A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



fame of the pilgrimage to Our Lady of South- 

 wick. 1 



On 7 April, 1538, the surrender of this 

 monastery, with all its possessions in Hants, 

 Wilts, Oxon and elsewhere, was signed by 

 the prior, William Norton, and twelve of the 

 canons. The signature next to the prior's is 

 that of James Gunwyn. 8 The surrender was 

 made to the notorious Layton. Two days 

 later Husee wrote to his master that South- 

 wick was suppressed, adding, ' I think the 

 most part will down.' 



The lands belonging to the priory at the 

 dissolution were : the manors of Southwick 

 with the rectory, Newland, Hannington, 

 Sutton Scotney, ' Moundesmer,' Preston 

 Candover, ' Oldfishborne,' Farlington with a 

 fishery, Denmead Molens, Clanveld and 

 Aldbourn, Weralles in Dorchester with the 

 rectory, Colmer, Stubbington, Hoe, West 

 Boarhunt, Boarhunt, Harbert and Bury ; the 

 rectories of Nutley, Swindon, Portsea, Ports- 

 mouth and ' Wanstede,' and lands, rents, etc., 

 in Prior's Dean, the city of Winchester and 

 Andover. 3 



The priory of Southwick was assigned to 

 one John White, a mean, fawning servant of 

 Wriothesley's. He wrote to Wriothesley five 

 days after the surrender, saying that by the 

 provision of God and his master's help he has 

 attained what he had desired all his life, 

 namely, an honest house in which to bid his 

 guests welcome ! He complained however 

 that the stuff in the house was but slender, 

 only four feather-beds and the furniture old 

 and in manner rotten. He also was much 

 aggrieved with Dr. Layton, for he took from 

 hence twelve of the best of the twenty bacon 

 hogs hanging in the roof, which the other 

 visitors had given him. It is not surprising to 

 learn that he was in such trouble with the 

 monastery servants that he knew not what 

 to do. Not one of the husbandry servants 

 would stay with him, though they knew in 

 what need he stood of them for the sowing 

 of barley. 4 



The prior received the large pension of 

 66 13,. 4 ^. 5 



Among the books of this house Leland 

 noticed during his visit Henricus Huntingdun- 

 ensis, Beda de die judicii et Historia Bed<e 

 Saxonice.* 



41. 



1 Leland's Itinerary, iii. 98. 



2 Dtp. Keeper's Report (P.R.O.), viii. app. ii. 



3 Dugdale's Monasticon, vi. 244. 



4 Letters and Papers, Hen. VIII. xiii. 748. 

 6 Ibid. xiv. 1355. 



Leland's Collectanea, iv. 148. 



No sooner had White gained possession of 

 the priory, than he imitated his master 

 Wriothesley at Titchfield, and pulled down 

 the conventual church, establishing himself 

 and his household in the prior's lodging and 

 adjacent parts of the buildings. 



PRIORS OF SOUTHWICK 



Guy, 7 about 1190-1217 



Luke, early in the thirteenth century 



Walkelin, died in 1234 



Matthew, 1234-66 



Peter de Maupol, 126673 



Andrew de Winton, 8 1273-81 



John de Clere, 8 1281-91 



Robert de Hempton or Hewton, 10 1291- 



1315 



William de Winton, 11 13156 

 Nicholas de Cheriton, 12 131634 

 John de Gloucester, 13 1334 

 Richard Bromdene, 134981 

 Richard Nowell, 14 1381-9 

 William Husselegh, 15 1389-98 

 Thomas Court eys, 18 13981432 

 Edward Dene, 1432-55 

 John Soberton, 17 1455-63 

 Philip Stanbroke, 18 1463 

 John Lawder, about 1494 

 Thomas Kent, 1514, 1521 

 William Norton, 19 1521-38 



13. THE PRIORY OF BREAMORE 



The priory of St. Michael's, Breamore, 

 was founded for Austin canons by Baldwin 

 de Redvers and his uncle Hugh towards the 

 end of the reign of Henry I. The confirma- 

 tion charter of that king is cited in inspections 

 and confirmations of Edward III., Henry IV. 

 and Henry VI. The charter of Henry I. 

 enumerates, as the original foundation, three 



7 Catalogue of charters in the possession of Lord 

 Fitzhardinge, p. 37, No. 92. 



8 Pat. 2 Edw. I. m. 24. 



9 Ibid. 10 Edw. I. mm. 22, 21. 



10 Ibid. 20 Edw. I. mm. 28, 27 ; Winton. Epis. 

 Reg., Pontoise, f. II. 



11 Pat. 8 Edw. II. pt. 2, mm. 12, n. 



12 Ibid. 9 Edw. II. pt. 2, mm. 32, 30 ; Winton. 

 Epis. Reg., Woodlock, f. 2O3b. 



13 Pat. 7 Edw. III. pt. 3, m. 3 ; 8 Edw. III. pt. 

 I, m. 42 and pt. 2, m. 31. 



14 Winton. Epis. Reg., Wykeham, i. f. n 8 ; 

 Pat. 4 Rich. II. pt. 2, mm. 6, 2. 



16 Winton. Epis. Reg., Wykeham, i. ff. 197-9. 

 18 Ibid. i. ff. 288, 289. 



17 Ibid. Waynflete, i. f. 76. 



18 Ibid. f. I28b. ; Pat. 3 Edw. IV. pt. 2. 



19 Pat. 12 Hen. VIII. pt. 2, m. 8. 



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