WORTHY (MARTYR), a parish partly in the
hundred of BOUNTISBOROUGH, but chiefly in that of
FAWLEY, Fawley division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Winchester, containing,
with the hamlet- of Chilland, 23? inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Winchester, rated in the king's books at £15. 10. 2.,
and in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester.
The church is dedicated to St. Swithin. This parish
is within the jurisdiction of the Cheyney Court held at
Winchester every Thursday, for the recovery of debts to
any amount. Ten boys are instructed for a rent-charg.-
of £6. 13. 4., the bequest of Agnes Parnell, in 1589.