166 Wulfhall and the Seymours. 
xxiv. Receipt for the value of the Tapestry and Bed-room Furniture 
worked by Queen Jane Seymour. 
xxv. Letter with particulars of Funeral of William, Duke of 
Somerset, at Great Bedwyn. 
xxvi. The Herald-painters’ Bill at the Funeral of Frances (Devereux), 
widow of William, second Duke of Somerset. May 7th, 
1674. 
No. I. 
Survey of Wulfhall, temp. Edw. VI. [From the Register of 
Protector Somerset’s Estates in Co. Wilts.] See page 143. 
‘ To the said Mannor appertayneth 1263 acres 3 yards a half: wherof 2 acres 
and half a yard be gardyne and orchard and thereof half an acre lyeth in a 
gardyne within the walls and half a yard lyeth in the gardyne next the said 
gardyne. And 12 lugges lye in the orchard called Cole-house orchard: And an 
acre lyeth in the gardyne callyd the Great Palyd Gardyne: And half a yard 
lyeth in the gardyne called My Young Lady’s gardyne. And another half yard 
lyeth in the gardyne called Myn Olde Lady’s Gardyne. And 126 acres be 
arrable, and every acre is worth by the year 12d. And therof 60 acres lye in 
the fyld callyd the Great Cleye; and 16 in the Little Cleye. And 50 acres in 
the fyld called the East Cleye. And 14 acres be mede. And every acre is 
worth by the yere 3s. 4d. And thereof 4 acres lye in the Mede callyd the 
West Mede. And 6 acres in the Mede callyd the Well Mede: And 4 in the 
Mede called the East Mede. And 1122 acres be pasture: and every acre is 
worth by the yere 2 shillings, And therof 240 acres lye in the Park callyd the 
Soden Park: and 20 acres in another Park callyd Horse Parke. And 3 acres 
in Pound Close. And 60 acres lye in the Brome close and Ridge-lands, and 
30 acres in Wulfhalls close. And 2 acres in a close callyd Ladelwell-pound, 
with a small copse growing there, and 200 acres lye in F warrants Court, the 
half wherof belongeth to the Lord Fwarrant.* And 300 acres lye in the park 
called Topenhays. And 40 acres lye in a Parke callyd Red deer Parke. And 
60 acres lye in a close called Horse Sonds and 20 acres in Little Sonds. And 3 
acres in a close called Sheryng Close and 4 in a close called West Court. And 
100 acres lye in a close called the Bowden and 40 acres lye upon Topenham 
Hyll, and it is pasture for sheep.’’+ 
* Close to Crofton (or, as it is usually pronounced, Cranton) is a farm called now Free-warren) 
which, however, is a corruption of the name of an ancient owner: for in 1299 (27 Edw. I.) William 
Fitzwarren, and in 1479 (19 Edw. 1V.) Fulk Fitzwarren, died seised of the Manor of Crofton (I,P.M.) 
Before this family it had belonged, in 1283, to William de Braboef (I.P.M.) 
+The Protector Somerset’s account books mention that he had made large plantations at the 
Great Dych and the New Dych::also a large pond which cost £43 15s. 10d.: and a Hare Warren 
at Wexcombe, in 1553, Also that he dyked the springs at Titcombe and near Dodsdown Bush, 
Dodsdown lies between the wood called Wilton Brail and the hamlet of Wilton. On it was formerly 
a gibbet, where a man was hanged for murdering a woman in the wood. 
