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by will that his body should be buried in Beddington Church, between 

 the grave of his brother John and the south, door of the church. It 

 was that one who left the bequest of i^20 towards the rebuilding of St. 

 Mary's : he willed that four fit chaplains were to be found, one of whom 

 for ever, and others for five years, were to pray for his- soul and ail 

 Christian souls of the church at Beddington. He willed also that 

 thirteen torches and five tapers, each weighing six pounds at the most, 

 were to be provided for his funeral ; these were afterwards to be 

 distributed at the discretion of the executors. The torches were to 

 be borne by thirteen poor men, who were all to have new clothes 

 for the occasion. This extraordinary will was proved at Croydon 

 in 1390. 



The advowson of St. Mary's was given in 1159 to the Priory of 

 Bermondsey by Ingelram de Funteneys, or Fontibus, and Sibyl de 

 Watevile, sister of William de Watevile, and wife of Adam de Pirot ; 

 and this grant was confirmed in the same year by Henry H., and later 

 by Edward HI. In 1246 the same Priory recovered an annual pension 

 of 100 shillings payable to them out of this Rectory, as well as two 

 marks sterling in lieu of tithes, of land in the parish of Beddington. 

 After the dissolution of the monasteries the advowson of the church 

 was granted by Henry VIII. to the Carews, in which family it remained 

 until the year 1859. 



The living of Beddington— which is a rectory situated in the 

 deanery of Ewell, and is in the diocese of Winchester— produces 

 at the present time about ^1,250 a year. The advowson was sold by 

 the Carew family during the lifetime of the Rev. James Hamilton to 

 Mr. Raincock for ;^8,soo. Shortly afterwards the Rev. James Hamilton 

 died, when the Rev. Dr. Marsh was appointed rector. During the life- 

 time of Dr. Marsh the advowson was again sold to Sir Henry Bridges 

 for ;^_i 7,000, and on the death of Dr. Marsh, at the great age of 86, the 

 Rev. A. H. Bridges was appointed to the living. 



There was also a sinecure benefice to the church, called a free 

 portion, the patronage of which was annexed to Huscarle's manor. It 

 was valued in 1291 at 15 marks; two of them were paid, as already 



