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AT GREAT CHALFIELD, WILTSHIRE.
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In a MS. now in the possession of William Waldron, Esq., relating to Great
Chalfield, there is a pedigree given of the Percys, Knights of Great Chaljield,
but which does not trace the lineage further back than circa a.d. 1180. In
the former part of it are extracts from a Mr. Dickenson’s Vellum Book,* * * § and
run thus: “ Here the booke goes on again in another place, and says, y 4 y e ”
above S r Williamf an Agnes dyed ; after whose death y e s d second son, S rHarry,”
son of y e s d Will: & Agnes, entered on y e Man r of Chaldfield, & y e other Man rs,”
as son and heir to the said William, who took to wife Eve, daughter of”
“ John GifFord, Lord of Broughton GifFord, in Wiltshire, who had S r Roger,”
“ S r Walter, & S r William, Knights, and Juhan; the said S r Walter, S r”
“ William, and Juhan, dyed without issue, and Eve dyed, after whose decease ”
“ the said S r Roger entered on y e Man rs at Chaldefeld and elsewhere, as son ”
“ and heir of the S r Harry, who took to wife Dorothey Ryvers, Lord of Burgate,”
“ in Southamptonshire.”
“ Sir Roger and Dorothey had issue S r Harry Percy, Knight the third, John,”
“ and Emmot; y e s d John and Emmot dyed without issue; the said Roger”
“ and Dorothey dyed; and, after their decease, y e said Sir Harry Percy the ”
“ third, as son and heir of the said Sir Roger, entered upon all the Man rs, &c.,”
“ who toke to wife Alianore, daughter of Sir Walter Skydmore, Knight, Lord of”
“ Upton Skydmore (in a.d. 1301), in Wiltshire, y e s d S r Harry & Alianore had”
“ Issue a daughter called Beatrice, and none other child. Y e said Alian re ”
“ dyed; S r Harry, y e son of Sir Roger, overlived, who took to a second ”
e< wife, Constance, bedfellow & cousin to Master Robert Wayvile,J Bishop of”
ee Sailsbury, born to no arms nor lands, w eh S r Harry gave his estate at Chald- ”
ee feld, to Constance, for life, and some grant likewise to y e Bishop.” ee But ”
ee Constance, marrying a second husband,§ and proving very naughty, & by y e ”
ee w ch, with too great concessions of her first husband, long and expensive suits ”
ee arose about the Manor of Chaldfield; but, at length, about 24. Hen. 6.,”
* Original MS. at Monks (vellum), in 1744, contained cliarters and grants relating to twenty-eiglit parishes.
Mr. Waldron made inquiries about it, but unsuccessfully, and supposes tliat it is now in the possession of a family of
the name of Mordaunt.
■f This William de Perci de Ciiadesfeld was living in the time of Richard I. — See Rotuli Curice Regis, Vol. i.
p. 245 ; also, at p. 248, where it is written Kaldefeld; also, pp. 288, 324.
X Bishop of Salisbury from a.d. 1330, to 1375.
§ Constance, widow of Sir Henry Percy, must have married Henry de la Rivers; since, from a.d. 1404, to
a.d. 1419, according to the Register at Salisbury, the patroness of Great Chalfield was “ Constantia, nuper uxor Henrici
de la Ryver.”
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25
In a MS. now in the possession of William Waldron, Esq., relating to Great
Chalfield, there is a pedigree given of the Percys, Knights of Great Chaljield,
but which does not trace the lineage further back than circa a.d. 1180. In
the former part of it are extracts from a Mr. Dickenson’s Vellum Book,* * * § and
run thus: “ Here the booke goes on again in another place, and says, y 4 y e ”
above S r Williamf an Agnes dyed ; after whose death y e s d second son, S rHarry,”
son of y e s d Will: & Agnes, entered on y e Man r of Chaldfield, & y e other Man rs,”
as son and heir to the said William, who took to wife Eve, daughter of”
“ John GifFord, Lord of Broughton GifFord, in Wiltshire, who had S r Roger,”
“ S r Walter, & S r William, Knights, and Juhan; the said S r Walter, S r”
“ William, and Juhan, dyed without issue, and Eve dyed, after whose decease ”
“ the said S r Roger entered on y e Man rs at Chaldefeld and elsewhere, as son ”
“ and heir of the S r Harry, who took to wife Dorothey Ryvers, Lord of Burgate,”
“ in Southamptonshire.”
“ Sir Roger and Dorothey had issue S r Harry Percy, Knight the third, John,”
“ and Emmot; y e s d John and Emmot dyed without issue; the said Roger”
“ and Dorothey dyed; and, after their decease, y e said Sir Harry Percy the ”
“ third, as son and heir of the said Sir Roger, entered upon all the Man rs, &c.,”
“ who toke to wife Alianore, daughter of Sir Walter Skydmore, Knight, Lord of”
“ Upton Skydmore (in a.d. 1301), in Wiltshire, y e s d S r Harry & Alianore had”
“ Issue a daughter called Beatrice, and none other child. Y e said Alian re ”
“ dyed; S r Harry, y e son of Sir Roger, overlived, who took to a second ”
e< wife, Constance, bedfellow & cousin to Master Robert Wayvile,J Bishop of”
ee Sailsbury, born to no arms nor lands, w eh S r Harry gave his estate at Chald- ”
ee feld, to Constance, for life, and some grant likewise to y e Bishop.” ee But ”
ee Constance, marrying a second husband,§ and proving very naughty, & by y e ”
ee w ch, with too great concessions of her first husband, long and expensive suits ”
ee arose about the Manor of Chaldfield; but, at length, about 24. Hen. 6.,”
* Original MS. at Monks (vellum), in 1744, contained cliarters and grants relating to twenty-eiglit parishes.
Mr. Waldron made inquiries about it, but unsuccessfully, and supposes tliat it is now in the possession of a family of
the name of Mordaunt.
■f This William de Perci de Ciiadesfeld was living in the time of Richard I. — See Rotuli Curice Regis, Vol. i.
p. 245 ; also, at p. 248, where it is written Kaldefeld; also, pp. 288, 324.
X Bishop of Salisbury from a.d. 1330, to 1375.
§ Constance, widow of Sir Henry Percy, must have married Henry de la Rivers; since, from a.d. 1404, to
a.d. 1419, according to the Register at Salisbury, the patroness of Great Chalfield was “ Constantia, nuper uxor Henrici
de la Ryver.”
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