Titchfield Abbey
Titchfield Abbey, Farehamparish:
county:
Fareham
Hampshire
Period - 19th century, early
Titchfield ... had formerly an abbey; and on its site are the remains of a mansion where Charles I was concealed in his flight from Hampton court, in 1647.
- Hampshire
Titchfield, where in the Beginning of the thirteenth Century, Peter de Rupibus, or De la Roche, Poictovin, Bishop of this Diocese, founded a Monastery of the Order of Praemonstratenses. Here, according to the Annotations on Mr. Camden, the Marriage between King Henry VI. and Margaret of Anjou, was solemnized, but our Histories place this Marriage elsewhere, as we shall hereafter shew. ...
Titchfield, an Abbey of Monks called Praemonstratenses, founded by Peter de Rupibus, Bishop of Winchester, upon the Manor of Tichefeud, by the Grant of King Henry III. to whom it belonged. He endowed it with several Lands and Revenues, and the King granted to the Monks very great Liberties in the said Manor and their Lands; as to be free from Tolls, Suit of Forest-Courts, Lawing of Dogs, &c. Eva de Clinton, Reginald de Albamara, Baldwin de Ripariis, Lord of the Isle of Wight, Gilbert de Mansel, and Peter de Sukemund, were great Benefactors to this Abbey: This last gave certain Lands in Ingeyenne, to hold of the chief Lord by half a Knights-Fee, and of himself and his Heirs by a Pair of Spurs, or 3 d. to be paid at the Feast of St. Michael. All these Gifts were confirmed to this House by King Edward II. REg. 11. The Abbot of Hales-Owen in Shropshire founded by the same Bishop, was the Visitor of this Abbey, and John Powl, Abbot, visited in 1420, and took an Inventory of all their Goods and Stock, which is set down at large in the Monasticon. Valued at 249 l. 16 l. (sic) 1 d. Dug. 280. 19 s. 10 d. ob. Speed, per Annum. Godw.
- Hampshire
THE Abbot of Tichfeild gave half a Mark to have his Charter enroll'd in the Pipe-Office, in the 9th Year of King Edward II. The Purport of the said Charter was, That King Henry III, in the 16th Year of his Reign, gave to Peter, Bishop of Winchester, his Manor of Tichfeild, with all its Appurtenances, for him there to found a Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of Canons Premonstratenses, with all usual Privileges and Immunities, as to be free from Toll, Passage, Portage, Leftage, Talliage, Stallage, and conducting of Treasure, and Works at Castles, Houses, Walls, Ditches, Causways, Fish-Ponds, Lakes, and Inclosure of Parks, and all other Works; and from Suits of Shires and Hundreds, and Aids of Sheriffs, and their Bailiffs, and from Murder and Frankpledge and Site of Frankpledge, and from Fine and Amerciaments, Escapes of Robbers and Robberies, Seisin and Pleas, and Suits, and all Exactions. That no Sheriff, or other Officer, shall enter the said Manor, but only Coroners, and they so as not to infringe the Liberties of the Monastery. All the Men of the Manor to be subject to the Abbat and Canons, and exempt from Juries, Assizes, and Recognizances, unless in what relates to the King's own Lordships in the same County; and if any of them shall forfeit their Chattels for any Crime, the same to belong to the Abbat and Monastery. That when any Malefactors shall be seiz'd within the said Manor, for any Crime not tryable in the Abbat's Court, the Sheriff and his Officers shall receive them at their Hands, and the Abbat and Canons to have all Amerciaments laid upon any of their Men. And tho' they should at any Time discontinue the Use of any of these Privileges, they may afterwards reassume the same. Also that their Lands of Porcestre, Walesworth and Cosham, which were within the King's Forest, should ever be exempted from Waste, Inspection and View of Foresters, Keepers, Inspectors, and other King's Officers.
The Charter of the 11th of Edward II, recites and confirms all Grants made to these Canons. The principal Donors therein mention'd are Eve Clinton, who gave the Lands of Chadeland, Hude, Wudecote and Felde; Reginald Albamare confirm'd the Donation, as did Thomas Escures, and Baldwin de Ripariis; Geofrey Mansel gave the Land at Ingepenne; Peter Sukemand of other Lands at Ingepenne; Roger Somery confirm'd the said Grants; William Rainy gave all his Lands at Stubynson, &c.
An Inventory of Goods found in this Abby, An. 1420. No Money in the Treasury, but there was due to the House 43 l. 4 s. and the House ow'd 62 l. 6 s. In the Sacristy, one Silver Gilt Cup for the Body of our Lord; 2 great Gilt Chalices; 12 other Chalices, 6 of them Gilt; 2 Silver Vessels with Relicks; a great Silver gilt Cross, with the Images of our Lady, and St. John Evangelist, and a large Foot; a Procession-Staff, with a large Silver Socket to fix the Cross in; a small Silver gilt Cross, and adorn'd with Stones; 2 Silver Cruets gilt; a Box and Spoon for Frankincense, and 3 Censors, and 2 Candlesticks, all Silver gilt; 2 Silver Basons, and a Silver Pastoral-Staff gilt, &c.
In the Grounds, 34 Horses, 10 Asses, 4 Colts; 69 Cows, 154 Oxen, 7 Bulls, 17 Steers, 10 Bullocks, 28 Yearlings, 29 Calves, 381 Sheep, besides Swine, &c.
- Hampshire
... Religious Houses ... deliver'd to King Henry VIII. in the 26th Year of his Reign, with the yearly Value ...
value l. s. d. q.
Tatilfield Ab. Prem. 249 16 1 0
The place is described in text Leland 1535-43
Mr. Wriothesley hath buildid a right stately house embatelid, and having a goodely gate, and a conducte castelid in the midle of the court of it, yn the very same place wher the late monasterie of Premostratenses stoode caullyd Tichefelde.
Minns says:- Thomas Wriothesley, afterwards Earl of Southampton, and Lord Chancellor, 1544. Zealous Romanist as he was, he obtained in Hampshire a larger portion of the church spoil than any other person. He became possessed of the principal estates of the abbots of Hyde, Beaulieu and Titchfield, besides those of St. Elizabeth's College, Winchester. Titchfield Abbey, founded 1231, dissolved 1538, was converted into a residence known as Place House - Minns, G W, Rev::: ProcHFC: 3: p317-
- Titchfield Estate
founded by Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, 1222
