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RISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF TIIE MANOR-HOUSE
“ Thomas Trapenell recovered the greatest part, and afterwards y e whole,”
“ except y e Constableship of Trowbrige Castle, w Gh of right belonged to y e ”
“ MaiT of East Chaldfield.”
In the time of Edward III., Phillip Fitzwaryn held tlie Manors of Chalfield
and Trowbridge, and in that year granted a part to the court of Edyngton.*
The next person whom we find patron of the living at East Chaldfeld is
“Will mus Rous, Ai'miger,'’f who was Chamberlain to King Henry VI. in virtue of
the Manor of Imber; but that he was ever lawful possessor of the Manor of
Great Chalfield, does not appear very probable, since Little or West Chalfield
belonged to his family ; and in the MS. so often referred to, we find the follow-
ing passage: “ In y e 4th of Hen. 6., concerning the Constableship of Trow-”
“ bridge Castle, a dispute arose betwixt y e Duke of Glousester and y e Bishop ”
“ of Winchester, Cardinal of England, & others, Feoffees to y e Duke of Lan-”
“ caster, of w ch dutchy Trowbridge was parcell — Rouse, L d of Chaufield,”
“ claimed y e same office as appurt. to his Man r, and w ras supported by y c Duke ”
“ Glosester, who brought his Serv ts and Foresters from Pewsham and Black-”
more forests, and defended Rous’s possess” at Chaufield, and y e office of”
“ Constable. Y e s d Duke and Rouse went w th a great Retinue (to) y e Parleam 1 ”
at Lincoln, w th w ch y e Cardinal was much ofiended. At length Ptous was ”
“ forced to quit y e office, and others by y e Duke of Lancaster placed, tho’ Rous ”
&, after him, Trapnell sued and made greet intrest for the office, cou’d never ”
attain, notwithstanding they deemed it their inheritance.”
ProbablyRous held Great Chalfield under Constance, who was life-interested
in it as widow of the last Sir Henry Percy, and may have been obliged to render
up the possession to Thomas Tropenell at her death, or soon afterwards, which
must have taken place between 1419 and 1425. He was Lord of Imber, and
patron of that living from 1414 to 1435. In 16th Henry VI., 1438, by a fine
levied, he sold the Manor of Imber and Winterbourne Lymington, with the
* He was patron of tlie living in 1361, — see tlie Register al Salisbury, given at page 33, and in tlie 40tli of Edward
III. (1366), lie, and his wife, Constance, granted a part of the Manors of Chaldfeld and Troubragg, in Wilts, “ Rectori
Fr’ibus Domus de Edynton.” — See Callendarium Inquis’ post mortem, Vol. ii. p. 277. In a document in the Duchy of
Lancaster office, under “ Reasonable aid granted to the King io marry the davghter of Henry IV.,” is the following : —“'De
Dno de Chaldfeld pro uno foedo in Chaldfeild XX 1.”
f In Hoake’s Modern Wiltshire, he is mentioned as having resided latterly (lie died Aug. 12, 30 Henry VI., and
was huried at the church of Greyfriars, London, by the name of William Rous of Emmer, in co. Wilts, Esq.) of East
Chalfield, which he held under the Earl of Sarum. But this must be a mistake, as we find, in 1411, Jolin Rous of
Immere, patron of the cliapel at Chaldefeld (meaning West, or Little Chaldefeld), as the name of Philip Lye, the
ecclesiastic, proves._See tlie Extract of the Register of Salisbury, given at p. 33.
RISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF TIIE MANOR-HOUSE
“ Thomas Trapenell recovered the greatest part, and afterwards y e whole,”
“ except y e Constableship of Trowbrige Castle, w Gh of right belonged to y e ”
“ MaiT of East Chaldfield.”
In the time of Edward III., Phillip Fitzwaryn held tlie Manors of Chalfield
and Trowbridge, and in that year granted a part to the court of Edyngton.*
The next person whom we find patron of the living at East Chaldfeld is
“Will mus Rous, Ai'miger,'’f who was Chamberlain to King Henry VI. in virtue of
the Manor of Imber; but that he was ever lawful possessor of the Manor of
Great Chalfield, does not appear very probable, since Little or West Chalfield
belonged to his family ; and in the MS. so often referred to, we find the follow-
ing passage: “ In y e 4th of Hen. 6., concerning the Constableship of Trow-”
“ bridge Castle, a dispute arose betwixt y e Duke of Glousester and y e Bishop ”
“ of Winchester, Cardinal of England, & others, Feoffees to y e Duke of Lan-”
“ caster, of w ch dutchy Trowbridge was parcell — Rouse, L d of Chaufield,”
“ claimed y e same office as appurt. to his Man r, and w ras supported by y c Duke ”
“ Glosester, who brought his Serv ts and Foresters from Pewsham and Black-”
more forests, and defended Rous’s possess” at Chaufield, and y e office of”
“ Constable. Y e s d Duke and Rouse went w th a great Retinue (to) y e Parleam 1 ”
at Lincoln, w th w ch y e Cardinal was much ofiended. At length Ptous was ”
“ forced to quit y e office, and others by y e Duke of Lancaster placed, tho’ Rous ”
&, after him, Trapnell sued and made greet intrest for the office, cou’d never ”
attain, notwithstanding they deemed it their inheritance.”
ProbablyRous held Great Chalfield under Constance, who was life-interested
in it as widow of the last Sir Henry Percy, and may have been obliged to render
up the possession to Thomas Tropenell at her death, or soon afterwards, which
must have taken place between 1419 and 1425. He was Lord of Imber, and
patron of that living from 1414 to 1435. In 16th Henry VI., 1438, by a fine
levied, he sold the Manor of Imber and Winterbourne Lymington, with the
* He was patron of tlie living in 1361, — see tlie Register al Salisbury, given at page 33, and in tlie 40tli of Edward
III. (1366), lie, and his wife, Constance, granted a part of the Manors of Chaldfeld and Troubragg, in Wilts, “ Rectori
Fr’ibus Domus de Edynton.” — See Callendarium Inquis’ post mortem, Vol. ii. p. 277. In a document in the Duchy of
Lancaster office, under “ Reasonable aid granted to the King io marry the davghter of Henry IV.,” is the following : —“'De
Dno de Chaldfeld pro uno foedo in Chaldfeild XX 1.”
f In Hoake’s Modern Wiltshire, he is mentioned as having resided latterly (lie died Aug. 12, 30 Henry VI., and
was huried at the church of Greyfriars, London, by the name of William Rous of Emmer, in co. Wilts, Esq.) of East
Chalfield, which he held under the Earl of Sarum. But this must be a mistake, as we find, in 1411, Jolin Rous of
Immere, patron of the cliapel at Chaldefeld (meaning West, or Little Chaldefeld), as the name of Philip Lye, the
ecclesiastic, proves._See tlie Extract of the Register of Salisbury, given at p. 33.