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petition Mr. Ernlé urges in extenuation that being in the commission 
of the peace near unto the Devizes where the King’s forces have 
long time prevailed, he hath yet done many good offices to the 
members and friends of the Parliament, nor did he assist the adverse 
party with his person by bearing arms, nor with his purse except 
~ under compulsion; nor did he act in the commission of array; but 
when put in that commission (of which Mr. Robert Long was chief) 
he did so for the good of his neighbours and countrymen, as no 
doubt they will testify. But now being willing to embrace the 
offer of the Parliament which extends to the first of December next, 
he desires to compound, praying consideration of his much burdened 
estate. 6th November, 1645. 
_ Edward Ernlé’s attachment to the Royalist party was enhanced 
by the circumstance of his marriage with a member of the Romanist 
family of St. Lowe, of Knighton, in Wilts. By this lady he left 
two sons, Sir Walter, his heir, the first baronet, who also lived at 
Etchilhampton, and whose granddaughter, Elizabeth, carried the 
estate to Henry Drax, ancestor of the late Mrs. Sawbridge Erle- 
Drax, of Charborough Park, Dorset. His second son was Michael 
Ernlé, of Brimslade, whose descendant, the Rev. Sir Edward Ernlé, 
Rector of Avington, in Berks, and the seventh baronet, was the 
last male heir of the family. Sir Edward died in 1787. 
Joun Esrcourt, Esq., fourth son of Edmund Estcourt, of 
Newnton. He adhered unto the forces raised against the Parliament, 
&e. Petitioned July, 1650, and saith that he is not yet sequestered. 
He is possessed of a personal estate valued at £50 10s.—thus: a 
small flock of sheep £24; a couple of horses, £11; books, £5; 
debts owing to him, £10 10s. Fine, £8 8s. 4d., paid 16th July, 
1650. He was brother, it is conjectured, to Sir Giles Estcourt, who _ 
is also styled “of Newnton.” Obiaining a baronetcy himself, he © 
became father of Sir William Estcourt, who was killed at the Globe 
Tavern by Henry St. John about 1684; and as he died unmarried, 
the baronetcy expired. 
Ropert Eyre, of West Chalfield, Esq. Had acted in King 
Charles’s commission to press men and to raise money for his army, 
viz., for the weekly assessment of £1200 made in May, 1643, He 
