92 THE FAMILY OF GALPIN OF
Wiilliam Chilcott of Watton in Simonsbury married Mary,
dau. of John Richards of Abbotsbury and Warmwell.
William Chilcott of Boughgrove, Beaminster. Yeoman,
married Susannah. Will 1723.
Robert Chilcott of Beaminster. Yeoman.
Christopher, Vicar of Tintagel, married Hannah, who
died 1705.
William Chilcott of Bridport, married Jane. VVill 1740.
Judith Chilcott of Simonsbury, left bequest to great
nephew Richard Gaénin. 7
William Chilcott, from whom descended " The Cornish
Giant." Sisters Elinor, Ann, and Clorinda.
Ann Chilcott, bap. I4 Sep. 1715, married Benjamin Gafpin
of Bridport 17 June 1736. Son Richard Gaénin, grandson
Y0/in Ga@ine, also a giant.
Margaret, married Pitfield (son of Alexander Pitfield,
 
Janet, married John Hounsell, Bailiif of Bridport, whose
· great-granddaughter married T/zamas Carter Gaévin.
Bridy {Bouvils Bridy) in the Parish of Burton Bradstock,
anciently a manor and hamlet, lies about a mile east of Burton
and is in the tithing of Stirthill. Before the Civil Wars it
came to the Chilcotts.
The farm of Bridy in Hutchins’ time (1770) was worth
{2 20 a year. The house was built by the Pauletts and seems
to have been pretty large and pleasantly situated.
The Rectory of Sturthyll had for patrons the ancient lords
of the Manor. The advowson, St. Luke’s, value {80 in 1645,
belonging to Lieutenant~Colonel William Chilcott, was
sequestrated. In the return of the Commission, 1650, it was
possessed by Mr. Chilcott.
The return of the Commission, 1650.
Mr. Chilcott, possessor of St. Luke’s Chapel belonging to
Burton; the glebe, 30 acres, worth A20.
Parish Register, Bridport, I4 Sep. 1715. Ann, the dau.
of Mr. Wm. Chilcot, baptised.
Ann, dau. of Mr. William Chilcott of Bridport, married
Richard Galpin 17 June 1736.