328 Rood Ashton, Se. 
In one of the houses at Steeple Ashton, occupied by Mr. Deacon, 
there are some pieces of stained glass heraldry in the window, and 
among them the arms of Cecil, Marquis of Exeter. I used to be 
much puzzled to know what business that coat had at Steeple 
Ashton, where the Cecils never had property ; but my late lamented 
friend Mr. Wilton (who knew Steeple Ashton traditions well) told 
me that many years ago the house had once been occupied by a Mr. 
Hicks, a cuwrioso, and collector of such things, and that this was 
the way it came there... Little matters of that kind often mislead 
the inquisitive archzologist, and give a deal of trouble for no- 
thing. : 
Among the Vicars of Steeple Ashton there have been two or three 
of whom something remains beyond the mere name. George Webbe 
(of Wiltshire family), Vicar in 1605, was appointed to the Bishoprick 
of Limerick, and during some riots was imprisoned by the rebels in 
daughter, 1732. Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of George Turner of Linfield, Co. 
Surrey, 172—. Arms, Vairé A. & G. three annulets counterchanged, Amer- 
ville. On a small obelisk against the south wall, John Sharp, 1814. He was 
great nephew of Rey. Samuel Hey, formerly Vicar. A brass plate, witha 
merchant’s mark, towards the east end, to Peter Crooke, who left 40s. a year to” 
the poor for ever, is described in ‘‘ Kite’s Wilts Brasses,” p. 89. 
In the Nave, Thomas Darcy of Grangebeg, Co. Westmeath, 1819. Arms 
Crusilly of cross crosslets, three cinquefoils or. Motto, ‘‘ Un dieu, un foy,’’ 
Below, William James Sugden of Bath, 1810. Mr. Darcy married a Miss Long 
(not of the Rood Ashton family) and took the name of Sugden under a will. 
In the north aisle, John Hicks, 1782. John Lewis Hicks, his son, 1788. 
' The elder Mr. Hicks was a lawyer: he married the daughter of Rey. John 
Lewis, Rector of Great Chalfield, and left a small charity. The son wasa 
captain, and collector of curiosities. 
At the east end was once a brass to John Stylman, of Steeple Ashton, and 
his wife, Christian Philpot of Erle Stoke, the arms of the wife being a cross 
between four swords erect. The Stylman family were of old date in this parish. 
Their Pedigree isin the ‘Visitation of 1565.” [Harl. MS., 5184., p, 137.] 
Markes is also another ancient family here ; see the same Visitation. 
Among the monuments in the church-yard is, on the north side, one to Ellen 
Jones, daughter of Richard Long of Rood Ashton, Esq., and wife of Daniel 
Jones, of Bradford. She died 1794, Also Mrs. Warriner of Conock, 1815, et 
94, daughter of Richard Long, Esq. Another records Dorothy, third daughter 
of Thomas Browne, Esq., of Camfield Place near Hatfield, Herts. [He was 
Garter King at Arms.] Her sister Martha was wife of Dr. Richard Hey, 
brother of Samuel Hey, Vicar here. 
