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HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MANOR-HOUSE
conveniently boarded up, for nothing is now discernible save the rude strokes
of an untutored chisel. Over the outer door of this chapel are Sir Robert Long’s
initials; viz. R. An. Dni. 1566. L. between the marshal’s fetterlock and the
stag’s head; which evidently shews a wish on his part to be considered as the
founder, for the stone on which these cognizances are sculptured has been
inserted, while the jamhs of the doorway are original. The same initials are
also on the doorway leading from the church to the chapel. His eldest son,
Sir Walter Longe,* Knight, next succeeded, who was M.P. for Wilts in
1592, and Sheriff in 1601. He married, first, Mary, daughter of Sir William
Packington, ofWestwood, in Worcestershire, Knight, by whom he had two sons
and one daughter; and, secondly, Catbarine, daughter of Sir John Thynne, of
Longleat, Knight, by whom he had six sons and six daughters. To him we are
indebted for the chimney-piece in the hall, whicli bears the date of An. Dni. 1598,
and the arms of Long impaling Carne—his father’s coat; see Plate XIV. He also
made many additions to the Manor-House itself; the left wing containing, as at
Chalfield, the guest-chamber, was pulled down, and a stately withdrawing-
room built, ornamented by a richly carved chimney-piece, and a ribbed plaster
ceiling. In giving additional width to this room, it was found expedient to
preserve the old roof (which still exists, as shewn in Plate XVI.), and for the
support of the wall-plate to leave a pier about midway between the two end
walls, thereby occasioning a curious angular projection inside the room, opposite
the fireplace, ornamented with niches and dwarf columns. A view of this room
is given in Plate XVII., for which the author is indebted to Walter Long, Esq.
M.P. tne present proprietor: it did not form part of the plan of this work; but
as the Gothic and the later styles (of which there are many good examples
here) are so completely blended, it was deemed a pity, by those who have
kindly taken an interest in the present publication, to leave this “ noble room,”
as Aubrey calls it, untouched. The alteration seems, from the style of the fire-
* “ Sir Walt. Long, of Draycot (gr. father to this S r James Long), married a daughter of Sir Jo. Thynne, hy ”
“ which meanes, and their consimility of disposition, there was a very conjunct friendship between the two hrothers ”
“ (Raleighs) and him; and old John Long, who then waited on S r W. Long, being one time in the Privy-Garden with ”
“ his master, saw the Earle of Nottingham wipe the dust from Sir Walter R.’s (Raleigh’s) shoes with his cloake in ”
“ compliment.He (Sir W. Raleigh) was the first that brouglit tobacco into England, and into ”
“ fashion. In our part of North Wilts,—e.g. Malmeshury hundred,—it came first into fashion by S r Walter Long. ”
“ They had, first, silver pipes. The ordinary sort made use of a walnut-shell and a strawe. I have heard my gr. ”
“ father Lyte say, that one pipe was handed from man to man round the table.”—Aubrey’s Letters and Lives of Eminent
Men. 8vo. London, 1813. Vol. II. pp. 511, 512.
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MANOR-HOUSE
conveniently boarded up, for nothing is now discernible save the rude strokes
of an untutored chisel. Over the outer door of this chapel are Sir Robert Long’s
initials; viz. R. An. Dni. 1566. L. between the marshal’s fetterlock and the
stag’s head; which evidently shews a wish on his part to be considered as the
founder, for the stone on which these cognizances are sculptured has been
inserted, while the jamhs of the doorway are original. The same initials are
also on the doorway leading from the church to the chapel. His eldest son,
Sir Walter Longe,* Knight, next succeeded, who was M.P. for Wilts in
1592, and Sheriff in 1601. He married, first, Mary, daughter of Sir William
Packington, ofWestwood, in Worcestershire, Knight, by whom he had two sons
and one daughter; and, secondly, Catbarine, daughter of Sir John Thynne, of
Longleat, Knight, by whom he had six sons and six daughters. To him we are
indebted for the chimney-piece in the hall, whicli bears the date of An. Dni. 1598,
and the arms of Long impaling Carne—his father’s coat; see Plate XIV. He also
made many additions to the Manor-House itself; the left wing containing, as at
Chalfield, the guest-chamber, was pulled down, and a stately withdrawing-
room built, ornamented by a richly carved chimney-piece, and a ribbed plaster
ceiling. In giving additional width to this room, it was found expedient to
preserve the old roof (which still exists, as shewn in Plate XVI.), and for the
support of the wall-plate to leave a pier about midway between the two end
walls, thereby occasioning a curious angular projection inside the room, opposite
the fireplace, ornamented with niches and dwarf columns. A view of this room
is given in Plate XVII., for which the author is indebted to Walter Long, Esq.
M.P. tne present proprietor: it did not form part of the plan of this work; but
as the Gothic and the later styles (of which there are many good examples
here) are so completely blended, it was deemed a pity, by those who have
kindly taken an interest in the present publication, to leave this “ noble room,”
as Aubrey calls it, untouched. The alteration seems, from the style of the fire-
* “ Sir Walt. Long, of Draycot (gr. father to this S r James Long), married a daughter of Sir Jo. Thynne, hy ”
“ which meanes, and their consimility of disposition, there was a very conjunct friendship between the two hrothers ”
“ (Raleighs) and him; and old John Long, who then waited on S r W. Long, being one time in the Privy-Garden with ”
“ his master, saw the Earle of Nottingham wipe the dust from Sir Walter R.’s (Raleigh’s) shoes with his cloake in ”
“ compliment.He (Sir W. Raleigh) was the first that brouglit tobacco into England, and into ”
“ fashion. In our part of North Wilts,—e.g. Malmeshury hundred,—it came first into fashion by S r Walter Long. ”
“ They had, first, silver pipes. The ordinary sort made use of a walnut-shell and a strawe. I have heard my gr. ”
“ father Lyte say, that one pipe was handed from man to man round the table.”—Aubrey’s Letters and Lives of Eminent
Men. 8vo. London, 1813. Vol. II. pp. 511, 512.