By Tlureza Story Maskdyne. 413 



The land thus given in charity is described in the deed founding 

 the hospital in Charterhouse as: — ''all those his Manors of Elcombe, 

 Salthrop, Chilton, J>lagrove, Mihenden, Wiglescote, Westcote, and 

 Uffcote," etc., all of which excepting Salthro[), still remain in the 

 hands of the Governors of Charterhouse.^ 



Salthrop, which had been part of the old Lovel estate for over 

 three hundred years, remained part of the Charterhouse property 

 from the year 1611 till 1739, when Mr. Thomas Benet, whose 

 family had long owned the adjoining property of Costow, made an 

 exchange with the Governors of Charterhouse, giving up Costow 

 to them in exchange for Salthrop. This was done because "some 

 parts of their respective lands did not lie entirely toget])er, but 

 were intermixed so that they could not be conveniently occupied 

 and maintained ; therefore the said Governors and Thomas Benet 

 had mutually agreed to make an exchange.''^ 



A special Act of Parliament had to be passed to enable this 

 exchange to be made, a copy of which is kept at Basset Down. 



Long before Mr. Thomas Bennet made this exchange, his family 

 were living as tenants at Salthrop, as is shown by the monument 

 in Wroughton Church to Sir Thomas Bennet, Master in Chancery, 

 who died in 1670 ; and that of his wife, Thomasina, who died at 

 Salthrop in 16-15. 



"Eton College Piece," or "Bryan's Acre.'' 

 The history of " Eton College Piece," a field in Elcombe Manor, 

 may interest some readers, for the history of the Lovels who were 

 for two hundred years the owners of the Manor, gives us a clue to 

 the histoiy of the field, as well as to the derivation of its name. 

 In order to find any connection between the old ownership of this 

 field and Eton College, its history has to be traced liaek to the 

 time of King dohn, when ]\laud Lovel, having- endowed Min.ster 

 Lovel with })art of her property, it became a cell (o the alien jiiiory 

 «>f St. Mary d(i Ih'iaco, or Yvri, in her native land. W'r also 

 V\\n\\ thai an ancient |)ension was paid by Mlyndcn ('linivh to 

 r.riaco, llii-nui^h MinsliM- l,()\-el, fmni lan<l in Mlcombe Manor be- 

 longing to the Lovels. 



> inn Lttttn^ I\itnit—Z:\mo'> \. 



