By Sir Charles Hobhouse, Bart. 95 



until she arrived, and at its conclusion all stood up in their places 

 until she had left the Church. She planted the clump of trees still 

 known as " The Duchess's Clump/' and the villagers paid a humble 

 tribute to her sway by christening their children Anna Maria after 

 her — a name which then appears for the first time on the register. 



To the duchess succeeded as lessee Mr. William Cass, of the 

 Poultry, London, but beyond the lease from 1805 to 1812 I can find 

 no record of this family. 



To them succeeded Mr. John Long, the elder, and the following 

 is, I believe, a correct pedigree, so far as it relates to our manor :— 



EichardJLong, Esq., of Eood Ashton. 



John Long, the elder, ^ Lucy Anne Warneford. 

 second son, t. 1768 ; 

 d. 20th October, 1833. 



John Long, the younger,^ Mary, d. of Edward Daniel, 



b. 1793 ; d. AprU 30th, 

 1849. 



Barrister, d. May 22nd, 

 1861. 



John, Walter Charles Daniel Catharine Edward Two daughters, 

 b.l822; Henry ,b. Daniel.b. Edwin.b. Eugenia.b. Moi-ton,b. Francis Stan- 

 d.l840. 1823 ;d. &d.l825. 1827 ; d. & d. 1880. 1833; d. hope,b.l835. 

 1857. 1830. 1835. 



There is some confusion amongst the elders of the parish as to 

 the residence of the Longs. Old Thomas Sweetland (b. 1801) says 

 that Mr. John Long, the elder, did not remain here uninterruptedly. 

 He came from 1812 to 1818, or thereabouts. There was then an 

 interim during which Mr. Daniel Jones afterwards called Mr. Jones 

 Long, hailing from Farley Castle, in Somerset, lived here. He died 

 in 1824, and was buried at Whaddon. Then Mr. John Long, the 

 elder, returned, and he and his descendants resided here until 1S42 ? 



It was one of the Longs who planted what is now known as the 

 *' Kingsdown Plantation " (described by Sir Richard Hoare in 1819 

 as newly-planted), and the Yew or Primrose Walk, to the south of 

 and parallel with the Monks' Walk. In their time the lawn sloped 

 away from the east front of the house, to the hedge which divides 



