OF SKLBORNE. 537 



to it in the thirty-first year of his age. At his first 

 coming 1 he ceiled the chancel, and also floored and 

 wainscoted the parlour and hall, which before, were 

 paved with stone, and had naked walls ; he enlarged 

 the kitchen and brewhouse, and dug a cellar and well: 

 he also built a large new barn in the lovvej* yard, re- 

 moved the hovels in the front court, which he laid out 

 in walks and borders ; and entirely planned the back 

 garden, before a rude field with a stone-pit in the midst 

 of it. By his will he gave and bequeathed " the sum 

 of forty pounds to be laid out in the most necessary 

 repairs of the church: that is, in strengthening and 

 securing such parts as seem decaying and dangerous." 

 With this sum two large buttresses were erected to 

 support the east end of the south wall of the church ; 

 and the gable end wall of the west end of the south aisle 

 was new built from the ground. 



By his will also he gave " One hundred pounds to be 

 laid out on lands ; the yearly rents whereof shall be 

 employed in teaching the poor children of Selbourne 

 parish to read and write, and say their prayers and 

 catechism, and to sew and knit : and be under the 

 direction of his executrix as long as she lives ; and, 

 after her, under the direction of such of his children 

 and their issue, as shall live in or within five miles of 

 the said parish : and on failure of any such, then under 

 the direction of the vicar of Selbourn for the time being; 

 but still to the uses above-named." With this sum were 

 purchased, of Thomas Turville, of Hawkely, in the 

 county of Southampton, yeoman, and Hannah his wife, 

 two closes of freehold land, commonly called Collier's, 

 containing, by estimation, eleven acres, lying in Hawke- 

 ley aforesaid. These closes are let at this time, 1785, 

 on lease, at the rate of three pounds by the year 3 . 



This vicar also gave by will two hundred pounds 



3 The fac-simile of the historian's autograph, subjoined to the adver- 

 tisement prefixed to the present volume, is taken from his signature to the 

 lease here referred to, which is now in the editor's possession. E. T. B. 



