By the Rev. J. Silvester Davies. 



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be room for the, tragic mishap to have occurred to the great-grandson 

 of the builder of the manor-house of Great Chalfield, who is known 

 to have died early, after which (about 1550) the Great Chalfield 

 property did pass into the Eyre family by the marriage of Anne 

 Tropenell with John Eyre, of Wedhampton ; while other of the 

 estates went to the Young family by marriage of Mary Tropenell 

 with John Young, of Harnham, Wilts. 



The other note by the same writer (p. 44), which also mentions 

 the failure of the male issue, is chiefly concerned with the succession 

 to the Monks estate. That estate was sold by the Eyre family to 

 that of Danvers in 1599, and it had been enjoyed by the Danvers 

 family to the then present year, 1695. "A ccelo salus," he adds; 

 and then : — 



Ji'atis agimur ; 

 Quidquid patimur, mortale genus: 

 Quidquid facimus, venit ex alto. 



And then he adds the couplet : — 



" What mortals build time dos in rubbish lay, 

 As ffates decree the destinies obey." 



It savours of heathenesse, but no doubt he meant well. Had the 

 writer been able to look onward two centuries through the fortunes 

 of the book in which he then wrote, I am sure he would have 

 provided us with a motto equally pious, and perhaps somewhat 

 ; more hopeful as to the permanence of human effort. 



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