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to pass, while the work of suppressing the greater Monasteries 
was proceeding, before he set out on his labours. But in 1540 he 
was entertained on his tour by the owner of Haselbury, a Mr. 
Bonhome, and mentions it thus in Chapter ii. of his “ Itinerary.” 
«The Manor Place of Haselbyry stondith in a little vale, and was a 
thing of simple building afore that old Mr. Bonhom father did 
build there. The Bonhomes afore that time dwelled by Lacok 
upon Avon.” It is known that the principal seat of the Wiltshire 
family of Bonhome (afterwards Bonham) was at Great Wishford 
from 1315 to 1637, and three members of the family, named 
Thomas, were Sheriffs of the County in 1395, 1410, and 1531, 
two named Walter in 1476 and 1514, and one named John in 
1549, a daughter of this latter being the wife of ‘‘ Wild Darell,” 
who threw her newly born babe into the fire at Littlecote in 1577. 
The Bonham family became extinct in heirs male in 1660, and 
Haselbury passed to a baronet named Speke, whose arms are still 
to be seen on the side pillars to the garden gate. He seems to 
have added to and altered the mansion considerably, but the male 
line of the Baronets Speke, of White Lackington, Somerset, became 
extinct in 1682, and the manor is at the present day vested in the 
family of Northey. At what date the ruin of the old mansion 
commenced is not known, but what remains of the fine structure 
is well worth a careful examination. Mr. Fry, the present tenant, 
most kindly conducted the party over his gardens and house, and 
stated that formerly carriages could be driven right through the 
centre of the house, and that within the memory of living natives as 
many buildings have been pulled down as are at present standing. 
Formerly there was a church dedicated to All Saints in the 
precincts, but no trace is now left of it. The Prior of Bradenstoke 
was the patron of the benefice. There is still a sinecure Rector 
of Haselbury (now the Vicar of Box), who receives £10 per annum 
from the lord of the manor, and is inducted by reading prayers in 
a room of the old house and having a portion of mouid placed in 
his hands in a ground called the burying place. The names of the 
