A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



The nuns were Wherwell, 13 (including the abbess at 40) > and 

 St. Mary's, Winchester, 12. The chantry priests numbered 10; the 

 stipendiary priests, 6 ; and the priests of free chapels, 7. This gives 

 a total of 88 pensioners for the county. 



The chantries named in this roll are those of Andover, ' le Vyne ' 

 in the parish of Shirborne St. John, Newport, Bisterne, castle of 

 Southampton, free chapel of Boldre, St. Mary in Southampton, Marwell, 

 * le Charnalhouse in Ebynton ' and Godshill. The stipendiary priests 

 were at Alton, Odiham, Shirborne Monachorum, Carisbrooke, and two 

 at St. Cross in Southampton. The free chapels named were those of 

 Boldre, St. Martin's Briddlesford, St. Mary Magdalen's Godshill, 

 Froberry in the parish of Kingsclere, Esteflede, Christchurch, and 

 Wilberton in the parish of Brading. 



An interesting and exceptional manuscript gives a full list of the 

 names of curates and other stipendiary priests, 324 in number, in the 

 diocese of Winchester at Christmas, 1541. They are arranged under 

 parishes in the several deaneries, together with the names of the rectors, 

 vicars and others by whom their stipends were paid. 1 There were 

 twenty-five in the deanery of Winton four for the church of St. Faith, 

 paid by the master of St. Cross ; five for the chapel of St. Elizabeth, 

 paid by the provost of the chapel ; one for the church of St. John, paid 

 by the vicar ; three for Twyford with the chapelry of Ouslebury ; two 

 paid by the vicar and one by the mayor of Winchester ; the curate 

 of Weke by the rector, of St. Bartholomew by the vicar, and of St. 

 Lawrence by the rector ; the two for Hursley by the vicar ; the curates 

 of Chilcombe, Compton and Headborne Worthy by their respective 

 rectors ; the curate of St. Nicholas by Mr. Nicholas Harpsfield ; the 

 curate of Hunton by the rector of Cronsley ; and the curate of Littleton 

 by the Dean of Winchester. In the deanery of Basingstoke there were 

 thirty-five curates, of whom there were two for Basingstoke, three for 

 Odiham and the rest singly for different parishes. In the deanery of 

 Andover there were twenty-nine, three being for Andover and two for 

 Hurstbourne Priors. In the deanery of Alton there were fifteen, two 

 each for Alton and Colmer. In the deanery of Alresford were twenty- 

 one, two each for Medstead and Kilmeston. In the deanery of Ford- 

 ingbridge there were seventeen, two each for Harbridge, Fordingbridge, 

 Wilford and Lymington. In the deanery of Somborne there were 

 seventeen, two for Romsey. In the deanery of Southampton there were 

 seventeen, three for St. Cross, Southampton. In the deanery of Drox- 

 ford there were thirty-three, two each for Havant and Waltham 

 and three for Eastmeon. In the Isle of Wight there were twenty-one, 

 two for Godshill. This gives 230 as the total of curates for Hampshire 

 and the Isle of Wight. 



In March and April, 1543, a visitation was held of Hampshire 

 and the Isle of Wight by Nicholas Harpsfield, official of the arch- 



1 Add. MSS. 34, 137. This return was made for the Chancellor of the Court of First-fruits 

 and Tithes. 



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