By the Rev. J. E. Jackson. 



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own servantes and sondry of his tenantes and some Gentelmen and 

 J ustices to the nombre of lx parsons in all. 



The Hertgilles attending at the place appointed, seing my Lorde 

 Sturtone to bee at hand and to come with so greate a companye, 

 beganne veary moch to dreade. 



My Lorde came not to the church but went to the church-house, 1 

 being xl passes distaunt from the church yarde : from thens he sent 

 worde to the Hertgilles, who yet were in the church, that the 

 church was no place to talke of worldelye matters and therfore he 

 thought the church-howse to be a fitter place. 



The Hertgilles came owt of the church, and being within xx 

 passes of my Lorde, olde Hertgill after dew salutacion said " My 

 Lorde, I see manny ennemyes of myne abought your Lordship, 

 and therfore I ame very moch afrayed to come anny nere." My 

 Lorde assured him first him self, and after him Sir James Fitz 

 James, Chaffyn and others boldened him so moch as they coulde, 

 saying they durst bee bounde in all they hadd theie should have 

 no bodely hurte. Uppon this comforte he approched to my Lorde's 

 parson, and then my Lorde tolde him he was come to paye them 

 monney which he had brought with him and wolde have had them 

 to goo into the church-house to receyve yt. But the Hertgilles, 

 fearing yll to be ment unto them, refused to entre into anny 

 couvered place, the church excepted. 



Wheruppon some being present thought good that a table shoulde 

 bee sett uppon the open grene, which was done accordingly. My 

 Lorde layed theruppon a cappecase 2 and a pursse, as though he had 

 intended to make payment : and calling nere unto him the saide 

 two Hertgilles saied unto them that the Councel had ordered him 

 to paye unto them a certayne some of monney which they should 

 have every penney. " Mary, he wolde first know them to be Trew 



1 The Church-house is still standing; a few yards TS.W. of the church. It 

 has windows of ecclesiastical pattern. It may be mentioned that anciently the 

 1 1 Church-house" in a parish was that in which Annual Meetings or "Ales" 

 were held, to raise money for church purposes. The room in the Tower of 

 Kilmington Church is merely a small belfry, some ten feet square. 



2 Cap-case, a kind of small portmanteau. 



