246 A Sketch of the History of Mill Deverill. 



family of Deverel appears to have had the following history : — It 

 is the same, if the argument in the section on the derivation of the 

 name is sound, as the family of Edward of Salisbury : his patrimony 

 descended to the Longespees (Hoare, p. 8) , and apparently through 

 them to the Giffards (Hoare, p. 239). The Deverels also held of 

 the Giffards, and this property seems to have been forfeited to the 

 Crown, in 1338 : the Crown granted it to Sir Thomas Cary, who 

 died 1382. 



It seems not unsafe to conclude that the family of Ludlow got 

 possession of the main part of the parish somewhere in the middle 

 of the fifteenth century, and made their home there. 



In 1478 the manor is in the possession of William Ludlow ; a 

 pedigree of this family is inserted in Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. xxvi., 

 p. 1. He is the first of his name who is known to have held the 

 manor. This William Ludlow was an important person. He was 

 Butler to Henry IV., V., and VI. ; in 1439 he was appointed 

 Marshal of Calais, and afterwards Parker of the Park at Ludgershall ; 

 in 1449 he appears as farmer of certain customs in Wilts ; he died 

 in 1478, and is buried in St. Thomas's Church, Salisbury. He had 

 rebuilt the north aisle of this Church, and decorated it with stained 

 glass, whereon were figures of himself and his family. His tomb 

 was near the altar, but has disappeared. From this time till 

 1648 the manor remains in this family. In the will of William 

 Ludlow the manor is described as consisting of " two tofts [/.<?., 

 house and farm buildings], two and a half carucates of land, six 

 acres of meadow, fifteen acres of wood, and three shillings rent in 

 Hull Deverill and Deverill Langbrigge." His grandson, John 

 Ludlow, was buried in the chancel of Hill Deverill, 1519. The fine 

 altar- tomb is his. It was probably John who built the old buildings 

 now used for farm purposes at the Manor Farm : they are described 

 in the Magazine, vol. xxvii., p. 270-1, and are dated some time after 

 1488 : the proof of this is given in the Magazine, vol. xxviii., p. 169. 

 John's son, William Ludlow, in his will (proved 1533), directs that a 

 picture of himself and his heirs should be placed in the Church. 

 The family held land in most of the Deverills, and also held Maiden 

 Bradley and Yarnfield under lease of the Seymours. They took a 



