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Records of the Rising hi the West, A.T). 1655. 



of Iloni soit, &c. ; Willoughby and Beke quarterly, quartering 

 1 st Latimer, 2 d . Cheney, 3 d . Stafford." He goes on to say " the 

 tradition is, that King Edward III. was here, and that the bridge, 

 called King-bridge, was built against his coming. " 



The House or Hall which Leland saw, and which he called " the 

 new building," seems to be entirely gone, with the exception of what 

 is generally called the chapel, now forming one side of the yard. 

 This building may have been the great hall or other portion of the 

 second house, but I cannot myself see anything ecclesiastical about 

 it, and it remains for those who will visit it to-morrow to say what 

 this building really was. 



Whatever the old houses at Brook may have been, the present one 

 is by no means a specimen of architecture, being a very perfect ex- 

 ample of carpenters Gothic. Having heard that a silver coin had 

 been found on the premises at Brook House, I obtained possession of 

 it, but it proved to be only a shilling of William III., date 1697. 



^mxh of % JUsmg in % WSitst, 



JOHN PENRUDDOCK, HUGH GROVE, ET SOCII. 



(Continued from Vol, xiii., Page 273.,/ 



PORTION of a letter from Mr. Nutley, dated the 21st of 

 April, 1655, prevents what there is to be said about William 

 Wake, of Blandford. 



"One of the prisoners, namely Thomas Helliard, at his tryal carryed himself 

 very insolently in the tace of the court, saying, what he did was noe other then I 

 what he was sworne to doe, professing his allegiance to Charles Stuart, the son |i 

 as well as the father, and that there was noe law against it.* I observed none 

 of them to expresse any remorse at all, soe much hardened are they, even as 

 Pharaoh, as was expressed by the sergeant in his charge. The people here are 



* Helliard's name is included in tlie death warrant, a fac simile of which will be given hereafter . 



