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petition Mr. Ernie urges in extenuation that being in the commission 

 of the peace near unto the Devizes where the King's forces have 

 long time prevailed, he hath yet done many good offices to the 

 members and friends of the Parliament, nor did he assist the adverse 

 party with his person by bearing arms, nor with his purse except 

 under compulsion; nor did he act in the commission of array; but 

 when put in that commission (of which Mr. Robert Long was chief) 

 he did so for the good of his neighbours and countrymen, as no 

 doubt they will testify. But now being willing to embrace the 

 offer of the Parliament which extends to the first of December next, 

 he desires to compound, praying consideration of his much burdened 

 estate. 6th November, 1645. 



Edward Ernie's attachment to the Royalist party was enhanced 

 by the circumstance of his marriage with a member of the Romanist 

 family of St. Lowe, of Knighton, in Wilts. By this lady he left 

 two sons, Sir Walter, his heir, the first baronet, who also lived at 

 Etchilhampton, and whose granddaughter, Elizabeth, carried the 

 estate to Henry Drax, ancestor of the late Mrs; Sawbridge Erle- 

 Drax, of Charborough Park, Dorset. His second son was Michael 

 Ernie, of Brimslade, whose descendant, the Rev. Sir Edward Ernie, 

 Rector of Avington, in Berks, and the seventh baronet, was the 

 last male heir of the family. Sir Edward died in 1787. 



John Estcourt, Esq., fourth son of Edmund Estcourt, of 

 Newnton. He adhered unto the forces raised against the Parliament, 

 &c. Petitioned July, 1650, and saith that he is not yet sequestered. 

 He is possessed of a personal estate valued at £50 10s. — thus : a 

 small flock* of sheep £24; a couple of horses, £11; books, £5; 

 debts owing to him, £10 10s. Eine, £8 8s. 4 d., paid 16th July, 

 1650. He was brother, it is conjectured, to Sir Giles Estcourt, who 

 is also styled " of Newnton." Obtaining a baronetcy himself, he 

 became father of Sir William Estcourt, who was killed at the Globe 

 Tavern by Henry St. John about 1684; and as he died unmarried^ 

 the baronetcy expired. 



Robert Eyre, of West Chalfield, Esq. Had acted in King 

 Charles's commission to press men and to raise money for his army, 

 viz., for the weekly assessment of £1200 made in May, 1643. He 



