The Parish Church. 13 



Freeholders - - - - iv. ii. ii. 



Pension from Parsonage - - - ^l'^* 



Pension from Prebend - - - ^^' ... 



Rent from the chapel of St. Anne * - - vi. viu. 



It may be mentioned, in passing, that in 1550, Sir John Thynne 

 of Longleat seems to have been the lessee of the Parsonage of All 

 Cannings in his own hands and occupation, the same being worth, 

 above the lord's rent, £28 6s. 8d. There were covenants in the 

 lease to provide the cure with two ministers, one at Ashlington 

 (Etchilhampton). In 1564, when John Fisher, the Incumbent 

 deprived under Queen Mary, had been restored, the Baynton 

 family seem to have been the lessees of the Parsonage. 



The manor of All Cannings remained for a number of years in 

 the possession of the descendants of the Protector Duke of Somer- 

 set. In 1676 it was included in the marriage settlement of Lady 

 Elizabeth Seymour with Lord Bruce. At some later period it 

 seems to have passed, by purchase, to the Nicholas family, and to 

 have been held by them for many generations. It was devised by 

 Elizabeth Nicholas, who had become possessed of it through the 

 death of her brother John Nicholas, in 1737, without issue, to her 

 great nephew Nicholas Heath, who was Rector of All Cannings, 

 and died in 1808. Georgiana, daughter of Nicholas Heath, was 

 married to Philip Gell, Esq., of Hopton Hall, co. Derby, and through 

 her he became possessed of the manor. The father of the present 

 Lord Ashburton purchased it subsequently from Mr. Philip Gell, 

 and the manor and advowson now vest in his Lordship. The 

 greater portion of the land is divided into two large farms, which 

 are held under Lord Ashburton. 



The Church.^ 

 It is in the Parish Church that archaeological interest chiefly 

 centres. It stands at the west end of the village, close to the 



• Some difficulty is felt in dcternuning to what chapel allusion is here made. Probably as the 

 pension from the Paisonage would represent the ecclesiastical revenue received by the Lord of the 

 Manor from All Cannings, and the pension from the Prebend, as we shaU hereafter see, that from 

 Allinglon, the chapel of St. Anne may be that of Etchilhampton. In a subsequent page, reasons 

 will be given for believing that chapel to be dedicated to St. Anne. 



1 It is right that we should acknowledge our obligations to Mr. E. Kite, for 

 some valuable notes on the chm-ch of All Cannings communicated to the Rev. 

 H. H. Methuen a few years ago. 



