52 The Society's MSS.—Chiseldon and Draycot. 
the said bill of Complaint mencioned but this defendant denyeth that the said 
ffarme or any part thereof lyeth within the said parish of Chisselden as the 
plaintiff by his said bill doth surmise for that the defendant saith and hopeth 
to prove that all the said Lands in the said bill of complainte mencioned 
Excepting the severall lands in the said bill named called the Heath Bourne 
meade and great feilds and the vpper parte of Warlands conteynyng about 
five acres which this defendant taketh to be exchanged lands and originally 
belonging to the said Complainants ffarme doe lye within the said parish of 
Dracott and the precincts and tythable places of the same and ought to pay 
tythes in kind unto this defendant according to the lawes of this realme as 
well as the messuage gardens orchards and backsides thereunto belonging and 
other the lands in the said bill mencioned and confessed to lye within the said 
parish doe or ought to doe, for that this defendant saith and hopeth to prove 
that there hath anciently been and still is knowne to be a certeyne highway 
leading from the west parte or end of Chisselden aforesaid southward towards 
the mannour of Ogborne in the County of Wilts to which said mannour or 
Lordshipp all or the greatest parte of the tenants of Dracott aforesaid doe owe 
suite and service for their said lands in Dracott but soe doe not any of the 
tennants of the mannor of Chisseldon which said Lane or Highway doth devide 
the aforesaid lands called the Heath bourne mead and great feild which this 
defendant beleiveth to lye within the said parish of Chisseldon from the rest 
and residue of the said Lands in the said bill mencioned which said lands 
called the Heathbourne Mead and Great feild as this defendant beleives and 
is informed were and are inclosures taken out of the great Common ffeild of 
Chisseldon aforesaid and which as this defendant is informed came to be 
annexed to the said Complainants ffarme by way of exchange as aforesaid for 
certeyne other lands lyeing within the parish of Dracott now in the tenure or 
occupation of one Nicholas Tuffe and others which being soe done and that 
the then owners of the said Complainants ffarme haveing taken some lease 
or tearme of yeares in the tythes of the same lands of the Rector or Im- 
propriator of Chisselden aforesaid as is pretended (but the certeinty thereof 
this defendant knoweth not) the said antient high way was endeavoured to 
be altered to the end the said lands in the bill mencioned called Bushy Lease 
Broad Meade little Meade Pearetree Lease East Downe Little Pease Close great 
Pease Close and the lower part of Warlands as aforesaid might be in tyme 
uccompted and reputed to lye within the parish of Chisselden aforesaid all 
which by the meanes of the pretended union in the bill mencioned was the 
more easie to be brought to passe Howbeit this defendant denyeth that any 
of the said grounds called the Bushie Lease Broad mead Little mead Pearetree 
Lease East Downe little Pease Close great Pease Close and the lower parte 
of Warlands aforesaid or any of them doe lye within the said parish of 
Chisselden aforesaid but are and doe lye within the sayd parish of Dracott 
as this defendant hopes to prove and have alwayes been taken in by the 
inhabitants of Dracott in their perambulacion and left out by the inhabitants 
of Chisselden in their perambulacion And therefore this defendant being legally 
entituled to the tythes of the same lands did demand the same of the said 
complainant as he hopeth under the favour of this honourable Court was lawfull 
for him to doe and in respect the said Complainant being of a froward and 
