296 Great Bedwyn. 



A.R. A.D. 



Mary daughter of Sir John Hungerford of Down Amp- 

 ney, sister to Mrs. Blagrave mentioned in a succeeding 

 note. He was descended from the Cliffords ancestors of 

 the Earls of Cumberland and of the Lords Clifford. 



David Seymour was arrested as one of the Duke of So- 

 merset's adherents in Oct. 1551, and on the 22nd Nov. 

 was "prysoner in hys house," as appears by the King's 

 journal, and the register of the Privy Council. (Literary 

 Remains of King Edw. VI.) His wife's name was Mary, 

 and he enjoyed two pensions or annuities, one of £6 13s. 

 4d., the other of £75 (MS. Soc. Antiq. 209.) 



4-5. Parlt. Westr. John Temple, Gen. Geo. Eden, Gen. 1557-8 



Elizabeth. 



1. „ Do. Francis Newdigate.Esq. Henry Clifford. 1558-9 



Francis, 5th son of John Newdigate Esq. of Harefield, co. 

 Middlesex and of Arbury, co. Warwick, married Ann 

 (Stanhope) relict of Edward, the Protector Duke of So- 

 merset. He had been "Unus generosorum hostiariorum" 

 to the Duke. 



5. „ Do. JohnThynne, Knt. Stephen Hales, Esq. 1562-3 



John Thynne was secretary to the Duke of Somerset and 

 was knighted by him. He built the noble mansion at 

 Longleat, and died in 1580. He was lessee of the tythes 

 of the prebend of Bedwyn. 



13, „ Do. Nicholas St. John, Esq. Thomas 



Blagrave, Esq. • 1570-1 



Nicholas St. John, son of John St. John, was of Lydiard 

 Tregoz, co. Wilts, and ancestor of the Viscounts Boling- 

 broke. 



Thomas Blagrave of Bulmarsh Court, near Sunning, co. 

 Berks, married Anne, daughter of Sir Anthony Hunger- 

 ford of Down Ampney. He was father of John Blagrave, 

 a great mathematician. (Wood's Ath. Oxon, ii. 96.) 

 At the time of his election, Mr. Blagrave was owner of 

 the tythes of the prebend of Bedwyn and he sold them 

 to the Earl of Hertford in 1594. 



14. „ Do. Simon Bowyer, Gent. George Ire- 



land, Gent. 1571-2 



27. „ Do. Richard Wheeler, Esq. Roger 



Puleston, Gent, 1584-5 



