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waste, etc., within the manor of Wardlam, or parish of Wardlam (Ward le 

 Ham) ; nor to abusing, etc., of any office or fee, within the said forests of 

 Wolmer or Alysholt, or the said park of Wardlam. 1 " County Suth't. 

 Rolls prefixt to ist Vol. of Journals of the Lords, p. xciii. b. 



To these may be added some other particulars, taken from a book lately 

 published, entitled "An Account of all the Manors, Messuages, Lands, etc., 

 in the Different Counties of England and Wales, held by Lease from the 

 Crown ; as contained in the Report of the Commissioners appointed to 

 inquire into the State and Condition of the Royal Forests, etc." London, 

 1787. 



" Southampton. 



P. 64. "A fee-farm rent of ,31 2s. lid. out of the manors of East and 

 West Ward le Ham ; and also the office of lieutenant or keeper of the forest 

 or chase of Aliceholt, and Wolmer, with all offices, fees, commodities, and 

 privileges thereto belonging. 



"Names of lessees, William, Earl of Dartmouth, and others (in trust). 



"Date of the last lease, March 23rd, 1780; granted for such term as 

 would fill up the subsisting term to 31 years. 



"Expiration March 23rd, 1811. 



" Southampton. 



" Hundreds Selborne and Finchdeane. 

 " Honors and manors, etc. 



" Aliceholt Forest, three parks there. 



" Bensted and Kingsley ; a petition of the parishioners concerning the 

 three parks in Aliceholt forest." 



William, first earl of Dartmouth, and paternal grandfather to the present 

 Lord Stawel, was a lessee of the forests of Aliceholt and Wolmer before 

 brigadier-general Emanuel Scroope Howe. G. W. 



6 See Letter II. of these Antiquities. G. W. 



7 Hocheleye, now spelt Hawkley, is in the hundred of Selborne, and has 

 a mill at this day. G. W. 



8 Reg. Winton, Stratford, but query Stratford ; for Stratford was not 

 bishop of Winton till 1323, near thirty years afterwards. G. W. 



9 From the collection of Thomas Martin, Esq., in the " Antiquarian Rep- 

 ertory," p. 109, No. XXXI. G. W. 



10 Durton, now called Dorton, is still a common for the copyholders of 

 Selborne Manor. G. W. 



LETTER XI 



THE Knights Templars, 1 who have been mentioned in a 

 former letter, had considerable property in Selborne ; and also 

 a preceptory at Sudington, now called Southington, a hamlet 

 lying one mile to the east of the village. Bishop Tanner men- 

 tions only two such houses of the Templars in all the county 

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