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Preiirutral l^ouses at %itnt €i^cstcr. 



By George Bailey. 



^gHESIDES the Stone House prebend, of which we gave a 

 m^|fl short account in the last volume of this journal, 

 K^^iM mention is made in the same deed of Queen Mary, of 

 other houses called " the two small Prebends in 

 Little Chester." But there were originally seven of these 

 prebendal farms there, which joined the stipend or maintenance 

 of the prebendaries of the Collegiate Church of All Saints', in 

 consideration of their taking duty at stated times in the Church 

 and its Chapels. The College was dissolved by Edward VI., and 

 its estates sold to Thomas Smith and Henry Newsum for 

 _;^346 13s. 4d. The names of the prebendaries and the value 

 of their stipends were, " Magister Ramsey, Clerk, 13s. 4d., those 

 of Magister Elien and William Taylor at a like sum respectively, 

 Richard Weste 40s. 8d., John Wilkes 40s., Thomas Smythe 60s., 

 and the Sub-dean or Stone-prebend 66s. 8d."* We think that 

 only three of these farms can now be identified. 



If reference is made to the last volume of this journal, there 

 will be found two illustrations of the stone prebend house. In 

 the second illustration, at the left-hand side, there is in the dis- 

 tance a sketch of a second of the three, and the illustrations 

 which accompany this notice are of the third. We will take this 

 latter first. It is known by the name of the Manor Farm, and 



* Chron. All Saints', p. 12. 



