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THE HAMPSHIRE ANTIQUARY > NATURALIST. 



Southton" (warden of the Hospital of God's House in the 

 town of Southampton) to the present day. 



The revenues of Sherborne Priory were used for chantry 

 purposes in the church of God's House to a later date than 

 probably elsewhere in England. Edward IV's endowment 

 established three priests there, whowerenot extinguished 

 by the Relormation, for in Queen Elizabeth's time one or 

 more of their successors was still chanting the service there 

 for the souls of the Queen's ancestors. 



It was an interesting corroboration of the amount 

 given to the poor at the time of the suppression of 

 the Priory in 1414 that, as the Rev. Canon Willes 

 stated, 1 33. 6d. is still given to the present day. An 

 interesting deed of the time of Henry VIII %vas ex- 

 hibited by Mr. C. Cooksey, leasing these lands, with 

 Chinham, to God's House, Southampton. In the 

 chancel are two tombstones, on one of which the 

 following curious inscription attracted attention : 



si quis eris 

 qui transieris 

 sta perlege plora 

 sum quod eris 

 furamque quod es 

 pro me precor hora. 



Whoever you 'may be 

 who passes by stop 

 read caretully lament 

 I am what thou wilt be 

 and I was what thou art 

 for me I pray you pray. 



Adjourning again to the green, the Rev. G. W. 

 Minns introduced a proposal to increase the annual 

 subscription to the Club to 73. 6d., for the purpose of 

 providing means for improving and enlarging the 

 "Papers and Proceedings" and for scientific and 

 archseological research in the county. He said the 

 Proceedings had increased from about 50 to over 100 

 pages, and this year, with indexes, &c. , would be still 

 larger, but they were largely indebted for their illus- 

 trations to the generosity ot the writers of the papers- 

 Other similar clubs had larger subscriptions, gener- 

 ally zos. or IDS. 6d., with, in some cases, entrance 

 fees. The Rev. W. L. W. Eyre seconded, and Mr. 

 W. Dale supported, the proposal. In the course of 

 discussion Mr. W. Ward advocated that reports of the 

 meetings should be published in a more permanent 

 form than the newspaper reports, which were all they 

 had now. Mr. F. A. Edwards stated that he was 

 now printing for republication in book form the re- 

 ports of the meetings (with other antiquarian matters) 

 from the columns of the Hampshire Independent, 

 particulars of which would be sent to members in due 

 course. The treasurer, Mr. Morris Miles, in reply to 

 a question, stated that the balance in hand at the end 

 of each financial year had been growing, and was now 

 35. The Rev. Father Davies, of Cowes, proposed as 

 an amendment that the matter should be deferred to 

 the annual meeting. On putting this to the vote, the 

 numbers were equal, and the President thought it 

 best under the circumstances to give his casting vote 

 in favour ol the amendment. 



A pleasant walk of two miles next led to the Vyne, 

 where the large party was met and received by Mr. 

 Chaloner W. Chute, the owner of the house. This 

 interesting old mansion has been described and its 

 history and associations graphically related by Mr. 

 Chute in the handsome volume which he published 

 some two years ago, and which was reviewed at 

 length at the time in the Hampshire Independent 

 (March 3, 1888). It was a fitting compliment for this 

 valuable contribution to local history that Mr. Chute 

 should have been elected an honorary member ot the 

 Club. The house is a Tudor building of brick, with 

 diaper work ornamentation, and was erected by the 

 first Lord Sandys in the reign of Henry VIII. 

 Amongst the notable guests of the house were the 

 much married king, his unfortunate wife Ann Boleyn 

 but a short time before her execution, Queen Eliza- 

 beth, Horace Walpole, and the poet Gray. And 

 when the Duke de Biron came over on a mission to 

 the Virgin Queen, rushes were laid in the large stone 

 gallery for the accommodation of his 300 followers. 

 Walpole was a great friend of one of the Chutes, and at 

 the entrance door are a fine pair of Roman eagles pre- 

 sented by him. Walpole also was responsible for 

 the transformation of the grand hall into the fine 

 Italian staircase on and around which the party 

 assembled whilst Mr. Chute gave some particulars ot 

 the house. He then led the way through the various 

 rooms, which are in a remarkable state of preserva- 

 tion, some elaborately paneled. In one long room 

 upstairs the fine oak paneling is ornamented with the 

 arms ot Catherine of Arragon, Cardinal Wolsey, 

 Brocas family, Bishop Fox, Paulet, &c. , with a 

 gilded carving of the jewel of the order of the Garter 

 as a centre piece. In the various rooms, too, are 

 hung many valuable family and other portraits and 

 paintings, some by the old masters. The private 

 chapel a gem of its kind is also in a marvellous 

 state of preservation, untouched by the ruthless 

 destruction of such places in Reformation and Civil 

 War times. It is wonderful that the beautiful stained 

 glass windows should have passed through those 

 troublous periods unscathed. In the floor, too, are 

 some beautiful Italian tiles of about the j'ear 1509. 

 In one of the rooms were displayed several pieces of 

 plate, including a cup presented to Chaloner Chute 

 the Speaker, two repousse vases (with English hall 

 marks) taken by Captain Cook from a Spanish 

 galleon, and a silver race cup or punch bowl won in 

 the year 1688. Before allowing their guests to depart 

 Mr. and Mrs. Chute very hospitably entertained them 

 with tea, after which the President expressed the 

 thanks of the Club for their kindness, and this very 

 pleasant meeting came to an end with a drive back to 

 Basingstoke station. 



THE TRENCHARD FAMILY. 

 A correspondent last week in "Notes and Queries" 

 goes back to about A. D. 1300, re theTrenchard family. 



