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widow of Sir Thomas Berkeley, from the coheirs of Sir Roger Aston. It became the Berkeleys' Dower House.

I will now refer to various authorities for the documentary study of the history of Harlington.

First in importance for the systematic records of the parish is the Rev. Herbert Wilson's ' Eight Hundred Years of Harling- ton Parish Church,' published by Lucy & Birch, Uxbridge, 1909. This is an excellent little volume, containing a mass of valuable information upon the architecture of the church, the bells, the plate, the Registers, inscriptions, inventories, &c. It has also about twenty-five illustrations, including reproductions of numerous monuments of the Lovell and De Salis families and a Monemouthe brass. It contains two illus- trations of the old yew tree one a repro- duction of an uncommon print, showing the yew clipped in 1729, and another showing its natural growth at the present time. The annual clipping of this yew in Whitsun week was for long a village function which at- tracted numbers from a distance. The last clipping was in 1825. Mr. Wilson's book has no index, but otherwise is most meritori- ous.

Daniel Ly sons' s ' Middlesex Parishes not described in the Environs of London ' has a long chapter upon Harlington, and from this most subsequent writers upon the place have drawn. Lysons gives extracts from the Registers and from Domesday Book, also a good many bits of family history.

Edward Walford's * Greater London,' vol. i., has several pages devoted to Harling- ton, giving a most readable epitome of much interesting matter. It has three illustrations of Harlington Church.

James Thome's ' Handbook to the En- virons of London,' 2 vols., 1876, compresses into a few columns the essential facts in the history of the parish. Thome's book should be reprinted. There is none better for those who visit places in the home counties and wish to know their history.

The P.C.C. wills contain the following relating to the parish of Harlington :

Ambrose Coppinger, 1604 [42 Harte].

Isaacke Amye, 1627 [97 Skynner].

Giles Besouth, 1623 [24 Swann].

Henry Farrington,1617 [38 Weldon].

Azaria Fuller, 1607 [73 Huddlestone].

Robert Huick, 1581 [13 Daveyl

Hugh Zulley, 1570 [29 LyonJ.

Robert Aubrey, 1488 [14 Welles].

Dame Jane Garryahe, 1552 [13 Powell!.

Hugh Glasyer, 1558 [17 Welles].

Christopher Litton, 1505 [40 Holgrave].

A year or so ago Mr. F. Marcham of Tottenham issued a list of Middlesex Deeds which he had for sale. Those which related to Harlington were as follows :

March 25, 1596. Ambrose Fysher of Harlington and Anne his wife and William Geale of Har- mondesworth. Land in the common fields.

The Manor of Harlington with Shepistone,. Aug. 4, 1629. A certificate of the number of acres in Harl. held by John Tayler, Robert Combes, George Byran, in behalf of their wives (Jpane^ Rebecca, and Eliz.), and by Anne Fisher. Partition.

Feb. 18, 1633. Robert Durant of Hessel, co. Kingston upon -Hull, and Nathaniel Durant of Woxbridge, co. Midd. Land in common fields of Harlington and Hessel. Sigs. of first two parties.

Robert Combes the elder of Harlington. Copy- will dated Aug. 28, 1654.

Manor of Harlington with Shepeton, July 2 r 1664. Adm. of Elizabeth Monke, widow.

Same Manor, April 25, 1674. Adm. of Ezekiel Monk, brother and heir of Elizabeth Draper, wife- of Luke Draper (on her death).

Rebecca Combes of Harlington, widow. Copy will dated Nov. 24, 16/4.

The Manor, Dec. 31, 1679. Adm. of Robert Coombes on surr. of Katherine Winchester, of Isle worth.

The Manor, April 20, 1688. Adm. of John Adman by William Hutchins of Ickenham, his guardian,, on death of William Adman, his father.

Robert Coombes of Harlington. Copy will dated Jan. 29, 1691.

The Manor, April 21, 1693. Adm. of George Palmer on death of Anne Palmer.

The Manor, Dec. 2, 1700. Adm. of Anne Coombes, widow, on surr. of Rebecca Jenny, widow, who was adm. on surr. of Richrd. Sparks.

The Manor, May 25, 1705. Mortgage of John Tickner of Heston and Richard Coombes.

The Manor, May 21, 1706. Adm. of John Adman of Ickenham on death of his kinsman William Hutchins.

Robert Combes of Harlington. Copy will dated Oct. 27, 1710.

The Manor, Jan. 7, 1711. Adm. of Elisha Combes (bro. and heir) on death of Robt. Combes.

Ann Combes of HarlinRton, widow. Copy will dated Aug. 29, 1711. Dau. Anne, the wife of John Palmer, &c.

Elisha Combes of same. Copy will dated Oct. 16,. 1718.

Lease for a year, July 5, 1778. Deborah Crow of St. Luke, Mdx., spinster, and John Springham of same, and Thomas Strong of S. Giles w'out Cripplegate. The White Hart, &c.

Marriages at Harlington, 1540-1812, ex- tracted from the Parish Registers, may be found printed in Phillimore's ' Middlesex Parish Registers,' vol. i., 1909. The Charities Reports, vol. ix. and vol. xxviii. r contain a quantity of interesting details of Harlington charities. There were Lady Pointz's Charity and Lord Ossulston's, and by another gift the bellringers were given a piece of land to provide a leg of pork for ringing on Nov. 5. The land was called