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at twenty shillings a week, at the discretion of John 

 White, Esq. or any of his family, who shall be resident 

 in the said parish. " 



On November 12, 1758, Andrew Etty, B. D. became 

 vicar. Among many useful repairs he new roofed the 

 body of the vicarage house ; and wainscoted, up to the 

 bottom of the windows, the whole of the chancel ; to 

 the neatness and decency of which he always paid the 

 most exact attention. 



On September 25, 1784, Christopher Taylor, B. D. 

 was inducted into the vicarage of Selborne. 



[August 10, 1800. John Covey, B. D., by cession of 

 Dr. Taylor. He made several alterations and improve- 

 ments in the vicarage house and court; and removed 

 the stone wall from the front court, which he separated 

 from the Plestor by an open palisade. 



1809. William Alcock, D. D. This vicar, in a fit of 

 melancholy, destroyed himself. He lies buried in the 

 churchyard, on the northern side, without any mark to 

 distinguish his grave. 



1813. William Rust Cobbold. The present vicar 

 has added considerably to the comfort of the vicarage 

 house by alterations which have increased the number 

 of rooms, and have rendered them more light and 

 cheerful. He has also much improved the original 

 gardens of the vicarage, having converted them into 

 ornamental grounds enriched with luxuriant exotics, 

 including the finest of the American shrubs ; and he 

 has formed, south of his rick yard, an entirely new fruit 

 and kitchen garden, which, being on the black malm, 

 is of surprising fertility. His donation of an organ 

 to the church has been already mentioned : and it is 

 in a great measure under his superintendence that the 

 interior of the church has assumed the decent and 

 orderly appearance that now belongs to it. He has 

 also built and fitted up two rooms near the Plestor, 

 the use of which he has offered for the schooling of 

 the children of the poorer parishioners.] 



