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Anne, daughter of Henry Long of Whaddon. They became the 
ancestors of several men of mark. The characteristic of this 
family seems to have been, a steady and unswerving fidelity to 
their King. Amidst all the troubles of his troubled reign they 
were true to the fortunes of Charles I. They were staunch, un- 
compromising Royalists; no peril deterred them from avowing, 
no hope of gain induced them to renounce their principles. 
Amongst those who ‘lent money to the King’s Majesty’ (James 
I.) in the year 1611, is the name of Epwarp Yrrsury,! (the son of 
William and Anne,) though the Commissioners appointed to ‘note 
the names of such persons as were thought fit to lend such money ’ 
had not included his in their lists. The same Edward acted after- 
wards as Commissioner for King Charles I. For this, when the 
Parliament triumphed, he had to compound for his estates and to 
pay a fine of £160. (See p. 47).2. From an inscription on a monu- 
ment in Trowbridge Church,’ erected to his memory by Edward 
Yerbury, his grandson, we learn that he was obliged afterwards to 
flee from Trowbridge. The reason of his compulsory retirement may 
be understood from the following extract ;—‘“4 May 1647. “An 
order arises from Goldsmiths’ Hall directing the renewed seques- 
tration of Edward Yerbury, Esq., by the Wilts Committee, unless 
within ten days he produced a certificate from London explanatory 
of his conduct : his offence being, that, after the settlement of his 
fine, he neglected to sue out his pardon under the Great Seal.” He 
retired to Plymouth as a hiding-place, and there, as an exile, he 
died, and found his last earthly home, a few months only before 
his royal master suffered at Whitehall. 
Eleven children, five daughters and six sons, were born to him, 
most of whom survived him. From one of the former, Eleanor, 
married to Dr. Alworth, Chancellor to the Bishop of Oxford, 
descends, materially, the family, of Merewether, well known 
1 Wilts Archeological Magazine, iv. 150. 
2 Wilts Archeological Magazine, ii, 188. 
* The words on the Monument, which is now fixed on the south side of the 
tower in Trowbridge Church, are as follows ;—‘‘ M. S., venerabilis viri Edvardi 
Yerbury, Armig. qui, flagrante nuper civili bello, pro fide Caralo Martyri pres- 
tita, Lare profugus, Plimuthi obiit; ibique dormitorium invenit.” 
