By the Rev. Canon GILDEA. 



(Read July 19th, 1899.) 



;HE estate of Mapperton has come down either through 

 heirs male or female in unbroken descent for 

 620 years to the present owner, H. F. Compton, 

 Esq., of The Manor House, Minstead, near 

 Lyndhurst. 



From traces of old foundations it is not im- 

 probable there was on or close to the site of 

 present house a residence of a still more ancient 

 date than the existing building. However that may be, the 

 present house, consisting of a front and north wing, was built, 

 according to Hutchins, by Robert Morgan and Mary, his wife. 

 The following inscription formerly existing in the hall recorded 

 the fact " Robert Morgan and Mary, his wife, built this house 

 in their own lifetime and at their own charge and cost. 



" What they spent, that they lent ; 

 What they gave, that they have ; 

 What they left, that they lost." 



According to the same authority there were formerly in the 

 parlour the picture of Mr. Brodrepp and his lady co-heiress of 

 the Morgans, and on the frame of another picture " Robert 



