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Marly Annals of Trowbridge. 



appear to y e said Bp of this Diocese and to ye s d Yicar of 



Ashton, that he the s d Hector could prove y e s d custom or 



prescription by several witnesses (occupants of y e s d Grounds) 



for more than Fifty years last past, whereupon the s d Vicar 



desisted from any farther claim to the s d Portion of Tythes 



w ch have since been paid (as formerly they were) to the s d 



Kector of Trowbridge without any denial or contradiction, 



and the s d Kent of Fower shillings hath been yearly paid 



and accepted by y e s d Yicar of Ashton in lieu of the s d 



Portion of Tythes which of right belongeth to y e s d Rectors 



of Trowbridge. 



Ro : Hawkins, Rector of Trowbridge. 



Robert Witchell, ) n , , , „ 

 ^ ' J Churchwardens. " 



Edwaed Martyn, J 



The following list of Rectors of Trowbridge has been compiled 

 for the most part from Sir Thomas Phillips' edition of the Wilts 

 Institutions. In one or two instances omissions have been supplied 

 from other sources. 



A.D. 



1229 



1313 



1320 



1321 

 1322 

 1322 



Patron. 



Ela, Countess of Salisbury 



Thomas Plantagenet_, Earl 

 of Lancaster, in right of 

 his wife ALiCE/daughter 

 of Henry de Lacy Earl 

 of Lincoln, and Margaret 

 Longespee in her own 

 right Countess of Salis- 

 bury. 



John Plantagenet or De 

 Warren, Earl of Surrey. 1 

 The same. 

 The same. 



Alice de Lacy, Countess 

 of Salisbury and Lincoln. 



Incumbent. 



Peter. Among the witnesses to 

 the foundation charter of Lacock 

 Abbey (1229) is « Peter, Parson 

 of Treubrigge.-" Bowies'' Lacock 

 append, p. x. 



Nicholas de Sheppeye ; resigned 

 1320. 



Richard de Wamberg ; resigned 



1321. 

 Henry de Morley. 

 William de Swyndon. 

 William de Appleby. 



1 John de Warren, Earl of Surrey, married Alice Lacy, who was divorced 

 from her first husband, Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster ; and in right 

 of his wife presented to the living of Trowbridge. 



