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the heirs of Lord Ferrars.^ Also of the Manor and 646 acres at 

 Hardington, held of the Crown in chief: and of the Rectory and 

 Advowson of the Yicarage of Milton Clevedon : Cuthbert Hartgill 

 aged 10 years and more, son and heir of his deceased son John, was 

 found to be the next heir of William Hartgill. 



His widow Joan survived him little more than a twelvemonth. 

 From the next letter she appears to have been sister to Laurence 

 Hyde, grandfather of Edward Earl of Clarendon. 



(No. 64.) 1558, Nov. 22. Laurence Hyde to Sir John Thynne. {Original 

 at Longleat.) 



" Myne humble dewtie remembred. * * I would now have way ted upon your 

 worshippe according to youi- commaundement but all my folks be sicke, inso- 

 muche as I have not one whole man to ryde with me, my boy ys sicke styll 

 and hys nurce also. For so much as hit hath pleased God to place the Queue's 

 Majestie (Q,. Eliz.) in hyr seate I shall most humbly desyre you now to extend 

 your goodnesse and save to my syster Hartgill that yet she may have the 

 reversion of th'inheritance of Kylmyngton at the least in recompense. The 

 sute is not great, T could by (buy) hit for CXL''. yf hit were to be sold. This 

 would satisiie hyr and occasion all men to thynke that hyr Highnesse did a 

 charitable dede. * * This I leave to troble your worshippe any further at this 

 tyme, wysshinge the contynuance of your helth with increase of woorshippe. 

 From Longleat the xxij"" of November 1558. 



"Your servant 



L. Htttde," 



" To the Right "Worshipful! and my singler good Master, 

 Sir John Thynne, Knyght, at London, with spede." 



The Lady A.nne (Stanley) Widow of Charles, Lord Stourton. 

 The widow of Lord Stourton was rather harshly dealt with : 

 being made to pay for her deceased husband's goods which by his 

 attainder had been forfeited to the Crown, and apparently had 

 been already disposed of to some one else. 



(No. 65.) Order of Council, Greenwich 20th April 1557. 



" A lettre to Sir Hugh Powlet Kt., and the rest of the Comissioners for the 

 sale of the late Lord Stourton's goodes, that where the Queue's Majestie is 

 pleased that the said Ladie Sturton wiefe to the said Lord Sturton shall have 

 the goodes of her saied husband, paieing for the same according to the rate of 

 the valor thereof : they are willed to stale the said goodes from sale for the 

 space of 10 days, by which tyme the said Lady promiseth to make ready mony 

 to pay therefore, whereupon they are willed to deliver the said goodes unto her 

 accordingly and to return the money received therefore according to their 

 former comission." 



' See above p. 265. 



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