308 Charles, Lord Stourton, 8/c. 



be WtteT t 6 W f a Sert ° n UDdCr a CCTtan ™«< h ? ''ighnes to 



llZl ' to f ns ~t» the premisses and after to abide suche decree 

 and order as your said most honorable Connsaill shall take in this behalf And 



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Maiden Bradley Manor. 

 It has been mentioned that W. Hartgill on ceasing to be Steward 

 to the Stourton Estate acted in that office for the Protector Somer- 

 set's property at Maiden Bradley. Upon the transfer of Maiden 

 Bradley from the Protector to the elder house of Seymour, under 

 the circumstances described in the note, Hartgill not only lost his 

 office, but had the mortification of seeing it bestowed on William 

 Stourton brother to Charles. This did not improve the state of 

 affairs. 



•^fttrt ^r'r L - d S J t0Urt011 t0 l0hn ThyMe - ( °**<* at LongUat.) 

 Alter my harty eomendacyons. Whereas as off late the Manor off Maiden 



whe ? ra? r t° the r 01 mj coosyn Edward s ™°*>* «» 



wheroff [as not unknown to you] is by patent geyen to my broder Wyllyam 



seryys off the King's Majestie and quietnes off his peple ther, notwithstanding 

 »y good meanys to that effeote that honest grome Hartgyll doth not only pro- 



norr,b 1S ,. a b COSt 7f T KhUt aIS ° Sayth a at nether my broder, Gyles Slide, 

 nor I shall have to do therwith : also contrary to his hauctoryte or comyssion 



Stenaro IT t ^u ^ ^ kaOW d » th "pP-taynTo he 



Steuard to do, which well apperyth by patent, and also that yn all my fader's 

 yme the replcyyns weare made yn his name and not yn Hartgyll's. Art my 

 last beying yn London, I brak thes matters to my cosyn Semor, who lyke a 

 kynsman aayised me as I culd desyre. Therfor, bycausl I know 'you to b in 

 eredyttwithmy cosyn Semor, I shall desyre you to send me word wheder 



«The arrangement to wMcli Lord Stourton alludes was as follows The Protector t 



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