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children of his youngest daughter, who had married Thomas Howard, 
Duke of Norfolk. In 15387 Henry Arundel, Lord Maltravers, pre- _ 
sented to the Rectory of Great Somerford, and in 1573 the manor 
was in the hands of John Yeowe (or Ewe). Thus between these 
two dates the connection of the Maltravers with this parish ceased. 
288 Notes on the History of Great Somerford. 
THE YEWEs. 
The name of this family is variously spelt—Yewe, Yeow, and 
Ewe. In the Court Roll of 5 Henry VIIL., given below, John 
Ewe is mentioned as a tenant, and ten years later William Ewe 
among those paying a subsidy. In several deeds early in the — 
reign of Elizabeth the name of John Ewe “clothier of Broad 
Somerford” occurs. Mr. Scrope states that John Yeowe was lord 
of the manor in 1573, and died in 1588, also that in 1610 the © 
heirs of John Yewe were defaulters. It would seem, then, asif the — 
manor was purchased by one of the tenants, who had amassed 3 
money as aclothier. John Yeowe left at least two sons, John and 
William. The former became lord of the manor. In 1605 he © 
presents to the living as John Newe (i.c., Yewe) of Bradford, gent. — 
and Court Rolls! for 1607 contain his name as lord. His “sole 
daughter and heir,” Anne, was married to Gyfford Longe, gent. 
She died in 1601 leaving two daughters, Anne and Catherine, asis — 
recorded on a brass to her memory, still to be seen on the floor of the — 
chancel in Bradford-on-Avon Church. John Yewe, clothier, of 
Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts, died in 1622, and in his will mentions his 
manor of Somerford, and “the purchase of the inheritance of my 
manor of Somerford.” The provisions of the will are not very clear, 
although most of the propertyis left to hisgranddaughter,Ann Long, ~ 
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and in particular one half-year’s rent of the manor, worth £65. Her 
father, Gifford Longe, of Rood Ashton, Sheriff of Wilts in 1624, 
was apparently to succeed to the manor on payment of certain sums 
to his daughter, but almost at once, in 1623, the Longs sold this 
property to the Jasons. Various families of the Yewes continued 
to reside in the parish. Richard Yewe’s name occurs in the list of 
freeholders as an owner of property in 1637. As late as 1673 
1 Admitting as tenants Gyffard and Richard, sons of his brother William. 
