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The Manor of Alderton 3 rd edition
The Parishoners of Aldrington suspect that …. they may
have an improchment made upon them in continuance of
time, & being here named a Chapell may lose their parochial
Rights, & be represented a Chapell annexe a part of the
parish of Sherstone. 233
They advanced several good arguments in support of their case 234 . This
dispute went on for a long time, but eventually Alderton prevailed.
Names that are found in both the land and this letter are Thomas Gore, Charles
Gore, George Bushell and John Jacques 235 . The Jaques were a well-established
family locally – Richard Jaques was rector of Grittleton at about this time and
his brother George was sponsor for Dr Tully in 1657.
Much of the written evidence of Alderton is lost to us, even the manuscript by
Thomas has mainly transcripts of some of the material that was in existence.
There is, for example, reference in Charles' writings to a lost "register" from
the years 1614 –1629. Terrible things happen to manuscripts - "This register is
not now extant, it is said to have been eaten by some greyhound puppies in the
memory of man!" 236
233 Gore T (?) An (undated) letter to the Bishop of Sarum, but inscribed in a later
hand on the outside “Aldrington case “ Originally this was located in W&SHC
212a/27/40 it is now to be found in W&SHC 84/43.
234 Gore T (?) ibid see Appendix 1.5 for the text.
235 Assuming the G Bushell of 1665 was George and J Jaques was John
The same families also appear, William Watts in 1665, Andrew and Samuel Watts in
1676 and it maybe that the Rolfe of ’65 is the same family as Riffe of ‘76
236 Gesland, Francis (1858) manuscript dated Oct 6 th 1858, bound into the front of
Jackson's Mss in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries, London.
There is, however, a pencil written note in the margin that states "The greyhound
puppies were not guilty of this crime. The old registers were, in 1858, discovered by
JE Jackson in the bottom of one of Mr. Neeld's boxes of Title Deeds which had been
lying at his bankers in London since he purchased Alderton. They have been restored
to the Register Chest". What has happened to the documents, or the chest, is
unknown.
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