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NOTES AND QUERIES. [u s, iv. AUG. 5, 1911.

Rudder in his ' New History of Gloucester- shire,' 1779, says under Upleaden :

" The manor continued in the abbey [of St. Peter at Gloucester] till the general dissolution, when it passed to the crown, by which it was afterwards granted to John Arnold, who died seised of it 37 H. 8, and livery was granted to sir Nicholas Arnold, his son and heir, the same year. Rowland Arnold, son of sir Nicholas, left an only daughter Dorothy, married to sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecot in Warwickshire, who was lord of the manor in the year 1608. It afterwards passed to Thomas Brown esq. alderman of Gloucester."

Sir Nicholas Arnold was one of the commis- sioners for inventories of church goods in 1552. His signature is on an inventory preserved in the parish church of Siston.

In 1554 he joined Sir Thomas Wyatt of Kent, Sir Peter Carew of Devon, Sir Nicholas Throckmorton of Gloucester, and others in a conspiracy arising out of the general antipathy to the marriage of Queen Mary and Philip of Spain (note by the Rev. J. M. Hall in Trans. Bris. and Glouc. Archceolog. Soc., vol. xix. p. 305).

Under Newent, Rudder says :

" After the general dissolution of religious foundations, the manor of Newent and a wood called Yarkledon, were granted to sir Richard Lee 1 Ed. VI. Sir Nicholas Arnold was after- wards lord of it and sold it to Sir William Wintour."

In a list of pensions payable in 1555 (B.M., Add. MS. 8102) occur " Lanthonia juxta Glouc' nup' monast'iu' Ann fc . Nich'i Arnolde mits LX S ," and " S'ci Petri, Glouc. nup Sen 11 Monasterium Nich'i Arnolde mi ts om'i possess' d'ci nup' monasterii xiiii 11 V s x (1 " (Trans. Bris. and Glouc. Arch. Soc., xxix. 115, 118).

On 24 Oct., 4 Eliz. (1562), on the institu- tion to the vicarage of Churcham with Bulley, Gloucestershire, of Francis Goughe, priest, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral, the bond to the bishop was given by the said Francis Goughe and Richard Arnold of Churcham, Esq., and bears their signatures (Glouc. dioc. records in MS.).

Atkyns says under Westbury-on-Severn : "There were two chantries in this church, whereof one was dedicated to St. Nicholas, and the lands belonging to it were granted to Sir Nicholas Arnold 5 Eliz."

He also mentions "an inscription in the chancel for Mr. Anthony Arnold of the Grange, who died 1678."

Atkyns, tracing the descent of the manor of Kingsholm in the parish of St. Mary de Lode, in the city of Gloucester, says :

"Rowland Arnold, esq. died seised of the manor of Kingsholm : he left Dorothy his only daughter and heiress married to Thomas Luci, who in right of his wife had livery of this manor 15 Eliz."

Gloucester Corporation accounts show a payment in 1553 : " Gevyn to Maister Arnoldes servauntes on May Day at the bryngyng in of May, 20s. More to those persons that daunsed the moorys daunse the same tyme 5s." This was probably Row- land Arnold.

In 'Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester,' by W. R. Williams (1898), occurs the following on p. 41 :

"Sir Nicholas Arnold of Hyneton, a distin- guished statesman, was the son of John Arnold (who was granted the manors of Highnam and Over, by the Crown, 1541). Sir Nicholas, who had livery of these' manors on his father's death 37 Hen. 8, presented to Dormington 1546, and to Cusop, co. Hereford, 1563, and was a Gentleman Pensioner to the King in Jan., 1526. He m. (1) Margaret, dau. of Sir William Dennys of Dyrham, and (2) Margaret, widow of Nicholas Hore of Harpersdown, Wexford, and dau. and co-heir of John Isham of Bryanstown, Grand Seneschall of co. Wexford. She d. Sept., 1616. He was H.S. co. Gloucester 1558, 1559, Gustos Rotulorum till his death April, 1580, Knighted about 1553, M.P. co. Gloucester 1545-7, Feb. to 31 March, 1553, Sept. to Dec., 1555, Gloucester city 1559, 1563-7, Cricklade 1571, and co. Gloucester 1572 till his decease. He was app. one of the Council of the Marches of Wales June, 1574, and was Lord Deputy of Ireland 1564-5. 'He bred the best horses in England ' (Hollinshed). In March, 1556, Thomas White made a deposition implicat- ing Sir Nicholas Arnold in the plot to kill the King and Queen. As J.P. co. Gloucester, Arnold wrote the Council 20 Sept., 1571, certify- ing his proceedings in search and watch for rogues and vagabonds. On 17 April, 1580, the Mayor of Gloucester requested the Council to grant a 'separate commission to take the musters of their city ; Sir Nicholas Arnold and Thomas Purie, named in the late commission, are dead.' "

A short search in the records of the Gloucester Consistory Court shows that "Sir Nicholas Arnold, Kt., and Mr. Richard Arnold, Esq.,"as farmers of the rectory of Churcham, brought several suits for non- payment of tithe, 1560-68. They produced an indenture of a grant of tithes and eccle- siastical dues made by the Abbot and Convent of St. Peter, Gloucester, to John Arnolde, Esq., for 99 years, dated 10 Aug*, 21 Hen. VIII. ; also the wills of John Arnold, Esq., and Isabel Arnold, widow, their late parents, proved and approved by the late Archbishop of Canterbury. These records doubtless contain other infor- mation respecting the family which will be available on their publication.

F. S. HOCKADAY. . Highbury, Lydney.