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in Consols for keeping in repair the tomb of her family in the 
churchyard, The interest was paid regularly up to 1863, since 
which time it accumulated till 1897, when it was transferred to the 
vicar and churchwardens for its original intention. 
Sriuv’s Crary. 
Under the East window of the north chantry chapel in Mere 
Church is a tablet inscribed :— 
“Robert Still, Esq., Bequeathed to the Vicar and Church Wardens of this 
Parish for the time being £100 upon trust to be invested in the 3 pr C*. Con*. 
The Interest to be applied in repairing the Vault underneath, the mcnuments 
adjacent, the Iron Railing and the Roof of the Chancel over the Vault; the 
Railing and the Inscriptions to be painted not less than once in every 7 years; 
The overplus to be distributed on the 1st of January in every second year in 
Sums of not less than 2%. 6*. to such old decayed or infirm poor Persons residing 
in this Parish who are considered past their labour and who shall appear to the 
said Trustees to be deserving Objects of Charity. Dr. Thos Tatum Bequeathed 
the Interest of £200 for ever tothe Poor of this Parish for teaching as many 
poor Children to read, write and cast Accompts as that sum will pay for. 
“The Dean of ee ee 
The Vicar of Mere Mis 
Robert Still, Esq., died in May, 1811. 
The £100, after deduction of duty and charges, was in 1813 
invested in Three Per Cent. Consols in the name of the Vicar of 
Mere. 
The Still family came from Grantham, in Lincolnshire. _ John, 
the son of William Still, of Grantham, Esq., was Bishop of Bath 
and Wells, 1592—1607. The Robert Still, Esq., mentioned above - 
was the first of the family who lived at Dean’s Orchard, Mere; he 
married Sarah, daughter of Richard Dickson Skrine, Esq., of 
Warleigh, Somerset. A hatchment is affixed to the south wall of 
the north chantry chapel with the arms of Still impaling Skrine. 
_ The first mention of a Still at Mere is in 1801, although there 
are memorials in the Church dated 177 
In October, 1891, their vault, in the north chapel of the Parish 
Church, was opened and lowered 2ft. 4in., by permission of Captain 
Still, of Seaton, the representative of the family. The following 
ead coffins were found deposited therein; on each was a small 
pper plate inscribed :— 
