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St. Saviour's And Its Monuments.
and the ferry was then discontinued , and a wooden bridge built to supersede it . The name of Overy is derived , in all probability , from the Saxon words Over and Rhe , or as it is now Avritten , river , and is handed doivn to posterity as the original designation of St . Mary Overies . In the year 1106 it Avas a second time founded for canons regularby tAvo Norman knights
, , whose names , preserved in the old chronicles , are stated to have been William Pont de l'Arche and William Dauncy . In the seventh year of the reign of Henry the First , William Gifford , being then Bishop of Winchester , built the nave of the church belonging to the priory , Avhich ivas nearly destroyed by fire in the year 1207 ; and whilst under repair the canons founded an
hospital , wherein they celebrated the services of the church , and which was the original foundation of St . Thomas ' s Hospital . Some tiventy years subsequent to this occurrence , Peter de la Roch , or , as he is also called , Peter de Rupibus , Bishop of Winchester , and guardian of the young king Henry the Third , founded a chapel in the church of St . Mary Overy , dedicating
it to St . Mary Magdalen , ancl which was consecrated as the parish church for the adjoining district . In the reigns of Richard the Second and Henry the Fourth the church was rebuilt ; and , marvellous to record , one of the principal benefactors to the funds for its restoration and adornment was a poet . John Gowerone of the fathers of old English versethe
, , friend and cotemporary of Chaucer , a man of liberal vieAVS , sound intelligence , of good breeding and education , Avas mainly instrumental in rearing the beautiful edifice in which he now lies buried .
At the dissolution of monastic establishments in the reign of Henry the Eighth , this priory Avas surrendered to that monarch ' s commissioners in due form , in the year 1539 ; and at the folloAving Christmas , the inhabitants of the borough purchased it of the king , and converted it into a parish church , uniting it with St . Margaret ' s-on-the-Hill . It is not very easy to
ascertain at Avhat period it lost the appellation of St . Mary Overies , or in what way and Avhen it received the name by which it is designated , namely , St . Saviour ' s ; but such is the history of its early foundations , ancl of the various changes it has undergone . Of its beauty who can sufficiently speak ; of the fitness of its architectural designor of the exceedinglgreat amount of
, y interest which clings to its venerable walls , who can say too much ? Cathedral-like in its appearance , both externally and internally , it has distinctive features of its OAA ' Avhich invite attention , and command the admiration of the man of taste . _ It is most unfortunately placed , for , OAving to the greater cleva-
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St. Saviour's And Its Monuments.
and the ferry was then discontinued , and a wooden bridge built to supersede it . The name of Overy is derived , in all probability , from the Saxon words Over and Rhe , or as it is now Avritten , river , and is handed doivn to posterity as the original designation of St . Mary Overies . In the year 1106 it Avas a second time founded for canons regularby tAvo Norman knights
, , whose names , preserved in the old chronicles , are stated to have been William Pont de l'Arche and William Dauncy . In the seventh year of the reign of Henry the First , William Gifford , being then Bishop of Winchester , built the nave of the church belonging to the priory , Avhich ivas nearly destroyed by fire in the year 1207 ; and whilst under repair the canons founded an
hospital , wherein they celebrated the services of the church , and which was the original foundation of St . Thomas ' s Hospital . Some tiventy years subsequent to this occurrence , Peter de la Roch , or , as he is also called , Peter de Rupibus , Bishop of Winchester , and guardian of the young king Henry the Third , founded a chapel in the church of St . Mary Overy , dedicating
it to St . Mary Magdalen , ancl which was consecrated as the parish church for the adjoining district . In the reigns of Richard the Second and Henry the Fourth the church was rebuilt ; and , marvellous to record , one of the principal benefactors to the funds for its restoration and adornment was a poet . John Gowerone of the fathers of old English versethe
, , friend and cotemporary of Chaucer , a man of liberal vieAVS , sound intelligence , of good breeding and education , Avas mainly instrumental in rearing the beautiful edifice in which he now lies buried .
At the dissolution of monastic establishments in the reign of Henry the Eighth , this priory Avas surrendered to that monarch ' s commissioners in due form , in the year 1539 ; and at the folloAving Christmas , the inhabitants of the borough purchased it of the king , and converted it into a parish church , uniting it with St . Margaret ' s-on-the-Hill . It is not very easy to
ascertain at Avhat period it lost the appellation of St . Mary Overies , or in what way and Avhen it received the name by which it is designated , namely , St . Saviour ' s ; but such is the history of its early foundations , ancl of the various changes it has undergone . Of its beauty who can sufficiently speak ; of the fitness of its architectural designor of the exceedinglgreat amount of
, y interest which clings to its venerable walls , who can say too much ? Cathedral-like in its appearance , both externally and internally , it has distinctive features of its OAA ' Avhich invite attention , and command the admiration of the man of taste . _ It is most unfortunately placed , for , OAving to the greater cleva-