The Wiltshire Compounders. 59 
* Broyl of Bedwyn” and “ Broyl Farm,” terms still in use.] 
Sir Francis EnGuEFIELD, of Fasterne, near Wootton- Bassett, Bart., 
whose father was made a baronet by James I., in 1612, and himself 
knighted during his father’s lifetime, was returned asa “ recusant,’’ 
or papist, but in the character of “ delinquent,” or royalist, no fine 
appears against his name; though his brother William pays a rather 
heavy sum. It may be presumed, therefore, that Sir Francis kept 
himself out of active service. No doubt he shared in some way in 
the sufferings of his party. In November, 1642, his team of horses 
being discovered at Lambeth were seized to mount some of Sir 
Arthur Hazelrig’s troopers. In 1646 he sent his wife and daughters 
and six servants beyond the seas. His great-uncle, Sir Francis, of 
Queen Mary’s Court, was regarded (says Dr. Thomas Fuller) by all 
good Catholics as a benefactor-general to our nation, inasmuch as, 
with the assistance of William Allen, he obtained in 1576, of Pope 
Gregory XXX., thirteen indulgences for the English and the well- 
wishers of their conversion; whereof the first was this: “ that 
whosoever should carry about with him certain consecrated beads, 
fast on Wednesday, forbear one meal on Sunday, pray for the Holy 
Father the Pope, the peace of the Church, and chiefly for the 
reconciling of England, Scotland, and Ireland to the Church of 
Rome, should have a hundred years pardon; but should the fast be 
observed with bread and water, then a thousand years pardon.” 
Church History, I1., 512. To explain the motive of this Act of 
Indulgence it should be observed that it was obtained after Sir 
Francis’s expatriation by Queen Elizabeth, who on the pretence of 
high treason had confiscated the vast possessions in Berkshire which 
the Englefields had held for more than seven hundred years. The 
sturdy old knight ended his days at Valladolid, in Spain, and was 
buried in the English college there, towards the erection of which” 
he had lavishly contributed. He married Katharine, daughter of 
Sir Thomas Fettiplace, of Compton-Beauchamp, but dying without 
issue, the line was continued by his brother, John Englefield, lord 
of Wootton Bassett, father of Sir Francis, mentioned above as the 
first baronet. The title became extinct in the person of Sir Henry 
Charles Englefield, the seventh baronet, who died in 1822. 
