By the Rev. Canon J. E. Jackson, FSA. 219 
No. X. 
Sundry Memoranda relating to Calne. 
1625. At the coronation of King Charles I. one contrivance for 
raising money was by the offer of knighthood to a very large 
number of gentlemen of estate, in every county. Those who 
declined paid a fine, more or less, according to their estimated 
ability. In Wiltshire alone there were two hundred and fifty 
refusals. The highest fine was £35; the lowest, £10. Those at 
Calne were :— £o ahd, 
John Duckett 28 10 0 
John Norborne, Studley 28 0.0 
; Henry Chivers, Quemerford 12 10 0 
Henry Blake, of Pinhills 10 0 0 
Richard Browne, Calne 10 0 0 
John Lowe, ditto 10 0 0 
Ambrose Mortimer, Stockley 10 0 0 
Among the Wilts gentry, temp. Charles I. and II., in the Hundred 
of Calne :— 
John Welde, of Compton Basset, Kt. 
William Jordan, of Whitley, Esq. 
Thomas Hungerford, of Blacklands, Esq. 
Ambrose Blake, of Pinnells, Esq. 
John Grubbe, of Cherhill, Esq. 
Hugh Webb, of Bowood, gent. 
John Goddard, Berwick Bassett, Esq. 
Chivers, of Calne, Esq. 
‘Robert Hungerford, of Calne, Esq. 
1341. In an Inquisition of this date it is returned that the greater 
part of the best houses in Calne had been destroyed by a 
fire. (Inq. Nonarum, 15 Edw. III.) 
1853, March 17th. Holy Trinity Church consecrated: a work 
chiefly promoted by Rev. John Guthrie, Vicar. The 
ground for Church and Cemetery given by the Marquis of 
Lansdowne. Mr. Gabriel, the architect. 
1858. Children’s Hospital opened. First established in 1857 by 
Mrs. Guthrie, wife of the Vicar. The house belongs to 
Lord Lansdowne. 
1863, November. The branch railway to Chippenham opened, 
Cost £54,000, of which £11,700 was subscribed in the town. 
1867, October 29th. The Free Church opened. 
1882. A great flood. 
1883. The old Town Hall demolished. 
1886, The new Municipal buildings opened. 
