186 Duchy of Lancaster. Survey of its Manors, a.d. 1591. 



put on elsewhere. Sevres is most cleverly imitated, and fraudulently imitated, 

 at some of the English porcelain works, even to copying all the old marks ; and 

 I have been told that some of it is exported to the continent in order to return 

 here as foreign porcelain. 



" The forgeries of coins are equally numerous and extensive. The best 

 imitations of Greek Coins seem to be made in the Greek Islands and in India. 

 The latter are generally cast, but the former are struck from false dies. Becker, 

 a German forger, produced an immense number of false coins, ranging over the 

 whole extent of numismatics ; a valuable set of impressions from his dies is 

 preserved in the British Museum, and has served to convince many a collector 

 of the falseness of some of his specimens. The best forgeries of English coins 

 were made by Emery : a man named Singleton is also said to have been simi- 

 larly employed. 



" In fact there is scarcely an object in the range of ancient or medieval art to 

 which the attention of the forger has not been given, seeking his ill-gotten 

 gains at the expense of the hapless collector, and tending to depreciate the value 

 even of the genuine remains of the past by his dishonest industry." 



Jnxjjg of *f itttcasto, j^ntrteg of its |$lanor* 



IN CO. WILTS, TAKEN 33 Eliz. (a.d. 1591.) 

 (tf^jj^gHE following documents have been obtained by C. E. Long, 

 ^JKfij Esq., from the Duchy of Lancaster Office : and are ex- 

 tracted from the " Second Book of Surveys xxxiii. Eliz. Northamp- 

 ton and Wilts." They relate to the Manors of 1. North Stakden 

 (near Hungerford.) 2. Albourne. 3. Hannington (near High- 

 worth.) 4. TJpavon. 5. Easterton Gernon (in the parish of 

 East or Market Lavington.) 6. Manningford Bohun. 7. Ever- 

 ley. 8. Netheravon. 9. Berwick St. James. 10. Poole. 11. 

 Oaksey. 12. Ashley (near Tetbury.) 13. Bradon Forest. 



It is to be remembered that the " Freeholders," &c, mentioned 

 in the Survey do not necessarily imply all the freeholders in the 

 several parishes : but merely those connected with the Duchy of 

 Lancaster property in each parish. The No. of Acres, and the 

 Rent, also apply onhy to the Duchy estates. 



Besides those named in this Survey there were in the county of 

 Wilts other manors, or parcels of estates, that in earlier times are 

 found connected with the Duchy ; having formed part of the in- 

 heritance either of the Bohuns, Earls of Hereford, or of the Earls 

 of Lancaster : as at Amesbury, Alton Berners, Collingbourne Ducis, 



