Wiltshire notes and queries . e illustration), andfilled in with red and black clay. The principal initial K pro-bably represents the name of Kent, well known as one of theofficers of the Monastery,1 and to some of this family the windowmay have been inserted as a 1 There was, among the buildings of the Monastery, a large apartmentknown as Kents Chamber. Peter Kent, who Lad previously held otHce inthe Monastery, was collector of rents for rh- Earl of Hertford in 1544 ; andone of the lodges on the east side of the park towards Grey Bridge—curiously constructed of Hint-work, and beari
Wiltshire notes and queries . e illustration), andfilled in with red and black clay. The principal initial K pro-bably represents the name of Kent, well known as one of theofficers of the Monastery,1 and to some of this family the windowmay have been inserted as a 1 There was, among the buildings of the Monastery, a large apartmentknown as Kents Chamber. Peter Kent, who Lad previously held otHce inthe Monastery, was collector of rents for rh- Earl of Hertford in 1544 ; andone of the lodges on the east side of the park towards Grey Bridge—curiously constructed of Hint-work, and bearing the date 107. is still wellknown as Kent House, probably from its Brst occupier. 2 On one shield the initials are red interwoven with a black cord. Onthe other the same initials are black with the red cord loosed, as if tointimate by the hand of death. A notice of these escutcheons was com-municated many years ago to the Archaeological Institute by the Kcv. , of Allington, See Arch. Journ., vol. ii, p. Edward Kite. (To be continued.) Y 306 Wiltshire Notes and Queries. RECORDS OF WILTSHIRE PARISHES. BRATTON.(Continued from page 252.) Exchequer Q. R. Decrees and Orders, Book v, f. 272. [EasterTerm, 18 Elizabeth. ] .\June, is ordered and decreed by the Court of Exchequer [onthe cause of Gilbert Gerrard, attorney-general, against JohnMarquis of Winchester, touching the evidences of the manorsof Steeple Ashton, Bratton and Northstoke1] that the letterspatents, dated 26th January, 3 Edward VI, of the enrolmentand exemplification thereof shall from henceforth be void to allintents and purposes, and that the same letters patents and theenrolment and exemplification thereof to all respects and pur-poses shall be taken to be as letters surrendered and voidaccording to the true intent and meaning of the late lordMarquis of Winchester, from the day of the date of the secondletters patents, 4 Edward VI; and for the Queens furthersecurity, that the said John, now Mar
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