WOKING HUNDRED 



ASH 



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 modem 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. 



343 



also 



M Chant. Cert. Aug. Off. xlriii, J. 



* Winton Epis. Reg. Bilson, fol. lib, 

 A note on the cover says that the chapel 

 was consecrated 8 March 1606-7. But 

 the building had existed before. 



