By the lute F. A. Carrington, Esq. 



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The Chukch. 



The church which is dedicated 

 to All Saints is very large, the 

 oldest part of it is the south door- 

 way, which is Norman. There 

 is also a very fine west window 

 in the tower of the reign of 

 Henry VI., which was pro- 

 bably placed there by Adam 

 Moleyns, Dean of Salisbury,^ 

 John Norris, Esq., and John 

 Westwoode, who then founded 

 a chantry which v/as dedicated 

 to St. Mary. 



South doorway of Wokingham Church. 



The Chantry. 



This was founded in the reign of Henry VI., by Adam Moleyns, 

 Dean of Salisbury, John Norris, Esq., and John Westwoode, to 

 have a priest daily to say " Masse, Mattens, and Evensonge with 

 other suffrages in the foundation mentioned within the parishe 

 churche of Okyngham, which is done, observed and kept accord- 

 ingly." This chantry was dissolved in the second year of Edw. 

 VI. (1548). The following entries in the certificates of the Com- 

 missioners of Chantries relate to this chantry. There was also a 

 lamp which was kept burning in the church, which is mentioned 

 in one of them. 



Certificate 3, No. 5. 

 "Oakyngham. 

 Oure Lady Chantrie erected and ffounded w^m tlie pishe churche there by 

 Adam MoUen, late Deane of Sar. and ther to mainteyne a prest for ever. Is 

 woorthe by yere as appereth by the Survey xxvj''. vj''. ob., wbarof in Rents 

 Resolut by yere viiij". ob. ; Tenths res. inde xxviij". lxxviij^ and so rem. to 

 Eobrt. Avys Clerk, Mr. of Arte, Incumbent, there and teaching a grammer 

 scole w'^'in the said chauntrie being of thage of xxvj yeres, able to keep cuer 

 not having aney other lyving. 



^ Adam Moleyns, Archdeacon of Salisbury, became Dean of that church in 

 October, 1441 : and was made Bishop of Chichester in 1445, 



