Dear Nicola, I am not researching Pye but the following may be of help. 1 Duncombs " Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford " 1912 records the following monumental inscription. It is/was in the pavement by the porch at Much Dewchurch church - " Elizabeth wife of Aristarch Merrick of Thruxton; ob. ---Jan. 1777 aet. 66 " 2 There is a photo of the Pye of the Mynde mansion on our website together with some notes on the history of Much Dewchurch. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiesirishkin/dew1.html Best of luck, ADRIAN