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■with an embattled tower at the weft end. A weekly mar- 

 ket is held on Thurfdays, and two fairs yearly. By a 

 charter of incorporation, granted by king Charles II. in 

 1 68 1, the government of the borough was vefted in a 

 mayor, fix aldermen, and twelve burgeffes, with a high 

 ftcward, recorder, and town-clerk ; and at the fame time 

 was granted the privilege of holdin^^ pleas of all manner of 

 perfonal fiiits and debts under five pounds, arifing within 

 the borongh. But in 1688, at the requell of the inha- 

 bitants, from what caufe is not now remembered, the charter 

 was annulled by proclamation ; and from that period the 

 ancient government by a bailiff was revived, who is annually 

 chofen by the lord of the manor out of three pcrfons, re- 

 turned to him at the court-leet. Two eftates, called the 

 Stub-Ridings and Meadoiv-Ridings, were anciently granted 

 by two lords of the manor, in the reigns of Henry II. and 

 John, to the bailiffs and bailiff-burgeffcs, for the following 

 purpofes. The former, confining of about ico acres, is 

 granted for fummcr-paflure under certain regulations for 

 fixty-eight cow-beafts, to as many perfons as have been in- 

 habitants of the town for fourteen years. The latter is 

 divided into eighty-one lots, befides two others, called the 

 Bailiff's and Hayward's piece. Each of thefe, containing 

 rather more than a itatute acre, is held by a leffee for his 

 own life, and the life of his widow. Out of thefe eftates 

 the lord of the manor receives an annual payment of 5/., 

 and the vicar of Old Sodbury i/. 13^. 4^. in lieu of tythes. 

 The bailiff is entitled to fifty (hillings yearly, for which, by 

 ancient cuftom, he provides an ox and two barrels of ale, 

 on St. Stephen's day, for the inhabitants. 



A guild was founded in this borough, dedicated to St. 

 Mary, in the reign of Henry VI., of which John Glover 

 was the lalt incumbent. Tlie lands were granted, in 1558, 

 to the burghers of Sodbury, part for a town-hall, and part 

 for an alms-houfe. A free-fchool is fupported in this pariih, 

 by the profits of lands in different parilhes. In the popula- 

 tion returns to parliament in the year 181 1, the inhabitants 

 of this pariffi were ftated to be 123J, occupying 236 houfes. 

 In the fanguinary reign of Mary, John Pigott was burnt 

 here for his adherence to the Proteftant religion. 



The manor was granted by the Conqueror to Odo, earl 

 of Champagne, whofe grandlon, William, granted the pri- 

 vilege of pafture-common in the Riding before mentioned, 

 the original of which is ftlll in exiftence. About the fame 

 time, William Green of Sodbury gave Gaunt's Fields to 

 the burgelies ; and Jurdan Bifhop, who was lord of the 

 manor of Little Sodbury, granted them common of pafture 

 for cattle in Dymerfhed and Norwood. The manor, which 

 by fucceffive marriages has been poffcffed by various fa- 

 milies, is now held by that of Hartley. 



In the high lands, eaft of the town, are found a great 

 variety of belemnites, nautilites, of the ribbed fort ; and 

 welt of the town, fomc veins of fulphate of ftrontian have 

 been difcovercd. 



Little Sodbury is a parifli adjoining Chipping Sodbury, 

 and confifts of about 900 acres of land, the greater p.art of 

 which is appropriated to the dairy fyrtem. On the edge of 

 a hill, in this parifh, is a large encampment of an oblong 

 form, comprifing an area of about 200 yards from eaft to 

 weft, and 300 from north to fouth. This was probably 

 formed by the Romans ; and according to Lcland, it was 

 occupied by I^dward IV. 's army, previous to the battle of 

 Tewkelbury. 



Old Sodbury is another parifh adjoining the former, on 

 the north-eaft, and confills of 3000 acres of land, the 

 greater part of which is palhire. 



JDodington, three miles fouth-eaft of Sodbury, is the 



magnificent fe«t of Chriftopher Codrington, efq. who has 

 long been engaged in building a fpacious and fplendid 

 manfion here, from the defigns of the late James Wyatt, 

 efq. architeft. Rudge's Hiftory of the County of Glou- 

 cefter, 2 vols. 8vo. 1803. 



SODDER, or SoDER. See Solder. 



SODDERING. See Soldeking. 



SODDING of Brick. See Brick. 



SODDOMA, II,, in Biography, the cognomen of Gio- 

 vanni Antonio Razzi, a native of Vercelli, in Piedmont, 

 born about the year 1479. He was inftrufted in painting 

 by Giacomo dalle Fonte ; but his chief objeft of iludy was 

 the ftyle of L. da Vinci. He was employed by Julius II. 

 to paint the chambers of the Vatican ; but the charms of 

 Raphael's firft produftions in that palace were the fignal for 

 the obliteration of all other works there : among them II 

 Soddoma's. Other piftures, which he painted for Agoftino 

 Ghigi in the Farnefina, were more fortunate, and yet re- 

 main. Their fubjefts are taken from the hiltory of Alex- 

 ander the Great, and though inferior to the works of 

 Lionardo, yet they exhibit very coufiderable talent, many 

 beauties of perfpeAive, and much playful imagery. 



After he left Rome, he had confiderable employment at 

 Sienna, and there his beil produftions arc to be found, ia 

 which he has combined the excellent qualities of the beft 

 artifts of his day. He died in 1554. 



SODENKYLA, in Geography, a town of Swediih Lap- 

 land ; 1 10 miles N.N.E. of Tornea. N. lat. 67"^ 25'. E. 

 long. 2'6° 14'. 



SODERALA, a town of Sweden, in Helfingland ; 

 3 miles S.W. of Soderhamn. 



SODERBY, a town of Sweden, in Jamptland ; 60 miles 

 N. of Frofon. — Alfo, a town of Sweden, in Upland ; 49 

 miles N.N.E. of Stockholm. 



SODERHAMN, a fea-port town of Sweden, in the 

 province of Heltingland, fituated at the mouth of a river, 

 near the gulf of Bothnia, firft built by gunfmiths and cop- 

 perfmiths, and erefted into a town in the year 1620. The 

 houfes are mean, but the church handforae. The trade of 

 this place is confiderable in arms, linen, butter, timber, 

 flax, &c. ; 20 miles N. of Gcffle. 



SODERKIOPING, a town of Sweden, in the province 

 of Eaft Gothland. This is a ftaple town, fituated on a 

 navigable river, and one of tlie moft ancient cities in Goth- 

 land. It had formerly its own municipal laws, and was in 

 a much more flouriftiing condition than it is at prefent. 

 Two kings were crowned, and in 1595 a diet was held in 

 this town. It has at prefent but two churches; 10 milei 

 S.S.E. of Nordkioping. N. lat. 61^ 18'. E. long. 

 16° 54'. 



SODERON, afmall ifland near the c^aft of Sweden, 

 in the Alands Haf. N. lat. 60° 15'. E. long. 8^ 14'. 



SODERSKARBAK, a fmall ifland in the gulf of Fin- 

 land. N. lat. 60° 5'. 



SODERTELGE, or So.ln-Telge, a town of Sweden, 

 in tlie province of Sudermanlaiid, fituated between the fea 

 and the Maeler lake. About two miles and a Ihilf diilant 

 from this town, at a place caljcd " Aegclftowyk," is a good 

 harbour. Sodertclge was formerly a ftaple town, and in a 

 flourifhing condition ; and there is ilill a manufafture oi 

 worfted and filk ftockings in this town. In the year 1719, 

 Sodertelge was burnt by the Ruffian army, but has fince 

 been reb\iilt ; 16 miles W.S.W. of Stotkhulm. N. lat. 

 59° 8'. E.long. 18° 28'. 



SODE-SHOOTS, in Botany, a name given by fome to 

 the tree, whofc infpiffated juice is the gum tacamahacca of 

 the (hops. 



li 2 SODFORS. 



