St Andrew’s, Tichborne

St Andrew’s, Tichborne is a delightful and unspoiled church and the Tichborne Family Chapel is one of only three Catholic chapels surviving in a pre- Reformation church in England.


Through the Reformation, the Tichborne family clung to their Roman Catholic faith. Any hint of Catholicism in parish churches was removed and that is why the Tichborne Family Chapel is an extraordinary thing.

To survive the Reformation, the family must have been in high favour with their monarch. Sir Benjamin Tichborne, High Sheriff of Hampshire 1579 – 1580 showed great loyalty to his monarchs and was granted a concession in 1621 by King James I, in appreciation of Sir Benjamin’s help in securing Hampshire for the king at his accession in 1603.