188 An Episode of the Great Rehellion. 



In forty-one when Tyranny bore sway 



Commanded by his father did obey 



And fought for King and Country the' a boy 



In Vindication of our Church and Laws 



Two Thousand Pounds he lost in the blest Cause 



His Loyal Father sequestered from all 



Which was the Cause of his and Family's Fall. 



But should I mention all that him befel 



Occasioned by that cursed Eump of Hell 



A Volume large full writ would scarce contain 



The Losses He and's Parents did sustain 



For which he sought redress but sought in vain. 



He wrote several Verses more 

 with Sentences of the Holy Scriptures 

 which my Father did frequently 

 make use of, this being scarce 

 one quarter part of what my 

 Brother wrote.' 



I desire this may be kept 

 in Memory by my children 

 after my death. 



N. H. 



Thomas Hickman was instituted to the Eectory of Upton Lovell 

 in 1619. 



By the courtesy of the Registrar of the Diocese, Mr. C. W.Holgate, 

 I have been permitted to search the registers of Upton Lovell and 

 of West Knoyle for any entries of the Hickman family ; and in tlie 

 former I find the baptism of three sons of Thomas Hickman, viz., 

 Thomas, on April 25th, 1624; Nathaniel, on November 1st, 1627; 

 and Daniel, on 21st March, 1629. 



Of these Nathaniel was the petitioner to the King, and the 

 subject of the laudatory verses of his son Edmund, and was only 



' The manuscript, a copy of which may be seen in the Society's Library at 

 Devizes, contains more than one hundred lines in addition to those here 

 printed. 



