136 The Society’s MSS. Chiseldon, &c. 
descent of eighteen or nineteen generations, across four centuries 
and more of time, we can date, not only their arrival there, but, 
their first appearance in the county itself. 
Towards the latter half of the fifteenth century there was resident 
in the City of Winchester, and apparently in the parish of All- 
hallows (where it is mentioned that he bought property), one John 
Calley, who dying, left behind him a widow, Edith, and two 
children, William Calley and Margaret, afterwards Margaret 
Purdue. Edith Calley re-married with Thomas Bowlonde, of 
Winchester, who died in or about the year 1486, having made his 
will, as follows :-— 
14 October, In dei nomine amen.  xiiij° die mensis Octobris Anno 
A.D. 1485. Domini Millesimo cece lxxxv Ego Thomas Bowlond de 
parochia Omnium Sanctorum Ciuitatis Winton’ compos mentis 
et sane memorie Condo testamentum meum in hune modum In primis lego ac 
commendo animam meam deo omnipotenti beate Marie ac omnibus sanctis 
corpusque meum ad sepeliendum in ecclesia cathedrali sancti Swituni Item 
lego eidem ecclesie cathedralixx*. Item lego ecclesie mee parochiali xl’. Item 
cuilibet ordini fratrum ciuitatis predicte yj’. et viij*. ita ut sint presentesin die 
sepulture mee Item lego cuilibet curato ciuitatis predicte xij.d. Item cuilibet 
clerico parochiali sex denarios ita quod sint presentes in die funeracionis mee 
Insuper in die trigintal’ tantum ut prius Item collegio beate Marie 
Virginis xl’. ita quod omnes deo ibidem seruientes inter sint funeracioni 
mee Insuper ut habeant in suo collegio in die funeracionis mee et in die 
trigintal’ cum nota placebo et dirige cum missa de requiem Item ecclesie 
Omnium Sanctorum de Hursley vj viij4 Item cuilibet filiolo meo xij.d 
Item lego Edithe sorori mee xx* Item Margarete filie mee pro maritagio suo 
xl Item Johanne filie mee xl! sub ista condicione quod sint gubernate per 
matrem suam et per executores suos Item lego Roberto Elys seruienti meo 
decem marcas Item lego cuilibet seruienti meo tam de viris quam de feminis 
iij’ iiij". Item lego iiij°r pauperibus tenentibus iiij torchias in die funeracionis 
mee et in trigintali cuilibet eorum unam togam nigram ita quod ille torchie 
sint precij xxvj* viij’ et extunc do eas torchias ecclesie Omnium Sanctorum 
Item volo quod unus presbiter idoneus et secularis celebret per trienium in 
ecclesia mea parochiali antedicta pro summa per annum nouem marcarum 
Stem volo quod executores mei in die funeracionis mee diuidant pauperibus 
Xxxiij® iiij? et tantum in die trigintal’ Item volo quod Editha uxor mea 
habeat omnia tenementa per me optenta durante tempore vite sue et extunc 
volo quod omnia illa tenementa mea cum omnibus illis tenementis pertinentibus 
per executores meos diuidantur filiabus meis Residuum vero omnium bonorum 
meorum tam mobilium quam immobilum do et lego in manus predicte Edithe 
uxoris mee ita quod ipsa bona illa pro anima mea disponat prout sciuerit 
melius anime mee expedire et omnium amicorum meorum defunctorum huius 
