By the Rev. Chr. Wordsworth. 561 



" The Kentall that belongythe to Seynte Peter and Pawll church in 

 Merleborow . . . delyvered in to the hands of Robert Hawll now 

 beyeng the elder churcheman. 



Imprimis owt off the howse that Robert Mydwyntter holdythe and 

 payethe by the yere, xviis. 



Item owt off [thej mede by hynde the armytage [Hermitage, in Sun 

 Lane] in the occupacion off John Symonds, by the yere, ijs. xd. 



Item owt off a meyde that Mr. Peyche holdythe off seynt Kateryns 

 chauntre, by the yere, ijs. " &c. &c. 



Item owt off the shambulls off our lady, in the tenure off Robert Pers, 

 alias Beel, by the yere, xiicZ. 



St. Peter's Churchwardens' Book, A., s. a. 1565. 



In 1565, a tenement in the Bailey Ward [now High Street] is 

 described in a lease to Alice Spencer, 11th July, 7° Eliz., as having 

 " a tenement of the Quenes Majesty, sometyme belonging to St. 

 Kateryns Chauntry, on the west partie." (Marlborough Corpora- 

 tion Survey Book.) In 1570 — 71, J. Lovell paid 2s. rent for a 

 mead belonging to St. Katherine's chantry. And J. Symons, for 

 rent of th'ermitage, 2s. 10c?. The former was held by J. Hitch- 

 cock in 1614, but the chantry mead was still in the name of "John 

 Simons " in that year : both rents, however, were " behinde " ; or 

 in arrear. In 1649 — 50, in the Borough Langable Bent, or Chief 

 Bents, we find : — 



Chief Rent, Id. per annum, payable to William, Lord Marquis of 

 Hertford, and the Right Hon. Lord Beauchamp in pursuance of a cov- 

 enant . . - between the mayor and burgesses of Marlborough. 



1573. " Paid to John Hadnot of the devyse, for obyt money due to 

 the queens Majesty for one whole year, 15s." (The Chamberlains' 

 Account, Marlborough. See above, under the heading " Devizes," in 

 our Index of Chantries, Sfc, p. 536). 



tin the Bailey Ward -.—From the Blynde Lane, upwards ; 

 A Tenement, sometime Chantry Land, per annum, 2s. 

 The Chantry House, adjoining, Id. [The former is now Nos. 97, 98, 

 High Street, occupied by Mr. Leadley, and the, so called, " Working- 

 men's Hall." The latter is No. 99, Mr. Pope's Chantry House and 

 ironworks]. 



In 1650. Accompt of J. Keynes, Chamberlain, J. Laurence, gent., 

 mayor, taken 9 Dec, 1650. Paid to Mr. Sharlett, for chauntry rent 

 last year and this as appeareth by his quittance [15s. 4d. per annum] 

 30s. 8d. (Borough Account, Chamberlains' Book). 



In 1655. " Received out of a mede in the same (Bally) ward, behinde 

 the hermitage, of Mr. Proffette [Rector of St. Peter's], 2s. 10<f. Out of 

 a mead, in the same ward, of the Lord Seymours, late of the Chauntry 



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