306 Notes on the History of Great Somerford. 
‘‘Imprimis a dwelling-house with garden and orchard and other ground 
butting upon the streatway on the east, the Church lying on the west, a close 
of John Winckworth’s on the south, and the Havon running upon the north, 
by estimacion one acre of ground or thereabout.’’ “One tenement at Startley, 
with a close adjoining the same, by estimation two acres or thereabout, 
formerly called and known by the name of the Parson’s ground.” 
Then the boundaries are given of forty-three parcels of ground 
in different parts of the parish, amounting altogether to about fifty 
acres. The strips are mostly half-acre and one-acre pieces, des- 
eribed as lying in certain furlongs between lands belonging to other 
holders. There is also pasture for nine beasts and a bull in New 
Leaze and ten beastes leazes in Lammas Ground. 
The second is headed :— 
‘‘A Terrier, or true and perfect account of all the Glebe Lands belonging 
to the Rectory of Somerford Magna, in the County of Wilts and Diocese of 
Sarum, taken by the Rector, Churchwardens, and Sidesmen of the said 
parish, the sixth of November, anno dom., 1671,” 
and signed “John Knapp,Samuel Knapp,” churchwardens; “ William 
Knowles and John Leonard,” sidesmen. It begins with a rather 
full description of the rectory buildings, thus: é 
‘‘Imprimis. A dwelling-house containing as followeth, viz. :—Below staires 
five rooms and a cellar, above staires, one story high, six roomes and a closet ; 
up another paire of staires, two story high, one study and an apple loft, built 
by ye present Incumbent. Outhouses as followeth, viz. :—One brewhouse or 
bakehouse by itself on the south side of the house; on the west side a bay of 
buildings containing—one stable, a cow-house, and a hogstye; on the south 
side of the house, a barne, containing ten fields, one whereof is taken up in 
yt by an oxhouse on the west end and a waine-house on the east, and also a 
new waine-house built by the present incumbent; on the north side whereof, 
near which is a pigeon-house, and on the east end thereof also an hen-house 
adjoining to the brewhouse, built by the present incumbent. Item gardens 
and pasture grounds about the said dwelling-house, containing by estimacion 
one acre or thereabouts, that is to say, one flower garden on the north side of 
the house bounded with a stone wall, on the south side, one court between 
the house and the brewhouse; also one small court adjoining to the aforesaid 
flower garden, bounded with a stone wall, also one plot of ground pailed 
round and for Coleworts and such like necessaries.” 
This is followed by a description as before of the various parcels 
of ground and the beastes leazes belonging to the rectory. 
The third terrier,) made in 1677, and signed “ Richard Browne, 
1 At the end of this terrier the ‘‘St. Mary Lands” property is included as 
‘being Church Land,” 
