BERMONDSPIT HUNDRED 



has been worked into the new building, and the font, 

 though brought thence, is modern. 



In the churchyard is a sundial made up of a 

 twelfth-century capital and base, both being set 

 upside down. 



In the tower are five modern bells. In the old 

 church there were at one time four bells, two of which 

 were recast by Warner in 1870. The two others 

 were recast by Warner and a fifth added in 1885, 

 when they were moved to the new church. 



The plate consists of a cup and paten of 1746, a 

 jug-shaped flagon of 1885, and an almsdish of 1798, 

 with the initials E.H. in the centre, probably for 

 Elizabeth Hall, who owned land in the parish and 

 died about 1798."' 



The registers are in a somewhat fragmentary con- 

 dition. The earliest entries are on a parchment 

 recovered from Basingstoke church, and record the 

 marriages from 1584 to 1695; the second portion 

 contains the baptisms, marriages, and burials from 

 1724 to 1736, and the third is a book containing the 

 baptisms for Preston Candover and Nutley, 1688 

 1812, marriages 1696-1754, and burials 17241812. 

 The printed marriage register, 17551812, is also 

 preserved. 



Although Domesday makes no 

 JDfOlfSON mention of a church in Preston 

 Candover, there seem to have been 

 two churches besides manorial chapels in the thirteenth 

 century. Richard de Candevere, ' Filius Wys,' granted 

 in that century the advowson of the church of Preston 

 Candover to the priory of Southwick, 1 " and John 

 ' de Bottel ' likewise granted the advowson of a church 

 in the same place to Matthew, prior of Southwick, in 

 I255. 1 * 3 The grant of his manor by Robert or 

 William de Pont de 1'Arche included a church ; 1M 

 Jordan Eschotland also granted the chapel belonging to 

 his manor, 185 and the priory moreover held a chantry in 

 the manorial chapel of Stevenbury. 1 * 6 The control 

 of ecclesiastical matters in Preston Candover was there- 

 fore vested in the priors from early times, and they 

 held sole patronage lf? until the Dissolution, when the 

 advowson was given to the dean and chapter of Win- 

 chester," 8 who ever since have held it." 9 



A church that was not under the patronage of the 



PRESTON 

 CANDOVER 



priory is mentioned once only, when in 1322 there 

 was said to be a parish church in the manor of 

 William de Horwood of the advowson of John de 

 Somery and worth 25 marks. There is no other 

 reference, however, to this church.' 80 



The only mention of a chantry in Preston Can- 

 dover occurs in the account of a quarrel between 

 Matthew prior of Southwick and Robert de Watte- 

 ville concerning a virgate of land, tithes, and a chantry 

 in the chapel in Robert's court in ' la Stevenburie,' '" 

 with the result that the virgate "* and tithes were 

 assured to the priory. The chantry, too, was granted 

 to the priory, with the proviso that its priest must 

 render fealty to the rector of the mother church of 

 Preston Candover, and that the services, which were 

 to be celebrated three times weekly when the lord of 

 the manor was present, were only to be attended by 

 the family of ' la Stevenburie ' and not by the parish- 

 ioners of the church of Preston Candover. 



Robert Lipscomb, by will, 1711, 



CHARITIES gave a rent-charge of 4 per annum 



to the poor of this parish. The 



charge was upon leasehold property, and upon the 



determination of the lease the charity lapsed. 



An unknown donor, as stated in the returns made 

 to Parliament in 1786, gave lands to the poor, pro- 

 ducing I o/. a year, and the same returns state that 

 a sum of j5 was given by some person unknown, 

 producing 5/. a year. In 1904 the sum of I5/. was 

 paid by Cecil Wade, esq., out of the North Hall 

 estate, and given to six recipients. 



Thomas Hall, by will proved in the P.C.C. in 

 1784, founded a school and endowed it with 7 acres 

 of land in this parish. 133 



Church lands. Upon the inclosure of the common 

 fields in this parish 1 1 a. 2 r. 27 p. were awarded in 

 lieu of certain parcels of land formerly held by the 

 churchwardens. The land is let at 15 a year, 

 which is paid to the churchwardens' account. 



In 1870 30 acres of land were awarded as a poor's 

 allotment, subject to a yearly rent-charge of ^5 pay- 

 able to the overseers. The land is in the hands of 

 the parish council. In 1905-6 $ was received for 

 letting the sporting and shooting, and 3 1 5/. from the 

 sale of the underwood. 



* al Information from Rev. Sumner 

 Wilson, vicar. 



1M Add. MS.(i), 33280. 



1M Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 39 Hen. III. 

 (probably one of the Botiller family who 

 held Botillers Candover). 



* Add. MS. 33280. 



72- 



12i Ibid. 



126 Ibid. 



"7 Egerton MS. 2031-4. 



lffi Pat. 33 Hen. VIII, pt. 9, m. 40. 



"9 Inst. Bks. P.R.O. 



18( > Chan. Inq. p.m. 16 Edw. II, No. 



181 Add. MS. 33280. 



*" This was exchanged for a pasture 

 called 'la Breche.' The tithes were 

 separate from those belonging to the 

 church of Preston Candover. 



" See article on ' Schools,' V.C.H. 

 Hants, ii, 403. 



377 



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