88 Bradford-upon-Avon. [ The Manor. 
Henry VIII. In this gift was included all that hitherto had 
appertained to the Abbess as ‘Rector’ of Bradford. They hold the 
glebe farms and lands,*(the latter lying dispersedly in small por- 
tions throughout the whole parish),—the houses built on them in 
the town itself,—perhaps the site of the old Hospital of St. Mar- 
garet,—the great Tithes,—the advowson of the living. The land 
possessed by them amounts to some 530 acres, more than half of 
which is in the Tithing of Winsley. On the impropriate Rectory 
there are the following charges,—‘ Payment (it is called Pensio) to 
the Bishop of Sarum, £2.”; and “Pension to the Dean and 
Chapter of Sarum 13s. 4d.” 
From a Parliamentary survey made in 1649, the original manu- 
script of which is still preserved among the archives of the Dean 
and Chapter of Bristol, we extract the following information, and 
with this we will conclude our remarks on the ‘Manor of Bradford.’ 
“‘ Vemorandums. There is a Court Baron belonging to the Mannor 
of the Rectorie of Bradford to be kept at the will of the 
Lord within the said Mannor. 
“The Tenants of the said Mannor are to performe he 
suit and service at the Court aforesaid. 
“Customes. The Lord by the Custome of the Mannor may graunt 
estates for three lives by coppy of Court Roll. 
“The Widdow of the purchaser only to enjoy the lands 
that her husband shall happen to dye siezed of and not 
otherwise. 
“The Lord of the Mannor aforesaid can have no Herriott 
by the custome of the said Mannor but such as shall be 
expressed in the Tenants coppye by agreement between 
Lord and Tenant.” 
(To.be continued. ) 
