By 0. E. Pouting, F.S.A. 



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The rents of the Mere property of the Bettesthorne Chantry are collected to 



the present time, 

 follows (in Mere) 



and are now owned by Meyrick Banks, Esq. They are as 



£ s. d. 



Mr. Rumsey's house, 



corner of Church St. 1 11 8 



Chantry Mead 9 2 



Chantry House 3 9 2 



Walton's House 13 4 



On Jesse's property, Zeals 9 0 



House in Church St. (Harding) 6 0 



Charles Lander (Brewery) 6 6 



Carried forward £7 4 10 



Brought forward £7 

 Mr.Standerwick's(Castle St.) 

 Cottages opposite Church 

 House in Castle St. (Bun- 

 galow) 



Mr. Walton's shop 1 



s. d- 



4 10 



7 6 



18 0 



£10 5 4 



List of hatchments in the Bettesthorne Chantry Chapel. 

 On the south wall : — 

 The easternmost is Chafin, probably that of one of the sons of William and 

 Mary Chafin, who inherited the estate and died a bachelor. Arms. — Gules, a 

 talbot passant, or, a chief ermine. 



West of the last is the hatchment of William Chafin, who died 1695. He 

 married Mary Freke. The arms are : Chafin quartering Erlegh and Marsh (P) 

 impaling Freke. 



On the west wall are as follows : — 



The southernmost, Grove impaling Grove. William Chafin Grove of Zeals, 

 M.P., died 1793. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Grove, of Feme. 



The second is, Grove impaling Acland. Charles Grove, M.D., of Salisbury, 

 son of William Chafin Grove, died 1806. He married Elizabeth, daughter of 

 Arthur Acland, Esq., of Fairfield. 



The third is, Grove. Chafin Grove, Esq., died a bachelor, 1851. 



On the north wall : — 

 (1) The westernmost is that of William Chafin Grove, Esq., who died 1859. 

 He married Eleanor Michell, of Standen House, Hungerford, whose arms are 

 impaled with those of her husband (2) in the lozenge adjoining. 



G. 



A Catalogue of the Contents of the Museum in the Parvise over the North 

 Porch of St. Michael's Church, Mere, Wiltshire, established in 1896. 



%• The name, &c., in parentheses () following the description of each article shows the source 



whence derived. 



Walls :— 



Speed's Map of Wiltshire. (Purchased.) 



Wardour Castle — Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1732. (Purchased.) 

 Nunye Castle — Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1733. (Thomas H. Baker.) 



