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Wulfhall and the Seymours. 



xxiv. Receipt for the value of the Tapestry and Bed-room Furniture 



worked by Queen Jane Seymour. 



xxv. Letter with particulars of Funeral of William, Duke of 



Somerset, at Great Bedwyn. 

 xxvi. The Herald-painters' Bill at the Funeral of Frances (Devereux), 

 widow of William, second Duke of Somerset. May 7th, 

 1674. 



No. I. 



Survey of Wulfhall, temp, Edw. VI. [From the Register of 



Protector Somerset's Estates in Co. Wilts.] See page 143. 



u To the said Mannor appertayneth 1263 acres 3 yards a half : wherof 2 acres 

 and half a yard be gardyne and orchard and thereof half an acre lyeth in a 

 gardyne within the walls and half a yard lyeth in the gardyne next the said 

 gardyne. And 12 lugges lye in the orchard called Cole-house orchard: And an 

 acre lyeth in the gardyne callyd the Great Palyd Gardyne : And half a yard 

 lyeth in the gardyne called My Young Lady's gardyne. And another half yard 

 lyeth in the gardyne called Myn Olde Lady's Gardyne. And 126 acres be 

 arrable, and every acre is worth by the year 12c?. And therof 60 acres lye in 

 the fyld callyd the Great Cleye ; and 16 in the Little Cleye. And 50 acres in 

 the fyld called the East Cleye. And 14 acres be mede. And every acre is 

 worth by the yere 3s. 4c?. And thereof 4 acres lye in the Mede callyd the 

 "West Mede. And 6 acres in the Mede callyd the "Well Mede : And 4 in the 

 Mede called the East Mede. And 1122 acres be pasture : and every acre is 

 worth by the yere 2 shillings. And therof 240 acres lye in the Park callyd the 

 Soden Park : and 20 acres in another Park callyd Horse Parke. And 3 acres 

 in Pound Close. And 60 acres lye in the Brome close and Ridge-lands, and 

 30 acres in Wulfhalls close. And 2 acres in a close callyd Ladelwell-pound, 

 with a small copse growing there, and 200 acres lye in Fwarrants Court, the 

 half wherof belongeth to the Lord Fwairant.* And 300 acres lye in the park 

 called Topenhays. And 40 acres lye in a Parke callyd Red deer Parke. And 

 60 acres lye in a close called Horse Sonds and 20 acres in Little Sonds. And 3 

 acres in a close called Sheryng Close and 4 in a close called West Court. And 

 100 acres lye in a close called the Bowden and 40 acres lye upon Topenham. 

 Hyll, and it is pasture for sheep. "f 



• Close to Crofton (or, as it is usually pronounced, Crauton) is a farm called now Free-warren) 

 which, however, is a corruption of the name of an ancient owner : for in 1299 (27 Edw. I.) William 

 Fitzwarren, and in 1479 (19 Edw. IV.) Fulk Fitzwarren, died seised of the Manor of Crofton (I.P.M.) 

 Before this family it had belonged, in 1283, to William de Braboef (I. P.M.) 



+ The Protector Somerset's account books mention that he had made large plantations at the 

 Great Dych and the New Dych : also a large pond which cost £43 15*. lOd. : and a Hare Warren 

 at Wexcombe, in 1553. Also that he dyked the springs at Titcombe and near Dodsdown Bush. 

 Dodsdown lies between the wood called Wilton Brail and the hamlet of Wilton. On it was formerly 

 a gibbet, where a man was hanged for murdering a woman in the wood. 



