FAWLEY, a parish in the hundred of DESBOROUGH,
county of BUCKINGHAM, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Henley
upon Thames, containing 276 inhabitants. Theliving is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £11. 10. lO.j
and in the patronage of-Freeman, Esq.  The church;
dedicated to St. Mary, was repaired and fitted up. in
1748, at the expense of John Freeman, Esq; the altar
font, pulpit, and pews, belonged to the chapel at Canons,
the seat of the Duke of Chandos, which had been pulled
down the year preceding. Fawley-court was garrisoned
by the king's troops in 1642, whereby many valuable
manuscripts, books, &c., the property of its celebrated
owner, Sir Bulstrode Whitlock, were destroyed.