168 Unpublished Documents relating to the 



the house of Thorn's Noble * sVnte to the said S' WiU'm Sharington Whiche 

 p'celles were delivered to the said Thorn's Noble by the Ladye Sharington and the 

 same do ap'teine to the rigbte honorable Katherine Duches of Suff' and whiche 

 the said Duches delivered to the said S' Will'm Sharington in gage for a certaine 

 some of money That is to saye First one Brouche of gold enameled w' vj pictures 

 and foure brode table Ballaces f Item a faier Brouche of gold enameled w'' a 

 Towne or Castell and diverse pictures w' a faier rock Ruble in the fote of it. 

 Item a Crosse of Diamoundes set in golde on thone side and on thother side the 

 Crosse of gold black enameled and iij greate peerles hanging on the same Item 

 a greate Table Balace sett in a rounde Scochin of golde and a faier peerle hanginge 

 on thend of it. Item a crosse sett w' I'res of Jhesus of Diamonds on thone side 

 and in the hier p'te thereof a foure squared Diamond and a longe Ruble under- 

 nethe it, and three peerles hanging on the fote of it. Item a flower of golde sett 

 uppon w' I'res black enameled uppon golde wrethidd and three faier pointed dia. 

 monds in the same and three faier peerles hanginge on the fote thereof and ther 

 ap'eth too voide places in the same. Item a Tablet % of gold enameled of the 

 storie of Jacob lieng uppon a pillo' and two Aungelles standing on a Ladder and 

 a greate Table Balace under his elbowe and three litle table diamounds and three 

 Htle Rubies set abowte the bordur of that side the tablet, and on thother side 

 the picture of a woman white enameled and half a Lyon of golde on thone side 

 of hir and a sirpents hedd on thother side and two veray litle peerles on the 

 hedd of it and the picture of a gentle woman livelye sett owte w'in the said 

 Tablet. Item a round Brouche of the Storie of the woman Samaritan set owte 

 w' pictures of golde and diverse litle diamounds and Rubies set veray flatte 

 on the hedde and foute of the same. Item a Tablet of gold braunchedd and 

 enameled white five faier Emerades sett on thon side therof and w'in the saide 

 Tablet the picture of the Kinge that deade is on thone side and the picture of 

 a gentlewoman on thother side livelye sett owte. Item a faier square Table 

 Ballace set in golde. Item a faier Brouche w' pictures of gold black enameled 

 w* xxiiij litle diamonds sett in sundrie places emonges the said pictures Item 

 a faier Brouche. w' diverse pictures sett abowte a boorde and a faier 

 pointed Saphire sett uppon a potte of gold on the foote thereof and 

 a litle Saphire uppon a litle potte on thoneside. Item a faier upper 

 Billemente§ of fourtie eight Diamonds sett in so many Roundles of 



* He lived at Bewley Court, on the opposite side of the river to Lacock. 

 " Imprimis Thomas Nobull holdythe by indenture not sealyd nor sygned the 

 scite of the manor there called Bewlys Cowrte with thappurtenances," etc. 

 From the survey of the Manor of Lacock, and other manors, August 31st, 

 2 Ed. VI., 1548, by Stephen Cole, gentleman, surveyor and steward, under 

 the head of " the lands and tenements late bought by Sir Wyllyam Sharyngtoa 

 knyght of Master Dyrrell (Darell) in Bewell as folowithe." 

 t Balays : ruby. — Halliwell. 



J Tablet : an ornament of gold. — Baret's Alvearie, 1580, here possibly some 

 kind of a locket. 



§ See above note % on " Declaration." Billaments : the attire or ornaments 

 of a woman's head or necke. Barefs Alvearie. 



