88 A ROYAL PURVEYANCE IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE. 



George Knight holdeth ij yard land wherof in pasture vij ao., in 



medow vij ac., in wood xvj ac., the reste in errable, and more in 



purposture xvj ac., and charged with wheate j buh. 

 Richard Beckonsall holdeth j yard in errable, and Ivj ac. wherof in 



pasture xxxiij ac., in medow x ac., in wood xiij ac., and is 



charged with wheate j buh. 

 Webbes' land is xx ac. of pasture. 

 Elizabeth Barbone * hath j yard land in errable, and half e yarde 



land wherof in pasture, xl ac., in medow ij ac., in wood x ac., 



the reste in errable. 

 John Hold way, t of Sellhouse,:}: hath Ix ac., wherof in wood 



xx ac., in pasture xx ac., in medow v ac., in errable xl ac. 

 Richard Holdway hath xl ac. wherof in wood xx ac., in pasture xx ac. 

 Mr. Henry Kingsmill, j medow, iiij ac., in pasture vj ac. 

 Robert Porter, j medow of iij ac., in pasture xiij ac. 

 William Stelle II a medow of iij ac. 

 Edward ffrome, a pasture of xx ac. 



William Morgan, in pasture x ac., in medow j ac., in wood iij ac. 

 Bartholomew Rumbold, in pasture xxxiij ac., in medow ij ac., 



in wood v ac. 

 John Wholdaye, in pasture ix ac., in medow iij ac., in wood iij ac., 



in errable j ac. 



Thomas Mascoll hath in pasture xx ac. 

 William Harte hath in pasture vij ac. in medow iij ac. 

 John Ironmongerlf hath in pasture vj ac., in medow iiij ac. 



* Elizabeth Barbone. Whether this was an ancestress of " Praise God, 

 Barebone," whose real name was Barbon, "Barebones" being a play on the 

 same, we cannot say, bat it is one of very infrequent occurrence, and it is not 

 improbable that "Praise God Barbon, who was a leather-seller in London, 

 was descended from this North Hampshire stock. The name of John Barbone 

 appears later as a customary tenant of the manor of East Woodhay. 



j- John Holdway. The Holdways remained in unchanged and unbroken 

 descent in North Hants for many ages, and they were a family of considerable 

 importance hereabouts, for their names appear amongst those old yeomen 

 families dignified by the highest honour, integrity, and worth. From genera- 

 tion to generation the name is found as owners or occupiers of land at 

 St. Mary Bourne and neighbouring villages, but at last the good old stock has 

 died out. The last of the name was the benevolent lady occupant of 

 Haven Hill. 



J Sellhouse. Now corrupted into "Zellhonse." Sellhouse, or Cellhonse, 

 as often written, was probably so denominated because it stands on the chalk 

 formation, which constitutes the geological construction of the spot. 



Mr. Henry Kingsmill. Afterwards Sir Henry Kingsmill, son of Sir 

 William, of Sydmonton. 



|| Or Steele. This old line of yeomen was long continued at "Steele's 

 Farm," Ashmansworth. 



^f Of the family of Iremonger, afterwards of Donnington Priory, and the 

 Priory, Wherwell. 



