Its owners and some historical connections - Lackham Countryside ...

The Manor of Alderton 3 rd edition
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Fig. 22 Arms of Elizabeth Jennings 173 *
The Gores had known Elizabeth’s family in the 1540’s – her mother was Joan
Bruckner, a daughter of Henry Bruckner of Melksham - Giles Gore had sold land to
Henry’s father, or possibly grandfather, Henry Brouckner, in Beanacre, Melksham,
Shawe, Seend, Sendrow, Woodrow and Wulmer 174 . This was land of the Manor and
Hundred of Melksham, which was
originally given by Henry III to the prioress and nuns of
Amesbury, for the maintenance of an obit(uary), continued to form
part of the possessions of that Monastery until its suppression in
1539 when it passed into the hands of the Crown. The Prioress'
estate lay in Melksham, Beanacre, Whitley, Woodrew, Wolmere
and Seendrow. In 1544, five years after the Dissolution, we find
messuages and lands in these places (apparently, the same
property) conveyed by Giles Gore. gent and his wife Elizabth to
Henry Brouncker 175
Edward bought land and the Manor house of Surrendell / Surrenden from John Hamlin
176 in 1594, he then owned the entire manor. Seven years later he sold the manor of
Grittleton to Henry White, who at about the same time bought Langley Burrell 177 .
173 Gore, T (1666) Syntagma Genealogicum or A genealogical treatise of the family of the
Gores of Aldrington or Alderton p179
Argent three roundels or on a fesse gules
174 Gore, T (1666) ibid p 115
175 Kite, Edward (1903) Place House, Melksham, and its owners Wilts N & Q vol IV 1902-
1904 pp242-253, 337-349, 433-440
176 Jackson, Rev JE Mss ibid
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