Tropenell Memoranda. 543 



it was not compiled direct fioiii the documents tliemselves^ Ijut 

 that it is a copy of some antiquary's notebook ; foi- in tlie second 

 of the documents entered in it (a grant by Walter de Laci) occurs 

 the following passage : — " . . . et unani insulam prati in Wade 

 (Wade was the land where Harnham Bridge now stands still called 

 in old writings Earl's Wade. — H.W.) . . ."; and these initials 

 H.W. may be a clue to the compiler of the whole work. It will 

 thus be seen that the MS. is not one of first rate importance, and 

 it is as a matter of fact disfigured by very numerous misappre- 

 hensions and misreadings, besides signs of haste. It is, on the 

 other hand, a genuine attempt at a calendar of a valuable collection 

 of ancient documents, and as it turns out there is no ])articular 



To face page 542. 



In this and the following pages for " Major " read " Captain " J. M. 

 Benett-Stanford. 



Waiter de Laci to John son of Koger the l)aker {pidoris) and a 

 grant by Hugh Houet to Gerald de Wallop, both concerned with 

 land in I^ritford. On the same page (50) we find " Copy of other 

 aiitient deeds in Mr. l^oucher's possession," followed by aii ex- 

 ceedinglyinterestinggrant by (lodfrey (Jiflard, bishop of Worcester, 

 also given in full, reliiting to West Hariili;iiii, w bicli adjoins Iblt fni-d. 

 Now all these documents are i-ej)rescnti'(l by copies land \vv\ 

 bad copies) in Major I^)enett-St auford's MS., and a lil I le further 

 examiiuition makes it (iuil(> (dear that all things else in tlie .MS. 

 come from the same source and that ( liey are in fact copies of 

 deeds, <^c., formerly in the possession of the family of N'oung. It 

 also becomes eviih'nl by friMpnuil refeieiu'es to tlieni in the 

 Histories of llie llumlu'ds oi .\ml.nv-hurv. I-'ru>t tiel.l and .Mere. 



