Victoria History of Hampshire During the reign of Henry III there appears to have been some dispute in connexion with the chapel of Ropley. In 1241 the sherriff of Southampton was ordered to remove the lay force by which the men of the prior of Merton were being obstructed so that they might have free entry to the chapel. The sherriff was furter commanded to attach Master AUBERY, the official of the archdeacon of Winchester was to answer for his action in collating & instituting to the chapel contrary to the claim of the king, in whose hands the right of presentation had devolved by reason of the voidance of the see of Winchester