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



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the estate until a trial could take place. This was granted. Upon 

 this, Mrs. Bayntuu, the widow, following a not uncommon practice 

 of those times, made a private appeal to the Lord Keeper of the 

 Great Seal, Sir James Puckering, who thereupon wrote to the 

 Marquis. To this the Marquis replies, in the following letter : — 



William, third Marquis of Winchester, to the Keeper of the Great 

 Seal, July 20th, 1593. 



" My veryie good Lo. havinge receaved yo r Lo: Ire o£ the xv th of the last 

 monetae the xx th of this instant Julie addressed att the instance of Mres Bainton, 

 whoe seraeth to have informed yo r . Lo ^ -f my Receipte and deteyninge of the 

 Rents and profitts of the Mannor of Edington w h . shee pretendeth to apptaine 

 unto her. Whearin I finde greatlie to abuse yo r . Lo: and wrong me as one de- 

 servinge to possesse nothinge injuriouslie. The cause dependeth in the Exchequer 

 Chamber, and is readie for hearinge and a daie given for the same this next 

 Tearme and the issues and profitts whearoff shee complaineth are by speciall 

 commission out of that Courte sequestered & there remaine in Deposito, untill 

 the hearinge of the said Cawse, so is it not in me to relieve her necessities, 

 neyther to helpe myself so muche as unto the Rentes due unto me out of the said 

 Manor : before the saied Cawse be determined. The reason which moved the 

 Courte to graunte the said Sequestration was in respecte of the great waste and 

 spoils done by her Husbande, whoe beinge my Tennte of that Mansion howse & 

 demaynes, & seeing his Tearme nighe expiered did courablie assigne over the 

 Demaynes to the use of his saied wiffe reserving the said howse, & thereupon 

 presently plucked downe the said howse, and hath so spoiled the same, as one 

 thousande ponndes will not reedifie it againe. Whearin the Courte of Exchequer 

 purposinge to give redresse as cawse shall requier, must submitt myselfe and the 

 cawse to the censure thereof. And even so doe leave yo r good Lo. to the tuyton 

 of the Almightie. Aberstone this xx th of Julie 1593. 



"Yo r . Lo: to Commaunde 



" Winchester." 



Addressed : — 

 " To the Right honorable 

 my veraie good Lo. the Lo. 

 Keeper of the Create Seale of 

 Englande." 



Endorsed : — 

 " July 20. 1593 

 " The Lo. Marques in answer to 

 yo r Lo. for M rs . Baynton." 



It was, therefore, Andrew Bayntun, who died in 1579 and was 

 buried under a large altar-tomb in Chippenham Church, who pulled 

 the Priory at Edingdon to pieces. The small portion that remains 



