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dry and cut out of the solid rock. On the under-
side of a large stone which covers the mouth of
the vault is a copper plate with the following
inscription : " The sepulchre of Mary the wife
of Richard Brodrtp Esqr. hewn out of this rock
of her inheritance for them and their posterity
Anno 1650."
Present when open Rev. Ch. Fox and Capt. Aitchison. Copied by the Rev. P. M. Compton May 23rd, 1848.
The following is a copy of the only Brodrepp monumental inscription at Mapper- ton :
To the memory of Richard Brodrepp of this parish Esq. and of George his son and heir and Ethelred his daughter This monument is erected by Hester his second wife one of the daughters and Coheiresses of Dr. Wm. Wake late Arch Bish' 1 of Cant, and mother of George and Ethelred : Ethelred dyed ye 14 of Febr. 1718. Aged 2 years Richard ye 18 Oct. 1737 64
George ye 20 Nov. 1739 24
and all are here interred.
On a board at the west end of the church is
1641 Ri Brodrepp 1711
1 R
The Richard Brodrepp of the inscription rebuilt Mapperton House, church, &c., and his initials R. B. with the date 1660 or 1661 are found in several places. He also restored the church over the door of the porch. There is a stone which bears
Sumptibus Ri Brodrepp Armig r
Anno Dom 1704
At Netherbury (close to Mapperton) there is an old tombstone much overgrown with ivy ; upon it is the following inscrip- tion :
In Memoi'y of John Brodrepp of Yondover Gen* Younger Son of Richard Brodrepp of Mapperton Esq r Who dyed y c 14th of May 1690 in y e 75th yeare of his Age, And by his last Will was here interred.
Eliza his Widdow desiring to b,e buryed by him Erected this Monument in y yeare 1694.
Upon an old MS. document dated 1774 there is an entry that
On a Tablet of Stone fastened to the Wall [of Netherbury Church] is an obliterated Inscrip- tion in Memory of Mr, John Brodrepp's Eldest Daughter.
No trace of this tablet now remains.
Mapperton and Netherbury wills come within the jurisdiction of the Peculiar Court of the Dean of Sarum, and have not been calendared systematically. The following are stray entries of Brodrepps :
Christopher Morgan [of Maperton], dated 7 Jan., 1590. Administration granted to Elizabeth Tren- chard alias Morgan, wife of Sir Thomas Trenchard, Knt., and Marie Broadripp alias Morgan, wife of Robert Broadripp, daughters of Christopher Morgan. P.C.C. 11 St. Barbe.
Arthur Morgan, dated 6 April, 1607. Men-
tions " Christopher Broadrippe, my son-in-law. ' ~
P.C.C. 11 Dorset.
Richard Brodrepp of Maperton, Dorset, 30 Sept. r 1654 or 1656. Proved 19 Feb., 1657/8 (fol. 86). ' Genealogical Abstracts of Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register " Woot- ton," 1658,' by William Brigg, vol. ii. No. 456.
Will of Richard Rose of Wotten Fitzpayne,. Dorset, dated 31 Oct., 1655, proved 19 Feb., 1657/8. Refers to brothers Christopher and John Brodrepp. Ibid., vol. ii. No. 414.
George Tillye of Child Okeford, Dorset, dated 21 Sept., 1703, proved 4 Sept., 1704. Mentions "My uncle Richard Brodripp, Esq., of Maperton, and my cousin Mr. Richard Brodripp, Clerk, Rector of Chesselbourne." P.C.C. 190 Ash.
In the churchyard of Child Okeford is a tomb, without date, of Robt. Tilly, gent., and Dorothy his wife, dau. of Christopher Broadrepp of South Maperton, Dorset.
EXTRACTS FROM NETHERBURY REGISTERS.
BAPTISMS.
1708/9, Jan. 1st. Hester, dau. of Thomas Brod- reppe, Gent.
1709, Dec. 18th. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Broadreppe, Esqr.
1710, Dec. 19th. Richard, son of Thomas Brod- repp, Gent.
1713/14, Jan. llth. Eleanor, dau. of Mr. Tho.
Brodrepp.
1716, April 29th. Susannah, dau. of Thomas Brodreppe, Gent.
The only Brodrepp inscription upon a monument in Beaminster Church is to Catherine, daughter of Richard Brodrepp, and wife of George Strode ; and in Beaminster Parish Registers there is : " Burials, 1746,. 20 Sept., Catherine, wife of George Strode."
A few pages of Mapperton Registers are printed in Phillimore's ' Dorset Parish Registers ' (Marriages, vol. i., 1906). See- also Canon Mayo's ' Minute Books of the Dorset Standing Committee,' which sat in Dorset during the Civil War and Interregnum (the entries range from 23 Sept., 1646, to 8 May, 1650) ; Mr. A. R. Bayley's ' Civil War in Dorset. 1642-60,' Taunton, 1910 ; Pulman's 'Book of the Axe' (1875 ed.), p. 142 ; Somerset and Dorset Notes and' Queries, vol. vii. p. 192, vol. ix. pp. 28, 90, 133 ; also further references in vols. ii., iv., and x. ; and Proceedings of the Dorset Field Club,. vol. xx. p. 167.
I cannot close these articles without expressing my deepest obligations to the- kindness and extreme courtesy of every one from whom I have sought information, and most especially to the Rev. A. C. H. Earle of Mapperton, the Rev. James Mans- field of Clutton, Mr. Richard Hine of Bea- minster, and Mr. F. Blacker of Clutton.
A. L. HUMPHREYS.
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