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AT SOUTH WRAXHALL, WILTSHIRE.
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“ into Muskets and Pistols. Upon any Occasion of Justing or Tournaments in ”
those Days, one of these great Lords sounded his Trumpets (the Lords kept”
ff Trumpeters, even to King Jcimes), and summon’d those that held under them.”
ff Those again sounded their Trumpets, and so down to the Copyholders,” or
villains. “ No younger Brothers then were, by the Custom and Constitution ”
ff of the Realm, to betake themselves to Trades, but were Churchmen, or Re-”
ff tainers, and Servants to great Men, rid good Horses (now and then took a ”
ff Purse), and their Blood, that was bred at the good Tables of their Masters, ”
ff was, upon every Occasion, freely let out in their Quarrels ; it was then too ”
ff common among their Masters to have Feuds with one another, and their”
ff Servants, at Market, or when they met (in that slashing Age), did commonly ”
ff bang one anotlier’s Bucklers. Then an Esquire, when he rode to town, ”
ff was attended by eight or ten Men in blue Coats, with Badges. The Lords”
ff (then Lords in Deed as well as Title) lived in their Countries like petty ”
ff Kings, had Jura Regalia belonging to their Seigniories, had their Castles”
ff and Boroughs, and sent Burgesses to the Lower House ; had Gallows within”
ff their Liberties, where they could try, condemn, draw and hang; never went ”
ff to London but in Parliament-Time, or once a Year to do their Homage and”
ff Duty to the King. Every baron and gentleman of estate kept great horses ”
ff for a man at arms. Lords had their Armouries, to furnish some hundreds ”
ff of Men.”
The next possessor of Wraxhall was Henry Longe, Esq., mentioned above
as the eldest son and heir; he was Sheriff for Wilts in 1457, 1476, and 1483.f
We find him named in the will of Margaret Lady Hungerford, as feoffee,
together with Thomas Tropenell, J in 1476: he married, first, Johanne,
daughter of J. Ernleigh ; secondly, Margaret, daughter of John Newburgli of
Lulworth, in Dorsetshire; and, thirdly, another Johanne, who survived him ;
but by neither had he any issue. The two former are mentioned in his will as
“ nuper uxores meij which bears date at Wroxhall, 1st May, a.d. 1490; he
ff commends his soul to God the Father Almighty, the blessed Yirgin Mary,”
ff and all Saints,” and requests that his body be buried in the Church of
* Aubrey’s “ Miscellanies.” Pp. 28, 29, and 30, of an Introduction to a History of the Northern Division of Wilts.
f In Harl. MSS. 433, p. 35. “ Henry Long, late Shireff of the Countie of Wiltess,” is said to have received a
pardon from Richard III. a.d. 1485; also, “ Thomas Tropenell, of Chaldefeld, in the Countie of Wilts, Esquirre, hath ”
“ a generall pardonne.”
t Thomas Tropenell was also FeofFee to Robert Lord Hungerford, a.d. 1487. — See “Historical Account of Gt.
Chalfield.” Part II. Examples of Gothic Architecture. “ Third Series,” p. 7.
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“ into Muskets and Pistols. Upon any Occasion of Justing or Tournaments in ”
those Days, one of these great Lords sounded his Trumpets (the Lords kept”
ff Trumpeters, even to King Jcimes), and summon’d those that held under them.”
ff Those again sounded their Trumpets, and so down to the Copyholders,” or
villains. “ No younger Brothers then were, by the Custom and Constitution ”
ff of the Realm, to betake themselves to Trades, but were Churchmen, or Re-”
ff tainers, and Servants to great Men, rid good Horses (now and then took a ”
ff Purse), and their Blood, that was bred at the good Tables of their Masters, ”
ff was, upon every Occasion, freely let out in their Quarrels ; it was then too ”
ff common among their Masters to have Feuds with one another, and their”
ff Servants, at Market, or when they met (in that slashing Age), did commonly ”
ff bang one anotlier’s Bucklers. Then an Esquire, when he rode to town, ”
ff was attended by eight or ten Men in blue Coats, with Badges. The Lords”
ff (then Lords in Deed as well as Title) lived in their Countries like petty ”
ff Kings, had Jura Regalia belonging to their Seigniories, had their Castles”
ff and Boroughs, and sent Burgesses to the Lower House ; had Gallows within”
ff their Liberties, where they could try, condemn, draw and hang; never went ”
ff to London but in Parliament-Time, or once a Year to do their Homage and”
ff Duty to the King. Every baron and gentleman of estate kept great horses ”
ff for a man at arms. Lords had their Armouries, to furnish some hundreds ”
ff of Men.”
The next possessor of Wraxhall was Henry Longe, Esq., mentioned above
as the eldest son and heir; he was Sheriff for Wilts in 1457, 1476, and 1483.f
We find him named in the will of Margaret Lady Hungerford, as feoffee,
together with Thomas Tropenell, J in 1476: he married, first, Johanne,
daughter of J. Ernleigh ; secondly, Margaret, daughter of John Newburgli of
Lulworth, in Dorsetshire; and, thirdly, another Johanne, who survived him ;
but by neither had he any issue. The two former are mentioned in his will as
“ nuper uxores meij which bears date at Wroxhall, 1st May, a.d. 1490; he
ff commends his soul to God the Father Almighty, the blessed Yirgin Mary,”
ff and all Saints,” and requests that his body be buried in the Church of
* Aubrey’s “ Miscellanies.” Pp. 28, 29, and 30, of an Introduction to a History of the Northern Division of Wilts.
f In Harl. MSS. 433, p. 35. “ Henry Long, late Shireff of the Countie of Wiltess,” is said to have received a
pardon from Richard III. a.d. 1485; also, “ Thomas Tropenell, of Chaldefeld, in the Countie of Wilts, Esquirre, hath ”
“ a generall pardonne.”
t Thomas Tropenell was also FeofFee to Robert Lord Hungerford, a.d. 1487. — See “Historical Account of Gt.
Chalfield.” Part II. Examples of Gothic Architecture. “ Third Series,” p. 7.