*WESTBURY, (Wiltshire) under Salisbury-Plain, 80 cm. 95 mm. from London, stands not far from a little r. which Hollinshed
calls Were. It is supposed to have risen out of the old Roman T. about half a m. to the N. where have been found
quantities of Roman coins. The Lp. after having passed through several families, came at last to the E. of Abingdon's. The
T. was first incorporated by Henry IV. then by Henry VI. by the name of mayor and capital burgesses. The present Gt. is in
a mayor, recorder, and 12 ald. or burgesses, and it had once as large privileges as Bristol. It has a good Ch. which is a
peculiar to that of Sarum. Its chief mf. is coarse broad-cloth. The Mt., which is a good one for corn, is on F. Fairs the
first F. in. Lent, and Whitson-M. Its first return to Pt. was in the 27th of Henry VI. The members are chosen by the Corp.
and burgageholders, in number about 50, and returned by the mayor.