A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



will be found under the descent, given above, of 

 the manor of East Worldham. 



The advowson of the church of East Worldham 

 was gran ted in 1254 by John de Venuz to the 

 prior and canons of Selborne. Attached to the 

 grant is an impression, in green wax, of the owner's 

 seal, representing a figure on horseback holding a 

 branched staff of office with the legend SIGILL' 

 JOH'IS de VENZ MARESCALL' REGIS." 



In 1292 the Bishop of Winchester gave licence 

 to the prior and convent to appropriate the church 



CHANCEL OF CHURCH, EAST WORLDHAM. 



when it fell vacant, reserving to himself the assign- 

 ment of a sufficient provision for the vicar. 43 Ten 

 years later the bishop granted to them the appro- 

 priation of the vicarage on the cession or death of 

 the existing vicar, the endowment being too small 

 for the vicarage which was thereafter to be served 

 by one of the canons. 44 



In 1305 the king confirmed to the prior and 

 convent the advowson and appropriation. 45 



In 1484 Bishop Waynfleet of Winchester ob- 

 tained the transfer of the rectory from Selborne 

 Priory to Magdalen College which he had founded 



at Oxford; 48 since then the advowson has remained 

 in the hands of the College. 



The rectory house is let by the patrons to the 

 incumbent, as a vicarage, at a nominal rent. 



The parish church of St. Mary 

 CHURCH stands a little to the east of the 

 village. It originally consisted of 

 an apse, chancel and long nave, all of fine Transi- 

 tional Norman work of the last quarter of the 

 twelfth century. The apse has gone, but the tall 

 pointed arch that opened into it may be seen over 

 the present east wall, which contains 

 a modern triplet of lancets. On 

 each side of the chancel is a large 

 lancet window, with moulded rear- 

 arch carried by detached shafts, and 

 hoodmould returned along the wall 

 as a stringcourse. In the north wall 

 is a low round-headed doorway into 

 a modern vestry, but which probably 

 opened anciently on to the stairs to 

 the roodloft. There is also a south 

 doorway. The chancel arch has 

 been destroyed. The nave was for 

 the most part rebuilt in 1865, but 

 with the old materials. It is of 

 seven bays, the first, second, third, 

 sixth and seventh of which on each 

 side contain pointed lancet win- 

 dows with a roll moulding round 

 the splay. A large doorway fills 

 the intervening bays on either side. 

 The west wall has an arcade of 

 three pointed arches with nail-head 

 ornament, carried by circular shafts 

 with square carved capitals. Each 

 arch is pierced with a window. 

 The font and all the fittings are 

 modern. In the south wall of the 

 nave, under a modern arch, is an 

 interesting semi-emgial slab of early 

 fourteenth century date, with the 

 bust of a lady in a wimple, and a 

 cross paty below. This was dis- 

 covered under the nave floor during 

 the late restoration. There are also 

 wall tablets to Henry Heighes, 1 68 1 ; 

 Elizabeth Heighes, wife of Samuel 

 Metcalfe, 1680 ; and other members 

 of the same family. 



Externally the south doorway of the chancel is 

 of one order, with jamb shafts, but much restored. 

 Some of the ornamental details of the destroyed 

 apse may be seen in the east wall. The north 

 side is untouched by the restorer, and shows a 

 broad projection at the junction with the nave, 

 perhaps for the roodloft staircase. The north 

 doorway of the nave is a very fine example, of two 

 pointed orders, with hoodmould decorated with 

 the dog-tooth ornament. The side shafts have 

 square capitals worked into volutes. On the east 

 jamb is a so-called ' consecration ' cross. The west 



< J Selborne Charter!, i. 45, and Pat. 



33 Edw. I. m. 15 

 M Ibid. i. 76. 



44 Ibid. i. 77. 



4B Pat. 33 Edw. I. pt. i, m. 15, 

 and Inq. p.m. 33 Edw. I. No. 259. 



520 



* 6 Selborne Charters, i. 119. 



