FINCHDEAN HUNDRED 



CATHERINGTON 



On the north wall of the nave is a large early four- 

 teenth-century painting of St. Michael weighing souls, 

 the end of the balance being held down by our 

 Lady. 



The church contains many modern monuments of 

 the Napiers, but the only tomb of any architectural 

 interest is that of Nicholas Hyde and his wife, already 

 mentioned, set against the east wall of the north 

 chapel. It is an altar tomb on which lie the two 

 effigies, with an arched panel containing the inscrip- 

 tion on the wall above them. Above is a cornice and 

 pediment carried on black marble columns with 

 Corinthian capitals, surmounted by figures of Justice 

 and Wisdom, while in the arched panel are other 

 figures of Time and Death. On the base of the tomb 

 are kneeling figures of six sons and four daughters, 

 and in the pediment a shield bearing Hyde (az. a 

 chevron between three lozenges or, differenced with a 

 molet gules, impaling azure a chevron between three 

 pheons or, and on a chief gules three maidens' heads, 

 or (Swaine of Sarson). 



Against the external north-west angle of the north 

 chapel is set the shaft and part of the head of a stone 

 cross. The shaft is 6 ft. high, with beaded edges, 

 and the remains of the head 2 ft. 6 in. high are carved 

 with a Crucifixion between our Lady and St. John, 

 of fourteenth-century style. Near by in the church- 

 yard is a fourteenth-century coffin slab. 



In the tower are six bells, the treble and second by 

 Mears and Stainbank, 1887, and the fourth by the 

 same founders, 1888, while the third, fifth, and tenor, 

 are by Wells of Aldbourne, 1751, having the inscrip- 

 tion as usual with this founder, on the sound bow 

 instead of the shoulder. 



The church plate includes a silver communion cup 

 given by Lawrence Hyde and Alice his wife in 1660, 

 and engraved with a figure of Christ as the Good 

 Shepherd, with the words : ' Ecce Agnus Dei,' and 

 < Congratulamini mihi ' ; a paten of 1663, given by 

 Mrs. Hyde Whalley-Tooker, and a plated paten and 

 flagon given in 1870. 



The first book of the registers contains baptisms, 

 marriages, and burials from 1602 to 1640, the second 

 from 1640 to 1680, and the third from 1680 to 

 1701. There is another book in duplicate with 

 baptisms and marriages 1681-1701, and the later 

 books have (5) baptisms and marriages 1701-54, 

 (6) burials for the same period, (7) baptisms and mar- 

 riages 1754-1812, and (8) burials for the same 

 period. 



The church of ST. K4THERINE, 

 ADVQWSOX CATHERINGTON, was originally a 

 rectory, but on 2 1 April, 1 292, Bishop 

 John of Pontoise decreed, on the petition of the prioress 

 and convent of Nuneaton who held the patronage, 

 that on the death or resignation of the existing rector 



it should be converted into a vicarage, and the rectorial 

 or greater tithes be appropriated to the nuns. 1 " The 

 prioress and convent presented the vicars until the 

 dissolution, 1 " when the advowson passed to the crown. 

 Edward VI and Mary granted the advowson to the 

 bishop of Winchester in 1551 and 1558 respectively. 1 " 

 Elizabeth, however, by some means regained posses- 

 sion, presented Richard Roberts in 1 56 1, 144 and in 

 1590 by letters patent granted it to Arthur Swayne 

 and Henry Best." 4 The latter sold it the same year to 

 Thomas Neale and Elizabeth his wife, 148 who dealt 

 with it by fine in 1603.'" The advowson remained 

 for over eighty years in the Neale family, 1 * 8 in the 

 course of which period Sir William Lewis, bart., pre- 

 sented in 1634 and l66o. 149 Thomas Neale sold it 

 in 1674 to John Bugby, of the parish of Stepney, 

 'mariner,' 150 who presented to the vicarage in 1684 

 and l69O. 151 From him it seems to have passed to 

 William Sutton and Hannah his wife, who dealt with 

 it by recovery in 1733.'" John Williams was pre- 

 sented in 1 740 by John Brett, 153 who ten years later 

 sold the advowson to the duke of Beaufort. 154 The 

 advowson then followed that of Chalton until early 

 in the nineteenth century, 155 when it was sold by 

 Mr. Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise. Mr. George Pritchard 

 presented in 1857, and Mr. John Pritchard in 1872. m 

 Mr. John Pritchard sold the advowson to the Rev. 

 Robert Fitzgerald Maynard, M.A., who has been 

 vicar of Catherington since 1877, and is the present 

 patron of the living. 



There is a mission room at Lovedean in which 

 service is held during the week, and school on 

 Sundays. 



For the educational charities of 



CHARITIES William Appleford, will 1696, Mrs. 



Margaret Lind Henville, will 1866, 



and of Miss Anne Harvey, will 1874, see article 



on ' Schools' (V.C.H. Hants, ii, 397). 



In 1846 John Richards by will left .307 6/. con- 

 sols (with the official trustees), dividends to be applied 

 for the benefit of the poor at the discretion of the 

 vicar for the time being. The annual dividends 

 amounting to 7 1 $f. 8J. are duly applied. 



Church Acre. The parish had been in possession 

 from time immemorial of I a. 3 r., known as the 

 Church Acre, which in 1876 was sold with the 

 sanction of the Charity Commissioners, and proceeds 

 invested in 119 gi. <)<J. Consols with the official 

 trustees. The dividends, amounting to 2 l8/. ^d., 

 are remitted to the churchwardens for church 

 repairs. 



Lovedean. John Ring, by will proved 1834, left a 

 legacy for education of poor labourers' children in 

 this hamlet, now represented by 207 js. %J. Consols 

 with the official trustees, regulated by scheme of the 

 Charity Commissioners of 22 December, 1897. 



141 Egerton MS. 2031, fol. 17. 



143 JVinKn. Efis. Reg. (Hants. Rec. Soc.), 

 514. Egerton MS. 2032, fol. 134 ; 2033, 

 fol. 20 ; 2034, fols. 35 and 80. 



1(3 Pat. 5 Edw. VI, pt. 6, m. 26 ; and 

 5 & 6 Phil, and Mary, pt. 4, No. 7. 



144 Catherington par. reg. 



144 Pat. 32 Eliz. pt. 23, m. 9-15. 



148 Close, 32 Eliz. pt. 14. By the in- 

 denture the advowson was settled in tail 

 male on Thomas and Elizabeth with 



contingent remainder in tail male suc- 

 cessively to Walter and Francis, brothers 

 of Thomas. 



7 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Mil. I Jas. I. 



148 W. and L. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), bdle. 32, 

 No. 129 ; Recov. R. Mich. II Chas. II, 

 rot. 1 02, and Mich. 21 Chas. II, rot. 

 237. 



148 Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). 



150 Close, 26 Chas. II, pt. 22, No. 20. 



15 > Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). 



1M Recov. R. Mich. 7 Geo. II, rot. 

 301. 



is Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). 



1M Feet, of F. Hants, Trin. 24 Geo. II. 



166 Recov. R. East. 14 Geo. Ill, rot. 

 1 8 1, Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). With one ex- 

 ception, viz. in 1790, when the vicar 

 was presented by the dean and canons of 

 Windsor (Inst. Bks.). 



ls * Catherington par. reg. 



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