By the Rev. F. H. Manley. 



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neighbourhood, but Mr. Edmund Wayte's father, who was a man 

 of considerable means, lived at Dauntsey, apparently in the Manor 

 House. 1 He himself had been Vicar of Norton and Eector of 

 Bremilham before his appointment to Great Somerford. He died 

 in 1702, and Mrs. Wayte was left a seconcl time a widow. Mr. 

 Wayte bequeathed to his wife the advowson of the rectory and 

 two small properties — one a messuage with fifteen acres of land, 

 and two beastes leases afterwards called " Church's," purchased 

 from the Hawkins Trustees in 1692 — the other, a messuage of land 

 then occupied by John Brown, which I cannot identify. Mrs. Wayte 

 afterwards seems to have lived at Dauntsey, where some of theWaytes 

 still resided, and was joined by her father, J ohn Palmer. He belonged 

 to a long-lived family, and not until 1719, at the age of 90, was he 

 placed in the family vault, in Broad Somerford Church. Mrs. 

 Wayte's youngest daughter, Elizabeth, was married on 9th 

 December, 1715, to Mr. Henry Wightwick, then Curate of 

 Dauntsey. 2 She herself survived until 1740, when she, too, was 

 buried at Broad Somerford. Mr. Wightwick was sprung from a 

 Staffordshire family, one member of which was the co-founder of 

 Pembroke College, Oxford, and being of founder's kin enjoyed the 

 benefits of his ancestor's liberality as fellow of Pembroke. What 

 brought him to Dauntsey we do not know, but he remained there 

 only a few years after his marriage. He was a curate at Tetbury for 

 some time, and afterwards was appointed Eector of Ashley. On 

 his death in 1763 he was buried at Broad Somerford, where his 

 wife and five of his children were also buried, one being the Bev 

 George Wightwick, master of the Free School, Cirencester. Of 

 fourteen children all died without issue, except Walter, who was 

 Eector of Little Somerford, and afterwards Eector of Somerton, 

 where he was buried June 4th, 1807. His eldest son, Henry, 

 fellow of Pembroke, was Eector of Little Somerford from 1794 

 until his death in 1846, while his youngest, Charles, remained for 

 'many years in Oxford and was Viceregent and Junior Dean of 

 (Pembroke. In 1841 he accepted the College living of Brinkworth, 



1 A field close by, adjoining the rectory, is still called "Wayte's Patch." 

 2 Or perhaps master of the school there. 



