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In 1538 the Rectory of Twyvertou, together with other rights 

 belonging to Kington St. Michael, was handed over to Sir R. Long, 

 younger brother of Sir H. Long, of Draycote. In the particulars of 

 this grant the pension annually received from Twyverton is 53s. and 

 4d. A Robert Long is mentioned in the Parish Registers as Justice 

 of the Peace in 1656. Since then the living has passed through 

 various hands, but an account of them, with notices of the different 

 Vicars, may form a portion of another paper. 

 Of the Manor. 



In 1262, Thomas de Baiose or Bayeux, and Mary his mother, 

 held eight knight's fees and a half in Twertone, Backwell, and 

 Stoke, of the honour of Gloucester. In 1295 these eight knighta' 

 fees were held by Joceus de Baiose, whose heiress brought this large 

 estate into the family of Rodney. In 1313 Sir Richard de 

 Rodeneye possessed the whole village of Twertone, the service due 

 for which was one knight's fee, and the reserved rents £27 per 

 annum. The manor continued in the hands of the Rodeneys till 

 the time of Queen Elizabeth. Collinson, in giving this account, 

 says, " There are several enclosures in this parish which to this day 

 bear the name of Rodney ;" but I cannot find any trace of the 

 name now. He also adds, " In later times it has been much 

 divided, the late Duke of Chandos, being possessed of one third 

 part thereof, sold it to the respective tenants. Another third part 

 belonged jointly to the Revd. — England and Wm. Gibbs, of Bath. 

 At the death of the latter, his moiety of this share was sold to W. 

 Gore Langton, Esqr., who was before possessed of the other third 

 part of 'this manor. John Walker Heneage, Esqr., has also a house 

 in this parish." One of the fields is still called " Heueage'a 

 Tyning." 



The Registers. 



Parish Registers were first ordered to be kept by Cromwell in the 

 30th year of King Henry VIII., A.D. 1538. With this year the 

 Twerton Register of Burials commences; the marriages in 1587; 

 there have been however 19 pages of the oldest register lost, in 

 which, doubtless, were the baptisms and the earlier marriages. In 

 1597 a constitution, " begonne at London," ordered all the 

 Registers to be newly copied out, and this probably accounts for 



