. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . her royal progress through England, was receivedby Francis Palmes, the sheriff of Hampshire, andother gentlemen of the county, on 5 September1601. Her majesty sayd she was never so honor-ably received into any shire, for as Hampshire is acounty pleasant of soile and full of delights forprinces of this land who often made their progressesthither, so it is well inhabited by ancient gentlemencivilly educated and who live in great amity Primitive Methodist chapel and the schoolsare situated on the common, and on its eastern boun-daries
. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . her royal progress through England, was receivedby Francis Palmes, the sheriff of Hampshire, andother gentlemen of the county, on 5 September1601. Her majesty sayd she was never so honor-ably received into any shire, for as Hampshire is acounty pleasant of soile and full of delights forprinces of this land who often made their progressesthither, so it is well inhabited by ancient gentlemencivilly educated and who live in great amity Primitive Methodist chapel and the schoolsare situated on the common, and on its eastern boun-daries are the rectory, Silchester House, the residence 108 iyykekam,s Reg. (Hants Rec. Soc), 111 Ibid. 11 Dec. 1863. p. 6482. 1 A full description is given of it in ii, 394-5. 112 Ibid. 12 Apr. 1864, p. 2027, Hants, i, 350-72. lu9 Cal. of Papal Letters, vii, 394. 118 Cott. MS. Cleop. C. vii, fol. 75 d. * Lord Cockburn s Works (i 872),i,446-7. 110 Lond. Gaz. 13 Jan. 1863, p. 211. 8 Woodward, Hist, of Hants, iii, 192-3. 51 A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE. of Mrs. Davis, and Sikhester Hall—standing in itsown grounds of about 102 acres—the seat ofMrs. Thorold. A stream called Silchester Brookintersects the eastern portion of the parish. Thetotal area is 1,945 acres, of which 893^ acres arearable land, 438^ acres permanent grass, and 1994acres woods and The soil is principally gravel, while the subsoil ischalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, and oats. At the time of the Domesday SurveyMANOR there were two estates in SILCHESTER—one of 5 hides which Alestan had heldof Edward the Confessor, and which was then in thepossession of Ralph Bluet, who held of William deOw,5 and the other assessed at 3 hides and formingpart of the possessions of Ralph de Mortimer, whosepredecessor Cheping had held it of Earl Harold as Ralph de Mortimers holding passed probablyto the Bluets, and from this time there was but onemanor of Silchester, the property of the Bluet o
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