Old Hampshire Mapped
Leland's Hampshire 1635-43
Transcription (28)Southampton to Titchfield
Itchen
Hamble
Hamble Ferry
Titchfield
Wriothesley Family
Premostratensian Monks
Titchfield Priory
Botley
From Hampton to Hichin village that stondith on the farther side of the fery about a mile.
Thens to Hamelrise a fisschar toun by much enclosid and hethy ground myxed with ferne a 3. miles.
Thens over the fery and to Tichefeld a 2. good miles by lyke grounde.
Yet in sum vaynes about Tichfelde is very good grounde.
Minns:- Vein, among miners, the particular nature in quality of any bed of earth. - :: Bailey's Dictionary.
I left a praty lake on the lifte a litle or I enterid into Tichefeld toun.
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:- 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-
There is a gramer schole propter ripam fluminis.
There is also a parke, the ground whereof is sumwhat hethy and baren.
Buddeley is caullid but 3. miles from Tichefelde.
Minns:- Botley, Botelei in Domesday, at the head of Hamble Creek.
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