White marble memorial, east wall, Butleigh Church: Sacred to the memory of John Periam of Wootton House and late member of Exeter College Oxford to which his ancestors were considerable benefactors also a student of the Middle Temple who died Dec 29 1788 aged 74 Piety, Affection and Virtue, armed with a highly cultivated mind adorned the Character of this excellent Christian. "The sweet remembrance of thy duty shall flourish when he sleeps unduly".[3]. Note: "The link to Sir William Periam, benefactor of Exeter College, claimed by the Milton and Butleigh Periam families, is probably fictitious since William only had daughters and no link can be found either to him, his brothers nor his traceable ancestors", per "THE SWORD OF JOHN PERIAM OF BUTLEIGH WOOTTON HOUSE"[4]
Brian Murphy & R. G. Thorne, biography of Hood, Sir Samuel (1762–1814), of 37 Lower Wimpole Street, Mdx., published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1790–1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986 [1]
Per Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries: Samuel Hood (1715–1805) was the son of Alexander Hood (c.1675-1756) of Mosterton, by his wife Ann Way. "He entered the Navy on April 9th 1761, and served as purser or pay master in the Druid from April 25th 1761 to November 24th 1765. The next day he was appointed to a like post in the Alarm, where he continued until August 18th 1772. His next duty was to act as purser in the Elizabeth guard-ship stationed at Portsmouth, his appointment being dated July 28th 1772, when he was within three years of the age of three score. I have not been able to ascertain when he relinquished his naval duties, but he eventually retired to his small estate at Kingsland in Netherbury where he died ten days after Trafalgar, October 31, 1805, aged 90." (quoted in The Hood Peerage Pedigree Database [2])
