PORTSDOWN HUNDRED 



twelfth-century specimen," 1 circular, with a band of 

 interlacing foliage over an arcade of interesting round- 

 headed arches. The top only is old, the lower part 

 dating from 1888, and replacing a brick and plaster 

 imitation of the original work. In 1845 the original 

 base was in existence, and is described as having the 

 baptism of Christ sculptured on it. 



The only monument of interest is that to 

 Sir Thomas Cornwallis, groom porter to Queen 

 Elizabeth, 1618, with an alabaster half-effigy in 

 armour, and heraldry over. 



There are three bells, the treble of 1633, with the 

 initials R.V. I.H. W.W. ; the second, inscribed 'In 

 God is my hope,' 1632, with the founder's initials 

 I.H. ; and the tenor of 1589, inscribed 'Obey God 

 and the prince,' by John Wallis of Salisbury. 



The plate consists of a communion cup, c. 1850, 

 with paten and flagon of 1854, and a spoon of foreign 

 make. 



The first book of the registers goes from 1607 to 

 1640, and the second from 1654 to 1683. The 

 third, a paper book, contains the entries for 168493, 

 and the fourth for 16941803, the marriages ceasing 

 in 1751. The fifth is the printed marriage register 

 1755-1812, and the sixth and seventh contain 

 respectively the baptisms, 180512, and the burials 

 1804-12. 



There is no mention of a church at 

 dDI'OffSON Portchester at the time of the Domes- 

 day Survey. One must have existed 

 here, however, early in the twelfth century, for in 1133 

 Henry I founded in the church of St. Mary, Port- 

 chester, a priory of Austin canons, afterwards known 

 as the priory of Southwick. 



SOUTHWICK 



Its foundation charter assigned to the canons the 

 appropriation of the church at Portchester. 133 



The advowson and rectorial tithes remained with 

 the prior and convent of Southwick until the Dis- 

 solution. 134 Tithes of wheat and barley in Portchester 

 parish were granted to Peter Tichborne in I553. 134 

 In 1558 they were given - to the bishop of Win- 

 chester, 136 who held them until 1587, when the tithes 

 were granted to the earl of Sussex for the term of 

 twenty-one years. 137 The earl died in I593, 13< and 

 in 1595 they were granted to John Wingfield, 139 in 

 whose family they remained until 1635, when 

 Sir Richard Wingfield, Lord Powerscourt, died seised 

 of the tithes. 140 



The advowson was held by the king 141 until 1865,'" 

 when it was bought by Thomas Thistlethwayte, the 

 lord of the manor, 143 and passed with the manor (q.v.) 

 to his descendant Mr. Alexander Thistlethwayte, of 

 Southwick Park. 



The vicarage of Portchester was valued in 1291 at 

 9 (,s. 8</., 144 and in 1535 at 6 6s. I la'. 145 



In 1807, under the provisions of 

 CHARITIES the Inclosure Act, 48 George III, 

 cap. 63, an allotment of 6 acres 3 roods 

 36 poles was awarded to the churchwardens in 

 respect of certain lands known as the Church Lands 

 formerly existing in the parish, described in a terrier 

 dated 1728. The rent of about 20 a year is carried 

 to the churchwardens' general account. 



In 1826 a site and building thereon were conveyed 

 for the purposes of a Methodist chapel. By an order of 

 the Charity Commissioners, 2 October, 1867, trustees 

 were appointed, and the property vested in them upon 

 the trusts of ' The Wesleyan Chapel Model Deed.' 



SOUTHWICK 



Seuewic (xiii cent.) ; Suwic, Suthwyk (xiv cent.) ; 

 Southwike (xvi cent.). 



The parish of Southwick consists of well-wooded 

 and undulating country and contains 72 5 J acres of 

 wood. A part of the Forest of Bere lies to the north, 

 and there are many detached woods and copses. 

 Southwick Park also covers a wide area. The road 

 which skirts the north-west of the park passes through 

 the midst of the Forest of Bere, and in its progress 

 north to the hamlet of Denmead traverses some 

 oeautiful wooded country. The parish is well 

 watered by the River Wallington and its tributaries, 

 and contains seventeen acres of water. The south 

 boundary follows the east of Portsdown for about a 

 mile and a half, and one of the forts on the ridge is 

 named ifter the parish. The village lies almost in 

 the centre of the parish, to the east of the junction of 

 the Wallington with one of its tributaries, the main 

 village street running parallel with the south-western 

 boundary of the park and containing many picturesque 

 half-timbered houses. The church of St. James 

 stands just outside the park to the west, facing a 

 second street which runs westward to join the Wick- 

 ham road, the vicarage being near the junction of the 



roads. Bridge House, below Newman's Bridge, is 

 very prettily situated, and there are many other 

 delightful views of river-scenery in the parish. 



The remains of Southwick Priory, a house of Black 

 or Austin canons, founded by Henry I in 1133, and 

 in which, in 1445, Henry VI was married to Mar- 

 garet of Anjou, lie in the extreme south-west corner 

 of Southwick Park, and would doubtless repay a care- 

 ful investigation. The buildings were not entirely 

 destroyed at the suppression, but converted into a 

 house, like those of Titchfield and Mottisfont. There 

 is a record that in Richard Norton's time Dryden's 

 play ' The Spanish Friar ' was performed in the 

 frater. In course of time parts of the old work 

 became ruinous, and in the beginning of the nine- 

 teenth century the house was rebuilt, and much of 

 the monastic building finally disappeared in the pro- 

 cess. Till this date a great chapel with fourteen 

 windows on each side, attributed to William of Wyke- 

 ham, is said to have remained standing. The new 

 house was burnt in 1838, and the present building was 

 begun shortly afterwards. Southwick House, the 

 residence of Mr. Alexander Thistlethwayte, is pleas- 

 antly situated in the centre of the park, which is 



' 8a Illustrated in V.C.H. Hants, i, 248. 



188 Cited in the inspection and con- 

 firmation charter of Edw. Ill (Chart. R. 

 27 Edw. Ill, m. 9, No. 19). 



181 Egerton MSS. 2031-4, vol. 4, fol. 

 22, 56, 86, 102, 141, 170. 



188 Pat. I Mary, pt. 12, m. 2. 

 186 Ibid. 5 and 6 Phil. & Mary, pt. 14, 

 m. 6. 



ls ? Ibid. 29 Eliz. pt. 3 m. n. 



188 Diet. Nat. Biog. ilvti, 144. 



189 Pat. 37 Eliz. pt. 2, m. 10. 



161 



140 Inq. p.m. 1 1 Chas. I (Ser. 2), No. 93 

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

 14> Clergy List, 1865. ' Ibid. 



4 topi Nick. Tax. (Rec, Com.), 

 iii. 

 146 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.) ii, 23. 



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