PRESTON CANDOVER
Candevre, Candovre (xi cent.); Candeura, Candieura (xii cent.); Preste Candevere, Kandever, Kandevera (xiii cent.); Preston Candeuere (xiv cent.);
Preston in Candeveresdene (xv cent.); Kandavor
(xvii cent.).
The parish of Preston Candover, containing 3,457
acres, lies on comparatively low ground, south of the
high country round Farleigh Wallop and Nutley,
and north-west of that which rises to Wield and beyond Wield to Medsted. The ground rises generally
from west to east, the greatest height, 500 ft. above
the ordnance datum, being reached in the north-east
near Moundsmere Farm.
The village itself lies on the lowest ground towards
the west of the parish on the road which comes northeast from Northington and the two other Candovers,
and runs across the parish to enter Nutley at Axford
and continues uphill to Farleigh and thence to Basingstoke. As the road enters the village the farm
buildings of Lower Farm lie on the east, as a branch
road turns off south-east towards Godsfield and Alresford. On the west at the corner of a lane which
runs north-west by the Manor Farm to Preston
Copse, is the old vicarage, now a private house, north
of which is the graveyard and the remains of the
old church of St. Mary, now used as a mortuary
chapel. As the road continues up the village, South
Hall, the property and residence of Mr. C. Hall,
stands back on the east, while on the west is North
Hall, the manor-house of the Purefoy estate, now
the property and residence of Mr. C. L. Wade.
Passing by several good cottages and houses the
road comes to the modern church of St. Mary, to
which, as it stands well to the east, a lychgate leads
the way over a grass inclosure. Here the road curves
to the north by the 'Purefoy Arms,' which stands on
the west almost opposite the church, and passing by
the several shops and cottages of the village, one of
which on the east side serves as the post office,
goes on to the schools, which stand in their inclosed playground also on the east side of the road.
On high ground north-east of the schools is the
modern vicarage standing in good grounds. Beyond
the schools two or three thatched cottages lie east
and west of the road, and a small plain tiled building,
a Primitive Methodist chapel, bearing the date 1863,
stands on the east. Passing on through the north
end of the village, the wooden fence inclosing the
well-wooded grounds of the west park of Preston
House, the seat of Mrs. Hope, runs along the west
side of the road, a drive at the further end leading
up to the house. On the opposite side of the road
are two or three thatched cottages, while from here
a road branches east to Bradley and Herriard. Leaving the grounds of Preston House the main road
continues north to Axford and so out of the parish.
Moundsmere Farm, lying on the downs in the
north-east, is the most interesting spot in the parish.
When the property of Southwick Priory, including
the manor of Moundsmere, passed to Winchester
College by exchange with Henry VIII in 1543,
the farmstead was in the very next year used as a
sick-house for the Winchester scholars who were
stricken down by the plague that visited Winchester
in 1544. Thus new buildings appear to have been
run up round the farm-house during that year, and
a number of scholars were sent there both in the
autumn and winter terms. (fn. 1) In 1554, on the occasion
of another outbreak of the plague, scholars were again
sent to Moundsmere, and, probably by means of a
certain sum over from Queen Mary's largess given
on her bridal visit to the college, 'the chyldren's
hows at Mouseberie (sic) for their comfort in tyme of
siknes' was repaired and the barn was fitted with
bed-places and windows for their reception. (fn. 2) Mr.
Kirby, in his Annals of Winchester College, (fn. 3) quotes an
interesting clause inserted after this date in all successive leases of the demesne land of the manor, reserving to the college 'the new buildings adjoining
the manor house' with all new rooms that might
hereafter be built for such time only as the warden,
scholars, schoolmasters, clerks, or servants of the
college should 'resort, come, and remain there for the
avoiding of the plague or any such pestilential sickness.' But although the tenant of Moundsmere Farm
was thus obliged to receive sick scholars at any time,
when the plague of 1666 made its appearance in
Winchester the sick scholars instead of being sent to
Moundsmere were sent to a farm-house at Cranley,
and presumably from that time the tenant of Moundsmere escaped his obligation. (fn. 4)
Cobbett, in his Rural Rides, (fn. 5) mentions the avenue
of yew trees which runs east of the road south of the
village at Preston Candover, estimating it as probably
a mile long, 'each containing as nearly as I can guess
from twelve to twenty feet of timber.' Chalk, as he
says, is the favourite soil of the yew tree, and chalk
composes both the soil and subsoil of Preston Candover. Thus on the 2,498¼ acres of arable land the
usual crops of wheat, turnips, and oats are grown.
Preston Down in the south-east of the parish, with
the downs in the north round Moundsmere, make up
the greater part of the 985 acres of permanent grass.
There are numerous small copses in the west of
the parish—Lilley's Copse and Preston Copse with
the small Upper Barn Copse and Furze Yard Copse,
and these with Inham Copse near Axford and the
large stretch of woodland known as Preston Oak Hills
Wood which fills up the north-east corner of the
parish, make up the 405¾ acres of woodland included
in Preston Candover.
MANORS
In PRESTON CANDOVER at the
date of the Domesday Survey there were
six separate estates, five of which were
owned by the Conqueror's followers who had replaced the Saxon owners, whilst the sixth was still
held by a Saxon priest, the pre-Conquest owner.
Of these estates William Mauduit had one which in
the Confessor's time had been held as two manors;
Ralf de Mortimer and his under-tenant Oidelard held
the second which had before belonged to Cheping;
Hugh de Port, whose under-tenant was Anschitel,
held the third which had been a portion of the
possessions of Earl Godwin; clerks, or priests, had
the fourth which had been the land of Alvric; Cheping had the fifth which was before held by Sberne
of Queen Edith; and lastly, Edwin the priest held
the sixth of King William as he had held it of King
Edward. (fn. 6)
No connexion can be made out between these
separate owners and the overlords or owners of the
various manors found later in the parish, and any
attempt to discover one must be conjectural, except
in the case of the lands of William Mauduit which
by the twelfth century were in the hands of Robert de
Pont de l'Arche, (fn. 7) and in the case of the Mortimer possessions, which remained to that family, Roger de
Mortimer and his son Edmund holding in Candover
before 1398 and 1424 a fee worth 100s. (fn. 8)
Upon the Pipe Roll of 1166 an assessment for
CANDOVER SCOTLAND was given as half a mark. (fn. 9)
This was evidently the manor that, in the thirteenth
century, Jordan and William Eschotland held. (fn. 10) No
further trace of the Eschotland family or their manor
can be found unless it can be identified with the
manor of Preston Candover, which appears for the
first time in the reign of Edward III held by the
Hoyvilles.
In 1368 John de Hoyville, son and heir of William
de Hoyville, granted to William de Wykeham, bishop
of Winchester, the manor of PRESTON CANDOVER
and lands in 'Candeveresden.' (fn. 11) In the reign of
Richard II the bishop granted this manor to Thomas
Warenner and his wife Joan. (fn. 12) The only child of
Thomas Warenner and Joan was Agnes, to whose
husband, Sir Walter Sandys, the manor descended in
the reign of Henry IV. (fn. 13)
The manor remained in the Sandys family (fn. 14) until
some time in the latter part of the sixteenth or early
part of the seventeenth century, when it seems to
have been alienated to a man of the name of Guye,
since in 1636 James Guye, yeoman of Preston Candover, sold for £1,110 the manor of Preston Candover with all manorial rights to George Long. (fn. 15)
The new owner, a stout adherent of the Parliament, lived in London during the Civil War, and
assisted the Parliament with money. (fn. 16) When he returned home after Basing House had fallen, he found
his house a ruin and his land wasted. By way of
compensation the Parliament gave him a small farm
in Preston Candover from the forfeited property of
a recusant, Francis Perkins, the owner of another
manor in Preston Candover. (fn. 17) Later, however, Mr.
Perkins offering a larger amount than that paid by
Mr. Long, was allowed by the Parliamentary Committee to buy back the estate for his son. Against
this decision George Long petitioned in vain. (fn. 18)
The Longs, however, recovered their property
later, and either this George Long or a son of the
same name sold the manor in 1677 to William
Soper, (fn. 19) in whose family it remained until the reign
of George II, when, in 1739, Patience Soper, one
of three daughters, (fn. 20) and evidently heiress of John
Soper, of Preston Candover, brought the manor to
her husband, William Guidott. (fn. 21) William Guidott,
the famous builder of Preston House, died in 1745,
and on the death of Patience in 1749 Preston Candover passed to their kinsman and heir William
Woodroffe, who took the name of Guidott. (fn. 22)
In 1783 William Woodroffe Guidott sold the estate
for £9,000 to John Blackburne, a merchant of London,
and John Slade, in equal shares, and in 1789 John
Blackburne bought Slade's moiety. (fn. 23) By his will
dated 1792 he left his manor and lands to his son
John. (fn. 24) He died in debt, and in 1829 an order was
made for the sale of his estate to defray his liabilities. (fn. 25)
Mr. Rumbold purchased the manor and sold it later
to H. King, who was succeeded by his son J. H. King.
The latter sold the estate in 1877 to Lord Templemore, from whom it was purchased by Mr. H. J. Hope
at the end of the nineteenth century. (fn. 26) Mr. Hope
died in 1905; his widow Mrs. Hope is now lady of
the manor.
The earliest reference to the manor of STEVENBURY or HORWOODS is apparently on a Pipe Roll
of 1166 when the name of 'Candeura Stephani'
appears. (fn. 27) Probably from this Stephen, who owned
Candover, the manor known in the thirteenth century
as 'la Stevenbury' took its name. Robert de Watteville, lord of the manor of la Stevenbury in the thirteenth century, granted a chantry therein to the priory
of Southwick. (fn. 28) Nothing more is known of this manor
until the name of Horwoods occurs in connexion with
it in the reign of Edward II, when Thomas de Cailly
held rent in Preston Candover which he received from
William de Horwode, (fn. 29) who held the manor of
Stevenbury or Horwoods as member of the manor of
Bradfield in Berkshire, first of the De Somerys and
then of the Langfords and the Staffords, lords of
Bradfield. (fn. 30)
In 1322 the same William de Horwood held
this manor, which consisted of 2 carucates of land, (fn. 31)
and died seised of it in 1349. (fn. 32) His son Thomas had
died in the king's service at Calais two years before,
and he left, as heir, his grandson, also named William,
aged seven. (fn. 33) The manor variously called Stevenbury
or Preston Candover manor remained in the Horwood
family, the holders in tail male from 1422 being
William Horwood, who left a son William, (fn. 34) and John
Horwood and his wife Katherine, (fn. 35) whose son John
married Elizabeth, and died in the reign of Edward IV. (fn. 36)
The last John Horwood left a daughter Alianora, as
heiress, but a posthumous son was born who became
heir. (fn. 37) He, however, died while still a minor in 1495,
when the manor of Preston Candover went to his uncle
Hugh Horwood. (fn. 38) The last of the male line of Horwood
died five years later, leaving as his heirs his four sisters,
Joan wife of Richard Savage, Katherine wife of John
Frith, Alice wife of Thomas Lende, and Christine
wife of Ingilram Prior. (fn. 39) Of these Alice Lende and
Catherine Frith (then Catherine Peter by her second
marriage) died in the reign of Henry VIII each seised
of a third part of the manor of Horwood in Preston
Candover. (fn. 40) Another third part appears to have been
sold by John Prior to Richard More in the reign of
Philip and Mary, (fn. 41) and Sir William and Lady Elizabeth Warham in Elizabeth's reign held a fifth part
of Horwoods manor. Dame Elizabeth Warham had
evidently been previously married to More, by whom
the scattered portions of Horwoods manor must have
been acquired. (fn. 42) From her and Richard More her son
Horwoods alias 'Stoniburie' manor passed by sale to
Thomas Dabridgecourt of Stratfield Saye (fn. 43) in Elizabeth's reign, and was held by this well-known family
until 1634 when Thomas
Dabridgecourt and Barbara
his wife seem to have sold it
to Sir Richard Harrison. (fn. 44)
John Harrison (fn. 45) appears as
owner of Horwoods manor in
1669, and about a year later
it seems to have been transferred to Anthony Guidott
by Anne Harrison, widow of
Richard Harrison. (fn. 46) With the
Guidott family, who already
owned the manor of Preston
House in this parish, Horwoods remained, forming part of William Woodroffe
Guidott's property in 1772; (fn. 47) thence onwards it
has followed the descent of
Preston House manor with
which it is now incorporated. (fn. 48)
Dabridgecourt. Ermine three bars gules cut off at the ends.
Camoys. Argent a chief gules with three roundels argent.
The overlordship of the
property afterwards known as
the manor of BOTILLERS
CANDOVER belonged during the fifteenth century to
the family of Camoys, Botillers
Candover being held of Lady
Joan de Camoys and her
heirs. (fn. 49)
Early in the thirteenth
century Robert the Butler or
Pincerna was settled (fn. 50) in Candover, and later in the
same century and the next there is evidence of ownership by the family now known as Botteleye (fn. 51) and
Botiller. (fn. 52) In 1310 William le Botiller and Alice his
wife held eleven messuages, 2 carucates of land,
20 acres of wood, and 30s. rent in Preston Candover, (fn. 53)
their heirs being their children, John, William, Robert,
and Elizabeth, (fn. 54) from one of whom probably the land
passed to John de Kacchefrensh and Alice his wife,
since they, in 1345, held eleven messuages, 2 carucates of land, 40 acres of wood, and 30s. rent in
Preston Candover. (fn. 55) John de Kacchefrensh settled
the reversion of his property upon Oliver de
Bohun and Margaret his wife during their lives,
with final remainder to John de Warbelton and
Alice his wife. (fn. 56) Accordingly in 1368 John de
Warbelton held lands called 'terra de Boteller
in Candeveresden,' in reversion, he being the son
of Alice then widow of John de Warbelton. (fn. 57)
Katherine wife of the younger John de Warbelton died,
in 1404, seised of a house and carucate of land in
Preston Candover, (fn. 58) and her son William, (fn. 59) in 1405,
held a manor 'called Botillers in Preston in Candeveresden.' (fn. 60) William Warbelton, who died 11 October,
1469, held the manor of 'Botelers Candevere,' and
having no issue left this land to William Skulle the
son of his cousin Agnes. (fn. 61)
In 1485 William Skulle apparently held the
manor. (fn. 62) Here the history of Botillers Candover
ceases, unless it can be identified with the manor
called Purefoys.
In the June of 1495 Richard More died in possession of Preston Candover manor known later as
PUREFOYS. (fn. 63) It is difficult to determine his title to
this property unless it was conveyed to him by William
Skulle, or unless some land in Preston Candover
passed to the Mores from the Horwoods. (fn. 64)
The manor of Richard More, however, was not
held either of the Camoys family, or of the lords of
Bradfield, as was Horwoods manor, but of Lord St.
John. (fn. 65) Katherine, Richard More's widow, held the
manor for life under her late husband's will, with
remainder to her son John More, then aged twenty, (fn. 66)
or in default of male heirs, the property, according to the settlement, was to remain to Isabel
Williams, wife of John Williams, among several other
heirs. (fn. 67)
There is no mention of John More being in
possession of Preston Candover, but the property
seems to have descended or been conveyed to Isabel
Williams. (fn. 68)
Her son, Reginald Williams, next held the
property, whose son John, dying without issue, was
succeeded by his brother Nicholas. (fn. 69)
The title of Nicholas to the estate was disputed in
Elizabeth's reign by Walter Mayhew, a husbandman
of Rotherwick, who claimed the manor in right of
his wife Elizabeth, who, according to Walter Mayhew's statement, was a daughter of John More, son
of that Richard More who had died in 1495 seised
of the manor of Preston Candover.
The defendant traced his title to his grandmother,
Dame Isabel Williams. (fn. 70) The matter was, about
1566, referred to the arbitration of the bishop of
Winchester and Henry Wallop, (fn. 71) and evidently
Nicholas Williams won his case, as Walter Mayhew
in 1579 relinquished his claim to Francis Perkins, (fn. 72)
who by marriage with a daughter of Nicholas
Williams (fn. 73) had become lord of the manor. (fn. 74) He
died in 1617, (fn. 75) and his son, a Roman Catholic
Royalist, in his old age suffered sequestration of his
estate for recusancy under the Commonwealth. (fn. 76) The
family held the manor until 1733, when the fourth
Francis Perkins, of Preston Candover, (fn. 77) who had
married the famous Arabella Fermor, (fn. 78) sold it to
Thomas Hall for £1,700. (fn. 79) Elizabeth granddaughter
of Thomas Hall, heiress of her brother, brought the
manor to George Purefoy Jervoise, (fn. 80) who bequeathed
it to his niece, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, from whose
grandson, Captain Richard Purefoy Purefoy, it was
purchased in 1905 by Mr. J. C. A. Hall and Mr.
C. Wade, (fn. 81) the present owners.
Of William de Pont de l'Arche, in 1381, the
priory of Southwick held the manor later known as
MOUNDSMERE. (fn. 82)
In the year 1290 the prior of Southwick's
manor of Candover was valued at £3 11s. 7d. (fn. 83)
In the thirteenth century Robert de Pont de l'Arche
confirmed the grant of his
father of the church with the
manor of Candover (which
comprised five hides of land
with wood and meadow) to
the canons of Portchester, (fn. 84)
and this grant was again confirmed by Henry III, Edward II, and Richard II. (fn. 85)
Purefoy. Sable three pairs of clasped hands in armour argent.
The land held by the priory
in this parish was increased by
grants from other early benefactors—Jordan and William
Eschotland—who gave to the
prior and canons the chapel, with the tithes, belonging to their manor of Candover, together with some
tenements for the support of the chapel. (fn. 86) Another
donor appears in Walter de
Passeflamberd, who gave a
virgate in Candover 'of the fee
of la Stavenburie.' (fn. 87) Thomas
Dounton also granted land in
the thirteenth century to the
priory. (fn. 88) In 1316 and 1322
the prior of Southwick was
described as lord of Preston
Candover, (fn. 89) and the ninths
due to the priory in the parish
were, in 1339, of the value of
26s. (fn. 90) In the reign of Henry
IV the prior recovered 100s.
as damages from a neighbouring lord of the manor,
William Horwood, who had impounded 300 sheep
belonging to the priory, of which forty had since
died of hunger. (fn. 91)
Southwick Priory. Argent a chief sable with two roses argent.
At the time of the Dissolution the property of the
priory was known as the manor of Moundsmere. (fn. 92) It
afterwards formed part of the dower of Anne of
Cleves (fn. 93) and Catherine Howard, (fn. 94) and on the death of
the latter Henry VIII granted the manor of Moundsmere, in part exchange for the manor of Harmondsworth and others, to the college of St. Mary, Winchester. (fn. 95) With the college
it long remained, and was used
for a hospital in the times of
plague. (fn. 96) In 1906 Moundsmere was sold by the college
to Mr. Wilfrid Buckley, who
is the present owner.
Winchester College. Argent two cheverons sable between three roses gules.
The crown held a rent
from Moundsmere which was
granted by James I to his
queen, Anne, (fn. 97) and by Charles
II to Lord Hawley and others
in trust for John Lindsay,
who had undertaken to defray
£25,384 2s. 1d. due from the
crown to London city. (fn. 98) A fine between Sarah Rolle
and William Parker respecting the same rent occurs
in the reign of George I. (fn. 99)
The name of Oades occurs frequently in the
records of Moundsmere, where that family owned land
in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. (fn. 100) In
1639 an order was made against one James Oades of
Preston Candover since he had in August, 1637,
'rhymed profanely on the Lord's prayer,' and had
been accused of blaspheming the Scriptures. His
punishment was a public submission in his parish
church and in Winchester Cathedral, and a fine of
£100. (fn. 101)
The family of Inkepenne held land in Preston
Candover of the Knights Hospitallers. (fn. 102) John de
Inkepenne held land there
in the fourteenth century. (fn. 103)
Owing to the minority of his
heir, who died in wardship,
the house and the carucate of
land held of the bishop of
Winchester and his four virgates held of the Knights
Hospitallers came into the
royal hands (fn. 104) until the majority of his other son Robert.
Robert Inkepenne and his son
Robert died seised of land in
Candover in 1405 and 1406. (fn. 105)
The name of Richard son of Robert Inkepenne occurs
in 1407; (fn. 106) in 1410 Robert Inkepenne died seised
of land in Preston Candover, (fn. 107) which in 1440
another Robert Inkepenne held. (fn. 108) In 1510 John
Inkepenne held land (fn. 109) of Katherine More. (fn. 110) The
name of William Inkepenne occurs in 1518. (fn. 111)
Inkepenne. Gules two gimel bars or and a chief indented ermine.
The name of CANTERTON often appears in the
church rate-book. (fn. 112) In the reign of Charles I Sir
Richard Norton leased a tenement called Canterton
in Preston Candover to Edward Elkins, husbandman, (fn. 113) for £10 yearly rent. Canterton is now included in Preston House estate. (fn. 114)
For several centuries a small portion of land in
Preston Candover followed the fortunes of the manor
of Woodcott. (fn. 115) It was evidently included in the
two and a half virgates held by Miles the Porter in
Bermondspit Hundred at the time of the Survey. (fn. 116)
With Woodcott a hide of land in Candover was
granted to Matthew de Wallop for the service of
keeping the king's gaol at Winchester and mewing
the royal hawks. (fn. 117) The lords of Woodcott and
warders of Winchester gaol held this land worth 11s.
in Candover, (fn. 118) from the thirteenth until the sixteenth century; Warin son of Geoffrey held it
in 1227, (fn. 119) and it is last mentioned in the reign
of Charles I, (fn. 120) when it was held by Anthony
Bruning.
CHURCH
Of the old church of OUR LADY
the chancel only remains, though the
limits of the old nave are preserved by
blocks of stone marking the position of its western
angles. It was burnt down in 1883, a new church
being built in the middle of the village to take its
place. It had no aisles, but on the north side an
eighteenth-century building which contained the pew
of the Guidott family, and on the west gable of the
nave was a wooden bell-turret.
The chancel dates from c. 1190, having a north
window of that date, a small pointed light with a
wide internal splay and semicircular rear-arch. The east
window is of doubtful date, a wide single light which
was probably divided into two by tracery, which is
now lost. In the south wall is a blocked doorway,
built of old material re-used, and a square-headed
window of two trefoiled lights, of late fifteenth-century
date. The west wall is modern, there having been
no chancel arch in the old church, and in it is a
round-headed doorway, also made up of old material,
some of it of twelfth-century date. On the gable
above it is a wooden bell-cote with a small modern
bell. In the floor is a slab with the brass of Katherine
Dabridgecourt, 1607, the figure, inscription plate, and
one shield of arms being preserved. The new church
is built of red brick and stone, and has a chancel with
north vestries, nave with north aisle, and a tower and
spire at the north-west. No part of the old church
has been worked into the new building, and the font,
though brought thence, is modern.
In the churchyard is a sundial made up of a
twelfth-century capital and base, both being set
upside down.
In the tower are five modern bells. In the old
church there were at one time four bells, two of which
were recast by Warner in 1870. The two others
were recast by Warner and a fifth added in 1885,
when they were moved to the new church.
The plate consists of a cup and paten of 1746, a
jug-shaped flagon of 1885, and an almsdish of 1798,
with the initials E.H. in the centre, probably for
Elizabeth Hall, who owned land in the parish and
died about 1798. (fn. 121)
The registers are in a somewhat fragmentary condition. The earliest entries are on a parchment
recovered from Basingstoke church, and record the
marriages from 1584 to 1695; the second portion
contains the baptisms, marriages, and burials from
1724 to 1736, and the third is a book containing the
baptisms for Preston Candover and Nutley, 1688–
1812, marriages 1696–1754, and burials 1724–1812.
The printed marriage register, 1755–1812, is also
preserved.
ADVOWSON
Although Domesday makes no
mention of a church in Preston
Candover, there seem to have been
two churches besides manorial chapels in the thirteenth
century. Richard de Candevere, 'Filius Wys,' granted
in that century the advowson of the church of Preston
Candover to the priory of Southwick, (fn. 122) and John
'de Bottel' likewise granted the advowson of a church
in the same place to Matthew, prior of Southwick, in
1255. (fn. 123) The grant of his manor by Robert or
William de Pont de l'Arche included a church; (fn. 124)
Jordan Eschotland also granted the chapel belonging to
his manor, (fn. 125) and the priory moreover held a chantry in
the manorial chapel of Stevenbury. (fn. 126) The control
of ecclesiastical matters in Preston Candover was therefore vested in the priors from early times, and they
held sole patronage (fn. 127) until the Dissolution, when the
advowson was given to the dean and chapter of Winchester, (fn. 128) who ever since have held it. (fn. 129)
A church that was not under the patronage of the
priory is mentioned once only, when in 1322 there
was said to be a parish church in the manor of
William de Horwood of the advowson of John de
Somery and worth 25 marks. There is no other
reference, however, to this church. (fn. 130)
The only mention of a chantry in Preston Candover occurs in the account of a quarrel between
Matthew prior of Southwick and Robert de Watteville concerning a virgate of land, tithes, and a chantry
in the chapel in Robert's court in 'la Stevenburie,' (fn. 131)
with the result that the virgate (fn. 132) and tithes were
assured to the priory. The chantry, too, was granted
to the priory, with the proviso that its priest must
render fealty to the rector of the mother church of
Preston Candover, and that the services, which were
to be celebrated three times weekly when the lord of
the manor was present, were only to be attended by
the family of 'la Stevenburie' and not by the parishioners of the church of Preston Candover.
CHARITIES
Robert Lipscomb, by will, 1711,
gave a rent-charge of £4 per annum
to the poor of this parish. The
charge was upon leasehold property, and upon the
determination of the lease the charity lapsed.
An unknown donor, as stated in the returns made
to Parliament in 1786, gave lands to the poor, producing 10s. a year, and the same returns state that
a sum of £5 was given by some person unknown,
producing 5s. a year. In 1904 the sum of 15s. was
paid by Cecil Wade, esq., out of the North Hall
estate, and given to six recipients.
Thomas Hall, by will proved in the P.C.C. in
1784, founded a school and endowed it with 7 acres
of land in this parish. (fn. 133)
Church lands.
Upon the inclosure of the common
fields in this parish 11 a. 2 r. 27 p. were awarded in
lieu of certain parcels of land formerly held by the
churchwardens. The land is let at £15 a year,
which is paid to the churchwardens' account.
In 1870 30 acres of land were awarded as a poor's
allotment, subject to a yearly rent-charge of £5 payable to the overseers. The land is in the hands of
the parish council. In 1905–6 £5 was received for
letting the sporting and shooting, and £3 15s. from the
sale of the underwood.