bradenham, 

 Brambleham Motys, Berry- 8o 



froyle, Church Froyle, Great ta f tM pU t e tvian thru 

 Penley, Isynghurst and Coll- cocks' beads rosed silver. 

 ingbourne. 3 



30 Chantry certif. No. 52. 



31 In the custody of the lord of the 

 manor. 



3a Stent died in Nov., 1592. In 

 1602 the 2 a year was in arrear to 

 the amount of ,20. In 1655 a large 



sum was also in arrear. The Charity 

 Commissioners on each occasion directed 

 payment of the arrears to be made 

 (Petty Bag Charity Inquisition, I, 29 

 and 23, 1 6}. 



501 



1 Sic ; perhaps a misrendering of 

 Bowmansditche. 



a Add. Chart. 17,512. 



3 Mins. Acct. 30-1 Hen. VIII. No. 

 139, m. 65. 



