1 30 PORTLAND. 



"It is pretended to have been the Parsonage House and 

 "although the living is a Rectory, is vulgarly called the 

 " Vicarage House. The Inhabitants know little about it 

 " but have a tradition that it was a fine place demolished in 

 "the last Civil Wars. It appears that Humphrey 

 " Henchman who was inducted into the Rectory 1641 A.D. 

 " was sequestered and paid 200 for his composition and 

 "that in 1643 one Henry Way was appointed to succeed 

 "him." 



" From the form of what remains of this Edifice it is 

 " more than probable it was an Oratory or small Chapel and 

 " as such might be a particular object of the rage of the 

 " Puritans among whom the demolishing a building of that 

 " kind was held a work extremely .meritorious." 

 The following is an extract from the Parish Book " Portland 



Island Ancient Records " : 



" To say one Personage House in the villidge of Wakem. 



Demolished and burnt down by the usurper Oliver Cromwell, and 



hant been rebuilded every since." 



CHURCH LANDS. 



9 Edward VI. Eight acres of land in Brochhampton, in 

 Portland, were held by Humphrey, Earl of Devon, of the Abbot of 

 Abbotsbury. 



Anno incerto, Henry VI. lands here were given to the Guild of 

 St. George in Waymouth, which seem 2 Edward VI. to be granted 

 to Richard Randal. 



37 Henry VII. lands here belonging to Abbotsbury Abbey 

 were granted to John Broxholm, &c. 



TITHES. 



The following is an extract from the Parish Book of Portland : 

 The Hay put up in small Cocks, the person or proctor take the 



Tenth Cock. The Wheat are put in strait lines and the person 



or proctor take the Tenth Shive, 



