12 Broughton Gifford. 



affeerers or arbitrators to fix the amount of fines payable at the 

 court. He died before 1558, for then his widow Alicia was tenant, 

 and ordered "to mend a stile between Barfurlong and Chessel." 

 In 1590 (I see no notice of the name in the interval) John Har- 

 dinge was admitted tenant to Henry May, who granted to him, for 

 his own life and that of his son Henry, the moiety of a certain 

 pasture called Barley Leas on payment of £16 fine. The son Henry 

 paid to the lord of the manor half a farthing as chief rent, for cer- 

 tain tenements called St. Mary's hold. From this time the name 

 frequently occurs in the Court rolls, as belonging to those who 

 were of some consideration in the parish. They stand at the head 

 of the list of copyholders and jurymen. Sometimes they got into 

 trouble. In 1621 William Hardinge was presented by the over- 

 seers of the fields and the hay ward, "for that he refused to give us 

 an account of his sheepe and of the common that should feed them, 

 and with violence withstood us, and yet biforre we drove them to 

 the pound Mr. Edward Long provided the forfeiture which is 3s. 4d. 

 and it is yet remaining in his hand." His friend Mr. Edward 

 Long was undoubtedly at that time the principal resident, so that 

 we may suppose William Hardinge to have been somebody. This 

 was not their only quarrel with the court. I find them allied in 

 their resistance to lawful authority again in 1629, where they are 

 both presented for enclosing ground that " by the custom of the 

 manor ought not to be inclosed," Edward Long in "Bradley field," 

 William Hardinge in "Mounton Ley." Sir John Horton in his 

 memoranda, and his son Thomas, mention different members of the 

 family as renting under them, from 1630 — 82. William Harding 

 had Parkes, and was succeeded by his grandson John, who also 

 held Norrington and Great Breaches. 



Henry Hardinge, William's brother, rented of Sir John, Light- 

 woods and other lands, which continued in the family, till the time 

 of "Widdow Hardinge" in 1682. Thej'' were diligent in the dis- 

 charge of their Parochial duties, collecting the Royal subsidies 

 and aids, for his Majesty's use, on his restoration, and acting as 

 churchwardens eighteen times between 1690 — 1738. A tithe case, 

 Harding against Golding, 8th May, 1696, refers to this William 



