22 A ROYAL PURVEYANCE IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE. 



To ther frends the Constables of the 

 hundred of Pastrowe, and to John 

 Hellyer, Anthony Boswell, Willia' Temple, 

 Will. Still, Thomas Hellyer, Willia' Deane, and 

 Robert Wadlow,* and to every of the said 

 hundred. 



Returne to us at the day this p r cept w*b you 



EUENGER 

 HUNDRED 



ffor the payment of xxij q'rters of wheate. 



WHITCHURCH. t 



John Clarke for the ffanne theare vij buh. 

 Richard Brooke, gent., for the parsanage 



and other land - vij buh. 



Simon Deane for Mr. Matons ffarme ij buh. 



Robert Cooper for his hould there - ij buh. 



Nicholas ffoster for his hould there - ij buh. 



Thomas Boyett for his hould there - ij buh. I iiij qrs. 



Winifred Poynter for her hould there ij buh. [ iij bush. 

 Richard Beanes for his hould there j buh. 



Roger Rutter for his houlde - - ij buh. 



William Soper for his houlde- - ij buh. 

 Mr. Richard Audlye for his farme of 



Henleye ----- iiij buh. 



Nicholas Wadlow for his houlde - ij buh. _ 



* The name of Wadlow is familiar to the readers of Pepys as that of the 

 Vintner of the Devil Tavern, Fleet Street, who led "a fine company of 

 soldiers, all young comely men in white doublets," at the coronation of 

 Charles II. 



f Whitchurch. The manor of Whitchurch, including " Frigefolk " was given 

 to the Church of Winchester by Edward the Elder, eldest surviving son of 

 King Alfred. It is an ancient prescriptive borough, and from 27th Elizabeth 

 nntil it was disfranchised in 1832, sent two members to Parliament. The 

 parish comprises the Borough or Town Liberty, and the four small tithings of 

 Whitchurch Parsonage, Freefolk Priors, Charlcott, and Cold Henley. The 

 churches of Whitchurch, Hnrstbourne Priors, East Woodhay, and Overton are 

 mentioned as bestowed on St. Cross in De Blois' charter of foundation. 



By his will of 4 Aug., 1503 Sir Reginald Bray gave the manors of Freefolk, 

 East Woodhay, and Quidhampton to his nephew Richard Andrews, and his 

 wife Elizabeth, with remainder to the heir's male of John Bray. Freefolk 

 manor is a small parish adjoining the tithing of Freefolk Priors. 



The Free Chapel of Cold Henley is mentioned in a Compolus for the 

 year 1526. 



