288 History of the Wiltshire Manors 



The remaining manor, of which I find frequent mention in the 

 rolls as held of the Barony of Combe, is Shawe, near Melksham. 

 In 1274, Petronilla de Dunstanville held the fourth part of a 

 knight's fee in "Sase" of the king, belonging to the Barony of 

 Combe, and Richard Hywey held it of her. 1 In 1340, on the par- 

 tition of the barony, it was held by William at More, as half of a 

 knight's fee, valued at 61. 13s. 4^., and assigned to the Earl and 

 Countess of Northampton. It is mentioned in the rolls as held by 

 Simon Basset in 1365 ; by Matilda Basset, his widow, daughter and 

 heir of at More, in 1367. On her death, in 1389, a heriot and 

 relief of fifty shillings was paid, and Cecilia Berkeley her daughter, 

 then of full age, was admitted as next heir. She died in 1393 ; 

 and in 1404, it was held by Willielma (probably her daughter) 

 "formerly wife of John Rich." In 1472, William Carent, in right 

 of his wife, Margaret, widow of John Beynton; in 1481, John 

 Cheyny, "by gift of the king," probably during the minority of 

 the heir. In 1525, Sir Edward Beynton, as heir to John Beynton; 

 in 1547, John Beynton; in 1573-1600, John Gerysh, or Gerrish, 

 held the Manor of Shawe as mesne tenant under Castle Combe. 



Moreover frequent mention is made in the rolls of an obligation 

 of the Dean and Canons of the Cathedral of Salisbury " to find a 

 fit chaplain to celebrate masses in the chapel of Shawe, near Melk- 

 sham, for the souls of the ancestors of the Lords of the Barony of 

 Castle Combe," and reference made to the evidence of the Knights' 

 Court Rolls of the 29th year of Edward III., and others following. 

 What benefaction had been bestowed on the mother church of 

 Sarum by the early possessors of the barony to earn this perpetual 

 service at the chapel of Shawe does not appear. The Dean and 

 Chapter hold still the Rectory of the Parish of Melksham in which 

 Shawe is situated. 



In the Court Roll of the year 1519, Sir Henry Long, and in 

 that of 1547, Elizabeth Russell are mentioned as owing suit and 

 service at the Lord's Court of Castle Combe, for the Manor of Tud- 

 rington (Tytherton) Kellaways. But this is the only mention I 

 find of such a claim on that estate. 



i Hundred Rolls, 1 Edw. I. 



