By Charles Edward Long, Esq. 181 
with the co-heiress of Wayte and Popham. It may be further 
remarked, that the grandfather of William Ringeborne had married 
the niece of William of Wykeham, whom tradition has handed 
_ down to us as the son of one John Long, and that the name 
existed anterior to Wykeham’s time can be shown by the Placita 
de quo Warranto, where, in the ninth of Edward the First, (1280-1), 
a John Long was a juror in respect of a rent due to the Crown 
in Ludgershall. But this point would more properly form the 
subject of a separate communication. In the mean time, the name 
of the present contributor may, peradventure, induce a belief that 
he puts himself forward as a claimant to be of the undoubted blood 
and lineage of the knightly race of Wraxhall and Draycot. Bor- 
rowed plumage is not a creditable garment. A Wiltshire origin, 
family traditions, and the inference to be derived from scattered 
allusions, in early times, of friendship, if not of kindred, are all 
that would lead to such a conclusion. The male line of the Wraxhall 
and Draycot Longs, as far as direct evidence can show, is extinct. 
We may all believe, but none can prove, a descent from Robert,— 
the recorded Rodolph of the race. Be this as it may, the real 
foundation of the fortunes of all our respective and wide-spreading 
branches was, most probably, laid in the substantial broad cloths 
of Wiltshire. Whether we were originally “Prewx” adventurers 
from Normandy, or good old Saxon Longs, so called, seemingly, 
though not in truth, in the tongue of the Conqueror, from stature, 
is a matter of no great moment. 
In conclusion, I should desire to state that I am indebted to my 
friend, Thomas Bond, Esquire, of Tyneham, Dorset, and of the 
Inner Temple, during his researches respecting the family of 
Tleryng, for the discovery of the Final concord which has so clearly 
and satisfactorily established the true story of the acquisition of 
the Manor of Draycot by the family of Long. 
