Maud Heath's Causey. 263 
At the time of the Charity Commissioners’ inquiry, about 1834, 
the surviving Trustees (under the latest previous conveyance, 
dated 5th August 1825) were Henry, Marquis of Lansdowne; 
Samuel Viveash, of Calne; Dr. Starkie, of Spy Park; The Rey. 
William Lisle Bowles, Vicar of Bremhill; The Rev. Robert Ashe, 
of Langley Burrell; Robert Humphries, of Ivy House, Chippen- 
ham; John Merewether, of Blackland, near Calne; Oriel Viveash, 
of Calne; Thomas Clutterbuck, of Hardenhuish; Walter Coleman, 
of Langley Fitzurse; and John Edward Andrews Starkie, of Spy 
Park. 
The annual value of the real and personal property belonging 
to the charity was then as follows: 
Leising 
1. Rent-charge on Horse Croft,! now called ‘‘ The Pad- 
docks,” belonging to W. H. Awdry, Esq., of Chip- 
Penh amy ERIS LAOS. RH a ND. Fae 0 14 0 
2. Rent-charge on a close in Rowden Down Lane; 
Representatives of John Singer.................. 0 9 4 
3. Burgage house, in Embry,? John Provis; under lease 
for 21 years, from 6th April, 1832. Dwelling-house, 
two cottages, carpenter’s shop, timber yard, and two 
IVIGSSUA SOS oevarcraieie ciabatta Mee Tsue Arexgtoreie ike cig os cca aoe ys 55 0 O 
4. Burgage house, in Cook Street .................. 185> 0) FC 
5. Two burgage cottages, in Mary’s Street, [Clifford and 
Gem. -soarlyatenanitail i decd sete «cai = oleae osyr an Toe One 
6. Burgage houses, near the bridge.................. Toe OmnG 
107 3 4 
1 This rent-charge on Nos. 1 and 2 dates from 1611. In that year a dispute had 
arisen between the Feoffees and John Scott, The Feoffees claimed a moiety of each of 
the three parcels of ground, as having been given by Maud Heath. Scott maintained 
that they had been part of the inheritance of one Barnes, from whom they had passed 
to Tyndall, by whom they were sold to John Gale. Forty years before (viz. 1571) Gale 
died, leaving two daughters who divided his estate. Scott married one of them and 
had these lands for his share. Further he shewed that the Crown having claimed them 
as assart lands of Chippenham Forest, he had compounded for them and taken a mesne 
conveyance from his Majesty. To settle the dispute a commission issued from the 
Court of Chancery. Sir Henry Baynton, Sir Henry Poole and others met at Malmsbury, 
and finding that the claim of the Feoffees was doubtful, an order was made that upon a 
release being given to Scott, he and his heirs, &c., should pay out of the closes in question 
a rent-charge of 23s. 4d. per annum to the said charitable use for ever. 
2 A small street in Chippenham. The name is pronounced ‘‘Amary,” and is no 
doubt a corruption of Ave-Mary : as in London Ave Maria Lane, 
