60 The Wiltshire Compounders. 
Epwarp Enix, of Etchilhampton, Esq. Ernlé, a manor near 
Chichester, in Sussex, gave its name to a family which flourished 
there before the reign of Edward I.; one member of which repre- 
sented that county in Parliament 4 Edw. III. Sir John Ernlé, the 
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Henry the Eighth’s time, was 
the second son of John Ernlé, of Ernlé, and Agnes, daughter and heir 
of Simon Best, which Simon Best held the manor of Etchilhampton 
through his wife, the daughter and heir of John Malwyn, Esq., of 
Etchilhampton. From the Chief Justice descended Sir John Ernlé, 
Kt., Chancellor of the Exchequer to Charles II., and also Walter 
Ernlé, of Etchilhampton, who in 1660 was created a baronet. It is 
Edward, the father of this last-mentioned member of the family, 
who now comes under our notice as a “ delinquent” seeking to 
make his peace with the victorious Parliament. 
Edward Ernlé’s offence is—that he was a commissioner for seques- 
trations acting in the King’s behalf in the county of Wilts. He 
rendered himself before December, 1645. His estate per annum is 
worth £200, for which his fine at a tenth is £400; dated 12th July, 
1647. While his case was pending, the following statement was 
forwarded to Goldsmith’s Hall from Devizes :— 
“To the Committee in London. 
‘¢ RIGHT HONOURABLE, whereas we are directed and required by your Honouns 
to certify the condition and malignancy of Edward Ernlé of Echilhampton in 
this county, We thus certify—First, as touching his delinquency, He was a com- 
missioner for the King in the commission for sequestration ; and being a justice 
of the peace, appeared at the assizes of Sarum about two years since, but when 
the charge was given he immediately departed thence.—Touching his estate in 
lands, he hath at Erchfont the moiety of a farm for three lives, worth about 
£200 a year, out of which he pays £49 to the Marquis of Hertford. At Echil- 
hampton he hath £100 per annum land of inheritance, of which there is £16 per 
annum quit rents and rents of assize. He hath fourscore pounds per annum out 
*of Pryor’s Court in Cleevely parish in Berks at £4 13s. 4d. rent, holden of the 
dean and chapter of Westminster by lease for fourteen years to come. As to his 
personal estate, he hath eight cows, six oxen, five young beasts, and about four- 
score sheep.—And for other personal estate, we know not of any. Dated at the 
committee for Wilts sitting at the Devizes 19 Nov. 1645, by Thomas Goddard, 
John Goddard, Robert Brown, William Jesse, and Edward Martyn.” 
Another certificate adds that he resides at Etchilhampton, and by 
reason of the times is much indebted and behindhand. In his own 
