The map in figure 4 shows the major awards made by the enclosurecommissioners. The largest awards, 769 acres was made to the Prebendaryor, more accurately, to Mr Hussey who was the Prebendary's lessee. Inhis own right Mr Hussey received 548 acres and, for paying thePrebendary's expenses, he received a further 98 acres. This gave MrHussey a total of 1415 acres and made him by far the largest landholderin the parish. Lord Nugent and his lessee Mr Eliot were awarded 456acres. Fourteen leaseholders (formerly copyholders of Eastrop Manor) helda further 496 acres from Lord Nugent and Mr Eliot making Lord Nugent thelargest landowner with a total of 952 acres. The residue of the land, 855acres, was awarded to the Vicar, public roads, public quarries for therepair of the roads, and to 25 freeholders.
Of Lord Nugent's 14 leaseholders, only six can be traced in theparish registers, before enclosure, as belonging to yeoman or farmingstock. The other eight leaseholders either lived outside the parish or didnot describe themselves as yeoman or farmers. Similarly, only eight ofthe 25 freeholders can be identified as farmers before enclosure. Althoughthe major landholders (Lord Nugent, Mr Eliot, the Prebendary, Mr Hussey,John Croft and Walter Long) lived outside Highworth all the remainderlived in or very close to Highworth. For the majority of awardees farmingwas not their main livelihood but was a secondary source of income. JohnAnns, for example, was a clockmaker and hardware merchant; WalterBrind was a butcher; the two William Saunders were a grocer and acheese factor respectively; Thomas Marsh was a surgeon and apothecary: Thomas Sellman was a plumber and glazier; Henry Coleman was a mercer
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