By Thereza Story Maskdyne. 405 



This brings us down to the time of the dissohition of the monas- 

 teries, after which time, in May, 1540, Henry VIII. granted back 

 to the Prior (sic) of Winchester, the manor of Netlier Werston 

 " in free ahiis." 



It is curious that the Dean, as lie then was, should still be called 

 the Prior in this document, but such is the force of liabit ! When 

 it is said that the king gave the convents' property to the newly- 

 formed Dean and Chapter in " free alms," it means according to 

 Cowell " That the receivers are bound only to serve God, and the 

 givers are not to claim any terrestrial service." 



In later years this Winchester land, having been let on lives Ijy 

 the Dean and Chapter, finally became the property of the late 

 Mr. William Codrington, to whose descendants it now belongs ; and 

 consequently it seems almost certain that it must be the same 

 land as that described in the ancient Land Limit Charter {CD. 

 1184) of the year 956 A.D., already alluded to, and that in 

 following the boundaries of that part of Mr. Codrington's property 

 we are following the old land limits of Ellendune. 



The Ancient Land Limits of Ellendune. 



The land limits of Ellendune are to be found in Codex Dipl. 

 1184 — 956 A.D. It is impossible to make out all the points 

 mentioned in this account; but some of the places named help to 

 make it quite clear that the land described was in the neighbour- 

 hood of the old hill fort of Ellendune. 



The following translation, which was sent to me by the Pev. 



C. Taylor, is only approximate, as many of the old Anglo-Saxon 



W(jrds are diilicult to make out and authorities diiler as to their 



meaning. 



" These are the Land Boundaries of Ellendune." 

 A.D. 9r)6. C.Z>. 1184. 



"First from thr heathen burial ])lace and along the way to Cressconibe* ; 

 thence to the cow i)asture ; from the cow ])asture- to the llidgeway ; from 

 the Kidgeway to l^alhere's hnrying place, thence and alonj? the ditch to 

 lliiwkthorn, from tlic tliorn to the broad stone, thence to the clover iiicr'-,* 

 from the mere to llulmesthorn." ' 



'Carscumbae? Cresscombe? '^ Maedena Cova? Cow pasture? 



^ (^la^faM'inare ? Clover mere ? Mlelmesthorii ? jirohahly Hole:::h'd 



thoni — hollv thor 



