84 rAPKIlS, ETC. 



13s. 4d., grantecl to William Bisslioppe, of Bredy, in the 

 County of Dorset, yeoman, and to John lüde, of London, 

 gentleman, and tliclr lieirs, tlic manor of Chylcombe, with 

 all its rights, in the County of Dorset, lately belonging to 

 the Priory of Buklande.* Also other lands in Southampton, 

 &c. The clear annual value of Chylcombe was rcckoned 

 at £14. It was to be held of the King in chief, by payment 

 of a ycarly rent of 28s. at Michaelmas. The Request to 

 purchase was dated the 8th of November, 1544; and the 

 grant at Westminster, on the day above mentioned.f 



On the 13th of the same month thcy obtained license, 

 w^ are told, to alienate a moiety to Thomas Martin, of 

 Longbridy, and bis heirs. William Bisshoppe did not long 

 enjoy bis new estate. Ile dicd on the 3 Ist of May, 1545, 

 leaving the ominous property to bis son John, who succeeded 

 bis father at the age of seventeen ycai's, and died four years 

 after, 3 Edward VI ! J 



Nine months elapsed before other changes were effected. 

 On the 4th of July, 1545, the King grantcd to William 

 Plodgys, of JNIyddelchynnock, in the County of Somerset, 

 and to William Ilodgys, of London, son of the fornicr, and 

 their heirs, for the sum of £G95 Os. 5d., the site 

 of the Monastery of the Grey Friars of Ivellchester, 

 twcnty-nine mcssuages in the town of Bridgewater, 

 lately belonging to the Hospital of S. John in that 

 town ; and three messuages or burgages in the city of 

 Wells,|| in the separate tenure or occupation of Thomas 

 Bodye, Cristofer Cooke, and Lcticia Trystes. To these 

 were added other lands in the counties of Dorset and Derby. 



* See page 13 for the original giffc. 



t Part, for Graiits, in Off. Aug Orig. 36 Hen. VIII., p. 4, rot. cüü^si. 



t EutcJiins's Dorseishire, 2nd Ed., vol. II, p. 293. 



II See page 19 for the original gift. 



