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| | Kingsclere - Heritage & Genealogy |
 | | Lord Bolton is lord of the manor of the whole parish, but a great part of the soil belongs to the Duke of Wellington, Christ Church College, Oxford, Winchester College, and the Fisher, Holding, Flower, Kilpin, Curtis, Arundell, Pickering, Goddard, Hythe, Webb, Portal, and other families, all freeholders. |
 | | Kingsclere receives yearly, from Sir James Lancaster's Charity, £20 towards the support of the Free School, and £10 for weekly distribution of bread andc., among the poor parishioners. |
 | | In 1685 James Chamberlain, pursuant to the will of his uncle and in consideration of £40, gave to the poor 14½ acres of land in the three common fields of the parish. |
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