1 8 . Wiltshire 



Edward Earl of Hertford was seised of the site, ground, ambit, 

 and precinct of the late Priory of the Holy Trinity of Eston, co. 

 Wilts, and of the church, belfry and cemetery of the same ; and of 

 all messuages, houses, barns, granges, dovecots, orchards, gardens, 

 land and soil, within and without the sept and circuit of the said 

 Priory, to the same belonging; and of the manor of Eston, with 

 appurtenances, in the said co., and of the rectory of the parish 

 church of Eston. And of the advowson of the vicarage of Eston ; 

 and of the third part of one wood or woodland called Roppeslie 

 Rise, lying in Roppeslye, co. Lincoln, containing by estimation 

 loo acres. 



Being so seised, he died on the 6th April, 19 James I [1621], 

 at Nettlye, co. Southampton. 



The premises aforesaid, without the woodland, are held of the 

 King in chief by the service of the tenth part of a knight's fee, and 

 are worth per annum, clear, £iq ijs. jd. ; and the third part of the 

 said woodland is held by knight's service, but by what part of a fee 

 the jurors know not, and is worth per annum, clear, 4.0s. 



William, now Earl of Hertford, is grandson and heir of the said 

 Edivard, viz. son and heir of Edzvard Searnour, esq., commonly 

 called Lord Beauchamp, deceased, son of the said Edward Earl of 

 Hertford. 



The said William, at the death of Edward Earl of Hertford, was 

 aged 28 years and more, and survives at Eston. 



Inq. p.m., 2 Charles I, p. i, No. 23. 



iSicl)arD l^unton, gent 



Inquisition taken at Marlborough, 4th April, 2 Charles I 

 [1626], before y6»//« Foyle, esquire, escheator, after the death 

 of Richard Himtoji, gentleman, by the oath of Richard Smith, 

 gentleman, foh7i Spencer, gentleman, George Mortymer, gentleman, 

 Bartholomew Smith, gentleman, Alexander Dismer, Henry Smith, 

 fohn Noyse, Thomas Smith, fohn Waterman, Edward Dismore, Thomas 

 Sloper, Thomas Eires, Thomas Freeman, Thomas Kinge, and fohn 

 Lawrence, who say that 



Richard Hunton was seised of the manor of Busheton, with 

 appurtenances, situate in Busheton, co. Wilts, formerly parcel of 

 the lands and possessions of Thomas Seymore, Lord Seymore of 

 Sudley, and of an annual rent of 7^., payable from the said manor 

 for the aid of the monks, commonly called Munks aid, and of the 



