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among several alterations and repairs, new built the back 

 front of the vicarage house. 



On February 1, 1740, Duncombe Bristowe, D.D., was 

 instituted to this living. What benefactions this vicar 

 bestowed on the parish will be best explained by the fol- 

 lowing passages from his will : " Item, I hereby give and 

 bequeath to the minister and churchwardens of the parish 

 of Selbourn, in the county of Southampton, a mahogany 

 table, which I have ordered to be made for the celebration 

 of the Holy Communion ; and also the sum of thirty 

 pounds, in trust, to be applied in manner following ; that 

 is, ten pounds towards the charge of erecting a gallery at 

 the west end of the church ; and ten pounds to be laid out 

 for clothing, and such like necessaries, among the poor 

 (and especially among the ancient and infirm) of the said 

 parish : and the remaining ten pounds to be distributed in 

 bread, 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. 



