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family ; but the Castle, by itself, being then entire, to Mr. 

 Cooper, of Trowbridge. The Bayntons used it as a resi- 

 dence, and they appear to liave been the last family who 

 lived in it ; for, in 1730, when it was transferred by the 

 Coopers to Mr. Joseph Houlton, ancestor of the present 

 proprietor, it had already fallen to decay, and the materiak 

 had been converted to other purposes. 



