MAINSBRIDGE HUNDRED 



PAULET. Sable three 

 rwords set fileivise -with 

 their hilts or. 



a grant of a market to be held every Monday in their 

 manor of Hound. 8 



On the suppression of the smaller monasteries the 

 monks from Netley migrated to the larger Cistercian 

 abbey of Beaulieu, from which their predecessors had 

 originally come, and Hound manor, with its windmill, 

 and other lands in Shotteshal 

 and Sholing, in this parish, 

 were granted by the crown to 

 Sir William Paulet, kt., Baron 

 Beauchamp, and first marquis 

 of Winchester. 9 He took an 

 important part in the politics 

 of his day, became controller 

 of the king's household and 

 treasurer, and cleverly managed 

 to retain his position through 

 the reigns of the three suc- 

 cessors of Henry VIII until 

 his death in 1572.' He was 

 succeeded by his son John, who mortgaged the manor 

 of Hound with its appurtenances in the same year." 



John died in 1576, and his son William inherited 

 the estate and held it until his death in 1598, when 

 it passed to his son Thomas. 11 The latter was soon 

 involved in financial difficulties, and in 1602 sold his 

 manors of Netley and Hound and his other property 

 in Hound parish to Edward 

 Seymour, earl of Hertford, 13 

 who remained seised until his 

 death in 1621. 



His grandson William, who 

 inherited the estates, married 

 Frances daughter of Robert 

 earl of Essex in 1618," and 

 settled the manors of Netley 

 and Hound on her for life. 

 He survived his wife and lived 

 until 1660, when the duke- 

 dom of Somerset was restored 



to his family. 15 William his grandson, who succeeded 

 to the estates in 1660, died in his minority eleven 

 years later, when his sister Lady Elizabeth inherited 

 the property and the titles went to his uncle. Lady 

 Elizabeth did not long remain in possession, for in 

 1676 the two manors were purchased by the marquis 

 of Worcester. 18 



The descent of the manors cannot be ascertained 

 for the next forty years, but they had passed before 

 1718 into the possession of Sir Berkeley Lucy, 17 

 probably by purchase from the marquis or his heirs. 

 Mr. Thomas Lee Dummer of Cranbury purchased 

 Netley and Hound, with all the lands and mills 

 belonging to them in Shotteshal and Sholing, from 

 Sir Berkeley Lucy before the year 1765, when a 

 pamphlet entitled The Ruins of Netley Abbey was 

 dedicated to him and printed at his expense. 18 The 

 next year he sold his possessions in Hound parish, 



SEYMOUR. Gules a 

 pair of tvingt or. 



HOUND WITH 



NETLEY 



which included the two manors of Netley and Hound, 

 to William Chamberlayne," who died in 177 5, leaving 

 a son William as heir. At his death, without issue, 

 in 1830, these manors passed to his cousin Thomas, 

 father of the present owner, Mr. Tankerville Cham- 

 berlayne of Cranbury Park. 



At the time of the Survey NETLET was held by 

 Richard Puingiant. In King Edward's time Alward 

 had been the holder, and it was then assessed at 3 

 hides. Under Richard it was assessed at I hide, but 

 its value had risen from 6os. to loo/.* 



In 1241 Netley manor was the property of Geoffrey 

 the Chamberlain, who that year granted it to Robert 

 the abbot and the monks of the newly founded 

 monastery in Netley, in exchange for lands in 

 Mildenhall." 



The grant was confirmed by Henry III in the 

 following year " and again in 1 25 1, when the king 

 also granted to them free warren in their manor and 

 the site of their monastery in Netley. 83 This grant, 

 which included other possessions in the parish of 

 Hound, was again confirmed by Edward I in 1 285," by 

 Henry IV in 1400," and later still by Henry VI. 16 



With the dissolution of Netley Abbey in 1536, its 

 possessions went to the crown, and in 1537 the site. 

 of the monastery, with the manor and grange of 

 Netley, was granted with the manor of Hound to Sir 

 William Paulet.' 7 



From this date the histories of the manors of 

 Netley and Hound (q.v.), with the exception of the 

 mortgage of Hound in 1572, have been identical. 



FORT. In 1545 a small fort was built by Sir 

 William Paulet within the grounds of Netley Abbey 

 at the request of Henry VIII, for the protection of 

 the coast and the approach to Southampton. Certain 

 manors and lands were granted to him for the upkeep 

 of the fort and its garrison, which consisted of a cap- 

 tain, two soldiers, a porter, and six gunners.' 7 " This 

 garrison was still maintained in l627,' 7b but the fort, 

 known as Netley Castle, was shortly afterwards en- 

 larged and turned into an ordinary residence, occupied 

 at the present day by the Hon. H. Crichton. 



The church of OUR LADY is a 

 CHURCHES plain rectangle measuring externally 

 84 ft. 3 in. by 20 ft. 4 in., divided into 

 nave and chancel by a wall 24 ft. from the east end, and 

 3 ft. 8 in. thick, the other walls of the church being only 

 2 ft. 7 in. thick. The reason for this extra thickness, 

 unless intended to take a masonry bell-turret, is not 

 evident. There is no trace of such a turret, and the 

 bells hang at the west of the nave in a wooden turret 

 carried on posts coming down to the floor of the 

 church. The general structure belongs to the first 

 half of the thirteenth century, the chancel having an 

 east window of three lancet lights under an inclosing 

 pointed arch, the rear arch being round, and two 

 rather high-set lancets in each side wall. At the 

 south-west is a fifteenth-century cinquefoiled light at 



8 Cat. of Chart. 1226-57, P- 354- At 

 the beginning of the fourteenth century 

 the abbot acquired a considerable amount 

 of land in the parish by grant from Roger 

 atte Felde and the But family, and also a 

 salt-pit from Ric. de Morilun and Chris- 

 tina his wife, licence for the alienation of 

 which property in mortmain was granted 

 in 1311. 



9 Dugdale, Man. v, 676 ; Pat. 28 

 Hen. VIII, pt. 3, m. 12. 



111 Diet. Nat. Biog. 



" B.M. Chart. Add. MS. 16153. 

 la Diet. Nat. Biog. 



Feet of F. Hants, Hil. 44 Eliz. ; 

 B.M. Add. MS. 33278, fol. 167. 



" Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 1 5 Jas. I. 



15 G.E.C. Complete Peerage. 



16 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Trin. 28 

 Chas. II. 



W Willis, Mitred Abbey;, ii, 205 ; Feet 

 of F. Hants, Trin. 9 Geo. I. 



18 B.M. 



19 Feet of F. Hants, Ea f. 6 Geo. III. 



477 



272. 



39- 



> V.C.H. Hanti, i, 495*. 

 Feet of F. Hants, 25 Hen. Ill, No. 



Cat. of Pat. 1232-47, p. 333. 

 Cat. of Chart. 1226-57, P- 354- 

 Chart. R. 13 Edw. I, No. 78. 

 Cal. of Pat. 1399-1401, p. 329. 

 Ibid. 1422-9, p. 315. 

 Pat. 28 Hen. VIII, pt. 3, m. u. 

 Pat. I Edw. VI, pt. 3, m. 37, 38, 



b Coll. Arch. 1 88 1 vol. xii. 



