College of Marwell
College of Marwell, Owsleburycounty:
Hampshire
- church - Hampshire
Henry, Bishop of Winchester, in his Deed, says, he built this Church from the Foundation, in Honor of God and the Holy Martyrs Stephen, Laurence, Vincent, and Quintin; assign'd the Houses, and all other his Buildings there, to the perpetual Possession of the Bishops of Winchester, and appointed 4 Priests to serve there, allowing them 13l. of his own Revenues at Twyford, that is, 60 Shillings to each of them, and 220 Shillings for the Lights and Vestments of the Church.
Peter de Rupibus, Bishop of Winchester, in the Year 1226, added one deacon to the aforesaid 4 Chaplains, and ordain'd, that they should all live together in Community in the House built for them; one to be chosen yearly to be obey'd by the others as Prior; noone to be absent from any Part of the Divine Service, without the Prior's Leave, or to lie out at Night; none to be allow'd to be absent a Week together above 3 times in a Year; no Person absent, tho' with Leave, to have any Part of Benefits accruing in that Time; any Chaplain convicted of Incontinency, or any other grievous Crime, to be expell'd, without Hope of Return; each Chaplain to receive 20 Shillings a Year to cloath him, and the other 8 Pounds of the 12 above mention'd to be kept by the Prior for their other Expences, &c.
founded by Henry de Blois, Bishop of Winchester, 12th century
