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By A. ScHBOMEEG, Esq. 



^'HE following- paper, it is hoped, will be the commencement 

 of an interesting and useful register of the heraldry of the 

 Wiltshire Churches. 



The writer would be grateful to his readers if they would kindly 

 send him any arms or crests which ought to be, or in former times 

 have been, in the Churches, such as hatchments, many of which 

 have now disappeared. 



M.I. signifies that the coat no longer exists, or is almost illegible, 

 and therefore an extract has been made from the rare printed 

 "Monumental Inscriptions of Wiltshire'' (1820). 



The hatchments of Seend have recently been placed in the parvise 

 over the north door, with the exception of XXI. and XXVII., still 

 in the Church ; XXV, has been removed to Mr. Locke's house. 



HUNDRED OF MELKSHAM. A.S. 

 SEEND. 



Mtiral Tablets in the Chancel. 



I. — On a fesse between three talbot's heads erased as many quatre- 

 foils (Houi>ton) impaling sable, on a fesse wavy argent between 

 three plates a lion passant guardant. 



For John Houlton, ob. 1704, and his wife, Mary, ob. 1730. 



II. — Argent, on a bend cotised azure three cinquefoils of the field 

 (Awdry) . 



For Ambrose Awdry, ob. 1789; Christiana, his wife, ob. 1841; 

 their son, Ambrose, ob. 1842, and Hannah, his wife, ob. 1852. 



III. — AwDUY. (Simple bend, cinquefoils or.) Crest. Out of a 

 coronet or a lion's head erased sable. 



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