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Tichborne House at one time served as the Catholic Church, but the family, who were granted their estate in about 1135, remained loyal to the Catholic faith through the difficult years of the Reformation. The, now Anglican Parish Church of St. Andrew’s, in the village, is one of only three churches in the country which accommodates a Catholic Chapel within it. This concession was granted to Sir Benjamin Tichborne in 1621 by King James I, in appreciation of Sir Benjamin's help in securing Hampshire for the king at his accession in 1603. To this day, an annual Catholic Requiem Mass is held on St Peter’s Day (29 June) conducted by Father John Buckley.
It had better not stop now
The tradition of the Tichborne Dole is still going strong!
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The traditional dole has a healthy future, with Anthony and Catherine Loudon still simply enjoying the day: “I have no reason at all to discontinue the dole,” says Anthony, “apart from anything else, it’s a lovely tradition and as we buy the flour in bulk, there’s not a huge cost. I started something new just before my mother died in 1995; she was the eldest daughter of the last baronet, Sir Anthony Doughty Tichborne. We decided that, as this is a fairly affluent part of the country, we would do something more in keeping with the nature of Lady Mabella’s cause. We decided to ask for a voluntary donation from the villagers for charity, usually collecting about £100.
”If the tradition did have to stop, for whatever reason, all of the elements of the curse, if you believe it, have been satisfied, so I really don’t think that anything would actually happen. If I’m not here, there is always my wife or aunt who would actually administer the dole and Father John Buckley has it in his diary well in advance for the blessing!”
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