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are two doorways, built up witli stone. They liave been 

 examined, but lead to nothing, Within the vault are tlie 

 leaden coffins of four males, two females, and two children. 

 The wooden outer coffins have long since perished. The 

 individuals buiied here, are, most probably, those whose 

 cenotaphs are in the two chapels above ; but others, also, 

 of the Hungerford family, are known to have given in their 

 wills directions to be buried at Farleigh. 



In the little cemetery, outside, skeletons have occa- 

 sionally been found. These may have been either persons 

 belonging to the Castle household, or parishioners, who 

 were buried there when this was the parish church. 



There were two chaplains belonging to the Castle 

 chapel, one caUed the Chaplain of St. Leonard, the other 

 the Chaplain of the altarof the B.V.M. A house was built 

 for them at the east end of the chapel, by Walter Lord 

 Hungerford. It is still standing, and is, in fact, the only 

 habitable part of the Castle that remains. 



The estates of the Hungerfords being at one tirae con- 

 fiscated, Farleigh Castle was granted by King Richard IH. 

 to his brother George, Duke of Clarence, whose daughter, 

 Margaret Plantagenet, mother of Cardinal Pole, was boni 

 within its walls. In the civil war, temp. Charles I., it was 

 used as a garrison for the King, in connection with the 

 Castles of Bristol and Nunney. But, on the success of the 

 Parliament, it surrendered Sept. 15, 1645. It is said that 

 King Charles IL once came here, and was entertained by 

 an extravagant Sir Edward Hungerford, who sold this and 

 all his other estates. Farleigh, with large property in 

 several adjoining parishes, was bought by Mr. Henry 

 Baynton, of Spy Park. In 1 702, Mr. Baynton's represen- 

 tatives sold the manorial lands of Farleigh to the Houlton 



