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at this time but I can find no written record either of them or of the battle.

A. D. 1664. This year the celebrated antiquary, Antony Wood, paid a visit to Bampton. We learn this fact from his own diary, which was published by Hearne in a work containing the biographies of the three antiquaries, Leland, Hearne, and Wood. At page 192 of the second volume of that book we find the following memorandum :

"At Northmore with Mr. Pet. Nicolls, where we were entertained by Mr. Twyford. Thence wee went to Bampton, where wee lodged one night in the house of Mr. Cook, one of the vicars. The next morning very early I went to the castle, neare the church there, and took the ruins thereof, and so return'd to Oxon."

This sketch of the castle is engraved in the volume of biography above-mentioned: the original is still preserved among the papers of Ant. Wood in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, No. 8505. It is very rudely drawn and in the present day would be thought a most contemptible performance, even for an amateur : yet it nevertheless furnishes sufficient data upon which, with the assistance of the existing ruins, a plan of the west front of the castle might be constructed with tolerable accuracy.

A. D. 1677. Dr. Plott's History of Oxfordshire was published this year, bearing the following title:

"The Natural History of Oxfordshire, being an essay toward the Natural History of England. By R. P [lott]. LL. D. Printed at the Theater in Oxford, and are to be had there: And in London at Mr. S. Miller's, at the Star near the West-end of St. Paul's Church-yard. 1577. The price in sheets at the press, nine shillings. To subscribers, eight shillings."

A. D. 1700. In the Rawlinson MS., which was written about this time, I find the following passage, which gives the state of the manors, &c. about this date.

"Lords of the manor and hundred of Bampton, George Talbot earl of Shrewsbury (his elder brother being a ...... abroad) and William Coventry esq. - present vicars, 1. Mr John Edmonds, M. A. St. John's coll. Camb. 2. Mr. Thomas Snell, M. A. fellow of Ex. Coll. Oxf.-The Dean and Chapter of Exeter have a manor here and at Chimney, leased at about £600 per an. by Mr. Veisey, and £300 more by Mrs. Crofts. -Lord of the manor of Shifford is Tho. Slatter, alias Bacon; it was purchased of Sonibank Vesey- Lord of the manor of Aston and

Coate, Alan Horde esq. Weald belongs to Shrewsbury and Coventry. Haddon belongs to Sir Rob. Throckmorton. Lew belongs to Shrewsbury and Coventry." Church dedicated to St. Peter. "The parsonage

or glebe-land without any tithes, is lett by the dean and chapter of Exeter to Mr. John Dew at 8 score pounds p. an., renewable every 7th year in a lease of 21 years. The dean and chapter of Exeter have the tithes of the several farms, now lett out to the Rev. Mr. Wine of Kingston, in value about 150 lib. p. an., of which 20 p. an. is let to Mr. Nabbs."

A. D. 1812. The date of an Act of Parliament 52 Geo III, c. 46, by which the land round Bampton was inclosed, and three estates set apart for the Vicars in compensation for the tithes, which they formerly received.

OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, &c.

1. KING ALFRED'S PARLIAMENT AT SHIFFORD, A. D. 890. From an ancient Anglo-Saxon Manuscript, formerly in the Cottonian library, and quoted by Spelman in his Life of Alfred; but now supposed to be lost.

AT Sifford seten thaines manie,

Fele biscopes, and fele boclered,

Erles prude, cnihtes egloche.

There was erle Alfric, of the lage swuth wise;

And ec Alfred Engle-hirde, Engle-derling.

On Engelond he was king: hem he gan leren

Swo hi heren mihten, hu hi here lif leden scolden.

ALFRED he was on Engelond a king wel swithe strong;
He was king and clerk: wel he luvede God's werk:
He was wise on his word, and war on his speche;
He was the wisest man that was on Engelond.

THUS qwath Alvred, Engle frofre,
"Wolde ye nu liben and lusten yure louerd,
And he yu wolde wisen wiseliche thinges,
Hu

ye mihten werlds wurthscipe welden,

And ec yure soule samne to Criste,"

Wise weren the cwethen the saide the king Alfred!
"Mildeliche I mune yu, mine dere friend, arme
And edilede luviende, that ye all drede yure
Drihten Crist, luviend him and licen; for he is
Louerd of Life; he is one God over all godnesse;
He is one blisse over alle blessedness;

He is one manne, milde maister; he one folce fader,
And frofre: he is one riht wis and riche king,
That him ne scal be pane noht of his will
Hwo him here on werlde wurthend and eth."

THUS Cwath Alvred, Engle frofre,

"He mai no riht cing ben under Crist self,

But he be boclered, wis o loage,

And he hise writes wel icweme, and he cunne
Letres locen himselve hu he scal his lond

Lagelice helden."

THUS Cwath Alvred Engle frofre:

"The erl and the atheling tho ben under the cing,

The lond to leden mid lagelic deden.

Bothe the clerc and the cniht demen evenliche riht:

For after that to man soweth,

Therafter he scal mowen;

And elfrilces mannes dom to his ogen dure charigeth,"

THUS Cwath Alvred, "The cniht behoveth
Ceneliche to mowen vor to werie the lond

Of hunger, and of heregong,

That the Chureche have grith, and te cherl be in frith,
His sedes to sowen, hise medes to mowen,

His plowes to driven to ure alre bilif.

This is the cnihtes lage, to locen that it wel fare, &c.

II. CHARTER OF LEOFRIC TO THE CHURCH OF EXETER.
A. D. 1046.

From an ancient MS. preserved in the Bodleian library [Auctarium, D, 2, 16.]

Her swutelath on thissere Christes boc hwæt Leotric bishop hæfth gedon innto sancte Petres minstre on Exanceastre; thær his biscopstol is, that is that he hæfth geinnod that ær geutod was thurh Godes fultum and thurh his forespræce and thurh his gærsuma. that is ærost thæt land æt Culmstoke, and that land æt Brancescumbe, and æt Sealtcumbe, and that land æt sancte Maria circean, and thæt land æt Stofordtune, and æt Swearcan wille, and that land æt Morceshille, and Sidefullan hiwisc, and that land æt Brihtrices stane, and that land æt Toppeshamme, theah the Harold hit mid unlage utnam, and thæt land æt Stoke, and that land æt Sydebirig, and that land æt Niwantune, and æt Northtune, and that land æt Clist the Wid hæfde. Thonne ys thisse eaca on landum the he hæfth of his agenum thæt minster midgegodod for his hlaforda sawlum, and for his agenre: tham Godes theowum to bigleofan the for heora sawlum thingian sceolon. thæt ys ærost that land æt BEMTUNE, and æt ESTTUNE, and æt Čeommenige, and that land æt Doflisc and æt Holacumbe, and æt Suthwuda, and he ne funde tha he to tham minstre feng nan mare landes the thider ynn gewylde wære, thonne twa hida landes æt Ide, and thæron næs orf-cynnes nan mare buton VII hrutheru. Thonne ys this seo oncnawennis the he hæfth God mid gecnawen and sanctum Petrum into tham halgan minstre on circlicum madmum that is thæt he hæfth thider ynn gedon II b. roda and II mycele gebonede roda butan othrum litum silfrenum swur rodum and II mycele Christes boc gebonede, and III gebonede serin, and I geboned altare, and V silfrene caliceas, and IV corporales, and I silfren pipe, and V, fulle mæssereaf, and II dalmatica, and III pistelroccas, and IV subdiacones handlin, and III cantercæppa, and III canterstafas,and V pællene weofod sceatas, and VII of brædelsas and II tæppedu, and III bera scin, and VII setl hrægel and II ricg-hrægel,and II wahre t, and VI mæsene-sceala, and II gebonede hnæppas, and IVhornas, and II mycele gebonede candlesticcan, and VI læssan candelsticcan gebonede, and I silfren stor-cylle mid silfren stor-sticcan, and VIII læflas, and II guthfana, and I mere [FORTE merc], and VI mid reca, and Í firdwæn, and I cyste, and thær næron ær buton VIIupphangene bella, and nu thær sind XIII upphangene, and XII handbella and II fulle mæsse-boc, and I collectaneum, and II pistel-boc, and II fulle sang-boc and I niht-sang, and I Ad te levavi, and I tropere, and II salteras, and se thriddan saltere swa man singth on Rome, and II ymneras, and I deorwyrthe bletsing-boc, and III othre and I Englisc Christes boc, and II sumer ræding-boc, and I winter ræding-boc, and Regula canonicorum, and Martyrologium, and I canon on Leden, and I scrift boc on Englisc, and I full spell boc, wintres and sumeres, and Boeties boc on Englisc, and I mycel Englisc boc; be gehwilcum thingum on leoth wiran geworht, and he ne funde on tham mynstre tha he to feng boca na ma buton ane capitularie, and I fore aldodne nihtsang, and I pistel boc, and II forealdode ræding boc swithe wake, and I wac mæssereaf. And thur fela leden boca he beget inn to tham mynstre liber pastoralis, and liber dialogorum and

libri IV prophetarum, and liber Boetii de consolatione, and Isagoge Porphyrii, and I passionalis, and liber Prosperi, and liber Prudentii Psychomachiæ, and liber Prudentii hymnorum, and liber Prudentii de martyribus, and liber Ezechielis prophetæ, and Cantica Canticorum, and liber Isaiæ prophetæ on sundron, and liber Isidori etymologiarum, and passiones apostolorum, and expositio Bedæ super evangelium Lucæ, and expositio Bedæ super Apocalypsim, and expositio Bedæ super VII epistolas canonicas, and liber Isidori de novo et veteri testamento, and liber Isidori de miraculis Christi, and liber Osorii, and liber Machabæorum, and liber Persii, and Sedulies boc, and liber Aratoris, and diadema monachorum, and Glosæ Statii, and liber officialis Amalarii.

And ofer his dæg he ann his capellan thider binnan forth mid him silfum on eallum tham thingum the he silf dede mid Godes theninge on ther gerad ther tha Godes theowas the thær binnan beoth afre his sawle gemunon mid heora gebedum and mæsse-sangum to Christe and to sancte Petre and to eallum tham halgum the ther halige minister is fore gehalgod ther his sawle beo gode the anfengre, and se the thas gyfu, and thisne unnan wille Gode, and sancte Petre æt Bredan si him heofena rice ætbroden, and si he ecelice genitherod into helle pite.

III. SURVEY OF BAMPTON, A. D. 1086.

From Domesday Book, written in the reign of William the Conqueror and preserved in the chapter-house at Westminster. This valuable record has been printed by the Commissioners in 5 vols folio but with abbreviations, as in the Original; which makes it difficult to read that the extract may be more perspicuous and intelligible, it is here printed without abbreviations.

[DOMESDAY BOOK, THE PRINTED EDITION, VOL. I, P. 154].

Rex tenet BENTONE: ibi sunt XXVII hidæ et dimidia. In dominio sunt VI carræ, et VI servi, et XL villani, et XVII buri, et XIII bordarii : habent XVI carras tempore Regis Edwardi habebant XXVI carras.

Ibi quatuor molini [molinæ], XXV solidorum. De piscariis XX solidos; de pratis XLV solidos; de mercato L solidos; de pasnagio et salinis de Wic et aliis consuetudinibus hominum IX libras et XIII solidos; de annona anni XV libras. Soca duorum hundredorum pertinet huic manerio.

Inter totum reddit per annum quatuor XX libras et XL solidos ad nume

rum.

Dimidum hidæ tenet Ilbertus de Laci, dono Episcopi Baiocensis: et Walterus filius Ponz tenet quandam particulam terræ; et Henricus de Fereires tenet quandam silvam, quam tenuit Bundi forestarius.

Hoc totum testatur comitatus pertinere ad dominium regis.

[ALSO VOL. I, PAGE 155. No. v.]

TERRA EPISCOPI DE EXECESTRE.

Episcopus Exoniensis tenet de rege VI hidas in BENTONE, et Robertus de eo ; Leuric episcopus tenuit. Terra est V carrarum; nunc in dominio duæ carræ, et duo servi; et X villani cum VII bordariis. Habent VII carras. Ibi II piscariæ de XXXIII solidis set XLVIII acreas prati. Tempore regis Edwardi, valebant IV libris, modo VI libris.

IV. CHARTER OF KING HENRY III, DATED MARCH 10, 1249,
GRANTING THE MANOR OF BAMPTON TO WILLIAM
DE VALENCE.

Among the Records in the custody of the Master of the Rolls, pursuant to Stat. 1 and 2 Vict.,