By the Rev. Canon J. E. Jackson, F.S.A. 26? 



dated "at South Waltham in my f manerium' there situate/'' 11th 

 September, 1864 ; and the see being vacant, it was proved before 

 Commissaries " in the Chapel of the Palace or Castle Episcopal of 

 Wolves," 1 near Winchester, 20th October following. It neither 

 mentions any person as a relative or in any way connected with him, 

 nor gives any account of his estate : but after a great number of 

 bequests to various Religious houses, Churches, friends, and servants, 

 leaves whatever residue there may be to finish the work begun by 

 him at Winchester Cathedral, and to 1 '' elp his House or his Chantry 

 of Edyngdon, if in need of help. Among the legacies are : " To 

 Brother John, Rector of my House of Edynton, to celebrate, and to 

 pray for my soul, xx h and a cup of silver with a cover. To each 

 Religious Brother in the said House to celebrate and to pray for my 

 soul C s To the Carthusians in Selwood 2 C s : and to Hen ton C s3 

 To the Church of Cheriton xx marks for the supply of a vestment 

 and x 11 to the poor. The same to the Church of Middleton near 

 Bannebiri . 4 To Thomas Hungerford my Steward, 50 marks and a 

 cup with cover.'"' The executors were Nicholas Kaerwent, Rector 

 of Crundale, John de Bleobiri, Rector of Wytteneye, Thomas Hun- 

 greford, my seneschal, Walter de Sevenhampton, Rector of Alresford, 

 and John de Corfe, Rector of Colly ngeborne Abbas. A marginal 

 note in a later hand states that the clear sum of money bequeathed 

 was £3000. 



1366. 23rd January and February. Soon after the founder's 

 death the Priory exchanged its manor of Highway, near Bremhill, 

 for the manor of Bremelbigg, in Westbury parish. The following 

 is the substance of the Latin documents relating to this transaction, 

 printed in Sir R. C. Hoare's Westbury, p. 61. 



A license from the Crown having been given (5th June, 1364, 

 38 Ed. III.) to Robert Gundewyne and William atte Chambre (two 

 of the brethren) who held the manor of Highwa}^ in fee farm under 



1 Wolvesey, near Winchester. A view of part of the ruins is given in the 

 title-page of Milner's Hist, of Winchester, vol. I. 



2 Witham Friary, near Frome : within the limits of ancient Selwood Forest. 



3 Henton Charterhouse, south of Bath. 

 4 Middleton Cheney. 



