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- Joane Prater was the only daughter of John.
Her brother ,George already being well established in a much finer manor
(Latton Manor) and holding his own property prior to becoming the heir at
his fathers death, gave Inglesham Manor as dowery to his sisters husband.
Thomas Stephens of Swindon (son of Sir Thomas Stephens) was Joane's husband.
Thomas became the Rector of the church at Inglesham. ( I believe that George
Prater was Rector sometime before him.)
Thomas and Joane had a son named Thomas, who was granted the Rectory and
Advowson of Swindon Church the same year his father died - 1560.
He held the Rectory until his death in 1596. (he also held the grant of
Advonson in 1575,1579,1580, and 1581. This Thomas had 2 sons: John and
Nicholas. One son John Stephens (wife: Bridget) was the primary heir to his
father but only held the Grant of the Rectory for sin years when his brother,
Nicholas became of age and received the Rectory by the Will of his father,
while John Stephens retained all other property.
The Rectory was awarded to the Praters and then to the Stephens by the Crown.
John and Nicholas Stephens conveyed the Rectory to two persons in 1602, to
"hold" as a trust for Nicholas Vilett, their nephew, who received it the same
year.
The Rectory paid about 14 pounds a year with other payments for the land that
went with it, which totaled about 40 pounds a year.
It later went to John Vilett and then to John Goddard, then the Martins, Webbs
and Rollestons. (All descendants)
The tax paid to the church was a tenth of the income of the Parish.
The grant of the Rectory could supply a person a very high standard of living
during this time in history.
research by Gary Benton Prather
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