The Society's MSS.—Chiskdon and Draycot. 127 



• 10. Item the eopie of M rs . Stephens Joynter (which dead I saw cancelled) and 

 of the landes of Nyoholas Stephens entayled of his heyers males 14th 

 March A°. 5° Jacobi [A.D. 1607—8]. 



1 11. Item one Indenture of bargayue and sale from Tho: and Anthony Stephens 

 to Alex: Stafford and Jeames Cottington of all theire landes and royalties 

 in Burderupp and Chisildon A° 17 Jacobi [A.D. 1619]. 



" 12. Item a release from Tho: & Anthony Stephens for the money payd for the 

 purchase of Burderupp and Chisildon inrolled in Chancery A° 17 Jacobi 

 [A.D. 1619]. 



' 13. Item a lycence of alienacion from Tho: Stephens to Alex: Stafford. 



1 14. Item the fine from Tho: Stephens Jone his wyfe and Anthony Stephens to 



Alex: Stafford. 

 "15. Item the recovery inrolled. 



" 16. Item the exemplificacion of the inrolment of the fine according to the 

 Statute. 



" 17. Item the exemplificacion of the inrolment of the writt of entry and seison 



according to the Statute. 

 k 18. Item one deede of lyvery and seison and possession from Tho: Stephens to 



Alex: Stafford. 



' 19. Item a bond from Tho: Stephens to Alex: Stafford of 5000 u for performance 

 of covenantee. 



1 20. Item a bond from Anthony Stephens to Alex: Stafford of 300 u to free the 



land of an annuity of 40" per annum from his wyfe. 

 '21. Item a note under the hand of Tho: Stephens of all the incumbrances 



whereunto the landes might be lyable. 

 " 22. Item 7 statutes of Mr. Tho: Stephens all cancelled. 



' 23. Item the counterparty of W m . Leycy alias Hodges his lease granted by 



Alex: Stafford and Jeames Cottington for 4 yeares. 

 " 24. Item a bond of 800 1 ' from the sayd Leycy alias Hodgis for payment of the 



rent and performance of covenantes. 

 •' 25. Item a true copie of the fine inrolled leavied on Mrs. Stephens Joynter. 

 " 26. Item a copie of Nycholas Stephens will." 



Endorsed: — "A Note of diverse parcells of Evedence and 

 writtinges belonginge [unto] the Manners of 

 Burderupp Chisildon and Hodson, with parte 

 of Draycott." 



Only one of the documents mentioned in the above schedule is 

 represented in Mr. Mullings' collection, namely, No. 2, the copy of 

 the Letters Patent of Henry VIII. to Sir John Brydges, afterwards 

 (in 1554) the first Lord Chandos of Sudele} r . Originally from 

 Gloucestershire, the Brydges family, in more than one branch, had 

 firmly established itself in the adjoining parts of Wiltshire. In 

 1513 Sir Giles Brydges obtained a grant of the manor of Blunsdon 



