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Description: | Titchfield Abbey was founded in 1232 by Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester and was occupied by the Premonstratensian White canons for 300 years. One of the finest monastic libraries in England was to be found here - 224 volumes. Henry V1 and Margaret of Anjou were married here in 1445. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536 it was converted the abbey into a mansion called Place House by its new owners, the Earls of Southampton. The beautiful ruins of the gatehouse indicate the former magnificence of the building. The Third Earl of Southampton was a patron of Shakespeare who is believed to have visited Titchfield.
In 1741 the Titchfield estates were bought by the Delme family who later purchased Cams Hall. They removed much of the fittings to adorn their new house, thus allowing Place House to fall into ruin.
The abbey now belongs to English Heritage and is also used for spectacular local events.
References:
1. Emery, John. 1985. Fareham in old picture postcards, p.13.
2. Draper, J C. 1988. Titchfield village walk. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | building Earl of Southampton Margaret of Anjou Titchfield Abbey house Delme King Henry V1 Cams Hall Place House monastery William Shakespeare Peter des Roches abbey | Temporal: | start=1980-01-01; end=1980-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | I Gibson | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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