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HISLEDON itself, with Burderop, its satellite, some part 

 apparently of Hodson, and Badbury, were all parcel of 

 that immense estate of the Church liberated for lay occupancy in 

 the sixteenth century. The " Liber de Hyda," edited for the Rolls 

 Series, duly mentions Chisledon among the most ancient possessions 

 of the Abbey of Hyde by Winchester, while Badbury at the sur- 

 render of the monasteries had been for centuries in the possession 

 of the monks of Glastonbury. A schedule of deeds, in the hand- 

 writing presumably of Sir William Calley, the first of his name 

 here, will enable us to trace the descent of the manors of Chisledon 

 and Burderop for close on a century from the year 1537 on : — 



" Diverse parcells and evidences belonging unto the manners of Burderupp 

 and Chisildon in the County of Wiltes. 

 " 1. Imprimis the old lease graunted by the Abbott to Tho: Stephens & al. for 



6i yeares A° 29, H: viij 1 . [A.D. 1537]. 

 "2. Item the copie of the Lettres Pattentes from the King to S' John Bridges 



K*. of Burderupp and Chisildon A 0 . 32. H. viij'. inrolled in chancery. 



[23 April, A.D. 1540]. 

 " 3. Item a deede from Edmund Lo: Chandoys to Tho: Stephens of Burderupp 



and Chisildon A°. iiij to Eliz: Regine. [A.D. 1562]. 

 " 4. Item the fine from the Lo: Chandoys and his lady to Tho: Stephens. 

 "5. Item the lycence of alienacion from the Lo: Chandoys to Tho: Stephens. 

 " 6. Item a deede from Gyles Lo: Chandoys to Tho: Stephens of the Rectorie and 



Ryoalties of Burderupp and Chisilden A° 21. Eliz: Regine [A.D. 1579]. 

 " 7. Item the defeasance of a statute from Edmund Lo: Chandoyes to Tho: 



Stephens A° iiij t0 Eliz: of 3000". [A.D. 1562]; 

 " 8. Item one Indenture of Intayle made by Tho: Stephens of the manners of 



Burderupp and Chisildon A 0 16 Eliz: Regine [A.D. 1574]. 

 "9. Item one deede made by Nycholas and Tho: Stephens to Anthony Stephens 



of an Annuity of 50" per annum A° 5° Jacobi [A.D. 1607-8]. 



