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

The Manor of Alderton 3rd edition
and details are given of the land that they owned (see Appendix 2, Table 3)
Both the Gores and the Whites were well to do – apart from leaving her son a
hundred pounds in twenty-shilling gold pieces 207 , Lydia bequeathed various
costly personal items that Thomas, mentioned in his will, for example
my guilt (sic) standing cup with a cover as also a faire
wrought guilt salt with a cover, and two little wrought guilt
trencher salts, and also three wrought guilt wine-bowls. All
of which guilt plate was formerly my Grandfather’s 208 by my
mother’s side and also….my chaine of gold which was given
me by my grandmother 209 on my mother’s side [ie William
White’s wife, name unknown] and her wedding ring of
gold….and also of a gold scale-ring having WW engraven upon
it, which was my grandfather’s on my mother’s side …and
also my wrought silver watch with divers motions in it which
was my dear Mother’s 210
Other valuables belonging to Lydia White detailed in Thomas’ will were a
“wrought guilt bottle with a guilte chaine affixed thereunto which was my
207 Jackson, Rev JE (1873) The Last Will of Thomas Gore, the Antiquary WAM XLIV,
no LX pp 5-9.
Thomas’ original will is held in the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre (W&SHC
212B/18) and is a very large document covering several full sized parchments –
Jackson’s transcription in WAM is much easier to follow!
208 There was a memorial to this gentleman, recorded by Aubrey (Jackson, Rev JE
(1862) (ed) ibid p50) in St Giles’ church:
An epitaph upon the death of Mr William James, Gentilman, who departed this life the
28 th March 1637 (aet. suae 56)
209 Jackson, Rev JE (1862) (ed) Aubrey’s Topographical Collections 1 North Wiltshire
p73
There is also a memorial inscription to this lady in Alderton Church :
An Epitaph upon the death of that godly and grave Matron MRS ANNE JAMES. Wife
of Mr William James, Gentleman, and Mother of mrs. Lydia Gore, wife of Charles Gore
of Aldrington Esquire, whose body heare lieth interred in hope of the Resurrection.
Obiit 20 Decembris An Salutis 1636 aet. suae 70
It is noted that James survived his wife by only 13 weeks
210 Jackson, Rev JE (1873) ibid
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