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Southwick Priory

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248: 188: 399: 701:. In course of time parts of the old work became ruinous, and in the beginning of the nineteenth century the house was rebuilt, and much of the monastic building finally disappeared in the process. Till this date a great chapel with fourteen windows on each side, attributed to William of Wykeham, is said to have remained standing. The new house was burnt in 1838, and the present building was begun shortly afterwards. 453:, when we had certain injunctions given us to be observed, several of which have been neglected hitherto. I send you this information in discharge of my oath of obedience, and would have done it earlier if I could have had a trusty messenger, for if my master knew of my writing he would convey away the plate, money and jewels in his keeping. 448:
We are bound by the will of William Wykeham to have daily five masses in our church, which have not been said for more than forty years. On 26 May last the Commissioners sat in our place to ascertain the yearly value of our lands, that a tenth part might be assessed according to Act of Parliament,
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A letter to Lord Lisle of 16 March 1538 stated that the priory was to be suppressed, and that 'Our Lady of Southwick' was taken down. On 7 April 1538 the surrender was signed by the prior, William Norton, and twelve of the canons. James Gunwyn's signature is next to the prior's.
530:, returned to parochial use. It is substantially a Norman building, and hence the one the priory originally used. No trace of the conventual buildings survive above ground except for some drain openings and the marks of the abutment of the cloister against the south wall of the 621:"After the Dissolution the site of the priory church of Southwick was granted to John White, servant to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, in 1538, and eight years later the manor and church of Southwick were granted to Sir Thomas Wriothesley that he might alienate them to John White." 473:. He pulled down the church and converted the prior's lodgings and other parts of the conventual buildings into a private house, known as Southwick Park, which became the family seat of one branch of the Norton family. In October 1551, 565: 495:
In 1606 John White settled the manor on his daughter and co-heir Honor on her marriage with Sir Daniel Norton, and they came into possession of the manor on the death of John White in the following year.
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passed through Southwick and made an offering of 6s. 8d. at Our Lady of Southwick. In 1538, shortly before the suppression, John Husee, a solicitor and servant of the Lisle family, wrote to
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when my master (the prior) delivered them a book of the yearly rents which was not in all points made truly. Also on 22 September last we had a visitation of our house by
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estimated the annual value (net income) of the priory as £257 4s. 4d (equivalent to £198,376 in 2023). But one of the canons, James Gunwyn, wrote to
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On the death of John White in 1567 the manor passed to his son and heir Edward. In 1580 Edward died, leaving a son and heir, John, White (d. 1606).
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Of the priory itself, one section of wall and some earthworks survive. Some remnants of the priory church may survive transferred and reset in the
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The house that used materials from the priory was burnt down in 1750 and salvaged for scrap masonry. The site has been occupied since 1838 by
753: 211:. The foundation charter gave to the canons the church of Portchester, timber for fencing, building and fuel, common pasture in the wood of 823: 657: 556:
of St James, Southwick. The contiguous estate at Southwick is still intact and is formally referred to as the Southwick Estate.
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Pilgrimage saints goeth down apace as Our Lady of Southwick, the Blood of Hales, St. Saviour's and others.
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St Mary's Church within Portchester Castle is all that survives from the original Portchester Priory.
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VI, (1966) 90 & note, (though Jordan is mistaken in thinking John White was the future Bishop)
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Towards the end of the Middle Ages, the priory became a renowned centre of
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List of English abbeys, priories and friaries serving as parish churches
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and it is believed to have moved to the site in Southwick c. 1145–1153.
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The priory came into the possession of John White, a servant of
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mentions the fame of the pilgrimage to Our Lady of Southwick.
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Religion, Politics and Society in Sixteenth-Century England
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Church at Portchester, one wall and earthworks at Southwick
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The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
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HMC Calendar of Manuscripts of the Marquess of Salisbury
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Prior Norton received the large pension of £66 13s. 4d.
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Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
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and later transferred 2 miles (3.2 km) north to
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Hammer, 'Letters from Cecil to Hatton', 545:since 2005, and the regimental headquarters of the 199:founded a priory of Austin canons in the church of 132: 109: 101: 79: 74: 64: 59: 51: 43: 35: 30: 632:The Chronicle and Political Papers of King Edward 809:Religious organizations established in the 1130s 779:Detailed historical record for Southwick Priory 724:A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 586:The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World 383:Several of the manors of Southwick Priory and 588:(1952), New York: Columbia University Press. 278:By the dissolution, the priory still holding 8: 25: 471:Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton 24: 286:the manors (almost all in Hampshire) of 597: 577: 543:Defence School of Policing and Guarding 612:, vol. 1 (London, 1883), p. 12 no. 58. 500:Twin ruins and mansion on main estate 488:stayed on 30 August 1591 and rode to 7: 829:Grade I listed churches in Hampshire 387:were included in the dower lands of 794:Augustinian monasteries in England 726:, The Victoria County History 1973 14: 804:1538 disestablishments in England 477:Regent of Scotland and mother of 733:Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 397: 298:, 'Moundesmer', 'Oldfishborne', 128: 819:1133 establishments in England 177:Dissolution of the Monasteries 1: 541:, which has been home to the 444:on 20 January 1536 claiming: 175:, England. 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Index

Southwark Priory
Henry I
Portchester
Southwick
Hampshire
England
/ˈsʌðɪk/
priory
Augustinian canons
Portchester Castle
Portsmouth Harbour
Southwick, Hampshire
Dissolution of the Monasteries

Henry I
St. Mary
Portchester
Portchester Castle
Hingsdon
Candover
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Southwick
Applestead
Lambeth Palace

pilgrimage
Henry VIII
Lord Lisle
Leland
Preston Candover

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