Wiltshire’s Contribution to the Piedmontese Fund in 1655, 118 
As for the Protector Oliver, he lost no time in despatching Sir 
Samuel Morland as ambassador extraordinary, to remonstrate with 
the Court of Turin in words which, if unheeded, would soon have 
become acts. At home he ordained a general fast throughout 
England ; collections at the same time to be made in all the Churches 
to relieve the homeless survivors in the valleys. He headed the 
subscription list by a gift of two thousand pounds out of his privy 
purse; and so cordially was his challenge accepted by the nation, 
that, judged by the money standard of the age, their contributions 
may be said to have risen to munificence. £16,500 is the sum 
accounted for by Morland in the copious memorandum occupying 
twenty-eight pages of Thurloe’s State Papers; though he admits 
that this was only “ part of the moneys collected for the poor people 
of the valleys.” 
Scanning the contribution list of Wiltshire, we remark at first 
sight that some parishes of importance are totally omitted, Malmes- 
bury, Hindon, and Downton, for example; while on the other hand 
sundry obscure villages surprise us by the largeness of their donations. 
Leading families in this or that locality, as also the known principles 
of the resident incumbent may have had something to do in this 
matter. May we not reasonably conclude, for instance, that the 
influence of the Frowd family is discernable at Edington (spelt 
Edingston in the list) ? the Protestantism of the Frowds, always 
of a pronounced character, being subsequently illustrated by alliance 
with the Huguenot family of Faugoin,! who settled in the south-west 
quarter of Wilts and enjoyed the friendship of the Hoares of 
Stourhead. The Frowds (of Tinhead) have long disappeared from 
Edington parish, but. the title of Frowd-Seagram, of Bratton, 
1The Huguenot family of Faugoin, in South Wilts. The last household 
bearing this patronymic comprised five daughters renowned for their beauty, and 
one son; but as the son died unmarried the name is well-nigh forgotten. Of 
the daughters, one married Mr. Partridge, the Vicar of Stourton ; another, Mr, 
Turner, a clergyman of Mere; a third married Mr. Hyatt, a farmer near 
Stourhead ; a fourth was the wife of Edward Frowd, of Tinhead aforesaid ; and 
the fifth died unmarried. Through Camilla Sloper, a grand-daughter of Edward 
Frowd, but maternally deriving from the Houltons, of Farley Castle, we trace 
_ the progenitors of the present Lieut.-Colonel Frowd Walker, the energetic 
_ commander of our Sikh troops in the Straits Settlements, 
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