Wiltshire notes and queries . amBaker,1 a Devizes man, figures rather prominently. 1 The name of William Baker occurs in a deed of about the year asone of the feoffee? of lands, ice, belonging to St. Marys Church, Devizes. 226 Wiltshire Notes and Queries. Item, I was arrested by the Sherve of Wilteshire at the Kingscommandement by a suggestyon made to his highnes by a servaunte ofthe Lord Montague is, havyng but oone ye [one eye], and by ooneWillm Baker, of the Vise [Devizes], at which time all my lands andmoveable goods were taken into the Kings hands, and I lived only uponthe costs of my fri
Wiltshire notes and queries . amBaker,1 a Devizes man, figures rather prominently. 1 The name of William Baker occurs in a deed of about the year asone of the feoffee? of lands, ice, belonging to St. Marys Church, Devizes. 226 Wiltshire Notes and Queries. Item, I was arrested by the Sherve of Wilteshire at the Kingscommandement by a suggestyon made to his highnes by a servaunte ofthe Lord Montague is, havyng but oone ye [one eye], and by ooneWillm Baker, of the Vise [Devizes], at which time all my lands andmoveable goods were taken into the Kings hands, and I lived only uponthe costs of my friends; and or I could be declared in that behalf, andrestored to my said lands and goods, it cost me ,£400. Lady Hungerford was foundress of the Hospital atHeytesbury, in which place she resided during the latter partof her life, and on her death in 1478-9, her remains were in-terred in Salisbury Cathedral beneath a tomb in the centreof the Chapel already mentioned, which she bad built andendowed to the memory of her Her seal, of which there is a very fine impression atLongleat, is a beautiful example of this particular branchof mediaeval art. It is circular, and nearly three inches indiameter. In the centre is the seated figure of a female-holding on her knees an open book. Above her head ona label, the motto imjnc troittlj assitvcb; and on Notes on Amesbury Monastery. 227 either side a lion and griffin each support a banner bearing(1) Hungerford impaling Botreaux ; (2) Beaumont im-paling BOTREAUX. Legend— Sigillum : Margarete: Dne : de : Hunger-ford: et . de : Botreaux. The remarkably bold autograph of Lady Margaret alsomay not be without interest.
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