The Baynard family - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Baynards
Philip was MP for Chippenham in 1491-92 and it was he who built the
West Porch of St. Cyriac’s church in Lacock. 168
Apart from his presence in the witness list in 1485 he first appears
in the records in 1506, when he was bound to pay the king a
recognisance of 40 marks 169 which may have been for the final
settling of his inheritance of the estates and then in 1512 he was
witness to a charter made between a farmer of Erlstoke and a
Melksham carpenter 170 .
In 1517 171 he granted a “toft 172 ” in Hilmarton to the churchwardens
there 173 so that they could build a house there for the use of the
hurch for an annual rent of 8d providing they kept it in repair
themselves (normally building repairs were the responsibility of the
landowner). Philip had reasons for his generosity; a condition of the
grant was that
168 Brocklebank, Rev GR (1968) The Heraldry of the Church of St. Cyriac in
Lacock The Uffington Press p13
169 Calendar Close Rolls vol II 1500-1509 HMSO 1963 No 653 p250 dated
November 6th 1506 Recognizance by Philip Baynard of Latham co Wilts of 40m
to the king condition five yearly payments of 21l at Christmas
170 W&SHC 212B/4818 dated May 1 st 1512
171 Gloucester Record Office D2700/NR11/1/20 dated 15 th August 1514
172 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toft_village
Generally toft = a small farm, relatively closely packed together with others,
making a “toft village” – it is possible that Pen, near Hilmarton is one such.
However in this case it was clearly a piece of land, which lay “in the high street
of Helmerton between 'le fermegrounde' on the east and the highway on the
west, abutting north on the churchyard, and south on the highway” [GRO
D2700/NR11/1/20 ibid]
173 William Holwey and Richard Mounteyne
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