550 Tropenell Memoranda. 



Harnham. 1615. An old terrier of the Parsonage and Vicarage of 

 Britford. 10 'Nov. 16 James. Mr. Young and his wife, Mr. 

 Doddington and his wife, their deed of feoffment to William 

 Blacker, Esq. of lands in Britford. 29 April 22 James. Mr. 

 Stockman's assignment of the tythes of East Harnham, part of 

 the rectory of Britford, to Mr. John Young." 



The recovery of the Tropenell charters has become a matter of 

 minor importance now that the Cartulary is in print, but it is 

 well worth while to call attention to any memorandum that may 

 lead to the identification and safe keeping of any MS. materials 

 for history, and in the case of the Young family and their holding 

 in West Harnham, the following abstracts condensed from the 

 particulars given in Major Benett-Stanford's MS. will show that 

 the recovery of the originals would be very desirable indeed. 



These documents are but fragments of a series of charters by 

 which the Young family could show title to certain lands in West 

 Harnham. There may have been other purchases there, but the 

 main holding was an estate of four virgates, or yardlands, with 

 eight acres of meadow, which had come to them in marriage. It 

 was bought, apparently, by Master John de Hemyngby (doubtless 

 kin to Mr. Alexander de Hemyngby, Prebendary of Salisbury, 

 1304 — 1317) from John de Lutegareshale, clerk (No. 2), who had 

 it from his father (No. 1), Eichard de Lutegareshale (mayor of 

 Salisbury in 1291 and again 1303 — 4, according to a note in the 

 MS). On the death of Master John de Hemyngby it went to 

 Jolm de Hemyngby, an illegitimate son possibly, but not a nephew, 

 otherwise William de Edenham and Hawys, his wife, sister of the 

 said Master John, would have had no right in the property to 

 release (No. 3). To John succeeded James de Hemyngby (Nos. 4, 

 5, and 7), whose granddaughter, Thomasine, daughter of John, his 

 son (Nos. 5 and 7), brought it in marriage (No. 7) to Jolm Edmonds, 

 alias Yonge. Two more Johns apparently succeeded (No. 9). Yet 

 another John heads the pedigree entered at the Visitation of Wilts 

 in 1623, and he was father of John Young (born about 1525), who 

 married Mary Tropenell, who was born on or about 28th June 

 1538. 



