•330 Notes on ilie Border of Wilts and Hants. 



In 1316 Abbess Mary went to Court from Amesbury, again 

 passing through Andover and Ludgershall on the 1st of May. Here 

 she paid a guide ^d. to show the way to Newbury. 



About 1317 Edward II. granted his sister Mary the manor of 

 Ludgershallj valued at £:^6 per annum, with its military fiefs, Church 

 presentations, &c. — Rot. Fat., 10 Ed. II. 



In a letter patent, under date November 27th, 1377, we find 

 Richard II. making sure to his aunt, Isabella, Countess of Bedford, 

 daughter of Edward III., the manors of " Cosham, Mershton, 

 Meysey, et Ludgarshall in comitatie Wiltes.^'' 



By the Eev. Canon J. E. Jackson, F.S.A.* 



jS^UR Wiltshire Society having this year travelled out of its 

 ^w^ own proper district, it seemed to me only a suitable return 

 for the welcome you have given us that, in the address which I have 

 been asked to make, such topographical points should be handled, 

 as, lying within our limits, are nearest in situation to you. 



On the plan before you is the border line that divides Wiltshire 

 from Hampshire. I propose merely to give a cursory account of 

 some things that have happened, and of some that are to be seen, 

 on the Wiltshire side. All on the western side belongs to the 

 ArchsBologieal Society of Hampshire, which it is to be hoped may 

 some day be formed. 



Let me on this subject first say a few words. There is now no 

 longer any doubt of the utility of such societies. It is not merely 

 that they afford rational amusement for a few days to those who have 



* Bead at the Meeting of the Wilts Arcbaenlogical Society at Andover, August 13th, 1S83. 



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