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" Broyl of Bedwyn " and " Broyl Farm," terms still in use.] 

 Sir Francis Englepield, of Fasterne, near Wootton-Bassett, Bart., 

 whose father was made a baronet by James I., in 1612, and himself 

 knighted during his father's lifetime, was returned as a " recusant/ 4 -' 

 or papist, but in the character of " delinquent/' or royalist, no fine 

 appears against his name; though his brother William pays a rather 

 heavy sum. It may be presumed, therefore, that Sir Francis kept 

 himself out of active service. No doubt he shared in some way in 

 the sufferings of his party. In November, 1642, his team of horses 

 being discovered at Lambeth were seized to mount some of Sir 

 Arthur Hazelrig's troopers. In 1646 he sent his wife and daughters 

 and six servants beyond the seas. His great-uncle, Sir Francis, of 

 Queen Mary's Court, was regarded (says Dr. Thomas Fuller) by all 

 good Catholics as a benefactor-general to our nation, inasmuch as, 

 with the assistance of William Allen, he obtained in 1576, of Pope 

 Gregory XXX., thirteen indulgences for the English and the well- 

 wishers of their conversion ; whereof the first was this : u that 

 whosoever should carry about with him certain consecrated beads, 

 fast on Wednesday, forbear one meal on Sunday, pray for the Holy 

 Father the Pope, the peace of the Church, and chiefly for the 

 reconciling of England, Scotland, and Ireland to the Church of 

 Rome, should have a hundred years pardon ; but should the fast be 

 observed with bread and water, then a thousand years pardon." 

 Church History, II., 512. To explain the motive of this Act of 

 Indulgence it should be observed that it was obtained after Sir 

 Francis's expatriation by Queen Elizabeth, who on the pretence of 

 high treason had confiscated the vast possessions in Berkshire which 

 the Englefields had held for more than seven hundred years. The 

 sturdy old knight ended his days at Valladolid, in Spain, and was 

 buried in the English college there, towards the erection of which 

 he had lavishly contributed. He married Katharine, daughter of 

 Sir Thomas Fettiplace, of Compton-Beauchamp, but dying without 

 issue, the line was continued by his brother, J ohn Englefield, lord 

 of Wootton Bassett, father of Sir Francis, mentioned above as th e 

 first baronet. The title became extinct in the person of Sir Henry 

 Charles Englefield, the seventh baronet, who died in 1822. 



