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may have been the purchaser of Brympton), succeeded 

 in her right as one of the heirs of William de Albe- 

 raarle, of Ruardyn, Gloucestershire (brother of 

 Robert), to one-fourth part of land in Stintescombe 

 in the same county (Inq. p.m., 40 Hen. Ill, No. 34 ; 

 Ext. Rot. Fin., ii, 228). From this there can be no 

 doubt that the Gloucestershire and Brympton 

 D'Evercies were the same family, as we afterwards 

 find both Stintescombe and Brympton held by the 

 same individual member. 8 Edward I, Thomas 

 D'Evercy, with Robert de Glamorgan, claimed wreck 

 of the sea bordering on his lands in the Isle of Wight 

 against Isabella de Fortibus, Countess of Devon, the 

 owner of the Island, and he was one of the witnesses 

 to a charter (sans date) granted by the Countess to 

 the borough of Newport. He also held of her one fee 

 in chief, of which the Manor of Standon or Stanton 

 was part. Sir Thomas D'Evercy, Kt., died at 

 Ruardyn before 21 Ed. i, and it was found by In- 

 quisition that he held certain lands in Ruardyn of the 

 King, in chief by serjeanty, and that his grandson, 

 Thomas, son of Thomas D'Evercy, aged 23, was his 

 heir (Inq. p. m., 21 Edw. I, No. 10). 



Contemporary with Thomas D'Evercy was Peter 

 D'Evercy, also a knight, who, we presume, was the 

 son of Thomas, but as he did not die until 18 Edw. 

 II he must have been preceded by one, if not more, 

 of the same name, as Peter D'Evercy was witness to a 

 charter granted to the borough of Newport, I.W., not 

 later, according to Worsley, than 30 Hen. II and 39 

 Hen. III. Peter D'Evercy was charged with scutage 

 for his land in the Isle of Wight. Brympton had 

 been, as we learn from Harl. MS., 4120, entailed on 

 this Peter (supposed son of Thomas) and his issue. 

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Sir Peter D'Evercy was the founder, 34 Edw. I, of 

 the chantry at Brympton, and he endowed it with a 

 messuage and 40 acres of land in Brympton juxta 

 Montacute, the messuage being worth is. and the 

 land ^13 143. per annum, for a chaplain to pray daily 

 in the Church of St. Andrew, Brympton, for the soul 

 of Sir Peter and his ancestors, but he remained 

 owner of other lands, as well in the Manor of 

 Brympton as in the Manor of Standon in the Isle of 

 Wight (where he founded another chantry), which 

 were quite sufficient to answer feudal services, being 

 worth ^30 per annum. 



Sir Peter D'Evercy must have been an important 

 personage both in Somersetshire and in the Isle of 

 Wight, as he represented the former county in Parlia- 

 ment, 35 Edw. I and 8 Edw. II, and he was member 

 for the county of Southampton iath and i6th Edw. II. 

 He was living 17 Edw. II, being in that year witness 

 with his son-in-law, John de Glamorgan, to a grant by 

 the Abbey of Quarr (MadoxForm. Angl., p. 165), i4th 

 July, 18 Edw. II, but must have died shortly after- 

 wards. An inquisition after his death was held at 

 Yeovil, before the Escheator. * * * * * 



The family of de Glamorgan was one of consider- 

 able influence in the Isle of Wight, residing at their 



Manor of Brooke, and they were also landowners in 

 Surrey and Sussex, for which counties Robert de 

 Glamorgan was Sheriff from 21 to 26 Edward I. 

 Ralph de Glamorgan was witness with Peter 

 D'Evercy and others to a charter said to be granted to 

 the borough of Newport in the reign of Henry II, and 

 we find them at a very early period interested in pro- 

 perty in the neighbourhood of Yeovil. i John, 

 Robert de Glamorgan was engaged in litigation with 

 Robert de Mandeville respecting five hides ol land in 

 Hardington (Rot. Cur. Reg. i, 245) ; and in the 

 following year Ralph de Glamorgan was engaged 

 before the Justices Itinerant against Robert de Man- 

 deville for a moiety of one knight's fee, also in Har- 

 dington (Rot. de Obi. and Fin., p. 59, Pipe Roll, D. 

 and S., 3 John). 8 Ed. I, Robert de Glamorgan was 

 chief lord under the Countess Isabella de Fortibus, of 

 the Manor of Broke, Isle of Wight (Worsley's Isle 

 of Wight, App. No. xxx), half a kn ; ght'sfee in which 

 was held of him by John Passelewe (Test, de Nev., 

 Hants) ; and Ralph de Glamorgan and Philip de 

 Glamorgan were witnesses to a charter (sans date), 

 whereby William de Oglander granted lands to 

 Quarr Abbey (Worsley, Appx. No. Ixxiv). This 

 Philip had the custody of the lands and heir of Bald- 

 win de Lisle, jth Earl of Devon, and died 31 Hen. Ill, 

 when William de Glamorgan was proved to be his 

 heir (Inq. p. m., 31 Hen. Ill, No. 9). He is sup- 

 posed by the writer in " Early Sussex Armoury," 

 already mentioned, to have married the daughter of 

 de Lisle, but the evidence only shows that he was 

 one of de Lisle's heirs. Sir John de Glamorgan, who 

 was perhaps the son of William, was, as early as 17 

 Edw. II, one of the representatives in Parliament for 

 the county of Southampton, but we hear nothing of 

 him in connection with Brympton ; the cause of 

 which probably was that Dame Isabella D'Evercy, 

 who held it for her life, outlived him, for according to 

 Harl. Mb., 4120, Peter, son and heir of John de 

 Glamorgan, took possession after her death, which 

 did not occur until after Edw. II, when she was taxed 

 to a subsidy at Brympton at 4od. 



DR. ARNOLD OF RUGBY. 

 Dean Stanley's very interesting "Life of Thomas 

 Arnold, D.D.," which, since its first publication in 

 1844, has passed through several editions, lias now 

 been issued by Messrs. Ward, Lock and Co. in a 

 cheap form for more popular dissemination as one of 

 the volumes of their admirable " Minerva Library." 

 This series of books, which already comprises such 

 works as Darwin's "Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle," 

 "The Ingoldsby Legends," Wallace's "Travels on 

 the Amazon," &c., forms a library which is within 

 the reach of all, and it is an event even in the history 

 of "cheap reprints" that these neat and well-printed 

 volumes can be purchased at 2s. apiece indeed one 

 of our enterprising local " discount " booksellers is 

 offering them at is. 6d. each. 



