186 Wiltshire Ministers [A.D. 1643—1662). 



Simpkins, Geoffrey, s. of W. S., of Claverton ; B.A., Magd. Hall. Of Westm. 



Assembly. Ejected Dr. Eobert Bury from All Cannings. W. 211. 

 Simms, Mr. (? of Rowde.) In Wilts. C. II. 765. 

 [At Slauffhterford there is " no settled minister." J. It was served with 



the Biddestons in 1719.] J. 

 Sloper, John (perhaps s. of Simon S., of Warminster, gent. ; M.A., Magd. 



Hall). To be instituted to Broad Chalk, with the Chapels of " Burr " 



(Bower) Chalk and " Alvediston," 17 Nov., 1645. Lords' Journals, vii. 



708. Shaw, ii. 324. J. 

 Smith, J. Minister at Brigmilston (Amesbury) and Milston. J. (In place 



of Ric. Hyde. ? E. Hyde instituted to the rectory in 1641.) 

 South, Compton, B.D., gent. Educated at Salisbury. Wadham, B.A., St. 



Alban Hall. Berwick St. John. Died at Upper Donhead, 1705. C. 



II. 761-2; IV. 879. Deprived 1662. Instit. Wilton. 

 Spinage, W., s. of Ant. S., of Melksham, pleb. Fellow of Exeter Coll., Oxon. 



Poulshot. Died at St. Mary Axe, London. C. II. 761. Mentioned 



as pastor of " Paulshot " by Adoniram Byfield, Aug., 1655. Peck, 



Desid. Cur. ii. 494. 

 Spratt, T. Appointed to Winterbourne Dauntsey about 1649. Shaw, ii. 547. J. 

 Starre, T. ? of Dorset, pleb., B.A., Oriel. Minister at Wichbury. J. 

 Stephens, J. (perhaps s. of Richard S., sacerd. of Staunton; M.A., New Inn 



Hall. R. of Codford St. Mary, 1646. Succentor, 1660. R. of Wyley 



1664). Minister at Cherhill donative. J. 

 Stern, J. Chilmark and Box. C. II. 761. 

 {ki Stratford-sub-Castle: " noe minister here." J.] 

 Strickland, J. B.D. Queen's Coll., Oxon. Nominated, 5 May, 1642, to lecture 



at Warminster. Shaw. ii. 302. Of a Westmoreland family. Took the 



covenant and became one of the Assembly of Divines. About 1645 he 



was minister of St. Peter le Poor, London, where he preached violently 



against the King. Was Assistant Commissioner for ejecting ministers 



and masters. Chaplain to the Earl of Hertford. Mentioned in Aug., 



1655, by Adoniram Byfield, as pastor of St. Edmund's, Salisbury, 1649. 



Died 1670. Deprived 1662. Peck, Desid. Gur., ii. 493. Shaw, ii. 



546, 597. Wood, Athence, ii. 472. Dugdale. Short View of the Late 



TrowWes (168l),p. 567. C. 11.755; IV. 865. Instit. Wilton. Styled 



" Dean of Bristol," 1646 (Foster). 

 Swaddon, H. Minister of Ebbesborne, about 1649. Shaw, ii. 548. 

 Swaffield, or Swafell, Joseph. Christ's Coll., Cambridge. Chaplain to Sir 



T. Trenchard. Minister at Odstock. In place of J. Hillersdon, who was 



instituted to the rectory in 1645. (J. Skase appears to have been Rector 



at the time of his death m 1668.) C. II. 758-9. 

 Symes, T. Minister at Seend Chapel, about 1658-9. Shatv, ii. 591. 

 Tanner, E. Minister at the two Woodfords, Heale, Lake, and Willesford 



Chapels, in place of H. Good, who had been instituted to the vicarage in 



1610. J. 

 Tarrant, Sam. Minister at West Grimstead Chapel. J. 



(E. Hyde had been instituted to Grimstead rectory with Plaiteford 



Chapel in 1637, and Ric. Page became Rector in 1660.) 



