mfmffK^tfv^T^r^wT'^mvswtBsmsmmmmfmm^ The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924017840772 Cornell University Library DA 690.B29B15 A history of the ancient town and manor 3 1924 017 840 772 '^^c '©own anb l^Tanor of 'gSasittg$fo:fec. j^ 5 A HISTOET OF THE ANCIENT TOWN AND MANOR OF BASINGSTOKE IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON; WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF BASING HOUSE, A.D. 1643-1645, BY FEANOIS JOSEPH BAiaEITT AND JAMES ELWIl^ MILLAED. 1889. [.all rights reserved.] PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY C. J. JACOB, BASINGSTOKE. LONDON :—SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, and Co. Q ^6g27 TO THE MATOE AND 00EP0EATI01«^ OF BASINGSTOKE AND THE INHABITANTS OP THE TOWl^ AlifD I^EIGHBOUEHOOD, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. PREFACE. As an introduction to this book, which has so outgrown its intended size as to considerably exceed the ordinary number of pages assigned to an 8vo. volume, only a few explanatory words are necessary. It is the history of an inland market town, in an agricultural district, which has never been thickly populated, but has gone on in the quiet tenor of its way for centuries; its greatest distinction arising from its having formed a portion of the ancient demesne of the crown of England. It has also, for the last 240 years, attracted attention from its proximity to a place which, though nothing more than a fortified manor house, defied for years the Parliamentary forces of England in rebellion against its King, and displayed the Royal Standard until the great Parliamentary general himself came in person with his picked troops to capture it, and not till then did Basing House fall and the plunder of some £200,000 reward his followers. What has hitherto appeared in print relating to Basingstoke consists of the short notices given in gazetteers and Post Office Directories, with a few pages in Bray ley and Britton's " Beauties of England and Wales." In Warner's History of Hampshire all that is said about it is contained within the compass of two pages, and Woodward's History of Hampshire contains hardly anything more than a collection of excerpts taken, from some of the volumes issued many years ago by the late Record Com- mission. The Rev. Samuel Loggon compiled a small octavo volume of 43 pages, (printed at Reading in 1742) entitled ' The History of the Brotherhood or Guild of the Holy Ghost, in the Oha/pel of the Holy Ghost near Basingstoke in Hampshire.' The next publication is called, ' The Buins of a Temple, a viii PREFACE. Poem; by the Bev. Joseph Jefferson, to which is prefixed an account of the Antiquity and History of the Holy Ghost Chapel, Basingstoke, Hants, with an Appendix containing Historical and explanatory notes.'— Uo. 20 pages, 1793. Of this work a second edition was published at Basingstoke in 1808, printed and sold by J.. Lucas, and entitled, 'A Sketch of the History of Holy Ghost Chapel at Basingstoke, to which is added the Ruins of a Temple. Second edition improved and enlarged.' — 8vo. 36 pages. The next and last edition is entitled, 'The History of the Holy Ghost Chapel, Basingstoke, and of the Brotherhood or Guild of the Holy Ghost in the said Chapel.' Printed by Samuel Chandler in 1819. — 8vo. 94 pages. This was an enlargement of the previous edition and included the whole of Mr. Loggon's History, with some particulars respecting St. John's Hospital, and biographical notices of eminent per- sons. The name of the editor is not given. In 1873 one of the authors (long associated with the town as its Vicar) published a small quarto of 29 pages, entitled, 'A Short Account of Basingstoke, Basing, and its Neighbourhood.' The publisher was desirous of issuing a second edition of this little work, and thus an opportunity presented itself of making a few additions, with which intention the first sheets of this work were passed through the press, with an account of the Ecclesiastical history of the parish as an external contribution.* After this and a few subsequent pages were printed, it was thought that something of a permanent character, more worthy of the present day, ought to be written. It was then resolved to go more fully into the History of the town, and to consult every available source of information. This of course could not be done without the indulgent kindness of many friends, and we have to tender our thanks among those of the University of Oxford, to the authorities of Mag- dalen College, especially to the Librarian, (the Eev. H. A. * " Thia waa the origin of the use of the marks of quotation " " which are continued throughout the volume. See note *, page 38. PREFACE. ix Wilson ) and to the Warden ( the Hon. G. 0. Brodrick ) and Fellows of Merton College, and to Mr. Esson, the senior Bursar, who afforded us every facility daring several some- what protracted visits for the examination and careful perusal of their Muniments. From the Librarians and Officials of the Bodleian and British Museum; of the Public Record Office, and Probate Registries, and of the Consistory Court of Win- chester, we have received frequent and innumerable acts of kindness, and an, attentive and courteous consideration, and they are one and all asked to accept our grateful thanks. To the Corporation and Mayors of Basingstoke, during the time this work has been passing through the press, we are under still more lasting obligations, for without their indulgence of free access and full opportunities of studying their local records, the book could not have been written, and the extent to which we have availed ourselves of this privilege affords ample proof of our appreciation of their liberality. We are indebted to Mr. C. F. Cooksey for the main portion of the account of the Siege of Basing House, and to Mr. J. S. Attwood, of Plymouth, (a native of Basingstoke) for the elaborate and carefully prepared Index, and we regret that the necessity of restricting the number of our pages compelled us to omit his alphabetical list of the inscriptions on the grave stones and tombs at the Holy Ghost Litten, and the burial space around the parish church, which he kindly placed in our hands. We must also offer our thanks and best wishes to Mr. C. J. Jacob who has taken such interest in the progress of the work, and to whom we are indebted for the admirable manner in which it is printed and placed before the public. It is a credit to his enterprising spirit, and a proof of the efficiency of a local press. BI. MIOHASL'S OHUBCH, BASIIieSIOEE, CONTENTS. The Chronology of Basingstoke List of Hnndreds and Parishes of the Ancient Jurisdiction Northern or Basingstoke Parliamentary Division History of Basingstoke and Basing The Ecclesiastical History The Rural Deanery of Basingstoke The Hospital of St. Mary and St. John the Baptist Civil and Manorial History . The Hundred of Basingstoke Municipal History Royal Visits ... PubHc Buildings St. Michael's Church Parish Registers The Chapel and Guild of the Holy Ghost The Early Constitutions and Customs of the Town Extracts from Court Rolls ... Fiscal details, Rentals, and Subsidies Sir James Deane's Lectureship Basingstoke in the Seventeenth Century ... The Siege of Basing House... The Ancient Bailiffs, the New Corporations, and the Mayors of Basingstoke The High Stewards, Under Stewards, Recorders, and Town Clerks . . . The Church and Parochial Customs in and after the Seven- teenth Century Nonconformity in Basingstoke, A.D. 1660-rl889 FAan xiv xxiii xxiv 5 10 37 40 53 56 62 78 82 84 103 110 171 247 357 402 408 413 433 486 499 633 xii CONTENTS. PAGE The Town and Trade of Basingstoke in 1784 555 General Description of the Town 559 lUustrions Men 571 Mayor, Corporation, and Officers of the Borough of Basing- stoke (1889) ?18 APPENDIX. Documents at Merton College, Oxford, relating to St. John's Hospital 593 Documents at Magdalen College, Oxford 651 Additional Inscriptions and Arms of Benefactors in the Parish Church, and Pedigree of Coleman of Basingstoke 660 Documents relating to the Fraternity and School at the Holy Ghost Chapel, 1547-1746 663 Masters and Ushers of the Holy Ghost School ... 687 Translation of the Contract for the Sandys Tombs ... 692 Ordination held at the Holy Ghost Chapel in 1309 ... 694 Divinity Lecturers, 1622 to 1814 697 A List of the Burgesses and Aldermen, 1641 to 1835, and of the Serjeants-at-Mace, 1622 to 1836 ... 700 Masters of the Petty School and of the Blue Coat Hospital School 705 Alms Houses and Endowed Charities and Acts of Parliament 708 Chronological List of Kings ... 711 Addenda et Errata ... ... ... ... ... 713 Index 719 LIST OP PLATES. View of the. Town from the Holy Ghost Litten in 1669 — Frontispiece Map of the Ancient Jurisdiction of the Manor of Basingstoke 5 CONTENTS. xiii PAGE Map of Electoral Divisions of the County ... ... 5 View of Parish Churcli, ( St. Michael's )— South side 36 Plan of St. Michael's Church 84 Plan of Holy Ghost Chapel 156 Portrait of John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester 420 Original View of Basing House after the Siege, showing land where the later copyists of the view give a body of water surrounding the house ... ... 428 Facsimile of Initial Letter, &c. of the Charter of King James I. ... ... ... ... ... ... 440 Facsimile of Initial Letter, &o. of the Charter of King Charles 1 458 Map of Town of Basingstoke ... ... ... ... 554 Seals from Basingstoke Deeds at Merton College, Oxford 596 Facsimile of a portion of one of the Basingstoke Hospital Rolls ( No. 8, A.D. 1294 ), with an ex- tended transcript and translation ... ... ... 636 ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED WITH THE TEXT. St. Michael's Church, Basingstoke ... ... ... x St. Michael's Church, South side 84 St. Michael's Church, North side 103 Lord Sandys's Chapel, commonly called the Holy Ghost Chapel (North side) with the detached remains of the Holy Ghost Chapel 110 Remains of Gatehouse at Basing, 1880 ... ... 415 South-west View of Basing Church ... ... ... 419 The investment of Basing House ... ... ... 427 Lilly's Horoscope as to the taking of Basing House 427 A fragment of painted glass ... ... ... ... 693 Arms of Lord Sandys ... ... ... ... ... 712 "THE CHRONOLOGY OF BASINGSTOKE. ( A brief sammary of the principal historical events mentioned in the pages of this work.) A.D. 870. Battle fought at Basing between the Saxons and the Danes. 904. Encounter at Basingstoke between King Edward the elder and his cousin Ethelwald. 946. King Edmund the elder grants Lickpit to Ethelnod his chaplain. 950. ( area) Ethelnod grants it to the New Minster (Hyde Abbey). 1061. Walter, rector of Basingstoke, consecrated Bishop of Hereford at Kome by Pope Nicholas II. 1077. Death of the Eector, Bishop Walter, whereupon William the Conqueror granted the advowson to the Abbat and Convent of Mount St. Michael in Normandy. 1086. The Domesday Book certifies Basingstoke to be a royal manor, possessing a church and market, and that the church belonged to the Abbat and Convent of Mount St. Michael. 1110. (circa) Shirbome Priory founded by Henry do Port, Lord of Basing. 1156. Pope Adrian IV. confirms to the Abbat and Convent of Mount St. Michael ia Normandy, the patronage of the churches of Basing and Basingstoke. 1167. An aid levied for the marriage of Princess Matilda to the Duke of Sazony, and the town of Basingstoke assessed for it. 1203. The market day changed from Sunday to Monday. 1207. The town becomes surety for the debts of the Sheriff of the county to the amount of 10 marks ( £6 13s. 4d. ) 1208-1214. The Papal Interdict, and the burial of the dead on the hill, now called Holy Ghost Hill, owing to the subsequent conse- cration of the ground and the erection of the chapel. 1209. Scutage levied for the army in Ireland. 1210. The manor of Basingstoke, with the six hundreds, granted to the town at the yearly rent of £104 12s. 1212. The town provided ten armed horsemep well equipped for the King's service. 1214. The market day changed to Wednesday. 1216. The manor granted by the King to Baldwin de Ayrye. THE CHRONOLOGY OF BASINGSTOKE. xv A.D. 1217. The custody of the manor granted to Bartholomew Peohe. 1220. The rent due to the crown ordered to be paid to Luke de Drummar. 1225. The five external hundreds separated from the manor and hundred of Basingstoke, and the rent reduced to £70. 1226. Henry III. visited the town. 1228. The King granted the custody of the manor to Sir John de Gattesdon. 1228. Henry III. granted the manor and hundred of Basingstoke to the men of the town for the yearly rent of £72 12s. 1229. Sir John de Gattesdon ordered to restore to the men of Basing- stoke the cattle which had been taken for arrears of rent. 1230. Henry III. at Basingstoke. 1233. Peter de Rupibus, Bishop of Winchester, purchased the advowson of the churches of Basing and Basingstoke of the Abbat and Convent of Mount Saint Michael. 1234. The Bishop founds a priory of Angustinian Canons at Selbome, and grants to them the advowson of the churches of Basing and Basingstoke. 1235. The Bishop's gift of the advowson of the said churches confirmed to the priory of Selbome by Pope Gregory XIII. 1236. The fee farm rent of the manor assigned to Queen Eleanor as a part of her dower. 1237. The Bailiffs cited to appear before the King's Justices to show why they had borrowed £20 of a Jew without the consent of the town. 1287. The manor intrusted to the care of Walter de Burgh, the King's Bailiff, owing to the continued and increasing arrears of rent. 1238. An enquiry Jield as to the lands and tenements belonging to Walter de Merton in Basingstoke. 1239. (circa) Walter de Merton endows the Hospital of St. John the Baptist, and places it in the family mansion, which he inherited from his mother. 1240. The manor of Basingstoke granted to Walter de Merton for five years at the yearly rent of £80. 1241. The Sheriff of the county ordered not to interfere with the hundred of Basingstoke. 1244. WilUara de Ealeigh, Bishop of Winchester, makes an ordination as to the endowment of the Vicarage, and the duties of the Vicar, and the division to be made of the oblations at the Holy Ghost Chapel. 1246. The Sheriff of the county has charge of the manor. 1250. The Bailiffs ordered to send certain provisions for the King's use to Winchester Castle for the Christmas festivities. 1251. Henry III. grants his protection for life to St. John's Hospital. xvi THE CHRONOLOGY OF BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1253. Henry III. confers npon the Hospital the right to have in their chapel a perpetual chantry. 1256. The Prior and Convent of Bromholme transfers a certain rent to St. John's Hospital, to maintain a lamp to burn night and day before the Cross in the Hospital chapel. 1256. Prithmead in Basingstoke granted to Walter de Merton. 1256. Henry III. grants to the men of Basingstoke the manor with the in hundred, and other privileges, for the yearly fee farm rent of £80. 1256. The men of Basingstoke confirm to Walter de Merton the marsh of Iwood. 1257. The ancient custom of common of pasture ordered to be observed. 1261. William le Newman, charged with robbing the church of Steventon and with breaking from the prison of Basingstoke, sentenced to be hanged, but escapes by the breaking of the cord. 1262. Henry III. places St. John's Hospital and all its property under the protection of the crown for ever. 1267. The men of the manor ordered not to out their com before it was ripe. 1268. The Papal Legate, Cardinal Othobon, amplifies the right of the perpetual chantry in the chapel of St. John's Hospital ; and Henry III. forbids any molestation of its rights and privileges. 1270. Henry III. grants the fee farm rent of the manor to his consort Queen Eleanor. 1274. An inquisition held at Basingstoke as to the rights of the crown. 1275. An inctuisition taken at Winchester as to the rights and revenues of the crown, and the encroachments thereon in the hundred of Basingstoke. The men of Basingstoke declared to possess the return of writs, a gallows, assize of bread and beer, and other liberties ; and Walter de Merton the assize of bread and beer within the town. 1277. Walter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester, and founder of the Hospital, died on 27th October. 1277. The crown takes possession of Basingstoke miU because it had been alienated without the King's licenoe. 1278. Pope Nicholas III. places St. John's Hospital and its possessions under the protection of the ApostoUc See. 1280. Trials at Winchester as to the rights and claims of the crown vrithin the hundred of Basingstoke. 1283. Edward I. gives permission to the warden of Merton College to assign 176 acres of land to St. John's Hospital. 1291. Queen Eleanor died on 24th June, and the fee farm rent reverted to the crown. Pope Nicholas IVth's Ecclesiastical Taxation drawn up. THE CHRONOLOGY OP BASINGSTOKE. xvii A.D. 1295. The borough returns two members to Parliament. 1299. Edward I. grants the fee farm rent to his consort Queen Margaret for life. 1300. (circa) William de Bentworth, » roll containing an account of his lands in Basingstoke. 1302 & 1306. The borough again returned two Burgesses to Parliament. 1309. The Bishop of St. David's held an ordination in the Holy Ghost chapel. 1313. Henry Wodelok, Bishop of Winchester, issued a monition against the parishioners. 1317. Edward II. grants the water mill to William de Ewer at the yearly rent of 6d. 1319. The King grants the fee farm rent of the manor to his half brother, Edmund de Woodstock, Earl of Kent, and to his heirs for ever. 1329. Edward III. confirms the charters granted by Henry III. in 1256. 1336. St. John's Hospital exempted from taxation and payment of subsidies. 1340. Assessment made of the ninth sheaf, fleece and lamb of the parish. 1344. Edward III. appoints a warden of the Hospital, but afterwards revokes it, as the crown had no right of appointment. 1352. Death of John Plantagenet, Earl of Kent, and the fee farm rent passes to his widow. 1386. Date of the earliest existing Court Roll of the manor (in possession of the Corporation). 1389. Indentures drawn up containing the Regulations and Constitutions of the manor. 1392. A serious fire broke out in the town, and Richard II. in consider- ation of the great loss it occasioned, granted the inhabitants the rights of a corporation and the use of a common seal. 1395, The Hospital estate leased by Merton College to the Vicar for twenty-five years. 1399. The date of the earliest existing Roll of a View of Prank Pledge for the manor and hundred. 1401. Henry IV. orders an inquiry to be made as to the state and administration of the Hospital. 1410. A return of lands in Basingstoke, extent and owners' names. 1411. The fee farm rent inherited by the four daughters and heiresses of Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent. 1414. The alien priory of Shirborne dissolved : and Henry V. confirms the charter granted to the town in 1329. 1449. Henry VI. confirms the charter of 1414. 1453. An ordination held at the chapel of the Holy Trinity, Basing. xviii THE CHRONOLOGY OF BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1463. Lands given for the anniversary of John Betts and the keeping of his obit at the Holy Ghost chapel. 1464. Chancel of the Pariah Church rebuilt by Selbome Priory. 1465. An agreement drawn up and sealed, as to the customs and usages of the manor, and an arbitration arranged for the settlement of certain disputes with Sir John Wallop, knight. 1470. A contention about the tithes. 1481. Date of the earliest existing subsidy EoU. 1485. Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmorland died seized of a fourth part of the fee farm rent of the town. 1486. Selbome Priory dissolved and its possessions transferred to the President and Scholars of Saint Mary Magdalen's College, Oxford, who thus acquired the patronage of the vicarage and possession of the rectorial tithes. 1499. Magdalen College makes its first presentation to the vicarage. Henry Til. visited the town. 1509. Eatherine of Arragon slept at Mr. Kingsmill's house. 1510-21. Nave and Aisles of Parish Church built. 1519. Eoyal pardon to Edward Kingsmill, for having killed Robert Bedhat in defence of himself and of Edward Cook in Longfield. 1519. Sir John Paulet erects a chantry in Basing Church, and dies in 1525. 1523. Manumission of John Cowslade, a Devonshire man, who had settled at Basingstoke. 1524. Henry VIII. grants a charter of incorporation to the Holy Ghost Guild, at the request of Lqrd Sandys and the Bishop of Winchester. 1525. A new priest's door inserted in north wall of the chancel. 1535. Henry Till. Ecclesiastical Taxation, called ' The King's Book,' compiled. 1535. An ordinance made for the regulation of the common. 1536. Contract for the Sandys tombs, made and signed at Antwerp. 1539. The church porch built. 1540. The Court of Exchequer releases the wardens of the Holy Ghost Guild from the payment of tithes. 15 Ur Death of WiUiam, Lord Sandys, K.G., on 4th December. 1543. Terrier of lands in Basingstoke belflnging to Winchester CoUege (122 J acres). 1547. Edward VI. grants the share of the fee farm rent which he had inherited from Lady Somerset, to Sir William Paulet, Lord St. John of Basing. 1550. The Holy Ghost Guild dissolved by Edward VI., and its lands sold to John S)odington and WiUiam Warde. THE CHRONOLOGY OF BASINGSTOKE. xix A.D. 1550. Henry Nevill, 5th Eaxl of Westmoreland, sells his share of the fee farm rent to Sir William Paulet, and the other shares having come into his hands he became possessor of the entire fee farm rent of the town. 1556. Certain vestments, &c. restored to the parish church on 26th June. 1556. Queen Mary restores the Holy Ghost Guild with its lands, and constitutes it a perpetual corporation. 1559. Date of the second existing subsidy Roll. 1572. Death of Sir William Paulet, the first Marquess of Winchester, aged 97. 1601. Queen Elizabeth visits Basing, and a great fire breaks out in the town. 1607. Sir James Deane, founder of the Almshouses, &c. establishes a Divinity Lectureship. 1609. The Holy Ghost School made a Free School. 1618. Sir James Lancaster bequeaths money to the Guild and Corpo- ration, and increases the stipend of the Divinity Lecturer. 1622, A charter of incorporation granted by King James I. on the let July. The corporation to consist of two bailiffs and fourteen chief burgesses. 1623. The seal of the town and the names of the bailiffs and chief bur- gesses, noted in the heraldic Visitation of the county. 1625. The bailiffs and burgesses ordered to provide themselves with gowns, decent and fit for their places, and to wear them at assemblies and meetings. 1626. Money lent to Charles I. 1630. The bailiffs and burgesses to meet at the Town Hall on the first Monday of every month. 1631. The clothiers complain of the decrease in the making of broad cloths and kerseys, and the consequent fall in the price of wheat. 1635. Extensive repairs carried out at the parish church, and the arms of benefactors painted on the walls, also figures of Adam and Eve at the west end of the church. 1636. Proceedings taken against the Vicar for repelling Mr. George Baynard from the Sacrament, &c. 1637. Dispute between the Churchwardens and Mr. George Baynard as to his right to certain seats in the church. 1638. The parish registers begin on 25th March. 1640. The charter of the Holy Ghost Guild confirmed by Charles I. 1641. Charles I. grants a new charter to the town, dated 20th August, appointing a mayor, seven aldermen, and seven burgesses, and other pfScials. XX THE CHRONOLOGY OF BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1642. The House of Commons orders the Vicar to allow Mr. John Brockett, clerk, the use of the pvdpit on Lecture days. 1642. A commission held as to whether the charter of the Holy Ghost Guild had lapsed by default or not. 1643. Charles I. appoints Edward Webbe, M.A., minister and school- master, and gives him a grant of the Guild lands. 1643. The siege of Basing House commenced in August. 1645. The church seriously injured by the explosion of some barrels of gunpowder stored in it. The Communion plate stolen by the Parliamentary soldiers. Basing House taken by Oliver Cromwell on 14th October. 1646. Articles exhibited against the Vicar and referred to the Com- mittee of Parliament. Eichard Aldworth founds the Blue Coat Hospital School. 1656. The Town Hall and a great part of the town consumed by fire. 1657. A new Town Hall erected on the old site. 1666. The plague breaks out in the town with great severity. 1669. Cosmo III., Grand Duke of Tuscany, visits the town. Bishop Morley makes his award as to the Holy Ghost School. 1670. Three new bells oast for the parish church. 1671. Charles II. grants a charter for two new fairs to be held on Basing- stoke Down, one on Tuesday and Wednesday in Easter week, and the other on the 10th and 11th September. 1674. Mrs. Blunden's premature burial in the Holy Ghost Litten. 1675. John Paulet, the 5th Marquess of Winchester, the defender oJE Basing House, died on 5th March, 1674-5, aged 76, and wag; buried at Englefield, Berks. 1686. The Heraldic Visitation of the county. Sir Henry St. GeorgeJ Clarencieux king of arms, holds his court at the Maidenheact Inn. The royal arms set up in the church. 1718. Affidavit made as to the severity of the Eev. John James, masteil' of the Holy Ghost School. 1723. A new clock set up in the tower of the church. 1724. Death of the Eev. Sir George Wheler, who bequeathed his Divinity' Books to the parish. 1727. Every burgess on being elected an alderman was to be allowed £10' to purchase a gown, the same to be deducted from his allow- ance of £50 when elected mayor. 1730. A silver bason purchased, to be used as a font and for the collection of alms. 1731. The mayor's allowance raised to £60, for seven years. 1733. The arms of William Blunden, Esq. set up in the church. The corporation and inhabitants send a petition to the King for a lease of the Holy Ghost School property. THE CHRONOLOGY OF BASINGSTOKE. xxi A.D. 1735. Lord Lymington and others send in a petition against the cor- poration relating to the Holy Ghost School and other charities. A new bell oast for the parish church. 1744. The mayor's allowance reduced to £40 until further order. 1745. The town clerk directed to take proceedings against the Eev. Samuel Loggon, for neglecting his duties as schoolmaster of the Chapel School. The corporation sends a petition to the Lord Chancellor that Mr. Loggon should be obliged to attend to his duties or be dis- charged from his ofiBce. 1764. A new regulation made as to market hours in winter and summer. 1778. Two mayors elected, both of whom accepted office as mayor and were sworn In, and two justices of the peace chosen by the contending sections of the corporation. 1778. New buildings erected on the site of St. John's Hospital. ( These were pulled down in 1888. ) The Act of Parliament passed for making the canal from Basing- stoke to the river Wey at Chertsey. 1786. The common fields and waste lands enclosed. 1789. The London and Basingstoke Canal opened. 1802. Almshouses founded by Joseph Page. 1815. The paving and lighting Act passed. 1817. The two monumental eflSgies discovered within the ruins of the Holy Ghost Chapel. Basingstoke Savings' Bank established 28th October. 1820. The Duke of Kent's remains brought through Basingstoke. 1823. Charles Shaw-Lefevre (the late Lord Eversley) elected Eecorder of Basingstoke. 1829. Bishop Sumner revives the ofiice of Rural Dean, and divides the ancient Deanery of Basingstoke into three divisions. An Act of Parliament passed for enlarging the market place and for establishing a cattle market. 1832. A new Town Hall erected. 1834. The Gas Works constructed. 1835. The Municipal Corporations' Act passed on 9th September. On the 26th December the first election of councillors, and the aldermen and mayor elected on 29th December. 1837. The mayor's badge presented to the town by Mr. Charles Lyford. 1839. The South Western BaHway opened from London to Basingstoke on 10th June. 1840. The Eailway opened to Southampton on 11th May. 1841. The Mechanics' Institute established. 1841. The parish church repaired. XXll THE CHRONOLOGY OP BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1848. 1852. 1855. 1858. 1864. 1865. 1865. 1870. 1879. 1879. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. The Great Weetem line from Basingstoke to Reading opened. The estates of the Holy Ghost Guild transferred to the Tmstee^ of the Queen's Free School of Basingstoke, and a new Scheme of administration approved by Court of Chancery. . The Holy Ghost School transferred from the Litten to the ^ new buildings on the Salisbury road. The Litten enlarged in order to form a public cemetery, and tw« funeral chapels erected. Consecration of a portion of thg ground by the Bishop of Winchester. The chapelries of Basing and Up-Nately separated fromt the vicarage of Basingstoke. The open space beneath the Town Hall enclosed and the fa^}ade modified and improved. The new Com Exchange opened 22nd March. The new Mechanics' Institute building opened. The turrets of the church tower erected. The Cottage Hospital opened. The School Board established, and the members of the first b^aid elected in May. A new scheme for the management of the Queen's Grammlar School issued by the Charity Commissioners. A memorial clock and tower erected at the Town Hall, in ocjm- memoration of of Her Majesty's Jubilee, by Major John Mjiy, the Mayor. The newly erected Board Schools opened on 16th February. OF THE ANCIENT JURISDICTION OF THE MANOR OF BASINGSTOKE. TON LC N TTKA-nrI E M.D MO KMl lA E R J^l e 17/ MOMli — ifs/mKm^MM.i' » --=^-v-^ ^; ^"^^'ff^mayW^ r^ fN^ • X"' JTV 1 ^y' - 'J r^^ V I j£==^Hto /? •SHj 1/ ^Tv / s /> ^\! 1 r It • ^A^J^ Cc 'pTO jl \Hii5Ww 1 ^ _/\ If 1 •^^^^ r^ ?=^==:\ \_^, *-^-i // J 1^ ^S« K I O SMxwm MMiioP^ B M, D / /VPTOM ^y/BSTONl * \ «> //o 9 t // « J T The Hundreds of Overton Chuteley, Holdshot^ Bermond= spit and Odington were separated from tJie Manor and Hundred of Basingcstoke in 1225. 77?e parishes of Tadley and 3radley belong io the Hvndred art OvBTiorii anUke parish- of Stiv en-ton to the. Hvndred of Ras in gstoke,. IS ro HI ^ s I Scali of Miic-s. i'V.J .l':rigeiil,cLi!j1 . HUNDREDS AND PARISHES. " Map of the Ancient Jukisdiction of the Manor of Basingstoke. "A list of the Hundreds and Parishes. OVEETON HUNDKED. Laverstoke Overton Dean North Waltham Tadley Bradley Chuteley Hundred. Monk Sherborne Hanuington Church Oakley Wootton St. Laurence Basingstoke Hundeed. Bramley Sherborne St. John Chinham Bastrop Baaing Basingstoke Hatch Kempshot Cliddesden Winslade Tunworth Mapledurwell TTp-Nately Nately Scures Newnham Steventon Bbemondspit Hundred. Dammer Farley Wallop Nntley Preston Candover Mlisfield Herriard Odington Hundred. Upton Grey Weston Corbet Weston Patrick Hoddington South Wamborough HoLDSHOT Hundred. Stratfield Mortimer Silchester Stratfield Saye Stratfield Turgis Hartley Wespall Heokfield Eversley " The ordnance map designates Hatch Parish as a portion of Cliddesden, and Kempshot parish as a part of Winslade. The Hundred of Odington was united to Bermondspit Hun- dred in the thirteenth century. The two small detached areas near Basingstoke represent the parish of Eastrop. POLLING DISTRICTS. " The Northern oe Basingstoke Paeliamentaet Division OF THE County of Hants. " List of the Polling Districts with the parishes and places in- cluded in each district, in accordance with the ' Redistribution of Seats Bill' of 1885. Basingstoke. Basingstoke Cliddesden Eastrop Worting Basing. Andwell Mapledurwell Nately Scures Newnham Up-Nately Aldershot. Aldershot CfinKCH Oakley. Church Oakley Deane North Waltham Wootton St. Laurence (except those parts in- cluded in Monk's Sher- borne district.) Ceondai. Crondal (except those parts which are included in the Ecclesiastical districts of Crookham and Fleet.) Ceookham. Crondal. ( Ecclesiastical districts of Crookham and Fleet.) DUMMEE. Duramer with Kempshot Farley Wallop Nutley Popham Preston Candover Woodmanoot Faenbokough. Cove Farnborough Hartley Wintney. Elvetham Hartley Wintney Mattingly Winchfield Heeeiaed. Bradley Ellisfield Herriard Tunworth Winslade Monk Sheeboene. Monk Sherborne Pamber Sherborne St. John Wootton St. Laurence (Ecclesiastical district of Eamsdale and Upper Wootton Hamlet.) Odiham. Dogmersfield Greywell Long Sutton Odiham Sheefield. Bramley Hartley Waspale Rotherwick Sherfield-on-Loddon Steatfield Say. Heckfield Mortimer West End Silchester Stratfield Saye Stratfield Turgisa Upton Grey. South Warnborough Upton Grey Weston Corbet Weston Patrick Yately. Eversley Hawley Tatelv HAMPSHIRE .^ "'"■"i/iunuh V /; iv^ b' X / .5' // as<^"^-<»" PARLIAMENTARV DIVISIONS OF HAMPSHIRE, 1089. HISTORY OF BASINGSTOKE AND BASING. The Town of Basingstoke and the Village of Basing are near neighbours, standing less than two miles apart. They are sometimes regarded as rivals in their undoubted claims to great antiquity. The title of Old Basing, by which the village is often distinguished, may seem to incline the scale in its favour. On the other hand, as far back as the reign of William the Conqueror, Basingstoke appears to have been, as now, the greater in size and importance, for in Domes- day Book Basing is enrolled as in the Hundred of Basingstoke. The growth of Basingstoke, however, has to a great Population, extent occurred during the present century, as appears from the following Census returns. Census of 1801. Population of Basingstoke, 2589. 1811. 1821. 1831. 1841. 1851. 1861. 1871. 1881. 2656. 3165. 3581. 4066. 4263. 4654. 5574. 6681. It will be seen that, amidst all the vicissitudes of British and local history, the increase of the town has been, during this period, unvarying and continuous. BASINGSTOKE. Prehistoric Kemaina. Of prehistoric times the relics are seldom^ in this part of England, very numerous or important. Flint implements, however, both of the palteolithic and neolithic periods, and also bronze hatchets, have been found, by friends of the author, in Basingstoke or within a circuit of a few miles. In our present state of know- ledge, or want of knowledge, with regard to this period of Man's history, little can be learnt from such objects beyond the fact that the district in which we live was inhabited by men with some scant amount of civiliza- tion before the use of iron was introduced. Whether the interval is to be measured by thousands of years only, or, as some learned men believe, by hundreds of thousands, is a question which cannot be fitly discussed here. Roman Remains. Within two miles of the town are some traces of the Eoman occupation of Britain between B. C. 55 and A.D. 410, in a Eoman road which forms the boundary between Basingstoke and Worting, and runs for some miles, with characteristic straightness, in the direction of the great Eoman City at Silchester. During the progress of the drainage works in 1880 fragments of pottery and other Roman remains were found in the town itself. Danish Invasion, 870. The regular stream of history touches Basingstoke and its neighbourhood first at the time of the invasion of Britain by the Danes in the ninth century, circa A.D. 870. No less than six of the early Chronicles con- tained in the valuable series issued in 1848 under the direction of the Master of the Eolls (Monumenta Histo- rica Britannica) refer to Basingstoke or Basing as the scene of a battle between the Danes and Ethelred, son of King Ethelwulf and brother of Alfred the Great. In the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" (M. H. B. p. 353) the event is briefly recorded thus. " About fourteen BASINGSTOKE. days after this, {i. e. after a battle at Aslidown in Berks, in wliicli the Danes had been defeated) King iEthered (Etheh-ed) and Alfred, his brother, fought against the army at Basing, and there the Danes obtained the victory." Asserius Menevensis, "de rebus gestis .iElfredi," (in the same volume, p. 477) is more explicit. " Fourteen days after, King ^thered with his brother Alfred, uniting their forces in order to fight against the Pagans, advanced to Basing, (Basengas adierunt.) The Pagans, assembling together from various quarters and making a stubborn resistance, gained the victory, and remained masters of the field." In the Chronicle of Ethelward ( M. H. B. p. 513,) the battle is said to have taken place " in loco Basingon." Florence of Worcester (M. H. B. p. 555,) repeats the words of Asser in effect. The other references are found in Henry of Huntingdon (M. H. B. p. 738,) and Gaimar's L^Estoire des Bngles p. 802. The Battle is also mentioned in Lingard's History of England, vol. i. 188, and other Histories of later date. The large encampment at Winklow Bury, between Basingstoke and Worting, (often called the "Bury Ring") is perhaps of this period, and the farm of Lickpit near Basing is the reputed burial-place of those slain in the encounter. The name (from lich, a corpse) is in favour of the tradition. Another neighbouring farm, Battledown, near which there is a large tumulus, is also said to have been the scene of a conflict with the Danes. From the various forms in which the names of Basing and Basingstoke appear in these early records it may be presumed that the district, of which Basingstoke is now the centre, was then the settlement of a Saxon tribe, to which the chroniclers give the Latinized name of Basingse, and that from this both town and village BASINGSTOKE. War tetween Edward and EthelwaJd. DomeBday Eook. have derived their designation. Basing is found as a prefix to the names of several other places in various countieSj e.g. Basingthorpe and Basingham in Lincoln- shire, Basingwick in Flintshire, and Basington in Northumberland. There is also a Manor called Basing in the parish of Froxfield, in Hampshire, which has often been confused with Basing near Basingstokej and which gave the surname to the old knightly family of the De Basings. The termination stoke generally implies a fortified position, " a. place stocJiaded," (see Isaac Taylor's Words and Places, 4th Edit. p. 80) or fenced with stakes. Polydore Vergil, an Italian who, in the sixteenth century, wrote in Latin a History of England first printed at Basle in 1534, speaks of another occasion on which Basingstoke sufi'ered from the inroads of War. This was about thirty years after the battle fought with the Danes. Edward, the son and successor of Alfred the Great, was then at war with his cousin Ethelwald, and the latter, after laying waste the kingdom of Mercia, crossed the Thames in A. D. 904, and made a savage attack on the country as far as Basingstoke {pagus quern vacant Basingstochum.) * Proceeding to the times of the Norman Conquest, we find the following statements in Domesday Book. " The King holds in demesne Basingstoches. It has always been a royal manor. It never paid tax nor was divided into hides. The land contains 20 ploughlands.f There are 3 ploughlands in demesne and 20 villeins J and 8 boors § with 12 teams. There are 6 serfs and 3 mills * Pol. Verg. Basil. 1534 p. 106. t i. f, ia sufficient to employ 20 teams of oxen. Z Labourers on the manor (villa. J § Bordarii, a class inferior to the villeins. BASINGSTOKE. wliich pay 30 shillings, and 12 freedmen* with 4 ploughlands. There is a Market paying 30 shillings, and 20 acres of meadow, and in Winchester 4 suburban tenants paid 13 shillings all but one penny. The land of one of these is held by Goisfridus, (Geoffry) the Chamberlain, but neither the Sheriff (vice-comes) nor (the court of) the hundred had ever seen the king's writ to that effect. There is a wood providing 20 hogs. " The three manors of Basingstoches, Glere (Kings- clere) and Essebourne (Hurstbourne) pay one day^s firm, (contribute the amount of one day's entertain- ment for the King.) " The Church of Saint Michael on the Mount holds of the King one Church with one hide,f and the tithe of the manor of Basingstoke. One priest is there, and two villeins, and four boors with one ploughland, and a mill let at 20 shillings, and 2 acres of meadow. The whole is worth 4 pounds and 5 shillings. Bishop Walter held the land under King Edward, but it did not belong to his bishopric." * Coliberti, a particular class of tenants or occupiers. t The average "hide" consisted of about 145 acres of profitable or 255 of improfitable land. iO BASINGSTOKE. mtlma^tital f^istotjj. For the following very valuable and interesting particulars (Litherto unpublished) relating to the Ecclesiastical History of Basing and Basingstokej the Author is indebted to Mr. Francis Joseph Baigent of Winchester. "The Domesday Book, compiled in 1086, records that the King (William the Conqueror) held Basingstoke in demesne; that it had been always a royal manor j and that Basing was held by Hugh de Port ; and lastly, that the Abbey of Mount Saint Michael, in Normandy, held of the King (and apparently as of his gift) in the hundred of Basingstoke, a Church with one hide of land and the tithes of the manor of Basingstoke ; and that in the time of King Edward the Confessor, this Church was held by Walter, Bishop of Hereford, (chaplain to Queen Eadgitha) who was consecrated at Eome by Pope Nicholas II. in 1061, and died in 1079. The Bishop held it of King Edward, and it is expressly stated, that it did not belong to his bishopric. Henry de Port, the son and heir of the above-named Hugh de Port, in the early part of the following century founded a priory in the adjoining parish of Shirborne, and granted towards its endowment the tithes of Basing in every right, and the acre of land upon which the soldiers were encamped and entertained.* His son. * In a History of Basing House published in 1815 are some notes relating to Basing House, made by Mr. Barton Legg, of Basingstoke, in 1799. " Pitch Croft, a piece of ground, the more proper name of which is Priest Croft, appears to have been n fort. There was a house, &c. there formerly, said to have been the residence of a priest who officiated at Basing House." This may have been the old encamping ground mentioned, or the site of the Free Chapel. BASINGSTOKE. 11 John de Port, in a charter whereby he ratifies his father's gifts to the Priory of Shirborne, enumerates among them the Chapel of Saint Michael and the land of the Old Castle of Basing, with an acre of land and the tithes of the demesne of the same village and of all tithable things. From this it would appear that there was at this date a Chapel at Basing dedicated to Saint Michael distinct from the Church mentioned in the Domesday Book, as endowed with a hide of land and the tithes of the royal manor of Basingstoke. This Chapel was probably built within the walls of the Old Castle, and the same as was afterwards known as the Free Chapel. In the year 1310, Richard Roket, Rector of the Free Chapel of Basing, was ordained a sub-deacon, and in the same year a deacon as Richard Roket, Rector of the Free Chapel of St. Michael of Basinge.* The patronage of the Chapel continued in the possession of Sher- borne Priory till its dissolution as an alien Priory in 1414. An entry on the Patent Roll records that on the 8th November, 1348, King Edward III. gave and granted to John de Beausale, chaplain, the vacant Chapel of the Castle of Basynge, — in the King's gift owing to the temporalities of the Priory of Sherborne being in his hands, by reason of the existing war with France. He was to hold it for life in the same manner as the other chaplains of the Chapel had been accustomed to hold it. In the following year, on the 28th of July, the Chapel being again vacant, the King made a similar grant to Henry de Southwell, chaplain, designating it as ' the Church of the Chapel of Saint * At Merdon, on the 31st December, 1310, he was instituted by Bishop Wodelok to the Vicarage of Monk's Sherborne, on the presen- tation of the Prior and Convent of Sherborne; and as Vicar of Monk's Sherborne he was promoted to the priesthood on tlie 6th March, 1310-11. 12 BASINGSTOKE. Micliael of the Old Castle of Hasynge, in tlie Diocese of Wincliester.' * " The Free Chapel within the manor of Basyuge, of the annual value of sixty-six shillings and eight-pence, is returned, as a part of the possessions of Edmund de St. John, who died at Calais on 18th August, 1347. In 1429, Thomas Poyninges, Lord St. John of Basing, died seized of the manor of Basing, together with the advowson of the Free Chapel of Basyng belonging to the said manor : and in 1442, Constancia, relict of Sir John Paulet, Knight, granddaughter and heiress of the before-mentioned Thomas Poyninges, died holding in demesne, as of the fee, the manor of Basinge with its appurtenances, together with the advowson of the Free Chapel of the said manor. ( A Free Chapel was an endowed Chapel which had no parochial duties attached. ) " The Bull of Pope Adrian IV., dated 18th February, 1155-6, whereby he confirms to the Abbot and Convent of Mount Saint Michael, in Normandy, their possessions and revenues, recites that they held, in the bishopric of Winchester, three Churches, one in the town (villa) which is called Basinges, the Church of Basingestoche and the Church of Selborne. The Church belonging to the Monks of Mount Saint Michael, is described as their Church of Basinges, in a charter granted between the years 1155 and 1162, by which they conferred the Church upon Gervase de Chichester, for the love of King Henry II., on the petition of Thomas h. Becket, the Chancellor. He was also Rector of Selborne, and had to make a yearly payment of £2, for each of these two Churches, to the Abbot and * Ad eoclesiam oapelliB Sancti Michaelis veteris castri de Basynge, Wyntoniensis dioecesis. BASINGSTOKE. 13 Convpnt of Mount Saint Micliae]. Selborne in 1086 was held by the King and it formerly belonged to Queen Eadgitha ; its grant to the Monks of Mount Saint Michael must therefore have been a subsequent transaction. ' Master Gervase de Chichester, parson of the Church of Basinges/ is also named in a deed executed between the years 1183 and 1189. This Rector appears to have died before 1197, in which year Philip de Lucy * is met with as Rector of Selborne, who in 1204 was instituted to the Rectory of Basing- stoke, which he held for upwards of thirty years, probably till 1244. He was the last of its canonical rectors, as thenceforth the rectorial tithes formed a portion of the income of the Canons of Selborne Priory. "In 1275, at Winchester, in a trial concerning certain infringements of the rights of the crown, the jury gave a verdict : ' That Ralph Toke gave his land at Basing- stoke to Philip de Lucy, then Rector of the Church of Basingstoke in alms, for which the King was accustomed to receive annually IDs. as rent, and the said rent was subtracted by the same Rectoi', and by the Prior of Selborne, now Rector of the said Church.' "In the time of Henry III., ( A.D. 1233) Peter de Rupibus, Bishop of Winchester, who was consecrated at Rome by Pope Innocent III. on 25th September, 1205, a prelate of considerable note and great influence, the founder of several religious houses, purchased the advowson of these Churches of the Abbot and Convent of Mount Saint Michael. The charter thereupon made * Philip de Luoy was a relative of Godfrey de Lucy, Bishop of Win- chester, 1189-1205, the predecessor of Peter de Rupibue. In 1206 we find mention of a brawl between his retainers and those of Adam de Port in the streets of Winchester, ia which one of De Lucy's servants is slain. 14 BASINGSTOKE. recites that Ralph called Abbot of Mount Saint Michael * in the peril of the sea, and the Convent of the same place, with unanimous consent and voluntary agree- ment, had given and granted to the venerable Father, Petee, by the grace of God, Bishop of Winchester, the advowson of the Churches of Basinges and of Basingestoke, and Seleburno,t with appurtenances, and all the beneficial rights and pensions received from them. This charter had the confirmation of King Henry III. on the 9th June, 1233. "The Bishop purchased these Churches for the purpose of founding and endowing a Priory of Augustinian Canons at Selborne, and by a charter dated from his palace of Wolvesey, on the feast of Saints Fabian and Sebastian (January 20th) 1233-4, granted to its Canons the Church or Rectory of Selborne, and the Churches of Basing and Basingstoke, with all their Churches and Chapels, liberties and other appur- tenances, saving an honest and sufficient maintenance for the Vicars ministering in the aforesaid Churches, whose presentation was to belong to the Prior and Convent for ever. The gift of these Churches to the Prior and Convent of Selborne was confirmed by a Bull of Pope Gregory IX., dated 1st September, 1235. Bishop Peter de Rupibus died at Farnham Castle, June 9th, 1238, and on the 28th July, 1244, his successor, William de Raleigh, drew up an ordination concerning the endowment of the Vicarage of Basing- stoke and Basing, and of the Chapel of Nately. A Vicar was to reside at Basingstoke (in the house lately belonging to the Vicarage ) who was to serve * Eaonl (Ealph) de ViUedieu, 22iid Abbot, (1225-36) buUt the beautiful cloister of the Abbey. ( See Maoquoid's " Through Nor- mandy," p. 490.) t Ecclesiarum de Basinges et de Basingestoke et de Seleburne. BASINGSTOKE. 15 the cure by himself and two other Chaplains minis- tering in the Church of Basingstoke ; one to celebrate for the living and the other for the dead, as was wont to be done in past times. The Chapel of Natelegh was to be served as in olden time by the Vicar or by his Chaplain ; but in the Church of Basing the Vicar was to find two fit Chaplains, and these Chaplains were to dwell together in the house which the Vicar occupied, and to continue to reside there, ministering in the aforesaid Church. To the use of the Vicar for the time being and of his Chaplains, were assigned all the oblations, obveutions, profits and legacies, and whatsoever should arise from the altar. The tithes of the curtilages of the aforesaid Churches and of the Chapel of Natelegh were also to belong to the Vicar for the time being ; and to the Prior and Convent of Selborne should perpetually remain the tithe of wheat and of every kind of corn growing in the fields and gardens of the parishionei'S, and the free lands and meadow of either Church and of the Chapel, the rents of the tenants with all appurtenances, and a moiety of the tithe of hay of each parish, and the oblations offered on Trinity Sunday and its vigil in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity of Basing. The oblations of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost of Basingstoke, excepting those which were offered for the dead buried there, or of parochial right, were to be divided into three portions, one third part to belong to the Prior and Convent of Selborne, the second to the Vicar, and the third to be set aside for the repairs of the Churches. The maintenance of the chancels of both Churches and of the Chapel of Natelegh, and all the ordinary burdens, as well in books as in ornaments and the rest, with the episcopal and archidiaconal payments, were to be borne by the Vicar for the time being, but, with respect to extraordinary burdens, they were to be defi-ayed by the Prior and Convent, as well as by the Vicar, each discharging 16 BASINGSTOKE. their portion, saving this, that the Prior of Selborne should competently maintain the Chapel of the Holy Trinity. This is the only settlement or endowment of the Vicarage of Basingstoke I have met with, and it was still in force at the time of the Reformation. " In earlier times the Church of Basinges, as it was designated, was a Rectory and the Church of Basing- stoke belonged to it. It was converted into a Vicarage only, when it was given to Selborne Priory ; though it is not unlikely that before this period it possessed a Vicar as well as a Rector. The Vicar appears to have resided at Basing until the final endowment of the Vicarage in 1244, when it was arranged that the Vicar should reside at Basingstoke, and Basing was to be served by two Chaplains, who were to reside in the house hitherto occupied by the Vicar at Basing. In the earliest institution to the Vicarage I have met with, it is tei'uied ' the Vicarage of Basing and Basingstoke,' which no doubt was the old form used from the time of its appro- priation to Selborne Priory. In the next institution, twenty-two years later (1332) it is styled, 'the Vicarage of the Parish Church of Basingstoke,' and this form is followed in all subsequent appointments to the Vicarage, except in the institution of 1474, in which instance it is styled, ' the perpetual Vicarage of Basyng.' * " In the return of the Ninths, made in 1340, it is designated as the parish of Basynge, and the jury, John Herierd, John Germayn, John Atte Hale, and * 'Baayng' is used occasionally to denote Basingstoke. The places were originally distinguished as Old Basing and New Basing. When the latter became the more important of the two, as a royal borough with a market, &c., it probably aoqau-ed the name of Basingstoke as the chief town of the hundred. BASINGSTOKE. 17 Robert Baldok, parishioners, return that the ninth of the sheaves, fleeces and lambs of the parish of Basing was worth in the above-named year £21 5s., and that the aforesaid ninth did not amount to the tax of the said Church, because it was endowed with a messuage, three virgates* of land, and rents of assize, which were worth yearly £9 2s. and that the tithe of hay and other small tithes with oblations and mortuaries were worth yearly £15 16s. " The patronage of the Vicarage continued to belong to Selborne Priory till 1486, in which year the Priory was dissolved by a Bull of Pope Innocent VIII., and its possessions transferred to Saint Mary Magdalene College, Oxford, with all the obligations and burdens annexed, and both the property and patronage remain to this day in the possession of Magdalen College by the gift of its founder. " In the Ecclesiastical Taxation of Pope Nicholas IV. A.D. 1291, the Churches of Basinge and Basingstoke with the Chapel are assessed at the yearly value of £40, and its Vicarage at £16. The Bishop of St. David's ~[ David MartynJ by the authority and on behalf of Brother Henry Wodelok, Bishop of Winchester, held an ordination in the Church of the Holy Ghost, at Basingstoke, on Ember Saturday, 24th May, 1309, at which he ordained 31 Acolytes, 21 Sub-deaoons, 20 Deacons, and 23 Priests. In 1313 the Bishop issued a monition against the parishioners of Basingstoke for withholding certain tithes and oblations, and for carrying away trees and herbage growing in the burial ground of the Holy Ghost, of Basingstoke, which notoriously belonged to the Vicar of Basingstoke, con- trary to the will of the said Vicar. * A virgate was the fourth part of a hide. 18 BASINGSTOKE. "In 1535j King Henry VIII. appointed commissioners in every diocese in Bnglandj to take upon oath the particulars of the valuation of all the ecclesiastical benefices of the country, with the intention of super- seding the only existing record of a similar nature, known as the taxation of Pope Nicholas IV., taken in the year 1291. The valuation thus made in the time of Henry VIII. is known as 'the King's Book.' It contains an abstract of the returns made by the com- missioners, which were very valuable, as detailing the particular sources of income, as well as specifying each separate sum. These returns were made on sheets of paper, either in a book form or stitched together in a roll form. The returns for the diocese of Winchester are unfortunately lost, and consequently we can only give the abstract made from them, which simply records, 'The Vicarage of Basingstoke, Richard Gosmer now Vicar. The Eectory appropriated to the College of the Blessed Mary Magdalene, Oxford. The Vicarage is worth in the farm of land called the glebe lande, in tithes, oblations and other casualities as appears by the said roll, £31 7s. Id. Repayments in procurations and synodals as appears by the said roll, 10s. S^d. The tithe of the same is therefore £3 Is. 7|d. The Chapel of the Holy Ghost is worth in a stipend paid to the Chaplain by the hands of the Wardens of the Guild of the Holy Ghost, as appears by the said roll, £6 13s. 4d. No reprisals — so the clear value is £6 13s. 4d., and the tithe thereof 13s. 4d.' "In 1332 the executors of Henry le Rede, late Chap- lain of the Old Castle of Basing, commenced proceedings against the Vicar of Odiham, for the detention of his breviary, which the Vicar claimed as a hcriot. On 22nd September, 1453, one William Bishop was ordained a deacon in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity of Basing. This was probably the Chapel within the BASINGSTOKE. 19 Castle, if not a building standing in the burial ground, like tlie Holy Ghost Chapel at Basingstoke. In 1470, owing to a i ontention about the tithes. Bishop Wayneflete directed the Vicars of Parnham and Basingstoke to sequestrate the fruits of the Church or Parochial Chapel of Basing. In 1 51 7 and in 1520, the Chapel of Basing was served by a Curate, a Chantry Priest and two Chaplains ; there was also a Curate at Up-Nately, and at Basingstoke a Vicar and four Priests. In 1543 there was only the Curate and Chantry Priest at Basing, and a Curate at Up-Nately, and at Basingstoke a Vicar, a Pensioner, (the ex- Vicar, Eichard Gosmer) two Curates and a Chantry Priest. In 1551 (the time of Bishop Poynet's intrusion) it had dwindled down to a Vicar and a Curate at Basingstoke, also to a curate at Basing and another at Up-Nately, and shortly afterwards a Curate was no longer kept at Basingstoke. " Sir John Paulet, who died in 1525, built the eastern half of the Church at Basing about the year 1619, and founded a Chantry in honor of Christ, and Saint Mary, in its northern chancel : and as he had not completed the arrangements for its endowment, he gave directions in his last will that the Parsonage of Abbotston should be impropriated to his Chantry of Basing, or the same be always given with the Chantry ; and the Chantry Priests were to enjoy the Free Chapel lands of Basing with the tithes of the same to the yearly value of 40s., or as much land be given to the Chantry as should amount yearly to £5 6s. 8d. in lieu of the said Parsonage and Free Chapel land : and by a codicil dated only three days before his death, he charged his son and heir to finish and endow the Chantry in all things then lacking. 20 BASINGSTOKE. " The following is a list of the Vicars of Basingstoke, instituted to the Vicarage on the presentation of the Prior and Convent of Selborne, with the precise date of their institution if extant : SiMONj named as Vicar in 1244 in the ordination or composition drawn up by Bishop William de Raleigh. * Sir Peteb occurs in 1250 as its Vicar, and Richard le Bel, in 1277 — a member of a well-known family of that name, located at Frensham, in Surrey. Sir Vincent, in 1310, died in possession of the Vicarage. Thomas de Warblington (lord of the manor of Sherfield-on-Loddon) and Thomas de Meonstoke,t his executors, were cited to appear before Bishop Wodelok, for the non-payment of £20 for the defects in the chancel, books, orna- ments, and houses belonging to the Vicarage, at the time of his death. He was also indebted to the Archdeacon of Winchester to the amount of £9 19s. 6d. for synodals, Peter's pence, and other archidiaconal fees received by him as Dean of Basingstoke. Sir Geoffrey Roc de Watesfoed, priest, was instituted on 25th October, 1310. In accordance with the Constitution made at the Council held in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, in 1268, by Cardinal Othobou, as legate of the Apostolic See, he was sworn, on his institution, to personal residence and minis- tration. This oath was also taken by his successors. Sir John Tynctoe, priest, on 9th September, 1332. * The prefix "Sir" ( Domirms J was given, in the Middle Ages, to all the secular clergy who had not taken the degree of Master of Arts. t He died Eector of North Waltham in September, 1339. BASINGSTOKE. 21 Sir John de Insula,* his successor, excliaiiged the Vicarage for the Rectory of Barkham in Berkshire, with Thomas de Babyngton, priest, who was instituted on 29th August, 1343. This Vicar died in 1349, and on the 13th April his will was proved before Bishop Bdyndon at Farnham Castle. His suc- cessor, Gebgoby de Stokebeidge, priest, was instituted on 7th April, 1349. He probably died of the plague, as well as his predecessor, 1349 being the year of the great pestilence. Thomas de Alton, priest, instituted by Bishop Edyndon, at Esher, on 3rd June, 1349. John Chapelain de Basingstoke, priest, on 3rd Septem- ber, 1351. This incumbent also fell a victim to the plague in 1361, (the year of the second great pestilence) and Thomas Botjene, priest, was instituted as his successor on 25th October, 1361. SiE John Oaeter was the next Vicar, and, on his resignation. Sir Edmund Weston, priest, was instituted 10th Sep- tember, 1398, and, on his death, SiE Ealph Buegets, priest, 26th September, 1403, who was still Vicar in 1414. In 1402, William of Wykeham granted a licence to John Fynche and Agnes his wife, to have divine service celebrated in the private oratory of their mansion house within the parish of Basingstoke. In 1406, Sir William, chaplain of William Vyners, of Basingstoke, and Sir William, chaplain of William Pagenham, of Basingstoke, are named in a taxation return. * He was probably a kinsman of Walter de Insula, Prior of Selbome from July, 1324, till November, 1339. C 22 BASINGSTOKE. The next Vicar wliose name has been preserved, (the records of appointments from 1414 to 1447 being lost) is John Howktn, who was instituted to the Vicarage before the year 1447. In 1449 Bishop Wayneflete granted a licence to Daniel Torre and Alice his wife, to have divine service celebrated within their mansion house at Basingstoke. In 1456, John Howkyn exchanged the Vicarage of Basingstoke for the Rectory of Shaw, in Berkshire, with Master Henet Elwyke, M.A., who was instituted in September, 1456, and his successor. Master Thomas Raynts, M.A., on 20th June, 1474, was the last Vicar instituted on the presentation of the Prior and Convent of Selbome. He held the living until his death in 1499. '■'■ The following Vicars have been instituted on the presentation of the President and Fellows of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford. Richard Gosmee, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, instituted December 13th, 1499. About the year 1530, he was also instituted to the Rectory of Bwhurst, which he continued to hold till his death in June, 1547. Six years before this he resigned the Vicarage of Basingstoke and was pensioned. Edmund Kjene was instituted August 4th, 1541, and was still Vicar in 1551, when he swore obedience to Bishop Poynot. Sir Thomas Browne, King's Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford, was instituted June 28th, 1554. In 1565 he was instituted also to Kingsclere, and held both Vicara<}ces at the time of his death.* He * The inventory of hia goods was taken on 10th August, 1587. BASINGSTOKE. 23 was the founder of an Alms-house at Kingsclere^ and also a benefactor to tlie Town of Basingstoke. In 1559 J lie conformed to the ecclesiastical changes made by Queen Elizabeth^ and was the first of the non-resident Vicars.* EiCHABD EsTON, M.A., Eellow of Magdalen College^ 1578-1587j was instituted to the Vicarage of Basingstoke, November 18th, 1587, and died in 1593. Ambrose Wbbbe, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, instituted October 18th, 1593, born in Gloucester- shire in 1561. In 1636 he inducted Roger Percivall into the Rectory of Worting. " An order was made by the House of Commons, on the 12th March, 1641-2, — that upon reading the humble petition of George Baynarde, gentleman, mayor of the town of Basingstoke, in the County of Southampton, as well on behalf of himself as of the rest of the town. "^It is this day ordered, that Ambrose Webb, Vicar of the parish Church of Basing- stoke aforesaid, shall permit Mr. John Brockett, clerk,f the free use of the pulpit in the said Church to preach on the lecture days in the said parish Church, * From this period until the episcopate of the late Dr. Sumner, the parish sufEered more or less from the non-residenoe of its Vioars. The following is a list, taken in 1543, of the Clergy who ministered to the spiritual wants of the inhabitants during the incumbency of Thomas Browne's predecessor. At Basingstolce, Mr. Edmund Kene, Vicar ; Nicholas Swyfte and Thomas Auncel, Curates ; Eichard Hynde, Chantry Priest. Basing Chapel, Eichard Skelton, Cm-ate; Edward Mothe, Chantry Priest. JJp-Nateley Chapel, Robert Shep- herd, Curate. t Mr. John Brockett, clerk, M.A., was instituted to the Eectory of EUisfield on the 14th July, 1634, on the presentation of William Brockett, of London, Esq., its patron for that turn. He either died or resigned the Rectory in 1648. 24 BASINGSTOKE. according to the intention of tlie benefactors for the maintenance of that lecture, from time to time ; and also to permit such succeeding lecturers as shall be hereafter to preach in the said Church.' "In 1646j the Vicar having given dissatisfaction to the Parliament and the parishioners, on the 23rd of July, the committee for plundered Ministers ordered, ' That the articles exhibited against Ambrose Webb, Vicar of Basingstoke, in the County of Southampton, be referred to the Committee of Parliament for the said County and division in which the said parish is situated, or to any three of them who are desired ; to receive Mr. Webb's answer to the said articles, and to call before them and examine the witnesses that shall be produced, as well for the proof of the said articles, as of the said Mr. Webb's defence, and to certify the said articles, answer and examinations to this com- mittee.' " The result of these proceedings does not appear, though we may presume that they terminated in the exculpation of Mr. Webb, as he continued in possession of the Vicarage until the time of his death, which occurred in 1648.* His successor was * In Walker's " Sufeerings of the Clergy," (page 405, ed. 1714) the name of Bdmond Webbe, A.M., of Balliol College, Vicar of Kingsclere and Basingstoke, is given as one of the Clergy ejected from their benefices during the usurpation of Cromwell. This evidently refers to Edward Webb, a younger son of the above-mentioned Ambrose Webb. He was bom at Basingstoke ia 1612, entered BaUiol College, Oxford, where he took the degree of M.A., and in 1643 became Vicar of Kingsclere. In the same year he was licensed Curate of Basing- stoke by the Bishop, but was never Vicar. The part which he played in the History of the Holy Ghost School will be described hereafter. He died Vicar of Kingsclere and Rector of Newington Bagpath, Gloucestershire, March 6th, 1679-80. BASINGSTOKE. 25 Stephen Eveebd, alias "Webb^ M.A., of Trinity College, Oxfoi-d, a Wiltshii'B man, born in 1593. On Friday, 22nd September, 1648, it was ordered by tlie House of Lords, tbat Doctor Aylett, (surrogate in tbe diocese of Wincliester to Sir Nathaniel Brent, the Vicar-general of Canterbury * ) give institution and induction unto Mr. Stephen Evered, alias Webb, clerk, to the Vicarage of Basingstoke, with all the Chapels thereunto annexed, in the County of Southampton, void by the death of Ambrose Webb, the last incumbent, salvo jure cujuscunque of Mary Magdalen College, patrons. On the 25th November, 1656, in an entry of marriage in the parish register, he is called Mr. Steven Webb, minister of God^s word in the town of Basingstoke; on the 12th May, 1657, "Mr. Steven Webb, Vicar of the town." Lastly, his burial is recorded on March 4th, 1659- 60; "Mr. Steven Webb, Minister, was bured." He was succeeded by RiCHAED White, M.A., born at Coggs in Oxfordshire, and of St. John's College, Oxford; an elder brother of Sir Sampson White, knight, great grand- father of Gilbert White, the celebrated Naturalist of Selborne. He was ordained priest on 21st December, 1628, by Richard Corbet, Bishop of Oxford. He occurs as Curate of Bstrop in 1633, a Curacy which he probably accepted soon after his ordination, as on the 14th February, 1632-3, he was married to Elizabeth Butler, daughter of the Rev. Charles Butler, Vicar of Wootton St. Lawi-ence. On the 28th March, 1639, he was instituted to the Rectory of Worting^ * It was Becessai-y for Dr. lylett to have an order from the Lordsj under the hand of the Clerk of the Parliament, without which he would not, nor could lawfully institute or induct an incumbent. 26 BASINGSTOKE. and to the Vicarage of Basingstoke on the 20th February; 1660-1.* This Vicarage he resigned in 1685j and was succeeded by SiE Geoege Whelee, Knight; M.A., of whom a biography is given hereafter. He was ordained priest by Bishop Morley, May 25th; 1684; and instituted to the Vicarage of Basingstoke; Novem- ber 20th; 1685. William BeownE; M.A.; of Magdalen College; son of Edward Browne; of London; Gentleman; was born in 1650. The Parish Eegister records his burial in the briefest manner. " 1697; 19th April, Mr. Browne; Vicar, was buried." His institution to the Vicarage of Basingstoke took place on the 20th February; 1694-5. f John James, M.A.; of Magdalen College, son of John JameS; of Great Mario W; BuckS; was born in 1649, and instituted to the Vicarage of Basingstoke, June 5th; 1697. He held the appointment of Master of the Holy Ghost School before this. J Umpbevile Fayeee, B.D., Fellow of Magdalen College, was a son of the Rev. James Fayrer, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Oxford, and Rector of Sulhampstead, Berks. He was born in 1680, * The Parish Register records a marriage by "Mr. White, minister, of BasingstoTce, 12th Novemher, 1660," which shows he was in possession of the Vicarage long before he received canonical institution from the hands of Bishop Duppa. t He married at Basingstoke on the 2nd January, 1695-6, Jane, daughter of Mr. Eichard Coleman, and her burial occurs in the Parish Eegister, "Mrs. Broivne, widow, ( the Vicar' s wife J was iuried 26th August, 1V25." i The Parish Eegister records the Baptism of his Children — fom" sons and three daughters — and "Mrs. James, wife of Mr. John James, Vicar, buried 29th May, 1712." In 1717 he resigned the Vicarage of Basingstoke, upon his presentation to the Eectory of Stratfield Turgiss. His burial appears in the Eegister of the latter parish, on February 20th, 1732-3. BASINGSTOKE. 27 instituted to tlie Vicarage of Basingstoke, July 12tli^ 1717, and resigned it in 1723, upon accepting the Rectory of Beaconsfield, Bucks, of which benefice he was the first incumbent presented by the President and Fellows of Mag- dalen College, by whom the advowson was purchased in 1705. He died in 1730. Thomas Warton, B.D., Fellow of Magdalen College, and Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford, succeeded, and was instituted September 26th, 1723. He was afterwards (1730) Vicar also of Chobham in Surrey, and died in possession of both benefices, September 10th, 1745, odat 58. William Henchman, B.D., a grandson of Bishop Henchman, and Fellow of Magdalen College, previously Vicar of East Worldham, (also in the gift of that College) from 1737 to 1743, was instituted to Basingstoke, February 1 7th, 1 745-6. He died cetat 64, 11th May, 1768. His successor was Thomas Sheppaed, D.D., Fellow of Magdalen College^ Rector of Quarley, 1762-1814, and instituted to the Vicarage of Basingstoke, November 17tb., 1768, who was a benefactor to the charities of the Town. He died, at the age of 86, January 29th, 1814. James Blatch, B.D., Fellow of Magdalen College, was instituted July 19th, 1814. He also was a liberal benefactor to the Town. He died, cetat 90, June 23rd, 1864. His successor, James Elwin Millaed, D.D., Fellow of Magdalen College from 1853 to 1865, and Head Master of Magdalen College School, 1846-64, was instituted October 5th, 1864. " At the time of this last presentation, the Chapelries of Basing and Up-Nately, with the consent of the 28 BASINGSTOKE. College, as Patrons, and of the incumbent (Dr. Millard) and with the approval of the Queen in Council, (dated 23rd Nov. 1864) were separated from the Vicarage of Basingstoke, and the Eev. Robert Falkner Hessey, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, was appointed the first incumbent of the new benefice thus created. "An interesting addition to the foregoing list of Rectors and Vicars is supplied by an ancient deed in the muniment-room of Magdalen College, Oxford. It contains the resignation of his rights in the Church of Basinges by "Sir William de St. Mary Church" in the year 1193, whereas he is still found in possession of the Rectory in 1194, and apparently retained it till the appointment of Philip de Lucy in 1204. An explanation may probably be found in the following circumstances. William de St. Mary Church occurs as Clerk of the King's Chamber ( clericus de camera domini Regis) from 1183 to 1189, and during this period Robert (de Thorigny) Abbot of Mount St. Michael, granted him the reserved pension of three silver marks, (£2 ) due to the Abbey from the Church, which was to be paid to him by Gervase de Chi- chester, parson of the Church of Basinges. On the Church becoming vacant by the death or retirement of Gervase de Chichester, the Convent probably appointed William de St. Mary Church to the Rectory, requiring of him beforehand the formal resignation of his previous claims on the benefice. He would thus be in possession at a date subsequent to that of the above-mentioned deed of resignation. In 1177 he was Dean of St. Martin le Grand in London. He is named, from 1193 to 1199, as one of the justiciars before whom fines were levied in the King's Court. In September, 1198, he was elected Bishop of London, and was consecrated 23rd May, 1199. He was therefore a second instance of a Bishop holding the Rectory of Basingstoke with BASINGSTOKE. 29 his bishopric* On 25th January^ 1221, he voluntarily resigned his bishopric ; f and, after living in seclusion for rather more than three years, died at St. Osyth, on 27th March, 1224. While he held the bishopric of London he collated William de Basinges to the Deanery of St. PauFs. "William de Sancta Maria Bcclesia, probably a nephew of the bishop, was appointed official of the bishopric of Winchester by Bishop Peter de Rupibus, and is named as such in various documents, and as a witness to the foundation-charter of Selborne Priory, on 20th Feb- ruary, 1233-4. He was Dean of St. Paul's in 1241, and died in 1243. " The following extracts, selected from the wills of some of the ancient Worthies of Basingstoke, are given, not only as illustrative of the history of the Church, but of the piety and zeal of our forefathers in the maintenance and decoration of God's house. "On the 10th January, 1450-1, John Howe, of Basingstoke, says in his will, 'In the first place I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God, to the blessed Mary, the glorious virgin his mother, and to all the Saints ; and my body to be buried in the burial ground of the Ohapel of the Holy Ghost, near Basingstoke. I bequeath to the Parish Church of Basingstoke afore- said, 12d., and to Sir John Hokyn, Vicar of Basing- stoke, a silver girdle.' On 6th January, 1494-5, Edward Cooke directs his body to be buried in the Church of St. Michael the * Bishops sometimes obtained a Papal dispensation to hold for a few years after consecration, a preferment already in their hands. f Twm ex propria vohmtate quam ex Summi Pontificis permissionei MS. Cotton. Vesp. A. xvi. fol. Hi. 6. 30 BASINGSTOKE. Archangel^ before the altar of St. Stephen, on the right hand side of the altar : and bequeaths to the picture of the image of St. Michael, 3s. 4d. On 13th November, 1503, William Stock er orders his body to be buried in the burial ground of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost in Basingstoke,* near the graves of his parents — ' also I bequeath to the light of the holy cross in the Church of Basingstoke, two sheep. To the light of the Blessed Mary there, one sheep. To the Chapel of St. Thomas the Bishop there, one sheep. To the reparations of the Church of Basingstoke, 6s. 8d., and to the repairs of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost, 3s. 4d.' John Clerk, whose will is dated 29th July, 1505, bequeaths to the repairs of the Church of St. Michael, of Basingstoke, 40s. To the Chapel of the Holy Ghost there, 6s. 8d. To the Chapel of the Blessed Mary in the Church of Basingstoke, 3s. 4d. Thomasyn Dala- court made her will on loth January, 1510-11, and directs her body to be buried in the Church of St. Michael, in Basingstoke, and bequeaths to our Lady's Chancel, at Basingstoke, 3s. 4d. "Eichard Kingsmill, whose will is dated 17th March, 1510-11, bequeaths his body to be buried 'in holy sepulture within the parish Church of St. Michael, of Basingstoke, before the altar of Jesus, nigh unto the grave of Alice Kingsmill, late my wife. I bequeath to the reparation of my Parish Church 50 wether sheep, and to the reparation of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost 50 wether sheep. Also I bequeath a hundred sheep to * Although it is evident, from these and other early wills, that the general burial ground of the inhabitants was at the Chapel of the Holy Ghost, burials occasionally took place in the ground around the Parish Church, as for instance — in 1550, John Hore, of Basingstoke, says in his will, " My body to be buried in the holy ground of the Churchyard of St. Michael." BASINGSTOKE. 31 ten poor Parish Churches nigh to Basingstoke, equally, that is ten sheep to every parish, with this condition, that these sheep so given may discharge the poor people of those parishes from such charges and reparations that shall be done to those Churches after the rate and quantity of the said sheep/ "In a will dated 18th July, 1517, John Cooke directs his body to be buried in the Church of St. Michael, in the Chapel of St. Stephen, and before the image of St. Stephen. "Eichard Deane (September 19th, 1521) directs his body to be buried in the Parish Church of St. Michael of Basingstoke, and bequeaths £6 13s. 4d. ' to the byldyng and reparation of St. Michael's Church in Basingstoke.' " On 13th March, 1524, Hugh Lancaster of Basing- stoke says, ' my body to be buried in the South aisle in the Church of Basingstoke.' "In the will of Edward Jenyns, of Basingstoke, A.D. 1539, we find ' I give and bequeth to the byldyng of the Church porche of Basingstoke, 20d.' "In 1536, (November 23rd) John Bowyer, of Basingstoke, directs his body to be buried in the parish Church of Basingstoke, under the north wall of our Lady Chapel there, and ten years later (28th May, 1546,) his widow gives orders in her will that she should be buried ' afore the Image of our Lady in the Church of Basingstoke, by ( i.e. near ) John Bowyer, my late husband.' 32 BASINGSTOKE. "In anotlier will dated 24th June, 1558, John Konager (or Eunningar)* the elder, of the town of Basingstoke, Alderman, directs his body to be buried in the church of Basingstoke, ' at my seat's end, and besides for the breaking of the ground I give to the said parish Church 20s., and to the Holy Ghost Chapel 20s., and £20 of lawful English money to buy a silver cross to be used in the said Church, at all times of need, and to remain in the custody of Richard Yate or William Pettie, or their wives and the longest liver of them. Also I give and bequeath £20 of lawful English money to be distributed and bestowed upon the poor people, and to have masses and dirges every year, yearly, for the space of twenty years on the day of my anniversary in Basingstoke Church. My two daughters Agnes and Margaret shall have the custody of the white suit of vestments for the Church's use, to the end of the longest liver of them both, and after that they are to remain to the use of my parish Church of Basingstoke for ever. Also I bequeath 40s. to the buying af a new bell to hang in the steeple of the said parish Church of Basingstoke for ever. Four pounds of lawful English money to be bestowed amongst the poor people and charges of my burial, and three pounds more at my month's mind. To every maid servant of my house 5s. I give 20s. to the re- parations of the highway at Waterend. To the Parish Churches of Sherborne St. John, West Sherborne, Wortinge, Wotton, Cliddesden, Winslade, Tunworth, Mapledorwell, Basing, Sherfield, Farley, and Bramley, every of them 3s. 4d. a piece. To the Parish Church of Eversley 6s. 8d., and to Thomas Browne the Vicar, who witnesses the will, 6s. 8d. for his pains.' This is one of the latest of this class of Wills, for after the ■ The first Alderman of the re-Vaved Guild of the Holy Ghost. BASINGSTOKE. 33 accession of Queen Elizabeth to the throne in November of the same year, parishioners took less interest in adorning their Churches by gifts, in promoting the increase of God's service, or in caring for the wants of the poor. ''The facts gleaned from the foregoing bequests and other like evidences enable us to describe the internal arrangement of the Church as it existed in the first half of the 16th Century. " In the principal or high chancel stood St. Michael's altar, and over it was a painting of the figure of the Archangel. The south chancel was the Chapel of St. Stephen, the deacon and proto-martyr. The north aisle of the nave was called the Lady Chapel, the altar at its eastern end being dedicated to her honour : and in the corresponding position of the south aisle stood an altar dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury, in what was called the Chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr, There was also in the Church an altar called the Jesus Altar, standing at the east end of the nave, in the centre beneath the rood-screen. In pre-Reformation times it was customary to burn lights before the statues of the Saints standing above the altars, and in other parts of the Church. The lights maintained in Basingstoke Church were known as the rood light or light of the holy cross, our Lady's light, the Jesus light, St. Michael's, St. Stephen's, St. Katharine's, and St. Thomas of Canterbury's. " There was at Basingstoke, probably in the parish Church, a statue of considerable value (not unlikely the figure of St. Michael,) which appears to have been greatly venerated by the people. In August, 1538, an order was made in the King's name on the special motion of Lord Cromwell, Keeper of the Privy Seal ; 34 BASINGSTOKE. that all the sacred images in Churches throughout the realm should be destroyed. So valuable a statue as that at Basingstoke did not escape Cromwell's attention. He wrote to Lord Sandys, ordering him to send it to London.* The messengers who took it there carried with it the following letter : To the Keeper of mrj Lord Privy Seal's place at the Augustine Friars in London. After my right hearty recommendations. This shall be to advertise yoii that I have received the Kiag's Majesty's commandment addressed unto me by the letters of mine special good lord, my lord privy seal, for the ceasing of the idolatry of Basingstoke, to pull down the image there : and my lord's pleasure is to send the said idol to his place at the Augustine Friars in London, to be delivered to you. Therefore according to my most boucden duty and pious affection towards the pure religion of Christ I have endeavoured myself to accomplish the King's Highness's commandment, and my lord your Master's pleasure. I have sent the said idol to you, desiring you to take the same and to despatch these bearers. Thus heartily fare you well. At Mottisfont the first day of September, your friend, William Sandys." "The following extract from the will of William Pither, of Basingstoke, dated in 1558, shows an interest in the commonweal of the town, that the people might go with more readiness and ease to the Parish Church and to the Chapel of the Holy Ghost. The testator directs that the rent of his house and ground, which * " The images of our Lady of Walshmgliam and Ipswich," says Stow, " were brought up to London with all the jewels that hung about them, and divers other images both in England and Wales, whereunto any common pilgrimage was used ; for avoiding of idolatry, all which were burnt at Chelsea, by Thomas Cromwell, privy seal." BASINGSTOKE. 35 he had purchased of Mr. Cookej should be applied to the celebration of an obit yearly^ together with the distribution of a certain sum of money to the poor, and the surplus, ' when it draweth to a good stock and these things performed and duly kept, the house repaired and maintained ; then I will that the market place be paved with flint stones, and so from the house to the Church, and from the Church to the Chapel of the Holy Ghost Lyten ; and to the maintenance of other reparations, as the rulers and the officers of the town, and the tenant that dwelleth in it, shall think most necessary.' "In 1520, the Churchwardens were ordered to repair the enclosure of the churchyard and have it properly enclosed, also to repair the pavement of the Church, before the end of the year. " At the episcopal Visitation, held at Basingstoke on 27th September, 1637, the Vicar-general, in an upper chamber at the Inn called the George, in Basingstoke, made the following decree concerning certain differences between the Churchwardens of Basingstoke, and George Baynerd, gentleman. ' That the seat wherein Tabitha Baynerd, the wife of the said George Baynerd, now sitteth, shall be for her and her family alone to herself. That the seat next behind that southward, Mr. Baynerd aforesaid shall sit in, and three others that the Churchwardens shall appoint, with the consent and liking of the said Baynerd. That Mr. Baynerd aforesaid shall pay his rates due to the Church, viz. thirty-six shillings, unto the Churchwardens of Basingstoke between this and All hallowtide next coming.' 36 BASINGSTOKE. " In an inventory of Churcli goods ' received of the Cliui'ches and restored' dated 26tli June, 1556, we find, .' Basingstoke : Kestored there to William Crosse ( Crome ? ) alias Stephens and Florentine Elys (Eyles,) Churchwardens there, one red velvet cope and a red vestment, one white damask cope and a white vest- ment with deacon and sub-deacon of the same, {i.e. the dalmatic and tunicle worn by assistant Ministers of the Altar ) one blue velvet cope and a blue vestment with deacon and sub-deacon of the same, valued at £12 13s. Od.' It is doubtful whether these vestments belonged to the Parish Church or to the Chapel of the Holy Ghost." BASINGSTOKE. 37 Ef)e l^ural licanerg of l3asinsstolte. "In the Archdeaconry of Winchester, the Eural Deans are now appointed solely by the Bishop's authority, but in olden time the Deaneries were yearly assigned to the government of some discreet Eector or Vicar beneficed within the Deanery, by the majority of the voices and suffrages of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the same Deanery at the Archdeacon's yearly visitation. " Basingstoke gave its name to a Rural Deanery at least as far back as the 13th Century, and the Deanery was, at that time, of considerable extent. Its boun- daries were Berkshire and Surrey on the North and East sides ; the Deanery of Andover on the West, and the Deaneries of Alresford and Alton on the South. In a list of Churches drawn up about the year 1284, fifty-one parochial Churches are named as being within the Deanery of Basingstoke, without including the Chapelries annexed to several of the Churches. ' Sir Vincent,' who died Vicar of Basingstoke in 1310, has already been mentioned as Dean. In 1563, Sir Ralph Colman, Rector of Tunworth, and Sir Nicholas Plolland, Rector of Winslade, held the decanal oiEce. " In 1572 (April 17th) at a Visitation of the Deanery by Dr. Ebden, Archdeacon of Winton, all the Clergy having been summoned together in a Chapel within the Church of Basingstoke, the Archdeacon required them, one and all, to say by heart the first Epistle of Paul 38 BASINGSTOKE. to Timotliy, so that they might be able to recite it whenever called upon or required.* "At his next Visitation, in the following year, he required the second Epistle to Timothy to be repeated in like manner. "By a return made shortly after the accession of James I. to the throne, it appears that the number of communicants in the parish of Basingstoke was a thousand, and at Basing there were three hundred and twenty communicants, and fifty at Up-Nately.f The Seal of the Deanery contained a figure of St. Michael, the Archangel, and the Vicar of Basingstoke usually held the office of Dean. The office, having long fallen into disuse, was revived by Bishop Sumner in 1829, and the Deanery, in which there are now forty-three parishes, was divided. Basingstoke is included in the South Western Division, together with Ashe, Church Oakley, Cliddesden, Deane, Dummer, Eastrop, EUisfield, Farleigh, Hannington, Herriard, Laverstoke, Overton, Steventon, Tufton, North Waltham, Whitchurch, Winslade, Wootton St. Lawrence, and Worting. * The record of this Visitation in the original Latin has been communicated by Mr. Baigent, whose frequent communioations are indicated, throughout this volume, by inverted commas. t " For the sake of comparison, and as indicating the population of Basingstoke, compared "with the neighbouring towns, it may be useful to give the number of commuuioants assigned to them in the same return. Andover, 872 ; Kingsclere, 913 ; Overton, 550 ; Whitchurch, 400; Odiham, 500; Romaey, 1284; Ringwood, 1198 ; Christchm-ch, 1200; Southampton, 1878; Godalming, 1400; Farnham, 1000; Dorking, 900; and Guildford 859. BASINGSTOKE. 39 In the North Eastern portion arc Basing, Baughurst, Bramley^ Elvethani, Eversley, Ewhurst, Hartley West- pall, Heckfield, Mattingley, Monk's Sherborne^ Pamber, Ramsdellj Eotherwick, Sherborne St. John, Sherfield, Silchester, Sti'atfieldsaye, Stratfield Turgis, Tadley, Wolverton, Yateley, Hawley, and Minley. At the same time the following Parishes were sepa- rated from the Deanery of Basingstoke, and formed into another division, henceforth called the Deanery of Odiham : — Crondal with the Chapelries of Alder"shot and Long Sutton ; Dogmersfield, Farnborough, Hartley Wintney, Nately Scares, Newnham with Mapledarwell j Odiham with the Ohapelry of Greywell ; South Warn- borough, Tunworth, Up-Nately, Weston Patrick and Winchfield. EURAL DEANS OP BASINGSTOKE Since the eevivai or the office by Bishop Sumner. South Western Division. Rev. James Blatch, B.D., Vicar of Basingstoke, and on his resignation in 1848, Rev. Matthew Harrison, M.A., Rector of Church Oakley, who died 1st January, 1862. Rev. Charles Richard Pettatt, M.A., Rector of Ashe and Dean, 1862-1873. Rev. James Blwin Millard, D.D., Vicar of Basingstokej 31st March, 1873. North Eastern Division. Rev. F. C. Blackstone, B.C.L., Vicar of Heckfield, 1834-1862. Rev. James Gerald Joyce, M.A., Rector of Stratfield- saye, 1862-1878. Rev. Devereux W. Chute, M.A., Rector of Sherborne St. John, September, 1878. Rev. John C. Keate, M.A., Rector of Hartley Wespall, 24th March, 1880. 40 BASINGSTOKE. Ete f^ospital of 5aint l^arg antr Saint Jo^n ISaptist. " Walter de Merton, BisHop of Rochester^ and Founder of Merton College, Oxford, (the first completely organized academical institution in England*) was a native of Basingstoke. He probably assumed tlie surname of de Merton from Merton Priory in Surrey, where it seems likely that he may have been brought up in childhood, as a native of Basingstoke (Henry de Basinges) was Prior of Merton from 1231 to 1238. His parents were buried in the Church, and his mother, Christina, had inherited property in the town, as is evident from the return made to a mandate issued by King Henry III. on the 21st May, 1238, whereby the Sheriff of the County of Southampton, and Walter de Burgh, the King's Bailiff of Basingstoke, were commanded to hold an enquiry as to the lands and tenements held by Walter de Merton in the manor of Basingstoke. As the return contains the names of those who were probably at that time the principal inhabitants of Basingstoke, we give the result almost in the terms of the original. William de Hanniton, Richard Fitz Oliver, Richard Gurdepacko, Richard de London, William de Basinges, Jordan Fitz Ralph, Richard Fitz Geoffrey, Robert Coterel, Ralph Fitz Beatrix, Martin le Paumer, Walter Fitz Alexander, John Cerpe, Geoffrey Gurdepacke, Alexander, son of Master Peter Cole, and Richard Cockerel, having been * See the statement of Professor G-oldwin Smitli, in the Eeport of the Oxford Uniyersity Commission, 1852. BASINGSTOKE. 41 sworn as a jury, say upon tbeir oath, that John Pitz Ace held certain property in the manor of Basingstoke ; namely, one yardland and a half and ten acres of land, besides two teoSntsT^William le Cok and Eobert le Franceys : ^nd there waa due yearly for the same in its entirety, ten shillin/gs and fourpence, and no other customs or burdens annexed to the said property. The same John Fitz Ace gave this property to Christina, his niece, who held it during his life. After the death of John Fitz Ace it was understood that the Lord King could give this land to whom he pleased, and he gave it to William, the kinsman of Richard de Herierd, who afterwards married the aforesaid Christina. The said William and Christina gave it to Walter de Merton, clerk, their son and heir : but the aforesaid William and Christina for some time, by compulsion of the bailiffs, paid fifteen shillings yearly for the same property; and the aforesaid two tenants (are now in hands of the King) who ought to pay to the said Walter six shillings and sixpence yearly. The Jurors also say that the aforesaid Walter holds half a yardland which Robert de Basinges formerly held, and for the same there is due yearly to the King, two shillings and sixpence, as well as certain ploughings, together with the seed and other services, which are assessed to be worth by the year two shillings. The said land has a certain easement with stalls near the market which are valued at eighteenpence a year. The Jury also say that Walter, the son of Alexander, who holds a yard- land and a half of freehold land, besides a yardland of customary land, gave to the aforesaid Walter of his freehold, half a yardland, and the fourth part of an acre of meadow, and the services of the land which belonged 42 BASINGSTOKE. to Robert de Waltham.* Afterwards the King restored to the said Walter de Merton his aforesaid tenants, and reduced the yearly demand of fifteen shillings, for the land which formerly belonged to John Fitz Ace, to ten shillings and fourpence ; and granted to him the said property, together with the other holdings for fifteen shillings yearly for all services, and he has the Kings's charter to that efiect. " From this we learn the exact extent of the property in Basingstoke, which Walter de Merton inherited from his mother. From an early period, almost every town had a place of accommodation for sick persons, way- farers, and other objects of charity. These places were invariably dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in con- sequence of his wandering life. This institution in the town of Basingstoke, came in for a share of Walter de Morton's charity and munificence. He liberally extended its area and erected more suitable buildings as well as a chapel, and then took steps to ensure its permanency, by placing it under royal protection. At the same time he committed it to the guidance of a warden, established a permanent chaplain, and a clerk, for the purpose of carrying on divine service therein, and extended its usefulness by making it a place of refuge for old and infirm priests. By his will he bequeathed a large sum of money to be employed in the purchase of lands for its endowment. * "In October, 1238, Walter de Merton caused the grantor to acknowledge openly in the King's Conrt at Westminster, in the presence of the Judges, that this property — Half a yardland and a quarter of an acre of meadow, and the entire service of Reginald Pitz Argie, and the entire service of the land which formerly belonged to Robert do Waltham, with appurtenances, in Basingstoke, belonged to him (\\'alter do Merton, clerk) and was to be held by him and his heira, of the Lord King in chief by the services thereupon due. BASINGSTOKE. 43 The benefaction was charged with the maintenance of two wax lights at St. Mary's altar in the parish Church, which lights his parents had been accustomed to offer. The Hospital was evidently held in favour, for many deeds are extant, showing that grants of land and other donations were made to the brethren and sisters of Saint John. In 1268 the chapel was exempted from episcopal control by Cardinal Othobon, the Papal Legate. The maintenance and encouragement of the Hospital were made a matter of special injunction to the governing body of the newly founded College in Oxford. In three successive Codes of Statutes, dated A.D. 1264, 1270, 1274, the injunction was repeated, and provision was made that the members of Merton College should themselves have the advantage of residing in the Hospital, if need should arise. " The Hospital possessed the special privilege of exemption from taxation and the payment of subsidies. An entry on the Close Eoll,* dated 12th May, 1336, addressed to the collectors of the tenths and fifteenths, in the County of Southampton, states that the Hospital of St. John the Baptist, at Basingstoke, was founded under the protection of a royal charter, and that the Warden of the House of the Scholars of Merton in Oxford, Warden of the said Hospital, having been assessed for tenths and fifteenths, contrary to the tenor of the said charter, the Warden was to have a perpetual release from such payments, and if anything had been paid, the same forthwith was to be restored to him. * Boti Glaus. 10) Edw. III. memb. 4. U BASmaSTOKE. "The first recorded Master or Warden of tlie Hospital was Henry Oardeyf ( soon after its foundation. ) In 1275 Thomas le Ooppe was Warden, and John de Hamelton was nominated Warden in 1344, but the appointment was afterwards cancelled. By a deed of 10 Edward III. (1336) the office was vested in the Warden of Merton College for the time being. " Walter de Merton's charter to the Hospital is the most important document, which though it has no date, may be assigned to a period between the years 1240 and 1250. " To all the sons of Holy Mother Church, to whom this present writing shall come, Walter be Meeton, clerk, wishes eternal health in the Lord. Know ye that for the welfare of my reverend lord, the lord Henry, the illustrious King of England, and of his heirs, and of all their faithful subjects ; and for the welfare of my soul, and the souls of my parents, and of all my bene- factors, and in memory of the laudable life of Lady Christina my mother, with the consent and will of my lord and father, I have given and granted and by this my present charter have confirmed for myself and my heirs, as much as it belongs to us, to God and to the glorious virgin his mother, and to my venerable patron Saint John the Baptist, the entire property which the late William le Ook held of my ancestors in Basing- stoke, and also the entire house ( totum niansum') which belonged to the afoi'esaid William, and the house called St. John's in the same town, in all their integrity, and all things belonging to them, to found in the same a hospital in honor of God, and of His mother, and St. John the Baptist, for the support of the ministers of the altar of the Lord whose strength is failing, and the wayfaring poor of Christ. So that verily, the brethren of the aforesaid hospital shall hold for ever the same place of me and my heirs as their patron as free and pure alms, saving the maintenance of the two wax BASINGSTOKE. 45 lights wMch my said father and mother ordained should be perpetually given at the altar of the same, in honor of the mother of God, for the celebration of divine service there ; -which the aforesaid brethren shall sustain and renew four times every year, -with two pounds of good wax each time. Moreover, I forbid, in the name of Almighty God, any man to appropriate to himself the aforesaid place or holdings, or to convert it to other uses, or to presume to take from God and His mother the maintaining of the aforesaid lights. If any one shall interfere with the said place or property, or shall assign it to any other purpose than is aforesaid, by force or by will, it shall then freely revert to me and my heirs, to be settled, disposed and restored to the aforesaid uses without reclamation or remedy which any one might wish to bring against this ordination. So that we will that they enter the said place, and by them it is to be restored to the aforesaid uses. That all these things may remain ratified and undisturbed, I have placed my seal to the present writing : — These being witnesses of the same : Master John de Wytohurch, Vicar of Basingstoke ; * Sir Oliver, Seneschal of the Priory of Winchester; Richard Gurdepac ; Richard Oliver ; John le Coppe ; Alexander, the son of Master Richard de London ; Richard Fitz Geoffrey ; William le Disc ; Walter le Oxe ; John le Gamene ; Elias Pax ; and others, t ''On the 8th February, 1251-2, King Henry III. granted letters of protectionj for his whole life, to the Master and Brethren of the Hospital of St. John of Basingstoke. * This witness adds another name to the list of Vicars at page 20. ■j- Translated from the original in the muniment room of Merton College. 46 BASINGSTOKE. "On 25tli June, 1253, tte King granted to the Master and Brethren of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist of Basingstoke, that they were to possess for ever the Chantry in the Chapel of the same Hospital. " About the year 1256, Clement, prior of the Cluniac Priory of Bromholm in Norfolk, and the Convent of the same place, granted '' to God and to the Brethren of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist at Basingstoke, half a mark ( 6s. 8d. ) of annual rent in Basing, which they held by the gift of Lord William de St. John : — for the maintenance of a lamp to burn day and night before the rood in the Church of t^ie said Hospital, for the welfare of their souls and of the soul of the said William de St. John, and his ancestors and heirs.' "On 8th July, 1262, the instrument whei-eby King Henry III. takes the Hospital at Basingstoke under his protection and constitutes it a royal hospital, after an exordium by way of introduction, reads : — Be it known that our beloved clerk and friend, Walter de Merton, Canon of Wells, for the better security* of the hospital which, in honour of Almighty God and of His holy Mother, and also of Saint John, the Tore- runner of Christ, he has determined to found, for the support of ministers of the altar of the Lord, whose strength is failing, has placed in our hands the ground which they call Saint John Baptist's, in our manor of Basingstoke, together with certain things provided for the purpose, with a pious desire that an authoritative act of our royal bounty should supply what could not, in this respect, be fulfilled by himself. We therefore, for the welfare of our soul and the souls of our prede- cessors and heirs, and in honour of Almighty God, the * It seems likely that stahiliendum or some similar 'word is omittad in the Latill. BASINGSTOKE. 47 Blessed Mary His Mother, and Saint Jobn Baptist, Fore-runner of Christ, do found, make and estabhsh the aforesaid hospital in our before-mentioned demesne manor of Basingstoke, for the perpetual support of ministers of the altar of the Lord, whose strength is failing, and of poor men sojourning there in sickness ; desiring and enjoining that the aforesaid hospital, as being founded by us in our own manor, should, in respect of its free chapel or chantry, and the celebra- tion of Divine Service therein, as well as in other respects, enjoy our royal privilege and indulgence, like other places which in time past have been founded by us or our predecessors, and appropriated to sacred functions. Moreover we take under our protection and that of our heirs, the lands, possessions, and revenues, and the goods belonging to the said hospital now or hereafter, and commit them by special favour to the care of our royal heirs and successors, in the hope of temporal and eternal reward, desiring them, as being offered in sacrifice to God and for the support and maintenance of ministers of the holy altar, to be released and free from all secular service and claim, and entirely undisturbed for ever by the gift of our royal bounty.* " The document, of which the following is a trans- lation, has still attached to it a beautiful impression of the seal of Cardinal Otliobone di Fresco, who in the year 1276 was elected Pope, and took the name of Adrian the Fifth. It represents him beneath a light and elegant canopy, mitred and vested as a deacon, holding in his hands a book of the gospels. * The original deed is in the Muniment Eoom of Merton College, and a transcript of it in the original Latin is given in the appendii. 48 BASINGSTOKE. " Othobon, by the Divine mercy, Cardinal Deacon of Saint Adrian, and Legate of the Apostolic See, — to his beloved in Christ, the Warden and Brethren of the Hospital of Saint John, at Basingstoke, in the diocese of Winchester, sends greeting in our Lord. We readily give our assent to your just petitions, which are the outcome of devotion, that in the aforesaid Hospital of Basingstoke, lately founded by the illustrious King of England (ever devout and intent upon works of piety ) for the use and support of the ministers of the altar and of other poor persons whose strength is failing, you may have a chapel and freely celebrate and hear divine service therein. By the authority deputed to us, we grant you this special faculty, provided it is not prejudicial to the mother church. Wherefore, let no man infringe or dare to act contrary to this concession : and if any one shall presume or attempt to do so, let him know that he will incur the indignation of Almighty God and of His blessed Apostles Peter and Paul. Given at Hanslope, (in Buckinghamshire) the seventh Calends of July, in the fourth year of the pontificate of our Lord Pope Clement the Fourth. (■2jth June, 1268.) "On Sth July, 1268, (52 Hen. III.) the King com- manded Master Nicholas de Rokeland, the official of the Bishop of Winchester, not to molest or permit to be molested, the Wardens or Brethren of the Chantry founded by the King, in the said Hospital, and con- firmed by the authority of Othobon, Cardinal Deacon of St. Adrian, and legate of the Apostolic See. " Henricus Eex &c. Magistro Nicolao de Rokeland, officiali Wintoniensi, salutem. Cum ex privilegio regibus Anglie, predecessoribus nostris et nobis in ipsis, a prima institu- tione Christiane religionis concesso, libere semper cantarie in singulis domibus et nostre fiindationis, et maxime in propriis dominicis nostris hacteuus habite sunt et optente: ac nos in hospitali nostro de Basingestoke, quod in pro- BASINGSTOKE. 49 prio dominico nostro ad sustentationem. ministrorum altaris Christi ad imbeoilitatem vergentium fundavimus : aiictoritate nichilomimis venerabilis patris Othoboni, Sanoti Adriani diaconi cardinalis, Apostolice sedis Legati, interveniente ; divina prout convenit, fecerimus et man- daverimus celebrari, dilectionem vestram rogamus, ne custodibtis vel fratribus hospitalis predict!, super eorum cantaria predicta, molesfciam aut impedimentum inferatis, vel procuretis inferri. Vobis insuper prohibemus, ne sicut bonorem nostrum et corone nostre, et . . . . nostre conservare tenemini, ipsos contra privilegium nostrum predictum in placitum inde trabere presumatis. Teste Rege apud Wodestoke, viij. die Julii.* Bot. Glaus. 52. Sen. III. m. 5, d. " Copies of the above document were addressed also to the Prior of Selborne and to the Vicar of Basing- stoke. "On 13th February, 1283-4, King Edward I. granted a royal licence and permission that, notwith- standing the mortmain act, Master Peter de Abindon, Warden of the House of the Scholars of Merton, might convey to the Master and Brethren of the Hospital of Saint John the Baptist at Basingstoke^ one messuage, 150 acres of land, 6 acres of meadow, and 4 of pasture with appurtenances in Basingstoke, and 16 acres of land with appurtenances in Iwode. " This probably refers to the lands purchased for the Hospital under the direction contained in Walter de Merton' s will. "On the 80th May, 1344, (18 Edw. III.) King Edward III. granted to John de Hamelton the Warden- * This Document is given in Dugdale's MonasUcon Anglicanum, and is the only hitherto printed instrument relating to this Hospital. 50 BASINGSTOKE. ship of the Hospital of Saint John the Baptist of Basingstoke, then vacant, and at the King's donation, to hold with all its rights and appurtenances for life. The Warden and Scholars of Morton College resisted this appointment as an invasion of their rights, and conse- quently on the 3rd July following, the appointment was revoked, the King stating, that by letters patent he had granted the above-named Hospital to John de Hamel- ton, and afterwards discovered that he had not the right of presentation, but that it belonged to the Warden and Scholars of the House of Merton in Oxford, and had been annexed to the said house from the time of its foundation. Therefore he revokes the said letters of presentation, and removes the said John de Hamelton from the said Wardenship ; and the College was to present to it for ever, as heretofore. " In 1 395, the Hospital property was leased for twenty-five years to John Carter, Vicar of Basingstoke, who was to reside therein, with his oavu servants, and to keep a Chaplain for the constant celebration of divine service, also to receive and entertain the sick Fellows of Merton College. On the 14th May, 1400, a life pension of six marks and a half was assigned to Master Thomas Wiard, Fellow of Merton College, out of Basingstoke Hospital, on account of his being afflicted with an incurable disease. He had leave to reside where he pleased, and to celebrate mass, his complaint being contagious. "In the early part of the fifteenth century, the management of the Hospital was far from satisfactory, and King Henry IV. ordered an inquisition to be taken upon oath, as to its actual state. For this purpose a jury were sworn at Basingstoke, on the 30th Novem- ber, 1401. Their verdict was to the effect that the Warden of the Hospital, for the time being, was bound BASINGSTOKE. 51 to find and maintain therein a Chaplain, a Clerk, and two poor people. During the past six years there had been neither a Clerk, nor the two poor people, main- tained there; and this by default of the "Warden of Merton College, Oxford, Warden of the aforesaid Hospital. The yearly value of the said Hospital beyond reprisals was eight marks ( £-5 6s. 8d. ) and these profits and issues had been in the meantime received by the Warden, and were still received by him. On this verdict being delivered into the Court of Chancery, the revenues of the Hospital were seized by the crown, and not restored to the College until the year 1405, with the obligation and injunction of maintaining its rights and burdens.* "In Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum, edited by Caley, Ellis, and Bandinel, a description is given of the remains of the Hospital as they appeared in the 18th Century. It stood on the North side of the town brook, a little below the bridge, the land is still called " Merton's," and belongs to Merton College, but every trace of the buildings has now disappeared. " Not many years ago However part of the Chapel roof of this Hospital remained, pannelled with the arms of Merton College, ( or rather of its founder, Walter de Merton) in the intersections, and one of the Gothic windows was visible, but stopped up ; but all this gave * " The record of the trial ia entered upon the Coram Bege Roll, 6 Hen. VI., to the following effect. Go. Southampton. For the Hospital in the manor of Basingstoke, founded by Henry III. in which ought to be maintained one Chaplain, one Clerk, and two poor people. The jury say that the said Hospital was founded to support the poor sick scholars of the College of Merton Hall in Oxford, in the said Hospital or elsewhere. Therefore it is to be taken out of the King's hands, and the Warden of the said College has the verdict. 52 BASINGSTOKE. place to a new brick building in 1778. In 1819, some remains of the buildings were still to be seen, two Gothic windows on the outside stopped up, and another on the inside. The two side walls and Eastern end still remained, which probably constituted the Chapel. * "Walter de Merton died on 27th October, 1277, and was buried in his Cathedral Church of Rochester, in accordance with the injunction contained in his will, if he died out of the County of Southampton ; but if he died in this County his body was to have been buried with the bodies of his parents in the Church of St. Michael at Basingstoke. He becjueathed to the Church of Basingstoke a Chalice of the value of five marks, (67s.) and twenty-two marks and a half (£1 5) for the support of five Chaplains to celebrate divine service for his soul, for one year, in the same Church or in those of the neighbourhood. To his Hospital, for the purchase of land and other purposes, he bequeathed 450 marks, and 100 marks to provide a Chaplain to celebrate divine service for ever in the Hospital, or in the Church of St. Michael of Basingstoke if his body was buried therein." « History of Holy Ghost Chapel, 1819. BASINGSTOKE. 53 (ffiibil antr JEanorial l^istorg. "We have already alluded to the circumstance of Basing being the scene of a great battle between the Saxons and the Danes in the year 870, and to the tradition that the farm known as Lickpit was the burial place of those slain in the encounter.* At this early period Basing and Basingstoke had not been divided, but bore the general designation of Basing. Its in- habitants first centered around the spot now known as Old Basing, and afterwards, in the process of time, another settlement or town sprang up within the district, bearing the same name as its predecessor, but with the distinctive title of New Basing. The older settlement, in contradistinction, acquired the name of Old Basing, which it retains to the present day J t whilst the newer town has been recognised for more than eight hundred years by the extended name of Basingstoke. King Edmund the elder, the grandson of King Alfred in the year 945, granted to Bthelnod his Chaplain, the monastic or priest's house at Basing, called the King's Horse Croft, J with * "Pages 6 and 7. + "Another similar instance is to be met with in this County. King Cenwalch, who died in 671, gave to the Cathedral Chm-ch of Winchester, the manor of Alresford. In after years a second village or town was built within the manor, upon a more convenient spot, on the high road between Winchester and Alton, and is still known as New Ah-esford. The Church built for the accommodation of the in- habitants was a chapelry dependent upon the older Church, which with its village soon acquired the name of Old Alresford, and is so called to this day. I " ' Mansionem monasticam ad Basyngum, quw nostra dicitur famine Cynniges hors crolit.' May not this refer to Priest Croft, mentioned in the note at the foot of page 10 ? E 54 BASINGSTOKE. certain lands and a wood belonging to it, in a place called Licepyt. King Edmund was killed in tlie year 946, and was succeeded by his brother King Edred, ■who died on 23rd November, 955. In the interval between the year 946 and 955, Ethelnod granted the above lands to the New Monastery at Winchester, generally known as Saint Peter's, and afterwards as Hyde Abbey. Copies of this grant are still extant in the original Anglo Saxon, in Mediaeval English, and in Latin.* In modern English it reads : — I, Ethelnod, priest, give those lands at Basyng, with all the other lands which King Edmund granted to me, to the New Monastery at Winchester, for the welfare of my soul ; so that they might enjoy them for ever with all the privileges which King Edmund gave to me, and they are never to alienate them from the Monastery. These being witnesses. King Edred ; Athelgar, Bishop [of Orediton] ; Alfric, Bishop [of Ramsbnry] ; and many others. "Basing is also mentioned in the will of King Edred. 'I give to my Mother, -f the lands at Ames- bury, Wantage and at Basing.' These lands passing to her heirs, enabled the compilers of the Domesday Book to record that Basingstoke was always a royal manor. " The Monks of Hyde Abbey retained possession of the manor of Lickpit as its superior lords, apparently up to the time of the dissolution of the Abbey. In the reign of William the Conqueror, they granted it as a sub-fee to Hugh de Port, lord of Old Basing. The * "Liber Monaaterii de Hyda. Edit. Edw. Edwards, p. 145-147. t " Edgiva, the second wife of King Edward the elder, daughter of the Earl of Sigeliua. BASINGSTOKE. 55 Domesday Book records that in the hundred of Basing- stoke, 'Hugh de Port holds Likepet of the Abbey of Saint Peter (in Winchester). In the time of King Edward (the Confessor) it was, and is now, assessed at two hides. There are two ploughlands which are in demesne, with eight borderers, five servants, and five acres of meadow. It was, and is now, worth sixty shillings.' Hugh de Port afterwards granted it, or in other words sublet it, to the ancestor of the Brayboef family, who held the manor of Eastrop. In 1274, we have the verdict of a jury, that in the hundred of Basingstoke, William de Brayboef holds Lickpit of the Lord John de St. John of Basing, at the service of the fourth part of one knight's fee. This William de Brayboef died on the 19th May, 1281, and the manor of Eastrop and the hamlet of Lickpit are returned as forming a portion of his possessions. In the seven- teenth century, the manor of Lickpit still formed a portion of the estates held as of inheritance by the descendants and representatives of the Brayboef family. 56 BASINGSTOKE. Ei)Z l^unUretr of ISasingstoJte. "As the hundred of Basingstoke always belonged to and was of itself a part of the manor and Town of Basingstoke, we proceed to give some particulars relating to the extent of the hundred, by naming the villages or parishes which constituted the hundred and caused it to extend over an area of nearly 28,000 acres. "King Edward I., soon after his accession to the throne, finding that the revenues of the crown had been considerably diminished during the turbulent reign of King Henry III., issued a special commission under the great seal, dated the 11th October, in the second year of his reign, (1274), to enquire into the state of the demesnes, and of the rights and revenues of the crown. Evidence was to be taken upon the oath of a jury of each hundred and town in every county. In the proceedings held at Winchester on Friday, the 15th February, 1275, the jury certified that the manor of Basingstoke used to be in the hands of the Kings of England, the predecessors of the lord King, and the men of Basingstoke now hold the said manor with the hundred, at a fee farm rent, by the delivery and grant of King Henry, the father of the lord King, rendering for the same four score pounds, annually at the King's exchequer. And Alianore, Queen of England, the mother of our lord King, has the aforesaid rent of the said manor for the term of her life, as a part of her dowry by a grant of the aforesaid King Henry, as well as by a grant of the lord King BASINGSTOKE. 57 who BOW is.* And the aforesaid men have held the said manor for twenty years by the charter of King Henry. And to the enquiry as to what hundreds were in the King^s hands, the jury returned, "^that the hundred of Basingstoke is in the hands of the men of Basingstoke by the concession of the lord Henry, the father of the King who now is, at fee farm with the manor for £80, yearly, and it belongs to the manor of Basingstoke.' "At another trial concerning the rights of the crown, held at Winchester in November, 1280, the jury gave as their verdict, ' that the manor of Basingstoke belonged to the ancient demesne of the crown, and the men of Basingstoke held it with the hundred, at the fee farm rent of four score pounds by the year.' A return made in the early part of the year 1316, being the ninth year of the reign of Edward II. states that the hundred of Basingstoke belongs to the Lord King, but it is held by Margaret, Queen of England, ( widow of King Edward I.),t and there are within the same hundred the following towns, villages, and hamlets. » " In 1286, on the 7t]i July, the feast of the translation of St. Thomas of Canterbury, she took the veil, and made her solemn pro- fession as a Benedictine nun at Amesbury, having previously obtained a papal dispensation to retain her dowry. In this monastery she died on the 21th June, 1291, her son King Edward I., being at that time in Scotland, her body was embalmed and kept unburied until the 8th September, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, when it was solemnly buried at Amesbury in the presence of the King, and a large concourse of Bishops, Abbots, Priors, Earls, Baronsj and other magnates, the exequies being celebrated by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. Her heart was buried in accordance to her request within the Choir of the Church of the Friars Minors in London. ■\ "King Edward I. had granted her the fee farm rent, as apart of her dower, and in 1319 it was granted to her son Edmund of Wood' stock, Earl of Kent. 58 BASINGSTOKE. given with the names of their several Lords. The Town of Basingstoke, whereof the King is the Lord : Basing, Bramley, Sherborne (St. John), Nately (Scares ), and Up-Nately, and of these, the Lord John de St. John of Basing is the Lord : * Sherborne Coudrey ( now known as the Vyne ) ; Sir Thomas de Coudrey ; Steventon, John the son of Sir John de Roches ; Eastrop, Sir Hugh de Braiboef ; Ghinham, Richard de Chinham ; Kempshot, Sir John de Tichborne of Tich- borne ; Hatch and CHddesdene, Nicholas de Valoignes ; Winslade, John de Knolle jf Tunworth, Richard le Grey (of Codnore) ; Newnham and Mapledurwell, Hugh le Despenser. Besides these places Woodgarston and Lickpit formed a part of the hundred— and the portion known as Basingstoke infra included Basingstoke Town, Heazley and Waterend. " With respect to the foregoing places, all of which are named as forming the hundred of Basingstoke, in the year 1088, the time of the Domesday Survey,{ the hundred and manor of Basingstoke always belonged to the King as a part of the royal demesne. Basing, Bramley, Sherborne (St. John), Nately Scures, and Up-Nately belonged in 1088 to Hugh de Port, and by marriage these manors successively descended to the St. Johns, the Poynings, and the Paulets. Nately * "Held of the King as belonging to the barony of Basing, at the service of three knight's fees and a half. He also had the fees of Kempshot, Winslade, Ohinham, and Tunworth. ■j- " The manor was granted to him for life, and after his death it Avas to revert to Sir John de Tichborne and his heirs for ever. t " The parish of Basingstoke contains •1036 statute acres ; Basing 5104 ; Bramley 2355 ; Sherborne St. John 38IS5 ; Steventon 2100 Eastrop 438; Chinham 520; Nately Scm'es 1001; Up-Nately 1013 Winslade and Kempshot 1235 ; Cliddesden 2150 ; Hatchwarren 808 Tunworth 1104; Newnham 1009; Mapledurwell 818; and Wood' garston 410. BASINGSTOKE. 59 Scures derived its second name from a time-honoured family who held the manor for upwards of three centuries. It was granted by John de Port in the reign of Henry I. to Matthew de Scures, and from this family it passed by marriage in the reign of Richard II. to the UvedaleSj who held it until the latter part of the seventeenth century, when it was purchased by Mr. Anthony Henley, the father of Sir Robert Henley, Earl of Northington, and it is now owned by Lord Dorchester. Sherborne Ooudrey passed in succession from the Ooudreys to the Pifehides, the Sandys and Brocases, and again reverted to the Sandys, from whom it passed by sale in the year 1653 to Sir Ohaloner Chute, and is still retained by his descendant, Mr. Ohaloner W. Ohute. In the parish of Sherborne St. John is an estate or manor known as Beaurepaire, which was held of the Lords of Basing with other lands in Sherborne by the service of half a knight's fee. In the early part of the reign of Henry III. it was held by a knightly family named Peche, in whose possession it remained until the reign of Edward III. when it passed into the hands of the Brocas family, who retained it until within the last few years. It now belongs to Mr. Julius Alington. Steventon passed by marriage from the family of Fitz Roger to the Roches in 1225, and again by marriage in 1349 to the Brocas family, who held it as late as the reign of Charles II. It passed from them to the Lewknors, and is now held by Mr. Knight of Chawton. Bastrop was held by Hugh de Brayboef iu the reign of Henry I^ and passed in succession, by inheritance, to the families of Podenhale, Camoys, Wake, Tame, and Whithed, by which last it was held from 1479 till the eighteenth 60 BASINGSTOKE. century.* From the Whitlieds it passed by inlieritance to the ThistletliwayteSj who still possessed it at the close of the last century, and it now belongs to Lord Bolton. Ohinham passed from the family of that surname to the Brocas family, from them to the Warblingtons of Sherfield-on-Loddon, and afterwards to the Moore family. " Kempshot and Winslade were held by the ancestor of the Tichborne family at the time of the Domesday Survey, and continued in their hands until the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when the manors were sold to the Paulet family, the owners of the fee. Winslade still belongs to Lord Bolton. Kempshot was purchased at the beginning of the 1 7th Century by the Pinkes, who held it until the close of the 18th Century; since then it has frequently changed hands, and now belongs to Sir Nelson Rycroft, Bart. Hatch and Cliddesden passed from the Valoignes, by marriage, to the Wallop family in the early part of the fifteenth Century, and are still held by their representative, the Earl of Portsmouth. Tunworth was held by the Greys of Codnore, Co. Derby, from the time of Heury III. till the reign of Edward IV. when it passed to the lUingworth family, who still held it in the 1 7th Century. It now belongs to Mr. Jervoise of Herriard Park. Newnham and Mapledurwell were held by Herbert de Port at the time of tho Domesday Survey. The manor of Maple- durwell, which included Newnham, was not only gi'anted by King Eichard I. but confirmed by a * " The manors of Eastrop and Liokpifc, witli their appurfcenanceS) and the adTowson of the Church of Eastrop, are named among the possessions of Sir Henry Whithed, knight, who died on the 27th April) 1629. Ho was the descendant and representative of the Brayboef family. BASINGSTOKE. 61 charter in the year 1200 by King John to Alan Basset and his heirs. Prom the Bassets the property passed by marriage to the Despensers, and being forfeited to the crown, by their attainders in 1326, passed again into the hands of the Royal family, and is now owned by Lord Dorchester." 62 BASINaSTOKB. iKtunicipal l^istotg. In the year 1256^ King Henry III. granted to the "Approved Men" of Basingstoke Ms manor of that name, with the hundred, and all other the appur- tenances belonging to the farm of the said manor, for a yearly payment of £80, conferring at the same time certain privileges. This Charter was confirmed in the third year of King Edward III., and again in the reigns of Henry V.* and Henry VI., on which last occasion the King granted the additional privilege of a fair to be held at Whitsuntide. In 1214, Wednesday was, as now, the Market Day. A new Charter of incorporation was granted by James I., 1st July, 1622, whereby two bailiffs and fourteen chief burgesses were appointed, the first bailifi's being James Deane and George Baynard.f Another charter was granted by Charles I., 20th August, 1641, appointing a Mayor, seven Aldermen, and seven Burgesses, with High Steward, Recorder, a * "An original " inspeximns " or official confirmation of the cliarters granted by Henry III. is preserved among the muniments of the Corporation at the Totto Hall. It is dated the 2nd year of Henry V. (1415) and is beantifally written, but of the King's great seal attached to it only a portion remains, which is much broken and injured. •f " By the above-mentioned charter. King James I. appointed Sir AVilliam Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire and Mai-quess of "Winchester, to be the fii'st High Steward of the town, and to be continued in the said office dm'ing the will and pleasure of the burgesses and bailiffs, in whom the power of electing a successor and successors was hence' forth to remain. John B'oyle, Esq. was appointed to the office of under steward, and Heniy Husey the first town clerk, BASINGSTOKE. 63 Town-clerk and two Sergeants at mace. Finally, in 1835, tlie Municipal Act of 5th and 6tli William IV. enacted that the corporation should consist of four Aldermen and twelve Councillors, from whom a Mayor should be elected annually. The Corporation has two common seals. The smaller bears an heraldic Rose ( for the County of Southampton ) with the inscription " sigill. vill. de. BASINGSTOKE. IN. COM. SOUTHTON." ( Tho Seal of the Town of Basingstoke, in the County of Southampton.) The other represents St. Michael, with sword and spear, trampling on the Dragon. It is inscribed "sigillum-comune-ville-de-basingstoke-com-soythton" (The Common Seal of the Town of Basingstoke, in the County of Southampton. ) " In the Register Book of the Heraldic Visitation of the County held by John Philipott, Somerset Herald, in 1622, and preserved in the College of Arms, — under a sketch of the seal of the town of Basingstoke, is written. '' The towne of Basingstoke hath used this ancient seal for many generations. They have of late obtained some enlargement of privileges and powers for a better government of the said town by a charter granted unto them by King James, by the name of the Bayliffs and Burgesses, viz. James Deane, George Baynard, William Blunden, William Home, Thomas Bunny, Thomas Hall, John Smith, John Blunden, Richard Spire, John Normanton and Thomas South, Burgesses ; out of which number yearly the two Bayliifs are chosen who are Justices of the Peace within the precincts of the town for the time being. The Marquiss of Winchester is their High Steward, and John Foyle their under Steward, who are likewise Justices of the Peace within the said town. At the time of this Visitation the Bailiffs were John Hall and John Stocker.' 64 BASINGSTOKE. " The following interesting notices indicate that, at an earlier date than the before-mentioned charter of Henry III., some of the forms of municipal government prevailed. " Roger Fitz Adam, who held the oflSce of Sheriff for the County, from December, 1 205, to November, 1207, offered King John, at the expiration of his term of office, a thousand marks, for a release from all debts and obligations due to the crown, on account of his shrievalty. This offer being accepted, he had to give security by the payment of this sum being guaranteed by his friends dwelling within the County, who severally became pledges for a specified amount ; among those who undertook a share of the responsibility occurs : — The Town of Basingstoke 10 marles by William the provost.* " The provost was the chief official, answering to the present Mayor. The entry means that the provost pledged himself on behalf of the town to be responsible to that amount — in fact they were what we should now call guarantors for the amount, if Roger Fitz Adam made default. This, with another entry naming the Bailiffs, indicates the existence of something like a corporation in the time of King John. "On 15th June, 1212, King John issued a mandate addressed to the provost and good men of Basingstoke, ordering them to furnish him with ten armed men with horses and well equipped, to accompany him and remain in his service. Similar mandates were at the same time issued for Winchester to send as its quota 40 men, &o., Southampton 20, and Alton 10. These were ' " Tillata de BasmgestoTcCf x marcas per Willelmwm pve;positmn. BASINGSTOKE. 66 the only places in Hampshire called upon to furnish the King with soldiers. From the above numbers we may roughly calculate that Wiachester had four or five times as many people within its walls as BasingstokOj and Southampton about twice as many, and that the population of Alton was about equal to Basingstoke. " From the Domesday Book we learn that there was at that time a Market at Basingstoke. We have not been able to meet with any record as to the day of the week on which it was held^ but in the year 1214 it was ordered henceforth to be held on the Wednesday. " Pjstee [de Rupibus], by the grace of God, Bishop of Winchester, to the Sheriff of the Bounty of South- ampton sends greeting. Know ye, that we have granted, on behalf of the Lord King, that the market, which was wont to be held at Basingstoke, is to be held there on Wednesday throughout the day : in order that this market may not be injurious to the neigh- bouring markets. And therefore, we command you to make proclamation that the market shall be held on that day. Witness ourself at the Tower of London on the twenty-ninth day of June, in the sixteenth year of the reign of our Lord John the King. " On the 19th April, 1216, King John ordered that the Sheriff of the County should give forthwith to Baldewin de Ayrye full seisin {i.e. possession) of the Manor of Basingstoke. A few years later (25th July, 1220) there is an order from King Henry III., commanding the Sheriff to deliver by his hands to Luke de Drummare, the rent of the town of Basingstoke, just as the men of this town have been accustomed to pay the same into our Exchequer, whilst the same town was in their hands. On the fourth of May following, an order was issued to the Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer, to 66 BASINGSTOKE. deliver from the King's treasury to Luke de Drummare the £22 10s. Od. which the men of Basingstoke had paid into the Exchequer^ for the rent of the Town of Basingstoke, and which was due to the same Luke by authority of the King's precept, previously made to him thereupon. There were also similar orders for the sums of £17 and £35 6s. Od. made in the same year, from which it appears that £52 6s. Od. was at that time the amount due to the King for the annual fee farm rent of the town. "On the 28th December, 1228, King Henry IIL committed the custody of the manor of Basingstoke to Sir John de Gattesden, and on the 4th September, 1229, the King ordered him to restore to the men of Basingstoke their cattle which had been taken for the arrears of the fee farm rent of their town, and which, they say, they had paid to their bailiffs for the time being. He was also to take bail for the appearance of those bailiffs before the Barons of the Exchequer, to show cause why they should not render an account of such arrears. In 1234, the King pardoned the men of Basingstoke fifteen marks (£10) of the tallage of twenty-five marks (£16 13s. 4d.) assessed upon them. In April, 1235, (19 Henry III.) Eichard de Herierd and Robert his brother, offered the King half a mark (6s. 8d.) to have recorded before the King's Justices at the first assize held in those parts, the agreement made in the Court of Basingstoke, between the afore- said Richard and Robert, plaintiffs, and Richard Fitz William, defendant, concerning a virgate of land with appurtenances in Basingstoke. The bailiffs of Basing- stoke were ordered to take security from the aforesaid Richard and Robert for the payment of the said half mark for the use of the King. A few years later we meet with a singular complaint made by the men of Basingstoke to the King, which resulted in a royal BASINQSTOKB. 67 writ being sent addressed to the Sheriff of the County, dated 5th March, 1236-7, commanding him to summon before the King's Justices at Westminster, William de Hanyton,* Eichard Cokerel, and Henry the son of William de Watford,t to show why they borrowed £20, of a Jew, in the name of the said men and with- out their assent. ''King Henry III., in 1236, married Aliauore, of Provence, and assigned to her the fee-farm rent of the manor of Basingstoke, as a part of her dower. In 1241, complaint having been made to the King by the men of Basingstoke, the Sheriff of the County of Southampton was commanded by a royal precept, dated the 2nd April, not to lay hands on the in-hundred of Basingstoke, which belonged to the manor and had never been separated from it. " Whereas, by the inspection of the charter, granted to the men of Basingstoke, of the same manpr, and also by the testimony of the trust- worthy men who formerly had the guardianship of the County of Southampton, J it appears to the King that the in-hundred of Basing- stoke belongs to the aforesaid manor, and has not at any time been separated from it, and the said manor has been assigned to the Queen in dower. Therefore it is commanded that the Sheriff of the County of Southampton is not to take into his hands the afore- said in-hundred of Basingstoke, by reason of a previous mandate, giving to him the custody of the outer * " Hanyton was the mediaeval spelling used to denote Hannington, near Kingsolere. ■j" " These individuals were probably the provost and the two bailiffs of the town of Basingstoke for the time being, who had borrowed the money, and had given a bond for it in the name of the authorities of the town. X "The Sheriffs. BASINGSTOKE. hundreds of Alton and Basingstoke ; and if he has received any thing therefrom, the same is to be returned forthwith to the bailiffs of the said manor. "In 1250j Eang Henry III. having resolved to spend the festival of Christmas in his royal castle at Winchester, orders were sent to various neighbouring towns to furnish provisions for the occasion. On the 30th November a mandate was sent to the bailiffs of Basingstoke, commanding them to provide for the King's use two brawn hogs, to be sent to Winchester against the feast of the Nativity. On the 5th May, 1251, Sir Robert Passelewe (late Sheriff of the County) had an acquittance for the forty marks which he had paid into the royal wardrobe, of the issues of the King's manors of Alton and Basingstoke, for the first half of the 33rd year, viz. from 29th September, 1248, to 25th March, 1249. " In another entry we have an instance of an un- successful execution at the gallows of the manor of Basingstoke. On the 23rd July, 1261, the Sheriff was ordered to take bail for William le Neweman, confined in Winchester prison, being innocent of robbing the Church of Steventon, and of breaking from the prison of Basingstoke, for which he was hanged, but escaped by the breaking of the cord. " The foregoing entries show that there was a grant of the fee farm to the men of Basingstoke, of an earlier date than is generally assigned. The earliest existing charter is that granted by Henry III. in the twelfth year of his reign, on 15th February, 1227-8. Henry, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitain, and Earl of Anjou, to his Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, Earls, Barons, Justices, Sheriffs, Reeves, Ministers, and all BASINGSTOKE. 69 his Bailiffs and faithful subjects, greeting, know ye, that we have granted, and by this our charter have confirmed, to our men of Basingestoke, our manor of Basingstoke with the in-hundred and all other things belonging to the farm of the manor. To hold of us and our heirs to them and their heirs by the ancient fee farm rent of fifty-two pounds of silver, which they have been accustomed to pay by the year, and fifty-two shillings which the Sheriff of the County of South- ampton was wont to receive from them for the King's silver, and £18 for the increase: — to be paid at the two terms of the year. And the said entire rent, being £72 12s. of counted money, is to be payable yearly, at our Exchequer, one moiety at Easter, and the other moiety on the feast of St. Michael. Wherefore we will and strictly command that our aforesaid men- of Basingstoke and their heirs shall have and hold the aforesaid manor of Basingestoke with all its appur- tenances aforesaid, well and in peace, freely, quietly, and entirely, with all liberties and free customs to that manor belonging, for the annual payment of £72 12s. as aforesaid. Witness the Lords, Eustace, Bishop of London ; Jocelin, Bishop of Bath ; Eichard, Bishop of Sarunij Hugh de Burgh j William, Earl of Sarum; Walter de Lascy; Henry de Aldithel; Ealph Fitz Nicholas; Godfrey de Craucumbe ; Geoffrey Dispenser; and others. Given, &c., at Westminster, XV. day of February, in the twelfth year of our reign. " The foregoing charter is not in the series of Royal Charters of which the town obtained a confirmation from time to time, from which cause it has been over- looked and not mentioned in any previous account of Basingstoke. " The charter of the 40th year of Henry III., dated at Westminster, 20th May, (1256) conveys the manor 70 BASINGSTOKE. and in-hundred to the men of Basingstoke at the fee farm rent of £80 yearly, saving to the King the rent of the lands of his beloved clerk, Walter de Merton. Also that the men of Basingstoke were to have the return of writs of summonses to the Exchequer, and of all other royal writs, so that no sheriff or other baihff or minister of the King shall enter the same to distrain or summon, for any default made by the men of the same town, touching the said manor or hundred. " This is followed by another charter dated 29th May in the same year. Both these charters were con- firmed by Edward III. on 26th July, 1329, by Henry V. on 18th June, 1414, and by Henry YI. on 16th May, 1449. "By a charter dated at Westminster on the 4th April, 1256, King Henry III. granted to Walter de Merton the meadow with its appurtenances in the King's demesne manor of Basingstoke, called Frithe- mede, which certain sokemen of the said manor had demised and granted to the same Walter, as apper- taining to the property which they held within the aforesaid demesne : and the said sokemen were to be answerable to the King and his heirs, for the rent of the same, as hitherto they had been accustomed to answer. "The following is, without doubt, the earliest existing document emanating from the men of Basing- stoke, acting as a corporate body, and illustrates the manner in which they confirmed and ratified their writings and public instruments at the time when they had no common or representative seal. " To all to whom these present letters shall come, the proved men of Basingstoke send greeting in our Lord. Know ye, that at the request and wish of our lord BASINGSTOKE. 71 Henry, the illustrious King of England, the son of King John, we have granted for ourselves and our heirs, to Sir "Walter de Merton, the Marsh of Twode, which German and Gervase de Twode formerly held, and which the lord King afterwards recovered against them, by reason of the subtraction of the service which they ought to have rendered to the lord King, as due for the same, being a portion of the rent of the manor of Basingstoke. To be had and held by the same Sir Walter and his heirs, by the payment of twenty shillings yearly towards the rent of the aforesaid manor of Basingestoke, namely ten shillings at the feast of Saint Michael, and ten shillings at the feast of Easter, for every service, custom and demand ; and for which the aforesaid German and Gervase, and their ancestors, were accustomed to render as a contribution to the rent of the said manor, a seam of wheat by the olden measure, being equal to three quarters of wheat by the measure which is now in use. This we have done according to the will of the lord King, as it evidently appears by the tenor of his letters directed to us on this behalf, which are herewith inserted, being in these words : — ' Hbnet, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitain, and Earl of Anjou, to his proved men of Basingstoke, sends greeting. As by favour and liberality we have granted to you and your heirs our manor of Basingstoke to be held for ever, we desire and request you to grant to our beloved clerk, Walter de Merton, and to his heirs, the meadow which is called the marsh, which certain tenants of the manor held by a certain service, belonging to the farm-rent of the aforesaid manor, and which we afterwards re- covered against them by reason of the withholding of the service which was due to us for the same. To be held by him of you and your heirs, rendering hence- forth towards the rent of the aforesaid manor the same service or an equivalent one, as the aforesaid tenants heretofore had been accustomed to render: and we shall recognise, by the labour and diligence in which 72 BASINGSTOKE. you carry out these our wishes, yonr gratitude towards us for having granted to you for your use our aforesaid manor, and you will also retain our favour. Witness ourself at Westminster, the sixth day of June, in the fortieth year of our reign,' ( A.D. 12S6. ) Therefore, for the greater security of this act to this present writing is appended the seals of twelve men of our community, namely : of Richard de Herierd, Thomas Forester, Richard Grurdepac, Henry le Fleming, Nicholas Martin, Richard de London, William de la Burghe, Ralph Betrich, William Russel, Edward Prat, John la Hale, Henry le Bedul, and Walter Wheeler. "A charter granted by Henry III. to Walter de Merton, dated at Windsor on Sth November, 1256 (41 Henry III.) records that the King had lately granted to the good men of Basingstoke his manor of Basingstoke with all its appurtenances to be held of the King and his heirs in fee farm, for eighty pounds yearly. The King grants by this charter to his beloved clerk, Walter de Merton, the whole of the meadow with appurtenances in the same manor, which is called the marsh of Ywode, and contained in the extent of the same manor; which the King had recovered from certain tenants of the same manor, for their trangres- sions and for the subtraction of the service due to the King to the farm of the manor. To be held by the said Walter and his heirs for ever at the annual rent of twenty shillings payable to the fee farmers of the manor { the men of Basingstoke.) "On the 15th February, 1256-7, the King sent a writ to the Sheriff of the County, ordering him to cause the ancient customs of common of pasture in the manor of Basingstoke to be observed by the tenants of the manor. The Sheriff of the County on 5th July, 1267, was directed to prohibit the men of the manor of Basingstoke from consuming and destroying the BASINGSTOKE. 73 corn of the manor before it was ripe. On 16tli September, 1270, Henry III. directed the bailiffs of Basingstoke to pay their fee farm rent to Queen Alianore, the same having been granted to her by the King. " At a trial respecting the rights and privileges of the crown, held at Winchester on the 15th February, 1274-5, the third year of the reign of Edward I., the jury gave as their verdict, — ' That the men of Basing- stoke have the return of writs and a gallows, assize of bread and beer, and other liberties which the lord King Henry, the father of the lord King who now is, granted to them by his charter. Also, that Walter de Merton, has the assize of bread and beer in the town of Basingstoke (but the jury know not by what right) since the time the King delivered the said manor to the men of Basingstoke. "In 1277, King Edward I. commanded the baiHffs of Basingstoke that they should take into the King's hands the mill at Basingstoke that belonged to the King's fee, and which Hugh de KingsmuUe had alienated without the King's licence to the lord John de St. John, of Basing. King Edward II., in 1317, granted to Eobert de Ewer, his valet, in fee, the site of the water mill, with the adjoining meadow in Basingstoke, which William de Bentworth had by charter granted to the King. To be held by the said Eobert and his heirs for ever at the yearly rent of six pennies. "In 1319, Edward II. granted to his brother Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, the fee farm rent of the manor and town of Basingstoke with the hundred, and the rent of a tenement which formerly belonged to Walter de Merton and others, in the same 74 BASINGSTOKE. town, with all their appurtenanceSj amounting to £80 15s. yearly. "In 1337j Edward III. confirmed the grant which William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, made to Richard de la Pole, citizen of London, of the fee farm rent of the town of Basingstoke, with appurtenances, which belonged to Edmund, Earl of Kent, within age and in the King's wardship, &c.j and to be held by the said Richard until the heir was of lawful age. The aforesaid Edmund, Earl of Kent, dying issueless during his minority, the fee farm rent was inherited by his brother John Plantagenet, third Earl of Kent, and on his death in 1352, it formed a portion of the dowry of his widow, Elizabeth de Juliers, who died in 1411 ; and upon her death it was divided between the four daughters and heiresses of Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, (son and heir of Joan, the Pair Maid of Kent, only daughter of the above-named Edmund Plantagenet of Woodstock, Earl of Kent) Alianore, Countess of March ; Margaret, Countess of Somerset ; Eleanor, Countess of Salisbury; and Elizabeth, Lady Neville; each of whom inherited one fourth of the amount, and in this manner it descended to the heirs of these ladies, among whom was Ralph Nevil, Earl of Westmorland, who died in 1485, seized of a fourth part of the fee farm rent of the town of Basingstoke. His descendant, Henry Nevil, the 5th Earl of Westmorland, in 1550, sold his portion of the fee farm rent_to Sir WUHam Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire, and afterwards Marquess of Winchester. That part of the fee farm rent which belonged to Lady Somerset descended to the Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII., and was granted by King Edward VI. on the 20th September, 1547, to the above-mentioned WiUiam Paulet, Lord St. John. The royal grant designates it as, 'that, our whole fee farm and annual rent of £8, BASINGSTOKE. 75 late parcel of our possessions and revenues called Riolimond's lands, annually to us, our heirs and suc- cessors, due and paid by the bailiffs and proved men of Basingstoke/ The two remaining parts of the fee farm rent, passed by marriage and descent into the hands of Jhe crown, and were likewise assigned to the Marquess of Winchester. The rent-charge appears to have been reduced in the fifteenth century from £80 to 80 marks, and among the possessions of William Paulet, the fourth Marquess of Winchester, who died on the 4th February, 1628-9, occurs, 'the rent and fee farm of the town of Basingstoke, worth annually in all its issues beyond reprisals, £51 6s. 8d. This fee farm rent is still payable to Lord Bolton, and is still of the same amount. " Notices of destructive fires invariably occur as the greatest misfortunes which ever and anon befell our mediaeval towns and cities. The destructiveness of these fires arose not only from the narrowness of the winding streets, but from the circumstance of the houses being for the most part built of wood with the upper stories and gables over-hanging, and the exten- sive use of shingles and thatch for roofing. The following document alludes to a serious fire which happened at Basingstoke in the year 1392. The good people of Basingstoke, taking advantage of the assem- bling of the Parliament at Winchester, petitioned for some reHef, which resulted in King Richard II. (with the consent of his Council and Parliament) issuing the following grant : — "Be it known unto all, that taking into consideration the serious injury and utter loss which the good men of our town of Basingstoke have sustained by the ravages of the sudden and unforeseen fire which lately happened in the said town, and from which they will necessarily safier for a long time to come ; and wishing 76 BASINGSTOKE. to extend a helping hand in the relief of our aforesaid town and of the aforesaid men, who by this misfortune, as well as by other calamities, are greatly impoverished and oppressed ; we grant, of our own especial grace, for ourselves and our heirs, to the aforesaid town, that they, and their heirs and successors, shall be for ever a community in themselves, and for all time shall possess a Common Seal. Wherefore, we will and firmly command for ourselves and our heirs, that the aforesaid men, their heirs and successors, shall be in themselves a perpetual community, and shall have for all time a Common Seal, as aforesaid. These being witnesses, Thomas [Arundel], Archbishop of York and Primate of England, our Chancellor ; William [of Wykeham], Bishop of Winchester ; John [Waltham], Bishop of Salisbury, our treasurer ; John [of Gaunt], Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, and Thomas [of Woodstock], Duke of Gloucester, our most dear uncles ; Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick ; WiUiam de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury ; Edmund de Stafford, keeper of our Privy Seal ; John Devereux, Steward of our household, and others. Given under our hand at Winchester, on the 12th Pebmary, in the sixteenth year of our reign. " On the 16fch May, 1449, King Henry VI. not only confirmed all the charters given by his predecessors to the men of Basingstoke, but granted for himself and his successors, that the aforesaid men of Basingstoke and their successors, the men of the said town, should hold yearly a fair within the lordship and town of Basingstoke, about and near {cvrca et prope) the chapel of the Holy Ghost there, from the mid-day of Wed- nesday in Whitsun week, until the mid-day of the following Friday. "King Charles II., on the 24th June, 1671, granted to the mayor, aldermen and burgesses, the privilege and power of holding yearly two new fairs within the BASINGSTOKE. 77 place called Basingstoke Down, near the town of Basingstoke ; one of wkicli was to be held in and upon the Tuesday and Wednesday nearest after the feast of Easter, and the other in or upon the tenth and eleventh days of September, unless it happened that one of the said days should fall upon a Sunday, in which case the fair was to begin upon the Monday immediately following the above-mentioned day. Also the right of holding a court of pie-poudre {curia pedis jpulverizati) in the time of each of the said fairs, together with all hberties, free customs, tolls in buying and selling, stallage, and every kind of emolument belonging to or arising from the said fairs and court of pie-poudre. "A royal pardon was granted to Edward Einges- myll, of Basingstoke, on 25th October, 1519, for having killed Eobert Eedhat in defence of himself and of Edward Cooke, at a place called Longfield near Eastrop, as appeared by an Inquest taken at Basing- stoke before William Arnold, coroner, on 20th August, 1518. The said Eobert died on the 18th August, "In the reign of Edward I. the Borough returned two Members to Parhament, but no returns are found in the PubHc Eecord Office except the following. 23rd Edward I. (1295)*| ^^^^ ^^ ]^ Coufaud. ' l_ John de la Burgh. 30th Edward I. (1302) | ^^^^ ?^^T^^; . ' |_ J ohn de la Coufolde. 34th Edward I. (1306) -f ^T^Tf ^^o^^^^-P- ^ ' L Nicholas Sely. * "This is the earliest return extant, containing the names of those who were elected to represent the Cities and Boroughs ia Parliament. 78 BASINGSTOKE. Mogal Yfmts. Both Basing and Basingstoke have been repeatedly honoured by Royal visits. In 1226, King Henry III. passed a night in the town on his way to Reading, and a patent of the 14th year of his reign (1280) addressed to the Bishop elect of Dablin, is "tested/' (i. e. attested) by the King himself at Basingstoke."* His son. King Edward I., was at Basing in 1285, on 10th January. Henry VII. visited the town September 26th, 1499. Catharine of Arragon slept in it, at the house of Mr. KingsmiU, in November, 1509, leaving it the next day for Dogmersfield, where she was to meet the King ( Henry VIII. ) to whom she was betrothed. King Edward VI. was entertained for four days at Basing, with his retinue, and Philip and Mary spent five days there immediately after their marriage in 1554. Queen Elizabeth was at Basing House in 1560, and appears to have visited the Holy Ghost Chapel at Basingstoke, in 1592. During a subsequent visit of the same Queen to Basing in 1601, a great confla- gration occurred in Basingstoke, and she granted briefs authorizing the sufferers to beg for assistance in seven neighbouring Counties. The following record is found in the Order Book of the Devonshire County Sessions. " At the Chapter house, (Exeter Cathedral) the 7th October, 1602, Mr. Sparrye for the south division, Mr. Thomas Browne and Mr. Anth. Cople- stone for the north division, and Mr. John Drake, Mr. Willm. Poole, and Mr. Wm. Walrond for the east division, are contented to take notyce and informacon * Notes and Qiieriea, Nov. 2, 1878. BASINGSTOKE. 79 of all the money collected in every parish for the relieff of Bazingstoke, latelie damnified by fler, and to certifie the same at the next Sessions." * The following account of the disaster is also extant. "Other news there is none, but the woeful and most pitiful burning of Basingstoke on Wednesday the 16th of this instant (Sept. 16, 1601) where is consumed with fire 14 fine houses, besides barns and stables." f That the condition of the Town was, even at a later period, such as to ofier itself an easy prey to the ravages of fire, we learn from a more particular account of another Royal or Princely visit (a casual visit, it may be called) in 1669. Cosmo III., Grand Duke of Tuscany, was at that time making what was then called the grand tour of Barope, which was formerly con- sidered an essential part of the education of a person of distinction. His suite included a private Secretary and an Artist. The former kept a voluminous Diary of the Prince's travels, the latter illustrated it with sketches of each day's halting-place, however insignifi- cant. The whole is preserved in two folio volumes of manuscript in the Laurentian Library at Florence. The portion relating to England has been translated, and was published in a 4to. volume of considerable bulk, with some forty tinted views, in London, A. D. 1821. Among the views is one of Basingstoke, taken from the ancient Cemetery or Liten, as it is called, looking South, and having in the foreground the Chapel of the Holy Ghost, of which we have yet to speak. The Grand Duke was journeying from Salis- bury towards London, and found it convenient to halt in Basingstoke. " His Highness," we read, "having * Commiaiiicated by Mr. A. H. A. Hamilton, of Exeter, t Goodman's "Court of James I." vol. il. p. 20. 80 BASINGSTOKE. arrived early at Basingstoke, walked on foot through the Town, which is wretched, both in regard to the buildings, the greater part of which are of wood, and the total absence of trade, so that the gratification of his curiosity did not compensate for the fatigue of walking even a few paces. Whilst his Highness was viewing the Church, which is a small and very indifferent luilding, the Mayor and two other Officers came with the insignia of magistracy, to wait upon him, but his Highness civilly declined this pubUo demonstration of respect." * The frontispiece of this book is engraved from a tracing of the tinted view of Basingstoke, in the Grand Duke's " Travels." The "insignia of magistracy," referred to are at present two very beautiful silver-gilt maces, and a chain of office, from which is suspended an oval medallion enamelled with St. Michael and the Dragon in colours. Of the maces, one bears the arms and cypher of King Charles II. The head is hollow, so as to form upon occasion a " loving cup," with a crown-shaped cover, which can be removed. The other is much larger and bears the arms and motto of Queen Anne. The Badge was presented to the Town by Mr. Charles Lyford (then Mayor) in 1837. Among recent " visits " from persons of royal blood, one was of a funereal character. In 1820 the Duke of Kent (father of her Majesty Queen Victoria) died at Weymouth, and his body was brought through Basingstoke, remaining for a night in the Parish * Travels of Cosmo III., Grand Duke of Tuscany. London, 4to., 1821. BASINGSTOKE. 81 Church. The Queen herself, also, when a child, passed through the Town with her mother. In yet later times addresses have been received, at the Railway Station, by the King of Sardinia, (Victor Emmanuel) by the Prince and Princess of Wales, on the day of their marriage, and by the Sultan of Turkey. 82 BASINGSTOKE. '^uhlit iSuiltrings. The Town Hall, formerly called (as in the last will and testament of Sir James Deane in ] 607) the " Motte Hall," from the Saxon word for a place of meeting, {e.g. Witanagemot, the assembly of wise men) stood, as a detached building, in the centre of the Market, until the year 1832, when a new Hall was erected on the present site. Like its predecessor, it stood on pillars, the open space below forming a shelter for those who frequented the Market. In 1865 this space was enclosed, to provide a Reading Room, Town Clerk's Office, and Magistrates' Room, and the facade was modified and improved. The first floor has a large and handsome room for banquets and public meetings, and a Council Chamber, in which are portraits of King Charles II., General Monk, Prince Rupert, and Lord Chief Justice Hale, traditionally said to have been brought from Basing House.* The lower part of the building contains, in a fire-proof chamber, a number of ancient charters and deeds, some of which are at least as early as the 14th century, and many of which would be found of local value, as well as interest, if they were carefuUy examined, registered and indexed. The Bell, which is rung to convene the Town Council and Magistrates, bears the name of Charles Paulet, and the crest of the family. It was probably the gift of Charles Paulet, 6th Marquess of Winchester, and first Duke of Bolton, who died in 1699. * This tradition is plainly incompatible with the date of the persons represented. BASINGSTOKE. 83 A new Corn Exchange, one of the largest in the County, was opened by Lord Bolton in 1865, and a well-appointed Mechanics' Institute in 1869 by Canon Kingsley. An excellent Cottage Hospital, and a Hospital for Infectious Diseases (in place of an old " Pest House " ) have been erected since. The Central Female Penitentiary of the Diocese (St. Thomas' Home) stands a Httle to the North of the Cemetery. The chief architectural ornaments of the Town, however, are the Parish Church, and the ancient Chapel of the Holy Ghost, which is now unhappily a ruin. 84 BASINGSTOKE. Saint iWicfjael's dt^utt]). The Parish Church of Basingstoke, which is dedi- cated to St. Michael, the Archangel, stands on low ground, near the South bank of the Loddon. Its length, from Bast to West, is 127 feet, and its breadth, including the aisles, 65 feet. The building consists of a Nave, with clerestory and embattled parapet. North and South Aisles, a small Chancel, and a South Chancel Aisle, (formerly the Chapel of St. Stephen) which is now the Organ Chamber. The Nave is behoved to have been built by, or under the auspices of Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, about the year 1520. The Tower and Chancel appear to have been parts of an older structure, and an arch of construction at the Bast end of the South Aisle shows that it was intended to continue BASINGSTOKE. 85 the later building Eastward by the addition of a loftier Chancel and South Chancel. The cross raguly of Lord Sandys is among the ornaments of the string- course in the Eastern gable of the Nave. The walls of the Chancel are of an earlier date than the 15th Century, but the windows and door are more recent insertions, and belong to the latter half of that Century. The external masonry of the North Aisle differs from the rest of the Church, the wall being built of flints and dressed stone in a pattern of alternate squares. The North door of the Chancel bears on the weather- moulding three shields, — the centre one has the date 1525 in Arabic numerals, and the others had inscrip- tions in old English lettering, of which only the words SANCTUS EST are legible. Above the South Porch (over the outer door of which is a recessed panel containing the mutilated remains of the two figures and pot of lilies, which represent the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin ) is a small upper room or parvise, in which is now preserved the theological library presented by Sir George Wheler, a former Vicar. It consists chiefly of seventeenth century divinity of no great interest, but includes a good copy of Bryan Walton's Polyglott Bible. The " Bishops' Bible " of 1585, in black letter, lies on an old desk in the Nave of the Church. At the West end stands a massive square tower of no great height, the turrets of which were left unfinished, as shown in the preceding woodcut, until the year 1879, when, through the energy of the Eev. C. H. Lacon, then assistant Curate of the Parish, now Vicar of Wangford and Reydon, in Suffolk, the present pinnacles were erected from an admirable design by the late Mr. Thomas W. Wyatt, of Blooms- bury, President of the British Institute of Architects, &c. The North West pinnacle, which crowns the staircase turret, is considerably larger and higher than BASINGSTOKE. tlie others. Tiie Parisli is also indebted to Mr. Lacon for the improved condition of the Churchyard, which was formerly an unenclosed thoroughfare, the play- ground of children and dogs, but is now laid out with the decorous neatness which is suitable to " God's Acre." The fine peal of eight bells was also put in order by the same benefactor, two of the bells being re-cast, the whole peal newly hung, and the belfry neatly furnished with every appropriate ornament. The Bells bear the following inscriptions. 1 . (Treble. ) " Edward : Read : at Albourn : Wilts : fecit: 1751." 2. " Lester and Pack of London fecit (sic) 1766." 3. " The young men and maids gave this Bell " For to make this Eing sound well. P. Hears, of London, fecit, 1812." 4. " Thomas Hears, founder, London. 1841." 5. " Henry Knight made mee. 1670." 6. ( This Bell is ancient, and is inscribed in Gothic letters) "gancta JHarflaritB ora pro no6ts." 7. " God be our gyd," (guide.) John Smithe, Richard CoUe, John Arme, John Blundene, Churchwardens, 1602." 8. (Tenor.) " Henry Barfoot,* John Coleman, C.W., Robert Kewj Ambrose Cleve, C.W." * The name of Henry Barfoot 13 found on tokens, with the device of a lion rampant, and the date, 1669, and that of John Coleman, with a bird, and the date 1652. " The date of this beU is ascertain- able by the above names occurring upon it. It was cast during the Mayoralty of Henry Barfoot, 1678-9. John Coleman, who was Mayor in 1673-4, was buried on 25th March, 1681, and Robert Kew on 1st October, 1683. BASINGSTOKE. 87 Beneath these names is a shield with the initials H. K. (on either side)i and the date 1670, probably an error, of a kind which is not very uncommon, for 1678. Within the shield are the letters E. K. The Tenor Bell weighs 18 cwt. An old custom is still observed of the Clergy, Choir, and other Parishioners ascending the Tower on New Year's Eve, to sing the Old Hundredth Psalm at Midnight, before and after which the Old Year is rung out and the New Year rung in. Until about 40 years ago a bell was tolled at 4 a.m. as a signal for labourers to begin their work, and the Curfew at 8 p.m. Within the Church there is a handsome Pulpit of carved oak, erected by subscription in December, 1873, to the memory of Bishop Wilberforce. It bears the following inscription within a panel on the stone base. SAMUEL, BISHOP OF THIS DIOCESE, AFTER HE HAD SERVED HIS OWN GENERATION BY THE WILL OF GOD, FELL ON SLEEP, JULY 19tH, 1873. The brass Eagle-lectern, the Prayer Desk, and Litany Desk, were the gift of a Lady. The Organ is a large and fine one, the specification for which was drawn up (at the request of the present Vicar) by the Rev. Sir P. A. Gore Ouseley, M.A. and Mus. Doc. Professor of Music in the University of Oxford. It was purchased by subscription and built, in 1866, by Messrs. Walker & Son, at a cost of about £750. It has two manuals, twenty-four stops, and 1128 pipes. BASINGSTOKE. Above tlie Altar is placedj by way of reredos, an ancient Flemish triptych,* supposed to be the work of Jan Van Hemmessen, a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci. The central compartment is a finely painted group of the Holy Family, with an Angel offering fruit to the Infant Saviour. The wings, which are possibly by a different hand, contain portraits of Ealph Frutirs, (whose name, with the date 1549, appears on a book of devotion lying on the desk at which he kneels) and of his wife and children. Four sons kneel behind their Father on one wing ; and on the other four daughters behind their Mother. Ralph Frutirs has on his shoulder a badge, which is probably that of the Archers' Guild of St. George, being a lozenge-shaped medallion of that Saint, with three pendant cross-bows. " In 1840 and 1841, the Church underwent extensive reparation. The roof was taken off the nave and new timbers erected throughout. The entire Church was re-seated. The old pavement was removed in the nave, aisles, and chancel, and the Church uniformly paved with octagonal white stones and black diamond- shaped pieces at the angles. It was at this time that the innumerable inscriptions which studded the floor of the Church, many of them on slabs of a large size, enriched with armorial bearings, and of a date anterior to the existing registers, were ruthlessly destroyed or covered over. Consequently the original stone which covered the grave of the Rev. Thomas Warton, with its elegantly written Latin inscription is no longer to be seen. To make as it were, some amends for this, the late Vicar had painted upon the South wall near the East end of the chancel, a shield bearing the arms of Warton, — (Or, on a chevron azure a martlet * The gift of the present Vicar. BASINGSTOKE. 89 between two pheons of the first J and below it tlie following inscription : At this end of the Communion Table was buried on 16th of September, 1745, aged 56, Thomas Wakton, B.D. Professor of Poetry, Oxford, and Vicar of Basingstoke. He was Father of two distinguished sons, JosEPB, a Poet, a Critic, and Head Master of Winchester School. Thomas, Professor of Poetry, Oxford, Author of the History of English Poetry. " And high up on the North wall of the Chancel was painted at the same time : — Names of Persons buried in this Chancel who died 1657, August 5th, Mr. William Pell, Gent. 1726, January 17th, Madame Davoy. 1745-6, March 3rd, Mr. John Abbot. 1780, March 11th, Jenny Ann Bever. 1783, November 21st, Nathaniel Bever. The roof of both Nave and Aisles is of very low pitch, but the beams are richly moulded and, in the South Aisle, carved. The principal timbers in the Nave rest on stone corbels, which represent Angels holding shields. " These shields as they now appear, were painted about the year 1841 by Mr. Thomas Palmer, of Basingstoke. The charges of the three shields on the North side are in relief, also the shield on the South side bearing the arms of Bishop Fox. The shields bearing the arms of the Sandys and Wallop families, present a plain surface, and the four corner shields are of the same character — consecjuently six of the shields give no indication of the earlier coats repre- 90 BASINGSTOKE. sented upon them. The shields on the North side are, 1. France and England quarterly — the Royal Arms of England in the time of Henry VIII. 2. The arms of Magdalen College, the rectors and patrons of the living. 3. The arms of Paulet — for Sir John Paulet, the father of William Paulet the first Marquis of Winchester. On the South side — 1 . A Pelican in her piety — the arms of Dr. Richard Fox, Bishop of Win- chester at the time when the Nave, Aisles, and Clearstory were built. 2. The arms of Sandys (Argent, a cross raguly sable) impaling a coat apparently of twelve quarterings of erroneous and confused heraldry. 3. The arms of Wallop (Argent, a bend wavy sable) quartering the arms of Valoignes. The coats given upon the two shields last mentioned were painted upon them in 1841, as well as the arms given upon the four corner shields. The one at the North-East corner bears the arms of the Rev. Dr. Sheppard impaling Routh.* The corresponding shield in the opposite corner is said to represent the arms of the late Vicar, the Rev. James Blatch. On the shield of the North- East corner are the arms of Lancaster, commemorative of Sir James Lancaster, a great benefactor to the town. The shield in the opposite corner bears the arms of Sir Richard Aldworth, the founder of the Blue Coat School." The Chancel roof is of high pitch, and has three bays, with a double row of purlines and curved braces. It was concealed by a cieling of plaister, nntU restored by the present Vicar. * " The Rev. Dr. Sheppard married the Bister of Dr. Eonth, the Venerable President of Magdalen College, Oxford. This lady on the 8th June, 1819, laid the foundation stone of the new Churoh at Theale in Berkshire, and in the stone was deposited a brass medallion with the following words deeply engraved upon it. In honorem Beatissimce Trinitatis, imum hunc lapidem locavit Sophia, Ecclesim Tylehurst patrona, Thomm Sheppard, S. T. P. olim patroni vidua, Martini Josephi Routh, S. T. P. Rectorie soror, anno eaero M.D,CCCXIX. Mrs. Sheppard died at Amport on 31st July, 1848. BASINGSTOKE. 91 The Nave opens into the Aisles by four arches of great beauty on either side, enriched with deeply recessed mouldings, and supported by singularly grace- ful pillars, the bases of which are unfortunately con- cealed by the woodwork of the pews. The three Tower- arches are of even greater merit, especially the lofty one on th.e East side, which, not many years ago, was blocked up and hidden by a West Gallery. Galleries still remain in the Aisles, concealing a large proportion of the windows, as well as destroying their beauty and dignity of appearance. An old drawing shows that there were formerly heraldic paintings in the style of the 16th or 17 th century in the spandrils of the Nave Arches,* and some traces of colour have lately been discovered in the mouldings both of these Arches and of the Window- heads. The tracery of the Aisle Windows is peculiar, if not unique, and very good in effect, though perhaps not strictly in accordance with the best examples of the period. Only one Window contains ancient painted glass, and this did not originally belong to the Church. Some years ago, the Vicar accidentally heard that a * " These armorial bearings represented — 1. The arms of Paulet with their quarterings. II. Of the first Lord Sandys, impaling, quarterly 1 and 4 Argent, a chevron between three eagle's legs erased, sable ; 2 and 3, Gules, three bends vaire, both for Bray. III. Of Magdalen College, Oxford. IV. Sir James Deane, Gules, a Uon conohant, or, on a chief, argent, three crescents sable. Y. Sir James Lancaster, Argent, two bars gules, on a canton of the second a mullet or. TI. William Blunden, Esq., Argent, a lion passant sable. These interesting specimens of heraldic art were effaced during the repairs to the roof in 1840. 92 BASINGSTOKE. large quantity of very fine old glass, said to have come from Basingstoke, was in the possession of Lady Mill, of Mottisfont Abbey, near Romsey. Upon examina- tion it was found to include a few fragments which probably came from the Windows in the Chapel of the Holy Ghost, but the greater portion of the glass was of the 17th century. Lady Mill, the present repre- sentative of the family, with great courtesy, gave up the glass, which was in a fragmentary state, but has been pieced together with some success, and now fills the East Window in the North Aisle of the Church. The subjects are chiefly from Holy Scripture, ably drawn, and very rich in colour. The earlier glass gives the arms, badges, and motto of the first Lord Sandys. The East Window, a very fine one, was erected in 1868 (by subscription) and merits a minute description. The glass was executed by Messrs. Lavers, Barraud, and Westlake, of Bndell Street, Bloomsbury, at a cost of £225. All the subjects are remarkable for beautiful and highly finished drawing and for harmony of colour. They show a richness and a skilfulness of composition which give them all the merit of an original design, while the characteristics of ancient stained glass have been observed with unusual success. As the Church bears the name of St. Michael, the ministrations of Angels are introduced in every subject, The lower row of subjects is taken from the Scripture History of times before our Saviour's birth, and is typical of those in the upper row. The order is as follows, beginning from the left. 1. LowEE. — The Angels appearing to Abraham at his tent door to announce the coming birth of Isaac the "child of promise." (Gal. iv. 28.) Sarah is seen within the tent. (Gen. xviii.) BASINGSTOKE. 93 TJppEE. — The Angel Gabriel appearing to the Virgin Mary to announce that she should conceive and bring forth the "Son of the Highest." (St. Luke i. 28.) 2. LowEE. — Michael the Archangel trampling on Satan and casting him out of heaven. (Eev. xii. 7-9.) TJppEE. — The infant Jesus with His Virgin Mother and Joseph. Angels are singing " Glory to God in the Highest." (St. Luke ii. 14.) The "seed of the woman" has come to "bruise the serpent^s head." (Gen. iii. 15.) 3. LowEE. — Abraham preparing to offer up his only son Isaac. His hand is stayed by the Angel of God, and the ram caught in a thicket is substituted. (Gen. xxii.) Upper. — The only begotten Son of God dying on the Cross to save sinners. For a while He is "made a little lower than the Angels for the suffering of death/' (Heb. ii. 9.) and they look on in sorrow and awe. The penitent Mary Magdalene kneels at the foot of the Cross, and seems about to wipe His feet with the hair of her head. 4. Lower. — Daniel delivered from the lion's den. "God hath sent His Angel and hath shut the lions' mouths." (Dan. vi. 22.) King Darius is seen at the mouth of the cave and commands that the prophet should be " taken up out of the den." Upper. — Christ has risen from the dead and the three women are bringing spices to the empty tomb. (Mark xvi. 1 . ) The Angel proclaims " He is risen. He is not here." 94 BASINGSTOKE. 5. Lower. — The Chariot of Elijah driven hy an Angel. The prophet is letting fall his mantle to be taken up by his servant Elisha. (2 Kings, ii. 12.) The river Jordan is seen winding in the back-ground. TJppEE. — The Disciples witnessing the Ascension of Christ. An Angel addresses them " Why stand ye gazing up into heaven ? " (Acts i. 2.) The upper part of the window represents the Saviour triumphant in heaven. In the central quatrefoil is Christ, the King of Glory, enthroned, with the golden crown and orb, as symbols of royalty. On either side of Him are the emblems commonly assigned to the Evangelists, from Bzekiel (ch. i. 10) viz. the winged man or Angel, the Lion, the Ox, and the Eagle. Beneath are eight Angels standing. One bears the cross and instrument of Christ's Passion upon a shield. The others are the seven Angels who "stood before God, and to them were given seven trumpets,^' (Rev. viii. 2.) In the spandrils are also two Angels ofifering incense.* Two windows by the same artists were placed in the North wall of the Chancel by the Rev. S. J. G. Eraser, M.A., of Bramblys, Basingstoke, in memory of his deceased wife, Marion Worsley Eraser, who died in 1869. The first represents three Matrons from the Old Testament; viz. Eve, Hannah and Ruth. Beneath these figures, in medallions, are scenes from the life of each. * A brass plate over the Chancel door records that the central light of this window commemorates William Apletre, of Goldings, Esquire, who died in December, 1867. BASINGSTOKE. 95 1. The beginning of Labour^ " when Adam delved and Eve span," and Cain was busy with the fruits of the earth, and Abel with his flock. 2. Hannah bringing the "little coat" to her child, Samuel, at Shiloh. 3. Ruth cleaving to Naomi, her mother-in-law. In the other Window are three New Testament Matrons, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Mary Mag- dalen, and Mary the wife of Cleophas. Beneath these are : 1. The young Jesus in the Carpenter's Shop at Nazareth. 2. Mary seeking the one thing needful at the Saviour's feet. 3. James and John brought to Christ with the petition that they might sit one on His right hand and one on His left. The West Window, by Hardman, represents the four Evangelists, with their emblems, and was designed to commemorate the late Vicar and his Curate. On a marble slab beneath is the following inscription : " The West Window of this Church was erected by Parishioners and Friends in pious memory of James Blatch, B.D., fifty years Vicar of this parish, who died June 23rd, 1864, in his 90th year. He gave largely of his substance and cared for the poor. Also of Edmund Teadon, M.A., 37 years his Curate, who died October 31st, 1865, in his 70th year. He was kindly afifectioned to all." The door under the West Window is modern, having been inserted in 1840. The Window nearest the West end in the North Aisle is also by Lavers, Barraud & Co., and commemo- rates Frances Maria and Caroline Millard, sisters of the 96 BASINaSTOKB. present Vicar; Ann Doman, a benefactress to the Choirj and her parents, William and Anne Doman. The subjects are the Four Greater Prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. The opposite Window, in the South Aisle, is a memorialj erected in 1878, by the family of the late Alderman Charles Webb, J. P. It is by the same Artists, and contains figures of the Epistolers, Saints Peter, Paul, James and Jude, that of St. John being already in the West Window among the Evangelists. A fine old Jacobsean Pulpit and an ancient Font of Purbeck marble were unfortunately removed by the late Vicar to Basing, of which parish also he was incumbent. There are three good heraldic paintings of the Eoyal Arms representing the Tudor, Stuart and Hanoverian Dynasties. Over the Tower-arch are those of Queen Elizabeth, of large size, painted on wood, with the initials E. R., and the date 1596. At the West end of the South Aisle are the Arms of King James I., with his motto, "Beati Pacifici," (Blessed are the Peace- makers) and in the corresponding part of the North Aisle those of King William III. Some remains of the Rood-loft Staircase still exist, and of "squints" or hagioscopes giving a view of the Altar from the Aisles. There are few monuments in the Church, nor are these few of great interest. Three brasses lie in the Chancel, the earliest of which commemorates Roger Ryve, who in 1687 was one of the two Wardens of the Guild of the Holy Ghost. It is inscribed as follows : BASINGSTOKE. 97 %m Igeti) Uom 3^8be tof)o tigeti tfie li liage of Nobemfier, .-fFaretoell strengtte toealtte togtft toocltilBe Igliertie ant) toelcome soules tf'Ht^e be tf)c grace of tije aimtflJtBe Ctjpnfee bDcU of tliB brother tfiat Igetfte f)f« bebe Ctotogi) beatJ) unlier clage tatfi closeti figs Seabe Cf)e yoore speafectte toell anti lapeti)e no blame fl^is bebes in |)8S Igfe tgmc bcserbeb tJ)e same. A second brass plate bears the inscription : heee lteth bteted the bodie of robert stocker yeoman who had issvb by vrsvla his wife 9 sonnes and 2 davght. he departed this life ye 20th of maeche 1606 beinge 67 yeares op age: he ledd a teetuous life & made a godly ende. " Above this plate are their two eflBgies, about 22 inches in height^ affording good examples of the costume in use at the beginning of the 17th Century. Both are represented standing in the attitude of prayer ; the man bearded and wearing a ruff and the long cloak with pendant sleeves and arm-holes, which formed the official dress of an Alderman at that period, as may be seen in the mutilated effigy in the Holy Ghost Liten. Below, on a separate plate, are the effigies of their nine sons and two daughters. " There is also a small engraved figure of a male child, about six or seven years of age, in the costume of the period, with the hands in the attitude of prayer. Beneath this is a plate briefly recording the name of "John Hilliard, sonne of Thomas Hilliard, Gent., who was bueryed the 25th of October, 1621.* * Some brasses relating to the family of May are said to hare been removed during the alterations made by the late Tioar. 98 BASINGSTOKE. Two modern brass plates on the Nortli wall of the Chancel have been substituted for the original memo- rials, which are now concealed by alterations in the Church. Both bear the original inscriptions, which are in excellent Latin. The first commemorates a former Vicar, the Rev. Thomas Warton, B.D., who was Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford. The inscription is said to be written by his sons, Thomas, the author of a well-known History of English Poetry, Professor of Poetry (like his Father) at Oxford, and Poet Laureate, and Joseph, Head Master of Win- chester College. H.S.E. THOMAS. WAETON. S.T.B. NATUS. APUD. GODALMIN. IN. AGED. SUEEIENSI. SOCIUS. COLLEGII. B. MAEIAE MAGDALEN AE. POETICAB. PEAELECTOE. PUBLICUS. OXONII. HUJUSCB. ECCLESIAE. DE. BASINGSTOKE. NBCNON. ECCLESIAE. DE. CHOBHAM IN. HAC. ETIAM. DIOCESI. VICAEIUS. INGENIO. DOCTEINA. PEOBITATE. PIETATE. SINGULAEI OBIIT SEP. 10. A.D. 1745. AETATIS SUAE 58. PATEI DESIDEEATISS. HLII. M.P. PEOATI. MONUMENTUM A. FILIIS. JOSEPHO. ET. THOMA. WAETON OLIM. POSITtTM. EEDINTEGEANDDM. CUEAVEEUNT. PEONEPOTES. ET PEONEPTES.* * " In this place is buried Thomas Warton, Bachelor of Divinity, bom at Godalming, in the County of Surrey, Fellow of St^ Mary Magdalene College, and Public Eeader in Poetry at Oxford, Vicar of this Church of Basingstoke, and of the Church of Chobham, also in this Diocese ; a man of extraordinary talent, learning, uprightness and piety. He died iSep. 10, A.D. 1745, in the 58th year of his age. His Sons place this stone in memory of a much-lamented Father. " The monument placed here by Joseph and Thomas Warton, his Sons, has been restored by the care of his great-grandsons and great- granddaughters. ( The cost was defrayed by the Rev. Godfrey Bolles Lee, Warden of Winchester College, and his family.) BASINGSTOKE. 99 The other tablet is in memory of Mr. Warton's successor. JUXTA SITiE SUNT EELIQUI* GULIELMI HENOHMAi^ S.T.B. PRIMJETA MOBUM SIMPLIOITATE PEIM-a;VA MDE HUJUSCE ECCLESI^ ANNOS XXIII VICAEII MtJNEEE SEDULO FUNCTUS OBIIT XI MAII r DOM. MDCCLXVIII ANNO ■{ o, (.aiTAT. LXIV.* " His funeral hatchment was also extant a few years ago. Argentj a lion passant guardant in fess sable, impaling. Gules, a chevron vair between three cres- cents argent. Crest — A lion passant guardant sable. Motto — Mors janua vitse. On the frame of the hatch- ment is written in gilt letters, William Henchman, B.D., Vicar of this Parish, 1745. " On the wall of the South Chancel is a white marble tablet surmounted by a painted shield of arms : — Argent, a lion rampant gules, on a chief sable three escallops of the first, for Russell, impaling, Azure, on a pale radiant or a lion rampant gules, for Coleman. * " Near tliis place lie the remains of William HencTaman, Bachelor of Divinity, a man of primitive simplicity of character and primitive trustworthiness, who for 23 years diligently discharged the duties of Vicar of this Church. He died 11th May, A.D. 1768, in the 64th year of his age. 100 BASINGSTOKE. Hie Subtus jacefc Gdlielmus Russell, Armiger, qui obiit 12™° die Februarii Anno Domini 1718, JEtatis suae 56. Qualis in Deum fuerit Egregia testatur Pietas : Qualis fuerit in Homines, Pablicse testentnr Lacrymse. In the same Vault Lieth also the body of Mrs. Jane Rdssbll, wife of the above s*. Will". Russell, who died the 29th day of June, 1725. On another tablet under the above Hie infra Poaitum quicquid mortale fult Jan» Russell, filia Gulielmi Russell Bupradicti et Janse uxoris ejus Quae ab hac vita ad meliorem Comigravit Anno Domini 1720 ^tat. sni» 32°. There are also the following inscriptions on the same wall: Near this place lyes interred the Body of Eliz. Shipton, daughter of William Russell, Esq. and Jane his wife, and late wife of Sam. Shipton, who departed this life Dec. 1st, 1727, aged 37 years. Here also lyes the body of Eliz. Shipton, daughter of Samuel & Eliz. Shipton, who dyed Augt. 8th, 1728, aged 3 years. Infra jacet Brddenell Exton, m.d. obiit Mart : 23°. 1764, An : ^t : 49. Juxta jacet Habriot Exton, filia prsedicti, quae obiit Oct. 28° 1763. an. ret. 3°. BASINGSTOKE. \ >ipj_ ^.^ Underneath this monument rest the remains of the amiable Mrs. Elizabeth Exton, wife of Brudenell Exton, (eldest son of Dr. Brudenell Exton). She departed this life Eeb. 11th, 1779, in the 21st year of her age. The character of this worthy woman was beyond the reach of scandal. She was a faithful and loving wife, the most tenderest parent and sincere friend, and every christian grace adorned her mind. " In the Nave of the Church the following inscriptions occur upon tablets on the wall of the North and South Aisles. Sacred to the memory of John Russell, Gentleman, Town Clerk 35 years of this Corporation. Also of Frances his wife (daughter and coheiress of Jeremy Sambroke, Esq.) He died the 7th of December, 1762, aged 65, and lies buried with his ancestry in the Library of this Church. * She died the 13th March, 1783, aged 83; and at her own request lies buried in this aisle next the remains of her beloved daughter. To the memory of James Dredge, who died April 2, 1771, aged 60, and Ann his wife, who died 7th August, 1770, aged 44, also Charles their son, who died January 2, 1789, aged 23. Augustus Robert Hankey, Esq., who departed this life January 26th, 1830, aged 61 years. Thomas May, Esq., a Justice of the Peace, and deputy Lieutenant, who died 4th June, 1845, aged 78 years. Elizabeth Lefroy, daughter of Peter and Julia Langlois, and relict of Anthony Lefroy, Died 30 November, 1782, aged 62 years. Also Julia Elizabeth Lefroy, daughter of the Revd. George and Anne Lefroy, died 6th September, 1783, aged 5 weeks. * The South Chancel, in which Sir Geo. Wheler's Library waa formerly kept. H 102 BASINGSTOKE. " On the South wall of the Chancel is a slab, inscribed as follows : Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Tho. Metcalfe, A.B., who died June 6th, 1786, aged 71 years.* Also of Frances Drake, his wife, who died May 3rd, 1781, aged 63 years. Also of Barbara Maria their daughter, wife of James Warne, of this Town, Solicitor, who died May 24th, 1834, aged 69 years. The Sacramental Vessels consist of a very massive Silver Flagon, Chalice and Paten, and a large Silver Bowl, which last was probably intended to be used as a Font, and also as a collecting basin, being inscribed " Sacramento utrique Sacrum," i.e. dedicated to both Sacraments.f The Chalice, Paten, and Bowl were purchased in 1730, during the incumbency of J. Warton. The Flagon was presented by the late Vicar, Mr. Blatch. A smaller Chalice and Paten have been added, the gift of the present Vicar and his first assistant Curate, the Eev. J. B. W. Woollnough. * "Buried 9. June, 1786. The Eevd. Mr. Thomas Metoalf, curate to the Eevd. Doctor Shepherd fifteen years. Parish Register. \ " The following entry in the Parish Begister evidently refers to this bowl. ' October y« 11th, 1730. A New Silver Bason Was Bought By y« Inhabitants For j" Use of y« Church to Baptize Children In. Mr. Warton Being Then Vicar.' BASINGSTOKE. 103 ^aris!) 5^egisters. " The earliest existing Eegister begins on the 25th March, 1638, * and is a long folio book of parchment, containing 88 leaves. The heading on the first page is as follows : * " The keeping of Parochial Eegiaters commenced in 1538. The earlier Eegisters, therefore, at Basingstoke are lost, and with them the records of an entire century. The book referred to above was the earliest extant in 1805, as appears by a memorandum on the cOTer. March 25th was, until the year 1753, the first day of the new year, according to the computation observed in England. " There was until the year 1881, preserved among the Parish Eegisters, a fragment of a small Eegister Book consisting of six leaves of parchment, (the pages measuring no more than about 10 inches in length, and 4 in width) containing entries of Marriages from 1584 to 1693, which apparently did not belong to Basingstoke. The result of a careful examination proved that it belonged to the Parish of Preston Candover. The leaves were then flattened and bound up in stiff covers to prevent further injury or loss, and with the consent and approbation of the Archdeacon of Winchester, handed over to the custody of the Vicar of Preston Candover. 104 BASINGSTOKE. "'A. Eegister made the 25th March Ao Dni. 1638, and in the 15th yeare of the raigne of our most gracious soveraigne Lord Charles, by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c., of the names of such persons which from henceforth shall be christened, wedden and buried in the towne and parish of Basingstoke in the County of Southampton.' Then follows " Be Baptiz- atis," the first entry being "Martins 29. Josephus filius Willelmi Allen et Marthae nxoris.-" In the second division. Be Nuptatis, we find, "March, 1638, none were maryed : April 3, Georgius Greene et Debora Hambleton." The Burials begin " Sepulti, 1638, April 4. EUzabeth filia Johannis Bignoll et Agnetis nxoris." In 1638 there were 54 Baptisms, 58 in 1639, and 74 in 1640. Nine Marriages are entered in 1638, and it is noted that none were married in July, August, September, and December. In 1639 there were 14 Marriages and 19 in 1640. In 1638 there were 77 Burials, 82 in 1639, and 62 in 1640. " In consequence of the outbreak of civil war between the King and Parliament, all registration ceased in the parish in March, 1641, the latest entry being on the 31st of that month. All that is recorded for this year is one Baptism and three Burials. The Marriages end in November, 1640. On the 24th August, 1658, an Act of Parliament was passed for the registering of all Marriages, Births and Burials, and the registration of these events is resumed in June, July, and August, 1654.* From this year the entries are continued * " On the resumption of Registration in 1654, several families availed themselves of the opportunity of having recorded, in the Eegister, Births, Marriages, and Deaths which had taken place in the interval between 1640 and 1654. These entries are made in an irregular manner, and sometimes in a collective form for particular families. BASINGSTOKE. 105 without interruptiorij except tliat no Marriages are entered for the years 1677 and 1678. The Plague appears to have broken out somewhat severely at Basingstoke in 1666, in which year 46 Burials are recorded of persons who were its victims. In the reign of Charles II. the mortality among children appears to have been very great. At this period the surnames of North, South, East and West are found in the Eegisters. " During the time of the Commonwealth, in and after the year 1653, the registration records of Marriages are inserted according to the wording of the following entries. ' The agreement of Marriage between Thomas Woodier of Hunston in the County of Sussex, gent,, aged 28 years, and Dorothy Ayliffe of the age of 20 years, daughter of Mary Ayliffe, widdow, of the parish of Lawrence Wootten in the County of Southt., with the consent of her mother, was published three several Lord's days in the year of our Lord 1654, and they were Married the third day of June, 1654. ' The agreement of Marriage between Andrew Pease of the parish of Shawe in the Countie of Barkes, minister of God's word, and Margaret Webb, daughter of Mr. Steven Webb, minister of God's word in the Towne of Basingstoke, were published three several Lord's Days in Basingstoke Church, and Married by Mr. Thomas Hall, Mayor of the said Towne aforesaid, the 25th November, 1656. ' The agreement of Marriage between Bichard Soper of the parish of Kingsclere in the Countie of Southt. husbandman, and Judeth Clapshoo of the parish of Ashe in the Countie aforesaid, spinster, were published three several Market days, and were Married by Mr. John Coleman, Senr., justice of the peace in Basing- stoke, the 6th of December, 1666. 106 BASINGSTOKE. " The book marked No. 2 contains Marriages and Baptisms from tlie year 1687, to December, 1738. The heading states that it begins 25th March, 1687, but the earliest entry following this heading is a Marriage on January 8th, 1692-3. Three Marriages only are recorded for 1726, the dates of which are 1st July, 30th September, and 23rd November. The hand writing changes after December, 1725. There are no entries of Marriages for the year 1727, and the earliest of 1728 is on 10th May. The portion con- taining the Baptisms, begins with the following heading : — ' A Register made 25th day of March, A.D. 1687, the fourth* yeare of the reign of our Sovereign Lord James the Second, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland; defender of the Faith, &c. Of the names of such persons which from henceforth shall be christened in the town of Basingstoke, in the county of Southt.^ The first entry records that 'Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Crompton and Elizabeth his wife, was baptized on 29th March, 1687. In 1695 the entries give the date of the Birth in lieu of the Baptism, and this system is followed down to the year 1 722, when the entries are resumed as Baptisms. These entries commence with the following heading. 'A Eegister of Births since the 1st of May, being the beginning of the Taxation at 2s. per Birth in the year 1695. There are also six pages containing the entries of the Births of the children of Non-conformists from 1696 to 1727. 'Not * " March 25tli, 1687, was the third year of hia reign, and his fourth year did not begin untU 6th Feb., 1688. BASINGSTOKE. 107 ctristened according to tlie rites and ceremonies of the Churcli of England. * ' " A memorandum records that on September 26th, 1732j the Lord Bishop of Winchester confirmed 819 persons at the Parish Ohurchj and another Confir- mation, by the Eeverend Father in God, Benjamin (Hoadley), Lord Bishop of Winchester, is mentioned under the date of September 5th, 1737." " In this Eegister occur the following entries : ' Richard Woodroffe entred Clarke on St. Mark's day in the year of our Lord 1692. S'. George Wheeler being then Vicar. ' December the 21st, 1694. There was planted in the churchyard nine yew trees, 6 on the south side and 3 on the north, at the charge of the inhabitants. ' January 6th, 1735-6. The Doors was sett up att the Church Porch. ' October y° 11th, 1730, a new Silver Bason was bought by the Inhabitants for the use of the Church to Baptize Children in, Mr. Warton being then Vicar. ' 12th October, 1730. Martha, the daughter of Joseph Harding, by Jane his wife, was Baptized by Mr. Warton, Vicar, the first that was Baptized with the Silver Bason. 'Friday, September the 26th, 1745. Mr. William Reynolds had four yew trees planted on the north side of the Churchyard, a free gift. * "The following is a list of the surnames. Aplegarth, Austin, Beausum, Bishop, Box, Browne, Budd, Buckle, Burnham, Chapell, Cowderoy, Cox, Crafts, Curtis, Bdmeston, Fiokus, Gaines, Grace, Green, Hartfield, Heather, Hern, Humphris, Jackson, Johns, Kemp, Knight, Legier, Meidfleld, Mogg, Moth, Osborne, Perkins, Potter, Eussell, Segrove, Smith, Spencer, Stone, Trimmer, Warham, Water- man, and Watridge. 108 BASINGSTOKE. " The book marked No. 3 contains Burials from 1692 to 1 739. On one of the leaves occur the following interesting notices as to the spiritual state of the parish as regards the recipients at the Lord's Table. ' The aocompt of what persons were at the sacrament for the year 1732. 'April 2, 1732, Being Palm Sunday, Mr. Warton did administer the Sacrament, and there were seventeen persons at the Sacrament. "In the same form it is noted that on April 9thj being Easter Sunday, there were 113 persons at the Sacrament. May 28th, Whit Sunday, 97 persons; October 2nd, 41 ; and 42 on October 9th. "There is also an account of the bread and wine used for sacramental purposes from 1701 to 1705, entered yearly in this manner : ' The accompt of Bread and Wine which hath been received at the Church in the year 1701, beginning at Michaelmas. 4. October. For the Mayor, * one pint and a half of Wine, one penny loaf 24. Dec. Xmas. One quart of Wine, one penny loaf 28. March. Palm Sunday, 1702. 3 pints of Wine, one penny loaf 4. April. Easter day. 2 quarts of Wine, two penny loaves 23. May. Whit Sunday. One quart of Wine, one penny loaf * "This refers to the Act of Parliament which at that time required the Mayor and memhers of the Corporation to receive the Sacrament on their election. s. d. 1 7 2 1 3 10 5 2 2 7 15 3 BASINGSTOKE, 109 "In 1714 tlie small pox broke out with great severity at Basingstoke, no fewer than 52 persons died of it, out of the 76 burials in that year, and among its victims was the Mayor of the Town, Mr. John Davies. There was another severe visitation of this malady at Basing- stoke in 1781. "Peter Sanesbury occurs as parish clerk in 1655, and was buried 1st August, 1658. His successor, William Hall, was buried 4th May, 1692. Mr. Eichard Woodroffe was appointed parish clerk 25th April, 1692, and was buried 14th March, 1727. His successor, John Houlder, became parish clerk on 19th March, and held the office up to the time of his death in July, 1771. 110 BASINGSTOKE. ■^S^ "^^ti^-i^XSrS SCl^e ar^apel ^ (Kuiltr of ti)e l^olg ©|)(jst. Next to the Parish Churchj the building of most interest is, undoubtedly, the ruined Chapel of the Holy Ghost, which stands in the ancient Cemetery or "Liten" on the North side of the town. " The ivy-clad ruins of this Chapel are sufficiently near the railway stations to attract the attention of travellers, whilst their picturesque appearance, good elevation and surroundings of ancient tombstones, invariably excite an enquiry as to its history. These ruins represent the Chapel built by the first Lord Sandys, in the beginning of Henry VIII's. reign, with the intention of endowing it as a Chantry Chapel and burial place for his family. The former intention was never carried out owing to the change of religion, and the confiscation of all such endowments. BASINGSTOKE. Ill " In its original state it must have been a very beautiful and imposing building. It is built of brick, encased inside and out with freestone of a fine and durable character, which entirely concealed the brick- work. The plan of the Chapel was a parallelogram with a semi-hexagonal termination at the East end, lighted by nine elegantly designed windows of large size, each of three lights, with cusped headings. Below these windows, to the West in each side wall was a doorway, with a small window above, scjuare headed and of two lights, that gave light to a gallery which crossed the Chapel at the West end. To the West of this, abutting upon the South and West walls is an hexagonal tower of three stages with a plain parapet, which appears to have had a pinnacle at each corner, and a smaller one between them springing from the centre of the parapet on each side. The interior of the tower retains traces of its occupation as a dwelling. It was divided into floors and has the remains of fire places. At the angles of the tower externally, are remains of elaborately carved niches with canopies and pedestals with worked shafts, orna- mented with devices, including the arms, crest, motto, and initials of Lord Sandys, and the badge of the Bray family.* Similar niches stood in the strip of wall intervening between each of the large windows of Chapel. The stringcourse beneath the parapet of the tower is also enriched with shields bearing the before- mentioned arms, crest, and badge. The interior of the Chapel measured fifty feet in length and twenty-five in width. It appears to have had a vaulted roof of stone- work, as Camden, who wrote in the time of Queen Elizabeth says, ' in the arched and embowed roof was to be seen the holy history of the Bible painted most * "A Hemp-breaker, or maoMne for Iraying hemp. 112 BASINGSTOKE. artificially, with, living portraits and images repre- senting the Prophets, the Apostles, and the Disciples of Christ.' * The windows were filled with painted glass of considerable merit and beauty, as we learn from another distinguished and observant writer, — a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and beneficed within the deanery of Basingstoke, who must have seen the Chapel frequently before the breaking out of the Civil War, and who incidentally alludes to it in connection with the finest known examples of ancient glass painting in this country, — ' the curious painted glass in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, the Parish Church of Fairford, in the county of Gloucester, and the Chapel of the Holy Ghost, near Basingstoke.' f That the Chapel contained some image or other object of more than ordinary devotion may be inferred from a passage in the " Fantassie of Idolatrie," one of the " divers excellent ballads contrived and set abroad by fresh and quick wits " in the pay of Thomas Lord Cromwell, as a means of sustaining the agitation * " The roof was probably somewhat similar in design to the roof of the Chapel at the Tyne. ■f- " Dr. Peter HeyUn's introduction to his Cyprianus Anglicus, a History of the life and death of Archbishop Land, published in 1668. Dr. Heylin was the second son of Henry HeyHn, gent., of Burford, Co. Oxford, and bom at Burford 29th November, 1599. He became a Fellow of Magdalen College, was B.D. in 1629, and D.D. in 1633. He was installed a prebendary of Westminster on 9th November, 1631, and appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to King Charles I. collated to the Eectory of Alresford on 13th August, 1633, and instituted to the Rectory of South Wamborough on 9th .Tanuary, 1638-9, and having been inducted on the 23rd Febrnary, read himself in on the following day. He was deprived of these prefer- ments by the ParUamentarians, but recovered them on the Eestor- ation of King Charles II., and became sub-dean of Westminster. He died on 8th May, 1662, and was buried near his stall in West- minster Abbey. His most important work is a History of the Eefor- mation, which has gone through several editions. BASINGSTOKE. 113 against the Ohuroli of Eome. The passage is quoted from Townsend's edition of Foxe's " Acts and Monu- ments," vol. V. p. 403. " To the good holy ghoste " That painted poste, " Abyding at Basingstoke, " Which doth as much good "As a god made of wood, " And yet he beareth a great stroke." Within the Chapel, against the South wall, are two low-tombs bearing the arms, crest, and badges of the Sandys family. Of these tombs one is perhaps that of the Founder, who by his will dated December 8th, ] 540, (at which time he was Chamberlain of the King's Household) bequeaths his body to be buried in the Chapel of the Holy Ghost at Basingstoke.* He died in 1542. An ancient door of oak in an old building near the Church, now used as an Infant School, has on it an ornamental escutcheon of iron, bearing the initial letters of Lord Sandys, ( W. S. ) exactly corresponding with the escutcheons in the Chapel of "the Vyne," near Basingstoke, of which mansion he was also the builder. There is little doubt that this door was removed to its present position from the Chapel of the Holy Ghost. * A contract for two tombs made by Thomas Leigh, merchant, and Cornelius Hermanzone, acting on behalf of Sir WiUiam Sandes, with Arnold Hermanzone, native of Amsterdam, established at Aire in Artois, was proved before a notary at Antwerp, on Monday, 1st March, 1536. The specification does not, however, correspond with the tombs existing in the Chapel. The tombs were to be shipped from Antwerp and set up at Basingstoke by the aforesaid Arnold within seven months. The document is printed at length in Le Beffroi, tome iv. pp. 202-1. 114 BASINGSTOKE. " The Chapel, no doubt, suflfered considerable injury during the time of the siege of Basing House, when the leaden roof on the outside was stripped off and converted into bullets ; still it must have been in a very fair state of preservation in 1692, when the esti- mated cost of repairing the Chapel and covering the tower was only £20, whilst the Steward of Sir John Mill, the nephew and heir of the last Lord Sandys, thought it might be done for £12, and the small difference between these sums appears to have caused the intention of repairing the Chapel to be abandoned, and the result is the irreparable ruins as we now see them. " The mutilated knightly figure with crossed legs, now to be seen near the ruins, was discovered in 1817, at short distance from the Chapel, on the North side. Since its discovery it has suffered considerable injury from exposure to the weather.* It is a monumental effigy of the latter part of the reign of King Edward I., and in all probabihty commemorates Sir William de * " It bears a strong resemblance to the effigy of Sir Arnald de Gaveston in Winchester Cathedral. The following account of its discovery appeared in the Hampshire Chronicle, of the 23rd August, 1817. ' Lately an ancient tomb on which is an effigy in stone in a recumbent posture was discovered in the burying ground of the Holy Ghost Chapel at Basingstoke, where it had been covered with the ruins of an ancient wall, probably for centuries. The figure, which is as large as life, is in armour, with a shield, sword and belt, and the legs laid across. The effigy, which is somewhat mutilated, exhibits a specimen of fine sculpture, and the drapeiy is well executed. Beneath the tomb a stone coffin was found which has not been molested. It is proposed that the tomb and effigy should be pre- served by iron railing in the situation where they were found. A few months before, another effigy in the dress of ancient times, the lower part mutilated, was discovered near the same spot. Several glazed tiles, with variegated figures, were also found, being the part of the floor of a Church which stood there many centuries before the erection of the present Chapel in the reign of Henry VIII.' BASINGSTOKE. 115 Brayboef, knight ; lord of tlie manor of Eastrop, who died in 1284. The other mutilated figure near it represents a civilian in the costume of the beginning of the seventeenth century. To the West of the Chapel are some remains of an older building, appa- rently of the early part of the thirteenth century, and are presumed to be a portion of the earlier Chapel, and used at a later perior as a part of the school or school- house. " The existence of this extra-mural burying-place for the town had its origin here, as elsewhere, from the interdict imposed on the kingdom by Pope Innocent III., in the reign of King John, A.D. 1208, as a means of enforcing the acceptance of Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury. The effect of the interdict was to prohibit the exercise of all ecclesiastical func- tions. For six years (1208-14) public worship was suspended, the Churches and Churchyards were closed. Church-bells were silenced, and the dead laid in un- consecrated ground. The people of Basingstoke, not having access to the Churchyard, were constrained to provide a place of sepulture on the hill outside the town, still known as the Holy Ghost Liten or corpse- land. On the removal of the interdict in 1214, the ground was, as a matter of course, consecrated, and the building of a Chapel upon it for the celebration of Divine Service and the commemoration of the dead was the natural and necessary consequence. " It is certain that a Chapel of the Holy Ghost stood in the Liten before A.D. 1244, when William de Ealeigh, Bishop of Winchester, assigned a third of the offerings in the said Chapel to the Vicar of Basing- stoke. In 1250 the name of Simon, Chaplain of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost, is found attesting a deed now preserved in the Manuscript Eoom of Magdalen College, Oxford. 116 BASINGSTOKE. " The Corporation of Basingstoke tas among its archives a deed dated on the 20th April in the third year of King Edward IV., (A.D. 1463) by which Michael Skyllyng conveys to John Powlett, William Brocas, and others, certain messuages, gardens, lands and tenements in Basingstoke, for the endowment of an obit to be kept yearly in the Chapel of the Holy Ghost. As the document is of considerable interest in connection with the history of the Holy Ghost Chapel, we give a translation of it in its entirety. " Be it known unto all men present and to come, that I, Michael Skyllyng,* have delivered and demised, and by this my present charter have confirmed to John Poulett, Esquire, William Brocas, Esquire, John Skyllyng, John Horewode, John Howkyn, clerk, John Ward, clerk, John Talbott, Nicholas Bayley, John Russell, John Cowdray, and John Rawlyn, — all those messuages, gardens, lands, and tene- ments with appurtenances in Basyngstoke in the county of Southampton, which lately I had by the gift and feofBment of John Bettys, together with Thomas Haydock and Richard Holt senior, and others now deceased, for the use of this John Bettys. Excepting always and reserving to me the aforesaid Michael and to Alice my wife, seven shillings and certain lands which we, the aforesaid Michael and Alice, have in Basyngstoke aforesaid, as in right of Alice herself, before the said feoffment was made. To have and to hold all the aforesaid messuages, gardens, lands, tenements, with appurtenances, excepting the pre- excepted and reserved, to the aforesaid John Poulett, William Brocas, John Skyllyng, John Horewode, John * " This Michael Skyllyng waa lord of the manor of Lainston near Winchester. On the 26th August, 1452, Bishop Wayneflete appointed him to the office of Chief Justice of the Pavilion Court, held upon St. Giles' HiU during the fair. He died before the 8th October, 1463, on which day Alice his widow and executrix proved his will before Bishop Wayneflete. John Skyllyng (also named in this deed) was his son and heir, and one of the executors. BASINGSTOKE. 117 Howkyn, Jolin Ward, Jolin Talbott, Nicholas Bayley, Johu Russell, John Cowdray and Jolin Eawlyn, and to their heirs and assigns for ever, of the chief lords of the fee, by the customary services therefore due and of right. Under the following form and condition, namely: to repair the afore- said messuages, and to keep for ever the anniversary of the aforesaid John Bettys, yearly, on the Monday nearest after the feast of the Ascension of our Lord, in the Chapel of the Holy Ghost there. And to distribute there, on the same day, among the priests, clerks, and poor people, three shillings and fourpence : and that the profits and issues of the said messuages, gardens, lands and tenements -with their appurtenances, beyond the aforesaid reparation and distribution, shall be delivered yearly to the Wardens of the aforesaid Chapel for the time being, for the remuneration of the Chaplain there celebrating yearly. And if the "Wardens of the said Chapel hereafter shall obtain from the lord King licence to have a chantry in the aforesaid Chapel, for a Chaplain to celebrate there a mass yearly, after the same chantry shall be founded and established the aforesaid feoffees shall settle the aforesaid messuages, gardens, lands and tenements, with their appurtenances, upon the Chaplain of the aforesaid chantry thus founded, and his successors for ever, to keep yearly the anniversary of the aforesaid John Bettys, on the Monday nearest after the feast of the Ascension of our Lord in the aforesaid Chapel for ever, and to distribute there on the same day between the priests, clerks and poor people, three shillings and fourpence. And if the aforesaid feofiees and their assigns, or the aforesaid Chaplain and successors or any one of them, shall not perform the aforesaid things, all and singular, that thenceforth it shall be right and lawful for me the aforesaid Michael and my heirs to re-enter the aforesaid messuages, gardens, lands and tenements with their appurtenances, and to retain and possess my former estate in them, notwithstanding the present charter, and seizin thereof in any manner held. In testimony of which, I have placed my seal to this present charter. These being witnesses John Horewoode and John Rawlyn, bailiffs of 118 BASINGSTOKE. the aforesaid town ; Richard Kyngysmyll, Robert Dykar, "William Kyngismyll, Thomas Cordale, Ralph Justice, and many others. Given at Basyngstoke aforesaid on the twentieth day of April, in the third of the reign of King Edward IV. after the Conquest. At what time a Guild was attached to the Chapel is uncertain. The Licence or Charter granted by King Henry VIII. on the petition of Bishop Fox and Lord Sandys, in November, 1625, recites that the inhabitants of the Town of Basingstoke, "out of their devotion to the Third Person in the Divinity," had " long before " fdiu ante hoec UmporaJ begun and continued the maintenance of a Guild or Fraternity in honour of the Holy Ghost, which the King desires to make secure and permanent. The Brethren and Sisters are accor- dingly vested with powers to receive and hold gifts of land and other property, and to elect annually an Alderman and two Wardens (guardiani) for the , government and supervision of the guild. The Alder- man and Wardens, with the Brethren and Sisters, are constituted a corporate body {corpus corporatum) with a common seal; may sue and be sued, as such, in the Courts of Law, and may elect at will men and women to be members of the fraternity.* No provision is made for a Chaplain, and no reference is made to any educational object. The Chapel is spoken of as already existing. "By an Act of Parliament, passed in the year 1535, the tithe of all ecclesiastical benefices was assigned to the King, and as the income of the Chaplain at the Holy Ghost Chapel amounting to £6 13s. 4d. had been returned in the King's Book, it was regarded as a * In 1641 and 1654 we find, in the Wardens' Book of Aocoimts, minutes of the election of Brethren. BASINGSTOKE. 119 cLantry or freehold benefice, and the sum of 13a. 4d. demanded as its tithe. WilUam Grate and Eichard Cordellj the Wardens of the Guild for the year 1536, having refused payment, the Bishop of Winchester and the collectors petitioned to be exonerated on account of the said 13s. 4d., because there was no such a chantry or benefice, or any lands, tenements, rents or profits or emoluments appertaining to it upon which they could make a levy. The crown thereupon ordered the Sheriff of the county, John Kingsmill, Esq., to hold a judicial enquiry, and the return thereupon made in accordance with the evidence given upon oath by Sir Christopher More, knight, Nicholas Vans, gentle- man, John Bye, John Hall, Gilbert Stocker, William Belchamber, and Thomas Stocker, certifies that for a long time before the passing of the said Act of Parha- ment, and before the issuing of the certificate named in the commission, certain Wardens of the aforesaid Guild for the time being, out of their devotion and free will, and also by reason and consideration of the unhealthiness of the air, and of the pestilential in- fection which frequently broke out in the parish or town of Basingstoke, were wont for the sake of their health and the safety of the other parishioners there, to maintain a certain Chaplain to celebrate Divine Service in the Chapel, called the Chapel of the Holy Ghost at Basingstoke, and that they were accustomed to pay to the same Chaplain or stipendiary celebrating there, for the time being, the sum of £6 13s. 4d. as a yearly stipend, if in all things he behaved himself well. The said Chaplain had no possessory title, except the will of the Wardens, and was removable at their will and pleasure, so that there was no fixed chantry now nor ever had been in the said Chapel of the Holy Ghost. The Barons of the Exchequer in Michaelmas Term, 1540, decreed the exoneration, and released the Wardens of the Guild from any further demands. 120 BASINGSTOKE. "The Guild of the Holy Ghost was in the first instance a voluntary association of certain inhabitants of the town, but on the erection of the new Chapel, Lord Sandys deemed it desirable that it should be placed upon a recognised foundation, and established as an indefeasable corporation. As this conld not be accomplished without the consent and intervention of the Bishop of the diocese, a petition was presented to the King by Dr. Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord Sandys, as well as by the inhabitants of the town, asking for the confirmation of the Guild, as a perpetual corporation with all customary and recog- nized rights and privileges. The King acceded to this request, and the following is a translation of the letters patent thereupon issued, dated at Westminster on the sixteenth of November, 1524. Henet the Eighth, by the grace of God King of England and France, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom these present letters shall come sends greeting. Whereas our beloved subjects, the inhabitants of onr Town of Basingstoke, in the County of Southampton, incited, stirred and moved by the very great and pious devotion which they held and bore towards the Third Person in the Divinity, the Holy Ghost, did long since virtuously begin, and to the present time have quietly and peacefully con- tinued, a certain fraternity or guild, to the praise of God and the furtherance of divine worship, in honour of the Holy Ghost, on behalf of themselves and other persons wishing to belong to the fraternity or guild within the Chapel near the said Town which has been built in honour of the same Holy Ghost. Now our said subjects and others, brethren of this fraternity or guild, fear that that fraternity or guild was by no means begun or continued according to the requirements of our Law. We earnestly desire that the same fraternity or guild should be made secure and steadfast and held in the aforesaid Chapel, as we have been informed by the report of the venerable BASINGSTOKE. 121 Father in Christ, our dearly beloved Richard, Bishop of Winchester, and our beloved councillor, William Sandys, knight. Lord Sandys, wherein the same Bishop and William have most humbly petitioned us, that we would be pleased to deal graciously with our aforesaid subjects in this respect, so that the aforesaid fraternity or guild may be perpetual and hereafter may remain steadfast. Know therefore that we, having a hearty regard for the pious intention and religious purpose of our said subjects in the aforesaid matters, and for the said petition of the said Bishop and William, desiring moreover that all things which concern the furtherance of the praise of God, and the honour of the Holy Ghost, in whose honour the said fraternity or guild has been religiously begun and con- tinued, may be performed, and that the said fraternity or guild may, in due course of law, be perpetual, have, of our special favour and certain knowledge and absolute will, for the completion of what has gone before, granted and given license, and by these presents do grant and give license, on behalf of ourselves, our heirs and successors, so far as in us lies, to the aforesaid Bishop and William, that they, their executors, or assignees, or any of them, may have power and authority to unite, erect, make, found, ordain and establish a perpetual fraternity or guild to the praise and honour of the Holy Ghost, for themselves and all other persons whatsoever in the aforesaid Chapel. And that the fraternity or guild so erected, ordained and estab- lished, be named, called, and perpetually entitled, "TAe fraternity of the Holy Ghost in the Chapel of the same near the Town of Basingstoke in the County of Southampton," and that they may have power and authority to admit and receive such persons as may wish to belong to that frater- nity or guild, as Brethren or Sisters of the same. And that the Brethren of this fraternity or guild, residing within the aforesaid Town from time to time for ever, and who shall hereafter reside there, may choose and have power to choose every year for ever, one Alderman and two Wardens, on behalf of themselves and the brethren of the said fraternity or guild, to govern and superintend the same, and also to have the rule and custody of all lands, 122 BASINGSTOKE. tenements, revenues, possessions, goods and chattels wliioli shall hereafter happen to be acquired by the said fraternity or guild or be given, bequeathed, granted or assigned to it, and shall have power to remove, expel and discharge the same Alderman and Wardens, or any of them from time to time as shall be necessary or expedient, and to appoint, substitute, or elect other Aldermen and Wardens or Warden by their or his name or names, and place, as often as they shall please. And furthermore the said Alderman and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the aforesaid fraternity or guild shall be a Body Corporate in deed and in name, and shall have perpetual succession, and possess and use a Common Seal for the transaction of business and other matters of the same fraternity or guild. And farther of our more abundant favour we will and grant on behalf of ourselves and our heirs, so far as lies in us, to the afore- said Bishop and William that the Aldermen and Wardens of the aforesaid fraternity or guild for the time being shall be persons fit and capable in law to acquire lands, tenements, and any other possessions whatsoever for the use of the said fraternity or guild, and shall have and bear for ever the name of " The Alderman and Wardens of the fraternity of the Holy Ghost in the Oha^el of the same near the Town of BasingstoJce in our County of Southampton." And that the same Alderman ' and Wardens for the time being, on behalf of the said fraternity or guild, and on behalf of the lands, tenements, revenues, possessions, goods and chattels, and rights of that fraternity or guild shall, in all actions, causes, demands, complaints, and pleas of what- soever sort or nature they may be, have power and authority in any Courts whatsoever, before whatsoever Judges or Justices, whether spiritual or secular, to plead and implead, reply and be replied to, defend and be defended, by the name of the Alderman and Wardens of the fraternity of the Holy Ghost in the Chapel of the same near the Town of Basingstoke in the County of Southampton, in the same way as our other liege persons fit and capable in law are able to plead and implead, reply and be replied to, defend and be defended. And that the same Alderman and Wardens, and Brethren of the same fraternity or guild residing BASINGSTOKE. 123 within the aforesaid Town from time to time for ever, and other brethren if they desire to enter it, shall have power and authority, at suitable and convenient days, places and times, as often as, and when it shall please them, to meet together within the said Town to treat, commune and agree among themselves, together with others, if they please, for counsel and consideration of the good estate, government and sound regulation of the aforesaid fraternity or guild, and of the Brothers and Sisters thereof and their suc- cessors, and to make, ordain, and establish any ordinances and statutes whatsoever at the discretion of the same Alderman and Wardens and Brethren. And farther we will and grant that the Alderman and Wardens of the aforesaid fraternity or guild for the time being shall have for ever full authority and power to admit and receive any men and women whatsoever who shall wish to belong to that fraternity or guild as Brethren and Sisters of the same, without hindrance, molestation, slander, or impedi- ment on the part of our heirs or successors, or of any of the Bailiffs or Servants of our heirs or successors whatso- ever, any statute, act, ordinance, provision, or restriction made, published, ordained, or provided to the contrary or any other thing, cause or matter whatsoever notwith- standing. And this without limit, and fee great or small paid in to the Hanaper of our Chancery or elsewhere, for the making and discharge of our service on behalf of the matters before mentioned or any of them. In witness whereof we have caused these letters patent to be made. Witness myself at Westminster on the sixteenth day of November, in the sixteenth year of our reign. Here it may be well to introduce a brief sketch of the ancient Guilds, an institution peculiarly English in its origin (see Toulmin Smith's " English Gilds," page Ivii.) thougli quickly adopted in otter parts of Europe. The word " Guild " is of Saxon origin, and denotes a payment in money. The institution is met with in the history of very early times. The laws of the Saxon 124 BASINGSTOKE. King Ina (A.D. 680) refer to Guilds of earlier date, and a "Young Men's Guild'' existed in the reigns of Ettelbert and Edgar (A.D. 860-955. ) The Guilds were of several classes. 1. Eeligious and social Guilds. 2. Town or Civic Guilds. 3. Craft Guilds. The general object of those in the first class was mutual self-help. They furnished types of all the forms of voluntary co-operation in our own day. e.g. our Volunteer Rifle Corps ( answering to the Guild of Archers), our Fire Brigades, Burial Clubs, Friendly Societies, Highway and Education Boards, Mechanics' Institutes, and the like. Their management was generally vested in an Alderman and two or more Wardens or Stewards, assisted by a Clerk or Secre- tary, a Beadle, and, in most cases, by a Chaplain. They were, however, far from being ecclesiastical in their character, and were open to every class. In 1452 the Guild of St. George at Norwich had on its roll one Archbishop, four Bishops, an Earl, Knights, Clergy, Fishmongers, Smiths, Tailors and Jailors, Butchers, Carpenters, &c. Kings Henry IV. and VI. were members of a Guild at Coventry. The Guild of St. Barnabas in London numbered among its members both Henry VIII. and his minister. Cardinal Wolsey. The institution was so popular that in 1388 a parlia- mentary return was made of 500 Guilds existing at one time, and the Guild of Corpus Christi, at Tork, had, in the 15th Century, as many as 1500 brethren. Members were bound by no perpetual vows, and the Guilds were abolished, not because they were charged with superstition or corruption, but because King Henry VIII. wanted their "chattels" for "the main- tenance of his wars." The Guild of the Holy Ghost at Basingstoke, founded or re-constituted by a Ucence from Henry VIII. him- self, escaped the operation of the Act passed in the BASINGSTOKE. 125 37th year of his reign (1546) for the suppression of such institutions and the confiscation of their property. It fell a victim, however, to a like act passed in the first year of his successor, Edward VI. and in 1550 the King granted the possessions of the " Dissolved Guild " to John Dodington and William Warde, for the sum of £1675 4s. 8d. In 1552, a portion of the estates (a barn, with a " barton " and 100 acres of land) were leased by the Crown for 21 years to John Carter. The King held the estates to the end of his reign, but in 1556 the inhabitants of the Town petitioned his suc- cessors, Philip and Mary, for a revival of the Guild and a restoration of its endowments. The petition was supported by the Pope's Legate, Cardinal Pole, who was connected by family ties with the local family of Cufaudes, and it was favourably received. A new Charter of incorporation was granted, which begins with a recital that a Fraternity or Guild called the Fraternity of the Holy Ghost within the Chapel which stands near the Town of Basingstoke, had been erected, established and founded by a licence from the late King Henry VIII. with the revenues of which Fraternity or Guild a Priest had been provided and supported, both for the celebration of Divine Service in the said Chapel and also for the education and instruction of young men and boys within the aforesaid Town. It proceeds to state that the said Guild or Fraternity had very recently, by the schism of Heretics, in the general col- lapse of Church matters, been destroyed and overthrown, and that the inhabitants of Basingstoke had humbly petitioned for its restoration to its former condition. The King and Queen, therefore, considering that the Chapel and Cemetery are the same in which the bodies of the inhabitants are sometimes buried, have resolved that the Fraternity and Guild shall be created, founded and established anew, in accordance with the request of the Most Eeverend Father in Christ, Reginald Pole, 126 BASINGSTOKE. Legate and Arclibisliop of Canterbury. The Brethren of the Guild are accordingly to elect, every year, one Alderman and two Wardens [guardiani) for its govern- ment and supervision, and these officers are, out of the restored revenues, which are not to be diverted to any other object, to provide "unum idoneum presbyterum," a suitable priest, " not only for the celebration of Divine Service within the aforesaid Chapel, but also for the education and instruction of young men and boys within the said town.'' The restored estates are speci- fied, and include " Frymles," or the " Hollie Goste Farme," with a Horse-Mill and piece of land in Wote Street, a tenement called " Harriard's," in North Brook Street, three acres of arable land called " Northfield," a messuage or tenement called '' Spicer's," in the ''Hollie Goste Street, otherwise called Whitewaye," ( Chapel Street ) the " Hollie Goste Barne," with 100 acres of arable land in the Common fields of the Town, and two acres, undefined, in Basingstoke. The consti- tution and government of the fraternity remained as before, and all former rights of the Alderman and Wardens or of the Brethren and Sisters were confirmed. It will be observed that in this document the educational character of the Guild is distinctly recog- nized, and assumed as belonging to it from the first. It it equally recognized in the award of Bishop Morley in 1669, (referred to hereafter) and is the basis of the scheme approved by the Court of Chancery in 1852, whereby the estates of the ancient Guild are now held by the Trustees of the Queen's Free School, of Basing- stoke. The Master of that School is still cited to Visitations as Chaplain of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost. The original Licence granted by Henry YIII. to Bishop Fox and Lord Sandys, ornamentally engrossed on vellum, is preserved by the Trustees of the School BASINGSTOKE. 127 as the present representatives of tlie Guild, together with many other documents relating to it, and a trans- lation of it has already been given. The deed of re -incorporation by Philip and Mary will be found in Loggon's " History of the Brotherhood or Guild of the Holy Ghost," printed in Beading, 1742. " King Charles I., on the 29th April, 1640, granted a charter of Confirmation to the Alderman and Wardens of the Fraternity called the Holy Ghost, near Basing- stoke, and to their successors, of certain messuages, lands, tenements in Basingstoke, to the intent that they should with the revenues and profits thereof find one fit and able priest to celebrate divine service in the Chapel called the Holy Ghost Chapel, and to keep a School and instruct the children and youth of the said town as it was granted to them on 24th February, in the 3rd and 4th years of Philip and Mary, with this further use now, that with the revenues thereof they may repair the Chapel and School-house. "William Grate and Kichard Cordale were Wardens of the Guild of the Holy Ghost in 1536, but it is not till after the revival in 1557 that any consecutive List of Aldermen and Wardens is found. A LIST 01" THE Aldermen and Waedens oe the Guild OF THE Holt Ghost eeom its revival in 1557. A.J). Aldermen. Wardens. 1557. John Eunnyngar Richard Hall the elder Roger Rive 1558. Richard Tate John Perman fflorentine Byles 1660. John Grene Robert Walker John Clarke 128 BASINGSTOKE. A.B. Aldermen. Wardens. 1561. 1562. John Deane William Crome William Crome John Grenewaye Anthony Smythe John Shelbome 1563. Antbony Smythe William Temple James Massam 1564 William Temple Rowland Hollowaye John West 1565. Eowland Hollowaye John Hopkyns Edward Barnerde 1566. John Hopkyns fflorentine Eyles John Lippescom 1567. fflorentine Eyles Clement Southe William Stevens 1568. fflorentine Eyles John Deane Richard Hall 1569. Roger Reve fflorentine Eyles John Grenewaye 1570. John Grene John Grenewlaye John Goryng 1571. John Goryng James Massam Thomas Parches 1572-3. James Massam William Paine Henry Hopkyns 1574. William Paine WilHam Watkins William Stocker 1575. William Watkins Roger Reve William Crome 1576. William Crome John Clark Henry Walker 1577. Henry Walker William Moore Richard Pnckeridge 1578. William Moore fflorentine Eyles Edmond Aram 1579. fflorentine Eyles Richard Deane Thomas Harryson BASINGSTOKE. 129 A.B. Aldermen. Wardens. 1580. Richard Deane Thomas Purches Richard CoUye* 1581. Thomas Purches John West William Tate 1682. John West John Grene Richard Hall 1583. Richard Hall John Clark Clement South 1584. John Clark John Shipton William Blunden 1585. John Shipton John Goringe William Moore 1586. William Moore John Greenway William Arnold 1587. William Arnold William Watkins Richard Deane 1588. William Arnold Richard Deane William Watkins 1589. William Atkins George Norton Edmond Aram 1594. Clement South William Purchase John Grene 1595. William Purchase Richard Hall William Hearne * The tomb of Richard Colly was discovered in the Liteu in 1817, with the following inscription. Here lyeth Richard Colly, and Dorothy his lovinge wife. were married 45 years together without debate or strife. and desired to be interred together in this space, hoping in heaven to have a certain dwelling place, shee died the 8 of September 1616 the 67th yeare of her age hee died the 4th of September 1619 the 73 yeare of his age. 130 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. Aldermen. Wardens. 1596-8. Richard Hall William Moore (Clothier) William Hawkyns 1599. William Moore William Blunden John Lee 1602. William Blunden Adam Reve Thomas Blunden 1604. Adam Reve John Goryng Richard Collya 1605. John Goring William Purchis Richard Reve 1608. William Purchase William West Thomas Hill 1609.* William West John Hall Richard Spier 1610. John Hall William Blunden Thomas Hall 1611. William Blunden William Hearne John Borne 1612. William Hearne Adam Reve John Blunden 1613. Adam Reve Thomas Bunney John Smythe 1614. Thomas Bunney John Hall Thomas Southe 1615. John Hall John Goringe John Normanton 1618. John Normanton Richard Spier Andrew Butler 1619. Richard Spier William Blunden Richard Clough 1620. William Blunden Thomas Hall John Borne 1622. Thomas Hall William Hearne George Baynard • In this year tlie School was " by the benevolenoe of good beny- faotors with oonaente of the Fraternytie, erected a Free Schole." BASINGSTOKE. 131 A.D. Aldermen, Wardens. 1623.* William Hearne Adam Reve John Blunden 1625. George Baynard Adam Reve John Blunden 1627. Adam Rave Henry Osey Robert Stocker 1630. Henry Osey John Smythe William Hearne 1684 John Smythe Thomas Southe John Ailwyn 1636. Thomas Southe Thomas Hall Richard Spier 1639. George Baynard William Blunden Thomas Hall 1640. William Blunden Andrew Butler William Hearne 1641. Thomas Southe William Grene Thomas Hall the younger 1642. Thomas Hall Richard Brackley Richard Woodrofie 1645. Barnard Reve Thomas Denham 1646-7. Richard Brackley Edmund Pitman James Wither 1653. Thomas Denham Barnard Reve 1654. Thomas Denham Hugh White John Davies 1655. Hugh White William Hawkyns Richard Butler 1658. Eichard Butler George Butler William Spier * For some reason the names of tie Officers in this year are erased, ■without, however, being illegible. 132 BASINGSTOKE. It will be observed tbat the elections were not made with perfect regularity. In two years Wardens appear witbout an Alderman, and in as many as 34 years no elections appear to bave been made at all. One source from wbicb tbe list of Aldermen and Wardens has been compiled is a book to the history of which considerable interest is attached. About the year 1877 a folio volume in manuscript was brought to light from among a number of old papers now in the possession of the Hartley Institution at Southampton. It contains the half-yearly accounts of the Wardens from 1557 to 1653. This, or a similar book, was pro- duced in 1641,* for the purposes of a suit, in which Edward Webbe was plaintiff and the Bailiffs and Burgesses of Basingstoke defendants, and a single leaf has remained in po.ssession of the Trustees of the Queen's School, attached to an affidavit made in 1718 by a Mr. Henry Collier, then Town Clerk, to the effect that'he had seen the book within the fifty years prece- ding. This leaf records the minutes of the last two elections of Aldermen and Wardens in 1654 and 1658. By permission of the Council of the Hartley Institu- tion a small number of copies has lately been printed by subscription from this curious manuscript. It forms a handsome quarto volume, and throws much light on * The following entry is found in the Acooimts for 1641. "Memoraud. this booke was produced before us whose names are hereunder written Comissionera for the Exatiou of witnesses Between Edward Webbe, pit. agt. the BaylifEes and Burgesses of Basingstoke and others defendts. And shewne unto Eichard Goddard and Charles Butler being examed to the p. Interies, ex pte deft. Rio. Brownejohn. Rio. Moon. Isaoke Goringe." BASINGSTOKE. 133 the history of the fraternity^ and on the changes of times, especially with regard to the value of money and the rate of wages in the 16th century.* The first page (there are 228 in the M.S.) refers to the expenses incurred for the re-incorporation of the Guild in 1557, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of England. "The sum of 5s. is paid to Mr. Swyfte for the penning of the warrant to the Queen's grace. To a scrivener for writing the same on parchment, 4s. Paid for going by water to Greenwich to have the wai'rant signed by the Queen's hand, 10s. The attor- ney and solicitor general are paid 13s. 4d. each as the fee for their signatures ; and the solicitor general's clerk 36s. 8d. For a box with a lock for the great seal, 12d. To the Queen's secretary for the Royal Signet, £3 ; and for the seal and writing, 26s. 8d. The fee for the privy seal, 33s. 4d. For another journey to Greenwich by water 'to follow my Lord Chancellorf for the Great Seal,' Is. 2d., and lastly, the fee for affixing 'the Great Seal of England' to the Charter, £11 6s. 8d. These payments and a few other incidental expenses bring the total costs to £25 15s. 4d. On the second leaf begins a list of the members of the guild, with the amount of their contributions. The number of contributors is nearly one hundred, headed by " Master Vicar of Basingstoke," who gives 20s., and descending to some whose humble payments do not exceed two pence or even a penny. Among their * In 1587 the wages of labourers and artisans seem to have varied from 8d. to Is. a day. t "Dr. Nicolas Heath, Archbishop of Tork. The Chancellor had gone down to Greenwich, and as he always carried with him the Great Seal, it was necessary to go to him there to have the charter sealed. K 134 BASINGSTOKE. names are many still remaining in tlie town, such as Stocker, Greenaway, South, Blunden, Pigeon, Purcliase and May. Some were non-resident, including " Lord Windesore and my Lady Ms wife," and Sir Oliver Wallop. In some cases contributions are made ''in kind." e.g. "Two oaks, the gift of Master Putten- ham." In requital of such courtesies we find among the expenses, wine and cakes for Lady Windesor at Whitsuntide, and a pottell of wine for the President of Magdalen College, Oxford, who also had given an oak. Up to and rather heyond the end of the second year of these accounts (1558) which was the last of Queen Mary's life and reign, the old usages of the unreformed Church continue or have been restored. A "table" or picture of Saint Erasmus is procured.* The sum of 9s. 4d. is "paid to the joiner for making of the Image," and 16s. "to the painter for painting of the Rood." Sixpence is "paid for making of the Holy water pot at the Holy Ghost." For "our organs" £6 12s. Od. is expended. The Vicar of Nutleyt receives 5s. "for his pains to sing mass at the Holy Ghost," and a small charge (3d.) is made "for wine for the priest to sing withal." George Sexten has one shilhng "for dressing of the Chapel and watching (the Sepulchre) in the Holy days." " To the priest at three sundry times when he lacked his dinner" is given one shilling. * " His festival day was kept on tlis 3rd June. Many represen- tations of him are still extant in England, as he was a popular saint in medieval times. + "Richard Layborne, who was instituted to the Vicarage of Nutley in 1556 and died in 1564. BASINGSTOKE. 135 It was customary in the ancient guilds ( as is still the case with the two societies known as the Natives and Aliens at Winchester) that the members should hold an annual feast and dine together. Many entries in the Book of Accounts have reference to a dinner of this kind, for which a temporary building or " booth " was erected. The cost was partly defrayed by charges upon certain lands and tenements, paid by the tenants " as they were bound by their leases." Contributions were also made by guests at the time and in 1557 we find, " Received at the dinner £3 9s." a very consider- able sum. The Wardens supplied the necessary pro- visions. The items of expenditure in 1558 include payments for Three quarters of a pound of pepper, Is. lid. Six lbs. of prunes, 9d. Half an ounce of mace, 5d. Two ounces of cloves, lOd. Four lbs. of currants, Is. 8d. Twelve lbs. of great raisins, 2s. Three lbs. of sugar, 2s. 3d. Three dozen of spoons, 3s. 8d. Two salts, 6d. Four dozen of trenchers, 6d. Two and a half lbs. of butter, 5d. Eggs, Is. 4d. Nails to make our booth, 2d. Fourteen lbs. of butter, 2s. 4d. Two loins of mutton, Is. 4d. To Roger Rive for three sheep at 5s. a piece, 15s. For a calf, 6s. 4d. * * * * To John Barnard for attending to the fire at the dinner, 3d. * * * * For faggots for baking the pies and dossattes and boiling the meat, 7d. For saffron, 3d. To Cooke of Bramley for a gallon of cream, 6d. One of the entries at Lady-Day, 1558, (Received for heer sold at the Holy Ghost Chapel, Is. 2,d.) shows that the Wardens sometimes resorted to a customary but rather questionable mode of raising money, by what were called "Ales." The churchwardens, or stewards appointed for the purpose, collected malt, with other provisions, for a feast. With the malt beer was brewed and sold, as now, at a large profit. The parish of Chaddesden, in 1532, con- tributed to the building of the great tower of All Saints' 136 BASINGSTOKE. Churcli, Derby, no less than £25 8s. 6d., the proceeds of ' an Ale, ' the necessary expenses of which were only £1 13s. 5d. " The herbage of the burial ground or liten was likewise a source of profit. In 1557 it was rented by Richard Hall for 4s. yearly, and on his death in 1558 the tenancy passed to his son, Thomas Hall, who in 1572 had a new lease granted to him for a small fine of lOs.j but the rent was raised to 12s., and he continued to pay this sum up to Lady-day, 1582, when it passed into the bands of William Petty at the same rental, and it continued in his hands, or those of his represen- tatives, till Lady-day, 1590. Mr. James Pearse, the Schoolmaster, rented it from Lady-day, 1590, and paid a fine of 12s. for a lease of it at the last named rental. From the same feast in 1591 to 1595, it was rented by William West. In 1595 the Schoolmaster, Mr. Charles Butler, took it at the same rent, and held it till Michaelmas, 1600. James Martin and Thomas Waite were the next tenants, and held it until Lady- day, 1613. Mr. John Mason, the Schoolmaster, paid 6s. for the half-year's rent of it at Michaelmas, 1613, and in the following year he paid a fine of £5 for a lease of it at 12s. yearly. This appears to have been a lease of twenty-one years, as at the commencement of 1635, he paid a fine of £10 for a new lease. Mr. Fulker, his executor or agent, paid the rent for the Chapel Liten in 1640. In 1650, Mr. Richard Wood- rofie paid £1 16s. Od. for the rent of the Liten, and another payment in 1654 indicates that be held it at the old rental of 12s. a year. Another considerable source of income was the fees for interment within the Chapel. Among the burials are recorded those of Lord and Lady Sandes, the wife of Sir George Douglas, and members of the Cufaude, BASINGSTOKE. 137 Hall, Pink, Holloway, Savage, Cowslade, Deane, Wiggj Venables and Lovell families. With the reign of Elizabeth a change conies over the spirit of the institution. More is said of the School- master and less of the Priest. In 1592 it seems that Queen Elizabeth herself visited the School or Chapel. She was at any rate expected, and the windows were glazed in preparation for her visit. The Queen, who was fully as absolute as her father had been, had at this date resumed as crown property the Chapel and endowments of the Guild, which she granted to William Tippet and Eobert Dawe in February, 1589-90. The educational objects, however, f6r which the Guild had been founded, were not interrupted. A bequest of Sir James Deane (by his will dated Aug, 19th, 1607,) together with some other benefactions, enabled the Alderman and Wardens in 1609 to declare the School free. The entry is to the following effect. " Memorandum. That in the time of the said William Purchise, Alderman, William W6st and Thomas Hill, Wardens of the Fraternity or Guild of the Holy Ghost, the said School, by the benevolence of good benefactors. Sir James Deane and others, with consent of the Fraternity of the said Guild is erected a Free School. Anno Dni. 1609." About the same time ( 1608-9 ) we find, " Given by William Wigge four score pounds the use whereof is to be paid unto the Schoolmaster of the same School for the teaching of a Child to be brought from Bramley in the County of Southampton. "In 1559 a Schoolmaster was engaged at a yearly stipend of £12. His duties appear to have commenced on the 10th June, and terminated at Michaelmas. The Alderman and Wardens being unable to secure another 138 BASINGSTOKE. masterj the Vicar, the Rev. Thomas Beowne, gave Ms services for the next half-year at the rate of twenty- shillings a quarter. The smallness of the stipend leads to the conclusion that the instruction was limited to two or three days a week. Another Schoolmaster was engaged in 1560, as there is an entry in the account book of 3s. 4d. paid ' to the Schoolmaster when we made bargain with him.' The name of this new master is not recorded, and he only remained about five months, for which he was remunerated at the rate of £10 a year. The Vicar again took charge of the School, and he was paid 13s. 4d. for the half-quarter up to Christmas, 1560, and continued his services till Christmas, 1562, at a salary of £5 a year. "In 1563 another Schoolmaster was obtained, who took charge of the School at Michaelmas. The inci- dental expenses of engaging him are entered among the accounts. ' Given to Mr. Schoolmaster in eai-nest,* 12c?. Laid out at the time for drinking with him, Id. Paid Mr. Schoolmaster for his wages for Christmas quarter, 50s.' The same amount was paid to him at the ensuing quarters of Lady-day and Midsummer, and 3s. 4d. towards the rent of his chamber. His salary is continued at the rate of 50s. quarterly till Christmas, 1564, and 24s. paid for his rent. The Schoolmaster takes his departure, and the Vicar is paid for teaching the Scholars 20s. at Lady-day, 1565, and in the following year is entered — 'Paid to Mr. Browne, the Vicar, for the teaching of the free school for one whole year ended at our Lady-day last past for the year of our Lord, 1566, £4. He also received the same amount for his services in 1567, and 20s. for another quarter of a year, 'for teaching the School before the School- * " The deposit money given to bind the bargain. BASINGSTOKE. 139 master's coming.' We now reacli the appointment of the first Schoolmaster whose name is recorded, viz. "^^ Nicholas SheefielDj an Oxford graduate of some distinction, who had been appointed Principal of St. Mary's Hall, on 27th October, 1565, by the Vice- Chancellor of the University. But a dispute arose between Oriel College and the Vice- Chancellor as to the right of patronage, and the arbitrators, to whom the matter was referred, having decided in favour of Oriel College, his appointment was set aside. The Alderman and Wardens having engaged Mr. Sheffield's services, they paid the sum of 5s. 6d. for the episcopal licence for him to act as Schoolmaster, and he took charge of the School in November, 1567. His stipend was £3 a quarter, and there is also charged in the accounts of the first year, — 'Paid for eight yards of frieze for the Schoolmaster's gown, at 16d. the yard, which we promised him, 10s. Qd. The quarterly pay- ments to him as Schoolmaster are continued down to Christmas, 1570.* "HenktEblet, Eector of Stratfieldsaye from 1565 to 1586, was the next Schoolmaster. He was paid £3 for the quarter ending Christmas, 1571, and his services were retained for the same quarterly remuneration till Michaelmas, 1572. " Elebyb took charge of the School at Michaelmas, 1572, and was paid quarterly at the rate of £12 a year. For the first year the Alderman also * " After this date the office remained vacant for half-a-year. The Vicar once more appears to have taken charge of the School ; as there is an entry of 40s. paid to John Browne. The Christian name if not a clerical error, indicates perhaps the Vicar's nephew, John Browne, who in 1586 was a Master of Arts and Fellow of University College, Oxford. 140 BASINaSTOKB. laid out to the Schoolmaster 7s. 2d., which probably represents the cost of the episcopal licence to act as Schoolmaster. The funds of the Guild were at such a low ebb that at Lady-day, 1574, the Alderman and Wardens were only able to pay him 40s. in part pay- ment of his quarter's wages, with the intimation that there was a balance of tenpence towards the payment of the 20s. owing to the Schoolmaster. The School appears to have been closed from this date till Mid- summer, 1575. " EiCHAED Deane, who look charge of the School at Midsummer, 1575, received only £8 a year for his services, and he continued to act as Schoolmaster till Christmas, 1577.* His successor, "George Bennett, took oflBce at Midsummer, 1578, and was paid £3 6s. 8d. for his half-year's service to Christmas, when he resigned, owing to his having accepted the Jlectory of Tunworth, to which he had been instituted on the 4th October, 1578. * " Waa lie the brother of Sir James Deane, knight, who founded the Leotureship, and left an endowment for the Schoolmaster in 1607 ? Eiohard Deane was elected Warden of the Guild in 1579, and Alderman in the following year, and Warden again in 1587 and 1589. Among the accounts occur, — ' Received of Richard Deane for two years' rent ended Michaelmas, 1589, payable out of Holloway's land, the sum of 20s., which is 10s. for every year since the said land came into the hands of the said Richard Deane and his brothers.' Michaelmas, 1599. — 'Received of Richard Deane, gent, for the annuity of Robert Holloway given to the School, 10s.' 1603, Michaelmas, — ' Received of James Deane for the burial of his brother ( Richard Deane ) in the Chapel, 6s. 8d. Lady-day, 1605. — ' Received of Mr. Deane, being the gift of Holloway, 10s.' Lady-day, 1606, — 'Received of Sir James Deane, knight, for a gift given by Mr. Holloway, 10s.' Among the accounts for the year 1609, — ^Bequeathed by Sir James Deane to the Free School of Basingstoke, £10. The above rent of 10s. was afterwards paid by Mr. James Deane, of Whitchurch, until 1613, and in 1614, and subsequently, by John Chamberlain. BASINGSTOKE. 141 " Nicholas Donnell, who had been ordained a priest by Bishop Home on the 26th March, 1578, took charge of the School in January, 1579, for the slender remuneration of £6 13s. 4d. a year, and he continued to act as Schoolmaster until Midsummer or Michael- mas in 1583, when he resigned, having been presented to the Yicarage of Sherborne St. John's, to which he was instituted on 31st May, 1583. He held the Vicar- age of Sherborne St. John's until November, 1589, when he resigned it for the Rectory of Hartley Wespall. " Thomas Dugdale, who received his orders as deacon and priest from the hands of Bishop Watson on the 25th January, 1582-3, became Schoolmaster at Michael- mas, 1583. His salary was fixed at the same amount as his predecessor's, and he continued his instruction until Michaelmas, 1585. " George Fawconee, B.A., was his immediate suc- cessor, and his stipend was £10 a year. The payment to him of this amount is continued down to Christmas, 1588, when a change seemed to be contemplated, as we find among the disbursements in the accounts for 1589, — ' Paid for our charges at the Grown, when we made bargain with Mr. Williams to he our Schoolmaster, 2s. 8d.' ' Paid to the said Mr. Williams, hy order of the Lord Marquis of Winchester, made between him and Mr. Fawconer, 50s.' 'Paid to Mr. Fawconer, hy my Lord Bishop's appointment, £12.' This last sum was probably a settlement on account of the insufiiciency of his salary. Mr. Fawconer's rule terminated in Sep- tember, 1589, and on the 28th January, 1589-90, he was instituted to the Vicarage of Sherborne St. John's, then vacant by the resignation of the before-named master, Nicholas DonneU. 142 BASINGSTOKE. "James Peaese, M.A., who was promoted to the diaconate and priesthood by Bishop Cooper^ at Bishop's Waltham, on the 3rd September, 1584, was the next Master, and took charge of the School at Michaelmas, 1689. He was paid £12 a year, the increase of stipend being probably due to an order made by the Bishop of Winchester. He continued in charge of the School until Lady-day, 1594, and was afterwards Eector of Sherborne St. John's and Vicar of Ashley. His predecessor, " Geoege Fawconer, probably owing to the difficulty experienced in engaging a suitable Master, undertook again the duty of teaching from Lady-day till Christ- mas, 1594, and was paid £8 Is. 3d. for his services. " Charles Butler, M.A., became Master of the School in January, 1595; his salary was £12 a year, and he continued to hold this official position until Michaelmas, 1600, when he resigned it by reason of his acceptance of the Vicarage of Wootton St. Lawrence, which he held for forty-six years, and died March 29th, 1647. He was a man of singular and versatile talents. A biographical notice of him will be found at the end of this volume. " KJNOWLES, was the next Master, and his duties began at Michaelmas, 1600. His wages were £12 a year, and the last payment made to him was for the quarter "fellSfii^ Christmas, 1602. "Edmund C^tniippe, who was bom at Leek in Staffordshire, took charge of the School in January, 1603. He received the same salary as his predecessor, and continued in office until his death in November, 1605. He bequeathed to the School his copy of Bishop Cooper's Latin Dictionary, (entitled Thesaurus Lingum BASINGSTOKE. 143 Romance et Britannicce ) a folio volume ; and in con- nection with this bequest we find in the accounts, — ' Paid for a chain for the hooTc given by Mr. Cunliffe and for two staples, 6d. To William Alyn, a joiner, for a desTc at the Holy Ghost to keep the book given by Mr. Cunliffe, and other work with lock and key to the same, 4s. id.' Also at Christmas, 1605, — 'Paid to Mr. Cunliffe' s executors for half a quarter's teaching the Holy Ghost School, 30s.* " Floeentinb Eyles, who was probably the Usher, and who is mentioned more than once as the writer of the accounts, took charge of the School for the remainder of the quarter, for which he was paid 30s. at Christmas, 1605. "RiCHABD Mekeiat, M.A., Eector of Dummer, the next Master, entered upon his duties in January, 1606. He was paid £12 a year, and continued in oflSce till Lady-day, 1608. His earliest preferment was the Rectory of Chilton Candover, which he resigned in the year 1600, by reason of his institution to the Rectory of Dummer, to which he was inducted June 14th in that year, and the parish register records, 'Mr. Richard Merritj Parson or Rector of Dummer, was buried the eleventh day of July, 1624.t * " His will, orally made, is dated ISth November, 1605, and was proved 3rd March, 1605-6. He styles himself Edmimd CunlifEe of Basingstoke, Gentleman ; and bequeathed to his brother John Cunliffe of Leek, in the County of Stafford, £20. To the School of Basing- stoke a Cooper's Dictionary. To the Churchwardens of the Church of Basingstoke 5s. To Ambrose Webbe, the son of Ambrose Webbe, Vicar of Basingstoke, being his Godchild, 20s. To the collectors of the poor of Basingstoke for the use of the poor there, 10s. Margaret Damport (Davenport) wife of Eiohard Damport of Leek, in Stafford- shire, was named as sole executrix, and Mr. Ambrose Webbe, Vicar of Basingstoke, and William Purchase as overseers of the wHl. f " In the entry of his induction to the Kectory, as well as in the baptismal entries of his four children, his name is spelt Marriatt, bub in the diocesan records it is given as Merriat and Merryett. 144 BASINGSTOKE. " John Mason, M.A., took charge of the School upon the same terms at Lady-day, 1608. His rule was of longer duration than that of any of his predecessors, and he received his stipend half-yearly till 1639. — ' Paid Mr. Mason the 10th April, 1639, for one half- year due to him for the School at our Lady-day last past, £6. He did not live to complete the next half- year. The parish register of Basingstoke records simply, — ' Mr. John Mason sepuUus est, September 18, 1639. And the account book, — ' Paid unto Mr. Doctor Mason,* ( by the hands of Mr. Fulkerf) being executor unto Mr. John Mason, Schoolmaster, for one half-year for teaching the scholars ended at Michaelmas, 1639, £6.t * " His brother, Thomas Mason, S.T.P., Eector of North Waltham and of Wayhill ; and Canon of Salisbury Cathedral Church. He died November 7th, 1649, and was buried at Wayhill. t "John Fulter, M.A., Curate of Dummer. He tras ordained by Dr. Richard Corbet, Bishop of Ozford, on 20th September, 1629, and became Eector of Thruxton in 1646. His "will was proved at Win- chester on 31st January, 1669-70. J "His will is dated 16th September, 1639, and was proved by Thomas Mason, S.T.P., his brother, the sole executor and residuary legatee, on 11th December, 1639. — ' I John Mason, of Basingstoke, gentleman, being sick and weak in body, &c. My body to Christian burial in the Church of Basingstoke, near unto my dear wife. To the poor of Basingstoke, 40s. To the Cathedral Church of Winchester, 12d. To my eldest son, Henry Mason, my house wherein I dwell, with appurtenances in Basingstoke, and all my lands thereunto belonging, with all other my freehold lands and tenements in Basing- stoke and in Wildmore, to hold for his life, and after his death to the testator's second son, John Mason, and to his heirs for ever, and in default of issue, to the testator's right heirs for ever. To my daughter, Dorothy Mason, £200 for her portion, to be paid to her at the age of 21 years, or on day of Marriage, and a suitable main- tenance in the mean time. A similar legacy to his son, Edward Mason, payable at the age of 21 years, and £100 to his son John Mason. To his servant, Anne Hannington, 203. .To old goodwife Clapshaw, lOs. To John Styles, his workman, 10s. To his boy Crosse Eyles, Ss. If either of his said children, Dorothy, Edward, and John should die under age, their legacy to be divided among the survivors equally. BASINGSTOKE. 145 "Edward Wbbbe, M.A. (son of Ambrose Webbe, Vicar of Basingstoke) was appointed his successor, and licensed to the office by Dr. Walter Curie, Bishop of Winchester, in 1639. Either to secure the permanency of his appointment or for some other ulterior purpose, he obtained a writ of ad quod dmnnum from the Court of Chancery ; by means of which, on the pretext that a forfeiture had occurred through the Alderman and Wardens having appointed a Schoolmaster who was not in holy orders,* he obtained from King Charles I. letters patent dated the 11th December, 1643, whereby * "A search among the Public Eecords resulted in the discovery of the original inquisition taken on this occasion. The document is unfortunately very dirty and the writing greatly faded, so that a great deal of time and trouble had to be spent upon its elucidation. It is in Latin, as usual with legal documents of this period. The inquisition was taken at Winchester on 13th September, 18 Car. I. (A.D. 1642) before Sir Henry Clarke, knight, and William KingsmiU, Esq., the King's Commissioners, specially deputed for this purpose. The jurors certified upon their oath that the reputed Alderman, Warden, and Brethren of the fraternity or Guild of the Holy Ghost within the town of Basingstoke, at the time of the taking of the inquisition were Thomas Hall, Alderman ; Eichard Brackley and Eichard Woodrofe, Wardens ; Thomas Willis, Esq., George Baynard, gentleman, John Aybrom, gentleman, WUliam Blunden, Eichard Spier, Thomas South, Eichard Brackley, Eobert Stocker, junior, William Greene, Thomas Hall, junior, and John Homes, the Lord John Marquis of Winchester, Sir Henry Wallop, knight, Henry Sandes, Esq-, and Eobert Wallop, Esq., Brethren; and they were severally elected on the 27th and 28th September, 1639. For a long time past before the said election, for thirty years at least, there were neither Brethren, Aldermen, or Wardens elected in accordance with the intention of the Eoyal letters patent of King Philip and Queen Mary, namely, that with the revenues they were to find a fit Priest for the celebration of divine service in the Chapel aforesaid, and for the instruction and teaching of the youths and boys of the aforesaid town of Basingstoke, in accordance with the letters patent, and that they had omitted to find such a Priest for thirty years at least. This is followed by a descriptive account of all the lands and other property belonging to the Guild at that time. Petty Bag Special Commissions, Bundle 11, No. 21, memh. 3. 146 BASINGSTOKE. lie was appointed to the office of Minister or CKaplain, and instructor for life, in the form of a grant to him of the School or Guild lands, with all arrears of rent from the year 1639 ; on his covenanting to read Divine service in the Chapel, and also to teach the School there from time to time during his life, either by himself or his deputy. This was not a very creditable proceeding on the part of Webbe, who thus aimed at the alienation of the Holy Ghost lands from the control of the Alder- men and Wardens during his life, if not perpetually. Soon after the breaking out of the Civil War, a seques- tration was issued against Edward Webbe, and the Corporation again obtained possession of their property, and appointed Mr. Pocock to the office of Schoolmaster. After the Restoration, Edward Webbe tried to recover his rights to the School property. The case was ulti- mately ( by consent of all parties ) referred to Bishop Morley for arbitration. The Bishop's award virtually divested Webbe of all the advantages of the grant he had obtained ; he then endeavoured to upset the award, but it was confirmed by the Court of Chancery, so that he incurred a great deal of expense and trouble without gaining any advantage. " RoBEET PococKE appears in the Book of Accounts as Schoolmaster in 1649, and down to 1655, when the accounts end.* He was probably appointed by the Corporation to succeed Edward Webbe in 1644, on the breaking out of the Civil War. * " The Parish Register records the burial on 5th March, 1664, of Roger Pocoke. As this is the only entry of this surname in the Eegisters in the 17th century, there is some probability that it refers to the above-named Schoolmaster, notwithstanding the variation as to the Christian name. BASINGSTOKE. 147 " The brethren of the Guild from the time of King James I. consisted of the Burgesses or Corporate body of the town of Basingstoke. In this manner the management of the Guild and the School came into the hands of the official representatives of the town^ and from these individuals were chosen yearly the Alderman and Wardens of the Guild.* In 1669 (Feb. 21st) Bishop Morley made his award, to the effect that Edward Webbe was henceforth to admit as Schoolmaster whomsoever the Bishop or his successors should nominate or appoint, permitting the Schoolmaster so appointed to receive for his pains, and take to his own use, all the rents and profits of the estates. Bishop Morley's award was satisfactory to the Town, and the ejection of Mr. Webbe from the position in which he had been placed by the late King was re- garded as a recovery of alienated estates. The Bishop's services were acknowledged in the following Latin inscription on the wall of the old Chapel School. An. Dom. 1670, Georgio Edwards Oppidi Praefecto, Reverendiss. D.D., Georg. Morleeus Winton. Ep. Liber- alium Artium Bgreg. Fautor, hac Schola, reclusa per multos annos, tandem aperta, alienatisque diu Red- ditibus pie restitutis, sibi aeternam meritus est de posteritate Laudem. * "Thus it was that, forty years before the last election of guild-officers, Sir James Lancaster, in his wiU dated April 18th, 1618, assumes the appointment to be in the hands of the Corporation, by bequeathing £20 a year towards the maintenance of the Free School, so long as the Schoolmaster and Usher there be, from time to time, chosen and allowed by the BalUfis and Burgesses, or by what other name the Corporation of the Town is called." 148 BASINGSTOKE. C Translation. ) In the year of our Lord, 1670, George Edwards being Mayor of fclie Town, the Right Reverend George Morley, D.D., Bishop of Winchester, a distinguished promoter of Learning, entitled himself to the everlasting praise of posterity by re-opening this School, after it had been closed for many years, and by religiously restoring its revenues, which had long been alienated. If the reference to Bishop Morley's arbitration was really made by consent of both parties, the award, at any rate, was not acquiesced in by Edward Webbe. In an action brought by him against the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Basingstoke, and the Aldermen and Wardens of the Fraternity of the Holy Ghost, it appears, from a draft of the plaintiflf's case, that he made the following charges against the defen- dants. He complains that " the pretended Aldermen and Wardens'" of the Guild had suffered the School House to run to decay, had shared among themselves the profits of the estates, and had gotten into their own hands the writings and terriers relating thereto. He adds that, instead of providing a suitable priest as Schoolmaster, they had appointed a layman, who was one of their own corporation, allowing him £12 a year, and taking the rest (at least £40 a year) to their own use. They had kept also in their own hands the bene- factions of Sir James Deane, Sir James Lancaster, William Wigg, Robert Holloway, and John Green, and the title-deeds of a messuage in Holy Ghost Street (now Chapel Street) which John Browne,* Clerk, had * This is a mistake for Thomas Browne, Vicar of Basingstoke, 1554-78. The house was that called " Spicers " in the charter of Philip and Mary. It appears to have been part of property left in trust only to Thomas Browne by Richard Holloway in 1569, and is still the property of the Queen's School. BASINGSTOKE. 149 given by will for tlie use of the Schoolmaster for ever. He farther complains that the defendants had broken down the windows and bars of the School House, and made it a pest house during the late plague ( of A.D. 1666) and had carried away a press of books of good value belonging to the School. * Lastly, the plaintiff denies having consented to any reference of the matter to arbitration, and disputes the authority of the Bishop. This suit was ended by the award of Bishop Morley being confirmed by the Court of Chancery, though it did not lead to a peaceable settlement of the question, nor was it setbled by the death of Edward Webbe in 1680. f In 1717 we find a petition from the Rev. Peter Barker, Usher of the School, addressed to the King ( George I. ) in Council, in which the petitioner complains of " some abuses committed by the Corporation of Basingstoke upon the late Fraternity of * The Book of Accounts gives a list of books, one of which was given by Mr. Cunliffe, Schoolmaster in 1605, and the others by the Company of Skinners. They included Scapula's Lexicon, Diction- aries by Thomas and Eider, Erasmus's Adages, a Latin Version of the Bible by Jiraius and Tremellius, a Greek Grammar, &o. ■(■ A tablet in the South Chancel-aisle of Kingsclere Church com- memorates him in the following inscription : Near this place is interred the body of Edward Webbe, Dr. in Divinity, Chaplaia in Ordinary to his most sacred Ma'^- King Charles the 2nd, Eector of Newnton Bagpath in Com. Glouc. and Vicar of this Church, who deceased March the 6th day, . f Domini 1679-80. ■^'^'^° I ^tatis Buas 70. A man of an excellent Spirit. Prov. llth, verse ilih. His burial is thus recorded in the Parish Begister. " Edwardus Webbe, Sacrae Theologias Professor, hujus Ecclesiae de Kingsclere Vicarius, Eector Ecclesiaa & Dominus Maneiii de Newing. ton Bagpath in Com. Glouc. necnon Eegise Majestati a Sacris domes- ticis, Obiit Sexto die, Sepultus decimo die Martii 1679-80." L 150 BASINGSTOKE. the Holy Ghost near the said Town^ and prays the same may be enquired into, and that he may be rewarded for his discovery of them." This and a counter- petition from the Mayor and others were referred to the Attorney General, who was to examine the allegations thereof and report to the Council. Other petitions followed on both sides, sometimes from the Nobility and Gentry of the County against the Corporation, some- times from the latter in their own behalf, and some- times from a mixed body of petitioners in which both were represented. About five and twenty years later the Schoolmaster, the Rev. S. Loggon, petitioned against the Corporation, and the Corporation against the School- master. Tor more than a century this sort of litigation continued, and it was not till 1852 that a final settle- ment was obtained from the Court of Chancery, and the property vested in Trustees. John Mason died, holding the office of Schoolmaster, in 1639, from which time to 1649 no records of the School are extant. After the death of Robert Pocock, who is presumed to have died in 1664, it seems not unlikely that, until 1673, the duties of the office were performed by RiCHAED White, Vicar of Basingstoke, (1660-1685) who had married in 1632-3 a daughter of Charles Butler, a former Master, and was Rector of Worting in 1639. John James, M.A., also (1695-1717) Vicar of Basingstoke, was, 29th July, 1673, formally elected Prmceptor of the School by the Mayor and Burgesses, and John Clarke was in like manner appointed 8uh- prceceptor in the following month. Mr. James was allowed £30 a year for his services, but, finding that, as Chaplain of the Guild, he was entitled to a larger BASINGSTOKE. 151 sura, lie made ineffectual application for redress. He continued to hold the appointment tiU the end of 1717, or the early part of 1718, when he was ordered to vacate it by reason of his accepting the rectory of Stratfield Turgis, and having to reside there. De. Alexander Lttton, Rector of Eastrop, ( 1 724 ) and afterwards, in 1732, Vicar of Sherborne St. John, who "practised physic," (according to an inscription in the old School) was in receipt of a portion of the School income as Master in 1744, and probably for many years before that date. He died in November, 1747. The Eev. Mr. Ball was Usher in 1738-40, and married, 11th January, 1738-9, Barbara Lytton, of Basingstoke, a daughter of the above. Samuel LoaaoN, M.A., afterwards Eector of Strat- field Turgis,* was formally appointed by letters patent on 18th July, 1743, having previously, since 1740, held the post of Usher. There seems to have been much irregularity with regard to the appointment at this period, and Loggon declares, in a memorial addressed to Lord Chancellor Hardwick, that "there hath not been any one regularly nominated to the Place or Office for many years last past, on account of a dispute about the right of patronage." f He appears to have * " He was instituted to the Eeotory of Stratfield Turgis, Decem- ber 16th, 1746, on the presentation of George Pitt, of Stratfieldsaye, Esq. f " The Parish Eegister records the bnrial of ' Mr. Isaac Demerits, Usher,' 5th December, 1698, and of ' Mr. James Ordd, Schoolmaster' 20th April, 1737. Mr. Loggon was instituted to the rectory of Stratfield Turgis 16th December, 1746, and resigned it in November, 1748. He is said to have died at Basingstoke about 1778, and was buried in the Churchyard of Stratfield Turgis. 152 BASINaSTOKB. given mucli trouble to the Oorporatioiij and was in turn the author or the subject of more than one petition. His " History of the Brotherhood or Guild of the Holy Ghost" (Eeading, 1742) is dedicated to Lord Hardwickj and was evidently written in his own interest and defence. He officiated as Curate of Eastrop between 1759 and 1768. " The following is a copy of Mr. Loggon's petition. It appears to have been drawn up in 1744, and the particulars which it contains as to the state of the buildings and property at that time are of considerable interest. " To the Right Honorable Philip Lord Hardwick, &c., Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. The humble petition of Samuel Loggon, clerk, sheweth : That whereas your petitioner obtained a grant under the great seal of the ' Place or office of presbyter, m.inister or chaplain, as well for the celebration of divine service as for the instruction and institution of young men and boys in the Chapel of the Holy Ghost near Basingstoke in Hamp- shire: ' bearing date the 18th day of July, 1743; and that the said chapel was endowed by the crown with an estate in lands, consisting of one hundred and three acres of arable, and an enclosed piece of meadow or pasture con- taining by estimation two acres, together with three houses, a barn and horse mill, all lying and being in the parish of Basingstoke. But as there hath not been anyone regularly nominated to the place or office aforesaid for many years past, on account of a dispute about the right of patronage, the lands are in part lost, and the houses and other buildings on the estate become very ruinous. That a part of the chapel has been many years in ruins, and what is now left standing ( until it is repaired ) is neither a convenient nor fitting place for the celebration of divine service and for the instruction, &c. BASINGSTOKE. 163 That your petitioner soon after obtaining the grant of the office or place aforesaid, viz. on the 7th day of October, 174i3, caused the buildings on the estate to be surveyed, and estimate to be made of the charge of putting the said buildings into such condition as , might exempt your petitioner from actions of dilapidation ; and make the part of the chapel now remaining fit for the uses it was intended for, which amounts to the sum of £357 8s. 6d. That the estate, which is undisputed, including some small benefactions produced in the year 1743, about £26, consequently it will require nearly fourteen years produce of the estate, &c., to put the buildings upon it into repair. But as it is thought that the rent of the estate may be advanced, the term of years may possibly thereby be some- what shortened. Tour petitioner therefore prays that the whole produce of the estate and benefactions may be appropriated to the re-building and repairing of the ruinous edifices above- mentioned, and for making that part of the chapel which is now standing a fit place for the celebration of divine service, and for the instruction and institution of young men and boys. And that in order to prevent any fraud or abuse in the application of the money yearly arising from the said estate and benefactions, that A. and B. who are willing to take the care and trouble upon them, may have the direction and ordering of the laying out of the said money, and yearly ( or if they please oftener ) inspect the account of the receipts and disbursements, and allow the same under their hands. Or that some other method be taken for effecting the same thing, such as your Lordship shall think fit. And whereas it would be a great injury and detriment to the crown, the right and utidoubted patron of the Holy Grhost Chapel, to sufier the estate to be lost by not endeavouring the recovery of it. But your petitioner is unable to engage in expensive law suits about this estate, and may likewise never live to reap any benefit from it 154 BASINGSTOKE. ■wten recovered. Tour petitioner therefore humbly prays that some such means may be used for the recovery and regaining of the estate, as your Lordship shall think proper, and the expense thereof defrayed out of the growing produce of the estate, &c. Tour petitioner humbly begs leave to inform your Lord- ship that he believes the two acres of meadow, part of the Holy Ghost Chapel estate, is unjustly withheld and detained by the corporation of the town of Basingstoke, and by them let for £3 a year. And your petitioner has likewise heard, and does believe, that a benefaction of £100 was given to the said chapel by one Wigg, and is now in the hands of the said body corporate, which benefaction is not denied, but they say that part of the money is lost, and your petitioner is apprehensive that the rest is likewise in danger of being lost, he therefore begs that the said benefaction may be deposited in the public funds, or put out on some other good security, or else that the said body corporate do give some security for the principal, and likewise for the payment of interest. And your petitioner likewise believes that five acres of land, part of the said estate, is unjustly withheld by Edward Dennier of Basingstoke, and that more of the estate might likewise be discovered if an enquiry were made. Tour petitioner therefore begs that your Lordship will take the premises into consideration, and grant such relief as to your Lordship shall seem necessary, &c. Aethur Hele, the author of a " Harmony of the Pour Gospelsj" describes himself on its title-pagej in 1750j as "Master of the Free School in Basing- stoke." All succeeding Masters have been regularly nominated by the Lord Chancellor of the day, namely : John Evans, B.D., afterwards (in 1780) Eector of Beckington, in Somersetshire, who died and was buried at Basingstoke 8th October, 1792, aged 43. He was Mayor of Basingstoke 1788-9. BASINGSTOKE. 155 Isaac Williamson. Appointed February llth, 1793. Eector of Eastrop 1805. He died November 15tlij 1816, aged 56. William Woekman, M.A.j St. John's College^ Cam- bridge. Appointed by Lord Chancellor Eldon in 1816. He died November 19th, 1849, in his 59th year. William Barber Lightfoot, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Appointed in 1854, after an interregnum, during which the new scheme was being prepared. He died Vicar of Cartmel, Lancashire, February 26th, 1881. Arthur Charles Wilson, B.D., Student of Christ Church, Oxford, afterwards Rector successively of Dunston and Nocton, Lincolnshire. He was appointed 28th August, 1870, resigned 21st May, 1873, and died 31st October, 1880. Arthur Forster Eutty, M.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge. Appointed 20th July, 1873, resigned on 28th June, 1883. James Herbert Chadwick, M. A., Exhibitioner of Hertford College, Oxford. Appointed 11th August, 1883. In accordance with the scheme obtained from the Court of Chancery in 1852, the School was in 1855 transferred from the Liten to new and suitable buildings erected on the Salisbury road, to which have since been added a handsome School-room, designed by Mr. Matthew Wyatt, and a Dormitory, with Class- rooms beneath, by Mr. James Gibson of Basingstoke. By the present scheme the government of the School is vested in a body of eight Trustees, of whom the Yicar and Mayor of Basingstoke are ex-offido, three 156 BASINGSTOKE. are appointed by the Town Council and tliree by the Municipal Charity Trustees. The Trustees are assisted by a Clerk and a Eeceiver. The Head Master is appointed by the Crownj but as Chaplain of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost is subject to the Bishop. The Usher is nominated by the Municipal Charity Trustees, subject to the approval of the School Trustees. The number of Scholars is at this time (1883) about eighty, with a staff of five Masters. "The view of Basingstoke, executed in 1669 for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosmo HI., which is mentioned at page 79, has a special interest for this portion of our history, inasmuch as it gives a fair representation of the Holy Ghost Chapel, and enables us, with the aid of the existing remains and the traces of foundations, to add to the descriptive account of the ruins given in page 110-112. " The original building consisted of a chancel and nave, with a square tower at the West end. In each of the side walls of the chancel were two narrow lancet windows, indicative of its erection in the time of King John ; and in the North wall within the chancel was the recess which contained the mailed effigy discovered in situ in 1817 (page 114). The nave, as is generally the case, was wider than the chancel,* and the tower at the West end of the nave corresponded nearly with the width of the chancel. The pieces of thick walling still existing, which formed a portion of the old School- * " The groimd plan drawn by the celebrated Jolm Carter, and engraved in the History of the Holy Ghost Chapel, published in 1819, erroneously gives the side walls of the nave in a. Une with walls of the chancel, and continued so as to join the side walls of the tower in a straight line. A practised eye would at once recognize its inaccuracy. BASINGSTOKE. 157 house, were portions of the North, South, and West walls of the tower. In the time of King Henry VIII., Lord Sandys not only erected his chapel on the South side of the chancel, but appears to have removed the Bast wall of the old chancel, and replaced it by a semi- hexagonal termination, corresponding in design with the Bast end of the new work, and to have incorporated the South wall of the old chancel, so as to make it form the North wall or boundary of the new chapel on that side. The Eastern half of this wall was pierced by an arched recess, with a tomb beneath it, similar to the arrange- ment adopted with regard to the Paulet tombs in Basing Church; and to the West of this was one or more arched openings into the old chancel, thus cutting away almost the entire South wall of the chancel. The newly erected chapel was built as a burial place for his family, and was dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and it is to the ruins of this chapel that the designation of the earlier building has been transferred, whilst the chapel of the Holy Ghost, owing to its greater age, and the more perishable condition of its walls, has altogether disappeared with the exception of a portion of its Western tower. "The founder's great grandson, William Lord Sandys, the third baron, of the Vyne, by his will dated 15th October, 1621, directs that his body should be buried ' in the chapel ordained, erected and dedicated to the honor of the Holy Trinity, by William, late Lord Sandys, my great grandfather deceased, late lord cham- berlain to the late King of famous memory. King Henry the eighth, adjoining to the chapel called the Holy Ghost Ohapel, near to the town of Basingstoke in the County of Southampton, and by my said great grandfather appointed for the burial place of him and his posterity.' 160 BASINGSTOKE. second slab is considerably injured and imperfect^ but was originally of the same dimension and ornamented in a similar manner. In the centre is a large lozenge- shaped compartment bearing an impaled shield with the arms of Sandys on the dexter side — the sinister half is unfortunately so decayed as to afford no clue to the arms, and the same difficulty occurs as to the devices within the smaller circles. The usual plinth and the thickness of the top slab, added to these stones, would make the tomb about the height specified in the contract, though it was probably not quite so high as the larger tomb, (that of Lord Sandys) which of course had the ensigns of the Garter upon it, as he was installed a knight of this most noble order on the 16th May, 1518. The remains of the building formerly used as a School-room stand a little to the West of the Chapel built by Lord Sandys. The present doorway and one of the windows have four-centred arches, and can hardly be earlier than the 15th Century. There is little doubt, however, that these were inserted long after the building of the walls, which are very massive and con- structed of undressed flints. The remains of a small 13th Century window, with deep splay, may also be seen. The Wardens' Accounts for 1635-6 speak of the building of a new Chapel and School, for which the Lord Marquis (of Winchester) and "Mr. Sands" of the Vyne contributed timber. Old engravings (in Grose's Antiquities and elsewhere) represent a half- timbered structure of humble character in the position now occupied by this ruin, and it is likely that the new Chapel and School were in fact only a rude adaptation and restoration of an earlier portion of the Chapel, such as would fit it for the purpose of a School- room, which purpose it actually served till the opening BASINGSTOKE. 161 of the present School buildings on the Salisbury road in 1855.* It is said that the premature decay of the later Chapelj caused by the neglect and disorder which followed the Civil War, was sometimes accelerated by wanton mischief on the part of the School boys. To a share in such mischief the amiable writer of the " Natural History of Selborne " (Gilbert White) pleads guilty.f The use of the Liten and the adjacent '^' Maiden Acre ■" as a playground for the boys is connected with a story of somewhat tragical character. It is alleged that after the burial of a Mrs. Blunden, whose husband was a leading inhabitant of the Town, strange sounds were heard by the boys at play, which led to the belief that the lady had been inadvertently buried alive. An alarm being given, she was disinterred and found in a condition which strengthened this gloomy persuasion. The case of Mrs. Blunden is described in a book pub- lished in London, 1786, of which the title is "The Uncertainty of the Signs of Death, and the Danger of * The interior dimensions of this ruin exactly correspond with Loggon's description, viz. 40 feet in length and 24 in breadth. " On its Western wall was painted the following words : ' Names of some of the Masters of Holy Ohost Chapel School. Edmund Webb, M.A., 1639. Charles Butler, Vicar of Laivrance Wootton, who died 1647. — Poecook, 1649. John James, M.A., Vicar of Basingstoke, 1675. Alexander Lytton, M.D., Eector of Eastrop, and in 1732 Vicar of Sherborne. Arthur Hele, Author of the Pour Gospels Harmonized, 1750. Samuel Loggon, M.A., Kector of Turgis, 1778. James Evans, B.D., Eector of Beckington, Somerset, who died 1792. Isaac Williamson, Eector of Eastrop, who died 1816. William Workman, M.A., Eector of Eastrop, who died 1849. On the demolition of the building, a stone tablet was fixed on the wall inscribed with the above-mentioned particulars, as a more lasting memorial.' t White's Natural History of Selborne, 4to., 1789, p. 422. 162 BASINGSTOKE. Precipitate Interments and Dissections Demonstrated." The rarity of another tract relating to the same story is sufficient to justify its insertion at full length. Although the tract is without date, it appears to have been printed in 1675j and is entitled : News from BASiNa-STOAK of one Mes. Blundbn, a Maltster's Wife, who was buried alive. Eelating how she was overheard by the School boys that were playing near her Grave, and afterwards by their Master and several others, to repeat these words : Take me out of my Grave, whereupon she was caused to be digged up, being found beaten and bruised in a lamentable manner, and all people then concluding her dead, they interred her again the second time, but on the morrow, which was five days after her Funeral, taking her up again, they found she had torn off her winding-sheet, and beaten herself far worse than before. For which neglect several persons were Indicted at the last assizes held at Winchester, and the Town of Basing-stoak compelled to pay a great fine. Printed for John Millet. NEWS FROM THE GRAVE, &c. At Basing-stoke, (a place sufficiently known by reason of the battle at Basing-House) in the County of Southampton, there lives one Mr. Blunden, a man of considerable repute in that Town, being one that drives a great trade in malt, &c. His wife was a woman whom I shall not attempt to characterize, because she was utterly a stranger to me, only thus far I may venture to describe her person, that she was BASINGSTOKE. 163 a fat gross woman, and had accustomed herself many times to drink brandy. One evening above the rest, finding her- self somewhat indisposed, she sent her maid to an apothe- cary's in the Town for a quantity of poppy-water, whether by the direction of a physician or out of her own head (as we say) I know not : but she drank so great a quantity of it that she presently fell into a deep sleep, insomuch that all the people about her concluded her dead, there being not the least palpitation of the heart, motion of the pulses, breathings at her mouth or nose, nor any sensible warmth to be discerned in the whole body. The apothecary was immediately sent for, who by surveying the remainder of the poppy- water gave a guess at what she had taken, and concluded she would not recover her senses in eight and forty hours at least, and therefore he supposed never; From these words of the apothecary's they concluded her stark dead, and that night laid her out, and though one of the persons employed about her observed that when she made any impression on her face the blood seemed to follow her finger, and by a kind of blush in her cheeks to be ashamed of their inhumanity ; yet such was either their haste or their stupidity, that they took little or no notice of it ; Her husband being then from home was sent to, and acquainted with the suddenness of the disaster, who was much surprised thereat, but having sudden and urgent business to London, and withal considering his grief at home would do his wife no more good than at a distance, he resolved on his journey, and the rather for the con- venience of buying mourning for himself and family, giving orders nevertheless at his departure that the funeral should be deferred till his return, which he resolved on the Satur- day following, this being Tuesday, the 20th of July, 1674.* * " There is evidently an error as to the day of the month. Taking the narrative to be correct aa regards the day of the week, Mrs. Blundeu's supposed death occurred on Tuesday, 14th July, as the Parish Eegister records, — 'Mr. William Blundon' s wife huried July 15th, 1674.' The 15th of July, in 1674, fell on a Wednesday, and to this extent the entry corroborates the narrative. 164 BASINGSTOKE. He was no sooner gone but his wife's relations to whom the management of things were committed, began to consider that it was a great while to Saturday, and that the season of the year being hot, and the corpse fat, it would be im- possible to keep her, and therefore resolved to bury her the morrow, which accordingly they did, though many people admired they would commit a person to the earth before they were fully satisfied she was dead, especially in her husband's absence, and contrary to his order. However, it being none of their business, they offered nothing against, so that on the morrow, all things being ready for the funeral (but the woman herself) away they carried her to Church, and the coffin being set down on two stools (as the manner of that Country is ) one of the bearers perceived both the coffin and the stools to stir, and was so unseason- ably merry thereat as to whisper to his neighbour and tell him that they had made Mistress Blunden's coffin so short that she could not be easy, for he plainly saw her stir. To which the other replied that if there were any motion it proceeded either from the weakness of the stools or the crowds of people that jogged them, and so there was no farther notice taken, but after the usual ceremonies of the Church she was committed to the earth : The Friday following toward the evening some of the Scholars of the Town being at play in the Churchyard near her grave, they fancied they heard a kind of hollow voice, as it were under ground, to which laying their ears and listening more attentively they plainly heard somebody say : Take me out of my Grave, which words the complaining voice repeated several times, intermixing them with fearful groans and dismal shriekings. The boys wonderfully terrified hereat ran away, and told several persons what they had heard ; but the relations were so unauthentic, and the story so improbable, that it was by all either slighted as childish, or reproved as fabulous, but stiU they affirmed it so stedfastly that on the next day, being Saturday, it came to the School Master's ear, who immediately reproved some and chastised others for raising such reports. BASINGSTOKE. 165 Whereupon the boys being much, incensed at their unjust correction went again the Saturday noon to Mrs. Blunden's grave, and not without some fear laying their ears to the ground, as formerly, they again heard the same words reiterated, if not with so distinct yet with a louder accent. Hereat emboldened with truth and childish rage, they went again and testified what they had formerly asserted. He somewhat startled hereat, began to consider of some passages and circumstances that were discoursed of in the Town, both at the time of her death and her funeral, and went presently to the place, and by the direction of one of the boys, laying his ear to the ground, he was presently confirmed in the truth of all they had asserted, though the voice then seemed very faint and languishing : Wherefore he would immediately have persuaded the Clerk to have digged up the grave, but he rephed he durst not do it without authority, so that before they could get Minister and Churchwardens together to consult about it, the after- noon was almost spent, but at last the grave being opened, and the coffin, which they had no sooner done, but the corpse puffed up as it had been a bladder, for the joiner had made the coffin so short that they were fain to press upon her and keep her down with a stick while they nailed her up. And now surveying her body, they found it most lament- ably beaten, which they concluded to proceed from the violence she did herself in that deplorable an astonishment (sic), but upon the most diligent scrutiny they could not apprehend that she had the least breath of life remaining, and therefore they again let her down into the grave, intending on the morrow to send to the Coroner, whom they thought necessary to acquaint with such an accident, in the mean time laying a charge on some persons diligently to watch her that night, they left her. But the night being unseasonably wet, and now all hopes of her second recovery being past, 'tis believed those who were appointed to that office left her, for on the morrow morning at their return to the grave, they found she had torn ofE great part of her M 166 BASINGSTOKE. winding sheet, scratcliecl herself first in several places, and beaten her mouth so long till it was all in gore blood. This second neglect moved the hearts of all that heard of it, especially those that were concerned in the first dis- covery, and the Coroner, when he came to sit upon her, found by all circumstances that her life was clearly thrown away, and therefore bound over several persons concerned therein to answer it at the next Assizes ; * where some were indicted as the authors of her death by their over hasty burying of her : and it would have gone very hard with them, but that a physician in the Town gave it upon oath that when the woman deceased, and was in her trance, he applyed a looking glass to her mouth a considerable time, and yet could not discern the least breath to come from her, a trial he had often experienced, and was never before deceived in, so that they all escaped with their lives, but only the Town had a considerable fine set upon them for their neglect. FINIS. Three members of the Blunden family are commemo- rated by Latin inscriptions in the Liten. Each of the three bears the same name^ William Blunden, and the same coat of arms. The fii-st died 13th March, 1701, aged 68; the second, 10th January, 1706, aged 25; the third, 27th February, 1733, aged 78. It was this last who, in 1732, left the yearly sum of £10, which is distributed in equal sums of ten shillings at the Parish Church, on Christmas Day, among twenty poor persons who have not received parish relief during the pre- ceding year. He is described in Ms epitaph as Armiger, and the slab which covers his grave bears a shield, on * " The Lent Assizes of 1675. This and the statement on the title page proves that the pamphlet was printed before the Summer Assizes held in July, 1675. It is therefore valuable as a contem- porary account of the occurrence. BASINGSTOKE. 167 whicli is a Lion passant gardant, and the same for crest. The "History of the Holy Ghost Chapel," published by S. Chandler, of Basingstoke, speaks of him, however, as "one of the richest maltsters in England," adding that " his sole daughter and heiress, Elizabeth, married, first. Sir Charles Gunter Mckhol, K.B.J and secondly. Peregrine, third Duke of Ancaster, but died without issue by the latter, December, 1743. By the former she had issue Frances Catherine, an only child, married in ] 755 to the late Earl of Dart- mouth, who, in right of her, had considerable estates in and about the town. The Countess Dowager of Dartmouth died in 1805, in her 72nd year." The curious old house in Wote Street, ( near the Feathers Inn ) with a large external wooden gallery, was sold in March, 1738, by the Trustees of WiUiam Blunden, " maltster," of Basingstoke. The Latin inscriptions which commemorate the above- named members of the Blunden family are as follows. H. S. E. GuLiELMus Blunden, Gen. Hoc oppido natus qui ab hac Vita ad meliorem commigravit Decimo tertio Die Martii, Anno MDCCI. .^tatis su£e Ixviii.* H. S.E. GuMELMus Blunden, Gen. Gnlielmi Blunden de Basingstoke generosi filius Tinicus Novi CoUegii Oxon. superioris ordinis Commensalis Morentissimse istius Societatis grande Ornamentum * Here lies buried William Blunden, gentleman, a native of this town, who passed from tliis life to a better on the 13th day of March, in the year 1701, in the 68th year of his age. 168 BASINGSTOKE. Totius etiam Academise Delicise Honorabilis Societatis Hospitii Graiensis Studens Egregio admodum Ingenio, Moribus, Prudentia Et, quod raro alias repertum est, inter cssteras Animi dotes Modestia Singulari Erga Patrem pins, omnium amans ab omnibus amatus Sed vitam ejus diuturnam. facere non poterant Qa£e fecerunt desideratam TJt qui occidit immaturum Variolarum Spolium Et Triumpbus Mortis nulli bono Niminm Dolendns. Obiit 10 Jan. — 1706 ^tatis Sum 26. H. S. E. GuLiELMus Bltjnden Aemigeb Obiit 27 Feb., ") 1733 ^tatis Sum J 78. Of these epitaphs the second may be thus translated. "Here lies buried William Blunden, Gentleman, the only son of William Blunden, of Basingstoke, Gentle- man, Commoner of the higher class in New CoUege, Oxford, a great ornament of that most flourishing society, and the delight of the whole University. He was a Student of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, a man of very distinguished abihty, character and discretion ; and, what has rarely been found in other cases, of remarkable modesty among his other gifts of the mind. He was a dutiful son to his father, affec- tionate to all, and by all beloved ; but that which made his life an object of desire could not make it lasting, for he fell an untimely prey to Small Pox, affording a triumph to Death which cannot be too deeply lamented by all good men. He died 10th January, 1706, in the 25th year of his age." A broken slab Ues near the ruined Chapel, bearing an inscription which, when perfect, was as follows : BASINGSTOKE. 169 In pious Memory of Simeon Cufand of Cufaud in Hampshire 600 years tte possession & Habitation of Gentlemen of that name his predecessors by Marie Grand Child to Sir Rich. Poole Knygt of the Garter Cosen German to K. Hen. 7. and to Margaret Countesse of Salis bury Daughter to George Duke of Clarence mo ther to his Father Alexander Cufaud Esquier Extracted from the Royall Blood of the Plantage nets who was a man of Exemplary Vertue & Patience in Grievous Crosses and who always lived Rehgiously. He dyed the 4 of Sep. 1619 Aged 36 yeares. And of Prances his wife Daughter of that Learned and Famous Lawyer Richard Godfrey of Hendringham in Norfolke Esq. who having 19 years been left his sorrowful Widdow Charged with Five Sonnes the Deare Pledges of their Marriage Matthew John Simeon Francis and Edward left onely to her Motherly providence vertuous Education & admirably providing for them left unto posterity a blessed patterne of Conjugall Love Maternall Affection and Domesticke Wisdome Bquall to the Auncient and best Christian Matrons & ended her happy life with a pious Death the 17 of Jan. 1638, aged 63. Greatness with a modest eye looke upon thy Destiny Patience if thou seeke to find thy Master peece 'tis here inshrin'd Carefull Mothers Widdowes Wives here lyes Charactered your lives well may we call it holy Ground where such rare perfection's found. The Arms and quarterings of the Oufaude family are incised upon two shields placed above the inscription. Another member of the same family is commemo- rated in the following epitaph : 170 BASINGSTOKE. Here rests The body of John Cufaude of Cufaude descended from the Ancient Familie of the Gafandea of Cufande in the County of Southampton Esq. -who married Anne Hunt one of the coheiresses To Roger Hunt of Chawson in the County of Bedford Esq. Hee dyed the 23d. of Nov. 1701. Cujus cmimce misereatur Deus. This Monument was dedicated to his mem^ory by his loving wife. The " Liten " or ancient extra-mural burial-groundj was, in 1850, enlarged, in order to form a Public Cemetery, a portion of which was consecrated by Bishop Sumner for the use of members of the Church of England. The Cemetery has two Chapels of florid character, for use at funerals, one appropriated to the Church and the other to Dissenting communities. A mortuary has been added since. BASINGSTOKE. 171 Ei)e (Baxl^ (Uonstitution antr Olnstoms of tfje SToiMn. "This division of our history cannot be better introduced than by placing before our readers a copy of the earliest and most valuable record extant, relating to the state of the town and hundred of Basingstoke in the second and third years of the reign of Edward I. (A.D. 1274-5) consisting of two inquisitions taken by the precept of the King, in order to ascertain what rights and liberties had been abstracted from the crown, and what excesses had been committed by sheriffs, coroners, escheators and other bailiffs of the Lord King, or any other persons, as to rights, privileges or property. * "Besides the hundred of Basingstoke, which we have already mentioned, as belonging to the town and manor of Basingstoke, f we learn from one of these returns, that the hundreds of Bermondspit, Odington, Overton, Holdshot, and Ohutely, once formed a part of the manor of Basingstoke. This vast tract of country, in all probability marked the boundaries of the ancient tribe or markmen,J the Basingas or Basings, who gave their name to the locality. The document also states * " Their value and importanoe are enhanced by the fact, that all the returns for this county are lost, with the exception of those relating to the hundreds of Basingstoke, Selbome, and Porchester. t Page 56. J " The inhabitants of the Mark, a word used to denote the boiind- ary and area of the territorial possession of the original eognati, kin or tribe of settlers. 172 BASINGSTOKE. that for tlie above-named hundreds, together with the manor of Basingstoke, the sum of £104 12s. had been paid yearly into the Eoyal Exchequer, and that for these hundreds the annual sum of £24 12s. had been deducted, so that the men of Basingstoke only paid £80 yearly, instead of the former sum of £104 12s. The time when this change was effected is not stated, but it was apparently in the time of King Henry III. * " Prom a very early period the government of the town and hundred of Basingstoke was in the hands of the men of Basingstoke, by whom were chosen two or more officials called bailiffs, who held courts on behalf of the King, and took cognizance of all offences, infringements of the peace, encroachments and mis- doings within the town and hundreds. The jurisdiction of these courts was so ample as to include the levying and recording of fines for the passing or settlement of lands and tenements, in words almost identical with the final concords made before the judges of the court of common pleas at Westminster. The bailiffs as lords of the manor and hundred also levied fines, heriots and reliefs on the deaths of their tenants. "The earlier records of the proceedings of these courts, as well as the charters and other muniments of early date, were destroyed probably in the great fire which broke out in the town in the reign of Richard II. » " On the 7th March, 1216-7, Bang Henry III. granted the custody of the manor of Basingstoke to Bartholomew Pech^, and notice thereof was addressed to the men of Basingstoke, and on the 12th October, 1217, the King granted the rent of the manor of Basingstoke to Luke de Drummar for his support. The £52 6s. mentioned in page 66 represents only the half year's rent of the ancient fee farm of the town, and not the annual rent as stated. [ Addenda to last paragraph of page 65. 3 BASINGSTOKE. 173 A.D. 139 2 J as there are no documents of earlier date than this event among the muniments belonging to the Corporation. At this time the official business of the town was in the hands of two of the townsmen called bailiffs^ elected yearly, who held in each year two manorial courts, one known as ' The Turn of Boch,' and the other 'The Turn of St. Martin,' held on a Saturday in April and November, called Views of frank pledge. At these courts the townsmen and all the lords of the manors and free tenants had to do suit, and the tithingmen and other inhabitants of the villages within the hundred had to appear and give an account of their districts, and make presentments. The holding of these courts in after years was com- monly known as the Law-day or Court Leet. The bailiffs also held on every third Saturday throughout the year, a court called '' The court of the hundred of the ]proved men of the town of Basingstoke and of their manor.' The proceedings at these courts not only illustrate the manners and customs of the times, but give us an insight of the trade and business of the town, and this will explain the extent and object of our quotations from these memorials of past times. " As Inquisition taken at Basingestoke by the precept of the Lord King, on the Thursday nearest after the feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle, in the second year of King Edward I. (14th June, 1274) before Bartholomew de Tatingden and Guy de Taunton, concerning the subtracted rights and liberties, and his demesne lands or rents and other alienated possessions in the town of Basingstoke with the hundred. Richard Gurdepack, John de la Burchege, William le "Waleys, William de Bosco, John Coppe, William Marke, Eoger le Fox, James Prat, William Alysandre, German le Morward, Alexander Fitz Walter, William de la Welle, WiUiam de la Rude, Thomas de la Rigge, Reginald North, Walter le Peuterer, Henry Scnelman, John Cardif, Thomas Tve, John de la Flode, Robert de Benefeud, ] 74 BASINGSTOKE. Walter Goldif, Walter de la Wytehegge, and John de Baggemere, having been duly sworn as a jury say, upon their oath, that The town of Basingestoke with the hundred is of demesne of the lord King, belonging to the crown, and has been dismembered in various ways ; for instance Ralph le Took held of the lord King in chief a messuage in the town of Basingestoke, with ten acres of land, for which he paid ten shilhngs a year ; but after the death of the said Ralph, a certain prior of Selburne, (whose name is unknown to the jury) entered upon the said land, and the prior now holds it, but the jury know not by what right, and it is worth ten shillings a year. The lord King held in the town of Basingestoke, from a time long beyond the memory of man, a certain waste with arable land in Benefeud, Fernyedone, and Oyltingburne, containing about 267 acres of land; of which King Henry, the father of the lord King, feoffed the Lord Robert de St. John, with the assent of Alexander le Boteler, to whom the lord King had previously granted it ; and the said Robert and his heirs were to pay ten marks yearly to the King's Exchequer, one half of it at Easter and the other half at Michaelmas. John de St. John now holds it, and it is worth ten marks a year (£6 13s. 4d. ) William de Brayboef holds half-an-acre of meadow of the demesne of Basingestoke, for which he renders neither rent nor service to the King, but the jury know not by what right, and it is worth 12d. yearly. The prior of Anedewelle (Andwell) holds of the demesne twelve acres of land in Twode, which Henry le Bedel, a sokeman of Basingestoke, granted to the said prior, for his support, who was to indemnify the farmer of Basingestoke in the time of war. It is worth 6s. yearly, and the said prior pays no rent for it. The said prior was enfeoffed by Ralph de Basinges' of a yardland with appurtenances in Twode by a charter of this Ralph's, and it is worth 16s. yearly, but no rent is paid to the King for it. BASINGSTOKE. 175 Hugh Baydel, sokeman of Basingestoke, sold by Hs charter to Richard Wastehose, a messuage and half a yard- land in Basingestoke, worth 6s. yearly, and for which he pays 12d. a year to Richard Gurdepack. Richard Kokerel sold to Richard "Wastehose, by charter, with the permission of the farmers of the manor, fifteen acres of land worth 15d. yearly, and nothing is paid for it as rent. John, the parson of Estrop, bought by charter of John le Gamone an acre of land, and of Walter Hering half-an- acre, and another acre of Roger Hamund ; for which he renders no rent. William Brayboef bought of Richard Kokerel ten acres of land, worth tenpence, for which he pays no rent. He also bought by charter six acres of land of Alexander Mtz Walter, worth sixpence, and he pays no rent for this land. The lord King, from a time beyond the memory of man, held a certain fishery in Twode la Wyldemore, of which John de Wintreshulle and Amicia his wife had deforced the lord King and his farmers of Basingestoke ; and their men, namely William de la Welle and Henry de la Welle of Basingestoke, have been assaulted by Hugh de Schyrefeld, Reginald Attewatere, and many others of the village of Schyrefeld ( Sherfield-on-Loddon') to the disinheritance of the lord King and annual damage of twelve pence. Robert de la Bere appropriated to himself a messuage and made a certain encroachment upon the King's demesne, in the time of King Henry, to the disinheritance of the said King, and it is worth twelve pence yearly. The lord King was wont from time out of memory to present to the church (^810) of Basinges and Basingestoke as patron, and afterwards the lord Henry, the father of the lord King Edward now reigning, gave the said churches (^sic') and patronage to the use of the Prior and Convent of Seleburne, who now hold them, and they are worth a hundred marks ( £66 13s. 4d. ) yearly. 176 BASINGSTOKE. Hamon le Forester was wont to render suit at tte hundred of Basingestoke for certain land which, he held in Pembere (Pamber') now held by the prior of Sandelford,* who renders no suit of court for it, and the jurors know not by what right this suit has been subtracted ; to the damage of the King, of twenty pence yearly, and this for the past twenty years. Augustine the Forester held that tenement in Pembere of the lord King, for which he was accustomed to do suit at the hundred of Basingestoke, which Walter de Eversley now holds, and has subtracted the suit now for two years, to the annual damage of the lord King of twelve pence. The Hundreds of Bermundesputte ( Bermondspitt ), Hodeketone (Odingetone), Overtone, Holeschote (Holdsliof), and Chetle (Chuteley') , were wont to belong to the manor of Basingestoke and to the farm of the town, for which, together with the manor of Basingestoke, the sum of £104 12s. was yearly paid into the King's Exchequer, and for these hundreds there has been deducted £24 12s. from the annual payment made to the Exchequer, inasmuch as the farmers of Basingstoke now only pay £80 yearly to the Exchequer, whereas they formerly paid £104 12s. John de Saint John does not permit the lord King to make either distraints or attachments upon his fee for debt. The prior of Merton has unjustly erected a gallows within the hundred of Basingestoke. The lord King Henry, the father of the lord King now reigning, granted in fee farm to the men of Basingestoke, the town of Basingestoke, for the annual payment of £80, payable half yearly, at the King's Exchequer. In testimony of the truth of these particulars the jurors have placed their seals to this return. * " Sandelford or Sandford, an Augustinian Priory near Newbury in Berkshire, founded by the Earl of Perch in the time of King John. BASINGSTOKE. 177 The Inquisition for the hundred of Basingstoke, taken at Winchester on Friday nearest after the feast of St. Valentine, (15th February, 1274-5) in the third year of the reign of King Edward, the son of King Henry, before William de Brayboeflf and William Gereberd, deputed by the lord King to take these inquisitions in the County of Southampton. John le Ooppe, Henry Sneleman, John Germayn, John Gerveys, Roger le Fox, William Russell, William le Viable, William le Waleys, Vincent de Nateleye, Andrew Aclye, Thomas de la Rigge, Thomas le Forester, William de la Gonfaude, Nicholas Nowell, Geoffrey de Kanteshangre, Jacob Prat, William de Gobbins, William Alisandre, Henry le Bedel, William Marke, John de la Bergh, Robert Hertward, and Hugh de la Kingesmille, having been sworn as a jury, say upon their oath : As to the manors which were wont to he in the hands of the Kings, the predecessors of the lord King. That the manor of Basingestoke was in the hands of the Kings, the predecessors of the King. The men of Basinge- stoke now hold the said manor with the hundred at fee farm, by the delivery and grant of King Henry, the father of the present King, rendering for it annually £80, at the Exchequer of the lord King. Lady Alienora, Queen of England, the mother of the present King, has the farm of the said manor for the term of her life, for her dowry, by the grant and concession of the aforesaid King Henry, and also by grant of the present King : and the men of Basing- stoke have had the said manor for twenty years by the charter of the aforesaid King Henry. Concerning the King's fees and his tenants. They say, that John de St. John holds Schyreburne (Sherborne St. John), Basinges (Basing), Bromelygh (Bramley), Chinham, Leckeput (Lichpit), Kempeschete (Kenvpshot), Winslode (Winslade), Neteleye Skures (Nately Scures), Wodegarston (Woodgarston), and Thonewurth (Tunworth), of the King in chief as belonging to his barony, for five knight's fees. The following hold under the said John de St. John, their several fees and parts of fees : — 178 BASINGSTOKE. William de Chinham one knight's fee in ChinBam. William de Brayboef holds Lickeput for the fourth part of a knight's fee. Reginald Pitz Peter, Kempeschete for half a knight's fee. Alan Hagheman, Wineslode for half a knight's fee. Roger de Skures, Nateley Skures and Wodegarston for one knight's fee. Bartholomew Peiche holds in Schireburn a third part of a knight's fee, and Peter de Coudray holds half a knight's fee in the same village. Emeric de Oancellis {Ohaunceus), holds the twentieth part of a knight's fee in Bromelygh. Henry de Gray holds Thonewiirth for a knight's fee. These fees were alienated by Hugh de Port, but at what time is unknown. The Earl Marshal* holds Mapledrewell in demesne in right of his wifef for half a knight's fee of the king in chief. The same Earl holds a fourth part of a knight's fee in Newenham of the King in chief; and Adam de St. Matiufeudo holds it of the said Earl. The Earl of Hereford holds Estrop of the King in chief for half a knight's fee ; and William de Brayboef holds it of the Earl. Martin de Rupibus holds Stiventon of the King in chief as two hides and a half of land, by the serjeanty of finding an esquire in the King's army for forty days. Reginald Fitz Peter holds in Clidesdene a knight's fee of the King in chief, and Philip de Sacresdon holds it of the said Reginald. Ooncerning the lands held of the ancient demesne of the crown. They say, that Ralph Toke gave his land at Basingestoke as alms to a certain Philip de Lucy, at that time rector of * " Roger Bigod, fifth Earl of Norfolk, and the second Earl Marshall of that family. He surrendered the Earldom and the Marshall's Rod into the King's hands on 12th April, 1302, and died issueless in 1307. t " Alina, daughter and heiress of Philip, Lord Basset, and widow of Hugh Despenser. BASINGSTOKE. 179 the Church of Basingstoke, from which the King was wont to receive the rent of ten shillings yearly ; and the said rent was subtracted by the same rector, and by the prior of Seleburne now rector of the said Church ; bat from what time is unknown to the jury. The same prior holds certain lands of the sokemen of Basingstoke, namely, of the land of Philip Parkstan four acres, and four acres of the land of Alice de Haniton, and four acres of the land of Thomas le Touere, seven acres of the land of Walter Bernard, and three acres and a half of the land of John de la Mare. These aforesaid parcels of land were alienated by the aforesaid tenants at the time when the said manor was in the hands of King Henry, the father of the present King. William de Brayboef holds lands of the aforesaid sokemen, namely, fourteen acres of the land of John le Coppe, four- teen acres of the land of Richard Cokerel, and ten acres the land of Walter Alisandre. The same William holds of the tenement of Hugh Baydel a certain meadow called Baydelesmede. These alienations were made in the time aforesaid by the said tenants. The same William also holds a meadow called Trapelesmore, of the King's demesne, but the jury know not by whom it was alienated, nor from what time. John de Burton, parson of Estrop {Bastrop), holds certain lands of the aforesaid sokemen, namely, one acre of the land of John le Gamene, one acre of the land of Robert de Heghefelde, and an acre of the land of Roger Haymund. These three acres of land were alienated by the aforesaid tenants in the time of King Henry, the father of the present King, for themselves and their heirs, by the feoffment of the said tenants. Ralph Wasthuse holds fifteen acres of the land of Richard Cokerel, and they were alienated by the same Richard in the time of the aforesaid King Henry. The same Ralph holds twenty-eight acres of the land of Hugh Baydel, paying for them annually twelve pence to Richard 180 BASINGSTOKE. Gurdepak ; and they wore alienated by the said Hugh to Richard Wasthuse, the father of the said Ralph Wasthuse, in the time aforesaid. Ela, relict of Philip Basset,* holds in Estrop Nateley two virgates and a half of land of the King's demesne, and they were alienated in the time of King Henry II. to a certain Alan Basset, but the jury know not by whom it was alienated. The prior of Hanedewell (Andwell), holds a virgate of land of the King's demesne, worth ten shillings a year. It was alienated by Hamund de Basinges in the time of King Henry, the father of the present King, and the King does not receive anything for this land. The same prior has in Upnateley ten tenants who hold five virgates of land in Upnateley, which formerly belonged to the demesne manor of Basingestoke, and the said tenants hold the said land in villainage of the said prior, but the jury know not by whom it was alienated, nor from what time. The same prior holds in Estrop Nateley two virgates of land of the demesne manor of Basingestoke, but the jury know not by whom they were alienated, nor from what time, and the lord King receives nothing for them. How many hundreds are now in the King's hands ? The jury say that the hundred of Basingestoke is in the hands of the men of Basingestoke by the concession of the lord King Henry, the father of the present King, in fee farm with the manor for £80 yearly, and it belongs to the manor of Basingstoke. Concerning the ancient suits, customary and other services subtracted from the lord King, 8fc. * " Daughter of William Longspee, Earl of Salisbury, in right of his wife Ela, sole daughter and heiress of William Evereux, Earl of Salisbury. She married first Thomas de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, who died in 1242, and secondly Philip, Lord Basset, who died 29th October, 1271, in whose right she held the manor of Mapledurwell in dower, and died in 1298. BASINGSTOKE. 181 The jury say, that the Countess of Gloucester has sub- tracted suit from the hundred of Basingstoke for ten years past, of a holding which belonged to Hamon le Venuz, the same which the prior of Sandleford formerly held in Pambere of the King in chief. Walter de Eversley has subtracted the suit due to the aforesaid hundred for twelve years past, for the land of Augustine le Forester in Pambere. A certain suit due to the hundred aforesaid for the land of William Waleys in Schireburne has been subtracted for the past six years by Herbert Peiche and Lucy his wife, and the same Lucy now holds this land in wardship.* A certain suit due to the aforesaid hundred for the land of John Sawyere of Bromelegh has been subtracted for the past six years by the same Herbert Peiche. A certain suit due to the aforesaid hundred for the manor of Mapeldrewelle has been subtracted for the past ten years by Philip Basset and Ela his wife ; and the said Ela now holds the said manor. The men of Tonewurth have subtracted from the lord King for four years threepence for tithyngpeni ( tithing- penny). What persons claim from the King to have return of writs and other liberties. The jury say, that the men of Basingstoke have the return of writs, a gallows, the assize of bread and beer, and other liberties which the lord King Henry, the father of the present King, granted to them by his charter. Lady Ela Basset has assize of bread and beer at Mapel- dreweUe without legal right. * " Herbert Peiche died in the latter part of August, 1272. Bartholomew Peiche, his son and heir, weis at that time seventeen years of age, and his mother held the guardianship of the lands during his minority. N 182 BASINGSTOKE. Jolm de St. John claims to have a gallows at Basinge, and assize of bread and beer throughout the whole of his land in the hundred of Basingestoke. Walter de Mertone has assize of bread and beer in the town of Basingestoke, but the jury know not by what right, and this from the time King Henry III. delivered the said manor to the men of Basingestoke. As to those who have appropriated to themselves the rights of free chase or warren, Sj^c. The jury say, that John de St. John, Reginald Fitz Peter, William de Brayboef, Peter de Goudray, and William le Fauconer have chases in the hundred of Basingstoke for hares and for foxes. Bartholomew Peiche claims to have free warren upon the whole of his land in the hundred of Basingstoke. Concerning encroachments made upon the King's lands, 8fc. The jury say, that Adam de St. Manufeudo made an encroachment, containing a quarter of an acre upon the King's highway in Berklygh, to the detriment of the high- way, in the time of King Henry, the father of the present King, for which the King was wont to receive twelve pence yearly. Ralph Isembere made an encroachment upon the King's demesne by appropriating to himself an acre and a half of land in Iwode, during the time of the aforesaid King Henry, to the detriment of the King's free tenants of Iwode, and from this laud Roger, the son of James de Scares, receives sixpence yearly, and Henry Isemberd now holds the said encroachment. Adam de St. Manufeudo appropriated to himself six perches of meadow in length, and a perch in width in La Wildemore, by which the said Adam claims to have common of pasture for his cattle in the King's meadow called Wildmore, with the King's men of Basingestoke, and this for the past thirty years. BASINGSTOKE. 183 Eichard Cokerel made an encroacliment upon the King's market place ( forum) of Basingestoke, three feet in breadth, and four perches in length, to the detriment of the King's market, in the time of the aforesaid King Henry. Henry de London made an encroachment upon the King's market place of Basingestoke, two and a half feet in breadth on the east side, and one foot and a half on the west side, and four perches in length, to the detriment of the market place. Peter de la Clithe has built a house in a certain place within the King's market place of Basingestoke, where the fish carts were wont to stand, to the detriment of the market, and the said space is six feet in breadth, and twenty-seven feet in length, in the time of King Edward now reigning. Robert Seriche made an encroachment upon the aforesaid market place two feet in breadth and seven feet in length, to the detriment of the market place, in the time of King Henry, the father of the reigning King. Peter Aynolf made an encroachment upon the royal road of Basingestoke, containing three feet in breadth and seven feet in length, to the detriment of the King's highway, in the time of the aforesaid King Henry. William de la Nutebyme made an encroachment upon the royal road of Basingstoke, containing three feet in breadth and ten feet in length, to the detriment of the highway in the aforesaid time. John le Canevacere made an encroachment upon the royal road of Basing', containing two feet in breadth and seven feet in length, to the detriment of the highway in the aforesaid time. Thomas le Forester made an encroachment in the same manner and at the same time, containing two feet in breadth and seven feet in length, to the detriment of the King's highway. 184 BASINGSTOKE. Walter de la Wjfhege of Basingeatoke made an encroach- ment upon the King's water in Basingestoke, containing three feet in breadth and twenty feet in length, to the detriment of the lord King, whereby the water is held back to the injury of the said town and of the whole conntry. Henry Cardeyf , formerly warden of the Hospital of Saint John of Basingstoke, made an encroachment upon the royal high road of Basingestoke, containing three feet in width and ten perches in length, to the detriment of the lord King, and of the whole country, in the aforesaid time. Thomas le Ooppe, now warden of the said house, holds the said encroachment. Matilda, relict of Ralph le Petworme of IJpnateley made an encroachment upon the royal high road in TJpnateley, containing one perch in breadth and six perches in length, to the detriment of the lord King and of the whole country in the aforesaid time. Herbert Peiche made an encroachment upon the royal high road at Wadfeld in Schireburne, containing the fourth part of an acre of land to the damage of the lord King, and to the detriment of the whole country, and this in the time of King Henry, the father of the present King. Bartholo- mew Peiche now holds the said encroachment. The Prior ( i. e. Warden ) of Mertone College made an encroachment upon the King's demesne in Heysole, con- taining three acres of the common pasture of the lord King and of his men, in the aforesaid time. Concerning the fees of Knights given to religious houses. The jury say, that John de St. John gave in perpetual alms a certain wood in Bromlegh {Bramley), which is called Le Parke, to the prior and convent of Schyreburne, which contains twenty acres of land, and this in the time of King Henry, the father of the present King. As to those who have summoned others to be Knights, 8fc. The jury say, that John de St. John took of William de Chinham forty shillings, in respect of his not being made a knight when he was summoned. BASINGSTOKE. 185 The same Jolin took of Adam de St. Maniafendo forty shillings for the same cause, in the time of the lord Ed-ward the present King. Concerning the escheators and suh-esoheators, whose lands they have seized, 8fo. The jury say, that Thomas Peverel, sub-escheator of the lord King in the county of Southampton, on the death of Philip Basset, seized the manor of Mapledrewell into the King's hands, and held it for three weeks, and took from the tenants of the said village one mark (13s. 4d.) for rents and nine shillings for pannage. Ooncerning wool taken to parts beyond the seas, Sfc. The jury say, that Edward Karite of Basingestoke, deceased, sent by John Vivyan, thirty-six sacks of wool to parts beyond the seas, from the port of Southampton, in the time of inhibition, by a writ of King Henry, the father of the present King. The same Edward also sent by the same John sixteen sacks of wool to parts beyond the seas, from the port of Southampton, in the time of inhibition, by writ of the lord King Edward now reigning.* The said John Vyvian took at the same time fifteen sacks of wool to parts beyond the seas, from the port of South- ampton, at the feast of St. Michael in the second year of King Edward (29th September, 1274.) But by what authority or how much was received for the said wool is unknown to the jury. " The rolls containing the before-mentioned particu- lars, were delivered into the Court of Exchequer by the Commissioners, in accordance to the instructions * " An entry on the Patent Eoll of the first year of Edward I. m. 8 d. records that the King had granted permission to John Fivian, Merchant of Basingstoke, to send twenty sacks of wool out of the country. 186 BASINGSTOKE. contained in tlie commission. The first ctapter of the Act known as the Statutes of Gloucester, ( 6. Edward I. ) relating to liberties, franchises, and quo warranto, was founded upon these returns ; and previous to the departure of the Justices in Eyre on their circuits, immediately following the above enactment, these rolls of inquisitions were delivered to them for the purpose of holding pleas upon the claims stated therein. In the octaves of St. Martin ( November, 1280 ) Solomon " de Rochester and his fellows. Justices itinerant, com- menced their sittings at Winchester, and the following is a translation of the official record of the pleas for the King, relating to the hundred of Basingstoke. " Reginald Fitz Petee was summoned to answer the lord King, and show by what right he claimed to have free chase for cats, hares, and foxes within the King's hundred of Basingstoke, without licence of the lord King, and of his predecessors. Kings of England, &c. And the said Reginald came and said, that the lord King Henry, the father of the present King, granted to him by charter; that he might hunt hares and foxes throughout all the Royal forests in the Counties of Southampton and Berks, whenever he liked, except in the closed season, and to take and carry them away as he pleased, freely and without impediment, &c., and produced the charter which testifies this. Therefore the said Reginald departs hence without a day. " William de Beatboep was summoned also on the same plea. The said William, came and said, that himself and all his ancestors from the time of the lord King Richard, kinsman of the present King, chased and were accustomed to chase cats, hares, and foxes within the aforesaid hundred ; and he asks that the truth of this may be ascertained ; and WUham de Giselham, who appeared for the lord King, makes a similar request. Therefore, a jury was charged, and the knights chosen as jurors, say upon their oath, that the aforesaid William and his ancestors from a time beyond the BASINGSTOKE. 187 memory of man have Lad free chase of hares, cats, and foxes within the aforesaid hundred. Therefore the judg- ment is, that the aforesaid William departs without a day. " Petee de Coudkat was summoned also to answer a similar plea. He came and makes the same answer as William de Brayboef. The knights, sworn as a jury, returned a similar verdict, that he and his ancestors had enjoyed the privilege without interruption. The court thereupon dismissed him without a day. " John de Saint John, was summoned to show, by what right he claimed to have a free gallows, pillory, tumbrel, * and free warren in all his demesne lands in Basinge ; and by what right he takes the amendment of the assize of bread and beer broken in the same village, which belongs, &c., without the will of the lord King. " The said John came, and as to the aforesaid gallows, pillory, and tumbrel, he says that the present lord King had an inquiry made by William de Wyntershull and John de Haveringe, as to whether the ancestors of the aforesaid John were accustomed to have there the afore- said gallows, pillory, and tumbrel, which had fallen down through age : and it was found by the same inqnisition that his ancestors were accustomed to have there a gallows, pillory, and tumbrel ; t and the Sheriff of the County of Southampton was ordered to allow him to re-erect the aforesaid gallows, pillory, and tumbrel ; and this he was peacefully allowed to do, by the King's writ, which the aforesaid Sheriff produces. And he says, that himself * " The tumbrel or cucking Btool, waB an implement nsed for the pnnishment of women by duoMng them in the water, after they were placed in a stool or chair fixed for the purpose. The punishment was usually inflicted on common scolds and persons of in fame, and continued in vogue in some places tiU the middle of last century. f " The royal writ and the return or verdict of the Jury, written upon two small slips of parchment, are stiU preserved iu the PubKc Record Office, and will be inserted in the genealogical account of the Lords of Basing. 188 BASINGSTOKE. and Ms ancestors from a time beyond the memory of man were accustomed to have a gallows, tumbrel, and pillory in Basinge, and asks that this may be ascertained, &o. And that as to the correction of the assize of bread and beer at Basinge, he makes a similar defence and plea : And as to the right of free warren, he says, that the lord King Henry, the father of the present King, granted by charter, to Robert de Saint John, the father of the aforesaid John, whose heir he is, that he and his heirs for ever should have free warren in all his demesne lands in Basinge, in proof of which he produces the charter, and his assertion is thereby proved. Therefore upon this right he departs without a day. " Robert de Popham, Robert Daundely, "William de Brembeschet, Simon de Wynton, Robert Duredent, Alan de Sutton, John de Theddene, Henry de Sutton, Henry le Wayte, Henry de Benteley, John de Wyndesore and John Sifrewast, knights ; having been chosen as a jury, say upon their oath, that the aforesaid John, and all his ancestors from a time beyond the memory of man, have had a free gallows, pillory, and tumbrel in Basynge, and took amendment of the assise of bread and beer, broken in the same town (m eadem villa'). Therefore, the decision of the court is, that the said John departs without a day. "William de Giselham, on behalf of the lord King, appeared against John le Sawteee, on the plea that he omitted to do suit at hundred of the lord King of Basing- stoke as he ought to do, &c. And he came not, and has made many defaults. Therefore it is ordered that the Sheriff distrain all his lands, &c., and have his body before the court at Wilton on the fifteenth day after Easter. " Similar proceedings, with the like result, were taken against Ela, relict of Philip, Lord Basset, for not allowing her villeins of Mapeldurwell to perform their customary suit at the hundred of Basingstoke. "The surroundings of the town of Basingstoke at this period presented a far different aspect from that BASINGSTOKE. 189 whicli they now do, or liave at any time within the memory of man. Men must either grow bread or buy it, and therefore the town was the result of a system of cultivation, and its trade originated in the superfluity of food and the requirements of the husbandman and his family. The market place was the centre of its trade, and the Mote Hall, with its bell tower,* its most important secular building. This open space or market place, for the facility of trafiic to and fro, bordered upon the great highway leading both from Winchester and Andover to London, and at right angles with it were two roads stretching northwards, that on the west side of the Mote Hall and market place led to the parish Church, and thence to the Holy Ghost Chapel ; the first half from this circumstance ultimately acquired the name of Church Street, and the continuation of it that of Chapel Street ; and therefrom, it wended its way through the Sherbournes to Kingsclere : and the one on the east side of the Hall was a continuation of the high road from Eeading, and as it led up to the Mote Hall, it received the corresponding name of Mote Street ; a few lanes crossed these streets, and another along by the side of the brook below the Church. On either side of these thoroughfares stood the houses which formed the town of Basingstoke, with a few other houses around the parish Church. Outside of this area on every side was the large tract of open land which formed the parish, divided into five or six large * " A Bell was an all-important appendage to a town. It not only rang ont the daily tours, but was used to summon the men from the fields, should any sudden emergency arise. It was also used to call them to the Mote Hall on the affairs of the town, and to the Courts and Court-leets, &o. In the Muniment Eoom of Merton College, Oxford, is preserved a grant by Thomas, the son of GaUrid Sayne of Basingstoke, to Sir Walter de Merton (circa A.D. 1250) of a tenement under the Bell tower of Basingestoke (Sultus elocherium de Basingestoke.) 190 BASINGSTOKE. fields, with an expanse of down and common land, meadow and moor land. The fields constituted the arable land of the parish, and were laid out in a manner somewhat similar to what are now known as allotment gardens, — small and oblong strips of land varying from half-an-acre to an acre in size,* with a narrow strip of border land some six feet in width, dividing one plot from another, without ditch, hedge, or fencing of any kind. These plots of land were shared alike by the inhabitants, who depended upon the crops raised thereon for their maintenance, and the land was so divided that they owned separate plots, one or more, in each of the fields, which allowed every field to lie fallow in its turn, and the sowing of winter and spring crops in rotation, so that no man inconvenienced his neighbour. '' Upon the common and down land were pastured their sheep and cattle, and the latter upon the moor land as well, whilst the meadow land was sub-divided after the same manner as the arable land. They had a common Swine-herd, and a Hayward or cattle keeper, and their sheep they united into three, four or more flocks, as they deemed most convenient and advan- tagious.f As soon as the harvest was gathered in, the * "The different proportions of the acre in the time of King Edward I., with the intermediate admensnrations are laid down in the * Statuimm de admiensuratione terrarum.^ When the acre was ten perches in breadth it was to be sixteen in length, and when eighty perches in length it was to be two in breadth. The elementary acre however, was forty perches long by four perches wide. t " The inhabitants and freeholders of Basingstoke, according to immemorial usage, wore allowed to pasture two sheep upon the downs for every acre of arable land, whether sown or fallow, held by them. This was certified to be the case in the early part of the 16th Century, and its observance ordered to be strictly enforced, and no one was to exceed this allowance under a penalty of 20s. BASINGSTOKE. 191 sheep, cattle, and pigs were transferred to the arable land, until the time came for ploughing and re-sowing them, or rather such of them as were not to lie fallow in that particular year. These remarks are intended to impress upon our readers the fact that only a few centuries ago Basingstoke was a parish farmed by its inhabitants after the manner of its first settlers. These half-acre, and acre plots of land, in the process of time, by the necessity of trade, misfortune, or acquisition on the one hand, family alliances, default of issue and extinctions on the other, changed hands and became united as regards ownership, and the plots in some instances enlarged to two, or three, or more acres in extent. Still this process went on very slowly, as there are many deeds extant of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and even later, relating to the sale and bequests, and transfer of plots of an acre, or half-an-acre in extent, and their boundaries set out, showing that they were isolated plots, bounded on the four sides by land belonging, not unfrequently to as many different owners. Nevertheless, as years rolled on, a larger number of plots or aggregate number of acres came into the hands of particular individuals, either by purchase, bequest or by descent from their parents or kinsfolks. " Besides these allotments in the fields and meadows, the land within the area of the locality of the town, was divided into plots and apportioned as garden ground, and at the head of each piece nearest the adjoining thoroughfare, the early settlers erected their dwellings j thus associated together they had mutual protection, and were enabled to carry out their plans of self-government, so that what was once a small settlement expanded in the process of time into a centre of commerce, aided by the great high road and the beneficent river. These remarks as to the division 192 BASINGSTOKE. of the land explain how it is, that certain parcels of land lying in distant fields, even to this day, appertain to some particular garden or house property within the town as well as rights of common. It ought moreover, to he borne in mind that it was the super-abundance of the cultivation that awakened the mechanic into existence, and the existence of the mechanic led to the enterprise of the manufacturer, and the venture of the distributor, merchant, or shopman, and this ultimately completed the growth of the town. "There has fortunately come down to our time a parchment roU of the reign of Edward I. (only a few years in point of date later than the inquisitions and pleadings given in the preceding pages) containing an account of the lands belonging to one who was rather an extensive owner for that time, — lands which had come to him by descent, and also by purchase. It is of considerable interest owing to the number of places mentioned in it, and the precise manner in which the boundaries are set forth, as well as showing the isolation of the plots of land, so that it gives us another glimpse of Mediaeval Basingstoke, and at the same time will throw light upon other documents that will follow. "In tMs^roll* are contained the lands and tenements and rents formerly Nicholas Martin's in Basingstoke, now William de Binteworth's, f together with lands and tenements and rents purchased in the aforesaid town. * " The original ia in Latin, written upon two skina of paroliment tacked together lengthwise, forming a roll 32 inches long and 9 inches wide, and is in a good state of preservation. t " This William de Binteworth was appointed constable of Famham Castle about the commencement of the 14th centnry, in sacoeasion to Sir William de Froylebury, and was stiU holding the office on 9th February, 1312-3. He was probably brother to Eichard BASINGSTOKE. 193 "He holds the tenement late Nicholas Martin's with fifty-seven acres of arable land of le Middelfeld holding and three acres of meadow in la Wyldemoure which lie at Eithelare's fourde. Nine acres of the aforesaid arable land lie together in Mulefnrlonge between the land of William Howd and Walter le Oxe. Twenty-six acres lie in le Northfeld, whereof two acres lie together at Luptanes- hamme between the land formerly Walter le Oxe's on either side ; one acre lies in the same furlong between the land formerly William le Oxe's and John at Hall's ; one acre lies in the same furlong between the land of John Furnays and Walter le Oxe ; two acres lie together at le Northamme between the land of John le Kynge and Thomas de Wortinghe ; one acre lies at Wachchedene between the land of John de Hereyerd and the Prior of Selebome ; two acres lie together at Walattes-cruche between the land of Sir Hugh de Braybufe on either side; one acre and a half lie together at la Holigoste between the land of John le Gamene on either side ; three roods lie together in la Bury between the land of William Mirke and of William de Binteworth which he purchased of John le Stub ; one acre lies in the same furlong between the land formerly Peter Bischop's and John Purnay's; four acres and one rood lie together in the same furlong between the land of John Furnais and William Walet; one acre lies in the same furlong, called le Plexacre, between the land formerly John Muriel's and Edmund de Chinham's ; two acres lie together at the head of the garden formerly Nicholas Martin's, and they extend along the said garden on the south side ; one and a half acre lies at Micheldeveres-lane between the land formerly Walter le Goggare's and William Springhom's ; two acres de Bynteworth, wlio was instituted to the Eeofcoty of Sherfield-on- Loddon, on 16th October, 1310, and ordained a Sub-deacon in the parish Church of Famham, by Brother Henry Wodelok, Bishop of Winchester, on the 6th March following. He was afterwards Chaplain to Bichard de Bury, Bishop of Durham, was consecrated Bishop of London on 12th July, 1338, and died on 8th December, 1339. 194 BASINGSTOKE. lie togetlier at la Wilteniscliebary between tlie land of John de la Wytbeglie and John de Anne; one acre lies at Rhowkes- felde between the land of the prior of Seleborne and the land formerly William de Schiringthone's ; one acre lies in the same furlong between the land of Robert le Blechar and Galfrid le Tawyare ; two acres lie together at Rowkes- feld between the land of the house of Sc. John and John Trowlay's. Whereof the rent is 23s. 6|d., of which he pays to the lord King 21s. To Richard le Tannare for le Flexacre 3d. To William Aldrad for a house situated between John ate Halle's and Walter de Proggeforde 2d. To John de Anne l|d. for a half-acre in the Southfield, and to William Strokesher 2s. " In le Westfeld. Twenty-three acres and a half lie in le Westfeld : whereof four acres lie together at la Puleflode between the land of Walter le Oxe and Richard le Tannare ; one acre lies in the same furlong between the land of the ^ house of St. John and Walter le Farl's ; one acre hes near le Denweye, called Pykede-acre between the land of Richard le Kupere and of William James ; one acre lies between the land of John de Hay wode and John le Gamene and extends itself along Andeveringewey ; five acres lie together at le Cherechatlonde between the land formerly Robert Seriche's and Thomas Sawyer's ( Sarratoris ) ; two acres and a half lie together at Thikkethorne between the land of John de Hereyerd and Thomas Wortinge's ; * one acre hes at le Snneburghes between the land of the house of St. John and Richard le Tanner's ( Tannatoris ) ; one acre lies at la Rughehamme between the land of Richard le Tanner and Richard Prat's ; two acres lie there together between the land of the house of St. John and John Herfyn's ; one acre * " Son of Philip de Wortinge by Cliristina his wife, sister of Walter de Merfcon, Bishop of Bochester and founder of Merton College, Oxford, BASINGSTOKE. 195 lies on the south side of la Herepathe * between the land formerly Gervase Sntor's and Richard le Tanner's ; two acres lie between the land of William Walet and the land formerly Robert de Tonebrigge's and extends itself along AndeTeringewey ; and two acres lie at Oneburghe between the land of John de Hereyerd and the King's highway (^viam regalem') which leads towards Andevere. " Of the holding of the Middlefield. In the Southfield. In le Snthfeld lies one half acre at le Stonhurde between the land of John ate Burghe and of John Acreman. Here end the lands and tenements of Nicholas Martin. " Lands and tenements purchased of John le Ooggare. " He holds two messuages purchased of John le Goggare with a plot of meadow in la Posterne ; one rood of meadow in la Wyldemoure which lies between the meadow of William de Basinge and John Acreman's, with twenty acres of arable land. Of which three roods lie together in North- done between the land of John Pinchehaste and John de la Wytheghe ; seven acres lie in the Westfleld, whereof one half acre lies in le Kynges-furlonge between the land of William Wolbergh on either side ; half-an-acre in the same furlong between the land of John le Dase and John Michiel ; one acre lies at Hoddes-linche between the land of the house of St. John and John le Gamene's ; one acre and a half lies together in le Kynges-forlonge between the land of John le Gamene and Adam le Caumbur's ; one acre lies at Suneburghes furlong between the land of Thomas ate Nutbyme and Richard Prat's ; one acre lies at la Rughe- hamme between the land of Walter Prat and the land * " The great military road made by the Romans. In a later document portions of land are described as being ' on the south side of the Serepathe,' also as beyond ' the Herepathe.' It formed a part of the great road called Erming Straete, which is supposed to have commenced at Southampton, and went direct to London, thence in a direct line to Huntingdon, and thence to Rutland and Lincoln, whence it is said to have proceeded to Scotland. Leland's Itinerairy , and Camden's Britannia. 196 BASINGSTOKE. formerly Augustine Twolf 's ; half-an-acre lies between the land formerly Robert de Haniton's and Jobn Michiel's and extends itself along le Herepathe ; half-an-acre lies at Eoughetamme between the land of John de Anne and Roger le Fox. " In the Southfield. One and a half acre and one rood lie in le Suthfeld upon le Breche, whereof one acre lies between the land of Wilham Wolberghe and John le Cantische's ; one rood lies between the land of William Mirke and William le Little's ; one half acre lies between the land of Thomas Colas and John Trowlay. "In the Middlefield towards Wortinge. Five acres and a half and one rood lie in the field towards Wortinge, whereof one half acre lies at Tndeburghe between the land of John West and John Smith's (fahri) ; another half acre lies upon Tudeburghe between the land of John Walet and William le Cupere's ; one half acre and one rood he at la Hunilonde between the land of John Walet and Augustine Twolfe's ; two acres lie together at la Costowe between the land of Richard Coterel and William Mirke's ; another half acre lies there between the land of Nicholas le Sely and William le Forstir's ; another half acre lies there between the land of John le Cantische and John le Halftreworthe's ; another half acre lies upon la Costowe between the land of Thomas Drinkewater and John le Selye's ; another half acre lies in the furlong which reaches towards Onebnrghe, between the land of Robert le Bleobar and John Prat's. " In the Northfield. Six acres and a half lie in le North- feld, whereof one acre lies in le Medfurlongo between the land of John Howd and Walter le Farl's ; another acre lies in the same furlong between the land of the house of St. John and William le Forstyr's ; another acre lies in the same furlong between the land of Sir Thomas de War- blinton * and WUliam Wolberghe's ; one half acre lies at * " There were two Sirs Thomas de Warblington, father and sou. The first died before the year 1299, and the second one, the son, died in 1316. BASINGSTOKE. 197 Miclieldeveres-lane between the land formerly Nicolai? Martin's and William Prat's ; another half acre lies in the upper furlong between the land of Henry de la Clythe and John Trowlay's ; one acre lies at Yallegrene between the land of Sir Thomas de Warblinton and Thomas Secorator's; one half acre lies towards Prevet between the land of Thomas de Sunninge and Edith Wymond's ; and one aore lies at Roukesfelde between the land of the house of St. John and William le Vyable's. Whereof the rent is 5s. Id., of which 4s. Id. ought to be paid to the lord King, and 12d. to John ate Watere. " He also holds three acres of arable land, purchased of William Aldrad with one acre of meadow in la Willde- moure near the meadow of the prior of Seleborne on the east side, and rents amounting yearly to 9s. 6d., namely, of John at Hegge of Stratfield 2s. for a messuage in la Buriestret, of Thomas Wheeler (Botarius) for one messuage there 3s., of John Dadrich for the tenement formerly Isabella Borte's 4s., of Nicholas le Sely l^d. for half-an- acre of arable land, of William Hwyrie If d. for half-an-acre, of Elen Aldrad l|d. for half-an-acre, and of John le Sumenor Ijd. for half-an-acre of arable land which lies in the ISTorthfield ; of which three acres and a half of the aforesaid arable land lie in le Northfeld opposite the gate of the meadow of the house of St. John between the land of John de Hereyerd and John Walet's. "In the Middlefield. One acre in le Middelfeld at Tudebnrghe between the land of John Walet and Thomas de Wortinghe's, and one half-acre lies at Adintrowe between the land Jjf Sir Hugh de Braybufe and William Aldrad's. "In the Westfield. One acre lies in le Westfeld, whereof one half-acre lies in le Kyngesforlonge between the land of Sir Thomas de Warblinton and Henry de la Clithe's, and the other half-acre lies at le Cherechatlonde between the land of Hugh Fyvian and John de Wynterborne's. He also holds an aore and a half, purchased of John Randolf, 198 BASINGSTOKE. lying in la Westfeld, and this land extends itself along a certain fnrlong called Fuleflondes-forlonge. " In the Norfhfield. He holds one acre and a half pur- chased of Edmund de Chinham, which lie together in le Northfeld at the head of the garden formerly Nicholas Martin's between the land of John Troulay and Hugh Coterel's, whereupon there is a rent of 4|d. Whereof there is paid to the King l|d., and to John Pinchehaste 3d. Also half-an-acre in le Northfeld purchased of John Muryele near le Flexacre and extends itself along his garden, whereupon there is a rent of a penny payable to John Murlele. Also half-an-acre bought of John le Stub lying in le Northfelde in la Bury, between the land formerly Nicholas Martin's and Henry Langpre's. "Jra the Millfurlong. He also holds an acre of land purchased of Thomas Colas, which lies in la Mulefurlonge between the land of the late Nicholas Martin's on either side. "Jw the Middlefield. He also holds an acre and a half of arable land purchased of Thomas le Coke with a meadow plot which lies in a close at Micheldeveres-lane ; one acre of this land lies in le Middelfeld, and extends along the road which leads towards Wortinge, and the half-acre lies in the same field near the aforesaid meadow. " He also holds an acre of meadow in la Wyldemoure purchased of John Howd, and lies near the meadow of Sir Thomas de Warblington on either side. " Sum total of arable land, ninety acres and a half and one rood. " Of which there are in the Northfield 37| acres and one rood, whereof 10 acres are for oats only, so there remain for corn 27 acres. In the Middlefield 19 acres and 1 rood, whereof one half-acre is only for oats, so there remains for corn 18| acres and one rood. In the Westfield 33| acres and one rood, whereof 12 acres are for oats only, so there remain for corn 2H acres and 1 rood. BASINGSTOKE. 199 " Rents of assise to he received of Ms tenants yearly, for the holdings formerly Nicholas Martin's.* " Of Joim Tinctor 15d. Henry le Wew 3d., Jolm Walet Id., Alice daughter of Aldrad l|d., Robert Chaplain (Oapellano) 2s., John de la Halle 9d., John de Wynterborne 12d., John le Lyniare 2d., Thomas Hereberd 16d., John Acreman 2s. 6d., Richard Prat 2s. 2d., Thomas Tinctor 3s. Sum total 14s. 7^d. " Purchased rents due to him yearly. " From Thomas Wheeler 3s., John att Hegge 2s., John Dudrich 5s., John le Dase Vs., Matilda le Fox 12d., Elena Aldrad l|d., William Hwiry l|d., John Aparitor l|d., Nicholas le Sely l|d., Henry Morgan 2s., and John Tinctor 2s. 6d. Sum total 21s. Sum total as well of the purchased as of the rents of the lands of Nicholas Martin by the year 358. 7^d., out of which there is repaid for rents as set forth above 29s. Id., and so there remains 6s. 6|d. "The above-mentioned lands were held about a century later by Thomas Gregory, as we learn from a listj or rather some roughly tabulated notes, as to. the * "Among the muniments at the Vyne is a charter or grant by Sir Peter de Coudray, knight, dated on 29th April, 1268, witnessed by this Nicholas Martin. There are also extant several deeds both at Winchester and Oxford, of the time of Henry III., relating to grants of lands in Basingstoke, Maplednrwell, and other places in the neighbourhood, in which his name occurs as a witness, — but these deeds are undated, as is generally the case till the time of Edward I. Moreover it is not unlikely that he was the father of David Martin, who was elected Bishop of St. David's in 1293 ; consecrated at Rome in December, 1296, and dying on the 9th March, 1327-8, was buried in his Cathedral Church at St. David's. His connection with Basingstoke is illustrated in a singular manner, — there is extant one soKtary record of an ordination being held at Basingstoke, on which occasion no fewer than forty-five persons received the clerical tonsure, and nearly a hundred clerics were pro- moted to the minor and sacred orders, and the Bishop who held this ordination was the before-mentioned David Martin ( see page 17. ) Owing to the many local names, and the interest attaching to this ordination, a copy of it is given in the appendix. 200 BASINGSTOKE. chief owners and renters of land within the parish of Basingstoke. These memoranda have no date annexed, but as the hst begins with an account of the lands of Ingelram atte More and William Anne, who were elected co-bailiffs of the town on 21st September, 1409, it is not unlikely that it was drawn up during their year of office ; and this is confirmed by the circum- stance that Thomas Herierd, the last named on the list, publicly acknowledged in the court of the Hundred, held at Basingstoke on the 8th March, 1409-10, that he had conveyed his lands to Henry Coudray. It shows how the land was gradually being farmed by fewer individuals, and gives an approximate idea of the number of acres under cultivation in the early part of the fifteenth century.* " Ingeleam atte Moeb holds in Eastfield and Middledon 46 acres. In Southfield 57 acres and 40 acres. In West- field 49 acres. In Northfield 40 acres. In Northdon 8 acres. Separately 9 acres, and in Wiidemore 12 acres. Whereof he holds of the tenure of Saint John's 10 acres of arable land, and 10 acres of arable land of the tenure of Heryerde West, and 6 acres of arable land of the tenure lately William Langrude's. Tntal 261 acres. William Anne holds in Northdon 4 acres. In Northfield 40|^ acres. In Westfield 6 acres. In Southfield 42 acres. In Eastfield 38 acres. Separately 1 acre, and in le Wylde- more 3 acres of meadow. Whereof he holds of William Tauke half a virgate of land ; and of William Brocas as Wynterborne's land 16| acres, and 5 acres of the same William as Coppede's land. Total 134| acres. * " The original entries are in Latin, and are written on the dorse of a fragment of a parchment roll, (eleven inches wide and thirty and a half inches in length) which once formed the portion of a household roll of William de Edyndon, Bishop of Winchester, who died in 1366. BASINGSTOKE. 201 Thomas Gregory holds in Northfield 36| acres. In Westfield 23 acres. In Southfield 60 acres. In Eastfield 18| acres. Beyond ( extra ) the Herepathe 30 acres. Separately 12| acres ; and in Wildemore 5 acres of meadow. Total 185| ac7-es. John Bernard holds in Eastfield 7 acres. In Southfield beyond (extra) the Herepathe 3| acres. In the Southfield 7 acres. In the Westfield 16| acres. In Northfield 18 acres. In Northdon 2 acres, and separately 2 acres. Total 66 acres. William Wakbblton* holds in Northdon 6 acres. In Northfield 30 acres. In the (le) Westfield 17 acres. In the (le) Southfield 29 acres. On the South side of the Herepathe 12 acres. In the Eastfield and Middledon 20 acres, and separately 2 acres. Total 116 acres. William TawkeI holds in Northfield 56 acres. In Southfield 66| acres. In the Westfield 60| acres. Sepa- rately 5| acres. In le Wildemore 13 acres of meadow, and by charter of the lord King 96 acres. Total 29 7| acres. Roger Newman holds in Northdon 2 acres. In North- field 1 acre of Isoda Druffelde. In Westfield 1| acre of Richard Fynleghe. In Westfelde 2| acres and 2 acres of Berkley. In Southfield 17 acres. In Eastfield 16| acres. Beyond ( extra ) the Herepathe 19| acres, and separately 2 acres. Total 64 acres. William attb Watere holds in Northfield 3 acres. In Westfield 6 acres and 1 rood; and beyond (extra) the Herepathe 4 acres and 3 roods. Total 14 acres. * "William Warbelton, Esq. of Sherfield-on-Loddon, the last heir male of the family. He was born and baptized at Sherfield on 6th April, 1381, and died on the 4th January, 1468-9. + " He inherited this property from the Wortinges (see p. 194) and it afterwards passed into the hands of the Fisher family of Chilton Candover, subsequently to the Halls. ' The manor of Taulkes with its rights, members, and appurtenances in Basingstoke and Wildemore' is returned as a part of the estate of John Hall, gentleman, who died on 26th July, 1633. Inquis. p. m. 9 Car. I. p. 3. No. 25. 202 BASINGSTOKE. John Cleeke holds in Northfield 1 acre. In Northdon 13 acres. In Westfield 2| acres. Separately J an acre, and in Eastfield 1 acre. Total 18 acres. William Fras (Fiennbs) holds in Northdon 38 acres. In Mullefield 8 acres. In Northfield 64^ acres. In tlie Westfield 24 acres, and in the Southfield 23 acres. Total 16 7| acres. Heetbrd West holds in Northfield 56 acres. In West- field 25 acres. In the Southfield 22| acres. Separately 4 acres of pasture and 4 acres of meadow in Wyldemore, and the tenement in which Henry Fysshere dwells. Total 111 acres. Ingelram atte More holds of the same tenure a messuage and 10 acres of land, and renders to the said Heryerd 3s. yearly. Thomas Kyngesmulle holds a tenement of the same tenure, and renders to the said Heryerd 2s. yearly. John Barnei holds a tenement of the same tenure and renders to the said Heryerd 2s. 6d. yearly ; and Blizabeth Doget holds a tenement of the same tenure, and renders the said Heryerd 3s. yearly. William Beocas * holds in Northdon lOJ acres. In the Northfield 45 acres. In the Westfield 30 acres. In the Southfield 41| acres. On the South side of the Herepathe 42 acres. In the Eastfield 4 acres. Separately 8| acres. In the Wyldemore 3 acres of meadow. Of the Hospice 20 acres. Of Paxplace 12 acres. Of the tenure of William Harpour 6 acres. Of the tenure of John Wodestoke 12 acres. Of the tenure of John atte Nasshe 40 acres. Total 2745- acres. Thomas Heeyeed holds in Northfield 20 acres. In the Southfield 18 acres. On the South side of the Herepathe Z\ acres. In the Eastfield 21 acres. In Middledon 25 * " Son and heir of Sir Bernard Brocaa, of Beaurepaire. He succeeded to Beaurepaire on the death of his father in the year 1400, and died on the 29th April, 1456. BASINGSTOKE. 203 acres. Separately 7 acres. Separately 2 acres of meadow, and in le Wyldemore 1 1 acre of meadow. Total 98 acres.* " The following entries as to the yearly value of the different holdings, beyond the amount paid to the fee farm of the town, belong to the same period and are written upon the same piece of parchment. In some instances the clear yearly value had not been ascer- tained, consequently no sum is entered. " William Warhelton 8s. 2d. The lands of the late Robert Heryerd 5s. 6d. Ingelram atte More 16s. The lands of the late Hugh Seryerd are worth nothing beyond the payment. The lord of Estrop 23s. William Anne 8s. 7d. William BroJcas .... William, Taulce .... John atte NasJie .... Hugh Barlcensdale and John Gregory .... William Fyns .... William Wodehous 2s. Id. Nicholas Valoyns .... John Surman 2s. Thomas Thudryche 2s. 6d. Roger Newman .... John Erode holds eight acres of land and pays 8d. yearly, and it is worth 8d more. Thomas atte Brygge holds eight acres of land worth 16s. a year. John Mesurvyn holds eight acres of land worth 7|d. a year. Philip Marmyon holds eight acres of land worth 16d. a year, and John Baldok holds four and a half acres of meadow in le Wildemore and a toft opposite the tenement of John Gregory's, and pays 16d. a year. " Although it is stated that several of the foregoing land owners and renters held a large number of acres, in some instances more than sixty acres of land in a specified field, it must not be supposed that these extents of land had become grouped together since the * "It will be seen from the aboTO figures that at the beginning of the fifteenth century the arable land constituted more than two fifths of the entire area of the parish, as deducting the meadow and pasture the total amounts to 1749 acres, without iacludiog the acreage of St. John's farm, &c. 204 BASINGSTOKE. fourteenth century, as these figures merely represent the total acreage of certain parcels of land scattered throughout that particular field. This is amply illus- trated by another document, a Terrier of the lands belonging to Winchester College, drawn up in the year 1543, nearly a hundred and forty years later : and will conclude this somewhat extended descriptive account, the lands and fields of Basingstoke. "Indented terrier, hetween the Warden of the College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, near Winchester, and Gilbert Stacker of Basingstoke, in the County of Southampton, clothmaker, of the lands lying in the different fields of Basingstoke and Wyldmore belonging to the aforesaid College; Tnade, acknowledged, and renewed by John Hore, William Woddoson, John Napper, Boger Rijve, the aforesaid Gilber Stacker and William White and others, the 29th day of June, in the 35th year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, and afterwards by indenture of the aforesaid Gilbert Stacker* " The field called Nardon. In a certain furlong called Milfarlong are two acres lying and abutting at the south end upon the highway leading from Basyngstoke towards Basynge, and at the north end upon an acre called a head- acre of the aforesaid college of the Blessed Mary, and the aforesaid two acres lie between the land of Gilbert Bye on the west side and the land of Robert Creswell on the east side. Another acre there in like manner abutting at the north and south end like the aforesaid two acres, and lies between the land of the aforesaid Robert Creswell on the west side a,nd the land of John Russell on the east side. One head acre there at the north end of the aforesaid three acres and abutting at the west end upon the highway leading from Basyngstoke towards Chynham. One head * " The original is a strip of parchment, measuring 30i inches in length, ( indented all down the left hand aide or margin ) and its greatest width being 9 inches. The entries are in Latin, and occupy both sides of the skin. BASINGSTOKE. 205 acre in the same field extending at the east end upon Barrettes downs, and at the west end npon the land of the College of the Blessed Mary aforesaid. Another acre extends north and south upon the aforesaid head acre, and lies between the land of John Bowyer on the east side and the land of Richard Peckesall, Esq.* on the west side. One acre abutting at the south end upon the land of the afore- said Richard PecksaU, Esq., and at the north end upon Chinham hegge ( hedge ) and between the land called Brynkeley's on the east side and the land of Thomas Normanton on the west side. One acre abutting at the south end upon the land of the aforesaid Richard Pecksall, and at the north end upon the hedge called Chynham hegge, and between the land of Sir William Paulet, knight, Lord de St. John on the east side, and the land of George Hunt on the west side. One acre abutting at the north end upon the land of Richard Peckesall, Esq., and at the south end upon the land of the said Lord de St. John, and lies between the land of Sir John Wallop, knight, on the west side and the land of Robert Creswell on the east side. One half acre lies between the land of Christopher Deane on the east side and the land of Lord de St. John on the west side, and abuts at the north end upon the head acre of the afore- said Richard Pecksall, Esq. and at the south end upon the half acre of Lord de St. John. And one acre abutting at the south end upon the land of Sir Thomas Canner, clerk, and at the north end upon the land of the said Richard Peckesall, and between the land of the president of the College of St. Martin, t Oxford, on the east side, and the land of the Holy Ghost Chapel on the west side. Sum 10| acres. * " This Eiohard Peckesall, or Pexall, had inherited the Brocaa property from his mother, ( Edith, daughter and heiress of WiUiam Brooas, of Beanrepaire) and was afterwards knighted. t "Merton College. It is called the College of St. Martin ( Colle- gium Sancti Martini Oxonice) in every instance upon this roll or Terrier, although henceforth it will he given aa Merton College in this translation. 206 BASINGSTOKE. " The field called the Holy Ghost field, otherwise called Northfield. There is there one acre of land abutting at the west end upon the land of the lord of Estropp, and on the north end upon the land of John Lancaster, and lies between the land of John Russell on the south side and the land of John Coke on the north side. Another acre there abutting on the south and north ends upon the land of the said lord of Estropp, lying near the road leading from Basyngstoke to Shirborne, on the west side and the land of John Great on the east part. Two acres abutting at the west end upon the land of Thomas Normanton, and at the east end upon the road leading from Basyngstoke to Shir- borne, and near the land of Lord de St. John on the south side. One acre at Hoggerdesbushe, abutting at the north end upon the land of Richard Creswell, and at the south end upon the land of John Belchamber, and between the land of the aforesaid Richard Creswell on the west part and the land of the aforesaid John Belchamber on the east side. Two acres extend at the south end upon the land of Johanna Cowslade, widow, and at the north end upon the land of John Coke, and between the land of the aforesaid John Coke on the west side, and the high road leading from Basyngstoke towards Shyrborne on the east side. Five acres lying together and abutting at the south end upon the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford, and at the north end upon the land of William Loker and the land of the aforesaid College of the Blessed Mary near Winchester, and between the land of Robert Creswell on the east side and the highway leading to Shyrborne on the west side. Two acres extending at the south end upon the aforesaid five acres, and at the north end upon the hedge called Shirborne hegge, and between the land of the afore- said William Loker on the west side, and the land of John Coke on the east side. Four acres abutting at the west end upon the land of John Belchamber, and at the east end upon the land of John Martyn, and between the land of Richard Hall on the south side, and the road called Grene- way on the north side. Two acres in like manner abutting at the end west and east upon the land of the aforesaid John Belchamber and John Martyn, and lying between the BASINGSTOKE. 207 land of the aforesaid Richard Hall on the north side, and the land of John Great on the south side. Two acres extending on the south end upon the croft called Nicolas crofb, and at the north end upon the land of John Bel- chamber, and between the land of the chapel of the Holy Ghost on the west part and the land of John Martyn on the east side. One half acre near Depelane, and abutting at the west end upon the land of William Loker, and at the east end upon the land of Gilbert Stocker, and between the highway leading from Basyngstoke towards Wortynge on the south side, and the land of William Loker on the north side. One half acre abutting at the south end upon the land of Gilbert Stocker, and between the land of the afore- said Gilbert Stocker on the east side and the land of Lord de St. John on the west side. One acre abutting at the north end upon the land of John Coke, and at the south end upon the croft of Lord de St. John, and between the land of the Lord de St. John on the west side and the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford, on the east side. Another acre abutting at the south end upon the crofb of Lord de St. John, and at the north end upon the land of John Martin, and between the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford, on the west side, and the land of John Cooke on the east side. Also one piece of land called Northam containing ten acres of land abutting on the north and south ends upon the land of Lord de St. John, and lying between the land of the aforesaid Lord de St. John on the east and west sides. Sum 36 acres* " The field called Sallesburyfeld, otherwise called West/eld. There is here one acre of land in Costerde's bottom, abutting at the south end upon the land called Talkes, now John Fyssher's, and at the north end upon the land of Lord de St. John, and between the land of Gilbert Stocker on the west side and the land of William Loker on the east side. One acre there extends at the south end upon the land of Lord de St. John, and at the north end upon the * "As there is a mistake in this computation, a later hand has added, — It is 35 acres. 208 BASINGSTOKE. land of William Loker, and between the land of George Hunt on the east and the' land oi the president of Merton College, Oxford, on the west side. One acre abutting at the south end upon the highway leading from Basyngstoke towards Salisbury, and at the north end upon the land of Eiohard Gosmer, clerk, [ Vicar of Basingstoke j, and between the land of Richard Peckesall on the west side and the land of the aforesaid Sir Richard Gosmere, clerk, on the east side. Pour acres there abutting at the south end upon the land of the aforesaid Sir Richard Gosmere, and at the north end upon the land of John Fyssher, and between the land of Lord de St. John on the west side and the land of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost on the east side. One acre and a half lie together abutting at the south end upon the land of Lord de St. John, and at the north end upon the road leading towards Salisbury, and between the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford, on the west side, and the land of John Cooke on the east side. One acre abutting at the east and north ends upon the land of John Fyssher, and between the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford, on the west side and the land of John Cooke on the east side. One piece of land containing five acres, abutting at the south end upon the land of John Fyssher, and at the north end upon the land of John Stocker, and between the land of John Cooke on the west side. One acre abutting at the south end upon the highway leading towards Salisbury, and at the north end upon the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford ; and between the land of Robert Creswell on the east side and the land of the Lord de St. John on the west side. Two acres abutting at the east end upon the land of John Martin and at the (west) end upon the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford, and lying near the highway leading towards Salisbury on the north side. Two other acres there abutting at the east end upon the land of George Hunt, and at the west end upon the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford ; and between the land of Richard Peckesall on the south side and the land of Three BASINGSTOKE. 209 roods likewise lie between the land of Ricliard Pecksall on the south side, and the land of Richard Hall on the north side, abutting on the east and west ends upon the land of Lord de St. John. One acre abutting at the west end upon the land of Richard Peckesall and at the east end upon the land of the Lord de St. John, and between the land of Gilbert Stocker on the north side and the land of Lord de St. John on the south side. One acre abutting at the north end upon the land of John Fyssher, and at the south end upon the land of John Martin ; and between the land of Lord de St. John on the west part, an4 the land of the aforesaid John Fyssher on the east side. One half acre extending at the south end upon Shorte hedge, and lies between the land of Lord de St. John on the east and west sides. Also another half acre extending north and south upon the land of Lord de St. John and the land of the lord of Estropp, and between the land of Lord de St. John on the east and west sides. Sum 23 acres and 1 rood. "Field called Wynchester feld. There is there one piece of land containing ten acres, the north end abutting upon the hedge called Short hegge, and the south end partly upon the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford, and partly upon the land called le downe, and lies near the two mounds called borowes, near le downe aforesaid,* on the west side and the land of Sir John Wallopp, knight, on the east side. One piece of land called Short- buttes, containing three acres, abutting at the south end upon the land of William Loker, and at the north end upon the land of Robert Creswell, and the land of Lord de St. John, and between the land of Richard Peckesall, Esq., on the east side. One acre abutting at the north end upon the land of Richard Peckesall, Esq., and at the south end upon the land of Richard Creswell, and between the land of the Lord de St. John on the west side and the land of Richard Peckesall, Esq. on the east side. One ' Et jacet jnxta ij ooUes vocatos borowes juxta le downe prsediot. 210 BASINGSTOKE. acre abutting at the north end upon the land of Richard Peckesall, Esq., and at the south end upon the land of John Cooke, and between the land of Richard Peckesall, Esq. on the west side and the land of Robert Creswell on the east side. One acre in Kynges-forlonge between the land of Lord de St. John on the east and west sides, abutting at the south end upon Porte-acre, and at the north end upon the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford. One half acre abutting at the south end upon the way (viana) called Harepath, and at the north end upon the land of Sir John Wallopp, knight ; between the land of Lord de St. John on the west side and the land of Robert Creswell on the east side. One half acre abutting at the west end upon the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford ; and at the east end upon the land of Lord de St. John ; and between the land of John Cooke on the south side, and the land of Lord de St. John on the north side. One acre lying near Combeway on the east side, and abutting at the south end upon the land of John Stocker and at the north end upon the land of Robert Creswell. Three acres of land there abutting at the south end upon the way called Harepathe and Hatohefeld hegge, and the land of Richard Peckesall, Esq. and John Belchamber, and between the land of John Belchamber on the west side and the land of Lord de St. John on the east side. Two acres abutting squyerwise at the east end upon the land of the College of the Blessed Mary, near Winchester, and at the west end upon the land of William Loker; between the laud of Richard Peckesall, Esq., on the south side and the land of Robert Creswell on the north side. One half acre abutting at the east end upon the land of James Lancaster, at the west end upon the land of the College of the Blessed Mary, of Wynchester, and between the land of Robert Creswell on the north side, and the land of Sir John Wallopp, knight, on the south side. And one head acre extending at the north end upon Newman's Corner, the south end upon the land of Sir John Wallopp, knight, and between the land of Lord de St. John on the west side. Su7n 25i acres. BASINGSTOKE. 211 " Field called Hacchefeld. One piece of land there con- taining eight acres lying in Ponham's dene, abutting at the south end upon the land of John Stocker, and between the land of Thomas Normanton on the east side. One acre of land abutting at the south end upon the land of John Stocker, and at the north end upon the land of Lord de St. John; and between the land of the Lord de St. John on the east and west sides. Two acres abutting at the south end upon the land of William Loker, and at the north end upon the land of Lord de St. John ; and between the aforesaid acre and the land of John Stocker on the west side and the land of Lord de St. John on the east side. One half acre abutting at the east end upon the way called Combewey, and at the west end upon the land of Lord de St. John; between the land of Lord de St. John on the south side and the land of Richard Ronanger on the north side. Three acres lying between the land of Lord de St. John on the west side and the way called Combewey on the east side, abutting on the south upon the land of Richard Peckesall, Esq. and at the north end upon the land of Lord de St. John. Two acres called Shortebuttes, abutting at the east end and upon the land of Lord de St. John, and at the west end upon the land of the president of Merton College, Oxford, and between the land of John Belohamber on the north side and the land of Lord de St. John on the south side. Two acres abutting at the south end upon the land of John Cooke, and at the north end upon the land of John Belchamber, and lying between the land of Lord de St. John on the east and west sides. Two acres abutting at the north end upon the land of Lord de St. John ; at the south end upon the land of Sir Richard Gosmere, clerk ; and between the land of Lord de St. John on the east and west sides. Also two acres lying at Clyddesdene townesend, between the land of Lord de St. John on the east and west ; abutting at the north end upon the land of Sir John Wallop, knight ; and at the south end upon the land of the said Sir John Wallop. Sum 22| acres. " Field called Hachewod-feld. One acre and a half there lying between the land of Lord de St. John on the south 212 BASINGSTOKE. side, and the land of Sir Jolin Wallop, knigM, on the north side ; abutting at the east end upon the way leading from Basyngstoke towards Clyddesdene and at the west end upon the land of Richard Hill. Three roods of land lie between the land of William Loker on the south side and the land of Lord de St. John on the north side ; abutting at the east end upon the land of Lord de St. John and at the west end upon the way leading towards Clyddegdene. One and a half acre, abutting at the north and south ends upon the land of Lord de St. John, and between the land of the said Lord de St. John on the east and west sides. Also an acre there extending at the east end upon the land of Lord de St. John, and at the west end upon the field called Wynchester felde, and between the land of Richard Peckesall on the south side and the land of the Lord de St. John on the north side. Sum 4 acres and, 3 roods. Also half an acre of meadow in Wyldemore, in le four- acre, lying between the meadow of William Loker on the east and west sides, and at the north end upon the meadow of Richard Pecksall, Esq. Sum total 122| acres. " The foregoing Terrier shows that in the middle of the sixteenth century the earlier divisions and arrange- ment of the land of the common fields of the town, into small plots scattered over each particular field, still formed an important feature; inasmuch as we trace therein the metes and boundaries of earlier times still marked out with great precision. The local infor- mation afforded by the preceding documents is no less varied than important. They have supplied us with brief and incidental details too precious to be neglected by those who aim at understanding the early history of their own neighbourhood. " The distribution of the land among the inhabitants, and its cultivation, naturally led to the adoption of BASINGSTOKE. 213 certain customs and usages, whereby the rights of each individual were known and protected, and adjust- ments made for the mutual benefit of one another. Moreover, in the process of time it not only became necessary to amend and extend these customs, but even to have them codified and put into writing by voluntary agreement, as a mutual guarantee of peace, security and freedom. Although the following record was drawn up as late as the year 1389, the customs and regulations embodied in it belong to a much earlier period. The original is in Latin, inscribed on a roll of parchment, 8J inches wide, and 23 inches in length. It is a contemporary copy written in a neat hand, and is in a good state of preservation, except that the first ten or twelve lines have sufiered from friction. The original counterpart, sealed by Sir Thomas de Wor- tinges, which remained in the hands of the bailiffs, probably perished in the disastrous fire of 1392.* The Regulations and Constitutions of the Manoe of Basingstoke. " These are the constitutions ordained and composed in the common Mote Hallf of Basyngstoke on the Sunday nearest after the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, ( September 12 ) in the year of our Lord, 1389, and the thirteenth year of the reign of King Richard the Second after the Conquest, with the assent and consent of Thomas Wortynge, knight ; Robert Heryerd, John Peperwhit, William Langred, John Levermouth, John Coufold, John Fabyan, John Suxeman, John Shupenere, Roger Newman, Hugh Berkesdale, Roger Anne, Thomas Langcroft, William Gregory, Robert Dryffeld, Hugh Heryerd, John Atte Nasshe, Thomas Barbour, William Milward, Thomas * " See page 75. f " In communi Froetorio. The Court Roll of the 13th of Elizabeth, ( 18th November, 1570 ) contains an order, ' Pro reparatione de domo Prcetorii, vocata le Mote Sail,' P 214 BASINGSTOKE. Trowley, Jolm Pratte, William Atte Water, Ralph Atte Chambour, Thomas Ayleward, and Roger Rede, tenants of the aforesaid town, and of the other freemen then and there present. The aforesaid tenants will and grant for them- selves and their heirs that the following ordinations and constitutions in the manner and form under-written shall endure for ever. " Firstly, that they shall have a common Hayward and Swine-herd, duly sworn (for the fulfilment of their duties), to be employed and engaged for the general benefit of all the tenants. The said Hayward shall receive for the faithful performance of his duty, the third part of the penalty exacted for all and every animal impounded. Also, he shall receive from every man having sown land in the fields of the aforesaid town, as much corn in sheaf for his harvest gift as the donor may be content to give. Also the said Swine-herd shall receive, from every man having six pigs or more, his dinner for his day's service, as reasonably he is able to go round the town, or one penny for the dinner ; and for his salary he shall receive a half-penny for each pig, and a half-penny for two little ones, to be faith- fully paid and received at the end of each quarter. Also the said common Swine-herd shall receive from every man possessing fewer swine than six pigs or porkers, one penny for each pig, and a half-penny for each porker at the end of each quarter as above ; but he is not to have his dinner for his day's work, as he does from those who keep more than that number. And if anyone's pig or pigs shall go over any man's corn or pasture in the fields of the town, by the default of the Swine-herd, then the said Swine-herd shall make amends for the aforesaid trespass to the aggrieved parties. "Also, the aforesaid tenants will and grant, that if any- one's swine or porkers shall be found trespassing in the corn sown in the fields of the aforesaid town or elsewhere, watched or not watched, then they ought to be taken and impounded by the said Hayward, or by anyone else to whom the said animals shall have done any damage, and to be kept in the pound until the party or parties aggrieved shall have been compensated for the damage, or sufl3.oient sureties BASINGSTOKE. 215 shall have been found. And if anyone's swine or porkers shall be so wild that they cannot be enclosed in the afore- said pound, the Hay ward, or those who have been tres- passed upon, shall follow the animals to the house where they dwell, and there by the view and testimony of the neighbours and trustworthy persons, he or they shall have compensation according to the extent of the injury from him who claims the said swine. " And moreover they will and grant that the Bailiffs of the liberty of the aforesaid town shall receive of the afore- said offences, for each taking, impounding or following, three half-pence, if the number of pigs or porkers is under four, and three pence if the number shall be four or more, saving always to the said Hayward his third part as aforesaid. " Also, they will and concede for themselves and their heirs, that the swine of the commonalty of the aforesaid town shall not enter nor feed in the autumn time in the stubble of the winter fields before the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, (November 8th) and after they shall have entered upon the aforesaid stubble they shall be well watched : and if anyone shall presume to act otherwise, he shall pay 40d. to the fee farm of the aforesaid town. And in like manner that the aforesaid swine of the com- monalty of the aforesaid town shall not enter nor feed in the stubble of the Lent field until the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel is ended ; they are also to be watched, and if anyone is seen acting to the contrary, he shall in like- manner pay 40d. to the aforesaid fee farm. "Also, they will, ordain, and appoint, that anyone possessing unsown land lying in separate fields shall have the said separate land up to the Gale of August, ( 1st August ) provided that neither they nor anyone else in their name, shall enter upon the aforesaid separate land over the sown corn of their neighbour, without obtaining his licence, and if anyone shall be found acting to the contrary, he shall pay 2d. to the fee farm for every acre. Also, that no horse, bull, steer, heifer, cow or calf shall be fed or feed in the stubble of the aforesaid fields before the com is entirely carried away, unless they are securely tethered or watched, 216 BASINGSTOKE. and if any of tlie aforesaid animals shall be found in the stubble untethered, or not watched, so as to occasion damage to anyone, before the corn of the fields is entirely removed, they are to be impounded in the common pound and kept there until the party trespassed shall have had com- pensation according to the extent of the injury, or suflSeient surety given for the aforesaid transgression; and the Bailiffs shall have for every impounding one penny for a single animal, and two pence for the impounding of two animals or more, for the use of the aforesaid fee farm and not more ; saving always to the Hayward a third part of the aforesaid money. " Also, they will and grant that all sheep belonging to strangers shall be removed out of the common pasture of the aforesaid town before the feast of Saint Michael, except those which ought to be maintained in the aforesaid pasture throughout the winter, and if anyone shall do otherwise, he shall pay 2s. to the fee farm. " Also, they will, that no shepherd shall enter upon the stubble with his sheep in the winter fields before Saint Michael's day, nor in the Lent fields before All Saints' day, (November 1st) excepting Myldeldowne, Litelmylnefelde, and Mylleforlonge, namely, from Pesauntesmyll to the bounds of Basynge, and if anyone's sheep shall be found feeding in the stubble, before the assigned days, unless by escape, to wit, more than one hour, the Bailiffs shall have 40d. for the use of the aforesaid fee farm, and so from day to day, whenever and as often as they shall be so found by whomsoever trespassing ; and for an escape a reasonable amercement. "Also, they will, that no tenant paying by tallies less than 6s. a year for rent shall have at his. fold more than a hundred sheep at any time of the year. And if a tenant pays 5s. or more a year for rent, he shall have as many (sheep) as he is able to maintain throughout the year, as well in summer as in winter. "Also, they will and grant, that no tenant shall have sheep feeding in the common pasture of the aforesaid town, and lying by night outside the aforesaid demesne and the fields of the aforesaid town. Also, that no man dwelling BASINGSTOKE. 217 ■witLin the aforesaid town not being a tenant by tallies, sliall liave more than eight pigs or porkers in the common pasture, and if any such man shall have more he shall pay to the aforesaid fee farm in each quarter up to the Gule of August 6d., and from the Gule of August to the Feast of All Saints 6s. 8d. to the aforesaid farm. Also, that no man, of whatsoever condition he may be, shall drive his cart through anyone's corn in the harvest time, to his own land, to the damage of anyone. And if anyone is found tres- passing in this manner he shall make compensation to the parties trespassed upon, according to the extent of the injury ; and moreover the aforesaid trespassers shall pay to the fee farm 448 BASIXGSTOKE. Extracts from Conrt EoHs. all these things the tithing of Basingstoke and all the other tithings agree. "At the court of the Hundred held on the 19th October, 1398. (22. Eichard n.) " Richard Grete is ordered to remove his shop standing in the market place of Ba-syn^toke, against the next court day, under a penalty of 40d. « 9t.li Xovember, 1398. "John Richards appears hy his attorney, as complainant against John Bernard and Agnes his wife, executrix of the ■will of William Trowlay on a plea of debt, namely the payment of 2s. and 6d. as damages. The aforesaid John Bernard and Agnes appear by the attorney of the said John, and say that no such debt is due to him, as stated, and that they put themselves upon their country, to verify it hy law. They are to he here at the next court day with their sixth hand, atid the bailiffs to have sureties, ^e. " John Wortinge fined 6d. for a wastel loaf, price one half-penny, becanse it was 6s. 8d. under weight. Also 6d. for a white loaf, price one half-penny, because it was 10s. under weight; and 3d. for a wheat loaf, price Id., 40=. under weight. Johanna Langmde fined 6d. for a horse loaf, 6s. 8d. under weight ; and John Grundy 2d. for false weight in a pound of candles. "At the Court held 26th April, 1399. " John Skinnere, complainant, appeared by his attorney, against John Gyldeme on a plea of agreement, and there- upon says that the same John Gyldeme ought to have made doors and windows, and walls and other necessaries, in the house of this John which he ha.'i not done ; and so the agreement with him is broken, to the damage of this John Skinnere of 40d., wherefore he enters suit. The said John Gyldeme appears personally, and says that he made no such agreement as is set forth against him, and thereupon puts himself upon the law. Be has his day here, at the next court with his fourth hand. "irthMaj, 1399. " John Donut, complainant, personally appeared against Thomas Lonkere on a plea of agreement ; whereupon he BASINGSTOKE. 249 says that the same Thomas made an agreement that the quarter of malt belonging to Thomas Glene, clerk, seized in the house of this Thomas Loukere by the bailiffs of Basingstoke, should not be removed until certain amerce- ments due to the aforesaid bailiffs were satisfied ; wherefore he enters suit. And the aforesaid Thomas appears person- ally and defends the force and injury, &c., and says that no such agreement was made by him, as set forth against him ; so places himself upon the law. He has Ms day here, at the next court with Ms sixth hand. Sureties, John Ohere, " The following instrument is also entered upon the roll of the proceedings of this court, and is of interest, as setting forth the importance of the charter granted to the town by King Richard II. in 1392, already mentioned in page 75. " To all the faithful of Christ, to whom this present writing shall come, John Coufolde and Roger Neweman, bailiffs of the lord King at Basyngstoke, send greeting in our Lord. Whereas the lord King Richard the Second, of his special grace, by his letters patent, did grant to the proved men of the same town, that they, their heirs and successors, should have and possess for ever a commonalty and a common seal, so that estates or leases by the bailiffs of the lord King there, for the time being, and grants of lands and tenements coming into the hands of the lord King may be confirmed under the aforesaid common seal. Know ye, that we the aforesaid John and Roger, with the unanimous assent and consent of the entire commonalty aforesaid, have granted and demised to Henry Gierke, shepherd, and Johanna his wife, a toft, formerly Isumberdy's, and twenty acres of land with appurtenances in Basyng- stoke ; which aforesaid toft lies at Northbrook, near the land of John Barnet on the west side, and contains in breadth fifty-six feet, and the south end extends to the highway leading towards Bydemelle, and the north end extends itself to the field called le Bury. To have and to hold the aforesaid toft and the said twenty acres of land with appurtenances to the aforesaid Henry and Johanna, 250 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Eolla. and to the heirs and assigns of this Henry for ever : rendering therefore annually to the fee farm of the town, five shillings at the feasts of Easter and Saint Michael, equally, and other services, according to the custom of the manor. In testimony whereof the seals of the aforesaid John and Roger, as well as the common seal aforesaid, are appended to these presents. Dated at Basyngstoke on Saturday, the vigil of Pentecost (17th May), in the twenty- second year of the reign of King Richard the Second from the Conquest (A.D. 1399.) "7tli June, 1399. " Thomas Louker is at mercy because he failed in his law against John Donnt on the plea of an agreement, by which the said John has recovered a quarter of barley, price 4s. Wherefore let there be exacted a fine of 6d. "28th June, 1399 ( 23. Richard II. ) " Stephen Banaster, complainant, appears against Thomas Aylyerd on a plea of trespass, and thereupon says, that divers animals of this Thomas entered upon a croft of the said Stephen by default of enclosure, and trod down and destroyed the oats in the said croft to the damage of this Stephen of 40d., wherefore he enters suit. And the afore- said Thomas personally appears and defends the force and injury, &c., and says that he is not guilty of the aforesaid offence as set forth against him, and puts himself upon the law. He has Ms day here, at the next court with his sixth hand. The bailiffs to take sureties. " A similar entry records a second complaint of the Baid Stephen against this Thomas Aylyerd, that at another time the aforesaid animals from the same cause entered his croft and trod down and destroyed oats to the value of two shillings. The next entry, in similar words, reverses the position of the parties. Thomas Aylyerd brings an action of trespass against Stephen Banaster, for entering a certain croft of this Thomas in HeysuUe, and lopping divers trees of different kinds and carrying off the wood, &c. to the damage of 20s. And another entry, that divers pigs of this Stephen BASINGSTOKE. 251 entered into divers crofts at HeysuUe, of this Thomas, and trod down his pasture and destroyed the pannage, and remained there for the space of a week, to the damage of 40d. " At the next court these suits were postponed until ensuing court day, when, on being called, neither of the parties put in an appearance, and both were fined 6d. for each suit. They had apparently come to an understanding, and no further proceedings ensued. " 19th July, 1399. " John Whyte, in his own person, complainant, appeared against Stephen Smerat on a plea of agreement, and says that the said Stephen entered into an agreement with him to bring to the market of Basingstoke all the calf skins which he should have from the first day of Lent ( a dale carniprivii) in the 20. Richard II. (1397) until the com- pletion of an entire year, and sell them to the said John at the price of twelve skins for 18d., and the said Stephen did not bring them there, but broke the agreement, &c. to the damage of this John of 20s., wherefore he enters suit. The said Stephen comes personally and says that no such agree- ment was broken by him, as set forth against him, therefore he puts himself upon the law. He has his day here, at the next court with his sixth hand. " The same John "White also appeared against the said Stephen on a plea of agreement, whereupon he says that the same Stephen sold to him in the above-mentioned year fourteen calf skins that were rotten, putrid, filthy, and wet, which were brought to him in the place of good skins not rotten, &c., to the damage of this John of 20d., wherefore he enters suit. The said Stephen comes personally and says that no such agreement was broken by him, &o., and put himself upon the law, &c. "View of Frank-pledge held 12th November, 1407. Among the presentments occur : " That Roger Newman has ploughed up a green boundary between his land and the land Of William Brokas, and that William Anne has ploughed up a green boundary 252 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Cotirt Bolls. between, his land and tte land of tlie late Hugh. Heryerde. Ingelram atte More has a paling placed on the highway near the tenement of the late John Peperwhyt, by which he has appropriated of the King's soil two perches in length and four feet in width. Ordered io be distrained to show by what right, 8fc. and why he should not pay rent for it. The highway under Ooppede-mead is overflowed with water to the common detriment, by default of Ingelram atte More, owing to his not cleaning out the ditches, therefore he is at mercy. Fined ^d. Richard Fynleghe has ploughed up and appropriated to himself a common way called le Qrenewey, containing four feet in breadth, leading from the highway towards Wyltenysshbury,* to the common detri- ment, therefore he is at mercy. Fined 6d. and ordered to amend it against the next court day under penalty, Sfc. Thomas Coufolde made an assault against the peace upon Nicholas Bnrell, and drew a sword, price 6d., therefore he is at mercy and the sword forfeited. Fined Qd. And that the same Thomas with a drawn sword, price 6d., against the peace, made an assault upon Richard Adam, therefore he is at mercy and the said sword forfeited. Fined Qd. William Coke, against the peace, drew blood from William Barnet. Fined Qd. Margery atte Chambre drew blood from Hugh Barkensdale. Fined Qd. William Christemas drew blood from John Baker. Fined Qd. And the said John unjustly raised the hue upon the said Wilham. Fined M. " 19tli November, 1407. " To this court came Walter Gandere and paid a fine of 12d. to the baUife, to be exonerated from the office of tithingman of Basyngstoke this year, &o. "John Glerk elected to the of&ce of tithingman of Basyngstoke, came, and was sworn. Richard Carpunter and Richard Wyke, smith, who were elected to the office of tithingmen of Basyngstoke, are ordered to be distrained to receive the oath and execute the said office. # " Now knowii as Winklebury. BASINGSTOKE. 253 "• loth December, 1407. " Eioliard Wyke, smitli, pays a fine of 12d. to the bailiffs to be exonerated from the office of tithingman of Basyng- stoke this year. Richard Carpunter came and was sworn in as tithingman. "View of Frank-pledge held on 5th May, 1408. (9. Henry IV.) "Natelbghb Soutebs. To this court came Robert Holte, who ofiered to the bailiffs 12d. as a fine, that he might be exonerated for ever from his suit of court here, because he is old and feeble. Sureties for the payment of the fine to he given to the bailiffs. " 16th June, 1408. "It is notified to the court that Thomas Byflete has closed his last day, by whose death a heriot has fallen of an ox worth 6s. Thomas, the son and heir of the said Thomas, claims to hold the lands which are held of the demesne, and he gave five shillings for relief and to enter upon them, namely, a moiety of the annual rent according to the custom of the manor, &c. "28th July, 1408. "Roger atte Lane complains of John Benfelde on a plea of trespass, and thereupon he says that the same John trod down and destroyed certain hay belonging to him ' in le Vyne,' to the damage of 3s. 4d., wherefore he enters suit. The aforesaid John comes and acknowledges part of the trespass, and places himself in the hands of court to assess the damage. And the court awa/rds 3d. for the trespass. " 10th August, 1409. " Isoda Dryffeld makes plaint against William Austyn, carpenter, on a plea of agreement. She says that the said William made an agreement with her to carry out the fields of Basingstoke to her house, her plough with all its tackle, and that he did not do so but broke the agreement to the damage of this Isoda of 40d., wherefore she enters suit ; and the aforesaid William came and acknowledges part thereof and puts himself at the assessment of the court. Fined Zd. and the court to assess the damages. 254 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. "8tli March, 1409-10. " This is the final concord made in the court of the lord King at Basingstoke, on the Saturday nearest before the feast of St. Gregory, Pope, in the 11th year of the reign of King Henry IV., before Ingelram atte More and WilHam Anne, baihfis of the same town ; Nicholas Valoyns, John Fabyan, John Oowfolde, John Sherlond, James Wynslode, suitors, and other faithful subjects of the lord King: between Henry Goudray, plaintiff, and Thomas Herierd and Johanna his wife, defendants : concerning two messuages, two hundred and seventy acres of land, thirty acres of meadow,* and rents amounting to fifty shillings ; sum- moned upon a plea of an agreement between them. Thomas and Johanna acknowledged that the said lands, &c. belonged to the said Henry, and that the said Henry held the same by the gift of the said Thomas and Johanna, to be held by the said Henry and his heirs for ever of the chief lords of the fee, by the rents and services heretofore due, according to the custom of the manor, and the said Thomas and Johanna, and their heirs, will warrant the same for ever to the said Henry and his heirs. "Court held 8th October, 1412. "John IJarnet being at mercy because he is convicted, places himself on the assessment of the court, on a plea of trespass, against Hugh Kyngesmulle, because he trod down and destroyed an acre of peas of this Hugh to the damage of this Hugh of 6s. 8d. as he says. It is ordered that the court assess the said trespass. The same John is at mercy in like manner, because he struck with a stone the horse of the said Hugh, to his damage of 40d. as he says. It is ordered that the court assess the said trespass. " Thomas West, against the peace drew blood from Hugh Kyngesmulle, therefore is at mercy. Fined 6d. and John Barnet is surety. Isabella, the wife of the said Thomas, * " It appears from the entry given in page 202, that ninety-eight aorea of this land were situated in Basingstoke parish, and the remainder within the hundred of Basingstoke. BASINGSTOKE. 255 unjustly raised the hue upon the said Hugh, therefore is at mercy, and has found the same surety. "19tli November, 1412. "Walter Gandere, Hugh Kyngesmulle, Henry Barkes- dale, and William. Harpour are elected tithingmen ( decen- narii ) of Basyngstoke. Therefore it is ordered that the bailiffs distrain them so that they may be here at the next court to receive and execute the aforesaid office. "lOtb December, 1412. "William Perot of Asshe,* complains against Robert le Tannere of Basyngge, and Alice his wife, executrix of the will of William Tyler, on a plea of debt. "31st December, 1412. " Thomas Coufolde, with a staff, price one penny, against the peace, drew blood from Thomas Catelyne, therefore is at mercy, and the said staff forfeited. Fined Qd. Matilda, the wife of the said Thomas Catelyne, unjustly raised the hue upon the said Thomas Coufolde. Fined Zd. "21st January, 1412-3. "Eobert Tannere of Basynge, and Alice his wife, executrix of the will of William Tyler, are at mercy, be- cause they have acknowledged by John Mundy their attorney, unjustly detaining 16s. 8d. of debt from William Perot of Asshe. Fined Qd. and the debt to he levied. "11th February, 1412-3. "Hugh Kyngesmulle, executor of the will of William Kyngesmulle, muleward, (mill-heeper) makes plaint of John Stubyngton on a plea of debt. Thereupon he claims from him 30s. for the corrody of the said William, granted by the warden (^er custodem) of the College of Merton Halle, * '"■ 'Thia William Perot of Ash, near Basingstoke, married Alice, the daughter of Agnes Chaumpeneys, the only sister of William de Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, and was the father of Sir Thomas Wykeham, knight, the Bishop's great nephew and heir. William Perot was buried in Ash Church, but his wife (who predeceased him many years ) was interred within the Priory Church of South- wick, in the same vault with the Bishop's father and mother. 256 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. Oxford, namely, 20s. by the year ; whicli said 30s. are the arrears for a year and a half, which the said John nnder- took to pay to the said William, which he had not done, &c. to the damage of this Hugh of 10s., wherefore he enters suit. And the said John, by Richard Wyther his attorney, comes and acknowledges thereof 3s. 4d., therefore is at mercy thus far; and as to the 26s. 8d. he says that an agreement was made between himself and the aforesaid William, that the said John should have the said 26s. 8d. for a horse of this John's which the said Hugh took outside of the town of Basyngstoke in the service of the lord King, and the aforesaid horse died on the journey, by default* of this Hugh, and therefore the aforesaid 26s. 8d. were detained according to the agreement of the aforesaid William ; and this he is prepared to verify by law. He has Ms day here, at the next court with his twelfth hand. Surety, Bichard Wyther. " Henry Barkesdale makes plaint of Thomas Catelyne on a plea of trespass. He says that the said Thomas has lopped and carried away divers trees grown in a hedge of this Henry, standing by the highway leading from the mansion of Hugh KingesmuUe towards the mansion of William Fyns, to the damage of 40d., wherefore he enters suit. The aforesaid Thomas came and defended the force and injury, &c., and says that he did not cut down any trees unless to repair the hedge of this Henry, nor had he carried away any part thereof, aa stated against him, and he places himself upon the law. He has his day here, at the next court with his sixth hand. Sureties, the bailiffs, Sfo. «4.th March, 1412-3. " John Pakenham brought a small closed writ of the lord King, in these words : Henry, by the grace of Grod, King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland, to his bailiffs of Basyngstoke, greeting. We command that without delay, you are to do full right according to the custom of the manor of Basyngstoke to John Pakenham, of eight marks * "Fuit mortuus perviam ad defaltam &c. BASINGSTOKE. 257 of rent with appurtenances in Basyngstoke, wliicli William Tauk * and Alianora his wife and John Cole have deforced him ; that we may no longer hear complaint thereof for defect of right. Witness myself, at Westminster, 24th January, ( 1412-3 ) the fourteenth year of our reign, f And he found as pledges for the prosecution, William Austyn and Matthew Bakere, and protested that he would prosecute the aforesaid writ in the form and character of a writ of assize of novel disseisin, according to the custom of the manor of Basyngstoke. Whereupon the bailiffs were ordered to summon by a good summons the aforesaid William and Alianora his wife, and John Cole, to be here, this day three weeks, namely, on Saturday, the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, then next ensuing,^ to answer the aforesaid John Pakenham on the aforesaid plea, &c. " Hugh Kyngesmulle, executor of the will of William Kyngesmulle, muleward, is at mercy, because he has not carried on his prosecution against John Stubyngton, on a plea of debt, whereupon there was law of the twelfth hand. Fined 8d. " The tithingmen of Basingstoke present that Johanna Greno, against the peace, with an instrument called a kard (a wool-card), price 2d., drew blood from Isabella Crokkere, therefore she is at mercy. Fined 6d. Matliew Bahere surety. Also they present that the said Isabella, against the peace, drew blood from the aforesaid Johanna, therefore she is also at mercy. Fined Qd. Richard Lewes surety. "20th April, 1415. " The tithingman of Somersulle was fined threepence for coming late. Elizabeth Hale, Isabella Croker, and Joan * " He was senior bailifl of Basingstoke in tliis year. f "The original copy of this writ is sewed to the roll and endorsed ■with the usual declaration as to prosecuting the suit ; the names of the sureties, and that the parties had been duly summoned. The above particulars are copied from the entry on the roll itself. % "The EoU of this Court (1. Henry V.) has disappeared, there- fore we are unable to give the subsequent proceedings of this suit. 258 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts frorQ Court Rolls. Dodelyng of Basyngstoke, were presented aa CDmmon scolds, brawlers, and disturbers o£ the King's peace. Fined Qd. each. "At View of Frank-pledge held on 28tli April, 1425. ( 3. Henry VI. ) "The tithingman of Mapledurwell (among his present- ments) charged William Badekoc for drawing blood from William Canner, by biting him with his teeth, ( mordendo dentibus suis ) thus committing an assault against the peace ; also that the said William Canner drew blood from the said William Badecok with his dagger, against the peace, therefore they were both at mercy. Fined 6d. each. " And among the Basingstoke presentments : " That John Wyte had made a ditch upon the King's soil between Redemylle and Plexpole to the common detri- ment, &c. Also that John Wydowsone of Clydesdon (Cliddesden) had ploughed up one ley fourue ( a boundary strip ) between the land of the said John and the land of John Swalwyke. Fined 8d. The jury also presented that Edith, the wife of Richard Tumour of Bromley, on the 4th day of February last past, received from John Pesemede 3s. in silver, she knowing the aforesaid 3s. to have been thievishly taken and stolen of the goods and chattels of John Fabyan. That William atte Noke is a common gamester and a common wanderer by night, contrary to the statute, and that the same William, on Wednesday, the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, (26th April) in the third year of King Henry VI. (1426) cast dice in Basyngstoke, at the house of William Smyth, between nine o'clock and midnight, with Thomas Wareyn, to his own advantage, contrary to the statute, &c. Fined 2Qd. That Thomas Wolfe appropriated and ploughed up a portion of the King's land, six feet wide, at Powlflode near the Cross. Fined 12d. Also that William Barbour had ploughed up the strip of fallow land, six feet in breadth, lying between the land of Richard Fynle and the east end of the land of Thomas Newman. Fined \2d. BASINGSTOKE. 259 " IQtli October, 1426. ( 5. Henry VI. ) " Presentment made that William Lowker had folded sixty sheep in the south field of Basingstoke near the Hare- pathe, to the common detriment, &c. Fined 40(Z. And that John Amburley had tethered five horses in the same field, to the common detriment, &c. Fined 2s. " 21sfc December, 1426. (• 5. Henry VI. ) " The tenants of the late John Colton within Twode, did fealty and should give for relief 9s. l|d. Sureties, Thomas Grygory and Bichard Kent. The tenants of the holding, late Richard Poster's, did fealty, and should give for relief 3s. lOd. Sureties, Thomas Grete and John Issyngton. The tithingmen of Basingstoke presented that three white sheep and a black sheep came astray on Monday nearest after the feast of St. Andrew, and had not been claimed ; and thereupon proclamation to he made. Also four other sheep came astray about the same time, of which two belonged to Richard Bestis and two to Walter Smyth, and 16d. were exacted as a penalty. Thomas Newman did fealty for the lands and tenements late Alice's, and gave for relief on this day 6s. Surety, Thomas Whyte. John Smyth of Wynchefeld did fealty for one myseplace between Thomas Wythe's on the south side, and the tenement of William Brokas on the north side, and he gave for relief this day one penny, which he paid in court. The tithing- men of Basingstoke also presented that John Placher made an unjust assault upon John Barnet and John Grey with a cudgel of no value. Fined 4d. and the lands to he distrained. " John Maylarde is at law against Richard Bryggis, on a plea of an agreement, to saw a thousand feet of boards. The said Richard says that he completed the agreement of the aforesaid sawing, and upon this he places himself upon the law. And the aforesaid John came not, but was essoined. The case is remitted until the next court, himself the twelfth hand. Thomas Williams, surety. " 26th May, 1436. ( 14. Henry VI. ) " John Shoveler appeared against Thomas Newman, on the plea of an agreement, that the said Thomas, on Monday, BASINGSTOKE. 263 20tli June, 1435, at Basingstoke, delivered to tim a great barn called le Fynleyes grete heme, to hold for an entire year from the first day of August then next ensuing, rendering for the same to one Sutton, sixteen shillings and two cart loads of straw. This letting was disputed and denied, and thirty-eight shillings claimed as damages. " John Shoveler and Margaret his wife opposed Stephen Lilleburn and Johanna his wife, as to their right to a messuage and garden with appurtenances in Basingstoke : and thereupon they obtained the court's permission to come to an agreement. " To this court came John Shoveler and Margaret his wife, and claimed to hold a messuage and garden with appurtenances in Basingstoke, which lately belonged to Stephen Lilleburne and Johanna his wife, and they gave for a relief three-halfpence and did fealty, and were admitted as tenants, &c. " Two royal writs and two fines (or final agreements) are sewed to this roll : — "Henet, by the grace of God King of England and France and lord of Ireland, to his bailiflFs of Basingstoke, greeting. We command that without delay, and according to the custom of our manor of Basingstoke, you are to do fall right to John Shoveler and Margaret his wife as to a messuage and a garden with appurtenances in Basingstoke, which Stephen Lilleburne and Johanna his wife deforced them ; that no longer complaint be heard thereupon for defect of justice. Witnessed by myself at Westminster on 10th day of March, the 14th year of our reign.* And indorsed : — The within written John Shoveler and Margaret his wife have declared that they will prosecute this writ, in the form and nature of a writ of convention, according to the custom of the manor, &c., and their pledges for the prosecution of it are Thomas Marmyon, Edmund Bromley, John Ryche, and Thomas Clavyn. * " Written on a. narrow slip of parchment j of an inch in width, and 9i inches in length. 264 BASINaSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. " This is the final agreement made in the King's court at Hasingstoke, on Saturday, the feast of St. Augustine, in the 14th year of the reign of King Henry YI. after the Conquest ( 26th May, 1436 ) before Richard Cotesmore, one of the bailiffs of the same town ; William Brocas, John Paulet, John atte Hoke, John Hunte, and John Swalwyk, suitors of the aforesaid court, and other faithful subjects of the lord King then and there present : between John Shoveler and Margaret his wife, plaintiffs, and Stephen Lilleburne and Johanna his wife, defendants, concerning a messuage and a garden with appurtenances in Basyngstoke, whereupon a plea of convention was summoned between them in the same court, according to the custom of the manor of Basyngstoke. To wit, that the aforesaid Stephen and Johanna his wife acknowledged the aforesaid messuage and garden with appurtenances to be right of this John and Margaret his wife, and they surrendered them to them in the same court, to be held by the said John and Margaret, and the heirs and assigns of this John for ever, of the chief lords of the fee, for the services therefore due and accustomed. And the aforesaid Stephen and Johanna his wife and the heirs of this Johanna will warrant the aforesaid messuage and garden with appurtenances to the aforesaid John and Margaret and to the heirs and assigns of this John, against all men for ever. And the aforesaid Johanna, present in court and examined by the bailiffs and suitors, acknowledged that she was not forced nor compelled but of her own free will ratified for ever the aforesaid transaction, according to the custom of the manor of Basyngstoke. " The other fine, made on the same day, was between Thomas Warde and Isabella his wife, plaintiffs, and Stephen Lilleburne and Johanna his wife, defendants ; of a messuage and nine acres of land with appur- tenances in Basyngstoke. Settled upon Thomas and Isabella and to be warranted to them and the heirs of Thomas for ever. BASINGSTOKE. 265 " 8th September, 1436. " The tithingmen of Basingstoke present that John Coudray has at his fold sixteen ewe sheep belonging to strangers, contrary to the Regulations, to the common detriment, &c. Also that Thomas Grete has eighteen pigs more than he ought to have according to the Regulations, to the common detriment, &c. John Canner and John Hylde have each six pigs more than they ought to have, &c. Therefore they are at mercy. " To this court came Robert Terdle and did fealty for the lands and tenements formerly Thomas Terdle's, and 2s. 6d. are due for relief, which he did not then pay, but he found John Leche as surety. "17th August, 1437. " To this court came Thomas Couper and did fealty for all the lands and tenements which lately belonged to John Cappe in Basingstoke, and which the same Thomas has and holds by the gift and grant of this John ; and offered two shillings for relief, which he paid. " 14th December, 1487. " To this court came Richard Codtysmour and Roger Kent and did fealty to the lord King for the lands formerly John Hoo's, the relief being 22d. which they did not pay, but found John Hoo as surety. Richard Carpenter also did fealty for the lands and tenements late Berwyn's, the relief being 14d. John Meverleu unjustly appropriated a shaune, (i.e. a chain) worth I2d. of the goods aad chattels of William BoUocke. Fined I2d. " 26tli January, 1437-8. ( 16. Henry VI.) " John Bryhtwysle (Brightwhistle) pays a fine of 6d. for licence to agree with John Cay, in an action of debt. John Meverleu is at law against Robert Williamscottes on a plea of trespass, in taking an iron chain (schayne) to the damage of the said Robert 20d. Se has his day here, at the next court with his fourth hand, also for taking an ironed- harrow (hawrue f errata), worth 40d. to the damage of the said Robert of 20d. John Wolf did fealty for the lands and tenements late Roger Kent's and formerly Thomas 266 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. Barbour's, tlie relief being 4s. 6d. Richard Hycbekoo and Catherine his wife did fealty for a ' myce 'place ' ( a meese place or toft ) with appurtenances which formerly belonged to John Pomel and John Pokoc and Matilda his wife, late wife of John Porael, and lOd. is due for relief. John Rossel and Margery his wife did fealty for the lands and tenements formerly John Hobbs, 20d. due for relief. "ISth February, 1437-8. " To this court came Robert Pelder and offered relief for the lands and tenements, lately Philip Sautume's, and he paid 7s. 6d., the amount of the relief. Edmund Tanke was presented for unjustly drawing blood from Thomas Hurste. Johanna the wife of John Bowcher, servant of Thomas Grete, as a common scold, and Alice Bloxham as another common scold. " 7th February, 1438-39. ( 17. Henry VI.) " The tithingmen presented John Mason for committing an assault upon Thomas Olavel, with a knife worth one penny, against the peace of the lord King. Fined 6d. The same John Mason was also presented as a common wanderer by night, and for carrying a bill worth 6d. against the peace of the lord King, and as a common ' waldegyry ' ( stroller ? ) Therefore he is at in&rcy and is to he tried hy a jury. " 1 6th July, 1440. (18. Henry VI. ) " The bailiffs are at mercy, because they have not here, the lord of Basyng, ( John Paulet, Esq. ) to render suit. He and they are ordered to he distrained. " A similar entry follows as to Bryan de Wyndsor. Both these entries are repeated at the next court, also at the court held on 27th August. " 6th August, 1440. ( 18. Henry VI.) " To this court came John Coufold and did fealty for the crofts and lands lately Ralph Ooufold's, within the hundred of Basyngstoke, and he paid at the same time 2s. for relief. " The following process of a suit from the commence- ment to the end, is recorded upon a strip of parchment 9 inches wide and 22 inches long. The proceedings BASINGSTOKE. 267 are more fully set out than usual^ and give us an additional insight into the importance of the juris- diction exercised by the local courts. " Basyngstoke. The Hundred [ Court ] held there on Saturday, the eighth day of the month of October, [1440] in the nineteenth year of the reign of King Henry the Sixth. " To this court came Thomas Wodele and Johanna his wife, and Isabella atte More, in their own persons, and produced a closed writ of right of the lord King, according to the custom of the manor of Basyngstoke in these words : — ' Henet, by the grace of God, King of England and France and lord of Ireland, to the bailifis of the men of the town and Hundred of Basyngstoke, greeting. We command you without delay, and according to the custom of the manor of Basyngstoke, to do full right to Thomas Wodele and Johanna his wife, and to Isabella atte More, of one messuage with appurtenances in Basyngstoke, of which Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, deforced them : that no longer complaint be heard there- upon, by default of justice. Witness myself at West- minster the first day of June, in the eighteenth year of our reign.' By reason of this, it was ordered that the officials of the court of the aforesaid Hundred should summon the aforesaid Isabella to be present here at the next court of the Hundred, namely, on Saturday nearest after the feast of the Apostles, Simon and Jude, next ensuing ; to answer the aforesaid Thomas and Johanna Ms wife, and Isabella atte More on the aforesaid plea. The said Thomas and Johanna his wife and Isabella atte More found Thomas Shirewode and Nicholas Shirwode as sureties for the pro- secution, and they promised to prosecute this writ against the aforesaid Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, in the form and nature of a writ of entry upon disseizin, according to the custom of the manor, &c. The same day was assigned also to the aforesaid Thomas and Johanna his wife and Isabella atte More to be here, &o. 268 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Coui*t Rolls. " Basyngstohe. The Hundred [^Oourf] held there on the twenty -ninth day of October, in the nineteenth year of the reign of King Henry the Sixth. " Essoined. Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn against Thomas Wodele and Johanna his wife, and Isabella atte More, on a plea of land, by William Hayward, affeeror. " On this day came Thomas Wodele and Johanna his wife, and Isabella atte More, by William Hayward their Attorney on a writ of right of the lord King, according to the custom of the manor of Basingstoke, &c., against Isabella who was the wife of Thomas Waryn, on a plea of land, as appears at the last ( court of the ) Hundred. And it was ordered that the officials of this Hundred should summon by a good summons the aforesaid Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn to be present here on this day to answer the aforesaid Thomas and Johanna his wife, and Isabella atte More on the aforesaid plea according to the custom of the manor, &c. The said officials now answered that the aforesaid Isabella who was the wife of Walter Waryn, was summoned by William Hayward and John Riche : upon which the aforesaid Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, being called did not appear, but was assoined, as appears above, by William Hayward, and she had a day by her aforesaid assoiner to be here on Saturday, the nineteenth of November, to answer the afore- said Thomas and Johanna his wife, and Isabella atte More, on the aforesaid plea by the award, &c. The same day was given to the aforesaid Thomas and Johanna his wife, and Isabella atte More, by their aforesaid attorney. If &c. " Basyngstohe. The Hundred [Oourf] held there on Saturday, the nineteenth of November, in the nineteenth year of the reign of King Henry the Sixth. " On which day Thomas Wodele and Johanna his wife, and Isabella atte More, by William Hayward their attorney appeared against Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, on the plea that the same Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, should return to them a messuage with appurtenances in Basyngstoke, and thereupon the BASINGSTOKE. 269 same Thomas and Johanna his wife and Isabella atte More, by William Hayward their aforesaid attorney, complain and say that one John Peperwhite was seized of the afore- said messuage with appurtenances in his demesne as of the fee, in the time of peace, in the time of King Richard the Second after the Conquest, late King of England, prede- cessor of the present lord King, and entirely therefrom received, &c., to the value &c., and thereof died seized, after whose death the right of the aforesaid messuage with appurtenances descended to John his son and heir, and from this John the son of John, the right of the aforesaid messuage with appurtenances descended to the aforesaid Johanna and Isabella atte More, as kinswomen and heirs of the aforesaid John the son of John, namely daughters of Alice, sister of the aforesaid John the son of John. And in the aforesaid messuage with appurtenances the said Isabella who was the wife of Walter Waryn has no entrance unless by the disseizin which John Baldok thereupon made to the aforesaid John the son of John ; therefore they bring suit according to the custom of the manor, &c. And the afore- said Isabelle, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, being called, appeared, by Philip atte Welle her attorney, and defends the force and injury and right of the said Thomas and Johanna his wife, and Isabella atte More, according to the custom of the manor, &c., and he asks a view* of the aforesaid messuage with appurtenances, &c. And it is granted to him, &c. And therefore it is ordered, that the officials of this court are to cause a view to he taken for Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, of the aforesaid Tnessuage, Sfc. Whereupon &c., namely, on Monday nearest following this day, &c. And that they shall have their answer thereon, here at the next court day, namely Saturday, the tenth day of December, as to what they had done in the matter, &c. The same day is given, as well to the aforesaid Thomas and Johanna his wife, and Isabella atte More, plaintiffs, as to the aforesaid Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, to be here. If &e. * " Personal inspection by a jury of the property claimed." 270 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. " Basyngstohe. The Hundred \_Court'\ held there on Saturday, the tenth day of December, in the nine- teenth year of the reign of King Henry the Sixth. " To this court came Thomas Wodele and Johanna his wife, and Isabella atte More, by William Hayward their attorney, and opposed themselves by a writ of right, of the lord King, according to the custom of the manor, &c. against Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, on the plea that she ought to deliver to them a messuage with appurtenances in Basyngstoke, which they claim to be their right, &c. And at the last preceding court, the aforesaid Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, being called, she appeared, and asked a view of the said messuage with appurtenances, according to the custom of the manor, &c. and it was granted to her according to custom, &o. And upon this it was ordered that the officials of the court should have the aforesaid view taken for Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, before this day according to the custom, &c. And now it is testified in the same court by the aforesaid officials that the aforesaid Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, had view by proved and lawful men, namely, John Leche, Thomas Grete, Thomas Warde, and John Grete, according to custom, &c. And upon this the aforesaid Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, being called, appeared in her own person, and acknowledged the right of aforesaid action, and surrendered to them the said messuage, &c. in the same court, and the damages to be assessed by the suitors, &c. Therefore the judgment of the court hy the suitors of the court is, ' that the aforesaid Thomas Wodele and Johanna his wife, and Isabella atte More should recover their seizin of the aforesaid messuage with appurtenances, together with their damages, assessed at six shillings and eight pence. And the aforesaid Isabella, who was the wife of Walter Waryn, was moreover, to pay two shillings for unjust detention, &c. " 12th November, 1440. View of Frank-pledge. " The jury present, that John Walloppe has blocked up the highway from Hacohewode towards Kempshot, to the common detriment, &c. Fined 12d. The same John has BASINGSTOKE. 271 unjustly appropriated to himself a portion of the soil of the lord King, leading from Hacckewode towards Kempshot, four perches in breadth and forty in length, to the common detriment, therefore he is at mercy. William Leche has broken into our warren and has taken our conies, to the common detriment. Fined 12d. Geoffrey Baker has un- justly appropriated to himself a bason of the goods and chattels of William Bowbrigge, of the value of 14d. Fined Ud. Edmund Tauke has unjustly drawn his dagger worth 12d. upon John Barbour, therefore he is at mercy. Fined '[2d. and value of dagger. William Barnat was a waylayer (Weylygger) by night once, against the peace of the lord King. Fined 3s. M. Thomasina Hurt was a Bawde (a scold) between Thomas Frye and the wife of Thomas Nobyl, therefore is at mercy. John Tynker un- justly took a fowl from William Ward, worth 2d. Fined twopence. Johanna, tapster of the George, unjustly took six pullets, worth 9d., from William Walryche. Fined 9d. John Thynby has unjustly taken two silver rings from Stephen Popham,* worth 16d. Fined 16d. The King's highway at Furneys is obstructed by a gutter, to the common nuisance, by default of Robert Dyngley,t who is therefore at mercy. Fined 3d. Elizabeth, vnfe of Geoffrey unjustly appropriated a gold chain, worth 3s. 4d., of the goods and chattels of Johanna Schypster. Fined 3s. M. Edmund Tauke has made an assault upon William Hayward in the execution of his duty, contrary to the peace. Fined 12d. Johanna Schypster is ordered under a penalty of 20s. that henceforth she shall not « " ' Sir Stephen Popham, knight, eon and heir of Henry Popham, Esq., lord of the manors of Popham, Faringdon, Alvington, and Binatead, held lands and tenements in Basingstoke. He was Sheriff of the Comity in 1441, and died on 12th November, 1444. t " Lord of the manor of Wolverton. He was Sheriff of the Connty in 1434, and died in 1456. By his will, dated 2nd March, 1455-6, he directs his body to be buried in the Church of St. Katherine at Wolverton; and among his bequests is a legacy of lOs. to his daTighter, Dame AnabiUa Dyngley, a nun at Eomsey Abbey, 272 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. keep hospitality by entertaining men within her house after the hour of nine at night, and that no afiray shall occur there under the penalty aforesaid. " ISth November, 1441. ( 20. Henry VI. ) " Richard Houke hafs a gutter between the hospice de la Swan, towards the house of Thomas Ward, that is a nuisance. Fined 3d. There is a gutter unscoured under Wythegaresmede, twelve perches in length, by default of John Cooke and the bailiffs. The bailiffs fined 12d. Also another ditch unscoured below the hospital of St. John, three perches in length, by the default of John Terdley. Fined 3d. John Frenkelen, junior, has made chase and rechase with twenty pigs in the common of Twode, within the demesne of Basyngstoke, where he has no common [rights], therefore he is at mercy. Fined 12d. " 14th April, 1442. ( 20. Henry VI. ) "John Bolle drew a long dagger, worth eightpence, upon Thomas Ourtyoure of Andever, against the peace of the lord King, therefore he is at mercy. Fined 8d. and the tithingman had seized the said dagger. Richard Bridde of [South] Hampton, Bowjer, fined sixpence because he drew a dagger, worth sixpence, upon John Forster, Vicar of Basyngstoke, which was delivered to William Walsche and remains in his custody. William Mason, servant of William Wygge, unjustly entered the close of Margery Hunt, and there unjustly took a gown of a sanguine colour, worth 20d., therefore he is at mercy. Fined 20d. Richard at Howke has a foul gutter standing out beyond the north entrance of the hospice Le Swan, in the common street, to the common nuisance of the people of the lord King, therefore he is at mecoy. Fined 8d. There is a ditch overflowed at Russel Berne in Cowryche, one perch in length by default of William Ooufold, to the common detriment, &c. Fined 3d. William Walysche is a common brewer and will not allow the taster to taste his ale at any time, therefore he is at mercy. Fined 20d. Nicholas Brown is a common player at dice and at hazard, by days and nights. Fined I2d. Also that WilUam Brown is a common disturber of the King's peace. Fined I2d. The BASINGSTOKE. 273 water in la Wyldemore meadow is obstructed by the default of William Langrade, one perch in length. Fined 20d. Also to the extent of half a perch by default of Agnes Bernard. Fined lOd. Also one perch in length by default of Thomas Roole. Fined 8d. And another perch in length by default of Robert Howper. Fined 6d. " 7th April, 1442. " Thomas Ward is at law against William Barnet on a plea of the trespass of two calves in his meadow, to the damage of 40d. He has Ms day here at the next court with his fourth hand. "11th August, 1442. " John Stocker has taken his sheep backwards and for- wards from the demesne of Estrop into the demesne of Basyngstoke, against the Ordination, and to the detriment, &c. Ordered to cease doing so before Thursday next, under the penalty of Qs. 8d. "22nd September, 1442. ( 21. Henry VT.) " John Clapschow_^raei 12d. for pasturing his pigs in the barley field contrary to the Ordination. John Wolfe 8d. for the like trespass, with six horses. "11th May, 1443. (21. Henry VI.) View of Frank-pledge. "William Byle and his servant fined 6d. for cutting down a cartload of alder wood and withies, in Le flexpole, to the common detriment of the lord King. William Kynghysmylle fined 3d. for placing a paling of three perches in length upon the freehold of the lord King to the width of three feet, and he is ordered to remove it before the feast of Saint Peter, called ad vincula (1st August) under penalty of 20d. There is a foul ditch eight perches in length under Rowmede, by default of John Terdley. There is a stray sheep, price 12d. in the hands of John Leche : Proclamation to be made. William Hamelyn, laborer son of John Hamlen, of Schyrfeld, with others went to Coufold, and broke into the pound (pondfold) of Thomas Confold, there, and took and led away six oxen, against the peace of the lord King. Fined 4-Od. John Gateryge, junior, 274 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. and William, the servant of Jolm Gateryge, senior, unjustly appropriated a [plough] share, a coulter, and a sultrowe, of the goods and chattels of Richard Parson, rector of Thon- worthe. Fined 40(Z. John Wodby has lodged a bad •woman in his house, therefore is at mercy. Fined. 6d. '• On the lower part of the skin of parchment, con- taining the proceedings of the court of the Hundred, held on the 22nd June, 1443, is an entry of seven lines in English, relating to the presentment made at the last View of Frank-pledge, as to the encroachment made \>j William Kingesmyll. This is the earliest specimen of an entry in our mother tongue occuring on these rolls, and besides the purport of it in our modern wording, a transcript of the entry itself is given as a foot note. Its cacography is enough to make us thankful that these records are written in Latin. " To this Hundred came William Kynghysmylle and asked a view on a pale ( a paling or fence ) which was presented in default by the twelve men at Lawday, and so had grant by the steward and the bailiffs to have a view upon the pale, whether it was put upon the King's ground or not. And be it known to all men that on the Friday next after the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, (27th December,* 1443 ) the aforesaid William Fette the steward, and the bailiffs, Edmund Bromle, Thomas Grete, John Grete, William Barbour, John Snow, John Westbnry, and many others, all of them saying this pale is standing on his own ground, and no prejudice to the King nor to the people : wherefore these men with all the common[alty] * " This date ia so long after the granting of the order, as to suggest the probability of an error on the part of the scribe, and that the feast referred to is that of St. Thomas the Martyr, which was kept on the 7th Jnly. If so, the View was held on 12th July, the day before the holding of the ensuing court of the Hundred, and this considerably strengthens the suggestion: moreover, if it was on 27th December, the scribe would have called it,— the Friday next after the feast of the Nativity of our Lord. BASINGSTOKE. 275 granteth that this pale shall remain as it doth, to the aforesaid "William and to his heirs for ever more* "16th November, 1443. (22. Henry VI.) View of Frank -pledge. " WoDEGAESTON. The tithingman there, came and offered this day 9d. for cert money, which he paid. And presented that Robert Peverel and Robert Smale came within the Hundred of Basingstoke and arrested John Langman ■without a judgment, therefore they are at mercy. Fined 20d. each. " Cludesdene. The tithingman presented that Robert Loker drew blood from John Penkerych with a hook, price fourpence, therefore he is at mercy. Fined 6d. And the whole tithing is at mercy because they have not the said hook here in court. Fined 4id. " Bastngstoke. William Leche has entered our warren and taken our rabbits to the common detriment, &c. Fined 12d. There is a foul ditch at Wattysford, against Goldyng- mede, three perches in length, by default of William Schyrfeld. Fined 3d. Doget, draper, came to the market of Basyingstoke and sold woollen cloths not washed nor sheared, and so deceived the people of the lord King. Fined 8d. Johanna Mason is a common scold to the detriment of everyone. Fined 6d. Richard at Houke and John Arundel have sold putrid fish tO the common * " ' To thys hundr' come William Kynghysmylle & askyde a ffwe on a pale the woohe was y present in defawte by xij men at lawday & so adde Grawnt By the Stwuard & the Ball, to have a ffwe up on the pale wether hyt were y pytte np the kynghys grownd hother nay ; & be hyt y know to alle men the ffryde nexte after the feate of Syn Thomas the a postel the for sayday Willm fette the Stwuard & the ball. Bdmunde Bromle Thomas Grete Joh. Grete William Barbu' Joh. Snow Joh. Westbnry and hother meny mo & aUe thes with o weste seyng thys pale stondyng on hya howne grownd ne no pregesye to kyng ne to the oomynis wer for thes men with alle the oomyn grawnthyt that thys pale stonde stylle as hyt dohyt to the forsayde William & to hya herys for ever mo &o.' We have expanded a few abbreviated words, so as to avoid the insertion of the marks of those contractions which require special characters of typ«. 276 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. Proceedings detriment, &c., also have sold fish badly washed. Fined 12d. each. John Tynby and Hugh Julian are common night wanderers with bows and swords, against the peace of the lord King, and to the common detriment, &c. Fined 6d. each. ' The water at la Wyldemore by the default of Robert Howper is beyond the course, the width of a perch, to the nuisance of the King's people. Fined M. " 25th April, 1444. ( 22. Henry VI.) " Gerard Flemyng has seventeen yards of green cloth, now in the custody of John Grete, which belong to the lord King as a waif. Also six yards of white kersey have been seized by the bailiffs as a waif. "25tli July, 1444. "William Warbylton and the bailiffs, having seized five acres of growing corn, William Swalewyke with other unknown persons, afterwards came and carried away four acres of the said wheat contrary to the said seizure ; — there- fore he is at mercy. Fined 4'Od. " 9th January, 1444-5. ( 23. Henry VI.) " William Batte unjustly drew blood from his wife with a knife valued at twopence. Fined 6d. and the knife for- feited. John Phylippe made an assault upon John Pesmede with a dagger worth twelvepence. Fined 12d. and the dagger forfeited. The wife of John Wever unjustly drew blood from the wife of Nicholas Wanysworth. Fined 6d. "30tli July, 1446. " John Kybelwyk was attached to answer Nicholas in an action as Bro^jyn on a plea of taking and detaining a horse. Where- '° ™^°™^^^ upon the same Nicholas, by his attorney, says that the aforesaid John, on Wednesday, the feast of St. Peter last past, took a horse belonging to the aforesaid Nicholas, worth 13s. 4d., in a pasture in Basyngstoke, called Annewell croft, and led it away to the punfold of Basyngstoke, and there impounded and unjustly detained it, until delivery had been made by William Loker, bailiff of the aforesaid Hundred, pledge and surety sworn and acknowledged, to the damage of the aforesaid Nicholas of 20s., &c., wherefore he enters suit, &o., according to the BASINGSTOKE. 277 cnstom of tte manor, &c. And the aforesaid Jotn, by William Byle Ms attorney, came and defended the force and injury, &c., and says that there was good cause for imponnding the said horse, because the aforesaid John found the said horse upon his pasture and herbage, which it had trod down to the value of 13s. 4d. in the aforesaid place called Annewell croft, which place is the freehold of the aforesaid John, so he holds the said distraint to be good, and was willing to return, &o. And the aforesaid Nicholas would not acknowledge the damage to be of such great value, and denied that the aforesaid place was the freehold of the said John, and says that the damage which occurred to the aforesaid John was by default of the fencing of the said John, &c. And the said John said it was by default of the said Nicholas and not by defect of his fence, &c., and this he is prepared to verify by law. And he has a day here, at the next court with his twelve jurors, Sfo., and the same .day is given to the aforesaid Nicholas, Sfc. " 20th August, 1446. "At the court this day Nicholas Brown was called, but did not come, and so made default. And the aforesaid John Kybelwyke was likewise called. He came and appeared by William Byle his attorney, and asks that it should be adjudged that the said horse should be returned to him or its price according to the custom, &c. And because the suitors of this Hundred could not then consult, &c., a day was given to this John at the next court, namely, on Saturday nearest after the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, next ensuing, to hear their judgment, &c. "10th September, 1446. " On which day John Kybelwyk came in his own person and asked that the return of the aforesaid horse or its value maybe adjudged to him according to the custom, &c., from Nicholas Brown or from Thomas Grete his surety, priced at 6s. 8d. And thereupon it was decided and adjudged by the suitors of the court, that the aforesaid John is to have the said horse returned to him or its price, according to the custom of the manor, &c. 278 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. ''■ The following instrument is interesting as stewing how rights of way were sometimes acquired, and how the narrow paths or passages between different pro- perties originated ; and by the subsequent erection of walls or fences on each side, became hemmed in as lanes, and not unfrequently even closed in over head by carrying a building across them. " 29th April, 1447. ( 25. Henry VI. ) " This is the final agreement made in the court of the lord King at Basyngstoke, on the Saturday nearest after the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, ia the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King Henry the Sixth, before John Coke and John atte Hethe, bailifis of the same town, William Brokays, Henry Grene, John atte Hoke, Robert Dene, and Robert atte Halle, suitors of the aforesaid court, and other faithful subjects of the lord King, then and there present ; between John Poulere and Isabella his wife, plaintiffs, and William Warbelton and Margery his wife, defendants ; concerning a messuage and two half acres of land with appurtenances in Basyngstoke, whereupon a plaint of agreement was summoned between them in the same court according to the custom of the manor of Basyng- stoke ; namely, that the aforesaid William and Margery his wife acknowledged the aforesaid tenements with appurten- ances to be the right of this John and of Isabella his wife, and they surrendered them in the same court to be held by the said John and Isabella his wife, and by the heirs oi this John for ever ; rendering annually for the same to the aforesaid William Warbelton and Margery his wife, and to the heirs of this WiUiam, six shillings, payable in equal portions on the feasts of St. Michael and of the Annun- ciation of the Blessed Mary, and one penny annually on the feast of St. Michael for the way (via) in the aforesaid messuage in and through the grange of the said William and Margery, &c., with the usual warranty, and that Margery acknowledged to the court that she understood the transaction and was not compelled but consented and ratified it of her own free will, &c. BASINGSTOKE. 279 "6th April, 1448. (26. Henry VI.) View of Frank-pledge. " William Byle tas blocked a lawe pathe, leading from Basyngstoke towards "Wortynge, at Rowmede, to tke common detriment, therefore lie is at mercy. William Goldyng broke into and entered the close of Robert Lowker in the night time, and took and carried away of the goods of this Robert, two ash trees and two elms, also an oak tree, worth fourpence, against the peace, &c. Therefore he is at mercy. John Raynold is a common abnser, and called John Snow the bailifi, while in the execution of his office, losel o.nd harlat,* against the peace, &c. " 24th August, 1448. "Elias Holkote, warden of the house of the scholars of Merton in Oxford,t appeared against John Terdley for unjustly detaining cattle, valued at £10. Sureties for the prosecution, William Barnet and John Fowler. " 14th June, 1449. (27. Henry VI. ) "The tithingmen present that there are three ditches unsecured below Brondyslond, thirty perches in length, to the common detriment, by default of Thomas Stucle ; he was ordered to clean them out at the last court under penalty of 3s. 4d. which he has not done, so incurs the penalty — which he is to pay, and to clean them out before the next court day under penalty of 6s. 8d. John Maylard did not keep the night watch when he was summoned, therefore is at mercy. Thomas Normanton, son of Robert Normanton, drew blood from William Carpenter, by default of the said William. * " Losel, a bad worthless fellow, and formerly a generic title for a very great rascal. Sarlat, a term originally applied to a low depraved class of society, the ribalds, and having no relation to sex. t " Elias Holcot, s.t.b., elected "Warden of Merton College in 1437, and admitted on 28th May, 1438. He resigned the wardeuship December 22ud, 1455, and died in 1464. 280 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. " 5t]i July, 1449. ( 27. Henry VI. ) " Nicholas Bayly, on the vigil of St. John the Baptist [23rd June] in 27. Henry VI. at Basyngstoke, made an assault upon Philip at Welle with a staff. The same Nicholas Bay ley on the vigil of St. Thomas the Martyr [ 5th 7nly* ] made an assault upon Thomas Clavel with a dagger, worth 20d., against the peace of the lord King. Ordered to mahe Ms law in each case at the next court with his twelfth hand. " lOth January, 1449-50. ( 28. Henry VI. ) " Thomas Gamman played for a night (ludit per imam noctem) at dice in his house, contrary to the form of the statute, namely on the Saturday nearest after the feast of the Epiphany of our Lord last past. John Fletcher of Wortyng drew blood from William Grete with a pronge, against the King's peace, therefore he is at mercy, and Edm.ond Bromley and Nicholas Bayly are his sureties. William Grete made an assault upon John Fletcher with a staff, worth twopence, therefore he is at mercy. Thomas Grete has made an assault upon John Fletcher with a knife, worth a penny, and John Bracchford an assault npon John Goldsmyth with a baselard,t worth eightpence, therefore they are both at mercy. " 15th November, 1454. ( 33. Henry VI. ) View of Frank-pledge. " Edward Oook fined 8d. because he had not cleaned out his ditch called Wythgares diche. John Raynold id. for * " The feast in this year falling on a, Monday, the Saturday was kept as the Vigil. This will explain the date being the 5th and not the 6th of July; in fact the assault took place on the day the court was held. The court roll, in order that there should be no mistake, is headed with a statement that the court was held Saturday, the fifth day of July, instead of the usual wording, on Saturday before or after some particular festival. f "A long dagger generally worn from the girdle. In 1403 it was ordained that no person should use a baslard decorated with silver unless possessed of the yearly income of £20. BASINGSTOKE. 281 overflowing of a certain ditch called a Wateryngplace belonging to the town. " 20th November, 1454. ( 33. Henry VI. ) "William Ryver fined 12d. because he entered into a field at Basingstoke and there unjustly took a certain vessel called a sedelepe, two taylarepins of iron and two linches of iron and a plough, belonging to John Terdley. William Hayward 3cZ. because he had not cleaned out his ditch near the Rectory as he ought to have done. William Barnett Qd. for breaking down the hedges of several tenants and carrying away some of their underwood. Giles Wateryge 3s. Ad. for breaking into the park of the lord King. "17th May, 1455. Basingstoke, Court of the Hun- dred, held there according to the custom of the Manor, before Richard Merston and Edmund Bramle, bailiffs of the lord King there ; and the suitors of the same court, on the Saturday nearest before the feast of Saint Bunstan, Bishop ; in the thirty-third year of the reign of King Henry the Sixth after the Conquest. "John Cowdray, junior, complainant against William Idwyne on a plea of detention of chattels : and thereupon he says that the aforesaid William has detained from him two calves worth 20d. each ; and the said William comes and says that he owes him nothing, and thereupon puts himself upon the law at the next court, himself the eighth hand, and Richard Kyngesmylle is his surety. "7th June, 1455. " Whereas at the last court William Idwyne pledged his law, himself the eighth hand, against John Cowdray, junior, on a plea of detaining chattels: and now to this court the said William came and made his said law, and thereupon the court gave judgment against the aforesaid John upon the said plaint, and the said John is at mercy for making a false claim. " 19th July, 1455. " John Graunte of Dummer, by the surety of William Lancrof te, complainant against John Grene of Basyng, on 282 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. a plea of debt. Whereupon he says that on the 7th November, ( 1448 ) in 27th year of the present King, at Basjmgstoke, the same John Grene in his own person acknowledged that he owed the said John Grannte 12s. for nine sheep, which he had bought and received from him there, on that same day and year, and that up to this time he has not paid the said money, to the damage of this John Graunte of 6s. 8d., and thereupon he enters suit. And the aforesaid John Grene appears by John Fowler his attorney, and says that he owes him nothing. He is to prove his law himself the sixth hand, at the next court, and John Fowler is his surety. " John Maylard was presented for having made a rescue against Richard Kyngesmylle, constable of the lord King at Basingstoke ; therefore he is at mercy. Fined 6d. " To this court came John Dyker in his own person, and produced to the aforesaid bailiffs a small closed writ of right, of the lord King to them directed, and the words thereof are contained in the same writ sewed to this roll ; and he found pledges for the prosecution of it, as appears by the endorsement upon the writ, and protested that he would prosecute the aforesaid writ in the form and nature of a writ of agreement at common law, according to the custom of the manor of Basyngstoke, against Richard Brynklowe, Esquire, and Elizabeth his wife, the defendants, named in the aforesaid writ. And upon this, now on this day, acqording to the custom of the aforesaid manor, the aforesaid Richard and Elizabeth came in their own persons, before the steward, and baULffs aforesaid, and the suitors of the same court, and they offered 6s. 8d. to the aforesaid bailiffis for licence to agree, and the particulars of their agreement is duly set forth in the written chirograph annexed to this roll. "At View of Frank-pledge^ teld 15th Novemberj 1455. (34. Henry VI.) "Basyngstoke. William Tawke was presented for un- justly taking rabbits in the fields of Basingstoke. Whereas it appears by the presentment of the tithingmen, also of the twelve sworn freeholders, that Isabella Clapsho is a common BASINGSTOKE. 283 scold and disturber of the King's peace to tlie detriment of the whole neighbourhood of Basyngstoke, and for this cause the penalty of the tumberall, ( ducking stool ) was adjudged to her ; nevertheless, the carrying out of this sentence is deferred until she relapses into her evil ways, wicked scolding, and disturbance of the peace ; and then the punishment is to be inflicted upon her without delay. Thomas Wheler, tiler, has charged excessively for covering houses, therefore he is at mercy. Fined 3d. " Thomas Brygthwyse who was elected one of the ti thing- men of Basyngstoke is at mercy, because although duly summoned, he has not come here to receive his oath and to present as he ought to do. " And Henry Mulward was elected to the ofiice of mower of Basingstoke, alias keeper of le Wyldemore, and taster of the ale of the town. " The tithingman of Wodegarston and his companions present, that William Carter and another had ploughed up a boundary strip, alias a mereforowe, which was the bound between the land of the tenants of the lord of Wodegarston ; therefore he is at mercy. Fined 3s. M. In like manner John Stonewode has ploughed and broken up the merland alias merforowe, which was the boundary between the land of the lord King, and the liberty of the priory of Saint Swithnn's (Winchester); therefore he is at mercy. Fined 3s. 4id. "27th March, 1456. " Thomas Frye is to be distrained for the annual rent issuing out of the land called Burghe in Basyngstoke. "17th April, 1456. (34. Henry VI.) View of Frank-pledge. "John Campyon and John at Watere, who had been summoned to take view, for the lord King, of the nnsconred and foul ditches, did not attend; therefore they are at mercy. Fined 3d. each. The aforesaid John atte Watere made an assault against the peace, with a certain dagger npon John Wytheg and drew blood from him. Fined Qd. and the bailiffs are ordered to seize the said dagger before the next court day. 284 BASINGSTOKE. from Court EoUs. Extracta « rphe tithingman of Wodegarston is dead, as certified to the court, and no one came thence to present on this day. Therefore it is commanded that the hailiffs distrain the entire tithing, so that they may be here at the next court, to give security to the lord King, and pay ninepence for cert- money, and also to elect a new tithingman there. " The Mower or keeper of Ze Wyldemore came and pre- sented that the stream called Rutherwykes Broke, was iinscoured, so that the meadow called le Wyldemore was overflowed with water, and that the stream ought to be cleaned out by the tenants of the lands called Byggelonds, formerly Thomas Rythe's, Robert Bernard, and Thomas Langerude. It is ordered that they clean out the said stream against the next court day under the penalty of 3s. 4s. 4j(i. for the relief thereupon due to the lord Kivg, and for fealty, Sfo. " Also they present that Peter Cowdray, who held the mill in Basyng, called Kyngesmylle, and certain lands adjoining to it with appurtenances by the rent of 20s. &c. is dead, and that the said mill with the aforesaid lands, tenements, and other appurtenances ought to descend by right of inheritance to John Kybulwhyte, and thereupon 10s. is due for relief. It is ordered that it should he distrained for the same before the next court day, and also for the fealty thereupon due. " 16th March, 1464-5. ( 5. Edward IV. ) " Thomas Wheler, complainant against Robert Hosteler, of the hospice de la Sert,f in Basyngstoke, on a plea of debt. The tithingmen of Basyngstoke, with their sworn men, came and presented that Richard Clerk, farmer, of Estrop, contrary to the custom of the manor of Basyng- stoke, has taken his sheep day after day to and fro from * " It appears, from the court roll of 22nd December, that the case was adjonmed until the next court by the consent of both parties. It -was also adjourned in like manner at the next court, and at the subsequent one. On 16th March, 1464-5, this law suit was 'again adjourned untU the following court day, and the subsequent rolls are lost. t " The Hart Inn, Basingstoke. 296 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court EoUs. the lordship of Estrop into the lordship and fields of Basyngstoke, to the great damage of the King's tenants there. Fined 3s. Ad. The said Richard Clerk, contrary to the aforesaid custom, after the feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, with his sheep entered the field called South- field, which pastured there and trod down the herbage to the great damage of the tenants of the lord King there. Fined 3s. 4d. Thomas Keversdale for having ?ixfcy sheep in the same field after the same day. Fined 3s. Ad. " To this court came Richard Osebarne of Wyke, and claimed to have and to hold of the lord King all the lands and tenements with their appurtenances which formerly belonged to John Sylver, son and heir of William Sylver of Basyngstoke, and which the said John ( by his charter shewn in this court ) gave to Ralph Osebarne, the great grandfather of the aforesaid Richard. And he acknow- ledged 2s. 6d. as due for relief : William Berewe is surety for him, and he did fealty and was admitted tenant thereof. " Owing to the disputes with John Wallop, Esq. as to certain rights which he claimed, and offences com- mitted by him as set forth in the proceedings of the Court Roll of the 17th November, 1464, as well as other disputes, it was deemed advisable to assemble the freeholders and other tenants and inhabitants of the manor and hundred of Basingstoke, so as to acknowledge, confirm, re-issue and amend the Regu- lations and Constitutions promulgated in the reign of Richard II.* The result of this meeting is set forth in tbe Latin tongue, upon a large skin of parchment, with eighteen small strips or lappets of parchment dependent from it. Upon eacb. of these lappets three or four seals are aflB.xed, impressed upon pieces of red wax, with the exception of the tenth, lappet, which is a wider strip and carries only an impression of the common seal of the town, granted to it in the time of * " See page 213. BASINGSTOKE. 297 Richard II. The seal is of a circular form and of the size of our modern penny piece. The centre is occupied with a figure of the archangel St. Michael, standing upon the dragon, which he is piercing with a lance, and on his left arm is a shield charged with a plain cross, and round the margin of the seal is inscribed in old English letters, SigtUum COinmune btUe ic iSasinptofee. (The common seal of the town of Basingstoke. J The remaining seals are those com- monly known as personal seals, and most of them, if not all, are impressions from ring seals.* * " The following is a summary of these seals taken not only from this document but also from the one subsequently mentioned, which was drawn up on the same day, as in some instances it supplies seals that are either broken or torn off from the former deed. The Roman numerals refer to the lappets, and the Arabic numerals to the seals on that particular strip. I. 1. The seal of Lord Stourton, a device, (apparently a milrind.) 2. A key suspended within a circular wreath or girdle, inscribed round the margin in old English letters, John Poulet. II. 1. A man's head in profile. 2. A small oval with a imicoru's head. III. 1. The only armorial seal of the series, — a quartered shield bearing the arms of Dyngley and Pitz Piers. 2. A pot with lilies. 3. A fleur de lis. IV. 1. A crowned W. within a circle. 2. A crowned W. with a branch on each side placed within an oblong hexagon. 3. T.B. crowned. 4. A cock with a legend or word above it. V. 1. A cormorant with an eel in its beak, below its breast is a fleur de lis and a tree behind the bird. 2, 3, and 4 lost. VI. 1. T.B. crowned same as above. 2. Apparently a peacock ; there is an inscription but it is illegible. 3. I.K. 4. lost. VII. 3 seals, only No. 3 is left and imperfect, apparently a bird. VIII. 1. I.K. as before. 2. lost. 3. Only half exists, a fleur de lis. 4. A device known &s a merchant's mark. IX. 1. A merchant's mark. 2. The letter I. with a branch on each side. 3. A stag couchant. 4. E.T. X. The common seal of the town. XI. A dog or a sheep lying under a tree with a marginal inscription too imperfect to be read. 2. A small bird flying. 3. imperfect. 4. lost. XII. 1. A fleur de Us. 2. E.T. 3. An indistinct fragment. 4. No impression upon it. XIII. 1. lost. 2. Apparently a small Roman gem. XIV. 1. lost. 2. The letter I. with a branch on each side. 3. A crowned h. 4. indistinct. XV. had 4 seals, only 2 and 3 exist and are imperfect. XVI. 1. R.T. 2. A stag couchant. 3. lost. XVII. 1. lost. 2. The letter H. 3. The couchant stag. XVIII. 1. The letter I. 2. Only a fragment. 3 and 4 lost. 298 BASINGSTOKE. "The document is dated the sixteenth of May, 1465, ( 5. Edward IV. ) and as it is to a great extent a repetition of the Regulations and Constitutions inserted in pages 213 to 218, there is no need of giving it here in its entirety, therefore we shall only introduce what is new, with such words as may be necessary to connect it with what has been printed already. 16th May, 1465. " To ALL THE FAITHFUL OF Cheist to whom this present writing shall come, William Lord Sfcourton and knight; John Panlet, William Warblyngton, William Brocas, Hugh Pagenham, William Dyngley, John Skyllyng, John Barnard and Richard Brynklowe, Esquires ; William Cowfold, John Quydhampton, John Wodelyffe, William Creswell, John Dyker, WiUiam Waterend, Nicholas Pydde, Walter atfc Dene, John Wyggeley, Richard Oseborne, John Skynner, Robert Smyth of Wynchefyld, Nicholas Taylour of Syl- chester, William Whaler, Thomas Kyng, Richard Hethe, Thomas Layne, Stephen Bowyatte, John att Water and John att More, tenants holding lands and tenements within the town and lordship of Basyngstoke, and dwelling with- out the said town ; also Richard Kyngesmylle and Edward Cooke, bailiffs of the aforesaid town of Basyngstoke, Thomas Cordalle, one of the constables of the said town, John Talbott, Nicholas Bayly, Robert Dyker, William Barbour, John Russell, William Kyngesmylle, John Raw- lyns, William Cowdray, William White, John Canner, Ralph Justice, Henry Shafte, William Grette, John Grene, Richard HUd, John Fowler, Robert Smyth and William Barnett, tenants holding lands and tenements within the town and lordship aforesaid, and dwelling within the said town, and the entire commonalty of the same town, send greeting. Be it known unto you all that divers liberties and approved customs, within the town and lordship of Basyngstoke aforesaid, from a time contrary to which the memory of man does not extend, hitherto have been enjoyed by the men residing within the aforesaid town and other gentlemen, dwelling without the aforesaid town and holding lands and tenements within the aforesaid town. Among the other liberties and customs hitherto in use are those BASINGSTOKE. 299 specified in the following manner. In the first place there shall be kept a common Hayward and Swine-herd duly sworn, &c. (^word for word as already given in page 214, ending with the last completed paragraph of page 217.* "Also, that no stranger dwelling without the said town, and holding lands and tenements within the same town, shall have or occupy any common there with his cattle, but a tenant of the same stranger residing in the town shall have and occupy the aforesaid common with his cattle for the lands and tenements aforesaid according to the rate and quantity of his holding. " Also, if any tenant of the said town who holds there of the lord King divers parcels of land by divers rents shall happen to be in arrear for any such rents in part or in whole, it shall be lawful for the bailifEs of the town for the time being, to distrain at their will upon each parcel of the said land for which the rent is in arrear, and what is so taken in distress they shall lawfully take away, and hold and retain till satisfaction has been made to them for it and the aforesaid arrears. " Also, if any person, of whatsoever state or condition he may be, shall cut down, clip, fell or lop any of the trees, wood or thorns which are of service to the cattle feeding in the same fields or commons belonging to the town, he shall pay or cause to be paid for each such tree or thorn so cut down, clipped, felled or lopped, 3s. 4d. to the fee farm of the town. " Also, if anyone shall plough up any land there, called a leyeforrer (a houndary strip) or cut down any tree standing within the fields of the town as marks or bounds between one portion of land and another, he shall pay 3s. 4d. " Also, if anyone shall have any horse, called a gyldynge, tethered or loose pasturing in tie said fields or commons, he shall pay to the fee farm 8s. 4d. * " The only variations consist in the omission of the words, — ' the aforesaid tenants will and grant'; — 'they will and concede for them- selves and their heirs' ; — 'they will, ordain and appoint' ; — 'they will and grant ' ; — and ' they will, ' occurring at the commencement of the paragraphs ah:eady printed. 300 BASINGSTOKE. " Also, if anyone, shall allow any dog of his, called an assaute hytche, to go at large in the town, he shall pay in like manner 3s. 4d. "Also, if anyone shall make a rescue from the bailiff, tithingman, reeve or any other official of the lord King in the aforesaid town, he shall pay in like manner 3s. -id. " Also, if anyone shall break into the town pound or take therefrom and lead away any beast or beasts taken by the bailiff or any other officer there, without having obtained the permission of the said bailiff, he shall pay in like manner 3s. 4d. " Also, it has been the usage there from a time beyond the memory of man and still is, that if anyone shall offend against the peace of the lord King within the said town or lordship, or do anything against the customs aforesaid, or any of them, or any custom or customs heretofore used or approved and existing beyond the memory of man, that he or they who shall have so offended shall be presented by the tithingman and tithing, and by the four men there sworn as affeerors be amerced according to the aforesaid customs and the extent of the offence. In testimony whereof we, the aforesaid tenants, non-residents and non- dwellers, as well as residents and dwellers have caused to be affixed to these presents the seals which we use ; and also for the greater security by the consent and assent of the entire commonalty of the town, our common seal. Given at Basyngstoke on the sixteenth day of May, in the fifth year of the reign of King Edward the Fourth after the Conquest. "Another important document was also drawn up on the same day for the purpose of arranging the various disputes on the subject of trespasses and en- croachments, between the representatives of the town and the Wallop family. In order to bring these out- standing disputes to a termination, the freeholders and tenants of the manor and hundred of Basingstoke, appointed certain arbitrators and bound themselves to abide by their decision. This document is not quite BASINGSTOKE. 801 so large as the previous one^ but in other respects it greatly resembles itj having a similar series of lappets depending from it with impressions of the same seals, including the common seal of the town. It is written in the vernacular tongue, but we have modernized the spelling for the sake of uniformity and facility in reading it. "To ALL manner of men to whom this present writing is'ii May, i«5. shall come, Wilham Lord Sfcourton and knight, John Pawlet, William Warblyngton, William IJrocas, Hugh Pagenham, William Dyngley, John Barnard and Richard Brynklowe, Esquires ; William Cowfold, John Quydhamp- ton, John Woodelyffe, William Creswell, John Dyker, William Waterrend, Nicholas Pydde, Walter att Dene, John Wyggeley, Richard Osseborne, John Skynner, Robert Smyth of Wynchefyld, Nicholas Taylonr of Sylchester, William Wheler, Thomas Kyng, Richard Hethe, Thomas Layne, Stephen Bouyatte, John att Watere and John att Moore, free tenants within the towne and lordship of Basyngstoke, in the county of Southampton, and not residents ; John Talbotte, Robert Dyker, William Barbour, William Kyngesmyll, John Rawlyns, Henry Schafte, William Grete, John Grene, Richard Hyld, John Powler, Robert Smyth and William Barnet, tenants of the said town and lordship and residents, and all the residents and inhabitants within the said town, with all the whole com- monalty of the same, greeting in our Lord God. And whereas there are diverse variances and controversies between John Walloppe and ourselves for diverse trespasses and matters concerning and pertaining to diverse lands, rents and tenements, commons and liberties, within the said town and lordship, for the pacifying and ending of which variances and controversies we have put ourselves by our whole common assent and agreement, in the rule, award and ordinance of Maurice Berkeley, Edward Berkeley, Thomas Uvedale, WilHam Pawlet and Thomas Wellys, arbitrators between the said John Walloppe and ourselves indifferently chosen, or of four of them, or of other like unto them to be chosen by our deputies and attorneys 302 BASINGSTOKE. under written, if any of them may not attend, and in like- wise the said John Walloppe for his part. Whereupon as well the said free tenants as the said residents and all the commonalty of the same by our whole common assent and agreement have chosen, appointed, and ordained Richard Kyngesmyll, Nicholas Bayly, Edward Cooke, Thomas Oordale, John Rusell, John Oanner, William Whyte, and Ralph Justyes, our deputies [and attorneys to act]* and manage jointly, or the more part of them, for us and in all our names to open, declare, answer, and reply in all such matters of variance and controversies as are before re- hearsed, giving unto them authority and power to do, take and receive herein at all such time and places as we shall be called before the said arbitrators, as though we and each one of uS were there in our own proper persons. And what they shall do herein we and each one of us affirm to abide [by] and to perform the same. In witness whereof as well we the said free tenants as the said residents have set our seals which we usually use, and also for the more open knowledge of the same, by the whole consent and agreement of all the commonalty of the said town, our common seal to this present writing is also set. Given at Basyngstoke aforesaid, the xvj. day of the month of May, in the reign of King Edward the iiijth. the vth. year. "It is probable that a corresponding document was executed and sealed by John WaUop, Esq., and that the documents were either placed in the hands of the arbitrators or handed over to the parties inter- changeably; thus Mr. Wallop^s counter part on the execution of the indentures as to the award, would be returned to him, and the above instrument would in a similar manner come into the hands of the corporation. The award of the arbitrators unfortunately does not exist among the Basingstoke records, and we are there- fore unable to give the result, though no doubt peace * " As the original record is injured at this spot, and illegible, the missing words are given within brackets. BASINGSTOKE. 303 was restored between the contending parties, and things went on amicably afterwards, as these disputes seemed to have ceased. " Prom this date the series of Court Rolls are some- what imperfect, as the next roll extant contains only the View of Frank-pledge held on 12th May, 1470. "12th May, 1470. (10. Edward IV.) View of Frank-pledge. " William Cowdray fined 3cZ. for not cleaning out his ditch under Rowdown. William Dene Ad. because be bad not cleaned out bis ditch, ten perches iu length, on both sides of the Lane called Luyde Lane.* John Kinge Asd. because he promised to scour out his ditch in Potte Lane from the Oross with the hand towards Wildmore, ten perches in length. Also Nicholas Pydde Ad. for not cleaning out bis ditch, ten perches in length, in Potte Lane. William Rooke, keeper of Prevett park, 12,d., because be continues without licence to take and carry away the rabbits of the tenants of the lord King at Basyngstoke. Richard Wylkyn, keeper of the park of Hakkewode, V2,d., because in a similar manner he takes and carries off the rabbits of the aforesaid tenants. William Carter Ad. because be unjustly took and carried away thirteen sheaves of wheat belonging to Williaui Cowdray. Robert Longe Ad. for not cleaning out his ditch, fourteen perches in length, at Flexpool. John Baron, the miller of Andewelle, 12d., be- cause he took very excessive toll. John Wallopp 3s. Ad. for having obstructed the highway in le Hacche leading from Basingstoke towards Winchester. The same John Wallop 3s. Ad. because be appropriated to himself a piece of the King's ground, forty-two perches long and two perches wide, near le Bowne. John Stukeley Zd. because he had not repaired the gate at the end of the lane which leads from Newenham towards le Wyldemore. Nicholas * " In 1511 a presentment ooours, that, ' a ditch m MoAvde Lane is not scowred,' a variation of the same name. 304 BASINGSTOKE. from Court RoUa. Extracts Pydde 3d. because lie allows his ditcb, four perches iu length, in the lane in which is placed the cross with a hand, (crux cum manu)* to remain uncleaned to the nuisance of his neighbours. The price of a hedge-bill (hegge-hyll) forfeited by John Broode of Winslade, 8d. and 6d. from the same John, because against the peace he struck John Tornour with the aforesaid bill. "The next roll that has escaped destruction con- tains the proceedings of the View of Frank-pledge held on the 23rd April, 1485. This is followed by a small detached skin containing a record of the Court held on 24th September, 1485. The next existing roll belongs to the sixth year of Henry VII., 1490-1491, and after this there is an hiatus until the year 1502. 23ra April, 1485. " Basyngstohe. View of Frank-pledge for the term of Hoh, held there orb the Saturday nearest after Hok- daye, in the second year of the reign of King Richard the Third after the Conquest of England : in the time of John Belchamber, one of the bailiffs, conjointly with Lewes John. " Bastng. The tithingman there, came himself the fifthf as he ought to do, and made no presentment. " Shtebouknb. The tithingman there, who should come himself the fifth, came only himself the fourth, because William Tyler made default in rendering suit, therefore at mercy. Fined 3d. No presentment was made. "Beomlet. The tithingman there, who should come himself the fifth, came only himself the fourth, because Eobert Wygge made default in rendering suit, therefore he is at mercy. Fined 3d. * " This appears to have been near the London Eoad, as in another Eoll we read — 'apud handcrosse in via quae ducit a Londonia ad + " This phrase, which is a literal translation, means that he came with four companions, so that five individuals appeared at this court as representing the entire tithing. BASINGSTOKE. 305 " Hacche. The titTiTQgman there, who should come with his ten associates, and give for cert money this day 2s. 6d., came not, nor anyone else of his tithing, nor was the cert money paid, but made default and therefore the tithing is at mercy. Fined 12d. " SoMERESHiLLE. The sworn tithingman there, came with his ten men, and gave nothing for cert money, and made no presentment. " Up-Natlegh. The sworn tithingman there, came with his ten. He gave nothing for cert money on this day, and presented the default of John Michell and Thomas Hownes- ham. Fined 2d. each. Also presented that John Lyde had brewed and broken the assize of ale. Fined V2.d. " Kempshot. The sworn tithingman there, came with his ten associates. He gave for cert money this day 22d., and presented that a colt and a filly worth 2s. came astray there at Easter last past and no one had claimed them, and therefore they remain in the custody of the bailiff. Procla- mation ordered to be viade thereupon. " Heysehylle. The sworn tithingman there, came with his ten. He gave nothing here for cert money because he paid 18d. with the tithing of Basyngstoke on this day, and presents that John Creswell has a ditch unsecured between ' Stryrplees grene ' and Stotynbrigge. Also that Isabella Orketour has a ditch at Lydemylle* unsecured, whereby the highway there is overflown and under water to the common detriment of the whole country passing there. Therefore they are ordered to clean out their ditches before the next court under the penalty of 12d. each. " Stevyngton. a black ram, worth 6d., came astray there on the feast of St. Michael the Archangel last past, and no one has come there to claim it, so it remains in the custody of Henry Smyth until, &c. "Natleyhe Scuees. Nicholas at Hooke has brewed and broken the assize of ale, therefore is at mercy. Fined 6d. '■' Called Bydemylle in other entries of wWcli this ia a variation. 306 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. " Bastngstoke. The two sworn tithingmen there, came with the twelve sworn men in the name of the entire town, and they ought on this day to pay 13s. 4d. for cert money, but this cert money was not paid this day, therefore the tithing is at mercy. It is ordered that the tithingmen pay the said cert money here, at the next court, under a penalty of 6s. 8d. " John Poulet, Esq., unjustly encroaches upon and occupies a piece of the King's land at Newermes. Fined 3s. 4d. and the bailiffs of the town are ordered to re-possess themselves of the said land on behalf of the lord King. "An entry in similar words records that John Wallop, Esq.* had taken a piece of land near le Boune. A fine of 3s. 4d. was imposed in like manner, and the bailiffs ordered to take possession of the land. " 24th September, 1485. ( 1. Henry VII. ) " JBasyngstnlee. Court of the Hundred held there on the Saturday nearest before the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, in the first year of the reign of King Henry VII. " Ingelram Spyre is at mercy because he has not prose- cuted his suit against Thomas Normanton on a plea of debt. Fined 3d. Philip Gyon of Bromle was attached to answer William Freberne on a plea of debt, and has made default. Fined 3d. and it is ordered that he is to be dis- trained before the next court, 8fc. The bailiffs are at mercy because they have not here Ingelram Spyre to answer Thomas Normanton on a plea of debt. Fined Aid. The same bailiffs are also at mercy because they have not here John Isak to answer Robert Purayne on a plea of debt ; nor John Devenesshe to answer Thomas Balson on a plea * " Thia ia the last existing roll in whioli he ia named, as he died on the 10th September, 1486. He held three messuages, three cottages, ninety acres of land in Basingstoke, and the manors of Hatch, Cliddesden, and Farley Mortimer. Bichard Wallop, his aon and heir, was at that time 30 years of age. Inquis. post mortem, 2. Henry VII. No. 31. BASINGSTOKE. 307 of debt. Fined M. in each case. The lord of Basynge, the lord of Shyrborne Cowdrey, the lord of Clydesdene, the lord of StevyngtoD, the lord of "Wodegarston, the Bishop of Winchester, the Prior of Saint Swythun's, Thomas Wynsore, the tenant of the land late Peichy's, and others. Fined 4:d. each for non-attendance. " Robert Thressher, against the peace of the lord King, made an assault and drew blood from Thomas Patrykke with a harle (a faggot stick) of no value. Fined 9cZ. " Three calves and a white sheep, worth 7s., came astray on the feast of Saint' Bartholomew last past, in the tithing of Wodegarston, and remain in the custody of the farmer there. "13th November, 1490. (6. Henry VII.) View of Frank -pledge. " Amercements : — Ingleram Spyare Wd. because he is a common hunter upon the King's soil below the park of Prevette, and there unjustly took several couples of rabbits. John Powlette, Senr., Esq., 3s. 4d. because he still en- croaches upon the King's soil at Newermes. Richard Walloppe, Esq., 3s. 4d. Also they * " The previous entry calls him Edward. BASINGSTOKE. 339 present that the common hall, called le Mote Hawll, is in decay and ruinous and the rain comes in because it is not well covered with tiles : therefore it is ordered, that the bailiffs amend and sufficiently repair it before the feast of Christmas next, under a penalty of 20s. to be levied by the constables and churchwardens and to be spent by them in repairing the roadways. " 15th February, 1549-50. " James Cowslade has made an assault and affray upon James Hawkeswell, with a dagger worth 20d., wherewith he drew blood, wherefore he forfeits 3s. 4tZ. and the under- bailiffs are to seize the said dagger to the use of the bailiffs. "26th April, 1550. (4. Edward VI.) View of Frank-pledge. " The road leading from the bridge called Coppidde bridge, to the market place, is in a bad state and dangerous ; there- fore it is ordered that the entire tithing is to repair it before Lammas day ( 1st August) under penalty of 20s., and that every one possessing a cart shall carry there four cartloads of stones under penalty of 6s. 8d. each. A cookinge stoole is wanting, and it is ordered that the bailiffs make one before the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, under a penalty of 10s. The boundary marks are in a ruinous and decayed state, therefore it is ordered that the entire tithing repair them before the feast of St. John the Baptist ( 24th June ) under penalty of 40s. The common hall called le mote hall, is not yet repaired, as the bailiffs were ordered to do at the last view under penalty of 20s., therefore the said penalty is forfeited ; and it is ordered that the bailiffs now repair it before the feast of St. John the Baptist, (24th June) under penalty of 40s. Also it is ordered that no miller henceforth shall buy wheat in the market under the penalty of forfeiting all that is bought either hy himself or any one else as Ms deputy. "10th May, 1550. " Christopher Thacker and John Blounden are regrators and forestallers of eggs and cheese. Fined 12d. each. 340 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. "2iid August, 1550. " John Smithe failed in Ms law, therefore it is awarded that Amy Dynnat succeeds in her action, recovering 232 feet of timber, and the said John and his pledges for the prosecution are at mercy. Fined 3d. each. Richard Smale was successful in his law, himself the third hand : therefore it is ordered that Roland Hollowey the plaintiff gains nothing by his suit, but is at mercy for making a false ' claim. Fined 2d., and the defendant depa/rts without a day. "17th October, 1551. " The tithingmen present that the heir of Thomas Barnard lately deceased, has overstocked the common with his beasts. Fined 20s. Certain tenants fined 12d. each, because they had not ringed their pigs as they were ordered. Richard Whsone fined I2d., because he fed his pigs before his door in the highway. "7th November, 1551. " The shepherd of John Cook, Esq. fined 3s. M. because he took away two wether sheep coming astray from the tithing of Hache, within the jurisdiction of the town, into the hundred of Bermondspit. "19th December, 1551. " John West fimed 3d. for making a false claim against William Lancaster on a plea of debt. "30th January, 1551-2. " Johanna Wigge, widow, fined I2d. because she received and housed common vagabonds and other poor persons who misbehaved themselves. « 14th April, 1554. " Robert Walker, fined 6s. 8d. for not removing before the 31st August last past, the fence which he had erected upon a parcel of his land and thus enclosed it, whereas it ought to lie open and be common, like the common field called the Holy Ghost field, as he was ordered to do at the last view. "In 1554, it is noted, that the court of the proved men of Basingstoke, of Saturday, the 21st July, was adjourned on account of the fair of St. Mary Mag- BASINGSTOKE. 341 dalen at Winchester. In the following year, the 15th August was a court day, and it is set forth that it was adjourned by reason of the solemnity of the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. "17th November, 1554. " Basingstoke. Extracts * of the View of Frank- pledge, held there on Saturday nearest after the feast of St. Martin, namelij, on 17th Novemher, in the first and second years of the reign of King Philip and Queen Mary, (A.D. 1554) in the time of Robert Hollowei and William Crome, bailiffs, arid Peter Kidwelli, deputy steward there. " From James Cowslade 3s. M., John Hopkins 3s. M., and Henry Hart 20c?., innkeepers. Thomas Segrave, John Perman, James Segrave, William Hole, John Blonden, William Walker, William Deane, WiUiam Lancaster, Thomas Slocoke, John Busshell, gardener, Alexander Arnei, Thomas Paine, John Watkins, Thomas Parker, John Stocker, John Busshell, tailor ; John Bailie, Eoger Randoll, and Johanna Ailward, bakers, brewers, and ale sellers, 8d. each. Thomas Segrave, William Pettie, John Grenewai, Johanna Looker, Roland Hollowei, and . . Shelborne dealers ( mercatores ), 6d. each. Thomas Segrave, John Grenewai, WiUiam Pettie, and Johanna Looker, fishmongers (salsamentarii), 4i. each. Thomas Slocoke, John Lye, John Lipescome, and William Greete, butchers, 6d. each. Henry Walker, John Proves, John Pither, Richard Pettie, John Izode, Walter Franckome, Thomas Parker, and William Riohe, shoemakers, id. each. John Grene, John Leowce, Thomas Roberts, William Stephens, William Lancaster, and John Roninger, tailor, * " This term was used to denote a list of the fines and amerce- ments to be levied by the bailiffs or other officers, extracted or copied from the original rolls of a court. The entries are set out in the Latin tongue, and recorded upon a parchment roll, consisting of two skins 5i inches wide, sewed together at the top ; one skin is 27 inches and the other 29 inches in length. X 342 BASINGSTOKE. Extracts from Court Rolls. drapers, and hosiers, 4d. each. Jolm Roninger, John Busshell, John Murrall, and Roger Bandoll, clothiers, 4d. which the afore- said John Ooringe paid at this court. " Among the entries of the half-yearly rents due to the bailiffs on the 25tlL March, 1560, occur : "For Bower's, called le Checker, 12s. lOd. For the George, 7s. 9d. Rowland Ayliffe for a stall (opella) near the Angel, formerly William Moth's, 12d. John Deane for the dye house near St. John's Chapel, lately John Bye's, 6d. The heir of Roger Omedon for a stall near le Mote Hall, 4d. "At the court held on 19th October, 1560, (2. Elizabeth ) the following free suitors were fined 4■ stoke still owed the £7 4s. 8d. for the talliage pre- viously noticed, and they paid in 41s., leaving a balance of £5 3s. 8d. which they discharged in the following year. In the 7. Eichard I. (1194-95) William de Baainges acknowledged a fine of 54s. 8d. to have the King's good will, and paid in 12s. 8d. which left a balance of 42s., and John de Basinges owed 20s. for selling wine contrary to the assize, who paid in 15s. 4d. and so owed 4s. 8d. In the following year William de Basinges paid in 10s. of his debt, leaving a balance of 32s. In the 8. Richard I. ( 1195- 96 ) a ta,lliage of the demesnes was made by William of St. Mary Church, fjper Willelmum de Sancta Maria Ecclesia) and by the Abbat of Malmesbury and 360 BASINGSTOKE. Richard de Heriet, by whom the town of Basingestoche was assessed at £8.* A.D. 1197. " We now reach some entries relating to a tract of meadow land called the marsh of Iwood which belonged to the manor of Basingestoke, which in after years was granted to Walter de Merton, and forms a part of College property to this day. In 1197 it is recorded that 70s. 6d. was due for Ywude for which Stephen de Turneham was answerable. This debt is also mentioned in the Roll of the first year of King John ( 1198-99 ) and that Ralph, Viscount de Beaumont, to whom probably the manor of Basingstoke had been assigned with this reserved rent, owed £25 IDs. 9d. in Basinge- stoche for the half year, by the King's writ, ' excepting the land in Ywude, which is a member of the same town'; and in the following year £51 Is. 6d. for the two half years, and Stephen de Turneham 70s. 6d. for Ywude. In the same year ( 1199-1200 ) a fine of 40s. was due from Basingstoch hundred for a murder; 27s. 6d. had been paid in, and 12s. 6d. was still due. John de Basinges owed 13s. 4d. for selling wine con- trary to the assize, and the town of Basingestoche owed 100s. for default, and the balance of £6 13s. 4d. for talliage. These amounts were partly paid ofE in the two following years. " In the fifth year of King John { 1202-3 ) we .meet with an entry of some importance in connection with the charter of Bishop Peter de Rupibus, dated 29th June, 1214, which directed that the market at Basing- stoke should henceforth be held there on a Wednesday,! without giving us any indication as to what day in the * " For the sake of comparison we may mention that Andover and Odiham were each assessed at £4 138. 6d., and Alton at £5 6s. 8d. t "See page 65. BASINGSTOKE. 361 week it was previously held. We now learn that originally the market was held on Sunday, but that in 1203 it was changed to Monday, and so continued until June, 1214, when it was finally changed to Wed- nesday. 'The town of Basingstok owes two marks a.d. 1203. ( 26s. 8d. ) which they had offered, so that their market which was held on Sunday should henceforth he held on Monday.' This debt was discharged in the following year, as well as 42s. 8d. due for talliage which left a balance of £7 3s. In the same year (1203-4) there is an entry that Eoger de Basinges owes 20 marks (£13 6s. 8d. ) that it might be dili- gently ascertained by the oath of twelve free and lawful men of the county, by whom the truth can be best known, if Nicholas the son of William surrendered in full court his land at Basinges, and attorned William his son to do homage to the chief lord of the said land, and to render the reliefs and services thereupon due. "In the 7. John (1204-5) the town of Basinge- stoche owed £6 16s. for amercements, and paid in £4, leaving a balance of 56s. William the provost of Basingestoche owed 10 marks (£6 13s. 4d. ) for a purpresture, which he paid in four yearly instalments of two and three marks respectively. In the following year another talliage was assessed by James de Poterne and others, and the town of Basingestoch was burdened with the payment of 20 marks (£13 6s. 8d. ) and it was paid in the year following.* In the 12. John (1209-10) Basingstoch was charged 50 marks (£33 6s. 8d. ) as scutage for the army in Ireland j and in the 13th year, the men of Basingestoke offered £13 6s. 8d. to have their pasture of Hatche which was nearest * "The amounts cBafged upon the other towns in Hampshire were as follows : — ^Alton 24 marks, Andover 21, Odiham 8 marks, Ports- mouth 8, and Southampton 25 marks. 362 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1211. iq t]jQ pasture of the Abbat of Hyde, as they were ■wont to hold it in ancient times, and to have a jury as to whether Twude belonged to the old waste or the 13. John. new. In this year the men of Basingestoke appear to have had a grant of the ferm of the manor from the crown,* as in the following year (1211-12) it is stated that the men of Basingestoch render an account of £104 of counted money for the ferm of the manor of Basingstoke with the six adjoining hundreds, and all other things belonging to the ferm of this manor, and as they had paid in £104 12s., they have an overplus of 12s. This rent appeared to have been paid also in the following year, and in the year after (1214) it is given as £104 12s., and as they had paid in £55 2s. 6d. they owed £39 9s. 6d. ; they also owed a balance of £6 14s. 5d. for the previous year,t and there was another talliage of 20 marks to be paid. They also still owed the £13 6s. 8d. for their pasture mentioned in 1210. ir.Joim. "In 1215 the men of Basingstoke were charged with the ferm or rent of their town for three quarters of a year, £78 9s., from which it appears that about the month of June in that year it was taken out of their hands. We learn from the patent roll that King John on the 19th April, 1216, ordered the sheriff to give Balderwin de Ayre full seisin of the manor of Basingstoke, and on the 7th March following, the guardians of King Henry III. granted the custody of the manor to Bartholomew Peche,t letters to that * " The Charter, Patent and Close Eolls of the 11th, 12th, and 13th years of King John being lost, we have no record of this grant beyond this intimation on the Pipe EoUs. t "The Pipe Eoll of 1212-13 (15. John) is lost. } "See page 172, note. BASINGSTOKE. 363 effect being addressed to the men of Basingestoke ; a.d. 1217. and on 12tli October of the same year the manor was granted during the King's pleasure to Luke de Drumare for his support, and the sheriff credits him with the rent of the manor hitherto paid to the crown. "In the 8. Henry III. (1218-19) the men of Basingestoke rendered an account of £39 9s. 6d. as the balance of the rent of their town for the 16th year of King John; and £6 14s. 5d. of the rent for the 15th year ; and £78 9s. for three parts of the 1 7th year ; 20s. to have the pasture ; £13 6s. 8d. for the last talliage made in the time of King John, and £1 6s. 8d. for the ancient waste. They had paid to William Briewerre the late sheriff £78 9s. ; also £19 4s. 4d. for which the same William answered in his account of the 17th year, before the war ; therefore the aforesaid men owe £42 12s. lid., or £29 6s. 3d. without the talliage, ( which is an interlined entry on the roll. ) " On 25th July, 1220, Henry III. ordered the sheriff *■ h^i- hi. to deliver to Luke de Drumare the rent of the town of Basingstoke, just as the men of the town had been accustomed to pay it into the Exchequer, whilst the town was in their hands.* This grant appears to have been withdrawn at Michaelmas, as on the Pipe Roll of the 6. Henry III. ) 1221-22) it is recorded that the men of Basingestoke rendered an account of £104 12s. for the rent of their town with the six hundreds, as recorded upon the roll of the 14. of King John ; and £104 12s. due for the previous year. They had paid in £137 15s., leaving a balance of £71 9s., as well as £10 Is. lid. for the several outstanding debts pre- viously mentioned. * " Page 65. 364 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1224. " The above rent seems to have been very burden- some to the town, and the accounts become comphcated in consequencej as in the 8. Henry III. (1223-24) the men of Basingestoke rendered an account of £104 12s. for the rent of their town with the six hundreds, for the preceding year, and the same amount for this year; and £71 9s. for the balance of the rent of the previous years. They paid in £134 Is. Od. and claimed a superplus from the sheriff of £4 Is. lid., which left a balance of £142 10s. Id., besides the £10 A.D. 1225. Is. lid. above-mentioned. In the following year they had to account for another year's rent, and £142 10s. id. the balance due for previous years. They paid in £61, leaving a balance of £186 2s. Id. As this state of things could not go on indefinitely, a more equitable arrangement was made, inasmuch as the men of Basingestoke, to use the designation on the roll, were allowed to hold henceforth during the King's pleasure the manor with its inner hundred, at the annual rent of £52 blanched,* and £18 of counted money for increase, reserving to the King the five external hundreds. 10. Hen. m. The first year's rent ending 29th September, 1226, was duly paid, but there was the balance of £196 4s. of their debts to the crown still due, and they paid £10 towards its liquidation with the understanding that it should be paid off at the rate of £20 a year. The sheriEf accounted for 54s. 5^d. as the issue for that year, of the five external hundreds which the King retained in his own hands.f In the following year * " The silver coinage as valued after it had been blanched or melted, or in lien thereof 52s. added to the amonnt in counted coins was considered equivalent to the blanching or refining of the metal, being at the rate of one shilling for every twenty shillings. + " These were the hnndreds of Bermondspit, Odington, Overton, Holdshot, and Chutely, which hitherto had been appendages to the manor of Basingstoke. BASINGSTOKE. 365 (1227) their annual rent was duly paid, as well as n-Hen. m. £20 towards their outstanding debts, which left a balance of £166 4s., of which it is stated that John de Basinges ought to acquit them of £15, as he had acknowledged, so that they owed £151 4s. The sheriff paid into the Exchequer £8 3s. lOd. as the pi'oceeds of the five external hundreds, and the 54s. 5|d. due for the previous year. "On the 15th February, 1227-8 ( 12. Henry TIL ) the King granted them the manor of Basingstoke with the in-hundred for the yearly rent of £72 12s.* This grant cost 30 marks (£20) as the Pipe Eoll of 12. Henry III. sets forth that ' The men of Basin gestohe owe 30 marlcs to have the manor of Basingestoke at jee farm, with the hundred, and all other things belonging to the ferm of this manor, hy the ancient rent of £52 blanched, ivhich they were accustomed to render yearly, and 52s. which the sheriff of the county was wont to receive from them for blanching, and £18 for increase; so that for the whole they are to pay yearly henceforth £72 12s. of counted money, namely, one moiety at Easter and the other on the feast of Saint Michael : the King retaining in his own hands the other hundreds which these men had for sometime held at ferm, and for which the sheriff has to account' " On the 28th December, 1228, Sir John de Gates- w. Hen. m. dene had the custody of the manor committed to him by Henry III., consequently it is recorded in 1229 that John de Gatesdene renders an account of £72 12s. for the ferm of Basingestoke, and that he had paid in £72 6d. and owed lis. 6d. From this it appears that the manor was given into his charge so that he might receive the profits of it over and above the rent pay- * "A full copy of the document is given in page 68-9. 366 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1229. able to the crown.* In the following year he accounts for the rent of the first half year, and as he leaves the amount £36 6s. unpaid, he apparently found the care of the manor unprofitable, and the men of Basingstoke became responsible for the second half year's rent, which they paid, whilst John de Gattesdene's debt continues till 1231, and he then leaves a balance of 112s. 3d. which continues upon the rolls year after year until 1237, when it is intimated that he answers for it in the county of Surrey .f " In the year 1230 the manor of Basiggestoke fsicj was talliaged to the extent of 20 marks (£13 6s. 8d.) by William de Insula, John de Gatesdene, and Henry de Bada, the assessors. There was also a fine of 40s. for a murder in the excepted liberties of Basiggestoke hundred, and £12 18s. 4d. was paid of the fine of 30 marks for the men to have the manor of Basiggestoke as mentioned in the roll of 12. Henry III. The men of Basingstoke owed at the close of this financial year £151 4s. for debts recorded in 1225, and £38 12s. for the balance of their rent for the year 1 228 ; 14 marks for talliage, and 11 marks of the fine for having their manor, — a total sum of £206 9s. 4d. : and they were ordered by the King's writ to pay £20 yearly in dis- charge of this debt, commencing with Michaelmas of 1231, but they still managed to get into arrear. In 1232, Thomas, the provost of Basingestoke, owed 5s. 8d. for non-attendance at the King's Exchequer, — * " In 1229 there is no amount set forth as the issues of the five external hundreds of Basingstoke, a blank space being left for the amount, and this continues in each succeeding year with the number of years unaccounted for, so that at the end of the reign of Henry III. it is recorded in the same manner as due for that year a/nd for forty-two years past. i " He was sherifE of Surrey from 1236 to 1240. BASINGSTOKE. 367 he had probably been summoned on the unpleasant a.d. 1232. subject of the town's indebtedness, and feared per- chance, that the loss of his personal liberty as a defaulter, might be the result of his appearance before the Barons of the Exchequer : this year's rent, however, was paid in full as well as the 30s. which remained due for the preceding year, and they lessened their out- standing debt to the extent of £20, so that with the payment of £10 in the previous year, it was reduced to £176 9s. 4d. The rent of the manor was paid in 1233, ^^- h«°- ™- as well as £20 of the debt, but in the following year they discharged their rent, but were unable to con- tribute any thing towards the reduction of their great debt, although they paid the talliage assessed upon them this year, by Roger Wascelin and his associates, amounting to £6 13s. 4d. In 1235 they were able to pay their rent and £29 8s. of their debt, as well as another talliage of £13 6s. 8d. assessed upon them by Thomas de Jumez and Richard de Cardeville. In the following a.d. 12m. year their finances were in a low state, as nothing was paid towards their debt, and £22 2s. of their year's rent remained unpaid. They also pledged their credit to the extent of £15 on behalf of John de Basinges, who was credited with the amount on the London Roll. "In 1237 (21. Henry III. ) the yearly rent of the manor, as well as the arrears of the preceding year, remained unpaid, and the outstanding debt as before at £127 Is. 4d., and the debt of £15 for John de Basinges. This state of insolvency led to the manor being intrusted to Walter de Burgh as the King's bailiff, who had henceforth to account for the rent, and he appears to have rendered his accounts independently of the sheriff and Pipe Rolls, as, down to Michaelmas of 1240, it is stated that Walter de Burgh answers for the rent of Basingestoke in his yearly account. The 368 BASINGSTOKE. indebtedness of Basingstoke to tlie crown now amounted to £164 3s. 4:di., and during the next three years no payment was made in discharge of itj therefore it may be presumed that Walter de Burgh had enough to do in levying sufficient money for the payment of the rent. A.D. 1338. " The name of Walter de Merton, the well-known founder of Merton College, Oxford, occurs for the first time in the sheriff's accounts on the Pipe Roll for the year ending Sept. 29th, 1238, (22. Henry III.) which states that ' Walter de Mertone accounts for the 15s. for the ferm of the lands and teyiements within the demenses and services of the manor of Basingstoke, held by the said Walter, to be paid by himself and his heirs to the Exchequer annually at Michaelmas.' This charge is repeated yearly in these words: — ' Wcilter de Merton lbs. for the ferm of the lands of Basingestoke as con- tained in Roll 22. The money was not always paid yearly, but sometimes runs on for two or three years, and is then paid up in one sum, so that the ' men of Basingstoke ' were not the only defaulters in these fiscal returns. In 1240 Walter de Merton had the manor of Basingstoke granted to him for five years at the annual rent of £80 ; this grant was obtained probably for the purpose of benefiting the town and getting it out of the hands of the King's bains'. " The entry on the roll of 25. Henry III. ( 1240-41 ) states that 'Walter de Mertone, clerk, and * render an account of £90 for the ferm of the manor of Basingestoc excepting the external hundreds, which they hold at this rent, for this year and the four following years. They have paid in £80, and owe £10, but they are not to be summoned for it, because it was * " A blank left on the roll owing to the name being forgotten or nnknown to the official who made up the roll. BASINGSTOKE. 369 decided before tte King's council that they were only a.d. 1241. answerable for £80 of the ferm of Basingestoc, as recorded on the Originalia Roll and in the letters patent granted to them. In this year the men of Basingestoke paid off £43 10s. of their debt to the crown, which reduced it to £106 8s.* "In 1242 Geofrey fitz Geofrey of Basingstoke was 26. Hen. m. fined half a mark for unjust detention. He paid in 40d. and owed 40d. Eichard Ookerell and William de la Berge accounted for £3 6s. 8d. received for the King's corn.f In 1243 there is a payment of £20 of the outstanding debt, also an entry which may have sonae connection with the £3 6s. 8d. paid in the preceding year : — -' The bailiffs of Basingestoc owe for the third sheaf of the King's lands, ivhich Peter de la Olive J sowed in the same town, as entered on the Originalia Roll of the 24. Henri/ III.' In the following year it is, — ' The bailiffs of Basingstoc owe for the third sheaf of the King's lands in Olive, as con- tained in the preceding Roll.' And this entry is repeated yearly with the concluding words, — ' as contained in Roll 27.' ( Henry III. ) down to the time of Edward I. Walter de Merton's payments of the rent of the manor of Basingstoke ended at Michaelmas, 1245. In 1246 * " This does not include the £15 they owed for John de Basingea, which is given yearly until 1249, when it was paid off, although only 3O3. were paid into the Exchequer at that time. The entry states that the sheriff was responsible for the entire debt as received, and the next year he paid in the balance of £10 123. as £2 18s. had been paid off in 1245, and so the debt was now extinguished. t " Rioardus CokereU et Willelmus de la Berge reddunt oompotum de quinque marcis pro blado Eegis de Basingstoke. In thesauraria liberaverunt et quieti sunt. J " This individual married Alice, one of the sisters of Walter de Merton, by whom he had four sons, named Peter, John, William and Roger. 370 BASINGSTOKE, A.D. i2«. the sheriflF accounts for the £52 blancted, due from the manor of Basingestoke. The men of Basingestoke still owed £38 9s. of the debts recorded in 1230 : and the town, with the external hundreds, was fined £10 for trespasses ; also Richard de Heriet and his associates were fined 5 marks for trespass, and John le Hall of Basingestoc became surety for them. John Gurdepac 5 marks for a similar offence, and four Basingstoke men were his sureties. The men of Basingstoke had also to pay a talliage of 40 marks (£26 13s. 4d. ), and they paid £21 10s. into the treasury, and to Henry de Farlegh and Nicholas de Rumeseye 10 marks towards their expenses,* by the King's order. 31. Hen. ni. "In 1247 the Basingstoke debt was reduced to £29 3s. 8d. The sherifi" accounted for £89 9s. 4d. as the issues of the manor, and for £86 15s. 3d. for the previous year. He paid in £150 7s. 3|d. leaving a balance of £26 17s. 3^d. John Gurdepac paid in 10s. of his fine of 5 marks. Hamon de Basinges is charged 6s. 8d. for a writ, and Richard fitz Elyet fined 20s. for trespass, and Walter de Merton became surety for him. In the following year the sheriff accounted for _ £91 12s. 4d. as the issues of the manor of Basingstoke, and he paid in £84 17s. 7d., leaving a balance of £6 14s. 9d. which he paid in the ensuing year. 33. Hen. HL " For the year ending at Michaelmas, 1249, the accounts furnish us with a more detailed entry relating to Basingstoke, showing the exact sources of its income. The sheriff, Robert Passelewe, renders an account of 40 marks ( £26 13s. 4d. ) for all the issues of the manors of Aulton and Basingestoke for the first half year, according to the King's writ, in which it is contained that the King granted to the said Robert, that he * " They were probably the assessors of the talliage. BASINGSTOKE. 371 should pay to the King 40 marks for all the issues of •*-^- ^^*^- the aforesaid manors for the half year^ and this sum he had paid into the King's wardrobe as ordered. The succeeding sheriff, Henry de Farlegh, renders an account of £26 17s. l^d. for the assize rents of the manor of Basingestoke for the second half year ; and £9 lOs. for tolls during that time; and 105s. 4d. for pleas and perquisites of the courts. Total, £41 12s. 5|d. The town of Basingstoke was also talliaged this year to the extent of 60 marks ( £40 ), and they paid iu £32 6s. 8d., and the King forgave them 10 marks, which left a balance of 20s. unpaid.* "In 1251 we have the last entry as to the out- 35. Hen. m. standing debt, — ' the men of Basingestoke owe £15 7s. 6d. of their several debts as contained in roll 14. Henry III., but the sheriff is answerable for it, as he had received the money.' The particulars for the year ending Michaelmas, 1253, show that the men of Basing- stoke paid £10 on the aid levied for the war in Gascony, and 40 marks for talliage. The sheriff renders an account of £53 14s. 3d. for the assize rents of the manor; and for tolls, £19 ; for the sheriff's turn, (or Court Leet,) 26s. 8d. ; for suits of court and tithing money, 32s. ; 70s. received from the marsh ; and £6 2s. for pleas and perquisites of the courts ; total, £85 4s. lid. The sheriff also accounts for £250 I7s. 7d. for all sorts of issues of the manor for the three past years. Total of all the sums of Basingestoke, £336 2s. 6d. The sheriff claimed an allowance, £13 9s. 7id., and therefore owed £322 12s. lO^d. In the year 1255, another talliage was assessed by Nicholas de Hadlow and the sheriff upon Basingstoke, to the amount of £44, * " Southampton had to pay £100, Winchester 200 marks, Andover 100 marks, and Alton 40 marks, as their shares in this talliage. 372 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1256. a^jj^ ^jjQ jjjgjj q£ Basingestoke paid in £19 8s., which left a balance of £23 12s. The sheriff rendered an account of £53 14s 3d. for the assize rents of manor of Basinge- stoke; and £18 10s. for the tolls of the market; 26s. 8d. paid at the sheriff's turn or court ; 32s. for suits of court and the tithings ; 30s. as the year's profits of the the marsh, and 69s. for pleas and perquisites of the courts. Total, £80 Is. lid. He paid in £20, which left a balance of £60 Is. lid. These items of receipts are of considerable interest, as they show that the annual rent hitherto demanded by the crown left but a very small margin, if any, to the men of Basingstoke for the trouble of managing their own affairs and collecting the rent themselves, to say nothing of the heavy taxation which fleeced them almost yearly. The sheriff receiving all the issues of the manor during the above years enabled the crown to ascertain to a certainty how far it was burdened by its annual rental. 40. Hen. m. " On the 20th May, 1256, Henry III. granted the manor and in-hundred to the men of Basingstoke at fee farm for the yearly rent of £80, reserving to the crown the rent of the lands held by Walter de Merton : and the Pipe Roll ( 40. Henry III. ) records that, ' The men of Basingestoke render an account of £40 for the ferm of Basingestoke for the last half year, as on the Originalia Roll it is recorded that the King had granted to the said men at fee farm the said manor with the hundred and all its other appurtenances, in consideration of an annual rent of £80 of counted money, saving to the King the rent of the land of Walter de Mertone. Paid into the treasury £26 13s. 4d., and by the King's order to Walter de Mertone, clerk, for the expenses of a certain monk whom the King had sent into Spain, £13 6s. 8d., and they are quitted. The same men owe 50 marks (£33 6s. 8d. ) for the grant of the aforesaid charter.' BASINGSTOKE. 373 "In 1257 William de Basingestoke pays ISs. 4d. to 4i.Hen.ni. have an assize. The men of Basingestoke paid £80 for the ferm of their town, as contained in the previous roll, and the charge for obtaining the King's charter remained unpaid. In 43. Henry III. ( 1258-59 ) the men of Basingstoke render an account of £80 for the ferm of their town, and £80 for the previous year. Paid in £80^ and to the sheriff of the county and the other keepers of the King's works at Winchester castle, who by the King's order received the other £80 to be spent upon the works of the King's castle at Winchester. In the following year (1259-60) the men of Basingestoke discharged their yearly rent by paying into the treasury £73 6s. 8d., and £6 13s. 4d. by the King's order to Eeginald Drumare, knight, for his maintenance. One half of the annual rent in 1261 was paid into the treasury, and the remainder to the keepers of the King's works at Winchester castle to be spent upon the works there. A talliage of £40 7s. 4d. was charged upon the borough of Basinge- stoke this year on the assessment of Thomas Tronet and Godfrey de Bscudemore. In 1263 the hundred 47. Hen. m. of Basingestoke was fined 100a. for murders committed within the hundred, and the town of Basingestoke 100s. for escapes. After the payment of the annual rent in 1261 it was allowed once more to fall into arrear, and to such an extent that in 1266 it is re- corded that 'The men of Basingestoke owe £80 for the ferm of their town, and £320 of the same for the four past years. John de Bottele, the late sheriff, had received £40 of this amount, and the men had paid in £290, which left a balance of £70. In the following year the rent and balance amounted to £150 and they a.d. 1267. paid in £15, and £30 to the keepers of the works of Winchester castle, to be spent upon the works of the castle, under the supervision of the constable of the castle and other liege men ; and to WiUiam de YalenciiSj z 374 BASINGSTOKE. constable of the same castlsj £20, to be spent upon the same works. This left a balance of £85, and by the King's order they paid 100s. to Nicholas de Leukenor, keeper of the King's wardrobe ; to Hugh fitz Otho 60 marks ( £40 ) to buy himself a horse, in compensation for the one he had lost in the King's service ; and to the constable of Winchester castle at Easter in 1266, £40 for the works of the castle. In 1268 the borough of Basingstoke owed £13 14s. for talliage, and the sheriff had to discharge it, because James de Thorniton his clerk and attorney had received the money on his behalf : and the roll of the ensuing year records that A.D. 1269. the men of Basingestoke rendered an account of £80 for the ferm of their town, and £160 as the arrears of the previous years. They paid by the King's order to Richard de Candovere £10 to purchase himself there- with two horses, a gift from the King ; and to Queen Alianore £30 in part payment of the 800 marks which the King had assigned to her from certain lands and tenements; which reduced the debt to £200, and another talliage to the amount of £41 was assessed upon the town by John le Moyne the King's escheator on this side of the Trent. 66. Hen. ni. "In 1271 the men of Basingestoke had to account for the yearly rent as well as £200 for arrears, and the only payment they had made in liquidation of this debt of £280 was (by the anthority of a royal writ) to William de Candover, the King's huntsman, who received every day for the maintenance of himself and of two horses, three servants, and twenty-five of the King's dogs, moving from place to place, for their wages from the Tuesday nearest after the feast of St. Matthew the Apostle in the 62nd year, (29th February, 1267-8) until Sunday the Vigil of St. George, (22nd April, 1268) namely, 54 days, both days included, £4 14s. They also paid in £32 13s. 4d. of their taUiage BASINGSTOKE. 375 debt, whicli left a balance of £8 6s. 8d. for talliage, and £275 6s. on tbeir rental account. In the following year ( 1272 ) another year's rent was added to their debt, their only payment being £24 3s. for amerce- ments and fines levied upon the inhabitants of Basinge- stoke by Nicholas fitz Martin and his associates, assigned to hear and determine all pleas and disputes within the county. " This brings us to the close of the reign of Henry a.d. 1272. III. The various expedients employed during his reign for raising money and the frequent taUiages, illustrate the poverty of the crown and the exhaustion of its revenues. The rising of Simon de Montfort occasioned heavy demands for money, as well as great irregularity as regards payment. A new era opened with the reign of Edward I., and there was an improve- ment in every branch of administration. Parliament, the courts of law, and provincial jurisdictions, took their permanent historic forms. In the Pipe EoU of the first year of Edward I., Ealph de Basinges is a.d. 1273. named as one of the collectors of a subsidy of a twentieth. Walter de Merton, it states, owes 15s. for the ferm of the lands in Basingestoke as contained in Eoll, 42. Henry III., and 45s. due for the previous years. The men of Basingestoke rendered an account of £80 for the ferm of their town, and of £355 6s. for the previous years. Nothing had been paid into the Royal Exchequer, but to Queen Alianore, the King's mother, £400, in consideration of the honor of Richmond, for which honor King Henry had assigned and granted to the same Alianore 800 marks yearly for the term of her life, to be received from the manor of Basingestoke and other royal demesnes, by virtue of a writ recorded on the Memoranda, Roll, for this year and the years 56, 55, 54, and 53, Henry III. 376 BASINGSTOKE. 19. Edw. I. " j^fter the death of Queen Alianore in 1291, the rent of the manor of Basingstoke appears to have remained in the hands of the crown, but on the second marriage A.D. 1299. Qf King Edward I. it was assigned to the new Queen, Margaret of France, as a portion of her dowry. After her death, it was granted in 1319 to her second son, Edmund Plantagenet de Woodstock, who was created Earl of Kent in 1321, — to him and his lawful issue for ever, under the designation of ' The* annual fee farm rent of the manor and town of Basingstoke with the hundred, and the rent of the holding which formerly belonged to Walter de Merton in the same town with its appurtenances, amounting yearly to £80 15s. "The subsequent history, descent and partition of the fee farm rent among the co-heiresses and descen- dants of the Earls of Kent have already been given.* Among the Exchequer Eecords are preserved sixteen small slips of parchment more or less perfect, each of which had originally a pendant seal. All the seals have perished, with the exception of three or four fragments of as many seals ; one presents a small part of a shield with the three lions of England, another the remains of the shield of the royal arms as borne by the Duke of Clarence, and a third fragment retains a portion of the royal crest resting on a cap of maintenance, with a label of three points depending from the lion's neck. These documents are acknowledgments of payments by the bailiffs of the town of Basingstoke of certain sums of money, portions of the fee farm rent paid at various times in and between the years 1411 and 1416.t These receipts were given on behalf of Margaret de Holland, Countess of Somerset; Thomas, Duke of * " Pages 74i and 75. t " The Queen's Eememliranoer, Minister's Accounts, ^ BASINGSTOKE. 377 Clarence ; Lucy^ widow of Edmund^ late Earl of Kent ; Thomas Montacute^ Earl of Salisbury; and Jolin de Nevill, Earl of Westmorland, — individually and not collectively. " The Pipe EoU of 1253 has given us the different sr.Hen.iii. sums which helped to make up the yearly payments for the discharge of the fee farm rent. The pleas and perquisites of the courts and the views of Frank- pledge brought in £9 or £10, and the particular sources from which this amount was derived may be seen among the transcripts and extracts from the Court Eolls. The market tolls contributed about £19, but we have not met with any particulars as to the charges and assessments, or the items which produced this sum. The assize (or quit) rents, amounted yearly to £53 14s. 3d. This sum represents the rental of the manor and the amount of money which the bailiffs collected from the owners of the land and houses. One moiety of it was payable on the 25th March, and the other on the 29th September, the rental accounts being made up half yearly. From an early period the particulars of each half year's rent were entered for collection upon a small roll of parchment only four or five inches wide, and as these small rolls were easily lost, or probably deemed of little value in after years, only a few of them have come down to our time, " The earliest of these rolls reaches no farther back Rentals. than the fifteenth century, and not more than four rolls even of this period appear to be extant, and four others belonging to the reign of Henry VIII. carry the series down to the middle of the sixteenth century. These rolls will be suflBciently exemplified by our giving a few extracts and a transcript of the earliest roll, and of the one of the 33rd year of Henry VIII., A.D. 1542, which happens to be written out with unusual care. 378 BASINGSTOKE. Eentais. j^ "The earliest roll consists of a strip of parch- ment 5| inches wide and 20 inches long. The upper part of the skin is discoloured and slightly worm eaten, and the writing faded and rubbed. It appears to belong to the first quarter of the fifteenth century. The name of William Brocas fixes its date as subse- quent to the year 1400, and that of ' Thomas de St. John' shows that it is not later than 1428, as Thomas de Ponynges Lord de St. John died on the 7th March, 1428-9. Basyngestoke. Rental poe Eastee Teem. "Thomas de St. John 21s. The Prior of Merfcon 12s. John Elys 22d. Bartholomew Gosselyne 15d. John Amelyn 2s. 2d. Ralph Benfeld 18d. William atte Slade 2s. 6d. John atte More 2d. William atte Hulle 2s. 3d. John Aylyerd 2s. 6d. Robert Burewyne 16d. Robert atte Hyde 2s. 6d. Robert Carpenter 15d. The land o± Tve 2s. 6d. Nicholas Norton 2s. 6d. The land of John de Church ( Ecclesia ) 2s. 6d. Henry Clerk 5s. Adam Twode 30s. Id. Skydes- more's land 6s. S^d. Hale's land 19s. 8d. Agnes Fynche 5s. Thomas Byflete 6s. John atte Waterende 7s. 8d. Thomas Eoxle 9d. Powere's land lis. John Schupenere 6|d. Robert Russelle 4|d. Isabella Kynggesmelle 10s. John Chode 6s. 4d. Thomas Cowfolde 5s. Johanna Cow- folde 2s. 2d. Whatesforde's land 10s. lOfd. William Fyns 20s. 9d. The Lady of Estrope 3s. John Cowdray 6s. 5|d. William Warbelton 9s. lOd. Ingelram atte More 25s. 6d. The house of Saint John 28s. 6d. John Shupnere 12s. lOd. William Brocas 37s. 5d. Langred's land 7s. 9d. Jaket's land 2s. Symon Elmham 15d. Robert Rnssel 2s. 9d. Thomas Langcrofte 10s. 4d. Selver's land 2s. 6d. Thomas Wolfe for Anne's land 7s. l|d. Roger Kent 3s. 4d. Thomas Barbour 3s. John Gent 6s. 4d. John Hobbys 16^d. John Russelle and William Russelle 16^d. Richard Wythere 4s. 5d. Thomas Gregory 30s. 8d. and 1| farthing. Thomas Aylward 2s. 6d. Ahce Newman 4s. 6d. William atte Chambre 3s. l|d. Hugh Kynggesmell 14d. Wilham Whytele 2s. 7^d. Richard Oodysmore 9s. l^d. BASINGSTOKE. 379 Thomas Pyamore 7|d. Richard Fynleghe 10s. William. Tawke lis. lOd. William Wygge 2s. John Amysse 3s 4d. Thomas Palmere 9s. ^d. John Gierke 4s. 6d. John Smyth of Wynchefelde 10s. 7d. | a farthing. John Ber- narde 12d. Alice atte Watere 13|d. Oxe's land 14|d. Thomas Wolfe for Barbour's land 4s. 6d., and the same Thomas for Wythegere's land 5s. 6d. John Bettys 2s. lid. John Gregory 20|:d. Susanna atte Mere 2s. 9d. William Godynge 2s. 6d. John Portyn 2s. 6d. Whytchebury's land 7s. 3|d. Richard Poster 3s. 4d. Thomas Goolde lOd. The same Thomas for a bulk 2d. John de Hoo for Borde's land 4d. John Dunt 3d. Symon Wodehowse 2|d. John Selham 12d. Thomas Marmyon 4d. The same Thomas for a bulk 2d. Johanna Rowdene 6s. 10|d. John Pachel 3d. John Baldok 6d. John Whyte fysohere 2s. 6d. John atte Brygge 4d. Roger Langrede 3d. John Turvey for a meadow 3d. John Schortwade 12d. Matilda Wheler of Wotton 3d. Philip Santore 4d. Robert Hoopere lOd.* John Hobbes for a purpresture 2d. John de Hoo for a purpresture 2d. John Marmyon for a purpresture 2d. John Pokerynge for a shop 18d. 2. ''The next rental roll is headed^ BasyngstoJce, a.d. 1432-1^6. Rental of John 8myth,-f and consists of a crumpled strip of parchment 5 inches wide and 39 inches long. The writing upon the upper half is greatly faded and very indistinct. Two of the entries enable us to fix its date very closely. It is not earlier than 4th Septem- ber, 1434, as Thomas Newman, who is charged with 4s. 6d., did fealty for the land and tenements formerly Roger Newman's on that day,} and the name of * " The four subsequent names are added by another hand and written in different ink. + " These words ( Basyngstoke. Bentale Johcmnis Smyth. ) are only just legible. He was the baUifii, whose duty it was to collect thig half year's rent. One of this name occurs as senior bailiff in November, 1490. J " See page 262. 380 BASINGSTOKE. Eentais. Thomas Poxlej, who died on 2nd November, 1436, shovrs that it could not have been drawn up later than the previous Michaelmas. Among the more important entries occur: — 'The lord of Basyng 21s. The prior of Merton 12s. William Warbylton 30s. Id. for Iwode and 6s. 5|d. for Skydmore's. Robert Dyngle 6s. 4d. Thomas Coufold 5s. Ingelram atte More 25s. lOd. The house of St. John 28s. 6d. William Brocas 37s. 5d. William Lodlow for Annys 7s. Id. John Sottone 39s. 8d. Edmund Tauk lis. lOd., and Thomas Whyte 10s. 7id. A.D. 1480-1483. 3. " Tjjg jjjjj.^ J.QJ1 belongs to the reign of Edward IV. It is in a dilapidated condition, a portion of the upper part of it has been torn away, so that in its present state it is only 46 inches in length and 5^ inches in width. The contents vary from the previous rolls, inasmuch as almost all the names are followed by the designation of the property for which the rent is payable. A careful examination of this rental proves that it was drawn up between the years 1480 and 1483. As it mentions ' The lord of Estrope,' it must be subsequent to the 20th May, 1467, when Lady Egidia Tame granted the manor to Eobert Asheley; also subsequent to 1479, as Johanna Bewservyse is recorded as holding the Tawke property, which she inherited on the death of her father, John Tawke, in 1480 ; and earlier than April, 1483, from the circum- stance of John Wallop being named as a tenant. The property was now gradually accumulating in the hands of some of the tenants. Philip More has a rental of 37s. lid. The warden of New College near Win- chester for Houndmils 8d. Richard Kyngesmylle pays a total of £3 12s. 7d. for the half year; also Richard Kyngesmyll for Gregory's 30s. S^d. The wardens of the Holy Ghost [Chapel] for Premley's 2s. 6d., for the lands formerly Dyngley's 2s., and for Spyrk's 3d., BASINGSTOKE. 381 total 4s. 9d. WiUiam Coufold for Asshemere 5s., and another 5s. apparently for Coufold, for Pabyn's 4s. 4d., and for the land called Grete Shottes 2s., total 16s. 4d. John Walloppe 9s. 2|d., and Johanna Bewservyse for Tawke's lis. lOd. The total amount of the half year's rental is given at the foot of this roll as £27 lid.* which is only 3s. Q^d. more than was paid in the year 1249. 4. " The next rental is that which was made up for a.d. im. the half year ending on 25th March, 1488, and consists of a roll of parchment 63 inches long and 5^ inches wide. The heading and commencement being nearly obliterated, we note it here. Basyngstohe. The Rental drawn up on the sixth day of September, in the third year of the reign of King Henry VII., (A.B. 1487^ in the time of Richard Walloppe, Esq. and Richard Kyngesmyll, thenceforth bailiffs of Basingstohe.f It begins — John Paulet, Esq. for the lands called Iwode, 12s.; for the marsh in Iwode, 10s. 6d. ; for the lands called German's 18s. ; for Kyngesforland and Verny- down 10s. 6d. ; and for Clapshoe's and Russel's 4-^d.. — 51s. 4Jd., and presents only a few variations from the entries on the previous roll. 5. "The next roll belongs to the year 1519, and is in a better state of preservation than any of the preceding rolls. It measures 40 inches in length and 6^ inches in width. This is the earliest rental roll on * " Originally entered as £27 lis. 8d., but corrected to £27 lid. t " The original is in Latin, and the foot of the roE has an endorse- ment, written in the early part of the 18th century — ' The date of this Rentall is quite worn out.' Although the date is given as the 6th September, it is apparently a clerical error for the 6th October, being the first court day of the above-named bailiffs elected on 15th September, 1487. 382 BASINGSTOKE. itentaiB. which the entries are given in the vernacular tongue, and is headed : A.D. 1519. ' Basyngstohe. The Rentall for [the] halfe yere renewed at thefest of the Annoneiation of our ladye, the Xth yere of the reigne of Kyng Harry the Vlllth [in the"] tyme of John Kyngesmyll, gentleman, and Richard Dene then baylyes there.' " Among the entries occur : — The prior of Merton for Wynbowes 12s. Nicholas atte Nasche now Lord Daubeney's 2d. Thomas Haydock, Esq. for Ives and Hodmylles 7s. 6d. The parson of Newenham for Frogwelles 3s. 4d. John Kyngesmyll, late Justice, for Wattysford 10s. 10|d. The Warden of New College [Winchester] for Skydmores 6s. 6|d. Thomas Byflete for Ashmerys 5 s. John Oowfold for Cowfold, Furnes, BynsheteSj and Great Shottes, lis. 4d. John Kynges- myll for various parcels of land 49s. 2id. The heirs of John Kyngesmyll, fuller, for Silver's 2s. 6d. The heirs of William Brocas, Esq. 38s. John Belchamber for one part of his tenement in the market, late William Brocas's 2s. 8d. The house and lands of St. John^s 28s. 6d. Richard Kyngesmyll, fuller, for lands and tenements, late John Kyngesmyll's, his father, 14d. Eichard Gosmere, clerk, for Whytley's 3s. l|d. Eobert Wallope, Esq. for Whychebury, Somers and Berkys- dale 9s. Id. William Bewservyse for Tawke's lis. lOd. John Bye for a parcel of land next St. John's Gd. William Lorymer for a parcel of land in church street by the churchyard 6d. ; and Eobert Garden for a shopi under the Mote hall 2d. 6. " This rental is closely followed by another roll also in a good state of preservation, with its heading and entries in Latin. It is 37 inches in length and 62 in width, and headed : BASINGSTOKE. 383 ' Basyngstohe. The rental for a half year drawn up a.d. isai. on the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the 12th year of the reign of King Henry VIII. ( A.B. 1521^ in the time of Bobert Stacker and Bichard Bonager, bailiffs there.' " The entries are almost identical with those on the previous roll, and among them occur : — The lord of Basing, designated as Sir John Pawlet, knight. The ■warden of New College, Winchester, for lands lately William Waterend's, called Skydmore's, 6s. Q^d., and for Huntmylles 8d. Hugh Lancaster for Donte's and Heyron's 6d. William Loker for the lands late George Puttenham's, knight, 9s. lOd. William Lorymer for a piece of land near the south door of the Churchyard 6d., and Eobert Garden for his shop under the stairs. These two entries give additional particulars, and the last indicates the position of the shop under the Mote Hall. The stairs were evidently external as was fre- quently the case in ancient buildings. "The two remaining rolls of the series belong to the years 1542 and 1546. They are much wider than the preceding rolls, measuring 8 inches in width and in length 42 and 45 inches respectively. We have already alluded to the earhest of these two rolls. The entries upon it are given in a bold printed hand in the characters called ' old English.' The personal names, and a few other words, are written with vermilion, and the remainder in black ink. The roll itself is formed of two skins sewed together so as to form a continuous roll : the upper skin is of vellum and the lower one parchment. In the following translation of the entries the rubricated words of the original are given in Italics. " BasingstoTce. The Bental renewed there for a half a.d. i64i-2. year up to the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the XXXIII year of the reign of King 384 BASINGSTOKE. Hentais. Senry the Mghth, in the time of Robert Holewey and William Looker, thenceforth bailiffs there. " The Lord Saint John, for Iwood 12s., for Jermans 18s., for the Marsh in Iwood 10s. 6d., for lands in Kynges forlong 10s. 6d., for Clapshoe's and Russel's 4|d. Total 51s. 4|d. Of the same for Moreward's, late Pjdde's, 3s. 10|d., and for Shypner's in Iwood 8d. (Hal*). Of the same for Foxlei's 9d., and for Powres lis. (Cowdrey). For Hale's, late Whetham's, 18s. 3d., (Franklyn). For Brydghowse, late Skylhng's, 4d., of the same for lands called Fyncy's, late John Kyngesmyl's, 20s., for Brynklow's 10s. Bromlies 16|d., for Aylward's 4d., for lands, late Henry Shaft's, called Ivys, 20d., for lands, late Edward Chamber's, 3s. l|d., for Gregorei's 30s. 8|d., for Merfelles 8d., for Alysander's 8s. 4d., for Martyn's 3s. 4d., for Newman's 4s. 6d., for Stourton's l|d., for the corner piece near le Swan 2d., for Wattisford's 10s. 10|d. ( Roger Reyfe ) ; for the mill called Kynges Myl 10s. ; for the lands formerly John at Wei's 3s., and for the lands where the well isf ( John Sadler). For Bowre's otherwise the cheker 12s. lOd., for Oaye's 14|d., and for Hayward's 12d. ( Grete ) ; for le George 7s. 9d. ( Kent ) ; for Jakett's 2s. ( Planner ) ; for Oxe's 14^d. ( Roger Wyght ) ; for the shop and for the cellare door J under the Court house 15d. ; for Bryghtwyses 2d. ( Loncaster) ; for Shoveler's, late Ralph Whyt's, l|d. ; for the lands late Robert Potyn's 6s. 8d. ( Wodoson). " The lord of U strop 3s. John Grete § for Santorne's 4d. and for the rent of the vacant piece of land near his house 20d. John Stacker for Peperwhytte's 25s. 6d. John * "Names mentioned in this manner at the end of some of the entries, appear to denote the tenants who held these particular parcels of land at the time this rental was compiled. t " De eodem pro terris nbi fons est jd. ob. J " De eodem pro opella xijd. De eodem pro selar dore sub Court house iijd. The words in italics are bracketed as applying to both entries. § " In 1546 it is the heirs of John Grete. BASINGSTOKE. 385 Wallop, Ttnight, for Wythberie's 3s. 8|a., for Somer's 20id., a.d. i64,i-2. and for Berkesdale's lands 3s. 8|d. Bichard Peclcsal for lands formerly John Brokes' 84s. 9d., for the lands late William Bernard's 2s., and for the lands called Elnam's 15d. Bohert Oreswell * for lands called Langcrof te's^the Ayngel 10s, ; for Genfce's 6s. iiijd. ( Richard Ronanger ) ; for Berkley's 3d., for Catlyn's 7^d., for Franke's 4d., for Grondal's 3d., for Perker's 4|d., for the lands formerly Simon Woodhouse's 2|d. ; for Fortune's 2s. 6d. ( Fryer ) ; for le bulke 2d., and for le selar dore 2d. The warden of New College, Winchester, 8d. John Cooke for Rnssel's 16d., for Meri's 15d., for Capron's 3d., for a messuage in le Church strete jd., and for the lands late William Whyt's 10s. 8|d. Total 13s. 7|d. Richard Ronanger for Anne's 7s. l|d. John Loncasterf for Skydmore's 9s. l|d. Bichard Spyre for Frogmede 12d. Richard Hal for Sylver's 2s. 6d. Martyn for Clavyn's, late John Boyer's, 4s. 6d., for Mermion's 6d. ( Richard Ronanger ) ; for the messuage near the Church 9d., and Flexpole and the piece of land in le Church strete 6d. Gilbert Bye for the lands called Elysaunder's 20d. ( Wylson ) ; for Pyamore's 7|d. ( John Deane ) ; for Wythgar's 5s. 6d., and for the part of his house at Copyd brydge 4d. The heirs of Richard Aylefe for the shop late William Moth's 12d., and for the south part of the shop 2d. James Loncaster for Donte's 3d., for Heyron's 3d., and for the piece of land near the highway 2d. The heirs of John Bussell for Wyther's 20d., and for his tenement 20d. Thomas Canner, clerk, for Wolfe's 4s. 6d., for 2 feet in breadth and 16 feet in length on the south of the shop 3d., for the shop late Russel's 20d., and for the lands late William at More's l|d. John Fyssher for Tawke's lis. lOd. John Bonager for Warde's l|d. John Belchamber for the part of his tenement in the market formerly William ■R,..iVo'a 5>s 8d.. for Kentvsshe in Iwood 3s. IH. for # "It is Robert Holowey in 1546. ■j- "John Westwrey in 1546. 386 BASINGSTOKE. Rentals. Hogyns 8d., for Lofyng's 3s. 4d., and for 12 acres of land lying in le Hachfeld 12d. The house of St. John 28s. 6d. George Hunt* for the lands late Richard Kyngesmylle's 14d. Bolert Molwey for his tenement at le Whytwey 4d. The heirs of James Deane t for Merke's, formerly Anthony Burley's, 4s. 4d., for Perker's 2s. 6d., and for the south shop 2d. John Cowslad J for Rowden's 3s. 5jd. Robert Stacker for Rowden's (sic) 3s. S^d., for Valens, formerly Robert "Wallop's, .3d., and for the messuage which Thomas Walker holds 4d. Richard Tewen for the lands late Richard Gosmore's, called Whytley's, 3s. l^d. The heirs of Thomas Lane § for Pomley's, formerly Henry Hyscock's, lOd. The Wardens of the Holy Ghost [Chapel] for Frym- leys, 2s. 8d., for Spycer's 3d., for the lands late Dyngley's, called Herierd's, 2s., and for Spyrke's 3d. Thomas Oreswell^ forBerde's4d. (Almeshouse); for Mason's (William Walker) 2s. 6d., and for the toft, late Ralph Smyth's, ( Gilbert Stocker ) 3d. William Looher for lands formerly George Puttenam's 8s. 4d., and for le Troves ( John Westwrey) Sd.^f Thomas Hethe for the shop in the market 15d. William Normanton 2|d., and for the selar dore 2d. John Bye for the Dye house near the house of Sti John 6d., for Raye's, late Thomas Creswelle's, 2s. 9d., and for the lands at the vij borowes 8d. The heirs of William Loremer for the part of his house near the Churchyard 6d. William, Gylhert for the house late John Alyn's 2d., and for the rent of the vacant piece of land near the broke 6d. The heirs of Robert Lyde for the meadow in le Wyldmore |d. The * " The heirs of George Hunt in 154i6. t " In 1546, Christopher Dean, instead of the heirs of James Dean as on this roll. J " Johanna Cowslade in 1546, and the next entry, Gilbert Stocker. § " John Lane is charged for this property in 1546. II " The heirs of Thomas Oreswell in 1546. 1[ " Another hand has added here ' of the same for Whytwey and 3 acres in the fields 3d.' BASINGSTOKE. 387 lieirs of William Whytcombe for the meadow formerly -*^-°- i54i-2. Hunt's 6d. For the meadow called Parde's ( Ivold ) 5d. John Stapyll for Dells lands, called Whelars, 3d. Hichard Hacker for Ivetott in the parish of Newnam 12d. John Greswelle of Matyngle for lands late the prior's of Merton, called Wynbowes, 12s., for the lands late Robert at Hyde's 2s. 6d., and for Slades 2s. 6d. Bohert Garpenter, now William at Water's and Richard at Water's ISd. John Elys, now Sone, 22d. John Hamlyn, now Sone's, 2s. 6d. ; Robert Bynfeld, now Woodcock's 18d. ; Nicholas at Nasshe, now Lord Daubeney's, 2d. ; John Costlyn, now Woodby's, 15d. ; John Hyll, now William at Water's, 2s. 9d. ; John Ayleward, now William at Water, 2s. 6d. ; Nicholas Waryn for Burwyn's 15d. ; John Chaundler for the piece of land near his house 4d. Thomas Haydoch, Esq., for Ives lands, 2s. 6d., and for Hodmylles 5s. James Ghepman for Brygge's, Norton's, otherwise Wayte's, 2s. 6d., and for an acre of meadow in le Wylde- more, 12d. The Rector of Newnam for Frogwelles 3s. 4d. The Warden of New College, Wynchester for Skydmore's ( Jake's ) 6s. 6|d. John Deane for Leches 5s. Thomas Byflet for Asshmere 5s. John Gowfold for Cowfold 5s., for Eorneis and Beneshotte's 4s. 4d., and for Greteshotte's 2s. The heirs of Thomas Lane for Pomleis, formerly Henry Hiscock's lOd., and John Kyng for the meadow in the Wyldmore l|d. 8. "The Roll of 1546 is headed,— ' Basingstoke, a.d.is^s. Rental renewed there for half a year up to the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the xxxvijth year of the reign of Henry the Eighth, by the grace of God King of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, and on earth supreme head of the English and Irish Chwrch : and in the time of John Westwrey and William Looker, bailiffs there.' "The few variations occurring upon this roll we ^-EUaabeth. have already given as notes to the previous rollj and the following entries, taken from a rental for the half 388 BASINGSTOKE. Eentais. yg^j. f^o^ 25tli March to the 29tli September, 1601, give us some extended particulars relating to some of the properties previously named. 'William, Lord Marquess of Winchester, for Iwode 12s., for the mill called Kingesmill 10s., for the lands called Hayle's, sometime Wheatham's, IBs. 4d., for Bower's, otherwise called the checker by William More, 2s. lOd., for the tenement called the George by the hand of Richard Deane, tenant thereof, 7s. 9d., for the shop under the Mote Hall 12d., for the cellar door 3d. " Sir Henry Wallop, knight, for Whichburies, Sommer's and Barkesdale's, 9s. Ijd. Henry Withed, Esq., for Estrop, by the hands of John Scot, 6s. " Richard Dene, a total of 34s. 4d., and among the entries making up this amount : — ' For the waste ground whereupon the paling is set next the tenement called the Angel where the cellar door was 6d., of the same for his house built upon the waste ground between the parsonage house and the common river 12d., and for a plot of ground lying at the east end of the said house ten feet in length and twenty-one in breadth 3d. Eor the lands late John Omedon's, nigh the Mote Hall, purchased of Thomas Parker. For lands called Tawkes, sometime Bewerves, purchased of William Fysher, gent., lis. lOd. 'Thomas Bossewell for lands late Robert Hollowaye's, purchased of James Deane, gent., 6d. The heirs of John West the elder, for a parcel of the land of the waste ground next to the Almshouse whereon a house is built, 2s. John Goringe for a void plot of land nigh the washing place purchased of William Matkins 6d. WilHam Blunden the younger, for lands and tenements lately purchased of WilUam Fawntleroye, gent., and Frances his wife, daughter of John Clarke, deceased, sometimes Canner's, situated ia Ote Street, l^d. William Fountleroy,. gent., for lands called Horwood's, sometime Bowyer's, 9d., and for lands BASINGSTOKE. 389 called Withgar's, 3s. 2|d. George Norton, gent., in right of his wife for a tenement in. the tenure of John Gates, sometime Gilbert Stocker's, 4d., and for the tenement and lands lately purchased of Symon Cufaude, called Ann's, sometime Ronynger's, by the hands of Reynold Elcot, 7s. l|d. William Cowdrye, son of Roger Cowdrye, for lands called Mere's, sometime John Cooke's, 15d., and 13s. 6|d. for other lands and tenements. John Greneweye for a parcel of his tenement in the market place, sometime Wiiliam Brocas's, purchased of Alexander Bellchamber, 2s. 8d. The heirs of Jane Cowslaid, widow, for lands called Rowden's, by the hand of Richard Deane of the George. The warden of Merton College in Oxford, for a tenement and lands called St. John's, 28s. 6d., and for a parcel of the watercourse nigh his house Id. Thomas Creswell, gent., for lands called Slade's and Hyde's 6s. William Haydook, Esq., for lands called Ives, and for Hodmill, 6s. 6d. The heirs of John Atherton for a tene- ment called Frogwell's, lately belonging to the parsonage of Newnham, 3s. 4d. The. heirs of Sir Richard Pexall, knight, deceased, for lands and tenements late John Brocas's 34s. 9d. John Byflet, gent., for lands called Aishemere's, by the hands of Richard Deane of Basinge, 5s. The heirs of Symon Cafaud, alias Caffold, gent., for lands called Cuffaude's, 6s., for Furnes and Bringshottes 4s. 4d., and for Greatshoetes 2s. Hugh Creswell for land called Borde's in the tenure of the poor 4d. Richard Ailefe, son of Bryan Ailefe, for the shop late William Mothe's, 12d., and for the south part of the shop 2d. John Normanton, junr., for the house built upon the water at Copped bridge 8d. William Arnold for Piamore's, lately purchased of John Bye, gent., 7|d. John Hall for a dye house nigh St. John's chapel, purchased of the said John Bye, 6d., and for the house called Raye's, sometime Cress- well's, next the dye house, purchased of the said John Bye, 6|d. John Bye, gent., for Wildmore, 20s. ' The tenants of Hesill, parcel of the in-hundred of Basingstoke, viz. Ellis Hill 6s. 6d., John White 15d., Henry Chandler 20d., Brian Richards 15d., Robert Wood- Al A.D. 1601. 390 BASINGSTOKE. Eentais. gock 18d., Thomas Sone 2s. lOd., and the tenants of Hesill for common there 2d. Total 15s. 4d.' " Coming down to a still later period, we Lave met with a memorandum that on the loth June, 1C-j3, A.D. 1653. t The Rental of the manor of Basingstoke being then cast lip in the whole comes to for the whole year £.54 19s. S^d. ' The usual yearly rent due to the Lord Mar([uess of Winchester for the rent of the ferm of the said manor of Basingstoke comes to £51 6s. 8d. ' The rents usually outset and allowed by the said Marquess for lauds and tenements which he holds of the said manor out of the said £51 6s. 8d. £14 16s. 5d. " 1675. ' Received of Mr. Charles King for heriots due at the death of the Honorable John Lord Marquess, £20. ' Received of Mr. Charles King for reliefs due at the death of the said Marquess of Winchester, £34. " 1686. ' Received of Mr. Whitehead [lord of the manor of Estrop] for a heriot for his father's death, being agreed on by the mayor and company for a standing heriot upon an alienation, £5. " 1700. ' April— Received of the Earl of Bridgewater for 38 heriots due to the Corporation of Basingstoke as lords of the manor, by the death of his grace the Duke of Bolton, being so much compounded for, £100. ' Received of the present Duke of Bolton for so many reliefs, he being next heir, £22 10s. "Lastly, from the 'Rental renewed for the half year's rents from 25th March, 1717, till 29th Septem- ber, 1717,' we bring in a few more extracts. A.D. 1717. "Edmund Pitman for the Maidenhead sign post, lOd. John Bishop for the Red Lion sign post, lOd. Mrs. Dorothy Coleman for the King's Head sign post, lOd. Mr. Sampson White for the post and rails set upon the waste before his house in Holy Ghost Street, 6d. Jonathan BASINGSTOKE. 391 Plott for Hodmills in Nateley Scures, late Mr. Hedges and Margaret his wife, heretofore Mr. Looker's, and paid by John Heath, 2s. 6d. John Limbrey, Esq., for the standing of the Angel sign post, lOd., and for lands called Ashmores, formerly Robert Byflett's, Esq., and late Francis Dickens', Esq., 5s. Richard Knight and others, executors of Richard Knight their father, deceased, for the farm and lands called St. John's, held of Merton College in Oxford, 28s. 6d. John Bishop for his new house over against the Maiden- head, 2d. The Crown Inn. — The Eaulcon in London Street — The George Inn and the standing for the George sign post are also named. Thomas Brooas, Esq. for Sir Richard Pexall's lands 3cis. 9d. Mr. Robert Blunden for a house and lands formerly Richard Kyngsmill's, late Bunnies, 14d. Mrs. Dorothy Coleman for lands and tene- ments called LuflBn's alias Loveham's in Oat street, formerly Mr. Henry Osey's, late Mr. William Moor's, and since William Coleman's, Esq., 3s. 4d. Gilbert Searle, Esq., for Estrop, late Whiteheads, 3s. William Wither, Esq., for lands called Skydmore's, belonging to Winchester College, paid by William Wigg, 6s. 8d. Hazill_ Heath, Sir John Cope, knight, for a piece of land enclosed in Bromshill Park, late Sir Andrew Henley's, 6d.,* for Thomas Soane's tenement 2s. lOd., and for Henry Chandler's land Is. lOd. " In earlier days parliament was often called together to grant a subsidy tp the King, and as this form of taxation ceased in 1663, a few introductory words may not be out of place. "A. subsidy was an extraordinary grant in the nature of a tax, aid or tribute granted by parliament to the King to meet the exigencies of the state. Tenths and fifteenths were temporary aids issuing out of personal property granted to the King by parlia- * "In the rental for the year ending at Michaelmas, 1643, among the Heazill entries occurs : — Robert Henley, Esq., 5s. 2d. Sutsidies. 392 BASINGSTOKE. ment, but the assessment of fifteentlis were more generally granted than tenths. ' They were/ says Blackstone^ ' formerly the real tenth or fifteenth part of all the moveables belonging to the subject, when such moveables or personal estates were a very different and a much less considerable thing than what they usually are at this day.' Originally an assessment was made at every fresh grant, but it was at length reduced to a certainty in the 8. Edward III. (A.D. 1334), when a new taxation was made of the fifteenth part of every township, borough, and city in the kingdom, and recorded in the Exchequer, and the amount so returned retained the name of a fifteenth, notwithstanding the alteration of the value of money and the increase of personal property. So that in after years when the commons granted the King a fifteenth, every parish in England immediately knew their proportion of it, as it was the amount of the identical sum assessed upon them in the 8th year of Edward III. ; and they then raised it by a rate among themselves, and I'e- turned it into the royal Exchequer. Subsidies were also levied upon persons in respect of their landed property, after the nominal rate of 4s. in the pound for lands, and 2s. 6d. for goods, and for those of aliens in a double proportion. " This assessment was also made according to an ancient valuation. There were also subsidies granted at the rate of two shillings in the pound on lands, eightpence on goods to ten pounds, twelve pence to twenty pounds, and sixteen pence above twenty ; but those who paid for lands were not rated for their personalties. Unfortunately, among the Exchequer records appertaining to subsidies, those relating to Hampshire are few in number and of a comparatively late date, otherwise we might have placed before our readers a copy of one of the celebrated poll tax returns BASINGSTOKE. 393 of the time of Eichard II. relating to Basingstoke. Subsidies. Altlaough there . are several collectors' accounts and other memoranda relating to subsidies, there is no Basingstoke assessment earlier than the 39th year of Queen Elizabeth* (A.D. 1598) preserved among the crown records, but among the corporation records is a roll made up of three pieces of parchment sewed together so as to form a continuous roll forty-seven inches in length, and seven inches in width — Headed : ' The payment of three parts of one of one fifteenth and one tenth, in the month of January in the 20th year of the reign of King Edward the Fourth.' (January 1480-1.^ First is written the swm total of the fifteenth and tenth, and the second sum is the said payment of the three parts.f " John Poulet for Twodes 3s. — 2s. 3d., for Verneydowne -i.D. ilsi. and Kyngesforlong 3s. 8d. — 2s. 9d., for Russell's alias Clapshoys 4d. — 3d., for the land called Twode and Germens 9s. — 6s. 9d. For the lands of Richard Walope 5s. 4d. (sic). The tithing of Haysyll 20s. — ISs. The tithing of Vpnailey, the Rector of N"ewnham for Frogwelly's land ; John Dykare for Hodmyllys alias Clerk's, for Bryge's called Norton's alias Waytes, for Iwy's land and for an acre in Wyldmore 6s. 2d.— 4s. 7|d. " John Wheteham for Powry's land 20d. — 15d., and for Hale's land 6s.— 4s. 6d. ; Johanna Waterende for Skyd- morys land 16d. — 12d. ; William Cowfold for the land Ashmerys 2s. 4d. — 21d. ; for the land Cowfold 2s. 6d. — 22M. and for Fabyan's land 3s. — 2s. 3d. ; John Kyng for Hoddys' land 12d. — 9d. ; John Skyllyng for Bellys' land ISd. — ISod. and for Bryggehows' land 8d. — 6d. ; Johanna Pydde, widow, for Shepner's land and Iwode, Morewarde's * " Ezchequer. Lay subsidies. Co. Southt. -^ t "The original is in Latin, and the accompanying paragraphs are a translation of the entire document. It is interesting as giving us the number of sheep upon the manor, their separate foldings, and apparently the namo of the shepherd or caretaker of each fold. 394 BASINGSTOKE. Subsidies, and Foxley's lands 12d. — 9d. ; Richard Jay for Whattys- ford's land 4. William Belchamber in lands £10. Thomas Edwardes £5. John Deane £15. John Goringe £6. Margaret Haull £15. John Bull £8. Edward Barnarde £12. William Pettye £21. John West £9. Robert Walker £5. William Temple £30. Richard Puckeridge £5. Anthony Smithe £13. Gilbert Looker in lands £10. William Grete in lands 40s. John Grene- wey, draper, £6. James Lancaster in lands 40s. John Ronniger, sadler, in lands, 40s. Thomas Parchase £6. William Crome £20. John Dale £5. Michael Deane £16. Thomas Parker, £5. William Payne £5. Richard Brownesden £6. William Walker £5. William Lancaster £6. John Lypesconae £5. The fraternity of the Holy Ghost in lands £6. Hesill. ' Thomas Atwater in goods £8. Agnes Chauudler in lands 20s. upon a small piece of parchment about 5i inches square, sewed to the roll, and endorsed : — ' The hundreds of Basingstoke infra et extra, Holshott and Ohiitley.' At the foot of the roll are the signatures of Eichard Pexsal, Olyvcr Wallop, Wylliam Warham, and Henry Wallop. * " The words in goods accompany all the names, and need not be repeated, but wherever the word lands ocom- it stands in lieu of the word goods. BASINGSTOKE. 399 ' The entire rating of this portion of the collection is summed np as amounting to £34. "We will now pass on to the nexfr century, and conclude these somewhat extended monetary statistics relating to Basingstoke^ by some extracts from a manuscript in the Bodleian Library at Oxford,* entries which tend to show that the royal Exchequer was in a very exhausted state on the accession of King Charles I. to the throne. Money lent to King Charles I. in 1626. ' Money freely paid without suhscrihing. The names of those who desired to be excused from subscribing but freely paid unto Sir Thomas Jervoise, knight, to the use of his Majesty the sums of money annexed to their names. Basingstoke infea. ' Henry Cator of Basingstoke 20s. Amey Grove of the same place, widow, 53s. 4d., Richard Allen of the same f 20s., John Mason, clerk, 40s., Thomas Hall 53s. 4d., John Goringe £5 6s. 8d., John Hall £5 6s. 8d., William Blunden £4, John Stocker £3 6s. 8d., Adam Reeve 40s., John Blunden 53s. 4d,, John Smithe 53s. 4d., Thomas South 53s. 4d., Andrew Butler 53s. 4d., and Henry Osey 40s. Basingstoke ex^ea. ' William Wakefield of Basing 40s., and Adryan Kerbey 20s. ; Thomas Brocas, of Sherborne, Esq., £3. Thomas Kinge, 40s., WilHam Petty 40s., John Carter 20s. and John Collens 40s. ; .William Moore of Ohinham £8 ; Thomas Oooteell, {sic) of Stephenton, Esq., £20, and John Cottrel 20s. ; Thomas Hasker, of Bramley, 53s. 4d., and Abraham Poulter 20s.; Alexander Searle, of Newnham, * " MS. Eawlinson. D. 666. t " The words ' of the same ' are given after every name until another place is named. 400 BASINGSTOKE. Loans. 20s., and Thomas Atliooke, gent., £3 ; Richard Kinge, of Nateley Skures, 20s. ; Martha Looker, of Upnateley, 40s., Roger Looker £8, and Thomas Barnard 53s. 4d. ; Hugh Mathew, of Mapledorwell, 40s. ; and Walter Pinke, of Kempshott, £4 13s. 4d. ' The names of such as have paid the stuns annexed being the first payment, and half of their loans. Basingstoke infka and extka. " John Borne of Basingstoke, Joan Moore, widow, Richard Moore, Thomas Leacock, gent., and John Ailwiu 20s. each. Richard Bioknall of Basinge 10s., Zachary Loader 10s., and John Browne 20s. ; John Inwoode of Eastrope 20s. ; William Carter, senr., of Woodgarston 20s. ; Constance Andrewes of Sherborne, widow, Nicholas Tanner, Joane Moore, widow, Nicholas Gardiner, and John Moathe 20s. each. Richard Woodroffe of Stepheuton 10s. ; William Upton of Newnham, Christopher Leicester, and William Amblin 10s. each. Thomas Halle of Nateley Skures 10s., and John Stebb 20s. ; Benjamin Kinge of Upnateley 10s. ; Nicholas Smithe of Mapledorwell, William Benham and John Canner 10s. each. Daniel Scott of Tunworth 10s. ; William Prince of Clidsdon and Edward Avenell 20s. each. 'A list of the sums of m,onies lent unto his Majesty in the hundred of Baseingstohe infra, as a loan required by virtue of a commission and instructions on that behalf dated the eleventh day of October, in the second year of the reign of our sovereign lord King Charles \_A.D. 1G2C], and delivered by us, Sir Thomas Jervoise, Sir Walter Tiohborne, Sfc, Com- missioners amongst others assigned for the cxecuiion of the said commission and instructions unto Julian Smithe of Odiham, one of the collectors within the division of Baseing- stohe.* * "Whicli included Basingstoke extra and the hundreds of Holshott and Micheldovor. Wo have confined our transcript to the entries relating to the town of Basingstoke. BASINGSTOKE. 401 Basingstoke infea. " Edward Cleeve 40s., James Wither •*-i*- 1626. 20s., Robert Trymer 20s., Anthony Spittle, senr., 40s., Henry Cater 20s., John Borne 40s., Robert Stocker 40s., Amy Grovo, widow, 53s. 4d., Joane More, widow, £3, John Taylor 40s., John Green, senr., 40s., Richard Allin 20s., Bllinor Ckiffe, widow, 30s., John Money 20s., Thomas Strangwaies 20s., Richard Moore 4.0s., Edmond Pickman 20s,, Lawrence Reeve 20s. Avis West, widow, 53s. 4d., Mary Boconsawe, widow, 20s., Katherine Good, widow, 20s. William Temple 40s., Richard Brackley 40s., John Mason, clerk, 40s., Thomas Mason 40s., John Heme 40s., William Green 40s., Edmond Daniell 20s., Robert Abbott 20s., John Illesley 20s., John Warner 20s., Thomas Laycock, gent., 40s., John Gowpcr 20s., Ann Bunney, widow, dead ; John Spier 20s., John Watts 40s., John Alwyn 40s., William Herns, junr., 20s., Elizabeth Hunt, widow, 53s. 4d., John Homes 40s., Thomas Halle 53s. 4d., Richard Spire 5os. 4d., George Baynard refuseth ; * John Goringe £5 6s. 8d., John Halle £5 6s. 8d., William Blunden £4. John Stocker £3 6s. 8d., Adam Reeve 40s., John Blunden 53s. 4d., John Smithe 53s. 4d., Thomas South 53s. 4d., Andrew Butler 53s. 4d., George West 53s. 4d., and Henry Osey 40s. Hbazbll. John Hill 20s., Abraham Hill 20s., Ann Marlowe, widow, 20s., James Deane, gent., £4, James Woodcock 20s., and Henry Read 40s. * " This was the gentleman who about ten years afterwards had a dispute about his seat in the Church. See page 35. 402 BASINGSTOKE. g>ir James Wmnt's Hccttwsl^ip. " Parochial Lectureships were instituted for the pur- pose of expounding and establishing the change of doctrine which had come in with, the English Refor- mation, as, in order to prevent diversity of teaching, none of the clergy were allowed to preach, except those who were licensed for that particular purpose by the Bishops, and these Divinity Lecturers, as they were called, were provided, both to supply the place of the non-preaching clergy in this respect, and also to in- struct them. For many years after the accession of Queen Elizabeth, very few of the Clergy had licenses to preach, and they were ordered to attend these lectures, and were to be examined by the lecturers, to see if they had profited by their attendance, and ' how they marked and .remembered such points of doctrine as were read unto them, and were meet for their capacities.' Directions for the conduct of Lec- turers were issued by Archbishop Bancroft in 1604, and in 1622 the Primate (Abbot) enjoined that no lecturer ' should preach upon Sundays and holy-days in the afternoon, but upon some part of the catechism, or some text taken out of the creed. Lord's Prayer, or ten commandments.' Soon after this time the Lecturers, who had greatly increased in number, became an instrument in the hands of the Puritan party for the diflFusion of unorthodox teaching, and led to the disuse of the venerable custom of cate- chising. Various measures were taken by Archbishop Laud and others for the prevention of this. After the Eestoration of King Charles II. it was enacted by the Act of Uniformity that no person should be allowed or received as a lecturer, unless he declare BASINGSTOKE. 403 his unfeigned assent and consent to the thirty-nine Ai'ticles, and the Book of Common Prayer, and to the use of all the rites, ceremonies, forms and orders therein contained. It was also enacted that prayers should always be said before a lecture was delivered. The last orders concerning lectures and lecturers were issued by Archbishop Sheldon in 1665, and provide that the incumbent may at any time prevent a lecturer from preaching by himself occupying the pulpit.* This was, no doubt, intended to provide against instances of collision, such as that referred to at page 2o of this book, in the case of John Brockett, who obtained an order of the House of Commons (12th March, 1041-2 ) requiring Ambrose Webb, Vicar of the parish Church of Basingstoke, ' to permit Mr. John Brockett, clerk, the free use of the pulpit in the said Church, to preach on the lecture days in the said parish Church, according to the intention of the bene- factors for the maintenance of that lecture, from time to time, and also to permit such succeeding lecturers as shall be hereafter to preach in the said Church.^ " Sir James Deane, knight, by his will dated 19th August, 1607, after reciting that he had called to mind,' '' that many times theretofore the town of Basingstoke had been and then was destitute of a good and Godly preacher, to teach and instruct the people there in the principles of religion, and to lead their lives according to the laws and commandments of Almighty God,' makes provision for the maintenance of a good and learned preacher, who was to be a graduate in divinity of one of the two Universities of Cambridge or Oxford. This endowment was afterwards augmented by bequests from Sir James * Hook's Church Dictionary. 404 BASINGSTOKE. Lancaster in 1618^* and Richard Aldworth in 1646, the latter directing that the preacher should deliver a lecture weekly on such day as the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses should conclude upon. "Under the will of Sir James Deane, Sir James Lancaster, his cousin, was to have the sole nomination and placing of the said preacher during his life, who in turn by his own will, directed that the preacher was to be chosen by Sir Henry Wallop, knight, during his life, and after his decease, by the BailifEs and Burgesses of Basingstoke, or by whatsoever other name the Corporation i;f the town be called. Sir Henry Wallop died on 5th November, 1624, conse- quently from this date the appointment of the preacher or lecturer has been in the hands of the Corporation. We have not met with the names of the Lecturers appointed by Sir James Lancaster or Sir Henry Wallop. An interesting letter is preserved among the MSS. of the Bodleian Library,-]- dated at Wrington, Somer- setshire, 17th February, 1608-9, which sets forth the purpose of Sir James Lancaster in his benefaction. It is written by Samuel Crake to the Rev. Samuel Ward, Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Bishop (Montague) of Bath and Wells. J After a preamble of no importance, the letter proceeds : "There is a lecture lately created at Basingstoke in Hampshire by means of Sir James Lancaster in Christian * Thi3 ia the date of Sir J. Lancaster's Will, ( he died in the samo year ) but it appears from Mr. Crake's letter printed below, the date of which is 1608, that if Sir James was not the original promoter of the Lectureship, he at any rate co-operated actively with his cousin, Sir James Deane, in its establishment. t Tanner MSS. vol. 15, fol. 318. t He was afterwards Margaret Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. BASINGSTOKE. 405 love and compassion to tie place of his nativity, ( having •*-^- 1^"^- been till this time blind with ignorance and superstition ) and in zeal for the propagation of the Gospel ; which one Mr. Mason* of Oxford undertaking for a while, hath given over again and so the plough now standeth still. It is a place requiring a man not only learned (even in controversies to encounter the spirit of Popery which there haunteth ) but also of gravity and integrity to avoid all occasions of offence and exception ; and also of meekness and affability to draw on and cherish these babes in Christ whom we shall find, or rather beget there. The maintenance assured is £50 per annum ; no great bait to you I am sure, who are not unprovided of as beneficial a place, or if you were, would not long be ; but I may say with the poet, Ajax armis non Ajaci arma petuntur.f ( Ovid Met. xiii. 97. ) And yet I should as soon accept such a portion ( upon the experience I have ) as a benefice of £80. I pray you con- sider of this motion, and direct your answer to my brother Egerton's house in the Blackfriars ; you may send your letter open to him if you will, for he entreated me to nominate some one of mine acquaintance in Cambridge, to Sir James and him ; and thinking you the fittest ( though I had no great likelihood to prevail with you, to remove,) I resolved to refer it to your consideration and to the direction of God. If you incline not to accept of it your- self, yet I pray you conceal it, because I have advised my brother Egerton (in case of your refusal) to a second party. Remember to help us at your leisure with some instructions against the wicked family ; J and write whether I may not directly send to you in Cambridge or in London. Com- mend me kindly to all of our Society as if I named them. The Lord be with your spirit. Emmanuel. Wrington, Somerset. 17th Feb., 1608-9. Tour very loving friend and brother in the Lord, SAMUEL CRAKE. * Qu. John Mason, Master of the Holy Ghost School, 1608-1639. + An Ajax is sought for the armour, not armour for Ajax : in other words, what we want is a man for the place, not a place for the man. J We are unable to explain this reference. Bl 406 BASINGSTOKE. The answer of Mr. Ward is unknown, and the first Lecturer of whom we have found any record is : "John Beckett, M.A., Eector of Ellisfield, (insti- tuted on 14th July, 1634, on the presentation of William Brockett, of London, Esq. ) was appointed Lecturer in 1641, and died in 1648. His successor was " John Millat, M. A., Rector of Eastrop. The parish register records that 'Mr. John Millat, of Basingstoke, Lecturer, and Elizabeth Cape was married 16th July, 1655,' and on the 16th March, 1659-60, 'Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. John Milliat, Lecturer was buried.' He appears to hare married again, as in another entry we read, ' John, the son of Mr. John Miliat, and Debora his wife, born 21st May, 1662,' and again, ' 24th June, 1662, Mrs. Miliat buried.' He either died or vacated his appointments in 1662,* when an attempt was made to influence the Corporation in favour of Thomas Sutton, Rector of Wolverton, as Lecturer. The Corporation, however, appears to have chosen "John Paumee, M.A., who received his orders as Deacon and Priest from Theophilus Field, Bishop of St. David's, on 3rd March, 1627-8, and was afterwards appointed Curate of Bversley in 1683. He matricu- lated from Magdalen College, Oxford, 10th November, 1621, aged 20. His burial occurs in the Basingstoke Register, ' Mr. Pamour, our Lecturer, was buried 20th March, 1670-1.' "John Clabk, M.A., is the next Lecturer whose name has been met with. He was ordained Priest by Bishop Morley on 21st September, 1673, and appears * "The Eeotory of Eastrop was filled up in November, 1662. Mr. Millat may have been ejected under the act of Uniformity which came in force on the 24th August, 1662. BASINGSTOKE. 407 to have held the Eectory of Sherfield-on-Loddon, and ■^■°- ^''°^- the office of Usher at the Holy Ghost School. The Basingstoke Register records that ' Mr. Clark, Lecturer, dyed 4th August, 1707.' From this period, with one exception, we find that the Vicar for the time being has been appointed at every vacancy. Payments of the stipend appear, in the Chamberlain's Books, to Mr. John James, Mr. Fayrer, Mr. Warton, Mr. Henchman, Dr. Sheppard, and Mr. Blatch, who was succeeded by the present Vicar. " It appears, however, that, after the death of Mr. Warton, the Lectureship was held for a few years by Lancelot Jackson, of Queen's College, Oxford, (B.D. 1737, D.D. 21st April, 1743,) who was incum- bent of Upton Grey from 1725 to 1731.* The Rev. Samuel Loggon, in a letter dated 22nd May, 1747, alluding to a report that Dr. Jackson was likely to resign the Lectureship, suggests the annexation of this office to the Holy Ghost School, as a means of securing a more competent income for the master. * " On 24th January, 1733, he was collated to the prebend of Holy- well in St. Paul's Cathedral, London. He also held the prebend of Eugmere for a few months in 1741, but vacated it by reason of his collation on the 1st August to Wenlakesbam prebend, belonging to the same Cathedral. In 1745 he appears to have resigned Holywell, probably on his acceptance of a Eectory in the gift of the Chapter. It may be presumed that he died in 1750, as the prebend of Wen- lakesbam was then again vacant. 408 BASINGSTOKE. iSasingstofec m tlje Sebentfenti^ (ttenturg. A.II. 1625. The reign of Charles 1., even in its earliest years, was a period of disquietude. Commerce and Agricul- ture were at a low ebb. The King was in sore straits for money, wherewith to carry on the government of the Country, and the extraordinary taxes, requisitions and other expedients resorted to, provoked discontent and resistance. Compulsory military service, for which draughts were made from the Trained Bands,* was refused or rendered grudgingly. Religious diflferences and questions of ritual then as now disturbed the peace of the Church. In the Calendar of the Domestic Series of State Papers we meet wiih some curious indications of the state of political and social feeling in the Town of Basingstoke at this period, which it may be best to give for the most part in the order of their occurrence. " On 20th December, 1625, Sir Hampden Paulet and Sir Thomas Jervoise, two of the Deputy Lieutenants of the County, sent to Secretary Conway the following account of the execution of their directions for dis- arming of recusants in the division of Basingstoke. ' William Petty of Sherborne St. John, his wife being an indicted recusant, he was disarmed according to the act of state of one musket furnished, which we delivered to Mr. Baynard of Basingstoke by the appointment of Robert Wallop, Esq., Captain of that band wherein it is charged. * The Trained Bands were a kind of Volunteer Force raised and supported by different towns and cities for local defence and other emergencies, and not under government control. They were now much disaffected and afterwards generally joined the Parliamentary Army. BASINGSTOKE. 409 ' William Arden of Hilside,* gentleman, an indicted ■*■•''■ i^^^- recusant, taken from him one corset and one musket furnished, and delivered to James King, Constable of the hundred, to be sent to Edward Wevill, Esq., Captain of that company where it is charged. ' George Dabridgecourt of Stratfieldsaye, Esq., his wife being an indicted recusant, taken from him six old arms, namely: — three almaine rivettes with head pieces and pauldrons to them, one cuirass for a horse, arms and a closed casquet, two corselets, pauldrons and head pieces. There were also a corslet and a musket of the modern fashion, which he is charged withal in Captain Ludlowe's company • those two arms were said to be the Earl of Sussex's. All which arms are in the custody of William Egerton to be kept. ' John Hellier of Sherfield, his wife being an indicted recusant, taken from him one musket and delivered to Mr. Pace, Lieutenant of the company where it is charged. ' Sir John Halle of South Warnborough, knight, his wife being an indicted recusant,t and having one Francis Edney, gentleman, living with him, an indicted recusant, and many of his house suspected of being non-communicants. Taken from him these old and useless arms, four old horse arms and five old corslets, four swords, three bandoliers and two pikes, which were delivered unto Roger Hore, constable of the hundred. ' Roger Looker of Andwell, gentleman, hia wife being an indicted recusant, taken from him one corslet and musket of the modern fashion, which are to serve in the company of Robert Wallop, Esq., and one old horse arms not service- able, which should be for the troop of George Kingsmill, * " In Dogmerafield parish, one and a, half mile south west of the village. * " Dorothy, daughter of Francis Winohcombe, Esq., and widow of Sir Richard White of South Warnborough, knight. 410 BASINGSTOKE. Esq., with the cuirass of an old corslet ; all which arms are delivered unto Hugh Mathew, constable of that hundred. A.D.1627. On the 18th July, 1627, Sir Thomas Jervoise writes from Herriard to the same official, complaining that Anthony Spittle of Basingstoke, having for a long time served in the Trained Bands with a musket, now declined. Being conferred with thereon, he claimed privilege as a postmaster. That being disputed, he told Sir Thomas that he would find no arms, do what he could. Sir Thomas therefore prays that Spittle may be sent for, for his contempt. In the following October, John Thumwood, Nicholas Mogg, and Susan Moore, made a deposition as to scandalous words uttered by Anthony Spittle the younger, postmaster of Basingstoke, against some persons who had caused him to be sent for to the Council. On the 31st October, ] 638, the Justices of the Peace for Hants report of Anthony Spittle, postmaster of Basingstoke, and one Davis, postmaster of Hartford Bridge, that "whereas they had warrant only upon extraordinary occasions, for His Majesty's Service, to take up horses, they make it their ordinary practice, for their own private gain, to send weekly for eight or ten horses, apiece, and either let them to hire to men that ride post on their private occasions, or keep them at their inns to gain by their standing there, or else discharge them for money." For which abuse the Justices hold it very necessary that there be some exemplary punish- ment inflicted on the said postmasters. In May, 1628, the bailiffs of Basingstoke wrote to Sir Thomas Jervoise, one of the deputy lieutenants, declaring that they had for a long time borne the burden of billeting soldiers, without having received one penny of the £180 already disbursed. Their neighbours utterly denied (refused) the payment of BASINGSTOKE. 411 any more moneyj or to billet any more soldiers, alleging that there was no law or authority to compel them. Unless present order be taken for repayment and supply, the bailiffs would be enforced to leave the soldiers to seek their pay where they might have it, which might prove perilous. On the 15th May, 1628, Gapt. Richard Kingsmill A.c.iBas. complains to Commissioners for soldiers in Hants, of the conduct of his company of the trained bands at Basingstoke, and especially of George Barnard, an old gentleman living in that town, who contemptuously refused to send in his arms. He begs that either he may be permitted to quit his company, or that some course may be taken to vindicate his authority. January 12th, 1631. The Clothiers of Basingstoke petition Lord Chief Justice Hyde and other Justices for Hants. They heretofore made in Basingstoke thirty broadcloths and one hundred kersies which employed the poor of eighty parishes. Now there are not more than seven broadcloths and twenty kersies made weekly, and their cloth lies on their hands, the mer- chants refusing to buy, whereby the petitioners are discouraged and the poor daily increase. April 12th, 1631. The Justices of Peace for the county of Hants made a return to Thomas Cotrel the younger. Sheriff of the county, that the price of wheat at Basingstoke market had fallen last week from 10s. the bushel to 8s. by reason of discontinuance of the work which the clothiers were wont to afford to spinners, weavers, and others, and that complaint daily increases. They had caused the rates to be increased, and watches were kept by night and wards by day. June 3rd, 1633. Notes delivered by Mr. Wither to Secretary Windebank concerning the false manufacture of the cloth of Eeading,- Newbury, and Basingstoke. 412 BASINGSTOKE. The clotli of these towns was stated to be more falsely made than the white cloth ever was. It is suggested that these towns should be put into the commission ( for reformation of abuses in this manufacture. ) A.D. 1636-7. In. the volume for 1636-7 we find the brief for the defence in a cause in the Court of Arches, of George Baynard against Ambrose Webb, Vicar of Basingstoke, for repelling Baynard from the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and for some irregularities in the performance of divine worship. It appears from the evidence in this case that the Lord's Supper was administered in the body of the Church, and that it was an ancient custom at Basingstoke that women coming to be churched brought with them a piece of linen cloth, which was called a chrisom, which was offered and given to the Vicar, but if any child died before the mother's churching it was buried in the said chrisom. In 1662 B. Sutton wrote to Secretary Bennet, requesting him to obtain the King's letter to the Corporation of Basingstoke, to appoint Thomas Sutton as Lecturer. BASINGSTOKE. 413 5Ci)e Bit^t of Basing l^ouse. On the outbreaTs of the Civil War between King a.d. leiz. Charles I. and the Parliament, the inhabitants of the town of Basingstoke appear to have generally shown themselves in favour of the latter. At Basing, on the contrary, the magnificent abode of the fifth Marquis of Winchester became a centre towards which Royalists of all classes were attracted as a stronghold and refuge when driven from places of less security. The Siege of Basing House by the Parliamentary forces, extending over two years, is one of the most stirring chapters in English History. It is mentioned, with varying details, in hundreds of the minor political publications of the time, and especially in the series of Civil War tracts known as Mercuriiis Aulicus on behalf of the King, the Mercurius Rusticus and others in favour of the Parliament, which then served the purpose of newspapers. But no history of the Siege was ever seriously attempted until the publication in 1882 of the Eev. G. N. Godwin's " Civil War in Hampshire." To attempt a narrative of the Siege on the same scale with this laborious work would be out of place here.* For the concise history of the House and its vicissitudes of fortune contained in the following pages we are much indebted to Mr. 0. F. Cooksey, who has kindly permitted the use of a MS. read by him before the Berkshire Archaeological and Architectural Society, at Basing, in September, 1881. * The Authors hope, in a subsequent volume, however, to give » full and complete history of the Manor of Baaing, with its Church, House, and Parish, and of the other parishes within the Hundred of Basingstoke, from the earliest period of which any records exist. 414 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1086. According to Domesday book^ Basing belonged to Hugh, de Port, and was the head of the fifty-five Lord- shipSj held by him in this County of Hampshire. In the reign of Henry II. mention is made of the " Old Castle ■'' of Basing in a grant made by John de Port to the neighbouring priory of Monk Sherborne. William, the grandson of this John de Port, assumed the name of St. John, and Robert, Lord St. John, in the forty-third year of Henry III. obtained a license " to fix a pole upon the bann of his moat at Basing, and also permission to keep it so fortified during the King's pleasure." In the time of Richard II., Basing, with other estates of this family, was transferred by marriage to the Poynings, and again in the time of Henry VI. to the Paulets, by the marriage of Constance, heiress of the former, with Sir John Paulet, of Nunny Castle in Somersetshire. Sir William Paulet, Knight, third of descent from this couple, created Baron St. John of Basing by Henry VIII.^ and Earl of Wiltshire and Marquis of Winchester by Edward VI., was celebrated for his thorough conformity at Court to the various changes which occurred in the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., Queens Mary and Elizabeth. He held the oflBce of Lord High Treasurer for nearly thirty years, and was one of the Executors of the will of Henry VIII. Being asked how he managed to maintain his position in such perilous times, when so many changes in Church and State were taking place, he answered, " By being a willow and not an oak." * It was this nobleman who converted Basing House from a feudal " Ortus sum ex salice, non ex quercu. See Sir Robert Nauuton's Fragmenta Regalia. 1642. p. 11. BASINGSTOKE. 415 castle into a magnificent and princely residence. 0am- basing House. den says of it that "it was so overpowered by its own weight that his posterity have been forced to pull down a part of it." Some idea of the magnitude of the place may be founds when it is remembered that from a survey made in 1798 the area of the works^ including gardens and entrenchments, covered about fourteen and a half acres. A good description of the House as it stood before the Siege is found in the Marquis's own Diary. Basing House stood on a rising ground, its form circular, encompassed with brick ramparts lined with earth, and a very deep ditch but dry. The lofty Gate-house, with four Turrets, looking Northwards, on the right hand thereof, without the ditch, a goodly building containing two fair courts ; before them was the Grange, severed by a wall and common road, &c. The Gate-house is said to have been built in 1562. Nothing remains but the arched entrance. REMAINS OF THE GATEHOUSE, BASING. Edward VI., with his retinue, was here entertained for four days by the first Marquis. King Philip and 416 BASINGSTOKE. A.D, 1601. A.D. 1660. Queen Mary were his guests for five days immediately after their marriage. In 1560 Queen Elizabeth visited Basing, and the welcome accorded her was so much to her satisfaction that she playfully remarked, " By my troth, if my Lord Treasurer were but a younger man I could find it in my heart to have him for a husband before any man in England." This nobleman ■ died in 1572, at the age of ninety-seven, having lived to see 103 of his own immediate descendants, and was buried in Basing Church. William, fourth Marquis, had also the honour of entertaining Queen Elizabeth in 1601, for a period of thirteen days, "to the great charge of the sayde Lorde Marquesse." On this occasion she received the French Ambassador, the Marshal de Biron, with whom were the Count d'Auver- gne, the Duo d'Aumont, and many others of the French nobility, besides a retinue of some 400 persons, who were lodged at The Vyne, the seat of Lord Sandys, which had been specially furnished with hangings and plate from the Tower and Hampton Court, "and with sevenscore beds and furniture which the willing and obedient people of the countree of Southampton upon two days warning had brought in thither to lend the Queene." On Friday, the 18th September, upon the instant of her departure, with abundance of grace, in Basing Hall, her Majesty made eleven knights, viz. Mr. Edward Cecill, Mr. Hampden Paulett, Mr. Benjamin Tichborne, Mr. Francis Palmer, Mr. Carew Eawleigh, Mr. Edmund Ludlowe, Mr. Eichard Norton, Mr. William Kingsmill, Mr. Edward Hungerford, Mr. Edward Baynton, and Mr. Francis Stoner. This Marquis died at Hackwood on 4th February, 1628, and was buried at Basing. The siege, which has rendered the name of Basing House famous, commenced in August, 1643, when it was held for the King by John, the fifth Marquis, who BASINGSTOKE. 417 retired tither in the vain hope that ''integrity and privacy might have here preserved his peace/' but in this he was deceived, and was compelled to stand upon his guard, which with his gentlemen armed with six musquets he did so well that twice he repulsed the attempts of the " Eoundheads." On the 31st July, 1643, the King, on the petition of the Marquis, sent one hundred musqueteers, under Lt.-Col. Peake,* to form a garrison. Within a few hours of the arrival of these troops. Colonels Harvey and Norton attempted a surpi'ise, but were beaten off and retreated the same night to Farnham. The Marquis, who had taken out a commission as Colonel and Governor, at once set to work with the aid of Col. Peake's troops, and a reinforcement of 150 men, to strengthen the works, as rumours had reached him that Sir William Waller was marching towards the house with a strong force. On November 6th, Waller with 7000 horse and foot surrounded the House, where they remained nine days, during which time they made three ineffectual attempts * Eobert, afterwards Sir Robert Peake, who was appointed Gover- nor of the House under the Marquis, had been an engraver before he took up arms for his Sovereign, and published a series of portraits of the Kings and Queens of England. William Faithome, his pupil in that art, was also one of the besieged, and has left a clever satirical engraving of Hugh Peters, as well as many other fine portraits. Yet another engraver, and a still more famous one, was in the House, viz. Wenoeslaus Hollar (see Virtue's Life of him) and has engraved a portrait of the Marquis. Other inmates were Inigo Jones, the great architect, and Thomas Fuller, author of the " Worthies of England," who is said to have been engaged on that ■work at the very time of the Siege, and to have been much inter- rupted by the noise of camion. ( History of the Holy Ghost Chapel, p. 24.) Another man of letters found shelter at Basing House, where he lost his life, viz. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Johnson, M.D., the editor of Gerard's Herbal, and author of several botanical works. A.D. 1643. 418 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1643. ^Q carry the place by storm, but were each time beaten off with heavy losses, and compelled to retreat also to Farnham. During these assaults only two of the garrison were slain. At this juncture the King's troops, under Lord Hopton, marched to the House and assisted in strengthening the works. Nothing of importance appears to have occurred during the winter months which followed. An extract from a letter sent by Sir "William Waller to Lord Hopton, who had been his companion in arms abroad, relative to the part he was to take in these wars, may to some extent account for his want of success in his three attempts upon Basing House, he says : " That Great God, who is the searcher of all hearts, knows with what a sad fear I go upon this service, and with what a perfect hate I detest a war without an enemy, but I took upon it as an opus Domini, which is eno' to silence all passion in one." In the Spring of 1644, the Parliamentarians having met with so many reverses in trying to take the place by storm, set themselves to the task of starving the garrison out, and for this purpose strong bodies of their troops were quartered at Farnham, Odiham, Greywell, and Basingstoke, who patrolled the adjacent country to prevent the taking in of provisions. Matters appear to have continued in this condition ' till the 4th June, when Col. Norton came a second time upon the scene with a force drawn from the neighbouring Parliamentarian garrisons, and closely invested the place, he having, by means of information received from a deserter, two days previously defeated a party of the besieged at Odiham. This force con- sisted at first of a regiment of horse (his foot not BASINGSTOKE. 419 having arrived )j and were quartered in Basingstoke at night, all avenues by which food could be taken into the House being closely watched. On the 11th June, Col. Morley's regiment of six " Colors of Blues/' Sir Richard Onslow's of five of Red, with two of White from Farnham, and three fresh troops of horse, fetched in by Norton's regiment, drew up before the House, on the South towards Basing- stoke, and in the evening some were sent into quarters at Sherfield and others to Andwell and Basingstoke. A.D. 1644. BASING OHUKCH. On the 17th June the Church was occupied and fortified by the attacking force, who managed to shoot two of the defenders. The garrison of the house being few in number, the Marquis decided to divide them into three parties, two of which should be constantly on duty. To each Captain and his company was assigned a particular guard, and the quarters of the garrison were given to Major Cufaude, Major Langley, and Lt.-Col. Rawdon, while Lt.-Col. Peake had charge of the guns and the reserve. All these officers acted 420 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. IMA. a,s Captains of the Watcli, except Col. Rawdon, who was excused on account of his great age. On the 18th June a sally was made from the House, and several buildings, from T^ich a galling fire had been maintained, were burnt. The besiegers having rung the Church bells as an alarm, the Royalists had to beat a hasty retreat, but not till they had effected their purpose. On the 29th June the first piece of artillery was placed in position against the House, and six shots were fired from a culverin placed in the park. On the following morning fire was opened from a demi-culverin in the lane, which was silenced however the same day by a shot from the house. On the 11th July Col. Morley sent to the Marquis this demand : "My Lord, — To avoid the effusion of Christian blood, I have thought fit to send your Lord- ship this summons to demand Basing House to be delivered to me for the use of the King and Parliament. If this be refused, the ensuing inconvenience will rest upon yourself. I desire a speedy answer, and rest. My Lord, your humble servant, Heebeet Moeley." To which the Marquis returned this reply : " Sir, — It is a crooked demand, and shall receive its answer suitable. I keep the House in the right of my Sovereign, and will do it in despight of your forces. Your letter I will preserve as a testimony of your rebellion. Winchestee." The siege was then renewed with great vigour until the latter end of August, when the provisions of the garrison began to fail, and some of the men deserted, upon which the Marquis made an example of one, which seems to have had the effect of preventing, for some time at least, a repetition of the attempt. On the 2nd September Col. Norton sent a summons to the Marquis, couched in these words : " My Lord, I oh n p3 \v 1 f 1 S\ J rt( I te fTe of Wi ti cU e riev Ej-fle of VliUfture jixiti horci St. Facsimile oi' ttie Original Engraving by Wenceslas Hollar, A D, IS'l'S BASINGSTOKE. 421 These are in the name and by the authority of the ■*^-°- ^^*^- Parliament of England, the highest Court of Justice in this Kingdom, to demand the House and Garrison of Basing to be delivered unto me, to be disposed of according to order of Parliament. And hereof I expect your answer by this drum, within one hour after the receipt hereof, in the mean time I rest ; yours to serve you, EiCHAED ISToETON." To which the Marquis at once sent answer : — " Sir,' — Whereas you demand the House and Garrison of Basing by a pretended authority of Parliament, I make this answer : That without the King there can be no Parliament, by His Majesty's Commission I keep the place, and without his absolute command shall not deliver it to any pretenders what- ever. I am, yours to serve you, Winchester." Again the siege was prosecuted with increased fury, shot and shell being poured daily into the House, and many of the defenders falling, while famine was at the same time reducing their strength and energy. Some time previously a messenger had been despatched to the King for succour, and a promise was received that assistance should arrive on the 4th September, with a view to which arrangements were made to co-operate from the House, but it was not till the 11th of Sep- tember that the welcome intelligence was received that the reliefs were marching towards them, and had already reached Aldermaston. An express was sent from Oxford to Sir William Ogle, instructing him to co-operate with Col. Gage, by entering Basing Park at the rear of the Parliamen- tarian quarters between four and five o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, September 11th. Sir William Ogle contented himself by sending a messenger to meet Col. Gage, to say that he dared not send bis troops, as some of the enemy's horse lay between Winchester and Basing. ci 422 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1644. With reference to Sir William Ogle's conduct in this matter, there is in existence an old song, entitled, " The Royal Feast/' a loyal song of the prisoners in the Tower, written by Sir Francis Wortley, and sung at the Andover Buck Feast on 16th September, 1674, in which occurs these words : " The first and Chief a Marquess is, Long with the State did wrestle, Had Oglo done as much as he They'd spoyled Will Waller's Castle : Ogle had wealth and title got. So layd down his commission. The noble Marquess would not yield. But scorned all base conditions." Col. Gage, being thus left to his own resources, held a council of war, and at seven o'clock, after a desperate struggle, gained the summit of Cowdery's Down, and, notwithstanding the exhausted condition of his troops, cut his way through the lines of the beleaguering forces. In his efforts he was ably assisted by the garrison, who made a vigorous sally, and being thus attacked in front and rear, the Parliamentarians soon left the way clear, and Col. Gage made a triumphant entry into the House, carrying with him a large quantity of ammunition. The attacking forces, being thrown into great disorder, retired to some dis- tance to re-organize themselves, and the opportunity was seized by Col. Gage to collect food and forage for the use of the garrison. The provisions being brought in, a sally was made by 100 musqueteers under the command of Major Cufaude and Captain Hall, and the enemy's works upon the Basing side were carried, including the Church, the garrison of which were made prisoners, and consisted of Captains John Jephson and Jarvis, 1 Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, and 30 Soldiers. The quarters of the Roundheads were that night set alight in three places, " the enemy BASINGSTOKE. 423 so Hastening from these works as scarcely three could ^■^- ^®^' be made to stay the killing." The following day, September 12 th, warrants were issued to the adjacent villages to supply certain quantities of food on the morroWj on pain of having their towns burnt in the event of non-fulfilment. This plan was merely a ruse on the part of Col. Gage to mislead the besiegers as to his intentions, information having reached the House that large bodies of troops had arrived at the villages between Silchester and Kingsclere, with a view to cut off his retreat upon Oxford. At eleven o'clock that night Gage marched off with his men as silently as possible, and, while the Cromwellians were peacefully sleeping, reached the Kennet at Burghfield Bridge, and having forded the river ( the bridge being destroyed ) on the following morning crossed the Thames at Pangbourne, and arriving at Wallingford in safety, decided upon quartering there for the night. Next day he returned in triumph to Oxford, having completed the arduous task entrusted to him with a loss of only eleven men killed and forty or fifty wounded. For this exploit he received the honour of knighthood at the hands of the King on the 1st of November. On the withdrawal of Col. Gage, the House was quickly re-invested by the troops under Waller, Basing Church was re-taken, and the siege pushed with renewed energy. Between this period and November the time was spent by the garrison in arranging and carrying out a series of sallies, in many of which they succeeded in destroying some of the works of the enemy, at others seizing their provisions. With November came a com- plaint of shortness of food, as on the 1st of that month the stock of bread, corn, and beer was exhausted, while the officers had already denied themselves one meal a day. During the succeeding fortnight the garrison were in a sad condition, and appear to have lived from 424 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. leti. ^^j |;q ^g^y. yjqpoTi wliat could be seized by the troops in their sallies. News of their condition having reached the King, Sir Henry Gage was again instructed to attempt the relief of the place, and on Tuesday, the 19th November,* proceeded to carry out his instruc- tions, accompanied by 1000 horse soldiers, each carrying on his saddle bow a sack of corn, and bearing around his waist a "skein of match," besides taking many cartloads of other necessaries. The King, apparently with a view of diverting attention from Gage, marched towards Hungerford with his troops. Waller, wearied with twenty-four weeks of unsuccessful attempts upon the place with his army, reduced from 2000 to 700, while disease was working havoc among the remainder, on hearing of the King^s movements determined to retire into winter quarters. Accordingly on the 15th of November, after burning their huts, the foot marched in the direction of Odiham, leaving the horse to cover their retreat, but the gallant garrison, though weakened by famine and want of rest, determined upon giving their enemies a parting shot, and, seizing the oppor- tunity. Cornet Bryan with a party of horse fell upon their retreating forces and threw them into great disorder. 20th Sept., 1614. The next night Sir Henry Gage arrived with his troops opposite the House, intending to cut his way through the enemy's lines, and arranged that having arrived close to the House each trooper was to throw down the articles carried by him and at once make good his retreat. These plans were however not carried out when it was found that there was no enemy to contend with, and Col. Gage rode into Basing House to the great joy of the defenders. The following winter and summer appear to have passed in com- * Symonds's Diary, p. 151. BASINGSTOKE. 42& parative quietj tlie garrison being sufficiently occupied iu repairing the damage caused by the enemy's artillery^ and in the accumulation of provisions against the arrival of another attacking party. " There is little doubt that a scarcity of ammunition, as well as of provisions, was the cause of some em- barrassment to the Marquis in his defence of the House. In the first year of the siege ( 12th October, 1643 ) the King issued a warrant to the following effect. " Chaeles R. To our right trusty and well-heloved Henry, Lord Percy,* general of ovfr ordnance for the present expedition. ' Our will and pleasure is, that you forthwith take order for sending to the Marquess of Winchester's House of Basing ten barrels of powder with match and bullets pro- portionable. And this shall be your warrant. Given at our Court at Oxford this twelfth day of October, 1643.' f "This having been communicated to the Marquis he wrote as follows : " To the night Honorable the Lord Percy, General of his Majesty's ordnance at Court. ' My Lord. Understanding by a letter from Mr. Secre- tary Nicholas, that his Majesty hath given a warrant for the issuing out of your magazine ten barrels of powder and double proportion of match, I therefore desire your Lordship to command carts for the conveying of the said powder from Oxford to this garrison, standing not only in great want of the same, but also daily expecting the * " A younger son of Henry, the niutli Earl of Nortliiimberland, created Baron Percy of Alnwick, Co. Northumberland, on the 28th June, 1643. He died without issue male in 1652, and the title became extinct. t " MS. Kawlinson, D. 395, fol. 52, Bodleian Library. I A.D. 1644. 426 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1641. enemy's approach, -who are now at Farnham with a con- siderable force of horse and foot. I have dispatched this messenger who will attend the expedition. And if any arms have been brought into the magazine, I desire your favour in the furtherance of 100 muskets to be sent with this conveyance, and in so doing yon shall infinitely oblige, my Lord, your Lordship's most affectionate kinsman and humble Servant, Winchestee. Basing Castle, 2nd November, 1643.' * "A few months later ( 2n(l February, 1643-4) the King despatched a second letter containing a warrant for the same amount of ' powder and match, proportion- able ' as before, together with sixty ' brown bills.^ A third letter from the King, similarly addressed, dated from Oxford, 13th May, 1644, gives orders for a thousand weight of match and forty muskets, ' to be delivered to such as shall be appointed by the Marquess of Winchester to receive the same, for the use of our garrison at Basinge Castle.' At length. Waller, despairing of taking the place by force, entered into a conspiracy with. Lord Edward Paulet (brother of the Marquis) for its surrender by treachery, but, the plot having been discovered, his Lordship was expelled from the garrison and narrowly escaped with his life. Meanwhile the King's cause became more and more hopeless. Fairfax had gained the important victory of Naseby, where Cromwell, who was in command of the horse, took part. Leicester, Bridgewater, Bath, Sherborne, and Bristol had sur- rendered in quick succession. Fairfax marched to the relief of Plymouth, then closely besieged by the King's troops. Cromwell had orders to keep the road to London open, by reducing those places which at that * Ibid. Folio U7. BASINGSTOKE. 427 time obstructed it; and on the 21st September, 1645, lie appeared before the Castle of Devizes, which sur- rendered on the following day. On the 28th of the same month Cromwell marched to ^^p*'- i''^^- Winchester, which at once opened its gates. From Winchester he advanced to Basing and summoned the Marquis to surrender. The Marquis replied, that if the King had no more ground in England than Basing House, he would defend it to the last extremity. An attack was then made upon it so suddenly and with such success as to give countenance to the tradition that the guards were surprised while engaged m a game of cards, thereby originating the saying that . " Clubs were trumps when Basing House was taken." A THE oLOHoiKE.B^jTirgiwrcj^OsiviinSTiriMiresfflS^ Cromwell's characteristic letter dated from Basing- stoke on the 14th October, 1645, gives the best idea of the disposition of the forces for the attack. It is addressed to William Lenthall, Esq., the Speaker of the House of Commons, and begins as follows : 428 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1645. gij.^ J tliank God, I can give you a good account of Basing. After our batteries were placed, we settled the several posts for the storm : Colonel Dalbiere was to be on the north side of the house next the Grange, Colonel Pickering on his left hand, and Sir Hardress Waller's and Colonel Mountague's Regiments next to him. We stormed this morning after six of the clock ; the signal for falling on was the firing four of our cannon, which being done, our men fell on with great resolution and cheerfulness ; we took the two houses without any considerable loss to ourselves; Colonel Pickering stormed the new House, • passed through and got the gate of the old House, whereupon they summoned a parley, which our men would not hear. In the mean time Colonel Mountague's and Sir Hardress Waller^'s Regiments assaulted the strongest work, where the enemy kept his court of guard, which with great resolution they recovered, beating the enemy from a whole culverin, and from that work, which having done, they drew their ladders after them and got over another work, and the house wall before they could enter. In this Sir Hardress Waller, per- forming his duty with honour and diligence, was shot on the arm, but not dangerously. We have had little loss, many of the enemy our men put to the sword and some officers of quality. Most of the rest we have prisoners, amongst which the Marquess and Sir Robert Peake, with divers other officers, whom I have ordered to be sent up to you. We have taken about ten pieces of ordnance, much ammunition, and our soldiers a good encouragement."* The booty thus * " The date of Cromwell's Letter affords evidence of miscalcu- lation in a curious horoscope, (see next page) the original of which is in the Bodleian Library. It is said to have been drawn by LiUy, the Astrologer, to solve the problem, "if Basing House would be taken," and assigns September 16th as the date of its capture. BASINGSTOKE. 429 HOROSCOPE. V7 ^ 00 I /;%^ t>t c6icfc', nl?»3hicoe^ cwx? ru; Basingstoke. Charter of King James I., A.D. 1G22. Facsimile of Initial Letter, 8to., half the size of original. BASINGSTOKE. 441 hitherto incorporated, shall henceforth be a body A-D-isaz. corporate and politic, and exist in fact and deed, by the name of ' The hailifs and burgesses of the town of Basingstoke in the county of Southampton,' and by the same designation shall have perpetual succession, and be able by law to hold, acquire, receive, and possess lands, tenements, meadows, feedings, pastures, liberties, privileges, rights, franchises, jurisdiction and heredita- ments whatsoever, to themselves and their successors in fee and perpetuity, or for term of life, of lives or years or in any other manner, as well as all kinds of goods, chattels, &c. " The high steward, under-steward, and the bailiffs for the time being, were to be justices of the peace, and were to hold a court of record on every Tuesday, and a general session of the peace for the purpose of hearing and determining all and singular acts of con- tempt, trespass, and lesser offences, matters and causes : and for felonies and the higher offences, to commit the offenders to the common gaol of the county, to be tried by the Judges. They were also empowered to exact fines and amercements at the Views of Frank -pledge, as well as at all the aforesaid courts held within the town, and to have within the town, liberty and precincts thereof, a prison or gaol for the preservation, custody, and safe keeping of all persons arrested or adjudged to be sent there, and to detain them therein until lawfully delivered therefrom in due form of law : and that the bailiffs of the town for the time being were to have the keeping of the said gaol. " The charter also confirms the holding of the weekly market on "Wednesday, and that at the time the said market is held, all and every one shall be allowed : ' To assemble there who may wish to do so, to sell, buy, and expose for sale their wares, goods, merchandise, grain, wool, and all other things whatsoever, as well as all and 442 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1622. every kind of oxen, steep, pigs, yearlings, horses, mares, geldings and colts, and other beasts, goods and chattels, at their free will according to the laws, customs, and statutes of the realm. The tolls and customs thereupon due to be paid to the said bailifEs and burgesses of the aforesaid town for the time being, for the entire use and behoof of the said bailiffs and burgesses and their successors, towards the exoneration of the burdens and expenses of the town, and of the court oi pie-poudre* there held during the time of the said market ; with all other privileges and free customs of every kind, tolls, stallage, piccage, fines, amercements, and all other profits, commodities, advantages, and emoluments whatsoever belonging, arising, or accruing from the afore- said market and court oi pie-poudre.' " Witli respect to the fairs it says : 'Whereas we are informed that there are two fairs of ancient date held within the town, liberty, and precincts thereof, to wit, one kept within the town on the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the other on Wednesday in Whitsun-week, beginning at the hour of eleven of the same day and continued through the whole of that day and of the Thursday following, and thence until the hour of twelve of the Friday then following : and that all the profits, commodities of stallage, piccage, tolls, duties, customs, and profits whatsoever therefrom arising, were wont to be taken and received for the use and benefit of the town, and are so received to this day. " The charter confirms the holding of these fairs with all their privilegeSj rights, and profits, with the court of pie-poudre held during the time of the said fairs, and also that : * " Curia pedis pulverisati. A court held in markets and fairs to do juatioe to buyers and sellers, and for the redress of disorders committed therein. It was so called because the plaintiffs and defendants came or were brought before it with dusty feet, and a jury obtained from the bystanders iu a similar plight if necessary, for the immediate settlement of the dispute or disturbance. BASINGSTOKE. 443 ' No stranger or foreigner ( unless ho is a freeman of tlie ■*-°- ^^'^■ said town) witliout incurring our displeasure and the other penalties and forfeitures enjoined by the laws and statutes of our realm of England, to be imposed upon such delin- quents for their disobedience and contempt, shall now or henceforth sell or expose for sale any wares or merchandise within the aforesaid town, the liberties, or the precincts thereof, otherwise than in gross or otherwise as necessary for the victualation of the town, except during the time of the said fairs and market held within the town ; or shall keep any shop, place, or standing, or use any trade, art, or handicraft within the said town, the liberty or precincts thereof, without the special licence of the bailifis and burgesses of the town, in writing, under their common seal first obtained. "On Wednesday, the 24th July, 1622, the two bailiffs and the under-steward took the requisite oaths of admittance before Sir Thomas Jervoise* and Sir James Wolveridge, f knights, in virtue of the warrant and authority granted to them and to Edward Neville, Esq. in the King's letters patent. Afterwards, on the same day, all the aforesaid burgesses, with the exception of Richard Clough, George Goringe, and William Hearne, took the oath in the presence of the two bailiffs, and Henry Osey was sworn in as town clerk. Humfrey Frith and Edward Greene were elected serjeants-at-mace in attendance upon the court, and were duly sworn on the same day. Mr. William Hearne took the oath on the following Saturday, 27th July; but Richard Clough having died in the interim. * " Sir Thomas Jervoise was born llth June, 1587 ; married ou 21st Jtily, 1601, Lucy, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Paulet, knight, of Herriard, and died 20th October, 1654. t"Sir James "Wolveridge, one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery, who died on 7th December, 1624, and lies buried at Odiham in the South Chancel of the Church. His funeral took place on the loth January according to the Parish Register. 444 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1623. AiJam Reeve was elected and sworn in his place on the 7th August. On the same day that Mr. William Hearne took the oath, the corporation elected John Goringe * as a burgess, and consequently he was the first elected under the new charter, and was sworn on 5th October, and his election appears to have com- pleted the number of burgesses. " The corporation also elected on the 7th August as attorneys for their Court of Record, Nicholas Lybart, Richard Hobbes, John Taylor, and John Elton, gentle- men. The first two took the requisite oaths on the 20th of August, but the others were not sworn until the 24th September and 9th December respectively. t " As this charter only remained in force about nine- teen years, we annex not only a list of the names of the bailiffs who were elected under it, but also the names of all the chief burgesses elected within that period. Before doing this we deem the series of elaborate oaths drawn up at this time worthy of insertion, as well as a few regulations made by the new corporation. 1. " The Oath of the Bailiffs. Te shall swear, that you and every of you shall be faithful and true to our sovereign Lord King James, his heirs and successors, and to the town of Basingstoke, and to all the lawful officers and ministers of the same town, and that you shall well, justly, duly and truly use, exercise, and execute the office of bailiffs of this town during all the time that you shall continue in the said office. And that you shall by virtue. * " Was this because wrongly designated as George Goringe in charter ? t " On the 12th July, 1624, John Aylwyn was elected in the room of Eiohard Hobbes, deceased ; John Hunt in the place of Elton on 4th October, 1628, and Joseph Collier on 1st September, 1630, in the place of John Taylor, BASINGSTOKE. 445 povi'er, and authority of your said office, by all your wit, a.d. 1622. power, cunning and knowledge endeavour to maintain, support, and uphold the charter of liberties granted unto this town, and every article, point, and special grant therein contained. And also all manner of franchises, liberties, privileges, and ancient customs appertaining to the bailiifs and burgesses of this town. And that you shall not consent to the decrease, diminishing, or conceal- ment of any of the liberties, rights, profits, and franchises of the same town. And that ye shall also see the King's Majesty's courts to be held and duly kept within this town, and shall duly, equally, and indifferently minister justice between party and party in all such matters, actions, and causes of variances as now be or shall be brought, com- menced, or sued before you in the same courts. And that all warrants, precepts, and processes pertaining to your office coming from the high sheriff of this county of South- ampton, or any of the King's Majesty's higher courts you shall duly execute and serve, or cause to be duly executed and served by your sufficient officer and Serjeant under you, and all other things pertaining to the said office of bailiwick you shall execute and do to the utmost of your knowledge, power, and cunning. So help you, &c. 2. " The Oath of a Justice of Peace. Ton shall swear that as justice of peace for the town of Basingstoke you shall do equal right to the poor and to the rich after your cunning, wit, and power, and after the laws and customs of the realm and statutes thereof made. And ye shall not be of counsel of any quarrel hanging before you, and that ye hold your sessions after the form of the statutes thereof made. Te shall not let ( i.e. retard or impede ) for gift or other cause, but well and truly you shall do your office of justice of the peace [ in that behalf and that you take nothing for your office of justice of the peace ] * to be done, but of the King, and fees accustomed and costs limited by the statute. And ye shall not direct nor cause to be * "life bracketed words are interlined in the original. 446 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1622. directed any warrant ( by you to be made ) to the parties, but ye shall direct them to the constable or other the King's officers or ministers of the said town to do execution thereof. So help you God, &c.* 3. " The Oath of Supremacy. I, A. B., do utterly testify and declare in my conscience, that the King's highness is the only supreme governor of this realm and of all other his highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual and ecclesiastical things or causes as temporal, and that no sovereign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual within this realm. And therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign jurisdiction, powers, superiorities and authorities, and do promise that from henceforth I shall bear faith and true allegiance to the King's highness, his heirs and lawful successors, and to my power shall assist and defend all jurisdiction, privilege, preeminence, and authority granted or belonging to the King's highness, his heirs and successors, and united and annexed to the imperial crown of this realm. So help me God, &c.t * " This oath was also taken by each succeeding Mayor after the granting of the new charter in 1641, as well as the following oath as Mayor. ' You shall swear that you being lately nominated and elected to be the Mayor of this town of Basingstoke, to succeed the present Mayor thereof, and you undertaking the same oifice shall during all the time wherein you shall continue and be the Mayor of this said town, well and faithfully to the beat of your knowledge and power execute and discharge the same office of Mayor in and by all things concerning the same according to the laws and statutes of this realm, in such case made and provided and according to the intention of his Majesty's letters patent lately granted unto this corporation.' t " This is followed by a copy of the Oath of Allegiance enacted in the third year of James I. As it is of some length, and the form weU-knowu, its insertion is unnecessary. After the accession of Wniiam and Mary, it was superseded by the following short formula. 'I, A. B., do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary. So help me God. BASINGSTOKE. 447 4. " The Oath of a Burgess. Tou shall swear that you ^-^^ i^^^- stall be faithful and true to our most dread sovereign Lord King James, his heirs and successors, and to the town of Basingstoke, and to all lawful officers and ministers of the said town, you shall not consent to the decrease, diminisli- ment or concealment of the liberties, rights, profits, and franchises of the same town, but shall to the utmost of your power and knowledge support, maintain, and keep the same. Tou shall not open or disclose any the lawful secrets of the said town, and you shall give your attendance upon the bailiffs * for the time being at all times when you shall be thereunto required as one of tbe burgesses of the same town, unless you shall have some lawful excuse for your absence. And you shall aid and assist and give your best advice and counsel to the bailiffs * of this town for the time being, as well for his Majesty's affairs as also to the affairs and business of this town, and in all other things well and honestly behave yourself as becometh a burgess. So help you God. 5. " The Town Olerh's Oath. Tou shall swear that you shall justly and truly execute the office of the clerkship of this town while you shall be town clerk within the same. Tou shall to the uttermost of your power, knowledge, and cunning give your best advice in all things needful for the said town. Tou shall be attendant unto the bailiffs of this town for the time, being or his or their deputy in their absence when he or they shall send for you. Tou shall be of counsel with no person or persons in any action against this corporation. Tou shall also keep the secrets of the town in all things to the utmost of your power, and all other things you shall do which shall appertain to the said office of the clerkship of this town whilst you shall exercise and hold the same office. So help you God. * "A later hand has struck out the word lailiffs and the word Mayor is written in lieu of it, so as to adapt it to the requirements of the subsequent charter, and the same alteration is extended to the other oaths where the word bailiffs occurs, and in the town clerk's oath — the mayor and justices of the peace. 448 BASINGSTOKE. 6. " The Attorney's Oath. Tou shall swear that you shall justly and truly execute the office of an attorney in this court whereunto you are admitted, and the privileges and jurisdictions of the court you shall to the utmost of your power and knowledge maintain and keep. Tou shall not be of counsel or retained in any cause or suit hereafter against this corporation for touching or concerning any cause, matter, or things concerning the same. You shall not demand any other fee or fees to be of counsel in any cause conducted, sued, or begun, or hereafter to be com- menced, sued, or brought in this court, but such fees as are appointed, and in all other things you shall do that which shall appertain unto the office of an attorney to do whilst you shall exercise the same. So help you God. 7. " The Serjeant's Oath. Tou shall swear that you shall a true Serjeant be unto the corporation of this town, and especially to the bailiffs for the time being, upon whom you shall chiefly attend. Nothing of counsel spoken by them or before them you shall at any time disclose, and if you be sent for any man you shall not disclose unto him the cause thereof, nor warn him thereof before he come to the bailiffs. Tou shall arrest no man within this town before you have entered the action in the town clerk's book for the time being, and all warrants delivered unto you by the bailiffs or either of them, or by the high steward, under steward or town clerk for the time being, you shall well, justly, and truly serve without any favour or partiality of any person either rich or poor, and all other things pertaining to your office of serjeantship you shall well and duly do and execute while you shall be in this office. So help you God. 8. " The Oath of a Keeper of a Jury. Tou shall not suffer this inquest to have any meat, drink, fire, or candle- light until they are agreed and have given up their verdict, nor suffer any person to come at them, nor demand any questions of them nor any of them, nor yourself shall demand any question of them or any of them, but whether they are agreed or not until they be agreed and have given up the verdict. So help you God. BASINGSTOKE. 449 9. "The Constables' Oath. Tou shall swear that ye a.d. 1622. and either of you shall well and truly execute the office of the constable within this town and liberty of Basingstoke from henceforth, for and during so long time as you shall continue in the said office, you shall to the uttermost of your power see the King's Majesty's peace to be kept within this town, and the statutes and laws made against idle persons, sturdy beggars and vagabonds inhabiting within this town, or resorting the same to be executed. The King's Majesty's watch you shall see well and duly kept, and to be every night changed in a due hour accord- ing to the ancient customs of this town and the statutes of this realm. Tou shall punish all players at unlawful games, and you shall every month or oftener if cause require make search at houses and places within this town where unlawful games or evil rule or disorders are main- tained or kept. Tou shall also well and truly execute all processes and precepts sent unto you from the King's Majesty's justices, and all defaults, affrays, bloodsheds, and rescues made within your office you shall faithfully present at the King's Majesty's Law-days and other times of enquiry before the bailiffs for the time being, and others in that behalf authorised, upon whom you shall be attendant at all times needful. And further you shall do all other things pertaining to your office so long as you shall continue in the said office of constable. So help you God. 10. " The Beadle's Oath. Tou shall swear that you shall well and truly execute the office of a beadle for the town of Basingstoke to which you are now chosen, for so long a time as you shall continue in the said office. And you shall from time to time cause and see to be done and per- formed all such customs, works, duties, and services as are and ought to be done and performed to the lord of this manor. And you shall also well and truly collect and levy all such amercements, perquisites, and profits of courts as shall be unto you estreated out of this manor, and thereof yield a true and just account when you shall be there- unto required, and in all other things well and honestly behave yourself in the same office. So help you God. 450 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1022. 11 " y/jg Oath for the searchers and sealers of leather. You and either of you shall swear that you and either of you shall diligently make search and view of all tanned leather, boots, shoes, bridles, and other things made of tanned or curried leather put to sale within this town and liberties of the same ; and if you shall find it sufficiently tanned aud wrought then you shall seal the same, and if it be not sufficiently tanned and wrought then you shall seize the same and retain it in your custody until such time as the same be tried according to the statute in that^ case made and provided.* So help you God. 12. " The Oath of searchers and sealers of cloth, f You and either of you shall swear that you and every of you shall do your best endeavour by all lawful ways and means for this year to come, to see the statute made against the deceitful searching and making of woollen cloths to be put in execution. So near as God shall give you grace. 13. " The Alderman's Oath.X You shall swear that you shall with all diligence duly and truly from henceforth for one whole year use and execute the office of an alderman within this town and liberties thereof, whereunto you are now orderly chosen. You shall not to your knowledge permit or sufier any flesh, fish, or other victuals to be uttered or put to sale within this same town or liberties that is unsavory, unwholesome, and not meet for man's body, but if any such upon your view at any time be here found you shall presently cause the same to be burned, so that it be not hurtful to the King's Majesty's people. You * " 1. Jac. I. This act giveth power to the bailiffs to appoint yearly three or four searchers, and to administer an oath unto them. t " 5. Edward VI. This act giveth power to the baiUffs to administer the oath. X " The title appended to this Oath was not borne by any official connected with the Basingstoke Corporation of this period. It seems to have been framed for the sub-baiUffs or other officials who had charge of the market, &c. BASINGSTOKE. 451 stall also well and truly execute and perform all the •*--°- 1®^^- precepts and commandments sent unto you from any of tlie King's Majesty's justices of the peace, and all defaults, astrays, affrays, bloodsheds, and rescues had and made within your oflSce, you shall truly and faithfully present at the King's Majesty's Law-days and other times of enquiry before Mr. Bailiffs upon whom you shall be attendant at all times needful. And finally you shall do all other things that shall appertain unto your said oflB.ce of Alderman, as the other Aldermen before this time have done, or in dis- charge of their oflBce and duty ought to have done according to the laws of this realm and ancient orders of this town, so near as God shall give you grace. So help you God. 14. " The Oath of the Ale-taster or portreeve. Tou shall well and truly serve our sovereign lord the King, and the lord of this court in the oflB.ce of ale-taster within this lord- ship for this year to come, and you shall well and duly see the sale of bread brought to be sold, both truly weighed, and that the same containeth suflBcient weight according to the price of grain, as by the statute it is provided, that is to say, according to the price of grain at the markets next adjoining. Also you shall have diligent regard during the time of your oflBce to see that all brewers and tiplers within your office [i.e. district] that they and every one of them make good and wholesome ale and beer for the body of man, and that they sell none before the same be assayed by you, and then to be sold according to the prices limited by the justices of the peace. And all defaults done by the brewers, bakers, and tiplers, or any of them, that you make presentment thereof at the next court here holden, so that they may receive punishment for their offences and injuries, and that in all other things you shall well and duly behave yourself in your office for this year. So help you God. 15. " The Oath which every free suitor ought to take. Tou shall swear by the contents of this book that you will be true and faithful to the lords of this manor, and will from henceforth bear, do, and perform, and pay to your said lords and their successors at the terms assigned, all 452 BASINGSTOKE. such rents, customs, and services as you ought to pay and do for all such lands and tenements as you claim to hold of them. So help you God. A.D.1673. "In 1673 (25. Charles II.) there was an act of parliament passed, known as the corporation and test act, which added to the obligation of taking the fore- going oaths of office, allegiance; and supremacy, that of receiving the Sacrament, and the making and sub- scribing of a certain declaration against transubstan- tiation. The following entry is sufficient to illustrate the requirements of the act : " J.i tJie Sessions of the peace held in the town of Basing- stoke on 20th April, 1688. " Memorandum. That Henry Barf oote, gentleman, having been on the twentieth day of January last past, duly elected and chosen mayor of the town of Basingstoke in the place of Hugh White, gentleman, lately deceased, and having on Sunday, the fourth day of March last past received the Sacrament of the Lord's supper according to the usage of the Church of England,* did at the next sessions of the peace holden for the said town, viz. the 20th day of April, 1688, take the oaths of supremacy and allegiance, and subscribed the declaration according to the direction of an act of parliament made in the 25th year of the reign of our late Sovereign, lord King Charles the Second, as followeth : ' I, Henry Barfoote, do declare that I do believe that there is not any transubstantiation in the Sacrament of * " A certificate to this effect under the hand of the Minister and one or both of the Churchwardens, and two witnesses, had to be produced. ' Memorandum. — Joseph Mooreinge of Basingstoke, in the County of Southampton, gentleman, did on Sunday the 11th April, 1680, take the Sacrament of the Lord's supper according to the directions of the late act of parliament, and according to the usage of the Church of England. ( Signed, j Richard White, Vicar of Basingstoke ; Andrew Clough, Churchwarden. Present, Barnard Allen and William Coleman on oath.' The said Joseph Mooreing had been elected a burgess of the town on the 16th March. BASINGSTOKE. 453 the Lord's supper, or in the elements of bread and wine at or after the consecration thereof by any person what- soever. (Signed,) Henet Barfoot.' "Among the ordinations and regulations made by the new corporation occur : " 1st October, 1625. ' Memorandum that it is this day a.d. 1625. ordered and agreed by Thomas Hall and Richard Spier, bailiffs of Basingstoke, and George Baynard, gent., William Blunden, John Hall, John Blunden, John Smithe, Thomas Southe, Andrew Butler, and Henry Osey, burgesses of the same town. That they and the other burgesses of the said town and every of them shall at or before the next Sessions to be holden at and for the town aforesaid provide gowns decent and fit for their places, and from time to time to wear them at the assemblies and meetings for the town affairs at all times from thenceforth upon pain of 100s. upon every person that shall make default. " On 3rd October, 1625, it was ordered and agreed that for the better settling of peace among them, and the con- tinuance of that bond of unity that ought to be and remain between members of one and the self-same body : if any difference or controversy shall at any time hereafter happen to arise between the bailiffs and burgesses of the said town for the time being or any of them, every such person or persons between whom such difference or controversy shall so arise or be hereafter depending, shall submit them- selves to the order and judgment of Robert Mason, Esq., steward of Basingstoke aforesaid, touching every such con- troversy or difference so happening to arise between them, and shall not in the interim give any distasteful speeches to stir up or kindle strife among them, but shall obey and submit themselves to the order and judgment of their said steward touching the premises. " The order for the meeting of the bailiffs and hurgesses once a month. "Monday, 6th September, 1630. 'It is ordered and agreed. That the bailiffs and burgesses of the town of El 454 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1630. Basingstoke shall from hencefortli assemble themselves and meet together in the town hall in Basingstoke afore- said, on the first Monday in every month, at the hour of nine o'clock in the morning, to consult and confer on such matters as shall concern the government of the town. The first meeting to begin on Monday, 4th October next. And that one of the Serjeants of the town shall on each and every of the said days so appointed for their meeting, about the hour of eight o'clock in the morning, ring or cause to be rung the market bell for their summons and warning to attend such assembly and meeting. And every such person and persons of the said bailiffs and burgesses who shall at any time or times without reasonable cause shewn and approved of by the rest of the burgesses or the major part of them, absent him or themselves and not be present at the said meeting shall forfeit and pay for his and their parts for each and every time so making default 2s. 6d. a piece. " 5th September, 1631. ' It is ordered that if any of the capital burgesses shall at any time hereafter rehearse or repeat any words, passages, or acts which have formerly occasioned any difference amongst them, every such burgess shaR forfeit for every such speech or act 20s. " On 3rd March, 1633-4, it was agreed by and between the bailiffs and burgesses, that they should thenceforth at convenient times divide themselves into several companies as hereafter mentioned, and frequent such parts of the town respectively appointed and assigned unto them ; and take notice of the carriage and behaviour of such persons as do reside and dwell within their several and respective limits and circuits ; survey and note the number of the persons in each poor family, and how they are employed and set to work, that such course may be taken for the reformation of the ill-mannered and behaviour of such persons as are of lewd conversation as to justice apper- BASINGSTOKE. 455 taineth, and care taken for the relief of such persons as are ^■^- 1833-4. in necessity and poverty. From Flexpoole througli Stew- lane and from thence to Win- chester pound and Allen's Lane From Reading corner in the Oate street to Northbrooke street, and in Northbrooke street to Weavers tree From Weavers tree to Rowdens and all Holy Ghost street From Weavers tree to Parker's house and from thence to Mr. Taylor's house From Parker's house through Reading Lane to Reading corner and from thence to the market place London street and Market place, the Crown, and so to Mnlford's } George Baynard Thomas Hall John Wattes William Blunden John Smithe Richard Brackley Robert Stocker, junr. Richard Spier, senr. Thomas Southe John Stocker William Hearne Andrew Butler Henry Osey Robert Stocker, senr. " The names of the Bailiffs of Basingstoke elected under THE Chabtee op King James I., with the dates of their election. " The election was held yearly on the first Monday of September, and the newly elected bailiffs were admitted and sworn on the first Saturday after Michaelmas day then next ensuing. 2. September, 1622. — John Stocker and John Hall. 1. September, 1623. — Adam Reve and John Blunden. 6. September, 1624. — John Goringe and George Baynard. 5. September, 1625. — Thomas Hall and Richard Spyer. ( Sworn at ' le Towne Hall ' on 1st October. ) 4. September, 1626. — Thomas South and John Smithe. ( Sworn at ' le Towne Hall ' on 7th October. ) Bailiffs. 456 BASINGSTOKE. BaiUfis. 3. September, 1627. — William Blunden and Andrew Butler. 1. September, 1628. — James Deane and Henry Osey. 7. September, 1629. — John Stocker and Eobert Stocker. 6. September, 1630. — John Hall and Richard Brackley. 5. September, 1631. — George Baynard, gent., and John Aylwyn, gent. 3. September, 1632. — Thomas Hall and William Heame, junr. 2. September, 1633. — Richard Spyer and Robert Stocker, junr. 1. September, 1634. — John Smithe and Thomas Southe. 7. September, 1635. — Willjam Blunden and William Greene 5. September, 1636. — Henry Osey, gent., and John Mason, gent. 4. September, 1637. — Andrew Butler and Thomas Hall, junr. 3. September, 1638. — Robert Stocker, senr., gent., and John Holmes 2. September, 1639. — George Baynard, gent., and John Aylwyn, gent. 7. September, 1640. — George Baynard, gent., and John Aylwyn, gent., appear to have been re-elected. " Burgesses elected under the Charter of King Jambs I., with the dates of their election. Burgesses. 27. July, 1622. — John Goringe, senior, and sworn on 5th October. 2. October, 1623. — Andrew Butler, vice Henry Purchase, deceased. 3. October, 1625. — Henry Osey, vice Thomas Bunney, deceased. 4. September, 1626. — Robert Stocker, clothier, vice Robert Normanton, who on the 17th December, 1625, had left the town with his family and had gone to reside at Bishop's Sutton. BASINGSTOKE. 457 8. January, 1626-7. — Richard Brackley, vice William Hearne, removed. 17. April, 1629. — "William Hearne, junr., vice John Groringe, deceased. 5. September, 1631. — John Aylwyn, vice John Deane. 10. July, 1632. — Robert Stocker, junr., vice Adam Rere. 2. September, 1633.— John Wattes. 10. March, 1634-5.— William Greene. 16. June, 1636. — John Mason, gent., and Thomas Hall, junr., gent. 3. September, 1638, — John Holmes, vice John Smithe, deceased. * " There are no elections recorded after this date, although there were vacancies between the last named date and the granting of the new charter. The Parish Register records that Mr. John Mason was buried 18th September, 1639, Mr. Henry Osse buried 23rd December, 1639, Bichard Spier buried 10th April, 1640, and Mr. Thomas Hall buried 15th March, 1640-1. " On the 20th August^ 1641^ the foregoing form of government came to an end, as by a new charter granted on that day. King Charles I. confirmed all the privileges enjoyed by the town, and established a new corporation consisting of a mayor, seven aldermen, and seven burgesses, with a high steward and recorder, a town clerk, and two serjeants-at-mace. * " John Smithe, gent., buried 27th August, 1638. — Parish Register. + " Enrolled on the Originalia Roll of 17. Car. I. pars. 1. Eot. I., under the title, ' Basingstohe villce libertates conJirmata3, in coTnitatu 8outhamptoni(B.' The original charter, written on four and a half large skins of parchment, with the King's great seal attached to it, is stiU in the possession of the corporation. The initial letter has a finely drawn portrait of the King, and forms the subject of another of our plates. 458 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1641. "George Batnaed, gentleman, whom the charter named as the first mayor of the town of Basingstoke, took the required oaths, to execute true and faithfully the office of mayor, and the duties of a justice of the peace, on the 28rd September, 1641, in the presence of Sir Thomas Jervoise and Sir Eichard Kingsmill, knights; Eobert Wallop and William Wither, Esquires; John Brockett, clerk, and George Wither, gentleman, the commissioners named for that purpose in the charter. "Aldeemen. John Aylwin, William Blunden, Eichard Spier, Eichard Brackley, Eobert Stocker, junr., and Thomas Hall were sworn on the following day in the presence of the mayor, but Andrew Butler the other alderman named in the royal charter refused to be sworn or to accept the place and office. " BuEGESSBS. Thomas South, William Greene, John Holmes, James Wither, Edmund Pitman, and Eichard Woodroffe were also on the same day sworn as bur- gesses ; but William Hearne * the other burgess named and appointed by the charter refused to be sworn or receive the place or office. "The High Steward, Sir Henry Wallop, knight, was not present to be sworn.f "Eecoedee. Thomas Willys, Esq., clerk of the crown of the court of chancery, was also sworn on the same day as the mayor and immediately after him, and likewise as a justice of the peace. * " Mr. William Heame, gent., buried 22nd October, 1657. Pariah Register. His name stood second among the burgesses in the charter. t "Perhaps on account of illness or of the infirmities of age. He died on 15th November, 1642, aged 74, and was buried at Farleigh Wallop. The above-mentioned Eobert Wallop, Esq., was his only son and heir. 6»t»>i* \>oy «i>«tou tUauniC- 3tCc>ctmamioij ci qooTj t^^.>irt- UUKT1 Basingstoke. Charter of King Charles I., A.D. is4i. FAOSIMLE OF INITIAL LETTER, &0., HALF THE SIZE OF ORIGINAL. BASINGSTOKE. 459 " Town Cleek. John Aylwyn (one of the aldermen) ^■^- ^^'^■ was sworn as town clerk on the 28th September, also as deputy clerk of the peace, and on the same day, with the consent of the mayor and aldermen, he appointed Robert Aylynge as his deputy to execute the said offices during his John Aylwyn' s good pleasure. 'Memorandum. It is agreed and ordered on the 27th day of September, 1641, by Mr. George Baynard, mayor; Mr. John Aylwyn, Mr. William Blnnden, Mr. Richard Spyer, Mr. Eoberfc Stocker, junr., and Mr. Thomas Hall, aldermen ; and Mr. William Greene, Mr. James Wither, and Mr. Richard Woodroffe, burgesses of the said town, that from henceforth the new mayor and the new justices of the peace shall be yearly sworn upon the Monday next after Michaelmas day, and on that day the new justice is to be chosen and sworn.' " On the 9th October, Edward Greene and John Samborn were chosen Serjeants at mace to attend the courts, and to carry out all its precepts and mandates in due form, and to hold the said office during the will and pleasure of the mayor and aldermen. On the 20th October they took the requisite oath for the faithful discharge of their duties. " On the 24th September the aldermen, in accordance with power conferred upon them of appointing one of their body as justice of the peace, elected John Aylwyn to act in that capacity within the town, and the liberties and precincts of the same, for one entire year, and he took the required oath before his fellow alder- men on the 28th September. " The aldermen and burgesses were to continue in office during their respective natural lives, except it should happen that any of them misconducted them- selves, or some other sufficiently reasonable cause should arise for their removal from office, which was 460 BASINGSTOKE. A.D. 1641. ^Q i^g done at a special meeting called for that purpose^ and by the votes of the majority of the aldermen and burgesses. On the first Monday of September in each year they were to elect one of the aldermen for the time being to be mayor of the town for one entire year. Whenever a vacancy occurred in the aldermanic body, one of the existing burgesses was to be chosen alder- man, so as to make up the number of seven aldermen, and another burgess elected in his place. The mayor was to be sworn as a justice of the peace, also the ex- mayor for the term of one year, and one of the alder- men to be elected as a justice of peace yearly for a similar term. The mayor and justices were to be sworn before the aldermen or any two or more of them. The high steward, recorder, aldermen, burgesses, town clerk, attorneys, and Serjeants were to be sworn before the mayor. " For the election of a new mayor, it was customary for the mayor to nominate three members of the aldermanic body, so that one of them might be elected to the mayoralty for the ensuing year, and the votes generally centred upon the first named, especially if the individual was a recently elected alderman. The manner of voting was to begin with the junior burgess, and after the burgesses had given their votes, then the aldermen voted, beginning with the junior or last elected alderman, and ending with the mayor. This done a formal declaration of the election was drawn up and signed by the mayor and the other members of the cor- poration according to seniority. On the first Monday in October the newly elected mayor was sworn, and immediately after this the ex-mayor was sworn as a justice of the peace for one entire year, as well as the alderman chosen by the corporation to act as a justice of the peace during the year. The high steward and recorder were also justices of the peace. BASINGSTOKE. 4,61 " Under this charter it was not only a close corpo- •*^-^- 1**^- ration but in course of time became a family party^ all its members being allied to one another either by kinship or marriage ; and as the charter did not specify any period within which the vacancies in the corporate body were to be filled up, advantage was taken of this circumstance in and after the eighteenth century, to reduce their number either by allowing a man to be both a burgess and an alderman, or by allowing vacan- cies to remain unfilled for years, or kept open until some intended nominee was old enough to accept office. "In the eighteenth century the following orders were made with respect to the allowance granted to the mayor towards the expenses of the office. "2nd October, 1727. ' That every burgess immediately on his being elected and sworn an alderman shall be allowed £10 to buy him a gown, which £10 shall be deducted oat of the salary of £50 allowed the mayor for keeping his feasts, whenever such alderman as is aforesaid shall be elected and sworn mayor, and if such gown should not be bought by the first sessions after his being elected and sworn alderman as aforesaid, it is agreed that he shall only be allowed the sum of £40 whenever he shall be mayor.' "4th October, 1731. 'It was agreed to advance the salary of the mayor from £50 to £60 from the date hereof, for and during seven years and no longer. To be paid half-yearly.' "26th June, 1740. 'That the chamberlain of the cor- poration do forthwith pay the sum of £10 each to Mr. Samuel Ford and Mr. Samuel Anderson, two of the alder- men of the corporation, for buying each of them a gown, and that he do likewise repay Mr. Samuel Shipton the like sum of £10 expended by him on the like account.' " 1st September, 1740. ' Resolved by the mayor, alder- men, and burgesses, that if they or any or either of them shall be vilified, scandalized, or unjustly reflected upon in 462 BASINGSTOKE. their respective offices, or as members of the said cor- poration, they will by and out of their public stock commence and prosecute the delinquent and delinquents to eiiect. A.D. nu. « 3rd September, 1744. ' Ordered that the chamberlain do pay to Mr. Henry Woodroflfe and Mr. Henry Warner the elder, the sum of £10 a piece to make up their former payments of £50 a piece, to £60 each, which ought to have been paid them exclusive of their gowns during their respective mayoralties. " 3rd September, 1744. ' Resolved that the salary of £60 a year, payable to the mayor for the support of his mayoralty, be reduced to £40 a year until further order, and that the said sum of £40 a year be paid to the mayor for the time being from such time as a new mayor shall be sworn into the said office, by half-yearly payments.' A List op the Matoes op Basingstoke. Mayors. " Geoege Batnaed, gentleman, the first mayor, was appointed by the charter of King Charles I., dated 20th August, 1641, and he took the oaths and was admitted on the 23rd September. " John Atlwtn, the first mayor by election, was elected on the 5th September, 1642, and remained in office until the 2nd October, 1643 ; and in this manner the list con- tinues the succession from year to year, except when a vacancy occurred by death. 1643-1644.— Richard Brackley. (1) 1644-1645.— Thomas South. 1645-1646.— Robert Stooker. (1) 1646-1647.— Thomas Hall, (l) 1647-1648.— William Greene. 1648-1649.— Andrew Butler. 1649-1650.— John Aylwyn. (2) BASINGSTOKE. 463 1650-1651.— James Wyther. Mayors. " He was a grocer, and the Pariah Eegiater records his burial on the 10th September, 1658. 1651-1652.— Eobert Stocker. (2) " He retired from the corporation shortly afterwards, and took up his residence at Ellisfield. He was twice married : by his first wife he had a daughter named Jane, who was married in 1666 to Thomas Pinke, Esq., of Kempshot, and by his second wife, ( Ann, sister of Richard AylifEe, Esq., of Whitchurch,) Mary married in 1674 to William Molyns, Esq., of Sherfield Court, and Ann, who was living unmarried in 1676. His wiU is dated 7th April, 1670, and hia widow died in 1676. 1652-1653.— John Coleman. (1) 1653-1654.— Edmund Pitman. (1) 1654-1655.— Richard Woodroffe. (1) 1655-1656. — John Coleman, senr. (2) 1656-1657.— Thomas Hall. (2) "Buried 8th April, 1657, Eiohard Hall, son of Mr. Thomas Hall, mayor, by Margaret his wife. — Parish Register. He was the third and youngest son of John Hall of Basingstoke, who died on 26th July, 1633, and was called Thomas Hall, junr., to distinguish him from his uncle, Thomas HaU, who died in 1640-1. He married in December, 1632, Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Pinke, Esq., and by her he had issue an only daughter, Elizabeth, who was married at Basingstoke on 4th September, 1654, to Gilbert Wither, Eector of North Waltham and of Deane : and by Margaret his second wife he left an only son, William HaU, and three daughters, Anne, Margaret, and Amy. He retired from the corporation soon after his second mayoralty and resided at Tunworth. His will is dated 17th July, 1668, and was proved on 15th September, 1669. In 1657 the Town Hall or Market House was re-built. 1657-1658.— Richard BracUey. (2) 1658-1659.— William Hawkins, (l) 1659-1660.— Hugh White, (l) 1660-1661.— Edmund Pitman. (2) " He resigned his Aldermanship before 1664. ' Mr. Edmund Pitman buried December 7th, 1680.' — Parish Register. 1661-1662.— Richard Brackley. (3) " This was his third mayoralty, and he was the only survivor of the aldermen appointed in 1641. In the Abbey Church of Bomsey 464 BASINGSTOKE. Mayors. there is an elaborately executed monument to the memory of Robert Brackley, gentleman, who died 14th August, 1628, erected by this Eichard Brackley his executor. The family suffered severely in the plague of 1666, and the venerable alderman himself was a victim to it. His son died ia 1658. ' Richard BracUey, junr., clothier, buried 26th May, 1658,' and in 1666 his son ' Eichard Brackley the younger was buried of the plague 14th August,' and on the ' 24th, Dorothy Brackley buried of the plague,' on the ' 27th, Eichard Brackley, the son of Thomas Brackley, of the plague,' and the next day ' Elizabeth Brackley was buried of the plague,' and lastly, ' September 12th, Mr. Eichard Brackley huried of the plague.' The only other entries of the name among the burials in the Parish Register are, 'The wife of Mr. Brackley buried 27th October, 1662.' ' Widow Brackley buried 11th April, 1672,' and 'Mr. Thomas Brackley buried 22nd April, 1700.' 1662-1663.— Thomas Dinham. (1) 1663-1664.— John Coleman. (3) " His death occurred between 2nd October, 1672, and the 22nd August, 1673, but his burial is not recorded in the Basingstoke Register. He was the son of John Coleman who came from Burnt Ely in Suffolk and settled at Odiham. 1664-1666.— John Davis. (1) 1665-1666.— Richard Woodroffe. (2) " He was the last survivor of the corporation appointed in 1641, and was one of the seven burgesses. He was also mayor in 1654- 1655, and the Parish Eegister records, ' Mr. Eichard Woodroffe buried 2nd February, 1667-8.' 1666-1667.— Hugh White. (2) 1667-1668.— Richard Butler. " Mr. Eichard Butler, woollen draper, was buried 17th January, 1670-1. — Fairish Register. 1668-1669.— Richard Woodroffe. (1) "In 1664 he is designated Richard Woodroffe, junr., and was the third burgess in seniority. He was elected alderman on 25th February, 1666-7. It may be well to remark that the circumstance of the mayoralty being repeatedly held by the same individual, arose from the selection being confined to the seven aldermen, who were chosen for life, so that vacancies only occurred by death or an occasional resignation ; consequently, there was no other alternative except to re-elect a former mayor until a vacancy occurred in the aldemianio body and a new member was introduced, who, as in the above instance, was very soon elected mayor. BASINGSTOKE. 465 1669-1670.— George Edwards. ^'^y°™- " His name does not appear in the lists of aldermen after lOth October, 1671. ' Mr. George Edwards' wife was iuried ith Aiigust, 1671.' 1670-1671.— Thomas Dinhain. (2) 1671-1672.— Francis Moore. (1) 1672-1673.— John Davis. (2) " ' Mr. Jolm Davis bnried 27tli April, 1680.' — Parish Register. All the subsequent entries of burials are to be understood to be from the Parish Begister unless otherwise stated. 1673-1674.— Richard Hanington. (1) 1674-1675.— John Coleman. (1) " Elected a burgess on 23rd October, 1666, as John Coleman, junr., linen draper, and an alderman in 1673 in the place of his deceased father, John Coleman, senr. 1676-1676.— William Hawkins. (2) " ' Mr. William Hawkins iuried 17th June, 1683.' 1676-1677.— Richard Woodroffe. (2) 1677-1678.— Hugh WLite. (3) 1678-1679.— Thomas Dinham. (3) " ' Mr. Thomas Denham iv/ried Uth M(wch, 1679-80,' which was only a few months after his mayoralty. He was also mayor in 1662. 1679-1680.— Francis Moore. (2) " ' Mr. Francis More of Chinham was iuried 15th Octoher, 1684.' The vacancy in the aldermanic body caused by his death was filled up on 4th November, 1684, by the election of William Lambe. 1680-1681.— William Coleman. (1) 1681-1682.— Henry Barfoote. (1) 1682-1683.— Richard Hanington. (2) " He died in office, and the Parish Register records, 'Mr. Hanington, mayor, was huried July 22nd, 1683.' 1683.— William Coleman. (2) Elected on 9th August in the room of Richard Hanington, deceased. 1683-1684.— William Blunden. (1) 1684-1685.— George Prince. (1) 466 BASINGSTOKE. Mayors. 1685-1686.— William Lambe. " The last mention of him as an alderman occurs on the 11th October, 1690, and he appears to have died before 26th March, 1692. 1686-1687.— John Coleman. (2) " He resigned hia aldermanship on 7th October, 1693, and on the same day his brother, Richard Coleman, was elected in his place. 1687.— Hugh White, (4) who died in office. " There are no bnrial entries extant in the Parish Register after the 9th March, 1686-7, till the 25th April, 1692. In the Liten there is a raised tomb to the memory of his two sons, Richard White, Vicar of Herriard, who died 16th March, 1735-6, aged 82, and John White, apothecary, who died 1st October, 1736, aged 86. On the upper part of the slab above the inscription is a shield of arms bearing, an annulet within a border charged with eight estoils and on a canton a lion rampant. Orest, an ostrich. 1687-8.— Henry Barfoote. (2) Elected on 14th January, 1687-8, in the room of Hagh White, deceased. 1688-1689.— William Coleman. (3) 1689-1690.— Walter Barfoote. (1) 1690-1691.— Richard WoodrofEe. (3) 1691-1692.— William Blunden. (2) 1692-1693.— Joseph Moreing. " ' Mr. Joseph Moreing was luried 2Srd August, 1697.' A copy of the certificate of his having received the Sacrament is given in page 452. 1693-1694.— George Prince, senr. (2) 1694-1695.— Richard Coleman. (1) 1695-1696.— Henry Barfoote. (3) " On 22nd July, 1704, Robert Blunden was elected an alderman, vice Henry Barfoote lately deceased. 1696-1697.— William Coleman. (4) " ' Mr. William Coleman buried Gth January, 1700-1.' He died January 2nd, aged 70. A copy of his monumental inscription which formerly existed in the Church is given in the appendix, as well as the pedigree entered and certified by him, in the Hampshire Visitation of 1686, held by Sir Henry St. George, Clarenceux King of Arms. BASINGSTOKE. 467 1697-1698.— Walter Barfoote. (2) J^^yo"- 1698-1699.— Henry Collier. (1) 1699-1700.— Richard "Woodroffe. (4) " He was the last surviving alderman and member of the Holy Ghost Guild, as stated in a petition to King George II., dated November, 1735. He was also mayor in 1668, 16V6, and 1690. The ' Mr. Eiohard Woodroff,' who was chosen a brother of the Gnild 24th September, 1641, and warden in the following year, was probably the one who died in 1667-8. 'December 9th, 1708, Mr. Richard Woodroffe was luried, aged 85, and was mayor four times.' 1700-1701.— William Blunden. (3) " He appears to have been the Mr. William Blunden who died 13th March, 1701-2, as on 28th March, 1703, George Prince, junr., wag elected an alderman in the place of William Blunden, gent. Burial entry lost, as there are no burial entries extant from 6th January, 1701-2, till 25th February, 1703-4. — Monumental Inscription, page 167. 1701-1702.— George Prince, senr. (3) " He died in August, 1709, as on the 5th September Edward Jeyes was elected alderman in the room of George Prince, senr., lately deceased. His burial is not in the Basiagstoke Eegister. 1702-1703.— William Warner. (1) 170.3-1704.— George Prince, junr. (1) 1704-1705.— Richard Coleman. (2) " ' Mr. Richard Coleman huried 8th June, 1708.' He was brother to the John and William Coleman before-named, and was 66 years of age at the time of his death. 1705-1706.— Rohert Blunden. " Who died only a few weeks before the expiration of his term of office. The Parish Eegister records, ' 5th September, 1706, Mr. Robert Blunden, mayor, was buried.' He was present at the election of his successor on 2nd September, therefore his death must have been sudden. 1706-1707.— Walter Barfoote. (3) "Sworn on 7th October. 'Mr. Walter Barfoot loas huried 20th November, 1719. Walter Barfoot, senr., gent., died 17th November, 1719, aged 71. 1707-1708.— Edmund Butler. " ' Mr. Edrrmnd Butler buried 6th April, 1712.' 468 BASINGSTOKE. Mayors. 1708-1709.— Henry Collier. (2) 1709-1710.— William Russell. " ' Mr. William Russell was bwried IGth February, 1718-9.' He died on 12tli February, aged 56. Monumental Inscription, page 100. 1710-1711.— Edward Jeyes. (1) 1711-1712.— Charles May. " ' September 15th, 1714, Mr. Charles May was buried ; died of the smaZZ pox.^ 1712-1713.— William Warner. (2) 1713-1714— John Davies. " ' Mr. John Davis, mayor, was buried 21st September, 1714 ; died of the small pox.^ He waa present at the election of hia successor on the 6th September, and on the 4th October, Thomas Widmore, gent., one of the burgesses, was elected an alderman of the town in the room of John Davies, gent., lately deceased. 1714-1715.— George Prince. (2) "On 3rd October, 1720, Henry Prince, one of the burgesses, was elected an alderman in the room of George Prince resigned. 1715-1716. Thomas Widmore. (1) 1716-1717. Robert Barfoot. (1) 1717-1718.— William Hawkins. (1) 1718-1719.— Henry Collier. (3) " 'Mr. Henry Collier, senr., buried 11th November, 1725.' His son had died in the previous May. 'Mr. Henry Collier, junr., was buried 7th May, 1725.' This probably induced his father to resign the town clerkship ( which he had held for thirty-seven years ) on the 13th August, and his aldermanship on the 4th October, 1725. 1719-1720.— Edward Jeyes. (2) " ' Mr. Edward Jeyes was buried 21st November, 1725.' 1720-1721.— Robert Blunden. (1) 1721-1722.— Henry Prince. (1) 1722-1723.— William Warner. (3) " 'Mr. William Warner, senr., was bv/ried 10th JuVg, 1728, when he was [in the"} 91st year of his age ; he had been mayor three times.' BASINGSTOKE. 469 1723-1724.— Thomas Widmore. (2) Mayors. "He was also town clerk. The Parish Register records: 'Mr. Wigrrwre was huried at North Lichfield, 1st October, 1727.' On the floor within the Communion rails of Litchfield Church may be seen a grey marble slab inscribed : — Here lyeth the body of Thomas Wid- more, gent., who departed this life the 28th day of September, 1727, aged 53. The town clerk was generally a member of the corporation, but on the 29th March, 1729, ' It was unanimously agreed that for the future the town clerk for the time being, or any other person practising as an attorney at law, shall never be put in nomination for a member or burgess of the corporation.' 1724-1725.— Robert Barfoot. (2) " ' Mr. Roiert Barfoot, alderman, was iuried 12th April, 1732.' He was the son of Walter Barfoot, mayor in 1706, and died 9th April, 1732, aged 57. 1725-1726.— William Hawkins. (2) 1726-1727.— Henry Woodroffe. (1) 1727-1728.— Charles Woodroffe. (l) 1728-1729.— Henry Warner, (l) 1729-1730.— Joseph Olliffe. (l) 1780-1731.— Robert Blunden. (2) " ' Mr. Roiert Blunden, alderman, luried in woollen 18th August, 1737.' 1731-1732.— Henry Prince. (2) 1732-1733.— Wffliam Hawkins. (3) "June 25th, 1739. 'Mr. William Hawkins, late of this town, mercer, who had been chosen a burgess, and on or about Ist October, 1716, duly elected an alderman, inasmuch as he has left off trade, and for some time past has resided at so great a distance as to render himseU unserviceable to the corporation, requested permission to resign.' It was agi'eed to accept the resignation of his alderman- ship whenever he should tender or offer it in due form. 1733-1734.— WiUiam Craft. " 'Mr. WiUiam Craft, senr., buried %S,th September, 1741.' On 5th October, 1741, Mr. William Craft the younger was elected and sworn alderman in the room and stead of Mr. William Craft late alderman of the said corporation, now deceased, his late father. 1734-1735.— Henry Woodroffe. (2) Fl 470 BASINGSTOKE. Mayors. 1735-1736.— Charles Woodroffe. (2) " ' Mr. Charles Woodroffe was buried in woollen IStli December, 1738.' He was baptized on 29th April, 1681, and was nephew to Henry Woodroffe, who died in 1752. { See 1745-1746. ) 1736-1737.— Henry Warner. (2) 1737-1738.— Joseph OlHfEe. (2) " ' Mr. Joseph Glliffe bwried 8th August, 1740.' There are also three other burials relating to this family. ' September 19th, 1768, Grace, the wife of Joseph OllifEe, was buried from London.' ' Majr 18th, l770, Mary OUiffe, widow, was buried from Reading.' And in the Liteu there is a stone to the memory of Joseph OUiffe, who died October 3rd, 1777, aged 57. The Eegister states that he was buried on 6th October from Sutton Scotney. 1738-1739.— John Abbott. 1739-1740.— Henry Prince. (3) Sworn on the 4th October, 1739, and died on Sunday, 8th June, 1740. " ' Mr. Henry Prince, mayor, was buried in woollen June 10th, 1740.' He was the son of George Prince before-named, and of Dorothy (Barfoot) his wife, and was baptized on 20th April, 1685. At a meeting of the corporation held on 31st July, 1742, ' It was unanimously agreed to give the sum of two guineas towards the equipping of John Prince, the son of Mr. Henry Prince deceased, for a place to serve as a clerk in a man of war in His Majesty's Navy.' 1740. — John Abbott. (2) Elected and sworn on the 11th June, 1740. " On the same day it was agreed that ' the expenses of Mr. John Abbot, elected and sworn mayor of the town, so far as relates to his said office, be borne and defrayed by the corporation, until another alderman of the town be elected and sworn in his stead.' ' Mr. John Abbot bwried 3rd Mcurch, 1745-6, in the chancel of Basingstoke Church.' 1740-1741.— Samuel Shipton. (1) 1741-1742.— Samuel Anderson. (1) 1742-1743.— Samuel Ford. (1) 1743-1744.— Philip Garrard. (1) 1744-1745.— William Craft. "On the 7th September, 1756, he was put in nomination for election as mayor, with Messrs. Samuel Ford and Giles Lyford. He BASINGSTOKE. 471 appears to have died soon afterwards, as on 19th November, 1756, Mayors. James Cooper was elected alderman 'in the room of William Craft, deceased.' His burial is not in the Basingstoke Eegister. 1745-1746.— Henry Woodroffe. (3) " ' Mr. Henry Woodroffe, senr., 'buried August 26th, 1752.' Died August 22nd, aged 84. He was the youngest son of Richard Wood- roffe, whose last mayoralty was in 1699-1700. His age as given on his tomb stone accords with the Parish Eegister. ' Henry Woodroffe, the son of Mr. Richard Woodroffe and of Mary his wife, was iorne the 2nd of May, 1668.' 1746-1747.— Henry Warner. (3) " Hemy Warner, senr., was buried on 22nd February, 1754, and Samuel Shipton was chosen a justice of the peace on 26th April, 1754, ' in the room of Henry Warner the elder, au alderman lately deceased.' There is also a burial of 'Mr. Joseph Warner, late of Norwich, gent., 8th November, 1756, aged 69 ; and of Grace Warner, widow of Mr. Henry Warner, senr., from London, on 14th May, 1757.' 1747-1748.— Giles Lyford. (1) 1748-1749.— Samuel Shipton. (2) 1749-1750.— Samuel Anderson. (2) 1750-1751.— Samuel Ford. (2) 1751-1752.— Philip Garrard. (2) " 'Philip Garrard was buried December 26th, 1753.' On 26th Sep- tember, 1755, John Covey was elected a burgess vice Philip Garrard burgess and alderman. 1752-1753.— Giles Lyford. (2) 1753-1754.— Eobert Ricketts. (1) 1754-1755.— Samuel Shipton. (3) " ' Samuel Shipton, gent, buried March 18th, 1773.' His tomb stone in the Holy Ghost Liten is inscribed : ' To the memory of Mr. Sarmiel Shipton, senior, late Apothecary of this town. He departed this life the 11th Ma/rch, 1773, in the 84f/i year of his age.' On the 6th April, 1773, Mr. WiUiam Brambly was elected an alderman in the room of Mr. Samuel Shipton, deceased. Samuel Shipton, junr., was elected a burgess 20th November, 1770, but resigned in 1772, and left Basingstoke for Beading. 1755-1756.— Samuel Anderson. (3) 472 BASINGSTOKE. Mayors. 1756-1767.— Samuel Ford, (3) -who died in office on 16th February, 1757. " His burial is not in the Parish Eegieter. 1767. — Samuel Anderson was elected and sworn on 17tli February. 1767-1758. — Henry Grace was elected on 5th September, 1767, and sworn on 3rd October. He died on Tuesday, the 17th January, 1758. " The Pariah Eegieter records, ' Mr. Henry Grace, mayor, was iuried 21st January, 1758.' Also that ' Henry, son of Renry a/nd Anne Grace, was iaptized 8th September, 1730.' This Henry Grace published, in 1764, a remarkable narrative of the hardships he underwent during several years' captivity among the savages in North America. At the end of the book he describes himself as driven to the utmost extremity, having been bred to no trade, and having no way to get his Uving but by day-labour, of which he was incapable, by reason of a wound in his right arm. He therefore appeals for assistance. He had been educated in Basingstoke tiU he was ten years of age, when he was sent to Winchester College till 1746, his father intend- ing to make him a clergyman. He then enlisted as a soldier, was ordered to Nova Scotia with his Regiment, but was captured by Indians on the American coast. * Mary, widow of Henry Grace, was huried, from the workJiouse, March 1st, 1804.' 1758. — John Brasier, elected and sworn on 20th January, 1768, in the place of Henry Grace, deceased. " His election as an alderman occurred on 7th September, 1756, and his burial entry records, ' John Brasier, senr., was huried October 15th, 1770.' ' Anne Brasier, widow, buried May 10th, 1784.' 1768-1769.— James Cooper. (1) 1769-1760.— Edward Lane, (l) 1760-1761.— John Covey. (1) 1761-1762.— Giles Lyford. (3) 1762-1763.— Robert Ricketts. (2) "'Robei-t Ricketts bwried December 5th, 1763.' He was the son of Eobert Eiokctts, by Sarah his wife, and was born 17th March, 1702-3. 1763-1764.— Samuel Anderson. (4) " Samuel Anderson, gent., died October 28fch, 1770, aged 73. Buried 2nd November. BASINGSTOKE. 47£ 1764-1765.— James Cooper. (2) Mayors. 1765-1766.— William Downes. (1) 1766-1767.- Edward Lane. (2) 1767-1768.— John Covey. (2) 1768-1769.— Giles Lyford. (4) " ' Giles Lyford from Winchester, iuried Auc/ust 8th, 1783.' He died at Winchester on 3rd August, aged 83, where he had resided for several years. He appears to have left Basingstoke for Winchester in 1772, and on the 2nd October, 1775, he attended the meeting of the C ouucil, and requested on account of his non-residence in the town permission to resign his office of an alderman. The mayor, aldermen, and burgesses accepted his resignation and discharged him from his office of alderman. 1769-1770.— William Downes. (2) " William Downes of this town, gent., born at Cainham, Salop, 4th November, 1729, died November 7th, 1770. Buried 13th November. 1770-1771.— Edward Lane. (3) " ' Mr. Edward Lane, an alderman of this corporation, was huried Wth December, 1780.' He died at Manydown on the 14th December, aged 62. His son, Edward Lane, Esq., was buried 20th February, 1826, aged 66. 1771-1772.— John Covey. (3) 1772-1773.— Charles Vine, (l) 1773-1774.— William Ring. (1) 1774-1775.— John Ring. (1) 1775-1776.— William Brambly. (l) 1776-1777. — James Cooper. (3) ■' Owing to the dispute with respect to the election of mayor in 1778, he ceased to attend the meetings of the corporation after the 5th October of that year, and on 17th March, 1786, was removed from his office as alderman on that account. The foUowing entry appears to refer to him. 'James Cooper was bwried Uth February, 1807.' 1777-1778.— John Covey. (4) "John Covey, apothecary of this town, died 1st April, 1805, aged 80, and was buried on the 5th April. On l7th March, 1786, he was removed from his aldermanship for neglect and non-attendanoe for several years, owing to the dispute which arose as to his successor in the mayoralty. 474 BASINGSTOKE. 1778-1779.— Richard Skeat. 1778-1779.— Charles Vine. (2) "A division in the corporation as to who should be mayor for the ensuing year necessitates the introduction of these two names. On the day of election, 7th Septem- ber, 1778, Mr. John Covey, the mayor, following the usual routine, nominated three of the aldermen, Edward Lane, James Cooper, and Richard Skeat, that one of them might be elected mayor in his stead. Robert Cleeve, Richard Skeat, James Cooper, and John Covey, the mayor, voted for Richard Skeat, and for the other two no one voted. The usual declaration was thereupon drawn up stating that ' Mr. Richard Skeat was unanimously chosen mayor of the said town to succeed Mr. John Covey, by us whose names are hereunder subscribed, the mayor, aldermen, and bur- gesses of the said town. John Oovey, mayor, James Cooper, Bichard Skeat, Boiert Cleeve.' " On the same day three other aldermen were nominated ( though not by the mayor ) namely, Charles Vine, William Ring, and John Ring, and the election of Charles Vine was supported by the votes of George Penton, Richard Hunt, WilKam Brambly, John Ring, William Ring, and Charles Vine. Whereupon a declaration in the usual form was drawn up on his behalf as to this election with the addi- tional clause, ' and we do vote against Edward Lane, James Cooper, and Richard Skeat, proposed by the said mayor.' " On 5th October, 1778, Mr. Richard Skeat was sworn in as mayor, in succession to Mr. John Covey, and as a justice of the peace, before John Covey, mayor, and James Cooper. And immediately afterwards it is recorded, that ' Mr. John Covey, late mayor, was sworn as a justice of the peace for the year ensuing by and before us aldermen of the said town, Bichard Skeat, mayor, James Cooper.' On the same day, Mr. Charles Vine, ' who was lately nominated and elected to the office of mayor to succeed Mr. John Covey in the said office for the year ensuing, was duly sworn into the said office of mayor of the said town, and also into the office of a justice of the peace of the same BASINGSTOKE. 475 town before us aldermen of the same town, W. Bing, John ^-^^ i^''^- Ring, William Brambly.' " Also on the same day, Charles Vine, William Ring, and John Ring, three of the aldermen, were nominated by ' Mr. Richard Skeat, now mayor of the said town, that one of them might be elected to the office of a justice of the peace for the said town in the room, place, and stead of Mr. James Cooper.' No votes were given for Charles Vine or John Ring, but William Ring received the votes of James Cooper, John Covey, and Mr. Richard Skeat, mayor, who declared Mr. William Ring duly elected. A nomination was also made on the same day by ' Mr. Charles Vine, mayor of the said town,' of William Ring, John Ring, and William Brambly, that one of them might be elected justice of the peace in the room of James Cooper. No votes were recorded for John Ring or William Brambly. William Ring had the votes of George Penton, Richard Hunt, William Brambly, John Ring, and Charles Vine, mayor. Mr. William Ring was thereupon declared duly elected, and he was sworn on the 12th October before Charles Vine, mayor, John Ring, alderman, and George Penton, burgess. Consequently there was an entire agreement as to the new justice of the peace. "It is not unlikely that Richard Skeat ultimately allowed Charles Vine to carry on the duties of the Mayor- alty, as when the time for the next election came round on 6th September, 1779, the meeting is stated to have been summoned by Charles Vine, mayor, and apparently as a sort of compromise, that the meeting nominated the three aldermen from whom the new mayor was to be elected. Whether Richard Skeat considered himself ill-used or not, he left Basingstoke not long afterwards, as on 9th October, 178.3, it is recorded that ' Mr. Thomas Peacock was elected an alderman in the place and stead of Mr. Richard Skeat, who has left this town and is settled at Whitchurch.' Moreover, the ex-mayor, John Covey, and alderman James Cooper, never attended a meeting of the corporation after the 5th October, 1778, nor Robert Cleeve after the 7th September, the day of election; and on the 17th March, 476 BASINGSTOKE. 1786, they were removed from their respective offices of aldermen and burgesses, 'for such their neglects and iU- carriage.' Mayors. 1779-1780.— William Ring. (2) 1780-1781.— John Ring. (2) 1781-1782.— Wilham Brambly. (2) " ' WilUam Bramley, an alderman of this corporation, was buried March 31st, 1787, aged 70.' He died on 28th March. In his election as a bnrgess on 4th June, 1761, he is designated 'Mr. WiUiam Bramley, jnnr., bricklayer.' William Brambly, senr., died January 17th, 1778, aged 88. 1782-1783.— Charles Vine. (3) 1783-1784.— William Ring. (3) " ' WilUam Ring, an alderman of this corporation, was hwried 29th Wa/rch, 1791.' Died March 24th, aged 58. The Register records his baptism on ' 18th October, 1733, William, son of John Ring and of Arme his wife, was iapUzed by Mr. Warton, Vicar.' 1784-1785.— John Ring. (3) 1785-1786.— Thomas Robins, (l) 1786-1787.— Charles Vine. (4) " ' Charles Vine, senr., alderman, was bwried March 2nd, 1788, aged 63.' The oflSoe of one of the justices of the peace being thus vacant, on the 10th March, 1788, ' Mr. Thomas Robins, the last mayor of the town of Basingstoke now living, was elected and sworn to execute the ofBoe of a justice of the peace until the first Monday in October next.' 1787-1788.— David Graham, (l) 1788-1789.— Rev. John Evans. " ' The Rev. John Evens, Master of the Holy Ohost School, buried October 8th, 1792, aged 43.' He was also Rector of Beokington m Somerset, and had married Sarah, sister of the Rev. Dr. Sheppard, Vicar of Basingstoke. ' Sarah, relict of the Rev. John Evans, Master of the Holy Qhost Chapel, was buried 17th August, 1802.' 1789-1790.— John Ring. (4) 1790-1791.— Thomas Robins. (2) 1791-1792.— David Graham. (2) BASINGSTOKE. 477 1792-1793. — John de la Toucte. Mayors. •"John de la Touche bimed 20th March, 1802.' He was put in nomination for election as justice of the peace 6th October, 1800, and again as mayor 7th September, 1801, but received no votes, nor as justice of the peace when nominated a second time on 5th October, 1801. His aldermanship was not filled up untfl the 7th September, 1807. 1793-1794.— John Ring. (5) "•John Ring huried 1th May, 1796, aged 65.' On 5th September, 1796, the Eev. John Ilsley was elected alderman in the room of Mr. John Eing, lately deceased. 1794-1795.— Thomas Robins. (3) 1795-1796.— David Graham. (3) 1796-1797.— Thomas May. (l) "Thomas May, junr., elected a burgess 3rd May, 1794, and an alderman on 7th April, 1795. Mr. Thomas May, senr., was elected a burgess on 6th October, 1783, but on account of non-residence was not sworn in, and on 10th March, 1795, Charles May was elected and sworn a burgess in his stead. 1797-1798.— Rev. John Ilsley. (l) 1798-1799.— Robert Hulbert. (1) 1799-1800.— Rev. John Ilsley. (2) 1800-1801.— Thomas Robins. (4) 1801-1802.— David Graham. (4) 1802-1803.— Thomas May. (2) 1803-1804— Rev. John Ilsley, M.A. (3) "He was elected usher of the Holy Ghost School on the 29th March, 1768, and held the oflBce for upwards of thirty -eight years, as' on the 20th January, 1807, Mr. WiUiam WiUiamson was elected usher ' in the room of the Rev. John Ilsley, deceased, late usher thereof.' Mr. Ilsley was elected a burgess on 3rd October, 1785, and an alder- man on 5th September, 1796. He was appointed chamberlain on 1st October, 1792, and held the office up to the time of his death. For many years he was curate of EUisfield and Herriard, and on the 24th June, 1805, he was instituted to the Rectory of Tunworth, on the presentation of George Purefoy Jervoise, Esq. He died on Wednes- day, the 11th June, 1806, aged 66, and was buried in Tunworth Churchyard on the 16th June. His alderman's place was not filled up till the 3rd September, 1810. The Basingstoke Begister records 478 BASINGSTOKE. Mayors. the burial of two of Ma children, — ' Charlotte, the daughter of the Rev. John Ilsley, was buried Januo/ry 8th, 1768,' and ' John, the son of the Eev. John and Charlotte Ilsley, died of the sinall pox, buried 28t/i May, 1781.' 1804-1805.— Robert Hulberfc. (2) 1805-1806.— Thomas May. (3) 1806-1807.— Thomas Robins. (5) 1807-1808.— David Graham. (5) 1808-1809.— Timothy Mullens. "Timothy Luff Mullens, youngest son of George and Martha Mullens of Hambledon, Hants, died January 22nd, 1833, aged 67. Buried January 29th, aged 66. He generally signed his name as Tim^- Mullens, and in a few instances as Tims'' L. Mullens. On 14th March, 1833, ' Eichard Eyies was elected an alderman in the room, place, and stead of Timothy Luff Mullens, deceased, late one of the aldermen of the town.' 1809-1810.— Robert Hulbert. (3) 1810-1811.— Thomas Robins. (6) " He was present at the meeting held on 3rd October, 1814, when Mr. Blatoh was elected Lecturer, and on 2nd October, 1815, he was put in nomination for election as a justice of the peace, and it is the last mention of him as a member of the corporation. On the 5th October, 1829, WiUiam Anthony Lewis was elected alderman in the room of Thomas Eobins, deceased. 1811-1812.— Charles May. (1) " His election took place on 2nd September, 1811, in the parish of Cliddesden, in the presence of four members of the corporation, at the dwelling house of Thomas Robins, gentleman, mayor of the said town, who was confined to his bed by illness. 1812-1813.— David Graham. (6) 1813-1814.— Charles Hawthorne. (1) 1814-1815.— Thomas May. (4) 1815-1816.— Robert Hulbert. (4) 1816-1817.— David Graham. (7) " He was elected chamberlain on l7th June, 1806, in the place of the EoT. John Ilsloy, deceased. 'The accounts were to be fairly kept in a book and adjusted every year on the first Monday in Sep- tember ; and to bo allowed a salary of £10 a yoaa- for his trouble, in BASINGSTOKE. 479 lieu of the other perquisites heretofore enjoyed by his predecessor.' Mayors. On 4th September, 1820, Robert Hulbert was elected chamberlain in the place of David Graham, lately deceased. 1817-1818.— Charles May. (2) " He was brother to Thomas May, Esq., ( whose first mayoralty was in 1V96, and his last in 1836, ) and died February 10th, 1844, aged 77. Buried 19th February, aged 76. 1818-1819.— Charles Hawthorne. (2) 1819-1820.— Robert Hulbert. (5) 1820-1821.— Thomas May. (5) 1821-1822.— James Warne. (1) " He was elected a burgess on l7th August, 1811, and town clerk on 20th February, 1816, but on the 1st October, 1821, WilUam Anthony Lewis was elected towu clerk and clerk of the peace in the room of James Warne, 'for one whole year, or during the time wherein the said James Warae shall be mayor of the town.' 1822-1823.— Charles Hawthorne. (3) " ' According to immemorial usage, and pursuant to public notice, Charles Hawthorne, Esq., the mayor, accompanied by Thomas May, Esq., a magistrate, the Vicar, town clerk, and parish officers, com- menced a perambulation of the boundaries of the manor and parish of Basingstoke on Thursday, April 24th, 1823, and completed the same on Friday evening. A large concourse of persons of all degrees assembled each day on the occasion, anxious to witness a ceremony so important to the rights and privileges of every ancient and respectable town.' Hampshire CTvronicle, Monday, April 28th, 1823. 1823-1824.— Thomas May. (6) 1824-1825.— Robert Hulbert. (6) " On 1st September, 1828, Charles Hawthorne, alderman, was elected chamberlain in the place of Robert Hulbert, resigned. Mr. Hulbert died at Devizes August 4th, 1845, aged 78, and was buried in the Churchyard of St. John Baptist in that town, August 9th. 1825-1826.— James Warne. (2) 1826-1827.— Thomas May. (7) ' 1827-1828.— John Simmons. (1) "He was elected alderman on 4th October, 1824, 'in the place of the Rev. Dr. Bheppard, deceased, one of the aldermen.' Another instance of remissness on the part of the corporation, as Dr. Sheppard had been dead more than ten years. 480 BASINGSTOKE. M:ayora. 1828-1829.— Charles Hawthorne. (4) " He was elected chamberlain on 1st September, 1828, and on 3rd September, 1832, .John Simmons, Esq., one of the aldermen, was elected chamberlain ia the room of Charles Hawthorne, resigned. Mr. Hawthorne died at Winchester 25th January, 1844, aged 73, and was buried at Lee, near Great Missenden, Bucks. 1829-1830.— Thomas May. (8) 1830-1831.— William Anthony Lewis. "William Anthony Lewis died 27th February, 1836, aged 45. Buried 4th March. He was elected town clerk during the mayor- alties and justiceships of James Wame, and resigned the oiEoe on 7th September, 1829. On the 29th December, 1835, he was elected town clerk by the council of the new corporation. 1831-1832.— John Simmons. (2) " Mr. John Simmons died November 28th, 1842, aged 67. He was also mayor in 1827, 1835, and 1836. 1832-1833.— Thomas May. (9) 1833-1834.— James Wame. (3) " He was also town clerk, and died on 8th February, 1855, aged 91. Buried February 15th. In 1835 he was returned as a councillor of the new corporation, but claimed an exemption from the office. 1834-1835.— Thomas May. (10) 1835. — John Simmons, (3) elected on 7th September,* and sworn on 5th October, 1835, was the last mayor of Basingstoke elected under the charter of King Charles I., and he held the last court of Quarter Sessions at the town hall, on the 23rd October, 1835. " The Act for the regulation of municipalcorporations, passed on the 9th September, 1835, gave the town an electiye franchise, and enacted that henceforth in every * " There were present at this election, Thomas May, mayor, Charles May, senr., James Wame, WiUiam Anthony Lewis, Richard Eyles, Charles May, junr., Robert Skeat Hulbert, and John Sansom, all of whom voted for him. Mr. Richard Eyles lived at the Grove, Basing- stoke, and died on 18th May, 1863, aged 84. He was the last surviving alderman of the old corporation. BASINGSTOKE. 481 borougli ttere should be one fit person wlio should be ^■^- 1^^^- called ' The Mayor ' of such borough ; and a certain number of fit persons who should be called 'Aldermen' of such borough, and a certain number of other fit persons who should be called 'The Councillors' of such borough. ' The mayor, aldermen, and burgesses ' was to be the style of each corporate body after the first election of councillors, and the corporation of Basingstoke was to consist of twelve councillors and four aldermen. The councillors were to be elected triennially, and one third of them were to go out of office every year. The aldermen were to be elected from among the councillors, and one half of them were to go out of ofi&ce triennially. After the first election, the election of councillors was to take place yearly on the first of November,* and the election of aldermen and mayor on the 9th November. The mayor was to be elected yearly out of the aldermen or councillors of the borough. " The first meeting under the municipal corporations' act was held in the town hall, on Thursday, the 16th November, and was convened by John Simmons, Esq., the mayor, for the purpose of receiving recommen- dations from the burgesses as to who should be put in nomination for election as town councillors of the borough, and it was decided that the names were to be delivered in before the 10th December. The election took place on Saturday, the 26th December, and the result of the polling was ofiicially declared on the following Monday. The successful candidates were * " On 1st November, 1836, the four councillors who received the fewest number of votes were to go out of office, and on the same day in 1837 the four remaining councillors who had received the fewest votes were to go out of office; and thenceforth yearly the four councillors who had been longest in office. 482 BASINGSTOKE. Messrs. John Simmons,* Thomas May,* Charles May, junr.,* James Warne,* Charles Lyford, Edward Covey, Thomas Workman,*! Eobert Cottle, Robert Skeat Hulbert,* George Paioe, Charles Simmons, and William 20th Doc, 1836. Houghton. On the following day Mr. John Simmons was elected mayor by the newly constituted corporation, and previously thereto an alderman in conjunction with Messrs. Thomas May, Charles Lyford, and Robert Cottle, and by the retirement of Mr. Warne, who claimed an exemption, a vacancy of five persons in the office of councillors occurred. Mr. William Anthony Lewis was elected town clerk. "The second election took place on Saturday, 9th January, 1836, and resulted in the election of Messrs. George Lamb, solicitor; Henry Brownjohn, wine merchant; Robert Curtis, coach proprietor; Edward Penton, maltster ; and George Caston, ironmonger, as councillors. Mr. Charles Headeach was appointed treasurer, and Messrs. James Cooper and Charles Cox, junr., serjeants-at-mace. The six gentlemen whose names are distinguished by an asterisk belonged to the old corporation, and their election shows that their past services had won the confidence and approbation of the burgesses. Having introduced to our readers the members of the new corporation, we proceed with our list of mayors. Mayors. 1835-] 836.— John Simmons. " He was a banker and came from Newbury. This was his fourth election as mayor. Died 28th Noyember, 1842, aged 67, and was buried on 3rd December. *1 " Mr. Thomas Workman died on 21st April, 1836, aged 40. He was a surgeon, and married on 23rd September, -1819, Katherine, daughter of John Hasker, of West Ham farm, near Basingstoke. He had been elected and sworn a burgess of the old corporation on 5th October, 1829. BASINGSTOKE. 483 1836-1837.— Thomas May. ^^5">™- " More than forty years had elapsed since his first election to the mayoralty, and this was the eleventh time of his serving the office. He died on the 4th June, 1843, aged 78, and was buried on the 13th June. He was a justice of the peace and a deputy lieutenant of tho county. 1837-1838.— Charles Lyford. " He was a well-known surgeon, and died at Bath July 28th, 1859, aged 81. Buried in the Holy Ghost Liten on 3rd August. 1838-1839.— Robert Cottle, (l) 1839-1840.— Charles May, junr. " Died January 11th, 1841, aged 40, and was buried in tho church- yard on 18th January. He was son of Charles May, Esq., who was mayor in 1811 and 1817. 1840-1841.— Charles Simmons. (1) 1841-1842.— Edward Covey. " Died 28th August, 1861, aged 55, and was buried 31st August, aged 56. 1842-1843.— James Holding. " Died at BaSingstoke on the 25th March, 1850, aged 46, and was buried in Shalden churchyard, near Alton. 1843-1844.— Robert Skeat Hulbert. (l) "Robert Skeat Hulbert, son of Robert and Mary Hulbert, bom 16th January and baptized 22nd April, 1805. Parish Register. 1844-1845.— Charles Simmons. (2) 1845-1846.— Robert Cottle. (2) 1846-1847.— Robert Cottle. (3) 1847-1848.— Charles Simmons. (3) 1848-1849.— George WUliam Leigh. " Died at Alton on 23rd December, 1853, aged 37, and was buried at Overton, December 29th. As an instance of modern carelessness, on his tomb in Overton Churchyard it is stated that he died on the 23rd September, 1853. 1849-1850.— Robert Cottle. (4) 1850-1851.— Robert Skeat Hulbert. (2) 1851-1852.— Charles Simmons. (4) 484 BASINGSTOKE. Mayors. 1852-1853.— Charles Simmons. (5) "Died February 4th, 1866, aged 79, and buried February lOfch. He was brother to John Simmons, mayor in 1835-1836. 1853-1854.— Robert Cottle. (5) " Died July 8th, 1859, aged 71. Buried on 14th July. He was son of Moses Cottle, of Taunton, Somersetshire, and the last survivor of the aldermen elected in 1835. 1854-1855.— Henry Downs. (1) 1855-1856.— Henry Downs. (2) " Died 11th September, 1880, aged 70, and was buried on 16th September. 1856-1857.— Robert Skeat Hulbert. (3) 1857-1858.— William Challis. "He was appointed tovra clerk on 7th April, 1860, and died November 16th, 1871, aged 63. Buried November 21st. 1858-1859.— Robert Skeat Hnlbert. (4) 1859-1860.— George Gibbs. " Died 28th September, 1867, aged 61, and was buried 3rd October. 1860-1861.— WUliam Seymour. * " Died 18th April, 1863, aged 58, and was buried on south side of the Holy Ghost Chapel on 24th April. 1861-1862.— Frederick Blunden. "Died November 15th, 1867, aged 60, and was buried on 21st November. 1862-1863.— Charles Webb. " Died 28th February, 1877, aged 62, and was buried on the 4th March. 1863-1864.— Richard Wallis. "Died 28th November, 1881, aged 58, and was buried on 3rd December. 1864-1865.— Edward White. " Died 22nd November, 1874, aged 63, and was buried on the 28th November. 1865-1866.— Robert Archer Davis. " He left Basingstoke in 1875, and was residing at Hythe, near Southampton, in 1888. BASINGSTOKE. 485 1866-1867.— Arthur Wallis. (1) *i»y°"- 1867-1868.— William Pistell. (1) 1868-1869.— William Porder Smith. "Died November 3rd, 1873, aged 60, and was buried on 7th November. 1869-1870.— Samuel Chandler. " Died January 10th, 1885, aged 73, and was buried on the 17th January. 1870-1871.— Robert Skeat Hulbert. (5) " The last survivor of the old corporation. He died at Devizes on 21st July, 1875, aged 70. 1871-1872.— WiUiam Glover. "As a memento of his mayoralty, Mr. Glover presented to the corporation a list of the mayors of Basingstoke, handsomely illumi- nated and engrossed by the well-known firm of Messrs. Waterlow, of London. Its general accuracy ia amply verified by our own list, and the few mistakes we have found in it are not suflSciently im- portant to impair either the merit of its compilation or its value as a gift. 1872-1873.— Arthur Wallis. (2) 1873-1874.— Arthur Wallis. (3) 1874-187.5.— William Pistell. (2) " Died at Bodinnick, Cornwall, August 22nd, 1887, aged 68. 1875-1876.— Henry Portsmouth. 1876-1877.— Richard Knight. 1877-1878.— Henry Allen. (1) 1878-1879.— James Poulter. 1879-1880.— Henry Allen. (2) 1880-1881.— WUliam Henry Blatoh. 1881-1882.— John Wathen Lodwidge. 1882-1883.— Frederick James Temple. 1883-1884.— John May. (1) " Second son of Mr. Charles May, junr., who was mayor in 1839- 40, and a descendant of Charles May, mayor in 1711. 1884-1885.— Arthur Wallis. (4) 1885-1886.— John May. (2) 1886-1887.— John May. (3) 1887-1888.— Thomas Maton Kingdon. Gl 486 BASINGSTOKE. ''Towards the close of the reign of Henry VIII., Lieutenants began to be introduced as standing repre- sentatives of the crown to keep the counties in military- order. About the same time some of the older boroughs thought it prudent to place themselves under the protection of some powerful neighbour, whom they elected and designated as their High Steward : and in the course of a few years their official position was fully recognised and sanctioned in the royal charters of incorporation. In the reign of Edward VI., the fee farm rent of the town and manor of Basingstoke, which for nearly two centuries had been divided and pro- portioned to the descendants of the four co-heiresses of the third Earl of Kent, came by grant and purchase entirely into the hands of William Paulet, Lord St. John.* This circumstance was of sufficient importance to induce the bailiffs and free suitors of the manor to elect as their High Steward t the said High stewards I. " WiLLiAM Paulet, the first Earl of Wiltshire, who was created Marquess of Winchester on 12lh October, 1551. He was Lord High Treasurer of England and a Knight of the Garter. He died on the 10th March, 1571-2, and was buried at Basing on the south side of the Chancel. * " See page 74. t " The office was of an honorary character, the duties of Steward being carried out hj a deputy, who was generally designated Deputy or Under-Steward. This officer was originally nominated by the High Steward, but under the charters of incorporation granted to the town in the l7th century, was elected by the corporation, and ceased to be called the deputy of the High Steward. BASINGSTOKE. 487 II. " John Paulet, son and heir, and 2nd Marquess ^igh Stewards. of Wincliester, was elected in 1572. He died on 4th November, 1576, and was buried at Basing. III. " William Patjlet, son and heir and 3rd Marquess of Winchester, was elected in 1576. Died on 24th Novem- ber, 1598, and was buried at Basing. IV. "William Paijlet, son and heir and 4fch Mar- quess of Winchester, was elected in 1598, and was re- appointed to the office by the charter of King James I. on 1st July, 1622, wherein he is nominated as ' The first High Steward of the town.' * His death occurred on 4th February, 1628-9, and his body was buried at Basing. V. " Sir Henet Wallop, knight, was elected his suc- cessor in 1629, and was re-appointed by the charter of King Charles I., dated 20th August, 1641. He died on 15th November, 1642, and was buried at Farley Wallop. VI. "John Paulet, son and heir of William Paulet, and 5th Marquess of Winchester, was the next High Steward. There is no record stating the year of his election, though it was probably in 1642. He died on 6th March, 1673-4, and was buried at Englefield in Berkshire. VII. "Charles Paulet, son, and heir, and 6th Mar- quess of Winchester, was elected in 1674. On the 9th April, 1689, he was created Duke of Bolton, in which Dukedom the Marquessate of Winchester continued merged until the death of the sixth Duke in 1794. The first Duke died at Amport on 27th February, 1698-9, and was buried at Basing on the 23rd March. VIII. " Charles Paulet, son and heir, and 2nd Duke of Bolton, was elected on 17th June, 1699, 'in the place of the most noble Charles, late Duke of Bolton, his father deceased.' He died on 21st January, 1721-2. " On 24tli July, 1709, ' It was ordered by the Yioar, the Church- wardens, and the rest of the parishioners that His Grace the Duke of Bolton hath liberty to erect a, gallery at his own charge at the * "See note* page 440. 488 BASINGSTOKE. Higli Stewards, east end of the south aisle, to reach as far as St. Stephen's chancel in length, and in breadth about seven feet, with a staircase beginning its ascent just above Mr. Acton's pew, and not to extend in breadth above four feet.' This gallery was duly erected before the 1st of November, as on that date it is stated that by reason of the building of His Grace the Duke of Bolton's gallery, the two seats in the south comer of the church were so darkened that other seats had to be provided for their occupants in the north aisle of the church. IX. " Charles Patjlbt, son and heir, and .Srd Duke of Bolton, was elected in 1722. He died on 26tli August, 1754, and was buried at Basing on 14tli September. X. " Haebt Paulet, brother heir, and 4th Duke of Bolton. ' On the 4th November, 1755, the most noble and Eight Honourable Harry Paulett, Duke of Bolton, Earl of Wiltshire, &c., was elected to succeed his brother as High Steward of Basingstoke.' He died on 19th September, 1759, and was buried at Basing on 20th October. XI. " Charles Paulet, son and heir, and 5th Duke of Bolton, was elected on the 19th December, 1759. ' Haokwood House, Monday, 17th August, 1761. The most noble Charles Duke of Bolton, K.B., and one of his Majesty's most honor- able privy council (who was elected High Steward on 19th December, 1759), was at his Grace's particular request, attended by us the mayor and two of the aldermen, and then and there duly sworn as well to take upon himself the said office of High Steward, as a justice of the peace of the same town, agreeable to the charter here- tofore granted to the corporation of the said town. Signed, Jn". Covey, Mayor ; James Cooper, S. Shipton. 'His grace died on the 5th July, 1766, and was buried at Basing on 10th July. XII. " Harkt Paulet, brother and heir, and 6th Duke of Bolton, was elected on the 15th July, 1765, in the room of his late brother Charles, Duke of Bolton, and was sworn at Hackwood House on 29th August, 1765. He died on 24th December, 1794, and was buried at Basing on the 2nd January. XIII. "Thomas Obde Powlett, on the 20th March, 1795, was elected to succeed 'the late most noble Harry Paulet, Duke of Bolton, deceased, in the oflSce of High Steward.' He was sworn at Hackwood House on 11th BASINGSTOKE. 489 April, 1795, as Higli Steward and a justice of tte peace, High stewards. in the presence of the mayor, ( Thomas Rohins ) John Ring, David Graham, Thomas May, and the Rev. John Ilsley, aldermen; and Robert Hulbert and Charles May, burgesses. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Bolton on 20th October, 1797, died on 30th July, 1807, and was buried at Basing on the 8th August. XIV. " "William Oede Powlett, son and heir, and 2nd Baron Bolton, was his successor and the last High Steward of Basingstoke, as the dignity was extinguished in 1835 by the passing of the Municipal Act. Lord Bolton died on the 13th July, 1850. Stewards and Recoedees of Basingstoke. " Peter Kidwelly, of Brown Candover, gentleman, was Stewards. acting as under steward in 1554, and as deputy of the 1st Marquess of Winchester, and continued in office till October, 1558. His wUl is dated 11th August, 1558, and a codicil was added to it in the following October. The inventory of his goods was taken on the 29th October, and the will proved on 6th February, 1558-9. " John Bye, gentleman, occurs as under-steward in 1585, and as ' deputy of the most noble William Marquess of Winchester, High Steward of Basingstoke,' and was still in office in 1603. He was the son of Gilbert Bye, and grandson of John Bye who was bailiff in 1516, 1585, 1540, and 1542.* "John More, Esq. was steward in 1610, and Gilbert Serle was his deputy in 1610 ; and Henry Osey in 1613 till 1620. He was a Serjeant at Law, and purchased the manor of North Baddesley of Sir Thomas Fleming ; and died on 15th August, 1620, aged 59. * " There is a pedigree containing four descents of this family in the Visitation of Hampshire, with the name mis-spelt as Bee, a coat of arms having been granted to them in the l7th century, — Azure, a cheveron between three bees volant or. 490 BASINGSTOKE. " John Fotlb, of Kympton near Andover, Esq., was his successor, and was re-appointed nnder-steward by the charter of King James I. ( 1st July, 1622.) He resigned on 3rd April, 1624, and on the same day the corporation elected " RoBBET Mason, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq. The ofiBce was to be held by him or his sufficient deputy, during the good will and pleasure of the bailiffs and burgesses of the town ; and he was sworn on the same day. On the 8th October, 1628, he obtained from the corporation the following letters patent under their common seal: — " ' The Patent granted to Mr. Mason of the Stewardship. To all the faithful of Christ to whom this present writing shall come, the baiUfEs and burgesses of the town of Basingstoke in the County of Southampton, send greeting everlasting in the Lord. Know ye that we, the bailiffs and burgesses of the aforesaid town, have given and by these presents grant, to Robert Mason of Lincoln's Inn in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, the office of Steward of our manor and hundred of Basingstoke aforesaid in the said County of South, ampton, and keeper or officer to hold the courts of leets, views of Frank -pledge, and every court of the manor and hundred aforesaid. Also we appoint, constitute, and ordain by these presents, the said Eobert Mason, our general steward of our courts, views of Frank- pledge and leets, and of our courts baron within our manor and hundred aforesaid. To have and to hold, exercise and occupy the aforesaid office with appurtenances, together with all and singular fees, wages, rewards, profits and advantages belonging to the said office to be had, held, exercised and occupied by the aforesaid Eobert Mason, by himself or a sufficient deputy or deputies, duiing the pleasure of ourselves, the bailiffs and burgesses of the aforesaid town, or of the majority of us, and during the pleasure of the bailiffs and burgesses of the said town for the time being or of the majority of them, of whom the bailiffs are to be two, according to the tenor of charter granted to ns by the Lord James, late King of England. And moreover know ye, that we the bailiffs and burgesses of the aforesaid town have given and granted, and by this our present writing have confirmed to the aforesaid Eobert Mason, as well as the office aforesaid, to execute and occupy by himself or by a sufficient deputy or deputies, the keeping of the general sessions of the peace of the lord King for the aforesaid town, and the office of justice of the peace, and for exercising and occupying the same, an annuity or annual rent of £S, payable in equal portions on the feasts of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of St. Michael the Archangel ; and payable during our pleasure and the pleasure of our BASINGSTOKE. 491 BUOcessorB or of the majority of them, of whom the bailiffs are to be Stewards, two, according to the tenor of the aforesaid charter. In testimony of which to this present writing we have placed our common seal. Given on the eighth day of October in the fonrth year of the reign of our lord Charles, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. " Dr. Mason was appointed Chancellor of the Diocese of Winchester on 30tli April, 1628. He afterwards became Recorder of London, and resigned his stewardship on the 31st August, 1635. " • The resignation of Rohert Mason, Esq., of his Stewardship of Basingstolee. Know aU men by these presents, that I, Robert Mason, of Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middlesex, Esq., Eecorder of the city of London, have freely surrendered and yielded up unto the bailiffs and burgesses of Basingstoke in the County of Southampton, the stewardship of the town of Basingstoke aforesaid. To the intent that they may make choice of whom they shall please to succeed me in the said stewardship. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the last day of August, in the eleventh year of the reign of our sovereign lord Charles, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, Prance, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c., and the year of our Lord, 1635. " His death occurred a few months afterwards, as Richard Smyth records in his Obituary, ' December 20th, 1635, Mr. Mason, Recorder of London, died; once secondary of the Poultry Compter.' His remains were interred in the north aisle of Winchester Cathedral. 'Robert Mason, Recorder of London, and his son were buried January 2nd, 1635-6.'— Cathedral Begister. " Thomas Willys, Esq., was elected on the 7th Septem- Eecorders. ber, 1635, and had a patent for the office in the same words as his predecessor's, except that the stipend for keeping the general sessions is only £5 a year. He was re-appointed to the office by the charter of King Charles I. and re-sworn on 23rd September, 1641, under the new designation of Recoedee, and also as a justice of the peace.* He lost his life at the siege of Gloucester, on King Charles's side, * " See page 458. 492 BASINGSTOKE. Beoorders. 4th Augttst, 1643, and lies buried in Hinksey church, Berkshire. "Nicholas Love was the next Recorder and Steward. He was the eldest son of Dr. Nicholas Love, Warden of Winchester College from the 29th October, 1613, till his death on 10th September, 1630. John Aylwyn was acting as his deputy in June, 1647. Mr. Love appears to have resigned the Recordership not long afterwards, and was one of the judges engaged upon the trial of Charles I. On the Restoration he fled to Switzerland, and died at Vevay. His successor was "PiSTOE Hyde, Esq., who is mentioned as Recorder and Steward in April, 1654, and again in October, 1657, (the date of his appointment has not been discovered, ) and he continued to hold these offices up to the time of his death. He resided in the Cathedral Close, Winchester, and died intestate in August or September, 1658 : he had also a house of residence at Romsey. The inventory of his goods ( taken on 13th September ) amounted to £113 17s. 2d., and letters of administration were granted to his widow, Mary Hyde, on 18th October, 1658. " William Gdidott, Esq., occurs as Recorder and Steward in December, 1661, and held these offices up to the time of his death in 1697.* ' William Guidott, senr., buried 26th Jane, 1697.' Parish Register of Wootton St. Lawrence. He was succeeded by his son " William Guidott, Esq., who was elected Recorder of the town by the mayor and corporation on the 5th July, 1697, and was sworn on the 29th July as Recorder and a justice of the peace. He resided at Preston Candover, and died there in 1745, aged 74.t * "Williain Wither, Steward, occurs on 10th November, 1670, acting, no doubt, as deputy to Mr. Guidott. + "Baptized at Wootton St. Lawrence on 25th June, 1671. The Freston Candover Begiaters are imperfect, and there are no burial entries preserved between 1738 and 1748. There is however the burial of his wife. — ' Buried, Jane Ouidott, wife of William Ouidott, Esq., Octoier 28th, 1738,' and of ' Mrs. Patience Ouidott, who died at Beading, was hwried January 17th, 1748-9.' BASINGSTOKE. 493 " William Eqssell, of Basing, Esq., was chosen Recorder Recorders. on 2nd September, 1745, ' to succeed William Guidott, Esq., lately deceased,' and was sworn on 13tii September. " On the 11th December, 1760, at a meeting of the Corporation, — It was resolved ' that Mr. John Covey, the mayor, do write a letter in the name of the corporation to William Russell, Esq., their Recorder, to meet and explain to the corporation what he meant by his behaviomr to them at the late General Sessions of the peace holden at their town hall, in reflecting on the said body in a very gross and opprobrious manner.' "At a meeting of the corporation held on Tuesday, February 24th, 1761, the question being put by Mr. John Covey, mayor of the said town, ' Whether William Russell, Esq., the present Recorder of the said town shall be discharged from the said oflice of Recorder for his non- attendance on the said corporation this day, pursuant to notice given him for that purpose. In order to erplain his meaning of what passed, reflecting on the said corporation at their General Sessions of the peace held at this place on Friday, the 17th day of October last past.' ' Nine of the corporation voted for the question, and two against it, viz. James Cooper and Giles Lyford. " Thomas Cuddon, Esq., counsel at law, was elected on 9th March, 1761, ' in the place and stead of William Russell, Esq., lately removed from the said office of Recorder.' He resigned in March, 1766, and recommended by letter the election of Elijah Impey, Esq., as Recorder. " Elijah Impet, Esq., counsellor at law, was unanimously elected Recorder on 11th April, 1766, and on his resignation " Ceanlet Thomas Keebt, Esq., was elected Recorder on 2r)th September, 1773, 'in the place of Elijah Impey, Esq., who had lately resigned the said office.' He was sworn as Recorder and as a justice of the peace on the 4th October. He was a Serjeant at Law, Steward to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester Cathedral, Recorder of South- ampton, Chairman of the County Quarter Sessions, and one of the Magistrates of Queen-square police-office, London. He died at Egham, Surrey, on 30th May, 1800, aged 60. 494 BASINGSTOKE. Recorders. " Chaelbs Shaw Lefevee, Esq., was unanimously elected, on the 21st June, 1800, to the office of Recorder ' in the place of Cranley Thomas Kerby, Esq., lately deceased, who heretofore held the office.' Mr. Lefevre was sworu on the 1st July, 1800, and died on the 27th April, 1823.* On the 27th May, 1823, a meeting of the corporation was con- vened ' for the express purpose of considering of a person eligible to fill the office of Recorder, vacant by the death of the late worthy and sincerely lamented Charles Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Resolved unanimously that his son Charles Shaw Lefevre, Esq., be solicited to supply the vacancy, and that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to him by the Town Clerk.' Mr. Lefevre's letter to the Town Clerk is dated May 29th, 1823. ' Sir, I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter enclosing the resolution passed at the last court of aldermen for the town of Basingstoke, and I request you to assure the mayor and corporation that I am deeply sensible of the high honor they have done in thinking me a fit person to succeed my lamented father as their Recorder. ' I accept their proposal with the greatest satisfaction and altho', when I enter upon that office, I shall tread in the steps of one who has discharged the duties in a manner which I dare not hope to equal, yet I have the advantage of an example which it will be my pride to follow, and in reaping the fruits of his labours by thus inheriting the regard and esteem of the corporation of Basingstoke, I have before me the reward which has attended his exertions as the strongest incentive to my own. I have the honor to remain, Sir, your most obedient humble servt., C. S. Lefevke.' " Charles Shaw Lefevee, Esq., was duly elected Recorder on the 3rd Jane, 1823, and was sworn on the 17th of October following. The Municipal Act of 1835 brought to an end the office of ' Recorder of Basingstoke,' yet the * " The Hampshire Chronicle of the 5th May, 1823, alluding to the death of Mr. Lefevre, says, — ' It is but very recently that this lamented individual, at the unanimous solicitation of the corporation of Basingstoke, sat for his likeness to an eminent artist in London, and the portrait, which is strikingly interesting, now graces the council chamber of the Town Hall.' BASINGSTOKE. 495 town may be congratulated on their final choice of one who has so greatly distinguished himself, not only as a member for the county for many years but as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839 to 1857, when he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Eversley. He still lives honoured and beloved by every one in a green old age, the sole survivor of the Recorders of England who held office before the passing of the Municipal Act. Town Clerks of Basingstoke. " Henbt Oset was nominated town clerk, in the charter Town Clerka. of King James I., and was duly sworn on the 24th July, 1622. He had been in the service of the older corporation for many years, and had held the office of deputy steward since the year 1613. He was chosen one of the chief bur- gesses in 1625, and was elected bailiff in 1628 and again in 1636. He died in the latter part of December 1639, and the parish Register records his burial on the 23rd December ' Mr. Senery Osse sepuUus.' In a list of quit rents due to the corporation at Michaelmas, 1643, occurs, ' Johan Osey, widow, 3s. lOd.' " John Aylwyn was elected as his successor, and was re-appointed to the same office in the new charter of Charles I. He was re-sworn on the 28th September, 1641, and was also appointed clerk of the peace for the town, liberties and precincts of Basingstoke, and from this time the clerkship of the peace was invariably conferred upon the town clerk. He was elected one of the chief burgesses in 1631, and to the office of bailiff in the same year and in 1639 and 1640. He was also one of the Aldermen named in the charter of 1641, and was elected Mayor in 1642 and again in 1649. He probably died not long afterwards, as we find no farther mention of him after 1652. "Joseph Collier was the next town clerk; he occurs in 1654, and died in 1664. 'Mr. Joseph Collyer the 496 BASINGSTOKE. Towncierka. Towne clarke was bured August 12th, 1664.' Parish Ilegister.* " John Wtnhall was Ms successor. He occurs as town clerk in 1670 and 1680. He resigned in 1687. His burial occurs in the parish Register, — 1692-3, ' February 14&, Mr. Winhall was buried.' " Henet Collier was elected and sworn town clerk and clerk of the peace on 23rd January, 1687-8. He received the Sacrament on Sunday, 15th April, and took the oaths of supremacy and allegiance and subscribed the declaration against transubstantiation on 20th April, 1688. He was Mayor three times (see page 468) and resigned his office of town clerk, &c. on 13th August, 1725.t " Thomas Widmoee, one of the Aldermen, was elected town clerk on the same day (13th August, 1725). He was twice Mayor (see page 469) and died on 28th September, 1727. "John Russell, on the 23rd October, 1727, was elected town clerk and clerk of the peace in the room of Mr. Thomas Widmore, deceased. He was sworn on the same day and was to hold the office during the pleasure of the corporation. On the same day the corporation accepted Mr. John White to act as his deputy from time to time, as absence or occasion should require, and he was sworn as deputy town clerk. He was town clerk for 35 years, and died on 7th December, 1762, aged 65. Monumental Inscription, page 101. 'December 12th, 1762, John Russell, town clerke, was buried.'— Poris/i Register. * " The following entries alao occur in the Register : — Snsana Colyer, daughter of Mr. Joseph Colyer and Anne his wife, was bap- tized 16th February, 1654-5. Frances Collier, daughter of Mr. Joseph Collier and Anne his wife, was baptized 12th April, 1656. Mrs. Collier buried 20th June, 1677. t " The following baptismal entry in the parish Eegister, probably refers to him, and if so, he was 86 years old at the time of his death ; ' September 12th, 1639. Henricus films dom. Josephi Collier et Agnis (sic) uxoris. BASINGSTOKE. 497 " HiGQONS Peyton, was elected town clerk and clerk of Town cierks. the peace on SOtli September, 1763, 'in the room of Mr. John Russell, lately deceased.' On this occasion, the Mayor, Mr. Robert Ricketts, nominated Mr. Higgons Peyton, Mr. Wilham Russell and Mr. William Best, that one of them might be elected. The votes were equally divided between Messrs. Peyton and Russell, and the Mayor gave his casting vote for Mr. Peyton. " William Best, elected on 21st September, 1769, in the room of Mr. Higgons Peyton, resigned, was sworn on the 29th September, as town clerk and clerk of the peace. He died on 9th February, 1774, aged 52, and was buried in the Holy Ghost Liten. ' Mr. William Best, town clerk, buried February 11th, 1774.' He was succeeded by his son " Charles Best, elected on 22nd February, 1774, who held the office upwards of forty years, and died on 6th February, 1816, in the 68th year of his age. He lies buried in the Liten close by his father's grave, where their tomb- stones may still be seen. ' Charles Best, town clerk, buried February 12th, 1816, aged Gl.' " James Waene elected on 20th February, 1816. He was a burgess of the town at the time of his election, (elected 17th August, 1811) and was elected an Alderman on 2nd October, 1820, and to the mayoralty in 1821, 1825, and 1833 ; he was also from time to time a justice of the peace. " William Anthony Lewis, one of the burgesses (elected 22nd October, 1816), was elected town clerk and clerk of the peace on the 1st October, 1821, 'in the room of James Warne for one whole year or during the time wherein the same James Warne shall be Mayor of the town.' By a sub- sequent arrangement however, he retained the office till September, 1829, and was elected an alderman on the 5th October, and to the mayoralty in 1830. "James Waene, on the 7th September, 1829, was re- elected town clerk and clerk of the peace ' in the room of William Anthony Lewis, late clerk of the town and clerk 498 BASINGSTOKE. Town Clerks, pf jtj^q peace, who had resigned,' and was sworn on the same day. ( See page 480. ) "William Anthont Lewis was re-elected on 22nd February, 1833, ' town clerk and clerk oi the peace in the room of James Warne late town clerk and clerk of the peace, sworn to the office of justice of the peace for the said town, and to hold the said office until the said James Warne shall be re-elected and re-sworn in the said office.' Mr. Lewis was re-elected town clerk by the new corpora- tion on the 29th December, 1835, and continued in office till his death, on the 27th February, 1836, aged 45. " Joseph Charles Shebbeaee was elected on 7th March, 1836, vice William Anthony Lewis, deceased, and was sworn in on the 11th March, in the face of a protest from Mr. George Lamb against the informality of the appointment. Mr. Lamb appealed to the Court of King's Bench, and by an order therefrom, dated 7. William IV., 1837, Mr. Shebbeare was ousted, and re-elected without opposition on 3rd February, 1837. He died 30th March, 1860, aged 71. " William Challis, elected on 7th April, 1860, and died on 16th November, 1871, aged 63, (tombstone), and buried November 21st, aged 66, (burial entry and obituary notice.) " Henry James Thatcher was appointed interim Town Clerk for a few days, and "William Henet Batlet was elected on 28th November, 1871, and still fills the office worthily. He is also clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority for Basingstoke (1888). BASINGSTOKE. 499 anti after ti)c SfiJcnteentt fflenturg. " Althougli tte existing Cliurchwardens' Accounts belonging to the parish of Basingstoke do not extend farther back than the year 1621, they are a valuable series of records, presenting us with innumerable entries of considerable interest, historically and locally, and their importance is enhanced by the fact that they commence some eighteen years before the date of the earliest existing parish Eegister, Containing as they do the payments made for ringing the knells of deceased parishioners, they virtually give us a list of burials for those eighteen years, as well as for those years in which the parish Registers are either defective or ill kept. The recording of these knells is continued from year to year until the 11th April, 1726, when the Vestry made an order that the Sexton was to have the full profits of the knells, and consequently they no longer continued a matter of account as regards the Churchwardens . " These accounts also set forth the yearly payments for ringing on the King's coronation day and birthday, on the 5th November and other commemorative days, as well as on extraordinary occurrences, such as King James I. passing through the town in progress in 1623; in 1626, when the Queen (Henrietta Maria) passed by, and in 1 662 for the Queen ( Katherine of Braganza); in 1671, when Charles II. came to the town; in 1683, when James II. passed through the town; and again on 18th November, 1688, when he came to Basingstoke, only five weeks before his flight to Prance; in 1693, when William III. came through 500 BASINGSTOKE. the town; and again on the 28th August, 1722, when George I. was staying at Hackwood.* " We also learn from them, that the armorial deco- rations formerly existing above the spandrels of the arches of the nave, were executed in 1635, as well as the figures of Adam and Eve at the west end. The arms of three other benefactors were added in 1G46, and two others in 1679 ; Mr. John Hall's in 1691, and Mr. William Blunden's in 1733. " The first year's accounts we give in their entirety, as they exhibit the arrangement adopted, and illustrate the general form of the entries occurring from year to year. Moreover, in this particular year, is given a list of the subscribers and other entries relating to the gallery erected at the west end of the Church, which was a fine specimen of Jacobsean wood-work, although its erection marred the internal proportions of the Church, and shut out from view the lofty tower arch at the west end. " At Basingstoke four churchwardens and two sides- men were yearly elected,t and their churchwardens' accounts generally extended from May to May. This will explain the introduction of the double dates, and * Several Eoyal Visits are tliTia added to the instances mentioned at p. 78. Another is on record, but rests perhaps on poetical rather than historical authority. " Chief Justice. Where lay the King last night ? Qower. At Basingstoke, my Lord." Shakespeare. Sen. IV. Part 2. Act 1. So. 1. + " In 1517, John Belohamber, John Huskyn, John Blyssett, and Nicholas Harrys were the four churchwardena, and Henry Bye and John Walker, sidesmen. At the Archiepiscopal Visitation held in 1611, only two churchwardens are named, and one of these was dead. On the margin is this note, with regard to the Chancellor of the Diocese : — ' Move Mr. Chancelhr that more churchwardens be appointed at BasingstoTee where usually were four.' BASINGSTOKE. 501 also it should be borne in mind that when a single date is given the items may belong to the preceding year. " The yearly accounts commence with the enumera- tion of the payments for knells. These were of three kinds. The ordinary one was the tolling of the great bell only, for which a shilling was charged ; at other times it was the 4th bell only, at the cost of 8d., whilst a grand knell with all the bells was charged 2s., but this description of knell ceased after 1653, with but few exceptions. The peal consisted of five bells, and besides these there was a smaller bell hanging in the tower, called a ' Saunce,' or sanctus bell, which previous to the Reformation was rung at certain times during divine service : also another bell called the watch or warning bell, probably used for striking the hours, as it is mentioned as being in the Clock loft. This bell was cracked sometime between 1645 and 1650, and was sold in 1668 for 7s. The last mention of the sanctus bell is in 1650, and it was probably melted up in 1670, when two of the greater bells were re-cast and another bell added to the peal, towards which the young men of the town subscribed £15. In 1646 Mr. John Hyde gave 5s. to have the great bell rung for five hoars at his funeral. " For each burial in the church there was a charge of 6s. 8d. for breaking the ground. In these days of sanitary anxiety, one cannot help being struck with the number of burials which succeeded one another within so small an area as that enclosed within the walls of the church. It must also be borne in mind that the graves were not dug very deep, for in one of the city churches in London, where the burials were far more numerous, the sexton was enjoined to dig the ' pits ' four feet deep for adults and three feet in depth for children. With respect to other burials, at a vestry HI 502 BASINGSTOKE. meeting held in 1705, on 29th June, it was ordered that the sexton or his deputy, should not demand above sixpence for digging a grave at Holy Ghost Hill, nor more than a shilling for digging a grave in the church yard. " Next to the payments for knells, the receipts for seats formed an important source of income. These were let for lives in return for a certain prepayment or fee, but the profits did not end in this transaction, as there were generally sundry smaller payments made for ' removes.' Whenever a parishioner died the vacant seat was at once secured and this generally led to several other removals. The ladies seemed especially solicitous in these cases to go up higher. There were seats for the burgesses and aldermen, and a seat for the mayor, and each of these paid a shilling on their promo- tion, for their respective seats ; and a similar sum for their ladies, to sit 'in the burgesses' wives' seat,' — a proud distinction and an envied privilege. " Collections were made yearly, for the clerk's wages ; for the relief of maimed soldiers and prisoners in the King's Bench, Marshalsea and common gaol; also to provide bread and wine for the Sacrament : and to whatever figures these collections amounted, only a stated sum was paid to the clerk, sexton and beadle j also a guinea inv the maimed soldiers, &c. ( afterwards increased to 30s.) and the amounts received for bread and wine were greatly in excess of the expenditure. "In 1622, Mrs. Juliana Hatfield gave a pulpit cloth of green velvet to the church, with the request that when it was used at a funeral, twelve pence should be paid for the use of it, and that the money was to be distributed to the poor. This was a benefaction which brought in many shillings for the relief of the neces- sitous poor, to whom the pence were doled out on those BASINGSTOKE. 503 funeral days, and this went on till tlie year 1645, wlien the said pulpit cloth appears to have been stolen by the Parliamentary soldiers, as well as the silver communion cup and cover, and other articles belonging to the church. "In 1635 some extensive repairs were carried out at the church, both within and without, and a con- siderable sum spent upon its decoration, as may be seen in the particulars given under that date. A few years afterwards the Civil war broke out, and the church received some damage at the time of the first attack upon Basing House, so that in 1643, fresh re- pairs had to be undertaken, and then again in 1645 a still greater havock was made in the church by the Parliamentary soldiers assembled for the storming of Basing House. Some barrels of gunpowder appear to have exploded in the church near the south aisle, which wrecked the windows on that side, and shattered and blew out all the glass, even from the clearstory windows. The accounts of 1646 will give some idea of the damage done. Money was again collected for the reparation of the church, and the inhabitants succeeded in getting a grant of £100, towards the costs, from the Parliamentary Committee sitting at Winchester. " Anno Domini 1622. The accompts op John Noemanton, John Hall, Eichaed Beacklie, & John Heaenb, Chuech- waedens ; of theib eeceipts and payments made the NINETEENTH DAT OP MaT. ' Beceipts. Inprimis, Received of the old churchwardens, £7 2s. lOd. Rec. for the clarke's wages of the whole towne, £3 2s. 7d. Rec. for the maimed Souldiers and Ospitall, 12s. 9d. Rec. for bread and wine for the whole yeare, £3 16s. Id. 504 BASINGSTOKE. Churchwardens' Rec. for the Lord Singones (St. John's) his knell, 2s. 6d.* Eec. for widdow Stocker's knell, and breaking ground in the church, 8s. 8d. Rec. for William Coudrye's knell, 12d.t "Widdow Parker's, 12d., John Fare's, 12d., John Loocker's, 2s., Thomas Marshalle's wife's, 12d., Daniell Dredge's wife's, 12d. Of Peter Butler for his daughter's, 12d. Of Arthur Spyer for his wife's, 8d., "William Blunden, junior's, 2s. Of John Martin for his wife's, 12d. Of Mr. Hellier for his child's, 2s. J Of "Walter Pincke for his wife's, 2s. Thomas Blunden's, 12d., Mr. Tode's, 12d., of Richard Stocker for his wife's, 2s., of Jasper May for his wife's, 2s. Of John Hall for his wife's, 12d., of Richard AUin for his child's, 8d. For Elizabeth Murale's child's, 12d., and of Anthony Browne for his wife's knell, 12d. Total, £16 10s. lid. ' Seats. Receiyed of Mr. John Tayler for his wife's seat to sit where the widow Stocker did sit, 20d. Received of Robert Cater for to sit where Parr sat, 12d. Received of Charles Butler for his wife's seat to sit in the 8th seat in the south side range where widow Edward's sat, 16d. Received of "William Aslet for his wife's seat to sit in the third seat in the north middle range where Richard Cras- welle's wife sat, 20d.§ "William Allin for his wife's seat to sit in the 4th seat in the north middle range where "William Fixer's wife sat, 20d. Richard Craswell for his wife's seat to sit in the 4th seat in the north middle range where widow Parker sat, 20d. James "Wither for his seat to sit where "William Fixer did sit, 16d. Mr. Holcroft for * " William Paulet, Lord St. John, eldest son of William, the fourth Marquess of Winchester. He married Mary, daughter of Anthony Brown, Viscount Montague, and died without issue in his father's lifetime, in August, 1621. + " The words Rec. for are continued in the original, but we omit them for brerity sake, also the word Tmell. t " This child was buried on the 25th October, 1621, and is still commemorated by a small brass effigy and inscription.— See page 97. § " Here and henceforth we omit the words Received of written at the commencement of each entry in the original. BASINGSTOKE. 505 his children to sit where his wife sits, 2s. Mrs. Hatfield •*-°- 1*^^- for her seat, 3s. Mr. George West for his wife's seat, 4s. Mr. William Blunden for a stone in the church, 5s. Walter Tovy for his wife's remove to sit where John Fare's wife did sit, 4d. Walter Tovies daughter for a seat to sit where her mother sat, 16d. John Bryer for his wife to sit in the I9th seat in the north side range, 16d. Wilham Carter for his wife's seat to sit in the 19th seat in the north side range, 16d. B.ichard Brackley for his wife to sit in her mother's seat, 20d. Henry Collier for his wife's seat to sit in the 19th seat in the north side range, 16d. John Greene for his wife's seat to sit in the 19th seat of the north side range, 16d. Trustrum Watmer for his wife's seat to sit in the 19th seat of the north side range, 16d.* John Clarite for his wife's seat to sit in the 20th seat in the n. s. r., 16d. John Vindell for his wife's seat to sit in the 20th seat in the n. s. r., 16d. John Scriffin for his wife's seat to sit in the 20th seat in the n. s. r., 16d. William Turner for his wife to sit in the 20th seat in the n. s. r., 16d. Widow Goslin for a seat to sit in the 20th seat in the n. s. r., 16d. Thomas AULn for his wife to sit in the 21st seat in the n. s. r., 16d. Daniel Dredge for his wife's remove to sit in the 21st seat in the n. s. r., 4d. Jeffory Allin for his wife's seat to sit in the 21st seat in the n. s. r., I6d. William Stevens for his wife to sit in the 21st seat in the n. s. r., 16d. Andrew Balden for his wife's seat to sit in the 21st seat in the n. s. r., 16d. Thomas Porchmouth to sit where James Henwood did sit in the 3rd seat in St. Steven's chancel, 16d. John Coudry for his wife's remove to sit in the 1st seat in the s. m. r., 4d. John Eiles for his wife to sit in the first seat in the s. s. r., 16d. Richard Spyer for his wife to sit in the 4th seat in the * " To avoid so many repetitions we use the letters n. s. r. to denote north side range j s. s. r. south side range i n. m. r. and o. m. •/ . for north and south middle range. The side ranges refer to seats in the aisles, and the middle range to the seats in the nave. The seats were numbered from west to east, so that the highest number was the nearest to the chancel. 506 BASINGSTOKE. Churchwardens' jj g j,^ i2d. William Reading for Ms wife's remove to sit in the 3rd seat behind the south church door, 4d. William Spencer for his wife to sit in the 7th seat where Good wife Grantum sat, 4d. Richard Woodroff for his wife to sit in the seat with Thomas Mason's wife where widow Nutkin sat, 16d. William Nightingall for his wife to sit in the 13th seat where widow Hawkins sat, 16d. William Haine for his wife to sit in the n. s. r. where Goodwife Fillips sat, 4d. John Quinell to sit in the first seat under the gallery, 12d. John Martin to sit in the first seat under the gallery, 12d. George Jonson for his wife to sit in the 6th seat in the n. s. r., 12d. William Daniell for his wife to sit in the 6th seat in the n. s. r., 16d. John Wolle for his wife to sit in the 4th seat in the n. s. r., 12d. James AyleifE for his wife to sit in the 4th seat in the n. m. r. to sit at the north end of the seat 20d. Thomas Ball for his wife to sit in the 4th seat in the n. s. r., 12d. Jacob Welch for his wife to sit in the 8th seat in the s. s. r., 16d. Mr. Hobes to sit where John Lenwod sat, 12d., and William Barnard for his wife's seat to sit in the 7th seat in the south side range. Total, £3 5s. 8d. " Here follows a long list of the names of those who subscribed towards the cost of erecting the gallery at the west end of the churchj with the amounts of their subscription. The total sum is £30 Os. 5d. ; after this is given the ' Receipts for the seats in the gallery/ and : 'Received of Mr. Ambrose Webb, vicar, for the old pulpit and the wheel which was made to turn the posts of the gallery, 6s. 8d. ' Received for chips, 2s. 6d. As for all the rest of the chips which were made in framing the gallery, they were delivered to Mr. Ambrose Webb, and he hath promised to mend and repair the rails to the value of them, but for our parts we have received nothing of him. Total, £4 lOs. 4d. 1622. ' Received a pulpit cloth of green velvet which is the gift of Julian Hatfield, gentlewoman, and she desireth that it might serve and be hung upon the pulpit every BASINGSTOKE. 507 festival day and Sabbath day, and every Lecture day. •*^-^- Also sbe wisbeth. that if it be used at the burial of any man or woman, or the christening of any child, unless it be upon any festival days, or Sabbath days, or Lecture days ; that then the parents of the child so christened, or the executors of the deceased, shall deliver unto the churchwardens and collectors then being, for the poor 12d., to be given by them to the poor at their discretion, and that they shall when they do give this money to the poor, make it known unto them by what means it cometh. ' Sum total of receipts for the church and gallery is £54 7s. 4d. PAYMENTS. " Paid for bread and wine for the whole year, 62s. Paid the clerk's [Robert Walker] wages for the whole year, 33s. 4d. William Lambe (Sexton) for a year's, 10s. John Porchmouth ( Beadle ) for his year's wages, 3s. 4d. For maimed soldiers and marshalsey, 13s. To Milksopp for solder at lOd. the pound, and for one day and a half's work and for wood, 26s. For our dinner at the first visitation, 6s. 8d. For staying the bill of present- ments, 12d. John Crocker for work about the bells, 20d. Bread and beer at Worting for the procession ( i.e. peram- bulation ) 2s. 6d. Timber and boards for the Liten gate, 6s. 2d. For the irongear and nails for the gate, 7d. John Crocker for three day's work, 3s. 6d. John Crocker for mending the rails, 18d. For boards to mend the wheels of the bells, 22d. For delivering the bill of presentment, 8d. John Porchment for going on business that we sent him on, 8d. To John Henwood for yielding up his own seat and his wife's which he had before paid for, 3s. For this book to make our accounts in, 3s. lOd. For paper. Id. To Worall for mending the church windows, 6d. To Crockford for making a bawdrick, 4d., for trussing and other work about the bells, 12d., and for nails, 4d. To Henwood for mending the iron gear about the bells, 2d. For a bell rope, 17d. William Cater for mending the little gate of the churchyard, 6d. To two Irish women in great distress, 18d. William Lamb for ringing on St. James' day 508 BASINGSTOKE. churehwardens' and the 5th August, 5s.* John Crocker for trussing the great bell, being a day's work, 14d. Christopher Prince for shutting of cletes for the bells and sprig nails, 9d. Paid at the second visitation according to the accustomed order of Mr. Band, 6s. For staying the bill of presentment, 8d. For a book of articles, 12d. Paid to two Irishmen, 12d. For a rope for the great bell, 2s. William Lamb for ringing on the 5th of November, 2s., and for a bawdrick for the little bell, 4d. To two gentlewomen that came forth of Ireland, 12d. To another poor distressed man, 4d. Edward Skiner for mending the clock, 6d. William Lambe for ringing on our Lady's-day, 2s. 6d. For our dinner at the second visitation, 5s. 4d. To the apparitor at the same time, 4d. For a bell rope, 17 i. To Richard Hatten for writing the text letters, [the heading to the accounts] 4d. Total, £10 7s. 8d. Payments for Building the Gallery. " Paid unto Steven Hampton of Shurburne for 5 pieces of timber, 28s., and for 3 pieces, Us. To Snow for carriage of the timber, 8s. For digging the sawpit, 12d. For sawing 9s. 6d. William Cater, 20s. Samuel South, 5s. 6d. William Cater, 6s. 6d. Samuel South, 5s. 4d. The Sawyers, 5s. For timber, 51s. lOd. For carriage of timber from Coaage and other carriage, 7s. WUliam Cater, Us. 6d. Samuel South, 5s. 6d. Robert Michener, 6s. 6d. Thomas Harmswood's boys for turning the wheel, 2s. William Cater, 12s. Robert Michener, 5s. Samuel South, 6s. The sawyers, 6s. 6d. Harwood's boys, 20d. William Cater, 14s. 6d. Robert Michiner, 7s. Ambrose Waterman for white leather, 2s. For turning the wheel, * " St. James' day, the 25th July, was the anniversary of the King's (James I.) Coronation. The 5th August was at this time observed as a holiday to commemorate the escape of King James ( then King of Scotland ) from the Gowrie conspiracy. BASINGSTOKE. 509 12a. Samuel South, 6s. The sawyers, 6s. 6d. William A.D. 1622. Cater, 12s. Samuel South, 5s. Robert Michener, 5s. lOd. Harmwood's boys for turning the wheel, 4s. 8d. For poles and grease, 8d. William Cater, 7s. Samuel South, 43. Robert Michener, 5s. lOd. For turning the wheel, 16d. For timber, 2s. William Cater, 12s. Samuel South, 6s. Robert Michiner, ^s. The sawyers, 7s. lOd. Timber, 25s. 6d. William Cater, 7s. 6d. Samuel South, 6s. Robert Michener, 7s. Turning the wheel, 3s. William Cater, 10s. Samuel South, Gs. Robert Michener, 7s. William Cater, 12s. Samuel South, 2s. Robert Michener, 7s. Timber, 2s. Laths, 2s. Boards, 3s. 6d. ' William Cater, 8s. 6d. Robert Michener, lis. 6d. Samuel South, 2s. 9d. The sawyers, 6s. 6d. For drawing of boards, 3d. For turning the wheel, 2d. For hair, 3s. 9d. Laths, 15d. Timber, 24s. For a supper for the workmen and other helpers when the gallery was a rearing, 5s. 8d. Timber, 3s. 4d. For nails, lis. 3d. For boards, 35s. 6d. Harmewood for bricks and his work, 2s. James Hen- wood for iron work, 13s. William Cater, xviijs. Robert Michener, 31s. For boards, 4s. 6d. The sawyers, 12d. For boards, £3. For lime, 4s. 7d. James Henwood for gimers, (hinges) 12d. William Cater, 16s. 6d. Samuel South, 5s. 6d. Robert Michener, 3s. 6d. For boards, 4s. For two yards of wainscot, 3s. 6d. William Cater, 3s. Thomas Harmewood for plastering the gallery and for laths and Ume, 28s. Christopher Michener, 2s. lOd. Robert Michener, 6d. NaUs, glue, and candles, 12s. 9d. William Cater, 2d. For a piece of timber, 3s. 4d. William Cater, 12d., and for timber, 2s. Total, £38 8s. 9d. ' Sum total of payments for the church and the gallery, £48 16s. 5d. ' So there remains to the church for a stock, £5 10s. lid. 510 BASINGSTOKE. Churchwardens' < ^„ Inventory of Church Goods* Accounts. Inprimis, a silver cup -with a cover. (1) (2) A Book of Monuments ( Foxe's book of Martyrs ). (3) Bishop Jewell's works. (4) A Pharaphrase of Eramus. (5) Two Bibles. (6) Three Books of Common Prayer. (7) A Register Book of Christenings and Burials. (8) A Book of Canons and a book of Articles. (9) A pair of Organs. (10) A table and a frame. (H) A new pulpit. (12) A * " This inventory is repeated yearly, with a few variations, down to the 25th April, 1645. Another inventory is given in 1650, and there are others in 1677, 1682, and 1694 " To the one of 1630, is added ; — ' Also in Mr. Webb's (the Vicar) custody, a book of Articles, two books of the Fast, and two books of the Thanksgiving : the key of the porch loft door, the key of the church door, and a Book of Homilies, as we are given to understand by the former Churchwardens'. The above, books are first named in the list of 1626. i I. " Stolen by the Parliamentary soldif C?S^21st May, 16i5, and a new one was purchased in 1663 for £5 7^ . 2 & 3. " Mentioned as extant in the Ir/ent,ory of 1677. In 1657 there is a charge for binding and clasping the •Book of Martyrs, and for binding Bishop Jewell's book in 1669. 4 & 8. "A copy of the Paraphrase ot- Erasmus was ordered to be set up in every parish church, in or4er to assist the unlearned in the interpretation of the Scriptures. Tliese books were left in the hands of the Vicar, and appear to have been lost in the time of the Civil war. 9. " These are mentioned for the last time in the list of 1645, and in 1643 there is a significant entry of ' certain pipes of the organ having leen used by the plumiber.' In the same inventory of 1645 is the first intimation of a pair of chimes, also of ' a coffin to carry poor people to burying," and a black cloth given to lay upon the said coffin given by Mrs. Hatfield, and an old Communion table. The pair of chimes occurs in the subsequent lists till 1650, but not afterwards. 10. " In 1635,— with a settle and cushion to kneel upon. II. " Now at Basing church. It was removed from Basingstoke church in 1840, and is a fine specimen of Jaoobaean wood work. A previous entry mentions the sale of the old pulpit to the Vicar. 12. " Of green velvet in 1635, also a satin cloth for the pulpit. In 1668 Mr. Edmund Pitman gave another pulpit cloth to the church. BASINGSTOKE. 511 pnlpit cloth containing three panes. (13) A chamlet cloth. ^■^- ^^^^2. (14) Two linen cloths for the Communion table and two towels. (15)- Two pulleys of brass, the one of three and the other of two. (16) Five bells and a little bell, (17) and a watch (or warning) bell (18) in the clock loft. (19) A cable and an old chest in the loft, and (20) a ^at hammer. (21) A surplice, (22) 3 flagon pots, (23) twp' Oxes, also two boxes to gather the smoke farthings. (2/ Two old chests in the vestry, (25) an old coffer with three locks to keep the Register in and other things. (26) An hour-glass ; (27) a cushion with a settle to kneel on ; (28) a pulpit cloth of green velvet ; (29) a new carpet for the Communion table of tuf taffeta, also a case of the same for the pulpit cushion. (30) An old pulpit cushion, and (31) a carpet cloth of silk for the Communion table. 14. " And one diaper table cloth given by Mr. Bainard for the Communion table is added in 1631. 15. "These are still named in the list of 1682. 17. " Called a Sannce BeU in 1625, and subsequently. 21. " In 1630, a new surplice occurs as an addition. 22. " These pewter flagons were sold in 1698 for Ss. 4d. and others purchased in lieu of them, together with a lantern at the cost of 21s. 6d. 23. " BmoTce farthings was a popular name given to an ancient contribution due at Whitsuntide, from every parish in the diocese towards the expenses of the wax lights and incense used in the Cathedral Church of Winchester. The payment from Basingstoke was 5s. a year, and is repeatedly named in these accounts, for instance, among the payments of the ensuing year occurs : — ' Paid for smoke farthings at the second visitation, 5s.' It is designated ' Pentecost money ' after the Eestoration. — 1663, ' Paid Pentecost money 15s. for 3 years,' and in 1664, ' Paid Pentecost money, 5s.' The earliest mention of it as ' Pentecost money ' in these accounts is in 1626, and in 1627 the entry is simply, — 'Paid to the Cathedral Church, 5s.' but in the following years the older designation of smoke farthings is resumed. 25. " Mentioned as being in the chancel in 1642. 26. " A new hour-glass was purchased iu 1647 for 7d., and another in 1663 for 8d. 27. " And one green velvet cushion given by Robert Walker. " In 1628, and subsequently ' six ladders,' whereof one was given by Mr. Walter Pink, and ' four fire hooks.' 512 BASINGSTOKE. ChurchwardenB' "OFFICIALS ELECTED IN 1622. Churchwardens, William Heame, Accounts. Henry Cater, William Greene, and John Holmes. Sidemm, John Heame and Bicliard Braokley. Collectors for the poor, John Watta, -James Ayllif, Edward Barnard, and Robert Trimar. Swpervisors for the highways, John Money, John Manfeld, Nicholas Gardner, and James Wither. " The folio with the heading and commencement of the accounts rendered in May, 1623, is lost. It con- tained the introductory payments and all the knells, and the first portion of the payments for seats. " The following are selections from the accounts of succeeding years of such entries as are of an exceptional character or otherwise deserving of notice. The year given is the date of the rendering of the accounts, consequently in many instances the entry refers to the previous year. 1623. Payments. " To Thomas Harmwood for paving of John Normanton's wife's grave, and for paving of Mr. Baynard's daughter's grave, Is., and to Eoberfc Walker for writing our book of christenings, and weddings, and burials, 4d. 1624. " Received for my Lady Wallop's knell, 2s. " Lady Elizabeth, wife of Sir Henry Wallop, knight, daughter and heiress of Robert Corbet, of Moreton Corbet, who died on 5th Noyem- ber, 1623, and was buried at Farley Wallop. ' Received for William Temple's knell and for breaking the ground in the church, 8s. 8d., and his gift to the church, 12d. [ He was tenant of St. John's Farm.] ' Received of Mr. Steven Webb for the whole seat where Mrs. Holcraft and her children sat, 5s. " Mr. Stephen Webbe, alias Evered, see page 25. Mrs. Dorothy Holoroft, daughter of Thomas Bedingfield, of Bedingfield, Co. Suffolk, Esq., and wife of WiUiam Holoroft, Esq. She had two sons and three daughters. ( See page 506-7 for a previous notice of this seat.) ' M*. That Henry Purchase and Robert South paid 12d. a piece to the poor for using Mrs. Hatfield's pulpit cloth, as she decreed it. BASINGSTOKE. 513 'Paid for ringing when the King [James I.] was in progress, 12d. "The King left WliiteliaU on Monday, July 21st, 1623; on the following day he dined at Hartford bridge on his way to Basing, and ate fruit sent from Bramshill. The King slept at Basing House on Tuesday night, and on the Wednesday (July 23rd) he passed through Basingstoke on his way to Andover. 1625. " Received for the passage of the corpse of a knight, 6s. 8d. ' For Thomas Bunneies knell and burial in the chnroh, 8s. 8d. " He was one of the burgesses nominated in King James' Charter, and had previously held the office of baUifE. His death is mentioned in page 456. ' Paid to the ringers for ringing on the Earl of South- ampton's funeral day, Is. " Henry Wriothesley, K.G., the third Earl of Southampton, who died on 10th November, 1624, and was buried at Titchfield. ' Paid to Thomas Harmwood for tiling St. Steven's chancel and plastering the leads, 3s. 6d. To William Hawkins for mending the poor men's box, 6d. 1626. " Paid for bread and beer at Worting at the time of walking the perambulation, 2s. ' For two books of the fast, 2s. ; a book of articles. Is. ; two books of the Thanksgiving, 8d. ; and a book of Homilies, 7s. " These books are added to the inventory of this year. The book of Homilies would be that of 1623, the last edition published by authority. ' Paid for ringing at the Queen's passing by the town, 9d. " Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I. ' Paid for certifying that the belfry was approved of by Dr. Barlow, Is. "Dr. Ralph Barlow, appointed Archdeacon of Winchester in 1609, and in 1629 made Archbishop of Tuam in Ireland. 1627. " Received for the passage of the corpse of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, 6s. 8d. 514 BASINGSTOKE. Churchwardens' "Dr. Arthur Lake, bom at Southampton in 1567. He waa a Accounts. distinguished Wykehamist, and was elected Warden of New College, Oxford, in 1613 ; and promoted to the Bishopric of Bath and Wells in 1616. He died on the 4th May, 1626, and was buried in the south aisle of the choir of Wells Cathedral. ' Received of William Blnnden for the widow Bunny, her knell, burial in the church, and all the bells, 8s. 8d., and for the pulpit cloth, Is. ' Paid for a book of the fast. Is. ; for a communion book, 7s. ; for mending the old communion book, 3d. ; and for mending the communion cloth, 2d. ' Paid to the ringers at the passage of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, his corpse, Is. 1628. " Paid Mr. Bancks, a preacher, for making a sermon, 10s. Paid more to Mr. Hodges, a preacher, Is. 'Paid to a Turkeyman in distress, being turned a Christian, 6d., and to Richard Moore for carrying the return of the recusants to Winchester, 2s. 6d. ' Received for the use of the pulpit cloth given by Mrs. Hatfield at two burials and delivered to poor people according to her will and desire, 2s. 1630. " Received for the Lord Sandes, his knell, 3s. " William Sandys, 4th Lord Sandys, who married Alathea, daughter and co-heiress of John Panton, of Bruinskid, Co. Denbigh., Esq., died without issue in 1629, aged 22, and the barony passed to his half nephew, Henry Sandys. In the accounts of the Holy Ghost Chapel, 1628-30, occurs : — ' Received for the burial of Lord Sandes, 20s.' ' Received of Mr. John Ailwyn for his wife to sit in the eighth seat in the south middle range, 2s. 'Paid for the new surplice, (viz. 9 ells of hoUand at 3s. 4d. the ell, and making, 3s. ) to William Clough, 33s. 1631. "Received for the passing of the Lord of Pern- brook's corpse through the town, 6s. 8d. "William Herbert, K.G., 3rd Earl of Pembroke, who died of apoplexy at his house called Baynard's Castle, in the city of London, on 10th April, 1630, and was buried in Salisbury Cathedral. BASINGSTOKE. 615 ' Received of Thomas Miles, the tapster of the Bell, to sit in the Tapster's seat in the gallery. Is. ' Paid for the prayer for the Prince, 2d. ( Charles, Prince of Wales, bom 29th May, 1630. ) ' Paid for a bag to keep the surplice and the church linen in, 3s. Id. 1634. "Received of Mr. Sandys of the Vine about the time of the burial of his brother, Mr. — Sandys, 10s. " Mr. Henry Sandys of the Vyne ( 3rd son of Sir Edwin Sandys ) had two brothers, William and Miles, both of whom died without issue, and it is not certain to which of these two the entry refers. 16.35. " Paid to William Lambe, sexton, for his whole year's wages for keeping of the bells, clock, and chimes, 20s. " The sexton's salary was 10s. a year from 1622 to 1633. In 1634 it was raised to 15s. In 1646 it was 20s., and in 1655 it was increased to 30s. ' Paid Henry Vyncent for new making the chimes and to keep them in repair till Michaelmas next, £8. " There are numerous items this year in connection with extensive repairs to the church inside and out, and among them, occur : — ' Paid to Richard Worrall and William Axe of Famham for mending and new leading the eight uppermost windows, for making clean and mending the rest of the windows in the church, St. Stephen's chancel and the vestry, for making clean the roof of the church and new whitening of the body of the church, for new colouring of the windows and arches, for colouring of all the turned pillars in or about the church into a marble colour in oil, for new writing the ten commandments, the creed, the Lord's prayer, and the rest of the tables about the church, with new flourishing the King and Queen's arms, and other work there done, £10. ' Paid to the same for colouring in oil and gilding the pulpit, pew, and screens, for colouring the gallery in oil, for setting up of Adam and Eve at the west end of the church, and setting up all the arms on the walls of the church and the rest of the work there done, £13 18s. 1638. "Received for a corpse that passed by, 6s. 8d., and paid for the ringing at the passing by of the corpse, Is. 8d., for a communion service book, 8s. 6d., and for a quire of paper to make a book for the clerk to register, 4^d, 516 BASINGSTOKE. Churchwardens' Accounts, 1639. " Paid Robert Michener for two great pulleys for the clock, Is. To Vincent for mending the chimes, 4s. 6d. For a communion service book, 8s. 6d. 1640. " Paid to a minister which was sent to me by Mr. Webb (the Vicar) which was banished out of the Palgrave's country. Is. ' Paid to the chime-maker for making of the chimes, £4, Is. Od. 1642. " Paid for mending of the communion cup, 8d., and to Henry Vincent for mending the clock, 4s. 1643. " Used by the plumber certain pipes of the organs, containing 6 pounds of pewter and 4 pounds of lead. " We now reach the period of the siege of Basing House, which began in November, 1643, and continued till the 14th October, 1645. 1643-44. " Received for Henry Roe, a soldier's knell. Is., and for Joachim Van Heme, a soldier's knell, 2s. ' Paid for digging twenty-one graves, 7s., and for carrying six men and digging their graves, 8s. Richard Beckley (the beadle) for digging five graves. Is. 8d. For digging the grave in the churchyard, 6d., and for carrying two men and digging their graves, Is. 8d. Paid Richard Beckley for making clean about the church, Is. lOd. 1645. "Received for a captain's knell, Is., and for another captain's knell, Is. For a soldier's knell, 2s. ' Paid Binfield for digging a grave for a soldier, 6d., and for carrying the soldier, Is. 6d. ' Paid Roger Binfield for digging two graves for soldiers. Is., and for burying them, 5s. Paid for burying two soldiers, 3s. 6d., and for digging a grave, 6d. Paid Richard Beckly for digging a grave for a soldier, 4d. Paid Andrew Bastin for carrying a soldier to burying, 2s. Paid Roger Binfield for digging three graves for soldiers, Is. 3d. Paid Binfield for digging two graves for soldiers, lOd. Paid BASINGSTOKE. 517 Andrew Bastin and Binfield for digging a grave for a soldier and burying him, 2s. 6d. Paid William Hawkins for a shroud for a soldier, 3s. 1646. "Received for an Engineer's burial, Is. " Monies given towards the reparation of the Church by those whose names are hereunder written. " A list of 259 names (many of them for amounts not exceeding 6d. or a shilling.) The highest donations are 40s., given by Stephen James. Mr. Andrew Butler and Mr. Thomas Hall 20s. each. Mr. Edmund Pitman, William Spier, Mr. Richard Woodroffe, Widow Strangwidge, Mr. William Hearne, John Davies, and Henry Cater, junr., lOs. each. Mr. John Ailwyn, 6s. 8d. John Lamhold and Robert Sawyer 6s. each. The subsequent donations are 5s. and under. " The total receipts for this year amounted to £35 13s. 3d., and among the payments occur : "Paid to Peter Sandsbury (parish clerk, see page 109) for his pains in going to Odiham to seek after the chalice or communion cup which was taken out of Vicar "Webb's house by the Parliamentary soldiers the 21st day of May, (1645) being Wednesday, and detained still by them. Is. ' Paid for a coffin for the soldier which was killed at Francis Dowce's house, and for a shroud, a woman watching with him, with other charges, by the command of the Garrison of Bazinge then being, 8s. 8d. ' Paid to Mr. Joseph Collyer for twice drawing and engrossing of the petition delivered to the Committee at Winchester for allowance towards the reparation of the church, being much torn by the blowing up of gunpowder lying in the church, 3s. 4d. ' Paid to Nicholas Coles for his dinner when he came to view the church how the windows might be repaired, Bd. " In the next entry we have particulars with respect to materials brought from Basing House for the repairs of the church, as the House of Commons had on 15tb n 518 BASINGSTOKE. Churchwardens' October, 1645, issued an order for the demolition of Basing House, 'and that whoever fetches away the materials shall have them for their pains.' ' Paid Thomas Arnold for taking down 4000 tiles at Bazing, 10s., and for two dajs' work for his man to help load tiles at Bazing, 20d. 'Paid for taking down tiles from the chancel ( Basing- stoke ) 2s. 6d. ' Paid for eleven pounds of red lead, 3s. 8d. For 2| lbs. of franckincense, 2s. 6d. To Nicholas Coles for six and a half days' work at 18d. per diem, 9s. 9d., and paid him for 79 lbs. solder at lOd. a lb., 65s. lOd. ; and a laborer for six days' work, 4s. For coals, 3s. 4d., and beer, 4d. ' Paid to William Hawkins, the smith, for iron pins to fasten the great stone door, the pulpit, and for iron work about the windows, 2s. 2d. 1647. " Received for one of the Lord Marquess's groom's knell, Is. "Monies given by the Committee. Received at several times of Barnard Hawtrell in part payment of the £100, given towards the reparation of the church, the sum of £60. " Among the entries in continuation of the repairs to the church are purchases of timber and other repairs to the wood-work and seats, and ' For mending the pulpit cushion and the pulpit cloth, 6d. 'Paid for the charges of Mr. Webb, [the Vicar] Mr. Stocker, and William Clough for their journey to London to the Company of Skinners for the getting of our money due to the town by them, with other charges in London about the same business, 46s. 'Paid Richard Worrall, William Borne, and Philip Robins, glaziers, for 70 feet of glass new leaded in the bell loft at 8d. per foot, 17s. 6d. ; for 60 feet of new leading in the upper windows in the church, 12s. 6d. ; for 246 feet BASINGSTOKE. 519 of new glass at 6d. per foot in the same ■windows, £6 3a. Also paid to them for 264 feet of new glass in the four south aisle windows, £6 12s. ; for 264 feet of new glass in the four north aisle windows, £6 12s. ; for 66 feet of new glass in the east window, 33s., and in the head of that window, 4s. ; for 58 feet of glass in the window over the north door, 29s. ; for the nine heads of the nine great windows, £4 10s. ; for the new whitening of the church, new writing of the creed and mending of the arms, £3. Paid for 40 feet of new glass and 8 feet of new leading, being for both the lesser windows in St. Michael's chancel, 22s. ; for 130| feet of new glass in the great window, £8 5s. 3d. ; and for 24 feet of new glass and 8 feet of new leading in St. Stephen's chancel, 14s. 1647-48. "Received of Francis Douce by the appoint- ment of Bernard Hawtrell in part more of the £100 given by the Committee, £37 10s. ' Received for three trees given to the church by the President of Mary Magdalen College in Oxford, £4 10s. ' Paid Mr. Andrew Weller, woodward to Mary Magdalen College, for his fees for the three trees given to the church by the President, 10s., and for horse hire and one man's wages to get the trees marked, 2s. 1648. " The first entry is, — ' Received for Mr. Ambrose Webb's knell, 0. " He had held the Vicarage for 54 years and, during the unsettled times of his incumbency, was frequently at warfare with his parishioners and troubled with prosecutions in the Consistory court. ' Paid to Barnard Hawtrell for his fee in gaining of our money given by the Committee, £5, Paid to Bernard Reeve for an hour glass, 7d. "At the end of the accounts, 20th April, 1650. 'The sum total of receipts for the five years past, £169 10s. 2d. and the total of the payments, £169 4s. Od. Remaining due to the church, 6s. 2d. More in Francis Dowse's hands given by the Committee towards the reparation of the church, 60s, being a part of the £100 given for that use. i20 BASINGSTOKE. Churchwardens' > 03 T3 ^ !>-. 1 1 1 ■i .2 ,Jd 1 1 s o P3 o &. S o ^ o ^ c3 ■a o o <7i ^ o a o o m o PI s .a C3 03 CD TS i 1 a. O n M o fl U s ^ 5 3 ^ 2 8 ^ 5 g^ 9 60 O o s « ^ pi o g ■3 pi pi O r2 Pi pi ja rd Pt 00 CO pi 02 M (0 60 O 00 ^ ^73 ID M a M o 3 -d pi o o o rd 8 ^ Pi o -a H to Pi -a pl o ,i2 O a pl 02 CM Pl O l>> MUNIMENTS AT MERTON COLLEGE. 637 in 1284. ( lOfcli January, 1282-3, to 29th Sept., 1284.) The dorse contains a return of the stock for the period of four years. [No. 4.] " This is a continuation of the previous roll, and endorsed by a contemporary hand — ' Tlie account of Sir Rohert, the chaplain, of his receipts and expenses of the hospital at Basinggstoke.' ( 29th Sept., 1283, to 29th Sept., 1286.) It commences without a heading with the entries relating to the expenses of the house, and after the entries relating to that year : — ' The same renders an account from St. Michael's day, A.D. 1284, to the feast of St. Michael nearest following,' with a marginal entry, ^ Tertius compotus,' and on the dorse of the roll, ' The fourth and last account.' The same renders an account from the feast of St. Michael, A.D. 1285, until the feast of St. Michael nearest following. [No. 5.] "A roll of two skins sewed together at the top. The upper part of the first skin is damaged as indicated. The account of E. [chaplain of the house] of Saint [John at Bas] ingestoke from the feast of St. Peter ad vinoula in the 17. Edw. I. [until the same] feast in the 18th year of the same king. ( 1st August, 1289, to 1st August, 1291.) " The second skin is headed : — ' The accounts of E., chaplain of the house of St. John at Basingestoke, from the day of St. Peter ad vincula 18. Edw. I., until the same feast in 19. Edw. I. " Expenses of the chapel and church. In first year, — For wax bought, 22Jd. for tithes and oblations, 7id. Total, 23. 6id. In second year, — For wax bought, 22id. ; for oil, 6d. ; for tithes and oblations, 8d. Total, 3s. id. " At the foot of the front side of the second skin is sewed a small piece of parchment indented at the top : — Memorandum that on the feast of St. Mar- garet [20th July] in the 19th year of King Edward (1291) were audited the accounts of Sir Robert de Le, chaplain, of his administration of the accounts of the hospital of St. John at Basingestoke during four years, viz. for the 16, 17, 18, and 19 years of King Edward (1288-1291.) Accounted and allowed; and the said hospital owes to the said Sir Eobert upon his last account, 71s. 2sd. [No. 6. ] This roll consists of a single skin, 18 inches long, and is imperfect. Only the right hand side of its entire length remains, the other half has been cut off. (1st August, 1291, to 1st August, 1292.) of St. John the Baptist at Basingestoke from the day of St. Peter's chains in the 19th year of King Edward to feast in 20th year of the same King. [No. 7.] "Accoimt of E[obert] chaplain of the house of St. John at Basingestoke from the day of St. Peter's chains in the 20. Edward I., to the same feast in 21. Edward I. (1st August, 1292, to 1st August, 1293.) " At the foot of the roll is sewed a small piece of parchment indented at the top, with an entry similar to that noted on roll No. 5, certifying that on 20th July, 1293, Sir Eobert had passed the accounts of his administration of the hospital of St. John the Baptist at Basingestoke for the six years, viz. from 1288 to 1293, and that the hospital owed him for the entire period, 50s. 2id. 638 BASINGSTOKE HOSPITAL. [No. 8.] " A roll of two sking. Reginald, chaplain of the hospital pf St. John the Baptist, at Basingestoke, renders account from the feast of the con- version of St. Paul the Apostle, 22. Edw. 1., nntil the feast of St. Michael next foUowing. ( 25th January, 1293-4, to 29th Sept., 1295.) *' ( Inter alia. He accounts for the expenses of the chapel of the said hospital and of the mother church of the town, for wax and other things, 4s. 8d.) " The second skin has a similar heading for the period from 29th September, 22. Edw. I., to 29th September, 23. Edw. I. [No. 9.] " This is a duplicate of roll 8, with only a few variations. [No. 10.] "Eeginald, chaplain, renders an account of the house of the hospital of St. John the Baptist, from the feast of St. Michael, 23. Edward I., to the same feast in 24. Edward I. (29th Sept., 1295, to 29th Sept., 1296.) [No. 11.] '* View of the account of Sir Reginald, chaplain of the hospital of St. John at Basyngestoke, from the feast of St. James in 24. Edward I., until the same feast in the 25. Edward I. (25th July, 1296, to 25th July, 1297.) [No. 12.] "A roll of two skins tied together at the top. 1. Reginald, chaplain of the house of St. John the Baptist at Basingestoke, accounts from the feast of St. Peter's chains in 24. Edward I., until the same feast in 25. Edward I. 2. Reginald, chaplain of the house of St. John the Baptist of Basingestoke, accounts from tho feast of St. Michael in 25. Edward I., until the feast of St. Margaret in 26. Edward I. ( 1st August, 1296, to 20th JuJy, 1298.) [No. 13] "View of the account of Ralph, the Serjeant (servientis) of Basingestoke, from the feast of St. Margaret the virgin in 27. Edward I., nntil the Friday before the feast of St. Nicholas in the 28. Edward I. ( 20th July, 1299, to 4th Dec, 1299.) [No. 14.] "Basingstoke. The account of Ralph Barastre, Serjeant of the hospital of Basingestoke from the feast of St. Michael in 28. Edward I., until the feast of St. Margaret the virgin in 29. Edward I. ( 29th Sept., 1300, to July, 1301.) [No. 15.] "The account of Ralph Banastre, keeper (custos) of the hospital of St. John at Basingestoke, from the feast of St. Michael in 30. Edward I., until Saturday, the feast of St. Margaret in 31. Edward I. (29th Sept., 1302, to 20th July, 1303.) [No. 13.] " The account of Sir Gervase, chaplain, keeper of the hospital of St. John the Baptist at Basingestoke, of all his receipts and expenses from the feast of St. Margaret the virgin in the 31. Edward I., until tho Sunday nearest after the feast of the translation of St. Thomas the Martyr in 32. Edward I. (20th July, 1303, to 12th July, 1304.) "( Among the payments occur : — ' Also, for three pounds of wax bought to maintain the two tapers, according to custom, in the church of the Blessed Michael, IG^d. See page 43. And for three pounds of wax bought for the MUNIMENTS AT MERTON COLLEGE. 639 lights of tlie chapel, 16d., and for wine used in the same for the celebration of Mass, 4d.' ) [No. 17.] " The account of Sir Gervase, chaplain of the hospital of St. John the Baptist at Basingestoke, from the Sunday nearest after the feast of the translation of St. Thomas the martyr in the 32. Edward I., until the Sunday nearest after the feast of the same translation in the 33. Edward I. (12th July, 1304, to 11th July, 1305.) [No. 18.] " The account of [Thomas de] Andevere of the hospital of Basing [stoke] from the feast of the translation of St. Thomas the martyr in the 2. Edward II., until the same feast in 3. Edward II. (7th July, 1309, to 7th July, 1310.) [No. 19.] " The account of T[homas] de Andevere of the hospital of Basing [stoke] from the translation of St. Thomas the martyr in the ending of the 3. Edward II., until the same feast in 4. Edward II. (7th July, 1310, to 7th July, 1311.) [No. 20.] " The account of T[homas] de Andevere of the hospital of Basing [stoke] from the feast of the translation of St. Thomas the martyr in the 4th year of the reign of King Edward II., until the same feast in 5. Edward II. (7th July, 1311, to 7th .Tiily, 1312.) [No. 21.] " Basynggestoke. The account there, in the year of our Lord, 1330. The year beginning (sic). "The account is rendered by 'Thomas de Wurtyngges, Serjeant there,' and the dorse of the roll is headed : — Bastngestoke. Issues of the grange there, in the third year of Edward III. 1330. [No. 22.] " Basynggestoke. The account of Roger Kipas, Serjeant there, from the feast of St. Peter, which is called ad vincula, in 5. Edward III., until the same feast of St. Peter in the 6. Edward III. ( 1st August, 1331, to 1st August, 1332.) [No. 23.] " Basyngstoke. The account there, A.D. 1333, from the beginning of the year to the Gules of August 1333, to 1st August. [No. 24.] " The account of Eoger Kypas, baUiif of the scholars of Merton Hall, Oxford, of their manor of Basyngstoke, which is called Seynt Johanes hous, from the feast of St. Thomas in 7- Edward III., until the same feast of St. Thomas in 8. Edward III., an entire year. ( 7th July, 1333, to 7th July, 1334.) [No. 25.] " The account of Eoger Kypas, bailiff of the hospital of St. John at Basingestoke, from the feast of the translation of St. Thomas the martyr in the 8. Edward III., until the same feast in 9. Edward III. (7th July, 1334, to 7th July, 1335.) [No. 26.] " The account of Eoger Kypas, serjeant of the warden and scholars of the HaU of Mertoun of their manor of Basingstoke, from the feast of the translation of St. Thomas the martyr in the 9. Edward III., until the same feast in 10. Edward III. (7th July, 1335, to 7th July, 1336.) 640 BASINGSTOKE HOSPITAL. [No. 27.] " A roll of two skins tied together at the foot. 1. Bastngstonge (sic). The account of Eoger, the Serjeant there, from the translation of St. Thomas the martyr in the 11. Edward III., until the feast of St. Michael then nearest following in the 11. Edward III. (1337.) 2. Bastngestoke. The house of St. John. The account of Sir Richard de Schenlye, chaplain, Serjeant there, from the feast of St. Michael in 11. Edward III. (1337), unta the feast of the translation of St. Thomas the martyr then following in the 12th year. (7th July, 1337, to 7th July, 1338.) [No. 28.] " Basingstoke. The account of Sir John de Donham, chaplain, Serjeant there, from the feast of the translation of St. Thomas in the 19. Edward III., until the same feast in 20. Edward III. (7th July, 1345, to 7th July, 1346.) [No. 29.] "The hospital of St. John at Basyngestoke. The account of Sir John de Donham, Serjeant there, from the feast of the translation of St. Thomas the martyr in the 20. Edward III., until the same feast then nearest following. (7th July, 1346, to 7th July, 1347.) " The Great Pestilence broke out in 13 1-9, and this may have caused the cessation of these rolls, as the depopulation of the country was so great that rents could not be collected, nor tenants easily found for the occupation or cultivation of lands. After this date we have no account of the Hospital estate until 1379, when the college granted a lease of the hospital and its property for 57a. a year, and from this date the system of letting the property on lease has continued up to the present time. The site of the hospital was cleared of its buildings in 1887, owing to Mr. Portsmouth having purchased the ground from the college authorities, whereof he had been tenant for many years. The Accounts of the Ebntees or Paemebs of the Hospital OF St. John at Basingstoke. A.D. 1466 to 1593. " On a piece of paper 12 inches long and 4| inches -wide. ( The italics, with the exception of the heading, distinguish the portion of the original given in English.) " View of the account of Robert Longe, renter of the hospital of St. John at Basyngstoke,for the lands and tenements ivhich he holds of the same hospital, from the feast of St. Michael the archangel, in the dth year of Edward IV. to the same feast in the \2th year, viz. for six years. (29th Sept., 146(3, to 29th Sept., 1172.) " He has to account beyond the sums due to the bailiffs of the town, for his holding, 40s. at 6s. 8d. a year ; and 16s. for the other tenements, and 6s. for the forge for a year, and 5s. 3d. for the arrears of the same. Whereof he asks to be allowed for divers repairs and for the chaplain celebrating there, 55s. 7d. and therefore he owes lis. 8d. " And for the rest of the lands, meadows and rents of the said hospital, Richard Kyngesmyll has to answer during the aforesaid years, on the aforesaid feast. MUNIMENTS AT MERTON COLLEGE. 641 " Thyre hyn the duetys behynd in thefeste of Myghelmas Anno 12. Imprimis. Eyngysmyll for 2 medes and 2 crofts, £9. Item for the forge, 30s. ^Varde, 20d, Of the corner tenantry, is. 8(1. Swyndon, 10s. 'Id. E. Kilce, 18d. Johanna Smyth of Clydysden, 15d. Of the Eert, 3s. Of Fowler or Eeyne, 15d. " Memd. that Robard Longe oxogth to be alowyed for divers parcelJis by him payde unto thefeste of MyghelmrAs, Anno 12, 55s. 7d. : and so owyth clerly in the same fesfe besyde the seyde summys to be recoveryd, lis. 8d. for feldyng and carrying of tymber, 2s. Also for auter (alter) clothis, 15d. Also for a cloth to lorappe a chales, 2d. Item for saivyng of horde, 2s. Item for naylys. Id. Item for thefreres borde at divers tymys, 12d. " On a piece of paper 9 mches wide and 10 inches long, (Undated, in a hand of the latter part of the loth century.) " Reparations in Basyngstoke for Seynt John's hows. In primis for makyng of a pane [a wall] in the churchyarde for a lode of stone vd. To a mason for his work, xijd. For a cowsehyde, xijd. Summa ijs. vd. " Item, to the reparations of the tenements. First to the mayster carpenter for xxxj dayes and a half, xvs. ixd. To a laborer to help the carpenter for xvj dayes and a half, vs. vjd. Paid to a thetcher for that hows bi iij dayes xviijd. To ij men to serve the thetcher bi iij dayes, ijs. For iiij hundrede of sparris, (spars) iiijd. For ij lode of strawe, ijs. For iij hundred lath nayles, iiijd. For i hundrede of lathis, vd. For iiij hundred of tymber and burde, (board) Bawyng, iiijs. For j piece of tymber bowte, (bought) xvjd. For vj lode of stone for grownde pynnyng, ijs. vjd. For xvj lode of erth for grownde pynnyng, iiijs. For brejdyng and dawbynge, iiija. For ground pynnynge, iiijs. For a lode of roddys, (rods) xviijd. For vj hundrede of iiij peny nayle, ijs. For carriage of viij lodes, price of every lode vjd., iiijs. Summa, Ivs. ijd. " Item to the reparation of the ohapell, furst for a thowsande tyle, vs. For a lode of sande, vjd. For a halfe thowsande bryck, ijs. vjd. For viij buasellea of lyme, viijd. Payd to a helyar iij dayes, xviijd. Payd to a man to serve the helyar bi iij days, xijd. Payd for iiij hundrede of lath nayle iiijd. Payd for iiij hundrede of lathys, xd. For half busshell of tyle pynnys, iiijd. Summa xiJB. viijd. Summa totalis, iij li. vs. iijd. " Item, one of the tenements was voyde bi the space of v quarters, and the other was voyde bi a quarter. Summa, vjs. Summa totalis, iij. li. xvs. iijd. 1480-1506. " A bundle of six small pieces of parchment tied together at the foot, and one detached piece, containing the accounts of the farmers of the Hospital written in Latin. (1) 1480-1486. "Basingstoke. Account of Thomas Andrew, the farmer there, from 29th September, 20th Edward IV., to the feast in 2nd Henry VII., viz. for 6 years. Arrears none. He has to answer for his farm rent, £4 lOs. a year, and for the rent of the tenements 14s. a year. Amounting for his six years to £31 4s. 642 BASINGSTOKE HOSPITAL. " Paid to the King's bailiffs for escheats for six years, £17 2s., viz. 57s. a year. To the chaplain for six years at 20s. a year, £6, and for repairs as appears by bill, £3 19s. lid., for rents reduced, 8s., and for other repairs, 43. Id. Amount paid and allowances, £27 14s., and so he owes £3 lOs. (2) 1486-1489. " A similar account by the same for three years ending 29th September, 1489. " Arrears, £3 10s., as appears on the foot of preceding account. Eents as before, except an increase for the tenements of 20d. a, year. Total, £19 8s. Payments to the bailiffs and chaplains as before. For repairs, 28s. lid., and 8s. for lost rents. Total of payments and allowances, £13 7s. lid., and so he owes £5 193. Id., npon which he asks allowance for two fifteenths paid at four different times, 26s. 8d., so he owes in the clear, £4 123. 5d. (3) 1489-1490. " A similar account by the same for one year. " Payments, to chaplain and bailiff as before. To [John] Davyse, 3rd bursar, 203., and to [Edward] Bernardo, Ist bursar, 263. 8d. For repairs as by bill, 9s. 2d. Total, £6 12s. 8d., and 9s. 4d. of this is allowed to him for the rents received by Sir Thomas Twynning. "Mem. The farmer ought to answer for assize rents in Basingstoke, amounting to 15s. 3d. a year, becanse he ought to collect them by his agree- ment as appears by the rental set out on the back. " On the 'back of the skin. Assize rents in Basingstoke which the farmer is to collect yearly. Of Simon Millare for le forge, 6s. Of Alice Cowdrey, widow, for a garden, 20d. Of Belchambyr for a garden, 4d. For the two tenements adjoining on the north side of the hospital, 8s., and for a garden at Clydesden, 3d. Total, 16s. 3d. [ " A small detached piece of parchment contains a similar account by the same for the year ending 29th September, 1491. The receipts amounting to £5 6s. 3d , and payments to £3 l7s. Balance, 293. 3d.] (4) 1490-1501. " A similar account by the same for elcTen years, ending 29th September, 1501. Arrears, 35s. lid. Rent of farm, £49 10s., and assize rents, £8 18s. 9d. Total, £60 4s. 8d. Paid to the bailiffs of Basingestoke, £31 7s. To the chaplain, £11. For three fifteenths and a half granted to the King within the period of this account at the rate of 133. 4d. for an entire fifteenth, 46s. 8d. To [Edward] Bernard [bursar] at one time, 26s. 8d., and to [John] Ohambyr at another time, 26s. 8d. For repairs during the eleven years as appears by bills thereupon made, and shown at this accounting, £10 6s. 6id. and 9s. 3d. paid through the hands of Master Richard Gosmer [vicar of Basing- stoke]. Total of payments and allowances, £58 23. 8d. ob. So he owes altogether, 42s. lljd. (5) 1502-1503. "Basingstoke. Account of Nicholas Harres, farmer of the hospital of St. John the Baptist there, from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel in the 18th year of Henry VII., to the same feast in the 19th year. " Arrears, None, because it is the first year of account. But he answers for the farm for one year, £4 lOs. and a pound of pepper, and for the assize rents. 16s. 3d. Total, £5 6s. 3d. MUNIMENTS AT MERTON COLLEGE. 643 ' Wherefrom he lias paid to the bailiffs of the lord King for a certain escheat, 57s., to the chaplain celebrating there for the year,' 20s. For repairs made during the year, 12s. 6d., and to the lord of Shirveld (Sherfleld) a pound of pepper. ' Total of payments and allowances, £4 9s. 6d. Therefore he owes 16s. 9d., which sum he paid [Nicholas] Consaunt, the 3rd bursar, and so it is balanced.' (6) 1503-1506. " A similar account by the same for three years. " To the receipts mentioned above is added, 13s. 4d. received from the warden [Richard Fitz James, afterwards Bishop of London,] for carrying out repairs as appears by a biU of the said warden. "Total, £16 12s. Id. Payments to the bailiffs and chaplain as before. Repairs, £3 16s. 2d., ' and to the lord of Schervyld three pounds of pepper for the time of the account.' 'Total of payments and allowances, £15 Vs. 2d. Therefore he owes 2 is. lid., whereof he paid [Roger] Moreland, the 1st bursar, 43. lid., and owes 20s.' "Mem., that the said lord of Schervyld ought not to have the pound of pepper nor anything else from us, as appears from the ancient accounts of the farmers of Basingstoke, therefore it is ordered by the warden that the afore- said farmer is not to pay it to him any more. " On a piece of paper 11 inches wide and 16 inches in length : — " Tlie accomptes of Thomas Andrewe. fermour, and rent gatherer of the hospital of Seint John's in Basyngstohe, with all rents pertaining to the same, pertaining to Merton College in Oxunford, from, the feste of St. Michael the Archangel, the vijth yere of the reign of King Harry the VII., unto the same feste the xjth yere of King Harry the VII. ( 29th Sept., 1491, to 29th Sept., 1495.) " As by the year iiij U. xs. and j lb. of pepper. Summa for iiij years, xviij U. and iiij lbs. of pepper. " Item, the same Thomas chargeth himself of xvjs. and iijd. a year received of the tenants pertaining to the same hospital. Summa for the said iiij years, iij li. vs. Summa of the receipts, xxj li. vs. and iiij lbs. of pepper. " Whereof the said Thomas asks ( axeth ) allowances. First paid to the King's scores (scorys) of Basyngstoke by the year, Ivijs. Summa for the said iiij years xj li. viijs. " Item, the said Thomas asks (axeth) allowance of iiij li. paid to the priest singing in the chapel of the said hospital, that is to say every year xxs. Summa, iiij U. "Item, the said Thomas asks allowance for the iij whole King's silver and a half, otherwise called xvth, that is to say, every whole xiijs. iiijd. Summa, xlvjs. viijd. " Item, for diverse reparations done upon the said hospital. First paid for the stuff and making of a new chimney in the haU, xiijs. iiijd. 644 BASINGSTOKE HOSPITAL. " Item, for making of a new bay window, first for a ehide of timber, xxd. Item,* for hewing and sawing of the same timber, ij men being about it vj days, and meat and drink vjs. Paid to Walter for vj days work about the same, and meat and drink iijs. Paid to iij carpenters for setting up ponehyns over window, TJ days, ixs. To a joiner for iiij days, and meat and drink, ija. Summa, xxjs. viiijd. " Paid to two carpenters for laying a new gronsell in the south side of the chamber for ij days, ijs. For laying a. gronsell in [the] west side under the new bay window with a piece of timber, price xvjd. Paid for workmanship and meat and drink, xviijd. Paid ij carpenters for setting up of ponehyns and other things over the same window for v days, xxd. Meat and drink the said V days, xxd. ; for timber, xijd. ; for nails, ijd. ; for ground pinning of the said ij gronsels, xd. Summa, xs. ijd. " For the reparation of a gutter over the kitchen door, xijd. ; for ij o. tiles for the same gutter, vjd. ; for laying the same tiles, vjd. Item, tilepins .... Summa (perished.) " Paid for half a thousand of bricks, price ijs., for a quarter of lime, viijd., for tiles to cover over the window, vjd , for the laying and meat and drink to the workmen for the laying of the bricks at the window, and to the mason and his man for iij days and meat and drink, ijs. vjd., for laths and lath nails, ijd., for a new lateys [lattice] window, xvjd., and for oker, ijd. Summa .... ( torn away. ) " On the dorse. Item for the heyling of the chamber, — first for iiij c. laths, xxd., for xiij 0. lath nails, xiijd., for v c. tiles, ijs. vjd., for xxiij bnz. of lime, price xxiijd., for cord nails, jd., for 1 gutter tiles, ijs. jd., for viij crest tiles, viijd., for tilepins, iiijd. Paid to the heliar and his man for laying the said stuff, and meat and drink, ijs. iijd. Paid to a carpenter for laying of a grounsell in the east side of the chamber, and meat and drink, xijd., for a load of sand, vjd., for making of a panel of a wall in the south side of the ohapel, vjd. Summa (torn off.) " Paid to a carpenter for laying of a wall plate in the barn for one day, and meat and drink, vjd. Summa, vjd. " Paid to ij carpenters for gronselling and wall plating of a tenement apper- taining to the said hospital for v days, iijs. iiijd., for their meat and drink the said T days, xxd. ; for iij bundles of rods to hred [i.e. bind] the walls, iiijd. Item for v pots of earth, xxd., and paid to a laborer for breading and daubing for iij days, and meat and drink, xijd. Summa, vijs. " Summa of allowances, xxij li. ijs. ijd. ; and so there is owing clearly unto the said Thomas upon this account, xvijs. ijd. * "Each entry begins with the word Item, although for brevity sake we discontinue its insertion. MUNIMENTS AT MERTON COLLEGE. 645 " The accompts of Thomas Andrew, fermour, and receiver of the hospital of St. John from the feast of St. Michael anno xj, Senry VII., imto the same feast anno XV, Henry 711. ( 29th Sept., 1495, to 29th Sept., 1499.) " In primis the said Thomas received for the farm for iiij years the term aforesaid, — xviij li. and iiij lbs. of pepper. " Item received the rents of the tenants the said iiij years, iij li. vs. Samma received, xxj K. vs. "Whereof the said Thomas asketh allowance for the King's scores, — xj li. viijs. " To the lord of Shirfeld for the said iiij years, — iiij lbs. of pepper. " The said Thomas aaketh allowance of diverse payments and reparations, as appeareth in a bill thereof made. Summa, vij li. xs. vjd. " The said Thomas asketh allowances paid to Edward Bemerde to the viijth day of October as appeareth by a bill. Summa, xxvjs. viijd. " Paid to a carpenter for setting of a gronnaell between the ij bams and making of ij windows in the west side, his wages a day and a half, no meat, ixd., for boards for the same gronsell, xijd. Summa, xxjd. Item, asketh allowance of plusage as appeareth in the last aooompt, xvijs. ijd. Summa of allowances, xxj U. iiijs. jd., and so he oweth in the clear, xjd. " On a piece of parchment 10 by 9 inches. " The accompts of Thomas Andrew, fermour and receyvour of the hospitall of Seint Johns in Basyngstoke, from the fest of Seint Michael the Archangel, a°. xv" E. Henr. vij', unto the same feat of St. Michael a", r. r. Hen. vij. xvij°. (29th Sept., 1499, to 29th Sept., 1501.) Imprimis received for the ferme for the said ij years, ix li. ijlb. piperis. Item, received the rents of the tenants for the said ij years, xxxijs. vjd. Item, oweth of arrears of the last accompt, xjd. Summa recept., x U. xiijs. vd. " Whereof the said Thomas axeth allowance for rent to the scores of Basyng- stoke every year, Ivijs. v li. xiiijs. Item pd. to the lord of Shirfeld for the said ij years, ij lb. piperis. Item paid to the preste for the said ij yerea, xls. Claims certain allowances for repairs, 14s. jd. Paid for materials and work, 25s. 5d. Total of allowanoes claimed, £9 13s. 6id. "Item, the said Thomas axeth allowance for ij tapers afore Seint Johns [altar] for vij yeres every yere, vjd. iijs. vjd. " Item for mending a sewte of Testymentes, viijd. For a new pax for the chapell, vjd. For a stayned cloth afore Syn John, ijs. viijd.* Item paid for * " Apparently a purple cloth to cover the figure of St. John during Lent. Bl 046 BASINGSTOKE HOSPITAL. iij bell ropys, vjd. Paid for a new key for a cofer in the chapel, iiijd. Item paid to the Bowsers (bursars) at Christmas, xvij". Hen. yij., xxvjs. viijd. Summa, xxxiiijs. xd. Summa totalis allooationum, xj li. viijs. iiijd. ob. And so there is owing unto the said Thomas Andrew upon this accompt, xiiijs. xjd. ob. " On a piece of paper measuring 9 inches by 7 inches. " ETidorsed. " Reparationes Nicholai Harrys factse per ipsum in hospitali Sancti Johannis Baptistge in Basingstoke a festo Sancti Petri ad vincula anno regni regis Henrici VII., XIX". usque ad idem festum XX". ( 1st August, 1504, to 1st August, 1505.) " M*. That this be the cownts of the reparations that I, Nioholaus Harrys, fermir of Seynt John's of Basyngstoke, have reparayd upon the ferme. Imprimis that I payd to Sabaoth de la Courte of Basyngstoke for timber, 20d. To Gilbert Lokar of Basyngstoke for tymber, 16d. Two oarpynders for 8 days [work], 8s. His servant for his labour to help him, 2s. 8d. For a lode of sande, 6d. For 4 lode of herthe, 12d. Four bosshalls of lyme, 4d. A hundred of lathys, 5d. Two hundred of lathe naylys, 2d. A peke of tyle pynnys, 2d. To a mason for hys labnr aboute the ferme, 9 days, 4s. 6d. To hys servant for to helpe him, 3s. To a helyer for 2 days, 12d. To hys servant for to helpe hym, 8d. For a olapys of iryn for the bay windou, 2d. Summa, 25s. 7d. 1606-1519. " A bundle of seven small pieces of parchment tied together at the foot. (1) 1506-1508. " Basingestoke. The account of Nicholas Harrys, farmer there of the hospital of St. John the Baptist. " Arrears, 20s. Amount due for the two years, £11 12s. 6d. " Allowances and payments as before. Repairs upon two tenements, £3 10s. 3d. Deficiency of rents, 6s., and to the lord of Sherfyld for two years, 2 lbs. of pepper. Total of payments and allowances, £11 10s. 3d. So he owes 2s. 3d. (2) 1508-1510. " A similar account by the same, for two years. " Sum to be accounted, £10. 16s. 9d. Payments and allowances, £9 6s. lid. (3) 1511-1515. " A similar account by the same, for four years. " Sum to be aocoimted, £21 5s. Payments as before. Repairs, 303. 7d., and for his over pay, 2s. 4d. Total of payments and allowances, £17 7s. lOd. (4) 1515-1516. " A similar account by the same, for one year. " Sum to be accounted, £7 3s. 4d. Payments as before. For repairs this year, 19s. 7d. Total of payments and allowances, £4 16s. 7d. (5) 1516-1517. " A similar account by the same, for one year. " Amount of rent, £5 7s. lid., and assize rents, 16s. 3d. Payments, — to the bailiffs, 57s. ; chaplain, 20s. Total, £3 17s. MUNIMENTS AT MERTON COLLEGE. 647 (6) " 1517-1519. " A similar account by the same, for two years. " Amount to be accounted, £10 12s. 6d. Payments as before, for two years, and for repairs done, 2s. 9d. Total, £7 16s. 9d., and so he owes 553. 9d. (7) 1519-1520. " A similar account by the same, for one year. (AboTG the heading is written, — Dominus mihi adjutor.) " Arrears, 55s. 9d., as appears on the foot of the last account. "Amount to be accounted, £8 2s. Payments as before, and for repairs, 7s. 6d. Total, £4 4s. 6d. 1520-1529. "Four small pieces of parchment (detached). (1) 1520-1522. "Account of Nicholas Harrys, ^c. as before, for two years. Amount to be accounted, £10 12s. 7d. Paid to the bailiffs for two years, £5 14s. To the chaplain celebrating there for the two years, 40s., and for repairs these two years, £14 14s. 4Jd. (2) 1525. " A similar account by the sauie, for a year. "Arrears none as he asserts, as there was not an account, because the accounts of the three preceding years are not to be found. But he answers for the £4 10s. for his farm there for the year, and 16s. 3d. for assize rents, and for a pound of pepper. Total, £5 6s. 3d. Payments made to the baUifEs and chaplain as before. Total of payments and allowances, £3 17s., and so he owes 29s. 3d., which sum he has paid to [Walter] Buokelar, the 1st bursar, so he departs quitted for this year. "Mem. — That at the time of this account a dispute arose between this farmer and Master Robert Serle (Pellow of Merton College), as to a sum of 18s. 7d. in the account of the aforesaid Serle for his third bursarship, the farmer asserting that he had paid to Master Serle 29s. 3d. for the year 1524. (3) 1527-1528. " A similar account by the same, for a year. "Arrears none. Amount to be accounted, £5 6s. 7d. Payments as before, and for repairs this year, £10 19s. BJd. Total, £14 16g. SJd. So there was an excess of £9 10s. 5^d., which was paid to him by [Humphrey] Blewett, the 3rd bursar, and so the account is balanced. (4) 1528-1529. " A similar account by the same, for one year. " Amount to be accounted, £5 6s. 3d. Payments to bailiffs and chaplain as before. Total, £3 l7s., and so he owes 29s. 3d., and he paid this amount to [Robert] Tayler, the Srd bursar, and the account is balanced. "A roll of upwards of 50 small pieces of parchment, — ' Oompotus firmariorum de Basingstoke, A.D. 1521-1593,' viz. "Accounts of Nicholas Harrys, 1521 to 1528, and from 1532 to 1540. John Harries, 1540 to 1542. Accounts of William Temple from 1543 to 1576. "As to these accounts : " The chaplain receives the yearly payment of 20s. down to 29th Sept., 1549, and in the next year there is only 10s. charged to the chaplain, who disappears 648 BASINGSTOKE HOSPITAL. after this year. In the account for the year ending in 1551, there is a payment of 203. to Master Folate, but it does not state that he was chaplain, and from this date the payment ceases altogether. In 1550 the accounts commence from the 1st August, and end with the corresponding day of the following year, and this yearly period is kept to in the subsequent accounts. The items for the year ending August 1st, 1565, are ; — For the farm, £4 10s., assize rents, 16b. 8d. and a pound of pepper, and for woods growing there, 13s. 4d. Total, £6. Paid to the Queen's bailiffs for a certain escheat, 57s., and for fifteenths, 13s. 4d. Total, £3 10s. 4d. "The accounts of Mary Temple, 1576-1578. William Temple's accounts from 1578 to 1586, and Widow Temple in 1587-1588. WiUiam Temple from 1589 to 1593. A.D. 1564 to 1593. " A bundle of twenty receipts for the fee farm rents payable from St. John's Hospital to the bailiffs of Basingstoke. The half-yearly payments of 28s. 6d. usually paid in October and April. General form of these receipts : — " Prime die Aprilis, 1586, et anno regni dominse nostras EUzabethse Beginae, &o., xxviij". " Received the day and year above written of Mary Temple of Basingstoke, in the county of Southt., widow, for the half-year's rent due to the fee farm of Basingstoke aforesaid, out of the tenements and lands called St. John's ferm in Basingstoke aforesaid, now in the tenure of the said Mary, at the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary last past before the date hereof the sum of 28s. 6d. 16th June, 1697. " Report as to the condition of the buildings OP St. John's Hospital, Basingstoke, and the other propebtt BELONGING TO MeRTON COLLEGE. " Written on a sheet of foolscap and addressed : ' To the honour'd Dr. Edmund Marten,* humbly present. 'Mr. Sub- warden, I came to Basingstoke before dinner yesterday and have made it my whole business till late this evening to make the best enquiry into our estate there. The house is but low, ordinary and mean, but it is kept in tenantable repair and that is all, though there has lately been some money laid out upon it. The place reserved for such Fellows as are distract, is separate from the chief house, is extremely dark, and fit for none but persons in that condition. There is a sort of chapel near, in which formerly there was preaching once a month and the tenant paying the curate, and was on that account exempted from all tithes. It would be a mighty improvement to our estate, and the tenant would be glad to pay a curate, could the custom be revived, but I am afraid it has been disused too long. I asked concerning the other little tenement in the town; and because the under * " Elected Warden of Merton College in 1704. He died at Mapperton in Dorsetshire on 21st June, 1709, and was buried in his College chapel. MUNIMENTS AT MERTON COLLEGE. 649 tenants are most of them dead who were mentioned in the former terrier, I have added in the margin the names of the present tenants. I had a particular aooonnt given me of the number of acres in each parcel, which for the most part agreed exactly with the terrier; where it differed, I gave the present estimation. I have seen the copses and there is great care taken of them. They are divided into ten parcels for cutting the underwood, so the whole is cut down once in ten years ; the underwood for the next year is the best I ever saw, and there are abundance of young oaks which thrive finely, bat are very small, being aU of them set by Mr. Knight, before whose time the oopse had been grubbed up. Eliot's three closes mentioned in the terrier to have 100 timber trees on it, is four miles a different way from the copses, so that I could not see them myself, but I was informed that there are now about 150 young oaks, which are all growing trees and well preserved, but none of it will be fit to be felled for many years yet. I found it a difficult matter to learn what the whole estate is valued at, because it is wide from the town and in different parishes ; and because our tenant has always kept it in his own hands. The minister of the parish has promised me to make a particular enquiry, and as soon as he has learnt it to send me word in a letter. I spoke with a lawyer who is steward to a neighbouring estate, who told me he could easily learn the true value, and if I would write to him from Oxford he should be able in a month's time to give me full satisfaction. I perceived he expected a half- guinea fee, which I was unwilling to give him, having been at some charge to treat him and some others. But I assured him if he would take the trouble of enquiring into the real worth of the estate the College would not be ungrateful. ' The best judgment I can make by considering how land is valued per acre, is that the whole estate is at least worth £80 per annum, and I believe in a wet year £100. ' I was willing to write all that occurred that might in any way contribute to the knowledge of the true value of our estate, and I hope you will pardon the length and tediousness of this letter. ' My humble respects to the warden and our society. I am your obliged friend and servant, Witi. Shebwin.* Basingstoke, 16th June, 1697. " Extracts from letters written to the Rev. Samuel Kilner, bursar of Merton College, by the Rev. Thomas Warton, B.D., of Trinity College, Oxford, the Poet-Laureat, and an eminent antiquary. He was the son of Thomas Warton, Vicar of Basingstoke, — ' January the 9th, 1727-8, Thomas, the soune of Mr, Thomas "Warton, Vicar, by Elizabeth his wife was borne, and baptized the 25th of the same month by Mr. Hoyle, Curate.' Basingstoke Parish JRegister. * " Fellow of Merton College. He took his B.A. as a member of Magdalen College 28th May, 1687. In the following year he was elected a FeUow of Merton, and took his M.A. degree November I3th, 1691. In 1703 he was collated to the prebend of Seaford in Chichester Cathedral, and held it till 1735. 650 BASINGSTOKE HOSPITAL. ' Maroli lltli, 1772. Part of the chapel of Walter de Merton's hospital at Basingstoke still remains built with flints, the usual materials for building religious houses in Hants. It has one or two Gothic windows bricked upj they have stone muUions. Thirty years ago (and perhaps at present) it had in the inside a sort of semi-circular ceiling of boards in small panels, with the founder's arms on little shields at some of the intersections. It was then a bed chamber, and adjoins to a house built perhaps upon the foundations of the hospital. It stands on the banks of the river Lodon, about 200 yards north- east of the church,' 'October, 1773. The chapel was about twelve feet long and five broad within its walls,* yet high enough to have been divided by a floor, into an upper room now used as a bedroom, and the lower one as a kitchen. The upper one has a carved roof lined with Irish oak in panels with tufts (bosses) of foliage and shields of Merton's Arms at the intersections. The east window which is Gothic and like the other two, are bricked up ( the one on the north and the other on the south had stone quoins and muUions ) reaches from the upper down into the lower room. It has a tiled roof outside.' c. 17f 3. " The Rev. Samuel Kilner, Fellow and Bursar of Merton College,t has noted in his MS. collection, preserved at Merton College : ' I heard from the Fellow of Magdalen College who brought the Basingstoke rent to us December 29th, 1764, that they had within about four years from that time endowed the vicarage of Basingstoke by granting the then vicar a lease of the rectorial tithes of Basingstoke, Basing, and Nately. ' Basingstoke has two sermons every Sunday, and a lecture every Thursday. The lecturer has £50 per annum and is appointed by the town, and they have appointed the present vicar to this office. [This must refer to the Eev. Dr. Sheppard who was elected on 26th September, 1768.] ' The House is new and good, having cost the college about £1000. ' Basing is about a mile and a half from Basingstoke, and has service twice but only one sermon every Sunday, for which the vicar pays a curate. ' Nately, some four miles distant from Basingstoke, has service only once a month, which the vicar performs himself.' * "These dimensions are very small, but they correspond with the MS., and there is a note appended, stating, that ancient chapels were in general but email, and that 16 feet was the utmost extent of the chapel of St. Bartholo- mew's Hospital, founded by Bishop Gundulf. If the chapel was only five feet wide it must have been unusually high in proportion to its width to allow its being divided by a floor. + " He matriculated from Merton College 11th May, 1749, aged 17 ; he took his B.A. degree 27th January, 1753, and M.A. 14th January, 1756 ; and con- tinued a Fellow of Merton College until 1815. He was brother to the Kev. Joseph Kilner, the author of 'Pythagoras' School.' MUNIMENTS AT MAGDALEN COLLEGE. 651 Documents preseeved at Saint Mart Magdalen's College, Oxford. " A Calendar of the deeds eelating to Basingstoke, peeseeved IN THE Muniment Eoom of Magdalen College, Oxfoed. "( Extracted from the Rev. W. D. Macray's manuscript Catalogue of the College muniments, but in some instances the deeds themselves have been referred to, especially Nos. 26, 19 and 42, of the Basing series, where the dates seemed to clash. We have given a full copy ( translated ) of No. 42 and have appended a note to it.) " The earlier documents came from Selborne Priory, and are now arranged under the names of the estates to which they refer, — Basing, Basingstoke and Selborne. The deeds are numbered under each division but not in chronological order, this will explain irregularity in the arrangement as to the number prefixed to each document. BASING. " 26. Merewell. 15th July, 1194. Confirmation by Godfrey [de Lucy] Bishop of Winchester, to the monks of St. Michael in the peril of the sea, of the churches of Basinges and of Seleburne, granting also to them in considera- tion of their labours and perils of the sea, from the Church at Seleburne after the time of Master Mathew [rector of the said church], three marks annually, and from the church of Basinges, after the time of William de St. Mary Church [Rector] twelve marks annually. Witnesses ; Oliver Mot., Eustach de Faukeu- berge. Master Alexander, Master Thomas de Subberton, Everard, Gregory, chaplains ; Roger, Godfrey, Hunfrid, Robert, clerks ; John de AneviUe, Gervase, Gaubert and others. Seal lost. " 42. 20th January, 1203-4. Memorandum, that the within written inquisition was made by the official of the lord Archdeacon of Winchester, in full chapter of the place (deanery), upon the vacancy of the church of Basing, in this manner. To the reverend father in Christ, the lord G[odefrey de Lucy], by the grace of God, Bishop of Winchester, his devoted servant J[ohn], official of the Venerable Archdeacon of Winchester, wishes health, reverence and honour. At your command 1 have diligently made inquisition upon the state of the church of Basing. It says that it is vacant by the cession of Master William de Saint Mary Church, late rector of the aforesaid church, who resigned on the morrow of St. Martin (12th November) last past. Also it says that it is not in dispute nor incumbered with a pensioner. Also it says that the abbot and convent of Mount St. Michael in the peril of the sea, are the true patrons of the said church. Also it says that the abbot and convent of Mount St. Michael in the peril of the sea, presented the said William, the last 652 BASINGSTOKE CHURCH. rector of the said church. Concerning the person presented, it says that he is able and distiDguished, and that he is a Bachelor of Laws. It also says that he ia in holy orders. Concerning the valne of the said church, it says that it is worth by common estimation sixty marks (£40) with the profits of the depending chapels of the said church. In testimony of which I transmit the present enclosed letters to your reverend paternity, with the seal of the officiality of the archdeaconry of Winchester, together with the appendent seals of the rectors of the churches of Schirboume, of Hereyrd, of Okly, of Heofeld, of Niwenham, Sohirfeld and Farly, together with the seals of the vicars and chaplains of the parish churches of Odiham, of Schirboume, of Cledesdene, of Dummere, Wrthinge and Bromley, Retherwyk, Stratfeld and Tonewrthe. Given at Basingstoke on the feast of Saints Fabian and Sebastian, in the year of our Lord one thousand one hundred and ninety-three.* "19. 25th March, 1204. Presentation addressed to G[odfrey de Lucy] Bishop of Winchester, by which the abbot and convent of Mount St. Michael, in the peril of the sea, present Philip de Lucy to the Church of Basingges, void by the resignation of William de St. Mary Church. Seal lost. "34. 0.1205-1210. Confirmation by P[eter de Rupibus] Bishop of Win- chester, to the abbot and convent of St. Michael in the peril of the sea, of the churches of Basinge and Selebum with the pensions in the same churches, which his predecessor G[odfrey] is known to have granted, as more fully appears in his authentic writings. Witnesses : Master John de London, Master Alan de Stoke, Master Robert de PavUle, Master R. Bass[et], R. dean of Win- Chester. By the hand of P[eter] Rnssignol, keeper of the Bishop's seal. " Fine inypression of an oval seal, slightly iroTcen, of green wax, attached by silk strings. It represents a figure of the Bishop in pontificals, and [petJrus dei GKAOIA wiNTOKiENSis Episcopus. The Counter seal represents the iishop hneeling lelow Saints Peter and Paul, and inscribed sunt mihi sintque boni petkus PAULUSqUE PATEONI. " 14 & 27. [1233.] Grant by Ralph the abbot and by the convent of Mount St. Michael of the peril of the sea, to Peter [de Rupibus], Bishop of Win- chester, of the advowson of the churches of Basinges, Basingestoke and Selebume, vrith whatever benefits or pensions they receive from them. " Fragments of a brown seal, with St. Michael omd the dragon on one side, and thejigwe of the abbot on the other, sewn wp im, a linen bag. * " Although it is thus dated, we assign it to the year given at the heading, as by the next document it will be seen that the presentation caused by the resignation of William de St. Mary Church was made in that year. Moreover, we find that the above document is not the original record, but a copy made in the time of Edward II., to which the fillets with a fragment of the old seals have been sewn. Copied probably because the original was in a decayed state, and thus the scribe made the mistake of giving the year as 1193 instead of 1203. We have met with many examples of similar blunders in early transcripts of deeds. MUNIMENTS AT MAGDALEN COLLEGE. 653 " 18. 9th July, 1333. 17. Hen. III. Inspeximua by Henry III. confirming the grant made by Ralph, the abbot and the conTent of Mount St. Michael of the peril of the sea, to Peter [de Eupibus], Bishop of Winchester of the advowson of the churches of Basinges, Basingestoke and Selebnme, and all benefits or pensions from the same. Witnesses : W[illiam], Earl of Albermarle ; Stephen de Sedgrave, justiciary of England ; Peter de RiTallis, Hugh Dispenser, Peter de Malo Lacu, Ralph Fitz Nicholas, Philip de Albiney, John son of Philip, Robert le Lovetot, William de Picheford, John de Plessets, and Bartholomew Peche. " Good impression of the Great Seal in green tuaaj, hut Woken. "35. 15th January, 1233-4. At Wolvesey. Grant by P[eter], Bishop of Winchester, to the prior and convent of Seleburne of the advowsons of the churches of Basinges, Basingestoke and Selebnme, with all their free land, rents, and pensions belonging to them : to have and to hold in free alms for their own uses and those of their church. Witnesses : The lords, Walter, abbot of Hyde, Walter prior of St Swithun's and Stephen prior of Motesfonte j Master Alan de Stoke, Master William de St. Mary Church, the Bishop's Ofiicial ; Luke, Archdeacon of Surrey, and Peter Rusinel. Three-parts of seal in red wax. "28. 23rd August, 1234. Confirmation by W[alter], prior of the church of St. Swithnn, Winchester, and the convent of the grant by P[eter] the Bishop, to the prior and convent of the Blessed Mary of Selburne, of the churches of Basinges, Basingestoke, and Seleburne, and of the gift by the same of one virgate of land which he bought of Henry Sauvage in the village of Tistede, and by the gift of Eustach de Greinvile of the land of Seta,* in the manor of Mapeldnrham, which the said Eustach held of the Bishop. "Fragment of the chapter seal in red wax. Obverse the Prior. Reverse a cowled head with a crescent above and secketum walteri pbioeis. " 38. 10th March, 1269. Indenture declaring that whereas a question has arisen between the prior and convent of Seleburne, and Master Richard le Beel, vicar of the churches of Basingge and Basingestoke on this point, that whereas by the ordinances of W[illiam], Bishop of Winchester [in 1244], all oblations, legacies, tithes of curtilages, &c. should go to the vicar, but aU the tithes beyond the gardens of houses and the half tithe of hay, &c. should go to the rectors, and that since then some houses have perished through age, and the ground on which they stood has been converted into grass land, some orchards have been made out of fields, some lands brought into cultivation from the wood, and mills have been erected, from which no one yet has received tithes, and the tithes thereof are claimed both by the convent and the vicar. The convent now being desirous to preserve friendship with the said vicar, and to continue to have his help and advice, grant him yearly, not as to the vicar but as a personal payment, 8 quarters of grain, viz. 1 quarter of wheat, 1 of barley, 1 of oats, and 5 quarters of beans, to have for his life, without binding them- selves to continue the payment to any successors in the vicarage ; in return * " ' De terra de Schete cum pertrnentiis in manerio de Mapelderham, &c.' Registered copy at Winchester. Sheet near Petersfield. 654 BASINGSTOKE CHIJRCH. for which the vioar renounces for his life, all claim to the tithes in dispute from the said churches and from the chapel of Nately. Seal lost. "43. 14th October, 1271. Ordinance by N[icholas de Ely] Bishop of Win- chester, after inspection of the before mentioned letters of William [de Raleigh] formerly Bishop of Winchester, respecting the endowment of the Ticarage of Bassingge, Bassinggestoke and the chapel of Nately, and also of the agreement between the convent of Selebonme and Richard le Beel the vicar (in 1269). That upon the death of the said Richard the said religious shall be freed from payment to the succeeding vicars of the 8 quarters of grain therein stipulated, and the said succeeding vicars shall receive all the tithes from the gardens of the parishioners, notwithstanding that the said religious have received them during the time of the said Richard le Beel. Seal lost. " 30. 11th August, 1295. Confirmation by John [de Pontissara] Bishop of Winchester, to the prior and convent of Selebonme of the parish churches of Selebonme and Bassingges. Bed seal irohen to pieces and sewn up m wool. BASINGSTOKE. " 12. A.D. 1231. The award made by Walter abbot of Hyde, Walter prior of St. Swithun's, and Richard, dean of Winchester, in pursuance of a Bull addressed to them by Pope Gregory IX., dated at the Lateran, 12th kalends of May, in the 5th year of his pontificate ( 21st AprU, 1231.), between Philip de Lucy, rector of Basingstoke and the prior and convent of Sirebume, respecting the tithes of the following cultivated lands within the parish, viz. of Femydone and of Kyngesforlongt and the villenage of the croft which lies near the water, between the houses of William. Chasteyne and the park of William Lord de St. John, and certain tithes of Benetfeld, viz. of all the land which is enclosed by the three ways, the way between the gate of the Park and Bradebrigge, the way between Bradebrigge and the cross below (sub) Chinham, and the way between the said cross and the said park gate : whereby it is decreed that the said prior and convent shall have all the tithes in consideration of the payment of two marks (26s. 8d.) yearly to the rector of the church of Basinge and Basingstoke; and for the tithes of the villenage of the croft near the water, the church of Basinge is to receive the tithes of the two crofts of Robert de Benetfeld, of which one lies on one side of the way extending from his house and the other on the other side of the way continued from Bradebrigge to Chinham, and the said church of Basinge shall also receive the tithes of the part of the croft of Roger de Benetfeld, lying between the house of the said Roger and the way from Bradebrigge to Chinham. And all the other tithes of the old villenage of William Lord ds St. John in the parish of Basinge, the church of Basinge shall receive ; and all the tithes of the old demesne of the said William, the prior of Sireburne shall receive, saving only to the church of Basinge aU the small tithes of all those who live in the said land of Benetfeld. "First seal lost; of the second, only a very small fragment ; third a green seal with the impression of an antique intaglio, a naked figure before a pillar or altar; inscription illegible^ MUNIMENTS AT MAGDALEN COLLEGE. 6r.5 "5. 15tli January, 1233-4. [xviij . kal. Feb.] At Wolveseye. Grant from P[eter de Rupibua], Bishop of Winchester, to the prior and canons of Sele- boume, of the advowsons of the churches of Basingges, Basingestoke and Selebum, and all the free land, rents and pensions belonging to them, to hold in free alms, and to be converted to their own proper uses and those of their church. Witnesses : Walter, abbot of Hyde ; Walter, prior of St. Swithuu's ; Stephen, prior of Motesfunt ; Master Alan de Stoke ; Master William de St. Mary Church, the Bishop's official ; Master Luke, Archdeacon of Surrey ; and Peter Bussinol. " Oval brownish red seal, broken ; representing the Bishop in pontificals, and inscribed [petrus] dei gratia [win]tonieksis EPiscopsns. On the reverse are busts of SS. Peter and Paul and the Bishop praying below. ' sunt mihi SINTQUE BONI PETKUS PAULUS^UE PATRONI.' "7. 11th March, 1233-4. Bull of Pope Gregory IX., dated at the Lateran on 5th Ides March, in the 7th year of his pontificate, confirming the appro- priation by the Bishop of Winchester, of the parish churches of Selebum and of Basinges and Basingestoke to the prior and convent of Selebum. The lead seal or hulla is lost. " 26 & 27. 28th July, 1244. Inspeximus by John [de Sandale], Bishop of Winchester, at Sutton in 1318, of the endowment of the vicarage of Basinge- stoke and Basinges, made by Bishop William [de Ealeigh]. (See pages 14 and 15. J " 13. Circa 1250. Grant by Alice de Hanitone widow, to William Berbret for the sum of 30s., of four acres of land in Basingestoke, of which two lie in Medfurlonge, one between the land of John le Gamene and that of Henry the Smith, and the other between the lands of Adam le Cras, and two at Todesford between the land of William Chastayne and that of John le Gamene ; paying a yearly quit rent of one penny : Witnesses : William de Hanitone, Will, the Cook, Alexander fitz Master, Ric. de London, Eic. Elfyet, Ric. Cokel, Geoffrey Gurdepac, Eic. Gurdepac, Will, de la Burghe, Will. Dase, Walter fitz Alexander, and John le Gamene. " An oval red seal with a griffin and sigill' alio' fil' ELVET. "24. Circa 1250. Grant by Walter Aynolf in frankalmoign, to the church of St. Michael of Basingestoke, of half an acre of his land, viz. the moiety of that /oracre which lies at Punham and above which the land of Hugh Long- halidai extends on the west ; and of another half acre to the chapel of the Holy Ghost, viz. that which lies near the said chapel towards the west, between the lands of Richard Budel and Sewal Pinnuc, and extends to the road : to hold to the said church and chapel, and to the prior and canons of Selbnme. Witnesses : Sir William the chaplain, WiU. de Hanitone, Alexander fitz Master, John Coppe, Geoffrey fitz Geoffrey, Ric. his brother, Will. Dace, Geoffrey Gurdepac, Ric. his son, John Gamene, Martin Dase, and Henry Hod. "A round seal of red wax, with a star, and sigili. walteri enol. " 23. Circa 1250. Guarantee from Walter Aynolf, that if he or his heirs should be unable to defend or warrant, to the prior and canons of Seleburne the two half acres of his land in the field of Basingestoke, which he had granted to 656 BASINGSTOKE CHURCH. the churcli of St. Michael, and to the chapel of the Holy Ghost, and to the said prior and canons, then the sum of 5s. shall be returned which he has received beforehand. — No witnesses. Seal as above. "3. Circa 1250-1260. Grant in frankalmoign by William Berbret of Wareghbume [Warebume in 2nd copy] to the prior and canons of Selebume of 4 acres of his land in Basingestoke, of which two lie in Medfurlange, viz. one between the land of John le Gamene and that of Henry the Smith, and the other between the lands of Adam le Gras ; and two at Todesforde between the land of William Chastayne and that of John le Gamene ; paying a yearly quit- rent of twopence. Witnesses : Sir John de Venuz, John de Windeshore, Laurence de Heyes, Mathew de Monasterio, Hamon de Basinge, John his son ; Eic. de London, Will, the Cook, Alexander fitz Master, Gervase de Iwode, Nicholas de Fernhulle, Will, le Bedel, Will. Berefray. A round seal with the moon and stars and sigill' will'i b'eet. [10. Another original copy of this deed with the same seal, &o.] " 14 & 16. Circa 1250-1260. Grant by Robert, son of Eobert de Hanitone, to the prior and canons of Selebume, of the 4 acres conveyed by William Berbret in the preceding deeds ; to hold of William Berbret of Wareghburn by a yearly quit-rent of twopence. Witnesses ; as in previous deed, omitting Alex fil Magistri. Round red seal with the sun and siGiLL* boberti de hanitvn. "15 & 21. u. 1250-1260. Confirmation by Alice, widow of Robert de Hanitone, to the prior and convent of Selebume, of the 4 acres of land in Basingestoke granted by William Berbret in the preceding deeds, and by Robert de Hanitone. Witnesses : Hamon de Basinge, WiU. de Haniton, Alex, fitz Master, Will, the Cook, Ric. de London, GeofErey Gurdepao, WiU. le Base, Gervase de Ywode, German de Ywode, Mathew de Ecclesia,* Will, le Bedel, Will. Berefray, and Will. Coterel. Oval red seal with a griffin and sigill' alio' fil' elvet. " 19 & 20. o. 1260. Grant in frankalmoign by Walter fitz Alexander, of Basingestoke, to the canons of Selebume, of 3 acres of land in the fields of Basingestoke, of which two lie in Northfelde above Tylhangre, viz. one between the land which belonged to William the provost and that of Edward Carite, and the other between the land of John Coppeye and that of Geoffrey fitz Geoffrey: the third acre in the field called Eyghehamme, near the land of Richard Cokel, and extending to the way going from Stokes to Cludesdene j paying a yearly quit rent of twopence. Witnesses ; Hamon de Basinges, Alexander fitz Master, John Coppe, William the provost. Will, the Cook, Will. Chasteyne, Ric. de London, German de Ywode, Gervase de Ywode, Walter Bernard, Will. BedeU, Will. Coterel, Reginald the clerk. Oval seal with an ornamental device, and s' walteei fil' alexandei. " 25. 0. 1260. Guarantee from Walter fitz Alexander de Basingestoke, that if he or his heirs cannot warrant to the prior and canons of Selebume the 3 * " The duplicate of the above deed gives him his more usual name, Mathew de Monasterio. MUNIMENTS AT MAGDALEN COLLEGE. 657 acres granted in the preceding charter, then 14a. should be paid. No witnesses and same seal. " 11 & 18. c. 1260. Grant in frankalmoign by Philip Parestan to the prior and canons of Selebume, of 4 acres of land in the field of Basingestoke at Brokenebnrghe, between the land of the church and that of Hngh Blakeman, extending to the highway ; paying a yearly quit rent of twopence. Witnesses Hamon de Basinges, Alexander fitz Master, John Coppeye, Will, the provost, Will, the Cook, Will. Chasteyne, Ric. de London, German de Twode, Gervase de Ywode, Walter Bernard, Will. Bedell, Will. Coterel, Rio. the clerk. Bound seal with a floriated ornament and sigill' philippi spaeestan. " 9. c. 1260-1270. Grant by William, son and heir of William Bernard of Iwode, to John Bernard his younger brother, of all his tenements in the villages of Iwode, Basinge, and Basingestoke, together with 2s. of annual rent paid by the prior and convent of Selebume, for land lying in a certain field of Basinge at la EUenestubb; to hold of the King, paying him a yearly rent of 10s. Witnesses : John de la Coufaude, John de Bagemere, bailiffs of Basingestoke ; John de la Hale, John Germayn, John Gervays, Will, atte Welle, John le Morward, Rio. le Budel, Hugh de Kyngesmulne, and William, baiUff of Basinge. Oval dark seal with afleur de lis and sigill' "Wilelmi beenaed. " 22. 0, 1270. Release from Philip Parkestan of Basinggestoke, to the prior and convent of Seleburne, of the yearly quit rent of 2d. which they have been accustomed to pay him for the 4 acres of land which they have by his gift in the field of Basinggestoke at Brokenebergh, between the land of the church and that of Hugh Blakeman. Witnesses : John Coppeye, Geoffrey fitz Geoffrey, Richard his brother, Ric. Gurdepake, WUl. Dase, John le Gamene, Reginald the clerk. Sound red seal with a floriated ornament and sigill' philippi spaeestan. "2. Basingestoke, 13th May, 1277. Quit-claim from John le Torvare of Basingestoke, to the prior and canons of Selebume of 16d. of yearly rent from 8 acres of his land in Basingestoke paid by them to him, but henceforth to be paid to John de la Hale of Hywode, who now has the land by the gift of the said John le Torvare. Witnesses : Master Richard le Bel, vicar of Basinge- stoke; John de la Burghe, John Germayn de Hywode, John Gervase de Hywode, Eic. Gurdepake, WiU. Tiable, and James Prat. Seal lost. "6. 24th .Tune, 1288.* Grant in frankalmoign by Gervase de Ywode to the prior and convent of Selebume, of ten acres of his land in the field of Basingestoke at Brokeneberge, between the land of Philip Parestan and that of Hugh Blakeman, and extending to the highway going from Wurting to Dummer. Witnesses : Hamon de Basinge, German de Ywode, German le Morward, John de la Mare, Nicholas de Femhulle, Alexander de Stoke, and * " There is an uncertainty with regard to the year, as it is dated in 16. Hen. III., which is earlier than the founding of Selebome priory. It is not unlikely that the scribe may have left out the words, Edwardi filii regis, which would place it in 1288. Omissions and other clerical errors are not uncommon in deeds of this period. 658 BASINGSTOKE CHURCH. Philip Parestan. A round green seal with a fleur de lis and sigill eadul' de LA HALE. " 4. Winchester, 10th December, 1383. Certificate of the Official of Win- chester, that whereas, Thomas the prior, and the convent of Selbome sned in the Consistory Court John atte Asche of the parish of Basyngstoke for scat- tering the tithe sheaves of three acres of land which were due to them as impropriators of Basyngstoke along the furrows (per sulcos) of the said land, whereby they perished, the said John personally appeared, and swore that he would in future tithe his sheaves as the other parishioners were accustomed to do. A fragment of the Official's seal of green wax. " 1. 24th June, 1447. Lease from Sir John Stepe, prior of Selbome, and the convent, to William Hayward, of Basyngstoke, of the whole rectory of Basyngstoke, with the houses, meadows, Ac, and the tithe of a field called Mullefeld in Basyng : to hold for the term of 13 years, at a yearly rent of £20, deducting an allowance of 20a. yearly for repairs and expenses of maintenance, and the said WUliam shall reside upon the said rectory with his wife and family. No witnesses. Seal lost. " 17. Selbome. 27th February, 1470-71. Lease from John Morton, prior of Selborne, and the convent, to Thomas [Dawson], rector of the parish church of Wortynge and Nicholas Bayly of Basyngstoke, of the whole rectory of Basyngstoke, excepting the advowson of the vicarage, for the term of 20 years at a yearly rent of £20, and the said Nicholas shall have from the said prior and convent clothes yearly, to the value of 6s. 8d. ( This lease never executed, not being indented and never having been sealed.) SELBORNE. " 97. 22nd January, 1233-4. Assignment by P[6ter de Kupibns] Bishop of Winchester, to the prior and convent of the church of the Blessed Mary of Selebome, of the churches of Selebourne, Basinges, and Basingestoke, now vacant, with the chapels depending upon them, for the better support of the house and the maintenance of hospitality and of the poor, saving an honest and sufficient provision for the vicars. Witnesses : the lords, Walter, abbot of Hyde, Walter, prior of St. Swithun's, and Stephen, prior of Mottesfunt; Masters Alan de Stoke, William de St. Mary Church, the Bishop's official; Master Lnke, Archdeacon of Surrey ; and H[umfrey] de Millers ; Henry and Hugh, chaplains ; Robert de Chineham, Peter de Russinol. Oval seal of green wax, nearly perfect : — the Bishop in pontificals and [pETKns] dei oeacia [wint] ONiENSis Episcopus. Counter seal : the Bishop kneeUng below St. Peter and St. PomI, and sunt mihi sintque boni petbus padlcsque patroni. "21 & 98. 12th April, 1282. Confirmations by John (de Peckham), Arch- bishop of Canterbury, to the prior and convent of Selebarne, of the annexation and appropriation of the churches of Selebume, Basynggestoke and Westisted, with their chapels. Granted in porsnance of the request of the convent, made to him when at their house in the course of his metropolitioal visitation during MUNIMENTS AT MAGDALEN COLLEGE. 659 the vacancy of the see of Winchester. Oval seal in green wax, with the figure of the Archbishop in pontificals, and fkater Johannes dei gbatia [akohiepis- COPTS CANTBABIENSIS El] TOCIUS ANGLIE PBIMA3. " 381. Notes on paper taken from an account roll of Selborne Priory. Among the entries of payments made during the year up to the 25th March, 1465. (5. Edward ly.) " For the new building of the chancel of Basyngstoke church, £22 10s., and for the repairs of the chapel of the Holy Trinity at Basynge, 54s. lOd., besides the £70, parcel of the £120 of the first contract for building the said chancel of Basingstoke. "309. 11th February, 1509-10. Draft on paper, of a certificate from Bichard [Fox], Bishop of Winchester, to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, that the president and scholars of Magdalen College, Oxford, have held the priory of Selborne since the year 1484, to their own use with the parish church of Selborne and the chapels annexed, the churches of Great Wordlham, of Tystede, of Basyug and Basyngstoke with the chapels ; that the value of the said churches amounts to £92 7s. 7d., and that they are taxed, Selborne at 44s., Wordlham at 26s. 8d., Tystede at 17s. 4d., Basyng and Basyngstoke at £4, and the temporalities of the priory at 19s. 7d. 660 BASINGSTOKE CHURCH. iSasingstofee (fffjurcl). Pages 97-102. " In addition to the monumental inscriptions already given, we have met with the following notes taken at Basingstoke on 20th June, 1702. " On a flat gravestone in the chancel : —a shield charged with a tower between three pole axes, and below it : — " Hie sepultns est Eugtaoius Budgell, armiger, Bxonise in agro Devoniae natns optimi parentis oura edncatus Westmonast ; in schola Eegia ubi alnmnns regius ; Oxoniae in Mde Christi nbi in artibus bacalaureua, in interiore Temp- larior. Hospitio, ubi ad legem Barrasterins evasit, prsenobilis Marohionis de Wintonia senescallus deinde facttis : Praedia ejus London, inter et Cornubiam nltimam unna procnravit omnia, fide nesoio an solertia major, prorinoiam euam peregrantem et omantem ad meliorem evexit, an. set. 37. saint. 1681.* " On another stone, a shield, quarterly 1 and 4 [argent] a bend between two mullets pierced, [sable], for Pell j 2 a canton ; 3 a lion rampant double queued. " Here lyeth the Body of William Pell, gent : who died in August 1657, aged 70 years. "There were also in the chancel the brass plates to the memory of John HUliard and Roger Eyves mentioned in page 97, but Eobert Stocker's brass was in the body of the church. No inscriptions to any of the May family existed in the church in 1702. " On a flat grayestone in the chantry chapel on the south side of the chancel now ( 1702 ) made use of for a library : a coat of arms. On a pale rayonnee a lion rampant, impaling a cherron between three martlets : and H. 3. E. " Guilielmus Coleman, armiger, hoc oppido natus et ejnsdem ter Prsefectus, Carolo prsenobili de Bolton Duci, Senescallus dignissimus et fidelis, necnon RegisB Majestatia ad Paoem Justiciariua, in Com. Southton : Wilts: Dorcestr: Devon et Cornwall : Obiit 2° die Jan ; 1700, set : suae 70. Jnxta hoc monu- mentnm sepnlta est Elizabetha conjnx ejas chariaaima duoque filii dilecti Guhelmus et Eicardus ejusdem Gulielmi Coleman viri admodum venerabilia. " This atone if now extant, ia covered by the organ which stands in this chapel. "Inscriptions and arms of benefactors on the east wall of the church. In Pious Memory. (1) " Argent, a chevron gules between three dragon's heads within an orle of cross crosslets fitchee azure. Under it this inscription. * "Eustaoh Budgell took his B.A. degree at Oxford on 5th May, 1668. The parish Register simply records : — ' 1681, 2Srd May, Mr. Budgell buried.' BASmGSTOKE CHURCH. 661 "The arms of Tlio. Aldworth, Esq. and alderman of the city of London, who deceased An. Dni. 1646, and gave to this town of Basingstoke the sum of £200 for ever, for Enndry pions and charitable uses. " The Crest is a dragon's head with a wreath gules and argent sprouting as it were out of his nostrils ( flames ? ) (2) "Argent, on a chevron engrailed gnles bqf.ween three talbot's heads erased sable a star of six; points or. The crest ^, talbot's head erased sable bezant^e. Under it the following inscription. " The arms of John Hall, Gent, who deceased An. Do. 1632, and by his last will gave to this town an annuity of £15 4s. for ever, viz. £5 4s. in bread to the poor and £10 to the Master of the Holy Ghost School, payable out of Kound Mead. (3) " Per chevron azure and gules, three covered cups or sprinkling salts argent.* " In pious memory of Eobert Payne, Gent, citizen and Salter of London who deceased An. Dni. 1622, and gave to this town of Basingstoke the sum of £100 for ever, to be employed by three young clothiers for four years, to each 100 nobles, paying each of them a noble a year, to be given to 20 poor people yearly for ever. In Pious Memoet. (4) " Sable, a chevron ermine between two habioks in chief argent and a tezel in base slipped, or.f "The arms of John Smith, Gent., clothier and an approved man of this town, who deceased An. Dni. 1638, and gave to this town of Basingstoke £4 yearly for ever for pious and charitable uses, and is now by money in arrears of the said gift augmented £2 more yearly for ever. (5) " Gules, a lion couchant or, on a chief argent three crescents of the field. "The arms of Sir James Deane, knt., who deceased An. Dni. 1608, and gave to the town by his last will an annuity of £86 yearly for ever to sundry pious and charitable uses. (6) " Argent, two bars gules and on a canton of the second a muUet of six points pierced or. - " The arms of Sir James Lancaster, knt., who deceased An. Dni. 1617, *nd gave to this town by his last wUI an annuity of £118 6s. 8d. yearly for ever to sundry pious and charitable uses. * " This coat represents the arms of the Salters' Company. t "The arms of the London Clothworkers' Company, and not those of John Smith as stated. SI - o £, Religiosi de Bello loco [Regis]. Frater Rogerus de Muleford J " From the Episcopal Register of Brother Benry Wodelok, Bishop of Winchester, folio 320cJ. and 321. DIVINITY LECTURERS. 697 Lectueees. "Page 406. After second paragraph insert: — " ' Steven Evbbed, alias Webbe, clerk, the Lecturer in the town of Basing- stoke,' in 1647, received £20 from the Skinners' Company on account of his salary; and in the Churchwardens' accounts of 1647 occurs; 'paid to Mr. Stephen Webbe for his charges in going to London himself to receive the money of the Skinners, 20s.' It is not unlikely that at this date he had held the Lectureship for many years, as in 1622, among the subscribers towards the expenses of erecting the gallery at the west end of the church, occurs; ' Mr. Steven Evered 13s. id.' and in 1627, ' Received of Mr. Steven Evered for Ms child's hnell, Is.' He probably resigned the Lectureship on his appointment to the Vicarage in 1648 or shortly afterwards. ( See page 25 ; also page 23 as to Mr. Brockett, who may have only required the occasional use of the pulpit as Mr. Evered's deputy.) Page 406. " John Claeke was appointed Lecturer not long after his ordination, as on the 13th November, 1673, he signed the following declaration : 'Ego Johannes Clarke, in Artibus Bacoalaurius, CoUegii Balliolensis in acade- mia Oxoniensi, cui licentia prsedieandi verbum Dei concedenda est, necnon peragendi officium Lectoris in eoclesia parochiaU de Basingstoke in comitatu Southton. sacras literas pure et sincere tractabo, easque prudenti simpUoitate populo exponam, neo in sermonibus meis de rebus Jam constitutis suscitabo controversias, nee spargam neque innovationem quamcunque in doctrina vel ceremoniis suadebo. Jo. Clarke.' Page 407. " Dele, Une 13-15 and note at the foot of the page, as we were wrong in stating that the Rev. Lo.ncelot Jackson held the Lectureship, and in rectification we insert these additional particulars with regard to the anointment of the Lecturers who succeeded Mr. John James. " 1738. At a meeting of the Corporation held on 29th May, 1738, the mayor (Mr. William Hawkins) nominated the Bev. Thomas Warton, B.D., the Kev. WiUiam SeaJy, and the fiev. John Hoyle, ' that one of them may be elected and chosen Lecturer of the town of Basingstoke and to receive the gifts of Sir James Deane and of Sir j;ames Lancaster, in the room, place and stead of John James, late Lecturer of the said town, deceased.' ' The mayor and seven of the corporation voted for Mr. Warton, and seven for Mr. Hoyle, and as the mayor's vote gave Mr. Warton a majority he was declared duly elected. "1746. On 10th December, 1745, it was resolved by the cor- poration ' that Monday, the 16th instant, be the day for electing a Lecturer in the room of the Rev. Thomas Warton deceased, and at the meeting held on the 16th December, it was 698 DIVINITY LECTURERS. ' Eesolyed by the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the town of Basingstoke that whoever shall be nominated and chosen Lecturer of the town in the place and stead of the Rev. Thomas Warton deceased, the late Lecturer shall be strictly qualified to have the same according to the will of Sir James Deane, knight, deceased, the first founder thereof, and shall during all such time aa he shall continue to hold the same be resident within the said town according to the true meaning and design of such donor, unless at any time excused from lawful cause, by the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, or the major part of them for the time being. ' AJso, that whosoever shall be so nominated and chosen Lecturer, shaU all such time as he shall so continue Lecturer, continue to preach two lecture sermons, viz. on every Thursday and on every Sunday after evening prayer, in the year, as hath been accustomed in the parish church of Basingstoke for a great number of years last past to the great good of the parish. ' Also, that such Lectureship, whosoever shall be so chosen to the said office, shall not be supplied by any curate or other agent to be appointed by such Lecturer when chosen, but personally by such Lecturer himself, unless pre- vented by illness or permitted to do so by the said mayor, aldermen, or burgesses, or the major part of them. Provided nevertheless that such Lecturer shall and lawfully may, for other his necessary occasions, be absent from the parish for the space of two calendar months in the year, if he shall BO think fit, without leave from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, so as the Lectureship be duly and regularly supplied by a Godly and learned preacher in his place and stead during all that time. ' Also, that such Lecturer when chosen and appointed shall duly and strictly, during all such time as he shall continue Lecturer, pose the children in the grammar school of the town on every Saturday being schoolday, according to the will of the donor, and shall not be absent from the town during the several high festivals of Christmas, Easter, and Whitsuntide. ' Also, that whosoever shall be so chosen Lecturer shall accept the same on the terms before specified and enter into bond in the penalty of £500 to the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses to perform and execute the said office by and under the several conditions and resolutions herein before mentioned. And in case he shall refuse to do the same that then such election shall be null and void as though the same had never been made.' "16th December, 1745. The mayor (Mr. Henry WoodrofEe) thereupon nominated the Rev. Richard Jackson, D.D., the Rev. Richard RusseU, L.L.D., and the Rev. William Henchman, B.D., ' for one of them to be chosen Lecturer in the room of the Rev. Thomas Warton deceased, late Lecturer of the said town. By and subject to the several preceding resolutions of the said mayor, aldermen, and burgesses.' Dr. Richakd Jackson* was elected to the office unanimously, subject to the conditions above specified. * " Son of Edward Jackson of Coventry, matriculated from Balliol College, Oxford, on 11th March, 1719-20, aged 19. Elected demy of Magdalen College in 1723 ; B.A. in 1726, M.A. 1729 ; Fellow of Magdalen College in 1733, and DIVINITY LECTURERS. G99 "6th November, 174V. The matter of the resignation, of the Lectureship made by the Eev. Dr. Richard .Tackson. Resolved that Mr. Giles Lyford, present mayor, will be pleased to nominate three worthy clergymen of the neighbourhood of the town for one of them to be now chosen Lecturer in the room and stead of the said Dr. Richard Jackson. Whereupon the said Giles Lyford nominated the Rev. WiUiam Henchman, clerk. Vicar of Basingstoke ; the Rev. Joseph Warton, Rector of Winslade ; and the Rev. Richard Garrard, Vicar of Ramsbury, Wilts. The votes centred upon Mr. Henchman, with the exception of Mr. Henry Grace, who voted for Mr. Warton. Me. Henchman was declared duly elected, ■ and it is ordered that Mr. John Russell, our town clerk, do forthwith prepare his appointment accordingly.' " 26th September, 1768. ' At a meeting of the mayor, aldermen, and bur- gesses, the two several clergymen hereunto named by Mr. John Covey, mayor, for one of them, to be chosen Lecturer in the room and place of the Rev. William Henchman deceased, late Lecturer. Dr. Sheppard, D.D., and Benjamin Underwood, clerk, M.A. Db. Sheppaed was chosen unanimously and declared duly elected. " 3rd October, 1814. The lectureship being vacant by the death of the Eev. Dr. Sheppard, the Rev. James Blatch, B.D., was elected 'Lecturer of the town, and to receive the gifts of the late Sir James Deane and Sir James Lancaster, knights, deceased, in the room and stead of the Rev. Thomas Sheppard, D.D., late Lecturer of the said town, deceased. The Rev. Dr. Hall and the Rev. Dr. Thompson were also nominated, but neither of them were honoured with a vote. took Hs D.D. degree 18th January, 1741-2. He was instituted to the rectory of Laverstoke, Hants, on 29th March, 1740, and retained it untJ 1747 ; he was also vicar of East Worldham ( instituted 25th January, 1742,) and rector of Donhead St. Mary, WUts ; and died on 19th September, 1779, aged 78. 700 BURGESSES AND ALDERMEN. " A List of the Buegesses and Aldeembn appointed and elected TJNDEE THE Chaetee geanted BY KiNG Chaelbs I. (See page 467.) A.D. 1641 to 1835. " The names marked with an * denote those among the Aldermen •who did not 'attain the Mayoralty. The date given before the names in this list indi- cates the year of election. 1641 1649 1650 1658 1658 1658 1662 1662 1666 1667 1671 1673 1675 1679-80 1680 1681-2 1682 1684 1686 1687-8 1688 Burgesses. Thomas South William Hearne WiUiam Greene, died in 1645 John Holmes, died in 1645 James Wither Edmraid Pitman Eiohard Woodroffe Andrew Butler William dough, died in 1652 John Coleman William Hawkins Hugh White George Butler Thomas Dinham John Davis Richard Butler William Spire George Edwards Richard Woodroffe, Junr. Francis Moore Eiohard Hanington John Coleman, Junr. William Coleman Henry Barfoote William Blunden, Junr. George Prince William Lambe Walter Froude, died 1681-2 John Davis, Junr. Joseph Mooreing William Smith Walter Barfoote Richard Coleman Henry Collier William Warner Richard Lambe ob. 1700 George Prince, Junr. William Coleman, Junr., ob. 1693 Aldermen. 1641 John Aylwin — WiUiam Blunden,* died in 1644 In 1645 his legacy of 20s. to the church was paid by his daughter Margaret. — Richard Spier,* died in 1645 — Richard Brackley ^- Robert Stocker, Junr. — Thomas Hall — Thomas South, died in 1653 William Hearne, died in Oct. 1657, buried on 22nd Oct. Andrew Butler, died in 1649 James Wither Edmund Pitman Richard Woodroffe John Coleman, Senr., resig. 1693 WiUiam Hawkins Hugh White George Butler * Thomas Dinham 1662 John Davis 1666 Richard Butler vice Brackley dec. 1667 George Edwards 1667 Richard Woodroffe 1671 Francis Moore 1673 Richard Hanington 1673 John Coleman, Junr. 1679-80 William Coleman 1680 Henry Barfoote 1682 WiUiam Blunden — George Prince 1684 William Lambe 1687 John Davies,* died in 1688 1688 Walter Barfoote 1692 Joseph Mooreing 1693 Richard Coleman BURGESSES AND ALDERMEN. 701 1692 1693 1694 1697 1700 1701 1702 1704, 1705 1706 1708 1708-9 1710 1712 1712 1715 1715 1717 1719 1725 1725 1726 1728 1728 1732 1735 1737 1738 1739 Burgesses. Robert Blunden 1697 Jolin Hawkins vice E. Coleman 1701 Edmund Butler vice W. Cole- 1702 man, Junr., dec. 1704 William EusseU William Lambe vice E. Lamb 1706 dec, ob. 1709 Edward Jeyea 1708 James Chudleigb ob. 1705 Charles May 1708-9 Eobert Blunden John Davies — Thomas Widmore Eobert Barfoot !N^athaniel Kew vice Jeyes 1709 WiUiam Hawkins vice W. Lambe dec. 1710 Eiohard Lambe vice May {sic.) Henry WoodrofEe vice E. 1712 Lambe dec. Henry Prince 1714 Daniel May vice C. May dec. Charles WoodrofEe — Henry Warner 1716 Joseph OlliEEe WiUiam Craft vice D. May, 1719 resig. John Pitman 1720. John Abbott John Jones, left Basingstoke 1725 in 1732 Samuel Shipton 1726 Samuel Anderson 1727 King Pittman vice H. Warner Samuel Ford vice J OUiffe 1728 Philip Garrard vice W. Craft John Jeffery vice J. Jones 1732 deprived WilUam Craft, Junr., vice J. 1737 Abbott Giles Lyford vice K. Pittman 1739 dec. Henry Warner, Junr., vice S. — Shipton James Davies vice S. Ander- 1740 son. He did not accept the office, and on 27th — April, 1741, paid a fine of Aldermen. Henry Collier WilUam Warner George Prince vice W. Blunden Eobert Blunden vice H. Bar- foot dec. Edmund Butler vice E. Blunden dec. John Hawkins* vice Eichard Coleman dec. William EusseU vice J. Haw- kins resig. WiUiam Lamb * vice E. Wood- rofEe dec. He was buried on 25th Deo. 1709. Edward Jeyes vice G. Prince, Senr., dec. Charles May vice E. WoodrofEe dec. (sicj Vere vice W. Lamb John Davies vice Edm. Butler dec. Thomas Widmore vice 3. Davies dec. Eobert Barfoot vice C. May dec. William Hawkins vice Walter Barfoot resig. Eobert Blunden vice W. EusseU dec. . Henry Prince vice G. Prince resig. Henry WoodrofEe vice H. CoUier resig. Charles WoodrofEe Henry Warner vice T. Widmore dec. Joseph OUifEe vice W. Warner dec. WiUiam Craft vice Eob. Barfoot dec. John Abbott vice Eob. Blunden dec. Samuel Shipton vice C. Wood- roffe dec. Samuel Anderson vice W. Haw- kins resig. Samuel Ford vice H. Prince dec. Philip Garrard vice J. OUiffe dec. 702 BURGESSES AND ALDERMEN. Burgesses. £5 to be excused and re- 1741 leased. 1739 William Hayes vice J. Jones 1745 resig. (sic) 1740 Henry Dawson vice S. Ford 1752 — Robert Eioketts vice P. Garrard 1741 Henry Grace vice James Davies 1756 — John Brasier vice W. Craft — 1743 Edward Beeves vice W. Hayes dec. — 1750 James Dredge vice John Abbot 1757 dec. 1750 William Harrison vice B. Reeves dec. 1754 James Cooper vice Henry Dawson dec. 1755 Thomas Pitman vice W. Harrison 1758 who refused to serve. 1759 1755 Edward Lane vice H. Warner, 1764 Senr., one of the burgesses and an alderman dec. 1769 1755 John Covey vice P. Garrard, burgess and alderman dec. 1771 1757 Charles Vine vice John Abbot dec, James Dredge refusing 1772 to serve. 1773 1757 William Downes vice W. Craft burgess and alderman dec. 1775 1757 Richard Hunt vice J. Brasier 1758 William Paice vice H. Grace dec. 1780 1758 William Blake vice S. Pord dec. 1783 1759 William Ring vice J. Covey 1783 1761 John Ring, Junr., vice H. Wood- roffe dec. 1761 William Bramley, Junr., vice W. 1786 Blake dec. 1770 Samuel Shipton, Junr., vice H. 1787 Warner, Junr., dec. 1770 John Ricketts vice T. Pitman 1789 1770 Robert Cooper vice R. Ricketts 1772 Richard Skeate vice W. Downes 1793 dec. 1795 1772 Joseph OUifEe vice J. Brasier 1772 George Penton vice S. Shipton, 1796 Junr., whodesired to be excused 1797 from serving the said office. Aldermen. William Craft, Junr., vice W. Craft, Senr., dec. Giles Lyford vice John Davies dec. Robert Ricketts vice H. Woodroffe dec. Henry Grace vice P. Garrard dec. John Brasier vice H. Warner, Senr., dec. James Cooper vice W. Craft dec. Thomas Pitman* vice S. Ford dec. He refused to qualify. 'Pined £5, and after its pay- ment to be cashiered from his burgess-ship and the same to be vacant.* Edward Lane vice H. Grace dec. John Covey vice S. Ford dec. William Downes vice R. Eioketts dec. Charles Yine vice S. Anderson resig, William Ring vice W. Downes dec. John Ring vice J. Brasier dec. William Bramley vice S. Shipton dec. Richard Skeate vice G. Lyford resig. George Penton* vice Edw. Lane dec. Thomas Robins vice E. Lane dec. Thomas Peacock * vice R. Skeate, who has left the town and is settled at Whitchurch. David Graham vice J. Cooper removed from office. Rev. John Evans vice J. Covey removed from office. John de la Touche vice C. Yine dec. John Mullens * vice W. Ring dec. Mr. Thomas May, Junr., vice W. Bramley dec. Rev. John Ilsley vice J. Ring dec. Robert Hulbert vice J. Mullens removed ' for having absented. BUEGESSES AND ALDERMEN. 703 1772 1772 1777 1778 1778 1780 1783 1783 1783 1785 1785 1786 1788 1789 1794, 1794 1795 Burgesses. John Bishop vice J. Eioketts who desired to be excused from serving the said office. 1798 Eobert Cleeve vice R. Cooper who desired to be excused from serving the said office. Thomas Stubbs vice G. Lyford 1807 resig. Charles Dixon vice J. OllifEe dec. 1810 Five members of the corpo- ration voted for him including 1812 the mayor, but six refused to vote either for him or Mr. 1820 Samuel Westerton or Mr. Thomas Pistell the three nomi- 1824 nated by the mayor; and nominated three others and 1829 elected Mr. John Lyford a burgess in the room and place 1833 of Mr. Joseph OlUffe. Burgesses. Samuel Westerton vice S. Shipton 1795 dec. Four of the corporation voted for him including the the mayor. Six of the corpo- ration nominated three others and elected Mr. John Davis in the room of the said Samuel 1796 Shipton. Eev. Dr. Sheppard vice E. Lane 1797 resig. Thomas Kobins vice J. Olliffe dec. 1802 Thomas Peacock vice S. Shipton dec. (John Davis having re- fused the office.) 1807 Thomas May, Senr., vice T. Stubbs dec. 1811 Eev. John Ilsley vice T. Eobins 1816 Eev. John Evans vice T. Peacock David Graham vice E. Cleeve, 1820 removed from office. 1824 John Mullens vice George Penton, 1829 removed from office. John de la Touohe vice D. Graham Thomas May, Junr., vice J. de la 1832 Touohe 1^^^ Timothy Mullens vice J. Mullens 1833 Robert Hulbert vice Eev. J. Evans 1833 Aldermen. himself for a considerable time from every corporate meeting. Eev. Dr. Sheppard* vice T. Pea- cock removed, who had left the town and was living at Staines in Middlesex. Timothy Mullens vice J. de la Touche dec. Charles May vice Eev. J. Ilsley dec. Charles Hawthorne vice Eev. J. Ilsley {sic) James Wame vice D. Graham dec. John Simmons vice Eev. Dr. Sheppard dec. William Anthony Lewis vice T. Eobins dec. Eichard Eyles * vice T. L. Mullens dec. Burgesses. Charles May vice Mr. Thomas May the elder, heretofore elected to the office of one of the burgesses who on account of non-residence was not sworn into the said office. Daniel Matthews vice Eev. J. Ilsley William Henry Thomas vice E. Hulbert Charles Hawthorne vice D. Matthews, lately removed from the town of Basingstoke. Henry Houghton vice W. H. Thomas dec. James Wame vice C. May WiUiam Anthony Lewis vice C. Hawthorne John Simmons Charles May, Junr. Thomas Workman Charles Headeach, resigned in 1834 Eobert [S.] Hulbert Eichard Eyles John Osmond Nichols John Sansom 704 SERJEANTS AT MACE. " A List op the Seejeants at Mace, from the time of the Charter granted iy King James I. constituting the office. Humphrey Frith l elected and swom Seqeants at Maoe under the charter Edward Greene i granted by Jamea I., on 24th July, 1622. Thomas Burbanck, on 10th September, 1632, vice Humphrey Frith, deceased. Robert Auncell, on 5th April, 1637, vice Thomas Burbanck, deceased. Miles Holmes, Serjeant at Mace, buried 25th September, 1640. Edward Greene, elected on 27th September, 1640, vice Miles Holmes, deceased. Edward Greene, ) elected under the new charter on 9th October, and sworn John Sambome, } on the 20th October, 1641. Francis Douse, Serjeant, buried 12th August, 1659. Richard Whicher, Serjeant, buried 18th October, 1660. William Greene, the Serjeant, buried of the plague, September, 1666. John Watts, the Serjeant, buried 27th December, 1679. Thomas Bramley, elected 18th December, 1666. John Spier, Serjeant, was buried 28th March, 1716. Giles Watts, elected on 10th March, 1679-80. 3rd June, 1717, Giles Watts formerly Serjeant was buried. John Ingram, elected 31st December, 1688, vice Thomas Bramley, deceased. Buried 19th March, 1719-20. Daniel Budd, Flaxdresser, elected 7th October, 1720, vice John Watts. Daniel Budd, Town Serjeant, buried 6th August, 1747. Giles Ingram, Victualler, elected 7th October, 1720, vice John Ingram. January 30th, 1785, Giles Ingram, above 64 years Serjeant of this Corporation, was buried, ( aged 85 died.) Thomas Wigg, elected in August, 1747. On 2nd October, 1769, ' The Corpora- tion having taken into consideration the iU behaviour o^ Thomas Wigg, one of the Serjeants at Mace, have unanimously agreed to expel him from the said office of Serjeant, and he is hereby accordingly expelled.' William Jeffery, elected 2nd October 1769, vice Thomas Wigg removed. John White, elected 2nd February, 1785, ' Serjeant at Mace to the mayor, aldermen and burgesses, and minister of the weekly court of record, and swom on the same day, in the place of Giles Ingram, lately deceased.' John White, Town Serjeant, buried 28th November, 1793, aged 67. John Hind, elected 3rd December, 1793, vice John White, deceased. Charles Jacob, elected 13th May, 1796, vice William Jeffery, deceased. John Stroud, elected 9th October, 1801, vice John Hind, ' lately displaced from the office of one of the Serjeants at Mace.' John Hankin, elected on 25th September, 1804, vice John Stroud, lately deceased. Charles Cox, elected 5th October, 1807, vice Charles Jacob, lately removed. MASTERS OF THE PETTY SCHOOL. 705 James Cooper, elected 2nd October, 1820,, vice John Hanldn, lately deceased. Charles Cox, the younger, elected on 7th September, 1835, vice Charles Cojc, the elder, resigned : — And on the 9th January, 1836, James Cooper and Charles Cox were re-elected Serjeants at Mace under the Corporations' Municipal Act. "Masters of the Petty School of Basingstoke. "Robert Walker appears to have been the first Petty Schoolmaster appointed ' according to the tenor of the last will and testament of Sir James Lancaster, knight, deceased. He occurs as parish clerk in 1623, and continued to hold both offices np to the time of his death in 1637. In the churchwardens' accounts for 1637 occurs : — ' Received of John Walker for his father's hnell, Is.' And he bequeathed to the church a green velvet cushion. " EiCHAKD GoDDAED was elected and chosen to be Petty Schoolmaster of Basingstoke on 7th July, 1637, in the place and stead of Robert Walker deceased. " Petee Sanesbuey appears to have been the next Petty Schoolmaster. He died in July, 1658, and was buried 1st August. ( See page 109. ) " William Hall succeeded him, and in 1691 as Petty Schoolmaster was paid £12 63. 4d. out of Sir James Lancaster's gift. He died in 1692. " RiCHABD WooDEOFFE was appointed in 1692, and held the office till March, 1728. "John Holder, on 25th March, 1728, was elected by the corporation as 'Petty Schoolmaster of Basingstoke in the room of Mr. Richard WoodrofEe lately deceased, for and during the term of his natural Ufe, provided he shall continue so long capable of teaching and instructing the youth of the said school and shall be of good life and conversation.' He died in July, 1771, and " Me. Richard Hunt, of the town of Basingstoke, on the 25th July, 1771, was elected ' Master of the Petty School adjoining to the church in Basing- stoke.' His predecessors held the office of parish clerk, together with the mastership of the Petty School, but in this instance the offices were separated.* Mr. Hunt died on 6th May, 1797, aged 73. "John Hind was his successor. " ' William Beown of Basingstoke, schoolmaster,' on 3rd September, 1810, was elected ' Master of the Petty School of Basingstoke in the room, place and stead of John Hind deceased, late master of the said school, the same being the gift of the late Sir James Lancaster deceased, to continue in the said office during the pleasure of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses.' He had been elected Master of the Blue Coat Hospital School in 1801. William Brown buried November 3rd, 1814, aged 62. ' Parish Register.' Prom this date the Master of the Petty School had charge of the boys of the Blue Coat Hospital School. * "Edward Spier, parish clerk, buried 23rd July, 1793, aged 78. • Pmish 706 BLUE COAT HOSPITAL SCHOOL. " The Blue Coat Hospital School. " In 1646, Richard Aldworth, Esq. bequeathed to the corporation of Basing- stoke £2000, upon trust, that they should purchase lauds with it of the clear yearly value of £103 lOs. 8d. or upwards. After paying yearly £10 to the Lecturer of the pariah ; £6 IBs. 4d. for clothing ten aged parishioners ; and £5 Os. 8d. for weekly distributions of bread, he directed the rest of the income to be applied in supporting a Blue Coat School, for the education, clothing and maintenance of seven poor boys, and for the apprenticing one or more of them yearly. " In 1859 the property held by the corporation, as trustees of Aldworth's Charities, consisted of £5598 12s. 9d. three per cent, consols, and the Blue Coat School premises in Cross Street, consisting of a school room used as the Boys' National School ( enlarged for that purpose about the year 1820) and two adjoining houses, one occupied by the schoolmaster and the other by the mistress of the Girls' National School- For augmenting the apprentice fees given with the Blue Coat Boys, the Eev. Thomas Sheppard, D.D. gave the dividends of £333 6s. 8d. three per cent, stock. To increase the premium paid with each boy to £13 6s. 8d. the Corporation agreed in 1822 to allow £6 13s. 4d. yearly. It was also arranged that the Blue Coat Boys should be educated by the Master of the Boy's National School, who was to be allowed yearly £10 for their instruction ; and £112 a-year for providing them with food and lodging, and with clothing of the same description as that provided for the boys of Christ's Hospital, in London. The boys were originally selected by the corporation from the sous of poor settled inhabitants of Basingstoke. "April 19th, 1744, Mr. Edward Dredge, Master of the Blew Boy Hospital school was buried. ' Parish Register.' "6th September 1784. At a meeting of the mayor, aldermen and burgesses this day, Edwakd Eastman, of Basingstoke, was unanimously elected and chosen Master of the Blue Coat Hospital School in this town, the gift of the late Eichard Aldworth, Esq. deceased, for the term of one year commencing on the 29th instant, under the conditions, regulations, articles and agreements hereinafter mentioned. 1. ' That each boy shaU be new clothed by the corporation with two jackets, one waistcoat, one pair of leather breeches, two pair of yellow hose, two shirts, two bands, one red girdle, one pair of yellow square buckles, one cap tied with yellow ferret, and two pair of shoes, on or before the feast of St. Michael next. And the said Edward Eastman at the end of the said term shall in like manner at his own expense clothe each boy so being in the said school. 2. ' That the corporation at the election of each boy shall provide him with a new Common Prayer Book which book shall be taken away with such when he shall leave the school. 3. ' That each boy upon leaving school shall be permitted to take with him his clothes usually worn every day. 4. ' The said Edward Eastman to be permitted to live in the present school- house rent free, the corporation keeping the same in repair except glass windows, which are to be repaired at the expense of the Master. BLUE COAT HOSPITAL SCHOOL. 707 5 ' The boys to be boarded, clothed, f omd booka, pens, ink and paper, at the rate of £9 10s. a year each boy, payable quarterly. 6. ' The boys shall not be allowed to glean or gather wood. 7. ' Each boy upon his election shall be immediately clothed at the expense of the said master in like manner aa aforesaid. 8. ' The master with the boys shall attend morning and evening service at Basingstoke every Sunday, and the lecture sermon every Thursday. ' And the said Edward Eastman in testimony of his concurrence to every particular before inserted hath signed his hand hereunto. Bdw. Eastman. " On the 5th September, 1785, Mr. Eastman's services were continued for another year, under the same regulations, ' except the first article relating to the corporation clothing the boys, instead of which the said Edward Eastman is at his own expense to clothe the said boys.' " 15th July, 1786. Edward Eastman, the present Master of the Blue Coat Hospital School, having notice given him to quit at Michaelmas next, Thomas Jaevis, of the town of Maidenhead, was elected and chosen Master of the said school for one year commencing at Michaelmas next, under the conditions, regulations, articles, and agreements hereinafter mentioned. 1. ' That the boys at Michaelmas next will be new clothed : the said Thomas Jarvis shall on or before the expiration of the said term find and pro. vide at his own expense each boy in the said school with one blue jacket, one waistcoat, one pair of leather breeches, two pair of yellow hose, two shirts, two bands, one red girdle, one pair of yellow square buckles, one blue cap tied with yellow ferret, and two pair of shoes, all new. 2. ' The corporation to find beds and bedding for the children at their own expense. 3 & 4. ' Same as No. 2 & 3 in previous regulations, except that the clothes which a boy is to be allowed to take away are called his second best suit. 5 & 6. ' Same as No. 4 & 5 of previous regulations. 8 & 9. ' Same as 7 & 8, except that to the last is added, ' the Master to walk with the boys to church and sit with them there.' 10. ' That in case the said Master shall neglect to new clothe the boys as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the corporation to do it, and deduct the expense out of the salary. 11. 'Provided that in case the said Thomas Jarvis shall ill behave himself as a Master of the said school, or to the members of the corporation or either of them, then the said mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, and their successors, shall have full liberty to remove him at pleasure. " ' 16th February, 1793, Thomas Jervoise, Master of the Blue Coat School, was buried.' Parish Register. " 16th October, 1794. Thomas Jarvis, late Master of the Blue Coat Hospital School, having sometime since departed this life, and his widow having had due notice given her to quit the same at the feast day of St. Thomas next, 708 BLUE COAT HOSPITAL SCHOOL. " Joseph Collis, Master of the Free School of Sherborne St. John in this connty, was by us, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the said town, unanimously elected Master of the Blue Coat Hospital School of Basingstoke, the gift of the late Eichard Aldworth, Esq., deceased, for the term of one year from the 21st day of December next, or during the pleasure of the corporation, under the same regulations and conditions in other respects, as were entered into by the said mayor, alderman, and burgesses with the said Thomas Jarvis, bearing date the 15th day of July, 1786. " 30th September, 1800. Joseph Collis, Master of the Blue Coat Hospital School of this town, having given notice to quit at old Michaelmas day next, " EicHAED Daenell, of the parish of St. Ebbe, in the city of Oxford, school- master, was by us, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses elected Master of the Blue Coat Hospital School of the said town, the gift of the late Eichard Aldworth, Esq., deceased, during the pleasure of the said mayor, aldermen, and burgesses. "19th March, 1801. Eichard Darnell, Master of the Blue Coat Hospital School of this town, having had notice given him to quit the said school at Lady Day next. " William Beown of Kingsclere, Master of the Free School there, was on the recommendation of the High Steward, elected, &o. as iefore, Master of the Blue Coat Hospital School of the said town, the gift, &o. as iefore. " Samuel Paul was appointed about 1814, and held the ofSce till Aug., 1829. " Geoege Feeemantle, Schoolmaster, was appointed 7th September, 1829, Master of the Blue Coat Hospital School, founded by Eichard Aldworth, Esq., deceased, in the room of Samuel Paul, lately removed. "Thomas Beaed, his successor, was elected May 16th, 1836, and resigned September 22nd, 1865. "William Skinnek was appointed on the resignation of Mr. Beard, and resigned November 12th, 1875. " Henry Weeks succeeded January 13th, 1876, and resigned on the opening of the new Board Schools, February 22nd, 1887. "The Almshouses and endowed Charities op Basingstoke. " Deane's Almshouses, in London Street, consist of eight tenements, under one roof, each containing two apartments, and having a small garden behind. They are occupied by eight poor widows, six of whom are of the town of Basingstoke, and are appointed by the Charity Trustees ; and the other two are from the parish of Deane, and are appointed by the minister and church- wardens of that .parish. They were founded by Sir James Deane, who erected them in 1607, and endowed them with a yearly rent-charge of £55 (now £75 7s; 4d. net), out of the manor or farm of Ashe. Out of this rent-oharge each of the eight almswomen receives £6 Is. 4d. yearly, and 13s. 4d. each in lieu of, ALMSHOUSES AND CHARITIES. 709 gowDs. The remainder is retained for repairs, &c. The eight almswomen also receive Is. each per week from the dividends of £693 6s. 8d. three per cent. Consols, purchased pursuant to the will of Francis Eussell in 1794. The six belonging to Basingstoke receive in addition the dividends of £523 three per cent. Reduced Annuities, given by the Kev. Thomas Sheppard, D.D., for charit- able uses, and vested by his widow, in 1816, for the above-named purpose. "Little Amshouses and Chapel Street Hodses. The former are three cottages in Eeading Road, and the latter four cottages in Chapel Street. They are repaired by the Overseers, and are occupied by poor people put in by the Churchwardens and Overseers. They are not endowed,- and it is not known how the parish became possessed of them. " Acton's Almshouses, in Plaxfield Road, are four cottages occupied rent- free by poor persons. They were bequeathed to the poor by James Acton, about 1690 ; and one of his descendants, Mrs. Ann Cowslade, in 1814, left £400 for their reparation. " Page's Almshouses, in Hackwood Lane, comprise three tenements, with a garden in front, and were founded in 1802 by Joseph Page, of London, who endowed them with the rents arising from six houses and several gardens and plots of land, now yielding about £130 per annum. According to the founder's wish the trustees are to be all of the Independent Congregation of Dissentersi and to select the three almswomen from poor inhabitants of Basingstoke of that denomination. Each inmate has 6s. a week and a ton of coals yearly. The balance is applied to a building and repairing fund, and other purposes of the trust. " Various Chaeiiies.^ — About 1607 John Wigg gave £100 to the Corporation' in trust to pay the yearly interest of £80 thereof to the master of the Grammar School, and the interest of £20 to the poor. In 1601 Richard Deane left to the poor parishioners a yearly rent-charge of £5 4s., vested with the Corporation. In 1682 John Hall left, out of Round Meadow, a yearly rent-charge of £5 4s. for a weekly distribution of bread at the church. In 1619 Matthew Stocker left £10 to the Corporation, in trust, to distribute the interest among the poor. In 1622 Robert Payne left £100 to the Corporation, in trust, to be lent from time to time to three young clothiers for four years, at the yearly interest of 20s. to be given to the poor. The cloth trade at Basingstoke was nearly extinct in 1786, after which year the Corporation paid £4 a year in consider- ation of this £100, for distribution among the poor parishioners, who have also £4 13s. 4d. yearly from the Corporation, as the interest of £100 given by George Pemerton in 1634. For clothing poor aged people John Smith, in 1638, left a yearly rent-charge of £4 out of ten tenements in the town. To this charity is added £2 yearly as the interest of £40, which arose from ten years' arrears. Sir James Deane, the founder of the almshouses, left a yearly rent, charge of £10 8s. out of the manor of Deane, to be distributed in bread among the poor of Basingstoke by the churchwardens. In 1732 William Blunden left for the poor of Basingstoke not receiving parochial alms a yearly rent-charge of £10 out of an estate at Worplesdon, in Surrey. VI 710 ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. " Charies, Duke of Bolton, in 1694 left to the poor of Basing, Basingstoke, Sherfield, Newnham, Winslade, ajid Weston Patrick £102 per annum, to be paid out of certain estates now held by Lord Bolton. After deducting £20 8a. for land tax, the rest of his annuity ( £81 1 23. ) is divided among the six parishes as follows ; — £33 12s. to Basingstoke ; £24 to Basing ; £10 16s. to Sheraeld; £4 16s. to Winslade; £6 to Newnham; and £2 8s. to Weston Patrick. Sir James Lancaster, by will dated 1618, bequeathed to the Skinners' Company, in London, certain lands, &c., in trust, that they should pay out of the rents and profits thereof the yearly sum of £118 6s. 8d. to the Corporation, Lecturer, and Churchwardens of Basingstoke, to be applied by them as follows, viz. — £40 for the augmentation of the Lecturer's salary; £45 for distribution among the poor parishioners : £20 to the Usher of the Holy Ghost School ; and £13 6s. 8d. to the Master of the Petty School. In 1720 the estates left by Sir James Lancaster were transferred from the Skinners' Company to the Corporation of Basingstoke, who now hold them, subject to the above annual payments, and also to the yearly payment of £103 6s. 8d. to the said Skinners' Company, for various charitable uses ; and to the annual payment of £10 to the poor of Kingsclere, and £20 to the Free School Master of that parish. The above payments (amounting now to about £300 a year) are derived from property in London and an estate at MaidenweU in Lincolnshire, "Acts of Paelument. 1. ( A.D. 1778. ) "An Act for making a navigable canal from the town of Basingstoke, to communicate with the river Wey in the parish of Chertsey, Co. Surrey, and to the south east side of the turnpike road in the parish of Turgiss, Co. Southampton. 18. Geo. III. ( 62 pages. ) 2. (1793.) "An Act for effectually carrying into execution an Act of Parliament of the 18. Geo. III. for making a navigable canal from the town of Basingstoke to communicate with theViver Wey in the parish of Chertsey, &c. 33. Geo. III. (4 pages.) 3. (1786.) "An Act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing the open and common fields, common downs, common pastures, common meadows, waste lauds, and other commonable places within the parish of Basingstoke. 26. Geo. III. (38 pages.) 4. ( 1815. ) " An Act for paving the footways and cross-paths, and lighting, watching, cleaning, widening, and otherwise improving the streets, lanes, and other public passages and places in the town of Basingstoke. 55. Geo. III. ( 46 pages. ) 5. ( 1829. ) " An Act for enlarging the market-place in the town of Basing- stoke in the county of Southampton : and for fixing and regulating the markets of the said town, and for establishing a market for live cattle adjoining the same. 10. Geo. IV. ( 54 pages. ) CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF KINGS. 711 "Among the Muniments belonging to the Corporation is pre- served a small roll or strip of parchment, written in 1445 or 1446, containing the following Chronological list of Kings. In its original state it apparently commenced from the creation of the world, but the upper portion has been cut off, probably by some one who did not appreciate its going so far back. It is rubricated and carefully written in an upright hand, and to some extent a curiosity. ( The letters in Italics are indicated by abbreviation marks in the original. ) Maxymyan wedded Octavyous doughter In his tyme Seynt Albon was slayne and he reigned Constantyne Cosyne to the ky»g of lytel Bruteyne reigned ... Constantyne his Sonne that was a mouke at Wynchester Fortager that was Erie of Essex reigned ... Fortymer his Sonne .. . Engist of Saxony wnnm the lond and reigned Aurylambros, Constantyn's sonrae sleughe Engist and drof oute the Saxsyns and reigned Uter Pendragone his Broder Arthur his Sonne conqnerour Constantyne Arthur's Cosyne ... ... ... ... ... Curanm, for Constantyne had none eyre he reigned Conaghe hia cosyne ... ... ... ... ... ... Syryke reigned Seynt Adelbert and Sebert that were converted by Seynt Austya and his felowes reigned Elfrede and Cadwalader, Seynte Oswold and Cadwalyne reigne in the relme of Englomd one after a nother Ixxxv Offa, Seynte Oswalde's broder xlfuj AUurede, in his tyme seynt Edmund of Byry was slayne (sic J Hungar and Hubba of Denmerke reigned xxx Edward the furst his Sonne ^^^ Edmumd his Broder ^"1 Bdrede his Broder ^ Edwyne his iij Broder ... , "'1 Edgar his sonme ^'"3 Seynte Edward marter his sonme ^ij Swyne that was kyng of Denmerk Eldrede, Seynte Edwardes Broder Edmund Irensyde, and Knout, Swynes sonwe reigned xx H arold haref ote, Knoutes sonwe ^"J xxvj yeres xij )) v )> X] )j XUIJ » V " viij » XVI] ^> XXVJ »J XXIUJ ») XXX )) xxiiij it XXV 31 1 XV ix 712 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OP KINGS. Hardeknoute Wa Broder xvj Seynte Edward ConfesBor ... ... ... ... ... ... xidij Harold that was Godewynnes aonne, Erie of Westeex reigned ... j William Conquerour, Dnke of Normandy reigned kynge ... xrj William Rnfus his Bouwe « xiij Henry the Furst ... ... ... ... ... ... ... rxxTJ Steveniie, Erie of Boleyne Herrysusters Sonne reigned ... ... xjx Herry the secnnd, called fitz Emperis, in his tyme seynt Thomas ■was slayne, he reigned ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxvj Richard the Furat his sonne ... ... ... ... ... x John his Broder ... ... ... ... ,., ... ... xvj Herry iij his sonme Irj Edward the furst his Sonne ... ... ... ... ... xxfv Edward the seonnd hia Sonne xix Edward the iij his aonne ... ... ... ... ... ... lij Eichard the aecund his sonnes Sonne xxij Herry the iiij reigned ... ... ... ... ... ... xiiij Herry the V reigned ... ... ... ... ... ... x Herry the Syxte Eeigneth ;., Somme fro the makyng of the world tyUe the comyng of Brute ... ... ... ... ... ml iii] Ixxvij And fro the comyng of Brnte tylle the Inoarnationn of Oryste ml o xxij And fro the Incamationn of Criste tylle the xxiiij yere of o Kyng H. Syxte ml iiij xlvj And so the somme of alls the sommes, vjml vjo xlvj yeres. ADDENDA ET ERRATA. 713 ADDENDA ET ERRATA. Page 7, paragraph 2. Winklow Bury, or Winklebury as more . frequently spelt. " In the views of Frank-pledge and other local records of the 15th and 16th centuries it is written as Wyentnesbery and Wyntenysbury, and in the early part of the 14th century Wittenisohebury. Its modern orthography therefore is misleading, whilst the earlier form seems analogous to Wynteneye, (now Wyntney), the name of an extensive parish north of Basingstoke. Page 22, after line 3, add — " John Fostek, Vicar of Basingstoke, is named in the proceedings of the borough court held on 18th November, 1441, and again on 7th December, 1443, but as late Vicar (Johannes White opponit se versus Johannem Foster, clericwm, nuper vicarium de Baayngstoke.J Page 22. Eichaed Gosmee, Vicar. " He was ordained a sub-deacon in St. Laurence's church, Winchester, on l7th December, 1496, and was promoted to priesthood in Winchester cathedral on 20th May, 1497, as a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, by the hands of Edward, Bishop of CallipoUs. In 1519 he took the degree of B.D. at Oxford. Page 22. Thomas Browne, Vicar. " In 1704 the following inscription to his memory existed on a brass plate in Kingsclere church, on the floor of the chancel : Thomas Browne, Vicar of Kingesolere dyed thus, An. Dni. 1587, June 25. Have mercy upon me, Lord. Christ only is to me both in Life and Death advantage. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Page 27. Thomas Wabton. " He was ordained Deacon on 13th May, 1715, by Dr. John Kobinson, Bishop of London, and Priest on 12th June in the same year by Dr. Jonathan Trelawney, Bishop of Winchester. Page 28. " See correction as to date of resignation of Sir William de St. Mary Church, Note * page 652. Pages 29-31. " To the extracts given in these pages may be added, that Henry Howker says in his will dated 30th August, 1502, 'I leave my body to be buried in the cemetery near the chapel of the Holy Ghost at Basyngstoke. I bequeath to the light of St. Michael in the parish church of Basyngstoke, 20d., and to the chapel of the Holy Ghost, 20d. Also to the light of the Holy Cross in the said church, 2d., and to the light of St. Mary the Virgin in the aforesaid church, 2d.' " Juliana Kene of Basingstoke, widow, says in her wiH dated 22nd March, 1529, ' I bequeath to the parish church of St. Michael towards the reparations, 6s 8d., and to the said church of St. Michael to have my sepulture there, before oui Lady's altar in the north aisle, 6s. 83. I bequeath to the altar there a 714 ADDENDA ET ERRATA. sheet whereof I will two altar cloths to be made ; and also to the said altar I bequeath a towel.' Page 36. The inventory of church goods. " The articles named belonged to the parish church of Basingstoke. Page 51. In note. For 6. Hen. VI. read 6. Hen. IV. Page 59. Line 13. Omit " Sir " before Ohaloner Chute. Page 59. Seventh line from bottom. " The Brocas family sold Steveuton on 3rd December, 1648. Page 80. Line 28. For Weymouth read Sidmouth. Page 87. St. Michael's Church. On Innocents' Day, (Dec. 28th) 1885, a large and very beautiful Font, sculptured out of a single block of Red Dumfries Sandstone, from a design by Messrs. Bodley and Garner, was dedicated to the memory of John Lamb, Esq., Solicitor, of Basingstoke and Worting, by the officers and men of the Hants Yeomanry Cavalry (in which he was a Captain) and other friends. In December, 1888, a third manual or key-board was sup- plied to the Organ by Mr. W. Hedgelaud, with additional stops, so that it now contains thirty speaking stpps, with five couplers, and about 1800 pipes. Page 88. " The date on the book has apparently been altered, and may have been either 1609 or 1619. Page 96. Last line but one. For 1587 read 1557. Page 101. Last paragraph but one. For 1845 read 1843. Page 109. Add,— "Edward Spier, parish clerk, buried 23rd July, 1793, aged 78. Page 111. Dele, It was divided into floors and has remains of fire places, and insert, " It retains traces of the winding staircase which led to the entrance of the western gallery and to the roof of the tower. Page 112. First line. For living read lively. Page 130. 1602. For Thomas Blunden read Thomas Bunney. Page 145. Note *, line 14. For John Aybrom read John Aylwin. Page 144. Note *. For Waybill read Weyhill. Page 152. Add to line 7. Samuel Loggon was also the editor of a selection from the ' Colloquies of Corderius,' of which the 12th edition was published in 1790. It was probably originally compiled for use in the Holy Ghost School. Page 154. Aethue Hele. " Although he calls himself in 1750, on the title page of his work, a ' Harmony of the Four Gospels,' ' Master of the Free School in Basingstoke,' he held only the office of Usher. He was the son of the Kev. Richard Hele, M.A., master of the choristers' school and prebendary of Salisbury; vicar of Britford, and author of a weU-knowu work entitled, • Devotions for the Clergy.' Bom at Salisbury in the year 1713, and at the age of 15 he matriculated as of Trinity College, Oxford, on 20th June, 1728, ADDENDA ET ERRATA. 715 ( Richard, his elder brother, matriculated from St. Mary Magdalen's Hall on 22nd September, 1727.) He left Oxford for Cambridge and became a member of St. John's College, where he took the degree of B.A. in 1732, but neglected to take the M.A. till 1766. His earliest preferment was apparently the curacy of Sidbury in Devonshire. " On the 18th May, 1749, he was elected Usher of the Free Grammar School of Basingstoke, and on the 21st December, 1750, obtained from the Corporation a patent of this ofBce for life, ' in case he should so long reside within the town, and punctually and duly attend, and with conduct and diligence discharge his duty as Usher of the said school in teaching and instructing the youth under his care.' " On 12th November, 1755, the Bishop of Bath and Wells collated him to the vicarage of Corston in Somersetshire. In 1758 he was appointed Master of the Free Grammar School at Bath, whereupon he resigned the Ushership of the Holy Ghost School, and on 5th October, 1762, he was instituted to the rectory of Charlcombe near Bath. The advowson of this rectory was conveyed not long afterwards, by its patron, the Rev. Walter Robins, to the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Bath, for the purpose of its being annexed to the mastership of the Free Grammar School of Bath for ever. " On the 19th March, 1763, he was instituted to the rectory of Porlock, in the same county, on the presentation of King George III., and in the following year collated to a prebendal stall in Wells Cathedral. He held these pre- ferments up to the time of his death, which occurred in April, 1778. We are unable to give the exact day, but he was buried at Corston on the 30th April as ' Vicar of this parish.' His tomb in the churchyard has been neglected shamefully, and the inscription is so defaced that all we are able to preserve of it is : — Beneath this Tortib is interred the [pody of the Eev.'] Arthur Hele, [_M.A., Vicar of this Parish, and Rector of the'] Parish of Charlcomie, land of] Porlock, {^Prebendary of the] Cathedral Church of Wells, and f[or nearly] twenty years Master of the Grammar School in the City of Bath. [_A man] of mflexihle integrity in all his dealings {loith] an open hearted hospitality towa/rds [all his friends and] acquaintance The bracketed portions are our suggestions for filling up the defective blanks. For the date of burial and copy of inscription we are indebted to Mrs. Halliday, of Glenthome, Lynton, whose admirable monograph on the beautiful 15th century Tomb with effigies, in Porlock church, is a most valuable and praise-worthy contribution towards the elucidation of an interesting monument. Page 182. " The account book of the Holy Ghost Guild, now preserved at the Hartley Institution, Southampton, was in the possession of the corporation of Basingstoke at the latter end of the 17th century, as appears by following entry on a fly leaf of a record book belonging to the corporation :— ' Sept. 5th, 1698. The book of the accounts of the chapell was lent out of the chest to George Prince to peruse, to be restored again by me, George Prince.' This George Prince died in August, 1709, (see page 467). The entry is no evidence that Mr. Prince retained it, and the probability is that it was borrowed for some lawsuit at a late* date, and thus came into the hands of the Hartleys acting as solicitors. 716 ADDENDA ET ERRATA. Page 261. Line 3 of note. For peform read perform. Page 284. Line 9 from bottom. For Sadlers read Saddlers. Page 400. Line 1. For Thomas Athooke read Eichard Athooke. "In a list of the freeholders of the county drawn up in February, 1590-1. At Newenham occurs : — ' Richard Atte HooTce, alias Hooker, iedridden.' The lay subsidy return of 1598 records under Newenham, WiUiam Athooke, in lands, £4. Among the Basingstoke quit-rents due at Michaelmas, 1643, Richard Athooke, gent.. Is. Page 407. The statements relating to Dr. Jackson will be found corrected in the Appendix, pages 697 and 698. Page 422. Line 6. For occurs read occur. Page 432. Note *. "We overlooked an earlier entry in the Register: — 1638-9, Januarii 28, Elizdbetha fiUa Nicholai Lamye, generosi, sepulta est.' The churchwardens' accounts for 1639, 1640, and 1641 give the payment of a shilling each year for the knells of three of his children, and in 1640, ' Received of Mr. Lamye to sit in the seat behind the bailiffs' seat, 2s. 6d. Received more of him for his wife to sit in the seat where Mrs. Osey sat, in the first seat ol the women in the south side middle range, 2s. 6d. Page 436. Line 12. (1507-1508.) JFor Gilber read Gilbert. Page 449. Line 11. For changed read charged. Page 452. Third paragraph, line 2. Twentieth day of January. " It should be the 14th. The words twentieth and January are written by a later hand upon the blank spaces left in the original entry for the date. ( See page 466. ) Page 462. 1647-1648. For William Greene read William He aene. "There was an uncertainty as to the surname of this mayor, and as William Greene's name was next in seniority, we considered that he was the William who was mayor that year. We have since ascertained that Mr. William Greene died in 1645, in which year the churchwardens account for 2s. paid for his knell and 6s. 8d. for his burial in the church. We have also met with a document dated 9th March, 1647-8, signed, William Hearne, Mayor, of Basingstoke. The paj-ish Register records, ' Mr. William Hearne, gent., buried October 22nd, 1657.' Page 485. LIST OF MAYORS, Addenda to. "John Wathen Lodwidge, who was mayor 1881-1882, died on May 31st, 1888, aged 68. 1888-1889. "John Bdrgess Soper. A well earned honour, as supple- menting a residence of 65 years in Basingstoke, with an ever increasing interest taken in the trade and prosperity of the town, and a seat in the council for 20 years. Page 495. "We regret to record, that since this page has been in print, the venerable and much beloved Yisoount Eversley has closed his earthly career. His death occurred at his country seat, Heokfield Place, on 28th December, ADDENDA ET ERRATA. 717 1888, within a few wocts of completing his 95fch year. Age sat hghtly on him. Till quite recent years his powerful frame was unbent, and his step was free and elastic, while his face was ever bright with the natural animation of his youth. Page 546. In the list of Congregationalist Ministers, the name of Mr. George James Proctor is omitted. He succeeded Mr. Norman Glass, April 3rd, 1869, and resigned in June, 1870. Page 691. (Ushers of the Holy Ghost School.) Add after third paragraph: " On the death of Mr. Williamson, The Rev. Edward Wanstail, B.A., of Queen's College, Oxford, was appointed Usher on 18th January, 1820. " He afterwards accepted the curacies of Upton Grey and of Cliddesden with Farley, and died on 6th August, 1839. On his resignation WitLiAM Armstrong was appointed on 30th January, 1821, and he is named as receiving the Usher's stipend (£20 yearly) down to May, 1823. Fourth paragraph. The date should be 1823. After Mr. Dennis's resignation William Coopes, Junr., was appointed 'Petty Schoolmaster of the Holy Ghost School' on 15th May, 1827, and received his stipend as Usher in Sep- tember, 1827, and again in August, 1828. William Cullum occurs as Usher in 1838, and held the office tiU September, 1841, when he was succeeded by the Ebv. George Dunbar Haughton, B.A., who received the customary stipend on 24th June, 1842. Lear How was appointed before 24th June, 1844, and was re-appointed under the new scheme as mentioned. (Page 691.) "In 1885 an Act of Parliament was passed to amend the parliamentary representation, and Hampshire, which since the passing of the Eeform Act in 1835, had been divided into two divisions, North and South, and returned four members as Knights of the Shire, was divided into five divisions, one of these consisting of the Isle of Wight ; 2. West or Andover division ; 3. The New Forest ; 4. East, or Petersfield ; 5. North, or Basingstoke division. This last includes all the Basingstoke hundred, and aU the out hundreds given upon the map of the ancient jurisdiction, omitting Steventon ; and Overton hundred, excepting Bradley and North Waltham, and includmg Pamber, Sherfield-on- Loddon, and Eotherwick, also the hundreds of Odiham and Crondal. "The first member returned for this new division of Basingstoke was the Eight Hon. George Sclater-Booth, elected on November 28th, 1885, who on 21st June, 1887, was called to the Upper House as Baron Basing, of Basing Byflete, in the County of Hants, whereupon another election took place and Mr. Arthur Frederick Jefltreys was elected on July 19th, 1887. "The County Council Bill oarae into force in 1889, and the first election for Basingstoke resulted in the election of Major John May. Wl 718 OFFICERS OP BASINGSTOKE. LIST OP OFFICIALS IN 1889. CORPORATION. Mayor, — John Bnrgess Soper. Aldermen. Arthur Wallis, Henry Portsmouth, John Follett, and Major John May. ConNCILLORS. Richard J. Knight, Henry Smith, Edwin Charles White, Walter Wadmore, Joseph Tigvvell, Joseph Baker, John Burgess Soper, Henry Smith Ackland, Edward Adams, Thomas Maton Kingdon, Thomas John Edney, and Frederick James Temple. Attditors. — William Charles AyUffe and William Cannon. Assessors. — Charles Joseph Jacob and William Taplin. Borough Treasurer. — George Lear. Town Clerk. — William Henry Bayley. Borough Surveyor. — Harry Budden. Sergeants-at-Mace. — Charles Pritchard and James Pittard. Hall Keeper. — Charles Pritchard. Urban Sanitary Adthoeity. Clerh. — William Henry Bayley. Medical Officer. — Charles Prere Webb, M.D. Surveyor a/nd Inspector. — Harry Budden. Borough Magistrates. Ex-Officio. — The Mayor and Ex-Mayor. Major John May, Arthur Wallis, Henry Portsmouth, Richard J. Knight, John Burgess Soper, Thomas Maton Kingdon, Henry Allen, Hawkesley Roche Hayes, James Ponlter, Edwin Charles White, and John Dew. Clerh. — Francis Samuel Chandler. Municipal Charity Trustees. Chairman. — James Elwiu Millard, CD. Henry Portsmouth, Arthur Wallis, Richard J. Knight, Henry Allen, Hawkesley Roche Hayes, Charles Frere Webb, James Ponlter, Frederick James Temple, and William Henry Blatch. Cleric. — William Henry Bayley. Treasurer. — John Dew. Governors of Queen Mart's School. Chairman. — James Elwin Millard, D.D. Right Hon. Lord Basing, Henry Allen, Chaloner W. Chute, Henry Portsmouth, Richard J. Knight, Arthur WaUis, William Henry Bayley, James Poulter, Hawkesley Roche Hayes, Major John May. Co-optative Governors. — James Elwin' Millard, D.D., Chaloner W. Chute, Henry Allen. Governors of Aldworth's Charity. Chairman. — James Elwin Millard, D.D. Vice- Chairman. — Henry Portsmouth. Henry Allen, Arthur Wallis, Richard J. Knight, William Henry Blatch, James Poulter, Hawkesley Roche Hayes, Charles Frere Webb, Charles Joseph Jacob, and Major J. May. Clerh. — William Henry Bayley. Treasurer. — John Dew. School Board (elected 1888.) Chairman. — James Elwin Millard, D.D. Vice-Chairman. — Edwin Charles White. Edward Adams, George Dunn, Thomas John Edney, Charles Finder, and WiUiam Powell. Clerk, — Francis Samuel Chandler. INDEX NOMINUM. 710 INDEX NOMINUM. ADelle, see Delle Abbot, Abbott, John, 87, 470, 701, 702 ; Robert, 401, 688. Abindon, Abendoue, Abindone, Abyn- don, Peter de, 49, 605, 606, 606m, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 635m. Abraham, Thomas, 694. Achard, Robert, 599, 600, 601. Ackland, Henry Smith, 718. Aclye, Andrew, 177. Acreman, John, 195, 199. Acton, — , 488 ; Edward, 524 j James, 590, 709. Adam, Richard, 252. Adams, — , 550, 556 ; Andrew, 556 ; Edward, 567, 569, 718; John, 556; Richard, 531. Ailef e, Ailife, see Ayliffe. Ailward, see Aylward. Ailwin, Ailwyn, see Aylwin. Alayn, see Allen. Albemarle, WiUiam, Earl of, 653. Albiney, Philip de, 653. Alder, James, 556. Aldithel, Henry de, 69. Aldrad, Aldred, Alice, 199: Ellen, Elena, 197, 199; Thomas, 308; WiUiam, 194, 197. Aldworth, Richard, Sir Richard, 90, 404, 589, 706, 708 ; Thomas, 661. Alexander, Alisandre, AUsamidre, Alysandre, Master, 651 ; Walter, 179, 596, 604, 612, 694; William 173, 177, 612. Alfred, King, 6, 7, 8. Alianore, Queen, 374, 375, 376. Alington, Julius, 59. Alisandre, Alisaimdre, see Alexander. Allen, Alayn, AUin, AUine, Alyn, Barnard, 452m; Henry, 485, 718; Jane, 662 ; Jeffrey, 505 ; John, 104, 386; Martha, 104; Richard, 399, 401, 504, 662 ; Thomas, 342, 505 ; Walter, 606, 607; WilHam, 104, 142, 504. AUwright, James, 556 ; Richard, 556. Alton, Altyn, Aulton, John de, 695; Richard de, 695; Thomas do, 21; Walter, 602, 605. Alward, see Aylward. Alwyn, see Aylwin. Alyn, see Allen. Alysandre, see Alexander. Amborley, Aumberle, Aumburley, John, 247, 259, 620. Amblin, William, 400. Amelyn, John, 378. Amysse, Amys, John, 245, 379 ; Richard, 320. Anderson, Samuel, 461, 470, 471, 472, 685, 690, 701, 702. Andevere, de, Thomas, 639 ; William, 694. Andrew, Thomas, 315, 616, 641, 643, 645, 646. Andrewes, Andrews, Constance, 400 ; Edward, 556 ; John, 556. AneviUe, John de, 651. Ann, Anne, — , 378; John de, 194, 196, 593, 608 ; Robert, 434 ; Roger, 213; William, 200, 203, 245, 251, 254, 434, 618, 619. Antiugeham, Roger de, 602. Ap Richard,. David, 336. Aparitor, John, 199, 694. Apletre, William, 94r!.. Applegarth, Apelgarth, Aplegarth, Appelgarth, — , 107m, 539 ; Robert, 537, 538, 539. Aqua, William de, 695. Aragon, Catherine of, 78. Aram, Arum, Edmund, 438, 669 ; Edward, 128, 129. Archer, Elias, 430 ; Osmund A., 691 ; William, 244. Arcus, Peter, 694. Ardeu, WiUiam, 409. Argie, Arxye, Pitz Argio, Reginald, 42n., 597, 603, 604; Roger, 602, 604, 605; Thomas, 602. Arms, John, 86. Armstrong, WUliam, 717. Amei, Amie, Alexander, 341, 342. Arnold, Thomas, 518; WUliam, 77, 129, 389. Arum, see Aram. Arundel, Archbishop, 73 ; John, 275. Arxye, see Argie. Ascer, Robert, 602. Asheley, Robert, 380. Aslet, WUliam, 504. Atherton, John, 389. Atkins, WiUiam, 129, 342, 343, 398. Atte Asohe, John, 658. Atte Brygge, John, 379 ; Thomas, 203. Atte Chamber, Chambour, Margery, 252 ; Ralph, 214 ; WiUiam, 378. At Church, Randulf, 605. 720 INDEX NOMINUM. Atte Clythe, see Olive. Atte Dene, Walter, 298, 301 ; William, 287. Atte Fielde, John, 293, 294, 294». Atte Hale, John, 16. Atte HaUe, Robert, 278. At Hegge, John, 197. Atte Hethe, John, 278, 435. Atte Hooke, Athooke, At Howke, Atte Hoke, Atte Hook, Atte Houke, de la Hoke, Hooker, Houke, John, Sir John, 264, 278, 309, 632 ; Nicholas, 305 ; Peter, 607 ; Eiohard, 272, 275, 284, 342, 435, 540n, 716 ; Thomas, 400, 716 ; WilUam, 539m, 716. See also Hooke. At Here, Richard, 396. Atte Hulle, William, 378. Atte Hyde, Robert, 378, 387. Atte Lane, Isabella, 608 ; John, 631, Katherine, 608 ; Roger, 253 ; Wil- liam, 608, 657. Atte Mere, Susanna, 379 j WilUam, 243, 244. Atte More, Ingelram, 200, 202, 203, 252, 254, 287, 378, 380, 434, 435; Isabella, 267, 268, 269, 270 ; John, 298, 301, 378 ; WiUiam, 241, 385. Atte MuUe, Beatrix, 240. Atte Naaohe, Nashe, Nasshe, John, 202, 203, 213, 226, 227, 228; Nicho- las, 382, 387. Atte Noke, William, 258. Atte Slade, William, 378. Atte Stighele, W., 227. Atte Watere, Att Water, Atwater, Alice, 379; John, 197, 199, 201, 283, 298, 301, 694 ; Reginald, 175 ; Richard, 387; Thomas, 398; Wil- liam, 214, 887. Atte Waterende, see Waterende. Atte Welle, At Wellys, Atte Wei, Alice, 286; Alson, 395; Christian, 395 ; John, 384 ; PhiUp, 269, 280. Attwood, Atte Wode, Atte Wude, John, 247, 287; Margaret, 287; Roger, 556. Aula, de, John, 607 ; Reginald, 603 ; Roger, 599 ; Walter, 598, 599, 600, 604 ; William, 605. Aulton, see Alton. Aumberle, Aumburley, see Amberley. Auncel, AunceU, AwnseU, Robert, 704 ; Symkyn, 395 ; Thomas, 23m. Austen, Awsten, Austin, Austyn, — , 107m, 537; Edward, 352, 353; Thomas, 309, 344; William, 253, 257, 352, 435, 623, 624. Avenell, Edward, 400. Averie, Thomas, 342. Awnsell, see Auncel. Awsten, see Austen. Axe, William, 515. Aybrom, John, 145m, 714. Ayles, Alfred G., 691. Ayleward, see Aylward. Ayliffe, Ailefe, Ailife, Aylyfe, Ayleife, AylifE, Ann, 463; Bryan, 389; Dorothy, 105 ; James, 506, 512 ; John, 342 ; Messrs. 556 ; Richard, 327, 331, 385, 389 ; Rowland, 343 ; Thomas, 397; William Charles, 718. Aylmer, John, 607. Aylward, Ailward, Alward, Ayleward, Aylleward, Aylyerd, Haylward, Johanna, 341 ; John, 333, 378, 387, 695; Thomas, 214, 227, 229, 230, 250, 378. Aylwin, Aylwyn, Ailwin, Ailwyn, Alwyn, John, 131, 400, 401, 444», 456, 457, 458, 459, 462, 492, 495, 514, 517, 700, 714. Aylyerd, see Aylward. Aylyfe, see Ayliffe. Aylynge, Robert, 459. Aynoif, Enol, Eynolf, Peter, 183, 602, 631, 632 ; Walter, 601, 655. Ayre, Ayrye, Baldwin or Balderwin de, 65, 362. Babyngtou, Thomas de, 21. Baohar, see Baker. Bada, Henry de, 366. Badecok, Badekoo, William, 258. BafE, Nicholas, 395. Bagemere, Baggemere, John de, 174, 233n, 434, 594, 597, 604, 605, 606, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 657. Baggeswater, Robert de, 594. Bagyn, Goodman, 355. Bailey, Bailye, Bailie, Bayly, Edward, 531; John, 337, 341, 342; Nicho- las, 116, 117, 280, 290, 298, 302, 435, 658 ; William, 288. Bainard, see Baynard. Baker, Baohar, Bakare, Bakere, Geof- frey, 271 ; Henry, Harry, 394, 395 ; Johanna, 245; John, 225, 252, 294; Jone, 395; Joseph, 718; Matthew, 257; Richard, 290, 609; Robert, 225; Thomas, 243, 244, 245 ; William, 245 ; Sir William le, 610. Balden, Andrew, 505. Baldook, John, 203, 222, 269, 379, 434 ; Robert, 17. Baldwyne, John, 313. INDEX NOMINUM. 721 Ball, —,151; Nathaniel, 688: Thomas, 506. Balson, Thomas, 306, 307. Banaater, Banastre, Ealph, 638; Stephen, 205. Banoks, ■ — , 514. Band, — , 508. Barber, Barbore, Barbor, Barbour, — , 379; James, 685; John, 271; Joseph, 543 ; Thomas, 213, 244, 261, 266, 378; William, 258, 274, 290, 298, 301, 395, 435, 619, 620, 621. Barfoot, Barfoote, Dorothy, 470 ; Henry, 86, 452, 453, 465, 466, 563, 700, 701; John, 308; Robert, 468, 469, 528, 701; Walter, 466, 467, 469, 700, 701. Barker, A. a., 569; Edmund, 578; Peter, 149. Barkesdale, Barkysdale, Barkensdale, Berkesdale, Berkysdalle, Henry, 255, 256, 261, 618, 619, 620, 621; Hugh, 203, 213, 24i, 245, 252. Barlow, Ealph, 513. Barnard, Earnerd, Bernarde, Agnes, 248, 273 ; Andrew, 345 ; Edward, 398, 512, 622, 642, 645; George, ( ? Baynard ) 411 ; Harry, 313 ; John, 135, 201, 243, 245, 248, 287, 298, 301, 379, 607, 657; Nicholas, 809; Eobert, 435; Thomas, 333, 335, 340, 400; Walter, 179, 342, 656, 657; William, 128, 243, 385, 506, 657. Barnet, Barnat, Barnett, John, 202, 230, 245, 249, 254, 259; WiUiam, 252, 271, 273, 279, 281, 298, 301, 618, 621. Barron, Baron, Henry, 546, 569; John, 303. Bartlet, John, 395. Barton, de, Henry, 694 ; Eichard, 696. Basing, Basinge, Basinges, Basynge, de, Cristina, 573, 594 ; Hamon, Sir Hamon, Hamund, 180, 370, 594, 597, 600, 601, 602, 656, 657 ; Henry, 40 ; John, 359, 360, 365, 367, 369«, 656; Matilda, 573; Nicholas, 361, 601, 602; Ealph, 174, 375, 606; Eobert, 41; Eoger, 361; Thomas, 694; Walter, 594, 694; WiUiam, 29, 40, 195, 359, 361. Basing, Lord, 717, 718. Basingstoke, de, John, 573 ; WiUiam, 373. Basset, Alan, 61, 180; Ela, 180, 181, 188 ; PhiUp, 181, 185, 613 ; Eiohaj:d, 652. Bastin, Andi-ew, 316, 517. Basynge, see Basing. Batte, WiUiam, 276, 289. Batten, James, 680. Baughurst, John, 556. Baxter, Alexander, 563w. Baydel, Hugh, 179. Bayley, William Henry, 498, 718. Bayly, see Bailey. Baynard, Bainard, — , 408, 511m, 512 ; George, 23, 35, 62, 63, 130, 131, 145m, 412, 439, 410, 453, 455, 456, 458, 459, 462, ( See also Barnard ) ; Tabitha, 35. Bayuton, Sir Edward, 416. Bealy, Thomas, 690, 691. Bearde, Beard, Thomas, 708 ; WiUiam, 342. Beatrix, Ealph, son of, Beatris,Betrich, Betryoh, Ealph, 40, 72, 594, 595, 597, 601, 602, 604. Beauchamp, Earl Thomas, 76. Beaumont, Ealph, Viscount, 360. Beausale, John de, 11. Beausum, — , 107?i. Bebbe, Hawise, 244. Bechesworthe, John de, 696. Beckley, Beckly, Eichard, 516. Beconsawe, Bekynsalle, Mary, 401 ; Walter, 332. Bedal, Bedel, Henry le, 72, 174, 177 ; William, William le, 656, 657. Bedene, Peter, 247. Bedford, Bedeford, Eichard de, 595. Bedingfield, Thomas, 512. Bee, see Bye. Beel, Bel, Eichard le, 20, 653, 654, 657. Begeneoer, Eobert, 285. Beis, William de, 694. Bekynsalle, see Beconsawe. Bel, see Beel. Belchamber, Bellchamber, Belchambyr — , 642 ; Alexander, 389 ; Edmund, 395 ; John, 206, 207, 210, 211, 304, 310, 319, 327, 331, 332, 336, 382, 385, 395, 436, 437, 500n,; Jone, 395; Thomas, 626, 627; WiUiam, 119, 345, 398, 437. Belhuse, Thomas de la, 631. BeU, Charles, 569. Bellinger, Eichard, 622. Benetlegh, see Bentley. Benfelde, Benefeld, Benefeud, Benet- feld, Benfield, see Binfield. Benham, William, 400. Bennett, George, 140 ; Secretary, 412. Bentley, Benteley, Benetlegh, de, EUas, 696; Henry, 188. Bentworth, Binteworth, Bynteworth, 722 INDEX NOMINUM. de, Richard, 193m j Waiiam, 73, 192, 193. Berawt, John de la, 597. Berbret, William, 655, 656. Berchette, John de la, 696. Bere, John de la, 175. Berefray, William, 656. Berewe, Berga, Berge, Bergeys, Bergh, Berghe, see Burgh. Berkeley, Berkley, — , 201 ; Edward, 301 ; Maurice, 301. Berkesdale, Berkysdall, Berkysdalle, see Barkesdale. Bemarde, see Barnard. Berne, Beruge, see Burgh. Berton, de, Odyn, 696 ; Thomas, 696. Berwyn, — , 265. Beaill, Margery, S94m ; Sir Peter, 394». Beat, Charles, 497, 555, 556 ; William, 497. Bestis, Richard, 259. Beawiok, see Fenton. Betrich, Betryoh, see Beatrix. Bettys, John, 116, 117, 379, 619, 621. Bever, Jenny Ann, 89 ; Nathaniel, 89. Bewservyse, Bewservise, Johanna, 380, 381 ; William, 382, 437. Beyon, Ralph, 323. Bioknall, Richard, 400. Bigg-Wither, R. F., 569. Biggs, Bygges, John, 394, 395, 556. Bignoll, Agnea, 104; Elizabeth, 104; John, 104. Bigod, Hugh le, 613. Biketon, John, 696. Binfield, Benfelde, Benefeld,Benefeud, Benetfeld, Benfleld, Bynfeld, — , 516; John, 253; Ralph, 378, 599, 600; Robert, Robert de, 173, 387, 654 ; Roger, 516, 517, 654. Bintener, John, 244. Binteworth, see Bentworth. Biahop, Biachop, Bisshup, Buashop, Bysshop, Bysshup, — , 107n ; Edward, 550; John, John le, 22S, 228, 391, 523, 556, 608, 609, 703; Margaret, 608 ; Peter, 193 ; Thomas, 543 ; WilUam, 18, 556. Biasery, Master, 315. Blackford, Michael, 342. Blaokstone, F. C, 39. Blake, John, 342 ; William, 702. Blakeman, Hugh, 657 ; William, 633. Blatch, James, 27, 39, 90, 95, 102, 407, 478, 590, 699 ; William Henry, 485, 718. Blechar, Robert le, 194, 196. Bios, WiUiam, 696. Blewott, Humphrey, 647. Blonden, Blonudon, see Blunden. Bloxham, Alice, 266 ; John, 609, 610. Blunden, Blonden, Bloundon, Bluu- dene, — , 134, 162; Anne, 530 Elizabeth, 167; Frederick, 484 John, 63, 86, 130, 131, 339, 341 342, 399, 401, 439, 440, 453, 455 Margaret, 700; Mrs., 161, 162 Robert, 391, 466, 467, 468, 469, 564, 701; Thomas, 130, 504, 714 William, 68, 129, 130, 131, 145n. 163m, 166, 167, 168, 388, 399, 401 438, 439, 440, 453, 455, 456, 458, 459, 465, 466, 467, 500, 504, 505, 514, 589, 700. 701, 709. Blysset, John, 318, 320, 500n.. Bocher, Bochar, see Butcher. Bohun, WilUam de, 54. Bolayn, Thomas, 395. Belle, John, 272. Bollocks, BoUok, see BuUocke. Bolton. Duke of, 390; Lord, 60, 75, 83, 567, 710; Charles, Duke of, 487, 488, 589, 710; Harry, Duke of, 488 ; Thomas Orde, Lord, 488 ; William Orde, Lord, 489. Bone, — , 550. Bookie, Chriatopher, 342. Borde, Bourde, — , 379; John, 226, 244; Thomas, 245. Borgham, John de, 696. Borne, Bourne, John, 130, 356, 400, 401, 439; Thomas, 21, 349, 438; WiUiam, 518. Borte, Isabella, 197. Bosco, de, Geoffrey, 599; William, 173. Bossewell, Thomas, 388. Boteler, Botieler, see Butler. Bothe, Nicholas, 226. Bottele, John de, 373. Bourde, see Borde. Bourne, see Borne. Bouyatte, see Bowyatte. Bovile, de, Henij, 602 ; Hugh, 601. Bowbrigge, William, 271. Bowcher, Johanna, 266 ; John, 266. Bower, John, 331 ; Katherine, 333. Bowman, M., 556. Bowyatte, Bouyatte, Stephen, 298, 301. Bowyer, Bowyar, Bowyare, Boyer, — , 324 ; John, 31, 205, 308, 318m, 320, 385, 395, 436. Box, — , 107m ; Elizabeth, 548, 54Sm ; Edward, 548». Boyer, see Bowyer. Bracchford, John, 280. Brackloy, Braoklie, — , 464 ; Dorothy, INDEX NOMINUM. 723 464 ; Elizabeth, 464 ; Eicliard, 131, 145)1, 401, 455, 456, 457, 458, 462, 463, 464, 503, 505, 512, VOO ; Robert, 464 ; Thomas, 464 ; Widow, 464. Braokstone, William, 556. Bradeleye, Bradele, Henry de, 594, 601, 602. Brambly, Bramley, Bramle, Bromle, Bromley, Edmund, 263, 2V4, 280, 281, 435; Thomas, 704; William, 471, 473, 474, 475, 476, 555, 556, 702. Bramahill, (Bromsulle) Henry de, 605. Bramshot, ( Brembeschet ) William de, 188. Brasier, Anne, 472; John, 472, 685, 690, 702. Brayboef , Braybof, Braybufe, Breybuf , de, Henry, 595, 601 ; Sir Hugh, 58, 59, 193, 197, 601, 607, 695 ; Robert, 596, 601; Sir William, 55, 115, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 182, 186, 187, 594, 606, 631. Brembeschet, see Bramshot. Brewer, (Briewerre) William, 363. Breybuf, see Brayboef. Brian, see Bryan. Bridde, Bryd, John, 245; Richard, 272. Bridgewater, Earl of, 390. Bridgman, Lord Keeper, 675. Briewerre, see Brewer. Bright, John, 531. Brith, Thomas, 695. Brocas, Broke, Brokes, Brokas, Brokays, Brokeys, Brokys, — , 310; Anne, 347»; Bernard, 202u, 225, 230, 347m ; Edith, 205™ ; John, 318ri, 347, 385, 389, 394, 395 ; Pexall, 347, 347m, 350; Robert, 347w; Thomas, 391, 399; WiUiam, 116, 200, 202, 203, 205n, 251, 259, 264, 278, 287, 298, 301, 313, 318m, 319, 319», 335», 378, 380. 382, 385, 389, 618, 619, 621. Brocas Family, 59, 60, 714. Brookett, John, 23, 23n, 403, 406, 458, 697 ; William, 406. Brode, Broode, John, 203, 204. Brokas, Brokays, Broke, Brokes, Brokeys, Brokys, see Brocas. Broke, Geoffrey de la, 694. Bromfelde, John, 342. Bromle, Bromley, see Brambly. Bromsulle, see Bramshill. Broode, see Brode. , , _„„ Brown, Browne, — , 107«, 521, 537 ; Anthony, 504 ; Edward, 26 ; John, 139», 148, 290, 395, 400; Mary, 504n; Nicholas, 272, 276, 277; Thomas, 22, 23n, 32, 78, 138, 148m, 622, 630, 668, 672, 713; William, 26, 261, 272, 705, 708. Brownesden, Richard, 398. Brownjohn, Henry, 482 ; Richard, 132m. Brushwood, Brushood, John, 342 ; William, 344. Bryan, Brian, Cornet, 424; Michael, 694. Bryd, see Bridde. Brydissal, Robert de, 636. Bryer, John, 505. Bryggis, Richard, 262. Bryghtwyse, Bryhtwysle, John, 265 ; Thomas, 283. Brynklowe, Richard and Elizabeth, 282, 298, 301. Buckelar, Walter, 647. Buckle, — , 107m. Buckley, — , 543. Budd, — , 107m ; Daniel, 531, 704. Budden, Harry, 718 ; William, 567. Budel, Richard, Richard le, 655, 657. Budgell, Bustaoh, 660, 660m. Bull, John, 398. BuUesdon, John, 293. BuUocke, Bollocke, BoUok, Bullok, Robert, 225, 230 ; William, 265, 696. Bunney, Ann, 401 ; Thomas, 63, 130, 439, 440, 456, 513, 670, 714 ; Widow, 514. Burbanck, Thomas, 704. Burchege, John de la, 173. Burell, Nicholas, 241, 252. Burewyne, Robert, 378. Burga, Burge, see Burgh. Burges, William, 321. Burgeys, Ralph, 21. Burgh, Berewe, Berga, Berge, Bergeys, Bergh, Berghe, Berne, Beruge, Burga, Burge, Burghe, Bume, de la, Hugh, 69; John, 77, 177, 195, 233n, 598, 599, 600, 603, 604, 606, 607, 657 ; Walter, 40, 367, 368, 434, 602; WilUam, 72, 296, 369, 369», 597, 599, 600, 601, 602, 604, 655. Burley, Anthony, 386. Burns, see Burgh. Burnham, — , 107m. Burton, Kingston, John de. Parson of Eastrop, 175, 179, 229, 229m. Busshell, John, 341, 342. Busshnet, John, 342. Busshop, see Bishop. But, John, 694. Butcher, (Bochar, Bocher) Nicholas, 221, 228; Richard, 307: William, 724 INDEX NOMINUM. 307, 395, 624, 669, 670. Butlor, Boteler, Botieler, Alexander le, 174 ; Andrew, 130, 131, 399, 401, 453, 455, 456, 458, 462, 517, 700; Charles, 25, 136, 142, 150, 161m, 504, 579, 670, 671 ; Edmund, 467, 701; Elizabeth, 25, 670; George, 131, 700 ; John, 666 ; Nicholas le, 604; Peter, 504; Richard, 131, 464, 671, 673, 677, 700; Thomas, 226 ; Walter, 240 ; Widow, 522. Bye, Bee, — , 626 ; Gilbert, 204, 385, 489; Henry, 500n; John, 119, 327, 336, 343, 382, 386, 389, 396, 436, 437, 489. Byflete, Byflet, Byflett, Byfflett, — , 626; John, 389; Eobert, 391; Thomas, 253, 329, 345, 378, 382, 387. Bygges, see Biggs. Byle, WilUam, 273, 277, 279. Bynfeld, see Binfield. Bynteworth, see Bentworth. Bysshop, Bysshup, see Bishop. Cal, Geoffrey le, 631. Callipolis, Edward, Bishop of, 713. Calvele, William, 229. Camoys, Hugh, Sir Hugh, 225, 229n, 230. Camoys Family, 59. Campyon, John, 283. Caucellis, Bmene do, 178. Candovere, de, Richard, 374 ; William, 374. Oanevacere, John de, 183, 599, 603. Canner, Cannar, John, 265, 287, 298, 302, 309, 336, 400, 436 ; Roger, 287, 293, 294, 395; Thomas, 205, 289, 385 ; William, 258. Cannon, William, 718. Cantelshangre, Kanteshangre, de, Eustace, 601 ; Geoffrey, 177. Canterbury, Archbishop of, 318. Cantische, John le, 196; Walter de la, 233m. Cape, Elizabeth, 406. Capelin, Agnes, 576; Richard, 576. Cappe, John, 265. Cardevile, Richard de, 369. Carflif, Cardeyf, Kardyf, Henry, 44, 184 ; John, 173, 602, 603, 604. Garden, Cardon, John, 331 ; Robert, 317, 382, 383. Carite, Caritie, Karite, Edward, 185, 599, 600, 602, 603, 604, 605, 656. Carlisle, Robert, Bishop of, 613. Carpenter, Carpynter, Henry, 222, 226, 228; John, 313, 556; Richard, 243, 244, 252, 253, 265; Eobert, 378, 387 ; William, 279. Carter, Cartere, Cartar, Kerter, — , 313, 326; John, 21, 50, 125, 398, 399, 614; Richard, 302, 312, 331, 342, 353; Robert, 226, 230, 244; William, 283, 303, 395, 400, 505. Caryll, Mr., 540. Castayne, see Caston. Caateil, Thomas, 244. Caston, Castayne, Castyn, Chastayne, George, 482; William, 594, 595, 597, 654, 655, 656, 657. Cateclyne, Matilda, 255; Thomas, 255, 256. Catelome, John de, 630. Cater, Cater, Henry, 399, 401, 512, 517; Robert, 504; William, 507, 508, 509. Caumbur, Adam le, 195. Cay, Johanna, 262 ; John, 262, 265. Cecill, Sir Edward, 416. Cerpe, John, 40. Chadwick, John Herbert, 155. ChalUs, William, 484, 498. Chamber, Chambyr, Edward, 384; John, 642. Chambers, John, 556. Chamberlain, Chamberleyn, Alice, 327; John, 140ii, 327, 345. Champayne, Chaumpayne, Chaum- paigne, John, Sir John de, 607, 608, 608m. See also Dunham. Champneys, ( Chaumpeneys ) Alice, 255)1. Chandler, Chaundeler, Chaundler, Agnes, 398 ; Barbara, S50n ; Erancis Samuel, 567, 718 ; Henry, 389, 391 ; John, 387; Samuel, 485; Thomas, 350m. Chapell, — , 107m. Chapelain de Basingstoke, John, 21. Chaplain, Robert, 199. Chapman, Chepman, James, 345, 387. Charter, John, 556. Chastayne, see Caston. Chaumpaigne, Chaumpayne, see Champayne. Chaumpeneys, see Champneys. Chaundeler, Chaundler, see Chandler. Chepman, see Chapman. Chepyngdale, John, 318. Chere, John, 249. Chichester, Gervase de, 12, 13, 28. Chichester, Ralph, Bishop of, 595. Child, Thomas, 683. Chilmarohe, John, 609. Chineham, Chynham, Lord of, 287, INDEX NOMINUM. 725 309, 329. Chineham, Chinhatn, de, Edmund, 193, 198; Richard, 58; Robert, 658 ; WiUlam, 178, 184, 600, 605. Chitty, Thomas, 556. Christemas, William, 252. Chode, John, 378. Chudleigh, James, 701. Church, Chun-he, de, John, 378 ; Nicholas, 694. Chute, Anthony, 680; Chaloner, 59, 566JI, 714; Chaloner W., 718; Edward, 566ii; Devereux W., 39; Thomas Lobb, 563«. CUynham, see Chineham, Lord of. Cicilie, Walter de, 605. Clapshaw, Clapschow, Clapshew, Clapsho, Clapsscho, Clapshoo, — , 144m, 527, 537; Aquila, 530; Isabella, 282; John, 273, 621; Judith, 105; William, 307. Clarence, Duke of, 376. Clarington, WOliam, 343. Clarke, Clerk, Clerke, Charles, 662 Frances, 662; Henry, Sir Henry. 145™, 249, 378, 671 ; Johanna, 249 John, 30, 127, 128, 129, 150, 202, 252, 286, 347, 354, 378, 388, 398, 406, 407, 438, 505, 609, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 662, 688, 697 Richard, 285, 295, 296, 394, 395 Sybil, 597; Thomas, Thomas le, 241, 247, 316, 597, 598, 600, 605 Widow, 539 ; William, 342, 395. Clavel, Thomas, 266, 280, 621. Claven, Clavyn, John, 616; Thomas, 263. Clawyne, Thomas, 395. Cledesden, see Mattresdone. Cleeve, Cleve, CHve, Ambrose, 86, 523 ; Edward, 401 ; Elizabeth, 556 ; George, 556 ; Robert, 474, 475, 556, 703. See also Clive. Clemens, Andrew, 336. Clement, John, 240. Clement, Prior, 46, 594. Clerk, Clerke, see Clarke. Cleve, see Olive. Cliddesden, Lord of, John de, or Lord of. See Mattresdone. Clive, Cleve, Clithe, Clyde, Clythe, de la, atte, Henry, 197, 607; John, 369», 694; Peter, 183, 369, 369™, 595, 596, 597, 600, 601, 605, 606; Roger, 369«; WiUiam, 369«, 434, 608, 609. See also Cleeve. Clough, ClofEe, Cluffe, Andrew, 452k. ; Elinor, 401 ; Richard, 130, 440, 443 ; William, 514, 518, 700. Cluddesden, Cludysden, see Mattres- done. Cluffe, see Clough. Clyde, Clythe, de la, atte, see Clive. Cobbe, John, 289. Coc, see Cook. Cockel, Cokel, Cokelle, Cockerell, Cokerell, Cokoel, Kokerel, John, 694 ; Richard, 40, 67, 175, 179, 183, 233«, 369w, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 605, 655, 656; William, 369, 434, 608. Cocks, see Cox. Codtysmour, Codysmore, see Cotes- more. Cok, Coke, see Cook. Cokel, Cokelle, Cokerell, Cokoel, see Cockel. Colas, Thomas, 196, 198. Cole, CoUe, Alexander, 40; Pranoia, 523; John, 257, 342; Peter, 40; Richard, 86 ; Thomas, 631. Coleman, Colman, — , 672 ; Alice, 662 ; Amy, 662; Anne, 662; Barbara, 662; Dorothy, 390, 391; Elizabeth, 660, 662 ; James, 662 ; Jane, 26™, 662; Joan, 662; John, 86, 105, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 525, 563, 662, 671, 673, 677, 700 ; Ralph, 37 ; Richard, 26™, 466, 467, 660, 662, 700, 701; Sarah, 662; William, 452™, 465, 466, 467, 660, 662, 700, 701. Coles, Lionel, 541; Nicholas, 517, 518. CoUe, see Cole. Collens, see Collins. Collier, CoUyer, Colyer, Agnes, 496m; Anne, 496™ ; Prances, 496™ ; Henry, 132, 467, 468, 496, 496™, 505, 528, 700, 701 ; Joseph, 444«,, 495, 496m, 517 ; Susanna, 496™. Collins, (Collens, CoUyns, Colyns) John, 318, 349, 399. Collis, Joseph, 708. CoUye, Dorothy, 129m ; Richard, 129, 130. CoUyer, see Collier. Collyns, see Collins. Colman, see Coleman. Colton, John, 259. Colyer, see Collier. Colyns, see Collins. Combare, William, 229. Consaunt, Nicholas, 643. Constable, (Conestable) Thomas le, 694. Conway, Secretary, 408. Cook, Coo, Cok, Coke, Cooke, Cowke, XI 726 INDEX NOMINUM. Koo, — , 35, 135, 310 ; Edward, 29, 11, 280, 286, 298, 302, 394, 395, 435; Geoferey, Geoffrey le, 599, 600, 605 ; John, 31, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211, 272, 278, 318, 340, 348, 385, 389, 435, 436, 437, 599; Eichard, 221, 225, 226, 227, 228, 604; -Thomaa le, 198; WiUiain, William le, 41, 44, 252, 593, 595, 601, 655, 656. Cooksey, C. F., 413. Coole, John, 317. Coomba, ■ — , 537. Cooper, Cupere, Kupere, James, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 482, 488, 493, 555, 702, 705; Eichard le, 194; Eobert, 556, 702, 703; Thoma3, 353; William, William lo, 196, 550, 717. Cooteell, Thomas, 399. Cope, Sir John, 391, 680. Coplestone, Anthony, 78. Coppat, John, 595. Coppe, Cope, Copey, Coppey, Coppeye, Agnes le, 603, 604 ; John, John le, de la, 45, 173, 177, 179, 233, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 601, 602, 603, 631, 656, 657, 694; Thomas, Thomas le, 184, 597, 602, 604. Coppede, — , 200. Corbet, Eichard, 572. Cordale, Cordall, Cordalle, Cordell, Alice, 316; John, 332, 395; Mag-- dalen, 332; Eichard, 119, 127; Thomaa, 118, 289, 298, 302, 435; Winiam, 621. Corenal, James, 694. Corham, Coreham, Eobert, 350, 350m, Eoger, 350n. Corke, Edward, 616. Comhampton, William de, 696. Comubia, Gilbert de, 695. Corveser, Lewis, 395 ; Philip, 395. Cosmo III., 79, 156. Costlyn, John, 387. Cosyn, Eobert, 695. Cotel, Peter, 695. Coterel, Cotrel, Cottrel, Hugh, 198; John, 399; Eichard, 196, 634; Eobert, 40 ; Thomas, 411 ; Walter, 695 ; WUliam, 656, 657. Cotesmore, Codtyamonr, Codysmore, Oottiamore, Cotysmore, Eichard, 264, 265, 378, 435, 619, 620, 622. Cotrel, see Coterel. Cottle, Moaea, 484 ; Eobert, 482, 483, 484. Cottiamore, Cotysmore, see Cotesmore. Cottrel, see Coterel. Coudray, Coudrey, Condreye, Coudry, see Cowdray. Coufaud, Coulaude, Coufold, Confolde, see Cnfaude. Conper, see Cowper. Covey, Edward, 482, 483 ; John, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 488, 493, 555, 556, 563m, 699, 702. Cowdray, Coudray, Coudreye, Coudry, Cowderoy, Cowdery, Cowdreye, Cudray, — , 107m, 335, 384; AUce, 642; Edward, 288, 295; Fulk, Sir Pulk, de, 597, 597m; Henry, 200, 254; John, 116, 117, 265, 281, 288, 378, 505, 621; Peter, Sir Peter, de, 178, 182, 187, 199m, 600, 606; Eobert, 435 ; Eoger, 354, 389, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627; Sir Thomas de, 58, 696; William, 288, 298, 303, 354, 389, 395, 504. Coweslade, see Cowslade. Cowfold, Cowfolde, see Cufaude. Cowke, see Cook. Cowper, Oouper, John, 401 ; Ealph, 609; Thomas, 265, 395; William, 308. Cowslade, Coweslade, Oowslad, Ann, 709; James, 329m, 339, 341, 345, 347, 398 ; Jane, 389, 622, 625, 626, 627, 629 ; Johanna, 206, 327, 329m, 348, 386?!,; John, 319, 327, 328, 386, 396 ; Eobert, 345. Cowslade Family, 137. Cox, Cocks, — , 107m; Charles, 482, 704, 705; Jacob, (see Jacob); Thomas, 531. Craft, Crafts, — , 107m; John, 228, 229; Nicholaa, 625; William, 469, 470, 471, 685, 701, 702. Crake, Bgerton, 405; Samuel, 404, 405. Craa, see Gras. Craswelle, see Creswell. Craucombe, GeoHrey de, 69. Crawele, Walter de, 696. Crede, John, 395. Creswell, Craswelle, Crosswelle, — , 310, 315, 354 ; Edward, 331 ; Hugh, 389; John, 305,350m, 387; Eichard, 206, 209, 331, S31m, 504; Eobert, 204, 205, 208, 209, 210, 336, 385; Thomaa, 331n, 386, 386m, 389, 436 ; William, 298, 301, 349, 352. Crispyn, William, 695. Crocker, Croker, Crokkere, Isabella, 257 ; John, 507, 508. Grockford, — , 507. Croker, Crokkere, see Crocker. Crome, Gilbert, 354; WilUam, 36, 128, INDEX NOMINUM. 727 341, 346, 398, 437, 438, 622, 630, 668. Crompton, John and Elizabeth, 106. Cromwell, Frances, 540 ; Oliver, 565, 685; Eichard, 521, 541?i; Thomas, Lord, 33, 34. Crosse, Thomas, 352, 353; William, 36. Cross trelle, see Cress well. Cruce, Gilbert de, 603. Crundale, Thomas, 609. Cuddon, Thomas, 493. Cudray, see Cowdray. Cufande, Confande, Coufold, Cowfold, CufEude, — , 418, 422, 525; Alex- ander, Alexander de la, 169, 607 : Ann, 170; Edward, 169; Prances, 169 ; Francis, 169 ; Henry de la, 599 ; Johanna, 378 ; John, John de la, 77, 169, 170, 213, 218, 247, 249, 254, 266, 287, 382, 387, 394, 434, 607, 631, 657; Matthew, 169; Ralph, 266; Richard, 694; Robert de la, 599; Simeon, Simon, 169, 389; Thomas, 378, 380, 434, 435; William, William de la, 177, 272, 284, 289, 293, 298, 301, 381, 393, 895, 435, 599. Cufande Family, 125, 136. Cullum, William, 717. Cumber, Roger, 343. Cunlifie, Edmund, 142, 143 j John, 143«. Cupere, see Cooper. Cupping, John, 602. Curtis, Curteys, — , 107n; Anthony, 556 ; John, 527, 529 ; Robert, 482 ; WilUam, 602. Curtyoure, Thomas, 272. Curwein, Jerman, 318. Dabrigecourt, Ralph, 409. Dace, le, see Dase. Dalacort, Dalacourt, see De la Courte. Dalbiere, Colonel, 428. Dale, Henry, 229 ; John, 398. Daman, Miss, 584. Damport, see Davenport. DanieU, Edmund, 401 ; William, 506. Dans, John, 542. Darnell, Richard, 708. Dartmouth, Earl of, 563n.. Dase, le Dace, Henry, 631; John, 195, 199 ; Martin, 574, 655 ; Walter, 596; William, 594, 595, 597, 601, 655, 656, 657. P'Assigny, Elizabeth, 687«; Marius, 687, 687». Daubeney, Lord, 382, 387. Daundely, Robert, 188. Daunvers, John, 608. Davenport, Damport, Margaret, 14371 j Eichard, 143ra. Davi, see Davy. Davis, Davies, Davyse, — , 410, 566 ; James, 701, 702, 703; John, 109, 131, 464, 465, 468, 517, 556, 563», 642, 700, 701, 702 i Robert Archer, 488. Davoy, Madame, 89. Davy, Davi, John, 694; Robert, 330. Davyse, see Davis. Dawe, Robert, 137. Dawson, H., 685; Henry, 690, 702; Thomas, 658. De Basing Family, 8. De Port, Adam, 13, 593?i; Henry, 10; Herbert, 60, 237; Hugh, 10, 54, 55, 58, 178, 414; John, 11, 59, 414; William, 414. De la Courte, . Dalacort, Dalacourt, Sabbaoth, 395, 646 ; Thomasyn, 30. De la Pole, Richard, 74. De la Touche, John, 477, 702, 703. Deane, Dene, Agnes, 311 ; Amy, 396 ; Christopher, 205, 386m, 396 ; Elinor, 396 ; Henry, 346 ; James, Sir James, 62, 63, 137, 140m, 148, 319, 336, 386, 388, 396, 401, 403, 404, 436, 437, 439, 440, 456, 560, 565, 588, 661, 672, 675, 697, 698, 699, 708, 709 ; John, 128, 311, 319, 330, 343, 385, 387, 398, 437, 438, 457 ; Mar- garet, 396 ; Michael, 398 ; Eichard, 31, 128, 129, 140, 319, 382, 388, 389, 396, 437, 438, 565, 590, 623, 625, 629, 669, 709; Robert, 278; William, 289, 292, 303, 309, 341, 342, 394. See also Atte Dene. Deane Family, 137. Dehaney, Philip, 563n. Delle, A Delle, John, 395. Demeazy, Anthony, 563m. Dements, Isaac, 151n. Dene, see Deane. Denefeld, Walter, 247. Denham, Dinham, Thomas, 131, 671, 673, 464, 465, 700. Dennet, Denett, Alexander, 336, 437. Denniei-, Edward, 154. Dennis, William, 691, 717. Derby, John, 243. Desborough, Charles, 687m. Despencer, see Dispenser. Despenser Family, 61. Devenesshe, John, 306. Devereux, John, 76. Dew, John, 718. 728 INDEX NOMINUM. Dewen, — , 353. Diar, see Gilbert, William. Dickens, — , 549 ; Francis, 391. Dickenson, Mrs., 556. Dicker, (Diker, Dyker, Dykare), John, 282, 285, 286, 289, 298, 301, 309, 344; Robert, 287, 298, 301. Dier, see Dyer. Dingley, (Dyngle, Dyngley), AnabeUa, 27lm; Robert, 271, 380; William, 298, 301. Dinham, see Denham. Disc, WiUiam le, 45. Dismerits, Isaac, 688. Dispenser, Despencer, Geoffrey, 69 ; Hugh, Hugh le, 58, 653. Dixon, Charles, 703. Dobbs, G. J., 691. Dodelyng, Joan, 258. Dodington, John, 125. Doget, — , 275; Elizabeth, 202; Robert, 244. Doggarfe, William, 395. Doghestrengs, Robert, 601. Dokelinton, William de, 696. Dolinge, Thomas, 342. Doman, Ann, 96; WiUiam, 96. Donham, see Dunham. Donet, Donut, John, 240, 241, 244, 248, 250. Donnell, Nicholas, 141. Dorchester, Lord, 59, 61. Douce, Douse, Dowce, Francis, 517, 519, 704. Douglas, Sir George and Lady, 136. Downs, Downes, Henry, 484 ; William, 473, 702. Drake, John, 78. Draper, Drapere, Alice, 222, 223, 223m, 224, 224n,, 225, 230 ; John, 222, 223, 223?i, 224, 224», 225, 230, 434. Draytone, John, 226. Dredge, Anne, 101 ; Charles, 101 ; Daniel, 504, 505; Edward, 706; James, 101, 702 ; John, 349, 623. Drewet, John, 320. Driffield, (Drufielde, DryilEeld), iBoda, 201, 253 ; Robert, 213. Drinkewater, John, 694 ; Thomas, 196. Drorford, (Drokenesford), Richard de, 694. Drue, Henry, 342. Druifelde, see Driffield. Drummare, Drumare, Luke de, 65, 66, 172«,, 363 ; Reginald, 373. DryfEeld, see Driffield. Dudrich, John, 197, 198. Dugdale, Thomas, 141. Dummere, John de, 696 ; Richard, 601, 602. Duncan, Dr., 534 ; John, 563m. Dunham, Donham, John de, Sir John, 608, 640. See also Champayne. Dnnn, George Freeman, 569, 718. Dunsterre, Humphrey de, 695. Dunt, John, 379. Duredent, John, 597 ; Robert, 188. Durle, Adam de, 695. Dyer, Dier, Henry, Harry, 311, 316 ; John, 607 ; William, 330, 332. Dygon, Ralph, 292. Dykare, Dyker, see Dicker. Dynnatt, Dynett, Dynnat, Alexander, 336; Amy, 340; Ann, 342. Dyngle, Dyngley, see Dingley. Dytche, George, 556. Eales, see Eyles. Eastman, Edward, 705, 707; John, 556. Ecclesia, de, see Monasterio. Edelyne, John, 241. Edewyn, WilKam, 285. Edmeston, — , 1077i. Edney, Francis, 409; Thomas John, 718. Edrard, Edred, Edrede, Edret, Edith, 612 ; Robert, 597, 598, 612. Edward the Confessor, 8, 9, 10. Edward I., 78; III., 11; VI., 78. Edwards, Eleanor, 398 ; George, 148, 465, 700 ; John, 521, 522 ; Thomas, 342, 394, 398 ; Widow, 504. Bdyndon, Bishop William de, 21, 200n. Eeles, see Eyles. Effard, Elizabeth, 687m. Egerton, William, 409. Eiles, see Eyles. Elcot, Reynold, 389. Elebye, — , 139. Blfyet, Elfeit, see Oliver. Elizabeth, Queen, 137. Elizabeth, wife of Geoffrey, 271. Ellis, Elys, John, 378, 387 ; William, 694. See also Eyles. Blmham, Simon, 378. Elton, Edward, 556 ; John, 444, 444m. Elvet, Elviet, see Oliver. Elwyke, Henry, 22. Ely, Nicholas de, 654. Elys, see Ellis. Buefelde, Walter, 242. Enol, see Aynolf. Entingham, Roger de, 599. Erasmus, St., 134. Bscudemoro, Godfrey de, 373. Eston, Richard, 23. Bthekod, 6, 7. INDEX NOMINUM. 729 Ethelwald, 8. ■Ethelwulf, 6,7. Etheredge, — , 550. Eustace, Bishop of London, 69. Evans, James, 161?i ; John, 154, 476, 702, 703. Everard, Chaplain, 651. Bverdon, Silvester de, 595. Evered, Stephen, 25, 105, 512, 521, 535», 697. Eversley, Walter de, 176, 181. Eversley, Viscount, 716. Eves, John, 337 ; Thomas, 337, 338. Ewell, William de, 633. Ewer, Robert de, 73. Exton, Brudenell, 100, 101 ; Elizabeth, 101 ; Harriot, 100. Eyles, Bales, Eeles, Eiles, Ellis, Florentyne, 36, 127, 128, 143, 398, 669; George, 538; John, 505; Eichard, 478, 480ji, 703; Robert, 538. See also Ellis. Eynolf, see Aynolf. Fabian, Fabyan,- John, 213, 221, 223, 223m, 225, 254, 258, 260, 619, 621. Fachel, John, 379. Fairer, see Fayrer. Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 426. Faithorne, William, 417m. Farl, Walter le, 194, 196. Farleghe, Farle, Farleye, Farley, Henry, Sir Henry de, 370, 371, 594, 597, 600, 600n, 601, 602. Farley, Charles, 556. Farnham, Nicholas de, 571. Fauconer, Fawooner, George, 141, 142 ; John le, 694 ; William le, 182. Faukenberge, Bustach de, 651. Fawntleroye, Fountleroye, Frances, 388 ; William, 388. Fayrer, Fairer, Jamea, 26; tTmph- raville, 26, 528, 407. Fegon, Henry, 619. Felder, Robert, 266. Feldgate, Nicholas, 229. Fenton, or Beswiok, Lavinia, 584. Fereby, John, 261. Ferley, see Farleghe. Fernhulle, VernhuUe, Alice, 608; John, 608 ; Nicholas de, 656, 657. Fette, William, 274. Feutre, Fentrey, Hamon le, 595, 601. Fiokers, — , 107m. Field, Bishop Theophilus, 406. Fiennes, (Fyns, Fynse), William, 202, 203, 256, 378, 620, 621, 622. Pifehide Family, 59. Fillips, see Phillips. Pinch, (Pynche), Agnes, 21, 378; John, 21. Finley, ( Fylne, Pynle, Fynlege, Fynleghe, Fynley), Richard, 201, 252, 258, 379, 61'9, 620. Finslowe, Henry, 338. Fisher, Fissohere, Pysher, Pysshero, — , 355, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626; Henry, 202; John, 207, 208, 209, 385 ; William, 247, 388. Fisher Family, 201m. Pisherson, (Pysherson), — , 623. Pitzace, Christina, 41 ; John, 41, 42. Pitz Adam, Roger, 64. Pitz Alexander, Philip, 596; Walter, 40, 41, 655, 656. Pitz Apparitor, see Aparitor. Pitz Argio, see Argie. Pitz Beatrix, Ralph, see Beatrix. Pitz David, Thomas, 598. Fitz Elyet, Richard, 370. Fitz Geoffrey, Geoffrey, 369, 598, 655, 657; Richard, 45, 595, 596, 597, 598, 601, 602, 655, 656, 657. Pitz Hugh, Walter, 595. Fitz James, Richard, 616, 643. Pitz John, Herbert, 601. Pitz Martin, Richard, 375. Fitz Master,. Adam, 602 ; Alexander, 594, 596, 597, 598, 600, 601, 655, 656, 657. Fitz Nicholas, Ralph, 69, 653. Pitz Oliver, see Oliver. Pitz Osbert Eldred, John, 605. Pitz Otho, Hugh, 374. Pitz Peter, Reginald, 178, 182, 186. Fitz Rayfe, or Ralph, Geoffrey, 604 ; Jordan, 40, 73. Pitz Richard, Thomas, 598. Fitz Roger Family, 59. Fitz Seive, see Seive. Pitz Tnrstin, see Turstin. Fitz TJlvet, see Oliver. Pitz Walter, Alexander, 173, 175, 612. Pitz Walter fitz Alexander, Alex- ander, 612. Fitz William, Richard, 66. Pivian, see Vivian. Fixer, William, 504. Placher, see Fletcher. Flanders, Henry, 598, 601. See also Fleming. Flavel, Roger, 695. Fleming, Flemenge, le, Eustace, 631, 632 ; Henry, 72, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 606. {See also Flanders.) Sir Thomas, 489. Fletcher, Placher, John, 259, 280; 730 INDEX NOMINUM. Robert, 245 ; Thomas, 290. Flint, (Flynt), Richard, 241. Mode, John de la, 173. Flower, James Edward, 546. Flnre, John de, 694. FoUett, John, VIS. Forbare, Thomas, 395 i William, 895. Ford, Samuel, 461, 470, 471, 472, 685, 690, 701, 702. Forester, Forstor, Forstyr, Foster, Augustine le, 176, 181 j Hamon le, 176 ; Johanna le, 598, 636 ; John, 272, 287, 694 ; Thomas, Thomas le, 72, 177, 183, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 631, 633, 636; WiUiam, William le, 196, 243, 245, 434, 607. See also Foster. Fortyn, John, 21.3, 379. Foster, John, 397, 614«, 713 ; Joshua, 543; Richard, 259, 379. See also Forester. Fotour, Richard, 231. Fountleroye, see Fawntleroye. Fowler, Foulere, — , 641 ; Isabella, 278 ; John, 278, 279, 282, 287, 293, 298, 301. Fox, George, 536; Matilda le, 199; Peter le, 606 ; Bishop Richard, 84, 118, 120, 121, 126, 663, 681 ; Roger le, 173, 177, 196, 233», 574, 598, 600, 602, 605, 606 ; Thomas le, 378, 380. Foyle, John, 62m, 440n, 4S0. Franceys, Francois, John, 694 ; Robert le, 41, 594. Franokome, Walter, 341. Frankes, Phihp, 600. Franklyn, Frankeleyn, Frenkelen, Fronkelen, — , 384; John, 272, 285, 395. Fraser, Marion Worsley, 94 ; S. J. G., 94. Freberne, Frebume, Luke, 311; WilUam, 306. Freemantle, George, 708. Frenkelen, see Franklyn. Frestone, Andrew de, 695. Friar, see Fryer. Frie, see Frye. 'Frilond, John, 694. Frith, Humphrey, 443, 704. Frogeford, ' Froggeforde, de, Henry, 604; Richard, 599; Walter, 194. Fronkelen, see Franklyn. Froude, Walter, 700. Froyle, Walter de, 695; WiUiam de, 695. Frye, Frio, Nicholas, 286; Robert, 343 ; Thomas, 271, 283, Fryer, Friar, — , 385 ; George, 342. Frymer, Robert, 401. Fnloon, Fulcone, Fulkon, Robert, Robert de, 606, 632. Fulker, John, 136, 144. Fuller, Fullere, John, 245; Thomas, 417)1. Furnays, Furnais, John, 193. Fylne, see Finley. Fynche, see Finch. Fynle, Fynlege, Fynleghe, Fynley, see Finley. Fyns, Fynse, see Fiennes. Fysher, Fysahere, see Fisher. Fysherson, see Fisherson. Fyvian, see Vivian. Gage, Col. Sir Henry, 421, 422, 423, 424, 430. Gaines, — , 107«. Gale, John, 556. Gamene, Gamenes, Gamone, le, John, 45, 175, 179, 193, 194, 195, 599, 607, 655, 656, 657, 694; Robert, 607, 608, 695. Gamman, Thomas, 280. Gandere, Walter, 252, 255. Gardener, Gardiner, Garner, Nicholas, 400, 512 ; Thomas, 622, 630. Garmeyn, see Germayn. Garrard, Philip, 470, 471, 685, 690, 701, 702 ; Richard, 699. Garret, — , 527. Garstune, Alice de la, 604, 605. Gaskin, Sir William, 310. Gateryge, John, Junr., 273 ; Senior, 274. Gates, John, 389. Gatesdene, Gattesdon, John, Sir John de, 66, 365, 366. Ganbert, 651. Gaunt, John, Duke of, 76. Gawen, Mary, 398. Gee, John, 556. Geffray, Andrew, 696. Gent, John, 378 ; Walter, 245. George, Ehzabeth, 662 ; Richard, 662. Gereberd, William, 177. Gerle, James, 556 ; Richard, 556. Germayn, Garmeyn, John, 16, 177, 225, 233m, 434, 594, 606, 607, 608, 609, 657, 694. Gervase, 651 ; the Chaplain, 638, 639. Gervase, Gervays, Gerves, Geryeys, John, 177, 233m, 594, 599, 602, 657. Gibbs, George, 484. Gibson, James, 155. Gidley, Nicholas, 331, 337. Gilbert, Gilbart, Gylbert, John, 342; INDEX NOMINUM. 731 William, 3d2, 386, 437. Gildcrne, John, 248. Giselham, "William de, 186, 188. Gisborn, (Gysborne), Kobert, 396. Glanville, de, Anselm, 594; William, 593«,. Glass, Norman, 546, 717. Glene, Thomas, 249. Glosseter, Margaret, 398; Thomas, 342. Gloucester, Countess of, 181 ; William, Duke of, 525. Glover, Glovare, Robert, 395 ; William, 485, 556. Gobbing, WUliam de, 177. Goddard, Eiyhard, 705. Godechep, see Goodchap. Godeshulle, Roger de, 696. Godfrey, Clerk, 651. Godfrey, Frances, 169. Godriche, John, 696. Godynge, William, 379. Goggare, Goggere, le, John, 195 ; Walter, 193, 603, 604, 605. Goisfridus, 9. Goldif, Walter, 174. Goldine, Goldyng, Goldwyne, Goldyve, Goudyng, Edward, 605; Walter, 602, 605; William, 241, 243, 244, 279, 395. Goldore, William, 614™, 617. Goldsmith, John, 280. Good, Catherine, 401. Goodchap, Godechep, Goudohep, Agnes, 607; Edith, 607; Thomas, 77, 607. Goodechilde, John, 342. Goodiar, Goodier, Goodyer, Elizabeth, 669; Robert, 670; WiUiam, 342, 666. Goolde, Thomas, 379. Goringe, Goryng, George, 440, 44-3, 444n; 'Isacke, 132?i; John, 128, 129, 343, 388, 398, 399, 438, 439, 444, 455, 456, 457, 668. Gorny, Walter, 632. Goslin, Widow, 505. Gosmer, Gosemere, Gosmere, Richard, 18, 19, 22, 208, 211, 326», 382, 386, 396, 642, 713. Gosselyne, Bartholomew, 378. Goter, Master, 431. Goudchep, see Goodchap. Goudyng, see Goldine. Grace, — , 107«, 531; Anne, 472; Gideon, 556 ; Henry, 472, 685, 699, 702 ; Mary, 472. GrahA, David, 476, 477, 478, 479, 489, 532, 702, 703 ; Robert, 680. Grandison, Lord, 432. Grant, Graunte, General, 563m; John, 281, 282. Grantham, (Grantum, Grauntham), Goodwife, 406 ; Thomas, 670. Gras, Cras, Adam le, 655, 656. Grate, see Grete. Graunte, see Grant. Grauntham, see Grantham. Gray, see Grey. Greane, see Green. Great, see Grete. Green, Greane, Greene, Grene, — , 107m; Agnes, 668; Edward, 443, 459; George, 104; Henry, 278; Johanna, 257; John, 127, 128, 129, 148, 281, 282, 298, 301, 330, 311, 347, 398, 401, 437, 505, 590, 667, 669, 673 ; WiUiam, 131, 145n, 353, 401, 456, 457, 458, 459, 462, 512, 716. Greenaway, Greenewaie, Greenway, Greneway, Greenweye, Grenway, — , 134 ; John, 128, 318, 333, 335, 338, 342, 346, 389, 395, 398, 438, 622, 623, 624, 625, 627; Thomas, 290, 395. Greenfield, (Grenefeld), Alson, 395. Greete, see Grete. Gregory the Chaplain, 634, 635, 651. Gregory, Grygory, John, 203, 379 ; Thomas, 199, 201, 259, 261, 262, 378, 618, 619, 621; William, 213, 223, 223», 227, 228, 229, 609. Greinvile, see GrenviUe. Grene, see Green. Grenefeld, see Greenfield. Greneway, Grenway, see Greenaway. GrenviUe, (Greinvile), Eustaoh de, 653. Grete, Grate, Great, Greete, Grett, — , 384 ; Joanna, 261 ; John, 206, 207, 261, 270, 274, 276, 331, 384, 384m ; Richard, 243, 244, 245, 248; Thomas, 259, 261, 265, 266, 270, 274, 277, 280; William, 119, 127, 280, 298, 301, 319, 341, 395, 396, 398, 437. Grey, Gray, Greye, Andrew, 285; Col. 432; Henry de, 178; John, 259 ; Richard le, 58. Grey Family, 60. Grigg, (Grige, Grygge), Francis, 334; John, 286, 292, 334. Grove, Amy, 399, 401 ; John, 672. Groves, — , 556. Grundy, John, 248. Grygge, see Grigg. Grygory, see Gregory. 732 INDEX NOMINUM. Gudepac, see Gurdepac. Guidott, Jane, 4927i ; Patience, 492?i j William, 492, 492ii, 493. Guildford, Henry de, 605. Guntrip, — , 550. Gurdepac, Gudepac, Gurdepacke, Gurdepake, Gyrdepao, Geofirey, 40, 594, 595, 596, 597, 601, 655, 656; John, 370 ; Richard, 40, 45, 72, 173, 175, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 655, 657. Gye, Roger, 286 ; William, 628. Gylbert, see Gilbert. Gylote, Edith, 226. Gyon, Philip, 306. Gyrdepao, see Gurdepac. Gysborne, see Giabom. Hacohe, see Hatch. Hack, Thomaa, 563m ; William, 539. Hacker, — , 330 ; John, 556 ; Richard, 334, 387 ; Thomas, 563m. Hadlow, Nicholas de, 371. Hageman, Hagheman, Alan, Alan de, 178, 600, 606. Haine, William, 506. Hale. Halle, Hall, — , 378 ; Elizabeth, 257; John at, le, de la, 72, 193, 194, 199, 233m, 370, 600, 602, 604, 606, 657; Ralph de la, 658; Roger, 244. See also Hall. Halftreworth, John le, 196. HaU, Hal, Halle, HauU, — , 384, 699, 422 ; Amy, 463 ; Anne, 463 ; Eliza- beth, 463 ; John, Sir John, 63, 119, 130, 20ln, 318, 356, 389, 398, 409, 439, 440, 453, 455, 456, 463, 504, 525, 590, 661, 709 ; Margaret, 396«, 398, 463; Ralph, 307; Richard, 127, 128, 129, 130, 136, 206, 207, 209, 308, 342, 385, 437, 438, 439, 463, 626, 627, 629, 665; Robert, 331, 546; Thomas, 63, 105, 130, 131, 136, 145m, 356, 396m, 399, 400, 401, 439, 440, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 462, 463, 517, 559, 563m, 628, 669, 700; William, 109, 344, 463, 521, 705. See also Hale. Hall Family, 137. Halliday, Mrs., 715. Halnere, Henry le, 601. Hamilton, Hameldon, Hameledon, Hamelton, Deborah, 104 ; John de, 44, 49, 50, 611 ; Nicholas de, 634 ; William de, 694. Hamlyn, Hamelyn, Hamlcn, Geoffrey, 696 ; John, 273, 387 ; William, 273. Hampstede, Robert de, 696. Hampton, Robert de, 598, 696; Stephen, 538. Hamund, Haymuud, Roger, 175, 179. Hanigton, Haninton, Haniton, see Hannington. Hankey, Augustus Robert, 101. Hankin, John, 704, 705. Hannington, Hanigton, Haninton, Haniton, Hanitone, Hanyngton, Haynton, AUce de, 179, 595, - 655, 656; Anne, 144n; John, 394; Richard, 465, 605, 700; Robert, Robert de, 196, 597, 656 ; WiUiam, William de, 40, 67, 596, 597, 601, 655, 666. Harding, Jane, 107; Joseph, 107; Martha, 107. Harmode, William, 394. Harmwood, Harmswood, Harwood, — , 508, 509; Thomas, 508, 509, 512, 513. See also Harwood. Harnham, Sir Nicholas, 564n. Harour, William, 244. Harper, Harpour, William, 202, 255, 395. Harre, Alfred, 691. Harris, Harres, Harries, Harrys, — , 543; John, 335, 647 ; Nicholas, 312, 616, 642, 646, 647. Harrison, Harryson, Bernard, 342 ; Matthew, 39; Thomas, 128, 669; WiUiam, 702. Hart, Henry, 341 ; Ingelram, 342. Hartfield, — , 107m. Hartley, (Herteley), — ,715; Robert, 230. Harvey, Hervi, Colonel, 417 ; John, 601. Harwood, Elizabeth, 662 ; Walter, 662. See also Harmwood. Hasker, John, 482m ; Katherine, 482m ; Thomas, 399. Hatch, (Hacohe), Matthew de, 601. Hataeld, Mrs., 505, 510m, 512, 514, 520. Haughton, George Dunbar, 717. Haukin, see Hawkins. HauU, see Hall. Haveringe, John de, 187. Hawkeswell, John, 339. Hawkins, Haukin, Hawkyns, John, 336, 701 ; Roger, 695 ; Widow, 506 ; WiUiam, 130, 131, 463, 465, 468, 469, 513, 517, 518, 528, 679, 680, 697, 700, 701. Hawthorne, Charles, 478, 479, 480, 703. Hawtroll, Barnard, 518, 519; Peter, INDEX NOMINUM. 733 342. Hay, John de la, 225, 230, 287. Haydock, James, 345 ; Thomas, 382, 387 ; William, 389. Haydon, (Heydon), William, 538. Hayes, Hawkesley Eoohe, 718 ; William, 702. Haylward, see Aylward. Haymund, see Hamund. Hayne, Heyne, — 641 ; Edward, 289, 394 ; John, 244. Haynton, see Hannington. Hayward, Heyward, Richard le, 602 ; Eoger le, 601, 602; William, 268, 269, 270, 271, 281. Haywode, see Iwode. Headeaoh, Charles, 482, 703. Hearne, Hern, Heme, — , 107n ; Alice, 662 ; George, 556 ; John, 401, 503, 512, 672; Oliver, 681; Thomas, 562; William, 129, 130, 131, 401, 439, 440, 443, 444, 455, 456, 457, 458, 458m, 512, 517, 662, 700, 716. Heathe, Hethe, John, 349, 391; Nicholas, 133ri ; Peter, 335; Richard, 298, 301; Thomas, 331, 386. Heather, ■ — , 107m ; Silvauus, 520. Hedgeland, W., 714. Hedges, — , 391 ; Margaret, 391. fleghefeld, see Highfield. Hele, Arthur, 154, 161«, 690, 714; Richard, 714, 715. Hellier, — , 504; John, 409. Henchman, John, 407; William, 27, 99, 698, 699. Hendeman, John, 694. Henley, Sir Andrew, 391; Anthony, 59 ; Robert, 391». Henry II., 12 ; III., 78. Henry, Brother, 633, 634, 636. Henwood, Lenwod, CsicJ — , 507 ; James, 505, 509 ; John, 506, 507. Herbert, William, Earl of Pembroke, 514. Hereberd, Thomas, 199. Hereford, Earl of, 178. Hereward, Hereyerd, see Herriard. Herfyn, John, 194. Heriard, Herierd, Heriet, Heriyerd, see Herriard. Hering, Walter, 175. Herman, Henry, 696. Hermanzone, Arnold, 158, 692, 693 ; Cornelius, 158, 692, 693. Hern, Heme, see Heame. Herriard, Hereward, Hereyerd, Heriyerd, Heriard, Herierd, Heriet, Horyard, Heryerde, Edmund, 609; Hugh, 203, 213, 221, 225, 252; Johanna, 254 ; John, John de, 16, 193, 194, 195, 197, 221, 434, 597, 605, 607, 608; Richard, Richard de, 41, 66, 72, 228, 360, 370, 599, 600, 602, 603; Robert, Robert de, 66, 203, 213, 434, 598, 599, 605; Thomas, 200, 202, 254 ; WilUam de, 41. Hersy, Stephen, 287. Herteleye, see Hartley. Hertward, Robert, 177. Hervi, see Harvey. Heryard, Heryerde, see Herriard. Hesilrige, Sir Arthur, 541». Hessey, Robert Palkner, 28. Hethe, see Heathe. Hewitt, Daniel, 656 ; James, 556 j John, 556. Heydon, see Haydon. Heyes, Laurence de, 656. Heylin, Peter, 112n. Heyne, see Hayne. Heyward, see Hayward. Heywode, see Iwode. Hibberd, Mark, 567. Hicks, (Hykkes), Johanna, 241. Hide, James, 342. Hidman, Hydeman, Hydman, John, 221, 226, 228. Hield, Hielde, Hyld, Hylde, John, 265; Richard, 287, 298, 301; William, 292. Higat, AUce, 352. Higgatt, Roger, 342. Higgons, Grace, 581. Highfield, (Heghefeld, Highefelde), Henry de, 695 ; Robert de, 179. Hill, Hyll, Abraham, 401 ; Ellis, 389 ; John, 387, 401; Richard, 212; Thomas, 130, 137, 342. HilUard, John, 97 ; Thomas, 97. Hind, Hynde, John, 704, 705; Mrs., 556 ; Richard, 23». Hines, — , 550. Hinton, Mr., 562. Hisoock, Hyscock, Henry, 386, 387. Hitchcock, (Hychekoo), Catherine, 266 ; Richard, 266. Hobbs, Hobbes, Hobbys, Hobes, — , 506 ; John, 266, 378, 379 ; Richard, 444, 444m. Hobson, William, 319, 395. Hod, Hode, see Hood. Hodges, Hogges, Hoggys, — , 514; Richard, 312, 315, 321; Robert, 536. Hoke, de la, see Atte Hooko. Hokker, see Hooker. -il 734 INDEX NOMINUM. Hokyn, see no\ykyn. Holcot, Holkote, Bliaa, 279, 279»t. Holoroft, Holoraft, — , 504 ; Dorothy, 512 ; William, 512. Holden, William, 563m. Holder, Houlder, John, 109, 705. Holding:, James, 483. Holo, William, 341. Holewey, see HoUoway. Holkote, see Holcot. Holland, Margaret de, 376; Thomas, 74. Hollar, WenceBlaus, 417m. Holloway, Holewey, Holowey, Holo- waie, Holwei, Holwey, — , 629; Elizabeth, 398 ; Richard, 148m, 590, 626, 668; Robert, 140m, 148, 336, 338, 341, 384, 385m, 386, 388, 437, 565, 673 ; Rowland, 128, 340, 342, 345, 347, 398, 437, 627, 628. Holloway Family, 137. Holmes, Homes, John, 145m, 456, 457, 458,512,700; Miles, 704. Holmhegge, Richard, 243. Holowaie, Holowey, see Holloway. Holte, John, 222; Richard, 694; Robert, 253. Holwei, Holwey, see Holloway. Homes, see Holmes. Hoc, see Howe. Hood, Hod, Hode, Hond, Howd, Henry, 655; John, 196, 198, 395, 597, 599, 603, 605; William, 193, 607. Hooke, Anna, 542; Bbenezer, 540; Elinor, 542, 542m; Elizabeth, 542; John, 539, 540, 541, 542 ; Richard, 539ms Walter, 540; WiUiam, 539, 540, 540m, 541m. See also Atte Hooke. Hooker, Hokker, Howker, Edward, 337, 338m ; Henry, 713 ; John, 338 ; Joseph, 530; Richard, (see Atte Hooke); Robert, 338; William, 314. Hooper, Hoopere, Hoper, Howper, John, 622; Richard, 273; Robert, 276, 379. Hoore, see Here. Hoper, see Hooper. Hopkins, Hopkyns, Harry, Henry, 128, 347, 398, 623, 669; John, 128 j 341, 398. Hopton, Ralph, Lord, 418. Hore, Hoore, John, 30ri, 204 ; Nicho- las, 336 ; Richard, 323, 324 ; Roger, 409. Horewood, Horewodo, John, 116, 117, 435. Home, Horn, Homes, Henry, 290; John, 401; Roger, 694; William, 63. Hortone, Thomas, Thomas de, 230, 231. Hosteler, see Osteler. Hovert, John, 604. Houd, see Hood. Houghton, Henry, 703 ; William, 4S2. Houke, see Atte Hooke. Houlder, see Holder. Hount, see Hunt. House, John, 352; Thomas, 342; William, 354. How, Lear, 691, 717. Howard, Benjamin, 557; Eleanor, 557 ; John, 557. Howd, see Hood. Howe, Hoo, John, John de, 29, 260, 265, 379, 435. Howke, see Atte Hooke. Howker, see Hooker. Howkyn, Hokyn, John, 22, 29, 116, 117, 614m, 615. Hownesham, Thomas, 305. Howper, see Hooper. Hoyle, — , 649; John, 681, 688, 689, 697. Hugh, Chaplain, 630, 632, 635, 635m. Hughes, James, 557. Hulbert, Mary, 483 ; Robert, 477, 478, 479, 483, 489, 702, 703; Robert Skeat, 480m, 482, 483, 484, 485, 703. HuU, Hulle, John, 244, 245, 247; Walter, 244. Hulme, John, 543. Humphrid, Clerk, 651. Humphris, — , 107m. Hundiman, John, 603 ; William, 603. Hune, William, 612. Hungerford, Sir Edward, 416. Hunt, Hount, Hunte, — , 387, 557; Ann, 170 ; Elizabeth, 401 ; George, 205, 208, 386, 386m; James, 622, 630 ; John, John le, 228, 264, 342, 444m, 696 ; Margery, 272 ; Richard, 221, 474, 475, 532, 702, 705 ; Robert, 622, 624, 669 ; Roger, 241. Hunter, Hamon the, 601. Hurey, see Husey. Hurndall, — , 550. Hurst, Stephen William, 557; Thomas, 266. Hurt, Thomasina, 272. Hurtel, William de, 694. Husey, Hurey, {sic), Osey, Osse, Ossey, Hem-y, 62m, 131, 399, 401, 440m, 443, 453, 455, 456, 457, 489, 495, 670 i James, 557 ; Joan, 495 ; INDEX NOMINUM. 735 Mrs., 716. Huakyn, John, 500)i. Husse, William, 312. Hutchin, Anne, 580 ; Jane, 580. Hwiry, Hwyrie, William, 197, 199. Hychekoc, see Hitolicock. Hyda, Adam de, 695. Hyde, Chief Justice, 411 ; Mary, 492 ; Pistor, 492. Hydeman, Hydman, see Hidman. Hykkes, see Hicks. Hyld, Hylde, see Hield. Hyll, see Hill. Hynde, see Hind. Hyscock, see Hiscock. Idwyne, William, 281. lUesley, see Ilsley. Illeston, Thomas, 221. lUingworth, Ealph, 345. Illingworth Family, 60. Ilsley, lUesley, Charlotte, 478 ; John, 401, 477, 478, 488, 532, 690, 702, 703. Impey, Elijah, 493. Ingham, — , 543. Ingram, Giles, 531, 704 ; John, 704. Inkepenne, Eichard de, 695. Insula, de, John, 21; Walter, 21«.; WiUiam, 366. Inwoode, John, 400. Iryshe, John, 317. Isak, John, 306. Isemberd, Iserabere, Henry, 182 ; Ealph, 182. Isyngton, John, 259. Ivold, Ivolde, — , 387 ; John, 342. Iwode, Haywode, Heywode, Ywode, de, Adam, 378; German, 71, 656, 657 ; Gervase, 71, 656, 657 ; John, 694. Iwon, Roger, 696. Izode, John, 341. Jackson, — , 107n ; Edward, 698»i ; Henry, 543 ; John, 521, 523, 524, 525, 557; Lancelot, 407, 697; Eichard, 698, 699, 716; Robert, 525, 528. Jacob, Charles, 704; Charles Joseph, 718; Cox Jacob, (? Cox, Jacob), 557. Jake, Jakes, — , 387 ; James, 351. James, John, 26, 150, 161», 407, 587, 677, 678m, 688, 697; Stephen, 517; Thomas, 587, 588 ; William, 194. Jarvis, Jervoise, Captain, 422 ; Thomas, 707, 708. See also Jervoise. Jay, C. F., 691 ; Eichard, 394. Jayes, Jays, see Jeyes. Jefferson, Joseph, 543 ; Joseph Brown, 545 ; Samuel, 545. Jeffery, John, 342, 701 ; WilUam, 704. Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick, 717. Jelly, Edward, 543»i.. Jenet, Thomas, 320. Jenyn, Jennyns, Jenyna, Edward, 31, 308 ; Thomas, 338, 342. Jephson, John, 422. Jervoise, — , 60; George Purefoy, 477; Thomas, Sir Thomas, 398, 410, 443, 443?i, 458, 680 ; Tristram Huddlestone, 559. Bee also Jarvis. Jenne, John le, 599. Jewland, Eichard, 557. Jeyes, Jayes, Jays, — , 531 ; Edward, 467, 468, 701; Eichard, 557; Widow, 557. Jocelyn, Bishop of Bath, 69. Johanna, Tapster, 271. John the Provost, 359. John, Parson of Eastrop, see Burton. John, son of Philip, 653. John, Johns, Lewis, 304, 395, 436. Johns, — , 107™ ; William, 609. Johnson, Jonson, Alfred, 545 ; George, 506; Henry, 555n; Peter, 668; Richard, 531 ; Thomas, 417fl. Jones, — , 557 ; Cliristopher, 685 ; Inigo, 417m; John, 701, 702 ; Lewis D., 691. Jonson, see Johnson, Joules, John, 542. Jowel, Jowle, H., 618 ; Thomas, 618, 621. Joyce, James Gerald, 39. Joye, John, 243. JuUan, Hugh, 276. Juliers, Elizabeth de, 74. Justice, John, 310; Ealph, 118, 290, 298, 302, 395. Kanteahangre, see Cantelshangre. Kardyf, see Cardif. Karite, see Carite. Katharine of Braganza, Queen, 522. Kay, John, 619. Keate, John C, 39. Kemp, — , 107m ; Robert, 680. Kene, Edmund, 22, 23n ; John, 241 ; Juliana, 713. Kent, Duke of, 80 ; Lucy, Duchess of, 377 ; Earls of, 376 ; Edmund, Earl of, 74 ; John, Earl of, 74 ; Thomas, Earl of, 74. Kent, — , 38 i; John, 319; Eichard, 259 ; Eogcr, 257, 265, 378, 619. Kcrby, Korboy, Adryan, 399 ; Cranley 736 INDEX NOMINUM. Thomas, 493 ; Serjeant, 555. Keirye, Kerye, — , 351 ; Thomas, 438. Kerter, see Carter. Keu, Walter le, 599. Keversdale, Thomas, 296. Kew, Alexander, 677; Alice, 677; John, 677 ; Nathaniel, 701 ; Eobert, 86,677; William, 677. Keye, Bernard, 332. Kidwelly, Kidwelli, Morgan, 435 ; Peter, 341, 489. Kike, E., 641. Killegrew, Dr., 541. Kilner, John, 650ii ; Samuel, 649, 650. Kinchin, Augustine, 547ji ; Charles, 546. King, Kinge, Kynge, Benjamin, 400 ; Charles, 390; James, 409; John, John le, 193, 303, 336, 387, 393 ; Eiohard, 400; Thomas, 298, 301, 399, 609. Kingdon, Thomas Maton, 485, 718. Kingsley, Charles, 83, 570. Kingsmill, Kingesmyll, KyngesmuUe, Kyngesmyll, KynggesmeU, Kynges- mulne, Kynggesmelle, Kyngesmyl, — , 78, 641; Alice, 30; E., 319; Edward, 77, 324; George, 409; Hugh, Hugh de la, 73, 177, 254, 255, 257, 378, 657; Isabella, 378; James, 342; John, 119, 320, 382, 384, 395, 436, 437, 663; Eichaord, 30, 118, 281, 282, 286, 289, 298, 302, 319, 320, 380, 381, 382, 386, 391, 394, 395, 396, 411, 435, 436, 437, 458, 615, 640; Eobert, 329; Thomas, Thomas de, 202, 313, 316, 323, 324, 331, 396, 607; Winiara, 145n, 255, 257, 273, 274, 290, 298, 301, 395, 416, 434, 609, 671. Kingston, John de, see Burton. Kingsworth, Eiohard, 557. Kipas, Kypas, Eoger, 639, 640. Kirkeby, Sir John de, 632, 633. Kitchener, — , 543 ; Samuel, 563. Knight, — , 59, 107», 537, 557, 648 Charles, 557; Elizabeth, 617 Henry, 86, 523; John, 394, 523 Eichard, 391, 485, 531, 617 Eichard J., 718; Thomas, 527 William, 536. KnoUe, John de, 58, 695. Knowles, — , 142. Koo, see Cook. Kokerel, see Cockerel. Kupere, see Cooper. Kybelwyk, Kybulwhyte, John, 276, 277, 295. KyUhoggo, John, 262. Kynge, see King. KyngesmeUe, -mullo, -mulne, -myl, -myll, -mylle, KynggesmeU, -melle, Kynghysmylle, Kyngis- mell, Kyngsmell, see Kingsmill. Kypas, see Kipas. Kyppinge, Henry, 694. Laoon, C. H., 85, 86. Lacy, (Lasoy), Walter de, 69. Ladde, Thomas, 695. Lake, Bishop Arthur^ 514. Lamb, Lambe, George, 482, 498; John, 541, 714 ; Eichard, 700, 701 ; Eobert, 395 ; William, 465, 466, 507, 508, 515, 700, 701. Lambard, John, 241. Lambold, John, 517. Lamie, see Lemee. Lampard, — , 538. Lamy, see Lemee. Lancaster, Loncaster, Lankaster, — , 384; Edward, 531; Hugh, 31, 310, 319, 383, 396; James, Sir James, 90, 91m, 147», 148, 210, 398, 403, 404, 405, 577, 588, 661, 672, 675, 682, 691, 697, 699, 705, 710; John, 206, 329, 331, 385; Eichard, 312, 319, 325, 329; William, 340, 341, 398. Lane, Layne, Edward, 472, 473, 474, 702,703; John, 330, 386)1 ; Eobert de la, 695 ; Thomas, 386, 387, 396, 437. Langcroft, Lancrofto, Langecrofte, Johanna, 286; Thomas, 213, 221, 243, 244, 378; William, 281, 618. Langley, Major, 419. Langlois, Julia, 101 ; Peter, 101. Langmau, John, 275. Langpre, Henry, 198. Langrede, Langerude, Langred, Langrude, — , 378; Johanna, 243, 248; Eoger, 379; Thomas, 284;. William, 200, 213, 223, 223% 227, 228, 273, 454, 609. Lankaster, see Lancaster. Lascy, see Lacy. Launde, Walter de la, 695. Lawrens, John, 342. Laybome, see Leyboum. Lay cock, Leaoook, Thomas, 400, 401. Layno, see Lane. Le Bel, see Beel. Leacock, see Laycock. Leach, Leche, Leyc, Henry, 245; John, 260, 270, 273, 287, 311; Thomas, 563m; William, 271, 275. Lee, Le, Godfrey BoUes, 98» ; Henry, INDEX NOMINUM. 737 396 ; John, 136, 669 ; Sir Robert de, 637 ; Thomas, 615 ; William, 348, 349. Lear, George, 718. Leche, see Leach. Lefevre, Charles Shaw, 494. Lefroy, Anne, 101 ; Anthony, 101 ; EUzabeth, 101; George, 101, 534; Julia Elizabeth, 101. Legg, Mosea Barton, 10«. Legier, — , 107w. Leicester, Christopher, 400. Leigh, George WiUiam, 483 ; Thomas, 158, 692. Lekal, Geoffrey, 602. Lemee, Lamy, Lamie, Elizabeth, 432m, 716; Francis, 432?!.; John, 432n ; Master, 432, 716 ; Nicholas, 432n., 716. Lenthall, William, 427. Lenwod, see Henwood. Leowce, John, 341. Leowson, John, 342. Lepine, — , 550. Lester and Pack, 86. Lenkenor, see Lewkner. Levermouth, Levermuth, John, 213, 218, 434, 609. Levers, John, 241. Lewis, Lewys, J. P., 567; John, 290, 398; Richard, 257, 394, 520; William Anthony, 478, 479, 480, 480n, 482, 497, 498, 703. Lewkner, (Lenkenor), Nicholas de, 374. Lewkner Family, 59. Leybourn, (Laybome), 134^™. Leyc, see Leach. Lightfoot, William Barber, 155. Lillebnrn, Lylbume, Johanna, 263, 264 ; Stephen, 268, 264, 435. Limbrey, John, 391. Lipscombe, ( Lipescome, Lippescom, Lypisoombe, Lyppescomb, John, 128, 341; Richard, 395; Thomas, 319. Lisle, Sir John, 318n. Litherare, John, 694. Little, William le, 196, 631. Loader, Loder, Benjamin, 531, 549; John, 557 ; Zachary, 400. Look, Loc, James, 557 ; Richard, 595. Locker, Looar, Lokare, Loker, Lokere, Loocker, Looker, Louker, Loukere, Lowkar, Lowker, — , 391 ; Adam le, 601; Gilbert, 311, 313, 398, 436, 622, 623, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 646; Johanna, 341, 342; John, 242, 504; Martha, 400; Robert, 275,279; Roger, 400, 409 ; Thomas, 222, 247, 248, 249, 250; WilliaAi, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 259, 276, 295, 307, 312, 383, 384, 386, 387, 394, 396, 437. Loder, see Loader Lodge, Richard, 662. Lodlow, see Ludlow. Lodwidgo, John Wathen, 485, 716. Logeys, John, 289. Loggon, Samuel, 150, 151, 161m, 407, 683, 684, 685, 686, 688, 690, 714. Lokare, Loker, Lokere, see Locker. LoUebrok, Thomas, 225. Loncaster, see Lancaster. London, Alexander, 45 ; Henry de, 183, 598, 599, 600, 602, 603, 604, 605; John, John de, 608, 652; Richard de, 40, 45, 72, 594, 595, 597, 598, 600, 601, 602, 655, 656, 657. Long, Longe, Robert, 303, 395, 640, 641. Longhalidai, Hugh, 655. Longspee, Lady Bla, 233n. Loo, Richard, 402. Loocker, Looker, see Locker. Lorymer, Loremer, William, 382, 383, 386. Loteron, Henry, 241. Louker, Loukere, see Locker. Love, Nicholas, 492. Lovell, — , 557. Lovell Family, 137. Lovetot, Robert le, 653. Lowe, John, 395. Lowkar, Lowker, see Locker. Lowman, John, 567. Loyde, Richard, 395. Lucy, de, Godfrey, 13m, 651, 652; Phflip, 13, 28, 178, 652, 654. Ludeshulve, Geoffrey de, 695. Ludlow, Ludlowe, Lodlow, — , 628; Captain, 409; Su- Edward, 416; William, 380. Luke, Archdeacon of Surrey, 653, 655, 658. Lunde, John de, 594. Lussyng, — , 618. Lybart, Nicholas, 444. Lyde, John, 305 ; Robert, 386. Lye, John, 341 ; William de, 634. . Lvford, Charles, 80, 482, 483; G.,685; Giles, 470, 471, 472, 473, 493, 699, 701, 702, 703; John, 557, 563m, 703. Lylburne, see Lilleburn. Lyld, John, 2337i. Lyle, John de, 695. 738 INDEX NOMINUM. Lym, John de, 696. "' Lynch, John, 243. Lyniare, John le, 199. Lynkeholte, William de, 694. Lyol, John, 261. Lypisoombe, Lyppeaoomb, see Lips- combe. Lytton, Alexander, 151, 161», 686, 689, 690 ; Barbara, 151. Macray, W. D., 651. Mackreth, Robert, 563tc. Makerel, John, 605. Malo Lacu, Peter de, 653. Manfeld, John, 512 ; Robert, 435. Mansfeild, Joseph, 564. March, Countess of, 74. Marchall, see Marshall. Mare, de la, John, 179, 657 ; Eobert, 696. Margaret, Queen, 376. Marisoo, see Marsh. Marius, Nathaniel, 687». Marke, Merk.Merke, Markes, Merck, Mercks, Mirke, John, 597 ; William, 173, 177, 193, 196, 597, 599, 60;S, 603, 604, 605. Marlowe, Ann, 401. Marmion, Marmyon, Edward, 329m; John, 379; Philip, 203; Thomas, 263, 379. Marsam, Richard, 666. Marsh, (Marisco, Mersh), John de, 696 ; Richard, 348. Marshall, Marchall, Marshalle, Alex- ander, 261 ; Alice, 261 ; John, 398 ; Thomas, 504. Martelli, Francis, 563)1. Marten, see Merton. Martin, Marten, Martyn, ■ — , 385 ; Alice, 620, 622 ; Bishop David, 17, 199m, 694; Edmund, 64«; James, 136 ; John, 206, 207, 208, 209, 504, 506; Mary, 557; Nicholas, 72, 192, 193, 195, 197, 198, 199, 599, 600, 602, 603, 604, 605 ; Thomas, 609. Martiney, William de, 601. MaschaU, Roger, 221, 229. Mason, Masun, — , 405 ; Christopher, 557 ; Dorothy, 144n. ; Edward, 144m ; Henry, 144n ; Johanna, 275 ; John, Sir John, 136, 144, 150, 266, 399, 401, 405m, 456, 457, 663, 674 ; Philip le, 594; Robert, 453, 490, 491; Thomas, 144, 401, 506; William, 272. Massam, Jaracs, 128, 438, 669. Matosdon, see Mattresdone. Mathew, Rector of Selborno, 651. Mathew, Hugh, 400, 410. Matilda, Princess, 358. Matkin, Matkins, William, 388, 438, 669. Matthews, Daniel, 703. Mattresdone, Matesdon, or Cledesdon, Oluddesden, Cladysden, John de, 601, 602, 606 ; Philip de, 606, 632. Maude, Robert, 342. Maunsel, John, 613. Maxfelde, John, 243. May, — , 134 ; Anne, 662 ; Charles, 468, 477, 478, 479, 4807i, 482, 4«3, 485, 489, 567, 701, 703 ; Daniel, 701 ; Elizabeth, 662 ; Henry, 578 ; Jasper, 504; John, 4S5, 567, 662, 717, 718; Messrs. 557 ; Thomas, 101, 477, 478, 479, 480, 480m, 482, 483, 489, 563m, 702, 703. May Family, 97m, 660. Maylarde, John, 262, 279, 282, 285. Maynard, John, 319, 395. Hears, F., 86 ; Thomas, 86. Meaton, Falour, 525. Melton, Nicholas, 349. Melward, see Milward. Meonstoke, Thomas de, 20. Merck, Mercks, see Marke. Merifield, see Merryfield. Merk, Merke, Merkes, see Marke. Merriat, Richard, 143. Merryfield, Merifield, — , 107m ; Henry, 522. Mersh, see Marsh. Merston, Richard, 281, 435. Merton, Marten, Mertone, Mortone, de, Alice, 369m; Christina, 40, 44, 194«., 571 ; Richard, 630, 632, 633 ; Robert, 331; Walter, 40, 41, 42, 41., 46, 49, 52, 70, 71, 72, 73, 181, 333, 360, 368, 369, 369m, 370, 372, 375, 376, 571, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 600, 604, 607, 612, 630, 632, 635, 636; William, 571, 596. Messer, Richard, 602. Mesurvyn, John, 203. Metcalfe, Barbara Maria, 102 ; Francos Drake, 102 ; Thomas, 102. Metham, Thomas, 342. MoTerleu, John, 265. Mews, Bishop Peter, 533. Micheldevere, de, Geoffrey, 601 ; Gilbert, 602; WUliam, 596, 601, 602. Michell, Miohiel, see Mitchell. Michener, Michiner, Christopher, 509 ; Richard, 524; Robert, 508, 509, 516. Midleton, Amy, 352. Miles, Thomas, 515. INDEX NOMINUM. 739 Miliat, see Millat. Milksopp, — , 507. Mill, Sir John, 114, 678 ; Lady, 92. Millard, Caroline, 95 ; Prances Maria, 95 ; James Elwin, 27, 39, 567, 569, 718. Miller, (Millare, Myller), John, 320; Simon, 642. Millers, Humphrey de, 658. Millat, Milliat, Miliat, Deborah, 406; John, 406, 406«. Milne, W. 0. B., 691. Milton, (Mylton), William, 294. Milward, Mel ward, John, 324; William, 213. Minchen, Alexander, 352. Mirke, see Marke. Misailbrook, John, 342. Mitchell, Michell, Michiel, Edward, 557 ; Francis, 531 ; John, 195, 196, 305, 538, 539. Moathe, see Moth. Mody, see Moody. Moer, see Moore. Mogg, Moggs, — , 107m, 537 ; Nicholas, 410. Mogworth, John, 342. Molendinis, Molins, Molyns, de, Edward, 694; John, 696; Eoger, 632, 633. See also Mullens. Monasterio, or Ecclesia, Matthew de, 656. Money, John, 401, 512. Monkhouse, Philip E., 691. Montacute, Thomas, 377; Earl William, 76. Montague, Anthony Viscount, 504«,; Colonel, 428. Montfort, Montefort, de, Sir Henry, 632 ; Simon, 375. Moody, (Mody, Mowdey, Muudi), Sir John, 394m; Nicholas, 670; WiUiam, 223, 223». Moon, Eichard, 131. Moore, Moer, Mora, More, Adam, 346 ; Sir Christoper, 119; Francis, 465, 673, 700; Henry, 308; Joan, 400, 401 ; John, 346, 489 ; Philip, 380 ; Eichard, 400, 401, 514 ; Susan, 410 ; WilUam, William de, 128, 129, 130, 388, 399, 438, 439, 667, 668, 669, 695. Moore Family, 60. Mooreinge, see Moring. Mora, see Moore. Morall, see Murrall. More, see Moore. Moreing, see Moring. Moreland, Eoger, 643. Morewode, Christopher, 315. Morgan, Henry, 199. Morhale, see Murrall. Moring (Moreing, Mooreinge), Joseph, 452)1, 466, 700. Morley, Bishop George, 26, 126, 147, 148, 406, 533, 687 ; Colonel Herbert, 419, 420. Morris, John, 522 ; Eichard, 337. Merry, Master, 311. Mortimer, John, 526. Morton, John, 658. Mortone, see Merton. Morward, le, German, 173, 657 ; John, 233m, 657. Mory, Moury, Adam, 226; Thomas, 241. Mot., Oliver, 651. Moth, Moath, Mothe, — , 107ii ; Edward, 23u; John, 400; William, 343, 385, 389, 543. Moury, see Mory. Mourhale, see Murrall. Mowdey, see Moody. Moyne, John le, 374. Muleford, Eoger de, 696. Muleward, see Mulward. Mulford, John, 549, 550. Mullens, Mullins, George, 478 ; John, 557. 702, 703; Martha, 478; Timothy, 703 ; Timothy Luff, 478, 703; William, 463. See also Molendinis. Mulward, Muleward, Henry, 283 ; John, 244 ; Walter, 244. Mundy, John, 255; Matilda, 609; William, Sir William, 609, 609m. Muntferrant, Imbert de, 613. Murrall, Morall, Morhale, Mourhale, Murale, Muriel, Muriele, Muryele, Elizabeth, 504; Hugh, 320; John, 193, 198, 221, 228, 342. Muudy, see Moody. MyUer, see MiUer. Mylton, see Milton. Napper, John, 203, 333; William, 330. Nash, Elizabeth, 350m; Thomas, 350k.. Nateleye, Vincent de, 177. Nele, Walter, 395. Nerford, Simon de, 594. Neuman, see Newman. Neville, Nevil, Nevill, Edward, 443; Elizabeth, Lady, 74; Henry, Earl of Westmoreland, 74 ; John, John de, 377, 688 ; Ealph, Earl of Westmore- land, 74 ; Eichard, Earl of Warwick, 293 ; Thomas, 531. 740 INDEX NOMINUM. Nowland, William, 557. Newman, Neuman, Neweman, Nywe- man, — , 537 ; Alice, 378 ; Johanna, 262 ; John, John le, 593, 594, 600 ; Roger, 201, 203, 213, 223, 223ri,, 249, 251, 262, 379, 434 ; Sohylda le, 594 ; Thomas, 258, 259, 262, 379, 434, 618 ; Waiiam le, 68. Neweport, Henry de, 694. Newetone, John de, 694. Nicholas, Edward, 564«, ; Robert, 585 ; Secretary, 425. Nichols, John Osmond, 703. Nightingale, NightingaU, Marmaduke, 348, 349 ; William, 506. Ningday, Ralph, 601. Nobill, Nobyl, Thomas, 271 ; William, 308. Nony, John de, 695. Noreis, William, 396. Nores, Master, 324. Norfolk, Earl of, 178. Norman, John, 683. Normanton, Normanneston, Nor- mington, John, 63, 130, 352, 353, 389, 439, 440, 503, 512 ; Richard de, 634 ; Robert, 279, 456; Thomas, 205, 206, 211, 279, 306, 321, 395; WiUiam, 386. North, Bishop Brownlow, 534 j Lau- rence, 529 ; Reginald, 173. Northesme, le, Alice, 607 ; John, 607. Northington, Earl of, 563n. Norton, George, 129, 389, 438, 669; Sir James de, 695 ; Nicholas, 378 ; Richard, Sir Richard, 416, 417, 418, 420, 421. Nowell, Nicholas, 177. Nutbeym, Nutbem, Nutbyme, Richard, 600; Thomas at, 195; William, William de la, 183, 600. Nutkin, Widow, 506. Nyweman, see Newman. Ogle, Sir WiUiam, 421, 422. Okkele, Richard de, 695. Oliver, Sir, 45.; Oliver, the Clerk, 595. Oliver, Elfeit, Elfyet, Elvet, Elviet, Fitz Oliver, Fitz Ulvet, Olyver, Dlfiet, Ulvet, Ulviete, Alice, (see Hannington) ; Michael, 598 ; Nicho- las, 596 ; Richard, 40, 45, 595, 596, 597, 598, 601, 602, 605, 606, 633, 634, 635, 636, 655. OlUffe, Grace, 470 ; Joseph, 469, 470, 701, 702, 703 ; Mary, 470. Omedon, John, 388 ; Richard, 335 ; Roger, 343. Onely, Nicholas, 541. Onslow, Sir Richard, 419. Ordd, James, 151«. Orketonr, Isabella, 305. Osborne, Osbourne, Osebame, Ose- burne, Osseborne, — , 107m; Ralph, 296; Richard, 296, 298, 301; Thomas, 536. Osey, Osse, Ossey, see Husey. Osseborne, see Osborne. Osteler, Hosteler, Ostelere, Janvn, 395; John, 244; Robert, 295; William, 244. Othen, John, 557. Otho, see Fitz Otho. Othobon, Cardinal, 611. Overnere, Matilda, 244. Owen, — , 628. Oxe, — , 262, 379 ; Walter le, 45, 193, 194, 595, 598 ; WiUiam le, 193. Pace, see Paice. Padwick, Thomas, 557. Page, Paige, — , 537; John, 308; Joseph, 589, 709. Pagenham, Pakenham, Hugh, 298, 301; John, 256, 257; WilUam, 21. Paice, Pace, — , 409; Daniel, 557; George, 482 ; WiUiam, 557, 702. Paige, see Page. Paine, Pain, Payne, Peyue, Robert, 590, 661, 709; T., 569; Thomas, 341, 342; WiUiam, 128, 342, 398, 627, 669. Pakenham, see Pagenham. Palmer, Palmere, Paumer, Sir Francis, 416 ; Henry, 286 ; John, 231, 406 ; Laurence, 523 ; Martin, Martin le, 40, 597; Thomas, 89, 379. Pamplyn, — , 335. Panton, Alathea, 514 ; John, 514. Pare, see Parr. Parestan, Pareston,_see Parkestan. Parker, Henry, 261 ; John, 228, 229, 230, 243, 245, 326, 395; OUver, 394; Roger, 599; Thomas, 341, 354, 388, 398; Warin, 594; Widow, 504. Parkestan, Parestan, Parestou, Parkeston, ^Spareston, PhUip, 179, 657, 658. Parr, Pare — , 504 ; John, 504, 505. Parson, Richard, 274. Parsons, Samuel, 543. Passelewe, Robert, 370. Pastor, Richard, 694. Patrick, (Patrykke), Thomas, 307. Paul, Samuel, 708. Paulot, Pawlet, Poulot, Powlott, INDEX NOMINUM. 741 Charles, 82, 487, 488; Constancia, 12 ; Lord Edward, 426 ; George, Sir George, 350n, 663; Sir Hampden, 408, 416; Harry, 488; John, Sir John, 12, 19, 90, 116, 264, 266, 297™, 298, 301, 306, 307, 381, 383, 393, 414, 487; Mabel, 350?i; Thomas Orde, 488; Waiiam, Sir William, 62n, 74, 75, 90, 205, 301, 330, 331, 343, 396, 414, UOn, 486, 504n; William Orde, 489. Paulet Family, 60. Paumer, see Palmer. Paville, Robert de, 652. Pawlet, see Paulet. Pax, Elias, 45, 598, 601, 602, 603, 605 ; Richard, 597. Payne, see Paine. Peacock, John, 557; Thomas, 475, 555, 557, 702, 703. Peake, Sir Robert, 417, 417m, 419, 428, 565. Pearse, James, 136, 142, 669 ; Thomas, 617. Pease, Andrew, 105. Peche, Peiohe, Bartholomew, 172m, 178, 18171, 182, 184, 362, 600, 653 ; Herbert, 181, 184, 600 ; Lucy, 181. Peohe Family, 59. Peckesall, Pecksall, see Pezall. Peckham, John de, 658. Peel, William, 89, 660. Pembroke, Earl of, see Herbert. Pemerton, George, 590, 709. Pendernos, see Rose. Penkerych, John, 275. Penston, — , 287. Penton, Edward, 482, 557; George, 474, 475, 557, 702, 703. Peperwhit, Peperwhite, Pepyrewhytt, Piperwhyt, Pyperwhite, Pyperwhyt, Pypyrwike, Alice, 269; John, 77, 213, 218, 222, 223, 223», 226, 252, 269, 607, 608, 609, 618. Percivall, Roger, 23. Percy, Lady Elizabeth, 529; Henry, Lord, 425 ; Ingram de, 613. Perin, Henry, 679, 679«.. Perkins, — , 107u. Perkyate, John, 222. Perman, John, 127, 341. Perot, John, 320; William, 255. Perschawe, John, 694. Pesemede, Pesmede, Peysmede, John, 244, 258, 276. Pestle, see Pistell. Peter, Bishop of Winchester, 653; Vicar of Basingstoke, 20. Peters, Hugh, 417», 430. Pether, Robert, 396. Pettatt, Charles Richard, 39. Pette, Thomas, 326. Petty, Pettie, Pettye, John, 355; Richard, 341, 398; William, 32, 136, 341, 398, 399, 4a8, 625. Petworme, Matilda, 184; Ralph le, 184. Peuterer, Walter le. 173. Peverel, Geoffrey, 593 ; Robert, 275 ; Thomas, 185. Pexall, Peckesall, Pecksal, Pecksall, Pexsall, — , 33.5 ; Ralph, 319ii, 335ft; Richard, Sir Richard, 205, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 335JI, 345, 347, 385, 389, 391, 397. Peyne, see Paine. Peysmede, see Pesemede. Peyton, — , 691 ; Higgons, 497. Phelpes, — , 531. Philip the Chaplain, 595. Philip and Mary, 78. Philip, (Phylippe), John, 276. Phillips, Fillips, Awsten, 355; Good- wife, 506. Pioheford, William de, 653. Pickering, Colonel, 428. Pickman, see Pitman. Pigeon, — , 134 ; Richard, 352. Pigton, Richard, 342. Pikot, Richard, 695. Pinchehaste, Pinchehast, John, 195, 198; William, 695. Pinder, Charles, 569, 718. Pingree, — , 550. Pink, Pinoke, Pinke, Elizabeth, 463; John, 557; Thomas, 463; Walter, 400, 463, 504, 511m; William, 557. Pink Family, 60, 137. Pinkerton, John, 562, 563. Pinnoc, Pinnuo, Pinuo, Pynnoe, Pynnock, Sewale, 595, 598, 655; Richard, 597, 599, 600, 602, 603, 604, 605. Piperwhyt, see Peperwhite. Pistell, Pestle, Thomas, 557, 703; William, 485. Pither, John, 341 ; William, 34. Pitman, Pickman, Pittman, Edmund, 131, 390, 401, 458, 463, 510», 517, 522, 671, 673, 700; John, 701; King, 701 ; Thomas, 702. Pitt, Christopher, 584. Pittard, James, 718. Planner, — , 384. Plantagenet, Edmund, 376 ; John, 74. Plessets, John de, 653. Plott, Jonathan, 390. Pococke, Pokoc, John, 266; Matilda, Zl 742 INDEX KOMINUM. 226; Robert, 146, 150, 161«; Roger, 146ti. Podenhale Family, 59. Pokerige, see Puokeridge. Pokerynge, see Puckering. Pokoc, see Pocooke- Polate, Master, 648. Pole, John, 308; Reginald, 125; Roger de la, 696. Pomel, John, 262, 266. Pontiagara, John de, 654. Ponynges, see Poynings. Poole, William, 78. Pope, Robert, 694. Popham, Henry, 27lm; Robert de, 188; Stephen, 271. Porchment, Porchmouthe, see Ports- mouth. Port, de, see De Port. Portal, Joseph, 563n ; W. S., 569. Porter, William, 531. Portsmouth, Porchmouthe, Porchment, — , 539, 640; Dr., 538, 539 ; Henry, 485, 718; John, 507; Thomas, 505. Portsmouth, Earl of, 60, 563n, 686. Potenger, Potynger, Margery, 319; William, 334. Poterne, James de, 361. Potta, Walter de, 602. Potter, — , 107m ; James, 314. Potyn, Potyng, Robert, 384, 395, 436; Thomas, 395. Potynger, see Potenger. Poulet, see Paulet. Poulter, 'S.braham, 399 ; James, 485, 718. Pount, Ralph du, 607. Powell, William, 718. Power, (Pouwer, Powere), — , 378; Thomas, 434, 608, 609. Powlett, see Paulet. Poynet, Bishop, 19, 22. Poynings, Poyninges, Ponynges, Constance, 414; Isabel de, 609» Thomas, Thomas de, 12, 378. Prat, Pret, Edward, 72, 602, 604 Jacob, 177; James, 173, 233n, 605 607, 657 ; John, 196, 214, 227, 230^ 247 ; Ralph, 603 ; Richard, 194, 195, 199; Walter, 195; WiUiam, 197; 434, 607. Preston, Gilbert de, 613; Thomas, 226, 286. Pret, see Prat. Prewet, Christina, 260m ; John, 260. Prideaux, Edmund, 521. Primmer, Robert, 352, 353. Prince, — , 527; Christopher, 508; Dorothy, 470; George, 465, 468, 528, 662, 700, 701, 715; Henry, 468, 469, 470, 679, 701 ; John, 470 ; William, 400. Princz, le, Mabel, 608; William, 608. Prior, Priour, John, 312; Richard, 221; William, 342. Pritchard, Charles, 718. Proctor, George James, 717. Proves, John, 341. Prowse, John, 510. Prust, Walter le, 607. Packeridge, Pokerige, John, 329, 351; Richard, 128. 398. Puckering, (Pokerynge), John, 379. Pugeys, Imberto, 613. P.dford, Richard, 353. Purayne, Robert, 306. Purchase. Purohes, Purohis, Purchise, — , 134 ; Henry, 439, 440, 456, 512 ; Thomas, 128, 129, 345, 398, 438, 622, 625, 629; WiUiam, 129, 130, 137, 143». Putele, Thomas, 557. Puteo, Henry de, 603. Putte, de la, Eva, 604 ; Henry, 604 ; Thomas, 695. Puttenham, Putnam, — , 134 ; George, Sir George, 315, 317, 317«, 383, 386, 562 ; Wniiam, 561. Puttenham Family, 561. Pyamore, Thomas, 379. Pydd, Pydde, Johanna, 393 ; John, 395; Nicholas, 286, 298, 301, 303, 304 ; William, 337. Pykamour, John, 241. Pylersh, Richard, 395. PympoUe, Robert, 307, 395. Pynegere, John, 241. Pyner, John, 262. Pynnoc, Pynnock, see Pinnock. Pyperwhite, Pyperwhyt, Pyperwike, see Peperwhite. Pytter, Robert, 312, 316. Q uinell, John, 506. Quydhampton, John, 298, 301. T> Dean of Winchester, 652. XV. Rackett, Elizabeth, 557. Raleigh, Rawleigh, Sir Carew, 416; William de, 14, 115, 654, 655. Ralph, Abbot of St. Michael's Mount, 652, 653 ; the Cftrk, 636. Rampton, Stephen, 508. Randole, Randoll, Richard, 352; Roger, 341, 342, 398. Randolf, John, 197. Ranger, Lucy, 262 ; Walter, 261. Raniger, see Ronager. INDEX NOMINtJM. r43 Kastell, Thoma=i, 225. Eavvdon, Lieut.-Col., 419, 420. Eawleigh, see Kaleigh. Eawlyn, Eawlyni, John, 116, 117, 289, 298, 301, b08, 435. Eaynbird, R., 567. Raynys, Thomas, 22. Read, Eeade, Rede, Edward, 86; Henry, Henry le, 18, 401 ; Roger, 214, 225, 228. Reading, William, 506. Redhat, Robert, 77, 321. Reeve, Reeves, Refe, Reve, Reyfe, Rive, Ryve, Ryves, Adam, 130, 131, 399, 401, 4;i9, 444, 455, 457, 670; . Barbara, 438»!.; Barnard, 131, 519, 564, 671, 673; Edward, 685, 690, 702 ; Joan, 438r! ; Laurence, 401, 522; Lewis, 522; Richard, 130, 671; Roger, 96, 97, 127, 128, 135, 204, 333, 342, 347, 353, 384, 398, 437, 438, 43S», 660, 665 ; Thomas, 395. Reginald the Chaplain, 638; the Clerk, 656, 657. Reinam, Richard de, 593. Reley, Henry, 139. Reve, Eeyfe, see Eeeve. Reynolds, Reynold, Reynald, John, 247, 279, 280; William, 107. Rhimes, Rebecca, 530; Mary, 530; William, 530. Rice, John, 557. Richard, Bishop of Sarum, 69; tlie Clerk, 657; Dean of Winton, 654. Richards, Bryan. 389; John, 24.8. Richardson, Joseph, 583. Riche, Ryche, John, 262, 263, 268; Thomas, 695 ; WilUam, 341. Richmond, Earl of, 74. Eicketts, J., 703 ; John, 557 ; Robert, 471, 472, 497, 685, 702; Sarah, 472. Rideout, John, 567. Eidgeway, Samuel, 543. Eigg, Rigge, Ambrose, 535 ; John, 557; Richard de la, 599; Thomas de la, 173, 177. Ring, Anne, 476 ; Charles, 557 ; John, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 489, 555, 558, 563», 702 ; W., 532 ; William, 473, 474, 475, 476, 555, 557, 563«, 702. Rither, William, 620. Eivalhs, 'Peter de, 653. Rive, see Eeeve. Rivers, Ryver, Lord, 563n; William, 281 Roberd, John, 221, 226, 228. Robert the Chaplain, 637 ; the Clerk, 651. Roberts, — , 537 ; Thomas, 341. Robertson, Thomas, 535. Robins, Philip, 518 ; T., 532; Thomas, 476, 477, 478, 489, 555, 558, 5tf3«, 702, 703 ; Walter, 715. Robinson, Bishop John, 713. Roc, Sir Geoffrey, 20. Roche Family, 59. Roches, de, Hugh, 594; John, 58. Rochester, Salomon de, 186, 632. Roe, Henry, 516. Roger, the Clerk, 651 ; Rector of St. Paul's, Winchester, 696. Rogers, John, 318?i, 558, 688. Roke, see Rooke. Rokeland, Nicholas de, 48, 613. Roket, Richard, 11, 695. Rolfe, Harry, 395. Romsey, (Rumsey, Rumseye), Nicho- las de, 370; Robert, 395. Eombold, see Rumbolde. Ronager, Raniger, Ronanger,Roninger, Ronyger, Runningar, Ennnyngar, — , 314 ; Agnes, 32 ; John, 32, 127, 319, 325, 327, 341, 342, 344, 352, 353, 385, 395, 396, 398, 436, 437, 665; Margaret, 32: Richard, 211, 310, 319, 334, 335, 383, 385, 396, 437 ; Robert, 309. Rooke, Roke, William, 290, 303. Roole, see Rowle. Rose, Richard, 696. Rossel, see Russell. Rothersvick, (Eutherwik), William de, 631. Eowdene, John, 379. Rowle, Roole, Thomas, 273, 618, 620. Rude, William de la, 173. Rufus, Wide, 359. Rumbolde, Rombold, Margaret, 320; Thomas, 315. Rumsey, Rumseye, 3ee»Romsey. Runningar, Rnnnyngar, see Ronager. Ruor, le, Richard, 694; Robert, 694. Rupibus, de, Geoffrey, 594; Martin, 178; Peter, 13, 14, 29, 652, 653, 655, 658. Russell, Rossel, Russel, RuseUe, — , 107m; Prances, 101; Francis, 590, 709; Jane, 100; John, 101, 116, 117, 204, 206, 266, 287, 289, 298, 302, 378, 385, 496, 497, 546, 683, 688, 699; Margery, 287, 289; Richard, 698; Robert, 243, 244, 245, 378 ; Walter, 599 ; William, 72, 100, 177, 378, 468, 493, 497, 558, 597, 599, 600, 603, 604, 631, 633, 636, 701. 744 INDEX NOMINUM. Enssignol, Eusinel, Kussinol, Peter de, 652, 653, 655, 658. Rutty, Arthur Forster, 155. Entherwik, see Rotherwick. Euyl, Walter de la, 597. Euys, Walter le, 604. Eyohe, see Eiclie. Eycroft, Sic Nelson, 60. Eykon, Eichard, 242. Eythe, Thomas, 284. Eyve, Ryves, see Eeeve. Eyver, see Eivers. Saoresdon, Philip de, 178. Sacreville, William, 695. Sadler, Sadelare, Sadelere, John, 342, 384, 555; Eichard, 395; William, 244. St. George, Sir Henry, 564, 662. St. John, — , 12, 200, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 330, 331, 378; Adam de, 593; Edmund de, 12; Ellis, 559; Sir Henry Panlet, 559; Isabella de, 609«; John, John de. 55, 58, 73, 174, 176, 177, 182, 184, 187, 559, 594, 631, 633; Richard de, 606 ; Eobcrt de, 174, 188, 414, 593, 594™ ; Thomas de, 378, 384; William, William de, William Lotd, 46, 414, 486, 504, 559, 593, 594, 654. St. Manufeudo, Adam de, 178, 182, 185. St. Martin, (Seynt Marten), Ann, 318. St. Mary Church, William de, 28, 29, 359, 651, 652, 653, 655, 658, 713. St. Probus, (Sanoto Probo), Richard de, 695. Sale, Roger de la, 597. Salioe, Sauz, de, Albratha, or Aldreda, 597, 602 ; Edulf, or Idulf, 597, 602 ; Walter, 602. Salisbury, Countess of, 74; Bgidins, Bishop of, 613; William, Earl of, 69. Salter, Edward, 563n.. Samborne, John, 459, 704. Sambroke, Jeremy, 101. Samsam, Edward, 342. Sandall, John de, 655. Sanderson, William, 683. Sandervile, Manser de, 601. Sandes, see Sandys. Sandilowe, John, 342. Sandsbury, see Sanesbury. Sandys, Sandes, Sans, Lord, 114, 136, 416 ; Lady, 136 ; Master, 322 ; Sir Edwin, 515 ; Henry, 145m, 514, 515 ; Margaret, Margery, 158, 692 ; Miles, 515 J Thomas Lord, 344; William, William Lord, 34, 92, 111, 113, 118, 120, 121, 126, 157, 158, 322m, 330, 514, 515, 663, 679, 681, 685, 692, 693. Sandys Family, 59. Sanesbury, Sandsbury, Peter, 109, 517, 705. Sans, see Sandys. Sansom, John, 480m, 703. Santore, Philip, 379. Sarum, Richard, 560. Saunterum, Agnes, 285. Sauturne, Philip, 266. Sauvage, see Savage. Sauz s::e Salice. Savage, Sauvage, Henry, 653; Sir John, 623, 624, 625, 626, 628; Richard, 221, 228. Savage Family, 137. Sawdyr, Robert, 395. Sawyer, Sawyere, John le, 188; Robert, 517 ; Thomas, 194. Say, John le, 607. Sayer, Sayere, John, 181, 289. Sayne, Thomas, 189m. Sayve, see Seive. Schafte, see Shaft. Schenlye, Eichard de, 640. Schiringthone, William de, 194. Sohortwade, see Shortwade. Schot, see Scott. Sohuman, William de, 594. Schupenere, see Shupenere. Schypster, Johanna, 271. Schyrefeld, Schyrfeld, see Sherfield. Scivere, Eobert le, 604. Solater, Dora Prances, 567. Sclater-Booth, George, 717. Sclyng, see SUnge. Scnelman, se6 Snelman. Scotmond, John, 226. Scott, Schot, Shot, Adam, 595 ; Daniel, 400; John, 388; Michael, 603 ; Walter, 695. ScrifBn, John, 505. Scures, Skures, de, James, 182; Matthew, 59 ; Eoger, 178, 182. Sealy, William, 697. Searle, Serill, Serle, Seyrylle, Agnes, 308 ; Alexander, 399 ; Gilbert, 391, 489 ; Robert, 647 ; William, 395. Seoorater, Thomas, 197. Sedgrave, Stephen de, 653. Segrave, James, 341, 342; Thomas, 327, 333, 341. Segrove, — , 107m. Seive, Fitz Seive, Sayve, Seyve, Geoffrey, 596, 597, 602; Thomas, 597, 602. INDEX NOMINUM. 745 Selham, John, 379. Selver, see Silver. Selvestre, see Silvester. Sely, Selye, John le, 196 ; Nicholas, Nicholas le, 77, 196, 197, 199. Seriche, Seryche, Kobert, 183, 194, 607. Serill, Serle, see Searle. Sevyre, Hugh le, 607. Bexten, Sextayne, George, 134; Richard, 395. Seymour, Lady Catherine, 529 ; Charles, Duke of 'Somerset, 529 ; "William, 484. Seyrylle, see Searle. Seyve, see Seive. Shaft, Schafte, Henry, 298, 301, 384. Phakelford, John, 342. Shawe, Edmund, 330. Shebbeare, Charles, 558; Joseph Charles, 498. Sheffield, Nicholas, 139. Shelborne, John, 128, 342. Shepener, Shepenere, see Shupenere. Sheppard, Sheperd, Shepherd, John, 321, 434, 609; Robert, 23ji ; Sarah, 476; Thomas, 27, 407, 476, 479, 532, 534, 563m, 590, 650, 699, 703, 706, 709 ; William, 395. Sherborne, (Shireburne), Peter de, 593. Sherfield, ( Schyrefeld, Schyrfeld), Hugh de, 175 ; William, 275, 435. Sherlond, Shyrland, John, 254; William, 287. Sherwin, WUliam, 649; Sherv70od, ( Shirewode, Shirwode), Nicholas, 267; 'Thomas, 267. Shipton, Elizabeth, 100; John, 129, 352, 353; S., 488; Samuel, 100, 461, 470, 471. 563«, 685, 688, 690, 701, 702, 703. Shireburne, see Sherborne. Shirewode, Shirwode, see Sherwood. Shortwade, Sohortwade, John, 243, 244, 379. Shot, see Scott. Shotborne, John, 395. Shotindon, Robert de, 595. Shoveler, John, 262, 263, 264; Margaret, 263, 264. Shupenere, Schupenere, Shepener, Shupnere, John, 213, 218, 221, 222, 223, 223n., 229, 230, 243, 244, 378, 434. Shyrland, see Sherlond. Sifreswast, John, 188. Silver, Selver, Sylver, — , 378 ; Agnes, 243 ; John, 296 ; William, 296. Silvester, (Selvestre, Sylvester), Henry le, 631 ; William, 395. Simmons, Charles, 482, 483, 484; John, 479, 480, 481, 482, 484, 567, 703 ; Misses, 569. Simon, Chaplain of Holy Ghost Chapel, 115 : Vicar of Basingstoke, • 20. Skeate, Richard, 474, 475, 702. Skelhorn, John, 319, 320. Skelton, — , 689 ; Richard, 23n. Skillyng, Skyllyng, Alice, 116; John, 116, 298, 393; Michael, 116. Skinner, Skiner, Skynnerc, Edward, 508; John, 245, 248, 298, 301; William, 708. Skotenod, John, 244. Skures, see Scures. Skutes, Richard, 221, 226, 228, 434, 609. Skydesmore, — , 378. Skyllyng, see Skillyng. Skynnere, see Skinner. Slinge, Sclyng, Slyng, Richard, 334, 335, 342. Slococke, Robert, 398; Thomas, 341. Smale, John, 354; Richard, 340, 342; Robert, 275. Smerat, Stephen, 245, 251. Smith, Smithe, Smyth, — , 107m; Anthony, 128, 347, 398, 438; Elizabeth, 322 ; Henry, Henry the, 289, 305, 655, 656, 718; Johanna, 641; John, 63, 86, 130, 131, 196, 222, 240, 245, 259, 290, 317, 340, 379, 394, 399, 401, 435, 436, 439, 440, 453, 455, 456, 457, 457)1, 590, 616, 661, 670, 681, 709; Julian, 400; Nicholas, 400; Ralph, 386; Richard, 243, 244, 311, 491 ; Robert, 290, 298, 301, 435, 599, 616 ; Roger, 536 ; Thomas, 243, 294, 677 ; Walter, 259; William, 243, 258, 342, 395, 700; William Eorder, 485. Snelman, Sonelman, Henry, 173, 177. Snow, Snowe, — , 508 ; John, 274, 279, 435. Soane, Sone, — , 387; Thomas, 356, 390, 391. Soberton, (Subberton), Thomas de, 651. Somener, see Summer. Somerset, Countess of, 74. Sone, see Soane. Soper, John Burgess, 716, 718; Richard, 105. Sottone, see Sutton. South, Southe, Sowth, Suthe, — , 134; Agnes, 398; Clement, 128, 746 INDEX NOMINUM. 129, 347, 398, 438, 622 ; John, 356 ; Robert, 512; Richard, 320; Samuel, 508, 509; Thomas, 63, 130, 131, 14571, 399, 401, 439, 440, 453, 455, 456, 458, 462, 700 ; William, 308. Southampton, Henry, Barl of, 513. Southwell, Henry de, 11. Sowth, see South. Spareston, see Parkestan. Sparrye, Mr., 78. Spencer, 107m; John, 685; William, 506, 681. Spere, James, 310. Spicer, — , 672. Spier, Spyare, Spyer, Spyre, Andrew, 438; Arthur, 504; Edwai-d, 705n, 714; Ingelram, 306, 307, 308 ; John, 401, 704; Mary, 536; Richard, 130, 131, 145ft, 385, 439, 440, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 505, 671, 700; Widow, 523; William, 131, 517, 673, 677, 700. Spittle, Anthony, 401, 410, Spote, John, 327. Springhom, William, 193. Sprocock, John, 352. Spyare, Spyer, Spyre, see Spier. Spyrke, Juliana, 286. Stacye, Walter, 342. Stafford, Edmund de, 76. Stanton, Walter, 610. Stapyll, John, 387. Stare, Andrew, 329. Stayset, William, 395. Stebb, John, 400. Stennynge, William de, 695. Stepe, John. 658. Stephen, Prior of Mottisfont, 653, 655, 658. Stephens, Stephins, Stevens, Richard, 398; Thomas, 342; William, 36, 128, 341, 355, 398, 505. Sterry, Mr., 540. Stevens, see Stephens. Stewkeley, see Stukeley. Stiles, Styles, John, 144n, 354, 531. Stookbridge, (Stokebridge), Gregory de, 21. Stocker, Stoker, Stokker, — , 134, 518 J Ann, 463 ; Gilbert, 119, 204, 207, 209, 330, 332, 333, 342, 386, 386», 389, 398, 437; Jane, 463; John, 63, 208, 210, 211, 273, 341, 384, 399, 401, 438, 439, 440, 455, 456; Justinian, 349; Mary, 463; Matthew, 590, 709; Nicholas, 395, 436; Richard, 342, 504; Robert, 97, 131, 145m, 312, 313, 317, 319, 342, 346, 383, 386, 396, 401, 436, 437, 438, 438JJ., 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 462, 463, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, fifiO, 668, 669, 670, 673, 677, 700; Thomas, 119; Ursula, 97 ; Widow 504 ; William, 30, 128, 354, 394, 395, 624, 626, 627, 629. Stockfield, (Stokfeld), John, 395. Stookwell, Thomas, 563m. Stokebridge, see Stockbridge. Stoker, see Stocker. Stokfeld, see Stockfield. Stokker. see Stocker. Stokes, Stoke, de, Alan, 652, 653, 6j5, 658; Alexander, 657; Andrew, 694. Stone, — , 107m. Stoneliexe, William de, 601. Stoner, Sir Francis, 416. Stonevvode, John, 283. Stonham, Robert, 609. Stourton, William, Lord, 297)i, 298, 301. Straugwaies, Thomas, 401. Strangwidge, Widow, 517. Stratfeld, William, 694. Strokesher, William, 194. Stronge, — , 335. Stroud, John, 704. Strypplynge, William, 241. Stub, John le, 193, 198. Stubbs, Stubb, Charles, 558 ; Thomas, 703. Stubyngton, Stubbyngton, John, 255, 257, 394. Stukeley, Stucle, Stuckeley, Stew- keley, John, 286, 288, 292, 293, 294, 294ft, 303, 309 ; Thomas, 261, 279. Styffie, — , 629. Styhanger, Styhangre, Thomas, 229 ; . William, 694. Styles, see Stiles. Styrt, Styrte, John, 286, 395. Subberton, see Soberton. Sudfeld, Walter de, 593. Sultan of Turkey, 81. Sumner, Somener, Sumenor, Bishop Charles, 38 ; John le, 197 ; Roger, 242. Sunning, Thomas de, 197. Sureman, Surman, John, 203, 434. Suthe, see South. Sutor, Gervase, 195. Sutton, Sottone, — , 263; E., 412; Henry de. 188, 696; John, 380; Thomas, 406, 412. Suxeman, John, 213. Swalewick, Swalewyke, Swalwyke, — , 620; John, 258, 261, 287; William, 276. INDEX NOMINUM. 747 Swanley, Captain, 431. Svvathen, Margaret, 348. Swayn, Swhayne, Thomas, 241, 308. Swift, (Swytte), — , 133; Nicholas, 23n. Swindon, (Swyndene, Swyndon), — , 641 ; John, 395, 616. Swon, Robert le, 598. Sylver, see Silver. Sylvester, see Silvester. '"P'ailor, see Taylor. X Talbott, ohn, 116, 117, 298, 301. Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 545. Tame, Lady Egidia, 380. Tame Family, 59. Tanner, Tannare, Tannere, Alice, 255 ; John, 225 ; Nicholas, 400 ; Bichard le, 194, 195; Robert le, 255; Walter le, 597, 603, 60 i. Tapland, John, 558; Joseph, 558. Taplin, William, 718. Tapstere, Robert, 285. Tarbolton, J. Capes 546. Tank, Tanke, Tawke, Alianora, 257; Edmund, 261, 262, 266, 271, 380, 435 ; John, 285, 380 ; William, 200, 201, 203, 257, 282, 379, 434, 621. Taunton, Guy de, 173. Taverner, Taverne, Adam, 221, 228, 230. Tawke, see Tank. Tawyare, Tawyer, le, Galfrid, 194; Thomas, 599. Taylard, Edith, 612 ; Thomas, 612. Taylor, Tailor, Tayler, Tayllur, Taylour, — , 455; Agnes, 669; John, 342, 401, 444, 444re, 504; Nicholas, 298, 301; Robert, 647; Thomas, 395; Walter le, 612; William, 242, 247. Temple, Frederick James, 485, 718; Mary, 617, 648; Thomas, 622; Widow, 648; William, 128, 398, 401, 512, 616, 617, 617m, 647, 648. Terry, John, 225, 230. Thatcher, Thacher, Thetcher, Chris- topher, 338, 339; Henry James, 498 ; WiUiam, 287. Thideriok, E., 319 ; James, 819. Thistlethwayte Family, 60. Thynby, see Tynby. Thomas, Prior of Selborne, 658 ; the Provost, 366. .^.,,. Thomas, Bishop John, 534; William Henry, 703. Thompson, Rev. Dr., 699. Thomwood, see Thumwood. Thome, Thomas, 550. Thorniton, James de. 374. Thorogood, Samuel, 558. Thorpe, Geoffrey, 593 ; George, 525. Thressher, Eobert, 307. Thudryche, see Tudriche. Thumwood, Thomwood, John, 342, 410. Tichborne, Ticheborne, Titcheborne, Sir Benjamin, 416; Francis, 344; Sir John de, 58, 60 ; Nicholas, 663 ; Sir Walter, 400. Tigwell, Joseph, 718. Tille, see Tyle. Tinctor, Tynotor, John, 20, 199; Thomas, 199. Tippet, WilUam, 137. Titcheborne, see Tichborne. Titherygge. James, 396. Tode, — , 50 i. Toke, see Took. Tolfre, Tolfry, James, 558; John, 395 ; Wattyn, 395. Tonebrigge, see Tunbridge. Tonere, Thomas le, 179. Toneworthe, see Tunworth. Took, Toke, Ralph, Ralph le, 13, 174, 178. Toomer, Samuel, 558. Tomes, Nicholas, 694. Tomour, Tornare, see Turner. Torre, Alice, 22 ; Daniel, 22. Torvare, John le, 657. Tosi, John, 694. Totteford, Robert, 694. Tovy, Walter, 505. Townsend, Henry, 544. Trelawney, Bishop Jonathan, 713. Trimmer, Trimar, — , 107m; John, 564 ; Robert, 512. Tripacy, Hugh, 695. Tronet, Thomas, 373. Trotter, — , 550. Trowe, John, 695. Trowlay, Troulay, Trowley, John, 194, 196, 197, 198, 214; WilUam, 248. Tudriche, Thudryche, Richard, 695 ; Thomas, 203. Tunbridge, (Tonebrigge), Robert de, 195. Tunworth, (Toneworthe), John, 694. Turgis, Thomas, 631. Tumeham, Stephen de, 360. Turner, Tomare, Tomour, Turnonr, Edith, 258 ; James, 351 ; John, 304 ; Nicholas, 394 ; Richard, 258 ; William, 336, 505. Tursey, John, 379. Turstin, Fitz Turstin, Richard, 358, 358m. 748 INDEX NOMINUM. Twyohener, John, 225. Twyning, Sir Thomas, 642. Tybald, William, 601. Tylare, see Tyler. Tyle,' Tille, John or Thomas, 222, 223, 223n, 224, 224m, 225, 230, 231. Tyler, Tylare, Henry, 245 ; Nicholas, 394 ; William, 255, 301. Tynby, Thynby, John, 271, 276. Tynctor, see Tinctor. Tynker, John, 271. Ulfiet, Ulvet, Ulviete, see Oliver. Underwood, John, 614; Mariora, 614. Upton, Johanna, 351 ; Rowland, 351 ; William, 400. Uvedale, Thomas, 287, 308 ; William, 344. Uvedale Family, 59. Yafe, Thomas, 332. Valenciis, William do, 373. Valoignea, Valoy ns, Nicholas, Nicholas de, 58, 203, 221, 223, 223?i, 247, 254. Valoigne Family, 60. Van Heme, Joachim, 516. Vaughan, — , 558. Vans, Nicholas, 119 ; Stephen, 334. Vayre, Adam, 244. Tenable, Vuable, William le, 434, 597, 604, 607. See also Viable. Venables Family, 137. Vendell, John, 505. Venonr, William le, 696. Venrill, Joseph, 558. Venuz, Hanon le, 181 ; Sir John de, 656. Vemhulle, see Pemhulle. Vernon, Thomas, 558. Veysi, Robert, 694. Viable, Vyable, John, 694; Walter, Walter le, 600, 602, 603 ; William, William le, 177, 197, 223»t,- 598, 599, 604, 605, 606, 657. See also Venable. Victor Emmanuel, 81. Victoria, Princess, 81. Vince, — , 531. Vincent, Vicar of Basingstoke, 20, 37. Vincent, Vyncent, — , 516 ; Geoffrey, 696 ; Henry, 515, 516 ; William, 696. Vine, Charles, 473, 474, 475, 476, 555, 702. Vivian, Fivian, Fyvian, Vyvian, Vyvien, Hugh, 197; John, 185, 185n, 233n, 594, 599, 605, 606. Voyer, John, 620. Vnable, see Venable. Vyable, see ViaMe. Vyel, Thomas, 696. Vyncent, see Vincent. Vyners, William, 21. Vyvian, Vyvien, see Vivian. Wadesford, see Watford. Wadmore, Walter, 718. Waite, see Wayte. Wake Family, 59. Wakefield, William, 399. Wakeman, William, 695. Waleis, see Wallis. Wales, Prince and Princess of, 81. Walet, John, 196, 197, 199, 245; William, 193, 195. Waleys, see Wallis. Walker, Wawlker, Harry, Henry, 128, 341, 398; John, 437, 500ti, 705; Richard, 667; Robert, 340, 346, 398, 437, 438, 507, 511m, 512, 520, 705; Thomas, 386; William, 341, 345, 386, 398. Waller, Sir Hardress, 428; Sir William, 417, 418, 424, 426. Wallis, Waleis, Waleys, Arthur, 485, 718; John, 566, 566n; Richard, 484, 558; Richard Sterry, 569; Robert le, 612 ; Walter, Walter le, 600, 601 ; William le, 173, 177, 181. Wallop, Wallope, Wallopp, — , 314, 324; Lady Elizabeth, 512; Henry, Sir Heniy, 145m, 354, 388, 397, 404, 458, 487, 512, 579, 622, 623, 624, 625, 627, 628, 629, 630 ; John, Sir John, 205, 209, 210, 211, 212, 270, 286, 291, 292, 296, 301, 302, 303, 306, 335, 380, 381, 385, 680; Sir Oliver, 134, 345, 396m, 397 ; Richard, 307, 309, 309n, 381, 393, 436; Robert, 105m, 309, 309m, 812, 318, 324m, 382, 386, 396, 408, 409, 436, 455, 458, 458m. Wallop Family, 60. Walrond, William, 78. Walryche, William, 271. Walsohe, Walsshe, Walysche, William, 243, 244, 272. Walsheman, William, 312. Walter, Abbot of Hyde, 653, 654, 655, 658; Bishop of Hereford, 9, 10; Prior of St. Swithin's, 653, 654, 655, 658. Walter, Richard, 342. Waltham, Wautham, Bishop John, 76 ; Robert de, 42, 595, 596. Walysche, ^ee Walsohe. WanstaJl, Edward, 717. Wandsworth, (Wanysworth), Nicholas, INDEX NOMINUM. 749 276. Warbleton, Warbelton, Warblington, Warbliuton, Warblyngtou, War- bylton, Margery, 201, 203, 278; Thomas, Sir Thomas, de, 20, 196, 197, 198; William, 201, 203, 276, 278, 286, 290, 298, 301, 317™, 378, 380, 394«,, 618, 619, 620, 621. Warblington Family, 60, 561. Ward, Warde, — , 641 ; John, 116, 117, 616; Samuel, 401., 406; Thomas, 26 i, 270, 272, 273, 620; William, 125, 271. Wareyn, see Warren. Warham, Wareham, — , 107to; John, 394; Lady, 629; WilUam, Sir William, 318, 356, 397. Warley, Thomas, 395. Warne, James, 107, 479, 480, 480?i, 482, 497, 498, 567, 703 ; Maria, 102. Warner, Grace, 471 ; Henry, 395, 462, 469, 470, 471, 685, 690, 701, 702; John, 401, 558; Joseph, 471; William, 467, 468, 662, 700, 701. Warren, (Wareyn, Waryn), Nicholas, 387; Thomas, 258, 268; Walter, 262, 267, 268, 269, 270. Warrener, (Waryner), WilUam, 225, 228. Warton, Elizabeth, 649; Jane, 583; 98™, 583, 699 ; Thomas, 27, 88, 89, 98, 98m, 102, 107, 108, 407, 476, 543n, 546, 561, 582, 585, 649, 697, 698, 713. Warwick, Ela, Countess of, 233«; Earl of, see Neville. Waryn, see Warren. Waryner, see Warrener. Wascelin, Eoger, 367. Wassaile, Thomas, 327n. Wastehose, Wasthuse, Wastehuse, Joseph, 593, 601; Ralph, 179; Eiohard, 175, 180, 595, 600, 601, 602. Waterend, Waterrend, Atte Water- ende, Johanna, 393 ; John, 378, 434 ; William, 298, 301, 383. Wateridge, (Waterhege, Wateryge, Watridge, Wauterigge), 107m; Giles, 281; John, John de, 394, 607; WiUiam, 226. Waterman, — , 107™ ; Ambrose, 508. Watford, Wadesford, Watesford, de, Henry, 67, 599, 605, 606 ; WUliam, 67. Watkins, John, 341; William, 128, 129, 668. Watmer, Tristram, 505. Watridge, see Wateridge. Wataone, Thomas, 337, 338. Watts, George, 681 ; Giles, 704 ; John, 401, 455, 457, 512, 564, 704. Wautham, see Waltham. Wawlker^ see Walker Wauterigge, see Wateridge. Waynflete, Bishop William, 19, 22. Wayte, Waite, Henry le, 188 ; Thomas, 136 ; William, 226, 229. Weale, W. H. J., 158. Weare, — , 523. Weaver, (Wever, Wevyr), Edith, 262 ; Harry, 330; John, 276, 353; Richard, 262. Webb, Webbe, — , 521, 563m; Alice, 243; Ambrose, 23, 24, 143m, 145, 403,412, 506, 510m, 516, 517,, 518, 519, 520; Charles, 96, 484, 590; Charles Frere, 718; Edmund, 161m; Edward, 24™, 132, 145, 146, 148, 149, 671 ; Johanna, 243 ; Margaret, 105; Robert, 229, 230; Stephen, (see Bvered). Wedyr, Eiohard, 620. Weeks, Wekes, Henry, 708 ; WiUiam, 346, 346m. Weeler, see Wheeler. Welch, Jacob, 506. Welle, peury de, 175 ; William de la, 173, 175. Weller, Andrew, 519. Wells, Wellys, John, 301; William, 342. Wereall, John, 330. Werplesdone, see Worplesdon. Wesley, John, 547. West, Weste, Avis, 401 ; George, 401, 505 ; Isabella, 254 ; John, 128, 129, 340, 355, 388, 398, 438, 622, 623, 626, 627, 630; Thomas, 254; William, Sir William, 130, 136, 137, 438, 608. Westbury, John, 274. Westerton, Samuel, 703. Westewode, see Westwood. Weston, Edmund, 21. Westwood, (Westewode), William, 395. Westrey, Westewray, Westwrey, Westwrei, Elizabeth, 398; John, 332, 333, 335, 342, 385m, 386, 387, 437 ; Richard, 624, 627. Wever, Wevyr, see Weaver. Wevill, Edward, 409. Wew, Henry le, 199. Whalley, Edward, 540 ; Jane, 540. Wheeler, Weeler, Wheler, George, 566, 566m; Henry, 244, 245; Matilda, 379; Philip, 622; Robert, 608; Thomas, 197, 199, 226, 283, ZV 750 INDEX NOMINUM. 290, 295; Walter, 72, 599, 600; William, 298, 301, 330, 603. Wheler, Wheeler, Wheeller, Bevil, 582 ; Charles, 580 ; Sir George, 26, 85, lOln, 107, 529, 530, 580 ; Gran- ville, 529, 530 ; John, 582. Wherere, Thomas, 244. Wherewelle, John de, 694. Wheteham, John, 393. Whicher, Biohard, 704. Whitohnroh, ( Wiptchirche, Wite- cherohe, Wytohuroh ), John de, 45, 594 ; Stephen de, 694. Whitoome, Whitoorne, Whytoombe, William, 348, 350, 387. White, Whit, Whitt, Whithe, Whyfc, Whyte, Whyth, Wyght, Wyte, Wythe, — , 616, 674 ; Agnes, 346n, 396; Edmund, 531; Edward, 484 j Edwin Charles, 569, 718; George, 563 ; Gilbert, 25, 161 ; Henry, 576 ; Hugh, 131, 4.32n, 452, 463, 464, 465, 46(i, 563m, 700 ; John, 244, 245, 251, 258, 281, 3'i-6n, 379, 389, 466, 496, 558, 701, 713 ; Ralph, 384; Richard, Sir Richard, 25, 150, 409ji, 452«, 466, 576; Robert, 309,346, 346»; Roger, 384; Sampson, Sir Sampson, 25, 390; Simon, 666; Thomas, Sir Thomas, 259, 312, 344, 346, 346n, 380, 618, 619, 621, 695; William, 204, 287, 289, 298, 302, 385, 395. Whitefield, Whitfield, George, 547, 565. Whitehead, Whitehed, Whithed, Whit- hede, Whythed, — , 355, 390, 625, 626, 627 ; Henry, Sir Henry, GOn, 388; Biohard, 345, 348; WilUam, 622, 624. Whithed Family, 59, 60. Whithe, see White. Whithill, William, 621. Whiting, ( Whytynge), William, 241. Whitley, Whitle, Whytele, Whytle, William, 262, 378, 619, 620, 621. Whitt, see White. Whytoombe, see Whitcome. Whyt, Whyte, see White. Whytele, see Whitley. Whyth, see White. Whythed, see Whitehead. Whytle, see Whitley. Whytynge, see Whiting. Wiard, see Wyard. Wickens, (Wyokens), Thomas, 629. Widedge, Withege, Wytehegge, Wytheg, Wythege, Wythegge, Wytheghe, John, 283 ; Walter de la, 174, 184, 194, 195, 600, 631. Widmore, Thomas, 468, 469, 496, 529, 701. Widowson, (Widoson, Widowissone, Woddeson, Woddoson, Wodewisson, Wodosou, Wodowissone, Wydow- sone), — , 384; Alexander, 394; John, 258, 324, 394, 395 ; Thomas, 394 ; William, 204, 396. Wigg, Wigge, Wygge, — , 154; Edward, 631 ; Johanna, 340 ; John, 329, 536, 590, 709 ; Richard, 536; Robert, 30-i; Thomas, 532, 704; William, 137, 148, 272, 379, 391, 618, 619, 620, 672. Wigg Family, 137. Wilberforoe, Bishop Samuel, 87- Wilcock, Wyloot, Jolin, 292, 293. Wild, John, 694. Wilder, William, 343. Wilkins, (Wilkyngs, Wylkyn) Richard, 227, 228, 303. Wilks, John Mark, 546. William I., 10. William, Bailife of Basing, 657; Bishop of Winchester, 653 ; the Chaplain, 21, 655 ; the Cook, 657 ; the Provost, 64, 361, 656, 657. Williams, — , 141 ; Thomas, 262. Williamscottes, Robert, 265. Williamson, Isaac, 155, 161m ; William, 477, 691, 717. WiUis, Willys, Thomas, 145», 458, 491. Wills, James, 545. Wilmot, Henry, 563ii. Wilson, Wilsone, Wylson, — , 323, 385 ; John, 342 ; Richard, 340. Wilton,. (Wylton), William de, 613. Wimbolt, Mr., 689. Winohcombe, Dorothy, 409n. ; Francis, 409m. Winchester, Bishop of, 307, 308, 344 ; Dean of, 344 ; Marquis of, 62m, 63, 74, 75, 90, 141, 145n, 354; Charles, Marquess of, 487 ; John, Marquess of, 390, 416, 421, 487; William, Marquess of, 388, 416, 486, 487. Winchester, de, see Winton. Windebank, Secretary, 411. Windover, Thomas, 558. Windsor, Windeshore, Windesor, Windesore, Wiudeleshore, Wynde- sore, Wyndsor, Wynsore, — , 558; Bryan de, 266, 287; John, Sir John, de, 188, 594, 606, 656; Lady, 134; Lord, 134, 329; Thomas, Thomas de, 307, 595 ; Walter, 309 ; WilUam Lord, 344. Wingeham, Wyngham, Hugh de, 601, 602. Winhall, Wynhall, — , 674; John, 496. INDEX NOMINUM. 751 Wiualade, ( Winslaid, Wyuslade ), James, 254.; Thomas, 309. 344. Winter, Wynter, John, 230, 231. Winterbourne, ( Wynterborne), — , 200 ; John de, 197, 199. Winterahiille, Wintreshnlle, Wyntres- hylle, Amicia, 175 ; John, Sir John de, 175, 261, 594; William de, 187, 594. Winton, Wiutonia, Wynton, de, Andrew, 694 ; Eichard, 696 ; Simon, 188. Wiptohirohe, see Whitohuroh. Wisham, Joan, 670 ; Robert, 670. Witecherche, see Whitchurch. Withege, see Widedge. Witney, (Witteneie), Thomas de, 696. Wither, Withers, Wyther, Wythere, — , 411, 522 ; George, 458 ; Gilbert, 463; James, 131, 401, 458, 459, 463, 700; Richard, 256, 378; William, 391, 458, 492ti. Witten, James, 504, -512. Witteneie, de, see Witney. Wodby, John, 274. Woddeson, Woddoson, see Widowson. Wode, see Wood. Wodehouse, Wodehoua, Wodehowse, see Woodhouse. Wodele, see Woodley. Wodelyffe, see Woodelyffe. Wodelok, see Woodlock. Wodestoke, see Woodstock. Wodewisson, Wodoson, Wodowissone, see Widowson. Wogheners, Walter de, 695. Wolbergh, William, 195, 196. Wolfe, Wolffe, John, 265, 273, 619; Thomas, 258, 378, 379. Wolfrych, Wolfrrioh, Adam, 599. WoUe, John, 506. Woltone, Eichard de, 695. Wolveridge, Sir James, 443. Wood, Wode, William, William de la, 531, 695. Woodburn, Woodboum, William, 549, 558. Woodcock, — , 387; James, 401; Robert, 389. Woodier, Woodyer, — , 569 ; Thomas, 105. Woodhonse, Wodehous, Wodehouse, Wodehowse, Simon, 379, 385; Thomas atte, 247 ; William, 203. WoodelyfEe, Wodelyffe, John, 298, 301. Woodier, (Wodele), Johanna, 267, 268, 269, 270; Thomas, 267, 268, 269, 270. „ Woodlock, (Wodelok), Bishop Henry, 11m, 17, 20; Eichard, 695. Woodroffe, — , 531 ; Charles, 469, 470, 701 ; Henry, 462, 469, 470, 471, 685, 690, 698, 701, 702; Mary, 471; Richard, 107, 109, 131, 136, 145m, 400, 458, 459, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 471, 506, 517, 671, 673, 681, 700, 701, 705. Woodstock, Wodestoke, Edmund of, 73 ; John, 202 ; Thomas of, 76. Woodyer, see Woodier. Woollnough, J. B. W., 102. Worall, Worrall, Worrell, — , 507, 525 ; Eichard, 517, 518, 520, 680. Workman, Thomas, 482, 482ji, 703; William, 155, 158, 161«,. Worplesdon, Werplesdone, Worples- done, Richard de, 606, 607, 630. Worrall, Worrell, see Worall. Worting, Wortinge, Wortinges, Wortingge, Wortinghe, Wortonge, Wortynge, Wrtinge, Wurtyng, Wurtyngges, John, John de, 243, 247, 248, 694; Mark, 629; Philip de, 194« ; Thomas, Thomas de, Sir Thomas de, 193, 194, 197, 213, 218, 434, 573, 607, 608, 609?i, 639. Worting Family, 201jt. Wortley, Sir Francis, 422, 426. Wrdest, Ralph, 593. Wright, Sir Nathan, 541 ; Richard, 563ti. Wriothesley, Henry, Earl of South- ampton, 513. Wrtinge, Wurtyng, Wurtyngges, see Worting. Wyard, Wiard, Thomas, 50, 610. Wyatt, Wyott, John, 395 ; Matthew, 155, 569 ; Thomas W., 85. Wycchebury, John, 608. Wyckens, see Wickens. Wydowsone, see Widowson. Wygge, see Wigg. Wyggeley, John, 298, 301. Wyght, see White. Wyke, Richard, 252, 253. Wykefiam, William of, 21, 76. Wylcok, see Wilcock. Wylkyn, see Wilkins. Wylson, see Wilson. Wylton, see Wilton. Wymond, Edith, 197. Wyn, Margaret, 353. Wyndesore, see Windsor. Wyndham, Sir William, 529. Wyndsor, see Windsor. Wynesflod, see Wynsflode. Wyngham, see Wingeham. Wynhall, see Winhall. 752 INDEX NOMINUM. Wynnegoud, John, 221, 228. Wynsflode, Wynesflod, de, PhHip, 601 ; William, 694. Wynslade, see Winslade. Wynsore, see Windsor. Wynter, see Winter. Wynterbome, see Winterbonme. Wynton, see Winton. Wyntreshylle, see Wintershnlle. Wyott, see Wyatt. Wyrinton, Wyrintona, de, Alice, 599 ; WiUiam, 599. Wytohuroh, see Whitchurch. Wyte, see White. Wytehegge, Wytheg, Wythege, Wyth- egge, Wytheghe, see Widedge. Wythe, see White. Wyther, Wythere, see Wither. Yate, Yates, Teate, George, 438, 625, 628, 629 ; Richard, 32, 127, 333, 342, 848, 398; Thomas, 627, 668; William, 129. Tatingden, Bartholomew de, 173. Yeadon, Edmund, 95. Yeate, see Yate. Yeardly, Yerdle, Yerdley, — , 628; John, 272, 273, 279, 281, 615; Richard, 617 j Robert, 265 ; Thomas, 268. Yewen, — , 622, 623, 624, 626; Richard, 386. Yolf, William, 597, 601, 602. Yoe, — , 378 ; Thomas, 173. Ywode, see Iwode. Ywolf, Augustine, 196. LOCORUM ET RERUM. 753 LOCORUM BT RERUM. Abbotston, 19. Acts of Parliament, 710. Adintrowe, 197. AlEeeror, Office of, 219. Aiahiuere's, see Ashmore's. Alderman of Basingstoke, 458, 700. Aldershot, 39. Aldworth's Blue Coat School, 90, 560, 706. Ale, price of, 317, 318, 320, 335. Ale Conner, 317, 355. Ale Measures, unlawful, 322. Ale Poles, 320. Ale Stakes, 335. Ale Taster, 235. Ale and Bread, 313. Alexander's, (Alysander's, Elysaun- der's), 384, 885. Alice's Lands, 259. Allen's Lane, 455. Almshouses, 386, 388, 562, 670, 708. Alresford, Old and New, 53m. Alton, 307, 360m, 361m, 370, 371m. Alysander's, see Alexander's. Amesbury, Aumbresbury, 635, 636. Andeveringewey, 194, 195. Andover, Andevere, 195, 360n., 361m, 371m. Andover Buck Feast, 422. Andwell, Andewelle, AnneweU, 294; Croft, 276, 277; Miller of, 303; Priory, 572m ; Prior of, 174, 180. Angel Croft, 333. Ann's, Anny's Land, 380, 385, 389, 621. AnneweU, see Andwell. Apprentices not to be in Alehouses after seven o'clock, 820. Arable Land in Basingstoke, 203m. Arms, 89, 90, 91, 96, 159, 160, 524, 525, 660 ; of Aldworth, 90, 661 ; Eev. J, Blatch, 90 ; Blunden, 91m, 167, 530 Duke of Bolton, 528; Bray, 91m, 111 ; Brayboef , 596 ; Budgell, 660 Bye, 489n ; Clothworkers' Company, 661; Coleman, 99, 660, 662 Cufaude, 169; Deane, 91m, 661 Dyngley, 297m ; England, 90 ; Fitz Piers, 297m; Bishop Fox, 89, 90; France and England, 90 ; Hall, 525, 661 ; Henchman, 99 ; Hooke, 542n. ; Lancaster, 90, 91», 661 ; Magdalen College, 90, 91m; Paulet, 90, 91m PeU, 660 ; Eouth, 90 ; Eupibus, 595 EuBsell, 99 ; Salters' Company, 661 Sandys, 85, 89, 90, 91», 111, 159, 160; Shephard, 90; Valoignes, 90 Wallop, 89, 90; Warton, 89 Whalley, 542m; Wheler, 582)1 White, 466. Artillery Butts, 851. Ashdown, Battle of, 7. Ashe, 38, 255, 708 ; Parish Eegister, 534. Ashmore's, Aishmere's, Ashmere, Ash- merys, Asshemere, 381, 382, 887, 889, 891, 393. Assize of Bread, 314, 820, 352, 354; of Bread and Ale, 73, 181, 182, 187, 235, 317. Atkins' Dye-house, 344, 345, 345n. Aumbresbury, see Amesbury. Axmouth, 540. Aylward's, 384. Ayngel, the, see Inns. Baddesley, North, 489. Bailiffs, the, 172, 173, 215, 433, 503 ; hst of, 455. Bailiffs and Burgesses, 62, 118. Bailiffs and Constables, election of, 219. Bakers fined, 248, 260. Baptists, 551. Barkeley Heath, 349. Barkesdale's, Berkesdales, Berkysdale, 882, 385, 888. Baron's land, 815. Barrette's Down, 205. Barrows, borowes. Two, 209, 620, 629. Baselard, a, 280, 280)i. Basing, Basyng, Basynges, Basyngge, Old Basing, 5, 16m, 46, 53, 54, 58, 177, 183, 187, 204, 216, 224, 225, 230, 231, 238, 240, 255, 304, 318m, 335, 389, 395, 399, 400, 600, 615, 620, 628, 651, 657, 658, 659, 710; in Basingstoke Hundred, 5 ; called Old Basing, 516m; Danish Fight near, 6, 7, 53; a prefix to various place-names, 8; Manor held by Hugh de Port and Lords St. John, 10, 237; Tithes granted to Sher- borne Priory, 10; Chapel of St. Michael at, 11, 12, 13, 14, 28m, 695m ; Chapel of Holy Trinity at, 15, 16, 18, 19, 80, 659 ; Ninths of, 17; Chapehry separated from Basingstoke, 27; Eoyal Visits to, 754 LOCORUM ET RERUM. 78, 416. Basing, lord of, 286, 307, 308, 380, 383. Basing Church, 16, 19, 157, 419, 422, 423, 651, 652, 653, 654, 658 ; Pulpit in, 510n; Vicars of, 654, 655; Vicars* residence, 16 ; Rector of, 654. Basing Grange, 415. Basing House, or Castle, 10»i, 11, 12, 18, 78, 114, 413, 414, 517 ; Seige of, 416 ; taken, 427. Basing Field, 628. Basing Mill, 294. Basing-Byflett, 329. Basing Manor, Froxfield, 8. Basingstoke of more importance than Basing, 5 ; Hundred of, 5, 56, 171 ; Population of, 5 ; Danish fight near, 6, 7, 53 ; centre of the Basingse's settlement, 7 ; Battle between Edward and Ethewald at, 8 ; called new Basing, 16m, 53 ; Rural Deanery of, 37, 38 ; Dean of, 20, 608 ; Eural Deans of, 39 ; to supply 10 armed men, with horses, to King John, 64 ; to furnish provisions for Henry III., 68 ; return of writs granted, 72, 73, iSl ; Constituted a Community, 76 ; Members of Parliament for, 77 ; View of, in Cosmo's Travels, 156 ; Chapel of Holy Trinity at, 157; Early Government of, 172 ; aspect of in mediaeval times, 189 ; Sanitary arrangements in, 246 ; Common seal of, 297; Tithing of, 306; Tradesmen in, in 1516, 319 ; the military in, 430, 431 ; Incorporated, 440; royal and distinguished visitors to, 78, 137, 499 ; general description of, 559; old architecture of, 561; Bequests to, 661. Basingstoke Valoignes, (Valans), 309. Basingstoke (St. Michael's) Church, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 29, 30, 32, 33, 52, 83, 313, 355, 385, 652, 653, 655, 658, 660; Chaplains of, 15, 16; Vicars of, 20, 614; Vicars become non-resident, 23; Patronage, 17, 175 ; Altars and Chapels in, 30, 31, 33, 84; Picture or figure of St. Michael in, 30, 33, 34; Heraldic paintings in, 91, 96 ; Pulpit in, 87, 96 ; Seats in, 502, 532 ; Repairs to, 517, 518 J Windows of, 91; Porch Doors, 107; Chancel of, 659; Bequests to, 32, 356, 502, 506, 713 ; Penalties to be paid for use of, 217 ; Churchyard of, 30n, 35, 86, 107, 383, 386. Basingstoke Rectory, 13, 281, 658; Vicarage, 14, 16, 18, 654, 655. Basingstoke Manor, 8, 10, 54, 213, 357; surrendered to Baldwin de Ayrye, 65; custody of grant to Bartholomew Peche, 172n; Rent granted to Luke de Drummar, 172?i ; Regulations and constitution of, 213, 296; Granted to proved men of Basingstoke in Fee Farm, 68, 236, 373 ; Rental of, 390, {see also Fee Farm) ; Documents to be placed in common chest, 350. Basingstoke Down, see Down, the. Basingstoke Fields, 332. Basingstoke Heath, 291. Basingstoke Lane, 333. Basyng, Basynge, Basyngge, see Basing Bath, 715. Battledown, 7. Baughurst, 39. Baydelsmede, 179. Beaurepaire, 59, 202?i, 237, 318n, 347. Beer, recipe for making, 235. Beggars, orders as to lodging, 316 ; ordered to their own towns, 325. Bell tower, the, 189, 597. Bell, the town, 82. Bells of St. Michael's, 32, 86, 501, 522, 531. Belly's Land, 393. Benefactors to Basingstoke, 588. Beneshottes, Bringshottes, Bynshetes, 382, 387, 389, 394. Benetfeld, Benefeud, 174, 654. Berbrutlond, 596. Berde's, 386. Berkesdale's, Berkysdale, see Barkes- dale's. Berkley's, Berklygh, 182, 385. Bermondspit, 171, 176, 236n, 364)i; Hundred of, 340. Bernard's lands, 347. Beryhege, 621. Bessell's Leigh, 394m. Bewserves, ( ? Bewsewyse's), 388. Black Lake, BlakepuUe, le, 601, 628. Blanchard Money, 364, 364m. Blue Coat School, see Aldworth's. Books, bequest of, 529; at Holy Ghost School, 149)1, 673. See also Library. Boore Mead, 629. Bordlande, Bordelonde, Borelaund, Boriand, la, 600, 631, 633. Borde's, 389. Borough (Borughe), Hache, 332. Borowes, Two, see Barrows. LOCORUM ET RERUM. 755 Bosingdeales, 309. Boundaries out of repair, 339 ; per- ambulation of, 4V9, 507, 513, 520, 531. Bower Streete, 345. Bower's, Bowyer's, Bowre's, 812, 343, 384, 388. Bows, (Bowys), pair of, 293. Bradninch, (Bradenyolie), 328. Bradebrigge, 654. Brambly's, Bromlies, 94, 384. Bramley, Bromle, Bromlei, Bromley, 32 39, 58, 137, 177, 178, 181, 184, 240, 258, 293, 304, 306, 344, 399; Vicar of, 652. Bramley Manor, 238 ; held by Lords of Basing, 237. Bramshill (Bromahill) Park, 391. Brawling in Basingstoke, 311. Brayborne, 243. Braye, 231. Breach, (le Breche), 196, 596. Bread, batches of, 347 ; too light, 317, 318, 319, 320, 332. See also assize of. Bread and Ale. 313. Bredeforde, 632. Bridge over the Common Water, 312 ; by Hyscokk's dyehouse, 315 ; near Atkins' dyehouse, 344, 345, 345». Briefs, 78. Bringshottes, see Beneshottes. Britford, 714. Brocas' Land, 319. Broke, the, see Brook, the. Brokenburgh, -berge, -bergh, 657. Bromholm Church, 593. Bromle, Bromlei, Bromley, see Bramley Bromlies, see Brambly's. Bromshill, see Bramshill. Brondyslond, 279. Brook, (Broke), the, 386. Brydghowse, Bryggehows', Brygh. hoyses, 384, 393. Brygge's, Bryge's, 387, 393. Bryghhoyses, see Brydghowse. Brynkeley's Land, Brynklow's, 205, 384. Bulke, le, 385. Bulls killed unbaited, 261, 318, 6^1, 323, 335 ; fine for selling flesh of, 307. Bunny's, (Bunnie's), 391. Burgesses, the, 132 ; lists of, 456, 458, 700 ; gowns for, 453. Burghe, 283. Burial fees, 136, 501. Burial Ground or Cemetery, Holy Ghost, see Liten, the. Burial Ground, estra-muraJ, 115. Buriestret, la, 197. Burwyn's, 387. Bury Ring, la Bury, see Winklebury. Butts, the, 351. Butt's land, 618. Bydemill, Bydemylle, see Lyde MUl. Bye Court, le, 320. Bynshetes, see Beneshottes. Caloey, see Causey. Camber's Croft, Cambume- croftys, 354, 620. Canal, the, 562, 563tc, 710. Canner's, 388. Capron's, 385. Card playing, 387. Cattle, impounding of, 214. Catlyn's, 385. Causey, Calcey, next Flexpole, 345 ; in Stewe Lane, 355. Caye's, 384. Cemetery, see Liten, the. Cemetery Chapels, 170. Cert Money, 238, 289, 240, 3l7m. Certeseya, see Chertsey. Chamberlain, the Lord, 330. Chandley, 628. Chapel, the, Estrop, 324. Chapel Street, Holy Ghost Hill or Street, 126, 148, 189, 338, 890, 455, 559, 565. Chapelries of TTp-Nately and Basing separated from Basingstoke, 27. Charities, public, 588, 708. Charlcombe, 718. Charters, 62, 68, 69, 70, 72, 75, 76, 120, 125, 127, 236, 439, 457. Checker, Cheker, Chekyr, the, see Exchequer. Cherechatlonde, le, 194, 197. Chertsey, Certeseya, 710 ; Abbot and Convent of, 695. Chilcombe, (Chiltecombe) , 696. Children, great mortality among, 105. Chilton Candover, 143, 20171,. Chineham, Chinham, Chynham, 58, 60, 177, 178, 204, 205, 239, 240, 242, 286, 288, 317, 317m, 318, 343, 395, 899 ; Manor held of Lords of Basing, 237 ; tithingman of, 320. Chineham Chalkpit, 315. Chineham Cross, 654. Chineham Field, 348. Chinehams (Chynhamys) thorne, 621. Chrisom, a. 412. Church Oakley, 38. Churche-broke, la, 307. Church Street, 189, 308, 323, 385, 560. Church, the, see Basingstoke Church. 756 LOCOEUM ET RBRUM. Churoli Ales, 135. Church Goods, 36, 510, 520, 524, 526. Churchwardens' Accounts, 499. Churchyard, the, see Basitigstoke Church. Chuteley, 171, 176, 236?!, 864?i. Chynham, see Chiueham. Clapahoes, Clapshoys, 381, 384, 393. Clatford, Upper, 540. Clavyn's, 385. Ciere, 9. Clerk's, 393. Cliddesden, Cledesdene, Cliddisdon, Clidesdene, Clidsdon, Cludesdene, Clyddesden, Clydeadon, 32, 38, 58, 60, 178, 212, 237, 239, 242, 247, 258, 275, 311, 324, 394, 4fl0, 602, 606, 620, 629, 630, 642, 652, 656, 717; Manor of, 306m; Lord of, 286, 307, 308, 329, 345. Cliddesden Townaend, 211. Clive, 369. Cludesdene, Clyddesden, Clydesdon, see Cliddesden. Coaches in 1784, 558. Combe-gate, 348. Comb-hedge, 626, 627. Combe-way, highway, 210, 211, 618, 626, 627. Comedene, 618. Common of Pasture, ancient customs, 72. Common Fields, 126, 190, 299, 308, 311, 325, 330, 333, 335, 567, 666, 710; Encroachments on, 315; See also Down, the. Common rights, 291. Common Seal, 63, 76, 297. Communicants in Basingstoke, Basing and Nately, 38, 108. Confirmation at Basingstoke, 534. Conner of Ale, 317, 355. Cooke's, Cowke's, Path, 348, 626. Copped, Coped, Coppid, Coppide, Coppyd, Copyd Bridge, 312, 313, 315, 316, 334, 335, 339, 344, 345, 34591, 385, 389. Coppede-mead, 252. Cordpatkyshill, 618. Com, Cornfields, rules as to, 215, 217. Corn Exchange, 83. Corporation, a new, 457, 480; to meet monthly, 453; Setlement of differences, 453. Corston, 715. Costoe, la Costowe, Costone, Costone- dene, Costondene, 196, 596, 604, 620. Costerdes, Costrells, Cotrells Bottom, 207, 625. Cottage Hospital, 83, 569. Coufold, see Cufaude's. Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, 549. Court House, the, 384. Court Leet, 173, 219, 232, 371. Court Rolls, selections from, 247. Cowderay's Down, 422. Cowdray's House, 313. Cowfold, see Cufaude's. Cowke's Path, see Cooke's Path. Cowryohe, 245, 272. Cresswell's, 389. Crondall, 39, 350n.. Crondal's 385. Cross, the, 258 ; by Finshowe's house, 338 ; at Kerter's door, 313. Cross with the hand, the, 303, 304. Cross Street, 560, 706. Crowthorne, 618. Cucking-stool, 339, 349, 355. Cufaude's, Coufold, Cowfold, 273, 382, 387, 389, 393. Cufoldesmede, la, 599. Cyltingburne, 174. Dawbeney's House, 335. Deane, 38, 708, 7p9. Deane's Almshouses, 562, 708. Decennary, Deoennse, 226™, 232, 233. Dedeman, 619. Deep Lane, (Depelane), 207. Delle's Lands, 387, 395. Deneland, 330. Denweye, le, 194. Depshad, 619. Dice, playing at, 280. Dog-whipper in Church, 526. Dogmersfield, 39, 78, 409. Domus Dei, Portsmouth, 696. Donhead St. Mary, 699m, Donte's, 383, 385. Down, Doune, Downe land, le, 77, 209, 292, 303, 306, 307, 324, 326, 342, 629. See also Common Fields. Droveshord, 626. Drye Lane, 623. Dummer, Dummere, 38, 143, 14!4n, 324, 657, 696 ; Yicar of, 652. Dys House, the, 386. Dyngley's land, 380, 386, 395. Eastfield, 200, 201, 202. Bastrop, Eastroppe, Bastroup, Bstrop, Estrope, Bstropp, Estroup, 25, 38, 55, 58, 59, 60m, 77, 115, 151, 152, 155, 175, 178, 179, 203, 237, 239, 240, 242, 273, 288, 295, 296, LOCORUM ET RERUM. 757 313, 324, 329, 348, 388, 390, 391, 400, 406, 406m, 688; Lady of, 378; Lord of, 206, 209, 286, 308, 329, 345, 380, 384 ; Rector of, 229. Eastrop Nately, Natelegh Eastrop, 180, 233«. Effigies in the Liten, 114, 115. See also Tombs. Elbow Corner, 561. Elfyatesland, Elwyatesland, 608, 620. Eliot's Closes, see Elliott's piece. BUenestnbb, le, 657. Elliott's, EUyot's, Eliot's, Helyott's piece, plot, or close, 619, 624, 628, 649. Ellisfield, 23n, 406, 477. Elm, an ancient, 562. Blnam's, 385, 395. Elvetham, 39. Elwyatesland, see Elfyatesland. Elysaunder's, see Alexander's. Episcopal Visitation, 35. Escapes, fines for, 373. Esseboume, 9. Estrop, Estrope, Estropp, Bstroup, see Eastrop. Ethe, 602. Eustaclie's Meadow, 634. Eversley, 32, 39, 406. Ewhnrst, 32, 39. Exchequer, Checker, Cheker, Chekyr, le, 322, 322», 343, 357, 384, 387. Execution, unsuccessful, 68. Exf ould, 628. Eyle's Crosse, 144m. Fabyan's, Eabyn's, 381, 393, 619. Fairs, 62, 76, 77, 338, 340, 442, ,559. Eallowfield, the, 334. Farleigh, Farley, 32, 38, 247n, 291, 717 ; Rector of, 652. Farley Mortimer, 306m. Pamborough, 39. Farnham, 346m ; Vicar of, 19. Farnham Castle, 14, 21. Fealty and Homage, 220m, 237. Fee Farm, the, 57, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, 73, 74, 176, 177, 236m ; Grants of, 362, 363, 365, 367, 368, 372. See also Basingstoke Manor. FernehiU, 618. Femydown, ( Femydone, Verney- downe, Vernydown), 174, 381, 393, 654. Fesauntesmyll, 216. Feynge, 618. Finch's, (Pyncy's), 384. Fires in Basingstoke, 75, 78, 172, 285, 685. Fishing, illicit, 314, 332, 346. Fithelare's Ford, 193. Flaxfield, Flaxpool, Flexacre, Flexpole, Flexpoole, 193, 194, 198, 258, 273, 303, 308, 311, 345, 356, 385, 455, 560, 629. Flemmyugysgrove, 620, 629. Flemyng guard, 276. Font at Basing, 96; in Basingstoke Church, 714. Forneis, see Fumey's. Forrester's Land, 631. Fortune's, 385. Foulflood, (Fouleflod, Fuleflode, Fulefloudes-furlonge), 194, 198, 258, 619. Fourth Hand, 248. Foxley's, Foxlei's, 309, 344, 384, 394. Prank-pledge, Views of, 173, 219, 232, 240, 247, 441 ; all freemen to attend, 233 ; exemptions from attendance, 233m, 234m, its jurisdiction, 234, 236 ; duties of the jury, 234. Pranke's, 385. Freefolk, 318». Freeholders, meetings of, 219, 296. Free School, 126, 130», 137. See also Holy Ghost School. Premley's, see Frimley's. Pridmede, see Pritheinede. Friends, Society of, 534. Frieze for Schoolmaster's gown, 139. Frimley's, (Premley's, Primleye's, Prymles, Frymleys), 126, 380, 386, 666, 672. Frithemede, Pridmede, 70, 597, 602. Progford's land, 631. Progmede, 385. Progwelles, Frogwellys, 382, 387, 389, 393. Proxfield, 8. Prymles, Frymleys, see Frimley's. Fuleflode, Foulefloudes-furlonge, see Foulflood. Pulsum Bridge, 349. Purney's, Forneis, Furnes, 271, 382, 387, 389. Fynoy's, see Finch's. Fynleye's grete berne, 263. Pynslow's house, 335. Gallows at Basing, 182, 187; at Basingstoke, 68, 73, 176, 181. Gang Dell, Gangedell, Gangedel, le, 618, 629. Garston Wood, see Woodgarston. Gas Works, 568. Gaunte's lands, see Graunt's land. 758 LOCORUM ET RBRUM. Gente'a, 385. German's land, Germena, 381, 393. Gleaning, 217, 333. Goldyngsmede, 275. Goosthood, 286. Graffage, a, 334. Graimt's, Gannt's land, 309, 344. Great Shottea, Greteshottea, 381, 382, 387, 389. Greenwich, 133. Gregory's, Gregorei'a, 380, 384. Grene's dell, 626. Greneway, Grenewey, le, 206, 252. Greywell, Grewell, 39, 332. Gypewioe, Prior and Convent of, 695. Hacche, Haohe, see Hatch. Haochefeld, Haohfeld, see Hatohe Field. Hackwood, ( Haochewode, Haccbe- wood, Hatchwood ), 261, 270, 271. Hackwood Cross, 312. Hackwood Field, Hackewod-feld, Haokwode-field, Haowood Field, 211, 324, 335, 348, 628, 629. Hackwood, Hakkewode Park, 303, 629. Hale's, Hayle's, 384, 387, 393. Hampshire Directory, the first, 288. Hamstedefield, 288. Hangate, 294. Hannington, 38, 67m. Harepath, Herepathe, le, 195, 196, 201, 202, 210, 259, 618. Harriard's, see Herriard's. Harries' Messuage, 672. Hartley WestpaU, Hartley Waspayle, 39, 141, 311. Hartley Wintney, 39, 713. Haryge's, 227. Hatch, le Hacche, Hache, Hatohe, 58, 60, 237, 239, 242, 261, 288, 303, 305, 306m, 324, 340, 343, 361. Hatohe Field, Haochefeld, Haohfeld, Hatchefeld Hegge, 210, 211, 386, 625. Hatchwood, see Hackwood. Hanle Mead, 628. Hawley, 39. Hayle's, see Hale's. Haysill, see Hazeley Heath. Hayward, Heywerdene, the, 190, 214, 299, 621. Hayward's, 384, 631. Hazeley Heath, Haysill, Hazill, HeazeU, HeaziU, Heazley, HesUl, Hesnll, HeyshiU, Heysill, Heysole, Heysnlle, Heysyll Heath, 58, 184, 237, 238, 242, 250, 251, 305, 318, 351, 356, 389, 390, 391, 391m, 393, 398, 401. Heckfield, Hecfeld, 39, 394; Rector of, 652 J Inscriptions in Church, 331m. Helyott's Plot, see EUiott's. Hendebach, 619. Heralds' Visitation, 63, 564. Herepathe, la, see Harepath. Herriard, Hereyrd, Herierd, 38, 295, 477 ; Rector of, 652. Herriard, West, Weat Heryerd, 200, 202. Herriard'a, Harriard's, Herierd's, 126, 386, 666. Hertley Waspayle, see Hartley West- paU. Hesill, Hesull, see Hazeley Heath. Hethe lane, 292. Heyron's, 383, 385. Heyshill, Heysill, Heysole, Heyanlle, Heyayll Heath, see Hazeley Heath, Heywerdene, see Hayward, the. Heywode, see Iwood. Higham, (Hyghehamme), 656. Higham's Field, ( Hyghhamyafield ), 292. High Steward, 62, 458. High Street, 560. Hillside, Dogmersfield, 409. Hisoock's { Hyacokk's) Dyehonse, 315. Hod Mill, Hodmylles, 382, 387, 389, 391, 393. Hoddea-linche, 165. Hoddington, (Odington), 171, 176, 236, 364m. Hoddya Land, 393. Hoggerdeabuahe, 206. Hogs at large, 313, 314, 317, 323, 324. Hogyna, 386. Holdahot, Holshot, 171, 176, 236», 351, 366m, 633. Holloway's Land, 140m. Holy Ghost Bam, 126, 629. Holy Ghost Burial Ground, see Liten, the. Holy Ghost Chapel, la Holigoste, 15, 18, 29, 32, 34, 35, 36, 76, 78, 79, 83, 92, 110, 117, 156, 189, 193, 205, 207, 208, 329m, 396»i, 544, 623, 624, 629, 655, 656, 663, 694, 713 ; Chaplain of, 115, 118, 126, 146 s Ordination in, 694. Holy Ghoat Church, 17, 604. Holy Ghost Farm, 126. Holy Ghost Field, 206, 314, 340, 348, 622, 629. Holy Ghost Guild, 18, 96, 110, 118, 398, 467; Aldermen of, 127; Bequests to, 137, 142, 661, 667, 672 ; LOCORUM ET RBRUM. 759 Seal of, 668 ; Wardens of, 18, 127, 355, 380, 386, 396. Holy Ghost Hill, see Chapel Street. Holy Ghost Liten, see Liten, the. Holy Ghost School, 24m, 26, 126, 149, 155, 407, 661, 663 ; Masters of, 136, 137, 138, 705. See also Free School. Holy Ghost Street, see Chapel Street. Holy Trinity Chapel, see Basing and Basingstoke. Holy Water pot, 134. Homage, see Fealty. HondesmuUe, see Houndmills. Hops, when first used in brewing, 235. Horse Bread, 313, 314. Horse-mill, 126. Horses not to be tethered in Wote Street, 814. Horwood's, 388. Hospice, the, see Merton Hospital. Hospital, Infectious, 569. Hospital of SS. Mary and John, see Merton Hospital. Hospitals, 83. Houndmills, Hondesmulle, Hvmt- mylles, 244, 380, 383. Hounds, complaint as to keepers of, 321. House of St. John, see Merton Hospital. House Signs, 348, 349n. Hue and cry raised, 226, 243, 308. Hundred Court, 173, 218. Hunifurlong, 603. Hunilonde, la, 196, 602. Hunting, illicit, 336. Huntmylles, see Houndmills. Hurstbourne, 9. Hyde, Abbot of, 362, 695. Hyde's, 695. Hyghehamme, see Higham. Hyghhamysfield, see Higham's Field. Hyscokk's Dyehouse, see Hiscock's Dyehouse. Hywode, see Iwood. Ibbeworth, 394. Image, the, 134. Independent Dissenters, 539. Inholmes, Inhomys, 622, 624. Innkeepers not to bake bread, 314; monopolise the fish market, 323, 324. Inns, &c.— Angel, 332, 343, 353, 385, 388, 391, 557, 559, 564, 564», 565, 589; BeU, 515, 565; Black Boy, 566; Blue Anchor, 559; Bolton Arms, 565; Chequers, 566; Cross Keys, 566; Crown, 141, 326, 332, 891, 455, 347, 558, 565; Falcon, 891, 565»; Feathers, 167, 558, 565; Fleur de lys, 565 ; George, le George, 35, 271, 317, 318, 326, 332, 343, 384, 388, 389, 391, 558, 559, 564, 564«, 566; Hart, le Hert, Hospice de la Hert, 295, 295n, 616, 641 ; Holy Lamb, 565 ; Horse and Jockey, 566; King's Head, 390, 547, 565; Lion, 566; Maidenhead, 390, 391, 557, 564, 564», 565, 662; Queen's Head, 556 ; Eed Lion, 390, 557, 558 ; Hose and Crown, 566 ; Eoyal Yale, 566 ; Swan, Hospice de la Swan, 272, 384, 564, 564m; the old, 316; Three Tuns, 557, 558; Wheatsheaf, 566, 568. Inscriptions, monumental, 89, 97, 129m, 167, 469, 542, 589, 660, 718. Insignia, 80. Iseres Meadow, 634. Isumberdys toft, 249. Ives, Iwys, Ttcs, 382, 884, 387, 389, 893. Iwood, Iwode, Iwodes, Heywode, Hywode, 49, 71, 72, 174, 175, 182, 222, 224, 224m, 225, 230, 231, 259, 272, 311, 327, 360, 862, 380, 381, 384, 385, 888, 393, 606, 657. See also Marsh, the. Iwood Green, 628. Iwys, see Ives. Jacobite Club, 565. Jaket's land, 378, 384. James I. at Basingstoke, 513. Justices of the Peace, 441. Kempshott, Kempschote, Kempes- shote, Kempshete, Kempsohotte, 58, 60, 177, 178, 237, 239, 240, 241, 261, 270, 271, 288, 305, 400; Lord of, 287, 309, 329. Kempshott Field, 261. Kent's, 394. Kentysshe, 385. Kings, Chronological list of, 711. King's Horse Croft, 53. King's TaUy, the, 322m. Kingsclere, 9, 22, 24m, 710, 713. Kingsfurlong, Kyngysforlong, le Kyngesforland, 195, 197, 210, 381, 384, 393, 596, 619, 626, 627, 654. Kingsmill, KingesmuUe, KyngesmyUe, 244, 295, 384, 388. KingsmUl's, ( KyngesmyUes), 894. Kingsmill's ( KyngesmyU's ) house, 321. Kingsworthy, 541. Knells, 501. 760 LOCORUM ET RERUM. Knighthoods conferred at Basing, 416. Knives and daggers, complaints as to wearing, 322. Kokkylyshill, 619. Kokylihome, 619. Kydwelles, 395. Kyngesmyll's see Kingsmill's. Kyngysforlong, Kyngesforland, see Kingsfurlong. Kyttulewe, 245. Kyngesmylle, see Kingsmill. Lancrofte's, see Longoroft. Laverstoke, 38, 699». Law Day, 173. Lawe Path, a, 279. Leatherheaid, (Ledrede), 632. Leohe's, Lechy's land, 387, 394. Lectureship at Basingstoke, 402, 406, 412. Lecturers, 697. Ledrede, see Leatherhead. Lent Field, the, 215, 217. Leyef orrer, 299. Library in St. Michael's Church, 85, 527, 529, 582. See also Books. Lickpit, Lykeput, 7, 53, 54, 55, 58, 60«,, 177, 178, 608. Linen Drapers to be set together, 356. Linleye Mead, 631. Litchfield, 469. Litelmylnefelde, 216. Liten, the, Holy Ghost Liten, Cemetery, or Burial Ground, 17, 29, 30, 35, 79, 97, 115, 129ji, 136, 155, 161, 170, 355, 669, 713. Loddon, the, 84, 560. Lofyng's, 386. Loker/s, 295. London Boad, 304m. London Street, 391, 455, 560. Long Sutton, 39. Longbridge Mead, 631. Longcroft, Lancrofte's, 385, 623. Longfield, 77. Longhalf, 623. Longmead, le, 615, 623, 624, 625, 629. Losel and harlat, 279. Lovelies, 829. Lnde, la, 602. Luptaneshamme, 193. Luyde Lane, 303. Lydemylle, BydemiU, Bydemylle, 247, 249, 305, 305m. Lykeput, see Lickpit. Magdalen College, Winchester, see St. Mary's College. Maiden Acre, 161. Maidenhead, (Maydenhuthe), 231. Malbude Lane, 621. Malmsbury, Abbot of, 359. Malt, price of, 320. Manorial Courts, 173. Manydown, 260. Mapledurham, 653. MapledurWell, Mapuldorwelle, Mapul- derwell, 32, 39, 58, 60, 178, 180, 181, 185, 188, 199«., 237, 238, 241, 247, 258, 288, 293, 294, 308, 343, 400 ; Tithingman of, 320. Market, the, 9, 65, 284, 290, 44.1, 532; Proclamation in, 314; Forestalled, 316 ; Clerk of, 317 ; cleaning of the, 337, 353; Standings in, 354; Tolls of, 377. Market Act, 710. Market Bushel, the, 346, 351. Market Day, 65, 360, 361. Market Place, 35, 183, 189, 245, 248, 286, 308, 316, 321, 349, 455, 629, 710. Market wares a dangerous obstruction, 314. Marriages, civil, 105. Marsh, the, in Iwood, 371, 372, 381. See also Iwood. Martyn's, 384. Mason's, 386. Mattingley, Mattyngley, Matyngle, 39, 331, 331m, 350«,, 387. Maud, Mawde Lane, 303m, 623. Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, 62 ; and Councillors, 63. Mayor's Salary, 461. Mayors, list of, 462, 716. Mechanics' Institute, 570. Mede, Meede, le, 619, 621. Medef orlong, Medf urlonge, see Middle- furlong. Meonstoke, 327m. Merdon, 11«. Mere's, 385, 389. Mereforowe, Merland, a, 283. Merewell, 651. Merfelles, 384. Merke's, 386. Mermion's, 385. Merton College, Oxford, St. Martin's College, 391; President of, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211; Warden of, 184, 254, 389. Merton Hospital, House or Priory, the Hospice, Hospital of SS. Mary and John, House of St. John, 40, 44, 184, 194, 195, 196, 197, 202, 225, 272, 279, 312, 380, 382, 386, 389, 391, 572; Bequests to, 46, 52; LOCORTJM ET RERUM. 761 made a royal liospital, 46 ; License for a chapel and service therein, 48 ; License to convey property to, 49 ; seized by the Crown, 51 ; Prior of, 176, 350w, 378, 380, 382, 387; Deeds, 593. Meyspyll, 621. Micheldeveres lane, 193, 197, 198. Middledown, Middledon, Mydeldowne, 200, 201, 216, 600. MiddleBeld, the, Middelveld, Millflelds, MuUefeld, 195, 196, 197, 198, 202, 324, 603, 658. Middelford, le, 193. Middlefurlong, Medeforlonfir, Medfur- longe, Millfurlong, Mulefnrlonge, Mylleforlonge, le, 193, 196, 198, 204, 216, 619, 621, 627, 655, 656. Middelwey, the, 619. Milford's, 455. Mill at Basingstoke, 73. Milledthorne, Mykethorneg, Myle- thorns, 618, 620, 626, 627. Millfields, see Middlefield. Minley, 39. Millfurlong, see Middlefurlong. Mokkyllysdyng, 619. Monk's, or West Sherborne, 11m, 32, 39, 414 ; Rector of, 308. Montefont, see Mottisfont. Moore, the river, 629. Moreward's, Morud's, 313, 384, 393. Mote, Motte, HaU, the, 82, 189, 213, 312, 316, 339, 343, 347, 382, 383, 388, 560. See also Town HaU. Mote Street, 189. See also Wote Street. Mottisfont, Montefonte, 92, 632. Mount St. Michael, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 28 ; Abbot and Convent of, 651, 652. Mourdeland, 241. Mower, office of, 283. Mulefurlonge, see Middlefurlong. MuUefeld, see Middlefield. Murders in Basingstoke Hundred, 358, 359, 373. Mydeldowne, see Middledown. Mykethornes, Mylethom's, see MiUed- thorne. MyUef orlonge, see Middlefurlong. Nately Chapel, 14, 15, 23». Nately, Nateley, Nateley Scures, Natelegh Skuyres, 19, 39, 58, 177, 178, 237, 239, 240, 253, 305, 308, 337, 338, 346», 391, 400, 650, 654; Chapehy separated from Basing- stoke, 27. Natelegh Bastrop, see Bastrop Nately. Neunham, see Newnham. New Basing, see Basingstoke. New College, Winchester, see St. Mary's College. New year's custom, 87. Newbury, 411. Newenham, see Newnham. Newermes, see Newrams. Newhaven, V. S. A., 540. Newland, (Nywelond), le, 608, 609. Newman's, 384. Newman's Comer, 210, 351, 627, 628. Newmanyshegg, 618. Newnham, Newenham, Neunham, Niwenham, 39, 58, 60, 178, 237, 238, 239, 241, 261, 286, 288, 292, 303, 342, 346, 318, 351, 387, 389, 399, 400, 710; Lord of, 288, 345; Rector or Parson of, 382, 387, 393, 652 ; Tithingman of, 320, 329. Newrams, ( Newermes, Newoorms, Nouorms), 306, 307, 333, 628. Nhutleghe, see Nutley. Nicholas's, Nicolas, Croft, 207, 348. Niwenham, see Newnham. Nonconformist Baptisms, 106. Nordon, Nordown, Norn HiU, see Northdown. North Waltham, 20n, 38. Northbrook, 249. Northbrook Street, 126, 352, 455, 560, 666, 669. Northdown, Nordon, Nordown, Norn Hill, Northdon, Northdone, Northe- dene, 195, 200, 201, 202, 204, 321, 332, 348, 560, 621, 624, 629. Northfield, Nornfield, Northern Field, le Northfeld, 126, 193, 196, 197, 198, 200, 201, 206, 314, 531, 596, 621, 656, 666. Northam, Northm, 621, 622. Norton's, 387, 393. Nouorms, see Newrams. Nutley, Nhutleghe, 134, 609. Nywelond, see Newland. Oakley, (Okly), Rector of, 652. Oate Street, see Wote Street. Oaths of the town officers, 444. Oddele, 601. Odiham, 18, 39, 360ri., 361%, 400, 418 ; Vicar of, 652. Odington, see Hoddington. Odlease, 629. Okly, see Oakley. Old Basing, see Basing. Oneburghe, 195, 196. Organ, the, 87, 134. Ote Streets, Otostrete, Otstrete, see 762 LOCORUM ET RERUM. Wote Street. Pot of money found, 326. Out Hundreds, five, separated from Pound, or pmfolde, the, 214, 329, 336, Manor of Basingstoke, 236n. 338, 343 ; the King's, 284. Overton, 38, 364m. Powres, Powry's, see Poore's. Oxe's, 384. Pre-historio remains, 6. Premature interment, a, 161. T)ainber, 39, 176, 181, 599. X Parde's, 387. Preston Candover, 103». Prevet, see Privet. Parish Clerks, 109. Priest Croft, see Pitch Croft. Park, the, le Parke, 184, 654. Primitive Methodists, 550. Parkend, 326. Privy picking, (Privey pykyng), 322, Parker s, (Perker's), 385, 386. 325. Parker's House, 455. Privet, Prevet, Prevette Park, Pry- Parliament, Members of, for Basing- vette, 197, 261, 290, 303, 307. stoke, 77. Provisions for Guild dinner, 135. Parliamentary Division of Basing- Provost, the, 64, 359, 361, 366. stoke, 717. Pulacre, le, 601. Parsonage, the, 324, 388. Puttenham's Deane, Ponham's Dene, Pasture, rules for, 214. Punham, 211, 626, 655. Paving and Lighting Act, 710. Pyamore's see Piamore's. Paxplace, 202. Pydde's, 384. Peohe's, Peeohy's land, 307, 345. Pykede-acre, Pykeds acre, see Picked. Peche's tenement, 309. Penton Mewsey, (Peniton Meisy), T) aces at Basingstoke, 566. XV Railways at Basingstoke, 568. 696. Peperwhytte's, 384. Eamsdell, Eamysdell, 39, 394. Perker's, see Parker's. Eaye's, 386, 389. Perotte's, 309. Reading, Redynge, 292, 293. Pestilence, see Plague. Reading Comer, 455. Peter Lane, 333. Reading Lane, 455. Piamore's, Pyamore's, 385, 389. Recorder, the, 62, 458. Picked, Pykede acre, Pykeds acre, Recorders, list of, 489. 194, 619, 628. Redemylle, 258. Pie-poudre Court, 77, 442. Redesole, Redsole Hill, 618, 628. Pigs to be ringed, 336, 340, 347. Redynge, see Reading. Pillories, 187, 349, 354. Registers, Parish, 103. Pinf olde, le, see Pound. Rent Rolls, 378. Pipe Rolls, 357. Retherwyk, Retherwyke, see Rother- Pitch Croft, Priest Croft, 10«, 53. wick. Plague or Pestilence, the, 105, 348, Ehowkesfelde, see Rowkesfield. 522, 640. Rights of way, 278. Poles to be set out at Ale-houses, 320. Ring, a silver, found, 243. Police, 567. Rippers, Rypyers, the, 324, 324n. Pomle/s, Pomlei'a, 386, 387. Roman Catholics, 551. Ponham's Dene, see Puttenham's Roman Remains, 6. Deane. Romsey Church, 463. Poor Laws, 351m. Rondell, 618. Poore's, Powres, Powry's, 384, 393, Eonynger's, 389. 628. Rood, the, 134. Population of Basingstoke, 5; of Eotherwiok, Retherwyke, Euther- Chineham, Eastrop, Kempshott and wyke, 39, 222, 228, 311 ; Vicar of. Winslade, 240. 652. Porlock, 715. Eotherwick's Brook, ( Eutherwyke'a Porte-acre, 210. Broke), 284. Portraits in Council Chamber, 82. Eoudnes, Eoudneys, Roudenys, see Portsmouth, 351», 696. Eowdens. Postal arrangements in 1784, 558. Eougham, (la Eoughehamme, Eughe- Posterne, la, 195. hamme), 194, 195, 196. Potters, Potte-Lane, 303, 560. Bound Mead, Eough Mead, Eounned, LOCORUM ET RERUM. 763 Eowmede, Eughemede, 273, 279, 594, 595, 619, 624, 661, 709. Eowden's, Eowdown, Eoudnes, Eoudneys, Eowdenys, 303, 386, 389, 455, 619, 620, 621. Eowden's Bame, 315, 324. Eousdou St. Pancras, 540. Eowkesfield, (Kowkesfeld, Ehowkes- felde), 194, 197. Eowmede, see Bound Mead. Eughehamme, see Rougham. Eughemede, see Eound Mead. Eussel Berne, 272. Eussell'a, 381, 384, 385, 393. Eutherwyke, see Eotherwiok. Eyderole, fi03. Eyggelonds, 284. Eypyers, see Eippera. Sacramental Vessels, 102, 107; Bread and Wine, 108. St. Bartholomew Hide, Winchester, 350. St. Catherine's Church, Wolverton, 27lw. St. Dennis, Southampton, Prior and Convent of, 696. St. Erasmus, table of, 134. St. John's Bridge, 310, 312. St. John's Chapel, 843, 389. St. John's Farm, 203», 356. St. John's Hospital, see Merton Hospital. St. Martin's College, see Merton CoUege, Oxford. St. Mary's Church, Winchester, 695. St. Mary's College, Oxford, 17, 18. St. Mar/s, New, or Magdalen College, Winchester, 204, 205, 206, 210, 294, 391; President of, 309, 329, 345; Wardens of, 380, 382, 383, 385, 387. St. Michael's Chapel, Basing, see Basing. St. Michael's Church, see Basingstoke Church. St. Michael's Mount, see Mount St. Michael. St. Nicholas' Church, Winchester, 696. St. Paul's, Winchester, 696. St. Swithin's, Prior of, 307, 309, 329. St. Thomas' Home, 83, 568. Salewike, see Swallick. Salisbury, 208. Salisbury Field, SaUesburyfeld, see Westfield. Salvation Army, 551. Sandelford, Prior of, 176, 181, 695. Sandon, Prior of, 696. Sandys Chapel, 157. Sautorne's, 384. Soheta, see Sheet. Schireboume, see Sherborne. Schirfeld, see Sherfield. Schools, Board, 569. Seals, 297, 297m, 301, 6&7, 658, 659. 668. Seed-lip, (Sedelepe), a, 281. Selborne, 658 ; Church of, 12, 13, 14, 651, 652, 653, 654, 659 ; Priory, 13, 14, 16, 17, 29, 651 ; Prior and Con- vent, 15, 20, 2ln, 49, 174, 175, 179, 193, 194, 197, 632, 653 ; Prior and Canons of, 655, 656. Serjeants-at-mace, 63, 459, 704. Seta, see Sheet. Seven Barrows, or Barwys, Seven- hylne, le Snneburghes, 194, 195, 386, 603, 620, 629. Sheep on the Manor of Basingstoke, 394 ; unpenned, 323. Sheepdown, (Shepedown), 291. Sheepfolds, rules as to, 217. Sheet, Scheta, Seta, 653, 653«. Shepner's, Shypner's, 384, 393. Sherborne, Shirbome, Schireboume, Shyrbourne, 181, 184, 206, 240, 304, 399, 400 ; Eector of, 652. Sherborne Cowdray, 58, 59, 237, 287, 344 ; Lord of, 307, 308, 329. Sherborne St. John, 32, 39, 58, 59, 141, 142, 151, 177, 178, 239 ; Manor held by lords of Basing, 237. Sherborne Priory, 10, 11; Prior and Convent of, 184, 654. Sherfield, Schirfeld, Shyrefeld, 20, 32, 39, 175, 193n., 315, 317ri,, 394™, 407, 562, 696, 710; Lord of, 645, 646; Lady of, 394 ; Eector of, 652. Sherlands, Sherlonds, 309, 345. Shortbuttes, 209, 211. Short Hedge, Shorttehegg, 209, 619, 627. Shottesmede, 245. Shoveler's, 384. Shypner's, see Shepner's. Shyrbourne, see Sherborne. Shyrefeld, see Sherfield. Sickness, the reigning, 325. Sidmouth, 714. Signs at houses, 348, 349«. Sflchester, Sylchester, 6, 39, 298, 301 ; Eector of, 394, 394m. Silk Mead, SUkemede, le Sulkemede, Selkmede, 615, 629, 632, 633. Silver's, Sylver's, 382, 385. Sixth hand, oath of, 227, 227m, 248. Skotysmore's, 395. Skydmore's, Skydmorys, 380, 382, 764 LOCORUM ET RBRUM. 383, 385, 387, 391, 393. Skyllyng, a, 335. Skylling's, 384. Blade's, 387, 389. Small pox, the, 109. Smoke Farthings, 6Xln. Socage, free, tenm^e in, 237?i. Sokemen, 70. Somers, Sommers, 382, 385, 388. Somershille, SomershuUe, SomersuUe, 237, 239, 242, 257, 305, 344. South Wamborough, 39, 346n.. Southampton, 361m, 371m. Southfleld, 194, 195, 196, 200, 201, 202, 286, 296, 596. Sowthyate, 621. Spicer's, Spyoer's, 126, 148«,, 386, 666. Spiere's messuage, 672. Spryk's, Spyrke'a, 380, 386. Station Hill, 560. Steventon, Stevyngdene, Stevyngton, Stephenton, Styyyngton, 38, 58, 59, 68, 178, 237, 239, 241, 289, 305, 343, 344, 399, 400, 714; Lord of, 307, 309, 329, 345. Stew Lane, 355, 455. Stewards, High, 489. Stockbridge, (Stokynbrigge), 305. Stocks, 829, 349, 355. Stoke, its meaning, 8. Stoke-juxta-Guildford, 696. Stokes, 656. Skokynbrigge, see Stockbridge. Stonelygflete, 694. Stonhurde, le, 195. Stonydene, 618. Stourton's, 384. Stratfleld, Stratfeld, 197; Vicar of, 652. Stratfieldsaye, 39, 139, 394«,. Stratfleld Turgis, Turgis, 39, 151, 710. Strode, la, 632. Strodelonde, 292. Strypleesgrene, 305. Subsidies, 391. Sunebnrghes, le, see Seven Barrows. Sutton, Surrey, 696. Surrey, Archdeacon of, 695. See also Luke. Suwerke, Prior and Convent of, 696. Swalliok Wood, Salewike, Swallo- wyke's Wood, Swalwyka Lands, 309, 620, 629, 632, 634. Swineherd, 190, 214, 299. Sylchester, see Silchester. Sylver's, see Silver's. rpadley, 89, 355. Talke's land, see Tauke's. Tallies, payment by, 216, 322»i. Tauke's, (Talke's, Taulke's, Tawke's, Taukys, Tawkysland), 201«, 207, 312, 381, 382, 385, 388, 619, 620, 621 Tawke's Mill, 308. Taunton, U. S. A., 540. Taylrepins, two, 281. ' Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs,' 574. Thikkethorne, 194. Thyllshangyr, see Tillhangres. Tkruxton, 318m. Tillhangres, Thyllshangyr, Tylhangre, 599, 621, 623, 656. Tipplers, unlicensed, 852. Tistede, see West Tisted. Tithingmen, 226, 232, 235, 252, 255 ; Suffragan, 239. Todesford, 655, 656. Tokens, tradesmen's, 562, 563. Tomb of Sir WiUiam and Lady Sandys, 158, 692. Tombs in Holy Ghost Chapel, 113. See also Bifigies. Toneworthe, Tonewrthe, see Tunworth. Town Clerk, the, 63, 459. Town Clerks, list of, 495. Town Hall, the, 82, 455 ; rebuHt, 463 ; burnt, 685. See also Mote- Hall, the. Town's End, the, 320. Trade of Basingstoke, 289, 411, 555. Trades in Basingstoke, 284, 289, 290, 319. Trained Bands, the, 408n. Trapelesmore, 179. Treasure Trove, 326n, 327m. Trespass, penalties for, 214. Trevet, 628. Troves, le, 386. Tudeburghe, 196, 197. Tufton, 38. Tumbrel, 187, 288, 349. Tunworth, Toneworthe, Tonewrthe, 32, 87, 89, 58, 60, 140, 177, 178, 181, 237, 239, 241, 318, 400, 477; Lord of, 286, 308, 329, 345 ; Tithing- man of, 320 ; Vicar of, 652. Turgis, see Stratfleld Turgis. Twelfth Hand, 257. Tylhangre, see Tillhangres. Tystede, see West Tisted. Up-Nately, 19, 23m, 239, 241, 289, 332, 338, 393, 400; Chapeby separated from Basingstoke, 27. Upton Grey, 407, 717. Y alens, 386. Verneydowne, Vernydown, see LOCORUM ET RERUM. 765 Femydown. Vicar of Basingstoke, the, 315, 326. Volreckbury, 309. Voluuteer Corps, 567. Vyne, Vine, the, 58, 113, 199n., 237, 253, 350, 416. Waohchedene, 193. Wadfeld, 184. Wages in Fourteenth Century, 214. Waggons in 1784, 559. Waifg and Strays, 234, 234m, 318. Waldegyry, a common, 266. Wallop's Cross, Walattes-oruche, Wales-crouch, Waletys Cross, Wallopp Cross, 193, 227, 349, 621, 622. Warde's, 385. Warning Bell, the, 528. Wastel-loaf, 248. Water Lane, 629. Water Martens, Manor of, see Merton, Walter de. Water Mill, 73. Water Works, 568. Water's Tenement, 262. Waterend, 33, 58, 240, 286, 628. Wateryngplace, 281. Wattisford's, Wattysford, Whates- forde's, Whattysford's, 275, 378, 382, 384, 394. Wayte's, 387, 393. Weavers tree, 455. Weights and measures to be tested, 354. Wesleyans, the, 546. West Field, Salisbury Field, le West- feld, 194, 195, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 207, 348, 619, 624, 628, 629. West Heryerde, see Herriard, West. West Tiated, Westisted, Tistede, Tystede, 653, 658, 659. Weston Patrick, 39, 710. Weyhill, Waybill, 144n, 714. Weymouth, 80, 714. Whatesfordes, Whattysford's, see Wattisford's. Wheatham's, Whetham's, 384, 388. Whelar's, 387. ^ ^ , Whiohburies, Wychebury, Wytche- bury's, Wytheberies, 379, 382, 385, 388. Whitchurch, 38. Whitditch, 348, 621. Whitehead's, 391. Whiteway, le Wyteweye, Wyteweie, 126, 386, 386n, 559, 565, 598, 608, 609, 666. Whitgar's mead, see Withegar s. Whytley's, 382, 386. Whytchebury's, see Whiohburies. Wide delle, 602. Wild Moor, Wildmore, Willdemoure, la Wyldemore, Wildemower, 144«, 175, 182, 193, 195, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 212, 273, 276, 283, 284, 286, 292, 303, 310, 311, 314, 332, 314, 346, 351, 352, 353, 386, 387, 389, 393, 602, 620, 628, 631, 669, 672 ; Keeper of, 235, 283, 284. Wildmore Gate, 330. Wills of Basingstoke Worthies, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, USn, 14,4m,. Wiltenischebnry, la, see Winklebury. Winbowe's, Wynbowe's, 350, 350m, 382, 387. Winchester, 371m. Winchester Castle, 373. Winchester College, see St. Mary's College. Winchester Field, 209, 212, 291, 348, 351, 626, 627, 629. Winchester Pound, 315, 455. . Winchester Street, 560. Winchfield, Wynchefeld, 39, 259, 290, 298, 301, 379. Windsor, Wyndesore, old, 224. Wine sold contrary to assize, 360. Winklebury, Bury Ring, la Bury, la Wiltenischebury, Wyltenysshbury, Winklow Bury, Wynnyshbery, Wynlyshbery, Winknessberry, Wyentnesbery, Wyntenysbury, Wit- tenisohebury, 7, 193, 194, 198, 249, 252, 252m, 619, 621, 622, 623, 713. Winslade, Winsflode, Wynesflode, 32, 37, 38, 58, 60, 177, 178, 237, 239, 240, 242, 304, 311, 695, 710; Lord of, 309, 329, 344; Tithingmen of, 320. Winter field, the, 217. Withegar's, Whitgar's Mead, Withgar's Withegere's, Wythegare's, Wythe- garesmede, 245, 272, 313, 316, 324, 333, 379, 385, 389, 395. Withegar's ditch, 280. Wittenisohebury, see Winklebury. Wodegarston, see Woodgarston. Wodehouse, Wodehows, Wodehowse's, 287, 309, 620. Wodestoke, see Woodstock. Wolfe's, 385. Wolverton, 39, 271m, 406. Woodby's, 387. Woodgarston, Wodegarston, Garston- wood, 58, 177, 178, 239, 241, 260, 275, 283, 284, 286, 288, 307, 308, Z3 766 LOCORIJM ET RERUM. 400; Lord of, 287, 307, 309, 329, Wyohebnry, see Whiohbnries. 344. Wyentnesbery, see Winklebnry. Woodstook, (Wodestoke), 632. Wyke, 296. Woodwexon, 334. Wyldemore, see Wild Moor. Wool, exportation of, 185. Wyltenysshebury, see Winklebnry. Wootton St. Lawrence, Wootton, 25, Wynbowe's, see Winbowe'a. 32, 38, 142, 379. Wyn chef eld, see Winchfield. Worldham, East, 669n. Wyndesore, old, see Windsor. Worldham, Great, 659. Wynesflode, Wynslade, see Winslade. Worplesden, 709. Wynlyshbery, Wynnyshbery, see Worting, Wortinge, Wortynge, Wur- Winklebnry. ting, Wrthinge, Worthyng, 23, 25, Wynteneye, Wyntney, see Hartley 32, 38, 150, 196, 198, 207, 608, 619, Wintney. 657 ; Vicar of, 652. Wyntenysbury, see Winklebnry. Worting hedge, 623. Wytohebnry'a, see Whiohbnries. Worting mark, 618. Wyteweie, Wyteweye, see Whiteway. Worting-stapell, Wrtingeberne-Btapel WytheberieB, see Whichburies. 599, 620. Wythegare's, Wytheger's, Wythe- Wote Street, Oat Street, Oate Street, garesmede, Wythgare's, Wythgar's, Ote Street, le Otestrete, Otstrete, see Withegar's. 126, 167,- 312, 313, 314, 316, 317, Wyther'a, 385. 321, 334, 335, 345»i, 388, 455, 539, 560, 666, 668, 670. "VTallegrene, 197. 1 Yateley, 39. Wrthinge, see Worting. Wudemille Bridge, 247. Tew trees in Churchyard, 107. Wurting, see Worting. Ttos, see Ives. Note. — The names of persons and places mentioned in the preface, and the introductory pages, xIt. to xxiv., are not included in the foregoing index. FINIS. CRABLES JOSEPH JACOB, FBINIEB, BASINGSIOEE. ERRATA (IN THE INDEXJ. Mr. Attwood has inadvertently indexed Magdalen College, Oxford, and St. Mary's College, Winchester, together. The following correc- tions are therefore necessary. Magdalen College, Oxford, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 90, 91n, 98, 115, 326, 345, 406, 519, 525, 579, 582, 583, 650, 651, 659, 698«,, 713. Presidents of ditto, SOn, 134, 309, 329, 345, 519. St. Mary's College, Winchester, 204, 205, 206, 210, 294, 380, 391, 668, 670. Wardens of ditto, 98?!, 380, 382, 383, 385, 387, 492. Also at p. 724, (2nd Col.), read Chadwiok, James Herbert. p. 753, line 2, (2nd Col.), read Sheppard. p. 760, Merton College, Oxford, dele St. Martin's College. In the list of plates Lilly's Horoscope should be assigned to p. 429. ; i'M :*:■ "h^V