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this reign (Rot. Hund. Hen. Ill, p. 212) that, for five 

 years past and more, " Henr' Heusee has obstructed 

 the king's highway in the town of Hertyng to the 

 damage of king and state of xx shillings a year." 

 This looks as if a good deal of building were going 

 forward, the mansion and church being probably 

 rebuilt at the same time. It is likely that what was 

 soon afterwards known as Harting Place was in its 

 full splendour on July 18, 1225, when it was honoured 

 by a royal visit. The young king (Henry III., in the 

 9th year of his reign) had spent the previous day at 

 Bosham, and stayed the i8th of July at Harting on 

 his road to Winchester, where he arrived on the 



c (Close 9 Hen. III.) " T. R. apud Herting xviii. die Julii." 

 The king dated two charters from Harting on this day. I. 

 Ships of John Wissand and Ph. Glenand of Gravening, laden 

 with wine at Rochelles, seized by Thos. de Haya and Reginald 



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