A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



The plate comprises a silver communion cup and 

 cover paten of 1 568 ; a second cup and cover paten of 

 1612, given by Thomas Antrobus, senior, of Heath 

 House ; a flagon of 1707 ; a standing paten of 1721, 

 given in 1830 by Thomas Chitty ; an alms dish of 

 1757, given 1758, and a second dish of 1812, 

 given 1813. 



The first book of the registers runs from 1558 to 

 1667, and contains entries of deaths from plague in 

 1563 and 1666 ; the second from 1669 to 1757, 

 the marriages ending at 1754; the third has bap- 

 tisms and burials, 1758-1807 ; the fourth marriages, 

 1754-84 this is a MS. book, and not the printed 

 book ordered by the Act of 1753 ; the fifth and 

 sixth continue the marriage entries to 1804 and 

 1812; the seventh contains baptisms 1808-13, 

 and the eighth burials for the same period. There 

 are churchwardens' accounts in six books from 1751 

 to 1815, and poor-rate accounts from 1697. 



The churchyard lies chiefly on the south, having a 

 gate at the east. The churchwardens' accounts men- 

 tion the making of steps, a wall, and a gate on the 

 east side of the churchyard opposite New Street 

 (now St. Peter's Road) in 1754. 



The church of ST. MART, SHEET, built and 

 consecrated in 1869, is of stone in the thirteenth- 

 century style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, 

 and south-east tower with spire. The register dates 

 from year of erection. 



The chapel of Petersfield was 

 ADVOW&QN dependent on the church of Buriton 

 till 13 August, i886, 9 *when by an 

 Order in Council it was separated, and with the district 

 of Sheet and the tithings of Lower Weston and Lower 

 Nursted constituted a separate benefice in the gift of 

 the bishop of Winchester. 



Among lands forfeited in 1547 for superstitious 

 uses were a close called Whitredden of the yearly 

 value of l6J., which had been left for the maintenance 

 of a lamp-light, and lands then in the tenure of John 

 Myll, and of the yearly value of I zd., the issues of 

 which maintained a morrow-mass priest." 



The Roman Catholic church of St. Lawrence, 

 situated in Station Road, was commenced in 1 890 at 

 the expense of Mr. Laurence Cave of Ditcham Park, 

 and completed in 1901 by his widow Lucy Cave and 

 his two sons Charles and Adrian Cave. Attached is 

 a residence for the rector, also presented by Mr. Cave. 

 The church is served by monks of the English Bene- 

 dictine Order. The Congregational church, erected 

 in 1 882, is in College Street. 93 The Wesleyan church, 

 erected in 1903 at a cost of 5,000, is in Station 

 Road. The Primitive Methodist church, with Sunday 

 school and vestry, was erected in Station Road in 1 900. 

 The Salvation Army Barracks are in Swan Street. 

 The Union church was built by voluntary subscrip- 

 tion, and opened by the bishop of Southampton on 

 Easter Sunday, 1900. 



Churcher's College stands on high ground outside 

 the town of Petersfield, and has extensive grounds. 



The Elementary School (St. Peter's Road) was 

 built in 1894 at a cost of 2,764; the infants' school 

 has been enlarged at a cost of 866. Sheet Elemen- 



tary School was erected at a cost of 2,400, and 

 opened September, 1 898. 



The Cottage Hospital in the Spain was built in 

 1871 at an expense of 1,400. 



The almshouses founded in 1622 



CHARITIES by will of Thomas Antrobus were sold 



in 1882, and the proceeds invested 



in 197 6.J. T,d. Consols. The annual dividends, 



amounting to 4 l8/. 6J., are given in pensions. 



Church Estate. In 1869, 3 r. 9 p., formerly con- 

 stituting part of endowment, was sold, and proceeds 

 invested in 181 l6/. "jd. Consols. The annual 

 dividends of 4 I \i. are remitted to the church- 

 wardens. 



Churcher's College. See article on schools, Y.C.H. 

 Hants, ii, 387-92. 



Bishop Laney's Apprenticing Charity. See parish 

 of Buriton. 



In 1827 Miss Ann Phillips by her will left 200 

 Consols, the income (subject to the repair of vault, &c.) 

 to be applied in the distribution of bread to poor men 

 and women of 52 years of age and upwards. 



In 1837 John Meere by will left 5 a year for 

 Sunday school a sum of 166 I3/. ^d. Consols was 

 set aside in satisfaction of the legacy. 



In 1847 John Holland by will left 5 a year for 

 distribution in bread on St. Thomas's Day, repre- 

 sented by a sum of 166 13^. 4^. The several sums 

 of stock above-mentioned are held by the official 

 trustees. 



In 1 86 1 the Reverend Thomas Robert JollifFe by 

 will left 135 Consols, two-thirds of the dividends to 

 be applied towards the maintenance of certain monu- 

 ments in the church, and one-third for poor at Christ- 

 mas in coals or other necessaries. The stock is held 

 by the official trustees and the dividends are duly 

 applied. 



In 1863 Mrs. Mary Anne Kennett by deed founded 

 the almshouses known as the Willow Almshouses 

 for the poor of this parish and of Sheet, and en- 

 dowed the same with 2,000, now represented by 

 2,036 I2/. 3</. New Zealand 3 per cent. Stock 

 with the official trustees. 



In 1882 Mrs. Mary Anne Kennett by her will also 

 bequeathed 2,000 to be invested; the income to be 

 applied in the distribution of coals, blankets, sheets, 

 bread, or clothing on I December and 14 February 

 in each year. The charity is administered under a 

 scheme of the High Court of 2 December, 1890. 

 The trust fund is now represented by 2,001 14^. f,d. 

 Queensland 3 per cent. Inscribed Stock with the 

 official trustees. 



The Town Trust. By a scheme made by the 

 Charity Commissioners under the Municipal Corpora- 

 tions Act, 1853, for the application of the property 

 of the late corporation of ' The Mayor of Petersfield,' 

 the mace, bearing date 1596, and the charters, one 

 by John count of Mortain (afterwards King John), 

 bearing date 1198, were entrusted to the custody of 

 the lord of the manor of Petersfield, and the church- 

 wardens and overseers of the poor." 



Tithing of Sheet. In 1674 John Lock by his will 

 charged certain lands with the yearly payment of 5O/. 



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98 By an Order in Council of 1657-8 

 the chapelry of Petersfield, Sheet tithing, 

 and parts of Weston and Nursted, were 

 detached from the parish of Buriton and 

 made a separate parish (Cat. of 5./*. Dom. 



1657-8, p. 270), but it is doubtful whe- 

 ther this order was carried into effect. 



W Chant. Cert. 30, No. 17. 



98 Chapel Street was the site of a 

 Nonconformist place of worship, suc- 



120 



ceeded by a chapel built in College Street 

 in 1801. 



99 They have since entrusted them 

 to the custody of the Urban District 

 Council. 



