Old Hampshire Mapped
Cox's Hampshire
Transcription (46)Wickham
Wickham, William of
Long, William
Uvedal Family
Edward III
Winchester Tower
Wickham, a small Village made famous, not only by being the Seat and Manor of the Uvedals, but chiefly for being the Birth place of that great Prelate, called from this Place, William of Wickham. He was the Son of John and Sibil Long, who being poor People, Nicholas Uvedal Esq; Lord of the Manor, seeing the Towardliness of their Son, sent him to School at Winchester, and kept him at Oxford six Years, when he was sent for by his Patron, who was made Constable of Winchester Castle, to be his Secretary, which Office he managed so well, that he was not only much liked by his Patron, but Bishop Edendon made use of him in the same Post, and obtained at length of his Patron, that he could have him for his Service only. While he was with the Bishop, King Edward III. came down to Winchester, and understanding how ingenious he was, made him by Patent, the Surveyor of his Buildings, which that King was then erecting at Dover, Windsor, Queenborough, &c. There is a Tower in Windsor Castle, called Winchester Tower, from him, who from this beginning was advanced to the See of Winchester; and in it is this Inscription, HOC FECIT WICKHAM. The Seat here anciently belonging to the Uvedals, descended from William of Wickham's Patron, in now in the Possession of the Howards, Earl of Carlisle, who married the heiress of that Family. From this Place the River leads us to
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