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Thomas Toogood succeeded him at Lower Park. About this time 
the present farm-house was built. 
In 1736 Thomas Toogood renewed his lease of Mere Park. 
In 1794 we find that John Mereweather was tenant, and his sons 
occupied the whole park till 1828, when they were succeeded by 
Mr. William White, who left in 1844, and the farm was taken by 
John Mitchell, and in his family it has since remained. 
CHADENWYCHE. 
This is a tithing mentioned in Domesday Book, where it is 
styled Chedelwich :— 
“The same Bishop [Sarum] holds CoEpELWicH. Algar held it in the time 
of King Edward, and it paid geld for 5 hides. The land is 3 carucates. Of 
this land 4 hides are in demesne, and there are two carucates; and 3 villans, and 
6 bordars, and 2 coscets; with 1 carucate and a half. There are 103 acres of 
meadow. The pasture is 3 furlongs long and two furlongs broad. The wood is 
2 furlongs long and 1 furlong broad. It was worth 40 shillings; it is now 
worth £4.” 
From the above we gather that the greater portion of this manor 
was in the occupation of the owner at this date, but there were also 
resident three vi/lans, who are now represented by the class termed 
copyholders: two coscets, these were cottagers who held small 
portions of land—generally about five acres—attached to their 
tenement, for which they rendered certain services to the lord; in 
some places the coscet worked for the lord every Monday throughout 
the year: six bordars, these were of the same social grade as the 
eoscets ; they derived their name from the fact of their paying rent 
in kind, that is, in provisions to supply the lord’s table. In some 
districts there are lands called bord /ands at the present day. 
The owners of Chadenwyche have been as follows :— 
Algar, in the time of Edward the Confessor, 1042 to 1066. 
Bishop of Sarum, 1087. Hugo was under-tenant. 
William de St. Martin is said to have been enfeoffed in the 
manor of Chadenwich by Osmund, Bishop of Sarum. “ Will. 
de St. Martin in Chadwick, quem feoffavit Osmundus 
Episcopus.”” 
