178 



Wulfhall and the Seymours. 



No. VI. 



King- Henry VIII. at Wulfhall in A.D. 1543. See p. 149. 



From the following Bill K. Hen. 8 appears to have been at Wulfhall or in 



the neighbourhood in this year. 

 "The charges of the Kyng's servants at Burbage the xxth of 

 June Anno xxxvth." 



s. d. 



Item for the fyrst nyght at sopper and yn the mornyng for drynk v. iiii. 

 Item for Dynner the nexte daye . . . . ii. viii. 



Item for brekefast in the last daye in the morning . . ,, ix. 



No. VII. 



Easton Priory, near Pewsey : sometimes called Easton Royal. 



See p. 150. 



The Protector (when Lord Beauchamp) lived occasionally at Easton Priory 

 near Pewsey, property obtained at the dissolution of monasteries. There were 

 3 parcels : Easton Drewes, Easton Priors, and Easton Bradenstoke (having 

 belonged to that Priory). Wick Manor, and part of Milton belonged to the 

 House at Easton. 



The account books mention Lord Beauchamp's being here, when Lord Great 

 Chamberlain, for 9 days ending the 14th Oct. 35 H. VIII. (1543) ; the expenses 

 amounting to about £30. Wheat was then 10s. 8d. the quarter. Malt at 4s. 8d. 

 Among the "Spices" bought are reckoned " Biskets " and " Carraways," 

 Turnesoll, Saunders,* Dates and Capers. A Beef of my Lord's own store was 

 valued at 26s. 8d. " Fresh accats " were bought by Robert Dangell, " cater." 

 Rushes for my Lord's chamber and others, 7s. 8d. 



No. VIII. 



Letters from Mr. Berwick, Mr. Bryan Tesh_, and Mr. Arthur Roods 

 (Agents and Bailiffs) to Sir John Thynne : concerning the enclosure 

 of a Park and sundry preparations for Building a New Mansion for 

 the Protector Somerset at Bedwyn Brail End. A.D. 1548, 1549. 

 See p. 150. 



Me. John Beewick,! to Sie John Thynne. 

 1548. 25th Nov. After my most heartie commendacions, Theis shall be t' 

 aunser your letters sent as well by Bryan as by Mr. Hartgill. First concerning 



* Saunders, the dried juice of the Eed Sandal or Dragon's Blood tree, brought from the East 

 Indies and used for colouring confections red, as saffron was for yellow. 



+ John Berwick, or Barwick, of Wilcot, near Pewsey, whose daughter and heir married Thomas 

 Wroughton, son of Sir William Wroughton, of Broad Hinton, from whose family Wilcot has des- 

 cended, to the present owner, Admiral Moutigu. Mr. Berwick was an agent to Protector Somerset. 

 There is a short pedigree of his family in the Wilts Visitations of 1565 and 1623, 



