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in 1652 leaving no children ; and his uncle Sir Arthur Hopton, on 

 whom the Barony was entailed, having predeceased him, his (Sir 

 Arthur's) four sisters became his coheiresses,' from whom, or from 

 whose representatives, it was bought in the middle of the 17th 

 century by Mr. Bampfield Sydenham. From him it descended to 

 the late Mr. Sydenham Bailey, to whose children it now belongs. 



The greater part of the Glastonbury lands in Langley, now belong 

 to Mr. "Walter Coleman, whose ancestor obtained them by marriage 

 with one of the representatives of one of the three sisters of Sir 

 Charles Snell, the grantee at the Dissolution ; as already mentioned. 



In 1765 an estate in Langley belonging to Mrs. Maynard, who 

 then resided at the old Manor House in Kington, was purchased 

 from her Trustees, Charles Viscount Maynard, Dr. Thomas [Bishop 

 of Winchester], and the Rev. Wm. Butler, by Sir James Long of 

 Draycot. This is now the property of Viscount "Wellesley. 



A property of the Gingells, customary tenants under the Abbey 

 in 1273, was sold in 1664 (being then worth £100 a year) to 

 Samuel Martin. 



At the Dissolution a large part of Langley, called "The Heath," 

 was unenclosed. It is named in Abbot Beere's Terrier, as measur- 

 ing 310 acres : and was common both to the Abbey tenants and the 

 owner of Fitzurse Farm. 



St. Peter's Chapel, Kington Langley. 



This stood about the middle of the village, on the north side of 

 the road : but had been converted into a dwelling before 1670. In 

 Abbot Beere's Terrier (1517), it is stated that the wardens of St. 

 Peter's Chapel at Langley, held of the Abbey for 90 years half an 

 acre of ground, paying 2d. a year. 



The village Revel used in old times to be kept on the Sunday 

 following St. Peter's Day (29th June), and was, Aubrey says, "one 

 of the erainentest Feasts in those parts. Old John Wastfield of Lang- 

 ley told him that he had been Peterman at St. Peter's Chapel in 



1 So the Peerage. But the Wilts Visitation, 1623, (see "Butler,") mentions 

 Mary a daughter of Sir Arthur Ilopton, and widow of — Gurney, of Co. Som., 

 who married William Butler of Langley, son of Thomas Butler of Hanger, in 

 Bremhill. 



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