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man, now in the Fleet Prison.” It does not appear from the docu- 
ment that the debt was paid at the time of his release from durance 
vile; the condition of his liberation being that he should appear 
in Court “if the said John [Turberville] should desire to speak with 
him touching the debt above mentioned.” 
Of the others just alluded to, either ‘William Hall,’ who married 
Elizabeth Tropnell, of Chaldfield, or ‘Thomas Hall,’ who married 
Eliza Mervyn, of Fonthill, was probably the builder of the Chantry 
Chapel, of which, in our account of the Parish Church, we have 
already taken notice, and which, now for many years, has been 
usually termed,—“ The Kingston Aisle.” 
The second son of the John Hall that married Dorothy Rogers, 
bore the same christian name as his father, and succeeded, by the 
decease , itis presumed, of his elder brother Thomas, at the close 
of the sixteenth century to the representation of the family. He 
married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Brune of Athelhampton, Co. 
Dorset, and was probably the builder of the large and beautiful 
mansion,—described, by Aubrey, as “the best built house for the 
quality of a gentleman in Wilts,”—which, since the days of Evelyn 
Pierrepont, has commonly been termed the “ Duke’s House” or 
“ Kingston House.” An older house probably stood previously on 
much the same site, which Leland mentions as having seen when 
he visited Bradford (c. 1540) and describes as “a pratie stone 
house at the este ende of the toune on the right bank of Avon.” 
A full account of the present house has been given in the pages of 
this Magazine (vol. i. pp. 265, &c.) and many of its details have 
been described and illustrated by Mr. C. J. Richardson in his “ Ob- 
servations on the Architecture of England during the reigns of 
Queen Elizabeth and King James I.” and by Mr. G. Vivian in a 
volume of “ Illustrations of Olavertonand the Duke’s House.” With- 
in the last few years the house, having fallen into a sadly dilapidated 
condition, has been, to a great extent, rebuilt by the present pro- 
prietor, Mr. Moulton, with so faithful an adherence to its original 
plan, as enables us, whilst we acknowledge the sound judgment 
and correct taste of its restorer, to appreciate fully the intentions 
of its first designer. 
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