THE MONUMENTS AND REGISTERS OF LOCAL CHURCHES. 279 
recorded in the Visitation of 1620. In St. Erney Church is a 
hatchment with the arms of Blake impaling Smith (Arg. a chev. 
betw. three garbs sa.; imp. Az. a saltire arg. betw. four martlets or. 
Crest, On cap of maintenance gu. turned up erm. a martlet arg.). 
The dexter half of the hatchment is sable, showing that the wife 
survived ; but the date beneath the arms, 1770, is much too late 
for the above marriage—probably the impalement of Smith was 
continued in error. 
The next monument to claim our attention is that of the 
“Rev. Mr. Samuel Deeble,” as he is styled in the inscription, 
which records that he was for twelve years rector of the parish, 
and died 8th February, 1750, aged 57 years. It is also in memory 
of his daughter, Ann Deeble, who died 3rd September, 1761, 
aged 16 years and 6 months. This Samuel Deeble was a son 
of John Deeble, of Antony, a grandson of Oliver Deeble, who 
married Theophila, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Wolsdon, of 
Wolsdon, to whose memory there is a monument in Antony 
Church. In its Registers are many entries relating to this 
family, but beyond one we will not touch on them here. 
One point in this monument claims attention; that is, the shield 
having a blank impalement, showing the family to have known 
the wife was entitled to arms, but to have been ignorant as to 
what they were, thus the blank was left, intending to communicate 
with her family, or otherwise ascertain; for at that time there 
was no printed work giving a list of families, with their arms, to 
help them, such as Burke’s General Armory, and intercommuni- 
cation between places only one hundred miles apart was slow and 
difficult, particularly when they were off the main lines of com- 
munication. In this case they would wait for some acquaintance 
or messenger going in the required direction, who would perhaps 
have to pass it into other hands. The rector had married a lady 
presumably of the ancient Shropshire family of Sandford, as we 
learn from the Registers at Antony; viz, 1747, May 14th, the 
Rev. Mr. Samuel Deeble and Mrs. Anne Sanford. 
In the Register occur the following entries relating to Deeble : 
BAPTISMS. 
1690. Aug. 10. Anne, daughter of Mr. John Deeble and Martha his 
. wife. 
1693. Sept. 29. Samuel, son of Mr. John Deeble and Martha his wife. 
1697. Dec. 27. Mary, daughter of Mr. John Deeble and Martha his 
wife. 
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