RUMSEY, (Hampshire) on the r. Tese, or Test, which runs hence to Southampton-Bay, 63 cm. 78 mm. from London, is a pretty
large old T. in the road from Salisbury to Southampton, governed by a mayor, recorder, 6 ald. and 12 burgesses, and much
inhabited by clothiers. It had a nunnery, of which K. Stephen's only daughter was abbess. K. Edward and his son Alfred
were buried in the old Ch. here, which is, or was very lately, standing. The new Ch. is a noble pile, arched with stone in
form of a cross. Sir Will. Petty, the great mathematician, was born here, The Mt. is on S. Fairs on Easter-M. Aug. 15, and
Oct. 28.