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and Winterbourne, a younger branch of the 

 Southbys of Carswell. Sam Southby lived at 

 Winterbourne Manor, lately owned by the 

 Fisher family. He was a Lieutenant in the 

 Berks Militia and married a daughter of Mr. 

 Blandy of Oakash, Chaddleworth. " Tom 

 Stanbroke" lived at Furzen Hill, Stockcross, 

 now part of the Benham Estate, where the 

 Stanbrokes remained as owners until some 

 time after 1837. The line of this five hours 

 and ten minutes run of 1766, seems to have 

 been from Beedon Common, through Langley, 

 and by Bradley Court, then skirting Thatcham 

 woods on to " Wollington," which must be 

 Woolhampton, where there is a steep hill as 

 described ; here the fox was headed, and is 

 next heard of at Shaw where he scaled "the 

 Major's high wall," the garden wall of Shaw 

 House, then belonging to Sir Joseph Andrews, 

 Major in the Berks Militia ; he then made for 

 the " Donnlngton Bourns," that is the Mill 

 stream and Lambourne river, neither of which 

 were bridged at that time, and ran over 

 Snelsmore Common to Bussock Court, " Squire 

 Henshaw's Palace," thence to Winterbourne 

 Farm, Sam Southby's place, on to Chaddle- 

 worth woods, and ultimately to Catmore. 



On December 20th, 1791, another version, 

 or adaptation, of these lines was sent to Mr. 



