. Devonshire characters and strange events. ebaronetcy. In the register of Tetcott he made the followingentry in Latin, which is here given in translation : — Of the Rectors who preceded me I know almostnothing. John Holmes, whose name appears first inthe list of Rectors, was inducted by Quare impedit—to use the legal term—in face of the Bishops objec-tion. Of this I was assured by the Rev. G. C. Gorham,who about the year 1848, as the Bishop of Exeter—H. Phillpotts—refused to institute him to a benefice onaccount of his unsoundness on Baptism, attemptedto get himself instituted compulsorily in
. Devonshire characters and strange events. ebaronetcy. In the register of Tetcott he made the followingentry in Latin, which is here given in translation : — Of the Rectors who preceded me I know almostnothing. John Holmes, whose name appears first inthe list of Rectors, was inducted by Quare impedit—to use the legal term—in face of the Bishops objec-tion. Of this I was assured by the Rev. G. C. Gorham,who about the year 1848, as the Bishop of Exeter—H. Phillpotts—refused to institute him to a benefice onaccount of his unsoundness on Baptism, attemptedto get himself instituted compulsorily in the samemanner. James Sanxay, whose name comes lower down inthe list, was a man of no small classical learning, as isproved by his editing a Lexicon of Aristophanes. I have heard it said of him, that on the title pageof a book he added after his name the letters—,and on being asked what these signified, he replied : I have noticed that most Authors, when publishingtheir writings, have the greatest objection to their bare. ARSCOTT OF TETCOTT The good old Squire ! once more along the glen,Oh, for the scenes of old! the former men! Ji. S. Haiukcr From the picture by J. NortJtcote. JOHN ARSCOTT, OF TETCOTT 49 name, always add something to it, such as—,, So to keep up the old custom, I myselfhave added , that is—Of Tetcott, Devon. • . • • [Between the above and what follows a leaf hasbeen cut out of the register. Perhaps other rectorswere told of on this missing leaf.] Of the Lords who have held the manor of Tetcottin an unbroken line, there are not many survivingmemories. I have heard a story told by the old parishioners ofone known as The wicked Arscott, so named becausehe used to keep poor people and beggars from hisdoors by big dogs. He still, they say, pays thepenalty of his cruelty in an old oak near the Church. He was succeeded, though I cannot say whetherat once or after an interval, by John Arscott, the lastof that nam
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