BOROUGH OF SOUTHAMPTON 



chapel is a merchant's mark, and near this window an 

 early gravestone of a bishop or abbot '" in mass vest- 

 ments holding a crozier, probably of the twelfth 

 century, the lower part being broken away ; there is 

 also a thirteenth-century coffin-lid with a floriated 

 cross. The only noteworthy monument is that of 

 Sir Richard Lyster, already mentioned, being the 

 mutilated remnant of a canopied altar tomb with 

 effigy, erected in 1567. He died in 1553. 



There are eight bells : the first and second by 

 Warner, 1878 ; the third of 1693, and the fourth, 

 fifth, seventh, and eighth of 1664, are by unknown 

 makers, while the sixth, by William Tosier of Salis- 

 bury, is of 1733. 



The plate comprises a rare and interesting Edwardian 

 covered chalice of 1551, a modern jewelled chalice 

 and paten, two rather ugly chalices, given c. 1830 by 

 Rear-Admiral John Stiles, a large paten of 1733, given 

 by Sir William Heathcote, and an oval almsdish of 

 1791. There is also a very beautiful silver-gilt tazza of 

 1567, chased and embossed, with the story of Isaac 

 and Rebecca in the bottom of the bowl. The out- 

 side of the bowl has an engraved border of strapwork, 

 in which are introduced two foxes, a rabbit, a grass- 

 hopper, a lizard, and a snake. Below are six embossed 

 scutcheons with bunches of fruit and flowers. The 

 stem has a knot of vase-like form enriched with em- 

 bossed ornament of the same character as that on the 

 bowl, with a gadrooned base standing on a circular 

 drum. The foot has a frieze of sea monsters. The 

 cup is fully described and illustrated in the Arch. 

 Journ. lix, 326. 



The vicar seems at first to have been indifferently 

 lodged. Under 1469 and subsequent years we find 

 him paying rent for the house constructed over 

 St. Michael's prison which was close by. 4M In 1497, 

 with the bishop's consent to the arrangement, he 

 leased a house in Fish Street, in the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood, from the patrons, the prior and convent of 

 St. Denys. 467 In and before 1686 there was a parsonage 

 house in St. Michael's Square, which was rebuilt for 

 the second or third time in 1853, but in 1879 a 

 more suitable vicarage was obtained, 9, Portland 

 Terrace, on which is a charge of $ per annum to 

 All Saints' parish. 



Opposite the west end of the church is the timber- 

 framed Tudor house already noticed, 465 and nearly 

 adjacent are the extensive lodging-houses built by the 

 corporation for the accommodation of the working- 

 classes in lieu of dingy courts and houses removed. 



The following ' mynds ' were settled here : of 

 William Maylmeslle 469 (the name afterwards appears 

 as Maunsell), mayor in 1378, and Margaret his wife, 

 kept each 2 September, worth about i us. 8</. : 

 and of Robert Florans, 470 or Floryse, bailiff in 1436, 

 and Ellen his wife, kept yearly 22 February. 



There was also a small foundation 471 worth \s. 2< 

 for two obits, by Thomas Crikelwood and Robert 

 Floryse (or Florans) : also to maintain two obits, a 

 foundation by William Mawnsell 47> and Robert Flores 

 worth 1. Also there had been a foundation worth 

 l a year in 1273 for one mass each day at the altar 

 of St. Theobald for Alice, daughter of Walter Fleming, 

 and wife of Robert Bonhayt. 473 



ALL SAINTS. The church of this parish was 

 originally in the patronage of the convent of St. Denys; 

 it is now in the gift of the bishop. 



It is not mentioned in the Taxation of 1291 but a 

 settled pension there of i 6/. 8d. yielded its tenth of 

 21. 3^. In 1428 its annual value was stated at 6 

 marks. In the Valor of 1536 the benefice was worth 

 <) lot., which, after deduction for the pension and 

 other matters, gave a yearly value of 8 u. o|</., pay- 

 ing its tenth of i6s. x\d. In 1723 it stood in the 

 king's books at 8 n. io%J. and was of the clear 

 annual value of 1 8. It is now worth about 350 

 per annum with a residence. Notices of the church 

 are scanty. In April, 1461, we find payment 474 for 

 guarding a man who had taken sanctuary there ; but 

 no details are given. On 17 March, 1463-4, an 

 ordination was held here, the rector at that time 

 being William Westcarre, bishop of Sidon, suffragan 

 of Winchester. 



The ejectment of Mr. Nathaniel Robinson from 

 the benefice in 1 662 claims some notice. He was in 

 the town in 1643 ; and in January, 1646-7, was 

 objected to by the corporation as not being 'an 

 ordained minister.' 47S In October, 1 648, we find he 

 had been intruded into St. Lawrence's, and was moved, 

 apparently a year after, to All Saints'. After the 

 ejection of Mr. Robinson in 1662 his history became 

 bound up with that of the Congregation Above Bar. 47 * 



The old church consisted of chancel and nave with 

 north aisle, at the west end of which was an included 

 tower of good form in three stages. There were 

 originally five bells, but from a curious notice 477 of 

 September, 1682, we learn that three of these had been 

 stolen by night. The fabric having become ruinous 

 and the accommodation being insufficient, the church 

 was rebuilt on an enlarged scale under certain authori- 

 ties 478 in 1792, and consecrated on 12 November, 1 79 5. 



The new building, a vast parallelogram with 

 catacombs underneath, was from designs of John 

 Reveley, and occupied the whole available space. It is 

 in two stages throughout, having galleries on three 

 sides within. It has a pedimented front of over 66 ft. 

 in the High Street with three entrances into a 

 vestibule, and adorned in the upper stage with five empty 

 niches. The north side is built against houses, the 

 south pierced with sixteen windows, in two ranks, the 

 lower to give light under the gallery. The sanctuary 

 is recessed, and a rather handsome cupola of stone is 

 constructed over the arch which covers the altar. 

 The building is otherwise of stuccoed brick. The 

 chief feature is the roof, which is framed together 

 without any support of columns over a width of 6 1 ft., 

 and is adorned with sunken panels. This church was 

 more admired formerly than now. Much money has, 

 however, been spent on it in recent years and it has 

 been greatly improved. 



The rectory house was in East Street in the early 

 part of the fifteenth century. 479 This property was 

 sold in 1858, and the present rectory house in 

 Anglesea Place provided. 



There is one bell of 1828, by Warner of London. 



The earliest register book commences 29 September, 

 1653. It records several marriages by the mayor and 

 others, marriage at this time being regarded simply as 



6 ' In Gent. Mag. (1830), 218, it is 

 said to be mitred. 4G6 Steward's Bk. 



' Add. MS. 15314, fol. 68*. 



168 Lately acquired and well restored by 

 Mr. W. F. G. Spranger. 



169 Steward's Bk. The mayor and 

 steward each got 2s. and the five curates 

 of the town I 55. 6</. 



''0 Steward's Bk. 1457. 



V 1 Chant. Cert. Ed-.-.VJ (1547)^0.59. 



533 



W Ibid. W Add. MS. 15314, fol. 68*. 

 474 Steward's Bk. 4 ? 5 Town Journ. 



176 See below, under ' Above Bar 

 Church.' 4 ?7 Town Journ. 



4 ' 8 Davies, op. cit. 4 ? 9 All Saints D. 



