A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



nook shafts on the west face and half-round shafts 

 on the jambs with spreading moulded bases. 



The nave has a square-headed fifteenth-century 

 west window of three cinquefoiled lights, and above 

 it in the gable a plain lancet of uncertain date. 

 The north door has a round arch of one square order, 

 with hollow chamfered abaci and a small chamfer on 

 the jambs, but beyond this there are no old masonry 

 details. East of the doorway are a large two-light 

 window, with a quatrefoil in the head, and a single 

 lancet high in the wall to light the pulpit, and west 

 of the doorway a two-light window, all being modern. 

 In the south wall is the door to the modern vestry 

 and a wide arch to the south transept, which contains 

 nothing of note. The north porch is of red brick, 

 and modern. 



The nave roof is old, with trussed rafters, and 

 has been ceiled, and the chancel roof is a modern 

 copy of it, dating from 1863. A west gallery in the 

 nave was removed in 1877. The south door of the 

 nave is old, made of two thicknesses of board, with 

 old strap hinges and a wooden lock case, but other- 

 wise all the fittings of the church are modern, 

 except the altar table, which is of early seventeenth- 

 century date, and on the south side of the chancel 

 is a credence table made up from parts of the seven- 

 teenth-century altar rails, which were unfortunately 

 taken away during ' restoration.' 



The font, near the north door of the nave, is 

 modern, of thirteenth-century style. 



The bell-turret contains two small bells, and rests 

 partly on the west wall of the nave and partly on a 

 tiebeam, its angle posts not coming down to the floor 

 of the church. 



The plate consists of a chalice of 1842 with paten 

 of 1 8 5 2 ; a flagon given by Dame Frances Gould to 

 the parish in 1731, the lid bearing the London 

 date-letter for 1721 and the body that for 1706 ; and 

 a silver-gilt alms dish of 1845, given in 1852. 



The first book of the registers begins in 1573, con- 

 taining baptisms and burials to 1773, and marriages 

 to 1776. In the first pages is a list of benefactions 

 from 161810 1675, recording among other things 

 the gift of a silver chalice and paten in the latter 

 year by Stephen and Catherine Green, and at the 

 end are some paper leaves with a record of briefs 

 from 1659 to 1663. The second book goes from 

 1774 to 1813, and there is a set of churchwardens' 

 accounts from 1779 to 1852. 



The small modern district church on Bramdean 

 Common possesses a silver chalice and paten of 

 1838. 

 The advowson of the church followed the descent 



of the manor of Bramdean until 1234, 

 when Hugh de Bramdean leased it 

 for forty years to Alan Fitz-Warin." 

 In 1236 Hugh de Bramdean granted it to the prior 

 and convent of Selborne, 73 and this grant was confirmed 

 by Hugh's son Bartholomew in 1 240." However, in 

 1250 John de Blakedown held the advowson, and 

 granted it, together with the land he held in Bram- 

 dean by the gift of his brother Sir Nicholas, to the 

 prior and canons of Selborne for 100. The church 

 was worth 5 per annum in 1 291." In 1395 the 

 living was in the gift of the bishop of Winchester," 

 who continued to be patron till l858, 78 when it was 

 transferred to the crown, the bishop receiving in ex- 

 change the patronage of the rectory of All Saints, 

 Southampton. 79 The living is at present a rectory in 

 the gift of the Lord Chancellor. 



(1) In 1862 James Turner, by will proved this date, 



bequeathed to the rector and church- 

 CH4RITIES wardens 100 upon trust to invest 



the same and to pay the dividends on 

 St. Thomas's Day equally among three of the most 

 deserving poor families, members of the Church of 

 England residing in the parish. Invested in 102 19*. 

 Consols. 



(2) In 1863 the Hon. Mrs. Honora Legge, by 

 will proved this date, directed that 200 Consols 

 should be transferred to the official trustees of chari- 

 table funds, the dividends to be remitted to the 

 officiating minister of Bramdean, to be expended by 

 him in purchasing candles and soap to be given to the 

 wives and widows of labourers living in the parish. 



(3) In 1893 Mrs. Louisa Frances Katharine 

 Bishop, by will and codicil proved this date, directed 

 her executors to purchase 170 Consols and to pay 

 the dividends annually at Christmas among the mothers 

 of children most regular in attendance at the Sunday 

 school, with a provision for accumulations in case of 

 unpunctual attendance. The legacy (less duty) is repre- 

 sented by 152 14^. 2 loj. per cent, annuities. 



The same testatrix bequeathed 2,000 to be 

 invested and income applied in providing divine ser- 

 vice in the church on Bramdean Common, and other 

 purposes. The legacy (less duty) was invested in 

 1,815 1 V- 9^- 2 los - P er cent - annuities. 



In 1898 Mrs. Honora Augusta Cowper-Coles, 

 by codicil to her will proved this date, bequeathed 

 120 z\ per cent, annuities to the officiating minister 

 of Bramdean, dividends to be applied in providing 

 warm winter clothing for poor women. The several 

 sums of stock are held by the official trustees of 

 charitable funds, and the incomes of the charities 

 are duly applied. 



7' Selborne Chart. (Hants Rcc. Soc.), r Pope Nick. Tax. (Rcc. Com.), 211. 78 Ibid, i, 228, and Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.) 



(Ser. z), 46. f Ibid. 47, 48. 77 Wykchamt Reg. (Hants Rec. Soc.), "> Land. Gax. 31 Aug. 1858, 3978. 



"* Ibid. 49. 76 Ibid. 52. i, 199. 



