80 Kington St. Michael. \JJpper Ea^ton Percy. 



same year in wliicla tlie house was builfc). 2. Arms of Browne of 

 AVinterbourne Basset. An eagle displayed sable, legged gules : on its 

 breast a crescent or. Over this, " Israel Lyte " [his grandmother.] 

 Lower Easton Piers was sold by Aubrey in his day of adversity 

 to Mr. Richard Sherwin.* In 1796 it formed part of Mr. Hale's 

 property (mentioned above, p. 77.) and was sold in 1796 to Mr. 

 Skeate, whose representatives are now the proprietors. 



Upper Easton Piers. 



This is a small farmhouse with about 98 acres attached, lying 

 westwards of the Manor House, between it and " Cromwell's." It was 

 severed from the principal estate in 1574 by sale from John and 

 Thomas Light of Easton Piers, to Nicholas Light of Leigh Dela- 

 mere. About a century afterwards it belonged to Mr. Benjamin 

 Hinde, an attorney, steward to Sir Charles Snell, and son of 

 Richard Hinde, Vicar of Kington St. Michael. It has continued 

 in this family about 300 years, being now the property of the 

 Rev. Thomas Lowe, Vicar of Willington, Sussex, in right of his 

 mother, Susannah coheiress of the late Thomas Hinde, D.D., 

 Rector of Ardeley near Bicester. The Doctor's great grandfather 

 was the Rev. Richard Hinde, Rector of Grittleton. 



Cromhale's. 



Commonly called Cromwell's, is a small tenement of 30 acres 

 with a house, bounding on Yatton Keynell, and takes its name 

 from ancient owners. Ralph de Cromhale, Chaplain, has been 

 already mentioned as Patron of Easton Chapel in 1319. It seems 

 never to have been part of the principal manor. 



A small holding adjoining Cromhale's (now Mr. Butler's) be- 

 longed in 1300 to the estate of the Keynell family, from which the 

 parish of Yatton takes its name. 



The Vicarage. 

 Two names only remain of the period during which Kington had 

 its Clerical Rector resident, appointed by the Abbot of Glastonbury; 



1 On the back of the MS. account of liis Villa, Aubrey has written, "Nunc 

 mea, mox hujus, sed posteanescio cujus." 



