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ELNETHAM, HANTS., and LAURENCE LYDYRARD, and SHIPTON BEAUCHAMP, co. SOMERS. Sir William Hody, kt., and others, appoint Henry Rawe and others their attornies to receive in their name of sir John Seymour of Wolfale, co. Wilts, kt., possession of the manor of Elnetham in county of Southampton, and the manors of Laurence Lydyrard and Shipton Beauchamp, co. Somerset. Dated 4 Nov., 20 Hen. VII.

Mutilated roll indorsed, '19 Hen. VII. Compotus Johannis Waller vicecomitis co. Southampton de diversis custibus et expensis, etc., pro parco de Fremantell.

Droxford. 1561 .

Kingsclere. 1582 .

Kingsclere. 1591 .

Extract from the book called 'Nomina Villarum' in the exchequer concerning the city of Hereford. (c. 1500.)

LYDNEY. Bond given by Thomas Gethinge alias Marbull of Hereford, yeoman, to the dean and chapter of Hereford, in a sum of 40 marks to keep the condition of certain indentures concerning a lease of the parsonage of Lydney. Dated 15 January, 38 Hen. VIII.

Indenture made 38 Hen. VIII, by which the 15 January, dean and chapter of Hereford demise to Thomas Gethinge, otherwise Merbull, of Hereford , their parsonage of Ledeney and chapel of St. Brevell, for 29 years, at an annual rent of £16 6s. 8d.

Indenture made 18 Dec., 3 Elizabeth, by which the dean and chapter of Hereford, in consideration of the sum of £10, demise unto Roger Brougham their parsonage of Lydney and the chapel of St. Brevell's for 60 years, paying annually £16 6s. 8d.

'The canons' fee in Hereford by John Shepenhams dayes, being mere sessyd for payment of parlament sylver.' (c. 1560.) [English]

WILTON. Indenture made 18 Feb., 41 Elizabeth, by which lord Grey of Wilton demises to Charles Wake of London , a close called the 'ould orchard' in the lordship of Wilton, and six acres of land in Wilton field, six acres in Peterstowe field, and a cottage and garden at the Poole myll, &c., for five hundred years, at a yearly rent of a peppercorn.

WHOLHOPE. An exemplification of documents filed in the court of the marches of Wales in a cause between Henry Lane of Wholhope , plaintiff, and sir Nicholas Walwin, master of St. Ethelbert's almshouse, Hereford , defendant, concerning a lease of lands in Buckenhill, delivered to Richard Cam upon his petition. Dated at Gloucester, 5 August, 36 Q. Eliz.

Sir William Say, kt., and John Foster, clerk, quit-claim to Robert Wyghtman , son and heir of John Wightman of Bayford , all their right in certain lands and tenements in Bayford, formerly Walter Hanham's, late of Cheshunt . Dated 7 July, 21 Hen. VII.

John Horrdvood (Hoorwood) , brother and heir of Benedict Horrdwood , grants to William Humfrey of Bayford and others, a messuage and 14 acres of land in the village and fields of Bayford. Dated at Bayford, 1 March, 11 Hen. VIII.