A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



Some of these appropriated Hampshire benefices were very valu- 

 able, and their vicarages much out of proportion. 

 Here are some instances : 



In addition to the appropriated rectories the religious houses drew 

 small pensions from certain of the Hampshire rectories. These varied 

 in 1291 from jTi 6s. Sd. down to a single shilling. 



By the time that the revised Valor Ecclesiasticus of Henry VIII. 

 was drawn up, the vicarages of the ten Hampshire deaneries had increased 

 from thirty-seven to seventy-one. 



Now and again in most dioceses it is found that vicarages of early 

 foundation were re-arranged at a later date, the income assigned to the 

 vicar being found to be insufficient. Brading in the Isle of Wight is an 

 instance of this ; although entered as a vicarage in the Valor of 1291, 

 the rectory was re-appropriated to the priory of Breamore in 1301, and 

 the vicarage formally reconstituted in 1 304.* At the latter date there 

 were assigned to Thomas Sutton, as vicar, with much detail, all altar 

 oblations and obventions, the tithes of lambs, calves, cheese, milk, geese, 

 pigs, pigeons, fowls, apples, eggs, honey, beet, flax, hemp, gardens and 

 crofts tilled by spade husbandry, also of fish and mills, and of the hay 

 of certain meadows. The vicar was also to have three acres of land near 

 the church for his house and appurtenances, which he was to build at his 

 own expense. 



In 1301, Bishop Pontoise founded at Winchester a great chapel or 

 college, in honour of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, for a provost, six chap- 

 lains, six clerks, and six choristers. This was a chantry on a great scale, 

 and was an endowment for masses for the souls of the Bishops of 

 Winchester and the faithful in general. There were to be three sung 

 and three plain masses daily. 2 This foundation led to the ordination of 

 two more vicarages, the rectories of which were given by the bishop to 

 the chapel of St. Elizabeth. These were Amport and Hursley. 3 



Under Bishop Pontoise begins the licensing of oratories for manor 

 houses, which increased considerably under subsequent bishops. One of 

 the earliest mentioned is that for the manor of Tichborne. 4 These 



1 Winton. Epis. Reg., Pontoise, ff. 31, 44!}. 



* John of Pontoise's Register, f. 32. There was not much distinction between the larger chantries 

 and some of the later collegiate churches or colleges. Hence the chapel of St. Elizabeth was in the 

 fifteenth and sixteenth centuries sometimes called the college of St. Elizabeth. The name has thus 

 deceived some writers as to the intention of the founder. The Diocesan Histoiy of Winchester (p. 1 1 6) 

 says that the bishop founded it ' for the purpose of promoting learning amongst his clergy ' 



Ibid. ff. 3 2b, 35. * Ibid. f. 88. 



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