*DOWNTON, (Wiltshire) alias DONCKETON, 67 cm. 84 mm from London, is an ancient Bor. by prescription. The Mt. is on F. and the Fairs April 12, and St. Matthews-day. 'Tis pleasantly situate on the Avon, and governed by a mayor, chose yearly, at the court-leet of Sir James Ashe, Ld. of the manor, under the Bp. of Winchester. This place was the seat of that hero Beavois of Southampton.