- Excerpt from "Notices of an English Branch of the Malet Family", by Arthur Malet, published 1885, pp 65-66, appendix DD:
ALEXANDER MALET OF ST. AUDRIES.
Alexander the 10th child of Baldwin Malet of St. Audries, but the 5th by his second wife Ann, the daughter of the Rev. George Harbin, was born in 1704. He entered Holy Orders, and was Rector of Combe Florey, Somerset, and Maiden Newton, Dorset.
He was appointed Prebendary of Wedmore, fourth in Cathedral of Wells, November 9th, 1741, and Prebendary of Gloucester, February 26th, 1761. He married, 1742, Ann St. Lo, daughter of the Rev. Laurence St. Lo, D.D., Rector of Pulham, Dorset.* He died September 19th, 1775, and was buried at Combe Florey.
Their children--
1. Charles Warre Malet.
2. Alexander Malet, married Alice Lucas; o.s.p.
3. Margaret, died unmarried.
4. Catherine, married W. Dansey; had issue
5. Elizabeth, married Thomas Carter, of Bishops Lydiard; had issue.
6. Anne; died unmarried.
His heir was his eldest son Sir Charles Warre Malet, Bart.
* [Spurway, 322.] Laurence St. Lo, D.D., Oct 11, 1741. All my estates real and personal to my wife, executrix. By Margaret St. Lo, relict, Nov'r 16, 1741. Alexander Malet a witness.
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