RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



came the visitors, Pollard, Wriothesley and 

 others, vandalizing with their own hands. 



The number of inmates of the monastery 

 in 1507 was an abbot, a prior, six senior and 

 twenty-five junior monks, making in all 

 thirty-three members. 1 This number at the 

 time of the dissolution of the house, was re- 

 duced to twenty-one.* In the eleventh, 

 twelfth and thirteenth centuries, however, it 

 would appear from the lists of admissions to 

 the monastery given in the Liber Vitte, the 

 number of members was slightly greater. 

 Pensions were assigned to all those who signed 

 the deed of surrender. The abbot's pension 

 probably ceased immediately, as he was re- 

 warded with the bishopric of Salisbury. The 

 prior's pension was ^13 6s. Set. a year ; three 

 senior monks had 10 each, two had 8, 

 and the rest 6. Annuities were also granted 

 from the monastic funds to Cromwell, Wrio- 

 thesley and others. In 1557 there were only 

 the prior and ten of the monks left in receipt 

 of pensions. To Wriothesley were granted 

 some of the richest manors of the abbey, 

 including Micheldever and Stratton, as well 

 as a short lease of the entire site of the abbey, 

 its church and appurtenances. Wriothesley 

 pulled the abbey down with extraordinary 

 rapidity and sold the materials ; the rever- 

 sion of the site, together with the demesne 

 lands, passed by royal grant to Richard Bethell. 



At the time of the dissolution of the house 

 the monastery held the hundred of Michel- 

 dever, the manors of Abbots Worthy, ' Slacke- 

 stede,' Woodmancote, Micheldever with the 

 rectory ,' Dottesley,' North Stoneham, 'Owers,' 

 East Stratton, Preshaw, Loomer, Alton East- 

 brook, 'Bicketon,' Brown Candover, Fullerton 

 and Leckford, Abbots Anne, Winterbourne, 

 Pewsey, 'ThiseldonwithBurythorpp,'Colling- 

 borne, Puddletrenthide, ' Southese, Tytles- 

 combe,' Heighten and Doughton with the 

 rectory. The rectories of Alton, Puddletrent- 

 hide and the chapels of Popham, Northamp- 

 ton, Stratton, and lands in Winchester and 

 elsewhere. 8 



When Leland visited Winchester in 1539, 

 so rapidly had Wriothesley done his work 

 that he could find nothing but the site, merely 

 recording that ' in this suburb stood the great 

 Abbey of Hyde.' * In Camden's time there 

 are said to have remained some ruinous out- 

 houses, a gateway and a large barn supposed 

 to have been the abbot's hall. 5 William Cole, 



1 Liber de Hyda, Introd. Ixii. 



2 Netvminster (Hants Rec. Soc.), Pref. 1. 



3 Dugdale's Monasticon, ii. 448. 

 * Leland's Itinerary, iii. 86. 



5 Dugdale's Monasticon, ii. 432. 



II 



the antiquary, was here in 1723, and could 

 merely discover the convent barn and holes 

 whence even the foundations had been dug.' 

 In 1788 the county magistrates purchased the 

 abbey field as the most suitable spot for the 

 erection of a county gaol ! There seems 

 good reason to believe that at this time the 

 grave of Alfred was destroyed and his dust 

 scattered. 7 



ABBOTS OF NEWMINSTER 



Grimbald, 903 



Beornhelm, 



Ethelgar, 965-83 



./Elfsige, circa 983-97 



Brightwold, 995 or 997-1012 



Brithmere, 1012-21 



Alnoth, 1021-35 



Alwyn, 1035-57 



Alfnoth, 1057-63 



Alwyn II., 1064-66 



Wulfric, 1069-72 



Rewalan, 1072- 



Ranulf Flambard 



Herbert Losinga 



Robert Losinga, 1091-93 



Herbert Losinga, 8 1093 



Hugh, 1 1 00-6 



Geoffrey, 1106-24 



ABBOTS OF HYDE 



Osbert, 1124-35 (?) 



Six years' vacancy 

 Hugh de Lens, 1142-9 



Two years' vacancy 

 Salidus, 1151-71 



Five years' vacancy 

 Thomas, 1177-81 

 John Suthill, 1181-1222 

 Walter Aston, 1222-48 

 Roger of St. Valery, 1248-63 

 William of Worcester, 1263-81 

 Robert, or Roger, of Popham, 1282-92 

 Simon Canning, 9 1292-1304 

 Geoffrey of Ferringes, 10 1304-17 

 William of Odiham, 1317-19 

 Walter of Fifield, 11 1319-62 

 Thomas Pechy, 18 1362-80 



8 Add. MS. 5828, f. 175. 



7 Arckteologia, xiii. 309-12. 



8 Mr. Edwards in the Introd. to Liber de Hyda, 

 xliii. states that Ranulph Flambard re-entered after 

 the death of Robert Losinga. 



9 Pat. 20 Edw. I. m. 6. 



10 Ibid. 32 Edw. I., m. 4, 3, 2 ; Winchester 

 Epis. Reg., Pontoise, f. 46. 



11 Register ofSandale (Hants Record Society), pp. 

 108-9. 



ia Winchester Epis. Reg., Edingdon, i. 116. 



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