By T. H. Baker 



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Salisbury" one vol. ; and "Lives of the Bishops of Winchester" two 

 vols. 1 1 e was chaplain to the Earl of Caledon, and Curate of Frome 

 before coming to Mere. 



Reyner Cosens, Curate 1831—1833. 



William Dyer, Curate 1834 — 1835. He was afterwards Per- 

 petual Curate of Imber. 



Thomas Blundell 



succeeded the Bev. William Dyer as Curate here till 1845, when 

 the Rev. Henry Wake resigned the living and he was his successor 

 in the vicarage. He became infirm and left Mere 1858, died at 

 Brighton, 1861, and was buried at Zeals. He had been a Baptist 

 minister. The Rev. W. A Yoss was appointed Curate in sole 

 charge after Mr. Blundell left Mere. The Parish Church was 

 restored in 1856. The Church at Zeals and the Mere National 

 Schools were built during Mr. Blundell's incumbency. A monu- 

 ment to his memory was erected in the chancel of Mere Church, 

 1890, with the following inscription : — 



" In memory of the Rev. Thomas Blundell, who was for 25 years Curate and 

 Vicar of this Parish, He died August 12, 1861, aged 75. Also of Charlotte, 

 wife of the above, who died, February 28, 1855. ' The Memory of the Just is 

 blessed.' Proverbs x. 7. This Tablet is erected by their grandson, Martin Petrie 

 Blundell, of Melbourne, Australia." 



The Assistant-Curates during Mr. Blundell's incumbency were: — 



Heron. 



1856 — 9. Francis Tripp. 



1859. Robert Canning Stiles, Vicar of Froxfield, 1880—1896. 

 Died 1896. 



1859. O'Donnell and Poer. 



1860. John Phelps, M.A., previously Rector of Little Lang- 



ford, and afterwards Vicar of Hatherleigh, Devon. 



1861. A. Voss, previously Curate at Barford St. Martin, 

 under Canon Waldegrave, who when Bishop of Carlisle, 

 presented Mr. Voss to the living of Workington. He 

 was afterwards Vicar of Allonby, where he died 1 896. 



