By T. H. Baker. 



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house, and briefly related the distressful circumstance, he hastily mounted his 

 master's horse and galloped back ; the horse smelt to his master (apparently 

 a lifeless corpse), snorted, ran back a few paces, fell on his side, and died in 

 less than two hours ! Though Mr. Allix languished till the Monday following, 

 he neither spoke nor shewed any symptom of sensibility." 



The same paper for December 14th adds the following : — 



" We find there were some little inaccuracies in the account of the death of the 

 Rev. W. Allix inserted in our last. He was not left alone on the ground. After 

 the servant had disengaged him from his horse, a gamekeeper who' was accidentally 

 passing, remaining with Mr. A. whilst the servant went to the house, and the 

 horse on which the servant returned (a very valuable one, worth at least seventy 

 guineas) was taken from the stable on that occasion, and had not been out the 

 whole day ; he was not known to have any disorder, but was reported perfectly 

 sound and the distance he was then rode was only a single mile, yet on smelling 

 to his master he started back, trembled, fell on his side and died instantly (not 

 at the distance of two hours time as before-mentioned). Had the poor animal 

 been opened, it might have afforded some elucidation of this extraordinary 

 circumstance." 



Thomas (trove. 



Vicar 1802, was third son of Chafyn Grove, Esq., of Chisenbury, 

 and afterwards of Zeals. On the east wall of the Bettesthorne 

 Chantry Chapel is a marble tablet to his memory. It is inscribed : 



"Hie jacet, 

 Thomas Grove, 

 Hujusee Ecclessire nuper Vicarius, 

 In Expectatione Diei supremi, 

 Qualis erat, Dies iste indicabit, 

 Obiit sec do Die Aprilis A.D. 1809, 

 (Etatis su», 64." 



His eldest brother was William Chafyn Grove, Esq., of Zeals, 

 M.P. for Shaftesbury and Weymouth, who died 1793. 



Henry Wake, 



Vicar 1812 — 1845. He was also Rector of Over Wallop, in 

 Hampshire, where lie resided, the duty at Mere being left to the 

 sole charge of his curates, of whom we give a list. He died at 

 Over Wallop, 1851, aged 81. 



Ilted Thomas, Curate 1815. Nothing is known of him except 

 that lie was Curate of West Knoyle in 1813. 



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