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(Communicated by Mr. James Waylen.) 



HE fines imposed on the Royalists of this county at the 

 conclusion of the war between Charles I. and his Parlia- 

 ment form the subject of the ensuing papers. The schedules of 

 estates (called "particulars"), on which those fines were adjudicated 

 and levied in Goldsmith's Hall, are preserved in the State Paper 

 Office. Fully to exhibit all exactions of that nature occurring in 

 Wiltshire during the progress of hostilities would necessitate a 

 transcript of the journal kept by the local committee acting in the 

 Parliament's behalf, and holding their sittings at Ealstone House, 

 a castellated mansion a little south of Wilton. But this would be 

 an endless task; and therefore the final settlements effected in 

 London will, with a few additions, be alone exhibited. No doubt 

 some of the details will, to the ordinary reader, be dry enough; but 

 the genealogist will, it is hoped, find himself remunerated by the 

 discovery of a variety of matters of family interest. 



Richard Aldworth, of Hinton-Pipard, Esq. His petition to 

 the Committee of Sequestrations sheweth — That he, having his 

 education in the affairs of the council chamber, and being with His 

 Majesty during these unhappy wars, did, by royal authority, com- 

 mand a troop of horse in that service ; — That he is included in the 

 articles for the surrender of Oxford ; though he admits that he has 

 taken neither the National Covenant nor the Negative Oath. He 

 is seised in fee to him and his heirs in possession of and in the manor 

 of Hinton-Pipard called Stanlake's farm, bequeathed to him by his 

 father, Richard, in 1638, worth before the troubles £160 per annum. 



He craves allowance in respect of £1200, which by his father's 

 will is charged on the said manor for portions of £200 apiece to the 

 six younger sons, Thomas, Robert, Henry, George, John, and 

 William, who are all living, but the money unpaid ; — also in respect 



