Excerpt from The Anatomie of Basenesse (1615)
By 'barrick Basset' is intended the small hamlet of 170 inhabitants, 'berwick Bassett' but our enquiries there directly and in the county-history, have resulted in nothing. Sib richard hoabe in his huge book on Wilts (1843) thinks it important to record that a Master James Andrews, Mayor was fined for selling strong ale (p. 274) but has not a syllable for the painfull Preacher It does not appear that he was Incumbent: prob.
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