Kemble & Ewen. Kemble is a Viccarige and Ewen a Parsonage the Viccarige worth Sixteene pounds per annum and the Parsonage worth thirtye pounds per annum. And the Gleabe belonginge to the Parsonage worth foure pounds per annum in the whole Fifftye pounds per Annum. Thomas Thacke is the Incumbent and Receiveth the proffitts thereof.

Ashley. Is a parsonage of the yearely value of Fortye pounds (as It is adjudged) and that John Barrett clerke is the present Incumbent and receiveth the Tythes to his owne proper vse.

Charleton. Is a Viccarage and a faire and large Parish Church the Gleabe Lands to the same worth fortye marks per annum and the privye Tythes worth Fortye pounds per annum And that Mr. William Whittley' is the Viccar and in possession of the said Viccarige And receiveth the profitts to the same belonging.

Crudwell. Is a parish Church whereof Mr. George Neuill is the present Incumbent. And that the Gleabe Lands and other proffitts thereof are neere worth fowerscore and sixteene pounds per annum.

Houckerton. Is a Viccarige of the value of Five and Fortye pounds per annum. And that Mr. William Beale is the now Incumbent and doth receive the proffitts to his owne vse Butt the Cure is supplyed by John Beale sonne vnto the said William Beale.

Norton. Is a Viccarige worth twenty pounds per annum or thereabouts And that Mr. Coxe is the present Incumbent and Receiveth the profitts, being A godly man.

Garsdon. Is a Parsonage with cure of Soules. And that there is one Chappell therevnto belonging within a myle distance called the Lea, the value of the Parsonage of the said Parish Church by Common Estimacion is Fortye pounds per annum. And that John Hieron clerke is the present Incumbent and wee the Jurors doe thincke fitt that Garsdon may be a sufficient place of It self for the maintenance of a Minister without addition of any other place.

Lea and Cleuerton. There is A Parish Church belonging to these Tythings the true value of the Viccarige house and Glebe worth twentye pounds per annum and the Viccars tythes Thirtye pounds per annum. Mr. Hieron is the Incumbent and receiveth the proffitts the Church standeth very convenient for the parish and the inhabitants doe desire that Lea and Cleuerton maye be made an Intire and distinct thinge by it selfe as formerly It hath beene without any Relation to Garsdon.

Hullavington. Is a Viccarige valued to be worth forty fiue pounds per annum or thereabouts. William Latimer clerke is the present Incumbent and Receives the Tythes to his owne vse.

Poole. Is a parsonage of the late King's guifte worth Fiftye pounds per annum or thereabouts the present Incumbent is Mr. John Ferreby senior who taketh the proffitts thereof to his owne vse.

Oaksie. Okesie is a parsonage the value of the Gleabe and Tythes worth

1 The name is Matthew in Phillipps' Wilts Inst. and in the Malmesbury Abbey Registers where he is mentioned as taking several baptisms.

fower score and Five pounds per annum the present Incumbent is Mr Thomas Ellson who receives the profitts to his owne vse ovt of which Mr. John Ferrebye junior for serving vnder Mr. Ellson receiveth twenty pounds per

annum.

ADHUC DE MALMESBURY HUNDRED.

Stanton Quintin. Is a Parsonage valued att one hundred pounds per Annum Mr. John Hodges is the present incumbent placed there by order of Parliament And the Parsonage valued att one hundred pounds per annum and the Church landes att six shillings per annum. And that the said Mr. Hodges receiveth the proffitts of the Parsonage (paying the Fifte parte thereof vnto Mrs. Chamberleine' the wife of the Precedent Rector) and supplyeth the Cure. And is a Godly able Man and well approved of by Vs. Mintye. Is a viccarige And that one Benard Wayte is the present Incumbent and receives the proffitts thereof for the most parte arysing in the County of Gloucester worth Five and Fitye pounds per annum onely the Viccarige house and gleabe Lands lying and being in the County of Wilts by estimacion Fowre pounds per annum.

Brinckworth. Is a parsonage worth two hundred pounds per annum and that Mr. John Harding Doctor of Divinitye doth supply the Cure and doth paye the Fifte parte of the proffitts thereof vnto Doctor Dowdeswell the precedent parson and the Residue doth receiue to his owne vse who is approued of by vs.

Somerford Parva. Is a parsonage reputed to be worth Fowrescore pounds per annum. And that John Palmer clarke is the present Incumbent and receiveth the profitts.

CALNE HUNDRED,

Calne. Is a Parsonage consisting of a Viccaridge worth thirtye fiue pounds per annum. And that Mr. William Mortimer is the present Incumbent And doth receiue the profitts thereof besides twelue pounds per annum for his Salarye out of the Parsonage of Calne. And that the chappell of Barwicke Bassett belongeth to the parish Church of Calne And one Mr. Millerd' doth receiue out of the said parsonage thirty pounds per annum for his seruing there. And that John Frayling is a godlye able man an Assistant vnto the said Mr. Mortimer beinge aboue foure score yeares of age.

Blackland. Is a parsonage presentatiue with Cure of Soules being worth thirtye pounds per annum And that Thomas Page Clerke receiueth the benefittfor profitts thereof to his owne vse being the present Incumbent Compton Bassett. Is a parsonage worth one hundred pounds per 1The name is given as Charnbury in Phillipps' Wilts Inst. and in Lansdown MS. 459 Charenbury.

2 Miller.

annum

And that James Nisbitt is the present Incumbent and possessor of the said parsonage and Receiveth the profitts for his owne vse being lately presented therevnto by the Lords Comissioners for the Keeping of the Great Seale of England.

Yatesbury. Is a parsonage worth one hundred pounds per annum and that Mr. Henry Norborne is the present incumbent. And receiueth the profitts to his owne vse.

Hedington. Is a parsonage worth three score and fiue pounds per And that Mr. Henry Rogers is the present Incumbent. Receiueth

annum.

the profitts.

Cherrill, Is an antient Church the present Incumbent thereof is John Steuens clerke who for his Salarye receiueth the Donatiue with the small tythes of the parishioners worth thirteene pounds per annum And by the guift of Docto' Dauenant sometymes treasurer of Salisbury sixteene pounds per annum.

Calston. Is a parish one Parson and Viccar In the guift of William Duckett esquire the value thereof fiue and thirtye pounds per annum : the present Incumbent is Richard Jenings who receiueth the profitts thereof to his owne vse.

Barwick Bassett. Wolston Miller clerke is the Minister there whose salarye out of the Parsonage is butt thirtye pounds per annum, out of wch Mr. Lowe deducteth thirty shillings yearely for house Rent and a third part of the monthly contribution.

DANERHAM (Sic.) NORTH HUNDRED.

Nettleton. Is a parsonage worth one hundred pounds per annum. John Fabian is the present Incumbent doth Receive the Tythes or proffitts for the same.

Grittleton. Is a presentative Rectorye or Parsonage with Cure of Soules hauing beene Lett for Fourescore pounds per annum. And it is beleived It is now worth one hundred pounds per annum and no more. Richard Jaques clerke is the present Incumbent and proprietor of the Parsonage and doth receive the proffitts thereof.

Christian Malford. Is a Parsonage valued to be worth one hundred and three score pounds per annum. Mr. William Doleman Is the minister or present Incumbent thereof and doth receiue the Proffitts of the parsonage aforesaid and is approved of by vs.

Kinton Sct. Michaell. There is one Ecclesiasticall benefice or Viccarige with Cure of Soules the Guifte is of the Ladye Longe. The yearely value is seauen pounds tenn shillings the Gleabe and the priuye Tythes Fiftye two pounds and tenn shillings in the whole three score pounds per annum. Richard Hine is the present Incumbent and receiveth Forty five pounds per Annum to his owne vse and Fifteene pounds the Residue is paid to Nicholas Peirce because of the Insufficiencye of Richard Hine the said Church there hath for a long tyme beene voyde of an Able Godlye Orthodox Minister vntill now within some few moneths the said Nicholas Peirce

once a Sabbaoth daye doth exercise there who is a very Godly Able vnderstanding man and for his great paynes In the Ministerye is to Receive Fifteene pounds per annum towards the Maintenance of himselfe his wife and Children.

William Shute Rich Scott William Mountioye John Hunt Adam Gouldney James Organ Robert Huckings Charles Hadnam Walter Bullock Samuell Vnckles William Dyer William Vncles Richard Odye William Alexander Richard Wyles Michaell Thomas John Lacye John Thomas John Parker Gabriell Golding Isack Tayler Humfry Workman Thomas Penn. This Coppie agreeth with the Original and is examined by me Tho: Hobson. Endorsed :-Cop. of the Returnes of the severall Inquisitions in the Countie of Wilts.

II. Valuations of Church Property.

CHIPPENHAM HUNDRED.

Wilts Rectoria de Sherston. A Survey of the Rectory or Parsonage of Sherton (sic) and Alderington with the appurtenances there vnto belonginge lyinge and beinge in the Countie of Wilts late parcell of the possessions or late belonginge to the Deane and Chapter of the Cathedrall Church of the Holy and vndivisible Trinitie in Gloucester made and taken by vs whose names are herevnto subscribed in the monthe of September 1649 by virtue of a commission to vs graunted (&c. as above).

Thomas Hodges Esquire. All that Scyte of the Rectorie and Parsonage of Sherston & Aldrington with the appurtenances lying and beinge in the Countie of Wiltes conteyninge one Messuage or Dwellinge house consistinge of one hall, one kitchin, one butterie, one whitehouse one mealehouse, one maulthouse All conteyninge seven bayes of buildinge, two barnes covered with tyle, one dove loft over the porch of one of the said barnes, one stable, one oxhouse, one waine house covered with thatch in all conteyning sixteene bayes of buildinge, one garden and backside conteyninge by estimacion one acre, and all and singuler landes tenementes rentes meadowes leasowes, pastures, tythes of wood, Patronages, Advowsons, Presentacions, of the Churches and Chappells all and singuler the proffittes, comodities, Royalties, liberties, members and appurtenances whatsoever they bee sett lyinge and beinge in the said Countie of Wilts to the said Rectorie and Chappell belonginge or in anie wise apperteyninge or which at anie tyme heretofore have beene reputed letten, occupied accepted taken knowne as part parcell or member of the said Rectorie or Chappell belonging to the same.

Memorandum that all the before mencioned premisses were by the late Deane and Chapter of the Cathedrall Church of holy and indivisible Trinitie in Gloucester by their Indenture by Lease bearing date the second daie of August in the fowerth yeare of the raigne of King Edward the Sixth demysed to John Veele of Longford in the Countye of the cittie of Gloucester yeoman to hold from & ymediately after the death surrender forfeiture end

1 Lambeth Parl. Surveys, Vol. IX., p. 231–232.

and terme of the lease lately made vnto one Thomas Hayer of Sherston aforesaid and others with him named in the same for fowerscore and Tenne yeares payinge per annum viij", at the Feastes' of St. Michaell the Archangell onely but are worth vppon ymprovement over and above the said rent Cxxxij [Redditus viij

A Covenant that the Lesse all and singuler reparacions of houses vppon the Scite of the said Rectorie and other the premisses and all charges ordinary and extraordinary, whatsoever they bee shall make doe and paie at their proper costes and charges & thereof shall acquitt the said Deane and Chapter and their Successors during the said terme. A Clause of reentrie in case the Rent bee vnpaid by the space of one moneth after it growes due. The Advowson right of Patronage, nominacion and presentacion of the Rectory of the Church and chappell of Sherston and Aldrington doth belonge to the Lessee. The Viccarige there is worth per annum xl". The presente Incumbent there is Henry Heyes.

The Counterparte of the lease of the said premises heretofore made to Thomas Hayer of Sherston aforesaid and others and the counterparte of the said lease made vnto the said John Veele by the said Deane and Chapter of Gloucester wee cannot find amoungst the Counterpartes of the leases of the late landes and possessions of the said late Deane and Chapter of Gloucester. Thomas Hodges Esquire hath shewed vnto vs onelie the last mencioned lease he affirmes that he hath a terme in the saide premisses yet to come and that the said premisses are by sufficient meanes in lawe conveyed vnto him the meane conveyances he hath not nowe in his possession but hath promised that hee will cleare his title to and interest in the said premises to the hole, the Trustees next tearme in London. [Hodges interest... the premisses to bee ... out within the tyme lymitted."] Geo. Oldfield Tho: Milweare Anthony Edwardes John Grange. Will. Webb supervisor Generall. 1649.

MALMESBURY HUNDRED.

Rectoria di Sutton Benger3 A Survey of the Rectory or Impropriate Parsonage of Sutton Benger with the Rights members and appur tenances thereof lying and being in the County of Wiltes late parcell of the possessions or late belonging to the Cathedrall Church of the Virgin Mary of Sarum in Com. Wiltes aforesaid, made and taken by vs whose names are herevnto subscribed in the moneth of January. By virtue of a Commission to vs granted, grounded vpon an Acte of the Commons of England assembled in Parliament for the abolishing of Deanes, Deanes and Chapters, Canons, Prebends and other offices & titles of and belonging to any Cathedrall or Collegiate Church or Chappell within England and Wales, vnder the handes & seales of Five or more of the Trustees in the said Act named and appointed. Annual Rentes reserved.

1 sic plural.

All that Rectory or impropriate parsonage

2

Partly lost in the binding. 3 Lambeth Parliamentary Surveys, Vol. XV.,

pp. 203-205.