The Society's MSS. Chiseldon, &c. 165 
my decease twenty pounds. Item I give unto twelve poore people of the towne 
and parish of Wootton Bassett that doe not receive Alm the summe of three 
_ pounds to be paid unto such of them upon the ffeast of St. Thomas the Apostle 
4 yearly as my son John Jacob during his life shall think fitt and after his 
decease unto those as my son Thomas Jacob if then living shall nominate 
And in case of their neglect or failure to be disposed of by the Mayor then 
being and the overseers of the poor of the said parish and in such manner and 
soe long tyme as I by the above mentioned Indenture of Release have there 
unto appointed Item I give unto the poor of Wootton Bassett five pounds 
‘Item I give to the poor of Hilmarton fforty shillings and to the poor of Norton 
q fforty shillings And to the poor of Lea and Cleverton fforty shillings and to 
- the poor of Hillington twenty shillings and to the poor of Grittleton twenty 
shillings Item I give unto all my household servants which shall be liveing 
with me at my decease fforty shillings apeece Item I give unto Isaac 
Manning and his heires for ever one Lot of wood in Silkewood which I 
_ purchased of one Thomas Isgar for which I received of the said Isaac Manning 
sixteen pounds and ten shillings.” Residue to son Jobn Jacob, executor. 
Dated 4 Sept., 4 Ann, 1705, proved 15 November, 1706, by son and exor. 
; C.P.C. Eedes, fo, 237. 
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In addition to the entries, printed above, of the burials of Mr. 
_ Roger Calley and Martha his wife, there are, in the Hilmarton 
registers, several persons of the name of Calley recorded, whose 
connexion with Mr. Roger Calley and his ancestors has not been 
ascertained. At a somewhat later date, as appears by returns in 
e Society’s possession, there was at any rate one family of the 
ame in this neighbourhood, at Lyneham, in receipt of parish 
relief; and certainly within two hundred years of the first settlement 
of the family in North Wilts, male descendants of the common 
ancestor were to be found, living almost side by side, but—as 
i‘ invariably happens—belonging to grades of society the most 
diverse. The process, mercifully, is so gradual that it is as painless 
as it is inevitable. The following are the entries in question :— 
__ From the parish register :— 
| 1651. Nov.15. Elizabeth Calley was buryed. 
From an old book of accounts :— 
Memorandum that I Charles Calley of Catcum did give unto the parrish 
_ of Helmarton one Pulpit Cloth of Crimsone Sattine embroydered 
with Gould and one cusheon of Crimson Plush conditionally to be 
left at the now Dwellinge house of Mr. Roger Calley to be there kept 
