SHERFIELD UPON LODDON
Sirefelda (xii cent.); Shirefeld, Schirefelde, Scirefeld, Shyrefeud, Shyrefeld Werblynton (xiii cent.);
Shirfeld on Lodon (xv cent.).
Sherfield upon Loddon is a large parish situated
four miles north-east from Basingstoke station on the
London and South Western main line to Southampton. The Reading and Basingstoke branch of the
Great Western Railway passes near the western boundary, the nearest station on that line being at Bramley
The boundaries of the parish are, roughly, the River
Loddon on the east; Petty's Brook, a tributary of
the Loddon, on the south; Bow Brook, another
tributary of the Loddon, on the north; and the
Reading and Basingstoke branch of the Great Western
Railway on the west. The parish has an area of
2,324 acres of land and 13 acres of land covered by
water. Bounded as it is by rivers, the parish is lowlying, the greatest height recorded being 272 ft. above
the ordnance datum at Sherfield Hill in the southwest.
The village lies along the main road from Reading
to Basingstoke, which enters the parish at Long
Bridge over the Loddon and intersects it from northeast to south-west. Wildmoor Lane branches off
from this road at Church End, and skirting the park
at St. Leonards, leads to the district called Wildmoor,
which consists of several isolated farm-houses. The
name of one of these, Great Marshall's Farm, is
probably connected with the tenure by which the
manor was held. At Wildmoor, which was formerly
in the hundred of Basingstoke, (fn. 1) lay the meadow land
belonging to the manor of Basingstoke. (fn. 1a) It was in
the charge of a mower or keeper, who was elected at
the court of the manor of Basingstoke. (fn. 1b) The fishing
in the water at Wildmoor seems to have been
strictly preserved. (fn. 1c) After passing through Wildmoor,
Wildmoor Lane trends north and north-west, rejoining the Reading and Basingstoke road south of
Wheler's Court. This house was the capital messuage of the Wheler estate in the parish, and to it
the manorial rights of Sherfield are now annexed.
There the courts leet for the manor were held. The
house, which was of Caroline date, was pulled down
and rebuilt a few years ago by Mr. James B. Taylor. (fn. 1d)
Archer Lodge, (fn. 2) at one time the residence of
Mr. Paynton Pigott Stainsby Conant, was pulled down
by Mr. John Bramston Stane, who erected a handsome new house, called Buckfield, in the middle of a
wood of that name. Mr. Charles Lethbridge added to
this house and changed its name in the early part of
1880 to Sherfield Manor. (fn. 3) The present Sherfield
Manor, which was entirely rebuilt by Mr. J. B. Taylor
in 1898, stands in a park of about 250 acres to the
east of the Basingstoke road. Mr. Taylor purchased
the estate in 1896, increased the park and laid out
extensive grounds and gardens. On the opposite side
of the road are St. Leonards' Church and the old
manor-house of Sherfield Court, now used as a farmhouse. Behind it is one of the finest moats in the
county, within which the original house stood. (fn. 4)
Farther south, standing in a small park, is St. Leonards, which was built as a rectory-house. It, with
the glebe land, was bought about 1874–5 by the late
Rev. Alfred Gresley Barker, who resided there and
provided another house in the village to serve as a
rectory. To this estate Mr. Barker added some of
the adjoining land of Mr. Henry Lannoy-Hunter of
Beech Hill. (fn. 5) St. Leonards was purchased about two
years ago by Mr. Eustace Palmer, who changed its
name to Drayton House. Near it is Sherfield Hall,
formerly known as Hill House, and Sherfield Hill
Park. This estate, formerly a farm homestead, was
purchased of Mr. Henry Lannoy-Hunter by Baron
Pigott, fourth son of Mr. Paynton Pigott Stainsby
Conant of Archer Lodge. Moulshay Farm and other
farm lands were added to it, and the whole was sold
on the baron's death in 1899 to Mrs. Trevor Goff,
who added to the house and changed its name to
Sherfield Hall. (fn. 6) The house was built by Baron Pigott,
and was rented by Major George Frederick Downing
Fullerton until August 1909. It is now occupied by
Mrs. Goff.
At Lancelevy Farm, to the east of Sherfield, are
the remains of a moat. This farm is now included
in the Sherfield Manor estate. (fn. 7) The house formerly
stood within the moat, but was rebuilt in its present
position about two hundred years ago. The house is
of the Queen Anne description, and takes its name
from the Warwickshire family of Launcelevy. The
estate, which is sometimes called a 'manor,' belonged
during the 17th century to the family of Palmes, (fn. 7a) and
the house was once occupied by Sir Francis Palmes,
whose daughter Anne married Sir Hampden Paulet.
Sir Francis married Mary the eldest daughter of
Stephen Hadnall, (fn. 8) a Privy Councillor of Queen Mary,
who acquired land in Sherfield in 1578 from Richard
More. (fn. 9) The Mores had been in possession of land
in Sherfield, apparently the Lancelevy estate, in 1496
and before. (fn. 10) There is another imperfect moat at
Breach Farm, but the house is quite modern.
There are no large tracts of woodland in the parish,
but there are numerous small copses. The proportion
of arable, grass, and woodland in 1905 was 1,057 acres
of arable land, 928½ acres of permanent grass, and
182½ acres of woodland. (fn. 11) The soil is mixed, and
the subsoil gravel and clay. The gravel was, and is
still to a small extent, worked in the district. The
chief crops are wheat, oats, and beans.
Thirteenth-century place-names which occur in
connexion with Sherfield are la Breche, la Wyldemore. (fn. 12) Sixteenth and 17th-century place-names are
Marschall, Lamboll, Dealand, Little Kendall, and
Downes Land. (fn. 13)
In 1543 it was ordained at a meeting of the Privy
Council that John More was to remove a bridge
which he had recently erected over the River Loddon
between Sherfield and Hartley. (fn. 14)
Manor
The manor of SHERFIELD UPON
LODDON is not mentioned under that
name in the Domesday Survey, as it
formed at that time part of the royal manor of
Odiham. (fn. 15) It remained in the Crown till the reign
of Henry II, by whom it was granted, before 1167–8, (fn. 16)
to his marshal William Fitz Aldelin on his marriage
with Juliane daughter of Robert Dorsnell. (fn. 17) William
held the manor by the serjeanty of being the king's
marshal. (fn. 18) The manor was said to be held in 1317
in free socage for suit at Odiham Hundred, (fn. 19) and in
1332 for the service of carrying the marshal's wand
in the king's house. (fn. 20) In 1375 the service is given as
the serjeanty of being marshal de meretricibus and
dismembering malefactors condemned, and measuring
the gallons and bushels in the king's household. (fn. 21)
This service continued till 1603–4, when it is mentioned for the last time. (fn. 22)
Juliane apparently survived William Fitz Aldelin,
and died at the end of the 12th century, leaving coheirs Ingram Monceux and William de Warberton or
Warblington. (fn. 23) On the actual partition of the possessions of Juliane in 1205 Compton (fn. 24) passed to Waleran
Monceux the heir of Ingram, and Sherfield to
William de Warblington, who had apparently come
of age in 1204 (vide King's Somborne). (fn. 25) William
died in 1226, and was succeeded at Sherfield by
Thomas de Warblington, who was possibly his
son. (fn. 26) Thomas died towards the end of the reign
of Henry III, (fn. 27) and the custody of the manor
was granted about 1274 to John de Wintershill. (fn. 28) In exchange for certain land which they
had taken from the men of Sherfield to throw
into their park, John and his wife Amice granted
the said men quittance of a certain rent and
common in the pastures called Sherfield and la
Breche. (fn. 29) Later on the men of Sherfield, claiming
to be tenants in ancient demesne as parcel of the
manor of Odiham, complained that John and Amice
exacted from them more service than they had been
accustomed to do when the manor belonged to the
kings of England. (fn. 30) In 1274 John de Wintershill
was accused of deforcing the king of a certain fishpond in 'Iwode la Wyldemore.' (fn. 31) The heir of
Thomas de Warblington was his kinsman Thomas
son of William de Warblington, (fn. 32) and in 1281 John
de Wintershill and Amice conveyed the manor to this
Thomas. (fn. 33) Thomas died in 1316–17, leaving as his
heir a son John, (fn. 34) who obtained licence in 1321 to
settle the manor upon himself and his wife Margaret
in tail. (fn. 35) John died about 1332, (fn. 36) and the manor
was delivered to Margaret to be held by her for life. (fn. 37)
John's heir was his son John, (fn. 38) who died in 1375
leaving Thomas his son and heir. (fn. 39) Katherine widow
of John, who afterwards married Sir John del Hay,
held the manor till her death in 1403–4, when she was
succeeded by her grandson William son of Thomas de
Warblington, (fn. 40) who settled the manor of Sherfield in
1405 upon himself and his wife Julia. (fn. 41) In 1425
William settled the manor upon himself and Margery
his wife, widow of Sir Peter Besilles, and their issue
male, (fn. 42) and a further settlement was made upon them
in 1444, probably owing to the failure of their heirs,
with contingent remainder to Henry Puttenham, son
of Margaret Puttenham, eldest daughter of John de
Warblington, the grandfather of William. (fn. 43) William
de Warblington died in 1469, (fn. 44) and his widow
Margery, having outlived Henry Puttenham, died in
1484, when William son of Henry Puttenham succeeded to the estate. (fn. 45) William settled the manor in
1485 upon his son George on his marriage with
Alice daughter of Thomas Wyndesore. (fn. 46) Robert son
of George Puttenham conveyed the manor in 1550
to his second son Richard. (fn. 47) It was either this
Richard or his elder brother George who was the
author of a treatise entitled The Arte of English Poesie,
published anonymously in 1589. The author was
the first writer who attempted philosophical criticism
of literature, and his book was much appreciated.
Ben Jonson's copy of the work is now in the Grenville Library at the British Museum. (fn. 48) Richard
Puttenham gave the manor in 1567 to his daughter
Anne wife of Francis Morris of Coxwell, (fn. 49) and she
and her husband sold it in 1572 in moieties to
Thomas Colby and George Speke. (fn. 50)
Thomas Colby died in 1588 leaving a daughter
Dorothy, (fn. 51) who afterwards married John Tamworth. (fn. 52)
John died in 1594 holding the reversion of half the
manor after the death of Elizabeth wife of Sir Michael
Moiyns, relict of Thomas Colby, leaving Colby Tamworth his son and heir. (fn. 53) Colby died in 1603–4 in
the lifetime of his grandmother Elizabeth Molyns, and
of his mother Dorothy, then the wife of Philip, Lord
Wharton, leaving his sisters Bridget, Elizabeth, and
Catherine his heirs. (fn. 54) Lady Molyns survived till
1606, (fn. 55) and Dorothy, Lady Wharton died in 1621, (fn. 56)
when the moiety of the manor passed to her daughters
Bridget wife of William Molyns, Elizabeth wife of
Sir George Reresby, and Catherine wife of Sir George
Dalston. (fn. 57) These co-heirs conveyed the manor in
1623 to Sir Henry Wallop and others, (fn. 58) probably as
trustees for a settlement of the Dalstons' share upon
Lady Reresby, for two-thirds seem to have passed to
her, and were purchased of her by her daughter Lady
Elizabeth Foljambe, and sequestered for Lady
Reresby's recusancy in 1648. (fn. 59)
The other third, that had belonged to Bridget and
William Molyns, apparently passed to Tamworth
Reresby, a younger son of Sir George and Elizabeth
Reresby, (fn. 60) through his marriage with Mrs. Mary
Preston, widow of William Molyns of Sherfield, as
he made conveyances of a third in 1661 and 1673. (fn. 61)
On Tamworth's death this third passed to Anne
daughter and heir of William Molyns, who married
Philip Saltmarsh. (fn. 62) It passed from her to her son
William Saltmarsh, who in 1756 vested half the
manor of Sherfield in trustees for sale. (fn. 63)
Lady Elizabeth Foljambe died in 1695, leaving by
her third husband, Viscount Monson of Castlemaine, a
daughter Elizabeth who married Sir Philip Hungate,
bart., of Saxton. (fn. 64) There is no indication that any
part of the manor passed to the Hungates, and it seems
probable that Lady Foljambe's share was purchased
by the Saltmarsh family, as William Saltmarsh owned
half the manor in 1756. (fn. 65) Saltmarsh probably sold
the estate to John Hasker, for John and his wife Mary
conveyed it in 1758 to Thomas Hasker, (fn. 66) and in 1813
John and Thomas Hasker dealt with the manor of
Sherfield. (fn. 67) This probably refers to the Sherfield
Court estate, for Anne wife of Philip Saltmarsh is
described as the daughter of William Mullens of
'Skervill Court,' (fn. 68) and the Haskers certainly lived at
Sherfield Court. (fn. 69) This estate was purchased from
Mr. Chute in 1838 by the Duke of Wellington, to
whose family it still belongs. (fn. 69a)
The moiety of the manor bought by Sir George
Speke, sometimes known later as the Wheler Court
estate, was held by his widow Dorothy till her death
in 1589, when her son Hugh succeeded. (fn. 70) He and
his wife Elizabeth made conveyances of a quarter of
the manor of Sherfield in 1600–1 and 1605 to William
Wollascott, junior. (fn. 71) Possibly he was a trustee for Sir
Michael Molyns, of whose will he was one of the
executors, (fn. 72) for Sir Michael died in 1615 holding a
quarter of the manor of Sherfield, which descended to
his son Sir Barentinus. (fn. 73) Sir Barentinus and the
executors of the will of his father sold this quarter in
1616 to Sir William Herrick and Christopher Colby. (fn. 74)
They may have been trustees for Robert Herrick, Sir
William's brother, for part of the manor passed to
William Wheler son of Martha
daughter of Robert Herrick. (fn. 75)
William Wheler was created a
baronet in 1660 and died without issue in 1666, having bequeathed his estates on the
death of his widow, who died
in 1670, to the Rev. Sir George
Wheler, Prebendary of Durham. (fn. 76) Sir George died in
1723–4 leaving his son, the
Rev. Granville Wheler, his
heir. (fn. 77) Granville dealt with
the manor in 1727, (fn. 78) but no
further connexion of the
Wheler family with the manor has been discovered.
However the manorial rights of Sherfield ultimately
became annexed to this estate held by the Whelers.
Wheler, Baronet. Or a cheveron between three leopards' heads sable.
The interest of the Spekes in the remaining quarter
of the manor has not been traced from the death of
Dorothy Speke in 1589. This quarter may possibly
have been included in the 'manor of Sherfield upon
Loddon,' held in 1755 by John, Earl Tylney. (fn. 79)
Paynton Pigott Stainsby Conant purchased the
manor of Sherfield upon Loddon in 1817 or soon
after. (fn. 80) On his death in 1862 the manor was bought
by John Bramston Stane, (fn. 81) by whose trustees it was
sold in 1888 to Charles Lethbridge. (fn. 82) It was purchased of him in 1898 by Mr. James B. Taylor, who
sold it in 1907 to Mr. J. Liddell, (fn. 83) the present owner.
Certain land in Sherfield belonging to the corporation of Reading was purchased by John Bramston
Stane and added to the Sherfield Manor estate. A
park was probably made at Sherfield or an existing
one enlarged about 1273 by John de Wintershill, who
then held the manor. (fn. 84) It was a deer park as early as
1299. (fn. 85) In 1332 this park, now containing over 250
acres, contained only 40 acres. (fn. 86) John de Warblington in 1368 obtained a grant of free warren at
Sherfield. (fn. 87)
A water-mill at Sherfield is first mentioned in
1316–17, but probably existed in the 13th century
as John the Miller is mentioned in 1274. (fn. 88) Two
water-mills are mentioned in an extent of the manor
taken in 1332. (fn. 89) The number of mills had increased
in the 17th century, for in 1601 two water-mills and
a fulling-mill passed with a fourth of the manor, (fn. 90) and
in 1608 four water-mills were annexed to Lord
Wharton's share of the manor. (fn. 91) In the 18th century
a mill described as a water-corn or fulling-mill belonged to the Wheler estate. (fn. 92) There is now only
one mill, known as Longbridge Mill, on the River
Loddon, near Long Bridge.
An estate consisting of a messuage and a carucate
of land was held under the Warblingtons by the
Kendales of Shalden for an annual payment of
3s. 2d. (fn. 93) It is first mentioned on the death of Robert
de Kendale in 1330–1, (fn. 94) and descended in the same
way as Shalden (q.v.) till 1376. (fn. 95) Its further descent
has not been traced.
An estate at Sherfield belonged to the Brocases of
Beaurepaire (fn. 96) from the 14th century to the beginning
of the 19th, Mrs. Brocas being returned as a ratepayer as late as 1803. (fn. 97)
Church
The church of ST. LEONARD consists of a chancel 22 ft. 9 in. by 18 ft. 7 in.,
with a small vestry and organ chamber
on the north side, nave 65 ft. 4 in. by 22 ft. 3 in.,
with a north transept 14 ft. 10 in. by 7 ft. 6 in., and
a south-west tower 11 ft. 6 in. square, the lower part
of which serves as a porch.
The oldest parts of the building are the bay of the
north wall of the nave to the west of the transept,
which contains an old blocked doorway and the upper
stage of an old buttress, and part of the south wall of
the nave opposite. They belong to the second quarter
of the 14th century, but all the rest of the church has
been rebuilt, some of the old details being used. The
tower was built in 1872 in memory of a brother of
the Rev. A. G. Barker, rector, 1863–75.
The east window of the chancel is partly of 14th-century date, and has three trefoiled lights and net
tracery. The mullions and internal splays are
modern.
The eastern window in the south wall of the chancel is a single trefoiled light, but only the chamfered
external jambs are old stone. On one of them, now
set upside down, is scratched an early 16th-century
shield with three indistinct charges on a bend, and in
chief a human hand or a gauntlet.
The western window in this wall is of early
14th-century style, two trefoiled lights with a trefoil in the head, and is nearly all modern. Between
these two windows is a small modern doorway with a
modern triangular window over.
The north organ chamber and vestry are modern
additions, but the east window of the latter is old and
has two trefoiled lights similar to the second south
window of the chancel.
The north window in the organ chamber is modern
and has three trefoiled lights under a square head.
The arch between this chamber and the chancel is of
a drop form and has two chamfered orders. The
chancel arch is of two chamfered orders, the springing
being only a foot or so above the floor.
The west window in the transept and the two
easternmost windows in the north wall of the nave are
modern copies of the second south window of the
chancel. The third north window of the nave is a
modern circular light with tracery. The old blocked
doorway in this north wall referred to above has
chamfered jambs and two-centred head with a
moulded label of 14th-century date.
The first window in the south wall of the nave has
two trefoiled lights and is of the same date and design
as the second south chancel window. The other two
windows in this wall are modern copies of the same.
The south doorway is rebuilt mostly of old stones
and has two chamfered orders and a two-centred arch
of 14th-century detail like the rest.
The west window of the nave is modern and has
three trefoiled lights and a traceried head. Beneath it
is a late 15th-century blocked doorway with moulded
jambs and four-centred head.
The tower is of three stages with a west stair turret.
The bottom stage serves as a porch and has a south
doorway with moulded jambs and two-centred arch
and a small east window. The two upper stages are
lighted by modern windows and the top is finished
with a shingled octagonal spire. The walls generally
are of flint and stone. The lower parts of the chancel walls are of old stonework and the upper parts of
flint. The old part of the north wall of the nave is
of stone and uncut flint, and the south wall of the
nave has many old stones bonded into the flint. All
the internal woodwork is modern.
On the sill of the north-west window of the nave
are two pieces of an old helmet which were dug up
from the foundations of the tower. There is also an
old tile representing a man on horseback blowing a
trumpet.
In this same window is a panel of 16th-century
glass representing St. George and the Dragon. There
are also some fragments of late 16th-century heraldic
glass in the west window of the transept.
On the north wall of the chancel is a brass to
Stephen Hadnall of Shropshire, who married Margaret
Atkins, daughter of Thomas Atkins, by whom he had
two daughters. He died in 1590 and his wife set up
this monument in 1600. Above the inscription is
the kneeling figure of a man, and a shield with his
arms, Or a sleeve sable impaling those of Atkins of
Bristol, Or a quarter-pierced cross flowered at the sides
azure between four molets sable.
At the west end of the north wall of the nave is a
brass to 'Marye th(e)lder coheire of Stephen Hadnoll
Esquier,' who was married to Francis Palmes. She
had six sons and four daughters and died in 1595.
She is represented above the inscription kneeling
between her sons and daughters, and above are three
shields, the first being charged with the maunch of
Hadnoll; the second has the arms of Palmes, Gules
three fleurs de lis argent and a chief vair; in the third
shield is a raven.
Below is another brass to Edmund Molyneux,
second son of Edmund Molyneux. He was born in
1532, but the blank spaces for the date of his death
have never been filled in. Above the inscription is a
shield of six quarters: (1) a cross moline; (2) semy of
scallops with a lion; (3) a lion; (4) a cross with a
flour de lis in the quarter; (5) a cheveron between
three crosses paty; (6) a molet. Below is the motto
'En droyt devant,' and above is a crest of peacocks'
feathers.
The tower contains six bells, the treble and second
being cast by Mears and Stainbank, 1872. The
third is by Henry Knight, 1664, and bears his mark,
three bells, a battle axe, and the initials E K, all on a
shield between the initials H K. The fourth is a
pre-Reformation bell and bears the following black
letter inscription: 'Sancte Petre ora pro nobis,'
and the maker's mark, a circle with four fleurs de lis,
&c., round a shield with cross. The fifth bell is also
of pre-Reformation date and is inscribed in black
letter with crowned capitals, 'Sancte Gabriel ora pro
nobis,' with a lion's face and a cross, the marks of the
Reading foundry. The tenor is by Joseph Carter,
1582, and has 'Blessed be the name of the Lorde'
in rough black letter.
The plate consists of a silver chalice and paten cover
of 1651 given by John Boxe in 1652; a silver credence plate of 1901, given at the coronation of
Edward VII; a pewter and a brass almsdish and an
electro-plated flagon.
The registers are contained in four books, beginning in 1640. The first has baptisms, marriages,
and burials from that date to 1746. The second has
baptisms and burials from 1745 to 1811, and marriages from the same date to 1753 only. The third
contains marriages only from 1754 to 1812, and the
fourth baptisms and burials from 1811 to 1812.
There are two volumes of churchwardens' accounts
from 1691.
Advowson
The advowson of the church of
Sherfield upon Loddon was given by
William de Warblington to the
priory of Merton in 1222. (fn. 98) It remained in the
possession of successive priors till the Dissolution, (fn. 99)
when it passed to the Crown. It was granted in
1545 to Sir William Paulet, Lord St. John, (fn. 100) who
was created Marquis of Winchester in 1551. (fn. 101) The
advowson descended with the title of Marquis of
Winchester and Duke of Bolton till after 1730. (fn. 102)
In 1772 Robert Sloper and Charles Paulet presented, (fn. 103) and two years later the advowson was
sold by Samuel Prince to Peter Rich. (fn. 104) In 1780
the presentation was made by John Eyre and in
1815 by the king on account of the lunacy of John.
The advowson descended in the Eyre family till
1860, when it passed from the Rev. William Eyre to
the Rev. G. H. Nutting. It passed from him in
1863 to George Barker of Stanlake Park, co. Berks. (fn. 105)
He died in 1868, and on the death in the following
year of his eldest son, George William, without issue,
the advowson passed to his third son, the Rev. Alfred
Gresley Barker. (fn. 106) He died in November 1906, and
the living is now in the gift of his trustees.
There are Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Plymouth Brethren's chapels at Sherfield.
Charities
In 1735 James Christmas by his
will bequeathed £100 to be laid out
in erecting a charity school, and
£1,100 to be laid out in land, the rents thereof to
be applied in schooling, and clothing poor persons,
subject to the payment of £10 for bread to the poor of
Stratfieldsaye. The trust estate now consists of the
teacher's house, let at £12 a year, and £3,437 14s.
consols, with the official trustees, arising from the
sale of the real estate in the parish of Swallowfield,
purchased in 1738. The charity is regulated by a
scheme dated 23 October 1883. By an order of the
Charity Commissioners of 11 September 1903, made
under the Board of Education Act, 1899, the sum of
£1,800 consols, producing £45 a year, was directed
to be set aside as 'Christmas's Educational Foundation.'
The annual sum of £10 is paid to the overseers of
Stratfieldsaye for distribution in bread, and the surplus income of the eleemosynary portion is applied
in support of the coal and clothing clubs in Sherfield.
Duke of Bolton's Charity—see under Basingstoke.
The sum of £10 16s. is applicable in this parish.
In 1854 Mary Lyford, by will proved in the
P.C.C. 21 December, bequeathed £500 consols, the
dividends to be distributed yearly in Christmas week
equally among ten poor industrious families residing
in the parish. The stock is held by the official trustees, who also hold a sum of £666 13s. 4d. consols, the dividends of which, now amounting to
£16 13s. 4d., are under the terms of the will of
Paynton Pigott Stainsby Conant, dated 16 December
1861, applicable as to three-fourths in beef and bread,
and one-fourth in coals among the poor on Christmas
Eve.