By the late F. A. Carrington, Esq, 257 
Vicar there in administration of the Sacraments savinge the sayd 
Incumbent [of the Chantry] whereupon the Vicar w" all the reste 
of the Parissheners desyre the Kingis moost honble Councell to con- 
sider them accordingly.” 
This is accounted for by the practice of the Romish Church, which 
prevailed here down to the time of the Reformation, that every 
person above 14 years old—the age of confirmation—who did not 
confess and receive absolution in Passion Week was not allowed to 
receive the holy sacrament on Easter Day, and if he or she did not 
do so, and died within the year, such persons would not have been 
allowed Christian burial, except for some very special cause. 
The parish registers commence in the year 1637, and there are 
no entries from 1640 to 1645, both inclusive, and with the date of 
1642 there is written :—“ Times of Civil Disorder no Register kept,” 
but in one of the register books is found the following entry :— 
“Buried Anno Dni 1707 W™ Wild was born on Easter Eve being in y® year 
1590 died ye 29th of June 1707 in ye hundred and sixteenth year 
of his Age & was buried . . . . July Ist.” 
Tue CHANTRY. 
At Aldbourne there was a Chantry called “ Our Lady’s Guild.” 
Its possessions are described in the Certif. of Chantries (Certif. 58, 
No. 56), where it is stated that “Landes were gyven to the 
ffrat.nytie of o' Lady in Aldborne, Adam Herryett Incumbente.” 
Cuurcu Goons. 
In the return of the Commissioners of Church Goods is the fol- 
lowing entry :— 
* Alborne delivered to Thomas hatte and to William Sexton) viij ovne. di. bellis 
won Cvppe or Challis by Indenture of viij ovne di. sad} lij and a sanct® 
iiij bells bell.” 
Tue CHAcE. 
From the census of 1851 it appears that the parish of Aldbourne 
is 8495 acres in extent ; and from the “ Survey of Sir John Poyntz” 
in the Duchy of Lancaster Record Office, 33 Eliz., from which 
the account of the boundaries is taken,' it is stated that the 
1 Printed in Wilts Arch. ag., Vol. vi., p. 188. 
