Communicated by Mr, James Waylen. 



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Francis, Loud Seymour, Baron Trowbridge, brother to Lord 

 Hertford. As to his delinquency he voluntarily left his habitation 

 (at Marlborough) and resided at Oxford and adhered to His Majesty 

 throughout the war. He was at Oxford at the surrender thereof, 

 and is to have the benefit of the articles of rendition. He hath 

 taken neither the National Covenant nor the Negative Oath, and 

 prays to be exempted upon the articles of Oxford and the vote of the 

 House pursuant, &c. His landed possessions were scattered in the 

 parishes or manors of Bedwyn, Preshute, Hill- Martin, Swindon, 

 Trowbridge, Ish -Abbots, Pirton, and Liddington — remainder in part 

 to his lady for life, remainder of all to his first son in tail, remainder 

 to Edward, Lord Beauchamp, remainder to Lord Beauchamp's right 

 heirs. He declares that he is indebted by statute unto Sir Gervase 

 Elwes and Jeremy Elwes, £1040, of which he prays a consideration ; 

 moreover, that he has mortgaged his estate of Stephen's Down, at 

 Liddington, to Mr. Haynes, of Aldbourn, for £500, still owing, 

 together with £200 interest thereon. His personal estate has been 

 seized and sold ; and the Wilts Committee have appraised such as 

 remains at £175. Fine, at a tenth, £3725. November, 1646. 

 His pardon, together with that of his son, Charles Seymour, passed 

 the Houses in December, 1647, and he appears to have actually paid 

 £1000 less than the sum here stated. The fine, such as it was, 

 purged the delinquency of both father and son. 



Charles Seymour, Esq., son and heir of the above, residing at 

 Allington, near Chippenham, had allowed himself at the commence- 

 ment of hostilities to be placed on a King's Commission for gathering 

 men and moneys for the Royal army, but his action in that capacity 

 was so brief that he had no difficulty in procuring from members of 

 the Wilts Committee and from his neighbours about Chippenham 

 i testimonials which represented him more as a friend than an enemy 

 to the Parliament's cause. See the History of Marlborough, 



John Sivior, of Salisbury, gent. His petition, dated 1650, ac- 

 knowledging that he adhered to the forces raised by the late King 

 ; igainst the Parliament, exhibits a rather pitiful case. He holds in 

 ? ee a messuage in Salisbury, worth only £14 per annum, which he 

 !?ot. xxiv. — no. lxxii. * 



