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CHAPTER II. 

 The Reverend John Loder, 1760 to 1805. 



A PACK such as we have been describing 

 had been kept for years by the Rev. John 

 Loder, M.A., of Oriel College, Oxford, 

 Rector of Hinton Waldrlst, and Lord of the 

 Manors of Hinton and Lon^worth. 



The Loders were an old Berkshire family. 

 Landowners at Princes Harwell in the time 

 of Queen Elizabeth, Robert Loder, who died 

 in 1644, was a benefactor to the parish, 

 whose name is still had in remembrance there. 

 His son, John Loder, married Mary Barrett, 

 and with her obtained the seat and estate 

 of Balstone Park near Newbury. This John 

 Loder was the owner of Balstone Park, of 

 the whole parish of Hinton Waldrist, of a 

 great part of Longworth, of Barcote, and of 

 Inglesham near Lechlade, all in Berkshire. 

 Balstone Park was settled on his son Charles, 

 who married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir 

 Jonathan Raymond, Bart. Charles Loder left 

 a daughter, Anne, who married Thomas 



