FAWLEY HUNDRED 



TWYFORD 



the bridge of Fokesbridge was in decay, whereupon 

 the whole tithing was ordered to repair it by a fixed 

 date under a penalty of 6s. 8<^., the lord supplying 

 the timber. At the same court the tenants of 

 North Twyford were requested to mend their hedges 

 around 21 fields sown with barley, while those of South 

 Twyford were to make hedges in ' Golden Lane.' 



The church of OUR LADY, 

 CHURCHES TWYFORD was rebuilt in 1876-7, 

 some features of the former building 

 being re-used in the new work. The present church 

 consists of a chancel with north-east vestry and north 

 and south chapels, nave with aisles, and a tower with a 

 spire at the north-west. The site falls from east to 

 west, and the chancel is raised considerably above the 

 nave level, and is fitted with good oak stalls and 

 screen, and an elaborate reredos. The nave has 

 arcades of five bays, with painted arches of two orders, 

 the round columns which carry them, with their 

 octagonal capitals and moulded bases, being for the 

 most part of late twelfth-century date ; the capitals 

 are of several different designs, with scallops, flutes, and 

 foliage. The clearstory above likewise preserves some 

 old stonework in its square-headed windows of two 

 trefoiled lights. The east window of the south 

 chapel is of the fifteenth century with three cinque- 

 foiled lights and tracery over ; it was formerly the 

 east window of the old chancel. 



The monuments from the old church have been 

 relegated to the north chapel, behind the organ, and 

 are of no particular note, the most interesting being 

 that of Dulcibella Welles, 1616, of alabaster with a 

 bowed front, and black marble panel for the inscrip- 

 tion. 



In the church is hung a plan of the seating made in 

 1698, showing the front seats on either side of the 

 nave assigned as the vicar's pew and the churching 

 pew ; the side seats in the back blocks on the north 

 side are apportioned to ' poor housekeepers,' and those 

 corresponding to them on the south to their wives. 



In the tower are eight bells, the treble and second 

 byTaylor, 1899 ; third by Mears, 1833 ; fourth, fifth, 

 sixth, and tenor by Lester & Pack, 1766 ; and 

 seventh by Chapman, 1780. 



The plate, with one exception, is modern, consist- 

 ing of two chalices and patens, and a flagon ; there is 

 also an old pewter flagon and almsdish. The old 

 piece is a paten of 1692, given by Mr. Anthony 

 Leger ; it was sold, together with an old communion 

 cup, some time since, but has fortunately been re- 

 covered, though the cup has not. 



The first book of the registers runs from 1627 to 

 1712, and the second from 1713 to 1812, the mar- 

 riages ceasing in 1754. The third book contains the 

 burials in woollen 1714-1812, and the fourth is the 

 printed marriage register, 1754-1812. 



The church of HOLY TRINITY, GOLDEN 

 COMMON, built in 1844, is a small building of flint 

 with stone dressings in Transition style, consisting of 

 chancel, nave, south porch, and open bell-turret with 

 one bell. The register dates from 1843. 



At the time of the Domesday Sur- 

 ADVOWSON vey there was a church in Twyford 

 worth 5/., which was in the posses- 

 sion of the bishop," and in 1 284 the king surrendered 

 to John, bishop of Winchester, and his successors all his 

 right in the advowson of this church." In 1291 

 Twyford vicarage was assessed at lo, at and in 1535 

 it was assessed at 14." 



The advowson of the vicarage was in the hands of 

 the bishop until 1 551, "when John Poynet, bishop 

 of Winchester, gave up all the episcopal manors to the 

 crown in exchange for a fixed income of 2,000 

 marks ; " and the manor and advowson of Twyford 

 were at once granted to Sir Henry Seymour the 

 king's uncle. 



From this time until about 1825 the advowson of 

 Twyford followed the descent of the manor (q.v.), 

 which in 1824 was in the possession of the Mildmay 

 family. 



From 1829 until the present day Emmanuel Col- 

 lege, Cambridge, has nominated to Twyford vicarage," 

 but the St. John Mildmays have presented to the 

 living. 80 The rectorial tithes of Twyford were ap- 

 propriated to the hospital of St. Cross founded by 

 Bishop Henry of Blois, founded about 1136," and 

 after the dissolution of the monasteries passed into the 

 possession of the lords of the manor." 



The living of Holy Trinity, Golden Common, is a 

 vicarage, net yearly value .183, with residence and 

 2 acres of glebe in the alternate gift of the vicar of 

 Twyford and the vicar of Owslebury. 



In 1780 Richard Wool directed 

 CHARITIES his executors to lay out 500 in the 

 public funds, the dividends to be 

 paid to a schoolmaster for teaching all the poor chil- 

 dren of Twyford. The legacy was invested in the 

 purchase of .877 3/. loJ. consols. 



In 1839 Archdeacon Clark (who died in 1841) by 

 his will bequeathed (subject to the life interest of his 

 widow, who died in 1871) ^1,000 consols, dividends 

 to be applied towards the support of the school, in 

 augmentation of the provisions made by Richard 

 Wool. The legacy, less duty and expenses, was invested 

 in 896 5/. 3<z'. consols. The two sums of stock are 

 held by the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds." 



In 1855, by an award made on the inclosure of 

 Twyford Down, 4 acres were allotted as a recreation 

 ground, afterwards sold to the Didcot Railway for 

 150, which sum was laid out in 1891 in the pur- 

 chase of 4 acres in Hazeley Down, about a mile from 

 the village. 



In 1855, by an award, 2 acres were allotted for 

 garden allotments (subject to a rent-charge of $ a 

 year) for the poor of Golden Common. The allot- 

 ments produce about 8 I is. 6d. a year, which is 

 applied in maintaining and improving the same. The 

 rent-charge has been redeemed out of surplus rents. 



In 1897 Mrs. Jane Mary Smith-Dampier, by deed, 

 conveyed to trustees a house and site as a residence for 

 a nurse for this parish and Compton. See hundred 

 of Buddlesgate. 



11 Eccl. Com. Ct. R. bdle. 85, No. 3. 

 V.C.H. Hants, i, 460. 

 *> Chart. R. 12 Edw. I, m. 5. 

 u Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 

 210. 



85 Valar Eccl. (Rec. Com.), ii, 6. 



m ffykeham's Reg. (Hants Rec. Soc.), 



if 45- 



" Pat. 5 Edw. VI ; pt. 6, m. 20. See 

 also Marwell. 



28 Ibid. pt. 5, m. 29. 



M Clerical Guide, 1829-41; Clergy 

 Lht, 1845-1904. 



" Information supplied by Colonel 

 Mildmay. 



81 y.C.H. Hantt, ii, 20. 



"Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 30 Geo. 

 III. 



88 V.C.H. Hanti, ii, 'Schools.' 



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