CHADDLEWORTH, a parish in the hundred of
KINTBURY-EAGLE, county of BERKS, 6§ miles (W.S.W.)
from East Ilsley, containing, with the tything of Woolley,
448 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury,
rated in the king's books at £9. 4. 7., and in
the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.
The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. In 1720, a
school was founded and endowed in this place, by Mr.
William Saunders, for the education of eight poor boys,
who are also clothed and apprenticed, of which number,
two belong to Chaddleworth; the income is £40
per annum. Mrs. Susannah Wynne gave also an annuity
of £ 10 for teaching ten poor children of this
parish. In 1160, a priory was founded for regular
canons of the order of St. Augustine, which was dissolved
by Wolsey, at which period the revenue amounted
to £71. 10. 7.