Ad Westbury under the Plain. 
is built between two of the columns that divide the nave from the 
south aisle. They were among the earliest patrons of Bishop 
William of Edington, the founder of that fine old monastic Church, 
and no doubt assisted him in the work. 
WILLOUGHBY. 
By marriage with one of the two co-heiresses of Cheney, Brook 
came to Sir William Willoughby (of a junior branch of Willoughby 
D’ Eresby), who was created baron by Henry VII. with the annex 
of “de Broke” to his name. His grandson, Edward, died leaving 
no male issue, so the estate was divided between Edward’s two 
sisters, one of whom married Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, and 
the other W. Paulet, Marquis of Winchester ; and the title fell into 
abeyance. But the grandson, Edward, left a daughter, who married 
Sir Fulke Greville, ennobled as Lord Beauchamp of Broke. He, 
again, leaving no son, his daughter married Sir Richard Verney, 
who, being raised to the peerage, adopted the old title of Willoughby 
de Broke, by which the Verney Family still continues to be repre- 
sented in the House of Lords.' 
Biount, Lorp Movunrioy. 
By marriage with one of the two co-heiresses of Willoughby, 
Brook was next the property of Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy. 
The family of Blount was a widely-spread one, and produced many 
remarkable men. Their history is published in a large volume, 
which, in that department of literature, bears a high reputation. 
William, Lord Mountjoy, the father of Charles, who obtained Brook 
by marriage, had filled several high offices under Henry VII. and 
1The Harleian MS. No. 483, p. 486, mentions that “ Brooke and Southwick 
were granted to Edmund Ratcliffe, late ¢raitor Willoughby.” The explanation 
of this is, that Sir Robert Willoughby the second and last baron was one of those 
who favoured Henry, Earl of Richmond, and conspired under Humphrey 
Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, to bring him to the thone, in opposition to King 
Richard III. Stafford was beheaded, the rest fled abroad, but soon returned, 
and were successful sharers in the Battle of Bosworth. (Dugdale’s Baronage.) 
Southwick, in the adjoining parish of North Bradley, had belonged to the Cheney 
family, and by marriage of an heiress had passed to the Willoughbys. 
