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1636 
1637 
1638 
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1643 
1644 
Sheriffs of Wiltshire. 
Sir Henry Ludlow, Knt. 
Of Maiden Bradley. Son of the Sheriff 28 Elizabeth. 
Francis Goddard, Esq. 
Of Standen Hussey and Cliff Pypard. Collector of 
the Shipmoney in Co. Wilts. 
Sir George Ayliffe, Knt. Of Foxley and Grittenham. 
Sir Nevil Poole, Knt. 
Of Oaksey. An Officer for the Parliament; defended 
Marlborough. (See Waylen’s Marlborough, p. 157). 
Sir Edward Bayntun, Knt. 
Of Bromham. Son of the Sheriff 43 Elizabeth. 
John Grubbe, Esq. Of Potterne and Cherhill. 
John Duke, Esq. 
Of Lake. Narrowly escaped execution after the 
Penruddocke rising, (see Amesb. 138). 
Giles Eyre, Esq. 
Of Brickworth. 2nd son of Thomas Eyre of New Sarum. 
Robert Chivers, Esq. 
Of Calne, Quemerford, and Leigh Delamere. 
‘Chivers, a great clothier at Quemerford near Calne, 
where the rack doth yet remain, (1680); left an estate 
of at least £1,000 a year. They say they are derived 
from Chivers of the Mount in Ireland, whose coat 
they give.” (Aubrey’s MSS.) (Argent a cheyron 
engrailed gules). 
Sir George Vaughan, Knt. 
Of Fallersdon. Died from the blow of a poleaxe at 
the battle of Lansdown. 
Sir John Penruddock. 
Of Compton Chamberlayne. Son of the Sheriff of 
1599, and father of Col. John Penruddock, 
Sir James Long, Bart. (By the King). 
Of Draycote. Col. of horse for the Crown. Aubrey’s 
friend and patron. ‘‘Tam Marti quam Mercurio,” 
(Natural History of Wilts, p. 33.) 
1 Fuller gives no names for the four years from 1643, but accounts for the 
blank by the Civil War. ‘‘ Ingratum bello debemus inane.” 
