FAWLEY HUNDRED 



TICH BORNE 



of four half-timbered thatched cottages, the first one 

 being the village post-office, perhaps one of the most 

 picturesque cottages in the district. Beyond these is 

 another group round which a rough road curves north- 

 west, crossing the fields into Ovington parish, while the 

 main road turns south-east, and passing by several 

 thatched cottages and farm buildings, branches south- 

 east to Sevington Farm and south-west uphill to 

 Gander Down. 



Tichborne House, the seat of Sir Henry Dou^h y 

 Tichborne, was built in the beginning of the last 

 century in place of the old house, which is known to 

 have existed as early as the time of Henry III. It is 

 surrounded by a well-wooded park of 1 1 6 acres. A 

 Roman Catholic chapel is attached to the house. In 

 the south-west corner of the park is a large fish-pond 

 which is formed by the River Itchen. Vernal Farm, 

 Goodwin Farm, and the Home Farm lie to the north ; 

 and Grange Farm and Sevington Farm are situated 

 south of the village. The north-east corner of the 

 parish is composed of downland called Tichborne 

 Down, on which lies Tichborne Down Farm. In the 

 centre of the parish is Gander Down, on the southern 

 slopes of which stands Gander Down Farm ; still 

 further to the south lie Warren Farm and New Warren 

 Farm. Altogether there are 1 ,762 J acres of permanent 

 grass as compared with 1,3-flf acres of arable land. 

 The extreme south of the parish is thickly wooded 

 country, comprising most of the 28 1 J acres of wood- 

 land, in the midst of which stand Honeyman Farm and 

 Longwood Farm. 



There is no inclosure award for the parish. The 

 soil is clay and chalk ; the subsoil chalk. The chief 

 crops are wheat, barley, and oats. 



The following place names occur: in 1602 'Wales 

 and Wickhurst," in 1611 ' Ewfards,' * and in 1648 

 ' Ruddlersdell, Hasards, Rowdich, and Gorings." 



The descent of the manor of 

 MANORS TICHBORNE is interesting because 

 it has been held by the Tichborne family 

 under the bishops of Winchester from the twelfth 

 century to the present day. 

 King Edward granted land at 

 Tichborne to Denewulf, bishop 

 of Winchester, for three lives 

 in 909 ; * Athelstan, however, 

 did not renew this grant, but 

 instead gave 25 mansae at 

 Tichborne to the monks of 

 St. Peter and St. Paul at Win- 

 chester in 938 ; 5 and in 964 

 King Edgar granted Tich- 

 borne to Winchester Cathe- 

 dral. 6 There is no entry 

 with regard to Tichborne in Domesday Book ; but 

 it is possible that some of the land at least was 



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TICHBORNE. 



chief or. 



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included in Twyford, which was assessed at a very large 

 amount at the time of the Survey. 



Walter de Tichborne held two knights' fees from 

 Henry, bishop of Winchester, in 1135 ; and his son 

 Roger who succeeded him held one and a half fees 

 from the bishop in 1 166.' Bartholomew de Wydehaye 

 conveyed the manor to John de Tichborne 8 and his 

 wife Amice, evidently as a settlement, in 1320; the 

 reversion was settled on Roger, John's son. 9 



Roger de Tichborne succeeded his father, and in 

 1 346 was holding one fee in Tichborne which had 

 belonged to John de Tichborne. 10 John de Tichborne, 

 Roger's grandson, held Tichborne in 1428," and died 

 seised of the manor in 1499, leaving a son and heir 

 William." 



Francis Tichborne was holding Tichborne manor 

 at the time of his death in 1565 ; before he died he 

 had settled it on his wife Joan with remainder to his 

 half-brother Benjamin ; " this Joan evidently married 

 William Page as her second husband, for in 1571 

 Joan wife of William Page granted her life interest in 

 Tichborne to Benjamin," who died in possession of 

 Tichborne manor in 1631, leaving a son and heir 

 Richard. 15 



A few years later, in 1 639, Richard Tichborne granted 

 the manor to his brother Benjamin for the term of his 

 own life. 16 After the death of Richard the estate, heavily 

 burdened with debt," passed to his son Sir Henry, 

 who held it until his death in 1689. 



He was succeeded by his son Henry, who made a 

 settlement of Tichborne manor in 1718." Henry 

 died in 1743 without male heirs, and the Tichborne 

 estates passed to a cousin, Henry Tichborne of 

 Frimley," who held it until 1778." 



From 1778 until the present day the manor of 

 Tichborne has remained in the same family ; the 

 present lord of the manor being Sir Henry A. J. 

 Doughty Tichborne, of Tichborne Park. 



Among the appurtenances belonging to Tichborne 

 manor in 1654 were a water-mill, free warren, and 

 free fishery in the waters of Tichborne ;** and again 

 in 1717, when Sir Henry Tichborne held the manor 

 of Tichborne, free fishery and free warren are 

 mentioned. 83 



At the present day there seems to be no trace of a 

 water-mill in Tichborne. 



The church of ST. ANDREW, on the 

 CHURCH higher ground north-west of the village, 

 is prettily situated in a churchyard with 

 an eastward fall, commanding a beautiful view over 

 the valley. There is a fine yew tree in the south- 

 west of the churchyard. The church has a chancel 

 1 6 ft. by II ft. 8 in., nave 29 ft. by 17 ft. 6 in., 

 with north aisle 10 ft. wide, south aisle 7 ft. 9 in. 

 wide, south porch and west tower. 



The chancel is an interesting piece of early building, 



1 Eccl. Com. Ct. R. 158821, bdle. 

 136, No. 2. 



" Ibid. 158030, bdle. 115 No. 8. 



8 Ibid. 155760, bdle. 39, No. 8. 



4 Birch, Cart. Sax. ii, 289. 



6 Ibid, ii, 443. 



6 Ibid, iii, 407. 



1 Red Bk. of^Excb. i, 205. 



8 John de Tichborne was a man of some 

 eminence ; he was sheriff of Hampshire, 

 Dorset and Somerset in 14 Edw. II ; and 

 he was knight of the shire for Hamp- 

 ihire, warden of the Castle of Salisbury 

 and one of the judges of assize. 



9 Cal. of Clou, 1318-23, pp. 338, 

 632. 



10 FeuJ. Aids, ii, 334. 

 Ibid, ii, 363. 



Chan. Inq. p.m. 14 Hen. VII (Ser. 2), 

 vol. 13, No. 1 6. 



18 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Hil. 4 Eliz. ; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. 7 Eliz. (Ser. 2), vol. 141, 

 No. 12. 



" Feet of F. Div. Cos. Trin. 13 Eliz. 



15 Chan. Inq. p.m. 6 Chas. I, vol. 455, 

 No. 69. 



" Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 14 Chas. I. 



W Cal. of Com. for Comf. iv, 2531. 



337 



18 Berry, Hants Genealogies, zS. Sir 

 Henry fought at Cheriton with two of 

 hii uncles, and tradition still points out 

 the Tichborne oak in which he was sup- 

 posed to have hidden himself. He was 

 alto implicated in the Popish Plot, and 

 was imprisoned for a long time, but was 

 released in 1685. 



Feet of F. Hants, East. 4 Geo. I ; 

 Recov. R. East. 4 Geo. I, m. 203. 



*> Berry, Hants Genealogies, 28-32. 



a Recov. R.Mich. 1 8 Geo. Ill, m. 112. 



M Ibid. Mich. 1654, m. 227. 



88 Ibid. East 4 Geo. I, m. 203. 



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