By the Rev. Chr. Wordsworth. 307 



hath agreed with this said Lord of the said Manor and Parishioners To give 

 them the sum of i'260 of Lawful money of Great Britain in case they would 

 Release their Right of the said Eent of j£6 and the Arrears." 



[14 May, 1712.] (Signed by) R-*. Howe, Tho. Shaw, Edw^. Parker, 



John Eve, William Cowdry, (...) 

 John Alexander, William Eve, 

 William Moody. 



Sealed and delivered by 



Tho«. Shaw (Minister) ; Ri. Lewis ") w-t — 



Edw'J. Parker ^ ^, , , W™. Davis [ ^^"~ 

 John Eve } Churchwardens -p^^„ j^^j^^ j nesses. 



[pp. 69 — 70 of the Rector of Wishford's notebook are cut out.] 



(viii.) p. 71. Testimonial by James Goulden, Schoolemaster of Wishford, 

 certifying that at the request of F. D. Williams, Minister, and the Church- 

 wardens and Parishioners, he had truly copied the aforementioned Indenture 

 and Discharge, on 11th April, 1828, from the Original Document, lately found 

 by Mr. Josiah Trubridge of this Parish, and much damaged by being exposed 

 to the damp, with a view to mending and repairing it. 



*^* Notes at the other end of the Rector's MS. volume. 



(ix.) The Church wall was built in the year 1813. The Church repaired 

 and the Gallery enlarged, in 1829. Rev. Frederick De Veil Williams, Rector. 



(x.) On the 7th of June, 1841 the Census of Wishford parish was taken 

 by James Goulden junior, when the population was 358. [283 in 1901]. 



In 1881 it was 362. [In 1811 it was 291. In 1801 it was 346.] 



In 1821 it was 372.> 



In 1840 the late lady Chedworth's monument which stands in the Church 

 Yard was repaired at the expense of the two sons of the Mr. Thomas Penrice 

 to whom the Chedworth property was left. 



In 1864, The Church was restored- and the N. aisle added. The pillars of 

 the 2 Arcades are reproduced from the pilasters found under the pulpit and 

 Gallery, the 2 extremities, doubtless, of a S. Aisle. 



(xi.) In the same year the Schoolrooms were enlarged and thrown into 

 one, with a moveable partition between. A kitchen, parlour, staircase, &c., 

 &c., were added for the Master's use. 



' When Dr. H. Compton, Bishop of London, instituted a religious census 

 in 1676, it was found that there were no papists or non -conformists at 

 Wishford. The number of Church-people or inhabitants above the age of 16 

 was 245 ; adding 63 per cent, for those of younger age, we may give the total 

 population as 895 in 1676, (cf. Wilts Notes and Queries, iii., 537.) 



- Wyatt, the architect, added a heavy top storey to the Church tower, with 

 four crocketted pinnacles, and rebuilt the fabric rather than restored it. 



