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

The Manor of Alderton 3rd edition
senior was confined for the birth of Mary Thomas bought her a “cloath Bed of
a sad 279 colour lined with Lemmon-coloured sarsnet” 280 . Mary junior married
Thomas Polden of Imber 281 and died in 1690 282 , without children. She was
left £2,200, for her marriage portion, in her father’s will.
It has always been thought, and is so shown in Gore’s book, that Mary jun was
the only daughter however in the Alderton Parish Registers there is an entry
recording the birth of “Elizabeth Gore, daughter of Thomas Gore and Mary
born 19 December 1669, baptized 31 December 1669” No other record of
Elizabeth has so far been found, it is likely she died young but this is not
recorded in the Alderton registers
The eldest son and heir, also named Thomas, was born 10 th December 1665 283 ,
and the youngest was Edward who was born in 1669, died in 1686 and was
buried at Alderton 284 ***insert DNB bit***
Thomas Gore the Antiquarian died at Aldrington alias Alderton on 31 st March,
1684 285 and was buried in the church, his monument is against the north wall
of the chancel 286 . s
278 Maria filia Thomae Gore de Aldrington als Alderton in agro Wiltoniae armigeri and
Mariae uxoris juc quinot die February 16 Car Ann dom 1663 (Alderton Parish Registers
W&SHC 1078/2).
279 June Badeni here has “sage”, which makes more sense (Badeni J (1966) Wiltshire
Forefathers)
280 Jackson, Rev JE (1873) The Last Will of Thomas Gore, the Antiquary WAM XLIV,
no LX p6
281 Thomas Polden was the son of Thomas Polden and Elizabeth Eyre, the eldest
daughter of Robert Eyre of Chalfield.
282 12 November 1690
283 Alderton Parish Registers, W&SHC fiche. Thomas Gore senior’s book has,
strangely, December 17 th , but this may have been the date of his baptism rather than
birth.
284 According to Jackson’s pedigree, but 1676 according to the DNB
285 Alderton Parish Registers W&SHC fiche
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