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J^otes 071 Durrington. 



Lordshyppe, Messuage, lands, heaths, and marshes for 99 years : 

 paying £10 10s. Id. for Duryngton ; £5 for Knighton : Grene to 

 discharge all duties to the king. 



The description implies the old heathy condition of the down, 

 and the marshes that preceded the water meadows. 



In the Durrington register there is a memorandum signed by 

 William White, Minister of Durrington : — 



"The viii day of February 1605 after the [calendar] of the Church of 

 England, but by the Almen[acJ 1606 was the possession of Knighton and 

 Durrington given up by Kobert Martin 1 farmer of the same unto Philipp 

 Poore of the same Durrington gentelman to the use of Mr. Edward Poore 

 his son in the presence of Henry Kingsbirie gent, Thomas Coopper of 

 Knighton, and Thomas Martin w th others." 



In 1639 Edward Poore surrendered the lease of 99 years granted 

 to Grene, and paying £150 he obtained a lease for 21 years on the 

 same conditions. 



A survey of the manor in 1649 by the Parliamentary Com- 

 missioners, Walter Toy, Jo. Squibb, Chr. Weare, and Geo. Pairley, 

 shows its condition in detail. They report that eleven years are 

 unexpired of the lease : that there is a court leet : and that the 

 lines are arbitrary. The lord, or lessee for the time being, may 

 fill up all copyhold estates during his term. The tenants are 

 stated as follows : — 



William Keade, his wife, and Hannah Eeade. Bad meadow and 

 a little island, eight acres, now in possession of lessee. 



This holding can be identified : it was on the Avon near Milston 

 Mill, just after the bend of the river towards Bulford. 



Philip Purges, by lease 11 Charles I., late in the tenure of Joan 

 Lewis. 



No extent is given. It was probably a cottage and garden in 

 the village which had the name of Burgess'. But none of the 

 name remain here. 



Eichard Graly, one-third of a cottage. 



Thos. Bennett als. Hooper, lease 7 James : cottage and land. 

 Jeffery Glasse, and Hen. and Nic. Howard four acres. 



There were tenants named Martin in Henry Eighth's reign and onward. 



