Communicated by Mr. James Waylen. 



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away and embezzling the timber and stone and other materials from 

 the mansion-house (of Hook?), to the great prejudice both of the 

 Commonwealth and of Mr. Arundel. And the said Franklyn doth 

 also threaten to cut the woods and to plough up the pasture grounds. 

 An order was thereupon sent down to the Wilts Committee (ap- 

 parently by Mr. Squibb) to prevent future mischief by Franklyn^ 

 and to keep him rigorously to the terms of his lease . 



" Tishury Parsonage [or Rectory}. 

 " To all officers and soldiers under my command. In case one William Langley 

 of Tytherington in Wilts or any tenant under him claiming in the rectory of 

 Tisbury belonging to William A.rundel Esq. be interrupted or disturbed in their 

 possession thereof by any soldier whatsoever, without order from the Lords and 

 Commons for sequestration or myself, you and the soldiers under yon are hereby 

 required to be aiding and assisting to the said William Langley and the tenants 

 aforesaid for the quieting them in their possessions, if need require. Given under 

 my hand and seal at Turnham Green this 8th October, 1647. 



"Thomas Fairfax." 



" By the Committee of Lords and Commons for sequestration, 19 Dec. 1649. 

 By virtue of an Order of Parliament of 2 May, 1646, in regard the parish of 

 Tisbury in Wilts containeth a great market town it is therefore ordered that the 

 yearly rent of £16 16s. \0d. reserved to the Dean of Bristol out of the im- 

 propriate rectory of Tisbury aforesaid be paid to and for increase of the main- 

 tenance of Mr. John Barnes minister of the parish church of Tisbury aforesaid, 

 over and above the £80 a year granted unto the said church by a former order 

 of this Committee." 



The expression " a great market town " occurring in the above 

 document would seem to indicate that Tisbury was formerly of more 

 relative importance than at present. This was made the basis of a 

 query some years back, in our Magazine, but elicited no response. 

 The present Lord of Wardour could possibly throw light on the 

 question. 



The Hon. William Arundel died in 1653, aged 62. His son, 

 Charles, had pre-deceased him, but left issue. By his will, dated 

 1651, William Arundel constitutes his brother-in-law, Francis 

 Cornwallis, his executor, and bequeaths two thousand pounds apiece 

 out of his personalties to each of his two daughters, Mary and 

 Elizabeth, to be paid on the day of their marriage, if such marriage 

 be with the consent of their mother, the Lady St. John; or at the 

 age of twenty-one \ the residue of his goods and chattels to his 



