22 The History oj the Parish of All Cannings. 



appear on a shield, above which is the crest of Ernie, nz. — "A 

 man's head side-faced couped at the shoulders proper, and wearing a 

 long cap harry of six or and sable, stringed and tasselled or." 



2. A second monument of the same family bears the following 



names ; — 



" Sir Jota Ernie, Rector of All Cannings, (son of "Walter Ernie, Esq., brother 

 to Sir Walter, of Conock, and grandson to Sir "Walter, of Etchilhampton, Bart.) 

 who died 30 Mar. 1734, aged 53. His wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Smith, 

 Esq., of Alton Priors, who died 9 Mar. 1729, aged 39. Also two of their 

 children — Walter, who died in 1733, aged 20 ; and Gertrude, who died in 1715, 

 aged 9 months." 



3. William Fowle, Esq., died July 8th 1796. Arms—" Gules, a 

 lion passant between three cinquefoils or." This monument is at 

 the west end of the Nave. 



4. Rev. William Fowle, M.A., who succeeded his maternal uncle, 

 Sir John Ernie, in the Rectory of All Cannings, (his mother being 

 the elder daughter of John Smith, Esq., of Alton). He died 

 May 21st, 1770, aged 62. This monument is on the north side of 

 the Chancel. 



6. John Nicholas, Esq., son of Edward Nicholas, Kt., principal 

 Secretary of State to Charles I. and II. He died Feb. 25th, 1737, 

 aged 64. 



6. Richard Biggs, Esq., of Wichbury, Wilts, died 5th April, 

 1774. Penelope, his wife, daughter and coheiress of John Nicholas, 

 Esq., died September 2nd, 1771. 



These last two monuments are in the south transept. 



The Rectory. 



The earliest valuation of the Rectory is contained in the Taxatio 



Ecclesiastica. ^ It is there called the Church of Albecanyng. The 



annual value is estimated at £13 6s. 8d., (or 20 marks), and the 



tenths payable on the same came to £1 6s. 4d. 



hood. Possibly Malwyn only was adopted because the estates came primarily 

 from that family. In Preshute Church is a hatchment of Daniel, in which we 

 have the Ernie quarterings and there the arms of Best viz., " Gules, 3 sheafs of 

 arrows, one in pale, two in saltire, banded or," are in their proper place as 

 bringing in Malwyn. More on the subject of the Malwyn and Ernie families, 

 will be found in a subsequent page in the account of Etchilhampton. 

 ' Taxat. Eccles. p. 189. 



