By John U. Powell, M.A. 



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the prebend. The first year in which the name of a "curate" 

 appears in the registers is 1710 ; the name is Brian Holland. He 

 signs again in 1718, hut his marriage with Ann Dean is recorded 

 as early as 1685, " inter horas canonicas." The names which occur 

 before the Reformation, taken from Hoare, are : — 



1220. Bartholomew, Parson (persona), and a " Capellanus 



annuus" named John. 

 1408. John Haydon, Vicar. 

 1419. William Atte Ponde, Vicar. 

 1421. Hugo Newman, by exchange. 

 After the Eeformation : — 



1682. Edmund Ludlow Coker. 1 He was born at Hill 

 Deverill, 1659. 



[1685. Brian Holland "Curate" of Heytesbury in 1672. 



In 1682 he is described as Prebendary.] 

 1710. Brian Holland, Curate. 2 

 1718. 3 Brian Holland, Curate. 



1726. Benjamin Coker. His handwriting appears in the 



registers till 1731. He was probably nephew of the 

 above-named Edmund Ludlow Coker; he was baptised 

 1687, was Rector of Kingston Deverill, died 1732, 

 and was buried at Hill Deverill. 



1727. Francis Cave solemnises a marriage. Perhaps his 



writing appears also in 1732. He was Vicar of 

 Norton Bavant. 



1741. John Forman, Minister. 



1742. Ditto. 



1756. Robert Twyford, Curate. 

 1787—1796. B. Thring, Curate. 

 1797 (August). J. Seagram, Curate. 



1798—1836. G. Smith, Curate. He was also Vicar of Norton 

 Bavant. 



1 Hoare. 



2 This entry, aud the following, are in the registers* 

 3 A gap occurs in the registers from 1720— 1725* 



