324 Broughton Gifford. 
pears that he was a Colonel in the Parliamentary army, and 
that he left his goods and his claims on the Parliament, amount- 
ing to £4000 and upwards, to his three nephews, Edward, Robert, 
and William, Sir John’s younger sons. The eldest son was other- 
wise provided for. Of Sir John’s other brother, Robert, our only 
knowledge is derived from Sir John’s mention, in his memoranda, 
of him, and “his boy Tom,” whom I am willing to suppose may 
be the Colonel Thomas Horton of some fame in those days. 
Of Sir John’s sons, Thomas, the eldest, lived to an advanced age. 
He seems to have resided at Elston, judging by the description of 
him in deeds. He, however, came here occasionally to attend to 
his affairs. His rent books 1675-84 remain. Sir John’s second 
son, Edward, lived at Great Chalfield, on which place the Hortons 
had some hold, possibly because they were Parliamentarians and 
the Eyres Royalists. Chalfield is known to have been garrisoned 
by the Commonwealth 1645-8, and Edward Horton may have been 
so placed there: at least he was made Sheriff of Wilts, 1660, just 
in time to inaugurate the Restoration. Edward Horton’s wife, 
Margaret Dodington, was buried in Chalfield Church, where 
her monumental stone remains with its inscription in incised 
lead letters on the floor of the church. Edward himself was 
buried either at Broughton or Chalfield. Both parish registers 
contain his name among the burials, Broughton on September 5th, 
Chalfield on September 8th, 1675. Iam inclined to think his 
remains lie here, for these reasons. His family had a vault here,! 
where his father and brother William are known to have been 
buried. On his wife’s stone in Chalfield Church there is space 
purposely left for his name, which, however, is not there. His 
place of residence was Chalfield, and this may account for the ap- 
This was within the Church, where this generation of Hortons were buried. 
Of the next, Mr. Hickes has this notice. ‘‘ The enclosed ground on the North 
side of the chancell was made by Mr. John Horton (for which he gave me 10 
shillings) : when his wife was buryed October 10th, 1724.” There are now some 
flat stones without any inscription, but no enclosure, in the situation indicated. 
One of these has been appropriated 1800 to the memory of another person, with- 
out any such excuse as those had, who, Thucydides tells us, did like things in 
the plague at Athens. 
