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Thomas Tayler hath in his occupaoon vij ac. in comon and viij ac. 



in seuerall. 

 Bohert Anker * hath in his occupacon 1 ac. errahle in seuerall, j ac. 



of wood, and j ac. medow charged with wheat j buh. 



John ffellow hath in his occupacon xv ac. in common and j ac. in 



seuerall, charged with j henne. 



John Hedges hath in his occupacon xvj ac. errable, wherof x ac. 



lye in comon, and vj ac. in seuerall, and dim. ac. medow, j henne. 

 John Lauelocke hath in his occupacon xxx ac. errahle in comon, 



x ac. in seuerall, ij ac. of medow, and j ac. wood ground, charged 



with wheate j huh. 



William Barrett hath xv ac. errahle in the comon ffieldes. 

 Richard Hersey hath xv ac. errahle in the comon ffields. 

 John Poore, Ixiij ac. errable wherof iiij ac. lye in seuerall, the reste 



in comon, one ac. of medow, and iij ac. wood. 

 Nicholas Canon hath in his occupacon Ixxv ac. errable wherof 



xv ac. in seuerall and the reste in comon. 



John Poore and Nicholas Canon charged with wheate, iij buh. 

 John Nalder hath xlvj ac. errable wherof vj ac. lye in seuerall, the 



rest in comon, charged with wheate j buh. 



Sum of wheate in the tithing j 



i] qrters. iiij buh. 

 of Pnernanis Deane. 



The Tything of LYNCHINHOLTE. t 



* This name is still preserved in "Anker's Farm." 



+ The Linchehou, in Essebnrne hundred, (the other manors of the hnndred 

 were Combe, Essebnrne or Huretbourne Tarrant, Estune or Crux-Easton, 

 Liveselle or Litchfield, Odecote or Woodcote, and Optone or Upton) of Domes- 

 day Book, is undoubtedly the Lynkehold which Ernalph de Heading, at 

 Salisbnry, on Candlemas Day, 1081, gave to Serlo, the Abbot of Gloucester. 



In the thirteenth century, the Abbot of Gloucester held Linkenholt in 

 frankalmoign, under Ralph de Hastings. 



In 1290 the Abott of Gloucester's holdings at Lyngeholtc and Littleton were 

 valued together at 15. In 17 Edward III. Lungeholt was valued at 100s. 



The patent of King^ Henry VIII., of 3 Sept., 1541, when he established and 

 endowed the bishopric and cathedral establishment of Gloucester granted to 

 the new dean and his six prebendaries the old abbey holdings of Lynkynholt, 

 Littleton, and Wallop. 



The Blakes, related to the "bold Admiral Blake," of Devonshire, were long 

 connected with Combe and Linkenholt. Nicholas Blake, born at Longparish, 

 1638, was of this family, also the Blakes of Andover. Alderman Blake, of St. 

 Lawrence, Winchester, who died 1727, bore the same arms as the Admiral, 

 with a crescent in the chevron for difference. Nicholas Blake Mayor of Ply- 

 mouth in 1726, was cousin to Robert Blake, of Linkenholt, One Nicholas 

 Blake was Mayor of Portsmouth. Ambrose Blake, Ralph Beynham, John 

 Dnmmer, Henry Complin, were turned out of their New College fellowship 

 by the Long Parliament. Among Blake's other companions in that expulsion 

 were Gilbert Wither, who was however restored 4 Sept., 1649. 



