GODALMING HUNDRED 



CHIDDINGFOLD 



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$</." 



4SHURST or FRIDINGHURST (Ayshurst, xiii 

 cent. ; Fridinghurst or Ashurst, xvi cent, et seq.). 

 The site of Fridinghurst manor-house is in Fril- 

 linghurst Copse ; the Court House is now attached to 

 a labourer's cottage. The existing Court Rolls com- 

 mence in 1550. The manor contains 1,134 acrcs > 

 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. 



** Hundred Court 1357, Subsidy R. 

 1487. 



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. 



II 



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. 



