DANTSEY, (Wiltshire) near Malmsbury, and on the same r. gave title of Baron, in the R. of K. James I. to Henry Danvers,
the above-mentioned Earl of Danby; whose brother being attainted of high-treason at the Restoration, for having been one
of the judges at the trial of Cha. I. this manor was given to James D. of York, who settled it in dowry on his second
consort, Q. Mary. On his, Abdication, it became a second time forfeited, when K. William conferred it on Charles Earl of
Peterborough. 'Tis remarked, that this p. is all one manor, and very rich pasture; so that here is made excellent cheese,
not inferior to that of Chedder, which indeed is its only commodity. 'Tis thought, that when all the lives drop upon which
this manor is leased out, it will, at a rack-rent, amount to at least 3000 l. a year. Here is a good old mansion-house,
with gardens like those of Peterborough-House on Parsons-Green, and a fine park, well timbered, tho', by the lowness of
its situation, the place is often overflowed. Yet here is no good water, either for washing or brewing; nor is there any
spring but a Chalybeat one, which turns to no account, because of the bad roads hereabouts; so that this place was never
visited by either party in the late civil wars. Here is a neat Ch. with one of the best built high square towers in the
Km. raised at the expence of one of the Lds. of Dantsey. The first of them, that was E. of Danby, founded and endowed an
almsh. and a fr. sc. here.