MELKSHAM, (Wiltshire) to the N.E. of Bradford and Trowbridge, had a forest in the R. of Edw. I. of which Matth. Fitz-John,
governor of the Devizes-Castle, was warden; and the forest of Chippenham was joined with it. Both the manor and parsonage
are held by leases for several lives, from the D. and C. and treasurer of Sarum. Here is a considerable mf. of broad-
cloth, and the finest sort.