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was made for Westbury, where the church was visited. There 
was a church at ‘‘ Westburie’”’ long before the Conquest, and 
‘the Church of Westbury ”’ is mentioned in the Charter of 
Henry II. (1154-1189) as one of the endowments of Salisbury 
Cathedral. The new church was probably built in the reign 
of Edward II., and is dedicated to All Saints. Of the monu- 
ments, the most noticeable is that of James Ley, Earl of Marl- 
borough, who held several high judicial posts, among them 
those of Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, and Lord High 
Treasurer of England. He died in 1629. The other monu- 
ments appear to be of local interest only. Chained to a desk 
is a copy of the English translation, in black letter, of Erasmus’ 
Paraphrase of the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The 
title page and colophon are wanting, but the translator would 
seem to be the quaint old scholar, Nicholas Udall, and the 
date 1540-1550. 
As there was some time to wait before the train left for 
Edington, most of the party decided to walk via Bratton, the 
church of which they visited. It is a picturesque building 
in a plain Early English style of architecture, curiously 
situated away from any road, and approached from the 
hollow by a long and laborious flight of steps. The monuments 
are only of local interest. One of the bells is dated 1587, 
one of the very few in Wiltshire older than the 17th Century. 
The registers are believed to be the oldest in Wiltshire, com- 
mencing in 1542. 
Edington is supposed by many antiquaries to be the 
ZEthandune mentioned by the old chroniclers as the site of 
King Alfred’s splendid victory over the Danes, in 878, to 
commemorate which a white horse (occupying the site of the 
present figure) was cut in the hillside near Westbury. There 
was a church at Edington at the date of the Conquest ; it is 
mentioned in Domesday Book, and the Rectory was a 
Prebend of Romsey Abbey. At the request of the Black 
Prince, a monastery of “ Bonhommes”’ of the Augustinian 
order was established at Edington, and in 1361 the Conventual 
Church was dedicated by Robert Wyvil, Bishop of Salisbury, 
in honour of St. Mary, St. Catherine, and All Saints. The 
seal of the Monastery, however, represents SS. Peter and Paul 
with the Virgin and Child. Bishop Ayscough of Salisbury 
was, during Jack Cade’s rebellion, brutally murdered at 
Edington (1450), and was buried in the church, where Leland 
saw a chavel to his memory in 1540. The monastic buildings 
