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Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 253 father's great great grandmother was Elizabeth Courtenay, daughter of Francis Courtenay who died in 1699. She married Arthur Champernowne, of Dartington, and died 171 2. If both clocks came from the same source this may give a clue to the date.^^-^ (^t^vi D^^g-^ J- G. Hicks. 206. St. Michael's Church, Honiton : Memorial Inscription Destroyed in the Fire, March 26, igii. — On the floor of the north aisle of the chancel : — Here lieth the body of John Blagdon of this Town gent, who died the 23 day of July 1694 aged 59 years. Here lieth the body of Margaret the daughter of John Blagdon Esq. and Margaret his wife and granddaughter of the above named John Blagdon Gent, who died the 8 day of May 1720 aged 23 years. Large marble tablet N.E. corner of the same ; — Here lye the Bodies of John Blagdon Esq., buried 10 Dec. 1714, aged 46. Margaret his wife buried 20 Apr. 1733, aged 64. Margaret their daughter buried 13 May 1720 aged 23. John their son buried 18 Aug. 1727 aged 29. Sarah his wife buried 5 Oct. 1724 aged 21. Rachel daughter of H. Blagdon Esq. buried 25 March 1733 aged 6 weeks. Elizabeth daugther of H. Blagdon Esq. buried i April 1733 aged 12 months. Elizabeth Maunder his sister buried 30 Aug. 1736. The said Henry Blagdon buried 25 Jan. 1737 aged 34. Rachel his wife buried Nov"^- 15 1743 aged 39. Marriage Licence, Exeter — 1696, April 4, John Blagdon, of Honiton, & Margaret Crossing, of Buckerell, sp. Margaret Crossing, baptized at Gittisham, 12 May, i658, was the daughter of Hugh Crossing and his wife Margaret, daughter of William^^,t^fpComly^ ^^^^^^A.^.P.S. 207. Church Bands (IX., p. 200, par. 168, et ante). — These old bands are not a matter of very remote history. In Countisbury the churchwardens charged for repairs to the bass viol so recently as 1886.