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feen- Inftanees,; frpm .the--pope.;,. not .only for convenience^fake,..
and on account of- diftance,-,and.-the badnefs of the, roads,, but | | | /
■ a.matter of,ftate; and' diffiin|k>n.: • Why-the owner Ihould; apply ^
former.became. competent .toTuch arrant, I cannot fay;; but that .__
the 'priors,bf; i&JfS .d id. take rtl>at: privilege- is plain t becaufe Some. ^
years afterwarjd,• in,-1280, Priot Richard^ granted-to Henry M aterfor (
arid'his/wife'Mcto&f*a bcen'fe to build air oratory in their court-;
houfe, •“ xuria .fua-de Waterford ” in which they ; might .celebrate-1
divine fervice,'; f h y ^ the.right? .ofvthe.mo.ther churchxf Bafynges-,,
Yet all .the* while the' prior of Selborne grants .with fuch. refer ve.and.,
caujdon,; as if 1 in.doubt- of. &?, — -
ladyianfwerkbie'in f^turejro * e bilhop^ pr.his.ot-dmary;, or to th^
vicar,for.the-time bpi n g,. in ca%they fhould infringe,the,rights o f .
the mother church-of, &&«■ «<?.. «Ls raJ
The manor-houfe called Temple is at prefent a fmgle building,
running in length from fouth to north, and has been occupied as-
a common farm houfe from time immemorial. The .footh end i s .
.modern, andxonfifts of a brew-houfe, and then a kitchen. The.
middle-part is an. hall tvventy-feven feet in length, and nineteen
feet in breadth;, and has been formerly open tothetop; but there-
is now a floorabove it, and alfo a- chimney in the weftern wall. The.
roofing confifts of ftrgmg.jbuAMUraftert.work ornamented with
-carved rofes. I have often looked for the lamb andftdgi the arms-
of the knights templars, without, fuccefs; but in one-corner found a.
a fox with a goofe on his back, fo- coarfely executed, that it required
fome attention to make out the device.
Beyond,the hall to the north is a {mall parlour with a vaft heavy
ftone chimney-piece; and, at the end of all, the chapel or oratory,
whofe maffive thick walls and narrow windows at once befpeak.
great.