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In the vestry floor a later brass to the memory of John Compton, 
1501, represents himself and wife, with their five children 
beneath; on either side is the figure of an angel, with the monogram, 
a tun or barrel, upon which are the letters “J.C.” In the N. 
aisle a tablet to Samuel Daniel, d. October, 1619, records that 
“the dead body of Samuel Danyell, Esq., lyes expectinge the 
second coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, that 
excellent poete and historian who was tutor to the Lady Anne 
Clifford in her youth,” and by whom, when she was Countesse 
Dowager of Pembroke, Dorset and Montgomery, this monument 
was erected. Among the Longleat letters are two to Mr. James 
Kirton from Samuel Danyell, poet laureate temp, 2 Elizabeth. 
His chief poem was on the Wars of the Noses, and of his poetry 
Michael Drayton writes— 
His runes were smooth, his metres well did close, 
But yet his matter better fitted prose. 
He also wrote a History of England to the end of the reign of 
Edward IV. There are several monuments also to the Edgell 
family, owners of Standerwick Court. Thomas Beckington, son 
of a weaver, a Wykehamist, private secretary to Henry V1. from 
1438 to 1443, and the famous Bishop of Bath and Wells from 
1443 to 1464, to whom, amongst other things, the inhabitants 
are indebted for their conduit in the Market place, is reported to 
have been born in this village, hence Leland— 
Beckingtona mihi dedit ortum ; 
Balnea, Fontes 
Fasces, 
The church, restored by Mr. J. B. St. Aubyn, brother of a former 
treasurer of our Club consists of a nave, chancel and side aisles, 
with a fine tower at the W. end. In the N. aisle are remains of a 
reredos and piscina. There is another piscina and ambery in the 
8. aisle, a N. and 8. “squint,” two doorways leading to a rood 
loft, one in the N. wall of the chancel, another in the EK. wall of 
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