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HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MANOR-HOUSE
“ or Attford, in Wilts; Mr. Scroope, of Castle Combe, another; one other to ”
<f Mr. Burdet, a family in Berks; one to Mr. Dantsey, in Gloucestershire; one ”
“ to Mr. Quintine, of Corton, in Hilmarton parish, Wilts. The son, afterwards ”
“ S r William, marryd Anne, daughter of S r Edw d Bainton, of Bromeham, ”
“ Wilts r, by whome he had three sonnes, Jolm, afterwards S r John, Edw d, &”
<f William, afterw ds S r Edw d & S r William. S r John had Chaldfield, and dyed, ”
“ leaving no Issue. Edward, the second son, dyed unmarryed. S r W ra his ”
“ youngest son, had Nestone, w ch S r W m left one son, William,* whose Issue male”
<f failing, y e Estate Nestone came to his daughter, M rs Jane Eyre, who marryd”
f< S r John Hanham, Bart 4., ofWymbourn, Dorsetshire, who inherited Great”
<f Chalfield, Nestone, &c. & sold Chalfield to M r. Hall. S r W m Eyre of Chal- ”
“ field, after y e death of Anne, his first wife, marryd y e daughter of Alderman ”
“ Jackson, of London, by whome he had two sons, Robert & Henry. To ”
<f Robert he gave Little Chaldfield, or West Chaldfield, lately sold to M r Baynton,”
<f who left it to his youngest son, Thos. Baynton ; & Mr. Thos. Baynton’s wife ”
<c had a daughter by M r Hall: he gave her all his estate ; and this lady marryd ”
“ y e marquis of Dorset,f was mother to the last duke of Kingston, who sold ”
“ Great Chalfield to Neale.J He had also three daughters, Anne, Lucie, &”
f< Olive. Anne married Jn°, eldest son of S r Walter Long, of Draycut, Bar f; ”
<c Lucie marry’d W m. Stafford, of Marlewood, in Gloucestershire, Esq. Olive ”
“ dyed unmarried, 1695.”
“ Icafs front trccs, manfu'nb bo brop afoag,”
“ §bo sonncs of mortals flcuusl) anh fcctag
“ SSlfiat mortals fnulb, ttmc hocs m IRufifu'sD lag,”
“ fatcs hccrcc hcsttntcs oficg.”
William Percy and Agnes, the first mentioned in the pedigree of Percy, must
have had a daughter, Catherine, who married Walter Tropenell, second son of
* In 14th of Charles the 1st (1638), the manor and the patronage of the chureh at Great Chcncfield, was a whole
knight’s fee, annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster, and was held hy Richard Gurnard, and the heir of Sir William Eyre,
together with the constableship of Troubridge Castle : and then consisted of a tliousand acres of land in Chalfield, Ilolt,
and Lynefford.—An Account of the Knights’ Fees, and Parts of Fees, in the County of Wilts, anne.ved to the Duchy of Lancaster
Roll in the Duchy of Lancaster Office.
t This ought to be Dorchester, son of Evelyn Pierrepoint, fifth Earl of Kingston, created Marqnis of Dorchester, 1706, by
Queen Anne, and Duke of Kingston, by George I., which title became extinct upon the death of Evelyn, then Dulce of
Kingston, 23d September, 1773, wlio “must have married the daughter of Mr. Hall by the wife of Tho s. Bayntun.” —
See Dugdale’s English Peerage, vol. ii. pp. 18, 19, Evtinct Peerage, London, 1790. Also Burke’s Extinct and Dormant
Peerage, p. 420.
t Robert Neale, Esq., of Shaw House, near Melksham, Wilts, was a descendant of the O’Neales, dukes of Tyrone,
Ireland.—See the Pedigree, D. 6. 14. in College of Armsj also, Keating’s History of Ireland.
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MANOR-HOUSE
“ or Attford, in Wilts; Mr. Scroope, of Castle Combe, another; one other to ”
<f Mr. Burdet, a family in Berks; one to Mr. Dantsey, in Gloucestershire; one ”
“ to Mr. Quintine, of Corton, in Hilmarton parish, Wilts. The son, afterwards ”
“ S r William, marryd Anne, daughter of S r Edw d Bainton, of Bromeham, ”
“ Wilts r, by whome he had three sonnes, Jolm, afterwards S r John, Edw d, &”
<f William, afterw ds S r Edw d & S r William. S r John had Chaldfield, and dyed, ”
“ leaving no Issue. Edward, the second son, dyed unmarryed. S r W ra his ”
“ youngest son, had Nestone, w ch S r W m left one son, William,* whose Issue male”
<f failing, y e Estate Nestone came to his daughter, M rs Jane Eyre, who marryd”
f< S r John Hanham, Bart 4., ofWymbourn, Dorsetshire, who inherited Great”
<f Chalfield, Nestone, &c. & sold Chalfield to M r. Hall. S r W m Eyre of Chal- ”
“ field, after y e death of Anne, his first wife, marryd y e daughter of Alderman ”
“ Jackson, of London, by whome he had two sons, Robert & Henry. To ”
<f Robert he gave Little Chaldfield, or West Chaldfield, lately sold to M r Baynton,”
<f who left it to his youngest son, Thos. Baynton ; & Mr. Thos. Baynton’s wife ”
<c had a daughter by M r Hall: he gave her all his estate ; and this lady marryd ”
“ y e marquis of Dorset,f was mother to the last duke of Kingston, who sold ”
“ Great Chalfield to Neale.J He had also three daughters, Anne, Lucie, &”
f< Olive. Anne married Jn°, eldest son of S r Walter Long, of Draycut, Bar f; ”
<c Lucie marry’d W m. Stafford, of Marlewood, in Gloucestershire, Esq. Olive ”
“ dyed unmarried, 1695.”
“ Icafs front trccs, manfu'nb bo brop afoag,”
“ §bo sonncs of mortals flcuusl) anh fcctag
“ SSlfiat mortals fnulb, ttmc hocs m IRufifu'sD lag,”
“ fatcs hccrcc hcsttntcs oficg.”
William Percy and Agnes, the first mentioned in the pedigree of Percy, must
have had a daughter, Catherine, who married Walter Tropenell, second son of
* In 14th of Charles the 1st (1638), the manor and the patronage of the chureh at Great Chcncfield, was a whole
knight’s fee, annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster, and was held hy Richard Gurnard, and the heir of Sir William Eyre,
together with the constableship of Troubridge Castle : and then consisted of a tliousand acres of land in Chalfield, Ilolt,
and Lynefford.—An Account of the Knights’ Fees, and Parts of Fees, in the County of Wilts, anne.ved to the Duchy of Lancaster
Roll in the Duchy of Lancaster Office.
t This ought to be Dorchester, son of Evelyn Pierrepoint, fifth Earl of Kingston, created Marqnis of Dorchester, 1706, by
Queen Anne, and Duke of Kingston, by George I., which title became extinct upon the death of Evelyn, then Dulce of
Kingston, 23d September, 1773, wlio “must have married the daughter of Mr. Hall by the wife of Tho s. Bayntun.” —
See Dugdale’s English Peerage, vol. ii. pp. 18, 19, Evtinct Peerage, London, 1790. Also Burke’s Extinct and Dormant
Peerage, p. 420.
t Robert Neale, Esq., of Shaw House, near Melksham, Wilts, was a descendant of the O’Neales, dukes of Tyrone,
Ireland.—See the Pedigree, D. 6. 14. in College of Armsj also, Keating’s History of Ireland.