Communicated by Mr. James Waylen. 321 
Francis, Lorp Srymour, Baron Trowsripee, brother to Lord 
Hertford. As to his delinquency he voluntarily left his habitation 
__ (at Marlborough) and resided at Oxford and adhered to His Majesty 
throughout the war. He was at Oxford at the surrender thereof, 
and is to have the benefit of the articles of rendition. He hath 
: taken neither the National Covenant nor the Negative Oath, and 
prays to be exempted upon the articles of Oxford and the vote of the 
House pursuant, &c. His landed possessions were scattered in the 
parishes or manors of Bedwyn, Preshute, Hill-Martin, Swindon, 
_ Trowbridge, Ish-Abbots, Pirton, and Liddington—remainder in part 
to his lady for life, remainder of all to his first son in tail, remainder 
to Edward, Lord Beauchamp, remainder to Lord Beauchamp’s right 
heirs. He declares that he is indebted by statute unto Sir Gervase 
Elwes and Jeremy Elwes, £1040, of which he prays a consideration ; 
moreover, that he has mortgaged his estate of Stephen’s Down, at 
Liddington, to Mr. Haynes, of Aldbourn, for £500, still owing, 
together with £200 interest thereon. His personal estate has been 
seized and sold; and the Wilts Committee have appraised such as 
remains at £175. Fine, at a tenth, £3725. November, 1646. 
His pardon, together with that of his son, Charles Seymour, passed 
the Houses in December, 1647, and he appears to have actually paid 
~ £1000 less than the sum here stated. The fine, such as it was, 
purged the delinquency of both father and son. 
Charles Seymour, Esq., son and heir of the above, residing at 
Allington, near Chippenham, had allowed himself at the commence- 
ment of hostilities to be placed on a King’s Commission for gathering 
men and moneys for the Royal army, but his action in that capacity 
was so brief that he had no difficulty in procuring from members of 
the Wilts Committee and from his neighbours about Chippenham 
testimonials which represented him more as a friend than an enemy 
to the Parliament’s cause. See the History of Marlborough. 
_ Joun Sivior, of Salisbury, gent. His petition, dated 1650, ac- 
_knowledging that he adhered to the forces raised by the late King 
against the Parliament, exhibits a rather pitiful case. He holds in 
fee a messuage in Salisbury, worth only £14 per annum, which he 
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