358 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamflilets, and Articles. 



Many deeds are referred to concerning lands, &c., at Potterne and 

 Lavington. 



The Great Charter of Henry III. is printed in full, and it is noted that 

 the version of it given in Dugdale's Monasticoii contains many errors in 

 the names. 



1549. A letter from the Council of King Edward VI., to the Dean 

 and Chapter, desiring that " Forasmoche as the Kynge's maiesties mynte 

 of Brystowe is presently destitute of Bullion, and in that your Cathedrall 

 Churche there is certein plate amounting to the somme of two thowsande 

 markes " the said plate may be handed over forthwith for the use of the 

 mint. 



[1234 — 1237?] An indult of Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, 

 granting a relaxation of forty days of penance to contributors to the 

 fabric of Salisbury Cathedral Church ; given in full. A number of 

 other indulgences are noted, several for those who pray at the tomb of 

 Sir "William Longespee, in the Cathedral, and for those who pray for the 

 soul of Bishop Nicholas Longespee. 



Short notice in The Times, June 25th ; and long reviews in Standard, 

 April 11th, and Devizes Gazette, June 24th, Wilts Notes and Queries, 

 June, 1902. 



A History of the Wiltshire Strattons by James 



Stratton. Winchester : Fred Smith, Printer and Publisher. 166, 

 High Street, n.d. [? 1902.] Cloth. Cr. 8vo, pp. 117. 



This well-known Wiltshire family of farmers, prominent in the agri- 

 cultural world, sprang from Woodborough, where a Maria Stratton was 

 baptised in 1568. The book, however, begins with James and Euth 

 Stratton, buried at Woodborough, the former in 1809, the latter in 1786. 

 They were the great-great-grandparents of the writer. James was the 

 occupier of a large farm, and also a saddler, in the "good times " when, 

 as is here recorded, in October, 1812, ten quarters of wheat were sold at 

 Andover Market for 201s. per quarter to Mr. Chandler, of Devizes ; 

 whilst another farmer who refused to deal at the price, sold three months 

 afterwards for only 112a'. per quarter, and loudly bewailed his misfortune, 

 declaring that farmers must be ruined at that price 1 John, the eldest 

 son of James, took Eabson Farm, in Winterbourne Bassett, in which he 

 was succeeded by his son John, another son — Henry^occupying Berwick 

 Bassett Farm. Richard, second son of James and Ruth, of Woodborough, 

 occupied a large farm at Rushall, dying in 1849. The third son, James, 

 occupied first a small dairy farm at Tann House, near Melksham, and 

 afterwards a larger one at Seend Cleeve until 1832, when he moved to a 

 large arable farm owned by Mr. Grant in Manningford Bruce. His 

 daughter Maria, who died in 1843, was accomplished beyond her time, 

 and several sets of verses written by her, including one on the death of 

 Anastatia, daughter of " Tom " Moore, and another on Stonehenge, are 

 here printed. James died in 1860. 



Richard, son of James and Charlotte, born 1809, became famous as a 

 breeder [of shorthorns, at Calcutt, near Highworth, and afterwards at 



