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my decease twenty pounds. Item I give unto twelve poore people of the towne 

 and parish of Wootton Bassett that doe not receive Aim the summe of three 

 pounds to be paid unto such of them upon the ffeast of St. Thomas the Apostle 

 yearly as my son John Jacob during his life shall think fitt and after his 

 decease unto those as my son Thomas Jacob if then living shall nominate 

 And in case of their neglect or failure to be disposed of by the Mayor then 

 being and the overseers of the poor of the said parish and in such manner and 

 soe long tyme as I by the above mentioned Indenture of Kelease have there 

 unto appointed Item I give unto the poor of Wootton Bassett ffive pounds 

 Item I give to the poor of Hilmarton fforty shillings and to the poor of Norton 

 fforty shillings And to the poor of Lea and Cleverton fforty shillings and to 

 the poor of Hillington twenty shillings and to the poor of Grittleton twenty 

 shillings Item I give unto all my household servants which shall be liveing 

 with me at my decease fforty shillings apeece Item I give unto Isaac 

 Manning and his heires for ever one^ Lot of wood in Silkewood which I 

 purchased of one Thomas Isgar for which I received of the said Isaac Manning 

 sixteen pounds and ten shillings.'' Eesidue to son John Jacob, executor. 



Dated 4 Sept., 4 Ann, 1705, proved 15 November, 1706, by son and exor. 



C.P.C. Eedes,fo, 237. 



In addition to the entries, printed above, of the burials of Mr. 

 Roger Calley and Martha his wife, there are, in the Hilmarton 

 registers, several persons of the name of Calley recorded, whose 

 connexion with Mr. Roger Calley and his ancestors has not been 

 ascertained. At a somewhat later date, as appears by returns in 

 the Society's possession, there was at any rate one family of the 

 name in this neighbourhood, at Lyneham, in receipt of parish 

 relief ; and certainly within two hundred years of the first settlement 

 of the family in North Wilts, male descendants of the common 

 ancestor were to be found, living almost side by side, but — as 

 invariably happens — belonging to grades of society the most 

 diverse. The process, mercifully, is so gradual that it is as painless 

 as it is inevitable. The following are the entries in question : — 



From the parish register : — 



1651. Nov. 15. Elizabeth Calley was buryed. 



From an old book of accounts : — 



Memorandum that I Charles Calley of Catcum did give unto the parrish 

 of Helmarton one Pulpit Cloth of Crimsone Sattine embroydered 

 with Gould and one cusheon of Crimson Plush conditionally to be 

 left at the now Dwellinge house of Mr. Eoger Calley to be there kept 



