Winchester - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX, (A.) CHURCH LANDS AT THE TIME OF THE CONQUEST. a. Hampshire.--Mr. Freeman has shown that the information given in Domesday Book as to the several districts of England differs very much as to its amount, in some parts being very bald, in others full almost to picturesqueness. This is accounted for by the different ideas of their duties taken by the respective commissioners. The Hampshire Survey is fuller than the majority, but it is evidently incomplete. The omission of any mention of Portsmouth may possibly indicate that it was not yet come into existence; but there is no mention of Petersfield, Lymington, Gosport, nor of the Episcopal Manors of Merdon, Woodhay, Cheriton, Hambledon, or Wolvesey. It must be remembered that in all cases the enumeration is of manors, not of parishes. The non-mention of a church is, therefore, no proof of its non-existence. 132 churches are named, but in each case as belonging to some manor or possessing land. According to the Survey, the county is divided into fifty hundreds, which are subdivided into about 300 manors; of these 75 are held by the king, 103 by ecclesiastical persons and establishments, and the rest are divided among the king's Norman followers, one of whom, Hugh de Port, holds 50. The value of some of the manors held by the king is not assessed, but beyond these the rental of the county is about 2,640, of which two-fifths belong to the Church. Here is the list:--Manors. Value. Bishop of Winchester 24 377 „ as Abbot of St. Swithun1 30 297 The New Minster3 18 211 St. Mary's Abbey 3 6 28 Romsey Abbey 5 47 Wherwell Abbey 6 51 Christ Church Priory 3 15 Other persons and establishments 1 1 57 The Bishop's Manors held in his own right were at Alresford, Kilmeston, Twyford, Easton, Bishopstoke, Crawle...