Troj)enell Memoranda. 591 



Chaldefeld, and the advovvsoii of the churcli (jf the same manor 

 and of a messuage, three tofts, two carucates of land, \{)a,. meadow, 

 and 100«. pasture, in Eton Maysy — acknowledged to he th(; right 

 of Rohert as that which he and the others have of gift of said J(jhn 

 and Alice; release hy John and Alice and heirs of Alice; — Con- 

 sideration, 3 00 marks. {Feet of F'iiies, Wilts, File 60, No. 35.) 



We already know that, in 1428, llohert Andrew was in }jossessi(jn 

 of the Percy lands in Eaton Maysy, apparently in fee to his own 

 use, and it was douhtless ))y virtue of this fine, or as the result of 

 a series of transactions of which this fine formed part, that he 

 obtained them. The manor of West Chalfield, acquiied at the 

 same time, was undoubtedly held to the use of John and Alice, and 

 the use, as we shall see, descended to their son and heir. 



In the Cartulary John Borne occurs as a witness to charters 

 from 1st November, 1426, to 5th August, 1432 (i., p]). 121, 125, 

 386 — 387). In the inquisition for the hundred of Bradeford taken 

 at Trowbridge, 18 June, 6 Henry VI (1428), before the collectors 

 of the subsidy (in the nature of an aid), by the oath of Thomas 

 Halle, Thomas Beaushene, John Bourne and others, it is found 

 that : — 



John Bourne holds immediately of the prior of Worspryng 



certain lands and tenements in Chaldefeld, which lately were 



George Percy's, by service of \ a knight's fee. 



It is noticeabh^ that the reference back in this case is not to 



'i'homas Percy, as in the cotemporary finding touching lands in 



I Eaton Meysey, but to George, which furtlnu- confuses the issue. 

 In 1437 John lioonu^ presents to [the chuich of] West, Chaldefeld. 



I Further references in the Cartidanj ])etween 1451 and 14()0, to 

 John l)()urne, of CliMlliold, and -lolni I'ourno, esrpiiro li , pp. 1 ."■) 1 , 

 l;')3, l.")G, 376), doulilh^ss holong to -lohii i'.oin-iio, llio .^.m. Tlii.s 



I John liourne, tlu^ younger, died clnldlo.ss in 1177. and with tin- 

 inijui.^ition taken aft,er his doalh we roach the la.st ot" nnr .si-ries of 

 documents : — 



Writ to escheatnr m co. Wills, Whereas dnhn r.nin.', \c. West- 

 minster, 28 Oct., 17 Kdwaid 1 \' (1 177). 



