By the Rev. II. K. Anheiell, Vicar. 



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Malmesbtjry Abbey. 



The Abbey of Malmesbury was endowed with large possessions 

 in the immediate neighbourhood but does not appear to have ac- 

 quired much, if any, in Seagry : but sundry landowners adjoining 

 the town were bound to do their part in keeping the " King's Wall." 

 Among these are named John de Segre and the Heirs of Cokerell. 

 The Abbot also received, of " Out-hundred silver/'' " From Segre 

 xii d at St. Martin's Day and xii d - at Hock-day." 



The Abbey Register preserves the names of two other ancient 

 inhabitants of Seagry, Robert Sturmi and William de Wotton ; the 

 latter being owner of Barrow Farm, near Chippenham. 



Present Freeholders and Tenants. 



These are the names of the present freeholders and voters : — Earl 

 Cowley, Rev. Henry Kennedy Anketell, James Bond, John Edward 

 Bond, Charles Croker, James Godwin, John Godwin, Joseph Hull, 

 Richard Hull, Lewin Marsh, Alfred Parsloe; Alfred Baker, Charles 

 Barrington, Meredith Brown, T. Candy, Charles Carey, John Carey, 

 Moses Carey, Nathan Clark, Arthur S. H. Cotes, Charles Day, 

 William Hayward, Robert Hickson, Charles May, William Minty, 

 George Elliott, George Perrett, Albert Pullen, John Pullen, Alfred 

 Teagle, Isaac Teagle, George Tyler, John Tyler, jun., Mark Tyler. 



Late the Earl of Radnor's Lands. 



William Leversage and Grace, his wife, were owners of land at 

 Seagry in 1566 (9 Eliz.). Soon after this the H ungerfords are 

 found here. Aubrey appears to be in error when he says that they 

 came in by marriage with one of the heiresses of Mompesson : at 

 least no such match appears in any Hungerford pedigree. In 1583 

 (24 Eliz.) Sir Edward Hungerford, of Farley Castle (who died in 

 1607), and Dame Jane, his wife, leased to William Adie the manor 

 and farm of Over (i.e., Upper) Seagry, altogether one hundred and 

 eighty-five acres. Sir Edward married, secondly, Cicely Tufton, 

 daughter of the Earl of Thanet. After Sir Edward's death she 

 re-married Francis, Earl of Rutland, who, in her right, held the 



