OF SELBOBNE. 
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among several alterations and repairs^ new built the back 
front of the vicarage house. 
On Feb;ruary 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 clothings 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. 
