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St. Audoen's, South Wraxall. 



principal estate, the steward received the free chapel, and, it may be, 

 the half hide with which it was was endowed by its founder, Martin 

 " the chaplain/'' Amongst documents preserved at Rood Ashton is, 

 as I am informed, one dated 1578, which is entitled " A note of the 

 lands Tythes &c, belonging to the chapel of St. Audwyn's/' &c. 

 Part of the property belonging to it consisted of tithes on e< Barley's 

 and Hussey's lands/'' There used to be anciently, Canon Jackson 

 tells us (Wilts Mag. x. 322) a place in Wraxall parish called "Berley's 

 or Barley's Courts/'' which belonged to the Hussey family, 1476, 

 they having succeeded to it by inheritance from the Blount family. 

 [Thomas Blount, who died 1477, married the daughter and heiress 

 of Thomas Berlegh ; and an heiress of Blount subsequently married 

 into the Hussey family.] 



In the year 1629, as appears by a deed at Rood Ashton, referred 

 to by Walker in his account of South Wraxall (p. 2), the chapel of 

 St. Audoen, with the lands attached to it, were purchased by John 

 Long, some time of Haugh, and afterwards of Monkton, of Henry 

 Thynne and Edward Pille (Pike?), by indenture dated Nov. 20, in 

 that year. The estate was devised by him to his son John Long, 

 by will proved May 13th, 1634. 



The whole of the property belonging to the Priory of Monkton 

 Farleigh, in South Wraxall, ultimately came into the possession of 

 the family of Long, and is now held by R. P. Long, Esq., of Rood 

 Ashton. 



Though not immediately bearing on the subject of this paper, it 

 may be mentioned that Samuel Danyel, Poet Laureate in the time of 

 Queen Elizabeth, who is buried at Beckington, seems to have held some 

 situation as Bailiff under the Earl of Hertford (son of the Protector 

 Somerset), connected with this property, once belonging to the 

 Priory of Monkton Farleigh. There is, as Canon Jackson informs j 

 me, an original letter at Long] eat, endorsed " Mr. Danyell the Poet 

 26 May, 1608/'' written to Mr. James Kirten, the Earl's steward, 

 which commences in these words :— 



"Charissimo patrono mio. I mervayle I cannot heare one worde from you, 

 whether you live -or what you doo in your world which is a world I know o£ 

 busyness and misery. I sent to your brother concerning Wraxhall, an£ 



