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house, and briefly related the distressful circumstance, he hastily mounted his 
master’s horse and galloped back; the horse smelt to his master (apparently 
a lifeless corpse), snorted, ran back a few paces, fell on his side, and died in 
less than two hours! Though Mr. Allix languished till the Monday following, 
he neither spoke nor shewed any symptom of sensibility.” 
The same paper for December 14th adds the following :— 
‘We find there were some little inaccuracies in the account of the death of the 
Rev. W. Allix inserted in our last. He was not left alone on theground. After 
the servant had disengaged him from his horse, a gamekeeper who was accidentally 
passing, remaining with Mr. A. whilst the servant went to the house, and the 
horse on which the servant returned (a very valuable one, worth at least seventy 
guineas) was taken from the stable on that occasion, and had not been out the 
whole day; he was not known to have any disorder, but was reported perfectly 
sound and the distance he was then rode was only a single mile, yet on smelling 
to his master he started back, trembled, fell on his side and died instantly (not 
at the distance of two hours time as before-mentioned). Had the poor animal 
been opened, it might have afforded some elucidation of this extraordinary 
circumstance.” 
Tuomas Grove, 
Vicar 1802, was third son of Chafyn Grove, Esq., of Chisenbury, 
and afterwards of Zeals. On the east wall of the Bettesthorne 
Chantry Chapel is a marble tablet to his memory. It is inscribed : 
“Hic jacet, 
Thomas Grove, 
Hujusce Ecclessie nuper Vicarius, 
In Expectatione Diei supremi, 
Qualis erat, Dies iste indicabit, 
Obiit sec*® Die Aprilis A.D. 1809, 
(Etatis sux, 64.” 
His eldest brother was William Chafyn Grove, Esq., of Zeals, 
M.P. for Shaftesbury and Weymouth, who died 1793. 
Henry Wake, 
‘Vicar 1812—1845. He was also Rector of Over Wallop, in 
Hampshire, where he resided, the duty at Mere being left to the 
sole charge of his curates, of whom we give a list. He died at 
Over Wallop, 1851, aged 81. 
_ Iited Thomas, Curate 1815. Nothing is known of him except 
that he was Curate of West Knoyle in 181:. 
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