Notes on the Hiatory of Wrougltton. 401 



Elleiiclune is also the name of the famous battle fought near this 

 place between Egbert, King of Wessex, and Beornwulf, of Mercia, in 

 823 A.D., as recorded in the Winchester annals^ in these words : — 

 *' Locus apud Ellendune nuinerium nunc Prioris Wintoniensis ; " and 

 as we have a continuous history of the manor from the days of 

 Edward the Confessor down to the present time there can be no 

 doul)t that the modern Elyndon Wroughton is the ancient 

 Ellendune. 



Leland's error as to the locality of Ellendune probably arose 

 from the alteration of one letter, l)y whicli Winton was written 

 Wilton, an error long since pointed out by Sir E. Colt Hoare in 

 his Ilegistritm Wiltunense (published in 1827 — p. 545) where he 

 traces the source of Leland's confusion to a certain Harry Crump, 

 an Irishman living in Eichard the Second's reign, in 1392 ; and 

 he goes on to say that Ellendune is never mentioned in the Wilton 

 Cartulary. 



Ellingham and Allington^ have also ])een supposed possible 

 localities for old Ellendune, by authors ignorant of the fact that 

 Ellendune was a Winchester manor. Professor Oman, in his 

 recent history, repeats the error, but has certified his intention of 

 correcting it in the next edition.^ 



Tlie firsb records of Ellendune that we know of are contained in 

 the Malmesbury charters, l)y which we hnd that before becoming 

 ;i Winchester manor it must have belonged to Malmesbury, but 

 when the change of ownership took place is uidvuown, and till the 

 archives of Winchester have been examined with a vii^w to 

 ascertaining the eai'liest date at which l^^llciulune is given as a 

 WincluNster manor we cannot Icll the exact date when t-his 

 lia]»{)ened. 



' A twelfth century cartulary made by the monks of S. Swithin Priory at 

 Wiiu'hester, transcrilxd hy Mr. i)inli, (Jarf. Sax.^ Coilix Wintoni' nsis, ii 

 fdl. vol. ill the P,rit. .Muxmuu. 



- .Mliii-toii apprars as AihHiiutoii uinlcr Ahnnl, I'l' Marihoroii^'lj, in 

 I )i'nu',s(lay, and was lu-vfr a W'iiiclicstcr manor. 



•' ( )mairs ///.s7or// of' Kin/ldinl hij'oir the Norinnn Conque»t. 



