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THE 

HISTORY 

AND 

ANTIQUITIES 

OF    THE 

COUNTY 

OME1SET 


COLLECTED    FROM 

AUTHENTICK      RECORDS, 


AND      AN 


ACTUAL  SURVEY  made  by  the  late  Mr.  EDMUND  RACK. 

ADORNED     WITH 

A    NAP     of     the     COUNTY, 

And  Engraving  of  Roman  and  other  Relio^ues,  Town-Seals,  Baths, 
Churches,  and  Gentlemen's  Seats. 


by      THE 

REVEREND  JOHN  COLLINSON,  F.  A.  S. 

Vicar  of  Long-Ashon,  Curate  of  Filton  alias  Whitchurch,  in  the  County  of  Somerfet ; 
nd  Vicar  of  Clanfield,  in  the  County  of  Oxford. 


Exude  variant  faciem  per  ftcula  gcntes. 


Manilius. 


IN    THREE    VOLUMES. 
VOL.      I. 


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T    O 


HIS  MOST  EXCELLENT  MAJESTY 


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S  I  R, 

T  is  with  much  diffidence  of  my  abilities  to 
convey  either  amufement  or  inftruclion,  that 
I  coniign  thefe  Volumes  to  your  view;  but 
as  they  are  defcriptive  of  a  very  confide rable 
part  of  your  Majesty's  Dominions,  and  one  which  has 
in  all  ages  produced  men  eminent  for  heroick  actions, 
and  for  loyalty  to  their  Sovereign,  the  fubjecl:,  how- 
ever meanly  handled,  may  not  perhaps  be  altogether 
unworthy  of  your  gracious  regard. 

The  DiftricT:  which  I  have  delineated,  participates,  in 
an  ample  meafure,  of  thofe  comforts  which  refult  from 
your  Majefty's  Throne;— a  Throne  exemplary  infofter- 
ing  every  Branch  of  Britain's  happy  Family,  and  in 
countenancing  every  effort  exerted  in  its  in te reft. 

May 


May  the  Supreme  Being  long  continue  to  this 
Country  fo  good  a  Difpenfator  of  his  Benignity,  and 
when  it  fhall  pleafe  Him  to  call  you  hence,  may  you 
fucceed  to  that  Eternal  Crown  of  Glory,  of  which  you 
have  in  this  life  fo  ftrenuoufly  endeavoured  to  approve 
yourfelf  worthy.     This  is  the  earneft  prayer  of 


Your  Majesty's 


Mofl  dutiful  Subject 


and  Servant, 


JOHN  COLLINSON. 

Long-AJhtor, 
January  i,  1791. 


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THE  Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Ailesfbury 
The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Apfley 
The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Arden 
Sir  Thomas  Dyke  Acland,  bart.  3  copies 
Hugh  Acland,  efq;  Bath 
John  Acland,  efq;  Fairfield 
Rev.  Alexander  Adams,  Belluton 
John  Adams,  efq. 
John  Till  Adams,  M.D.  Briftol 
Daniel  Adey,  efq;  Bath 
Rev.  Lancelot  St.  Albyn 
Rev.  Jofeph  Aldridge,  vicar  of  North-Petherton 
Richard  Aldridge,  efq. 
Richard  Aldworth,  efq;  Ireland 
Rev.  Mr.  Alford,  Curry-  Rivel 
Jefferys  Allen,  efq;  Bridgwater 
Rev.  Mr.  Alleyne,  North-Cerney,  Gloucefterfh. 
Levi  Ames,  efq;  Shepton-Mallet 
Robert  Proctor  Anderdon,  efq;  Henlade 
William  Anderdon,  efq;  Bath 
Rev.  J.  Andrew,  rector  of  Powderham,  Devon 
Mr.  Andrews 

Mr.  William  Andrews,  Prefton-abbey 
Mr.  Francis  Anftie,  Bath 

Arnold,  efq;  Northamptonfhire 

Mr.  Gregory  Afh,  Briftol 

Mr.  Henry  Atwood,  furgeon,  Bath 

Mr.  Richard  Atwood,  Bath 

B. 
His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Beaufort,  large  paper 
His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Buccleugh 
The  Right  Hon.  Marquis  of  Buckingham 
The  Right  Hon.  Marquis  of  Bath 
The  Right  Hon.  Earl  Bathurft 
The  Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Bute 
Right  Rev.  the  Lord  Bifhop  of  Bath  and  Wells 
The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Boringdon 
The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Bayham,  M.  P.  for  Bath 
Hon.  Mr.  Bathurft 
Vol.  I. 


Hon.  Mr.  Daines  "Barrington 

Sir  Jofeph  Banks,  bart.  r- .  R.  S. 

Sir  Thomas  Beevor,  bart.  Hethel-hall,  Norfolk 

Sir  Wm.  Burrell,  bart.  2  copies,  large  paper 

Andrew  Baine,  M.D.  Hotwells,  Briftol 

J.  W.  Baker,  efq;  Ranfton,  Dorfet 

Rev.  Slade  Baker,  fellow  of  New-College,  Oxon 

Mr.  Baker 

Mr.  Gabriel  Baker,  Yeovil 

Robert  Everard  Balch,  efq;  St.  Audries 

Capt.  Baldwin,  of  the  47th  regiment 

Copleftbne  Warre  Bampfylde,  efq;  Heftercombe 

Rev.  Jofeph  Butler  Barber,  rector  of  Norton- 

Malreward 
Mrs.  Sufannah  Barclay 
Rev.  Dr.  Barford,  prebendary  of  Canterbury 
Mr.  George  Hollington  Barker 
Mr.  Jofeph  Barratt,  bookfeller,  Bath 
Mr.  Barrett,  Wraxall 
Thomas  Barrow,  efq;  Manchefter 
William  Batt,  efq;  New-hall,  Wilts 
George  Balch,  efq;  St.  Audries 
Mr.  Batchelor,  Briftol 
Edmund  Batten,  efq;  Yeovil 
Zachariah  Bayly,  efq;  Widcombe 
James  Beailey,  efq;  London 
Mr.  Jofeph  Beailey,  Worcefter 
Rev.  George  Beaver,  rector  of  Trent 
Jofeph  Beck,  efq;  Briftol 

Stephen  Beckenham,ef'q;  Portland-place,London 
Mrs.  Beckenham 

Wm.  Beech,  efq;  Netherhavcn,  Wilts,  2  ct 
Jonathan  Bell,  efq;  Hertford 
R.  A.  Bennet,  efq. 
Mr.  John  Pain  Berjew,  Briftol 
James  Bernard,  efq;  Crowcombe-court 
Thomas  Bevan,  efq;  Upper  Harley-ftreet,  Ca- 

vendifh-fquare,  London 
Richard  Bigland,  efq;  Froccfter,  Glouccfterfhirc 
John  Billinglley,  efq;  Alhwick-Grove 

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Morris  Birkbeck,  cfq;  Hanford,  Dorfet 

Rev.  Dr.  Bifhop,  Whatley 

John  Blagrave,  efq;  Calcot-Place,  Berks 

John  Blake,  efq;  Effex-ftreet,  London 

Mr.  Richard  Blake,  Briftol 

Wm.  Blathwaite,  efq;  Dirham,  Gloucefterfhire 

Thomas  Le  Blanc,  efq;  Cavenham,  Suffolk 

Mr.  Blifs,  bookfeller,  Oxford 

Robert  Bogle,  efq;  London 

Mr.  Bond,  Orchard-Portman 

Rev.  Mr.  Boone,  Thurloxton 

Henry  Bofanquet,  efq;  Langford-Court 

Mr.  George  Bofwell,  Piddletown,  Dorfet 

Jofeph  Bottomley,  efq;  Holborn 

R.  Bovett,  efq;  Wellington 

Thomas  Bowdler,  efq;  Bath 

Samuel  Bradford,  efq;  Lancafter 

Charles  Bragge,  efq;  Cleeve,  Gloucefterfhire 

Wm.  Bray,  efq;  Great  Ruffell-ftreet,  Bloomibury 

Matthew  Brickdale,  efq;  Monckton 

Rev.  Dr.  Bridle,  Hardwick,  Bucks 

Lowbridge  Bright,  efq;  Briftol 

Richard  Bright,  efq;  Briftol 

Briftol  City  Libraiy 

Mr.  William  Britton,  Long-Afhton 

Mr.  Edmund  Broderip,  Wells 

Mr.  William  Broderip,  Briftol 

William  Brodribb,  efq. 

Charles  Frederick  Brook,  efq. 

Mr.  Brown,  bookfeller,  London,  2  copies 

John  Browne,  efq. 

Mr.  Browne,  bookfeller,  Briftol,  3  copies 

Robert  Bryant,  efq;  Ilminfter 

Mr.  Brydges,  Tyberton,  Herefordfhire 

Mr.  Bulgin,  bookfeller,  Briftol,  6  copies 

Mr.  Bull,  bookfeller,  Bath 

Mr.  Bunter,  Axminfter 

Mr.  Burdon,  bookfeller,  Winchefter 

John  Berkeley  Burland,  efq;  Steyning,  Stoke- 

Courcy 
William  Burrell,  efq. 

William  Doble  Burridge,  efq;  Stoke  St.  Mary 
John  Butler,  efq;  late  of  the  council  at  Halifax, 

Martock,  3  copies 


The  Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Chatham,  3  copies 
The  Right  Hon.  Countefs  Dowager  of  Chatham, 

2  copies 
The  Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Corke  and  Orrery 
The  Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Clanrickarde 
The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Colville 
The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Conyngham 
Samuel  Cam,  efq;  Bradford,  Wilts 
Rev.  James  Camplin,  M.  A.  rector  of  Norton- 

Fitzwarren  and  Clatworthy 
Rev.  William  Camp.in,  M.  A.  vicar  of  Locking 


Meffrs.  Campbell  and  Gainfborough,  book- 
fellers,  Bath 
Rev.  Dr.  Caner,  late  of  Bofton,  New-England 
Mifs  Mary  Anne  Carent,  Salifbury 
Mr.  Cary,  bookfeller,  Shepton-Mallet 
John  Carter,  efq;  Cricklade,  Wilts 
Francis  Chalie,  efq;  Bath 
Richard  Chamberlayne,  efq;  Batcombe 
Rev.  Jofeph  Chapman,  D.D.  prelident  of  Tri- 
nity-College, Oxford 
Rev.  John  Chapman,  D.  D.  rector  of  Wefton 
Cirencefter  Book-Society 
Mr.  William  Clachar,  Chelmsford,  EfTex 
Edward  Clarke,  efq;  Chipley 
Richard  Hall  Clarke,  efq;  Bridewell,  Devon 
Rev.  John  Clendon,  Brompton-Rcgis 
Gideon  William  Clootwyk,  efq. 
Rev.  H.  J.  Clofe,  rector  of  Hitcham,  Suffolk 
Daniel  Clutterbuck,  efq;  Bradford,  Wilts 
Thomas  Clutton,  efq;  Clutton,  Herefordfhire 
Rev.  Thomas  Cockayne,  Stapleton 
Mr.  Benjamin  Colborne 
James  Collings,  efq;  Bath 
John  Collins,  efq;  Hatch-court 
Mr.  B.  C.  Collins,  Salifbury,  2  copies 
Rev.  Mr.  Collinfon,  Briftol 
Mr.  James  Colfton,  Whitchurch 
Mrs.  Coombes,  Earnfhill 
Charles  Cooper,  efq;  Norwich,  large  paper 
Corpus-Chrifti  College  Library,  Oxford 
W.  P.  A'Court,  efq;  Heytefbury,  Wilts 
Henry  Hippifley  Coxe,  efq;  Ston-Eafton 
C.  H.  Coxe,  efq;  Stratton 
Charles  Coxe,  efq;  Lypiat,  Gloucefterfhire 
Rev.  William  Coxe 
Rev.  Powel  Samuel  Criche,  Bedminfter 
Jofeph  Cripps,  efq;  Cirencefter,  Gloucefterfhire 
Mr.  Abraham  Crocker,  Frome 
John  Croffe,  efq;  Thurloxton 
Richard  Croffe,  efq;  Broomfield 
Rev.  George  Croffman,  Weft-Monkton 
Edward  Holden  Cruttenden,  efq;  Berners-ftreet, 

London 
Mr.  William  Cruttwell,  Sherborne,  2  copies 
Rev.  Clement  Cruttwell,  Oakingham,  Berks 
Mr.  Richard  Cruttwell,  Bath,  50  copies 
Edward  Curteis,  efq;  Bath 
Thomas  Curtis,  efq;  Belmont,  Bath 

D. 
The  Right  Hon.  Marquis  of  Donegal 
The  Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Dartmouth 
The  Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Dyfart 
The  Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Digby,  3  copies 
The  Right  Hon.  Admiral  Digby,  Tinterne 
Hon.  and  Rev.  Charles  Digby,  rector  of  Kil- 
mington 

Baron 


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Baron  Dimftlale 

Sir  John  Durbin,  knt.  Briftol 

John  Dalton,  efq;  Pitcomb 

Nathaniel  Dalton, efq;  Shanks  near  Wincaunton 

Tho  Danes,  efq;  Abingdon-ltrcet,  Weftminllcr 

John  Daniel,  efq;  Briftol 

Samuel  Daniel,  efq;  Yeovil 

Lieutenant-Colonel    Danfey,    Brinfop-Court, 

Herefordfhire 
Thomas  Darch,  efq;  Hill-Bifhops 
William  Darley,  efq;  York 
Thomas  Davis,  efq;  Longleat,  Wilts 
Rev.  Mr.  Daubeny,  Stratton,  Gloucefterfhire 
John  i  )ay,  efq;  Nailfworth,  Gloucefterfhire 
Mr.  Philip  Deck,  bookfeller,  Bury,  Suffolk 
John  Delabere,  efq;  Cheltenham,  Gloucefterfliire 
Charles  Delaci,  etq. 

Vickris  Dickinfor.,  efq;  Queen-Charlton 
William  Dickinfon,  efq;  King-Wefton 
Mr.  Charles  Dilly,  bookfeller,  London,  iz  copies 
Mrs.  Dimfdale,  Briftol 
Matthew  Dobfon,  M.  D.  F.  R.  S.  Bath 
Henry  Donn,  efq;  Yeovil 
John  Dunning,  efq;  Bridgwater 
Tho.  Erie  Drax,  efq;  Charborough-hall,  Dorfet 
Edward  Drewe,  efq;  Exeter 
Rev.  Dr.  Dumarefque,  Yeovilton 
Lieutenant- Colonel  Duroure 


The  Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Egremont 

The  Right  Rev.  the  Lord  Bifhop  of  Exeter 

Sir  Henry  Englefield,  bart. 

John  Eafon,  efq;  South-Pctherton 

Mr.  Eafton,  bookfeller,  Salifbury,  4  copies 

Mr.  S.  C.  Edwards,  Briftol 

Mr.  William  Elkmgton,  Bath 

Rev.  Mr.  Emily,  Saliibury 

Jofeph  England,  efq;  Dorchefter 

Captain  Englilh,  Shooter's -hill 

George  Ward  Errington,  efq. 

Rev.  Mr.  Efcott 

Rev.  Mr.  Efcott,  Hartrow 

Samuel  Eyre,  efq;  Exmouth,  Devon 


William  Falconer,  M.  D.  F.R.S.  Bath,  2  copies 
Thomas  Falconer,  efq;  F.  R.  S.  Chefter 
Samuel  Farr,  M.D.  Curry-Rivel 
Rev.  Mr.  Farthing,  Halfe 
Mr.  Field,  Melbury,  Dorfet 
Mr.  John  Field 
John  Fletcher,  M.  D.  Briftol 
Vlr.  Fletcher,  bookfeller,  Oxford,  2  copies 
[ohn  Flint,  efq;  Shrewfbury 
Mx.  Fofter,  apothecary',  Bath 


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Rev.  Dr.  Fothergill,  provoft  of  Queen's  College, 

Oxford 
Rev.    Thomas   Fothergill,   M.  A.  fellow  4b 

Queen's -College,  Oxford 
A.  Fothergill,  M.D.  F.R.S.  Bath 
Rev.  Mr.  Foulkes,  M.  A.  ftudent  of  Chrift- 

Church,  and  vicar  of  Uath-Eafton 
James  Frampton,  efq;  Morcton,  Dorfet 
William  Fiafer,  M.D.  Hath,  large  paper 
Thomas  Edwards  Freeman,  jun.  efq;  Bat  s- 

ford,  Gloucefterfliire 
Mr.  John  Freeftone,  Broad-Sanduary,  Weft- 

minfter 
Mr.  James  Froom,  Briftol 
Mr.  Edmund  Fry,  letter-founder  to  the  Prince 

of  Wales,  London 
Mr.  John  Fry,  London 
Mr.  Jofeph  Fry,  Briftol 


Rev.  Sir  Peter  Rivers  Gay,  bart. 
Hon.  James  Grenville,  M.  P.  Butleigh 

Gape,  efq;  Bere,  Dorfet 

John  Garnet,  efq;  Briftol 

Rev.  John  Gerrard 

Rev.  Thomas  Goddard,  South-Petherton 

Mr.  Goddard 

Gabriel  Goldney,  efq;  Clifton-hill, 

Robert  Goodden,  efq;  Over-Compton,  Dorfet 

Mr.  Wyndham  Goodden,  Temple,  London 

Mr.  John  Goodfellow,  Ditchcat 

John  Old  Goodford,  efq;  Yeovil 

Henry  Goodwin,  efq. 

Peter  Goodwin,  efq;  Charlton- Houfe,  Wraxall 

John  Gore,  efq;  Barrow-Court 

Edward  Gore,  efq;  Kiddington,  Oxford/hire 

Charles  Gore,  efq;  Emanuel  college,  Cambridge 

Richard  Gough,  efq;  Enfield 

George  Gould,  efq;  Upway 

Mrs.  Macaulay  Graham 

Rev.  Mr.  Graves,  reitor  of  Clavcrton 

Richard  Gray,  efq;  deputv-auditor  to  his  Royal 

Highnefs  the  Prince  of  Wales,  Pall-Mall 
Edmund  Greathead,  efq;  Uddens,  Dorfet 
Valentine  Green,  efq;  mezzotinto  engraver  to 

his  Majefty 
Mr.  Guerin,  jun.  Cirencefter,  Gloucefterfhire 
Bartlett  Gurney,  efq;  Norwich 

H. 
The  Right  Hon.  Earl  Harcourt 
The  Right  Rev.  Lord  Bifhop  of  Hereford 
S  ir  Richard  Hoare,  bart.  2  copies 
Sir  Richard  Colt  Hoare,  bart.  Stourton 
Sir  Casfar  Hawkins,  bart.  Kelwefton 
Warren  Haftings,  efq. 
John  Blagden  Hale,  efq;  Alderley,  Gloucefterfh. 

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Rey.Henry  Hall,  reaor  of  Child-Okeford,  Dorfet 

Mr.  G.  W.  Hall,  attorney  at  law,  Briftol 

Edmund  Trowbridge  Halliday,  efq. 

Mr.  Haly,  bookfeller,  Briftol 

Charles  Hamilton,  efq;  Bath 

Rev.  Mr.  Hammond,  Lydiard  St.  Laurence 

Ofgood  Hanbury,  efq;  Coggefhall,  EfTex 

William  Hanbuiy,  efq;  Northamptonshire 

John  Hanning,  efq;  Eaft-Dowlifh 

Windham  Harbin,  efq;  Yeovil 

Mr.  Thomas  Harden,  Cirencefter 

John  Scandaret  Haiford,  efq;  Briftol 

Mr.  John  Harding,  Redcliff-ftreet,  Briftol 

Rev.  James  Hardwicke,  LL.B.  vicar  of  Tyther- 

ington,  Gloucefterlhire 
James  Harford,  efq. 
Jofeph  Haiford,  efq;  Briftol 
Henry  Harington,  M.  D.  Bath 
Edward  Harington,  efq;  Harington-place,  Bath 
Thomas  Harris,  efq;  Briftol 
Mr.  Alderman  Harris,  Briftol 
Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Sturminfter,  Dorfet 
Mr.  Charles  Harris,  ftatuary,  London 
Robert  Harvey,  M.  D.  Holt 
Henry  Harvey,  efq; 
John  Harvey,  efq;  Wivelifcombe 
Mr.  Harward,  bookfeller,  Cheltenham,  6  copies 
Edward  Hafted,  efq;  Canterbury 
William  Hawker,  efq;  Pitminfter 
Adam  Hawkins,  efq;  Great  Marlborough-ftreet, 

London 
Mr.  Hayes,  furgeon,  Hampftead 
William  Hayman,  efq;  Minehead 
Captain  Thomas  Haynes,  Briftol 
Mr.  Jofeph  Haythorne,  High-ftreet,  Briftol 
Mr.  Samuel  Hazard,  bookfeller,  Bath 
Mr.  Samuel  Heel,  Bridgwater 
Jofeph  Hellier,  efq;  Dundry 
Wefton    Helyar,   efq;    Newton-Ferrers    near 

Callington,  Cornwall 
Mr.  Robert  Henning,  attorney,  Dorchefter 
Michael  Hickes,  efq;  Williamftrip,  Glocefterfh. 
Rev.  Mr.Giles  Hill,  re&or  of  Hemington 
Mr.  Francis  Hill,  Bradford,  Wilts 
Mr.  Hill,  Paulton 

Mr.  Thomas  Gundry  Hillard,  South-Petherton 
J.  C.  Hippilley,  efq. 
Mr.  Hippilley 
Henry  Hugh  Hoare,  efq. 
Samuel  Hoare,  jun.  efq;  banker,  London 
Mr.  William  Holder,  Corn-ftreet,  Briftol 
Jonathan  Hooper,  efq;  Yeovil 
Thomas  Horner,  efq;  Mells-Park 
Thomas  Strangeways  Horner,  efq. 
Thomas  Hoikyns,  efq;  North-Parret 
William  Hofkyns,  efq;  North-Parret 
Thomas  Houftoun,  efq;  Frome 


Mr.  William  Howfe,  Afhill 
John  Hoyte,  efq. 
William  Hoyte,  efq;  Curry-Rivel 
Mr-  Howard,  Queen-Camel 
Mr.  J.  W.  Hucklebridge,  Sarum 
Mr.  Hudden,  Beckington 
Richard  Huddleftone,  M.  D.  Bath 
James  Humphrys,  efq;  Frome 
Dodington  Hunt,  efq;  Charlton-Kings 
John  Hunt,  efq;  Compton-Paunceford 
Alexander  Hunter,  M.D.  York 
Thomas  Huftler,  efq;  Bath 
Charles  Hutton,  LL.D.  F.R.S. 


The  Lord  Primate  of  Ireland 

Sjr  William  Langham  Jones,  bart.  Ramfbury- 
Court,  Wilts 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Jarman,  foreign  fecrretary  to  the 
Royal  Society. 

Mr.  Jofeph  Jacob,  Ludgate-hill,  London 

Mr.  John  Jacob,  Shipham 

John  Jeane,  efq;  Binfords 

Mr.  Jeane 

Jofeph  Jekyl,  efq;  Spetifbury,  Dorfet 

Richard  Jenkyns,  efq;  Chewton-Priory 

Mr.  Walter  Jenkins,  Bridge-ftreet,  Briftol 

Colonel  Guy  Johnfon,  fuperintendant  of  the  fix 
Indian  Nations,  Buckingham-ftreet,  York- 
buildings,  London 

General  Johnfton,  Wefton 

Rev.  James  Johnfon,  Langford,  Berks 

John  Jones,  efq;  Frankly-Houfe 

Mr.  James  Jordan,  Oakhill 

Rev.  Thomas  Ireland,  D.D.  rector  of  Clirift- 
Church,  Briftol 

James  Ireland,  efq;  Briflington 

Mr.  John  Ireland,  apothecary,  Oxford 

Mr.  William  Ifaacs,  North-Petherton 

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Rev.  Sir  Richard  Kaye,  bart.  dean  of  Lincoln 
Rev.  Mr.  Keate,  Laverton 
Mr.  John  Kelfon,  attorney  at  law,  Briftol 
Rev.  Dr.  Kent,  Pottern,  Wilts 
Rev.  Mr.  Kilner,  Cirencefter 
James  King,  efq;  M.  C.  Bath 
Mr.  John  King,  bookfeller,  Yeovil 
Robert  Kingfmill,  efq;  Sidmonton-place,  Hants 
Mr.  Henry  Knight,  Bath 
Rev.  Mr.  Kymer,  Wells 


His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Leeds 
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cefter,  Gloucefterfhire 

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C       E. 


THE  advantages  which  Hiftory  affords  to  mankind,  have  furnifhed 
to  paribus  of  the  greatest  abilities  fo  ample  a  field  for  eloquent 
difcuision,  that  it  is  unneceffary  to  repeat  what  has  been  fo  power- 
fully recommended,  and  has  met  with  univerfal  acquiefcence.  But, 
although  the  ufe  of  Hiftory  at  large  be  manifeft  enough,  it  may  not  be 
ufelefs  to  point  out  fome  benefits  that  may  accrue  to  fociety  from  the  cul- 
tivation of  that  particular  fpecies,  which  forms  the  subject  of  the  work  here 
offered  to  the  consideration  of  the  publick. 

County  Hiftory  may  be  regarded  as  a  branch,  or  rather  perhaps  as  a  por- 
tion of  general  hiftory.  Though  limited  from  its  nature  in  its  object  and 
its  views,  it  receives  proportionable  advantages  from  the  enlargement  of  its 
fcale.  All  general  hiftory  muft  partake  of  the  nature  of  an  abridgment; 
the  tranfactions  that  compofe  the  narrative  are  too  numerous  for  particular 
recital  j  and  it  is  the  bufmefs  of  the  hiftorian  to  fele£t  fuch  only  as  tend 
mod  to  elucidate  his  fubject.  But  events  too  unimportant,  or  of  too  local 
a  nature,  to  find  a  place  in  a  relation  which  has  for  its  object  the  fate  of 
dates  and  kingdoms,  may  afford  entertainment  and  instruction,  when  con- 
fidered  as  illustrating  a  defcription  comprehended  within  narrower  limits. 
Both  equally  tend  to  improve  our  acquaintance  with  human  nature.  If  the 
former  be  confidered  as  the  fchool  of  the  politician  and  the  moralist,  the 
latter  may  be  regarded  as  not  lefs  advantageous  in  improving  our  acquaint- 
ance with  our  country,  and  its  inhabitants.  If  a  knowledge  of  the  former 
be  neceflary  to  direct  the  application  of  the  national  strength  and  powers, 
'a  knowledge  of  the  latter  is  no  lefs  requifite,  in  order  to  determine  of  what 
nature  thofe  powers  are,  and  by  what  means  they  may  be  preferved  or 
augmented. 

Nor  muft  we  overlook  the  effect  of  thefe  local  histories  in  promoting  the 
love  of  our  country,  which,  next  to  a  due  veneration  for  the  Deity,  and  a 
regard  for  mankind  in  general,  is  the  most  valuable  among  national  attain- 
ments. 


viii  PREFACE. 

ments.  We  cannot  love  that  with  which  we  are  totally  unacquainted;  and 
our  attachment  to  our  country  cannot  fail  of  bdng  increafed,  as  the  oppor- 
tunities of  information  concerning  it  become  more  extended.  The  virtues 
and  heroick  actions  of  Britons,  thus  preferved  and  recorded,  tend  to  cheriih 
that  honeft  national  pride,  which  is  one  of  the  chief  fources  of  emulation. 

We  are  doubly  jealous  of  our  national  diftinction,  when  we  find  it  adorned 
by  characters  which  caft  a  luftre  upon  human  nature.  Even  the  particular 
defcription  of  thofe  places  which  have  been  the  fcene  of  fome  notable 
achievement,  or  the  habitation  of  fome  illuftrious  perfon,  tends  to  excite 
feelings  favourable  to  virtue  and  patriotifm.  We  are  told  by  the  Roman 
hiftorian/  that  Fabius  Maximus  and  Scjpio  Africanus  were  accuftomed  to 
declare,  that  when  they  looked  upon  the  ftatues  of  their  anceftors  they 
found  their  minds  excited  in  the  higheft  degree  to  the  emulation  of  their 
virtues.  The  genuine  Britifh  character,  of  which  we  have  many  inftances 
on  record,  is  no  lefs  worthy  of  imitation  than  the  ancient  Roman;  and  the 
view,  or  even  the  defcription  of  the  aged  manfions,  or  the  venerable  effigies 
of  our  illuftrious  anceftors,  may  kindle  fparks  in  our  breafts  equally  fa- 
vourable to  virtue  and  to  patriotifm  with  thofe  faid  to  have  been  excited  by 
the  waxen  memorials  of  the  Roman  nobility. 

Sepulchral  tombs  and  monuments  feem  to  have  a  peculiar  effect  in  this 
way;  and  the  prefervation  and  recording  of  them  is  in  fome  meafure  worthy 
of  publick  regard  with  us,  as  it  was  among  the  nations  of  antiquity.  I  do 
not  mean  that  the  characters  inferibed  thereon  fliould  be  implicitly  credited; 
as  flattery  and  falfehood  have  found  their  way  to  brafs  and  marble,  as  well 
as  to  lefs  durable  materials.  But  fuch  memorials  may  convey  information 
of  a  lefs  fufpicious  nature ;  they  may,  and  often  do  afcertain  a  family  defcent, 
when  other  remembrances  have  perifhed ;  and  may  be  appealed  to  as  decifive 
in  point  of  genealogy,  when  the  characters  on  which  they  beftow  their 
adulation  are  regarded  with  indifference,  or  perhaps  with  contempt  and 
abhorrence. 

The  rnoJt  important  advantages,  however,  that  refult  from  thefe  local 
accounts,  are  derived  from  the  materials  which  they  furnifh  to  the  general 
hiftory  of  the  country.  Thefe  are  the  fources  from  which  a  great  part  of 
the  mod  authentick  information  belonging  to  the  latter  may  be  drawn,  and 
by  which  it  may  in  future  ages  be  in  a  great  meafure  confirmed  or  corrected. 
They  may  not  only  ferve  to  afcertain  property,  preferve  the  genealogies  of 
families,  record  illuftrious  actions,  uphold  the  memory  of  great  characters, 
and  retrace  and  bring  to  view  the  peculiar  modes  of  life,  laws  and  cuftoms 

•  Salluft.  Bell.  Jugurthin. 

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of  part  ages;  but  alfo  contribute  to  perpetuate  our  happy  conftitution  itfelf. 
The  hiftorick  page,  reciting  local  claims  and  privileges,  has  often  proved  a 
confiderable  barrier  againft  the  violence  of  defpotifm  on  the  one  hand,  and 
the  inconfiderate  rage  of  popular  fury  on  the  other. 

Nor,  laftly,  is  the  communication  of  intelligence  refpe&ing  the  natural 
productions  of  any  particular  territory  a  matter  of  the  fmalleft  moment. 
There  is  fcarcely  any  diftritt  fo  defe&ive  as  not  to  furnifh  fome  fubjecl:  of 
entertainment  and  improvement;  and  Somerfetjhire  feems  to  have  its  (hare 
of  the  wonderful  works  of  Providence.  By  an  intuition  of  thefe,  fcience  is 
delightfully  improved ;  the  mind  exults  in  purfuing  the  Deity  through  all 
his  operations,  and  difpenfing  different  bleflings  to  different  regions. 

Thefe  are  fome  of  the  benefits  which  fociety  derives  from  Provincial 
Hiftory;  in  defcanting  on  which,  however,  it  has  not  been  my  defign  to 
applaud  my  own  performance,  which  is  feeble  and  fuperficial  enough;  but* 
to  point  out  what  has  been,  and  ftill  may  be,  in  this  way  effected  by  more 
able  pens. 

The  Topographical  part  of  the  work  before  us  refts  principally  on 
inquiries  made  in  many  fucceffive  years  by  my  late  worthy  friend  Mr. 
Edmund  Rack,  to  whofe  afliduity  and  integrity  I  cheerfully  pay  this  me- 
rited acknowledgment.  The  Hiftorical  Memorials  are  gathered  from  printed 
books,  from  various  records  in  publick  repofitories,  and  from  divers  private 
archaeological  collections. 

And  in  this  place  I  cannot  omit  exprefling  the  fenfe  I  have  of  the  obliga- 
tions which  I  am  under,  as  well  to  thofe  diftinguifhed  perfons  who  have  fo 
handfomely  decorated  thefe  volumes  by  the  engravings  which  they  have 
prefented,  as  to  thofe  who  have  furnifhed  me  with  information  and  materials. 
The  names  of  the  former  ftand  recorded  in  the  plates  themfelves;  among  the 
latter,  I  am  happy  in  mentioning  the  Right  Hon.  Earl  Bathurjl,  by  whom 
I  found  accefs  to  valuable  archives,  and  whofe  patronage  during  the  whole  of 
my  labours  purfued  me  with  unmerited  kindnefs.  To  the  Right  Hon.  the 
Marquis  of  Bath,  I  offer  my  refpeclful  acknowledgments  for  the  ufe  of  divers 
MSS.  volumes  from  his  library  at  Longleat;  and  alfo  to  the  Right  Reverend 
the  Lord  Bijloop  of  Bath  and  Wells,  for  his  indulging  me  with  the  perufal  of 
the  regifters  of  the  diocefe.  A  great  deal  of  ufeful  information  has  been 
owing  to  the  friendly  exertions  of  Ccplejlone  JVarre  Bampfylde,  efq;  whom  I 
with  much  efteem  commemorate.  To  Hugh  Acland,  and  to  John  Acland, 
efqrs.  I  am  highly  indebted  for  the  ufe  of  the  late  Mr,  Palmers  Collections; 
to  Mrs.  Malet,  of  Staplegrove,  for  feveral  volumes  of  inquifitions  and  other 

Vol.  I. c  b  ancient 


PREFACE. 

ancient  documents;  to  Sir  John  Hugh  Smyth,  bait,  for  divers  valuable  com- 
munications refpecling  manerial  property  and  family  defcents;  to  James 
Bernard,  of  Crowcombe,  efq;  for  two  MSS.  volumes  of  the  late  Mr.  Carew, 
to  Robert  Bryant,  of  Ilminfter,  efq;  for  a  MS.  volume  of  mifcellaneous  col- 
lections; to  Dennis  Rolle,  efq;  for  divers  ancient  records  relating  to  Glafton- 
bury- Abbey;  to  John  Berkeley  Bur/and,  efq;  for  memoirs  of  the  Berkeley, 
Portman,  and  other  families;  to  Paul  Methuen,  of  Corfham,  efq;  for  feveral 
provincial  particulars ;  to  Jofeph  Plant  a,  efq;  and  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ay/cough, 
for  their  aififtance  at  the  Britifh  Mufeum;  to  Richard  Gongh,  of  Enfield, 
Craven  Orde,  William  Bray,  and  Edmund  Tumor,  efqrs.  for  extracts  from  pub- 
lick  offices;  to  Henry  Harington,  M.  D.  and  William  Falconer,  M. D.  of  Bath, 
for  their  kind  and  obliging  fervices ;  to  Mr.  Sole,  apothecary  of  Bath,  for  a 
lift  of  the  more  rare  plants  growing  in  this  county;  to  the  Rev.  John  Wills, 
D.D.  warden  of  Wadham-college,  Oxford;  the  Rev.  George  Beaver,  Richard 
Paget,  of  Chilcompton,  M.  D.  the  Rev.  Mr.  Graves,  of  Claverton;  the  Rev. 
yiv.Wylde;  Mr.  Abraham  Crocker ;  and  to  feveral  other  learned  and  ingenious 
contributors. 

With  all  thefe  aids,  I  am  ftill  aware  that  there  are  numerous  errors  and 
imperfections  throughout  the  whole  of  this  performance;  fome  of  which 
may  probably  have  arifen  from  the  extent  of  territory  which  it  furveys, 
and  others  from  the  ambiguity  of  records  relating  to  fafts  at  very  remote 
periods;  but  mod,  and  which  moft  I  lament,  from  my  own  inability  to  do 
juftice  to  a  tafk,  which,  in  regard  of  the  places  and  perfons  it  has  to  repre- 
fent,  is  in  itfelf  fo  important  and  honourable. 


INTRO- 


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I    N    T    R    O    D    U    C    T    I    O    N. 


SOMERSETSHIRE  is  a  maritime  county  in  the  fouthweft  part  of 
England,  having  the  Briftol  Channel  on  the  weft ;  Gloucefterftiire, 
and  the  City  and  County  of  Briftol  on  the  north;  Wiltfhirc  on  the 
eaft;  Dorfetfhire  on  the  fbutheaft;  and  Devonfhirc  on  the  fouth  and 
fouthweft. 

Its  form  is  oblong,  being  in  length  from  northeaft  to  fouthweft  upwards 
of  eighty  miles,  in  breadth  from  eaft  to  weft  between  thirty  and  forty,  and 
in  circumference  two  hundred. 

The  Sea-coast  is  extremely  irregular,  in  fome  parts  projecting  into 
large,  lofty,  and  rocky  promontories,  and  in  others  receding  into  fine  bays, 
with  flat  and  level  fhores.  The  extreme  point  of  the  coaft  weftward  to- 
wards Devonfhire,  is  a  vaft  fucceflion  of  huge  inacceffible  rocks,  extending 
from  the  limits  of  that  county  to  Porlock-Bay,  a  commodious  road  for  (hip- 
ping, in  which  ftands  the  little  town  of  Porlock;  this  bay  terminates  north- 
ward in  Horeftone -point,  an  immenfe  head-land,  from  which  there  is  a  con- 
tinued range  of  high  cliffs  to  Minehead.  From  Minehead-povit,  another  huge 
promontory,  rifing  fix  hundred  and  ninety  feet  above  the  level  of  the  fea,  to 
the  pariih  of  Old-Cleevc,  the  ihore  is  flat,  and  forms  a  curve  of  feventy  de- 
grees of  a  circle,  in  the  centre  of  which  ftand  the  town  and  caftle  of  Dimfter, 
at  the  diftance  of  about  a  mile  from  the  fea.  From  Cleeve  to  V/atchet  the 
cliffs  rife  from  fifty  to  two  hundred  feet  in  height,  and  at  length  the  coaft 
gradually  diftends  into  the  fine  bay  of  Bridgwater,  where  at  the  extremity 
of  Stert-Point,  a  long  and  narrow  peninfula,  the  river  Parret  immerges  into 
the  Channel.  The  coaft  from  this  point  northward  is  flat,  and  compofed 
of  vaft  land  banks,  repelling  the  inundation  of  the  fea,  which  in  ancient  times, 
precedent  to  the  birth  of  hiftory,  vvalhed  over  thefe  fhoals,  and  flowed  up 
into  the  country  to  a  vary  confiderable  diftance,  covering  with  its  waters 
that  vaft  territory,  now  called  Brent-Marjh,  and  the  moors  as  far  as  Glafton- 
buiy  and  Somerton.     The  fea  after  its  general  retirement  paid  frequent 

b  2  vifits 


xii  INTRODUCTION. 

vifits  to  thefe  parts,  and  it  was  found  neceflary  to  the  fecurity  of  the 
country  to  eftabliih  Commiffioners  of  Sewers,  who  fhould  examine  and  infpect 
the  fea-banks,  ditches,  gutters,  and  fewers,  connected  with  the  fea,  and 
order  the  requifite  cleanfings  and  reparations.  The  firft  commiffion  of  this 
kind  upon  record  occurs  A.  D.  1304,  32  Edw.  I.  when  Robert  de  Clare, 
Gilbert  de  Bere,  and  John  Gereberd,  were  appointed  to  the  office  of  infpec- 
tors.  After  this,  fimilar  commiffions  were  iffued  to  the  pofleflbrs  of  the 
manors  and  lordthips  bordering  on  thefe  parts;  among  whom  we  find  the 
names  of  Sir  Matthew  de  Furneaux,  John  de  Meriet,  Richard  de  Rodney, 
John  de  Godelege  dean  of  Wells,  John  de  Beauchamp,  John  de  Clevedon, 
John  Inge,  Sir  John  de  St.  Loe,  Sir  Guy  de  Bryan,  Sir  Richard  Aclon,  Sir 
Peter  Courtney,  Sir  Thomas  Brooke,  and  others,  in  the  reigns  of  Edw.  II. 
and  III.  and  Ric.  II.  and  the  like  offices  are  in  fome  meafure  extended  to 
this  day. 

At  the  northeaft  end  of  Bridgwater-bay  the  coaft  again  elevates  itfelf, 
the  lofty  rocky  promontory  of  Brean-Down,  emerging  as  it  were  out  of  the 
fea,  and  forming  one  of  the  moft  confpicuous  head-lands  on  the  coaft. 
Nearly  oppofite  to  it  on  the  weft  is  the  iiland  of  Steep-Holmes,  and  on  the 
eaft  the  remarkable  hill  and  village  of  Uphill,  at  the  influx  of  the  river  Ax 
into  the  Channel.  Northward  from  Uphill  is  a  fiat  fandy  ftrand  two  miles 
in  length  to  Anchor-head,  at  the  weft  end  of  Worle-hill,  which  is  another  vaft 
rocky  eminence,  and  a  remarkable  object  both  by  fea  and  land.  Here  for- 
merly the  fea  in  like  manner  enlarged  its  bounds,  and  flowed  to  Banwell, 
Churchill,  and  other  adjacent  places,  evident  veftiges  thereof  being  left  be- 
hind in  marine  plants,  fhells,  and  petrifactions. 

Northward  from  Worle-hill  are  Sand-Point  and  St.  Thomas' s-Head,  two 
remarkable  headlands,  bounding  the  demefnes  of  the  little  priory  of  Wood- 
fpring.  Here  again  the  coaft  flattening  to  Clevedon,  in  early  ages  ad- 
mitted the  waters  to  that  level  trac~t  extending  to  Congrefbury,  Kenn,  and 
Nailfea.  At  Clevedon  the  rocks  refume  their  grandeur,  and  continue  with- 
out much  intermiffion  to  Walton,  Black-Nore,  and  P  or tijhe  ad-Point,  which 
forms  the  laft  promontory  northward,  protruding  its  lofty  brow,  covered 
with  fine  coppices,  into  a  boifterous  fea  continually  raging  round  its  craggy 
bafe.  Hence  the  coaft  declines  gradually  to  King-Road,  at  the  conflux  of 
the  river  Avon,  and  the  Briftol  Channel. 

The  Avon  enters  this  county  at  Frefhford  on  the  borders  of  Wilts, 
whence  it  continues  its  courfe  between  woody  precipices  to  the  parifhes  of 

Claverton, 


INTRODUCTION. 


xui 


Claverton,  Bath-Ford,  Bath-Hampton,  Bath-Wick,  and  the  city  of  Bath. 
Then  becoming  navigable  for  barges,  it  vifits  Twiverton,  Kelwefton,  Salt- 
ford,  Kcynlham,  and  Briftol,  between  which  and  Kingroad,  where  it  dif- 
charges  itfelf  into  the  Severn  Sea,"  it  forms  the  boundary  of  the  counties  of 
Somerl'et  and  Gloucefter. 

The  other  Rivers  of  moft  note  which  mingle  with  the  Briftol  Chan- 
nel, are, 

i.  The  Ax,  which  has  its  chief  fource  in  the  remarkable  cavern  of 
Wookey-hole,  at  a  few  miles  diftance  from  which  it  receives  Chedder-ivater, 
and  palling  by  Axbridge,  Weare,  Compton-Bifhop,  and  Bleadon,  falls  into 
the  fea  (as  I  have  before  mentioned)  between  Brean-Down  and  the  village 
of  Uphill. 

2.  The  Breiv,  fometimes  erroneoufly  called  the  Brent,  rifes  near  the  vil- 
lage of  South-Brewham,  on  the  eaftern  fide  of  the  county,  near  the  confines 
of  Wilts,  and  gives  name  to  that  place,  to  North- Breivbam,  and  the  town  of 
Breivton,  whence  it  runs  by  Lydford,  Baltonfbury,  Glaftonbury,  and  Meare, 
and  traverfing  the  moors  difcharges  itfelf  into  the  Channel  at  Burnham. 

3.  The  Barret,  anciently  called  the  Bedred,  rifes  at  South-Parrot  in  Dor- 
fetlhire,  and  enters  this  county  at  North-Parrot,  both  thofe  villages  receiving 
their  name  from  it.  It  then  runs  to  South-Petherton,  and  near  Muchelney 
receives  the  river  He,  which  rifing  near  Chard,  vifits  and  gives  name  to  die 
town  of  Ilminfter,  He-Moor,  and  the  villages  of  lie-Abbots  and  lie-Brewers. 
Near  the  town  of  Langport  the  Parret  meets  with  the  Teo  or  Ivel,  which 
rifes  from  feven  fprings,  called  the  Seven-Sifters,  in  Horethorn-hill  on  the 
borders  of  Dorfetfliire,  whence  it  paffes  to  the  towns  of  Yeovil  and  Ivelchejler. 
At  Stanmoor-Point,  near  the  iiland  of  Athelney,  the  Parret  receives  the  river 
Tone.  This  river  has  its  fource  in  Beverton-hill  in  the  parifh  of  Clatworthy, 
and  paffes  between  the  village  of  Hewifh-Champflower  and  the  town  of 
Wivelifcombe,  to  Stawley,  Kittisford,  Runnington,  Ninehead,  Bradford,  and 
the  large  and  populous  town  of  Taunton,  which  has  from  it  its  appellation. 
The  Parret  foon  after  its  junction  with  this  river  receives  another  ftream 
called  Gary,  which  fprings  at  Cajlle-Cary,  to  which  it  gives  name,  and 
then  runs  to  Cary-Fitzpaine,  Weft-Charlton,  Lytes-Cary,  Somerton,  and 
Boroughbridge;  hence  the  Parret  in  a  large  ftream  paiics  the  parifh  of 
North -Petherton,  and  then  vifits  the  port  of  Bridgwater  j  after  which  it 
falls  into  the  fea  at  Stert-Point,  where  it  is  a  mile  over. 


'  This  cftuary  was  called  by  the  Saxons  Xr^nc-mu'5.     Cbron.  Saxt*.  105. 


The 


mv  INTRODUCTION. 

4,  The  river  Tow  rifes  at  Compton-Martin  on  the  northeaft  fide  of 
Mendip-hill,  whence  it  glides  by  Ubley,  Blagdon,  Wrington,  and  Congref- 
burv,  and  being  increafed  by  a  number  of  other  ftreams,  a  little  beyond 
Week  St.  Laurence   falls  into  the  fea. 

Other  Rivers  in  this  county  of  greater  note,  but  not  communicating 
with  the  Briftol  Channel,  are, 

1 .  The  Ax,  which  iffues  from  a  hill  called  Axnol,  near  Cheddington  in 
Dorfetfliire,  and  runs  thence  to  Mifterton,  Seaborough,  Clapton,  Wayford, 
and  Winfham,  and  enters  Devonfhire  at  Ford-abbey. 

2.  The  Cale,  which  rifes  near  Charlton-Mufgrave,  in  the  foutheaft  part 
of  the  county,  vifits  and  denominates  the  town  of  Wincaunton,  and  foon 
after  enters  Dorfetfliire. 

3.  The  Chew,  which  has  two  fources,  the  one  near  Chewton  under 
Mendip,  the  other  from  a  fpring  called  Pile/well,  in  the  parifh  of  Weft- 
Harptree.  Whence  the  united  ftream  runs  to  Chew-Stoke,  Chew-Magna, 
Stanton-Drew,  Pensford,  Publow,  Compton-Dando,  Chewton-Keynjham,  and 
the  town  of  Keynlham,  below  which  it  mixes  with  the  Avon. 

4.  The  river  Ex,  rifes  in  the  foreft  of  Exmoor,  in  the  extreme  part  of 
the  county  towards  Devonfhire,  emerging  from  which  it  panes  the  villages 
of  Exford,  Winsford,  and  Extcn,  and  the  town  of  Dulverton,  near  which  it 
meets  with  the  river  Barle,  (which  alfo  has  its  fource  in  the  foreft  of  Exmoor) 
and  enters  Devonfhire  at  Exbridge  in  its  way  to  Exeter. 

5.  The  Frome  has  its  principal  fource  in  Yarnfield  Common  on  the 
borders  of  Wilts,  five  miles  from  which  it  vifits  the  town  of  Frome,  and 
thence  pafles  on  to  Beckington,  Telsford,  Farley,  and  Frefhford,  at  which 
bit  place  it  falls  into  the  Avon. 

The  Inland  Parts  of  this  county  are  no  lefs  romantically  irregular  than 
the  coaft;  the  furface  thereof  being  varied  by  lofty  hills  and  rocks,  long 
tracts  of  rich  level  moor,  treelefs  plains,  and  bold  afpiring  woods. 

The  larger  chains  of  Hills  are,  the  Quantcck  hills  betwixt  Taunton  and 
the  fea;  Brendon-hill  near  Quantock;  North-hill  near  Minehead;  Poldon 
near  Bridgwater j  Mendip;  Broadfield-Down,  between  Brifiol  and  Wrington; 
Leigh-Down  in  the  hundred  of  Portbury;  Dundry-bill  near  Briftol;  Lanf- 
downneav  Bath;  IVhite-Down  near  Chard;  and  B Inch  -Down  on  the  confines 
of  Devonfhire. 

Among  disjointed  mountains,  Dunkery-Bezcon  in  Carhampton  near  the 
feaj  Hamden-hill,  Montacute,  St.  Michael's,  Brent-Knowle ;  the  Torr,  near 
Glaftonbury;  Bratton,  near  Minehead;  and  Snowden,  near  Chard;  are  the 
moft  confpicuous  objecls.  . 


INTRODUCTION".  xv 

The  Moors  arc,  King's-Sedgmoor,  caft  of  Bridgwater;  Eaft-Sedgmoor,  be- 
tween Wells  and  Glaftonbury;  Weft-Sedgmoor,  between  Taunton  and  Lang- 
port;  Stanmoor,  War  moor,  Wejlivall,  and  North-Moor,  on  the  north  fide  of 
Weft-Sedgmoor,  near  the  Ifle  of  Athelney;  Aller-Moor,  near  Langport;  Weft- 
Moor,  Curry-Moor,  and  Hay-Moor,  near  North-Curry;  Kingsmoor,  on  the  river 
Yeo,  between  Ivelchefter  and  Somerton;  llemoor,  on  the  river  He;  Burtle- 
Mocr,  and  Heath-Moor,  on  the  north  fide  of  Pol  don;  Mark-Moor,  on  the 
river  Brew,  near  the  village  of  Mark;  Brent-Marftj,  a  vaft  extent  of  morally 
ground  between  the  Ax  on  the  north,  the  Brew  and  Parret  on  the  fouth, 
Mendip-hill  on  the  eaft,  and  the  Channel  on  the  weft;  Kennard-moor,  and 
Godney-Moor,  fo  called  from  the  village  of  Godney  near  Glaftonbury;  Wefton- 
Moor,  between  Uphill  and  Wefton-fuper-Mare ;  Banwell-Moor ;  S/neath-Moor, 
near  Churchill ;  Kenn-Moor  near  the  villages  of  Kenn  and  Yatton ;  Nailfea- 
Moor,  north  of  Kenn ;  and  Clapton-Moor,  between  the  villages  of  Clapton 
and  Wefton  in  Gordano,  in  the  hundred  of  Portbury. 

There  were  five  Forests  in  this  county,  viz.  Selwood,  in  the  eastern  part 
near  Wilts;  Neroch,  on  the  fouth  near  Ilminfter;  Exmoor,  at  the  fouth  weft 
extremity  towards  Devonfhire;  Mendip,  near  Wells;  North-Petherton,  near 
Bridgwater ;  befides  the  Chaces  of  Axbridge,  Chedder,  and  F/lwood  on  the 
fouth  fide  of  Briftol. 

The  Vineyards  of  moft  note  were  at  Bath,  Glaftonbury,  Mearc,   and 
Pamborroio. 

In  vegetable  and  animal  productions,  Somerfetfhire  is  by  no  means  defi- 
cient; the  hills,  plains,  vallies,  rivers,  and  feas,  abound  with  commodities 
ufeful  to  mankind,  and  adequate  to  the  necefiary  wants  of  life.  The  vallies, 
whether  diftributed  into  meads,  pafture,  or  tillage,  are  in  general  very  rich, 
and  many  of  the  hills,  a  few  years  fmce  unacquainted  with  the  plough, 
now,  by  the  improvements  in  hufbandry,  brought  to  fuch  a  ftate  of  cultiva- 
tion as  to  produce  large  crops  of  grain.  Hemp,  flax,  teazels,  and  woad,  are 
cultivated  in  confiderable  quantities.  The  plains  are  remarkable  for  their 
luxuriant  herbage,  particularly  the  moors,  on  which  are  fattened  great 
numbers  of  nearly  the  largeft  cattle  in  England.  The  cheefe  made  in  this 
county  is  efteemed  remarkably  fine,  and  in  diftant  parts  is  produced  as  one  of 
the  dainties  of  the  table.  The  fheep  are  generally  of  the  fmaller  kind;  the 
Mendip  mutton  is  well  known  for  its  peculiar  fweetnefs. 

The  hills  produce  various  forts  of  valuable  ore;  in  thofe  of  Mendip  are 
dug  immenfe  quantities  of  lead  and  lap'u-calaminaris,  and  fome  copper: 
the  Quantock-hills  alfo  produce  lead  and  copper;  the  Broadfield-downs,  and 

othe/ 


xvi  INTRODUCTION. 

other  wilds,  have  their  mines  of  calamine;  and  iron-ore  has  been  found, 
though  little  worked,  in  various  parts  of  the  county;  on  the  rocks  near 
Porlock  filver  in  fmall  quantities  is  difcoverable.  The  coal-mines  in  the 
northern  part,  at  Clutton,  High-Littleton,  Midfummer-Norton,  Timfbury, 
Paulton,  Bedminfter,  Afhton,  Nailfea,  Clapton,  and  other  places,  are  valu- 
able treafures  to  the  neighbourhood,  and  fupply  great  part  of  the  cities  of 
Bath  and  Briftol  with  moil  excellent  fuel.  The  former  city  lias  in  great 
meafure  been  raifed  by  the  fine  freeftoneof  its  neighbouring  quarries.  The 
blue  Kenton  ftone  is  admirable  for  paving.  The  rocks  onthe  coaft  contain 
marble,  alabafter,  and  talk;  and  thofe  in  the  inland  parts  are  generally  com- 
pofed  of  limeftone,  and  abound  with  pyrkes,  (par,  lava,  and  curious  petrifac- 
tions. On  Mendip  are  found,  the  green  foliaceous  talk  with  fmall  fpangles, 
brown  elafmis,  brown  pellucid  fclenittz,  bright  oligadra,  dull  white  arthrodium , 
with  a  variety  of  fpars  and  cryftals.  Peculiar  alio  to  thefe  hills  is  the  hard 
yellow  undulated  fecomia,  which  is  found  in  large  quantities,  lying  moftly 
deep.  Several  other  varieties  of  the  fecomia  are  alfo  to  be  met  with  here,  and 
in  many  other  parts  of  the  county.  The  other  natural  productions  of 
Mendip  are, the  brown  gaiophragmium  with  mow-white  earthy  partitions,  the 
pale  yellow  feptaria  with  a  ruft-coloured  nucleus,  hard  heteropyra  with  brown 
and  purplifh  crufts,  oblong  geodes  with  a  fingle  blackifh  cruft,  thick  fhelled 
nih'uiri.,  friable  pale  red  lithozugium  with  white  veins  and  red  nodules, 
blue  cryftalline  petridium,  filver,  gold  colour  and  white  marcafites.  In  fome 
of  the  perpendicular  fiffures  of  the  ftrata  of  ftone  is  found  that  beautiful 
fpecies  of  the  faburra,  faburra  faxea  nivea  tenuior,  or  fine  fnow-white  ftony 
grit.  The  dull  white  coarfe  ftony  grit  is  more  common,  and  is  found  in 
many  parts  of  the  county,  particularly  in  the  ftone  quarries  near  Bath.  '  Of 
ochres  there  are  various  fpecies  found  in  thefe  parts,  fuch  as,  the  hard  heavy 
pale  yellow  ochre  at  Aihwick,  near  the  road  from  Bath  to  Shepton-Mallet, 
lying  in  a  ilratum  about  eighteen  feet  deep ;  the  light  friable  gold-coloured 
ochre,' which  is  frequently  difcovered  hanging  to  the  fides  of  old  mines;  and 
the  heavy  friable  yellow  ochre,  which  is  found  in  many  parts  of  the  county. 
At  Chew  and  Winford  is  found  that  fpecies  of  red  ochre  commonly  called 
ruddle,  fo  ,well  known  for  its  ufe  in  marking  fhcep ;  of  this  there  are  three 
different  forts,  the  firft  of  which  is  that  in  general  ufe  for  the  above  pur- 
poi'e;  the  fccond  is  much  harder,  makes  an  indifferent  kind  of  paint,  and  is 
frequently  fu'bftituted  by  druggifts  for  Bole-Armoniac ;  the  third  is 
peculiar  to  a  very  confined  fpace  on  the  top  of  Winford-hill,"  and  differs 

*  Principally  to  an  eilate  belonging  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wylde,  of  Yatton. 

materially 


INTRODUCTION.  xvii 

materially  from  either  of  the  other  kinds  in  the  brightnefs  of  its  colour,  the 
evennefs  and  fmoothnefs  of  its  texture,  in  its  ponderofity,  its  not  crumbling 
between  the  fingers,  and  in  being  indiflblublc  in  water.  It  is  found  at 
about  the  diftance  of  fix  fathoms  from  the  furface  of  the  ground,  in  a 
ftratum  of  four  feet,  lying  on  a  bed  of  black  marie,  beneath  ftrata  of 
foft  reddifh  earth,  clay,  rock,  and  loam.  It  affords  a  moil  excellent  and 
fplendid  colour,  and  is  in  every  refpecl:  equal  to  that  ochrous  earth  which  is 
dearly  imported  under  the  denomination  of  Terra  Pcrfiax. 

The  Mineral  Springs,  befides  thofe  at  Bath,  are,  at  Afhill,  Alford, 
Horwood  near  Wincaunton,  Horton,  Dillington,  Goathill,  Yeovil,  and 
Queen's-Camel.     At  Eaft-Chinnock  is  a  fait  fpring. 

The  Rivers  of  this  county  furnilh  trout,  falmon,  roach,  dace,  perch,  eels, 
pike,  gudgeon,  carp,  and  tench;  and  on  the  fea-coaft  we  meet  with  tublin, 
flounders,  fandabs,  hakes,  pipers,  fhrimps,  prawns,  crabs,  mufcles,  foles, 
herrings,  plaice,  porpoifes,  fkaits,  and  ftar-fifh. 

The  moft  remarkable  Birds  are,  the  heath-hen,  wild-duck,  curlew,  rail, 
gull,  and  wheatear. 

In  Exmoor  and  other  lower  parts  of  the  county  are  abundance  of  red-deer. 

On  the  hills  and  defert  waftes  we  find  the  dwarf  juniper,  the  cranberry, 
and  the  whortleberry;  the  laft  by  the  natives  is  called  hurts,  and  produces 
a  pleafing  fruit,  growing  fingly  like  goofeberries,  on  little  plants  from  a  foot 
to  eighteen  inches  in  height;  the  leaves  are  ovated,  and  of  a  pale  green, 
growing  alternately  on  the  branches.  On  the  rocks  upon  the  coaft  are  great 
quantities  of  laver,  lichen  marinus,  or  fea-bread.  In  the  moors,  once  deluged 
by  the  fea,  grows  the  gale,  or  candleberry-myrtle. 

Other  more  rare  plants  growing  in  this  county  are  exhibited  in  the  fol- 
lowing lift: 

Acorus  Calamus.     Sweet  Flag.     In  old  turf  pits  near  Wedmore. 

/Egilops  incurva.     Sea  Hard-grafs.     In  the  paftures  about  Berrow  and  Burnham. 

Agaricus.  odor  at  us.     Svveet-fcented  Mufhroom. 

AiRA/eiacea.  Fine-leaved  Hair-grafs.  On  Maiden  down  fo  abundantly  as  to  con- 
ftitute  the  predominant  grafs,  though  very  rare  in  many  other  countries. 

Allium  ampelopra/um.     Great  Mountain  Garlick.     On  the  Steep-Holmes. 

Amanita  verna,  pileo  rotundiori,  odorato  et  ejculento,  of  Tournefort.  In  the  fir  woods 
on  Combe  down.     It  has  a  fine  fcent  much  refembling  May-flowers  or  white-thorn. 

Andromeda  Polifolia.  Wild  Rofemary.  On  Glallonbury  and  Burtle  turf  moors 
abundantly. 

Antirrhinum  majus.  Great  Snap-dragon.  The  walls  of  the  city  of  Wells  are 
finely  adorned  with  this  plant,  and  the  Red  Valerian,  all  the  fummer  months. 

Vol,  I.  c  Arenaria 


1 


xviii  INTRODUCTION. 

Arenaria  peplcides.     Sea  Chickweed.     On  the  rocks  as  you  afcend  Brean  down, 

Arenaria  maritima.     Sea  Spurrey.     On  the  docks  at  Bridgwater  moft  luxuriantly. 

Artemisia  maritima.     Sea  Wormwood.     In  Burnham  fait  marines  plentifully. 

Arundo  arenaria.  Sea  Reed.  On  the  fand-banks  all  the  way  from  Burnham 
church  to  Brean  down. 

Arundo  calamagrofiis.  Hedge  Reed.  In  the  hedges  between  Hinton  abbey  and 
the  church. 

Asplenium  Ceterach.     Spleenwort. 

Trichomanes.     Black  Maiden  hair. 

Rut  a  muraria.     Wall  Rue. 

■  Adiantum  nigrum.     Maiden  hair  Fern.     The  above  four  plants  are  to  be 

met  with  in  great  abundance  on  Hampton- cliffs;  and  the  firft  three  on  old  walls  in 
almoft  every  town  of  this  county. 

Aster  Tripolium.     Sea  After.     At  the  fide  of  the  Avon  oppofite  the  Hotwells. 

Bromus  Jquarrofus.     Corn  Brome-grafs.     On  Glaftonbury  and  Burde  moors. 

Bunias  Cakile.     Sea  Charlock.     On  the  lands  about  Berrow  church. 

Bupleurum  tenuiffimum.    Leaft  Harefear.     In  the  fait  marines  near  Burnham  church. 

Campanula  hederacea.  Ivy-leaved  Bell-flower.  In  a  fmall  fwampy  place  on 
Maiden  down,  oppofite  the  Maidenhead  inn. 

Carduus  Eriphorus.  Woolly-headed  Thiftle.  In  the  meadows  under  Smallcomb 
wood,  and  about  Widcombe  and  Lyncombe. 

Carex  arenaria.     Sea  Sedge.     On  the  fands  near  Burnham  church. 

Carex  difticha.     Soft  Sedge.     In  old  turf  pits  in  Glaftonbury  moors. 

Carex  canefcens.     Hoary  Sedge.     In  old  turf  pits  about  Burtle  moor. 

Carex  digitata.     Fingered  Sedge.     In  Friary-wood,  Hinton  abbey. 

Carex  inflata.     Bloated  Sedge.     By  the  fides  of  Emborough-pond,  Old  Down. 

Carex  montana.     Mountain  Sedge.     On  the  rocks  oppofite  the  Hotwells.. 

Chrysosplenium  oppofitifolium.  Oppofite-leaved  golden  Saxifrage.  In  ihady 
ditches  about  Lyncombe  and  Widcombe. 

Cicuta  virofa.  Long-leaved  water  Hemlock.  In  old  turf  pits  on  Burtle  moor 
abundantly,  and  in  the  vicinity  of  Shepton-Mallet. 

Cistus  polifolius.  Mountain  dwarf  Ciftus.  About  the  middle  of  Brean  down, 
looking  towards  Burnham. 

Cochlearia  officinalis.     Garden  Scurvy-grafs.     On  Chedder  cliffs  abundantly. 

Cochlearia  Anglica.  Sea  Scurvy-grafs.  By  the  fides  of  the  Avon  about  Brif- 
lington,  and  facing  the  Hotwells. 

Colchicum  autumnale.  Meadow  Saffron.  In  all  the  paftures  about  Bath,  particu- 
larly Newton  mead,  which  is  beautifully  arrayed  with  it  all  the  month  of  September. 

Comarum  palufire.     Marfli  Cinquefoil.     In  turf  pits  in  Glaftonbury  moor. 

Convallaria  polygonatum.  Many-flowered  Solomon's-feal.  In  the  woods  at 
Eaft-Harptree  under  Mendip. 

Cokiandrv m  fativum.     Coriander.     On  the  Steep-Holmes  abundantly. 

Crataegus  aria.     White  Beam  tree.     In  all  the  woods  about  Bath,  and  in  thofe 
about  Burwalls  and  Stokeleigh,  in  the  parifh  of  Long-  Afh ton,  oppofite  the  Hotwells. 
»  ■  Crataegus 


INTRODUCTION.  x\x 

Cratxgus  tormina/is.     Wild  Service-tree.     In  Friary-wood  at  Hinton  abbey. 

Crithmum  maritimum.  Rock  Samphire.  On  the  rocks  at  the  farther  end  of 
Brean  down,  and  on  the  Holmes  abundantly. 

Cyperus  longus.  Englifh  Galingale.  In  an  old  nih-pond  at  the  back  of  a  cottage 
at  Walton  in  Gordano. 

Dianthus  glaums.     Chedder  Pink.     On  Chedder  cliffs. 

Dianthus  arenarius.  Stone  Pink.  On  Chedder  cliffs,  with  the  foregoing;  from 
which  it  differs,  in  its  grafs  being  much  narrower,  and  not  of  a  fea-green  colour;  the 
flower  alfo  is  larger,  more  jagged,  and  feldom  more  than  one  on  the  ftalk ;  it  is  likewifc 
more  fragrant  in  its  fmell,  particularly  in  the  evening. 

Digitalis  rubra.     Red  Fox-gloves.     In  the  inclofures  about  Whiteftanton. 

Draba  muralis.     Wall  Whitlow-grafs.     On  dry  banks  at  Emborough. 

Drosera  anglica.     Large  Sun-dew.     In  fwampy  places  on  Black  down. 

Eriophorum  vaginatum.  Hare's-tail  Rufh.  On  Glaftonbury  and  Burtle  turf  moors 
abundantly. 

Euphorbia  paralias.     Sea  Spurge.     On  the  fand-banks  at  Berrow  and  Burnham. 

Euphorbia  vcrrucofa.  Warty  Spurge.  At  the  end  of  Collett's  wood  near  the 
rookery  at  Prior-park. 

Galeopsis  galeobdolon.  Yellow  Nettle-hemp.  In  all  the  woods  and  hedges  about 
Lyncombe  and  Widcombe. 

Geranium  maritimum.     Sea  Crane's-bill.     On  the  rocks  at  Brean  down. 

Geranium  rotundifolium.  Round-leaved  Crane's-bill.  On  all  the  old  walls  about 
Hampton,  Claverton,  and  Hinton. 

Geum  rivale.  Purple  Avens.  By  the  road  fide  on  the  left  hand  as  you  go  from 
Frome  to  Shepton,  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  beyond  Brewton  road  gate. 

Glastum.    Woad.    Cultivated  at  Keynfham  and  other  places/ 

Herniaria  Glabra.  Smooth  fea  Rupture-wort.  On  the  coaft  at  Wefton  fuper 
Mare. 

Hippocrepis  coma/a.  Tufted  Horfefhoe  Vetch.  On  Anthony-hill,  and  mod  of 
the  dry  hills  about  Bath. 

Hordeum  marinum.     Sea  Barley-grafs.     On  the  fands  about  Berrow  and  Burnham. 

Hypericum  Ebdes.  Marfh  St.  Peter's  wort.  On  Burtle  and  Glaftonbury  turf 
moors. 

Hypnum  crijpum.  Curled  Hypnum.  On  Mofes's  rock  at  Prior-park;  alfo  on  the 
moift  rocks  in  Friary  wood,  Hinton  abbey. 

Inula  Htknoides.  Elecampane.  In  the  paftures  at  Hinton  abbey,  near  the 
fifh-ponds. 

Lathr/ea  Jqtiamaria.  Toothwort.  At  the  roots  of  old  trees  in  Smallcomb  wood, 
and  in  the  fhady  walks  of  Prior-park. 

Lathyrus  Nijfolia.  Crimfon  Grafs  Vetch.  By  the  road  fide  half  a  mile  before 
you  come  to  Philip's-Norton,  on  the  left-hand  going  from  Bath. 

»  See  vol.  ii.  p.  400. 

C  2  LePIDIVM 


XX 


INTRODUCTION. 


Lepidium  Peir<eum.  Rock  Dittander.  In  the  woods  on  the  rocks  facing  the 
Hotwells,  and  at  Uphill  and  Work. 

Lichen  marinus.     Sea  Liverwort  or  Laver.     On  the  rocks  near  Minehead. 

Limosella  aquatica.  Baftard  Plantain.  In  cart  ruts  in  fplafhy  places  about 
Highbridge. 

Lithospermum  purpura- csruleum.  Blue  Gromwell.  In  Chedder  woods  by  the 
road  fide  as  you  go  to  Axbridge,  abundantly. 

Lolium  bromoides.  Sea  Darnel-grafs.  On  the  banks  of  the  paftures  under  Brean- 
down,  and  about  Berrow,  plentifully. 

Myrica.  Gale,  Gouls,  or  Dutch  Myrde.  On  Glaftonbury  and  Burtle  moors 
abundantly  j  alfo  on  King's-Sedgmoor. 

Narthecium  ojfifragum.  Lancafter  Afphodel,  or  Break-bone.  In  the  bogs  of 
Glaftonbury  and  Burtle  turf  moors. 

Ononis  arenarius.     Sea  Reftharrow.     On  the  fands  at  Burnham  andJSerrow. 

Ophrys  apifera.  Bee  Orchis.  In  all  the  hilly  paftures  about  North-Stoke, 
abundantly.. 

Ophrys  mufcifera.     Fly  Orchis.     On  Hampton  down,  under  the  cliffs. 

Ophrys  nidus  avis.  Bird's-neft  Orchis.  In  Friary  wood,  Hinton  abbey j  alfo  in 
Smallcomb-wood  near  Bath. 

Ophrys  Jpiralis.     Screw  Orchis.     In  the  paftures  under  Chard. 

Orobus  Jylvaticus.  Wood  Orobus.  This  very  rare  plant  has  been  found  growing 
in  a  dry  pit  on  Mendip,  near  Emborough  ponds,  juft  by  a  ftone  ftile  againft  the  fluice 
which  divides  the  ponds. 

Ornithogalum  pyrenakum.  Wood  Star  of  Bethlehem,  or  Bath  Afparagus.  In 
the  woods  at  Hinton  abbey  abundantly;  alfo  in  moft  of  the  woods  about  Bath.  The 
young  fhoots  of  it  are  eaten  by  the  common  people  as  afparagus,  which  it  much,  re- 
fembles,  but  it  is  not  very  wholfome;  for  if- eaten  plentifully,  it  occafions  naufea  and- 
opprefiion  of  the  breath. 

Osmunda  lunaria.  Moonwort.  On  commons  and  wafte  lands  in  divers  parts  of 
the  county. 

Osmunda  regalis.     Ofmund  Royal.     On  Glaftonbury  and  Burtle  turf  moors. 

Paris  quadrifolia.  Herb  Truelove.  In  Smallcomb  wood,  and  in  all  the  woods 
about  Bath. 

Phellandrium  aquaticum.  Common  water  Hemlock.  The  ditches  about  Glaf- 
tonbury, particularly  fuch  as  are  neglected,  are  overrun  with  this  poifonous  weed; 
which  is  very  often  deftruftive  to  cattle,  efpecially  in  the  fpring  before  it  acquires  its 
rank  tafte,  and  they  are  but  juft  turned  out  of  the  ftraw-yard,  when  .every  thing  that  is 
green  goes  down  with  them  indifcriminately. 

Pilularia'  globulifera.     Pillwort.     In  wet  places  on  Black  and  Maiden  downs. 

Pimpinella  dioica.  Stone  Parfley.  On  the  rocks  about  Uphill,  and  alfo  on  thofe 
oppofite  the  Hotwells. 

Pinguicula  villofa.  Hairy  Butterwort.  In  a  little  fwamp  on  Maiden  down, 
oppofite  the  Maidenhead  inn. 

Pinguicula 


INTRODUCTION.  xxl 

Pinguicula    vulgaris.     Common   Butter-wort.      On    Glaftonbury  and    Burtlc 

turf  moors. 

Polypodium  aculeatum.   Prickly  Fern.  ?  T    ~    ,  ,  .  ~, ,  , 

■a  .         n    n.  jc  f  1°  Emborough  wood,  Old  down. 
crijtatum.    Crofted  Fern.    \  ° 

Polypodium  dryopteris.  Oak  Fern.  In  the  chinks  of  the  garden  fteps  at  Wid- 
combe-houfe. 

Polypodium  fragile.  Brittle  Fern.  Under  the  hedges  near  the  mile-ftone  at 
Emborough  j  alfo  at  Chewton-Mendip,  abundantly. 

Polypodium  lobatum.  Lobed  Fern.  In  the  rocks  at  Burwall's  wood  facing  the 
Hotwells. 

Polypodium  thelypteris.  Marfh  Fern.  On  Glaftonbury  and  Burde  rurf  moorsj 
abundantly. 

Ranunculus  hirfutus.  Hairy  marfh  Ranunculus.  In  the  drove-ways  on  Glafton-r 
bury  moor  abundantly.  It  has  very  much  the  habit  of  Ranunculus  bulbofus,  but  differs 
from  it  in  being  an  annual  plant,  and  not  having  a  bulbous  root. 

Rubia  peregrine.  Wild  Madder.  On  the  rocks  of  Leigh  wood,  alfo  in  the  woods 
about  Portifhead  point,  abundantly. 

Salicornia  Europea.     Jointed  Glafswort.     In  the  fait  marines  near  Highbridge. 

Salsola  fruticofa.     Shrubby  Stonecrop.     On  the  Steep-Holmes. 

Salsola  kali.     Prickly  Glafswort.     On  the  fands  about  Berrow.  .  • 

Saponaria  officinalis.  Soapwort.  By  the  road  fide  near  Burnt-gate  turnpike  on 
the  Wells  road. 

Saxifraga  hypnoides.     Trifid-Hypnum  leaved  Sengreen.     On  Chedder  rocks. 

Sch^jnus  marifcus.     Baftard  Cyperus.     On  King's-Sedgmoor  abundantly. 

Scilla  autumnalis.  Autumnal  ftarry  Hyacinth.  On  the  rocks  in  Burwall's  wood 
facing  the  Hotwells. 

Scirpus  holojchanus.    Round-headed  Club-rufh.    Near  the  fea  fide  below  Watchet. 

Selinum  palujlre.     Marfh  Saxifrage.     In  Burtle  moor  plentifully. 

Senecio  Jaracenicus.  Broad-leaved  Ragwort.  NearShepton-Mallet  and  Glaftonbury. 

Serapias  grandifiora.  Wood  Heleborine.  In  Claverton-wood,  alfo  in  the  woods 
at  Hinton  abbey. 

Silene  amcena^    Sea  Campion.     On  the  rocks  as  you  afcend  Brean  down. 

Thalictrum  minus.     LefTer  Meadow  Rue.     On  Chedder  cliffs  plentifully. 

Trifolium  ftellatum.     Starry  Trefoil,  near  Wefton  in  Gordano. 

Triglochin  maritimum.     Sea  Rufh-grafs.    In  the  fait  marines  below  Highbridge. 

Triticum  caninum.     Bearded  Dog's-grafs.     In  the  woods  at  Hinton  abbey. 

Triticum  junceum.     Sea  Dog's-grafs.     On  the  fands  about  Berrow. 

Turritis  kirjula.  Hairy  Tower-Muftard.  About  the  fione  quarries  on  Combe 
down;  alfo  on  the  rocks  in  Leigh  wood. 

Vaccinium  oxy coccus.     Cranberry.     On  Glaftonbury  and  Burtle  turf  moors. 

Valeriana  rubra.  Red  Valerian.  On  the  ruins  of  Glaftonbury  abbey,  and  old 
walls  about  the  city  of  Wells.  There  is  a  white  variety  of  this  growing  about  Huntfpill 
and  Highbridge. 

Veronica 


XX 11 


INTRODUCTION. 


Veronica  mcnlana.     Mountain-Speedwell.     In  Friary-wood,  Hinton  Abbey. 

Vicia  lutea.  Yellow  Vetch.  About  the  fand-pits  on  the  fouth  fide  of  Glafton- 
bury  Torr. 

Utricularia  minor.  LefTer-hooded  Water  Milfoil.  In  old  turf  pits  on  Glafton- 
bury-moor. 

Utricularia  vulgaris.  Great-hooded  Water  Milfoil.  In  the  turf-pits  on  Burtle- 
moor. 

The  diftrict.  now  called  Somersetshire  was  in  ancient  times  inhabited 
by  the  Belgae,  a  brave  Gaulifh  people,  but  of  Celtic  origin,  who  migrated 
hither  out  of  Gaul,  A.M.  3650,  three  hundred  and  thirteen  years  before 
the  birth  of  ChrirV  and  repelled  the  Britons,  the  aboriginal  inhabitants  of 
the  country,  whofe  CamCBS  ftill  crown  fome  of  our  higheft  mountains,  to 
other  parts  of  the  ifland.  The  poneflions  of  this  people  extended  over  a 
very  large  tract,  of  country,  including  Somerfetfhire,  Dorfetihire,  Devonfhire, 
part  of  Cornwall,  Wiltihire,  Hampshire,  SufTex,  and  part  of  Middlefex,  in 
all  which  they  eftablifhed  colonies,  and  in  the  wafte  marfhy  grounds  prac- 
ticed thofe  arts  of  induftry  to  which  they  had  been  habituated  in  Gaul,  and 
in  which  they  inftructed  thofe  Britons  who  chofe  to  intermix  in  their 
fociety.  About  two  hundred  and  fifty  years  after  their  fettlement  in  thefe 
parts,  Divitiacus,  king  of  the  Sueflbnes,  or  Soiffons,  and  according  to  Csefare 
the  moft  powerful  prince  in  Gaul,  minded  himfelf  to  bring  over  into 
Britain  a  confiderable  army  of  the  Continental  Belga;,  and  by  the  addition 
of  his  forces  to  enable  the  former  emigrators  to  extend  the  line  of  their 
pofTefTions.  The  expelled  Britons  had  doubtlefs  made  frequent  attempts  to 
regain  their  native  feats,  and  by  inroads  to  perplex  the  innovating  barba- 
rians. Upon  the  arrival  of  this  prince,  a  plan  of  compromife  and  treaty 
feems  to  have  been  fuggefted,  and  a  line  drawn  to  define  the  boundaries  of 
either  people.  This  was  effected  by  throwing  up  a  large  and  deep  foffe  or 
dike,  called  from  the  circumftance  of  its  divifion,  (KtlanSDifeC,  which  to  this 
day  exifts  in  many  places  in  perfect  prefervation,  one  of  the  greateft  curiofi- 
ties  in  antiquity.  It  commences  at  Andover  in  Hampfhire,  and  thence  panes 
nearly  in  a  ffrait  direction  to  Great  Bedwin  within  the  confines  of  Wilts, 
near  which,  upon  its  track,  have  been  difcovered  celts  and  inftruments  of 
war.  It  then  croffes  the  great  foreft  of  Savarnack  and  the  wild  Marlbo- 
rough downs,  where  it  appears  in  its  prifrine  ftate,  exceedingly  deep  and 
flanked  by  a  very  lofty  mound,  after  the  manner  of  the  elevated  rampire  of  a 
cattle,  attracting  by  its  lingular  appearance  the  attention  of  the  curious 

*  Ricard.  Monach.  de  fitu  Britannia;  50.  ■  Casfar  de  Bello  Gall. 

traveller. 


INTRODUCTION.  xxiii 

traveller.  Quitting  the  downs,  it  vifits  Calfton,  Edington,  and  Spyc-park, 
crofles  the  river  Avon  near  Bennacre,  and  again,  after  being  loft  in  tilled 
fields,  meets  with  the  fame  meandring  river  at  Bath-Hampton,  where  it 
enters  the  northweft  portion  of  the  Belgick  territories.  Its  courfe  is  then 
continued  over  Claverton-down  to  Prior-park,  Ingliihcombe,  Stanton-Prior, 
Publow,  Norton,  Long-Afhton,  and  terminates  in  the  Severn  fea  near  the 
ancient  port  of  Portifhead,  forming  a  line  of  upwards  of  eighty  miles  in 
length,  in  more  than  three  parts  of  which  it  is  yet  vifible. 

Hence  it  will  be  feen  how  far  the  territories  of  the  ancient  Belgae  ex- 
tended towards  the  north,  and  that  even  fome  parts  of  this  county,  much 
of  Wiltfhire,  and  the  whole  of  Gloucefterfhire,  were  excluded  out  of  their 
dominions.  The  chief  cities  which  they  had  were  Ivelchefter,  Bath,  and 
Winchefter/  two  of  which  are  within  the  limits  of  our  county,  and  prove 
in  fome  meafure  that  this  was  as  it  were  the  metropolitan  feat  of  their  empire. 

A  long  fucceffion  of  favage  and  tumultuous  contentions  intervened  be- 
twixt this  period  and  the  arrival  of  the  Roman  arms  in  the  Belgick  dates 
of  Britain.  This  was  about  the  year  of  Chrift  40,  and  nine  years  after  two 
trophies  were  erected  by  the  Emperor  Claudius  in  conlequencc  of  his  having 
utterly  annihilated  the  Cangi,  a  pofthumous  clan  of  thofe  Belgae,  who  laft 
migrated  into  this  country  with  the  Sueffonian  king. 

During  the  ftay  of  the  Romans  in  this  region,  they  exerted  their  national 
activity  in  building  themfelves  towns,  throwing  up  roads  from  ftation  to 
ltation,  and  in  fabricating  camps  as  occafional  places  of  fecurity.  Their  cities 
were  Aqua  Soli 's,  or  Bath,  and  Ifcalis,  or  Ivelchestf.r;  and  thole  places 
whole  ancient  names  are  not  transmitted  to  the  prefent  day,  but  are  demon- 
itrated  to  have  been  Roman  by  the  foundations  of  their  walls,  and  the  dis- 
covery of  unquestionable  reliques  of  Romanity,  were,  Camalet,  Hamden, 
Wellow,  Coker,  Chilcompton,  Conquest,  Wiveliscombe,  Bath- 
Ford,  Warley,  Street,  Long-Ashton,  Postlebury,  South-Pether- 
ton,  Watergore,  Wigborough,  Yeovil,  Putsham,  Kilton,  Sto- 
g  umber,  Edington,  Inglishcombe,  &c.  Their  principal  road  was  the 
Foffe,  extending  in  a  fouthweft  direction  from  Bath  to  Perry-ftreet  on  the 
borders  of  Devonfhire.  Another  road  ran  nearly  parallel  to  it  from  the 
foreft  of  Exmoor  through  Taunton,  Bridgwater,  and  Axbridge,  to  Portif- 
head on  the  Briftol  Channel,  where  it  interfected  Wanfdike,  and  whence 
there  was  a  trajeBus  to  the  city  of  Ifca-Silurum,  now  called  Caerleon,  in 
the  county  of  Monmouth,     A  vicinal  way  extends   from  the  FoJJ'e  through 

f  See  vol.  iii.  p.  298. 

Stoke- 


Kxiv  INTRODUCTION. 

Stoke-under-Hamden.  Their  camps  were,  Camalet,  S0ea0knon,  ToOXX}- 
Ditcb,  a^asimrp,  Doleberrp,  OOodeberrp,  TBlacfceO^ill,  IBurtoalte,  ^tofcc* 
Ici$),  Caotwtp,  Ccu&tirp,  Doufedorougb,  fi^onburj?,  <£0uJl)iU,  Coto=catfte, 
Crcnniccaftlc,  Cttrlt'^cafflc,  i5rompton=13ur]?=caflle,  i^atofetiDge^caflle, 
a9ounceauv=cafile,  jRetoborough,  H3ecocfje,  ©tantomlBurp,  oec» 

The  Romans  quitted  this  country  between  A.D.  440  and  444;  and  the 
Saxons  infidioufly  fupplying  their  flations,  and  fubverting  the  general 
ceconomy  of  the  country,  impofed  upon  this  province  the  new  name  of 
Sumejrrerercyjxe,  or  Somerfetjhire,  either  from  Somerton,  the  chief  town  at  that 
particular  period  therein,  or  in  regard  that  they  found  this  the  feat  of 
fumtner,  compared  with  the  frigid  fituations  which  they  had  fo  lately  aban- 
doned. In  their  divifion  of  this  kingdom  into  petty  ftates,  in  effecting 
which  much  blood  was  fhed  to  obtain  little  territory,  it  conftituted  part  of 
the  kingdom  of  Weflex,  or  the  JVeft-Saxons. 

In  the  reign  of  king  Ina,  a  prince  in  prudence  and  moderation  much 
unlike  the  majority  of  thofe  who  fwayed  the  Saxonian  fceptre  either  before 
or  after  him,  Chriftianity,  notwithftanding  the  diforders  and  confulions 
which  neceffarily  attend  the  emulous  contentions  of  barbarian  powers, 
began  to  dawn,  and  to  become  the  national  religion  of  Britain.  And  al- 
though the  ifle  of  Avalon  can  never  juftly  boaft  of  the  honour  of  that  holy 
vifit  which  monks  bewildered  by  error  and  fuperftition,  have  even  in  the  moft 
diftant  lands  beftowed  \ipon  it,  yet  it  muft  at  leaft  be  granted  the  felicity 
of  having  acquired  the  rudiments  of  the  Chriftian  religion,  as  foon,  if  not 
much  fooner  than  moft  other  parts  of  Britain.  The  monaftery  of  Glafton- 
bury,  the  bifhoprick  of  Wells,  were  then  founded,  and  other  works  of 
piety  were  inftituted. 

The  reign  of  good  king  Alfred,  who  was  the  fifth  in  fucceffion  to  Egbert 
the  reducer  of  the  Saxon  heptarchy  into  one  fole  dominion,  was  marked 
with  many  troubles.  The  Danes,  a  furious  tribe  fprung  from  the  frozen 
bofom  of  the  north,  had  in  his  time  nearly  overrun  the  whole  face  of 
Britain,  and  defolated  almoft  every  province.  Somerfet,  Wilts,  and  Hants, 
were  the  only  diftricls  to  which  they  had  not  conveyed  the  terror  of  their 
arms.  At  length  A.D.  878,  they  entered  thefe  confines,  and,  after  many 
encounters  in  which  the  efforts  of  placid  expiring  virtue  gave  way  to  the 
increafmg  violence  of  favage  cruelty,  Alfred  was  conftrained  to  feek  an 
humble  afylum  in  the  fens  of  Athelnev,  and  await  the  day  wherein  Pro- 
vidence fhould  place  him  peaceably  on  his  legal  throne.  Nor  was  it  far 
diftant.  At  Edington  he  defeated  the  combined  body  of  the  Danes,  and 

retiring 


INTRODUCTION. 


xxv 


retiring  to  his  court  at  Aller,  where  he  caufed  Guthnm  the  pagan  king 
to  receive  the  rite  of  baptifm,  in  gratitude  to  God  laid  the  foundation  of  a 
noble  monaftery  to  the  honour  of  St.  Saviour  and  St.  Peter  the  apoftle,  at 
Athelney,  the  feat  of  his  priftine  folitary  retirement.* 

After  a  prolix  feries  of  invafions,  battles,  and  innovations,  well  known 
in  Britifh  hiftory,  William  duke  of  Normandy  afcended  the  Britifh  throne, 
in  full  poiTeffion  of  all  the  various  eftates  of  England.  Thofe  in  this 
county,  exclufive  of  what  he  chofe  to  referve  for  his  own  private  ufe,  and 
which  had  been  the  royal  demefnes  of  Edward  the  ConfeiTor,  he  diftributed 
to  religious  foundations,  and  to  thofe  perfons  who  had  adventured  their 
fortunes  and  their  lives  in  his  rafh  but  fuccefsful  expedition,  viz. 

Walcheline,  bifhop  of  Winchefter 

Herman,  bifhop  of  Salifbury 

Odo,  bifliop  of  Baieux 

Geffrey,  bifhop  of  Coutances 

Gifo,  bifhop  of  Wells 

The  Church  of  Bath 

The  Church  of  Glaftonbury 

The  Church  of  Muchelney 

The  Church  of  Athelney 

The  Church  of  St.  Peter  at  Rome 

The  Church  of  Caen  in  Normandy 

The  Church  of  Montebourgh  in  Nor- 
mandy 

The  Church  of  Shaftefbury  in  Dor- 
fetfhire 

Maurice,  bifhop  of  London 

Clerks,  tenants  of  the  King 

Euftace  earl  of  Bulloigne 

Hugh  de  Abrincis  earl  of  Chefter 

Robert  earl  of  Morton 

Baldwin  de  Exeter 

Roger  de  Corcelle 

Roger  Arundel 

Walter  Giffard 

Walter  de  Dowai 

The  feudal  fyftem  being,  in  its  improved  ftate,  introduced  into  this 
country  by  the  Normans,  the  lands,  which  heretofore  had  been  poiTeffed 
by  thanes  and  vaflals  of  the  Saxon  court,  were  now  condenfed  into  large 
baronies,  each  comprifing  a  great  number  of  eftates,  held  under  the  refpec- 


William  de  Mohun 

William  de  Owe 

William  de  Faleife 

William  Fitz-Wido 

Ralph  de  Mortimer 

Ralph  de  Pomeroy 

Ralph  Paganel 

Ralph  de  Limefi 

Robert  Fitz-Gerold 

Alured  de  Marlborough 

Alured  de  Ifpania 

Turftin  Fitz-Rolf 

Serlo  de  Burci 

Odo  Fitz-Gamelin 

Ofbern  Giffard 

Edward  de  Salifbury 

Ernulph  de  Hefding 

Giflebert  Fitz-Thurold 

Godebold 

Matthew  de  Moretaine 

Humphrey  the  Chamberlain 

Robert  de  Auberville,  and  other  fervants 

of  the  King 
The  King's  thanes. 


Vol.  I. 


«  Vol.  i.  p.  86. 

d 


tive 


xxvi  INTRODUCTION. 

live  lords,  asthey  therafelves  held  under  the  crown,  by  military  fervice 
On  the  principal  eftate  or  head  of  each  barony,  caftles  were  ereded,  and 
the  feveral  owners  were  by  their  tenure  obliged  to  fupport  the  outrages  or 
ambition  and  the  madnefs  of  crufades. 

The  principal  Barons  in  this  county  in  the  time  of  Henry  II.  were, 

Henry  de  Culture 
Philip  de  Columbers 
Richard  del  Eftre 


The  Bifhop  of  Bath 

The  Abbot  of  Glaftonbury 

The  Abbot  of  Muchelney 

William  de  Curci,  fteward  to  the  King 

William  Mefchin 

William  de  Mohun 

William  Malet 

Drew  de  Montacute 

William  de  Hafelberge 

Richard  Revel 

Robert  Fitz-Ralph 

Robert  Fitz-Harding 

Alexander  de  Alno 

The  possessors  of  land  in  this  county  of  moft  note  in  the  time  of 
Edw.  I.  a  reign  diftinguifhed  by  many  and  various  features  of  provincial 
popularity,  were  the  following,  viz. 


Walter  Brett 
William  Fitz-Geffrey 
Robert  de  Beauchamp 
Henry  Luvel 
William  de  Erleigh 
Geffrey  de  Mandeville 
Hugh  de  Curcelle 
William  de  Wrotham 
Hubert  de  Burgh." 


The  Bifhop  of  Bath  and  Wells 
The  Bittiop  of  Winchefter 
The  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Wells 
The  Abbot  of  Glaftonbury 
The  Abbot  of  Athelney 
The  Abbot  of  Cleeve 
The  Abbot  of  Muchelney 
The  Abbot  of  Keynfham 
The  Prior  of  Bath 
The  Prior  of  Brewton 
The  Prior  of  Woodfpring 
The  Prior  of  Stoke-Courci 
The  Prior  of  Montacute 
The  Prior  of  Flinton 
The  Prior  of  Taunton 
The  Prior  ofBarlinch 
The  Priorefs  of  Cannington 
The  Prior  of  Dunfter 
The  Prior  of  Witham-Friary 
"The  Prior  of  Stavor-dale 


o 


CO 

o 
3 


<"& 


The  Priorefs  of  Barrow 

The  Mafter  of  the  Hofpital  of  St.  | 

John  in  Bath 
The  Preceptor  of  the  Hofpital  at 

Buckland 
The  Mafter  of  the  Hofpital  of  St. 

Catherine  in  Bedminfter 
The  Mafter  of  the  Hofpital  of  St. 

John  in  Bridgwater 
The  Preceptor  of  Temple-Combe^ 
The  Abbot  of  Cirencefter       1  Gloucer_ 
The  Abbot  of  Flaxley  Y  terfhire" 

The  Abbot  of  Tewkefbury  J 
The  Abbot  of  St.  Auguftine  "J 
The   Mafter  of  Billefwick's  j-Briftol. 

Hofpital  J " 

The  Abbot  of  Neath   in  Glamorgan- 
shire 
The  Prior  of  Goldclive  in  Monmouth- 
fhire 

»  Lib.  Nig.  Scac.  Sumcrfet. 

The 


INTRODUCTION. 


xxvn 


The  Abbot  of  Ford  in  Devonfhire 

The  Abbot  of  Stanley  "J 

The  Prior  of  Maiden-Bradley  MViltfhire 

The  Prior  of  Bradenftoke       ) 

The  Prior  of  Bermondfey  in  Surrey 

The  Prior  of  Brymore  in  Hamplhire 

The  Prior  of  St.  John  of  Jerufalem  in 

England 
Robert  Fitzpaine 
Alan  Plucknet 
Nicholas  Fitz-Martin 
Maurice  de  Berkeley 
John  de  Columbers 
Ofbert  Giffard 
Henry  del  Orti 
William  de  Stanton 
Matthew  de  Effe 
William  de  Poulet 
John  de  Bykefand 
John  de  Reigny 
Geffrey  de  Scoland 
Robert  de  Brus 
Baldwin  Malet 
William  de  Champflour 
John  de  Valletort 
Roger  Pym 
John  de  Neville 
Richard  de  Godelege 
William  de  Vernai 
Hugh  de  Conteville 
Richard  de  Conteville 
John  de  Gogulmere 
John  de  Mohun 
Thomas  de  Bratton 
Henry  de  Glaften 
William  de  Bafings 
Hugh  Luvel 
Richard  Luvel 
Roger  de  Moels 
Geffrey  de  Mandeville 
John  de  Baumfylde 
Reginald  Fitz-Peter 
William  de  Marilco 
John  de  Tylly 


Ignatius  de  Clifton 
Gervafe  de  Clifton 
William  Braunche 
Richard  de  Bigod 
Henry  de  Merlaund 
Laurence  de  St.  Maur 
Ifabel  Sore 
John  de  Biitafhe 
Baldwin  de  Andham 
John  de  Haftings 
Richard  de  Cantilupe 
John  de  Burgh 
Edmund  de  Lacy 
Heniy  de  Bikeley 
Geffrey  de  Wroxall 
Hugh  Pointz 
John  de  Cogan 
Nicholas  Fitz-Ralph 
Oliver  de  Dinham 
Nicholas  Braunche 
John  Apadam 
William  de  Gouiz 
Philip  Paganel 
John  de  Brewes 
Walter  Pauncefot 
Peter  de  Fauconberge 
Alexander  de  la  Lynde 
John  de  la  Lynde 
John  de  Dummer 
Walter  del  Orti 
Peter  de  Evercy 
Simon  de  Raleigh 
Thomas  de  Raleigh 
Hugh  Fichet 
Hugh  de  Popham 
William  de  Popham 
William  de  Wigbcrough 
Thomas  Trivet 
William  Trivet 
Matthew  de  Furneaux 
Simon  de  Roges 
Roger  Perceval 
Ralph  Wake 
Robert  Burnel 


d2 


Edmund 


XXV1I1 


INTRODUCTION. 


Edmund  Everard 
Maurice  de  Berkeley 
John  de  Clevedon 
Richard  Arthur 
John  de  Wyke 
Richard  dc  Ken 
Joceus  de  Baioufc 
Thomas  de  Baioufc 
John  Baflet 
Henry  de  Montfbrt 
William  Cotel 
John  de  Courtney 
Thomas  de  Gournay 
Walter  de  Loveney 
Ralph  Ruflell 
William  de  Cheney 
Walter  le  Bret 
Roger  la  Warre 
Alexander  de  Alno 
John  de  Afton 
Thomas  de  Lyons 
Elias  de  Aubeney 
John  de  Fieules 
Robert  de  St.  Clare 
John  de  Poulefhull 
Simon  de  Grindham 
John  de  Mucegros 
William  de  Braofe 
Walter  de  Sydenham 
William  de  Sydenham 
William  de  Wiggebere 
Thomas  de  Multon 
William  de  Gardino 
Gilbert  de  Clare 
Ralph  dc  Gorges 
Richard  Perceval 
Edmund  de  Woodftock 
John  Bonville 
John  Maltravers 
Leonard  de  Stawel 
Lawrence  Talebot 
Fulke  Fitzwarren 
Thomas  Portman 
James  de  Orchard 


Thomas  de  Orchard 
William  de  la  Brook 
Brice  le  Denneys 
Thomas  Hawey 
Robert  de  Brent 
Hugh  Sanzaver 
Andrew  Luttrell 
Matthew  de  Befilles 
Roger  Arundel 
Simon  de  Crocumbe 
Roger  de  Dodeton 
John  de  Elworthc 
Richard  de  Lod-Hywifh 
Ofbert  de  Bath 
John  de  St.  Lo 
Nicholas  de  St.  Maur 
Robert  Malherb 
Nicholas  de  la  Mare 
Bartholomew  Peyctevyn 
John  de  A  don 
Geffrey  de  Hautville 
Baldric  de  Nonington 
John  le  Waleys 
John  de  Beauchamp 
Joan  de  Vivonne 
James  de  Moleton 
Simon  de  Raleigh 
Roger  Baflet 
William  de  Staunton 
William  de  Botreaux 
Richard  de  Emborough 
John  de  Wrotham 
William  de  Plefly 
Richard  de  Plefly 
Ralph  Fitzurfe 
William  de  Wellington 
Ifmania  la  Sor 
Agnes  de  Mounceaux 
Simon  deMontacute 
John  de  Ferrers 
John  de  Moels 
John  de  Mohun 
John  de  Meriet 
John  de  Maundeville 


Hugh 


INTRODUCTION.  xxix 

Hugh  de  Courtney  Walter  de  Avenant 

John  de  Erleigh  Richard  de  Avenant 

Stephen  de  la  Mare  Adam  le  Bret 

Maud  de  Kyme  William  de  Mounceaux 

Peter  de  Hamme  John  le  Waleys 

Malcoline  de  Harleigh  Thomas  de  Rodney. 
John  de  Wrotefleigh 

The  names  of  thofe  perfons  who  have  ferved  this  county  in  parliament 
are  here  fubjoined: 

Robert  de  Brent,  Philip  de  Wykes,   1298. 

William  de  Bere,  Hugh  de  Popham,  1300. 

John  de  Wykc,  John  de  Wookey,  1302. 

Edmund  Everard,  John  de  Dummere,  1305. 

John  de  Beauchamp,  Laurence  de  Hamelden,  1307. 

Nicholas  de  Cheyney,  Sir  John  de  Erleigh,  knt.  1308. 

Writ,  but  no  return,  13 10. 

William  de  Bere,  131 1. 

Sir  Gilbert  de  Bere,  Sir  Edmund  Everard,  knts.  1312. 

Sir  John  de  Erleigh,  Sir  Robert  de  Somerton,  knts.  13 13. 

John  de  Beauchamp,  John  de  Dummere,  1314. 

Sir  Simon  de  Montacute,  Sir  Nicholas  de  Chartray,  knts.  13 15. 

John  de  Beauchamp,  Peter  de  Evercy,    1316. 

Herbert  de  Marifco,  John  de  Leddred,  13 17. 

Sir  William  de  Fauconberge,  Sir  John  de  Berneville,  knts.  1318. 

Sir  Thomas  de  Marleberge,  Sir  Reginald  de  Frome,  knts.  1321. 

Sir  Hamon  Fitz- Richard,  Sir  William  de  Muleborn,  knts.  1322. 

Sir  Hamon  Fitz-Richard,  Sir  William  de  Fauconberge,  knts.  1324. 

Sir  William  de  Muleborn,  Sir  John  de  Say,  knts.  1325. 

John  de  Clevedon,  Hugh  de  Langland,   1326. 

Nicholas  de  Odcombe,  Robert  de  Paulfley,  1327. 

Sir  Nicholas  de  Leddred,  knt.  1328. 

William  de  Fauconberge,  Simon  de  Fourneaux,  1328. 

John  de  Erleigh,  Robert  de  Somerton,  1329. 

John  de  Erleigh,  Hugh  dc  Langlond,  1330. 

Adam  le  Bret,  Nicholas  de  Leddred,   1330. 

John  de  Erleigh,  Thomas  de  Marleberge,  1331. 

John  de  Erleigh,  Robert  de  Somerton,  1332. 

John  de  Erleigh,  Henry  Power,   1332. 

John  de  Kingfton,  John  de  Draycot,   1332. 

John  de  Moeles,  John  de  Say,   1333. 

Thomas  de  Marleberge,  Thomas  de  Gournay,   1334. 

Adam  le  Bret,  Nicholas  de  Leddred,   1335. 

Walter 


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INTRODUCTION. 


Walter  de  Rodney,  Edward  de  Lyons,   1336. 

Adam  Luttrell,  John  le  Bret,   1337. 

Peter  de  Veel,  Oliver  de  Dinham,   1337. 

Brian  de  Gouiz,  John  de  Leddred,  1338. 

Thomas  de  Wodeford,  Robert  de  Radefton,   1338. 

John  de  Kingfton,  Henry  de  Glaftonbury,  1338. 

Thomas  de  Marleberge,  Robert  de  Radefton,   1339. 

Thomas  de  Ford,  Thomas  de  Hungerford,  1340. 

Thomas  de  Marleberge,  John  de  St.  Lo,  1340. 

James  Hufee,  William  de  Colford,  1341. 

Edward  de  Stradling,  Henry  Power,  1342. 

Nicholas  de  Boleville,  Roger  de  Wefton,  1343. 

William  de  Fauconberge,  Henry  Fitz-Richard,  1344. 

Ralph  de  Middleney,  Simon  de  Furneaux,  1345. 

Simon  de  Bradeney,  John  de  Merfhton,  1340. 

Sir  Ralph  de  Middleney,  Sir  Walter  de  Puteney,  knts.  1347. 

John  Trivet,  John  de  Merfhton,  1348. 

Thomas  de  Rodney,  John  de  Merfhton,  1350. 

Ralph  de  Middleney,  Walter  de  Rodney,  1352. 

Sir  Edmund  Everard,  knt.  Walter  de  Rodney,   1352. 

Thomas  de  Rodney  only,  1353. 

Edward  de  Clevedon,  Ralph  de  Middleriey,  1354. 

Ralph  de  Middleney,  Thomas  Waryn,  1355. 

Walter  de  Rodney,  Thomas  Fichet,  1356. 

Ralph  de  Middleney,  Walter  de  Rodney,  1357. 

Peter  de  Veel,  Thomas  Fichet,   1358. 

William  de  Stanton,  John  de  Wyke,  1359. 

Ralph  de  Middleney,  Matthew  de  Clevedon,  1360. 

Richard  de  Acton,  John  de  St.  Lo,  1361. 

John  de  St.  Lo,  Matthew  de  Clevedon,  1362. 

John  de  Raleigh,  John  de  Langlond,  1363. 

Hugh  de  Durborough,  William  Bonville,  1366. 

Hugh  de  Durborough,  Walter  Blewet,  1368. 

Edward  Cheney,  Matthew  de  Clevedon,  1369. 

John  Beauchamp  of  Lillifdon,  137 1. 

Hugh  de  Durborough,  John  Reynon,  1372. 

John  de  la  Mare,  Walter  Blewet,  1373. 

Thomas  Marfhall,  1376. 

John  de  la  Mare,  Robert  James,  1376. 

Maurice  de  Wick,   Sir  Walter  Blewet,  knt.  1377. 

John  Burgherfh,  John  Radington,   1378. 

John  de  Meriet,  Johnde  Tummere,  1379. 

Thomas  Fichec,  John  Matravers,  1382. 

Giles  Daubeney,  William  Bonville,  1383,  1384. 


Thomas 


INTRODUCTION.  xxxi 

Thomas  Fichet,  Philip  Bryan,   1385. 

William  Bonville,  Sir  Thomas  Broke,  knt.  1386. 

Thomas  Hungerford,  John  Burgherfh,  1388.  , 

Thomas  Hungerford,  Thomas  Beaupine,    1389. 

John  Berkeley,  Thomas  Hungerford,  1390. 

John  de  Rodney,  Sir  Thomas  Broke,   1391. 

Sir  Thomas  Broke,  William  Bonville,  1392. 

Humphry  Stafford,  John  Berkeley,  1393. 

Sir  William  Bonville,  Sir  Thomas  Broke,  knts.  1394. 

Thomas  Broke,  Thomas  Arthur,  1396. 

Thomas  Broke,  John  Fitzwarren,  1397. 

Thomas  Broke,  William  Bonville,   1398. 

Thomas  Beauchamp,  William  Stourton,  1399. 

Thomas  Broke,  William  Stourton,   1402,  1403. 

Hugh  Luttrell,  Leonard  Hahelet,    1404. 

Walter  Rodney,  Leonard  Hahelet,   1406. 

Thomas  Broke,  Richard  de  Chedder,   1407. 

Thomas  Broke,  Walter  Hungerford,   1408. 

Thomas  Broke,  Richard  de  Chedder,  14 13. 

Sir  Hugh  Luttrell,  Sir  Robert  Hill,  knts.  1414,  1415. 

Richard  Baynton,  Sir  Robert  Hill,  1416. 

Thomas  Broke,  Richard  Chedder,  1417. 

Thomas  Stalkill,  John  Stourton,  1420. 

Richard  Chedder,  John  Stourton,   142 1. 

Sir  Thomas  Broke,  Sir  William  Palton,  knts.  1422. 

John  Stourton,  William  Carent,   1423. 

Giles  Daubeney,  Thomas  Beauchamp,   1424. 

Thomas  Broke,  Richard  Chedder,  1426. 

Giles  Daubeney,  John  Stourton,   1428. 

John  Stourton,  John  Hody,  1434,  1440. 

Edward  Broke,  Alexander  Hody,  1441. 

Edward  Hull,  Walter  Rodney,  1446.  , 

Thomas  Wake,  Alexander  Hody,  1448. 

John  Sydenham,  Alexander  Hody,    1449. 

William  Carent,  Alexander  Hody,   1450. 

William  Courteen,  Alexander  Hody,  1454. 

John  Sydenham,  Henry  Hull,  1466. 

John  Willoughby,  John  Biconell,  1472. 

[From  this  date  to  the  year  1553,  1  Mary,  there  are  no  returns  to  be  found. J 

Sir  Edward  Rogers,  Sir  Ralph  Hopton,  knts.  1553. 

Sir  Edward  Waldegrave,  Sir  John  Sydenham,  knts.  1554. 

Sir  Edward  Rogers,  knt.  15.55. 

Sir  Edward  Rogers,  John  Wallh,  1557,  1558,  1559. 

Sir  Edward  Rogers,  Sir  Maurice  Berkeley,  knts.  1563. 

Sir 


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INTRODUCTION. 


Sir  Amias  Paulet,  George  Rogers,  1571. 

Sir  Hugh  Paulet,  Sir  Maurice  Berkeley,  knts.  1572. 

George  Speke 

Henry  Berkeley,  Thomas  Horner,  1586,  1587, 

Francis  Haftings,  Edward  Dyer,  1589,  1593. 

Sir  Francis  Popham,  Sir  Hugh  Portman,  knts.  15.97- 

Sir  Maurice  Berkeley,  knt.  Edward  Phelips,  1601. 

Sir  Francis  Haftings,  knt.  Sir  Edward  Phelips,  bart.  1603. 

Sir  Robert  Phelips,  Sir  Francis  Haftings,  knts.  1  614. 

Charles  Berkeley,  Robert  Flopton,  1620. 

Sir  Robert  Phelips,  John  Symes,  1623. 

Sir  Robert  Phelips,  John  Stawell,  1625. 

Sir  Henry  Berkeley,  Sir  John  Horner,  knts.  1626. 

Sir  Robert  Phelips,  Sir  Edward  Rodney,  knts.  1627. 

Sir  Ralph  Hopton,  knight  of  the  Bath,  Thomas  Smith,  1639. 

Sir  John  Poulet,  Sir  John  Stawel,  1640.  Aug.  8,  i642,<hey  were  difabled,  by 
vote  of  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  for  putting  the  CommilTion  of  Array  in  execution, 
and  fhewing  their  loyalty  to  the  King.     In  their  place  were  chofen, 

George  Horner,  and  John  Harington,  who  continued  till  1653. 

Robert  Blake,  one  of  the  generals  atfea,  John  Pine,  Denzill  Hollis,  Henry  Harvey, 
were  returned  as  reprefentatives  of  this  county,  1653. 

Sir  John  Horner,  knt.  John  Buckland,  General  John  Deiborough,  John  Prefton, 
John  Harington,  John  Afh,  Charles  Steynings,  Robert  Long,  Richard  Jones,  Thomas 
Hippefley,  and  Samuel  Parry,  1654. 

John  Defborough,  John  Buckland,  Alexander  Popham,  Robert  Long,  John  Gorges, 
Francis  Luttrell,  John  Am,  John  Harington,  Liflebon  Long,  William  Wyndham, 
and  Francis  Roll,  1656. 

John  Buckland,  John  Hunt,   1659. 

George  Horner,  Hugh  Smith,  1660. 

Sir  John  Stawel,  Edward  Phelips,  1661. 

Hon.  John  Paulet.     He  fucceeded  his  father  in  1665,  and  in  his  room 

Sir  John  Warre  was  elected,  againft  whom  a  petition  was  preferred  by  Sir  John 
Sydenham,  and  it  was  referred  to  a  Committee,  who  reported  in  his  favour.  On  the 
death  of  Sir  John  Warre  in  1669, 

Sir  John  Sydenham  was  elected. 

Sir  John  Sydenham,  Sir  Hugh  Smith,  barts.  1678. 

Sir  William  Portman,  bart.  George  Speke,  1679,  1681. 

Sir  John  Smith,  bart.  George  Horner,  1685. 

George  Horner,  Edward  Gorges,  1688;  againft  this  election  John  Speke  petitioned, 
but  was  not  heard. 

Sir  Edward  Phelips,  bart.  Nathaniel  Palmer,  1690. 

Sir  John  Smith,  bart.  Sir  John  Trevelyan,  bart.  1695. 

Sir  Edward  Phelips,  John  Hunt,  1698. 

Nathaniel 


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XXXIU 


Nathaniel  Palmer,  John  Hunt,  1699. 

Sir  John  Trevelyan,  John  Hunt,   1700. 

Sir  Philip  Sydenham,  Nathaniel  Palmer,   1701,  1702. 

John  Pigot,  Nathaniel  Palmer,  1705,   1707. 

Henry  Portman,  John  Prowfe,   1708. 

Sir  Thomas  Wroth.  Sir  William  Wyndham,  barts.  17 10. 

Sir  William  Wyndham,  Thomas  Horner,  17 13. 

Sir  William  Wyndham,  William  Helyar,  17 14. 

Sir  William  Wyndham,  Edward  Phelips,  1722. 

Sir  William  Wyndham,  Thomas  Strangeways  Horner,  1727,  1734. 

Thomas  Prowfe,  Henry  William  Portman,  1741. 

Thomas  Prowfe,  Sir  Charles  Kemeys  Tynte,  bart.  1747,  1754,  176 1. 

Sir  Thomas  Dyke  Acland,  bart.  Sir  Charles  Kemeys  Tynte,  1767. 

Richard  Hippifley  Coxe,  Sir  Charles  Kemeys  Tynte,  1768. 

Richard  Hippifley  Coxe,  Edward  Phelips,  1774. 

Richard  Hippifley  Coxe,  Sir  John  Trevelyan,  bart.  1780. 

Sir  John  Trevelyan,  Edward  Phelips,  1784,  1790. 

SHERIFFS  of  this  COUNTY." 


Warine  de  Lifures,   1 1 54. 

Richard  de  Raddon,   1 155. 

Warine  de  Lifures,  1 156. 

Richard  de  Raddon,  1 157. 

Warine  de  Lifures,   1158. 

Richard  de  Raddon,  1 159. 

Warine  de  Lifures,  11 60,  1161. 

Robert  de  Bello  Campo,   1 162. 

Gerbert  de  Percy,  1163,  1164. 

Richard  de  Raddon,  1 164. 

Gerbert  de  Percy,  1165. 

Robert  de  Puckerel,  1166,  1167,  1168 

Alured  de  Lincoln,   1169,  1170,  1 17 1, 

1172,   1173,  1174. 
Robert  de  Bello  Campo,   1175,    II7^J 

1177,  1 178,  1179,  1180,  1181. 
William  de  Bending,  1182,  1183. 
Robert  Fitzpaine,    11 84,    1185,    11 86, 

1187,  1188. 
Hugh  Bardolf,  1189. 
Robert  de  Witefelde,  11 90. 
Ralph  de  Cahaines,  1191,  1192,  11 93. 


William  de  Cahaines,  1 1 94,  1 1 95. 

Walter  de  Giffard,  1 195. 

William  de  Cahaines,  1 196. 

Peter  de  Schidimore,  1 197. 

William  de  Cahaines,  11 98. 

Peter  de  Schidimore,  1 1 99. 

Robert  Belet,  11 99,  1200. 

Hubert  de  Burgh,  1201,  1202,   1203, 

1204. 
William    de  Montacute,    1205,    1206, 

1207. 
William  de  Briwere,  1 208,  1 209,  1 2 1  o. 
William  Malet,  1 2 1 1,  1 2 1 2,  1  2 1 3. 
Richard  de  Marifco,  1 2 1 4. 
Ralph  Bray,  121 5. 
Peter  de  Mauley,  1 2 1 6,   1  2 1 7,  1  2 1 8, 

1 2 1 9,  1 220,  1 22  r. 
Roger  de  Ford,  1 222. 
Ralph  de  Gernun,  1223. 
Richard  Poore,  bifhop  of  Salifbury,  1 224. 
Roger  de  Ford,  1225. 
William  Fitz-Henry,  1  226,  1 227, 1 228. 


k  Somerfctfhire  and  Dorfetfhire  had  one  common  flieriff  till  the  year  1 566,  when  they  were  divided  by  Aft  of 
Parliament,  and  each  found  Iheriffs  by  themfelves. 

Vol.  I.  e  Thomas 


XXXIV 


INTRODUCTION. 


•1262. 


Thomas  de  Cirencefter,     1229,    1230, 

1  23 1,  1232,  1233,  1234,  1235. 
Henry  de  Campo  Florido,  1 236. 
TkomasdeCirencefter,  1237, 1233, 1239. 
Jordan  Oliver,  1 240. 
Hugh    de   Vivon,    1241,    1242,  1243, 

1 244,  1 245,  1 246,  1 247, 1248, 1 249. 
Bartholomew  Peche,  1250. 
Elias  de  Rabayne,  125 1,  1252,  1253. 
John  de  Aure,  "1 

Eli  as  de  Rabayne,     [-1254. 
Walter  de  Burges,    J 
Stephen  de  Aftiton,  1255. 
Walter  de  Burges,  \,r,e(. 

William  de  Turberville,  j      5  '      57' 
Walter  de  Burges,  1258. 
William  Everard,  1258,  1259. 
Humphry  Chadd,  1259. 
William  deCerne,  1260,  1261. 
John  BaOet,  7 

Henry  de  Aulton,  ) 
Philip  BafTet,  1263. 
William  de  Staunton, 
Plenry  fil.  Reg.  Almeyn, 
William  de  Staunton,  1265,  1266. 
Andrew  Wake,  1267,  1268. 
Thomas  de  St.  Vigore,  1269,  1270. 
John  de  St.  Walery,        ? 
Thomas  de  St.  Vigore,  \ 
John  de  St.  Walery,       } 
Robert  del  Eftre,  '         \l27*> 
John  de  St.  Walery,  1273,   1274. 
Richard  de  Colefhull,  1274, 1275,  1276, 

1277. 
John  de  Cormailes,    1278,  1279,  1280, 

1281,  1282,  1283. 
John    de  St.  Lo,    1284,    1285,    1286, 

1287,  1288,  1289. 
Richard  de  Bnrghurft,  1290. 
Thomas  de  Marleberge,  ? 
John  de  Erleigh,  j      " 

Walter  de  Loveney,  1292,  1293. 
Walter  de  Gloucefter,  1294,  1295,  1296, 

1297,  1298. 


1264. 


Nicholas  de  Cheigny,  1299. 

John  de  Gerebert,   1300,  1301. 

John  de  la  Lee,  1302. 

John  Gerebert,  1303,  1304. 

Matthew  de  Fourneaux,   1305. 

John  de  Montacute,  1306. 

Nicholas  de  Langelond,  1306. 

Nicholas  de  Cheigny,  1307. 

Walter  de  Skidamore,  1307. 

Rich.de  Chefelborne,  1308,  1309,  1310. 

Walter  de  Skidamore,  131 1. 

Thomas  de  Marlebergh,  131 1. 

Walter  de  Skidamore,  1 3 1 2. 

John  de  Chidiock,  13 12,  13 13. 

John  de  Erleigh,  13 14. 

Matthew  de  Furneaux,  13 15. 

John  de  Kingfton,  13 1 5,  1316,  1317. 

Nicholas  de  Cheigny,  1317. 

Thomas  de  Marleberge,  131 8. 

Nicholas  de  Cheigny,  131 8. 

Thomas   de   Marleberge,    13 19,    1320, 

1321,  1322,  1323,  1324,  1325. 
John  de  Erleigh,  1325. 
Thomas  de  Marleberge,  1326. 
Sir  William   de  Whitfield,  knt.    1327, 

1328,  1329,  1330. 
Hugh  de  Langlond,  1330. 
William  de  Whitfield,  knt.  133 1. 
Hugh  de  Langlond,  1331. 
Sir  John  de  Wroxhale,  knt.  1332,  1333. 
Hildebrand  de  London,  1333,  1334. 
John  de  Wroxhale,  1334. 
Sir  Walter  de  Rodney,  knt.  1335. 
Hildebrand  de  London,  1336. 
Walter  de  Rodney,  1337,  1338,  1339. 
John  deDurburgh,  1340. 
Hugh  Tyrel,  1341,  1342. 
Sir  Edward  de  Stradeling,  knt.  1343. 
Sir  Thomas  de  Cary,  knt.  1344,   1345. 

U46,  i347>  1348,  i349>l3S°>  '-3S1' 
John  de  Palton,  1352,  1353,  1354. 
Sir  John  de  St.  Lo,  knt.  1355. 
SirRich.  de  Turberville,  knt.  1356, 1357. 
Robert  Martin,  1358. 

Sir 


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Sir  John  de  Raleigh,  knt.  1359. 

Nicholas  de  St.  Maur,  1360. 

Thomas  de  Bridport,  1361,  1362,  1363. 

John  de  Attehale,  1363,1364. 

John  de  Longeland,  1365,   1366,1367, 

1368. 
Edmund  Cheyne,  1369. 
William  deWinterborn,  1370,  1371. 
Roger  Mannyngford,  1372. 
Sir  Hugh  de  Durburgh,  knt.  1373. 
John  Hamelyn,   1373. 
William  Latymer,  1374. 
Hugh  de  Durburgh,  1374. 
Sir  Edmund  Fitzherbert,  knt.  1375. 
William  Latimer,  1375. 
Hugh  de  Durburgh,  1376. 
Sir  Edmund  Fitzherbert,  1376. 
Hugh  de  Durburgh,  1377. 
John  de  la  Mere,  1377. 
William  Cogan,  1378. 
John  Burgherfh,   1379. 
Theobald  de  Gorges,  1380. 
Sir  William  de  Bonville,  knt.  1380. 
William  Latimer,  1380. 
Sir  William  de  Bonville,  1 38 1. 
Edmund  Fitzherbert,  1382. 
Sir  John  Streche,  knt.  1383. 
John  de  Burgherfh,  1384. 
John  de  Coplefton,  1385. 
Humphry  Stafford,  1386. 
Sir  John  Rodney,  knt.  1387. 
John  le  Moigne,   1388. 
Sir  Thomas  Broke,  knt.  1389. 
Sir  John  de  Berkeley,  knt.  1390. 
Humphry  Stafford,  1391. 
John  Bache,  1392. 
Theobald  Wickham,  1393. 
Sir  John  de  Berkeley,  knt.  1394. 
Sir  John  le  Moigne,  knt.  1395. 
Sir  John  Rodney,  knt.  1396. 
Sir  Thomas  Arthur,  knt.  1397. 
Sir  Thomas  Daccomb,  knt.  1398. 
Sir  Thomas  Arthur,  1399. 
Richard  Boyton,  1400. 


e  2 


Sir  John  Luttcrel,  knt.  1401. 

John  Frome,  1402. 

William  Wroth,  1403. 

Sir  Thomas  Pomeroy,  knt.  1404. 

Richard  Boyton,    1405. 

Humphry  Stafford,   1406. 

Richard  Boyton,  1406. 

Walter  Rodney,  1407. 

John  Horfey,  1407,  1408. 

Matthew  Coker,  1408. 

Robert  Hill,  1409. 

Richard  Boyton,  1410. 

Humphry  Stafford,  1410. 

Sir  Humphry  Stafford,  fen.  knt.  141 1. 

John  Horfey,    141 2. 

Robert  Hille,  141 3- 

Walter  Hungerford,  1413* 

Robert  Hille,  141  J. 

John  Warre,  141 4. 

Humphry  Stafford,  i^S- 

Richard  Boyton,  1416. 

Matthew  Coker,  1417- 

John  Flory,  141 8. 

Robert  Hill,  1419. 

John  Newburgh,  1420. 

Robert  Hill,  1421,  1422. 

Robert  Coker,  1422. 

Sir  Richard  Stafford,  knt.  1423. 

Sir  Edward  Stradling,  knt.  1424. 

Sir  Giles  Daubeney,  knt.  i425- 

William  Fyndern,  1426. 

William  Carent,  i427- 

John  Stourton,  1428. 

John  Warre,  I4'29- 

John  Poulet,  i43°- 

John  Stourton,  fen.  143:. 

John  St.  Lo,  1432. 

John  Seymour,  1433. 

William  Carent,  1434. 

Thomas  Thame,   1435. 

Thomas  St.  Lo,  1436. 

William  Stafford,  1437. 

Edward  Hull,  143  8. 

Walter  Rodney,  1439. 

William 


XX  XVI 


INTRODUCTION. 


William  Carent,  144°- 

William  Stafford,  I44r- 

John  St.  Lo,  I442- 

Edward  Hull,  H43- 

Robert  Cappes,  H44- 

John  Norys,  1445- 

William  Carent,  1446. 

John  Chidiock,  knt.  1447- 

Sir  Edward  Hull,  knt.  1448. 

John  Anftil,   1449. 

William  Carent,  1450. 

Thomas  Thame,  145 1. 

Richard  Wane,  1452. 

Nicholas  Latimer,  1453. 

John  Cheyne,   1454. 

John  Willoughby,  1455. 

Nicholas  St.  Lo,  1456. 

Thomas  Warre,  1457. 

John  St.  Barbe,  1458. 

John  Carent,  1459- 

Humphry  Stafford,  1460- 

Sir  Nicholas  Latimer,  knt.  1460. 

Chriftopher  Worfeley,  1460. 

Thomas  Herbert,  1461. 

Humphry  Stafford,  1461. 

Thomas  Herbert,  1462,  1463. 

William  Browning,  1463. 

Sir  Reginald  Stourton,  knt.  1463. 

William  Browning,  1464. 

John  Sydenham,  fen.  1465. 

Chriftopher  Worfeley,  1465. 

Sir  George  Darrel,  knt.  1466. 

John  Sydenham,  1466. 

Robert  Stowel,  1467. 

Sir  George  Darrel,  1467. 

Sir  Reginald  Stourton,  1468. 

Robert  Stowel,  1468.. 

Sir  Reginald  Stourton,  1469. 

Chriftopher  Worfeley,  1470. 

John  Cheverel,  1471. 

Sir  Nicholas  Latimer,  knt.  1471. 

John  Byconnel,  J 47 2. 

John  Cheverel,  1472. 

Robert  Palmer,  1473. 


John  Byconnel,  1473. 
Giles  Daubeney,  i474« 
Robert  Palmer,  1474. 
William  Collyngborn,  1475. 
Giles  Daubeney,  1475. 
Thomas  Norton,  1476. 
William  Collyngborn,  1476. 
William  Berkeley,  1477. 
Thomas  Norton,  1477. 
William  Say,  1478. 
William  Berkeley,  1478. 
Edward  Hartgill,  1479* 
William  Say,   1479. 

Giles  Daubeney,  1480. 

Edward  Hartgill,  1480. 

Richard  Morton,  1481- 

Giles  Daubeney,  148 1. 

Nicholas  Crowmer,  1482. 

Richard  Morton,  1482. 

Nicholas  Crowmer,  1483. 

Edward  Redwaine,  1484. 

Thomas  Fulford,  1485. 

Amias  Paulet,  i486. 

Sir  John  Turberville,  knt.  1487. 

James  Daubeney,  1488. 

William  Martin,  1490. 

Sir  Amias  Paulet,  knt.  1491. 

William  Knoyle,  1492. 

Walter  Enderby,  1493. 

Edward  Carew,  1494. 

Sampibn  Norton,  1495. 

Sir  Edward  Gorges,  knt.  1496. 

Sir  Roger  Newburgh,  knt.  1497. 

Sir  Richard  Pudfey,  knt.  1498. 

Sir  Nicholas  Wadham,  knt.  1499. 

Sir  Amias  Paulet,  knt.  1500. 

Sir  William  Martin,  knt.  1501. 

Sir  William  Carew,  knt.  1501. 

Sir  John  Trevilian,  knt.  1502. 

Edward  Wadham,  1503. 

Henry  Uved ale,  1504. 

JohnHorfey,  1505. 
John  Sydenham,  1506. 
Sir  John  Carew,  knt.  1507. 


Mr 


INTRODUCTION. 


xxxva 


John  Williams,  1508. 

Richard  Wefton,  1509. 

Sir  John  Trenchard,  knt.  1509. 

Sir  John  Speke,  knt.  1510. 

Walter  Rodney,  1511. 

Giles  Strangeways,  15 11. 

Sir  William  Compton,  knt.  15 13. 

Sir  Edward  Gorges,  knt.  15 14. 

Sir  John  Seymour,  knt.  151 5. 

Sir  Thomas  Delalind,  knt.  15 1 6. 

Sir  Giles  Strangeways,  knt.  1517. 

Edward  Hungerford,  15 1 8. 

John  Bouchier,  15 19. 

William  Wadham,  1520. 

Sir  John  Rogers,  knt.  1521. 

William  Carent,  1522. 

Sir  Thomas  Trenchard,  knt.  1523. 

Sir  Giles  Strangeways,  knt.  1524. 

George  Speke,  1525. 

Sir  John  Seymour,  knt.  1526. 

John  Ruflel,  1527. 

Sir  Andrew  Luttrell,  knt.  1528. 

Sir  Edward  Gorges,  knt.  1529. 

Sir  Thomas  Arundel,  knt.  1530. 

Sir  Edward  Seymour,  knt.  1531. 

Sir  Thomas  More,  knt.  1532. 

Sir  Giles  Strangeways,  knt.  1533. 

Sir  Nicholas  Wadham,  knr.  1534. 

Sir  Francis  Darell,  knt.  1535. 

Sir  Hugh  Paulet,  knt.  1536. 

Sir  John  Horfey,  knt.  1537. 

Sir  Henry  Long,  knt.  1538. 

Sir  Thomas  Speke,  knt.  1539. 

Sir  Thomas  Arundel,  knt.  1 540. 

Sir  Giles  Strangeways,  knt.  1541. 

Sir  Hugh  Paulet,  knt.  1542. 

Sir  John  Paulet,  knt.  1543. 

Sir  John  Horfey,  knt.  1544. 

Nicholas  Fitzjames,  1545. 

John  Sydenham,  1546. 

Sir  Hugh  Paulet,  knt.  1547. 

Sir  John  Thynne,  knt.  1548. 

Sir  Thomas  Speke,  knt.  1549. 


George  Delalind,  15 50. 
Sir  John  Rogers,  knt.  1552. 
Sir  John  Tregonwell,  knt.  1553. 
Sir  John  Sydenham,  knt.  1554. 
Sir  Henry  Afliley,  knt.  1555. 
John  Wadham,  1556. 
Humphry  Colles,  1557. 
Sir  John  Horfey,  knt.  1558. 
Sir  Thomas  Dyer,  knt.  1559. 
Sir  James  Fitz-James,  knt.  1560. 
Sir  James  Wadham,  knt.  1561. 
Sir  George  Speke,  knt.  1562. 
John  Horner,  1563. 
Sir  Henry  Afhley,  knt.  1564. 
Sir  Henry  Uvedale,  knt.  1565. 
Thomas  Morton,  1566. 
Sir  Maurice  Berkeley,  knt.  1567. 
Sir  George  Norton,  knt.  1568. 
Henry  Portman,  1569. 
Thomas  Luttrell,  1569. 
John  de  Leigh,  1570. 
Edward  Rogers,  157 1. 
John  Horner,  1572. 
John  Sydenham,  1573. 
Sir  John  Stowell,  knt.  1574. 
Chriftopher  Kenn,  1575. 
Thomas  Malet,  1576. 
George  Sydenham,  1577. 
John  Colles,  1578. 
John  Bret,  1579. 
Maurice  Rodney,  1580. 
Henry  Newton,  15  81. 
John  Buller,  1582. 
Arthur  Hopton,  1583. 
Gabriel  Hawley,  1584. 
Nicholas  Sidenlum,  1585. 
Sir  John  Clifton,  knt.  1586. 
Sir  Henry  Berkeley,  knt.  1587. 
Edward  St.  Barbe,  1588. 
Samuel  Norton,  1589. 
Hugh  Portman,  1590. 
John  Harington,  159 1. 
George  Speke,  1592. 


George 


xxxvin 


INTRODUCTION. 


George  Luttrell,  1593. 

Henry  Walrond,  1594. 

John  Francis,  1595. 

Sir  John  Stovvell,  knt.  1596. 

John  CoHes,  1597. 

John  Jennings,  1598. 

George  Rodney,  1599. 

Sir  Hugh  Portman,  knt.  1600. 

John  Malet,  1601. 

John  Maye,  1603. 

Edward  Rogers,  1604. 

Sir  John  Wyndham,  knt.  1605. 

Thomas  Horner,  1606.  . 

Sir  John  Portman,  knt.  1607. 

Sir  Edward  Hext,  knt.  1608. 

Sir  Edward  Gorges,  knt.  1609. 

George  Luttrell,  16 10. 

Francis  Baker,  161 1. 

Sir  John  Rodney,  knt.  161 2. 

Sir  Hugh  Smith,  knt*  1613. 

Robert  Henley,  161 4. 

Nathaniel  Still,  16 15. 

Sir  John  Horner,  knt.  161 6. 

Sir  Bartholomew  Mitchel,  knt.  16 1 7 . 

John  Colles,  161 7. 

John  Pawlet,  161 8. 

Robert  Hopton,  161 9. 

Sir  Theodore  Newton,  knt.  1619, 

Henry  Henly,  1620. 

William  Franceys,  1623. 

John  Coles,  1625. 

John  Latch,  1627. 

Sir  John  Stowell,  knt.  1628. 

Sir  Francis  Dodington,  knt.  1630. 

Sir  Thomas  Wroth,  knt.  1 640. 

Richard  Cole,  efq;  1646. 

William  Lacy. 

William  Hellyar,  1661. 

Henry  Gatchell. 

Andrew  Moor. 

Edward  Hobbes,  1685. 

Edward  Strode,  1688. 

Richard  Morgan,  1689. 


Sir  John  Smith,  bart.  1690. 
William  Whitchurch,  1691. 
William  Lacey,  1692. 
Warwick  Bampfylde,  1 693. 
Robert  Siderfin,  1694. 
John  Champneys,  1695. 
Thomas  Langton,  1696. 
Thomas  Dyke,  1697. 
Henry  MomperTon,  1698. 
Smart  Goodenough,  1699. 
Francis  Hollis  Newman,  1700. 
William  Helyar,  1701. 
Samuel  Rodbard,  1702. 
John  Mogg,  1703. 
Samuel  Pitt,  1704. 
Sir  John  Trevelyan,  bart.  1705,. 
Thomas  Warre,  1706. 
William  Fraunceis,  1707. 
Robert  Smith,  1708. 
Sir  Thomas  Wroth,  bart.  1709. 
Ifaac  Wellman,  1710. 
William  Blackford,  171  r. 
Thomas  Horner,  17 12. 
Harry  Bridges,  17 13. 
William  Strode,  17 14. 
John  Trevelyan,  1715. 
Henry  Walter,  1716. 
Jofeph  Browne,  17 17. 
Thomas  Archer,  1718. 
Robert  Everard,  1719  - 
Jepp  Clarke,  1720. 
William  Applin, 
Henry  Strode, 
William  Comes, 
Richard  Comes,     $ 
Walter  Robinfon,  1723. 
Chriftopher  Baker,  1724. 
Andrew  Moore,  1725. 
David  Yea,  1726. 
Edward  Dyke,  1727. 
Richard  Champneys,  1728. 
Gregory  Gardner,  1729. 
John  Pigott,  1730. 


1721. 


William 


INTRODUCTION. 


XXXIX 


William  Francis,  1731. 

John  Proctor,   1732. 

Sir  John  Smith,  bart.  ,1733. 

John  Wcllman,  1734. 

Jofeph  Langton,  1735. 

Orlando  Johnfon,  1736. 

JohnPeriam,  1737. 

James  Charley  Cowper,  1738. 

John  Smith,  1739. 

John  Freke  Brickdale,  1 740. 

William  Madox,    "1 

Edward  Hallet,      j       *' 

Sir  William  Pynfent,  bart.  1 742. 

William  Sandford,  1743. 

Edward  Clarke,  1744. 

Francis  Newman,  1745. 

John  Halliday,  1746. 

Thomas  Coles,  1747. 

James  Jeanes,  1748. 

Matthew  Spencer,  1749. 

Henry  William  Portman,  1750. 

SirTho.  Dyke  Acland.bart.  1751. 

John  Harding,  1752. 

John  Macie,  1753. 

Henry  Fowncs  Luttrell,  1754. 

Roger  Lyde,  1755. 

James  Perry,  1756. 

John  Collins,  1757. 

Philip  Stephens,  1758. 

Henry  Powell,  1759. 

Sir  William  Yea,  bart.  1 760. 


John  Adams,  I761- 

Sir  Thomas  Gunfton,  knt.  1762. 

Samuel  Dodington,j763. 

William  Helyar,  1764. 

Paris  Taylor,  1765. 

James  Tookcr,  1766. 

William  Provis,  1767.    , 

John  Helyar,  1768. 

Wm.  Rodbard,  1769. 

Nathaniel  Webb,  1770. 

Thomas  Coward,  1771. 

Henry  Rodbard,  1772. 

John  Hugh  Smyth,  1773. 

John  Old-Goodford,  1774. 

SirThomasChampneys.bart.  1775. 

Thomas  Wilkins  Morgan,  1776. 

Sir  John  Trevelyan,  bart.  1 777. 

Thomas  Horner,  1778. 

Samuel  Baker,  1779. 

Edward  Elton,  1780. 

John  Ford,  1781- 

James  Ireland,  1782. 

Peter  Sherfton,  1783. 

Andrew  Gay,  1784. 

Richard  Crofse,  1785. 

James  Stephens,  1786. 

Nathaniel  Dalton,  1787. 

John  Lethbridge,  1788. 

Henry  Hippilley  Coxe,  1789. 

John  Stephenfon,  1 790. 

Abraham  Elton,  i79r. 


The  names  of  all  the  lords,  knights,  efquires,  and  gentlemen,  within 
the  county  of  Somerfet,  refident  in  the  time  of  Henry  VII.0  « 


John  Bourchier,  knt.  Lord  Fitzwarren 

Hugh  Luttrell,  knt. 

John  Speke,  knt. 

John  Wadham,  knt. 

Edmund  Gorges,  knt. 

John  Rodney,  knt. 


*  Two  hundred  marks. 
of  the  Bath." 


John  Choke,  knt. 

William  Willoughby,  knt. 

Richard  Pudfey,  knt. 

John  Trevilyan,  cc',c* 

Thomas  Tremayle,  c"" 

John  Sydenham,  of  Brimpton,  c" 

»  FromHarl.  MS.  6166.  f.  101. 
Thofe  which  have  the  value  of  their  living  fct  down,  were  certified  to  be  knights 

Nicholas 


xl 


INTRODUCTION. 


Nicholas  Bluet,  fenior,  c" 

John  Fitz -James,  fenior,  c" 

John  Sydenham,  of  Orchard,  crac 

Thomas  Mallet,  cmc 

Robert  Brent,  of  Codington,  cme 

Richard  Warr,  of  Heftercombe,  c" 

William  Carent,  xl" 

John  Wyke,  of  Ninehead,  xl1' 

Robert  Stowell,  lx" 

Edward  Stradling,  cmc 

William  Reynon,  of  Bykefolde,  1" 

Thomas  Champneys,  xl" 

John  Hadley,  xl1' 

John  Verney,  xl" 

Thomas  Newburgh,  l" 

John  Harvye,  xl1' 

Thomas  Tilly,  xl" 

Thomas  Michell,  xl" 

Richard  Cogan,  1" 

John  Arthur,  of  Clapton,  xl1' 

John  Marfhall,  xl" 

Alexander  Pym,  xl1' 

Giles  Hill,  1" 

Nicholas  Seintlow,  xl" 

Henry  Champneys,  xl" 

Nicholas  Bratton,  xl1' 

Edward  Steyning 

William  Knoyle 

James  Dawbeney,  xl" 

John  Fitz-Richard 

John  Pyrmanne 

John  Huntley 

John  Heyron 

John  Seintfaver 

William  Jane 

Edward  Wadham,  1" 

Robert  Gilbert,  of  Camel,  x" 

John  Bevyne 

Edmund  Seintlow 

William  Wadham 


Robert  Gilbert 

John  Bevine 

John  Hungerford 

Thomas  Gold 

Andrew  Hody 

Triftram  Stork 

Robert  Gerard 

John  Steynton,  of  Stanton 

Thomas  Walfh 

Alexander  Newton 

James  Perceval 

Richard  Hadley 

John  Rogers 

John  Tremayle 

John  Popham 

John  Dyker 

John  Brent 

John  Torney 

Richard  Mawdley,  ofNunney 

John  Mufgrave 

John  Dodington 

Reginald  Hody 

Robert  Hacombe 

John  Burnell 

Alexander  Hamlyn 

James  Sydenham 

John  Lyte 

William  Birke 

John  Walton 

William  Mylborne 

John  Somervill 

Edward  Dawbeney 

William  GofFe 

Thomas  Lyte 

Alexander  Birke 

William  Hungerford 

William  Walfhawe 

Edmund  Myll 

John  Moore. 


To  the  foregoing  I  fhall  fubjoin  the  following  List  of  Justices,  named 
in  the  commiffion  of  peace  for  this  county,  July  iy,  1787,  together  with 
thofe  added  by  fubfequent  feals. 

His 


INTRODUCTION. 


xli 


His   Royal    Highnefs    George    Prince 

of  Wales 
His  Royal  Highnefs  William  Duke  of 

Gloucefter 
His  Royal   Highnefs   Henry  Duke  of 

Cumberland 
The  Right  Rev.  John  Lord  Archbifliop 

of  Canterbury 
The  Right  Hon.  Edward  Lord  Thurlow, 

Lord  High  Chancellor 
The  Right  Rev.  William  Lord  Arch- 

bilhop  of  York 
Dukes  of  Somerfet 
Richmond 
Grafton 
Bolton 
Leeds 

Marlborough 
Rutland 
Portland 
Manchefter 
Chandos 
Dorfet 
Newcaftle 
Montague 
Marquiffes  of  Buckingham 
Lanfdown 
Stafford 
Carmarthen 
Earls  of  Derby 

Huntingdon 
*  Salilbury 
Denbigh 
Weftmoreland 
Chefterfield 
Sandwich 
Carlifle 
Jerfey 
Poulett 
Cholmondeley 
Kinnoul 
Marchmont 
Bute 

Dartmouth 
Vol.  I. 


Earls  of  Tanker ville 
Aylesford 
Waldegrave 
Afhburnham 
Effingham 
Earls  of  Buckinghamfliiic 
Egrcmont 
Hertford 
Cornwallis 
Hardwicke 
Ilchefter 
Spencer 
Chatham 
Bathurft 
Hillfborough 
Aile/bury 
Mansfield 
Leicefter 
Uxbridge 
Camden 

Cork  and  Orrery 
Egmont 
Be/borough 
Verney 
Shannon 
Ludlow 
Courtown 
Nugent 
Vifcounts  Town  fend 

Wevmouth 

Stormont 

Mount-Edgcumbe 

Valietort 

Howe 

Barrington 

Bateman 

Galway 

Hinchinbrook 

Hinton 

Mountftuarc 

Beauchamp 

Dungarvon 
Robert  Lord  Bifhop  of  London 
Barons  Sydney 


Arundel 


xlii 


INTRODUCTION. 


Barons  Arundel 
Onflow 
Stawel 
Pelham 
Digby 
Amherft 
Loughborough 
Walfingham 
Grantley 
Carteret 
Boringdon 
Hawkefbury 
Mulgrave 
Hood 
Penrhyn 
Lords  Webb  Seymour 
William  Seymour 
Francis  Seymour 
George  Lenox 
George  Cavendifh 
John  Cavendifh 
Charles  Spencer 
Robert  Spencer 
Frederick  Campbell 
Herbert 
North 
Sir  Thomas  Dyke  Acland,  bart. 
Sir  Charles  Warwick  Bampfylde,  bart. 
Sir  Edward  Rolt  Bayntun,  bart. 
Sir  Thomas  Champneys,  bart. 
Sir  William  Codrington,  bart. 
Sir  Abraham  Ifaac  Elton,  bart. 
Right  Hon.  Sir  John  Goodricke,  bart. 
Sir  Philip  Hales,  bart. 
Sir  Richard  Colt  Hoare,  bart. 
Sir  James  Langham,  bart. 
Sir  Lionel  Lyde,  bart. 
Right  Hon.  Sir  William  Meredith,  bart. 
Sir  John  Mordaunt,  bart. 
Sir  William  Oglander,  bart. 
Right  Hon.  Sir  John  Parnell,  bart. 
Sir  George  Onefiphorus  Paul,  bart. 
Sir  John  William  Pole,  bart. 
Sir  John  Hugh  Smyth,  bart. 


Sir  John  Smith,  bart. 

Sir  John  Trevelyan,  bart. 

Right  Hon.  Sir  Richard  Worfley,  bart. 

Sir  William  Yea,  bart. 

Right  Hon.  Sir  George  Yonge,  bart. 

Right  Hon.  Sir  Jofeph  Yorke,  knight 

of  the  Bath 
Rt.  Hon.  Sir  John  Eardley  Wilmot,  knt. 
Right  Hon.  Sir  Lloyd  Kenyon,  knt. 
Right  Hon.  Sir  James  Harris,  knight  of 

the  Bath 
Right  Hon.  Sir  William  Howe,  knight 

of  the  Bath 
Sir  John  Durbin,  knt. 
Sir  Nafh  Grofe,  knt. 
Sir  Thomas  Gunfton,  knt. 
Sir  Benjamin  Hammet,  knt. 
Right  Hon.  Sir  John  Skynner,  knt. 
John  Acland,  of  Fairfield,  efq. 
Hugh  Acland,  efq. 
Alexander  Adams,  efq. 
Francis  Adams,  efq. 
John  Adams,  efq. 
Rev.  John  Adney 
Rev.  Thomas  Alford 
Rev.  Samuel  Alford 
Jefferys  Allen,  efq. 
Robert  Proctor  Anderdon,  efq. 
Rev.  Francis  Annefley,  D.  D. 
John  Anfty,  efq. 
Richard  Pepper  Arden,  efq. 
Rev.  William  Bailey 
Samuel  Baker,  efq. 
Robert  Everard  Balch,  efq. 
Copleftone  Warre  Bampfylde,  efq. 
John  Band,  efq. 
Right  Hon.  Ifaac  Barre 
Rev.  Montague  Barton 
Rev.  William  Batchelor 
Rev.  George  Beaver 
William  Beckford,  efq. 
Rev.  Hugh  Bennett 
Rev.  Thomas  Bere 
Right  Hon.  John  Beresford 

James 


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xliii 


James  Bernard,  cfq. 

Rev.  JohnBifhop,  D.  D. 

Richard  Bovctt,  efq. 

Rev.  John  Bowen 

John  Bragg,  efq. 

Edward  Brice,  efq. 

Matthew  Brickdale,  efq. 

Matthew  Brickdale,  jun.  efq. 

John  Brickdale,  efq. 

Richard  Meyler  Bright,  efq. 

William  Buckler,  efq. 

John  Bullen,  efq. 

Francis  Buller,  efq. 

Right  Hon.  Edmund  Burke 

John  Berkeley  Burland,  efq. 

Claver  Morris  Burland,  efq. 

John  Butler,  efq. 

George  Byng,  efq. 

George  Byng,  jun.  efq. 

John  Cabbell,  M.  D. 

John  Hody  Chichefter,  efq. 

Henry  Chichefter,  efq. 

Edward  Clarke,  efq. 

John  Collins,  efq. 

John  Rawe  Collins,  cfq. 

Richard  Thomas  Combe,  efq. 

Henry  Combe,  efq. 

Right  Hon.  Henry  Seymour  Conway 

Right  Hon.  Charles  Wolfran  Cornwall 

Thomas  Coward,  efq. 

Henry  Hippifley  Coxe,  efq. 

Charles  Hippifley  Coxe,  efq. 

Richard  Crofle,  efq. 

Rev.  George  Croflman,  LL.D. 

Nathaniel  Dalton,  efq. 

Samuel  Daniel,  eiq. 

Thomas  Darch,  efq. 

Thomas  Darch,  jun.  efq. 

Rev.  William  Darch 

George  Dawbeny,  efq. 

Hill  Dawe,  efq. 

Samuel  Day,  efq. 

Vickris  Dickinfon,  efq. 

William  Dickinfon,  efq. 


William  Dickinfon,  jun.  efq. 

Hon.  and  Rev.  Charles  Digby 

Samuel  Doddington,  efq. 

George  Donifthorpe,  efq. 

John  Donne,  efq. 

Rev.  Daniel  Dumarefque,  D.  D. 

Right  Hon.  Henry  Dundas 

John  Dunning,  M.  D. 

John  Durbin,  efq. 

Drax  Durbin,  efq. 

George  Dyke,  efq. 

Goodenough  Earle,  efq. 

John  Eafon,  efq. 

Right  Hon.  William  Eden 

Harry  Edgell,  efq. 

Right  Hon.  Welbore  Ellis 

Rev.  Abraham  Elton 

Abraham  Elton,  efq. 

Edward  Elton,  efq. 

Ifaac  Elton,  efq. 

Rev.  Bickham  Efcott 

Robert  Evered,  efq. 

Rev.  Thomas  Eyre,  LL.  D. 

Hon.  Henry  Fane 

Hon.  Thomas  Fane 

Rev.  Samuel  Farewell 

Samuel  Farr,  M.  D. 

Rev.  John  Fewtrell 

Right  Hon.  Richard  Fitzpatrick 

Richard  Ford,  efq; 

Right  Hon.  John  Fofter 

Right  Hon.  Charles  James  Fox 

Samuel  Franklin,  efq. 

Henry  Proftor  Gale,  efq. 

William  Gardiner,  efq. 

Philip  James  Gibbs,  efq. 

Robert  Goodden,  efq. 

Wyndham  Goodden,  efq. 

Rev.  John  Culliford  Goodden 

John  Old  Goodford,  efq; 

James  Gordon,  efq. 

James  Gordon,  jun.  efq. 

John  Gore,  eiq. 

Edward  Gore,  efq. 


f  2 


Thomas 


xliv 


INTRODUCTION. 


Thomas  Gould,  efq. 

Rev.  Thomas  Gould 

Rev.  Henry  Gould 

Rev.  Jonathan  Gregg 

Right  Hon.  James  Grenville 

Right  Hon.  Wm.  Wyndham  Grenville 

Right  Hon.  Charles  Greville 

Edmund  Griffith,  efq. 

Thomas  Grofvenor,  efq. 

Richard  Grofvenor,  efq. 

Thomas  Grove,  efq. 

William  Chafin  Grove,  efq. 

John  Gunning,  efq. 

Andrew  Guy,  efq. 

John  Fraunceis  Gwyn,  efq. 

John  Fraunceis  Gwyn,  jun.  efq. 

Edmund  Trowbridge  Halliday,  efq. 

John  Halliday,  efq. 

John  Hanning,  efq. 

William  Hanning,  efq. 

Wyndham  Harbin,  efq. 

Samuel  Alford  Harbour,  efq. 

Rev.  John  Harington,  D.  D. 

Right  Hon.  Thomas  Harley 

William  Hawker,  efq. 

John  Hellier,  efq. 

William  Helyar,  efq. 

Henry  Holt  Henley,  efq. 

Rev.  Charles  Hobbs 

Henry  Hobhoufe,  efq. 

Alexander  Hood,  efq. 

Jonathan  Hooper,  efq. 

James  Flooper,  efq. 

Ifaac  Webb  Horlock,  efq. 

Thomas  Horner,  efq. 

Thomas  Strangeways  Horner,  efq. 

William  Hofkins,  efq. 

Thomas  Hofkins,  efq. 

Thomas  Flotchkin,  efq. 

William  Howe,  efq. 

Dodington  Hunt,  efq. 

John  Hunt,  efq. 

Rev.  John  Hunt,  LL.  D» 

William  Huflfey,  efq. 


Charles  Hutchings,  efq. 

Rev.  George  Hutchings 

Right  Hon.  John  Hely  Hutchinlbn 

Rev.  Thomas  Jackfon,  D.  D. 

John  Jeane,  efq. 

Thomas  Jeane,  efq. 

Richard  Jenkyns,  efq. 

Benjamin  Incledon,  efq. 

Thomas  Samuel  Jolliffe,  efq. 

Thomas  Johnfon,  efq. 

Rev.  Thomas  Ireland,  D.  D. 

James  Ireland,  efq. 

Rev.  Ambrofe  Kent,  D.D. 

Wr alter  King,  efq. 

Robert  Kingfmill,  efq. 

Robert  Kingfton,  efq. 

Charles  Knatchbull,  efq. 

Edmund  Lambert,  efq. 

Rev.  WilliarhLangdon 

William  Gore  Langton,  efq. 

Richard  Lanfdown,  efq. 

John  Lethbridge,  efq. 

Maurice  Lloyd,  efq.  ♦ 

Rev.  Edmund  Lovell,  LL.  D. 

George  Lovell,  efq. 

Stuckley  Lucas,  efq. 

John  Fownes  Luttrell,  efq. 

Francis  Fownes  Luttrell,  efq. 

Rev.  Alexander  Fownes  Luttrell 

Edward  Lyne,  efq. 

Henry  Lyte,  efq. 

Arch.  Macdonald,  efq. 

Right  Hon.  James  Stuart  Mackenzie 

John  Mallack,  efq. 

Gerard  Martin,  efq. 

Thomas  Hutchings  Medlycott,  efq. 

William  Coles  Medlycott,  efq. 

James  Melliar,  efq. 

John  Merry,  efq. 

Paul  Methuen,  efq. 

Paul  Cobb  Methuen,  efq. 

Rev.  John  Michell 

Thomas  Millard,  efq. 

Rev.  James  Minifie 

Jacob 


INTRODUCTION. 


xlv 


Jacob  Mogg,  efq. 

George  Mogg,  efq. 

Right  Hon.  Frederick  Montague 

Thomas  Wilkins  Morg:ui,  efq. 

Francis  Morgan,  efq. 

John  Morley,  efq. 

John  Morris,  efq. 

Edward  Horlock  Mortimer,  efq. 

Jofeph  Mortimer,  efq. 

Abel  Moyfey,  efq. 

Edward  Berkeley  Napier,  efq. 

John.  Napper,  efq. 

Hon.  George  Auguftus  North 

Hon.  Francis  North 

Hon.  Frederick  North 

Rev.  George  Notley 

Right  Hon.  Thomas  Orde 

John  Pagett,  efq. 

Richard  Pagett,  M.  D. 

Thomas  Parry,  efq. 

Rev.  Francis  Crane  Parfons 

Arfcott  Bickford  Peppin,  efq. 

John  Periam,  efq. 

John  Perkins,  efq. 

Edward  Phelips,  efq. 

Edward  Phelips,  jun.  efq. 

Rev.  William  Phelips 

Thomas  Phipps,  efq. 

William  Phipps,  efq. 

John  Pigott,  efq. 

John  Pigott,  jun.  efq. 

Rev.  Wadham  Pigott 

John  Pinny,  efq. 

Right  Hon.  William  Pitt 

George  Poole,  efq. 

Nathaniel  Poole,  efq. 

Alexander  Popham,  efq. 

Francis  Popham,  efq. 

Henry  William  Portman,  efq, 

Henry  William  Portman,  jun.  efq. 

Edward  Berkeley  Portman,  efq. 

Hon.  Vere  Poulett 

George  Prior,  efq. 

William  Proffer,  efq. 


William  Provis,  efq. 

George  Prowfe,  efq. 

John  Prowfe,  efq. 

Rev.  John  Prowfe 

Rev.  William  Putt 

John  Pyne,  efq. 

William  Pyne,  efq. 

Matthew  Quantock,  jun.  efq. 

Rev.  Arthur  Radcliffe 

Right  Hon.  Richard  Rigby 

Henry  Rodbard,  efq. 

John  Rodbard,  efq. 

John  Rogers,  efq. 

Rev.  John  Methuen  Rogers 

Dennis  Rolle,  efq. 

John  Rolle,  efq. 

James  Reed,  efq. 

Henry  William  Sandford,  efq. 

John  Savery,  efq. 

Herbert  Sawyer,  efq. 

Henry  Seymour,  efq. 

Peter  Sherfton,  efq. 

John  Slade,  efq. 

Thomas  Slocombe,  efq. 

Rev.  William  Slocombe 

Thomas  Smith,  efq. 

John  Smith,  efq. 

John  Wyldbore  Smith,  efq. 

Samuel  Smith,  efq. 

Hon.  Hugh  Somerville 

John  Somerville,  efq. 

Rev.  William  Somerville 

James  Sparrow,  efq. 

Rev.  William  Speke,  B.  D. 

Thomas  Stawell,  efq. 

James  Stephens,  efq. 

Henry  Stephens,  efq. 

Rev.  Charles  Stone 

Henry  Strachey,  efq. 

John  Strode,  efq. 

Henry  Sweeting,  efq. 

Rev.  Chriftopher  Tatchell 

George  Templer,  efq. 

Hon.  Thomas  Thynne 


James 


xlvi 


INTRODUCTION. 


James  Tooker,  efq. 

Right  Hon.  Charles  Townfend 

John  Trevelyan,  efq. 

]  Icnry  William  Tripp,  efq. 

Thomas  Troyte,  efq. 

John  Tucker,  efq. 

Rev.  William  Tudor 

Rev.  Thomas  Tudor 

Robert  Tudway,  efq. 

Charles  Tudway,  efq. 

Clement  Tudway,  efq. 

Rev.  John  Turner 

William  Turner,  efq. 

Samuel  Twyford,  efq. 

J  ohn  Tyndall,  efq. 

John  Johnfon  Kemeys  Tynte,  efq. 

Right  Hon.  John  Charles  Villiers 

Rev.  James  Uttermare 

Henry  Walters,  efq. 

Thomas  Walters,  efq. 

John  Warren,  M.  D. 

James  Warren,  efq. 

John  Warry,  efq. 

Richard  Watkins,  efq. 

In  the  tumults,  and  commotions,  which  have  at  different  periods  em- 
broiled the  quiet  of  this  kingdom,  Somerfetfhire  has  generally  born  its  part; 
nor  did  it  efcape  the  civil  diffenfions  of  the  laft  century ;  but  no  very  confi- 
derable  engagement  was  fought  in  this  county  between  the  royal  and  par- 
liamentary forces,  fave  that  of  Lan/down,  which  proved  fo  fatal  to  the  brave 
Sir  Bevill  Granville.  In  1644  the  following  eftablifhment  was  made  for 
the  eaftern  divifion  of  the  county. 

Weekly  pay  to  the  governors  of  the  caftles  within  the  county  of  Somerfet: 


James  Watfon,  efq, 

Nathaniel  Webb,  efq. 

Rev.  Samuel  Webb  , 

William  Webber,  efq. 

Simon  Welman,  efq. 

Thomas  Welman,  efq. 

Rev.  Phipps  Wefton 

Francis  Edward  Whalley,  efq. 

Rev.  Thomas  Sedgwick  Whalley 

Jofeph  Whitchurch,  efq. 

Henry  Whitmarlh,  efq. 

John  Whitmarfh,  efq. 

Cann  Wilkins,  efq. 

Rev.  George  Wilkins 

Rev.  Richard  Wilkins 

Rev.  Richard  Willes 

Rev.  William  Willes. 

Rev.  John  Wills,  D.  D. 

Walter  Wiltfhire,  efq. 

John  Wiltfhire,  efq. 

William  Withycombe,  efq. 

Rev.  John  Wyndham,  LL.  D. 

Wrilliam  Yea,  efq. 


The  governor  of  Bath 
The  governor  of  Portifhead- 
'  point 


7 
5 


The  governor  of  Nunney-  ) 
caftle  ) 

The  governor  of  Farley-caftle 


An  eftimate  was  made  that  out  of  the  Eaftern  hundreds,  to  be  eftablifhed 
for  thefe  feveral  garrifons,  might  be  raifed  85ol.m 

In  this  county  was  filed  the  firft  blood  in  the  Revolution  of  1688,  and 
the  laft  in  the  infurrettion  of  the  Duke  of  Monmouth,  which  terminated 

"From  letters  patent  dated  at  Oxford  4  Dec.  20  Car.  I.  conftituting  Edmund  Tarnor,  efq;  treafurer  of  the 
garrifons  aforefkid. 

by 


INTRODUCTION.  xlvii 

by  his  total  defeat  in  Sedgmoor,  July  6,  1685.     To  fhew  that  the  feverities  ■ 
exercifed  upon  the  Duke's  unhappy  and  deluded  followers  have  not  been 
exaggerated,  I  fhall  produce  the  following  document : 

'  Somersetshire.     J  '  Edward  Hobbes,  efq;  fherreife  of  y'countie  afore- 

i       «  faid,  to  the  con6'1'  and  other  his  Ma""  officers  of 

*  the  cittie  and  burrough  of  Bath,  greeting:  Whereas  I  have  rec'  a  warr 

*  under  the  hand  and  feale  of  the  right  Hon*  the  Lord  Jeffreys  for  the 

*  executing  of  feveral  rebells  within  yor  faid  cittie,  Thefe  are  therefore  to 
'  will  and  require  yo"  immediately  on  fight  hereof  to  erect  a  gallows  in  the 

*  mod  publike  place  of  yor  faid  cittie  to  hang  the  faid  trayto"  on,   and  that 

*  yow  provide  halters  to  hang  them  with,  a  fufficient  number  of  faggotts  to 

*  burne  the  bowells  of  fower  traytors,  and  a  furnace  or  cauldron  to  boyle 
J  their  heads  and  quarters,  and  fait  to  boyle  therewith,  halfe  a  bufhell  to 

*  each  trayto',  and  tarr  to  tarr  ym  with,  and  a  fufficient  number  of  fpeares 
'  and  poles  to  fix  and  place  their  heads  and  quarters :  and  that  yow  warne 
c  the  owners  of  fower  oxen  to  be  ready  with  a  dray  and  wayne  and  the  faid 
'  fower  oxen  at  the  time  hereafter  mencioned  for  execufion,  and  yo"  yo'felves 

*  togeather  with  a  guard  of  fortie  able  men  att  the  leafr,  to  be  prefent  on 
'  Wednefday  morning  next  by  eight  of  the  clock,  to  be  aiding  and  affifting 

*  to  me,  or  my  deputie,  to  fee  the  faid  rebells  executed.  Given  under  rny 
'  feal  of  office  this  16th  day  of  November,  A°  i°  Jacobi  fecundi  1685. 

'  EDWARD  HOBBES,  Vic. 

1  Yo"  are  alfoe  to  provide  an  axe  and  a  cleaver 
1  for  the  quartering  the  faid  rebells."1 

EARLS  and  DUKES  of  SOMERSET. 

In  the  Saxon  times  this  county  gave  title  of  Earl  to  a  famous  General  of 
the  name  of  Hun,  who  was  flain  A.D.  823  in  the  battle  of  Ellendune,  be- 
tween Egbert  king  of  the  Weft  Saxons,  and  Beornulf  king  of  Mercia." 

The  next  Earl  of  this  county  was  Earmtlf,  who  commanded  the  Somer- 
fetfhire  forces  againft  the  army  of  the  Danes,  when  they  A.D.  845  landed 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Parret;  and  were  repulfed  with  great  flaughter." 

Sweyn,  eldeft  fon  of  Godwin  earl  of  Kent,  was  fometime  Earl  of  Somerfet. 
He  died  at  Lycia  in  his  return  from  a  journey  which  he  had  taken  A.  D. 
1053  bare-footed  to  Jerufalem,  on  penance  to  expiate  the  murder  of  Beorne 
his  kinfman.'' 

■  From  the  original.  °  Dugd.  Bar.  i.  it.  '  lb.  &  Chron.  Saxon.  '  lb.  18. 

Sir" 


xMii  INTRODUCTION. 

Sir  William  cle  Mohun,  of  Dunfter-caftlc,  and  Sir  Reginald  de  Mohun, 
his  defcendant,  were  Earls  of  Somerfet. 

In  1396,  John  Beaufort,  eldeft  fon  of  John  Plantagenet  of  Gaunt,  by 
Catherine  Swinford  his  third  wife,  was  created  Earl  of  Somerfet  by  King 
Richard  II.  and  the  next  year  Marquis  of  Dorfet.     He  died  in  141  o. 

Henry  Beaufort  his  fon  fucceeded  him  in  thofe  titles,  but  died  with- 
out iflue. 

In  1442  John  Beaufort,  brother  of  Henry  Beaufort,  knight  of  the  garter, 
was  created  Duke  of  Somerfet  by  King  Henry  VI.  He  died  without  iflue 
male  in  1444,  and  was  fucceeded  in  this  dignity  by 

Edmund  Beaufort,  his  next  brother,  who  was  alfo  knight  of  the  garter, 
and  regent  of  Normandy.     He  was  flain  in  1455  at  the  battle  of  St.  Albans. 

Henry  Beaufort,  eldeft  fon  of  Edmund,  fucceeded.  He  was  an  active 
commander  in  the  French  war,  and  governor  of  Calais,  from  which  poft  he 
was  recalled  in  1460  to  the  afliftance  of  King  Henry  VI.  In  1463  he  was 
taken  prifoner  at  the  battle  of  Hexham,  and  with  Thomas  lord  Hungerford 
and  John  lord  Rofs,  was  there  beheaded  by  order  of  King  Edward  IV. 
From  Charles  his  fon,  who  aftumed  the  name  of  Somerfet,  are  defcended 
the  Dukes  of  Beaufort. 

Edmund  Beaufort,  brother  of  the  laft-named  Henry,  fucceeded  in  the 
title  of  Duke  of  Somerfet.  He  was  beheaded  in  1472  at  the  battle  of 
Tewkefbury,  and  his  brother  John  Beaufort  being  flain  in  the  fame  engage- 
ment, and  his  other  brothers  dying  unmarried,  the  title  here  expired. 

In  June  1498,  Edmund  Tudor,  third  fon  of  King  Henry  VII.  was  created 
Duke  of  Somerfet,  but  died  at  the  age  of  four  years. 

Henry  Fitzroy,  natural  fon  of  King  Henry  VIII.  was  created  Duke  of 
Somerfet  in  1525.     He  died  without  iflue  in  1  536. 

In  1547,  Feb.  15,  Edward  Seymour  protector  to  young  King  Edward  VI. 
was  created  Duke  of  Somerfet  and  Baron  Seymour.  He  fuffered  death  on 
the  fcaffold  at  Tower-hill,  24  Jan.  1552. 

In  1 6 14,  King  James  I.  conferred  the  title  of  Earl  of  Somerfet  on  Robert 
Carr  vifcount  Rochefter,  fon  of  Sir  Thomas  Carr,  of  Ferniherft  in  the 
county  of  Roxburgh.  He  with  his  lady  was  convicted  of  the  aflaflination 
of  Sir  Thomas  Overbury,  and  was  imprifoned  till  the  year  1645,  *n  which 
year  he  died,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of  Covent-Garden. 

In 


INTRODUCTION.  xlix 

In  1660,  William  Seymour,  marquis  of  Hertford,  great  grandfon  of 
Edward  Seymour  the  Protestor,  that  is,  fon  of  Edward  lord  Beauchump, 
fon  of  Edward  earl  of  Hertford,  Ton  of  Edward  duke  of  Somcrfet  by  Anne 
Stanhope  his  fecond  wife,  was  reftored  by  parliament  to  the  title  and  dignity 
of  Duke  of  Somerfet.  This  William  had  been  preceptor  to  Charles  I. 
and  afterwards,  when  the  civil  wars  broke  out,  highly  diftinguifhed  himfelf 
in  the  royal  caufe,  by  raifing  forces  in  this  county,  by  his  conduct  at  the 
battle  of  Lanfdown,  and  by  many  other  noble  acts  of  loyal  affection  to  his 
Sovereign,  for  whom  he  even  offered  to  lay  down  his  own  life,  if  it  could 
have  been  admitted  as  a  fubftitute.  lie  died  in  October  1660,  a  few  weeks 
only  after  his  advancement  to  the  dukedom,  and  his  fon  Henry  lord 
Beauchamp,  being  dead  before  him,  he  was  fucceeded  by  his  grandfon 
William,  who  died  young  and  unmarried  in  1671,  and  was  fuccceeded  by 
his  uncle  John. 

Which  John  Duke  of  Somerfet  dying  in  1675  without  iffue,  Francis 
Seymour,  fon  of  Charles  lord  Seymour,  and  grandfon  to  Sir  Francis 
Seymour,  (who  was  created  Lord  Seymour  of  Trowbridge,  16  Car  I.  and 
was  the  third  grandfon  of  Edward  earl  of  Hertford,  fon  of  Edward  the 
Protector,  and  younger  brother  to  Sir  William  the  reftored  Duke)  fucceeded 
to  this  honour.  This  Francis  was  unfortunately  affaffinated  in  Genoa, 
20  April  1678,  and  having  no  iffue,  was  fucceeded  by 

Charles  his  brother,  the  fixth  Duke  of  this  great  and  noble  family.  He 
was  knight  of  the  garter,  and  chancellor  of  the  univerfity  of  Cambridge. 
In  the  reign  of  James  II.  being  then  of  the  privy-council,  he  affifted  in 
collecting  the  militia  of  this  county  againft  the  Duke  of  Monmouth.  He 
was  prefident  of  the  council  to  King  William  III.  and  mafter  of  the  horfe 
to  Queen  Anne,  and  George  I.  at  whofe  coronations  he  carried  the  orb  of 
ftate.  He  died  in  1748,  in  the  87th  year  of  his  age,  and  was  fucceeded  by 
his  eldeft  and  only  furviving  fon  Algernon  earl  of  Hertford,  who  dying 
without  iffue  male  in  1749,  the  dukedom  and  barony  devolved  on  Sir 
Edward  Seymour,  bait,  of  the  firft  branch  of  this  family,  being  the  feventh 
in  lineal  defcent  from  Edward  the  firft  Duke  of  Somerfet  of  this  name,  by 
liis  firft  wife  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Filiol,  of  Filiol-hall  in 
the  county  of  Effex,  and  of  Woodlands  in  the  county  of  Dorfet,  knt. 

Which  Edward  the  eighth  Duke  of  Somerfet  married  Mary  fole  daughter ' 
and  heir  of  Daniel  Webb,  of  Monkton-Farley  in  the  county  of  Wilts,  efq; 
and  had  iffue  by  her  four  fons,  viz.  Edward,  Lord  Webb  Seymour,  Lord 
William,  Lord  Francis,  and  a  daughter,  Mary;  of  whom  Edward  the  eldeft 

Vol.  I.  g  is 


INTRODUCTION. 


is  the  prefent  Duke  of  Spmerfetj  Lord  Webb  is  of  Monkton-Farley}  Lord 
William  refides  at  Seend  in  the  county  of  Wilts ;  and  Lord  Francis  is  the 
prefent  Dean  of  the  Cathedral  Church  of  Wells. 

Les  Chivaliers  &  Hommes  du  Mark  en  cbefcun  eountie  d'Angliterre  farm.  xvii. 

du  Roy  Ed-warde  le  primer  I 


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4.  S 

5-  S 

6.  S 

7.  S 


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21. 


Dorset  &  Somerset  Shires. 

re  Thomas  de  Gourney.     Palee  viij.  &  x.  b. 

re  Philip  Courtney.     Or,  iij  torteaux  g.  bend  b. 

re  Rauf  de  Tortes.     G.  griffon  fegreaunt  or. 

re  Robert  de  Brent.     G.  griffon  fegreaunt  ar. 

re  Richard  de  Croupes.     Ar.  vj  mafcles  g.  3,  2,  1,  label  b. 

re  Geoffry  de  Aubemarle      G.  crufulee  or,  bend  mafculee  ermine. 

re  William  Montacu.     y^rg-.  iij  fufilles  in  fefle,  g. 

re  Stephen  de  Bridmanfton.     Ar.  vj  lozenges  voided  fa.  3,.  2,  1-. 

re  Humphrey  de  Beauchamp .     Verrie  arg.  &  b,  label  cr. 

re  Jehan  deWalleys.     'Ermine  bend  ^. 

re  Jehan  Button.     Ermine  bend  g. 

re  Henrie  de  Glaftenburie.     Ar.  bend  engrailed  fab. 

re  Fouk  Fitz warren.     Quarterlie,   per  fefle  indented  ar.  &  g.  a 

mullet  y«. 
re  William  Fitzwarren.     Quarterlie  per  feffe  indented  ar.  6c  g. 
re  Henry  de  Lorty.     B.  crofs  or. 
re  Andrew  de  Grimfted.     G.  iij  barres  varrie  #r.  &  b. 
re  Jehan  de  Clyfford.     Checkee  or  &  £.  bend  g. 
re  Ellys  Cottel.     Or  bend  g. 

re  Jehan  de  Babington.     G.  ten  plates  ar.  4,  3,  2,  1. 
re  Jehan  de  Mountfort.     Ar.  crufulee,  g.  lion  rampant  b. 
re  Jehan  de  Chauvent,  palee  vi.  arg.  6c  b. 


The  total  tax  for  Danegeld  in  this  county  paid  into  the  King's  treafury 
at  Winchefter  in  the  time  of  King  William  the  Conqueror,  was  five  hun- 
dred and  nine  pounds. 

The  number  of  inhabitants  that  paid  to  the  fubfidy  of  5 1  Edward  III. 
was  fifty-four  thoufand  fix  hundred  and  three. 


'  E  Codice  MS,  Jofephi  Holland,  de  quo  vide  Ath.  Oxon.  vol.  i.  col.  521. 


The 


INTRODUCTION. 


li 


The  number  of  houfes  which  paid  chimney-money  in  this  county  in 
1685,  was  forty-four  thoufand  fix  hundred  and  eighty-fix. 

Somersetshire,  with  regard  to  its  temporal  jurifdiction,  is  divided  into 
two  parts,  Eastern  and  Western.  The  Eajlern  divifion  contains  the 
following  Hundreds  and  Liberties,  viz. 


HUNDREDS. 


Bath-Forum 

Bemftone 

Brewton 

Brent  cum  Wrington 

Catalh 

Chew 

Chewton 

Frome 

Glaflon  Twelve  Hides 

Hareclive  cum  Bedminfter 


Horethorne 

Keynfham 

Kilmerfdon 

Norton-Ferrers 

Portbury 

Wellow 

Wells-Forum 

Whitftone 

Winterftoke. 


LIBERTIES. 


Hampton  and  Claverton 
Eafton  and  Amrill 
Hinton  and  Norton 
Eaft-Cranmore 


Hill-Houfe 

Mells  and  Leigh 
Witham-Friary. 


The  Weftern  divifion  contains, 


HUNDREDS. 


Abdick  and  Bullion 

Andersfield 

Cannington 

Carhampton 

Crewkerne 

Curry-North 

Houndfborough,  Berwick  and  Coker 

Huntfpill  cum  Puriton 

Kingfbury-Eaft 

Kingfbury-Weft 

Mai  tock 


Milverton 
Petherton-North 

South 

Pitney 

Somerton 

Stone  and  Yeovil 

Taunton  and  Taunton-Dean 

Tintinhull 

Whidey 

Williton-Freemannors. 


In  refpefl  of  its  Ecclefiajlical  Jurifdi&ion,  it  is  divided  into  three  Arch- 
deaconries, viz. 

Archdeaconries. 


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INTRODUCTION. 


Archdeaconries.  Deaneries. 

Bath,  wherein  are  two  f  Bath 

Deaneries,  viz.  \  Redcliff*  and  Bedminfter 


Parijhes. 
>  in  which  are    \    ^ 


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Wells,  wherein  are  feven 
Deaneries,  viz. 


Axbridge  - 
Cary     - 

Frome  -  -         -         - 
^  JurifdicYion  of  Glafton  - 

Ilchefter  - 

Marfton  -        - 

Pawlet  -  -         -         - 


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f  Bridgwater 
Taunton,  wherein   are  J  Crewkerne 
four  Deaneries,  viz.        |  Dunfter  - 

LTaunton  - 


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in  which  are 


Total  number  of  parifhes         482 


Somerfetfhire  contains  forty  hundreds,  feven  liberties,  two  cities, .  feven 
boroughs,  twenty-nine  market-towns,  one  bifhoprick,  three  archdeaconries, 
thirteen  deaneries,  and  four  hundred  and  eighty-two  parifhes. 


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I.  Rex  Willelmvs 

II.  Epifcopus  Wintonienfis 

III.  Epifcopus  Sarifberienfis 

IV.  Epifcopus  Baiocenfis 

V.  Epifcopus  Conftantienfis 

VI.  Epifcopus  Wcllenfis 

VII.  ^Ecclefia  de  Bada 

VIII.  iEcclefia  Glaltingberienfis 

IX.  iEcclefia  Micelenienfis 

X.  iEcclefia  AdtTmgienfis 

XI.  /Ecclefia  Romana  S.  Petri 

XII.  ^Ecclcfia  de  Cadom. 

XIII.  iEcclcfia  de  Monteburg 

XIV.  jEcclefia  de  Sceftefberie 

XV.  Epifcopus  Mauricius 

XVI.  Clerici  tencntes  de  Rege 

XVII.  Comes  Euftachius 

XVIII.  Comes  Hugo 

XIX.  Comes  Morkonienfis 

XX.  Balduinus  de  Fxcceftre 

XXI.  Rogerius  de  Corcelle 

XXII.  Rogerius  Arundel 

XXIII.  Wakerius  Gifard 

XXIV  Wakerius  [velWalfcirfjdeDouuar 


XXV.  Willelmus  de  Moion 

XXVI.  Willelmus  de  Ow 

XXVII.  Willelmus  de  Faleife 

XXVIII.  Willelmus  filius  Widonis 

XXIX.  Radulfus  de  Mortemer 

XXX.  Radulfus  de  Pomerei 

XXXI.  Radulfus  Pagenel 

XXXII.  Radulfus  de  Limefi 

XXXIII.  Robertus  filius  Giroldi 

XXXIV.  Aluredus  de  Merlebergc 

XXXV.  Aluredus  de  Ifpania 

XXXVI.  Turftinus  filius  Rolf 

XXXVII.  Serlode  Burci 

XXXVIII.  Odo  filius  Gamelin 

XXXIX.  Ofbernus  Gifard 
XL.  Edwardus  de  Saiifberia 
XLI.  Ernulfus  de  Mefdins; 
XLII.  Giflebertus  filius  Turold 
XLIII.  Godebold. 

X.LIV.  Mathiu  de  Moretania 
XLV.  Hunfridus  Camerarius. 
XLVI.  Robertus   dc    Odburuile    &  alii 

fervientes  Regis 
XLVII.  Taini  Regis 


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Cerra  Begt& 

REX  tenet  Svmmertone.  Rex  Edwardus  tenuit. 
Nunquam  geldavit,  neque  fcitur  quot  hidas  fint 
ibi.  Terra  eft  50  carucatx.  In  dominio  funt  5  car. 
&  4  fervi  &  80  villani  &  28  bordarii  cum  40  carucis. 
Ibi  100  acrx  prati  &  una  leuca  pafture  in  long.  & 
dimid.  leu.  lat.  filva.  I  leu.  long.  &  una  quarentena  lat. 
Ibi  burgum  quod  vocatur  Lanporth,  in  quo  ma- 
nent  34  burgcnfes  redd.  15  folid.  &  z  pifcaris  redd. 
10  fol.  Reddit  per  ann.  79  lib.  &  1.0  folid.  &y 
denar.  de  20  in  ora. 

Huic  Manerio  addita;  funt  3  terra;  quas  teneb.  3 
taini  Tempore  Regis  Edwardi  Brifnod  &  Aluric  & 
Sauuin  &  geld,  pro  5  hid.  &  dimid.  Ibi  funt  7  villani 
&  5  Lord,  cum  4  car.     Redd.  7  lib.  &  15  folid. 

De  hoc  M.  eft  ablata  dimid.  hida  Denesmodeswelle, 
qua;  fuit  de  dominica  firma  Regis  E.  Aluredus  de 
Hiipania  ten.  Sc  valet  10  folid. 

Rex  ten.  Cedre.  Rex  E.  tenuit.  Nunquamgel- 
davit, nee  fcitur  quot  hida;  fint  ibi.  Terra  eft  20 
car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  2  fervi  &  unus  coli- 
bertus  &  17  villani  &,  20  bord.  cum  1 7  car.  &  7  gab- 
latores  redd.  17  fol. 

Jn  Alsebrvce  32burgenfes  redd.  20  folid.  Ibi  z 
molini  redd.  12  folid.  Sc  6  denar.  &  3  pifcariae  redd. 
10  folid.  &  15  ac.  prati.  Paftura  1  leu.  long.  &  tan- 
tundemlat.  Redd,  per  ann.  21  lib.  &  2  den.  &  obo- 
lum de  20  in  ora.  Silva  z  leu.  long.  &  dim.  leu.  lat. 
De  hoc  M.  ten.  Gifo  Epifcopus  unum  membrum 
Wetmore,  quod  ipfe  tenuit  de  Rege  E.  Pro  eo  com- 
putat  Willelmus  vicecomes  in  firma  Regis  12  lib. 
unoqucque  anno. 

Deipfo  M.  eft  ablata  dimid.  virgat.  terns  qua:  fuit 
de  dominica  firma  Regis  E.  Robertus  de  Otburguile 
ten.  &  15  den.  val. 

Haec2M.  Svmmertone  &  Cedre  cum  append,  fuis 
reddeb.  firaiam  unius  noctis  T.  R.  E. 

RExten.  Nortperet.  RexE.  tenuit.  Nunquam 
geldavit,  nee  fcitur  quot  hidae  fint  ibi.  Terra  eft  30 
car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  20  villani  &  .19  bord. 
&  6  fervi  &  20  porcarii  cum  23  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd. 
15  denar.  Sc  100  ac.  prati  &  z  leu.  pafturx.  Redd. 
20  fol.  per  ann. 

Redd,  hoc  M.  42  lib.  &  8  fol.  &  4  den.  de  20 
in  ora. 

Rex  ten.  Svdperet.  Rex  E.  tenuit.  Nunquam 
geldavit,  nee  fcitur  quot  hida;  fint  ibi.  Terra  eft  28 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  22  coliberti 
&  63  villani  &  15  bord.  cum  26  car.  Ibi  molin. 
redd.  20  folid.  8c  50  ac.  prati.  Silva  1 1  quarent. 
long.  Sc  10  quarent.  lat.  Redd.  42  lib.  &  100  denar. 
de  20  in  ora. 

De  hoc  M.  tenuit  Merlefuain  2  hid.  in  Stratone 
T.  R.  E..&  era:  tainlande.  Reddit  modo  60  fol.  in 
.firma  Regis. 


Deipfo  M.  ablata  eft  dimid.  hida.  Norman  tenet 
de  Rogerio  de  Curcelle  &  valet  16  folid. 

Huic  M.  reddebatur  T.  R.  E.  de  Cruche  per  ann. 
confuetudo,  hoceit,  6  ovescum  agnis  totid.  &  quifquo 
liber  homo  1  blomamferri.  Tuiltin  tenet  de  comite 
Moriton.  fed  confuetudinem  non  reddidit  poftquaci 
comes  terram  habuit. 

Rex  ten.CHvRi.  Rex  E.  tenuit.  Nunquamgel- 
davit, nee  fcitur  quot  hida;  fint  ibi.  Terra  eft  13 
car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  5  fervi  &  zo  villani  &  z 
bord.  cum  10  car.  Ibi  40  ac-  prati  &  filva  2  leu. 
long.  &  una  leu.  lat.  Redd,  zi  lib.  Sc  50  den.  dc 
20  in  ora. 

DehocM.  eft  ablata  unavirgata  terra;.  Bretel  ten. 
de  comite  Moriton.  Sc  valet  10  folid.  &  8  denar. 

Hxc  3  Maner.  Nordperet  &  Sudperet  &  Churi 
T.  R.  E.  reddeb.  firmara  unius  nodtis  cum  cxmfuetu- 
dinibus  fuis. 

Rex  ten.  Willetone  &  Candetone  &  Caren- 
tone.  Rex  E.  tenuit.  Nunquam  geldaverunt,  nee 
fciturquot  hidae  ibi  fint.  Terra  eft  100  car.  In  iiu. 
minio  iunt  1 1  car  &  dimid.  &  1 1  fervi  &  30  coliberti 
&  38  villani  &  ;o  bord.   cum  37  car.  &  dimid.     Ibj 

2  molini  redd  5  fol.  &  104  ac.  prati.  Paftura  5  leu. 
in  Iongit.  &  3  leu.  in  lat.  Silva  4.  leu.  in  longit.  &  a 
leu.  &  dim.  in  lat.  Reddit  100  lib.  &  1 16  folid.  & 
16  denar.   &  obolum  de  20  in  ora.     T.  R.  E.  red- 

debat  firmam  unius  noftis. 

Huic  M.  Welletone  eft  addita  dimid.  hida.  Saric 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  pro  2  man.  &  pro  dim.  hida  gelda- 
bat.   Terra  eft  5  car.     Ibi  6  villani  &  4  bord.  habent. 

3  car.  &  4  ac.  prati  ibi.  Silva  4  quarent.  in  longit. 
&  una  quarent.  in  lat.     Redd.  31  fol.  &  8  den. 

Eidem  ML  addita  eft  alia  dimid.  hida  Waistov  quam. 
tenuit  Aluuinus  T.  R.  E.  &  pro  dimid.  hida  geldabat. 
Terra  eft  I  car.  Redd.  40  den.  Adhuc  ipfi  M. 
addita  eft  dimid.  hida  &  redd,  in  firma  Regis  7  fol. 
De  Selvere  M.  Aluredi  addita  eft  huic  M.  una  con- 
fuetudo, id  eft,  18  oves  in  anno.  Hasc  non  pertinuit 
in  Welletone  T.  R.  E. 

Rex  ten.  Beiminstre.  Rex  E.  tenuit.  Nun- 
quam geldavit,  nee  fcitur  quot  hida;  fint  ibi.  Terra 
eit  26  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  3  fervi  8c  25 
villani  &  22  bord.  cum  10  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5 
fol.  Sc  343c.  prati.  Silva  2  leu.  long.  &  una  leu.  lat. 
Redd.  21  lib.  &  2  denar.  &  obolum  de  20  in  ora. 
Preibiter  hujus  M.  ten.  terram  ad  1  car.  &  valet  20 
folid.  De  hoc  M.  ten.  Epifcopus  Conftantiens  112 
acras  prati  &  filva;. 

Rex  ten.  Frome.  Rex  E.  tenuit.  Nunquam  gel- 
davit, nee  fcitur  quot  hidx  fint  ibi.  Terra  eft  50  car. 
In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  6  coliberti  &  31  villani  & 
36  bord.  cum  40  car,  Ibi  3  molini  redd.  25  folid. 
&  mercatum  redd.  46  folid.  &  8  denar.  Ibi  30  ac. 
prati  &  50  ac.  pafturae.  Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  tan- 
tundem  lat.    Redd.  55  lib.  &  5  denar.  de  20  in  ora. 

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De  hoc  M,  tenet  ./Eccla.  8.  Johannis  de  Froma  8 
car.  terrx  &  fimilit.  tcnuit  T.  K.-  E,  Reinbald  ibi 
Cil  prelbiter. 

Rex  ten.  Brvmf.tone.  Rex  E.  tenuit,  Nun- 
C]u;im  gcldavit  nee  fcitur  quot  bids  Tint  ibi.  Tcna 
elf  <o  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  Sc  5  fcrvi  Sc  4 
Coliberti  &  28  villani  &  26  bord.  cum  18  car.  Ibi 
5  burgenfes  &  amis  porcarius.  Ibi  <>  nio'ini  redd.  20 
Ktlid.  Sr  38  ac.  prati  &  150  ac.  pafturx.  Silvx  5 
leu.  in  longit.  Sc  una  leu.   111  lat.     Redd.  53  lib.   & 

5  denar.  de  20  in  era. 

Hoc  M,  cum  fuperiori  Fromh  T.  R.  E.  reddeb. 
iirmam  unius  noftis. 

De  hoc  M.  funt  ablati  9  agri  quos  ten.  Bretel  de 
comite  Moriton.  &  val.  18  denar. 

Deco.lcm  M.  <  ft  ablata  dimid.  hidain  Cilemetone. 
Serlo  de  Burci  ten.  Sc  valet  10  folid.  De  dominica 
£rma  fuerunt. 

De  ipfo  M.  eft  ablata  1  hida.  G07.elinusten.de 
Roberto  filio  Girolui.  Terra  ell  3  car.  valeb.  40  folid. 
piodo  20  folid. 

Rex  ten.  Mii.ebvrne.  Rex  E.  tenuit.  Nunquam 
^eldavit,  neefcitur  quot  hidx  fint  ibi.  Terra  eft  50 
car.     In  dominio  funt  4  car.    &  5  fervi  Sc  70  villani 

6  18  bord.  cum  6;  car.  Ibi  6  molini  redd.  77  folid. 
Sc  6  denar.  &  170  ac.  prati.  Silva  2  leu.  in  longit. 
&  9  quarent.  lat.  Paftura  4quarent.  long.  Sc  2  qua- 
rent,  lat.  Sc  una  leu.  morx. 

In  hoc  M.  funt  56  burgenfes  &  ioi  mercatores 
•redden tes  60  fol. 

In  Givelcestre  funt  107  burgenfes  redd.  20  folid. 
Mercatum  cum  fuis  append,  redd.  1 1  lib. 

Tot.  Melebvrne  cum  predicts  append,  redd. 
80  lib.  dc  albo  argento  9  folid.  Sc  5  den.  minus. 
T.  R.  E.  reddeb.  dimid.  firmam  noitis  &  quadrantem. 

Reinbald  ten.  .iEcclefiam  cum  1  hida.     Ibi  habet 

I  car.  val.  30  folid. 

Rex  ten.  Brvnetone.  Ghida  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
Sc  geldavit  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  60  car.  De  ea 
funt  in  dominio  3  hida;  Sc  ibi  3  car.  &  7  fervi  &  50 
villani  Sc  17  bord.  cum  20  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  3 
folid.  Sc  60  ac.  prati.  Paftura  3  leu.  long.  St  una 
leu.  lat.  &  tantund.  filvx  in  longit.  &  lat.  Redd.  27 
lib.  &  12  fol.  Sc  1  denar.  de  albo  argento. 

De  his  10  hid.  ten.  Prefbit.  1  elemofina  dc  Re;;e. 
Ibi  habet  1  car.  Sc  4  villanoscum  1  car.  Sc  3  ac.  prati. 
Valet  20  folid. 

De  hoc  M.  ten  Com.  Morit.  1  hid.  in  Prestetune 
quxfuit  de  dominica  iirma  T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  4  car. 
Ibi  funt  2  car.     Val.  40  folid.  &  valuit. 

De  hoc  M.  ablat.  ell  tertius  denar.  de  Milver- 
tone  qui  reddebatur  ibi  T.  K.  K. 

Rixten.  Dolvertvne.  [Comes]  Herald  us  tenuit 
T.  R.  B.  Sc  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  St  dimid.     Terra  eft 

I I  car.  De  ea  ell  in  dominio  1  hida  &  ibi  funt  2  car. 
Sc  6  fervi  Sc  17  villani  Sc  6  bord.  cum  3  car.  &  dim. 
Ibi  3  ac.  prati.  Paftura  una  leu.  long.  &  dim.  leu. 
lat.  &  tantundem  filvx.  Redd.  Ii  lib.  &  10  folid. 
de  albo  argento. 

HuicM.  funtadditx  2  hidx  terrae dim.  ferd.  minus. 
Duodec.  taini  tcneb.  T.  R.  E.  Terra  ell  10  car. 
Ibi  funt  8  villani  cum  4  car.  &  dimid.  &  3  ac.  prati  & 
paftura  dimid.  leu.  long.  Sc  4  quarent.  lat.  Silva  1  leu. 
long.  &  dimid.  leu.  lat.    Valet  64  folid.  Sc  2  den. 


De  hoc  M.  eft  ablata  eonfuetudo  de  M.  Comit. 
Moriton  Brigspord,  hoc  eft,  240.es  per  ami.  qui  ibi 
reddebanturT.  R.  E.   Malgcriusdetin.  perComi'.em. 

Rex  ten.  Cuve.  [Com.]  Herald,  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
Sc  geld  ibat  pro  4  hid.  &  una  virg.  terrx.  Terra  eft  3  j 
car.  Dc  ea  eft  in  dominio  1  hida  &  ibi  3  car.  Sc  4  fervi 
Sc  19  villani  Sc  9  bord.  cum  18  car.  Ibi  2  molini 
redd.  54  denar.  Sc  24  ac.  prati.  Silva  1  leu.  long. 
Sc  dimid.  leu.  lat.     Redd.  23  lib.  de  albo  argento. 

Huic  M.  adjacuit  tertius  denar.  de  Burgherirt  Sc 
Carentone  &  Willetonc  Sc  Cantetonc  Sc  Nordpcreth. 

Rex  ten.  Nktelcvmbb.  Goduin  [f.  Herold.]  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Sc  3  virg.  terrx. 
Terra  eft  12  car.  De  ca  eft  in  dominio  una  virg.  Se 
dimid.  Sc  ibi  2  car.  Sc  3  fcrvi  Sc  1 5  villani  Sc  4  bord. 
cum  7  car.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati  &  100  ac.  pafturx  Sc  50 
ac.  filvx.     Redd.  — lib.  12  folid.  de  albo  argento. 

Rex  ten.  Capintone.  [Com.]  H?rald  tenuit  Se 
geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  5  car.  De  ca  ell 
dimid.  hida  in  dominio  &  ibi  1  car.  Sc  5  villani  cum> 
1  car.  Ibi  8ac.  prati  Sc  20  ac.  pafturx  Sc  10  ac.  fil.x. 
Redd.  46  folid.  de  albo  argento. 

Rex  ten.  Lanceford.  Goduin  [f.  Herald.]  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  elt  10  car. 
De  ea  eft  in  dominio  1  hida  Sc  dimid.  Sc  ibi  1  car.  Se 
4  fervi  &  2 1  villani  Sc  4  bord.  cum  8  car.  Ibi  molin. 
redd.  7  fol.  &  6  den.  &  8  ac.  prati  Sc  100  ac.  paf- 
turx &  30  ac.  filvx.     Redd.  4  lib.  Sc  12  folid. 

Rex  ten.  Winesford.  [Com.]  Tofti  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  &  dimid.  Terra 
eft6ocar.  De  ea  eft  in  dominio  dim.  hida  &  ibi  3 
car.  &  9  fervi  &  38  villani  &  2  bo.d.  cum  13  car; 
Ibi  molin.  redd.  6  den.  &  8  ac.  prati  &  40  ac.  filvx. 
Paftura  4  leu.  long.  &  2  leu.  lat.  Redd.  10  lib.  & 
10  fol.  de  albo  argento. 

Huic  M.  eft  addita  dimid.  hida.  Tres  taini  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  fervieb.  praepofito  M.  per  confuetud. 
abfque  omni  firma  donante.  Terra  eft  4  car.  Ibi 
funt  3  villani  &  23  bord.     Redd.  20  folid. 

Rex  ten.  Crice.  Gunnild  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  10  hid.  &  dimid.  Terra  eft  8  car.  De 
ea  funt  in  dominio  6  hidx  &  ibi  2  car.  &  6  fcrvi  & 
20  villani  &  10  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd. 
8  den.  &  8  ac.  prati.  Paftura  1  leu.  long.  &  tan- 
tund. lat.  Silva  I  quarent.  long.  Sc  tantund.  lat. 
Redd.  9  lib.  &  4  folid.  de  albo  argento.  Ibi  eft  pif- 
caria  fed  non  pcrtinet  ad  firmam. 
Rex  ten.  Nortcvri.  [Com.]  Herald,  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  40  car.  De  ea 
funt  in  dominio  5  hidx  &  ibi  5  car.  &  18  fervi  &  23 
coliberti  Sc  100  villani  5  min.  &  15  bord.  cum  jo 
car.  Ibi  60  ac.  prati  &  50  ac.  filvae.  Paftura  2  leu. 
long.  &  una  leu.  lat.  HuicM.  pertin.  $  burgenfes  in 
Langporth  redd.  38  den.  &  18  fervi  &  4  porcarii  & 

2  cotarii.  Tot.  redd.  23  lib.  de  albo  argento.  Ibi  ell 
pifcaria  fed  non  pertin.  ad  firmam  &  7  ac.  vinex. 

jEcclefiam  hujus  M.   ten.   [rip.]  Mauricius  cum 

3  hid.  deead.  terra.  Ibi  habet  7  viiianos  &  1 1  bord. 
&  2  fervos  cum  4  car.  &  1 8  acris  prati  &  5  acris  pafturx 
&  1 2  acris  filvx.     Redd.  60  folid. 

De  eadem  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Anfger  1  hid.  de 
Comite  Mont.  val.  20  fol. 

tun 


Rev  ten.  Crvche.  Eddeva  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Non 
geldabat,  nee  fcitur  quot  ibi  hid*  habentur.  Terra 
eft  40  car.  In  dominio  funt  5  car.  &  12  fervi  &  26 
coliberti  &  42  villani  &  4;  bord.  cum  20  car.  Ibi 
4  molini  redd.  40  folid.  &  mercat.  redd.  4  lib.  Ibi 
60  ac.  prati.  Paftura  dim.  leu.  long.  &  4  quarent. 
lat.  Silva  4  quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat. 
Redd.  46  lib.  de  albo  argento. 

De  hoc  M.  eft  ablat.  Estham  T.  R.  E.  fuit  de 
firma  M.  &  non  poterat  inde  feparari.  Turftin  ten. 
de  comite  Moriton.      Val.  50  folid. 

Rex  ten.  Cvncresberie.  [Com.]  Herald,  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  50  car. 
Deea  funt  in  dominio  5  hida:  &  ibi  6  car.  &  Tz  fervi 
&  34  villani  &  34  bord.  cum  34  car.  Ibi  2  molini 
redd.  17  fol.  &  6  den.  &  250  ac.  prati.  Paftura  2 
leu.  long.  &  dim.  leu.  lat.  Silva  2  leu.  &  dim. 
long.  &  dimid.  leu.  lat.  Redd.  28  lib.  &  15  fol.  de 
albo  argento. 

De  hac  terra  huj us  M.  ten.  3  taini  Aluuard  Ordric 
)rdulf  3  hid.  &  3  virg.  ten*.  Jr.fi  tenebant 
E.  nee  poterant  a  domino  M.  feparari.  Ibi 
funt  in  dominio  3  car.  &  4  fervi  &  6  viilani  &  iy 
bord.  cum  3  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  20  ac.  prati  &  30  ac. 
filv*.      Toium  v:-:l.  60  folid. 

Hujus  M.  ecclefmm  ten.  Mauricius  Epifcopus  cum 
dimid.  i.iJa.  Val.  20  folid.  De  ipfa  terra  hujus  M. 
abla;*  (unt  2  hida:  que  ibi  jacuer.  T.  R.  E.  Gifo 
Epifc  pus  ten.  unam  &  val.  4  lib.  Serlo  de  Burci 
&  Giflebertus  films  Turoidi  ten.  alum  hidam  ic  val. 
40  folid. 

Rex  ten.  Cam<l.  Ghida  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  gel- 
dabat pro  8  hid.  &  Jimid.  Ibi  funt  tamen  15  hid*. 
1  ena  eft  1c  car.  De  ea  fiuit  in  dominio  5  hida:  & 
ibi  4  car.  &  6  fervi  &  28  villani  &  10  bord. 
near.     Ibi  2  molini   redd.  20  folid.  & 


^ummerfete,  rDomeftia^'Boo&, 

&a«  fu&ter  fcriptas  terras  tenuit 


& 

T. 


cum 

~  100  ac.  prati 

&  100  ac.  paftur*  &  100  ac.  filv*.     Redd.  2  ?  lib.  de 


albo  argento. 

Rex  ten.  Cocre.  Ghida  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Ibi 
funt  l5  Hid.se  &  geldabat  pro  7  hid.  Terra  eft  15 
car.  Dc  ea  funt  in  dominio  c  hida:  &  dimid.  &  ibi  3 
car.  &  7  fervi  &4  coliberti  &  35  villani  &  42  bord. 
cum  12  car.  Ibi  molio,  redd.  5  (olid.  &  .0o  ac.  prati. 
Paftura  1  leu.  long.  &  dim.  leu.  lat.  Silva  8  quarent. 
long.  &  6  quarent.  lat.  Redd.  19  lib.  &  12  den. 
de  albo  argento. 

Rex  ten.  i Iardintone.  Gunnild  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  ibi  funt  10  hid*  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft 
10  car.  Deea  lunt  in  dominio  5  hid*  &  dim.  &  ibi 
2  car.  &  7  krvi  &  16  vil  ani  &  16  bord.  cum  8  car. 
Ibi  40  ac.  prati.  Silva  5  quarent.  long.  &  4quarent. 
lat      Redd.  12  lib.  &  14  fol.  de  alto  argento. 

rr  dc  te»"'  He^T£R!GE-  [Com.]  Herald,  tenuit 
1 .  K.  b.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  16  car. 
Piaster  lias  o  hidas  elt  terra  ad  8  car.  qu*  nunquam 
gel davit.  Ibi  funt  in  dominio  5  car.  &  8  fervi  &  37 
villain  &  15  bord.  cum  16  car.  Ibi  molin. 
3?  den.  &  60  ac.  prati.  Paftura 
dimul.  leu.  lat.  &  tantund.  filVae. 
albo  argento. 

In  hoc  M.  tenuit  unus  lib.  homo  9  acras  terras  &  2 
acxas  filvae.  Val.  30  den.  Non  fe  poterat  a  domino 
M.  ieparare. 


redd 
una  leu.  long.  & 
Redd.  23  lib 


dc 


CnrjtD  IReruna. 


Rex  ten.  Milvertone.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro 
dimid.  virg.  terr*.  Terra  eft  16  car.  In  dominio 
eft  1  car.  &  3  fervi  &  3  cotar.  &  16  villani  &  7  bord. 
cum  9  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  (olid.  &  6  den.  &  6 
ac.  prati  &  tooac.  paftur*  &  100  ac.  filvae  modicae. 
Ibi  mercatum  redd.  10  folid.  Totum  redd.  25  lib,  ad 
numerum.     T.  Eddid  Regir*  reddeb.  J2  lib. 

Rex  ten.  Mertoch.  Ibi  funt  38  hid*.  T.  R.  E. 
geldabat  pro  13  hid.  Terra  eft  40  car.  De  ea  funt 
in  dominio  8  hid*  &  ibi  3  car.  &  6  fervi  &  14  coli- 
berti &  65  villani  &  23  bord.  cum  28  car.  Ibi  2 
molini  redd.  35  folid.  &  50  ac.  prati.  Paftura  1  leu. 
long.  &  tantund.  lat.  Silva  una  leu.  long.  &  2 
quarent.  lat.  Pifcaria  redd.  5  fo  id.  Redd.  70  lib. 
ad  numer.  &  100  folid.  plus  fi  Epifcopus  Walchel 
teftatus  fuerit. 

Huic  M.  funt  addit*  3  hid*.  Has  teneb  3  taini 
T.  R.  E.     Redd,  in  Mertoch  4  lib.  &  10  folid. 

De  hoc  M.  eft  ablata  1  hida  &  una  virgata  terr*  in 
Contone.  Anfgerus  [Cocus]  ten.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
Ibi  4  homines  habent  1  car.  valuit  50  fol.  modo  30 
f '!.  De  ipfo  eodem  M.  eft  ablata  hida  &  dimid. 
Aluric  [parvus]  tenet  &  val.  40  folid. 

Rex  ten.  Cainesham.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro  50 
hid.  Terra  eft  too  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  15 
hid*  &  dim.  &  ibi  font  10  car.  &  20  fervi  &  25. 
coliberti  &  70  villani  &  40  bord.  cum  63  car.  Ibi  6 
molini  redd.  60  folid.  &  100  ac.  prati  &  100  ac. 
paftur*.  oilva  1  leu.  long  &  tantund.  lat.  Redd. 
108  lib.  ad  numerum.     Reddeb.  80  lib. 

Huic  M.  pertin.  8  burgenfes  in  Bade  redd.  5  fol. 
per  annum. 

De  ipfis  50  hid.  ten.  [Com.]  Euftachius  in  Beletons 
4  hid.  &  Alured  de  eo.  Toui  tenun  pro  uno  M. 
1  *  ^  ^"  .  *k' '"  dominio  1  car.  &  dim.  cum  1  fervo 
&  5  villanis  &  2  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd. 
22  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  paftur*.  Silva  3 
quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  3  lib. 
modo  4  lib. 

De  eadem  terra  ipfws  M.  ten.  Rogerius  10  hid. 
in  STANxorfB.  Ibi  habet  in  dominio  1  car.  &  ij 
villan.  &  13  bord.  habent.  7  car. 

Ibi  habet  in  dominio  1  car.  &  15  villani  &  13 
bord.  habent.  7  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  13  folid.  &  15 
ac.  prati.  Paftura  4  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent. 
&  dimid.  lat.  &  tantund.  filvs.     Valet  100  lolid. 

.  De  ipfa  terra  ten.  Epifcopus  Conftantienfis  dimid. 
hid.  &  ibi  habet  dimid.  car.  Valet  5  (olid.  Vluuard 
tenuit  nee  poterat  a  M.  feparari.  Uxor  ipfius 
Vluuard  ten.  1  hid.  de  fupradictis  50  hid.  &  ibi  habet 
4  car.  cum  3  fervis  &  3  villanis  &  4  bord.  Ibi  12 
ac.  prati  &  4ac.  filvae  annul*.     Valuit  &  val.  4  lib. 

Aluric  ten.  de  eadem  terra  1  hid.  quam  ter.uit 
Vlmar  T.  R.  E.  nee  poterat  a  M.  feparari.  Ibi  eft  1 
car.  &  17  ac.  prati  &  2  ac.  paftur*.     Valet  20  folid. 

Rex  ten.  Ciwftvne.  Ibi  funt  29  hid*.  T.  R.  E. 
geldabat  pro,  1 4  hid.  Terra  eft  40  car.  Deeafunt 
in  dominio  1 8  hid*  &  ibi  9  car.  &  20  fervi  &  2  coli- 
berti   &  18  villani   &  25  bord.  cum  19  car,    Ibi  c 

molini 


^omeroa^iDOOfc.] 


Summer  (fete. 


molini  redd.  30  fol.  5  denar.  min.  &  100  ac.  prati. 
l'allura  z  leu.  lone:.  Sc  una  leu.  lat.  Silva  1  leu.  in 
Jong.  &  lat.  In  Bade  4  burgenfes  redd.  40  denar. 
Redd.  50  lib.  ad  numerum  '1.  K.  Rcginx  reddeb. 
30  Jib. 

yGcclefiam  hujus  M.  tea.  Abb.  dc  Gemetico  cum 
dim.  hida  terrx.  Ibi  funt  z  car.  Sc  dim.  &  2  fervi 
&  2  villani  Sc  8  bord.  Sc  8  cotar.  Valuit  &  val.  40 
folid. 

Rex  ten.  Estone.  Ibi  funt  2  hidx  &  geld,  pro 
una  liida.  Terra  eft  10  car.  In  dominio  ell  1  car. 
&  2  fervi  &  7  coliberti  &  13  villani  &  3  bord.  Si  3 
cotar.  cum  5  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  100  denar.  & 
50  ac.  prati  Sc  2  leu.  filvx  minutx  in  long.  &  lat. 
Hi  2  hidx  fuerunt  &  funt  de  dominica  nrma  burgi 
Bade. 

Rex  ten.  Bade  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro  20  hid. 
quando  fcira  geldabat.  Ibi  habet  Rex  04  burgenfes 
reddentes  4  lit.  Sc  90  burgenfes  alior.  hominum  red- 
dunt  ibi  60  folid.     Ibi  habet  Rex  6  vaftas  domus. 

Klud  burgum  cum  predi&a  Estone  redd.  60  lib. 
ad  numerum  Sc  unam  markam  auri.  Prater  hoc  redd, 
moneta  100  folid.  Eduuard.  redd.  11  lib.  de  tercio 
dcn.iiio  hujus  burgi. 

De  ipfo  burgo  eft  una  domus  ablata.  Hugo  [Inter- 
pres]  ten.  &  val.  2  folid.  De  tercio  denano  Givel- 
cestre  redd.  W'illelmus  [Moion]  6 lib.  de  20  in  ora. 
De  Melebvrne  20  folid.  De  Bravetone  20  folid. 
DeLANPORT  10  folid.  De  Aissebrkje  10  fol.  De 
Frome  5  folid. 

$a0  inf)a  fqiptas  terras  tenuit 
Oltoarmis  abbaa. 

Rex  ten.  Corfetone.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro  7 
hid.  Terra  eft  7  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3 
hidx  &  dimid.  &  1  ferding  &  ibi  I  car.  Sc  3  fervi  Sc 
10  villani  Sc  S  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati. 
Silva  2  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.  Valuit 
Sc  val.  7  lib. 

Rex  ten.  Witecvmbe.  T.  -R.  E.  geldabat  pro  5 
hid.  Terra  eft  4  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3 
hida?  &  3  virg.  terra;  &  ibi  I  car.  &  2  fervi  Sc  3  vil- 
lani &  3  bord.  habentes  2  car.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati.  Silva 
4  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.     Redd.  4  lib. 

Rex  ten.  PETENig.  T.  R.  E.  jgeldabat  pro  1  hida. 
Terra  eft  I  car.  Sc  dim.  Hunfrid.  ten.  ibi  dimid. 
hid.  Sc  ibi  habet  I  car.  &  6  acras  prati  Sc  4  acras  filvx. 
Valuit  Sc  val.  20  folid.  Rex  quod  habet  ibi  val.  10 
iblid. 

Warmund   ten.   Mvndiford    in   Vadimonio   de 

Vluuardo  tcftimonio  brevis  Regis.    T.  R.  E.  geldabat 

pro  5  hid.     Terra  eft  5  car.     De  ea  funt  in  dominio 

■m  hidx  &  ibi  2  car.     Ibi  12  ac.  prati  Sc  tantund. 

aftuix.     Valuit  Sc  val.  3  lib. 

Cerra  OEpifcopi  SjOtntonienfi^ 

EpifcopusWintonienfis  ten.  Tantone.  Stigandus 
[Arch.]  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  54  hid.  & 
2  virg.  terrx  &  dimid.  Terra  eft  100  rtr.  Prxter 
hanc  habet  Epifcopus  in  dominio  terrain  ad  20  car. 
qua;  nunq.  geldavit  &  ibi  habet  13  car.  Ibi  80  vil- 
lani &  82  bord.  &  70  fervi  k  16  coliberti  &  17  por- 


carii  redd.  7  lib.  k  10  fol.  Inter  omnes  habent  60 
car.  Ibi  64  burgenfes  redd.  32  folid.  Ibi  3  moliiii 
redd.  100  folid.  60  denar.  min.  Mercatum  redd.  CO 
fol.  &de  Moneta  50  folid.  Ibi  40  ac.  prati.  l'afluia 
2  leu.  long.  &  una  leu.  lat.  Silva  una  leu.  long.  Se 
tantund.  lat.  Quando  Walchclin.  Epifc.  rccep. 
reddebat  co  lib.  Modoreddit  144  lib.  &  11  denar. 
cum  omnibus  appendic.  &  confuetudinibus  fuij. 

lit.'c  confuetudines  pertinent  ad  Tantone.  Burg, 
herifth.  Latrones.  Paris  in  fraftio.  Hainfare.  De- 
narii de  hundret.  &  denarii  S.  Petri.  Circieti.  Ter 
in  anno  teneri  placita  Epifcopi  fine  ammonitione. 
Profeftio  in  exercitum  cum  hominibus  Epifcopi. 

Has  denominatas  confuetudines  reddunt  in  Tak- 
tonb  hx  terrx.  Talanda,  Acha,  Holeforde  Sc  Vbce- 
dene  &  Succedene,  Maidenobroche,  Laford,  Hilla  St 
Hela,  Nichehede,  Nortone,  Bradeforde,  Haifa  St 
Hafella.  Scobindare  &  Stocha.  Hx  dux  terrx  non 
debent  exercitum.  Eafdem  confuetudines  debent  illi 
de  Bauueberga  prxter  exercitum  Sc  fepulturam.  De 
his  omnibus  term  fa&uri  facramentum  vel  judicium 
portaturi  ad  Tantone  veniunt.  Cum  domini  de  his 
terris  moriuntur  in  Tantone  fepeliuntur. 

Hilla  &  Hela  non  potcrant  a  Tantone  feparari 
T.  R.  E. 

.  De  fupradi&is  C4  hid.  Sc  dim.  &  dim.  virg.  terrx 
ten.  mododc  Epifcopo  Goisfrid.  4  hid.  &  unam  virg. 
terrx.  Robertus  4  bid.  Sc  dim.  Hugo  2  hid.  &  dim. 
Ibi  funt  in  dominio  10  car.  Sc  12  fervi  &  20  villani 
&  28  bord.  cum  10  car.  Ibi  37  ac.  prati  Sc  43  ac. 
filvx  Sc  molin.  de  3  fol.  iftud  eft  Hugonis.  Inter 
totum  val.  27  lib. 

Item  de  fupradiftis  hid.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Goduin. 

2  hid.  dimid.  virg.  terrx  minus.  Leueua  2  hid. 
Aluuard.  I  hid.  Sc  unam  virg.  terrx  Sc  dimid.  Aluric 
&  Edmer  3  hid.  Leuuidim.  virg.  terrx.  Ibi  in  do- 
minio 7  car.  &  13  fervi  &  13  villani  &  20  bord.  cum 

3  car.  &  dimid.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  6  folid.  Sc  8  den. 
Sc  45  ac.  prati  &  61  ac.  filvx.  Inter  totum  val.  8 
lib.  &  3  folid.  Qui  has  terras  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  non 
poterant  ab  xcclelia  feparari. 

Item  de  fupradictis  hid.  ten.  comes  Moriton.  1  hid. 
Aluredus  1  hid.  Johannes  2  hid.  &  dim.  virg.  terrx. 
In  dominio  funt  ibi  2  car.  &  6  fervi  &  12  villani  Sc 
17  bord.  cum  3  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  14  fol. 
Sc  2  den.  &  19  ac.  prati  &  100  ac.  pafturx  &  20  ac. 
filvx.  Hx  3  terrx  pertineb.  ad  Tantone  T.  R.  E. 
&  valebant  70  folid.     Modo  redd.  6  lib.  &:  10  folid. 

Huic  M.  Tantone  additx  funt  2  hidx  Sc  dim.  in 
Lidiard  &  Lega  quas  teneb.  unui  tainus  parit.  T. 
R.  E.  Sc  potuit  ire  ad  quemlibet  dominum.  Mods 
ten.  de  Epifcopo  Wluuard.  &  Aluuard.  per  conce/lb- 
nem  Regis  \V.  Terra  eft  5  car.  Ibi  funt  6  villani 
&  3  bord.  &  4  fervi  &  1 1  ac.  prati  St  icoac.  pafturx 
&  49  ac.  filvx.  Valebat  &  val.  45  folid.  De  hi* 
terris  feptem  jacuer.  confuetudines  Sc  fervitium  in 
Tantone  Sc  Rex  W.  concefiit  iftas  terras  habendas 
S.  Petro  &  Walchclino  Epifcopo  ficut  ipfe  recognovit 
apud  Sarifberiam  audiente  Epifcopo  Dunelmcnli  cui 
prxcepit  ut  hanc  ipfam  concellionem  fuara  in  brevibus 
fcriberet. 

Idem  Epifc.  ten.  Pipeminstrb.  StigantL  [Arch.] 
tenuit  Sc  geldabat  pro  1 5  hid.  Terra  eft  20  car.  De 
ea  funt  in  domi&io  5  hidx  &  ibi  2  car.  &  17  villani  & 

8  bord. 


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fDomeftia2*TSoo&. 


8  bord.  cum  12  car.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati  &  400  ac.  paf- 
turae  Be  totid.  ac.  filvae.  Valuit  16  lib.  Modo  14  lib. 
Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Bledone.  De  vi&u  monachor. 
fuit&eft.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro  15  hid.  Terraeftic 
car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  10  hidsc  &  ibi  3  car.  St 
8  fervi  Si  16  villani  &  10  bord. cum  1 1  car.  Ibi  50  ac. 
prati  &  paftura  1  leu.  long.  Sc  dimid.  leu.  lat.  Valuit 
&  val.  1  5  lib.  De  his  to  hid.  ten.  Saulf  de  Epifcopo 
I  hid.  &  ibi  habet  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  1  bord.  &  16 
acris  prati  &  unaac  .  filvac  minutac.     Val.  20  folid. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Rintone.  Stigand.  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
De  ea  funt  in  dominio  2  hidae  &  una  virg.  terra:  Sc 
dim.  &  ibi  3  car.  &  2  fervi  &  8  villani  Sc  7  bord.  cum 
3  car.  Ibi  10  ac.  prati.  Silva  4  quarent.  long.  & 
una  quarent.  Iat.     Valuit  &  val.  7  lib. 

Cerra  OBpifcopi  @>arisbericnfisu 

Epifcopus  Sarifterienfis  ten.  Seveberce.  Aluuard. 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  hida  8c  dim.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  8c  dim.  Tamen  funt  ibi  2  car.  Sc  2  villani 
&  4  bord.  &  2  fervi.  Ibi  dim.  molini  redd.  10  den. 
Sc  9  ac.  prati  &  10 ac.  filva;.  Paftura  dim.  leu.  long. 
&  dim.  quarent.  lat.  Huic  M.  eft  addita  alia  Seve- 
berce. Aluer  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  hida 
Sc  dim.  Ibi  funt  2  car.  cum  uno  villano  &  5  bord.  & 
dim.  molini  redd,  toden.  &  oac.  prati  &  ioac.  filvae. 
Paftura  dim.  leu.  long.  &  dim.  quarent.  lat.  Ha:  2 
terrx  non  funt  de  Epifcopatu  Sarifberie.  Ofmundus 
[Epifcopus]  ten.  pro  uno  M.  8c  Walter,  de  eo.  Valeb. 
&  val.  60 folid.  T.R.  E.jacuer.  in  Crvche M.Regis 
&  qui  teneb.  inde  non  poterant  feparari  &  reddeb. 
in  Crvche  per  confuetudinem  12  oves  cum  agnis  Sc 
una  bloma  ferri  de  unoquoque  libero  homine. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Contonk  Sc  Walter,  de  eo. 
Aluuard  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra 
eft  3  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  2  fervi  &  5  vil- 
lani &  4  bord.  &  7  cotar.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin. 
redd.  30  den.  &  143c.  prati  &  80  ac.  filvae  &  una 
leu.  paftura;.     Valuit  &  val.  60  folid. 

Cerva  (Epifcopi  OBatocenfis. 

Epifcopus  Baiocenfis  ten.  Come  Sc  Sanfon  de  eo. 
[Com,]  Leuuin.  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  8 
hid.  Terra  eft  8  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  5 
hidae  &  ibi  3  car.  &  7  fervi  &  10  villani  Sc  6  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibi  40  ac.  prati  &  40  ac.  pafturae  &  60 
ac.  filva:  minutje.  Valuit  &  val.  10  lib.  Huic  M. 
adjuncts;  funt  3  virg.  terras  in  Tornie.  Aluuard  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  pro  uno  M.  &  pro  tanto  geldabat. 
.  Terra  eft  dim.  car.     Valuit  &  val.  13  fol. 

Cerca  Cpifcopi  Conflantienfigf. 

Epifcopus  Conftantiens.  ten.  Dovles.  Aluuard 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  una  virg. 
terra;.  Terra  eft  I  car.  &  dim.  qua;  ibi  funt  cum  3 
villanis  Sc  3  bord.  &  1  fervo.     Valuit  &  val.  24  folid. 

Huic  M.  addita;  funt  7  hida;  quas  teneb.  tres 
taini  T.  R.  E.  pro  3  Man.  Ibi  funt  in  dominio  2 
car.  &  2  fervi  &  1 1  villani  &  1 1  bord.  cum  5  car. 
Ibi  44  ac.  prati  &  4  quarent.  paftura;  in  long.  & 
tantund.  in  lat.  &  20  ac.  plus.    Silva  8  quarent. 


long.  &  3  quarent.  lat.  &  20  ac.  infuper.     Val.  6  lib. 
&  10  fol.     Hanc  terrain  ten.  Willelmus  de  Epifcopo. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Caffecome  &  Radulf.  de  eo. 
Duo  taini  tenuerunt  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabantpro  3  hid. 
Sc  dim.  Terra  eft  3  car.  I»  dominio  eft  una  &  2  vil- 
lani &  6  bord.  habent  1  car.  Ibi  filva  8  quarent. 
long.  Sc  tantund.  lat.  Val.  40  fol.  Huic  M.  addita 
eft  1  hida  &  3  virg.  terrae.  Duo  taini  tenuer.  T.  R.  E. 
pro  2  M.  Terra  eft  2  car.  Has  habent  ibi  3  villani. 
j   Val.  20  folid. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Hasecvmbe  Sc  Willelmus  de 
eo.  Quatuor  taini  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro 
2  hid.  &  3  virg.  terra;.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  cum  I  fervo  &  4  villani  8c  8  bord.  cum  2 
car.  Ibi  3 1  ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  filva;  minuta;.  Valuit 
40  folid.     Modo  50 folid. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Stoches.  Aluied  tenlit 
T.  R.  E.  Ibi  funt  5  hida;  &  una  virg.  terras  &  pro 4 
hid.  geld.     Terra  eft  5  car.     De  ea  funt  in  dominio 

2  hidae  &  dimid.  Sc  ibi  2  car.  &  3  fervi  Sc  9  villani  & 

3  bord.  cum  4-car.  &  dimid.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  3  folid. 
&  15  ac.  prati.  Paftura  2  leu.  long.  &  una  leu.  lat. 
Si  2  folid.  defuper  plus.  Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  una 
quarent.  lat.     Valuit  6  lib.     Modo  4  lib. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Essetvne  &  Drogo  de  eo. 
Eduin.  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  &  uno 
ferding.  Terra  eft  12  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car. 
&  6  fervi  &  20  villani  &  1 3  bord.  cum  7  car.  Ibi  8 
ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  filva;.  Paftura  1  leu.  long.  Sc  tan- 
tund. lat.  Val.  6  lib.  De  hac  ead.  terra  T.  R.  E. 
jacuer.  3  virg.  terra;  in  Netecvmbe  M.  Regis. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Winemeresham  &  Drogo  de 
eo.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro  hida  Sc  !  una  virg.  terra;. 
Terra  eft  5  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  4  virg.  &  ibi 
1  car.  &  3  fervi  Sc  5  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi 
200  ac.  paftura;  &  tantund.  filvae.     Valet  30  folid. 

Idem  Drogo  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Chetenore.  T.  R.  E. 
geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  una  virg.  Terra  eft  2  car.  Ibi 
funt  2  villani  &  1  bord.  &  1  fervus  cum  1  car.  &  50 
ac.  paftura;  Sc  iooac.  filva;.  Valet  J5  folid.  Hxc  2 
M.  tenuit  Ofmund  T.  R.  E. 

Edmef  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Widicvmbe.  Alnod  te- 
nuit &  pro  3  hid.  geldabat  T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  10 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  6  fervi  &  14  villani 
Sc  7  bord.  cum  8  car.  Ibi  10  ac.  prati  &  quingentae 
&  50  ac.  pafturae  &  100  ac.  filva;  4  min.  Valuit  4 
lib.     Modo  6  lib. 

Azelin  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Harpetrev.  Alric  & 
Vluric  tenuerunt  T.  R.  E.  pro  2  M.  &  geldabant  pro 

5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3  hida: 
Sc  ibi  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  9  villani  &  1  bord.  &  4  co- 
tar. cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  de  5  folid.  &  40  ac.  prati. 
Paftura  8  quarent.  long.  Sc  5  quarent.  lat.  Silva  4 
quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent.  &  dim.  lat.  Valuit  & 
val.  40  fol. 

Azelin  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Hotvne.  Duo  taini  te- 
nuerunt T.  R.  E.  pro  2  M.  &  geldabant  pro  5  hid. 
Terra  eft  5  car.     In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  5  villani  & 

6  bord.  habent.  2  car.  Ibi  30  ac.  prati  &  200  ac. 
paftura;  8<l  i  5  acra;  filvae  minutae.  Valuit  4  lib. 
Modo  60  folid. 

Azelin  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Lilebere.  Aluuard  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  4 
car.    In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  1  villano 


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tura:.    Valuit  60  fol.     Modo  40  folid. 

Herluinus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Wintreth.  Briflric 
tcnuit  T.  R.  E.   &.-  geldabat  pro  1  hida.     Terra  ell 

2  car.  Ibi  funt  cum  2  villanis  Sc  2  bord.  &  2  fervis. 
Ibi  8  ac.  prati  &  3  ac.  filvx  modicae.  Valuit  &  val. 
20  folid.  Haec  3  maner.  erant  de  ^Ecclefia  Glafting- 
berie  T.  R.  E.  Qui  teneb.  non  poterant  ab  ^Eccltlia 
feparari. 

Herluin.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Aisecome.  Briclric 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Sc  dim.  Terra 
eft  c  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  7  fervi  Sc  6  vil- 
lani  &  5  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  40  ac.  prati  &  3  ac. 
filvx  minutx  Sc  100  ac.  paftura:.  Valuit  Sc  val.  ico 
folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Clvtone.  Turchil 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  8 
car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  iovillani 
&  1 2  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibimolin.  redd.  3odenar.  & 
107  ac.  prati.  Paftura  10  quarent.  long.  &  4quarent. 
lat.     Silva  dimid.  leu.  long.  &  tantund.  lat.     Valuit 

3  lib.     Modo  6  lib. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Temesbare.  Ape 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3 
car.  In  dominio  eft  I  car.  Sc  2  fervi  &  2  villani  &  1 
bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  2  partes  molini  redd.  3  folid.  & 
26  ac.  prati  Sc  tantund.  pafturx.  Valuit  26  folid. 
Modo  50  folid. 

Huic  M.  additx  funt  2  hids  quas  teneS.  Sibe 
T.  R.  E.  pro  uno  M.  Sc  pro  tanto  geldabat.  Terra 
eft  2  car.  quae  ibi  funt  cum  1  fervo  &  1  villano  &  3 
bord.  Ibi  tercia  pars  molini  redd.  2  folid.  &  16  ac. 
prati  &  tantund.  paftura:.  Valuit  14  (olid.  Modo 
30  folid. 

Vlueua  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Nortone.  Alwold  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  8 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  3  fervi  &  5  villani  &  1 1 
bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  40  den.  &  34  ac. 
prati  &  6  ac.  filvse  minutx  &  una  leu.  filvx  in  long. 
&  tantund.  in  lat.     Valuit  100  fol.     Modo  60  folid. 

Folcheran  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Cliveham.  Gonnil  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  I  fervo  &  3  villani  &  1 2 
bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  7  ac.  prati.  Silva  1  quarent. 
long.  &  tantund.  lat.  Silva  modica  dimid.  leu.  long. 
&  tantund.  lat.     Valuit  20  fol.     Modo  30  fol. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Ferenberce.  Edric 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  4  villani  & 
3  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  77  ac.  prati.  Sc  74  ac.  paf- 
tura;.    Valuit  &  val.  4  lib. 

HuicM.  additaefuntjhidas.  Aluric  tenuit T.  R.  E. 
pro  uno  M.  &  pro  5  hid.  geldabat.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
Nigel  ten.  de  Epifcopo.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum 
1  fervo  &  1  villano  &  5  bord.  Ibi  77  ac.  prati  &  74 
ac.  paftura:.     Valuit  &  val.  4  lib. 

Fulcran  &  Nigeil  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Cliveware. 
Turchil  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terras 
uno  ferding  min.  Terra  eft  2  car.  quas  ibi  funt  cum 
6  villanis  &  10  ac.  prati.     Valet  15  fol. 

Herluin.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Bichevrde.  Algar  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  it  3  fervi  &  2  bord.  Ibi  12  ac. 
prati.    Silva  6  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat. 


In  Bristou  10  dom.    In  Babe  2  dom.  redd,  jo  den. 
Valuit  20  fol.     Modo  40  fol. 

Azelin  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Biscopew«d*.  Edric 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  k  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  dim.  Terra 
eft  2  car.  qux  ibi  funt  cum  4  villanis  St  4  bord.  St  4 
cotar.  Ibi  10  ac.  prati  Sc  45  ac.  pailurw.  Valuit 
20  folid.     Modo  30  fol. 

Azelin  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Westone.  Britnod  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  7  hid.  Terra  eft  6 
car.  In  dominio  lunt  3  car.  Sc  2  fervi  Sc  6  villani  Sc 
7  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  33  ac.  prati.  Paftura  12 
quarent.  long.  Sc  8  quarent.  lat.  Silva  7  quarent. 
long.  Sc  3  quarent.  lat.     Valuit  &  val.  4  lib.  St  10  fol. 

Rogerius  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Sanford.  Quatuor 
taini  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabant  pro  4  hid.  Terra 
eft  6  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  C3r.  Sc  6  fervi  Si  7  vil- 
lani &  10  bord.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  12  fol. 
&  6  den.  &  32  ac.  prati.     Valuit  Sc  val.  6  lib. 

Roger,  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Estone.  Ailric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  12  hid.  Terra  eft  9  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  3  fervi  Sc  14  villani  &  7 
bord.  cum  7  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  50  denar.  &  36 
ac.  prati  &  30  ac.  filvx  Sc  100  ac.  paftura:.  Valuit 
10  lib.     Modo  7  lib. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Porteshe.  Aluric  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  8  hid.  Terra  eft  S 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  9  villani 
&  4  bord.  cum  5  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  8  folid.  Sc  20 
ac.  prati  Sc  too  ac.  pafturx.  Silva  minuta  1 2  quarent. 
long.  &  3  quarent.  lat.     Valuit  &  val.  70  fol. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Westone.  Algar  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  &  una  virg.  terrx. 
Terra  eft  3  car.     In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  2  fervi  & 

4  villani  Sc  4  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  17  ac.  prati  Sc  1 2 
ac.  filvx  minutx.  Paftura  12  quarent.  long.  &  2  qua- 
rent. lat.  &  6  quarent.  morx.     Valuit  Sc  val.  60  folid. 

Herluin.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Clotvne.  Algar  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Sc  dim.     Terra  eft 

5  car.     In  dominio  funt  2 car.  &  2  fervi  Sc  iovillani 

6  10  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  50  ac.  prati.  Paftura  18 
quarent.  long.  Sc  3  quarent.  lat.  Silva  7  quarent. 
long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  40  folid.  Modo 
70  lolid. 

Brungarten.  de  Epifcopo  Atigete.  Tidulf  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  hida  &  dim.  Terra  eft  1 
car.  qux  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  3  bord.  Ibi  10  ac. 
prati  &  20  ac.  filvx.     Valuit  Sc  val.  20  fol. 

Ipfe  Epifcopus  ten.  unam  terram  qux  vocatur 
Chen.  Ibi  eft  dimid.  hida  &  ibi  habet  1  fervum. 
Valet  5  fo.'iJ. 

Fukran  Sc  Nigel  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Bacoilk. 
Turchil  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid. 
Terra  eft  14  car.  Has  habent  ibi  32  villani  &  21 
bord.  Sc  2  fervi.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  4  folid.  &  24  ac. 
prati.  Paftura  1  leu.  long.  &  dimid.  leu.  lat.  Silva 
minuta  1  leu.  long.  Sc  2  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  &  val. 
8  lib. 

Fulcran  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Bvdicome.  Eluuard  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3 
car.  In  dominio  eft  I  car.  &  2  (ervi  &  i  1  villani  & 
4  bord.  cum  5  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  20  denar.  Sc  10 
ac.  prati  &  30  ac.  filvx.     Valuit  &  val.  4  lib. 

Nigel  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Berve.  Edric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.    Terra  ell  14  car. 

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tura;. Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.  Valuit 
&  val.  10  lib. 

Ipfe  Epifcopus  ten.  Porberie.  Godwin  tenuit  T. 
R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  8  hid.  Terra  ell  18  car.  in 
dominio  funt   z  car.  &  13  fervi   &  zo  villani    &   17 

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Ipfe  Epifcopus  ten.  Estvne. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  30  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  1 2  villani  &  6 
bord.  cum  7  car.  Ibimolin.  redd.  40  den.  &  25  ac. 
prati.  Paftura  I  leu.  long.  &  dimid.  leu.  lat.  &  100 
ac.  filvae.     Valuit  12  lib.     Modo  10  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Roger,  de  Epifcopo 
7  hid.  &  ibi  habet  in  dominio  2  car.  &  4  fervos  &  8 
villanos  &  10  bord.  cum  5  car.  Ibi  18  ac.  prati  &  30 
ac.  filva;.  Valet  7  lib.  De  eadem  terra  ejufdem  M. . 
ten.  Wido  [ Prefbyter]  3  hid.  &  ibi  habet  2  car.  &  2 
fervos  &  3  villanos  &  2  bord.  cum  2  car.  Valet  100 
fol.  Ad  aecclefiam  .hujus  M.  pertin.  una  virg.  de 
.  eadem  terra. 

Roger,   ten.  de  Epifcopo  Firford.     Toui  tenuit 

'  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dimid.     Terra  eft 

3  car.     In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  8  bord.  cum  1  car. 

'Ibi  dimid.  molin.  redd.  5  fol.  &  12  ac.  prati  &  30 

ac.  pafturae  &  12  ac.  filvae  minutae.    Valuit  40  folid. 

'  Modo  60  folid. 

Azelin  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Lancheris.  JEKi  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  5 
car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  3  fervi  Sc  c  villani  Sc  7 
bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  40  den.  &  4  ac. 
prati  Sc  dimid.  Sc  130  ac.  paitura;.  Valuit  40  folid. 
Modo  60  folid. 

Ipfe  Epifcopus  ten.  Wichb.  Aluric  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio 
funt  3  car.  &  4  fervi  &  unus  villanus  Sc  10  bord.  Ibi 
molin.  redd.  35  fol.  &  50  ac.  prati  &  i2oac.  pafturae. 
Valet  7  lib. 

Huic  M.  addita  eft  una  hida  in  Wilege  quam 
teneb.  Aluric  T.  R,E.  pro  uno  M.  &  pro  1  hida 
geld.  Ibi  funt  2  car.  &  6  fervi  &  9  bord.  cum  1 
car.  Ibi  z  molini-redd.  2  folid.  &.20  ac.  filvae  mi- 
nutae.    Valuit  &  val.  60  folid. 

Nigel  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Wiche.  Alured.  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car. 
Valuit  &  val.  20  folid. 

Ipfe  Epifcopus  ten.  Contone.  Edric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  14  car. 
'In  dominioeft  1  car.  Sc  4fervi  &. 16  villani  &  6  bord. 
cum  6  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  25  folid.  &  15  ac. 
prati  &  10.0  ac.  paftura;  Sc  15  ac.  "filva;.  Valuit  & 
val.  10  lib. 

Ipfe  Epifcopus  ten.  Werocosale.  Al«ric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  26  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  &  34  villani  &  30 
bord.  cum  25  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  12  folid.  &  6 
<den.  &  150  ac  prati  Sc  tantund.  filva:.  Paftura  z 
leu.  lo;ig.  &  7  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  &  val.  15  lib. 
De  ead.  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  unus  miles  4  hid.  Sc 
,4ub.  de  Epifcopo  &  ibi  habst  2  car.  cum  3  vill,  & 


4  bord.  Valuit  &  val.  50  fol.  Huic  M.  addita  eft 
una  hida  quam  tenuit  unus  tainus  T.R.  E.  Terra  ell 
1  car.     Valet  10  folid. 

Epifcopus  ten.  Wenfre.  Aluuold  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  22  car.  De  ea 
ten.  Roger.  4  hid.  Folcran  5  hid.  Colfuain  1  hid. 
In  dominio  habent  5  car.  Sc  ibi  7  fervi  &  19  villani 
&  12  bord.  cum  14  car.  Ibimoiin.  redd.  40  den.  & 
20  ac.  prati.  Paftura  2  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent. 
lat.  Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.  Totum 
valuit  9  lib.  &  5  fol.     Modo  20  fol.  plus. 

Huic  M.  addita  eft  una  hida  quam  tenuit  Aluric 
T.  R.  E.  Nunc  ten.  Colfuain  de  Epifcopo  &  ibi 
habet  2  car.  Sc  2  bord.     Valuit  Sc  val.  25  folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  Fvscots.  Aldida  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  3  fervi  &  2  cotar.  &  3  villani  &  6  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibimolin.  redd.  10  folid.  &  19  ac.  prati 
&  6  ac.  paftura;  &  20  ac.  filvas  minuta:.  Valuit  & 
val.  4  lib. 

Idem  W.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Stratone.  Aluuold 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  de  ascclefia Glaftingberie,  nee  poterat 
ab  ea  feparari,  &  geld,  pre  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In 
dominio  funt  2  car.  &  3  fervi  &  5  villani  &  6  bord.  cum 
car.  &  dimid.  Ibimolin.  redd.  5  folid.  &  20  ac. prati. 
Pafturae  4  quarent.  int.  long.  &  lat.  Silva  3  quarent. 
long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.     Valuit  50  fol.   Modo  4  lib. 

Huic  M.  addita  eft  I  hida  &  dim.  in  Picote. 
Wlmar  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  poterat  ire  quo  volebat. 
Terra  eft  1  car.  Ibi  funt  2  villani  Sc  2  bord.  cum 
1  fervo.  Ibimolin.  redd.  40  den.  Sc  7  ac.  prati  &  2 
quarent.  pafturae  &  una  quarent.  filvae.  Valuit  & 
val.  20  folid.     Willelmus  ten.  de  Epifcopo. 

Nigel  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Encliscomje.  Unus  tainus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft 
10  cur.     In  dominio  funt  3  car.  Sc  6  fervi  Sc  3  villani 

6  17  bord.  cum  6  car.     Ibi  2  molini  redd.  1 1  fol.  Sc 

7  denar.  Ibi  12  ac.  prati  &  100  ac.  filva;  minuta;. 
•Valuit  &  val.  10  lib. 

Idem  N.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Twertone.  Tres  taini 
tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  7  hid.  &  dimid. 
Terra  eft  10  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  6  fervi 
Sc  7  villani  &  1 3  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  1  moliniredd. 
30  fol.  &  15  ac.  prati.     Valuit  Sc  val.  10  lib. 

Goisfridus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Twertone.  .Unus 
tainus  tequit  T.  R..E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dim. 
Terra  eft  .2  car.  &  dim.  quae  ibi  funt  in  dominio  cum 
4  bord.  Sc  2  fervis.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  30  fol.  &  7 
ac.  prati  &  4  ac.  filvae  minutae.  Valuit  Sc  val.  60 
folid.  Hanc  terram  tenuit  Alured  de  Eddid  Regina. 
Modo  ten.  Epifcopus  de  Rege  ut  dicit. 

Rogerius  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Stoche.  Aluied,  Aluuin 
&  ^Elgar  tenebant  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  7  hid.  & 
3  virg.  Terra  eft  9  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  2 
■Jervi  &  9  -villani  Sc  1 2  bord.  &  3  cotar.  cum  4  car. 
Ibi  molin.. redd.  13  folid.  &  12  ac.  prati.  Valuit  St 
val.  7  lib. 

Radaifus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Hardintonb.  Tres 
taini  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabant  pro  4  hid.  Terra 
eft  4  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  unus 
villanus  &  7  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  36  ac.  prati  &  12 
ac.  filva;  minutae.  Valuit  &  val.  4  lib.  In  hoc  M. 
eft  una  hida  pertin:  ad  Hamintoke.  Balduinus. tenet 
&  habet  coftynunem  pailuram  huic  M. 

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din  ten  de  Bamnctonh.     Duo  taini 

tcnu.      i  pro  5  hid.     Terra  eft  4 

car.     tn  domii  8  7  fcrvi  &2  villani  & 

2  boril.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redci.  40  denar.  &  12 
ac.  prati  .v  15  ac.  pafturae.  Silva  b  quareut.  long. 
&  1  quarent.  lac.     v.iluit  40  fol.     Modo  60.  folid. 

Azelin  1  leopo  Millbscotb.     Duo  taini 

tenner,  de  :ec>  lefia  Glaftingbcric,  ncc  poterant  ah 
eaie]  'Jt  nibant  pro  $  hid.  &  dimid.     Terra 

eft  5  car.     [11  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  dim.  Sc  3  fervi  & 

9  villain  &  6  bord.  Sc  5  cotar.  cum  5  car.  Ibi  molin. 
redd.  6  ibi.  &  6  den.  &  3  ac.  prati.  Paftura  4  qua- 
rent,  long.  5i  •  quarent.  lat.  &  tavtund.  filvx.  Valuit 
40  fol.    "Mo.!o  4  lib. 

IplL-  Epili  <>pus  ten.  Lolictone.     [Com.]  Herald. 

tci  u'i    I     ' St  geldabat  r  ro  7  hid.     Terra  eft' 

<.  Ii   .initiinio  funt  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  7  villani  & 

10  bo;  !.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  20  folid.  & 
20  ac.  prati.  Silva  6  quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent. 
lat.     Valuit  4  lib.    Modo  100  folid. 

Ipfe  Epifcopus  ten.  Horcerlei.  Tres  taini  te- 
nuer. T.  R.  K.  &  geldabant  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  4 
car.  In  dominio  funt  4  car.  &  2  fervi  &  3  villani  Sc 
9  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  12  folid.  &  6 
den.  &  24  ac.  prati.  Silva  6  quarent.  long.  &  z 
quarent.  lat.     Valuit  &  val.  4  lib. 

Moyfes  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Tablesford.  Eduuard. 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  3 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  cotar.  &  4  bord. 
cum  una  car.  &dim.  Ibi  dimid.  molin.  redd.  7  fol. 
&  6  denar.  &  7  ac.  prati  &  toac.  pafturx  &  unaac. 
filvx  &  dimid.     Valet  30  folid. 

Huic  M.  funt  additx  3  hidx.  Aluiet  tenuit  T. 
R.  E.  &  pro  tanto  geldabat.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  &  3  fervi  &  3  villani  &  8  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibi  dim.  molin.  redd.  9  fol.  &  1 1  ac. 
prati  &  dimid.  Sc  30  ac.  pafturx  &  4  ac.  filvae  & 
dimid.     Valuit  60  fol.     Modo  40  fol. 

Epifcopus  ten.  Rode  pro  3  M.  Septem  taini  te- 
nuer.  T.  R.  E.  Je  geldabant  pro  9  hid.  Terra  eft  9 
car.  Deea  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Robertus  1  hid.  Moyfes 
dim.  hidam.  Robertus  1  hidam  &  dimid.  Rogerius 
2  hid.  &  dim.     Sireuuoldus  2  hid.  &  dim.     Ricardus 

1  hid.  In  dominio  funt  7  car.  &  6  fervi  Sc  3  villani 
&  29  bord.  cum  4  car.  &  dim.  De  molinis  exeunt 
27  folid.  &  33  ac.  prati  &  33  ac.  filvae  &  25  ac.  paf- 
turx.  Tot.  valuit  7  lib.  &  10  fol.  Modo  inter 
omnes  val.  8  lib.  Sc  5  fol. 

Nigel  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Caivel.     Lcucdai  tenuit 

T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida  &  una  virg.  terrae. 

Terra  eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  12  cotar. 

Ibi  molin.    redd.  30  denar.    Sc  6  ac.   prati    &  5  ac. 

»         pafturx.     Valuit  10  folid.     Modo  15  folid. 

Ofmundus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Liteltone.  Goduin 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.    &  geldabat  pro   2  hid.     Terra  eft 

2  car.  qua?  ibi  funt  in  dominio  cum  1  bord.  Sc  6 
fervis.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  10  folid.  &  2  ac.  prati  Sc  6 
ac.  pafturx.     Valet  40  folid. 

Ipfe  Epifcopus  ten.  Niwetone.  Aluric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  4*iar. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  Sc  4  villani  &  3 
ford,  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  folid.  &  6  den. 
fc  9  ac.  prati  Sc  40  ac.  filva  minutx.  Valuit  60 
folid.     Modo  100  iolid. 


Huic  M.  funt  additx  7  hidx  qua-,  tench.  2  taini 
T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  8  car.  Ibi  lunt  14  villani  it  8 
bord.  Sc  7  fervi  cum  6  car.  &  23  ac.  prati.  Valuit 
100  folid.     Modo  10  lib. 

Azelinus  ten.  de  EpifcopoFsittKTOKC.  Brifmar 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  ell  7  car. 
in  dominio  funt  3  car.  Sc  4  fcrvi  &  7  villani  &  7 
bord.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  100  ac.  prati.  Valuit  50  fol. 
Modo  4  lib. 

Azelin  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Estone  Tres  taini 
tenucr.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  4  hid.  &  dimid. 
Terra  eft  6  car.     In  dominio  funt  3  car.  Sc  4  fervi  Sc 

5  villani  &  4  bord.  &  2  cotar.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  molin. 
redd.  30  denar.  &  40  ac.  prati  &  40  ac.  pafturx. 
Valuit  Sc  val.  70  folid. 

Azelin  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Herpetrev.  Edric  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  4 
car.     In  dominio  eft  dim.  car.  &  7  villani  Sc  4  bord. 

6  5  cotar.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  fol.  Sc  58 
ac.  prati  &  42  ac.  filvx.  Paftura  1  leu.  long.  Sc  dimid. 
leu.  lat.     Valuit  &  val.  40  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Amelberce.  Duo 
taini  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  3  hid. 
Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  2  fervi  Sc 
6  villani  &  4  bord.  cum  5  car.  Ibi  29  ac-  prati. 
Valuit  20  fol.     Modo  70  fol. 

Ipfe  Epifcopus  ten.  Camelei.  Duo  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  9  hid.  &dim.  virg.  terrx. 
Terra  eft  9  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  Sc  13  fcrvi 
&  9  villani  &  1  bord.  &  7  cotar.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  mo- 
lin. redd.  5  fol.  &  120  ac.  prati  &  30  ac.  paftura:  Sc 
50  ac.  filvx  minutse.     Valuit  7  lib.     Modo  10  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Hunfridus  I  hid.  Sc  ibi 
habet  1  car.  &  3  vill.  Sc  1  cotar.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  40 
ac.  prati.     Valet  20  folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Chingestoke.  Eldred 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft 
17  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  18 
villani  &  4  bord.  cum  1 1  car.  Ibi  40  ac.  pafturx. 
Valuit  &  val.  6  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Fulcran  de  Epifcopo 
terram  1  car.  Sc  ibi  habet  2  bord.     Valet  3  fol. 

Idem  W.  ten.  Chingestone  de  Epifcopo.  Quatuor 
taini  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  4  hid.  &  dim. 
Terra  eft  7  car.  Ibi  funt  9  villani  &  8  bord.  cum  1 
fervo  habentes  6  car.  &  dimid.  Valuit  Sc  val.  60  folid. 
Hoc  M.  T.  R  E.  non  geldabat  nifi  pro  una  hida. 

Roger,  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Helgetrev.  Quatuor 
taini  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  5  hid.  dimid. 
virg.  terrx  minus.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio  eft 
una  car.  &dim.  &  4  villani  &  3  bord.  &  3  cotar.  cum 
2  car.  Ibi  27  ac.  prati  &  33  ac.  pafturx.  Valuit  & 
val.  60  folid. 

Radulfus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Litei.toke.  Aluuold 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  ; 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  1  fervo  Sc  4  villani 
&  6  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  50  den.  &  3a 
ac.  prati  &  66  ac.  pafturx.  In  Bada  1  burgenfis 
redd.  15  denar.     Valuit  Sc  val.  60  fol. 

Idem  Rad.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Omtohb.  Lefmer 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  Sc  5  villani  Sc  4  bord. 
Sc  2  cotar.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  5  ac.  prati.  Silva  dimid. 
leu.  long.  &  4  quarent,  lat.     Valuit  Sc  val.  60  folid. 

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Leuuinus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Megele.  Almar  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  I  hida.  Terra  elt  2  car. 
quae  ibi  funt  cum  2  villanis  &  3  bord.  &  1  fervo  & 
6  ac.  prati.     Valuit  4  folic!.     Modo  20  folid. 

Radtilf.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Weregrave.  Tres 
taini  tenner.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  2  hid.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  ouae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  &  2  fervi  St  untis 
villahus  &  5  bord.  &  2  cotar.  cum  dim.  car.  Ibi 
molin.  redd.  3  folid.  &  3  ac.  prati  &  5  ac.  filva;. 
Valuit  20  folid.      Modo  30  folid. 

Azelin  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Stanwelle.  Turmund 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  4 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  2  fervi  3c  5  villani  & 
7  bord.  &  2  cotar.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  16  ac.  prati  Sc  ; 
ac.  paftura;  &  6  ac.  filva;  minuta;.  Valuit  40  folid. 
Modo  60  folid. 

Cerra  Cpifcopi  dBellenfis. 

Enscopus  Wellensis  ten.  Welle.  Ipfe  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  50  hid.  Terra  eft  60  car. 
De  ea  funt  in  dominio  8  hida;  &  ibi  6  car.  &  6  fervi 
&  20  villani  &  14  bord.  cum  15  car.  Ibi  4  molini 
redd.  30  folid.  &  300  ac.  prati.  Paftura  3  leu.  long. 
&  una  leu.  fat.  Silva  2  leu.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat. 
.  &  3  leu.  moras.  Valet  30  lib.  ad  opus  Epifcopi. 
De  hac  terra ejufdem  M.  ten.canonici  14  hid.  Ibi 
habent  in  dominio  6  car.  &  8  fervi  &  16  villani  &  12 
bord.  cum  8  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  50  den.  Valet 
12  lib. 

Deead.  terra  ejufdem  M.  ten.  de  Epifc.  Faftradus 
6  hid.  Ricardus  5  hid.  Erneis  5  hid.  Ibi  funt  in  do- 
minio 6  car.  Sc  10  fervi  &  17  villani  &  16  bord.  cum  11 
car.  &  2  molini  redd.  10  folid.  Int.  omnes  valet  1 3  lib. 
De  ipfa  terra  ipfius  M.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Faftradus 
2  hid.  Radulfus  2  hid.  Ha»  4  hida:  funt  de  dominio 
Epifcopi.  Ibi  in  dominio  2  car.  &  3  fervi  &  5  vil- 
lani &  5  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  folid. 
&  6  denar.     Totum  valet  70  folid. 

De  eifd.  50  hid.  ten.  uxor  ManafTe  z  hid.  fed  non 
de  Epifcopo.     Val.  20  fol. 

Prat,  has  50  hid.  habet  Epifcopus  2  hid.  quas 
nunquam  geldaver.  T.  R.  E.  Aluuardus  &  Edric 
ten.  de  Epifcopo.     Valent  30  folid. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Cvmbe.  Azor  tenuit  T.R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  16  car.  De  ea 
funt  in  dominio  8  hidse  &  ibi  3  car.  &  12  fervi  &  15 
villani  &  13  bord.  cum  12  car.  Ibi  I2ac.  prati  & 
dimid.  leu.  paftura;  int.  long.  &  lat.  &  una  leu.  filvas 
int.  long.  &  lat.     Valuit  10  lib.     Modo  18  lib. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Chingesberie.  Ipfe  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  24  car. 
De  ea  funt  in  dominio  6  hidae  &  ibi  2  car.  &  4  fervi 
&  16  villani  Sc  4  bord.  cum  11  car.  Ibi  2  molini 
redd.  30  folid.  &  100  ac.  prati.  Paftura  una  leu. 
long.  &  3  quarent.  lat. 

De  ead.  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  tres  milites  &  unus 
clericus  8  hid.  Valet  ad  opus  Epifcopi  12  lib.  Ad 
cpus  militum  8  lib. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Cerdre.  Ipfe  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  8  hid.  Terra  eft  20  car.  De  ea  funt  in 
dominio  2  hida;  &  ibi"  z  car.  &  1  1  lervi  &  zo  villani  cum 
14  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  30  denar.  Sc  20  ac.  prati. 
Silva  2  Isu.   long.  &  4  quarent.  iat.  &   lantund. 


paftura;.     De  ead.  terra  ten.  unus  tainus  z  hid.  qui 
i.oii  poteft  feparari  ab  ascclefia.     Tot.  valet  16  lib. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Litelande.  Ipfe  tenuit 
T,  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  H  car.  De 
ea  eft  1  hida  in  dominio  &  ibi  2  car.  &  2  fervi  Si  3 
villani  &  6  bord.  cum  2  car,  Ibi  12  ac.  prati  &  100 
ac.  pallui«e&  zoac.  filvx.     Valuit  Sc  val.  40  fol. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Wivelescome.  Ipfe  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  15  hid.  Terra  eit  56  car. 
De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3  hidae  Si  ibi  4  car.  &  H  fervi 
&  16  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  7  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd. 
50  den.  &  34  ac.  prati  Sc  200  ac.  paliiuae  Sc  bo 
ac.  filva:. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  3  milites  de  Epifcopo 
9  hid.  &  ibi  habent  16  car.  Ha:c  terra  eft  de  dominio 
Epifcopatus  nee  poteft  ab  Epifcopo  feparari.  Valet 
Epifcopo  10  lib.     Miiitibus  15  lib. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Walintone.  Ipfe  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  14  hid.  Terra  eft  30  car. 
De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3  hida;  &  ibi  4  car.  ,v  3 1 
fervi  &  53  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  25  car.  Ibi  2 
molini  redd.  ic  fol.  Sc  105  ac.  prati.  Paftura  una 
leu.  long.  &  dim.  leu.  lat.  Silva  3  quarent.  long. 
&  tantund.  lat. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Johannes  de  Epifcopo 
z  hid.  de  terra  villanorum.     Totum  valet  25  lib. 

Huic  M.  addita  eft  1  hida  quam  tenuit  pro  M. 
Alueua  T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  3  car.  qua:  ibi  funt  cum 
8  villanis  &  4  bord.  &  1  fervo.  ibi  5  ac.  prati. 
Silva  3  quarent.  long.  &  tantund.  lat.  Valet  30 fol.- 
Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Lidegar.  Ipfe  tenuit  T.R.  E. 
&  geldabac  pro  10  hid.  una  virg.  minus.  Terra  eft 
16  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3  hidae  Sc  ibi  z  car. 
Sc  5  fervi  &  zo  villani  &  12  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi 
molin.  redd.  31  denar.  &  30  ac.  prati.  Paftura  I 
leu.  long.  Sc  3  quarent.  lat.  &  tantund.  filvae. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  z  milit.  3  hid.  de  terra 
villanorum  &  ibi  habent  3  car.     Tot.  valet  13  lib. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Banvvelle.  [Com]  Heraldus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  30  hid.  Terra  eft; 
40  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  6  hidae  &  ibi  3  car. 
&  5  fervi  &  24  villani  &  12  bord.  cum  18  car.  Ibi 
100  ac.  prati.  Paftura  1  leu.  long.  &  lat.  Silva  z 
leu.  &  dim.  in  long.  Sc  lat. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Serlo  3 
hid.  Radulfus  5  hid.  &  dim.  Rohard  5  hid.  & 
dim.  Faftradus  1  hid.  Bono  1  hid.  Eluui  1  hid. 
Ibi  funt  in  dominio  9  car.  &  5  fervi  &  25  villani  & 
15  bord.  habentes  13  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  2  molini 
Rohardi  redd.  10  folid.  Ordulfus  1  molin.  Redd. 
40  den.  Tot.  M.  valet  15  lib.  ad  opus  Epifcopi. 
Ad  opus  hominum  15  lib.  fimiliter. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Evrecriz.  Ipfe  tenuit  T. 
R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  zo  car. 
De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3  hidae  &  ibi  3  car.  &  6  fervi 

6  3  villani  &  10  bord.  cum  2  car.     Ibi  molin.  redd. 

7  folid.  Sc  6  den.  &  60  ac.  prati  &  200  ac.  paftura:. 
Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.    Valet  10  lib. 

De  ead.  terra  ejufdem  M.  ten.  de  Epifcopo 
Erneis  7  hid.  Macharius  hid.  &dim.  Ildebertus  I 
hid.  In  dominio  funt  4  car.  k  4  fervi  &  5  villani  & 
4  bord.  cum  2  car.  Int.  omnes  val.  1 10  folid.  De 
ead.  terra  ten.  Prefbiter  &  z  alii  Angli  5  hid.  & 
imam  virg.  ten  x.     Valet  4  lib. 

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Idem  BpifeODUJ  ten.  Westberie.  Ipfe  tcnuit  T. 
R.  K.  &  geldabat  pro  6  hid.  Terra  eft  8  car.  De 
ea  funt  in  dominio  3  hid*  &  ibi  2  car.  Sc  2  fervi  Sc 

6  villani  &  10  bard,  cum  5  car.  Ibi  30  ac.  prati  & 
Aha  1  leu.  long.  k  2  quarent.  lat.     Valet  8  lib. 

Ofmundus  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Winksham.  Elfi  te- 
nuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  tit  10 
car.  De  «  funt  in  dominio  4  bids  Si  ibi  3  car.  &  12 
fervi  &  50  villani  cum  9  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  20 
folid.  &  6  ac.  prati.  Silva  dim.  leu.  long.  &  una 
quarent.  St  dimid.  lat.     Valuit6  lib.     Modo  10  lib. 

Ipfe  Epifcopus  ten.  Chivve.  Ipfe  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  30  hid.  Terra  eft  50  car.  De  ea 
funt  in  dominio  4hidx  &ibi  6  car.  &  14  fervi.  &  30 
villani  &  9  bord.  cum  24  car.  Ibi  3  molini  redd.  20 
fol.  Sc  100  ac.  prati  &c  50  ac.  pafturx.  Silva  -a  leu. 
Jong.  Sc  dim.  leu.  lat.     Valet  Epifcopo  30  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Ricardus 

5  hid.     Rohardus  6  hid.     Stefanus  5  hid.     Aluricus 

7  virg.     Vluricus  2  hid.     In  dominio  funt  ibi  7  car. 

6  8  fervi  Sc  1 8  villani  &  27  bord.  cum  10  car.  Ibi  2 
molini  redd.  10  fol.     Int.  omnes  valet  13  lib. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Jatvne.  Johannes  Danus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft 
22  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  6  hidae  &  ibi  2  car. 
&  3  fervi  &  10  villani  &  1 4  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  32 
ac.  prati.  Silva  1  leu.  long.  k  2  quarent.  lat.  Morse 
una  leu.  in  long.  &  lat.     Valet  Epifcopo  6  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Faftradus 

5  hid.     Ildebertus  4  hid.     In  dominio  funt  ibi  3  car. 

6  4  fervi  Sc  18  villani  8s  23  bord.  cum  n  car. 
Int.  eos  valet  9  lib.  Una  paftura  Waimora  ditta 
ibi  eft  quae  T.  R.  E.  pertineb.  ad  Concresbie  M. 
regis.  ^Ecclefiam  hujus  M.  cum  1  hida  ten.  Benthel- 
mus  de  Epifcopo.     Val.  20  fol. 

Idem  Epifcopus  ten.  Wedmore.  Ipfe  tenuit  T. 
R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Sunt  tamen  ibi  11 
hidae.  Terra  eft  36  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  5 
hida:  una  virg.  min.  &  ibi  4  car.  &  4  fervi  &  1 3  vil- 
lani &  14  bord.  cum  9  car.  Sc  i8cotar.  Ibi  70  ac. 
prati  Sc  2  pifcariac  redd.  10  fol.  Sc  50  ac.  filvas  Sc 
una  leu.  pdlura:  int.  long.  k  lat.  Valuit  20  lib. 
Modo  17  lib. 

Canonici  S.  Andrex  ten.  de  Epifcopo  Wandes- 
trev.  Ipfi  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  k  geldabant  pro  4  hid. 
Terra  ell  4  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  2  hidae  & 
ibi  2  car.  Sc  4  fervi  &  5  villani  &  2  bord.  cum  3  car. 
Ibi  12  ac.  prati.  Silva  3  quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent. 
lat.     Valet  3  lib. 

Ipfi  ten.  Litvne.  Ipfi  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  gelda- 
bant pro  8  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  7  car.  De  ea  funt 
in  dominio  6  hidae  &  dimid.  &  ibi  2  car.  &  6  fervi 
&  8  villani  &  7  bord.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  3  molini  redd. 
10  folid.  &  60  ac.  prati  Sc  mille  ac.  paftura;  &  3  qua- 
rent. filvac  in  long.  Sc  lat.     Valet  100  folid. 

Rex  ten.  M.  Milvertvne.  Gifo  [Epifcopus] 
tcnuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrae. 
Rogerius  Arundel  ten.  1111.  M.  Aissa,  &  jaceb.  T. 
R.  E.  in  Leoiart  M.  Epifcopi.  Gifo  Epifcopus  te- 
neb. Sc  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  &  una  virg.  Rogerius 
ten.  de  Rege  injuilc.     Valet  3  lib. 


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2  \.  burgenfes  redd.  20  folid.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  :-> 
fol.  Sc  12  ac.  prati.     Tot.  v..l.  p  fol. 

Ipfa  /lkclcfia  ton.  Pri  ictoni.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  6  hid.  Term  ell  8  car.  De  ca  funt  in  dominio 
2  hidae  &   ibi  1  car.  St  3  fervi   |  k  8  bord. 

cum  fi  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  fol.  Sc  6  den.  4:  20 
ac.  prati  Sc  80  ac.  paftura-.     Valuit  Sc  val.  6  lib. 

Ipfa  iEcclefia  ten.  Stantone.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car.  De  ca  eft  in  dominio 
dimid.  hida  &  ibi  1  car.  &  3  fervi  Sc  4  villani  Sc  3 
bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  12  ac.  prati  Sc  30  ac.  pafturx 
Sc  30  ac.  filvae  minuta?.     Valuit  Sc  val.  3  lib. 

Walterius  ten.  de  TEcclefia  Wimedone.  Vnus  Mi- 
nus tenuit  dexcclefiu  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid. 
Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  2  fervi  Sc 
7  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  folid.  Sc  10  ac. 
prati  &  10  ac.  paftura:.     Valuit  Sc  val.  60  folid. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Westone.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  15  hid.  Terra  eft  10  car.  De  ca  funt  in  do- 
minio 8  hida;  &  dimid.  Sc  ibi  2  car.  Sc  7  fervi  Sc  7 
villani  &  10  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  10 
folid.  Sc  20  ac.  prati.  Silva:  minutae  una  leu.  int. 
long.  &  lat.    Valuit  8  lib.     Modo  lolib. 

Ipfa  iEcclefia  ten.  Forde.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro 
10  hid.  Terra  eft  9  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  5 
hidae  &  ibi  2  car.  &  6  fervi  &  5  villani  Sc  7  bord.  cum 

6  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  10  folid.  Sc  12  ac.  prati  Sc 
una  leu.  filvx  minuta:  int.  long.  &  lat.  Valuit  Sc 
val.  10  lib. 

Ipfa  ./Ecclefia  ten .  Cvme.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro 
9  hid.  Terra  eft  8  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  6 
hidae  &  ibi  3  car.  &  6  fervi  Sc  6  villani  &  8  bord.  cum 

5  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  13  fol.  &  6  den.  &  32  ac. 
prati  &  una  leu.  filva:  minutae  in  long.  Sc  lat.     Valuit 

7  lib.     Modo  8  lib. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  jEcdefia  Cerlecvme.  Unus 
tainus  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  de  aecclefia  &  geldabat  pro  4 
hid.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  3 
fervi  Sc  5  villani  &  4  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  5  ac. 
prati  &  loac.  filvx  minutae.    Valuit  50  folid.    Modo 

6  lib. 

Ipfa  .<EccIefia  ten.  Lincvme.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  10  hid.     Terra  eft  8  car.     De  ea  funt  in  dominio 

7  hida;  &  ibi  3  car.  &  8  fervi  k  4  villani  &  10  bord. 
cum  3  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  10  folid.  Sc  30  ac. 
prati  &  200  ac.  pafturae.     Valuit  6  lib.     Modo  8  lib. 

Walterius  ten.  deipfa  ^EcclefiaEsTONE.  Vluuardus 
abb.  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida  &  dim. 
Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  I  villano 
&  8  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  6  folid.  &  8 
denar.  Ibi  2  ac.  prati.   Valuit  30  fol.  Modo  40  folid. 

Hugo  [3  hid.  J  &  Colgrim  [2  hid.]  ten.  de  ipfa 
jEcclefia  Hantone.  Duo  taini  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  nee 
poterant  ab  aecclefia  feparari  Sc  geldabant  pro  5  hid. 
Terra  eft  6  car.     In  dominio  funt  3  car.  Sc  3  fervi  & 

3  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  28  ac.  prati  Sc  6 
quarent.  pafturae  int.  long.  &  lat.  &  10  quarent. 
filvx  minutx  in  long,  k  latit.     Valet  1 10  folid. 

Rannulfus  [Flambard]  ten.  de  ipfa  -flLccIefi* 
Vniiewiche.  Unus  monachus  de  col.  monafterio 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dim.   Terra 

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eft  3  car.  Ibi  funt  5  bord.  &  dimid.  molin.  redd. 
5  folid.  &  12  ac  prati  &  30  ac.  pafturae.  Valuit  & 
val.  20  folid. 

Ipfa  Xcclefia  ten.  Corstvne.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  9  car.  De  ea  funt  in  clomi- 
nio  5  hid.  &  ibi  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  5  villani  &  8 
bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  30  den.  &  6  ac. 
prati.     Valet  8  lib. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Evestie.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  domi- 
nio &  3  fervi  &  4  ac.  prati.     Valet  20  folid. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Escewiche.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  dimid.  hida.  Terra  eft  dimid.  car.  Ibi  eft  unus 
fervus  &  2  villani  redd.  42  den.  &  12  ac.  prati  &  3 
ac.  filvae  minutae.  Valet  &  valuit  42  denar.  Tota 
haec  terra  jacuit  in  ipfa  xcclefia  T.  R.  E.  necpoterat 
inde  feparari. 

Cerra  ^anftac  sgariae  (Siaffingbc- 
rfenfig. 

Eccxesia  Glastincberiensis  habet  in  ipfa  villa  12 
hid.  quae  nunq.  geldaver.  Terra  eft  30  car.  De 
ea  funt  in  dominio  10  hidae  dimid.  virg.  minus  &  ibi  5 
car.  &  17  fervi  &  21  villani  &  23  bord.  cum  5  car. 
Ibi  8  fabri  &  3  arpenz  vinex  &  60  ac.  prati  &  200 
ac.  pafturx  &  20  ac.  filvae  &  300  ac.  filvx  minutx. 
Valet  20  lib. 

Huic  M.  adjacet  infula  quae  vocatur  Mere.  Ibi 
funt  60  ac.  terras.  Terra  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  &  10 
pifcatores  &  3  pifcarix  redd.  20  den.  &  6  ac.  prati  & 
6  ac.  filvx  &  2  arpenz  vineae.     Valet  20  folid. 

Alia,  infula  pertitv.  ibi  quae  vocatur  Padeneberie. 
Ibi  funt  6  ac.  terras  &  3  arpenz  vineae  &  unus  bord. 
Valet  4  folid. 

Tercia  infula  adjacet  ibi  &  vocatur  Ederesige 
in  qua  funt  2  hidae  quae  nunq.  geldaver.  Ibi  eft 
1  car.  cum  1  bord.  &  2  ac.  prati  &  una  ac.  filvse 
minutx.    Valet  1 5  folid.    Goduinus  ten.  de  abbate. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Winescome.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  1 5  hid.  Terra  eft  30  car.  De  ea  funt  in  domi- 
nio c  hidae  una  virg.  minus  &  ibi  2  car.  &  3  fervi  & 
z8  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  9  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5 
folid.  &  60  ac.  prati  &  una  leu.  pafturae  in  long.  & 
lat.     Silva  2  leu.  long.  &  una  leu.  lat. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  de  abbate  Rogerius  2 
hid.  &  dim.  Radulfus  j  hid.  &  unam  virg.  Pipe 
dim.  hid.  Ibi  funt  5  car.  Hoc  M.  valet  abbati  8 
lib.     Hominibus  ejus  55  folid. 

De  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Epifcopus  Conftantiens. 
de  Rege  1  hid.  &  val.  20 folid.  Bri&riclibere  tenuit 
T.  R. E.  fed  non  poterat  ab  xcclefia  feparari. 

Ipfa  vEcclefia  ten.  Midiltone.  T.  R.  E.  gelda- 
bat pro  6  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car.  De  ea  funt  in  do- 
minio 4  hidae  &  7  ac.  &  ibi  2  car.  &  8  villani  &  6 
bord.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  50  ac.  prati  &  100  ac  pafturae. 
Valuit  &  val.  6  lib. 

Rogerius  ten.  de  Xcclefia  Lideford.  Aluuardus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  nee  poterat  ab  xcclefia  feparari  Sc 
geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  De  ea  funt 
in  dominio  3  hidae  &  dimid.  virg.  terra:  &  ibi  2  car. 
&  6  fervi  &  6  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  1  car.  &  dim. 
Ibi  molin.  redd.  10  fol.  &  40  ac  prati.  Valuit  & 
val.  4  lib. 


Ipfa  Xcclefia  ten.  Sapeswich.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  30  hid.  Terra  eft  40  car.  Prxt.  hanc  habet 
abb.  terram  20  car.  quae  nunq.  geld.  Ibi  funt 
1 2  car.  [villanorum]  &  alibi  4  car.  in  dominio  &  6 
fervi  &  5  coliberti  &  15  villani  &  16  bord.  Ibi  60 
ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  pafturae  &  57  ac.  filvx  minutae. 
De  his  30  hid.  ten.  Rogerius  de  Abbate  5  hid.  in 
Sutone  &  5  hid.  in  Eduuinetone  &  5  hid.  in  Ceptcne 
&  5  hid.  in  Caldecote.  Has  teneb.  14  taini  T.  R.  E. 
&  non  poterant  ab  xcclefia  feparari.  Ibi  funt  in  do- 
minio 9  car.  .  &  11  fervi  &  19  villani  &  23  bord. 
cum  8  car.  &  dimid.  Ibi  roo  ac.  prati  una  minus 
&  31  ac.  filvae  minutae.  De  eifd.  30  hid.  ten. 
Aluredus  5  hid.  in  Hvnlauintone  &  ibi  habet  2  car. 
Ibi  5  fervi  &  12  villani  &  8  bord.  cum  6  car.  De 
ead.  terra  ten.  Warmund  dimid.  hid.  de  Abbate  & 
ibi  habet  1  car.  &  4  bord.  Val.  10  fol.  Hoc  M. 
valet  Abbati  12  lib.  Rogerio  19  lib.  Aluredo  7  lib. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Sowi.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro 
1-2  hid.     Terra  eft  20  car.     De  ea  funt  in  dominio 

5  hidae  &  ibi  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  1 2  coliberti  &  27 
villani  &  13  bord.  cum  14  car.  Ibi  30  ac.  prati  & 
12  ac.  filvae  minutae.     Valuit  10  lib.     Modo  24  lib. 

Walterius  ten.  de  Abbate  Cosintone.  Aluuin 
[Pic]  tenuit  de  Abbate  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3 
hid.     Terra  eft  6  car.     De  ea  eft  in  dominio  1  hida 

6  ibi  1  car.  &  4  fervi  &  9  villani  &  9  bord.  cum  5 
car.     Ibi  10  ac.  prati  &  2  ac.  filvae  minutae.     Valuit 

6  val.  6  lib. 

Rogerius  ten.  de  Abbate  Dereberge.  Ofuuald  te- 
nuit de  abbate  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra 
eft  3  car.  Ibi  funt  3  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  2  car.  & 
in  dominio  dimid.  car.  &  1 1  ac. prati  &  20  ac.  paf- 
turae &  10  ac.  filvae.  Val.  30  folid.  Cum  recep. 
40  folid.  valeb. 

Ailuuacre  ten.  de  Abbate  Blacheford.  Alnod 
tenuit  de  Abbate  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid. 
Terra  eft  6  car.     In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  5  fervi  & 

7  villani  &  10  jord.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  115  ac  prati 
&  43  ac.  pafturae  &  47  ac.  filvae.  Valet  100  fol. 
Quando  recep.  4  lib. 

Godefcal  ten.  de  Abbate  Stawelle.  Aluuard  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dimid.  Terra 
eft  2  car.  &  dim.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  3  fervi  & 
3  bord.  cum  1  car.  &  20  ac.  prati.  Valet  40  fol. 
Quando  recep.  5  folid. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Waltone.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  30  hid.  Terra  eft  40  car.  Deea  funt  in  domi- 
nio 10  hidae  &  ibi  4  car.  &  4  fervi  &  17  villani  U. 
12  bord.  cum  18  car.  Ibi  50  ac.  prati.  Paftura  7 
quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.  Silva  7  quarent. 
long.  &  3  quarent.  lat.     Valet  Abbati  15  lib. 

De  his  30  hid.  ten.  de  Abbate  Rogerius  5  hid.  in 
Contone.  Walterius  3  hid.  in  Aissecote  &  3  hid. 
in  Pedewelle.  Qui  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  non  poterant 
ab  aecclefia  feparari.  In  dominio  funt  ibi  3  car.  &  6 
fervi  &  15  villani  &  12  bord.  cum  8  car.  Rogerius 
habet  20  acras  prati  &  6  quarent.  filvae  in  long.  & 
una  quarent.  lat.  Walterius  12  ac.  prati  &  40  ac. 
filvae  minutae.     Int.  eos  valet  8  lib. 

Rogerius  ten.   de  Abbate  Bodeslege,     Winegod 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  tenae.    Terra 
I  eft  1  car.  &  dim.  quae  ibi  funt  cum  7  bord.     Ibi  6  ac. 
I  prati  &  2  ac.  filvae.     Valet  10  folid. 

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Idem  Ro.  ten.  de  Abbate  Dondeme.  Algar  tenuit 
T.  R.  K.  &  geldabat  pro  c  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car. 
De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3  hidx  &  dim.  virg.  terra;  & 
ibi  z  car.  Sc  4  fervi  &  5  villani  &  10  bord.  cum  3  car. 
Jbi  40  ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  filvx.     Valet  100,  folid. 

Mem  Ro.  ten.  de  Abbate  Aissecote  &  pertin.  ad 
Waltone  M.  Abbatis.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro  2 
hid.  Terra  eft  3  car.  Ibi  funt  2  villani  &  3  bord. 
&  2  fervi  cum  I  car.  &  4ac.  prati.  Valuit  &  val. 
40  folid. 

Girardus  ten.  de  Abbate  Graintone.  Vlmerte- 
nuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Sc  dim.  Terra 
eft  2  car.  &  dimid.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  5  fervi 
&  2  bord.  &  2  colibcrti  cum  1  car.  Ibi  20  ac.  prati 
&  3  ac.  filvx.     Valet  Sc  valuit  50  folid. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Lega.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro 
4  hid.  Terra  eft  10  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  2 
hidx.  Una  ex  his  fuit  teinland  non  tamen  potcratab 
iccclefia  feparari.  In  dominio  funt  4  car.  cum  1  fervo 
Sc  7  villani  &  10  bord.  cum  ;  car.     Ibi  35  ac.  prati 

6  30  ac.  pafturae  &  6  ac.  filvx.     Valet  8  lib. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Hame.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro 
17  hid.  Terra  eft  20  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  5 
hidx  &  2  virg.  &  dim.  &  ibi  3  car.  &  5  fervi  &  22 
villani  &  21  bord.  cum  8  car.  Ibi  30  ac.  prati  &  16 
ac.  filvx.     Valet  10  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  de  Abbate  Robertus  1 
hid.  &  unam  virg.  &  Serlo  5  hid.  Girardus  3  virg. 
terrx.  Leuric  &  Aluuold  Sc  Almar  tenuer.  T.  R.  E. 
r.ec  poterant  ab  xcclefia  feparari.  In  dominio  funt 
2  car.  &  4  fervi  Sc  2  villani  &  14  bord.  cum  2  car. 
Ibi  30  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  pafturae.  Valet  inter  tot. 
110  folid. 

Ipfa  jEcclefia  ten.  Bodvchelei.  T.  R.  E.  gelda- 
bat pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  20  car.  De  ea  funt  in 
dominio  5  hidx  &  ibi  5  car.  &  7  fervi  &  1 1  villani  & 

7  bord.  cum  6  car.     Ibi  50  ac.  prati  Sc  100  ac.  filvx. 
Valet  abbati  10  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.Turflinus  8  hid.  Roge- 
jius  2  hid.  Duo  taini  teneb.  de  aecclefia  T.  R.  E.  & 
con  poterant  inde  feparari.  In  dominio  funt  ibi  4 
car.  &  6  fervi  &  1 1  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi 
14  ac.  prati  Sc  12  ac.  filvx  minutx.  Valuit  &  val.  7 
lib.  int.  eos. 

De  eadem  terra  ten.  Aleftan  de  Abbate  dimid.  hid. 
&  ibi  habet  1  car.     Valet  10  fol. 

Hunfridus  ten.  de  Rege  2  hid.  in  Lodreford  Sc 
pertin.  huic  M.  Aluric  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  nee  poterat 
ab  xcclefia  feparari.     Terra  eft  2  car.     Valet  20  folid. 

Ipfa  jEcclefia  ten.  Piltone.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  30  car.  Prxter  hanc  habet 
abbas  ibi  terram  20  car.  qux  nunq.  geldavit.  In 
dominio  funt  10  car.  &  15  fervi  Sc  21  villani  & 
42  bord.  cum  locar.  fupra  terram  non  geldantur.  Ibi 
2  molini  redd.  10  folid.  &  46  ac.  prati  it  40  ac.  paf- 
turx. Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  dim.  leu.  lat.  De  terra 
qux  non  geld.  ten.  Alnod.  monach.  1  hid.  liberalit. 
tie  Abbate  conceflu  Regis.  Haec  tainland  fuit  nee 
poteft  ab  xcclefia  feparari.  Totum  valet  24  lib. 
Valuit  16  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Rogerius  in  Sefetone 
6  hid.  &  dimid.  Sc  in  Corutone  3  hid.  Vluert  & 
Elmer  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  non  poterant  ab  xcclefia 
feparari.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  Sc  8  fervi  &  1 3  vil- 
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lani  Sc  19  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  6 
folid.  &  3  denar.  Sc  50  ac.  prati  &  42  ac.  filvae  mi- 
nutx. ■  Paftura  3  quarent.  long,  Sc  una  quarent.  lat. 
Valet  tot.  9  lib. 

De  eadem  terra  ejufdem  M.  ten.  de  Abbate  Adret 

5  hid.  in  Vtone  Sc  Serlo  5  hid.  in  Pille  Sc  Radulfus 

2  hid.  in  ipfa  Piltone.  Qui  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  non 
poterant  ab  xcclefia  feparari.  In  dominio  funt  ibi  4 
car.  &  dimid.  Sc  8  fervi  Sc  8  villani  Sc  18  bord.   cum 

3  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  4  fol.  Sc  6  den.  Sc  36  ac. 
prati  &  dimid.  Sc  20  ac.  paflurx  &  4  ac.  filvae.  Tot. 
valet  7  lib.  &  10  fol.  int.  eos. 

Ipfa  jEcclefia  ten.  Pbnnarminstre.  T.  R.  E. 
geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Ibi  funt  tamen  20  hidae.  Terra 
eft  12  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  12  hidx  &  ibi  5 
car.  &  4  fervi.  &  17  villani  &  9  bord.  Sc  10  cotar. 
cum  6  car.     Ibi  30  ac.  prati  Sc  40  ac.  paflurx.  Silva 

1  leu.  &  dimid.  long.  &  4  quarent.  lat.  Valet  Ab- 
bati 12  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Serlo  de  Abbate  !  hid. . 
Ailmarus  tenuit  T.R.  E.     Ibi  funt  4  villani  habentet 

2  car.  Sc  8  ac.  prati  Sc  30  ac.  filvx.  Valuit  Sc  val. 
30  fol. 

Ipfa  Xcclefia  ten.  Baltvnesberce.  T.  R.  E. 
geldab.  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car.  De  ea  funt  in 
dominio  4  hidx  &  una  virg.   &  ibi  2  car.    &  4  fervi 

6  5  villani  Sc  9  bord.  &  3'cotar.  cum  2  car.  Ibi 
molin.  redd.  5  folid.  &  30  ac.  prati.  Silva  una  leu. 
&  dim.  long.  &  dimid.  leu.  lat.      Valuit  Sc  val.  6  lib. 

Ipfa  Xcclefia  ten.  Doltin.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  20  car.  De  ea  funt  fn  domi- 
nio 12  hidx  Sc  ibi  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  io  villani  Sc  6 
bord.  &  4  cotar.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  30  ac.  prati  Sc  60 
ac.  pafturae  &  60  ac.  filvx  minutx.  Valet  Abbati 
14  lib. 

De  hac  terra  ten.  Rogerius  3  hid.  Sc  unam  virg. 
terrx  in  Ceri.etone  &  alibi  2  hid.  &  3  virg.  M 
In  dominio  eft  una  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  8  villani  &  6 
bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  9  denar.  &  23 
ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  pallurx  Sc  30  ac.  filvx  minutae. 
Valet  100  folid. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Batecvmbe.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  16  car.  De  ea  funt  in  domi- 
nio 9  hidx  &  3  virg.  terrx  &  ibi  2  car.  &  6  fervi  &  4 
villani  &  14  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5 
folid.  Sc  20  ac.  prati  &  6  ac.  pafturx  &  40  ac.  filvae. 
Valet  Abbati  7  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Rogerius  2  hid.  Vluui 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Sc  non  poterat  ab  xcclefia  feparari. 
Ibi  habet  I  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  3  bord.  Ibi  12  ac. 
prati  &  10  ac.  pafturx.     Valet  20  folid. 

De  ipfa  terra  ejufdem  M.  ten.  Azelinus  in  Wf.jt- 
cvmbe  7  hid.  &  3  virg.  terrx.  Alfhilla  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  non  poterat  ab  xcclefia  feparari.  In  do- 
minio funt  2  car.  &  6  villani  &  7  bord.  &  6  cotar. 
cum  1  fervo  habcut.  2  car.  Sc  dimid.  Ibi  2  molini 
redd.  5  folid.  &  12  ac.  prati  &  12  ac.  pafturx  &  16 
ac.  filvx.  Va!et  4  lib.  Sc  10  folid.  Dux  hidx  do 
hac  terra  futrunt  de  terra  villanorum  Sc  alix  virg. 
erant  tainland. 

Ipfa  yEcckfia  ten.  Mvllb.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pr(J2ohid.  Terra  eft  20  car.  De  ea  funt  in  domi- 
nio 10  hidx  &  ibi  2  car.  &  a  fervi  &  8  villaoi  &  7 
bord.   &  ;  cotar.  cum  3  car.     Ibi  molin.  redd,  c 

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folid.  &  15  ac.  prati  &  12  ac.  pafturx.     Silva  1  leu. 
long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.     Valet  abbati  10  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Godeue  de  Abbate  1 
hid.  Virejus  tcnuit  T.  R.  E.  nee  poterat  ab  .&ccle- 
fia  feparari.     Valet  78  den. 

Epifcopus  Conftantienfis  ten.  de  Rege  5  hid.  & 
dim.  pertinent,  huic  M.  Duo  taini  teneb.  T.R.E. 
fed  non  poterant  ab  aecclefia  feparari.  Azelinus  ten. 
de  Epifcopo. 

Waltcnus  ten.  de  Abbate  in  Watelei  4  hid. 
Vlgar  [Monac]  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  non  poterat  ab 
/Eccleiia  feparari.  Terra  eft  4  car.  De  ea  funt  in 
dominio  2  hidae  Sc  dimid.  &  ibi  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  8  vil- 
lani  &  5  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  fol.  &  6 
ac.  prati  &  50  ac.  pafturae  &  1 4  ac.  filvas.  Val.  70  fol. 
In  eodem  M.  ten.  Johannes  de  Abbate  1  hidamde 
terra  villanorum.  Terra  eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  cum  2 
villanis.     Valet  15  folid. 

Ipfa  .(Eccleiia  ten.  Weritone.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  32  car.  De  ea  funt  in  domi- 
nio 1 1  hidae  &  ibi  6  car.  &  7  fervi  &  41  villani  & 
12  bord.  cum  20  car.  Ibi  3  molini  redd.  14  fol.  & 
2  denar.  &  44  ac.  prati  &  200  ac.  pafturae.  Silva  2 
leu.  long.  &  tantund.  lat.     Valet  Abbati  30  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Rogerius  1  hid.  & 
dimid.  de  Abbate.  Unus  tainus  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  & 
non  poterat  ab  aecclefia  feparari.  Ibi  funt  3  car.  &  2 
villani  &  6  bord.     Valet  30  folid. 

De  ipfa  terra  ten.  Saulf  I  hid.  &  dim.  Ipfe  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  Ibi  habet  1  car.  &  dimid.  &  unus 
villanus  cum  4  cotar.  habent.  1  car.  Valet  30  folid. 
Ipfa  JEcclefia  ten.  Monechetone.  T.  R.  E.  gel- 
dabat pro  15  hid.  Terra  eft  20  car.  De  ea  ten. 
Walchel  Epifcopus  de  Abbate  5  hid.  &  unam  virg. 
terras;  in  dominio  &  ibi  3  car.  &  7  fervi  &  20  villani 
&  7  bord.  cum  7  car.  Ibi  20  ac.  prati  Sc  100  ac. 
pafturae  &  24  ac.  filvae.     Valet  7  lib. 

In  ipfa  villa  ten.  Rogerius  de  Abbate  4  hid.  &  3 
virg.  terrae  &  Serlo  2  hid.  &  dimid.  Qui  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  non  poterant  ab  aecclefia  feparari.  Ibi  funt 
4  car.  in  dominio  &  3  fervi  &  8  villani  &  1 1  bord. 
cum  2  car.  &  dimid.  &  193c.  prati  &  40  ac.  pafturae. 
Valet  inter  eos  4  lib.  &  10  folid. 

Ipfa  JEccleRa.  ten.  Mercesberie.  T.  R.  E.  gel- 
dabat pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  8  car.  De  ea  funt  in 
dominio  4  hid.  &  dim.  &  ibi  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  6 
villani  &  5  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  19  ac.  prati  &  40 
ac.  filvae.  Valet  10  lib.  De  hac  terra  ten.  unus 
tainus  2  hid.  &  dimid.  Valet  20  folid.  Ofuualdus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Sc  non  potuit  ab  aecclefia  feparari. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Dicesget.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  30  hid.  Terra  eft  30  car.  De  ea  funt  in  domi- 
nio 3  hid  as  &  ibi  3  car.  &  dimid.  &  2  fervi  &  13 
villani  &  18  bord.  &  3  cofcez.  cum  7  car.  Ibi  mo- 
lin. redd.  7  folid.  &  5  den.  &  40  ac.  prati  &  paftura 
6  quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.  Silva  una  leu.  & 
dim.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.     Valet  Abbati  1 2  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  de  Abbate  Serlo  5  hid. 
&  dim.  in  Horblawetone.  Radulfus  6  hid.  Sc  dim. 
in  Alentone.  Nigellus  5  hid.  &  dimid.  in  Lamieta. 
Qui  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  non  poterant  ab  secclefia  fepa- 
rari. In  dominio  funt  4  car.  Sc  4  fervi  &  29  vil- 
lani &  12  bord.  Sc  3  cofcez.  cum  15  car.  Ibi  3 
molini  redd.  13  fol.  &  4  den.  &  55  ac.  prati  &  20 


ac.  paftura;.  Silva  9  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent  «• 
&  dimid.  lat.  Tot.  val.  inter  eos  14  lib.  &  10 
folid.     Valuit  11  lib. 

De  eifdem  30  hid.  ten.  de  Rege  Alfric  &  Eurardus 
1  hid.  Hanc  tenuit  unus  tainus  T.  R.  E.  nee  po- 
tuit ab  jEcclefia  feparari.     Valet  20  folid. 

De  eifdem  30  hid.  ten.  Comes  Morit.  de  Rege  7 
hid.  Has  tenebat  unus  tainus  de  Abbate  T.  R.  E. 
nee  poterat  ab  aecclefia  feparari.     Valet  100  fol. 

Ipfa  jEcclefia  ten.  Camelertone.  Edmer  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  10  car. 
De  ea  funt  in  dominio  7  hidae  &  ibi  2  car.  Sc  8  fervi 
&  6  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd. 
5  folid.  &  80  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  pafturae  &  40  ac. 
filvae.     Valet  7  lib. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Rogerius  de  Abbate  1 
hid.  &  ibi  habet  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  1  bord.  Ibi 
10  ac.  prati  &  6  ac.  filvae.  Val.  10  fol.  Hoc  M. 
ded.  com.  Moriton  Abbati  pro  excambio  Tvtenelle. 
■  Harding  ten.  de  Abbate  Crenemelle.  Ipfe  te- 
nuit fimilit.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  12  hid.  Terra 
eft  10  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  6  hidae  &  ibi  una 
car.  &  6  fervi  &  8  villani  &  2  bord.  &  7  cotar.  cum 
3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  30 den.  &  50  ac.  prati  &60 
ac.  pafturae  &  100  ac.  filvae.  Valet  4  lib.  Haec  terra 
non  poteft  feparari  ab  aecclefia. 

Ipfa  .iEcclefia  ten.  Brentemerse.  T.R.E.  gel- 
dabat pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  30  car.  Deeafuntirt 
dominio  4  hidae  &  ibi  8  car.  &  5  fervi  &  50  villani 
&  47  bord.  cum  16  car.  &  20  ac.  prati.  Valet  Ab- 
bati 50  lib. 

De  his  20  hid.  ten.  de  Abbate  Rogerius  1  hid. 
Radulfus  5  virg.  Alfric  c  virg.  Goduinus  1  hid.  & 
dim.  Qui  teneb.  de  Abbate  T.  R.  E.  non  poterant 
ab  aecclefia  feparari.  In  dominio  funt  ibi  4  car.  cum 
1  fervo  &  3  villani  &  5  bord.  &  10  cotar.  cum  3  car. 
Valet  inter  eos  4  lib.  Sc  10  fol. 

Walcinus  ten.  de  Abbate  Lodenwrde.  Unus  tai- 
nus tenuit  T.  R.  E.  nee  poterat  ab  aecclefia  feparari 
&  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  4  villani  &  5  bord.  &  5  cotar. 
cum  4  car.     Valet  40  fol. 

Erneis  ten.  de  Abbate  Dvnehefde.  Vlgar  Mo- 
nacus  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra 
eft  5  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  2  hidae  &  ibi  3  car. 
cum  5  villanis  &  4  bord.  Ibi  5  ac.  prati.  Paftura  5 
quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.  Silva  dimid.  leu. 
long.  &  tantundem  lat.     Valuit  &  val.  40  folid. 

Siuuardus  ten.  3  virg.  terrae  de  JEcclefia  Glafting- 
berie  in  M.  quod  vocatur  Dinnitone.  Valet  13 
folid.  &  2  den. 

Mauricius  Epifcopus  ten.  ^Ecclefiam  [S.  Andree] 
de  Givelceftre  cum  3  hid.  terrae  de  Rege.  Hanc  te- 
neb. Briftric  T.  R.  E.  de^EcclefiaGlaftingberie,  nee 
ab  ea  poterat  feparari. 

Epifcopus  Conftant.  ten.  de  Rege  Hutone,  Ele- 
berie,  Hetfecome  &  Stretone.  Ha;  terrae  erant  tain- 
land  T.  R.  E.  nee  poterant  ab  iEcclefia  feparari. 
Valent  100  folid.  &  amplius.  ^Ecclefia  fervitium 
inde  non  habet. 

Comes  Moriton  ten.  de  Rege  haec  M.  Stane,  Stoca 
&  Stoca  Dreicote.  Hae  terrae  fuerunt  tainlande  in 
Glaftingberie  T.  R.  E.  nee  poterant  ab  ea  feparari. 
Valent  14  lib. 

Idem 


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Idem  com.  ten.  in  M.  Booechelie  2  quarent.  filva: 
in  long.  &  unam  quarent.  lat.  quod  f'uit  in  Glailing- 
berie  T.  R.  K- 

Rogerius  deCorcelle  habet  unum  M.  Liminctone 
pro  quo  ded.  pat.  ejus  5  hid.  in  cxcanibio  quas  tcneb. 
de  ^Ecclefia  Glailingberic,  ncc  inde  poterant  fcpa- 
De  his  xcclefa  fervitium  pcrdit. 


ran 


Ccrra  Ccclcfiae  De  a^tcclenic. 

Ecclesia  S.  Petri  de  Micelenye  habet  4  caru- 
catas  terra:  qua;  nunq.  geldaver.  in  his  infulis 
Mtchelenie,  Midelenie  &  Torleic.  Ibi  funt  in  domi- 
nio  z  car.  &  un.arpent  vines.  Ibi4fcrvi  &  3  villani 
&  18  bord.  cum  z  car.  Ibi  z  pifcarias  redd.  6  mill, 
anguillar.  &  25  ac.  prati  Sc  12  ac.  filva:  &  100  ac. 
pafturx.     Valuit  Sc  val.  3  lib. 

Jpfa  JEcclefia  ten.  Cipestaple.  Celric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  k  geldabat  pro  z  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  6 
car.  De  ea  eft  in  dominio  dim.  hida  Sc  ibi  I  car.  & 
2  fervi  &  16  villani  &  2  bord.  cum  5  car.  Ibi  dimid. 
ac.  prati  &  too  ac.  pafturx.  Silva  dim.  leu.  long. 
&  2  quarent.  lat.     Valet  50  folid. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Ileminstre.  Liuuard  [Abb.] 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft 
20  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  9  hida;  Sc  una  virg. 
&  dim.  &  ibi  3  car.  &  10  fervi  &  25  villani  &  22 
bord.  cum  20  car.  Ibi  3  molini  redd.  22  folid.  &  6 
den.  Sc  80  ac.  prati.  Silva  3  leu.  long.  Sc  una  leu. 
&  dim.  lat.    Ibi  mercatum  redd.  20  folid. 

De  hac  terra  ten.  2  taini  1  hid.  &  dimid.  qui  non 
poterant  ab  xcclefia  feparari.  Totum  valet  20  lib. 
Quando  Abb.  obyt  valeb.  26  lib. 

Ipfa  yEcclefia  ten.  Ile.  Godricus  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  De  ea 
funt  in  dominio  3  hid.-e  &  ibi  2  car.  &  6  fervi 
&  12  villani  &  5  bord.  cum  2  car.     Ibi  molin.  redd. 

15  folid.  &  40  ac.  prati  &  7  ac.  pafturx.  Silva  3 
leu.  long.  Sc  una  leu.  &  dim.  lat.  Valuit  Sc  val. 
4  lib. 

Ipfa  iEcclefia  ten.  Ile.  Eduinus  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  una  hida  &  dimid.  Terra  eft  1 
car.  It  dim.  Ibi  funt  3  bord.  tenent.  15  acras. 
Alia  eft  in  dominio  &  10  ac.  prati  &  7  ac.  pafturae. 
Silva  3  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.     Valet 

16  fol. 

Ipfa ^Ecclefia  ten.DRAiTVNE.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  20  hid.  Terra  eft  15  car.  Deea  funt  in  domi- 
nio 1 1  hida:  &  2  virg.  terra;  &  dim.  Sc  ibi  6  car.  & 
10  fervi  &  16  villani  Sc  14  bord.  cum  9  car.  Ibi  50 
ac.  prati  Sc  paftura  2  leu.  long.  Sc  una  leu.  lat.    Silva 

2  leu.  long.  &  una  leu.  &  dim.  lat.  De  his  20  hid. 
ten.  Celric  &  Vluuard  2  hid.  Has  teneb.  Bri&uinus 
&  Leuing  de  AbbatiaT.  R.E.  nee  inde  poterant  fe- 
parari. Ibi  funt  4  bord.  Sc  3  ac.  prati  &  35  ac. 
paftura:  Si  7  ac.  filvx.     Totum  valet  10  lib. 

Ipfa  jEcclefia  ten.  Camelle.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  16  car.  De  ea  funt  in  domi- 
nio 4  hidx  Sc  dimid.  Sc  ibi  4  car.  &  5  fervi  Sc  7  vil- 
lani &  8  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  10  folid. 
&  60  ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  paftura:.  De  his  10  hid. 
ten.  Dodeman  de  Abbate  1  hid.  &  ibi  habet  1  car.  & 

3  vill.  cum  1  car.  &  2  acris  prati.  Totum  valet 
10  lib.  &  10  folid. 


Ipfa  -dEcdcfia  ten.  Cathancre.  Wadel  tenuit 
I  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  dimid.  Terra  eft 
I  1  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  eft  unus  villanu.cum  1  bord.  te- 
nent. 15  acras.  De  hac  terra  ten.  Ingulf.  1  hid.  &  ibi 
habet  1  car.  cum  3  bord.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati  &  l;  ac. 
filvat.  Valet  20  folid.  Pan  Monachorum  7  fol. 
Godric  &  Eduin  Sc  Wadel  non  pcrtinuer.  Abbatiaru 
T.  R.  E. 

Cerra  aBcclcfiae  DC  0DeUnrrt. 

Ecclesia  S.  Petri  oe  Adelingye  ten.  Atiltoke. 
T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro  8  hid.  Terra  eft  12  car.  In 
dominio  funt  4  hida:  Sc  ibi  3  car.  &  4  fervi  &  10  vil- 
lani &  6  bord.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  fol.  Sc 
6  den.  &  40  ac.  prati  Sc  30  ac.  paftura:.  Silva  »leu. 
long.  Sc  alia  in  lat.  Valet  100  fol.  De  terra  hujus 
M.  ten.  comes  Moriton  2  hid.  qux  erant  in  ipfa 
xcclefia  T.  R.  E.     Terra  eft  4  car.  Sc  val.  30  folid. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefla  ten.  Svtvne.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  16  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dc- 
minio  4  hida:  Sc  ibi  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  8  villani  Sc  6 
bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  40  ac.  prati  Sc  1 00  ac.  paftura:. 
ValetAbbati8  1ib. 

De  ipfa  terra  ten.  Rogerius  [Brito]  dimid.  hid.  oc 
habet  1  car. 

De  eadem  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Rogerius  <le  Cor- 
celle  2  hid.  invito  Abbate.  Duo  taini  tencbant  de 
aecclefia  T.  R.  E.  nee  inde  poterant  feparari.  Terra 
eft  2  car.  qua;  ibi  funt  in  dominio  &  6  ac.  prati. 
Valet  50  folid.     Duo  homines  ten.  de  Rogerio. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Seovenamentone.  T.  R.  E. 
geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  2  car.  quas  ibi  funt 
cum  7  vill.  &  3  bord.  &  2  fervis.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati. 
Valet  30  folid. 

Ipfa  iEcclefia  ten.  Hame.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro 
una  hida.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  4 
fervi  &  1  vill.  Sc  7  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  15  ac.  prati 
&  3  ac.  filvae  minutx.    Valet  30  folid. 

Ipfa  ^Ecclefia  ten.  Lence.  Ibi  eft  1  hida  fed  non 
geld.  T.  R.  E.  In  dominio  funt  ibi  2  car.  Sc  6  fervi 
&  3  villani  &  4  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  12  ac.  prati 
&  50  ac.  filva:.     Valet  40  folid.  ' 

Comes  Moriton  ten.  2  hid.  in  Aisselle  &  Rogerius 
de  Corcelle  ten.  2  hid.  deM.  Svtone  &  Radulfus  de 
Limcfi  ten.  1  hid.  de  M.  Bosintone.  Ha:  terra; 
jaceb.  in  Adelingi  T.  R.  E.  Sc  non  poterant  inde 
feparari. 

Ccrra  (Ecclefiae  iRomanac. 

Ecclesia  Romana  beati  Petri  Apoftoli.  ten.  de 
RegePERiTONE.  Eddid  Regina  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  Ibi 
funt  6  hida:,  fed  non  geld,  nift  pro  5  hid.  Terra 
eft  12  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3  hida:  &  ibi  2 
car.  &  4  fervi  &  1 1  villani  Sc  4  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi 
150  ac.  prati  Sc  150  ac.  paftura;.  Redd,  per  annum 
12  lib. 

Cerra  <EatJom  ^anfti  ^tefant  De 
CaDom. 

Ecclesia  S.  Stefani  ten.  de  Rege  xcclefiam 
Crvche.  Ibi  funt  10  hida:.  Terra  eft  1 3  car.  De 
ea  funt  in  dominio  2  hida;  Sc  ibi  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  & 

1 1  villani 


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[Domenja^'TBoofe. 


1 1  villani  &  2  colibcrti  fc  17  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi 
jo  ac.  prati  &  dimid.  leu.  paftura:  in  long.  &  in  lat. 
De  his  10  hid.  ten.  unus  miles  de  abbate  3  hid.  &ibi 
habet  2  car.  cuin  1  fervo. '&  6  villani  &  2  bord.  cum 
4car.  Habet  molin.  redd.  5  folid.  &  10  acras  prati  & 
dim.  leu.  paftura  in  long.  &  in  lat.  Valet  Abbati  7 
Lib.     Militi  4  lib. 

Ccrra^an&ae  a^aiiae  ue^onte* 

Ecclesia  S.  Marias  de  Monteburg  tenet  dc  Rege 
unum  manerium  dono  Nigelli  medici.  Spines  pref- 
biter  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra 
eft  3  car.  De  eafunt  in  dominio  2  hidae  &  dimid.  & 
ibi  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  5  villani  &  1 2  bord.  cum  2  car. 
Jbi  molin.  redd.  30  denar.  &  20  ac.  pafturae.  Silva 
dimid.  leu.  long.  &  tantund.  lat.  Olim  &  modo 
val!  4  lib. 

Cerra  ^anftt  CBtuarBi* 

Ecclesia  S.  Edwardi  ten.  Cvmbe.  T.  R.  E.gel- 
c'.'iat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  De  ea  funt  in 
i .(  niinio  ?.  hid*  &  dim.  &  ibi  2  car.  &  4  villani  &  7 
bord.  cum  2  car.  In  Ivlelcburne  6  burgenfes  redd. 
ro  denar.  Fratum  4  quarent.  long.  &  z  quarent. 
lat.  Silva  ^  quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.  Paf- 
ftura  2  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.  Valuit_& 
val.  6  lib. 

iEuon  e©attrtciti0  Cpifcopu*  tenet. 

Emscopus  Mauricius  ten.  de  Rege  ^Ecclefiam  S. 
•Andrew.  lirictric  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro 
3  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  & 
3  fervi  &  unus  villauus  &  6  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi 
inojin.  'redd.  20  folid.  &  30  ac.  prati.  Valuit  &  val. 
100  folid. 


jCtuoti  Clevici  Begis. 

Reinbaldus  ten.  vEcclefiam  de  Frome  cum  8  car. 
tens.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  dim.  &  4  fervi  &  8 
villani  &.12  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5 
folid.  &  35  ac.  prati.  Silva  6  quarent.  long.  &  2 
quarent.  lat.     Valet  6  lib. 

Richerius  ten.  vEcclefiam  de  Warverdinestoch  de 
Rege.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  4 
-car.  Ibi  funt  5  villani  &  4  bord.  &  2  fervi  cum  2 
car.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  paftura;  &  4  ac.  filvas. 
Valet  3  lib.  &  4  vaccas. 

Erchenger  ten.  de  Rege  in  JEcclefia  de.  Cante- 
tone  2  virg.  terras  &  dimid.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In 
dominio  eft  dimid.  car.  cum  1  villano  &  6  bord.  Ibi 
7  ac.  paftura;  &  30  ac.  prati  &  4  ac.  filvae  minutae. 
Valet  30  fol. 

Stefanus  Capellanus  ten.  VEcclefiam  de  Mii.ver- 
-Tone  cum  una  virg.  terrae  &  uno  ferding.  Terra  eft 
1  car.     Ibi  10  ac.  filvas.     Val.  40  fol. 

Aluiet  prefbiter  ten.  de  Rege  1  hidam  in  Svdpere- 
vone.  Terra  eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  cum  1  bord.  & 
*iuo  fervo.    Ibi  8  ac.  prati.     Valet  20  folid. 


In  JEcclefia  Carentone  jacet  1  hida  &  dim.  Ibi 
eft  in  dominio  I  car.  &  dimid.  cum  prefbitero  &  I 
villano  &  8  bord.  Ibi  40  ac  pafturae  &  15  ac.  filvae. 
Valet  30  foiid. 

In  vEcclefia  de  Peretvne  jacent  3  virg.  terras. 
Terra  eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft.     Valet  20  folid. 

Has  2  ^Ecclefias  tenuit  Petrus  Epifcopus.  Modo 
funt  in  manu  Regis. 

Liofus  ten.  Bera  qui&  tenuit  de  Rege  E.  &  gelda- 
bat pro  una  virg.  terrae.  Terra  eft  I  car.  quae  ibi  eft 
cum  1  fervo  &  2  bord.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  6  den.  & 
6  ac.  prati.     Valet  10  folid. 

Turftinus  ten.  Lege.  Pater  ejus  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car.  Ibi  funt  z 
bord.     Valet  10  folid. 

Goduinus  ten.  dimid.  hid.  in  M.  quod  vocatur 
Ragiol  de  Rege  in  elemofina.     Valet  3  ibi. 

In  iEcclefia  de  Cvri  eft  dimid.  hida.  Ibi  habet 
prelbiter  1  car.     Valet  12  fol. 

Eddida  monialis  ten.  in  elemofina  de  Rege  1 2  acras 
terras.  Ibi  habet  80  acras  filvae  &  paftura;.  Val.  5 
folid. 

Dux  Nonnae  ten.  de  Rege  in  elemofina  2  virg. 
terras  &  dimid.  in  Honecote.  Terra  eft  2  car.  Ibi 
eft  l  car.  &  5  ac.  prati.     Valet  5  folid.    . 

In  Chenemeresdone  eft  dimid.  hida  terrae.  Val. 
10  fol.  Petrus  Epifcopus  tenuit.  Modo  eft  in 
manu  Regis. 

Cecra  Comitis  ©ofiacfjij. 

Comes  Evstachivs  tenuit  de  Rege  Neyventone. 
Leuuinus  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida 
&  una  virg.  terrae.  Terra  eft  4  car.  De  ea  funt  in 
dominio  2  virg.  terrae  &  dim.  &  ibi  1  car.  &  2  fervi 
&  7  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd. 
15  den.  &  7  ac.  prati  &  33  ac.  paftura:  &  17  ac  filvas. 
Valuit  &  val.  4  lib.  Aluredus  [Merleberg]  ten.  de 
comite. 

Idem  Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Commiz.  Leuuinus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  dim.  Terra 
eft  6  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  &  2  villani  & 
1  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  26  ac.  prati  &  io  ac.  paf- 
turx  &  2  ac.  filvas.  Valuit  50  fol.  Modo  40  folid. 
Eurardus  ten.  de  Co.  Lecheswrde.  Aluuardus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrae. 
Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio  eft  dimid.  car.  &  4  fervi 
St  4  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  1  car.  &  dimid.  Ibi  2 
molini  redd.  2  plumbas  ferri  &  3  ac.  prati  &  20  ac. 
filvae.     Valuit  &  val.  30  folid. 

Ipfe  Comes  ten.  Lochestone.  Vlueua  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  7  car._ 
De  ea  funt  in  dominio  4  hidae  &  ibi  2  car.  &  2  fervi 
&  5  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  6 
den.  &  50  ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  pafturac  &  6  ac.  filvas 
minutae.     Valuit  &  val.  100  folid. 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Celeworde.  Thuri  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3 
car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  2  hidae  &  dim.  &  3  vil- 
lani &  2  bord.  cum  1  car.  &  in  dominio  alia.  Ibi  5 
ac.  prati.  Silva  5  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat. 
Valet6o  fol. 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Belcetone.  Toui  Iibere 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid.     Terra  eft  4 

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car.  In  dominio  eft  I  car.  ft  dim.  cum  I  fcrvo  ft  5 
villani  &  2  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  rnoltnum  redd.  15 
folid.  &  22  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  pallurx.  Silva  4  qua- 
rent,  long.  ft  2  quarent.  lat.  V..luit  3  lib.  Modo 
4  lib. 

Comitifla  [Bplonienfisl  Ida  ten.  de  Rege  Chinwar- 
destvne.  Vlucua  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5 
hid.  Terra  eft  8  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  2  hicx 
&  3  virg.  &  ibi  2  car.  &  6  fcrvi  ft  8  villani  &  8 
bord.  cum  5  car.  Ibi  25  ac.  prati  &.  22  ac.  pallurx. 
Silva  3  quarent.  long.  &  una  ac.  lat.  Valuit' ft  val. 
6  lib. 

Mathildis  ten.  de  Co.  Contitone.  Wlnodus  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  ft  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3  hidx  &  ibi  2  car.  ft  4  fervi 
&  5  villani  &  10  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd. 
64  den.  &  5  ac.  prati.  Paftura  4  quarent.  long.  & 
2  quarent.  lat.     Valet  100  folid. 

Cerra  fMonte  Comitia. 

Comes  Hvco  ten.  de  Rege  Tedintone  &  Willel- 
mus  de  eo.  Ednod  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro 
una  hida.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio  eft  una  car. 
&  4  fervi  &  5  villani  ft  8  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  5  ac. 
prati  &  100  ac.  paftura:  ft  40  ac.  filvx.  Valuit  & 
val.  40  folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Co.  Sanford.  T.  R.  E.  gelda- 
bat pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In  dominio  eft  1 
car.  cum  1  fervo  &  8  villani  cum  1  car.  Ibi  9  ac. 
prati  ft  50  ac.  filvae  &  molin.     Valuit  &  val.  3  lib. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Co.  Alre.  Ednod  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
cum  1  fcrvo  ft  I  bord.  &"  l  villano  ft  1  ac.  prati  ft  36 
ac.  paftura;  ft  6  ac.  filvx.  Valuit  20  fol.  Modo 
1  s  fol. 

jEcclesia  S.  Severi  ten.  de  Co.  Hengesterich. 
Ednod  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Terra 
eft  3  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3  liuix  ft  dim.  ft 
ibi  2  car.  Sc  4  fervi  ft  6  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  30  ac. 
prati  &  30  ac.  paftura  ft  fdva  4  quarent.  long.  &  1 
quarent.  lat.     Valet  4  lib.  &  10  lol. 

Cciva  Comitis  flgjoritonienfitf. 

Comes  Moriton  ten.  de  Rege  Crvche  ft  Turfti- 
nus  dc  eo.  Sireuuoldus  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat 
pro  6  liid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio 
4  hidx  ft  ibi  3  car.  ft  2  fcrvi  ft  6  villani  &  5  bord. 
cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  12  folid.  &  una  ac. 
&  dimid.  Silva  7  quarent.  long.  ft  2  quarent. 
lat.     Valuit  4  lib.     Modo  100  folid. 

Malgerus  ten.  de  Co.  Sevenehantvne.  Aluuard 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  ft  geldabat  pro  7  hid.  Terra  eft  7 
car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  5  hida;  ft  dim.  ft  ibi  5 
car.  ft  6  fervi  &  8  villain  ft  7  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi 
molin.  redd.  5  folid.  &  40  ac.  prati.  Valuit  S  lib. 
Modo  100  folid. 

De  hoc  M.  funt  ablatas  10  ac.  fijvae  Sc  25  ac.  morx 
&  prati  &  funt  in  Sudpcrct  M.  Regis. 

Malgerus  ten.  de  Co.  Contvne.  Godric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  6  villani  cum  6  bord.  habent. 
)  car.     Valet  60  folid. 


Anfgerus  ten.  Stantvni  dc  Com.  Aluuard  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  ft  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  8  cm 
dominio  ell  1  tar.  St  dim.  ft  6  fervi  Sc  IS  villani  St  4 
bord.  cum  3' car.  &c  dim.  Ibi  matin,  fine  cenfu  St 
260  ac.  filva:  &  50  ac.  paftura;  redd.  4  blomaj  fcrri. 
Val.  60  fol. 

Ipfe  Comes  ten.  Sceptone.  Algar  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  6  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car.  Dc  ea  funt 
in  dominio  4  hida:  dim.  virg.  minus  Sc  ibi  I  car.  Sc 
dim.  &  3  fcrvi  &  9  villani  i  3  bord.  Sc  I  5  ac.  prati. 
Valuit  100  folid.     Modo  4  lib. 

Gerardus  ten.  de  Co.  Lopene.  Aluuardus  tenuit 
T.R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  ell  1  car. 
Ibi  eft  1  bord.  cum  1  fcrvo  &  10  ac.  prati.  Valet 
20  folid. 

Robertas  ten.  de  Co.  Crawecvmbe.  ./Ecclefia  S. 
Suuithuni  Winton.  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Ibi  funt  10  hida: 
fed  non  geld,  nifi  pro  4  hid.  Terra  ell  12  car.  De 
ea  eft  in  dominio  1  hida  &  ibi  3  car.  &  6  fervi  Sc  31 
vill.  Sc  10  bord.  cum  10  car.  Ibi  11  ac.  prati  Sc  20 
ac.  filva;.  Paftura  1  leu.  long,  ft  dimid.  leu.  lat. 
Valuit  &  val.  8  lib. 

Anfgerus  ten.  de  Co.  Isle.  Vlnod  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  6  hid.  Terra  eft  6 car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  ft  5  fervi  &  j  villani  ft  4  bord.  cum  2 
car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  1 4.  loliti.  ft  17  ac.  prati.  Silva 
3  quarent.  ft  dimid.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.  Valet 
1 00  folid. 

Ipfe  Com.  ten.  Tintehalle.  jEcclefia  Glafting- 
benac  tenuit  T.  R.E.  Ibi  funt  7  hidx  ft  una  virg. 
terra;  fed  pro  5  hid.  geldabat.  Terra  eft  locar.  De 
ea  funt  in  dominio  4  hida;  &  ibi  2  car.  &  5  fervi  ft 
19  villani  ft  9  bord.  cum  8  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  30 
denar.  ft  60  ac.  prati  ft  200  ac.  paftura;  &  57  ac. 
fihac.  Valet  16  lib.  Drogo  ten.  de  Co.  unam  virg. 
de  ipfa  terra  ft  val.  1  markam  argenti. 

Hubertus  ten.  de  Co.  Chincestone.  JEcdefia 
Glaftingberie  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  ft  geldabat  pro  8  hid. 
Terra  eft  8  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  4  hidx  ft 
ibi  2  car.  ft  3  fervi  ft  11  villani  ft  13  bord.  cum  5 
car.  Ibi  41  ac.  prati.  Silva  6  quarent.  long.  & 
3  auarent.  lat.  Valuit  ft  val.  9  lib.  ^Ecclefia  fer- 
vitium  non  habet. 

Malgerius  ten.  de  Co.  Stochet.  Aluuinus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  ft  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  ft  una  virg.  terrx  Sc 
dim.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  7 
fervi  cum  1  villano  ft  1  bord.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  40 
den.  U  i<d  ac.  prati.     Val.  40  folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Co.  Draicote.  Vluui  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  ft  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In 
dominio  eft  una  car.  ft  dim.  ft  9  bord.  cum  1  car.  & 
dim.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  15  folid.  ft  26  ac.  prati  ft 
dim.  ft  31  ac.  pallurx  ft  tantund.  filvx  minutx. 
Val.  40   olid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Co.  Stoche.  Quinque  taini  te- 
nuer.  T.  R.  E.  ft  ^clJabant  pro  5  hid.  ft  dim.  Super- 
eft  ibi  una  virg.  terrx  qux  non  geldabat  T.  R.  E. 
Terra  eft  8  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  ft 
2  villani  ft  14  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  2  molmi  redd.  9 
folid.  ft  25  ac.  prati  ft  2  quarent.  pallurx  ft  3  ac. 
lilvre.     Valuit  ft  val.  7  lib. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Co.  Stochet.  Tres  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  ft  geldabant  pro  2  hid.  dimid.  virg.  terras 
minus.    Terra  eft  2  car.    Ibi  funt  4  bord.  ft  10  ac. 

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prati  &  15  ac.  pafturx  &.  4  ac.  filvx.     Valebat  & 
val.  40  fol. 

Bretel  ten.  de  Co.  Seweli.e.  Aluualdus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  elt  4  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  I  fervo  &  6  villani  &  12  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibi  34  ac.  prati.  Silva  5  quarent.  St  10 
pertic.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.     Valet  60  folid. 

Malger  ten.  de  Co.  Brvcheford.  Ordulf  tenuit 
T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  12  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  St  10  villani  &  5  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  1 2  folid.  &  6  den.  &  6 
ac.  prati  St  17  ac.  filvx.  Paftura  dimid.  leu.  long. 
&  3  quarent.  lat.     Valet  4  lib. 

Malger  ten.  de  Co.  Brede.  Aluric  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  I  car.  Ibi  eft 
unus  bord.     Val.  10  folid. 

Hoc  M.  debet  per  confuetud.  in  Cvri  M.  Regis 
unam  ovem  cum  agno. 

Malger  ten.  de  Co.  Aiselle.  Duo  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  St  4  villani  &  17  bord.  cum 
2  car.  Ibi  40  ac.  prati.  Silva  40  quarent.  long.  & 
20  quarent.  lat.     Val.  60  fol. 

Hoc  M.  debet  reddere  in  Cvri  M.  Regis  30  denar. 

Malger  ten.   de  Co.    Bradewei.      Alnod  tenuit 

T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.     Terra  eft  I  car. 

Ibi  funt  3  villani  St  3  bord.  cum  1  fervo.     Ibi  12  ac. 

prati  &  4  ac.  filvx.      Valuit  &  val.  iofolid. 

Bretel  ten.  de  Co.  Aisse.  Wade  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Ibi  eft  addita  1  "hida  quarn 
tenuer.  z  taini.  Terra  eft  10  car.  int.  totum.  In 
dominio  funt  2  car.  &  8  fervi  &  16  villani  &  22  bord. 
cum4car.  Ibi  2  moliniredd.  1 5  fol.  &  4  ac.  prati  & 
40  ac.  paftura;  &  38  ac.  filvx.  Valuit  &  val.  100  fol. 
Bretel  ten.  de  Co.  Grindeham.  Alric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  St  3  villani  &  2  bord. 
cum  dim.  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  fol.  &  3  ac.  prati 
&  3  ac.  pafturae  &  10  ac.  Yilvx.     Valet  15  folid. 

Bretel  ten.  de  Co.  Appelie.  Brifmar  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
Ibi  funt  2  villani  cum  1  car.  St  2  ac.  prati  St  3  ac. 
pafturx  &  3  ac.  filvae.     Valet  10  folid. 

Drogo  ten.  de  Co.  B  r  e  d  d  e.  Celred  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car. 
quae  ibi  eft  cum  1  fervo.  Ibi  7  ac.  prati  St  3  ac. 
filvx  minutse.  Valet  15  folid. 
Hoc  M.  debet  per  confuetud. 
unam  ovem  cum  agno. 

Drogo  ten.  de  Co.  Doniet. 
Dunftan,  teneb.  pro  3  M.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  5 
hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In  dominio  eft  I  car.  St  3 
fervi  &  6  villani  &  9  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin. 
finecenfu  &  20  ac.  prati  &  50  ac.  pafturx  St  parcus. 
Valuit  &  val.  100  folid. 

Hoc  M.  debet  per  confuetud.  in  Cvri  M.  Regis  5 
oves  cum  agnis. 

Ipfe  Comes  ten.  Staple.  Duo  taini  tenuer. 
T.R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  10  hid.  Terraeft  9  car.  De 
ea  funt  in  dominio  7  hidx  &  ibi  3  car.  &  6  fervi  & 
20  villani  cum  6car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  30  den.  St  24 
ac.  prati.  Paftura  dimid.  leu.  long.  &  una  quarent. 
lat.  Silva  una  leu.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.  Valuit 
10  lib.    Modo  12  lib. 


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Huic  M.  pertin.  unus  ortus  in  Langeport  redd.  50 
anguill. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Co.  Bichehalle.  Aluric  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  ; 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  3  fervi  St  9  villani  St 
7  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  14  ac.  prati.  Silva  1  leu. 
long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  20  folid.  Modo 
70  folid. 

Hoc  M.  debet  per  confuetud.  in  Cvri  M.  Regis  5 
oves  cum  totid.  agnis  &  quifque  lib.  homo  unam  blo- 
mam  ferri. 

Rainaldus  ten.  de  Co.  Bere.  Algar  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio 
funt  3  car.  &  4  fervi  &  6  villani  &  7  bord.  Ibi  20 
ac.  prati  &  12  ac.  pafturx  &  5  ac.  filvae.  Valuit  100 
fol.     Modo  60  fol. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Co.  Hache.  Godric  &  Goduin. 
&  Bollo  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  pro  3  man.  &  geldabant  pro 

5  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  & 
'3  fervi  &  1 1  villani  &  4  bord.  cum  3  car.     Ibi  8  ac. 

prati  &  60  ac.  filvx.  Valuit  8  lib.  Modo  4  lib. 
Deuna  ex  his  hid.  quam  Bollo  tenuit  debetur  in  Cvri 
M.  per  confuetud.  una  ovis  cum  agno. 

Drogo  ten.  de  Co.  Torlaeerie.  Vluiet  tenuit 
T.R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  9  car.  In 
dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  2 1  villani  cum  7  car. 
Ibi  1 5  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  filvae.     Valuit  &  val.  6  lib. 

Anfger  ten.  de  Co.  Torne.  Algar  tenuit  T.  R.E. 
St  geldabat  pro  6  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  3  fervi  &  5  villani  &  4  bord.  cum  2 
car.     Ibi  8  ac.  prati  &  2  ac.  filvx  minutx.     Valuit 

6  val.  3  lib. 

Dodeman  ten.  de  Co.  Meriet.  Leuuinus  &  Brif- 
tuuard  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  7  hid. 
Terra  eft  7  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  6  fervi  & 
10  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  3  molini  redd. 
30  folid.  St  25  ac.  prati  &  dimid.  leu.  pafturx  in. 
long.  &  lat.     Valuit  4  lib.     Modo  7  lib. 

Turftinusten.  de  Co.  Estham.  Goduinus  tenuit 
praepofitus  Regis  cum  Crvche  M.  Regis  &  non  poterat 
a  firma  feparari  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra 
eft  2  car.  qnx  ibi  funt  in  dominio  cum  10  bord.  & 
uno  fervo.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  12  folid.  &  12  ac.  prati 
St  20  ac.  filvx.     Valuit  &  val.  50  folid. 

Drogo  ten.  de  Co.  Crvchet.  Duo  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car. 
In  dominio  eft  una  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  5  villani  St  4 
bord.  cum  dimid.  car.  Ibi  8  ac.  prati  St  80  ac.  filvae. 
Valuit  10  fol.     Modo  30  fol. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Co.  in  Prestitone  i  hidam. 
Hanc  tenuit  [Com.]  Heraldus.  Terra  eft  4  car. 
In  dominio  eft  dimid.  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  6  villani  Si 
2  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  12  den.  &  5 
ac.  prati  &  3  ac,  pafturx  St  1 1  ac.  filvx.  Valuit  & 
val.  30  folid. 

Hasc  terra  jacuit  in  Bvrnetone  M.  Regis  cum 
firma. 

Anfger  ten.  de  Co.  in  Aisse  i  hid.  Brifluin  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  1  car.  quam  habent  ibi  2 
villani.  Ibi  1  ac.  prati  &  2  ac.  filvx  minutx.  Valuit 
&  val.  10  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Co.  Harpetrev.  Alduin  tenuit 
T.  R .  E .  &  geldabat  pro  5  h  id .  Terra  eft  5  car.  In 
dominio  funt  z  car.  &  6  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  2  car. 

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Ibi  molin.  redd,  j  folid.  &  40  BC.  prati  &  60  ac. 
filvx.  Paftura  8  quarent.  long.  &  5  quarent.  lat. 
\raluit  &  val.  40  folid.  . 

Duo  portarij  de  Montagud  ten.  de  Co.  Estvrt. 
Brifnod  tcnuit  T.  R.  E.  &geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra 
e(t  3  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  St  4  fcrvi  cum  1 
bord.  Sc  I  villano  habent.  1  car.  Ibi  16  ac.  prati. 
Valuit  30  folid.     Modo  50  folid. 

Drogo  ten.  de  Co.  Bredene.  Orde  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  ell  2  car.  qua;  ibi  funt 
in  dominio  cum  I  fervo  Sc  3  bord.  Ibi  molin.  redd. 
12  fol.  Sc  6  den.  &  18  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  paftura;  & 
20  ac.  filvx.  Val.  40  folid.  &  valuit.  Hoc  M. 
reddere  debet  per  confuetud.  2  oves  cum  agnis  in 
Cvri  M.  Regis. 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Bradeford.  Eduinus  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  ell  8 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  19  villani 
&  7  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd,  to  folid.  & 
30  ac.  prati  Sc  10  ac.  pailura;  Sc  72  ac.  filva;.  Valuit 
8  lib.     Modo  11  lib. 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Hele.  Eldred  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  ell  3  car.  In 
dominio  eft  car.  &  4  fervi  i-  2  villani  &  7  bord.  cum 
1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  10  folid.  &  10  ac.  prati  & 
15  ac.  filvx.     Valuit  40  folid.     Modo  4  lib. 

Haec  terra  T.  R.  E.  non  poterat  feparari  aTantone 
M.  Walchelini  [Wintonienfis]  epifcopi. 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Nortone.  Ofmund  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  10  car. 
In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  6  fervi  &  13  villani  &  8 
bord.  cum  8  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  1 1  folid.  &  3 
denar.  &  25  ac.  prati  Sc  40  ac.  film.  Valuit  8  lib. 
Modo  15  lib. 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Eford.  Teodric  tenmt 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dimid.  hida.  Terra  eft  1 
car.  quae  ibi  eft  cum  2  bord.  &  ibi  2  ac.  prati.  Valuit 
20  fol.     Modo  30  fol. 

Rainaldus  ten.  de  Co.  Cerletone.  Tres  taini 
cum  uno  clerico  tenucr.  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabant  pro  5 
hid.  Terra  ell  6  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  6 
fervi  Sc  5  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  una  car.  Sc  dimid. 
Ibi  50  ac.  prati  &  40  ac.  pafturx  &  20  ac.  filvx 
minutx. 

Ipfe  Comes  ten.  Cinioch.  Edmer  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  7  hid.  Terra  eft  7  car.  In  domi- 
nio funt  3  car.  Sc  4  fervi  &  10  villani  &  12  bord. 
cum  4  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  1 5  den.  &  60  ac.  prati 
&  20  ac.  pafturx.  Valuit  100  folid.  Modo  12  lib. 
Bretel  ten.  de  Co.  Peret.  Algar  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  8  car.  In  domi- 
nio eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  Sc  8  villani  Sc  12  bord.  cum  3 
car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  14  fol.  &  18  ac.  prati.  Silva 
6  quarent.  long.  Sc  3  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  &  val.  7  lib. 
Anfger  ten.  de  Co.  Vdecome.  Edmer  tenuit 
T.R.E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  4  fervi  &  10  villani  &  16 
bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  folid.  Sc  6  den. 
Ibi  20  ac.  prati  &  12  ac.  pallurx  Sc  una  quarent. 
filva:  minuta;.     Valuit  &  val.  100  folid. 

Aluredus  ten.  Ceolseberck.  Duo  taini  tenucr. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  5  hid.  Terra  ell  5  car.  In 
dominio  eft  una  car.  &  2  fervi  &  10  villani  Sc  12 
bord.  cum  4  car.     Ibi  molin.  redd.  15  folid.  &  38  ac. 


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T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  3  hid.     Terra  eft  3  car.     In 


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dominio  eft  1  car.  &  3  lervi  &  2  villani  Sc  9  bord. 
cum  1  car.  Ibi  36  ac.  prati.  Valuit  4  lib.  Modo  3  lib. 
Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Cinioch.  Unus  tainu»  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  4  pfo  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  c  fcrvi  &  5  villani  Sc  10 
bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  10  folid.  Sc  40  ac. 
prati  &  2  ac.  pafturx.     Val.  4  lib. 

iEccLESiA  S.  Marine  de  Greiftan  ten.  de  Co. 
Nortone.  Unus  tainus  tcnuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat 
pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio 
2  hida:  Sc  ibi  I  car.  &  5  fervi  &  8  villani  Sc  6  bord. 
cum  3  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  20  folid.  &  25  ac. 
prati.  Silva  2  quarent.  long.  Sc  una  quarcnt.  lat. 
Valuit  Sc  val.  100  folid. 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Penne.  Aluuard  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  ell  5  car. 
In  dominio  funt  3  car.  Sc  2  fervi  tt  5  villani  Sc  10 
bord.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  10  ac.  prati  &  4  quarent.  paf- 
tura; in  long.  Sc  lat.  Silva  7  quarcnt.  long.  Sc  3 
quarent.  lat.     Valuit  40  fol.     Modo  60  fol. 

Ipfe  Conies  ten.  Clovewrde.  Unus  tainus  tcnuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro7  hid.  Terra  ell  6  car.  In 
dominio  funt  3  car.  &  3  lervi  &  10  villani  Sc  7  bord. 
cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  1 5  folid.  Sc  1 2  ac.  prati. 
Silva  4  quarent.  long.  Sc  2  quarent.  lat.  Vaiuit  St 
val.  7  lib.  .  . 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Claford.  Quinque  taini 
tenucr.  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabant  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft 
9  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  St  2  fervi  St  3  cotanj 
&  12  villani  &  17  bord.  cum  7  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd. 
3  fol.  &  20  ac.  prati  &  300  ac.  paftune  &  i6oac. 
filvx.    Valuit  7  lib.     Modo  10  lib. 

Ipfe  Comes  ten.  Gerlintvnb.  Alnod  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  7  hid.  Terra  eft  7  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  &  6  fervi  St  8  villani  &  6  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  folid.  Silva  6  quarent. 
long.  &  3  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  7  lib.  Valet  ico  fol. 
Drogo  ten.  de  Co.  Vfetone.  Tres  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  3  hid.  &  una  virg.  terra;  & 
dim.  Terra  eft  2  car.  &  dim.  In  dominio  eft  1 
car.  &  8  cotar.  cum  1  villano  &  5  bord.  cum  1  car. 
Ibi  molin.  redd.  30  denar.  Sc  10  ac.  prati.  Valuit 
50  folid.     Modo  40  folid.  # 

Drogo  ten.  de  Co.  Svtone.  Bundi  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  Sc  2  fcrvi  &  3  villani  &  9  bord.  cum  2  car. 
Ibi  molin.  fine  cenfu  &  16  ac.  prati  &  Sac.  ii'.vx. 
Valuit  &  val.  100  folid. 

Drbgo  ten.  de  Co.  Sceptone.  Toll  tcnuit  T.  R.  K. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In  domi- 
nio funt  2  car.  &  8  fcrvi  &  8  villani  Sc  5  bord. 
cum  3  car.  Ibi  2  molini,  unum  fine  cenfu,  aiterum 
redd.  7  fol.  &  6  den.  Ibi  30  ac.  prati.  Siiva  10 
quarent.  long.  &  4  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  7  lib.  Modo 
100  folid. 

Huic  M.  eft  addita  Stoche.  Drogo  ten.  de  Com. 
Robertus  [fil.  Wimarci]  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat 
pro  3  hid.  Terra  ell  4Car.  In  dominio  eil  un a  car. 
&  2  fervi  &  5  villani  &  8  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  5 
ac.  prati  &  2  ac.  filvx.     Valet  3  lib. 

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Hretel  ten.  de  Co.  Roliz.  Aluric  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
Si  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Terra  e.'i  6  car.  In  dominio 
eft  1  car.  &  4.  villani  &  3  bord.  &  7  corar.  cum  1  car. 
Jbi  15  ac.  prati.  Silv;:  2  quarent.  long.  &  dim.  qua- 
rent. lut.      Valet  40  folid. 

Malgerus  ten.  de  Go.  Chintvke.  Duo  taini  te- 
rmer. T.R.  JS.  &  geldabant  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5 
car.  In  dominio  fuiit  3  car.  &  5  fervi  &  2  villani 
&  4  bord.  cum  I  cotar.  habent.  1  car.  &  dim.  lbi 
30  ac.  prati.     Valet  4  lib. 

Ricardus  ten.  de  Co.  Credelincote.  Godeman 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  &  dim.  Terra 
eft  3  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  uno 
villano  &  3  bord.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  folid.  &  io  ac. 
prati.     Valet  50  folid. 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  EcEwrcHE.  Aleftan  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terra;.  Ibi  1  vil- 
lanus  &  1  fervus.     Valuit  &  val.  10  fol. 

Bretel  ten.  de  Co.  Berrowkse.  Almasr  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
In  dominio  eft  una  car.  &  2  fervi  &  10  villani  &  r 
bord.  &  4  cotar.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  8  ac.  prati  &  20  ac. 
paftura;  &  40  ac.  filvrc.     Valuit  &  valet  4  lib. 

Bretel  ten.  de  Co.  Stoche.  Duo  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  j  fervi  &  3  villani  &  8  bord. 
&  5  cofcez  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin  urn  redd.  10  denar. 
&  1 5  ac.  prati.  Silva  I  leu.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat. 
Valuit  &  val.  60  fol. 

Bretel  ten.  de  Co.  Cocintone.  Leuing  &  Suain 
tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  7  hid.  Terra  eft  6 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  12  villani 
&  8  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  22  ac.  prati.  Silva  18 
quarent.  long.  &  4  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  7  lib. 
Modo  100  folid. 

Anfger  ten.  de  Co.  Aldedeford.  Godric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
In  dominio  eft  I  car.  &  3  fervi  &  7  villani  &  4  bord. 
&  4  cot.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  fol.  &  50 
ac.  prati  &  de  villanis  8  blomas  ferri.  Valuit  100 
fol.     Modo  4  lib. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Co.  Babachan.  Godric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  3 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  3  fervi  &  6  villani  & 
4  bord.  cura  1  car.  Ibi  14  ac.  prati  &  8  ac.  pafturx. 
Valuit  50  fol.     Modo  60  (olid. 

Hugo  ten.  de  Co.  Fedintone.  Celred  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  una  virg.  terra:  & 
dim.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  1 
villano  &  I  bord.  cum  I  car.  &  4  ac.  prati.  Valuit 
30  fol.     Modo  20. 

Malger  ten.  de  Co.  Clopetone.  Duo  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  &  2  fervi  &  2  villani  &  3  bord. 
Val.  30  folid. 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Westone.  Brictuid  tenuit 
T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  2  virg.  &  dim. 
Terra  eft  1  car.  qua;  ibi  eft  cum  5  bord.  Ibi 
dimid.  molin.  redd.  30  den.  Valuit  20  lolid.  Modo 
'30  fol. 

Hunfridusten.de  Co.  1  hid.  in  Gatelme.  Godric 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  'Terra  eft  2  car.  qua:  ibi  funt  cum  2 
villanis  &  3  bord.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  10  fol.  &  15  ac. 
prati  &  15  ac.  filvas.     Val.  30  fol. 


Warmundus  ten.  de  Co.  in  Melebvrne  i  hid. 
Terra  eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  2  bord. 
&  2  fervis  &  11  ac.  prati  ibi  &  molin.  redd.  16 
denar.  &  5  burgenfes  reud.  3  folid.  Tot.  val.  20 
folid. 

Ipfe  Co.  ten.  Merstone.  Quatuor  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
In  dominio  eit  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  5  villani  &  10 
bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  40  ac.  prati  &  30  ac.  firva;. 
Valuit  &  val.  10  lib. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Co.  Merstone.  Quinque  taini 
tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  2 
car.  Has  habent  ibi  5  villani  &  2  bord.  &  24  acras 
prati.     Valuit  40  fol.     Modo  60  fol. 

Drogo  ten.  de  Co.  in  Etesberie  3  virg.  terrae. 
Aluui  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  dimid  car.  qua; 
ibi  eft  cum  3  bord.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  fil.se. 
Valuit  &  val.  10  fol. 

Anfger  ten.  de  Co.  Trente.  Brifnod  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  7  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  &  6  fervi  &  7  villani  &  10  bord. 
com  4  car.  Ibi  30  ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  palturse  &  30 
ac.  filvse.     Valuit  &  val.  8  lib. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Co.  Ponditone.  Adulfus  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dim.  Terra 
eft  3  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  4  villani  &  6 
bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  32  den.  &  dim. 
ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  paftura;.     Valet  40  folid. 

Drogo  ten.  de  Co.  Torne.  Cheneue  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida  &  una  virg.  Terra 
eft  2  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  3  fervi  &  3  bord. 
&  10  ac.  prati.     Valuit  10  fol.     Modo  20  folid. 

Radulfus  [Prefbiter]  ten.  de  Co.  Torne.  Duo 
taini  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  2  hid.  Terra 
eft  3  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  5  villani  &  2 
bord.  cum  1  car.  &  14  ac.  prati.  Valuit  40  fol. 
Modo  32  folid. 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Cilterne.  Eriftuinus  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3 
car.     In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  3  vilani  & 

5  bord.  cum  2  car.     Ibi  15  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  lilvac. 
Valuit  &val.  60  folid. 

Aluredus  ten.  de  Co.  Cilterne.  Aluui  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  2  villani  &  4 
bord.  cum  2  car.  &  30  ac.  prati.  Valuit  30  fol. 
Modo  40  folid. 

Anlger  ten.  de  Co.  Hvndestone.  Ties  taini 
tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  una  hida.  Terra 
eft  1  car  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  &  2  fervi  &  2  villani 

6  3  bord.  &  3  ac.  prati  &  dimid.     Valuit  10  fol. 
Modo  20  folid. 

Anfger  ten.  de  Co.  in  Lochltone  i  hid.  Aluuinus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  una  car.  qua;  ibi  eft  in 
dominio  &  2  fervi  &  3  bord.  &  10  ac.  prati.  Valet 
20  iblid. 

Ipfe  Co.  ten.  in  Givele  i  hid.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
Ibi  funt  2  bord.     Valet  3  fol. 

In  eadem  villa  ten.  Amundusde  Co.  1  hid.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  qu»  ibi  eft  cum  2  bord.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5 
folid.  Tot.  valet  20  folid.  Quatuor  taini  tenuer. 
has  2  hid.  T.  R.  E.  &  pro  tanto  geldabant. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Co.  Soche.  Septem  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  3  hid.  &  dim.     Terra  eft 

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5  car.     In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  I  fervo  &  8  vil- 
fani  Si  2  bord.  cam  2  car.     Ibi  70  ac.  prati.     Valuit 

6  val.  65  (olid. 

lpfc  Comes  ten.  in  dominio  Biscopestone  &  ibi  eft 
cnftellum  ejus  quod  vocatur  Montagvd.  Hoc  M. 
geldabat  T.  R.  E.  pro  9  hid.  &  erat  dc  Abbatia  de 
Adelingi  &  pro  eo  ded.  comes  eid.  iEccle&C  M. 
quod  Candel  vocatur. 

In  hoc  M.  Bifcopeftone  eft  terra  7  car.  Deea  funt 
in  dominio  2  hjdnc  Sc  dim.  &  ibi  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  4 
villani  &  3  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  50 
denar.  &  15  ac.  prati. 

De  his  9  hid.  ten.  dc  Comite  Aluredus  1  hid.  & 
dim.  Drogo  1  hidam.  Bretel  1  hid.  Donecan  1 
hid.  Ibi  funt  5  car.  cum  1  fervo  Sc  19  bord.  Valet 
Comiti  hoc  M.  6  lib.     Militibus  3  lib.  &  3  folid. 

Certa  TBattwini  De  oEreceffre. 

Baldvinus  [Vicecomcs]  ten.  Hamitokb  de  Rege. 
Siuuardus  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  21  hid. 
Terra  elt  20  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  8  hid*  & 
ibi  4  car.  &  1 1  fervi  &  26  villani  &  8  bord.  cum  12 
Car.  Ibi  12  ac.  prati  &  50  ac.  filvxminutx.  Paftura 
dimid.   leu.  long.   &  dim.  leu.  lat.      Valuit  Sc  val. 

19  lib.     De  hac  terra  1  hida  eft  in  communi  paftura 
in  Hardintone  M.  epifcopiConftantiens. 

Drogo  ten.  de  Bald.  Apelie.  Norman  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terra?.  Terra  eft  2 
car.  Ibi  funt  4  villani  &  3  bord.  &  5  ac.  prati  Sc  10 
ac.  paftura;.     Valet  15  fohd. 

Idem  ten.  de  Bald.  Portloc.  Algar  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  12  car.  Ibi  funt 
6  villani  &  3  bord.  &  6  fervi  &  300 ac.  filvx  &quin- 
gentx  ac.  paftura;.  Valuit  4  lib.  quando  recep. 
Modo  25  folid. 

Dodeman  ten.  de  Co.  Mvndiford.  Wnulfus 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  &  dimid. 
Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  7  fervi  Sc 
unus  villanus  &  7  bord.  cum  I  car.     Ibi  molin.  redd. 

20  fol.  Sc  15  ac.  prati  Sc  40  ac.  paftura;.     Valuic  & 
val.  4  lib. 

ftetra  ftogetii  De  CocccIIe. 

Rogerivs  de  Cvrcelle  ten.  de  Rege  Cvri. 
Briftric  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  &  dim. 
Terra  eft  4  car.  De  ea  eft  in  dominio  1  hida  &  ibi  2 
car.  &  2  fervi  &  1 1  villani  Sc  7  bord.  cum  3  car.  & 
dimid.  Ibi  12  ac.  prati  Sc  5  ac.  pafturae  Sc  dimid. 
leu.  filvx  int.  long.  &  lat.  Valuit  4  lib.  Modo  100  fol. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Cvri.  Celtic  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Sc  dim.  Terra  eft  4  car.  De  ea 
eft  in  dominio  1  hida  Sc  ibi  una  car.  cum  1  fervo  & 
10  villani  &  7  bord.  cum  3  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  10  ac. 
prati  &  5  ac.  paftura;  &  dimid.  leu.  filvx  in  long.  & 
lat.     Valuit  4  lib.     Modo  100  folid. 

Has  2  terras  ten.  Rog.  pro  uno  M. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Niwetone.  Eilaf  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terra:.  Terra  eft  I 
car.  quae  ibi  eft  cum  1  villano  Sc  5  bord.  &  2  fervis. 
Ibi  6  ac.  filvx.     Valet  20  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Hateware.  Algar  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.    Terra  eft  1  car.  &   ; 


dim.  Ibi.funt  2  fervi  Sc  1  viflanus  &  9  hord.  tc  4  ac. 
prati  Sc  7  ac.  filvae  Sc  36  ac.  pafturae.  Valuit  15  fol. 
Modo  20  folid. 

De  hac  hida  habet  W.  de  Dou;.i  unam  virg.  tcrr ae. 

Goisfridus  ten.  de  Ro.  Peri.  Quatuor  taini  te- 
nucr.T.  R.  B.  &  geldabantpro  1  hida  &  unofcrling. 
Terra  eft  2  car.     In  dominio  eft  una  car.   St  2  villani 

6  5  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  33  ac.  prati  &  43  ac.  paf- 
turae Sc  37  ac.  filvx.     Val.  30  fol. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Vlveronetone.  Aluni 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  1  hida  Sc  uno  ferling. 
Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio  eft  una  car.  cum  1  fervo 
Sc  3  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  1  car.     Ibi  1 1  ac.  prati  Sc 

7  ac.  pafturx  &  13  ac.  filvae.  Valuit  &  val.  22  folid. 
Huic  M.  addita  eft  1  hida  in  Peri.  Aluuard  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  pro  1  hida  geldabat.  Terra  eft  2 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  Sc  2  villani  &  3  bord.  cum 
1  car.  Ibi  10  ac.  prati  &  7  ac.  pafturx  Sc  13  ac. 
filvae.     Valuit  Sc  val.  20  folid. 

Anchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  Claihelle.  Ordgar  tenuit 
T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  Sc  2  villani  Sc  7  bord.  cum  z 
car.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  8  ac.  pafturx  Sc  1 2  ac.  filvae. 
Valuit  Sc  val.  20  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Siredestone.     Sired  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  prodim.  hida.     Terra  eft  1  car 
quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  1  fervo  &  2  villani  &  5 
bord.  cum  1  car.     Valuit  10  fol.     Modo  15.  fol. 

Anfchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  Rime.  Aluui  tenuit  T.R.E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  virg.  terrac.  Terra  eft  2  bov. 
Ibi  eft  unus  bord.  &  2  ac.  prati.     Val.  25  den. 

Anfchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  Cilletone.  GoJric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrx.  Terra  eft 
1  car.     Ibi  eft  1  bord.     Valuit  Sc  val.  20  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Rachedeworde.  Godric 
tenuit  T.R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrx. 
Terra  eft  dimid.  car.  Ibi  funt  2  bord.  Sc  6  ac.  filvae* 
Valuit  &  val.  4  folid. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Cerdesling.  Aluui  tenuit  T.  R.E. 
&  geldabat  pro  una  hida  &  dim.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  3  villani  &  3 
bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  6  den.  Sc  3  ac.  prati 
&.  1 3  ac.  pafturx  &  2  ac.  filvx.     Valuit  Sc  val.  40  fol, 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Cvriepol.  Aluui  tenuit  T.R.E. 
&  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio 
eft  dimid.  car.  Sc  6  villani  Sc  5  bord.  habent.  3  car. 
Ibi  7  ac.  prati  &  100  ac.  pafturx  &  6  ac.  filvx. 
Valuit  &  val.  40  folid. 

Goisfridus  ten.  de  Ro.  Pvchelege.  Almarus  tenuit 
T.R.E.  Si  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  ell  4  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  2  villani  &  4  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati  &  6ac.  pafturx.  Valuit 
&  vul.  40  folid. 

Goisfridus  ten.  de  Ro.  Godelece.  Aluuard  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
In  dominio  eft  una  car.  &  5  villani  &  5  cofcez  cum  I 
cr.r.  it  1  fervo.  Ibi  dimid.  molin.  redd.  10  denar. 
&  20  ac.  pafturx.     Valet  20  fol.     Valuit  30  fol. 

Goisfridus  ten.  de  Ro.  Terracolgrin.  Colgrin 
tenuit  T.R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  dimid.  virg.  terrx. 
Terra  eft  2  bov.     Ibi  funt  3  bord.     Valet  4  fol. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Otramestone.  Eduin  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft- 
1  car.  Sc  dim.     Ibi  funt  4  villani  &  1  bord.  &  unus 

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fcrvus.  Ibi  2  ac.  prati  &  dim.  ft  12  EC.  pafturx  & 
7  ac.  filvas  roinutas.     Valuit  &val.  18  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Vlwardestone.  Vlf  tenuit 
T.  R.-E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  dim. 
car.  Ibi  eft  unus  villanus  &  17  at.  prati  &  42  ac. 
pafturas.     Valuit  10  fol.     Modo  15*01. 

Aluuard  ten.  de  Ro.  Hol  ecvm  be.  Ipfe  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terras.  Terra  eft 
2  car.  In.  dominio  eft  I  car.  &  2  fen  &  unus  vil- 
knus  &  5  bord.  cum  dim.  car.  Ibi  n.olin.  redd.  6 
den.  &  75  ac.  pafturas  &  15  ac.  filvas.  Valuit  &  val. 
10  folid. 

Anfchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  Dvdesham.  Tres  taini  te- 
nner. T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  3  virg.  terra:  &  dim. 
&  5  ac.  Terra  eft  2  car.  quae  ibi  funt  cum  6  bord. 
Ibi  5  ac.  prati  &  12  ac.  pafturas.  Valuit  &  val.  20 
folid. 

Anfchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  Perredeham.  Goduinus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dimid.  virg.  terrae. 
Terra  eft.  1  car.  Hanc  habent  ibi  4  bord.  Ibi  1 
ac.  prati.     Valuit  &  val.  10  folid. 

Anfchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  Cildetone.  Leuegar  tenuit 
T.  R.  E,  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  2 
car.  In  dominio  eft  una  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  2  villani 
&  5  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  6ac.  prati  &  8  ac.  paftura; 
&  16  ac.  filvas.     Valuit  20  folid.     Modo  40  folid. 

Anfchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  terram  Aluuini.  Aluuinus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terras  &  uno 
ferling.     Terra  eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum 

1  bord.  Ibi  eft  molin.  redd.  12  den.  &  2  ac.  prati. 
&  2  ac.  pafturas.     Valuit  &  val.  10  folid. 

Anfchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  Cildetone.  Merefuuet  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.     Terra  eft 

2  car.  Has  habent  ibi  4  villani  &  6  bord.  &  in  do- 
minio eft  dimid.  car.  &  dimid.  molin.  redd.  20  folid. 
Ibi  6  ac.  prati  &  8  ac.  pafturas  &  16  ac.  filvas.  Valuit 
&  val.  40  folid. 

Anfchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  Pilloch.  Godric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dimid.  ferling.  Terra  eft 
ilim.  car.  In  dominio  tamen  eft  una  car.  &  2  bord. 
Sc  3  ac.  prati  &  7  ac.  pafturas.     Valuit  &  val.  6  fol. 

Anfchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  Stocheland.  Duo  taini  te- 
nuer. T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  1  hida&  dim.  Terra 
eft  2  car.  quae  ibi  funt  in  dominio  &  2  fervi  &  3  vil- 
lani &  2  bord.  cum  I  car.  Ibi  24  ac.  prati  &  12  ac. 
filvx.  Valeb.  30  folid.  quandorecep.  Mode  65  folid. 

Anfchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  Edev-estone.  Aluuinus  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dim.  Terra 
eft  4  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  7  fervi  &  7  vil- 
lani cum  1  bord.  habent.  3  car.  Ibi  40  ac.  prati  It  5 
ac.  filvas.     Valuit  &  val.  100  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Radeflote.  Godric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
Ibi  vill.  &  2  bord.  &  molin.  redd.  6  den.  &  5  ac. 
prati  &  24  ac.  pafturas  &  una  ac.  filvas.  Valuit  20 
iblid.     Modo  15  folid. 

Rannulfus  ten.  de  Ro.  Svindvne.  Aluuardus  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  Virg.  terras.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  qua;  ibi  eft  in  dominio  Sc  2  fervi  &  5  bord. 
&  molin.  redd.  3  den.  &  una  ac.  prati  &  3  ac.  paf- 
turas &  7  ac.  filvae.     Valuit  15  folid.     Modo  20  folid. 

Herbertus  ten.  de  Ro.  terram  Teodrici.  Tedric 
tenuit  T.R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terras. 
Terra  eft  1  car.   Ibi  una  ac.  prati  &  dim.   Val.  10  fol. 


Robertus  (en.  dc  Ro.  terram  Oka.  Aluuardus 
tenuit  T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrae. 
Terra  eft  1  car.  Ibi  funt  2  bord.  &  una  ac.  prati  & 
dimid.     Valuit  Sc  val."  10  folid. 

Johannes  ten.  de  Ro.  Ichetoche.  Vlf  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terras.  Terra  eft 
dimid.  car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  7  bord.  &  20 
ac.  prati  &  7  ac.  filvas  minu;as.     Valet  12  fol. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Widiete.  Edric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terras.  Terra  eft  1 
car.  &dim.  Ibi  funt  2  villani  &  5  bord.  cum  car. 
&  molin.  redd.  6  den.     Valuit  &  val.  15  folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Strencestvne.  Siuuard 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terras  Sc 
dim.    Terra  eft  dim.  car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum 

1  bord.  &  una  ac.  prati  &  6  r.c.  pafturas.     Valuit  & 
val.  8  fol. 

Anfchitil  ten.  de  Ro.  Blachemore.  Aluric  tenuit 
T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrae.  Terra  eft 
dim.  car.  Huic  M.  addita  eft  una  ac.  terrae  quam 
teneb.  unus  tainus  T.  R.E.  Ibi  funt  2 bord.  Tot. 
valuit  &  val.  8  folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Worde.  Duo  taini  tenuer. 
T-  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  1  hida  &  dim.  Terra  eft 
3  car.  Ibi  funt  10  villani  cum  2  car.  &  dimid.  &  4 
ac.  prati  &  4  quarent.  fiivx  in  long.  &  2  quarent.  in 
lat.     Valuit  &  val.  60  folid. 

Idem  ten.  de  Ro.  Chenolle.  Godric  &  Aluric 
tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  1  hida  &  una  virg. 
terras.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  Sc  5 
villani  &  4  bord.  cum  dimid.  car.  Ibi  4  quarent. 
filvas  in  long.  &  2  quarent.  in  lat.     Valet  25  folid. 

Huic  M.  eft  addita  Illece.  Bruning  tenuit  pro 
M.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terrae.    Terra  eft 

2  car.     Ibi  eft  una  car.  cum  1  villano  &  1  bord.  Sc 
uno  fervo.     Valuit  &  val.  1 5  folid. 

Girardus  ten.  de  Ro.  Loptone.  Leuuinus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car. 
quas  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  1  bord.  &  10  ac.  prati. 
Valet  20  fol. 

Eldred  ten.  de  Ro.  Selve.  Ipfe  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car.  &  dim. 
Ibi  1  villanus  &  2  bord.  cum  1  fervo  habent.  1  car. 
Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  62  ac.  pafturae.  Valuit  Sc  val.  20 
folid. 

Alric  ten.  de  Ro.  Selve.  Brifmar  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dimid.  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car.  &  dim. 
Ibi  4  villani  cum  1  bord.  habent.  1  car.  Ibi  6  ac. 
prati  &  i6ac.  pafturas  &  16  ac. filvas minutas.  Valuit 
&  val.  20  folid. 

Alric  ten.  de  Ro.  Halsweie.  Ipfe  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terra:.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In 
dominio  eft  car.  &  dim.  &  3  fervi  &  4  villani  cum  I 
bord.  habent.  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  400  ac. 
pafturas.     Valet  20  fol. 

Alric  ten.  de  Ro.  Colforde.  Ipfe  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  3  ferlingis  terras.  Terra  eft  dimid. 
car.     In  dominio  tamen  eft  1  car.     Val.  2  ibi. 

Bertran  ten.  de  Ro.  Hewis.  Vlgar  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terrae.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In 
dominio  eft  una  cum  1  fervo  &  3  villani  &  2  bord. 
habent.  1  car.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  30  ac.  pafturas. 
Valet  20  folid. 

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Alric  ten.  de  Ro.  Fescheforde.  Domne  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  I  car. 
Hanc  habent  ibi  2  villani  cum  1  bord.  &  in  dominio 
eft  dim.  car.  Ibi  43c.  prati  &  3  ac  pafturx  &  1 1  ac. 
filvx.     Valet  9  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Fescheforde.  Brifmar  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.     Terra  eft 

2  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  unus  villanus  Sc  3 
bord.  habent.  1  car.  Ibi  2  ac.  prati  Sc  20  ac.  pafturx 
&  40  ac.  filvae.     Valuit  &  val.  17  folid. 

Alric  ten.  de  Ro.  Imele.  Vlgar  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In  do- 
minio eft  dimid.  car.  &  una  ac.  prati  &  dim.  &  4  ac. 
pafturx.     Val.  5  folid. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Clive.  Briclric  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In 
dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  I  fervo  &  e  villani  &  5 
bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  6  folid.  &  13  ac. 
prati  &  12  ac.  filvae.  Paftura  1  leu.  &  dim.  long.  & 
dim.  leu.  lat.     Valuit  &  val.  4  lib. 

Huic  M.  eft  addita  Hille.  Eduualdus  tenuit  pro 
M.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  ell  2  car. 
Ibi  unus  villanus  &  5  bord.  &  2  fervi  habent.  dim. 
car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  12  den.  &  7  ac.  prati  Sc  20 
ac.  filvae.     Valuit  &  val.  30  folid. 

Eidem  M.  addita  eft  Perlestone.  Perlo  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  1 
car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  Sc  2  villani  &  4  bord. 
cum  dim.  car.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  12  ac.  pafturx  &  6 
ac.  filvae.     Valuit  &  val.  10  fol.     Normanus  ten. 

Goisfridus  &  Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Waicome. 
Tres  taini  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  i  hida. 
Terra  eft  1  car.  Sc  dim.  Ibi  eft  unus  bord.  Tot. 
val.  32  fol. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Westov.  Edeluualdus  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  2 
car.     In  dominio  eft  una  car.  &  3  fervi  &  2  villani  & 

3  bord.  cum  dim.  car.  Ibi  4  ac.  prati  &  8  ac.  paf- 
turae &  15  ac.  filvae.     Valuit  &  val.  40  fol. 

Hugo  ten.  de  Ro.  Ascwei.  Aluric  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dimid.  hida  &  uno  ferling.  Terra 
eft  6  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  &  1 1  vil- 
lani Sc  3  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  1  ac.  prati  &  60  ac. 
filvae.     Paftura  1  leu.  long,  &  dim.  leu.  lat.     Valet 

25  folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Broford.  Vluuinus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terroe.  Terra  eft 
2  car.  In  dominio  eft  una  &  4  villani  habent  aliam. 
Ibi  5  ac.  fdvae.     Val.  7  folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Broford.  Almar  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  uno  ferling.  Terra  eft 
dim.  car.     Ibi   funt  2  bord.   Sc  4  ac.  filvae.     Val. 

26  denar. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Potesdone.  Bri&ric  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrae.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
Ibi  20  ac.  pafturae  &  3  ac.  filvae.  Valuit  &  val.  30 
denar. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Pochintvne,  Leuing  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  Sc  dim.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  funt  3  villani  &  3  bord.  & 
2  fervi  cum  1  car.  &  1 1  ac.  prati  &  dim.  &  6  ac. 
pafturae  St  66  ac.  filvae. 

Huic  M.  addita  eft  Pochintvne.  Aluuard  tenuit 
T.  R.E.  pro  M.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida  &  dim. 


Terra  eft  1  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  funt  4  bord.  cum  1 
villano  Sc  1  fervo  Sc  2  ac.  prati  Sc  6  ac.  pafturx  Sc  66 
ac.  filvae. 

Has  2  terras  tencb.  Leuing  Sc  Atuuard  de  jEccle- 
fia  S.  Petri  nee  ab  ea  poterant  feparari.  T.  R.  E. 
valeb.  60  folid. 

Ogifus  ten.  de  Rog.  Lam  ore.  Suetth  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  de  jEcclefia  Mucelcnie  nee  poterat  ab  ea 
feparari  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  Sc  dim.  virg.  terrx  & 
eft  de  20  hid.  de  Draitvne  &  eft  tainlande.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  &  6  fervi  Sc  10  ac. 
prati  &  7  ac.  filvae.     Valuit  Sc  val.  zo  fol. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Edmvndesworde.  Edric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrae.  Terra  eft 
6  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  Sc  2  fervi  &  6  villani  Sc 
9  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  8  ac.  prati  Sc  30  ac.  filvae 
minutae.  Paftura  2  leu.  long.  Sc  2  lat.  Valet 
2;  folid. 

Eileua  ten.  de  Ro.  Donescvmbe.  Lefmerus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  uno  ferling.  Terra  eft  1 
car.  Ibi  eft  1  bord.  cum  dimid.  car.  Sc  6  ac.  prati 
&  3  ac.  filvae  &  6  ac.  pafturx.     Valet  2  folid. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Aisseford.  Aiulf  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  virg.  Terra  eft  2  car.  Ibi  1 
bord.  Sc  1  fervus  cum  dim.  car.  &  10  ac.  prati  Sc  10 
ac.  pafturae  Sc  12  ac.  filvae  minutae.     Valet  3  folid. 

Ednod  ten.  de  Ro.  Aisseforde.  Edric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  uno  ferling.  Terra  eft  1 
car.  Ibi  eft  1  bord.  cum  dim.  car.  Sc  2  ac.  filvx  Sc 
3  ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  pafturx.     Valet  30  denar. 

Ipfe  Ro.  ten.STOCHE.  Ailhallc  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  virg.  terrx.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
Ibi  eft  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  2  bord.  &  50  ac.  pafturx 
&  60  ac.  filvx.     Valuit  &  val.  5  folid. 

Caflo  ten.  de  Ro.  Bagelie.  Ipfe  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  virg.  terrx.  In  dominio  eft  1 
car.  Sc  2  bord.  habent.  dim.  car.  Ibi  50  ac.  pafturx 
&  12  ac.  filvx.     Valuit  12  den.     Modo  40  denar. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Cvmbe.  Alric  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Sc 
geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrx.  Terra  eft  1  car.  Ibi 
ell  dim.  car.  cum  1  bord.  Sc  16  ac.  pafturx  Sc  18  ac. 
filvx.     Valet  5  fol. 

Ogifus  ten.  de  Rog.  Alre.  Brifmar  &  Edmar  te- 
nuer. T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  prodim.  hida.  Terra  eft 
1  car.  &  dim.     In  dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  Sc 

1  villano  Sc  1  bord.  qui  habent  dim.  car.  Ibi  60 
ac.  pafturx.     Valet  8  folid. 

Alric  ten.  de  Ro.  Gildenecote.  Eduinus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  I  car. 
Sc  dim.  Ibi  eft  1  car.  cum  3  bord.  Sc  6  ac.  prati  Se 
50  ac.  pafturx  &  15  ac.  filvx.     Valet  10  folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Hvnecote.  Aluric  Sc 
Briftuin  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  prodim.  hida 
Sc  dim.  virg.  terrx.  Terra  eft  2  car.  ft  dim.  Ibi 
funt  4  villani  cum  1  bord.  ft  habent  2  car.  Ibi  16 
ac.  pafturx.     Valet  22  folid. 

Alric  ten.  de  Ro.  Dovri.    Eddeue  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  una  virg. 
Ibi  2  villani  cum  I  bord. 

Willelmus   ten.,de  Ro. 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrx.     Terra  eft 

2  car.  Sc  dim.  Ibi  3  villani  &  4  bord.  cum  1  car.  Sc 
dimid.  &  dim.  ac.  prati  &  30  ac.  pafturx  Sc  14  ac 
filvx  minutx.     Valet  6  folid. 

Willelmus 


1  cab 


terrx.     Terra  eft 

Valet  8  folid. 

Holme.     Godric  tenuit 


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Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Aisseford.  Vluuinus  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  uno  ferling.  Terra  eft 
i  car.  Ibi  2  bord.  cum  dim.  car.  &  3  ac.  prati  & 
10  ac.  pafturae.     Valuit  &  val.  30  denar. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Estone.  Bri&ric  tenuic  T.  R.  E. 
Ibi  eft  dim.  virg.  terras.  Terra  eft  2  car.  fed  vafta  eft. 
Bertran  ten.  de  Ro.  Fifhide.  Aldredus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  dim.  Terra  eft  2 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  &  4  bord.  Ibi 
1 5  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  filvas.  Valuit  30  ibi.  Modo 
40  folid. 

Vluuard  ten.  de  Ro.  Erneshele.  Liuing  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car. 
&  dim.  In  dominio  eft  I  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  3  bord. 
Ibi  8  ac.  prati  &  8  ac.  pafturas.     Valet  1  2  folid. 

Ogifus  ten.  de  Ro.  Sanford.  Aluuinus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  7  car.  In 
dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  1 1  villani  &  6  bord. 
cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  8  den.  &  5  ac.  prati  & 
200  ac.  pafturas  &  47  ac.  filvas.  Valuit  20  fol.  Modo 
50  fol. 

Alric  ten.  de  Ro.  Torne.  Tres  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  una  hida  &  3  virg.  terrse. 
Terra  eft  5  car.  In  dominio  eft  I  car.  &  3  fervi  & 
9  villani  &  5  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  10 
folid.  &  4  ac.  prati  &  30  ac.  pafturas  &  8  ac.  filvas. 
Valuit  20  folid.     Modo  40  fol. 

Goisfridus  ten.  de  Ro.  Animere.  Algar  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  4  car. 
In  dominio  eft  I  car.  &  2  fervi  &  3  villani  &  3  bord. 
cum  3  car.  Ibi  68  ac.  filvae.  Valuit  &  val.  40  fol. 
Goisfridus  ten.  de  Ro.  Lecheswrde.  Orgar 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terras. 
Terra  eft  1  car.  Hanc  habent  ibi  2  villani  &  2  bord. 
Ibi  molin.  redd.  2  plumbas  ferri  &  4  ac.  filvae  ibi. 
Valuit  &  val.  15  folid. 

Goisfridus  ten.  de  Ro.  Lecheswrde.  Adeftan 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terras. 
Terra  eft  3  car.  Ibi  4  villani  &  4  bord.  &  2  fervi 
habent.  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  2  plumbas  ferri  &  5 
ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  filvas.     Valuit  &  val.  40  folid. 

Goisfridus  ten.  de  Ro.  Blacheshale.  Lcuric 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terras.  Terra 
ell  3  car.  Ibi  3  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  1  fervo  habent. 
2  car.  Ibi  60  ac.  filvas.  Valuit  20  fol.  Modo  30 
folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Ceder.  Adulfus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  una  virg.  terras. 
Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  5  vil- 
lanis  &5  bord.  Ibi  15  ac.  prati.  Valuit  40  folid. 
Modo  30  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Sipeham.  Alduin  tenuit 
T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  2  villani  &  7  bord.  cum  1 
car.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  200  ac.  pafturas  &  10  ac. 
filvx  minutae.     Valuit  40  folid.     Modo  30  folid. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  dim.  hidam  in  Panteshede  &  ibi 
habet  dim.  car.  cum  uno  fervo.  Ibi  dim.  ac.  prati. 
Valuit  &  val.  ic  folid. 

Goisfrid.  ten.de  Ro.Ache.  Domno  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  3  .hid.  &  dimid.  Terra  eft  6  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  14  villani  &  14 
bord.  habent.  3  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  4  fol. 
U  17  ac  prati  &  15  ac-  pafturas  &  10  ac.  filvas.    In 


Milvertone  una  domus  redd.  1 1  denar.    Totum  val. 
4  lib.     Quandorecep.  50  fol.  valeb. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Talham.  Vluuinus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In 
dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  11  villani  &4 
bord.  habent.  4  car.  Ibi  10  ac.  prati  &  15  ac.  filvae 
&  60  ac.  pafturae.     Valuit  &  val.  50  folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Holeford.  Adeluualduj 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dimid.  hida.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  Ibi  2  bord.  &  2  fervi  ic  unaac.  prati  &  io 
ac.  pafturas  &  una  ac.  filvae.     Valet  18  folid. 

Alric  ten.  de  Ro.  Holeforde.  Aluuard  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dimid.  virg.  terras.  Terra 
eft  dimid.  car.  quas  ibi  eft  cum  1  villano  &  redd.  3 
folid. 

Norman  ten.  de  Ro.  Liteltone.  Almar  & 
Ofborn  &  Godricus  pro  3  maner.  tenuer.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabant  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  3  fervi  &  4  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  1  car. 
Ibi  40  ac.  prati  &  totid.  ac.  filvae  minutae.  Valuit 
&  val.  40  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Stalrewiche.  Smeuuin 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  dim.  Terra 
eft  3  car.  In  dominio  eft  I  car.  &  2  villani  &  7 
bord.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati  &  4  ac.  filvas.  Valuit  50  fol. 
Modo  20  fol. 

Almar  ten.  de  Ro.  Ecferdintone.  Aluric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra"  eft  4  car. 
Ibi  6  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  3  car.  &  13  cofcez.  Ibi 
6  ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  filvas,  Valuit  60  fol.  Modo 
40  fol. 

Almar  ten.  de  Ro.  Ferlege.  Smeuuin  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Ibi  1  villanus 
&  3  bord.  &  2  cotar.  habent.  1  car.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati 
&  6  ac.  filvas.     Valuit  20  fol.     Modo  10  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Witochesmede.  Duo  taini 
tenuer.  T.  R.E.  &  geldabant  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft 
2  car.  quas  ibi  funt  in  dominio  cum  1  fervo  &  6  bord. 
Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  30  ac.  filvae.  Valuit  &  val.  3  lib. 
Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Witeham.  Erlebaldus  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  3 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  &  4  villani  &  3 
bord.  &  4  cofcez  cum  2  car.  Ibi  20  ac.  prati  &  30 
ac.  pafturas.  Silva  1  quarent.  long.  &  dim.  quarent. 
lat.     Valuit  20  folid.     Modo  30  fol. 

Hasc  terra  T.  R.  E.  jaceb.  in  Briweham  maner. 
Willelmi  de  Moion,  nee  poterat  inde  feparari. 

Erneis  ten.  de  Ro.  Briwetone.  Goduinus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  I  hida  &  una  virg.  terras. 
Terra  eft  2  car.  Ibi  eft  1  car.  cum  3  bord.  &  molin. 
redd.  30  den.     Valuit  &  val.  30  folid. 

Norman  ten.  de  Ro.  Bertone.  Aleftan  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  dim.  Terra  eft  2 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  villani  &  4  bord.  cum 
1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  folid.  &  24  ac.  prati  & 
totid.  ac.  pafluras.  Valuit  40  folid.  Modo  30  folid. 
In  hoc.  M.  jacuit  Chintone  T.  R.  E.  Ibi  eft  1 
hida;     Comes  Morit.  tenet. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Eimintone.  Saulf  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  7  hid.  Terra  eft  8  car.  In  dominio 
funt  3  car.  &  3  fervi  &  unus  villanus  &  13  bord. 
cum  1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  20  folid.  &6oac.  prati. 
Paftura  12  quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.  VaLuit 
&  val.  7  lib. 

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Vitalis  ten.  de  Ro.  Essentone.  Goduinus  tenuit 
T.R.iv.  &  petdabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  eft  I  car.  cum  I  fervo  &  2  villani  &  4 
bord.  cum  I  car.  lbi  43  ac.  prati  Sc  20  ac.  pafturae. 
Valuit  &  val.  40  (olid. 

Vitalis  ten.  de  Ro.  Soche.  Tochi  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  hida  &  dim.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  Sc  3  bord.  &  10  ac.  prati  &  15  ac. 
pafturae.     Valuit  &  val.  15  foJid. 

Herbertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Brvnetone.  Seulf  tenuit 
T.R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  2  fervi  &  2  villani  &  8 
bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  13  ac.  prati  &  4  ac.  filvx 
minutae.     Valuit  40  folid.     Modo  60  (olid. 

Ipfc  Rog.  ten.  dimid.  hida  qua;  val.  10  folid.  hacc 
pcrtineb.  T.  R.  E.  in  Barintone  M.  Regis. 

Dodeman  &  Warmund  ten.  de  Ro.  Svtone.  Duo 
taini  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  de  ^Ecclefia  Adelingi  &  non 
poterant  ab  ea  feparari  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra 
eft  3  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  4 
villani  &  3  bord.  habent.  1  car.  Ibi  8  ac.  prati. 
Val.  50  folid. 

Ceaa  Wogetij  arunoel. 

RocERivs  Arundel  ten.  dc  Rege  Halse.  Ailmar 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Terra  eft  7 
car.     In  dominio  funt  2  car.  ('&  3  fervi  &  »6  villani 

6  7  bord.  cum  3  car.  Sc  dim.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  10 
folid.  &  8  ac.  prati  &  12  ac.  filvae  &  20  ac.  pafturae. 
Quando  recepit  valeb.  100  folid.     Modo  6  lib. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Hiwis.  Ailric  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  3  virg.  terra:.  Terra  eft  12 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  20  villani 
Sc  6  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  12  denar.  Sc 
20  ac.  prati  Sc  60  ac.  filva;.  Paftura  1  leu.  long.  & 
dim.  leu.  lat.     Valeb.  quando  recepit  6  lib.     Modo 

7  lib. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Wislagetone.  Almar  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  10  car. 
In  dominio  eft  I  car.  &  7  fervi  &  9  villani  &  30 
bord.  cum  7  car.  Sc  7  porcarii  redd.  40  porcos. 

Ibi  molin.  redd.  15  folid.  Sc  50  ac.  prati  &  6l  ac. 
paftura;  &  240  ac.  fihae.  Valeb.  quando  recepit  12 
lib.     Modo  9  lib. 

Ricardus  ten.  de  Ro.  Destone.  Aluui  tenuit 
T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Sc  3  virg.  terrae. 
Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  4  fervi  &  4 
villani  &  5  bora.  &  4  cotar.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  15  ac. 
j  rati  &  20  ac.  pafturae  Sc  20  ac.  filvae.  Valuit  Sc 
val.  40  folid. 

Radulf us  ten.  de  Rog.  Sanford.  Ailuuard  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  dim.  virg.  terras 
&  uno  ferling.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  dominio  eft  ana 
car.  &  3  fervi  k  2  villani  &  4  bord.  cum  I  car.  Sc  1 2 
ac.  prati.     Valuit  Sc  val.  30  folid. 

RaduIfusten.deRo.  Peri.  Vluric  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car.  quae  ibi 
eft  in  dominio  Sc  8  ac.  prati.     Valuit  &  val.  10  fol. 

Radulfus  ten.  de  Ro.  una  virg.  terra;  in  Newetone. 
Briftuuoldus  tenuit  T.R.E.  Terra  eft  dim.  car. 
Ibi  1  ac.  prati  &  2  ac.  filva*.     Val.  5  Ibi. 

Hugo  ten.  de  Ro.  Fit-intone.  Ailuuard  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid.     Terra  eft  6  car.     In 

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dominio  funt  2  car.    St  2  fervi  Sc  6  villani  Sc  5  bord. 
cum  3  car.     Ibi  2  moliui  redd.  2  fo!.  Sc  21  a>. 
Sc  80  ac.  ac.  palluix  Sc  43  ac.  morae  Sc  42  ac.  fii\ae. 
Valuit  &  val.  4  lib. 

Hugo  ten.  de  Ro.  Tochiswelli.  Elian  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  ten*.  Terra  ell 
dim.  car.  Ibi  2  villani  Sc  3  bord.  habent.  1  car. 
Ibi  1 40  ac.  filvae  Sc  41  ac.  morx-  Sc  40  ac.  paftura;. 
Valeb.  quando  reccp.  20  folid.  Modo  1 2  folid.  Sc 
6  denar. 

Odo  ten.  de  Ro.  Cvdworde.  Tres  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  &ge!dab.  pro  3  hid.  &dim.  Terra  eft  4  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  Sc  2  fervi  &  4  villani  Sc  2  bord. 
cum  dimid.  car.  Ibi  4  ac.  prati.  Paftura  8  quarcnt. 
long.  St  2  quarent.  lat.   Valuit  40  fol.  Modo  30  folid. 

Robert  us  fen.  de  Ro.  Scheucate.  Goda  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  I  hida  Sc  una  virg.  terra;. 
Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  Sc 
5  villani  Sc  2  bord.  cum  dimid.  car.  Ibi  molin. 
redd.  10  den.  &  2  ac.  prati  Sc  60  ac.  filvx.     Paftura 

4  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.     Va!et30  folid. 

Idem  ten.  de  Ro.  Mh,detvne.  Dunno  ten  jit 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  1  hida  uno  ferling  minu»i 
Terra  eft  3  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  Sc  2  fcrvi  Sc  3 
villani  &  1  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  2  ac.  prati  Sc  5  ac. 
filvae:  Paftura  3  quarent.  lone.  Sc  una  quarent.  lat. 
Valuit  30  folid.     Modo  20  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Radinoetvme.  Duo  taini 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabant  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  8 
car.     In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  j-fervi  &  5  villani  Sc 

5  bord.  cum  4  car.     Ibi  molin.  ad  aulam  inolen. 

6  3  ac.  prati  &  6  ac.  fdvae.  Paftura  4 quarent.  long. 
&  3  quarent.  lat.     Valuit  Sc  val.  30  (olid. 

Drogo  ten.  de  Ro.  Timbrecvmbe.  Aluerd  tenuit 
T.R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida  &  dim.  Terra  eft 
8  .car.  In  dominio  eft  I  car.  Sc  2  fervi  Sc  3  villani  & 
8  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  11  ac.  prati  &  150  ac.  paf- 
turae &  6 1  ac.  filvae.  Valeb.  quando  recepit  100 
folid.     Modo  40  folid. 

Huic  M.  additus  eft  unus  ferling.  Algar  tenuit 
T.  R.E.  Terra  eft  1  car.  Ibi  eft  dim.  car.  cum  2 
bord.  &  8  ac.  pafturae  &  4  ac.  fiivx.     Val.  5  folid. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Chedesford.  Ofmund 
Stramun  tenuit  T.  R,  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid. 
Terra  eft  7  car.     In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  3  fervi  Sc 

5  villani  Sc  6  bord.  cum  3  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  molin. 
redd.  7  fol.  &  3  ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  pafturae  Sc  12  ac. 
filvae.     Valuit  40  fol.     Modo  60  fol. 

Willelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  unam  virg.  terrae  in  Side- 
ham.  Cheping  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  1  car. 
Ibi  15  ac.  pafturx.     Valet  ij  denar. 

Wido  ten.  de  Ro.  Hasewelle.  Aluuardus  tenuic 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  Sc  2  fervi  &  2  villani  &  3  bord. 
cum  1  car.     Ibi  14  ac.  filvae.     Valet  25  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Cari.  Duo  taini  tenuer. 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabant  pro  1  hida  uno  ferling  minus. 
Terra  eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  4  cotar. 
Ibi  20  ac.  prati.     Valuit  &  val.  20  folid. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Cerletvne.  Aluerd  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  w  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  &  4  fervi  &  3  villani  &  9  borJ. 
cum  3  car.     Ibi  30  ac.  prati  Sc  2  ac.  filvx.     Valuit 

6  lib.     Modo  100  folid. 

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Ipfe  Rog:  ten.  Aixe.  Ailric  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  ell  4  car.  In  dominio 
eit  1  car.  &  3  fervi  &  5  villani  &  5  bord.  cum  2 
car.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  filvae.  Paihira  2  qua- 
rent,  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.     Valet  20  fol. 

Hulc  M.  addita  eft  Aixa.  Sauuinus  tenuit  de 
Epifcopo  Wcllenfi  &  non  poterat  ab  eo  feparari 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  I  hida  &  una  virg.  terra:. 
Terra  eft  3  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  villani  ha- 
bent.  2  car.  &  dimid.  Valuit  &  val.  30  folid.  Rog. 
ten.  de  Rege  &  Giuold  de  eo. 

JpfeRo.  ten.  OrECEDRE.  Domno  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  &  6  villani  Sc  6  bord. 
habent.  3  car.     Ibi  23  ac.  prati  &  15  ac.  paftura:  & 

2  ac.  filvaj.     Valuit  50  folid.     Modo  60  folid. 

De  hac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  Robertus  1  hid.  &  ibi 

1  car.  habent.  cum  1  fervo  &  5  bord.  &  molin.  redd. 

3  fol.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  5  ac.  pafturas  &  4  ac.  filvae. 
Valuit  15  fol.     Modo  20  folid. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Cedre.  Vluuinus  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  &  3  fervi  &  6  villani  &  6  bord.  cum 
3  car.  Ibi  248c.  prati  &  15  ac.  pafturae.  Va!et6ofol. 

Rogerius  [Buiflel]  ten.  de  Ro.  Svtone.  Vluuard 
tenuit  T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5 
car.  Ibi  funt  6  bord.  &  4Cotar.  8c  molin.  redd.  16 
folid.     Ibi  12  ac.  prati.     Paftura  3  quarent.  long.  & 

2  quarent.  lat.     Valuit  100  fol.     Modo  30  fol. 
Ipfe  Rog.   ten.  Bechintone.     Ailuert  tenuit 

T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  10  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  9  villani  &  7  bord.  habent. 
6  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  20  folid.  8c  12  ac.  prati  & 
8  ac.  paftura;  &  100  ac.  filva:.  Valeb.  quandorecepit 
10  lib.     Modo  6  lib. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Ro.  Berchelei.  Toui  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dimid.  Terra 
eft  3  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  3 
villani  &4  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  12 
fol.  &  6  den.  &  6  ac.  prati  &  70  ac.  filvae.  Valuit 
&  val.  40  folid. 

Ipfe  Rog.  ten.  Mersitone.  Aeluert  tenuit  T.  R.E. 
&  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In 
dominio  eft  I  car.  &  2  fervi  &  5  villani  &  14  bord. 
habent.  5  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  6  folid.  &  16  ac. 
prati  &  100  ac.  paftura?.  Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  tan- 
tund.  lat.     Valet  7  lib. 

Wiilelmus  ten.  de  Ro.  Penne.  Britnodus  tenuit 
T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  eft  I  car.  &  4  villani  &  8  bord.  &  4 
cotar.  cum  I  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  40  denar. 
&  12  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  pafturs.  Silva  12  quarent. 
long.  &  4quarent.  &  12  pertic.lat.  Valeb.  quando 
recepit  7  lib.     Modo  3  lib. 

Azelinus  ten.  de  Ro.  Eslide.  Goduinus  &  Seric 
tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabnntpro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  2 
car.  quae  ibi  funt  in  dominio  8c  4  fervi  cum  1  bord. 
Ibi  43c.  prati  &  2  ac.  filvx.     Valuit  &  val.  40  folid. 

Ccrra  mzltmi  etfatrj, 

Wai.terivs  Gifard  ten.  de  Rege  Gernefelle 
&  Wiilelmus  de  eo.  Ernebaldos  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  z  hid.     'i  cite  eft   3  car.     In  duminio 


funt  2  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  j  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi 
20  ac.  paftura:  &  6p  ac.  fiirse.  Valuit  40  foL 
Modo  30  fol. 

Cerra  Mlalterij  De  Dotoai. 

Walterivs  de  Dowai  ten.  dc  Rege  Worle.  Efgar 
tenuit  T. R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  6  hid.  &  dim.  Terra 
eft  15  car.  In  dominio  funt  4  car.  &  5  fervi  &  22 
villani  Sc  3  bord.  cum  9  car.  Ibi  50  ac.  prati. 
Paftura  13  quarent.  long.  &c  2  quarent.  lat.  Valuit 
10  lib.     Modo  7  lib. 

Walfcinus  ten.  Stracelle  &  Reneuualdus  de  eo. 
Leuegar  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dimid.  hida. 
Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio  eft  una  car.  cum  1 
fervo  &  3  bord.  &  10  ac.  prati.  Valuit  &  val.  50  fol. 

Reneuualdus  ten.  de  W.  Stracelle.  Edduuoldus 
tenuit  T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  unus 
villanus  &  2  bord.  cum  1  car.  8c  dim.  Ibi  10  ac. 
prati.     Valet  50  fol. 

Rademerus  ten.  de  W.  Wallepille.  Eduuardus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terra:.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  &  unus  villanus  &  3 
bord.  cum  dimid.  car.     Valuit  &  val.  20  folid. 

Walterius  ten.  unam  virg.  terra:  quae  vocatur  Done- 
ham.  Algar  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  Haec  eft  de  ilia  terra 
quam  Rex  ded.  ei  int.  2  aquas.     Valet  12  den. 

Rademerus  ten.  de  W.  Crvce.  Eduuardus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  Terra  eft  1  car. 
quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  4  bord.     Val.  10  folid. 

Rademerus  ten.  de  W.  Bvre.  Saric  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  3  villani  &  2 
bord.  habent.  2  car.     Valuit  &  val.  40  folid. 

Haec  terra  pertinuit  T.  R.  E.  ad  Melecome  qut 
m.  ten.  Robertus  de  Odboruile. 

Walfcin  ten.  Werre.  Aluuacre  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Sunt  tamen  ibi  6  hidae. 
Terra  eft  8  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  3  hidx  & 
dim.  &  ibi  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  5  villani  &  8  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  42  folid.  &  32  ac. 
prati.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  10  lib.  Modo  100 
folid. 

Fulcuinus  ten.  de  W.  Bagewerre.  Duo  taini 
pro  2  man.  tenuer.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  2  hid. 
Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio  eft  una  car.  &  2  villani 
&  8  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  9  ac.  prati.  Valuit  15 
fol.     Modo  20  fol. 

Radulfus  ten.  de  W.  Alwarditone.  Vlnod  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Ibi  additae 
funt  6  hida:  quas  teneb.  2  taini  T.  R.  E.  pro  2  maner. 
int.  tot.  Terra  eft  8  car.  De  ea  funt  in  dominio  9 
hidae  dim.  virg.  minus  &  ibi  3  car.  &  4  fervi  8c  9 
villani  &  9  bord.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  40  ac.  prati  &  300 
ac.  paftura;.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  8  lib.  M0J0 
100  folid. 

Ludo  ten.  de  W.  Ternoc.  Aluuard  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  gcidiibat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
&■:  dimid.  qure  ibr  funt  in  dominio  &  2  fervi  &  4 
bord.  Ibi  20 ac.  prati  &  5  quarent.  paftura:  in  long. 
&  tantund.  in  lat.     Val.  20  folid. 

Ricardus  ten.  de  W.  Ternoc.  Leuuinus  tenuit 
T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro   1  hida.     Terra  eft  2  car. 

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villan.  &  2  bord.  Ibi  30  ac.  prati  &  6  quarent. 
pailuna  in  long-  &  tantund.  in  lac.  Valuit  15  fol. 
Modo  25  ("olid. 

Hubertus  ten.  de  W.  Alnodestone.  Duo  taini 
tenuer.  T.  R.E.  Sc  geldabant  pro  4  hid.  Sc  dim. 
Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  cum  1  fervo 
Sc  6  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  15  ac.  prati  Sc 
20  ac.  filvx.     Valuit  &  val.  60  folid. 

Gerardus  ten.  de  W.  Broctvne.  Elfi  tcnuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Terra  eft  8  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  6  fervi  Sc  7  villani  cunv-4 
car.  Ibi  4  ac.  prati  &  6  quarent.  filvx  in  long.  Sc 
lat.     Valuit  7  lib.  quando  rccepit.     Modo  4  lib. 

Ricardus  ten.  de  W.  Middeltonb.  Eluuacre 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  hida  &  dim.  Terra 
eft  2  car.  Ibi  3  villani  habent.  1  car.  Val.  Sc  va- 
luit 2;  folid. 

Reneuuarus  ten.  de  W.  Wincaletone.  Elfi  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Sc  dim.  Terra  eft  7 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  Sc  16  villani  & 
6  bord.  &  5  cotar.  cum  7  car.  Ibi  50  ac.  prati  Sc 
totid.  filvx...  Valuit  Sc  val.  70  folid. 
'  Huic  M.  additaeii  dim.  hida  qua  Brifmar  teneb. 
pro  M.  T.  R.  E.  Sc  pro  dim.  hida  geldabat.  Terra  eft 

5  car.    IbihabetReneuu.  I  car.  Sc  2  fervi  &  7  villani 

6  9  bord.  ft  2  cotar.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd. 
30  den.  &  60  ac.  prati  Sc  30  ac.  pafturx  &  100  ac. 
iilvae.     Valuit   &  val.  40  folid. 

Waiterius  ten.  Cari.  Elfi  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  gel- 
dabat pro  1 5  hid.  Terra  eft  20  car.  De  ea  funt  in 
dominio  8  hidae  &  ibi  6  car.  &  6  fervi  &  33  villani 
&  20  bord.  cum  17  car.  Ibi  3  molini  redd.  34  fol. 
&  100  ac.  prati.  Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  dim.  leu.  lat. 
&  unus  burgenfis  in  Givelceftre  &  alt.  in  Briuueton 
reddent.  16  den.  &  obolum.  Quando  recepit  valeb. 
16  lib.     Modo  15  lib. 

Fulcuinus  ten.  de  W.  Spercheforde.  Eluuacre 
tenuit  T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  &  una  virg. 
terra:.  Terra  ell  5  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  & 
dimid.  Sc  6  fervi  Sc  9  villani  Sc  7  bord.  cum  4  car. 
Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  fol.  &  dim.  &  40  ac.  prati  &  100 
ac.  pafturx  Sc  una  quarent.  filvx  in  long.  Sc  lat. 
Valuit  4  lib.      Modo  100  folid. 

Yiuricten.  de  W.  Almvkdesford.  Chetel  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In 
dominio  funt  2  car.  &  3  iervi  ft  5  villani  Sc  4  bord. 
cum  5  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  fol.  &  dim.  &  20  ac. 
prati  Sc  20  ac.  pafturx.  Silva  4  quarent.  long.  &  I 
&  dim.  lat.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  4  lib.  Modo 
3  lib. 

Radulfus  ten.  de  W.  Berve.  Elfi  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  3  iervi  &  7  villani  &  5  bord.  cum  3  car. 
Ibi  25  ac.  prati  &  3  quarent.  filv.-e  in  long.  &  1  que- 
rent, lat.  Quando  rccepit  valeb.  100  fol.  Modo 
60  folid. 

Walfcinus  ten.  Brvgie.  Merlefuain  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  10  car. 
In  dominio  Tunc  3  car.  &  5  fervi  Sc  1 3  villani  Sc  9 
bord.  &  5  cotar.  cum  8  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  fol. 
Sc  10  ac.  prati  &  100  ac.  filv*  minutx  &  30  ac. 
paftura.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  : 00  fol.  Modo  7 
lib. 


Ludo  ten.  de  VV.  W/.dmenovke.  Merlcfi ;  in 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  7  villain 
Sc  6  bord.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  10  ac.  prati  Sc  132c. 
paftura;  Sc  5  ac.  filvx.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  3  lib. 
Modo  4  lib. 

Reneuualdus  ten.  de  W.  Bacutkepb.  Merlefuain 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  8 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  6  fervi  &  1 1  villani  Sc 
7  bord.  Sc  3  cotarij  cum  5  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  4 
ibi.  &  100  ac.  prati  &  40  ac.  pafturx.  Valeb.  50 
folid.     Modo  60  folid. 

Reneuualdus  ten.  de  W.  Bredenie.  Alnod  tenuit 
T.  R.E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car. 
&  dim.  Ibi  eft  unus  villanus  Sc  5  bord.  Sc  1  cotar. 
Sc  1  fervus  cum  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  25  ac.  prati.  Valet 
20  folid. 

Rademer  ten.  de  W.  Hvrsi.  Eluuard  teneb. 
T.R.E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  7  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  2  fervi  &  8  villani  &  6 
bord.  Sc  3  cotar.  cum  5  car.  Sc  24  ac.  paftura;.  Valet 
4  lib. 

Rademer  ten.  de  W.  Pavelet.  Semar  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrx.  Terra  ell 
1  car.  qua;  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  t  fervo  Sc  2  bord. 
Sc  3  cotar.  Sc  5  ac.  prati.     Valuit  &  val.  10  folid. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Bvrneham.     Brixi  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 

6  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Terra  eft  12  car.  In  do- 
minio ell  1  car.  &  3  fervi  Sc  7  villani  Sc  8  bord.  cum  5 
car.     Ibi  150  ac.  prati  Sc  20  ac.  paftura;.  Valet  4  lib. 

De  hac  terra  ten.  Rademer  de  Walterio  2  hid.  Sc 
ibi  habet  1  car.  &  3  fervos  &  7  villani~&  8  bord.  Sc 
3  cotar.  cum  5  car.  Sc  150  acris  prati  Sc  20  acris 
pafturx.     Valet  4  lib. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Honspil.  Eluuacre  tenuit  T.  R.E. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  1 3  car.  In  do- 
minio funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  Sc  21  villani  &  5  bord.  Sc 

7  cotar.  cum  11  car.  Ibi  100  ac.  prati  &  200  ac. 
pafturx.     Valuit  &  val.  8  lib. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Brien.  Merlefuain  tenuit  T.R.E. 
&  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terraeft  8  car.  In  dominio 
funt  3  car.  cum  I  fervo  &  9  villani  Sc  7  bord.  &  7 
cotar.  cum  3  car.  Sc  dim.  Ibi  30  ac.  paftura;.  Valet 
100  folid. 

Radulfus  ten.  de  W.  Contvne.  Eluuacre  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  4  bord.  Sc  7  cotar.  &  I 
villanus  cum  dim.  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  6  den.  Sc 
12  ac.  prati  Sc  10  quarent.  pafturx  in  long.  Sc  2 
quarent.  lat.  &  3  quarent.  filvx  in  long.  Sc  2  qua- 
rent. in  lat.     Valuit  Sc  val.  50  folid. 

Huic  M.  addita  eft  1  hida  Contvne  vocata.  Alric 
teneb.  pro  M.  T.  R.  E.  Sc  pro  tanto geldabat.  Terra 
ell  1  car.  Ibi  eft  dim.  car.  cum  I  villan o  &  2  bord. 
&  z  ac.  prati  &  4  ac.  pafturx  Sc  4  ac.  filvx  minutx. 
Valuit  &  val.  10  folid. 

Radulfus  ten.  de  W.  Harpetrev.  Eluuacre  te- 
nuit T.R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  c  hid.  Terra  eft  4 
car.  In  dominio  eft  I  car.  &  2  fervi  &  5  villani  &  2 
bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  fol.  Sc  68  ac. 
prati  &  62  ac.  filvx.  Paftura  1  leu.  in  long.  Sc  lat. 
Valuit  &  val.  40  fol. 

Radulfus  ten.  de  W.  Ecewiche.  Eluuacre  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  viig.  terrx  &  dim.  & 

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8  acris.     Terra  eft   I  car.     Ibi  eft   I  bord.    Valcf 
10  folid. 

Rademerten.  de  W.  Alsistvne.     AluuolJ  tenuit  • 
T.R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  I  hida.     Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominioeft  1  car.  cum  4fervo  &  I  villano  &  4  bord. 
&  3  cotar.  habentibus  1  car.  &  40  ac.  pafturx.  Valuit 
&  val.  20  folid. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Hvnespil.  Aluuinus  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terras.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In 
dominio  eft  icar.  &  4  fervi  &  2  villani  &  5  bord.  & 
4  cotar.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  20  ac.  prati.  Valuit  &  val. 
20  folid. 

Raimar  [clericus]  ten.  de  W.  Hiwis.  Chinefi 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrae. 
Terra  eft  1  car.  qu.e  ibi  eft  cum  1  fervo  &  I  cotar.  & 
3  bord.     Valuit  & -val.  10  folid. 

Radulfus  ten.  de  W.  Hiwis.  Ailuui  tenuit 
T.  P..  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terras.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  qua;  ibi  ell  cum  5  bord.  Valuit  &  val. 
10  fol. 

Idem  Rad.  ten.  de  W.  Ateberie.  Elfi  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  I  hida  &  una  virg.  terras. 
Terra  eft  I  car.  quae  ibi  eft  cum  I  villano  &  I 
bord.  Ibi  10  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  filvx.  Valuit  & 
val.  15  folid. 

Cerra  ©Billeton  He  0©oton. 

Willelmvs  de  Moion  ten.  de  Rege  Stochelande. 

Algar  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  &  una 

virg.  terrx.     Terra   eft  5  car.     In  dominio  funt  3 

car.  &  6  fervi   &  5  villani   &  4  bord.   cum  dim  car. 

Ibi  molin.   redd.    10  den.    &  48  ac.  prati  &  12  ac. 

filvx.     Quando  recepit  valeb.  60  folid.     Modo  4 

lib.  &  10  folid. 

Huic  M.  ell  addita  Sedtamtone.     Aluric  teneb. 

T.  R.  E.  pro  uno  M.  &  geldabat  pro   3  virg.  terrae. 

Terra  eft  1  car.     Ibi  funt  13  ac.  prati  &  6  ac.  filvse. 

Valuit  &  val.  10  lolid. 

Ipfe  ten.  Torre  &  ibi  eft  caftellum  ejus.     Aluric 

tenuit  T.  R.  E.    &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.     Terra 

eft  I  car.     Ibi  2  molini  redd.  10  fol.  &  15  bord.  & 

5   ac.  prati  &   30  ac.  paftura:     Valeb.  olim  5  fol. 

Modo  15  fol. 

Hugo  ten.  deW.  Tetesberge.  Sex  taini  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  ge'dabant  pro  2. hid.  Terra  eft  4  car. 
In  dominio  eil  1  car.  &  3  fervi  &  6  villani  &  12 
bord.  cum  3  car.  &  dim-  Ibi  6  ac.  prati  &  100  ac. 
p.ifturx  &  10  ac.  moras  &  2  ac.  filva:.  Valuit  &  val. 
40  folid. 

Garmund  ten.  de  W.  Ailci.  Algar  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  1  erra  eil  2 
car.  In  dominio  ell  una  cum  I  fervo*  &  6  bord.  cum 
1  car.     Ibi  10  ac.  filvas.     Valuit  &.  va!.  20  folid. 

Robertua  ten.  de  W.  Lege.  SireuuaUi  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car. 
In  dominio  eit  1  car.  cum  I  fervo  &  5  villani  &  2 
bord.  &  8  ac.  prati.  Silva  2  quarent.  long.  &  una 
quarent.  lat.     Valuit  clim  30  iol.     Modo  20  folid. 

Rogerius  ten.  de  W.  SJtrate.  Hufearl  &  Almar 
tenuer.  T.  R.  E;  &  geltfcbanc  pro  I  hida  &  dim. 
Terra  eft  2  car.  Ibi  iunt  3  villani  &  1  bord.  cum  1 
car.  &  una  ac.  prati  &  dinrid.  Paftura  5  quarenh 
long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.     Valeb-  Jv  val.  15  ltd. 


Turgis  ten.  de  W.  Bvrnetone.  BricVic  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  &  dimid.  Terra  eft 
12  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  7  fervi  &  16  vil- 
lani &  z  bord.  cum  8  car.     Ibi  molin.  redd.  30  den. 

6  6  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  filvas  &  1  leu.  pafturas. 
Quando  recepit  valeb.  40  fol.     Modo  4  lib. 

Hxc  terra  fuit  de  ^icclefia  Glaftingberie  nee  po- 
terat  inde  feparari  T.  R.  E. 

Ogifus  ten.  de  W.  Clatevrde.  Aluiet  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  dim.     Terra  eft 

7  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  16  villani 
&  5  bord.  cum  5  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  6  den.  &  5 
ac.  prati  &  25  ac.  filvae.  Paftura  dimid.  leu.  long. 
&  4  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  olim  20  fol.  Modo  40  folid. 

Hasc  terra  non  poterat  feparari  ab  jEcclefia  Glaf- 
tingberie fed  erat  ibi  tainlande  T.  R.  E. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Vdecome.  ./Elmar  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  1 5  car.  In  dominio 
funt  4  car.  &  6  fervi  &  18  villani  &  5  bord.  cum  5 
car.  Ibi  6  porcarii  redd.  31  pore.  &  molin.  redd.  J 
fol.  &  6  ac.  prati.  Paftura  2  leu.  long.  &  I  leu.  lat. 
Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  dim.  leu.  lat.  Valeb.  olim  3 
lib.     Modo  6  lib. 

Dehac  terra  hujus  M.  ten.  3  milites  de  W.  unam 
hid.  &  dimid.  virg.  terrx  &  ibi  habent  2  car.  &  4 
villan.  &  6  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  2  ac.  prati  &  14 
ac.  filvx.  Paftura  dimid.  leu.  long.  &  5  quarent. 
lat.     Valeb.  &  val.  35  folid.  &  6  denar. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Manheve.  Algar  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  12  car.  In  do- 
minio funt  3  car.  &  12  fervi  &  27  villani  &  22  bord. 
cum  10  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  3  folid.  &  12  ac.  prati 
&  24  ac.  filvx.  Paftura  4  leu.  long.  &  2  leu.  lat. 
Quando  recepit  valeb,  100  folid.     Modo  6  lib. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Avcome.  Algar  tenuit  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  domi- 
nio eft  1  car.  &  4  fervi  &  3  villani  &  4  bord.  cum 
2  car.  Ibi  8  ac.  prati  &  3  quarent.  pafturas.  Valuit 
&  val.  20  fol. 

Durandus  ten.  de  W.  Brvne.  Eduuoldus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  rhida.  Terra  eil  6  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  dim.  &  2  fervi  &  13  villani 
&  3  bord.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  I  ac.  prati  &  80  ac. 
pafiurx  &  12  ac.  filvx.  Valeb.  olim  20  fol.  Modo 
40  folid. 

Tres  milites  ten.  de  W.  Langeham.  Tres  taini 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  6 
car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  5  Tikani 
&  8  bord.  cum  3  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  3 
folid.  &  4  ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  pafturas  &  36  acrx  filvx. 
Valuit  &  val.  30  fol. 

Mainfridus  ten.  de  W.  Coarme.  Ai'uuardus  te- 
nuit T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft 
4  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  uno  fervo  &  5 
viilani  &  4  bord.  cum  I  car.  Ibi  I  ac.  prati  &  10 
ac.  filvae.  Paftura  5  quarent.  long,  i  5  lat.  Valeb. 
ohm  7  fol.     Modo  15  folid. 

Ritardus  ton.  de  W.  Bichecome.  Duo  taini 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  una  virg.  terrx. 
Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  3  villani  & 
6  bord.  cum  dim.  car.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  40  ac. 
pafiurx.     Valeb.  olim  6  fol.     Modo  I  £  folid. 

IpeW.  ten.  Bradewrde.  Alric  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pio  dim.  hida.     Terra  eil  1  car.  qux  ibi 

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eft  in  lomioio  Sc  2  fervi  &  3  villani  Se  2  bord.  cum  1 
car.  Ibi  ?  ac.  prati.  Paftnra  1  leu.  long.  Sc  dim. 
]eu.  1  leu.  long.  &  4quarent.  kt.   Valeb. 

olim  10  Col      Modo  15  fol. 

Radul.  ten.  de  W.  A  vena.  Aluric  tcneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  ell  2 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  It  1  villanus  Sc  5  bord. 
cum  dim.  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  20  den.  &  4  ac. 
prati  Sc  2  ac.  lilvx-  Se  50  ac.  pallura.-.  Valuit  Sc  val. 
10  fol  id. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Stantvne.  Walle  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terra;.     Terra  ell  2  car.     Ibi 

2  villani  Se  2  fervi  Se  2  bord.  cum  1  car.  Se  5  ac. 
prati  Sc  40  ac.  pafturae.     Valet  ij  folid. 

Huic  M.  addiia  una  virg.  terra: quam  tenuit  unus 
tainus  T.  R.  E.  pro  uno  M.  Terra  eft  1  car.  Ibi 
ell  unus  bord.  &  3  ac.  prati  &  50  ac.  pafturae.     Valec 

3  fol. 

IpfeW.  ten.  Aisseforde.  DomnotenuitT.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  uno  ferling.  Terra  ell  2  bov.  Ibi 
ell  unus  villanus  &  15  ac.  pafturae.  Valuit  &  val. 
15  denar. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Aisseforde.  Sarpo  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
Se  geldabat  pro  1  ferling  Sc  dimid.  Terra  ell  dim. 
car.     Sed  jacet  in  pallura  &  redd.  12  denar. 

Durandus  ten.  de  W.  Staweit.  Leuing  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrae.  Terra  eft 
1  car.  quxibiellin  dominiocum  1  villano  Sc  1  bord. 
Ibi  1430  filvae.     Valeb.  3  fol.     Modo  10  folid. 

Durandusten.de W.Wochetrev.  Mannotenuit 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  dim.  virg.  terra:.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  Ibi  funt  2  villani  cum  dim.  car.  &  4  ac. 
filva:.     Valuit  4  folid.     Modo  6  folid. 

Durandus  ten.  de  W.  Alvrenecote.  Leuuinus 
tenuit  T.  R.  E.  &  geld,  pro  dim.  virg.  Terra  eft  2 
car.  Ibi  eft  I  car.  cum  2  villanis  Se  2  bord.  Se  8  ac. 
pallura;  &  2  ac.   filva:.     Valuit  &  val.  6  folid. 

Goisfridus  ten.  de  \V.  Mene.  Leuuinus  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  2 
car.  qux  ibi  funt  in  dominio  Se  4  fervi  cum  1  bord. 
Ibi  1  ac.  prati  &  4  ac.  film  Se  50  ac.  paftura. 
Valuit  1  j  fol. 

Rogcnus  ten.  de  W.  Bratone.  Aluric  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  Se  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terra;.  Terra  ell  4 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  I  fervo  Se  2  villani 
&  4  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  2  ac.  prati  &  100  ac. 
paftune.     Valuit  olim  5  folid.     Modo  30  folid. 

Rogerius  ten.  de  W.  Ernole.  Paulinus  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  Se  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
In  dominio  eft  car.  Se  dim.  &  1  fervus  Se  1  bord.  Se 
4  villani  cum  1  car.  Ibi  1  leu.  filvse  minutae  in  long. 
&dim.  leu.lat.    Valeb.  olim  5  folid.  Modo  25  folid. 

Rannulfus  ten.  Lclochesherie.  Duo  taini  tenue- 
runt  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  4 
car.  In  dominio  eft  una  car.  Se  3  fervi  Se  6  villani 
&  3  bord.  cum  3  car.  ibi  100  ac.  pallura;  &  30  ac. 
filva.     Valet  20  folid. 

Nigel  ten.  de  W.  Lolochesberie, 
T.  R.  E.  Se  geldabat  pro  I  hida. 
Ibi  2  ac.  prati  Se  100  ac.  pafturx 
Valuit  Se  val.  15  folid. 

IpfeW.  ten.CANTocHEVE.  Elnod  teneb.  T.R.  E. 
Se  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Se  dim.  Terra  eft  8  car.  In 
dominio  funt  3  car.    Se  7  fervi  Se  10  villani  &  4 


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bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  16  ac.  priti  Sc  50  ac.  fil»je; 
Pallura  una  leu.  long.  Sc  una  leu.  lat.  Valuit  3  lib. 
Modo4  lib. 

Ipfe  VV.  ten.  Chilvetvne.  Aluuardus  Sc  Lcuric 
teneb.  pro  2  M.  T.  R.  E.  Se  geldabant  pro  to  hid. 
&  dim.  Terra  eft  to  car.  In  dominio  funt  4  car. 
Sc  7  fervi  &  16  villani  Se  6  bord.  cum  c  car.  Ibi6o 
ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  pallura;  &  100  ac.  filvae.  Valuit 
olim  100  fol.     Modo  7  lib. 

De  eadem  terra  ten.  Radu'fus  de  W.  unam  lud.im 
&  ibi  habet  I  car.  Se  2  viliauos  cum  1  car.     Ibi 
lc.  prati  Se  una  virg.  pafturae.     Valet  20  folid. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Niwetvne.  Aluiet  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&g<.tdabat  pro  4  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  7  car.  In 
dominio  funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  Se  13  villani  Se  4  bord. 
cum  5  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  40  denar.  &  18  ac. 
prati  &  50  ac.  filvae  &  una  leu.  pafturae  in  long.  Se 
lat.     Valeb.  60  fol.     Modo  100  fol. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Vlvretvne.  Britmar  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car.  Ibi  2 
villani  Se  2  bord.  habent.  2  car.  Ibi  7  ac.  prati  Sc 
io  ac.  pallura:  &  7  ac.  filvae.  Valeb.  olim  10  fol. 
Modo  20  folid. 

Dtfdeman  ten.  Elwrde  de  W.  Dunne  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  9  villani  Sc  8  bord. 
cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  4  fol.  &  una  ac.  prati  Sc 
dimid.  &  120  ac.  pallura;  &  50  ac.  filva;.  Valeb. 
olim  20  fol.  Modo  40  folid.  De  hac  hida  ten. 
Rex  unam  virg.  terra:  ad  maner.  de  Welletune. 

Dudeman  ten.  de  W.  Willet.  Dunne  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  4 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  Se  9  villani  Sc 
6  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  fine  cenfu  Se  3  ac. 
prati  Se  50  ac.  pafturae  &  40  ac.  filvae.  Valeb.  olim 
10  folid.     Modo  20  folid. 

Idem  ten.  de  W.Colefqrd.  Brifluin  ten.T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida  uno  ferling  minus.  Terra 
eft  2  car.     Ibi  2  villani  habent  1  car.     Valet  6  folid. 

Idem  D.  ten.  de  W.  Wacet.  Aluuold  tcneb. 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  tcrrx.  Terra 
eft  dim.  car.  Ibi  tamen  eft  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  1 
bord.     Ibi  molin.  redd.  10  folid.     Valet  15  fol. 

Hugo  ten.  de  W.  Tvrvestone.  Lefsinus  tcneb. 
T.  R.  E.  Se  geldabat  pro  1  hida&  dim.     Terra  eft- 

4  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  Se  5  villani  Se  6  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  fine  cenfu  &  15  ac.  prati  & 
dim.  Sc  1 1  ac.  pafturae  Se  46  ac  filva:.  Valeb.  olim 
30  folid.     Modo  50  folid. 

Hugo  ten.  de  W.  Holeford.  Aluuold  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
quae  ibi  funt  in  dominio  cum  1  fervo  Sc  1  villano  Sc 

5  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd,  to  den.  Sc  3 
ac.  prati  &  60  ac  pallura:  Sc  4  ac.  filvx.  Valeb. 
olim  10  folid.     Modo  20  folid. 

Rogerius  ten.  de  W.  Haretrev.  Vluuolduste- 
nebat  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  4 
car.     In  dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  Sc  2  villani 

6  6  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  6  den.  &  5 
ac.  prati  &  100  ac.  paftune  Sc  6  ac.  filva:.  Valeb. 
olim  10  fol.     Modo  20  folid. 

Meinfridus  Se  Robertus  ten.  de  W.  Cibewrde. 
Duo  taini  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  1  hida. 
Terra  eft  3  car.    In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  unus  vil- 
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lanus  &  4  lord,  cum  dim.  car.  Ibi  4  ac.  prati  &  50 
ac.  pafturae  &  5  ac.  filvx.  Valeb.  olim  10  fol. 
Modo  12  folid. 

Turgis  ten.  de  W.  Come.  Ailmer  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  gcldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  3  car.  Indominio 
eft  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &6  bord.cumdim.  car.  Ibi 
molin.  fine  cenfu  &  4  ac.  prati  &  50  ac.  pafturae  &  4 
quarent.  filvaein  long.  &  2  quarent.  in  lat.  Valeb. 
olim  15  fol.     Modo  20  fol. 

Briftric  ten.  deW.  Sordemaneford.  IdemBric- 
tric  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terra:. 
Terra  eft  dim.  car.  Hanc  habet  ibi  1  bord.  &  7 
acras  filvae.     Valuit  &val.  6  folid. 

Nigel  ten.  de  W.  Badeheltone.  Duo  taini  te- 
neb. T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  5 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  3  fervi  &  12  villani  & 
1  bord.  &  5  cotar.  cum  4  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7 
fol.  &  6  den.  &  6  ac.  prati  &  40  ac.  pafturae  &  12 
ac.  filvae.     Valeb.  olim  10  fol.     Modo  50  folid. 

Rannulfus  ten.de  W.  Maneworde.  Vlf  teneb. 
pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car. 
cum  1  fervo  &  3  villani  &  2  bord.  cum  dim.  car. 
Ibi  7  ac.  prati  Sc  12  ac.  filvae  &  12  ac.  pafturae. 
Valeb.  olim  10  fol.     Modo  20  folid. 

Dodeman  ten.  de  W.Rvnetone.  Duo  taini  teneb. 
T.  R.E.&  geldabant  pro  3  hid.  Terraeft2car.  In 
dominio  eft  I  car.  &  4  fervi  &  unus  villanus  &  8  bord. 
cum  1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  folid.  &  8  ac.  prati  & 
lo  ac.  filvae.     Valeb.  olim  20  folid.    Modo  50  folid. 

Dodeman  ten.  de  W.  Povselle.  Vluric  teneb. 
T.R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terraeft  2car. 
Ibi  eft  unus  fervus  &  3  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  filvae. 
Val.  10  fol. 

Huic  M.  additaeft  una  hida  quam  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
onus  tainus  Iibere.  Terra  eft  1  car.  Valuit  &  val. 
30  denar. 

Mainfridus  ten.  deW.  Lege.  Cheping  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Tamen  ibi  eft 
1  hida.  Terra  2  car.  In  dominio  eft  I  car.  &  2 
fervi  &  2  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  dim.  car.  Ibi  1  ac. 
prati  &  1 2  ac.  pafturae  &  20  ac.  filvae.     Valeb.  olim 

5  fol.     Modo  12  folid. 

Rogerius  ten.  de  W.  Stoche.  Eddida  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
quae  ibi  funt  in  dominio  cum  8  bord.    Ibi8ac.  prati 

6  4  ac.  filvx  minutae.     Valuit  &  val.  30  folid. 
Ipfe  W.  ten.  Brvnfelle.     Alnod  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 

&  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terraeft  tocar.  Indominio 
eft  1  car.  &  8  fervi  &  12  villani  &  2  bord.  cum  4 
car.  Ibi  10  ac.  prati  &  una  leu.  pafturae  &  una 
leu.  filvae  in  long.  &  lat.  Quando- recepit  valeb.  40 
fol.     Modo  60  fol. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Lidiard.  Alric  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio  eft 
I  car.  &  4  fervi  &  10  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  1  car. 
Ibi  molin.  redd.  8  folid.  &  15  ac.  prati  &  10  ac. 
pafturae  &  20  ac.  filvae.     Valuit  &  val,.  7  lib. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Baoeberge.  Leuric  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&geldabatpro3  hid.  Terraeft  10 car.  Indominio 
funt  3  car.  &  7  fervi  &  21  vill.  &  2  bord.  cum  4  car. 
Ibi  1 1  ac.  prati  &  200  ac.  pafturae  &  10  ac.  filvae. 
Valeb.  &  val.  100  folid. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Stochh.  Aluuard  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terraeft  6 car.  Ibi 6 villani  & 


2  bord.  cum  1  fervo  habent.  2  car.  Ibi  1  ac.  prati  & 
200  ac.  pafturae  &  6ac.  filvae.  Valeb.  &  val.  30  fol. 

Radulfusten.  de  W.  Herfeld.  Eluuinus  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  6 
car.     In  dominio  eft  I  car.  &  5  fervi  &  7  villani  & 

5  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  30  denar.  &  18 
ac.  prati  &  50  ac.  pafturae  &  30  ac.  filvx.  Valeb. 
30  iol.     Modo  4  lib. 

Turgis  ten.  de  W.  Noivn.     Colo  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 

6  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  dominio 
eft  l  car.  &  4  fervi  &  3  villani  &  8  bord.  cum  1  car. 
Ibi  dimid.  molin.  redd.  30  denar.  &  20  ac.  prati  & 
totid.  pafturae  &  100  ac.  filvae.  Valeb.  olim  40 
fol.     Modo  60  fol. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Br'iweham.  Robertus  Filius  Wi- 
marci  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  12  hid. 
Terra  eft  15  car.  In  dominio  funt  4  car.  &  2  fervi 
&  22  villani  &  28  bord.  cum  13  car.  Ibi  2  molini 
redd.  9  fol.  &  2  den.  &  60  ac.  prati  &  200 ac.  filvae. 
Quando  recepit  valeb.  12  lib.  Modo  14  lib.  &  12 
folid. 

Huic  M.  funt  additae  3  virg.  terrae.  Almar  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  dim.  car.  Ibj  funt  3  cotarij. 
Valeb.  &  val.  5  folid. 

De  hoc  Man.  funt  ablatae  3  hida;  quas  teneb. 
Erleboldus  T.  R.  E.  de  Roberto  nee  poterat  feparari 
a  Maner.     Rogerius  de  Corcelle  modo  ten. 

Warmundusten.de  W.  Eiretone.  Ernui  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terraeft  3  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  &  dimid.  &  unus  villanus  &  4 
bord.cumdim.  car.  Ibi  ioac.  prati  &  totid.  pafturae 
&  12  ac.  filvae.     Valuit  &  val.  40  folid. 

Cerva  cEMelmi  tie  ©to, 

Willelmvs  de  Ow  ten.  de  Rege  Watelege. 
T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car. 
Ibi  funt  2  villani  &  6  quarent.  filvae  in  long.  &  4 
in  lat.     Val.  10  fol. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Hantoke.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro 
13  hid.  Terra  eft  1 2  car.  Deea  funt  in  dominio  5 
hidx  &  ibi  4  car.  '&  5  fervi  &  1 6  villani  &  24  bord. 
cum  10  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  7  fol.  &  6  den.  & 
60  ac.  prati.  Silvae  i  leu.  in  long.  &  dim.  leu.  lat. 
Quando  recepit  valeb.  12  lib.     Modo  15  lib. 

Radulfus  ten.de  W.  Geveltone.  T.R.  E.  gel- 
dabat pro  8  hid.     Terra  eft  8  car.     In  dominio  funt 

3  car.  &  4  fervi  &  6  villani  &  4  bord.  cum  5  car. 
Ibi  2  molini  redd.  30  fol.  &  90  ac.  prati  &  4*  ac. 
paftur.-u.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  9  lib.  Modotantund^ 

Huic  M.  funt  additae  2  hida;  quas  teneb.  5  taini 
T.R.  E.in  paragio.   Terra  eft  2  car.    Val.  30 folid. 

Herbertus  ten.  ae  W.  Lavretoke.  T.  R.  E. 
geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  iocar.  Indominio 
funt  3  car.  &  2  fervi  &  6  vjllani  &  8  bord.  cum  4 
car.  Ibi  12  ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  pafturae  &  60  ac. 
filvae.     Quando  recepit  valeb.  7  lib.     Modo  8  lib. 

Radulfus  ten.  deW.  Hantone.  T.R.E.  gelda- 
bat pro  8  hid.  Terra  elt  6car.  &  dim.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  dim.  &  4  fervi  &  7  villani  &  3  bord. 
&  4  cotar.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  4  folid.  & 
60  ac.  prati.  Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat. 
Valeb.  6  lib.  Modo  100  folid.  De  hac  terra  ten. 
Hugo  de  W.  dim.  hidam.     Semper  val.  3  fol. 

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Hugo  ten.  de  W.  Ivi.b.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat  pro 
6  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio  ell  1  car.  &  3 
fervi  ft  11  vil:ani&  14  bord.  cum  6 car.  Ibi  molin. 
redd.  10  folid.  &  33  ac.  prati  &  30  ac.  paiturx. 
Semper  val.  8  lib. 

Huic  M.  addita;  funt  22  mafurae  quas  tencb.  22 
homines  in  paragio  T.  R.  E.     Reddunt  12  (olid. 

Warnerius  ten.  de  W.  Citfrne.     T.  R.  E.  gel- 
dabat pro  1  hida.     Terra  ell  1  car.     Val.  10  ; 
Has  terras  praediftas  teneb.  Aleltan  BofcomeT.  R.E. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Ticheham.  Saulf  &  Tcolf  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  pro  2  maner.  &  geldabant  pro  8  hid.  •& 
dim.  Terracll  9  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  4 
fervi  &  12  villani  &  5  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  30  ac. 
prati  &  60  ac.  pailurx  &  1 10  ac.  filvse.  Valeb. 
100  fol.  quando  recepit.     Modo  6  lib. 

Cerra  OTllelmi  De  JFaletfc. 

Willelmvs  de  Faleise  ten.  de  Rege  Stoche. 
Brixi  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  &  dim. 
Terra  ell  14  car.  In  dominio  funt  4  car.  &  5  fervi 
&  38  villani  &  3  bord.  &  3  coliberti  cum  10  car. 
Ibi  molin.  redd.  16  den.  &  150  ac.  prati  &  19  ac. 
pailurx  ic  100  ac.  filvx.  Quando  recepit  valeb. 
25  lib.     Modo  20  lib. 

Huic  M.  addita  eft  dimid.  hida  quam  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  unus  tainus  in  paragio  &  poterat  ire  quo 
voleb.  Terra  eft  1  car.  qua  ibi  eftcum  1  bord.  & 
2  fervis.     Val.  femper  10  folid. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Otone.  Algar  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  ell  10  car.  In  dominio 
funt  3  car.  &  6  fervi  &  10  villani  &  8  bord.  cum  3 
car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  10  den.  &  4  ac.  prati.  Paf- 
tura  1  leu.  long.  &  dim.  lat.  &  tantund.  filvx. 
Valuit  &  val.  100  folid. 

Ipfe  W.  ten.  Worsprinc  conceffu  Regis  W.  Serlo 
[Borci]ded.ei  cumfuafilia.  Euroac  teneb.  T.R.  E. 

6  geldabat  pro  6  h'd.  &  una  virg.  terrx.     Terra 

eft  12  car.     In  dominio  Ibi  13  villani  &  6 

bord.  habent.  6  car.     Ibi  10  ac.  pafturx  &  10  ac. 
filvxminutx.     Semper  val.  100  fol. 

HuicM.  funt  addita:  3  hidx  quas  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
Aluuard  &  Colo  pro  2  maner.  &  pro  3  hid.  geldab. 
Terra  eft  8  car.     In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  4  fervi  & 

7  villani  &  4  bord.  cum  3  car.   &   8  ac.  paftura:. 
Semper  val.  4  lib. 

Cerra  (KtliUcImi  filit  &HiDoniS. 

Willelmvs  filivs  Widon  ten.  de  Rege  Horste  - 
ketone.  Sauardus  &  Eldeua  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  pro  2 
M.  &  quo  voleb.  ire  poterant  &  geldabant  pro  11 
hid.  Terra  eft  10  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  4 
fervi  &  12  villani  &  10  bord.  &  1 2  cotar.  cum  7  car. 
&  dim.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  42  denar.  &  100  ac.  prati. 
Paftura  6  quarent.  long.  &  5  quarent.  lat.  Silva  7 
quarcnt.  long.  &  6  quarent.  lat.  Quando  recepit 
valeb.  8  lib.  &  15  fol.  Modo  tantund.  De  h;;c 
terra  ten.  Radulfus  de  W.  1  hid.  &  dim.  St  ibi  habet 
I  car.  &  dimid.     Semper  val.  2;  folid. 

Bernardus  ten.  de  YV.  Cherintone.  Aluuoldus 
tenebat  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  6  hid.  Terra  eft  6 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  6  fervi  k  5  villani  & 
4  bord.  &  2  corar.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  125  ac.  prati. 
Paftura  5  quarent.  long.  &  3  quarent.  lat.     Silva  7 


quarent.  long.  &  tantund.  lat.     Qjando   recepit 
valeb.  100  folid.     Modo61ib. 

De  hac  eadem  terra  5  hid.  emit  Aluuoldus  de 
Abbruia  Ccrnel.  in  vita  fua  tantummoJo  &  poll 
mortem  ejus  terra  debeb.  redire  ad  iEcclcfiam. 

Cecra  EaDulfi  De  £@ortemer. 

R  ADVI.PVS  de  Mortemer  ten.  de  Rege  Waltoni 
&  Ricardus  de  eo.  Gunni  teneb.  T.  R.E.  &  gel- 
dabat pro  3  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In  do- 
minio eft  1  car.  &  7  villani  &  5  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi 
2oac.  prati  &  ioo.ac.paftutac&  5oac.filvae.  Quando 
recepit  valeb.  50  folid.  Modo  plus  20  folid.  hoc  ell  70. 

Cerra  EaDulfi  De  IPomerei. 

Radvlfvs  de  Pomerei  ten.  Stawei  &  Beatrix  de 
eo.  Aimer  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una 
virg.  terrae.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car. 
&  3  fervi  &  unus  villanus  &  4  bord.  Ibi  2  ac.  prati 
&  6  ac.  filvac  &  pafturadim. leu.  long.  &  4quarent. 
lat.     Valuit  &  val.  20  fo'iJ. 

Ipfe  Rad.  ten.  Are.  Edric  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  7  villani  &  5  bord.  cum  4 
car.  Ibi  2  ac.  prati  &  1 5  ac.  filva:.  Paftura  2  leu. 
long.  &  una  lat.     Val.  30  fol. 

HocM.  redd. per confuetud.  i2ovesin  Carentone 
M.  Regis  perann.  Radulfus retinethanc confuetud. 

Cer?a  KaDulfi  Ipagenel. 

Radvlfvs  Pagenel  ten.de  Rege  Stocheland  & 
Radulfus  deeo.  T.R.  E.  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra 
ell  5  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  7 
villani  &  4  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  50  ac.  prafi  & 
80  ac.  pafturx.     Semper  val.  100  folid. 

Idem  Rad.  ten.de Rad.  Cantocheheve.  T.R.E. 
geldabat  pro  7  hid.  Terra  eft  20  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  13  villani  &  7  bord.  cum  7 
car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  folid.  &  6  denar.  &  20  ac. 
prati  &  50  ac.  filvx.  Paftura  2  leu  long.  &  una  leu. 
Jat.     Valuit  1 1  lib.  quando  recepit.     Modo  8  lib. 

Idem  Rad.  ten.  de  Rad.  Hewis.  T.  R.  E.  gel- 
dabat pro  1  hida  &  dim.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  5  fervi  &  9  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  3 
car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  3  fol.  &  12  ac.  prati  &  100 
ac.  pafturx.     Semper  val.  3  lib. 

Idem  R.  ten.de  Rad.  Bagebergk.  T.  R.  E. 
geldabat  pro  I  hida.  Terra  ell  4  car.  In  dominio 
eft  dim. car.  &  3  fervi  &  ;  villani  &  5  bord.  cum  2 
car.  &  dim.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  pailurx. 
Semper  val.  50  fol. 

Robertus  ten.de  Rad.  Nevhalle.  T.R.  E.  gel- 
dabat pro  una  virg.  terrx.  Terra  ell  2  car.  Ibi  funt 
2  bord.  &  dimid.  leu.  filvae.  Semper  val.  10  fol. 
Has  terras  prasdi&as  teneb.  Merlcfuaiu  T.  R,  E. 

Cerra  JRaDttifi  De  ILimefi. 

Radvlfvs  de  Limesi  tenet  de  Rege  Comich  & 
Walterusde  eo.  Liuuard  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat 
pro  1  hida  &  dim.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio  ell 
1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  4  villani  &5  bord.  cum  2  car. 
Ibi  28  ac.  prati  &  5  ac.  paftura:  tc  2  ac.  filvac. 
Semper  val.  40  fol. 

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Ipfe  Radulfus  ten.  Locvmbe.  Eddida  Regina 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  8 
car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  2  fervi  &  1 8  villani  & 
6  bord.  cum  4  car.  lbi  5  ac.  prati  &  50  ac.  filvae. 
Paftura  1  leu.  long.  &  dim.  leu.  lat.  Vaieb.  3  lib. 
Modo  4  lib. 

Ipfe  Rad.  ten.  Selevrde.  Eddida  Regina  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
In  dominio  funt  z  car.  &  2  fervi  &  7  villani  &  5 
bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  20  denar.  &  5 
ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  pafturae  &  40  ac.  filvas.  Valeb. 
20  folid.     Modo  25  fol. 

Ipfe  Rad.  ten.  Alresford.  Edric  teneb. T.R.E. 
&  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In  domi- 
nio funt  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  6  villani  &  2  bord.  cum 
1  car.  lbi  molin.  redd.  15  den.  &6ac.  prati  &  20 
ac.  paftura:  &  una  ac.  filvae.  Valuit  15  fol.  Modo 
20  folid. 

Hoc  M.redd.  perconfuetud.  12  oves  per  annum 
in  Carentone  M.  Regis.  Radulfus  hanc  confuetu- 
dinem  ufque  modo  detinuit. 

Ipfe  Rad.  ten.  Bosintvne.  ^Ecclefia  de  Adelingi 
tenuitT.  R.E.  &devi£tu  monachor.  fuit  &  geldabat 
pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car. 
cum  1  fervo  &  5  villani  &  2  bord.  cum  1  car.  Paf- 
tura 1  leu.  in  long.  &  dim.  leu.  lat.  Valuit  &  val. 
20  folid.  Quando  Rex  ded.  terram  fuam  Radulfo 
erat  ^Ecclefia  faifita  de  hoc  M. 

Ipfe  Rad.  ten.TRABERGE.  Edric  teneb.  T.R.E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In  do- 
minio eft  1  car.  Ibieftunus  villanus  &  30  ac.  filvae. 
Paftura  1  leu.  long.  &  tantund.  lat.  Val.  7  fol. 
Nam  vaftata  eft. 

Ipfe  Rad.  ten.  Epse.  Vluuard  tenuit  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car.  Ibi  eft 
unus  villanus  &  16  ac.  prati.     Val.  3  folid. 

Ipfe  Rad.  ten.  Alre.  Vluuard  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  5  villani  &  12  bord.  cum  2 
car.  Ibi  15  ac.  prati  &  200  ac.  pafturae  &  10  ac. 
filvae.  Quando recepit  valeb.  1 00 folid.  Modo61ib. 

Cerra  IRofcerti  filii  #erolDt. 

Robertvs  filius  GiROi.Dten.de  Rege  Cerletone 
&  Godzelinus  deeo.  Godmanteneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  1 2  car.  In  dominio 
funt  3  car.  &  7  fervi  &  4  villani  &  15  bord.  &  3 
cofcez  cum  8  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  fol.  &  50  ac. 
prati.  Paftura  4  quarent.  long.  &  3  quarent.  lat. 
Silva  dimid.  leu.  long.  &  tantund.  lat.  Valuit  10 
lib.     Modo  6  lib. 

Ipfe  Robertus  ten.  Vitel  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 

&  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  10  car:  In  do- 
minio funt  3  car.  St  8  fervi  &  4  coliberti  &  1 1  vil- 
lani &  17  bord.  cum  5  car.  Ibi  30  ac.  prati  &  100 
ac.  pafturae.  Silva  3  quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent. 
lat.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  18  lib.  Modo  redd. 
100  cafeos  &  10  bacons. 

Cerra  aiurcDi  De  a^erle&erp. 

Alvredvs  de  Merleberge  ten.  de  Rege  Cel- 
lewert  &  Nicolaus  de  eo.  Carle  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  5hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In  dominio  eft 


1  car.  &  4  fervi  &  3  villani  &  4  cofcez  cum  !  car. 
Ibi7  ac.  prati  &  30ac.  filvae.  Valuit  &val.  100 folid. 

Cerra  aiureoi  De  3Ifpania. 

Alvredvs  de  Ispania  ten.  de  Rege  Vlmerestonb 
&  Walterus  de  eo.  Aluui  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  gelda- 
bat pro  dimid.  hida.  Terra  ell  3  car.  In  dominio 
eft  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  4  villani  &  13  bord.  cum  1 
car.  lbi  10  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  filvse.  Valuit  & 
val.  30  folid. 

Huic  M.  eftaddita  unavirg.  terrae  &  dim.  Haec 
terra  fuit  de  Peret  M.  Regis  praspcfuus  praeftitit 
Aluui  T.  R.  E.     Valuit  &  val.  10  folid. 

Ipfe  Aluredus  ten.  Bvr.  Aluui  teneb.  T,  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.    Terraeft5car.    Ibifunt 

8  villani  &  6  bord.  &  3  fervi.  Semper  val.  100  folid. 
Huic  M.  eft  addita  una  virg.  terras  qua:  fuit  de 

firma  Regis  in  Peret.  Terra  eft  1  car.  Val.  10  folid. 

Ricardus  ten.  de  Aluredo  Hvnteworde.    Aluui 

teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.    Terra  eft 

2  car.  quae  ibi  funt. cum  2  fervis  &  7  bord.  Ibi  4 
ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  moras.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  5 
fol.     Modo  20  folid. 

Rannulfus ten. de Alur. Strenecestone.  Aluui 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  3 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  3  villani  cum 

1  car.  Ibi  4  ac.  prati  &  50  ac.  pafturae.  Val.  50  fol. 
HuicM.  eftaddita  dimid.  virg.  terraequam  teneb. 

Briftiuelibere  T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  dim.  car.  Hanc 
habet  ibi  1  villanus.     Semper  val.  5  fol. 

Ipfe  Aluredus  ten.  Spachestone.  Aluui  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &dim.  Terra  eft  8 
car.     In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  &  3  villani  & 

2  bord.  cum  I  car.  Ibi  26  ac.  prati  &  9  ac.  filvae. 
Quando  recepit  valeb.  50  fol.     Modo  fimilit. 

De  hac  eadem  terra  ten.  unus  miles  de  Alur.  1  hid. 
&  ibi  habet  2  car.  &  3  fervos  &  3  cotar.  &  6  vill. 
&5  bord.  Ibi  4  ac.  prati  &  1 20  ac.  filvse.     Valeb. 

3  lib.     Modo  tantund. 

Herbertus  ten.  de  Alur.  Otremetone.  Eftan 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  2  virg. 
terrae  &  dimid.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  dominio  funt 
2  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  5  villani  &  3  bord.  &  3  cotar. 
cum  2  car.  &  dimid.  Ibi  5  ac.  prati  &  3  ac.  paftura: 
&  3  ac.  filvae.     Semper  val.  40  fol. 

Herbertus  ten.de  Alar.  Rad eflot.  Eftan  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida  uno  ferding 
minus.  Terra  eft  1  car.  &  dim.  lbi  funt  2  villani 
cum  1  bord.  &  5  ac.  prati  &  21  ac.  pafturae  &  3 
ac.  filvje.     Valuit  &  val.  15  folid. 

Hugoten.de  Alur.  Planesfelle.  Edred  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  2 
car.  Ibi  funt  3  bord.  &  1  fervus  &  2  ac.  prati  &  1  j 
ac.  filvae.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  20  fol.  Modo 
10  folid. 

Hugoten.de  Alur.  Mvlselle.  Aluuinusteneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car. 
Ibi  eft  1  bord.  cum  1  fervo  &  15  ac.  prati.  Sem- 
per val.  15  fol. 

Ricardus  ten.  de  Alur.  Selvre.  Aluui  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  dim.     Terra  eft 

9  car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  1 1  villani 
&  5  bord.  cum  7  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  3  fol.  &  2  ac. 

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prati  Sc  160  ac.  pafturas.     Silva  3  quarent.  long.  & 
2  quarent.  lat.     Valuit  3  lib.      Modo  4  lib. 

Ipfc  Alur.  ten.  Stalwbi.  Hcralduj  [Com.]  tc- 
ncb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  ell  5 
car.  In  dominioclt  1  car.  Sc  5  fervi  &  8  viilani  Sc  4 
bord.  cum  2  car.  lbi  molin.  redd.  4  denar.  &  7  ac. 
prati  Sc  100  ac.  paftura;.  Silvx  1  leu.  &  dim.  int. 
long.  &  lat. 

Ofuuardus&  Ailuuardus  ten.  dc  Alur.  Stalvvm. 
Ipfi  tcneb.  T.  R.  E.  Si  geldabant  pro  2  hid.  Terra 
eft  4  car.  In  dominio  tit  1  car.it  dim.  cum  1  lervo 
&  4  viilani  >&  3  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati. 
Semper  val.  20  folid.  IIxc  terra  eit  addita  terris 
Aluui  quas  Aluicdus  tenet. 

Rann ultus  ten.  de  Alur.  Alfaccstone  Sc  Ledinc. 
Aluui  tencb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra 
ell  3  car.  In  dominio  eit  l  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  4 
viilani  &  2  bord.  cum  2  car.  Ibi  S  ac.  prati  &  30 
ac.  pafturx  Sc-  35  ac.  filva:.     Valuit  &  val.  20  fol. 

Hugotcn.de  Alur.  Lege.  Domno  teneb.  T.  R.E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eit  l  car.  it  dim. 
Ibi  funt  2  bord.  Si  2  ac.  prati.  Silva  3  quarent.  long. 
Sc  dim.  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  Sc  val.  17  fol.  Hxc 
terra  addita  eft  terris  Aluui  quas  ten.  Alured. 

Hugo  ten.  de  Alur.  Radehewis.  Aluui  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terra:.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  nux  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  1  bord.  &  1 
ac.  prati  Sc  1 2  ac.  palturx.  Quando  recepit  valeb. 
2  fol.     Modo  6  folid. 

Robertus  Sc  Herbertus  ten.  de  Alur.  Stawbi. 
Aluui  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra 
eft  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  2 

viilani  Sc  4  bord.  Ibi  4  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  filvx. 

Quando  recepit  valeb.  100  folid.     Modo  60  folid. 

Ricardus  ten.  de  Alur.  Ile.  Aluui  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio 
eft  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  8  viilani  &  2  bord.  cum  1 
car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  20  den.  Si  10  ac.  prati  Sc  10 
ac.  paftura:  &  30  ac.  filva;.  Quando  recepit  valeb. 
20  fol.     Modo  40  folid. 

Hugo  ten.de  Alur.  Prestetone.  Aluui  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  una  virg.  minus. 
Terra  eft  5  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  & 
14  viilani  cum  1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  20  den.  &  8 
ac.  prati  &  15  ac.  filvx.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  30 
fol.     Modo  60  folid. 

Walterius  [5  virg.]  Sc  Anfger  (2  virg.  terra;]  ten. 
de  Alur.  GaHers.  Aluui  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  gelda- 
bat pro  1  hida  Sc  3  virg.  terra;.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In 
dominio  funt  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  1 3  viilani  Sc  5  bord. 
cum  4  car.  Ibi  62  ac.  filva:.  Quando  recepit  valeb. 
70  folid.     Modo  fimiliter. 

Rannulfus  ten.  de  Alur.  Malrice.  Aluui  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.'Sc  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
&  dim.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  &  4  viilani  Si 
1  bord.  cum  1  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  molin.  red.  6  den.  & 
30  ac.  paftura;  &2oac.  filvx.    Valuit  &  val.  20  folid. 

Robertus  ten.  de  Alur.  Cantoche.  Aluui  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrx.  Terra  ell 
1  car.  Sc  dim.  Has  habent  ibi  3  viilani  &  8  ac. 
filva;  minutx.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  20  fol.  Modo 
25  folid. 

Waltcrus  ten.  de  Alur.  Hille.  Aluui  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.    Terra  eft  6  car.    In 


dominio  eft  1  car.  Sc  4  fervi  Sc  1 1  viilani  Sc  4  bord. 
Sc  1  cQiar.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  30  denar. 
Sc  17  ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  putturae  &  17  ac.  filva. 
Valuit  3  lib.     Modo  2  lib. 

Ipfe  Alur.  ten.  Lochintone.  Aluui  tencb. 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eit  5  car.  In 
dominio  funt  2  car.  Sc  3  fervi  8c  8  bord.  cum  una 
car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  10  fol.  Sc  1  2  ac.  prati.  Silvx 
dim.  leu.  long.  Sc  3  quarent.  lat.  Qjando  recepit 
valeb.  6  lib.     Modo  3  lib. 

Ipfe  Alur.  habuit  Ackklai.  Aluui  tenuitT.  It.  K. 
Hoc  addita  eft  in  Mertoch  M.  Regis  &  val.  50  folid. 
per  annum. 

Ccrra  Ctorflini  ftlii  Eolf. 

Tvrstinvs  j-'ilivs  Rolf  ten.  de  Rege  Pidecomb. 
Aluuoldus  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  5  hid. 
Terra  clt  5  car.  I11  dominio  funt  2  car.  Si  5  viilani 
&  19  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  15  fol. 
&  22  ac.  prati  Sc  5  ac.  filva;.  In  Briuuetone  1 1  bur- 
genfes  redd.  23  lol.  Totum  valet  7  lib.  Quando 
recepit  valeb.  8  lib. 

Butolf  ten.  de  Turftino  Witeham.  Chetcl  tc- 
neb. T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  2 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  Sc  6  cotar.  cum  1  car. 
Quando  recepit  valeb.  15  fol.     Modo  20  folid. 

Huic  M.  addita  eft  una  hida  in  Wltvne  quam 
Chetel  teneb.  pro  uno  Man.  T.  R.  E.  Terra  ell  1 
car.  qux  ibi  eft  cum  l  fervo  &  6  cotar.  Ibi  2  ac. 
prati.  Valet  10  fol.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  30  folid. 

Hxc  terra  eft  addita  terris  Aluaoldi  quas  ten. 
Turftinus. 

Rippe  ten.  de  T.  St  or  pe.  Aluuinas  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car. 
quse  ibi  eft  cum  3  cotar.  Silva  I  quarent.  long.  Sc 
lat.     Semp.  val.  20  fol. 

Hugo  ten.  de  T.  Sindercome.  Ccrric  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In 
dominioeft  1  car.  &  7  viilani  &  7  bord.  cum  3  car. 
Ibi  17  ac.  prati  &  una  leu.  paftura:  in  long.  &  lat. 
[Sc  50  acre  filve.]     Valuit  &  val.  20  folid. 

Ipfe  Turftinus  ten.  Cadeberie.  Aluuold  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  1 2  hid.  Terra  eft  1 2  car. 
In  dominio  funt  3  car.  &  6  fervi  Sc  16  viJlani  Sc  20 
bord.  cum  8  car.  &  unus  porcarius  redd.  12  porcos 
per  ann.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  22  folid.  Sc  50  ac.  prati 
Sc  70  ac.  paftura;.  Silva  4  quarent.  long.  Sc  una 
quarent.  lat.     Valuit  20  lib.     Modo  12  lib.  • 

Huic  M.  eft  addita  West  one.  Aluui  teneb. 
T.  R.E.p.oman.  &poteratirequovoleb.& geldabat 
pro  2  hid.  it  2  virg.  tCJTK  Sc  dim.     In  dominio  eft 

1  car.  Sc  dim.  Sc  2  fervi  &  6  bord.  cum  1  car.     Ibi 
dimid.  molin.  redd.  45  den.  &  24  ac.  prati.     Silva 

2  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  &  val. 
40  folid.     Ricardus  ten.  de  Turlt. 

Aluuinus  tan.  de  T.  Westone.  Ipfe  teneb. 
T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  dim. 
car.  Ibi  tainen  eft  l  car.  cum  1  villano.  Valet  10 
folid. 

Bernardus  ten.  de  T.  Svdcadeberie.  Aluuoldus 

teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro 3  virg.  terra;.     Ibi 

addita:  funt  2  hidx  &■  una  virg.  terrx  quas  teneb. 

libere  4  taini  T.  R.  E.       Int.  tot.  terra  eft  3  car. 

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Bernardus  habet2  hid.  Unus  clericus  dimid.  hid. 
Unus  Anglicus  dim.  hid.  Valeb.  &  val.  3  lib.  Has 
omnes  terras  funt  addita;  terris  Aluuoldi  quas  tenet 
Turflinus. 

Adhuc  eft  addita  1  hida  in  Vltone  quam  teneb. 

Alnodus  libere  T.  R.  E.    Terra  eft  1  car.     Leuiet 

ten.  de  Turft.  &  ibi  habet   1  fervum   &  3  cofcez 

&  4  acras  prati  &   3  acras  filvae  minutae.     Valet 

lofol. 

Adhuc  eft  addita  Cloptone.  Alnodus  libere  te- 
r.-eb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  3 
car.  Radulfus  ten.  de  Turft.  &  ibi  habet  1  car. 
cum  1  villano  &  4 bord.  $c  2  fervis.  Ibi  10  ac.  prati 
&  4  quarent.  filvae  in  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.  Quan- 
do  recepit  valeb.  40fol.     Modo  20  folid. 

Aluuardus  ten.  de  T.  Blacheford.  Idem  tenuit 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  ell  1  car. 
quae  ibi  eft  cum  3  bord.     Valet  15  fol. 

Goisfridus  ten.  de  T.  Cvntone.  Aluuardus 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  6  hid.  Terra  eft  6 
car.  In  dominio  eft  dim.  car.  &  4  fervi  &  9  villani 
&  1 1  bord.  cum  5  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  8  folid.  & 
1 5  ac.  prati.  Silva  4  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent. 
lat.     Valet  100  fol.     Olim  6  lib. 

Goisfridus  ten.  deT.  Malpertone.  Aluuoldus 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eit  6 
car.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  10  fervi  &  3  villani 
&  9  cofcez  cum  3  car.  Ibi  2  moliniredd.  5  folid.  &  5 
den.  &  5  ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  pafturss.  Silva  5  qua- 
rent. long.  &  3  quarent.  lat.  Valuit  olim  8  lib. 
Modo  6  lib. 

Norman  ten.  de  T.  Wandestrev.  Aluuoldus 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  5 
car.  In  dominio  lunt  2  car.  &  4 fervi  &  4  villani  & 
4  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  363c.  prati  &  303c.  paiturat. 
Silva  l  leu.  long.  &  dim.  leu.  lat.  Valet  3  lib. 
Olim  6  lib. 

Norman  ten.  deT.  Ckaivert.  Leuedai  ter.eb. 
7.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  dim. 
car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  4  cotar.  Ibi  4ac. 
prati  &  4  ac.  paflurae.     Valet  7  fol. 

Bernardus  ten.  deT.  Dvncretone.  Aluuoldus 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geld;U>at  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  8 
car.  In  dominio  funt  4  car.  &  8- fervi  &  lovilbni  k 
o  bord.  cum  4«r.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  7  fol.  &  6  den. 
&  6  ac.  prati.  l'aftura  4  quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent. 
lat.     Valet  6  lib.     Ohm  valeb.  100  folid. 

Iltiic  Mi  eft  addita  una  virg.  terras  &  valet  5  folid. 
Eduui  teneb.  libere  T.  R.  E. 

Robertus  ten.  deT.  Cirftvne.  Aluuoldus  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  1  villano  &  4  bord.  Ibi  6  ac. 
prati  &  una  quarent.  liiva;  in  long.  &  in  lat.  Valet 
30  fol.     Olim  valch.  4c  fol. 

Ccrra  ^ctfoms  De  !i5Urei . 

Serlo  de  Bvrci  ten.  de  Rege  Blachedone.  AI- 
mar  teneb.  T..K.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra 
eft  tocar.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  cum  I  fervq  &  5 
villani  &  8.  bord.  cum  j.car.  Ibi  2  molini  redd.  5 
fol.  &  1.0  ac.  prati  k.zoo  ac.  filva?.  l'aftura  1  leu. 
in  long.  &  lat.  Valet  2.0  fol.  Quando  recepit 
valeb.  10  lib.     Modo  7  lib. 


Dehac  terra  ten.  Lambertas  1  hid.  de  Serlone  & 
ibi  habet  2  car.  cum  2  villanis. 

Quatuor  milites  ten.  de  S.  Opopille.  Euuacre 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  6  hid.  &  dim.  Terra 
eft  10  car.  In  dominio  funt  4  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  7 
villani  &  4  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  70  ac.  prati  &  100 
ac.  paflurae.     Valuit  &  val.  6  lib. 

Ipfe  S.  ten.  Stoche.  Euuacre  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dimid.  hida.  Terra  ell  1  car.  cum  I 
fervo  &  ibi  eft  in  dominio  &  1  ac.  prati  &dim.  Silva 
4 quarent.  long.  &  unaquarent.  lat.  Valet  10 folid. 

Ipfe  S.  ten.  Cilele.  Euuacre  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terrae.  Terra  eft  2  car.  quae  ibi 
funt  cum  1  villano  &  1  bord.  &  1  fervo.  Ibi  I 
ac.  prati  &  dim.     Valet  15  folid. 

Huic  addita  eft  Stoche.  Aluric  tenuit  pro  M. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  1 
car.  quae  ibi  eft  cum  2  bord.  &  dim.  ac.  prati. 
Val.  10  fol. 

Walterus  ten.  de  S.  Ajldvic.  Almar  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  &  4  villani  &  1  bord. 
Ibi  molin.  redd.  3  fol.  &  15  ac.  prati  &  49  ac.  filvae. 
Olim  Si  modo  val.  40  folid. 

Guntard  ten.  de  S.  R agiol.  Quatuor  taini  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  1  villano      Ibi 

5  ac.  prati  &  5  ac.  filvae  minutas.     Valet  30  folid. 
Huic  addita  ell  una  hida  &  una  virg  terra;.  Unus 

tainus  teneb.  libere  T.  R.E.  Terraell  3  car.  Walterus 
ten.  de  Serlone  &  ibi  habet  1  car.  &  4  fervi  cum  1 
villano  &^bord.  Jbi  3  ac.  prati  &  3  quarent.  filvas 
in  long.  &  lat.  Olim  10  folid.  Modo  30  folid. 
Hasc  terra  non  pertinuit  ad  Euuacre. 

Ecclefia'S.  Edwardi  ten.  de  S.  Chelmetone  pro 
filia  ejus  qux  ibi  eft.  Alii  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  Ibi 
font  5  hida;  fed  pro  una  hida  geidab.  Terra  eil  s 
car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  4  villani  &  3  bord, 
cum  4  car.  Ibi  una  leu.  filvas  in  long.  &  3  quarent. 
lat.     Olim  30  fol.     Modo  40  lolid. 

Ipfe  S.  ten.  Lovintvke.  Tres  taini  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  [pro  trib.  maner.]  &  geldabant  pro  6  hid. 
Terra  eft  2  car.     In  dominio  funt  2  car.    &  2  fervi 

6  8  villani  &  9bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd. 
10  folid.  &  40  ac.  prati.  Silva  4  quareivt.  long.  Sc 
2  quarent.  lat.     Olim  6  lib.     Modo  100  folid. 

De  hac  terra  ten.  Lanbertus  1  hid.  &  ibi  habet  1 
car.  cum -3  villanis.  Ibi  12  ac.  prati.  Valet  20  folid. 

Ipfe  Serlo  ten.  Watehelle.  Eimer  teneb.  T. R.E. 
de  yEcclefia  Glaftingberienec  poterat  ab  ea  feparari 
&  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In  dominio 
eft  1  car.  cum  1  iervo  &  1  bord.  Olim  40  fol.  Modo 
40-  fol. 

De  hac  terra  tea.  de  S.  Goisfridus  1  hid.  &  val. 
to  foiid. 

Ipfe  S.  ten.  Contone.  Euuacre  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geidahat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eil  5  car.  In  dominio. 
funt  2  car.  &  2. fervi  &  5  villani  &  6 cot.  &  5  bord. 
cum  4  car.  Ibi  15  ac.  prati  Sc  una  leu.  paiiura;  in 
long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.  Silva  1 1  quarent.  Jong.  &  9. 
quarent.  lat.     Olim  100  fol.     Modo  4  lib. 

De  hac  terra  ten.  Ricardus  de  S.  unam  virg.  terrx 
&  1  fcrling  &  ibi  habet  1  car.  cum  2  bord.  &  5  ac. 
praii.     Olim  5  fol.     Modo.  1 5  folid. 

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Ipfc  S.  ten.  Mortonb.  Tres  taini  teneb.  [pro  trib. 
maneriis]  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  c  hid.  Terra  eft 
c  car.  Godric  ten.  de  hac  terra  2  hidas  Sc  Klric  2 
hid.  In  dominio  funt  2  car.  &  9  viilani  &  1 1  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  red).  5  lolid.  &  40  ac.  prati 
|J«C.  filvae.     Olim  &  modo  val.  3  lib. 

De  eadem  terra  ten.  Ricardus  3  virg.  terra;  Sc 
IJunfridus  1  virg.  terra;.  Ibi  ell  1  car.  &  2  viilani  & 
3  Lord.  &  18  ac.  prati  &  4  ac.  lilv:c  Sc  2  ac.  paftura:. 
Olim  Sc  modo  val.  3  lib. 

Rainaldus  ten-  de  S.  Mvdiford.  Eimar  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  til  3  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  Sc  dim.  &  3  viilani  &  4  bord.  cum 
2  car.     Olim  &  modo  val.  3  lib. 

Huic  M.  ell  addita  Stank.  Sareb  teneb.  libere 
pro  man.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft 
1  car.  &  dim.     Olim  &  modo  val.  10  folid. 

Cerra  ©uonis  filii  ffiamclin. 

Odo  filivs  Gamf.lini  ten.de  Rege  Locvmbe  & 
Vitalis  de  eo.    Fitel  teneb.  T.  R .  E.  &  geldabat  pro 

1  hida.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2 
fervi  Sc  8  viilani  &  1  bord.  cum  2  car.  &  dim.  Ibi  2 
ac.  prati  &  I  2  ac.  iilvx  Sc  50  ac.  paftura;.  Olim 
Sc  modo  val.  40  fol. 

Cerra  Dsijcrni  <5tfam. 

Osbernvs  [Gifard]  ten.  de  Rege  Canoi.e.  Alnod 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  3 
car.  In  dominio  e;t  1  car.  &  5  viilani  Si  6  bord. 
cum  2  car.    Ibi  16  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  pafturac.    Silva 

2  quarent.  &  dim.  long.  &  dimid.  quarent.  lat. 
Olim  30  fol.     Modo  val.  40  folid. 

ipfu  O.  ten.TELvvK.  Dono  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  ell  4  car.  In  dominio  eft 
1  car.  &  2  lervi  &  3  viilani  &  4  bord.  cum  3  car. 
Ibi  2  molini  redd.  100  denar.  Sc  14  ac.  prati  &  16 
ac.  filvae  minuta:  Sc  14  ac.  parturae.  Olim  3  lib. 
Modo  4  lib. 

IpfeO.  ten.  Vdeberge.  Dono  teneb.  T.  R.E. 
&  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In  do- 
minio eft  1  car.  &  6  bord.  cum  1  fervo  Sc  8  ac.  prati. 
OJira  30  folid.     Modo  val.  40  foiid. 

Cerra  (ZECtoarui  ^arisbertenfis. 

Edwaruus  Sarisberiensis  ten.  de  Rcgc  Han- 
tone.  Vluuen  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10 
hid.  Terra  eft  10  car.  In  dominio  funt  3  car.  Sc  9 
ftrvi  Sc  12  viilani  &  15  bord.  cum  6  car.  Ibi  2 
molini  redd.  34  Ibi.  &  1  -'  ac.  prati.  Suva  1  leu. 
long.  Sc  dim.  leu.  lat. 

In  Bade  2  domus,  una  redd.  7  den.  Sc  obolum. 
Olim  10  lib.     Modo  val.  12  lib. 

Ipfe  E.  ten.  Nortvne.  luing  teneb.  T.  R.E.  & 
geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  locar.  In  dominio 
funt  3  car.  &  3  fervi  &  3  viilani  Sc  13  bord.  cum  3 
car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  folid.  Sc  20  ac.  prati  Sc  totid. 
paftura;.  Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  tantund.  lat.  Olim 
6  lib.  Modo  7  lib.  De  his  10  hid.  ded.  Rex  E. 
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Ernvlfvs  de  Hksding  ten.  de  Rege  Wk»toi«e. 
Edric  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra 
eft  7  car.  In  dominiofunt  2  car.  Sc  10  fervi  &  6  vii- 
lani Sc  1  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  20  folid. 
Sc  1 3  ac.  prati  Sc  60  ac.  paftura:  Sc  30  ac.  filvae.  la 
Hade  3  domus  redd.  27  den.  Totuui  olim  &  modo 
val.  8  lib. 

Engeler  ten.  de  Em.  Tichkiiam.  Edric  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  I  hida  Sc  3  virg.  terrx. 
Terra  eft  3  car.  Ibi  funt  3  viilani  Sc  1  bord.  Sc  1 
fervus  &  6  ac.  prati.  Silva  3  quarent.  long.  &  una 
quarent.  lat.     Val.  40  folid. 

Ingelramnus  ten.  de  Er.  Reddens.  Edric  teneb. 
T.  R.E.&  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
qua;  ibi  funt  in  dominio  &  3  fervi  Sc  28  bord.  Ibi  2 
molini  redd.  15  folid.  &  20  ac.  prati  &  303c.  paftura;. 
Silva  1  leu.  long.  &  tantund.  lat.  Olim  Sc  modo 
val.  4  lib. 

Cerra  <£>tsleberti  filii  CtiroIDi. 

Gislkbertvs  filivs  Tvroldi  ten.  de  Rege  Chi- 
wbstoch  &  Ofbernusde  eo.  Edric  teneb.  '1  .R.E. 
&  geldabat  pro  una  hida  &  dim.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
qux  ibi  funt  in  dominio  &  2  fervi  Sc  2  bord.  St  20 
ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  iilvac  minutae.  Olim  20  fol. 
Modo  val.  30  folid. 

Walterus  ten.  de  G.  Tvmbeli.  Edric  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  c  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  In 
dominio  eft  I  car.  &  2  fervi  &  5  viilani  Sc  4  bord. 
&  4  cofcez  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  30  den.  Sc 
35  ac.  prati.  Paftura  1  leu.  long.  Sc  dim.  leu.  lat. 
&  tantund.  filvae.  Quando  recepit  valeb.  100  fol. 
Modo  tantund. 

Idem  ten.  Estone.  Edric  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  Sc 
geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car.  qua:  ibi  ell 
cum  3  bord.     Redd.  30  folid. 

Cerra  <S5otiebolDi. 

Godebpi.dvs  ten.  de  RegeCARME.  Albrift  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terrse.  Terra  eft  3 
car.  In  dominio  ell  1  car.  cum  1  fervo  &  3  viilani 
cum  1  bord.  Ibi  3  ac.  prati  &  50  ac.  pailurac.  Olim 
20  fol.     Modo  val.  10  folid. 

Cerra  afjatfnti  He  agojetania. 

Mathiv  ten.  de  Rege  Cuvfdone  &  Ildebertus  de 
eo.  Johannes  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pr05  hid. 
&  dimid.  Sc  2ferlingis.  Terraeftbcar.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  cum  I  fervo  &  8  viilani  &  10  bord.  cum 
4  car.  Ibi  468c.  prati.  -Paftura  1  leu.  Sc  dim. 
long.  t\  tantund.  lat.  Silva  2  quarent.  long.  &  dim. 
quarent.  lat.     Olim  40  folid.     Modo  val.  4  lib. 

Rumaldus  ten.  deM.  Calviche.  Torchil  teneb: 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  tear. 
In  dominio  eft  rear.  &  2  fervi  &  3  viilani  &  4  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibi  6ac.  Kvse  minuta;.  Olim  ..%:  modo. 
40  fol. 

De  hoc  M .  eft  ablata  una  virg.  tenx  quam  teneb . 
Turchil  cum  prxdicla  terra.    Epifcopus  Conftan- 

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Ildelertus  ten.  de  M.  Mideltvne.  Vluuard 
■teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  6 
car.  In  dominio  Aim  2  car.  &  4  fervi  &  9  villani  & 
9  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  folid.  &  24 
ac.  prati.  Silva  ioquarent.  in  long.  &  lat.  Quando 
reccpit  valeb.  100  fol.     Modo  6  lib. 

Cerra  IDtmftttri. 

Hvkfridvs  [Camer.]  ten.  de  Rege  Cvri.  Ordric 
-&  Liuing  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &geldabant  pro  1  hida& 
unoferling.  Terra  eft  1  car.  qua:  ibi  eft  in  dominio 
cum  t  bord.  &  2  cotar.  Ibi  20  ac.  prati.  Olim  20 
folid.  Modo  val.  40  folid.  Hasc  terra  addita  eft 
terris  Bridric  fed  ii  qui  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  quo  voleb. 
ire  poterant. 

Idem  H.  ten.  Cvri.  Leuing  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  3  villani  &  3  bord.  cum  1  car.  Ibi  24 
ac.  prati.  Olim  30  fol.  Modo  val.  40  folid.  &  haec 
eft  junfta  terris  Bridric  fed  qui  teneb.  T.  R.E.  quo 
voleb.  ire  poterant. 

Roteertvs  de  Odburuille  ten.  de  Rege  in  Warne 
2  virg.  terra:  &  dim.  quae  nunquam  geldav.  Terra 
eft  dim.  car.  Ibi  eft  unus  bord.  cum  I  fervo.  Val. 
15  folid.     Vaftam  accep. 

HicRobertushabuit  unam  virg.  terrsequam  teneb. 
Dodo  libere  T.  R.  E.  Hxc  addita  fuit  Dolver- 
tone  Maner.  Regis.  Modo  dijudicata  eft  efie 
tainland.     Val.  10  fol. 

Idem  R.  ten.  dimid.  hid.  in  Widepolle.  Tres 
foreftarij  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  4  car.  De  hac 
reddebat  Robertus  20  folid.  in  firma Regis  ad  Wines- 
tord.     Modo  diratiocinata  eft  in  tainland. 

Idem  R.  ten.  Wilesforde.  Duo  taini  teneb. 
T.R.  E.  &geldabantpro  unahida.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
In  dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  &  8  bord.  haben  1. 1  car. 
Ibi  4  ac.  prati  &  loac.  pafturae&  3  ac.filvae  minuta:. 
Olim  10  folid.  Modo  val.  15  folid.  Dehachida 
ten.  Com.  Morit.  unam  virg.  &  Bretel  de  eo. 

Idem  R.  ten.  Melecome.  Saric  teneb.  T.R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terrae  &  dimid.  Terra  eft 
1  car.  &  dim.  &  ibi  funt  cum  10  bord.  Ibi  molin. 
redd.  1 2  den.  &  10  ac.  filva:  minuta:.  Olim  &  modo 
val.  1 5  fol. 

De  hoc  M.  eft  ablata  dimid.  hida  qua:  T.  R.  E. 
ibi  pertineb.  Hanc  ten.  Walfcinus  de  Douuai  cujn 
Bvr  maner.  fuo. 

Johannes  Hoftiarius  ten.  de  Rege  Pegens. 
Bridric  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida 
&  una  virg.  terras.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio  eft 
1  car.  &  2  villani  cum  1  bord.  Ibi  prefbitercum  1 
car.  &  2  bord.  Ibi  5  ac.  prati.  Olim  40  folid. 
Modo  30  folid.  valet. 

Idem  Johannes  ten.  Pe  ri.  Orgar  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida  &  dim.  virg.  tens  & 
dimid.  ferling.  Terra  eft  1  car.  qux  ibi  eft  cum  2 
vill.  &  2  bord.  Ibi  5  ac.  prati.  Olim  10  fol. 
Modo  val.  1 5  folid. 

Stable  ten .  de  Johanne  Newetvne.  Samar  teneb. 
T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car. 
quae  ibi  eft  cum  2  villanis  &  2  bord.  &  8  fervis.  Ibi 
5  ac.  prati  &  5  ac.  filvx.  Olim  10  fol.  Modo  val. 
15  folid. 


Robertvs  ten.  de  Johanne  Candetonb.  Semar 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  k  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra 
eft  1  car.  quas  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  I  villano  &  4 
bord.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  folid.  &  23  ac.  prati  &6 
ac.  pafturas.     Olim  15  folid.     Modo  val.  20  folid. 

Ipfe  Johannes  ten.WiNCHEBERiE.  Aluuard  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  I  car.  & 
dim.  &  ibi  funt  cum  2  villanis  &  3  bord.  Ibi  8  ac. 
piati.     Olim  20  folid.     Modo  30  folid. 

Ipfe  Johannes  ten.  Hustille.  Aluuard  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terra:.  Terra  eft 
2  car.  quae  ibi  funt  cum  3  villanis  &  4  bord.  Ibi 
10  ac.  pafturas.     Olim  10  fol.     Modo  val.  20  folid. 

De  hac  terra  dimid.  virg.  &  unus  ferling  T.  R.  E. 
pertinebat  ad  Svmertone.     Val.  5  fol. 

Ansger  [fouuer]  ten.  de  Rege  Cu,detone. 
Aluuinus  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg. 
terra;.  Terra  eft  I  car.  quae  ibi  eft  cum  1  villano 
&  1  fervo.  Ibi  14  ac.  prati  &  5  ac.  paftuxae.    Olim 

5  fol.     Modo  val.  15  fol. 

Idem  A.  ten.  Michafliscerce.  Aluui  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dim.  hida.  Terra  eft  1 
car.     Olim  &  modo  val.  5  folid. 

Idem  A.  ten.  Siwoldkstonb.  Duo  taini  libere 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  una  virg.  terra:. 
Terra  eft  dim.  car.     Olim  &  modo  val.  4  folid. 

Idem  ten.  Derlege.  Alfi  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &gel- 
dabat  pro  2  virg.  terrae  &  dimid.  &  uno  ferling. 
Terra  eft  3  car.  qua  ibi  funtcum  4  villanis  &  2  bord. 

6  3  fervis.  Ibi  20  ac.  filva:.  Olim  &  modo  valet 
20  folid. 

Ansger  [Coquus]  ten.  de  Rege  Lvlestoch. 
Bridie  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid. 
Terra  eft  In  dominio  lunt  3  car.  &  z  fervi 

&  1 1  villani  &  7  bord.  &  20  ac.  filvas  in  uno  loco 
&  in  alio  filva  1  leu.  long.  Sc  dimid.  leu.  lat.  Olim 
&  modo  val.  100  folid. 

Anschitil  [Parcher]  ten.  de  Rege  Newetvnb. 
Ofuardus  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  & 
una  virg.  terra:.  Terra  eft  3  car.  qua;  ibi  funt  cum 
8  bord.  Ibi  15  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  mors  &  10  ac. 
filvas.     Olim  40  fol.     Modo  val.  30. 

Idem  A.  ten.  Herdeneberie.  Aluric  teneb. 
T.  R'.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car. 
Ibi  funt  3  bord.  cum  1  fervo  &  60  ac.  paftura;. 
Olim  20  fol.     Modo  val.  5  folid. 

Idem  A.  ten.  Mideltone.  Ofuuardus  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  <&  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terraeft  1  car. 
quae  ibi  eft  cum  1  villano  &  2  fervis.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati 
&  2  ac.  filva:  minuta:  &  20  ac.  pafturx.  Olim  & 
modo  val.  15  fol. 

Girardvs  ten.ERNESEL.  Leuing  teneb.  T.  R.  B. 
&  geldabat  pro  1  hida  terra:.  Terra  eft  1  car.  Ibi 
eft  1  bord.  &  2  fervi  &6  ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  filva:. 
Olim  &  modo  val.  30  folid. 

Edmvnd  filius  Pagen  ten.  Bertvne  de  Rege. 
Jadulfus  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid! 
&  dim.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio  eft  1  car.  cum 
1  fervo  &  2  villani  &  4  bord.  &  6  cotar.  Ibi  molin. 
redd.  10  folid.  &  50  ac.  prati  &  60  ac.  paftura:. 
Olim  6  lib.     Modo  3  lib. 

De  hoc  M.  eft  ablata  1  hida  quam  ten.  Malger 
de  Cartrai. 

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Idem  E.  ten.  Picote.  Jadulfus  teneb.  T.R.  fi- 
fe geldabat  pro  3  hid.  &  dim.  Terra  eft  4  car.  In 
dominio  funt  2  car.  &  z  fervi  &  3  villani  &  8  bord. 
cum  2  car.  Ibi  molin.  redd,  co  den.  Ibi  8  ac. 
prati  &  1 2  ac.  palturae  &  50  ac.  filvx.  Olim  &  modo 
val.  4  lib. 

Idem  E.  ten.  Waltvne.  Elmar  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car.  Ibi  in  do- 
minio 1  car.  &  unus  villanus  &  6  bord.  cum  1  car. 
&  dimid.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati  &  40  ac.  paftura:.  Silva; 
minuta:  1  quarent.  in  long.  Sc  lac.  Olim  4  lib. 
Modo  40  folid. 

Vxor  Manaffes  [Coqui]  ten.  Haia.  Edric  teneb. 
T.  R.E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  ell  2  car.  Ibi 
funt  2  bord.  cum  1  cotar.  &  6  ac.  prati  &  12  ac. 
paftura:.     Olim  20  folid.     Modo  val.  15  folid. 

Eadem  ten.  Estone.  Alduinus  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  una  hida  &  una  virg.  terra;.  Terra 
eft  2  car.  qua;  ibi  funt  in  dominio  cum  I  villano  &  3 
bord.  &  uno  cotar.  Ibi  8  ac.  prati  it  6  ac.  paftura:. 
Olim  Sc  modo  val.  20  fol. 

Ccrtac  Camorum  Ecgis. 

Brictric  &  Vluuardus  ten.  de  Rege  Boche- 
lande.  Idem  ipfi  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro 
1  hida  &  dim.  Terra  efl  3  car.  In  dominio  funt  2 
car.  Sc  2  villani  &  4  bord.     Valet  20  folid. 

Hanc  terram  teneb.  ifti  de  Petro  Epifcopo  dum  vixit 
&  reddeb.  ei  10  fol.  Modo  ten.  de  Rege  fed  port 
mortem  Epifcopi  Rex  inde  nil  habuit. 

De  hac  terra  teneb.  uxor  Bolle  3  virg.  T.  R.  E. 

Siward  ten.  Sevknemetone.  T.  R.  E.  geldabat 
pro  3  hid.  Terra  ell  3  car.  In  dominio  ell  1  car. 
&  2  villani  &  3  bord.  &  2  fervi  Sc  8  ac.  prati.  Valet 
3  "b. 

Hardinc  [f.  Alnod]  ten.  Lopen.  Toui  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  Sc  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  ell  2  car.  In 
dominio  eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  Sc  2  villani  It  5  bord.  & 
20  ac.  prati.     Olim  20  folid.     Modo  val.  40  folid. 

Harding  ten.  Brade.  Toui  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio 
eft  I  car.  cum  1  villano.  Olim  20  fol.  Modo  10  fol. 

Idem  ten.  Capilande.  Toui  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  ell  2  car.  In  dominio 
eft  1  car.  cum  1  bord.  &  1  fervo  &  6  ac.  prati  &  30 
ac.  filvs.     Olim  5  fol.     Modo  val.  20  folid. 

Huic  M.  ell  acldita  dimid.  hida  qua;  fuit  de  Cvri 
maner.  Regis.     Val.  5  folid. 

Idem  ten.  Meriet.  Goduinus  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car.  In  dominio 
funt  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  9  villani  &  6  bord.  cum  2 
car.  Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  folid.  &  io  ac.  prati  Sc  3 
quarent.  paftura;.     Olim  100  fol.     Modo  val.  4  lib.. 

Harding  ten.  Bocheland.  Toui  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  una  hida.  Terra  eft  4  car.  Ibi  3 
ac.  prati  &  10  quarent.  paftura;  in  long.  Sc  4  Inc. 
Silva  2  quarent.  long.  &  una  lat.  Olim  40  fol. 
Modo  10  folid. 

Harding  ten.  Dinbscove.  Toui  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  domi- 
nio funt  2  car.  cum  3  villanis.  Ibi  81  c.  pr.-.ti  St  3 
quarent.  pallurw  in  long.  Sc  Jut.  Olim  &  modo  val. 
40  folid. 

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Brictric  ten.  Tochfswellb.  Goduinus  teneb. 
T.  R.  B.  Ibi  eft  dim.  virg.  terrx  Sc  non  geldabat 
T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  I  car.  Ibi  funt  4  bord.  cum  1 
fcrvo.     Olim  Sc  modo  valeb.  12  folid.  &6u 

Siuuardus  ten.  DvnintonC.  Edmar  teneb. 
T.  R.  B.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car. 
quae  ibi  funt  cum  6  villanis  Sc  3  bord.  Ibi  rn'.lin. 
redd.  8  denar.  &  8  ac.  pr.iti.  Paftura  3  quarent. 
long.  Sc  2  quarent.  lat.  Silva  3  quarent.  long.  &  z 
quarent.  lat.     Olim  20  folid.     Modo  val.  40. 

Siuuardus  ten.  Ettebere.  Idem  ipfe  teneb. 
T.  R.E.  Se  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft  1  car.  Sc 
dim.  &  ibi  funt  cum  2  villanis  &  3  bord.  Ibi  6  ac. 
prati  &  una  quarent.  filva;  in  long.  &  lat.  Olim  & 
modo  val.  20  folid. 

Dodo  ten.  Stawe.  Siuuoldus  teneb.  T.  R.  L.  Sc 
geldabat  pro  3  virg.  terra:.  Terra  eft  3  car.  In  do- 
minio eft  1  car.  &  3  fervi  &  6  villani  Sc  2  bord.  & 
molin.  fine  cenfu  &  5  ac.  prati  Sc  30  ac.  paftura;  Sc  3 
ac.  filva;.     Olim  Si  modo  val.  20  folid. 

Vlf  ten.  Havechewblle.     Idem  ipfe  teneb. - 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  una  virg.  terra;  Sc  uno  fer- 
ling  &  quarta  parte  unius  ferling.     Terra  eft  3  car. 
Ibi  funt   3  car.   cum    1  fervo  Sc  3  villani   Sc  4  bord. 
Valet  25  folid. 

Alwardus  Sc  fratres  ejus  ten.  Stochb.  Pater 
eorum  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra 
eft  2  car.  qux  ibi  funt  cum  1  villano  &  1  fervo  &  13 
bord.  Ibi  15  ac.  prati  &  8  ac.  pallurx.  Olim  60 
fol.     Modo  val.  50  fol. 

Goduinus  ten.  Draicote.  Ipfe  Sc  mater  ejui 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  defendebant  fe  pro  una  virg.  terra;. 
Terra  eft  dim.  car.     Redd.  2  fol.  per  annum. 

Aldvi  ten.S-rocHE.  Idem  ipfe  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  3  virg.  terras.  Terra  ell  2 
car.  Ibi  funt  3  bord.  &  2  fervi  cum  1  car.  Ibi 
molin.  redd.  6  folid.  &  8  den.  &  6  ac.  prati.  Paftura 
c  quarent.  long.  &  2  quarent.  lat.  Silva  3  quarent. 
long.  &  2  quarent.  lat. 

BRisMARten.  Halberce.  Idem  ipfe  ten.  T.  R.E. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  10  hid.  Terra  eft  8  car.  In  do- 
minio eft  1  car.  &  2  fervi  &  8  villani  &  16  bord. 
cum  5  car.     Ibi  molin.  redd.  5  folid.  &  13  ac.  prati 

6  dim.  &  dimid.  leu.  pallurx  in  long.  Sc  lat.  &  tan- 
tund.  filva;.     Valet  8  lib. 

Alvbrd  ten.  Wiche.  Idem  ipfe  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
Sc  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  3  car.  qua:  ibi  funt 
cum  2  villanis  &  6  bord.  Sc  3  fervis.  Ibi  molin. 
redd.  5  folid.  Sc  5  ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  fpineti.  Val. 
40  folid. 

Donno  ten.  Bochelande.  Idem  ipfe  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  12  hid.  Terra  eft  7  car. 
Ibi  funt  5  car.  &  1 1  villani  &  5  bord.  &  7  fervi  Sc  40 
ac.  prati  &  30  ac.  filva:  minutae  Sc  dim.  leu.  pillur» 
in  long.  Sc  unaquaient.  &  dim.  in  lat.  &  molin.  redd. 

7  fol.     Olim  8  lib.    Modo  val.  106  folid. 
Acelricvs  ten.   Cvmb.      Eddid  Regina  teneb. 

T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car. 
qua:  ibi  funt  S:  6  villani  &  5  bord.  &  3  fervi.  Ibi 
molin.  redd.  50  den.  &  8  ac.  prati  &  20  ac.  filvse. 
Olim  20  fol.     Modo  4  lib. 

Alvric  ten.  Lideford.  BricVtc  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  9  hid.  Terra  eft  8  car.  Ibi  funt  7 
car.  Sc  6  villani  &  9  bord.  &  z  cotar.  Sc  8  fervi.     Ibi 

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molin.  redd.  15  folid.  &  60  ac.  prati  &  30  ac.  paf- 
turae &  una  leu.  filvae  in  long.  &  Iat.  &  porcarius 
redd.  10  porcos.     Olim  &  modo  val.  8  lib. 

Alvric  ten.  Scepeworde.  Briftric  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  dimid.  hida.  Terra  eft  dimid.  car. 
Valet  5  folid. 

Brictoward  ten.  Writelinctone.  Bnctuuoldus 
teneb.  T.  R..E.  &  geldabat  pro  6  hid.  Terra  eft  5 
car.  &  tot.  ibi  funt  cum  8  villanis  &  3  cotar.  Ibi 
1 2  ac.  prati  &  24  ac.  pafturae  &  1 2  ac.  filvae  minutae. 
Olim  100  folid.     Modo  val.  4  lib. 

Huscari.e  ten.  unam  virg.  terne  quam  ipfemet  te- 
neb. T.  R.  E.  in  Estrope.  Ibi  habet  dimid.  car. 
Valet  40  denar. 

Osmer  ten.  unam  virg.  terrae  in  Otremetone. 
Pater  ejus  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  De  ea  funt  2  partes  ab- 
lata:  &  in  Candetone  maner.  Regis  pofitas. 

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aUorum, 

Hvnfridvs  ten.  Baeecari.  Bruno  libere  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  dimid.  Terra  eft 
3  car.  In  dominio  funt  tamen  2  car.  &  2  fervi  &  6 
villani  &  3  bord.  cum  3  car.  Ibi  I4ac.  prati  &  8  ac. 
pafturae.  Olim  40  fol.  Modo  val.  50  folid.  Hsc 
eft  addita  terris  Briftric. 

Hunfridus  ten.  Altone.  Alnod  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  Terra  eft  2  car.  In  dominio 
eft  1  car.  &  unus  villanus  &  4  bord.  cum  dimid.  car. 
&  1  fervo.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati  &  6  ac.  filvaj.  Olim  20 
fol.     Modo  val.  30  fol. 

Hunfridus  ten.  Sanford.  Tres  taini  teneb.  libere 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  6  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car. 
&  tot.  ibi  funt  &  4  villani  &  15  bord.  &  4  fervi  &  8 
ac.  prati.  Paftura  2  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent. 
Iat.  Silva  4  quarent.  long.  &  una  quarent.  Iat. 
Olim  8  lib.     Modo  val.  9  lib. 

ODoFlandreniis  ten.  Timesberie.  Gonuerd  teneb. 
T.R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car. 
Ibi  funt  2  car.  &  5  villani  &  3  bord.  &  molin.  redd. 
40  denar.  &  40  ac.  prati  1  minus  &  39  ac.  pafturae. 
Valet  3  lib. 

Willelmus  [Hofed.]  ten.  Tatewiche.  Tres  taini 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabant  pro  1  hida  &  dimid. 
Terra  eft  1  car.  qua;  ibi  eft  in  dominio  &  3  fervi  &  2 
bord.  &  dimid.  ac.  prati  &  10  ac.  filvae  minutae. 
Olim  10  folid.     Modo  val.  30  folid. 

Radulfus  [deBerchelai]ten.  Tatewiche.  Godric 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dimid.  hida.    Terra 


eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  cum  3  fervis.  Ibi  1  ac.  filvae. 
Olim  10  folid.     Modo  val.  15  folid. 

Hugolinus  [interpres]  ten.  de  Rege  Herlei. 
Azor  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida.  Terra  eft 
3  car.  &  tot  ibi  funt  cum  1  villano  &  5  bord.  &  2  fer- 
vis. Ibi  dimid.  ac.  prati  &  filvae  minutae  3  quarent. 
int.  long.  &  Iat.     Olim  &  modo  val.  50  fol. 

Idem  ten.  Estone.  Ingulf  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  & 
geldabat  pro  3  hid.  Terra  eft  5  car.  Ibi  funt  3  car. 
&  3  villani  &  6  bord.  &  2  fervi  &  molin.  redd.  5 
folid.     Olim  40  folid.     Modo  val.  60  folid. 

Idem  ten.  Claftertone.     Suain  teneb.  T.  R.  E. 

6  geldabat  pro  5  hid.  Terra  eft  6  car.  &  tot.  ibi 
funt  &  4  villani  &  7  bord.  &  4  fervi  &  molin.  redd. 

7  fol.  &  6  denar.  &  20  ac.  prati  &  1 2  quarent.  pafturae 
in  long.  &  Iat.    Olim  &  modo  val.  7  lib. 

Drogo  [de  Montagud]  ten.  Chenolle.  Alnod 
teneb.  T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  dimid. 
Terra  eft  3  car.  &  tot.  ibi  funt  &  6  villani  &  4  fervi 
cum  uno  cotar.  Ibi  15  ac.  prati.  Silva  4  quarent. 
in  long.  &  3  quarent.  in  Iat.  Olim  40  fol.  Modo 
val.  4  lib. 

De  hac  terra  eft  ablata  1  hida  terrae  quae  T.  R.  E. 
ibi  erat.     Turftinus  [f.  Rolf]  ten.     Valet  20  folid. 

Hugo  ten.  Fodindone.  Aluuardus  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  2  hid.  &  una  virg.  terrae. 
Terra  eft  3  car.  &  tot.  ibi  funt  &  2  villani  &  1  cotar. 
&  6  fervi  &  14  ac.  prati.  Olim  30  fol.  Modo  val. 
40  folid. 

Ricardus  ten.  in  Rode  1  hid.  quam  ipfe  tenuitde 
Rainboldo  [prelbitero]  licentia  Regis  ut  dicit.  Rein- 
bold  vero  tenuic  T.  R.  E.  Terra  eft  dim.  car.  Ibi 
eft  unus  bord.     Olim  &  modo  val.  10  folid. 

Schelin  ten.  Fodindone.  Bricftouuard  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  1  hida  &  una  virg.  terrae  & 
dim.  Terra  eft  2  car.  quae  ibi  funt  cum  1  fervo  & 
uno  bord.  Ibi  6  ac.  prati.  Olim  &  modo  val.  20 
folid. 

Eldred  ten.  Brochelie.  Idem  ipfe  ten.  T.  R.  E. 
&  geldabat  pro  4  hid.  Terra  eft  4  car.  &  tot.  ibi  funt 
&  6  villani  &  7  bord.  &  16  ac.  prati.  Valet  30  folid. 

Eldred  ten.  Grenedone.  Idem  ipfe  teneb. 
T.  R.  E.  &  geldabat  pro  dimid.  hida.  Terra  eft  dim. 
car.  Ibi  funt  4  bord.  cum  1  fervo  &  molin.  redd.  30 
denar.  &  3  ac.  prati  &  2  ac.  filvae  minuts.  Valet  5 
folid. 

Ansgerus  [de  Montagud]  ten.  de  Rege  Preste- 
tone.  Aluuard  teneb.  T.  R.  E.  _&  geldabat  pro  2 
hid.  Terra  eft  1  car.  quae  ibi  eft  in  dominio  cum  1 
fervo  &  8  bord.  Ibi  10  ac.  prati.  Olim  15  foL 
Modo  val.  40  fol. 


FINIS  LIB.  DOMESDAY. 


[     39     ] 


INDEX      TO      DOMESDAY. 


(t5"  men  an  Ajierijk  (*  )  is  added  to  a  figure,  it  denotes  that  the  name  occurs  more  than  once  in  the  fame  page. 


Ancient  Name. 

Modern  Name. 

Page. 

Ancient  Name. 

Modem  Name. 

Page 

A  CHA> 

-T\.  Ache, 

A. 
1  Oake 

5 
24 

Bada. 
Bade, 

j  Bath,  vide  Bade           f 

1 1 

4.S.7. 
9>  35 

Achelai, 

Hurft,  in  Martock 

33 

Badehelton, 

Badialton 

30 

Adelingye, 
Ailgi, 

Achelney  Abbey 
Vellow,  in  Stogumber 

'5 

28 

Bageberge, 

f  Bagborough-Weft 
I Eaft 

3» 
3' 

Aifecombe, 

Afhcombe 

7 

Bagelie, 

Baglv  _ 

23 

Aifelle, 

J  Afhill 

18 

Bagetrepe, 

Bawdrip 

27 

Aiflelle, 

'5 

Bagewerre, 

Badgworth 

26 

Aifla, 

A (h- Priors,    'vide  Aixa  Sc 

Baltunefberge, 

Baltonlbury 

•3 

Aixe 

11 

Banwelle, 

Banwell 

10 

Ai/Te, 

(  Afhbrittle                     i 
(  Alh,  near  Martock       J 

iS 

Barintone, 
Batecumbe, 

Barrington 
Batcombe 

1 5 
13 

Aiirebrige, 

Axbridge,  vide  Alfebruge 

s 

Baweberga, 

Bagborough 

S 

AifTecote, 

Afhcott 

"3* 

Bechintone, 

Beckington 

26 

AifTeford, 

Aftiford 

23>  24 

Beiminftre, 

Bedminfter 

2 

Aifleforde, 
Aixa, 

Exford 

|  Afti-Priors, 

I     vide  Aifia 

29 

26 

Beletone, 
Belgetone, 

|  Bell  nton  near  Pen  sford  j 

4 
16 

Aixe, 

26 

Bera, 

Beer 

16 

Aldedeford, 

Alford, 

20 

Bere, 

Beercrocombe 

18 

Aldvic, 

Aldwick  near  Blagdon, 

34 

Berchelei, 

Berkley 

26 

Aler.tone, 
Alfageftone 

Alhampton  in  Ditchet 
Alfoxton, 

Berrowene, 
Bertone, 

__ 

H 
33 

Barton-David 

24 

Almundesford, 

Almsford 

27 

Bertune, 

Burton 

36 

A  innHf»ftnnp 

Berrow 

27 
7 

.  Ulll/UVILlf  UV, 

Aire, 

Aller, 

27 
32 

Berve, 

r  Barrow  Minchin            f 
<  Barrow-Gurney,  in        S 
t     Bedminfter  Hundred  J 

Alresford, 

Allerford 

32 

Alfebruge, 

Axbridge,  vide  Aiflebrige 

z 

Bichecome, 

Bickham 

28 

Alfiftune, 

Alfton-Maris 

28 

Bichehalle, 

Bickenhall 

18 

Altone, 

Holton,  or  Halton 

38 

1  Builhport.orBifhopfworth 

Alurenecote, 

Hurcott 

29 

Bicheheurde, 

i    in  Bedminfter,  vide  Bif- 

7 

Alwarditone, 

Allerton 

26 

/    copewrde 

Amelberge, 

Emborow 

9 

Bifcopeftone, 

Bilhopfton 

21 

Animere, 

Enmore 

24 

Bifcopewrde, 

Bi/hopworth 

7 

Apelie, 
Appelie, 

}APley                          { 

21 
18 

Blachedone, 

Slagdon  in  Winterftoke 
Hundred 

34 

Are, 

Oare 

3' 

^Blackford    in   Whitley 

Afcwei, 
Ateberie, 

Alhway 

Adbeer  vide  Ettebere 

23 
28 

Blacheford, 

J      Hundred 

J  Blackford    near  North- 

12 

Atigete, 

Havyat 

7 

l_      Cadbury 

34 

Atiltone, 

11  ton 

15 

Blachemore, 

31ackmore  in  Churchill 

22 

A  ucome, 

Allcombe 

28        | 

Blachelhale, 

Blackfhill 

24 

Avena 

Avill 

28        J 

Blcdone, 

Jleadon 

6 

B. 

Bocheland, 

juckland 

37 

Babachan 

20 
38 

Bochelande, 

rBuckland-St.  Mary 
\  Buckland-Denham 

98 

37 

Babecari  < 

Jabcary 

Babingtone, 

Bacoilc, 

Jabington 
Backwell 

9 
7 

Bodechelei, 
Boduchelei,         1 

J  Budeigh 

12 

Bodeflege, 


4° 


.INDEX    TO    DOMESDAY. 


Ancient  Name. 

Bodefiege, 

Bofintone, 

Bofintune, 

Brade, 

Bradeford, 

Bradeforde, 

Biadewei, 

Brdewrde, 

Bratone, 

Brauetone, 

Bredde, 

Brede, 

Bredene, 

Bredenie, 

Brentemerfe, 

Brien, 

Brigeford, 

Briltou 

Briweham, 

Briwetone, 

Brochelei, 

Brodune, 

Brofbrd, 

Brucheford, 

Brugie, 

Brumetone, 

Brune, 

Brunfelle, 

Brunetone, 

Budicome, 
Bur, 
Bure, 
Burnhara, 

Bumetone, 


Cadeberie, 

CafFecome, 

Cainelham, 

Caivel, 

Caldecote, 

Calviche, 

Camel, 

Camelle, 

Camelei, 

Camelertone, 

Candel, 

Candetone, 

Canole, 

Cantctone 

Cantoche, 

Cantocheve, 

Cantocheheve, 

Capilande, 

Capintone, 

Carentone, 

Can, 


Modern  Name. 
Butleigh 

[  Bofllngtou 
B  radon 

^Bradford 

Broadway 

Broad  wood 

Bratton,  near  Minehead 

Brewton,  -vide  Brumetone 


1  Bradon 

Bradney 

Brent-Marfh,  or  Eaft-Brent 

Brean 

Brufhford,  -vide  Brucheford 

Briftol 

Brewham 

Brewton 

Brockley 

Bratton-Seymour 

Brow  ford 

Brufhford 

Bridgwater 

Brewton,  vide  Brauetone 

Brown 

Broomfield 

f  Brumpton-Regis 

I  Brympton 
B  utcom  be-  Thrubwell 

r  Bower-Eaft 

\  Bower- Weft 
Burnham 

f  Brumpton-Regis 

I  Brompton-Ralph 

C- 

{Cadbury  North 
Cadbury  South 
Chaffcombe 
Keynfham 

Cayford,  vide  Chaivert 
Catcot 
Chelvy 

Camel  Queens 
Camel  Weft 
Camely 
Camerton 

Candel  in  Dorfetfhirc 
Cannington,  i>;V.Cantetone 
Knolle,  in  Bedminlter 
Cannington 
Quantock 

Quantockfliead  Well 
Quantockfhead  Eaft 
Capland 

Capton  in  Stogumber 
Carhampton 
r  Cary  Caftle 
I  Cary-Fitzpaine 


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12 

«5 

32 

37 
'9 
5 
18 
28 
29 

5 

18 
18 
•9 
27 
H 
27 

3 

T 

24,30 
24 

38 
z7 
23 
18 

z7 
3 

28 
30 

3 
25,28 

7 
26,36 

32 

27 
18 
28 

33 

33 

6 

4 
9 

12 

35 

4 
'5 

9 

>4 
21 

'5.38 

35 

lS 

33 

29 

3i 

37 

3 

2, 16 

25 

27 


Ancient  Name. 
Carme, 
Cathangre 
Ceder 
Ctdre 
Celeworde 
Cellewert 
Ceolfeberge 
Ceptone 
Cerdefling 
Cerdre 
Cerlecume 

Cerletone 

Cerletune 

Chaivert 

Chedesford 

Chelmetone 

Chen 

Chenemerefdone 

Chenolle 

Cherintone 

Chetenore 
Chilvetune 
Chingefberie 

Chingeftone 

Chintone 

Chintune 

Chinwardeftone 

Chiwe, 

Chiweftoch, 

Churi, 

Cibewrde 

Cildetone, 

Cilele, 

Cilemetone, 

Cilletone, 

Cilterne, 

Cinioch, 

Cipeftaple, 

Ciretune, 

Citerne, 
Ciwetune 
Claford, 
Claftertone, 
Claihelle, 
Clatewrde, 
Clive, 
Clivedone, 
Cllveham, 
Clive  ware, 
Clopetone, 
Cloptone, 
Clotune, 
I  Clovewrde, 


Modern  Name. 

Quarum,  vide  Coarme 
Cathanger 

j  Chedder  { 

Chelwood,   or   Chelworth 

Chillworthy 

Chiffelborough 

Chilton  upon  Poldon 

Charlinch 

Chard 

Charlcombe 
r  Charlton 
)  Charlton-Mufgrove 
f  Charlton-Camville 

Charlton-Adam 

Cayford,  vide  Caivel 

Kittisford 

Kilmington,  v.  Cilemetone 

Kenn 

Kilmerfdon 

Knolle 

r  Cheriton,    or  Churton- 
|_     North,  vide  Ciretune 

Kitenor 

Kilton 

Kingfbury-Eaft 
i  Kingfton-Seymour 
<  Kingfton,  in  Tintinhull 
L     Hundred 

j  Kenton-Mandeville 

King-Wefton 
Chew-Bifhops,  or  Magna 
Chew-Stoke 
Curry-Rivel,  vide  Curi 


Chilton  near  Bridgwater 


or 


Kilmington,  v.  Chelmeton 
Chillington 
Chilthorce-Domer 
r  Eaft- Chin  nock 
i  Middle  and  Weft 
Chipllaple 
r  Chenton  North, 
<      Churton,  vide 
C      Cherintone 
Chilthorne-Domer  or  Vagg 
Chewton-Mendip 
Cloford     • 
Claverton, 
Clayhill 
Clatworthy 
Cleve  Old 
Clevedone 
Claverham 
Clewer 

Clapton,  near  Stoke-Trifter 
Clapton,  near  Hoi  ton 
Clapton  in  Gordatio 
Cloiworth 


Page 

35 

'5 

24 

2,26* 
16 

32 

l9 
12 

21 

10 

11 

13 

'9 
32 
25 
34 
25 
34 

& 

22,38 

3i 

6 

29 

10 


'7 
24 

20 

]7 
1 1 

34 

2 
29 
22 
34 

3 
21 
20 

46 

»5 

34 
3i 
3» 

4 
"9 
38 

2 1 
28 

3. 
35 

7 

7 

20 

34 

7 

*9 


23 


Clutane, 


INDEX     TO 


Ancitnt  Name. 

Clutone, 

Coarme, 

Cocintone, 

Cofintone, 

Cocre, 

Coleford, 

Colforde, 

Come, 

Comich, 
,  Commiz, 
Contitone, 

Contone, 


Contune, 

Corfetone, 

Corillone, 

Corftune, 

Crawecumbe, 

Credelincote, 

Crenemclle, 

Crice, 

Cruce 

Cruche, 

Cruchct, 
Cudeworde, 

Cumbe, 

Cume, 

Cungrcfberie, 

Cungrefbie, 

Cuntone, 

Curi, 

Curiepol, 

Denefmodefwelle 

Dereberge, 

Derlegc, 

Deftone, 

Dicefget, 

Dinefcove, 

Dinnitone, 

Doltin, 

Dolvertone, 

Dolvertune, 

Dondeme, 

Donefcumbe, 

Doneham, 

Doniet, 

Doules, 

Douri, 

Draicote, 

Dreicote, 

Draitune, 

Dudelham, 


Modern  Name. 

Clutton 

Quarum,  <vidt  Carme 

Cucklington 

Codington 

Coker 

Coford 

Coleford  near  Mells 

{Combe-Hay 
Combe-Flory 

J  Combwick 

Compton 

!Compton-DurvilIe 
Compton-Martin 
Cliilcompton 
Compton-Dando 
{Compton-D  unden 
Compton-Biihops 
Corton-Denham 
Crofcomb 
Corllon  near  Bath 
Crowcombe 
Creedlingcot 
Cranmore-Eaft 
Creech  St.  Michael 
Crockftreet 
Crewkerne 

Cricket  Malherbe 

Cudworth 

I  Combe  St.  Nicholas 

K  Combe-Abbots 

I  Combe-Sydenham 

Combe  Monkton 

I  Congreibury 

Compton-Paunceford 

f  Curry-Rivel 

I  Curry-Mallet 
Currypool 

D. 
In  Somerton 
Durborough 
Durley 
Durfton 
Ditcheat 
Dilhcove 

Dinnington,  <v.  Dunintone 
Doulting 

V  Dulverton 

D unden 


Downend 
Donyat 
Dowlifh-Wakc 
Dover-Hay 

>  Draycot 

Drayton 

Doddilham 


Page. 

7 
z8 
20 

4 
29 

22 

6 

30 
16 

'7 

4 
34 

8 

9' 
'7 
27 
5 
'3 
12 

'7 
20 

'4 

3 

12 

4>  6. 

«S.i7 
18 

*S 

10 

•5 
23 
11 


16 

21,36 

21 


12 

36 
25 
'4 
37 
'4 
»3 

3»36 

•3 

23 
26 
18 
6 
z3 

>7>73 
'5."4 

23 
22 


DOMESDAY. 

4» 

Ancient  Name. 

Modern  Name. 

Page. 

Diincretone, 

Dunkerton 

34 

Dunchcfde, 

Downhead 

■4 

Dunintone, 

Dinnington.wV;  Dinnitone 

f  Alhwick,  vide  Efcewick 
I  Alhwick,  near  Mountfo 

37 

Ecewiche, 

12 

27 

Ecferdintone, 

Farington 

'4 

Ederefige, 

And  red  fey 

12 

Edeveilone, 

Edllone 

22 

Edmundefworde, 

Edingworth 

23 

Edwinetone, 

Edington 

12 

Eford, 

Edllone 

'9 

Eiretone, 
Eleberie, 

Elborough 

•4 

Elwrde, 

Elworthy 

i9 

Englifcome, 

Inglilhcombe 

8 

Epfe 

Epilbury 

j2 

Ernefel 
Ernelhele, 

|  Earn  (hill 

-4>36 

Ernole, 

Yamhill 

29 

Eflide, 

Gurney-Slade 

26 

Eftham, 

Eallham 

4,i<? 

Efientone, 

Alhington 

25 

Efletune, 

Exton 

6 

Ellon, 

Bath-Eafton,  vide  Eftone 

Eftone, 

f  Ealton  in  Gordano 

I  — —  in  Stanton-Drew 

9 
21 

Eftune, 

Long-Alhton 

8 

Eftrope, 

Droop 

38 

Efturt, 

Stert,  near  Babcary 

'9 

Ettebere, 

Ad  beer 

37 

Eveftie, 
Evercriz 

12 
10 

Evercreech 
F. 

Fiddington,  v.  Fidintone 

Fedintone, 

20 

Ferenberge, 

Farm  borough 

7 

Fere  n  tone, 

Farrington-Gournay 

9 

Ferlege, 

Farley 

24 

Fefcheforde, 

Fremford 

23 

Fifhide, 

Fivehead 

24 

Firford, 
Fitintone, 

| 

Fiddington,  >v.  Fedintone 

2> 

Fodindone, 

Fodington 

3* 

Ford, 

Bathford 

1 1 

Frome, 

Frome 

2.  3 

,-.6 

8 

Fufcote, 

Fofscot 

G. 

Gahers, 

Goathurft 

33 

Gatelme, 

Goathill 

20 

Gerlintune, 

Yarlington 

'9 

Gernefelle, 

Yarnfield 

25 

Gcvcltone, 

Yeovil  ton 

3° 

Gildeacote, 

Goldfoncot 

*3 

Givelceftre, 

Ivelchefter 

3-5' 

Givele, 

Yeovil,  vide  Ivle 

'4 

20 

Glaftingberie, 

Glaftonbnry 

11 

Godelegc, 

Gantheney 

21 

Graintone, 

Greinton 

13 

Grenedone, 

Cnndon 

Grin 

3» 

dchim, 

42 


INDEX    TO    DOMESDAY. 


Ancient  Name. 
Grindeham, 

Hache, 

Hafella, 

Haia, 

Halberge, 

Haifa, 

Halfe, 

Halfweie 

Hame, 

Hamintone, 

Hamitone, 

Hantone, 


Hardintone, 


Haretrev, 

Harpetrev, 

Herpetrev, 

Hafecumbe, 

Hafewelle, 

Hateware, 

Havechewelle, 

Hela, 

Hele, 

Helgetrev, 

Hengefterich, 

Herdeneberie, 

Herfeld, 

Herlei, 

Hefterige, 

Hetfecome, 

Hewis, 

Hiwis, 

HiJIa, 

Hille, 

Holecumbe, 

Holeford, 

Holeforde, 

Holme, 

Honecotc, 

Hunecote, 

Honfpill, 

Hunefpill, 

Horblawetone, 

Horcerlei, 

Horftenetone, 

Hotune, 

Hundeftone, 

Hunlavingtone, 

Hunteworde, 

Hurfi, 

Huftille, 

Hutone, 

Jatune, 
Ichetoche, 


Modern  Name. 

Greenham 

H. 
Hatch-Beauchamp 
Heathfield,  wide  Herfeld 
Hay 
Hafelborough 

}  Halfe 

Halfway 
Ham-High 

>  Hemington 

C  Bath-Hampton 

<  Hinton  vSt.  George 

C  Hinton-Charterhoufe 
X  Hardington,  in  Houndf- 
J       borough  Hundred 

J  Hardington,  in  Kilmerf- 

L     don  Hundred 
Hartrow 

[  Har'ptree-Eaft 

I  Harptree-Tilly 
Harptree-Weft 
Heftercombe,  i>.HetfecQtne 
Halfwell 


Hawkwell 

Heale 

Hill-Bilhops 

Hallatrow 

Henftridge,  v.  Hefterige 


Heathfield  v.  Hafella 

Warley 

Henftridge,  v.  Hengefterich 

Heftercombe,i'.  HaJecum  be 

Huifh 

Huifti-Epifcopi 

Hill-Biihops,  vide  Hele 

Hill-Farence 

Hocombe 

Hoford 

Holeford 

Holham 

j  Holnicot 

}  HuntfpiH 

Hornblotton 

Orchardley 

Horfington 

Hutton,  vide  Hutone 

Hounfden 

Wool&vington 

Huntworth 

Horfey 

Hunftile 

Hutton,  vide  Hotune 

I. 
Yatton 
Idftock 


Page. 


18 
5 

37 
37 

5>25 

22 

'3. '5 

8 

ii 

3° 
35 


8 
29 

6 
27 

I 

25 
21 

37 

5 
'9 

9 
'7 
36 
30 
38 

4 
»7 

22,31 
25,28 

5 

23>33 
22 
24,29 

S»24 
23 
26 

27,28 

'4 

9 
3« 

6 
20 
iz 
32 

36 
>7 

11 

54 


Ancient  Name. 

He, 

Iile, 

Ileminftre, 

Illege, 

Imele, 

Jncerta  Maneria, 

Ivle, 

La  ford, 

Lamieta, 

Lamore, 

Lancheris, 

Langeham, 

Langford, 

Lanporr, 

Lanporth, 

Lavretone, 

Lechefivrde, 

Lediart, 

Lidiard, 

Leding, 

Lega, 

Lege, 

Lideford, 

Lidegar, 

Lilebere, 

Limingtone, 

Limintone, 

Lincume, 

Litelande, 

Liteltone, 

Litune, 
Locheftone, 
Lochetone, 
Lochintone, 

Locumbe, 

Lodenwrde, 

Lodreford, 

Loligtone, 

Lolocheiberie, 

Lopen, 

Lopene, 

Loptone, 

Lovintune, 

Luledoch, 

Maidenobroche, 

Malpertone, 

Malrige, 

Manheve, 

Maneworde, 

Megele, 

Meleburne, 

Mileburne, 

Melecome, 

Mene, 

Mercefberie, 

Mere, 


Modern  Name. 

rifle-  Abbots 

I  Ifle-Brewcrs 
llminfter 
Ely- Green 


Yeovil,  vide  Givele 

L. 
Larford 
Lamyat 
Laymore 
Langridge 
Langham 
Langford-Budville 

\  Langport 

Laverton 

Lexworthy 

Biihops-Lydiard.i/.  L  idegar 

Lydiard  St.  Laurence 

Ledich 

Leigh  near  Mells 

Ling 

f  Lydford  Eaft 

ILydford-Wefl: 
Bifhops-Lydiard,  v.  Lediart 
Elborough 

\  Limington 

Lyncombe 
Leighland 

{Littleton-High 
Littleton-Stoney 
Litton 

j  Loxton 

Luckington 

{Luckham-Eaft 
Luckham-Weft 


Lotterford 
Lullington 
Luxborough 

}  Lopen 

Lotten 

Lovington 

Lilftock 

M. 
Maidenbrook 
Maperton 
Merridge 
Minehead 


Midghill 

j  Milborn-Port 

Melcombe 
Myne 
Markfbury 
Meare 


Page. 

'5 

'7 

'5 

22 

23 
16,32 

3i 

5 

'4 

8 

z8 

3 


3° 
•6, 
11 

5.30 
33 

5. 
36 

12 

37 
10 

6 


13 


'5,24 

11 

10 

9 
24 
n 

16,20 

33 
32 
35 
H 
»3 
9 
29 
37 
'7 

22 

34 

36 


5 
34 
33 
28 

3° 
10 

3>5>2° 

36 
29 
«4 
12 

Meriet, 


INDEX    TO 

DOMESDAY. 

43 

Ancient  Name. 

Modern  Name. 

Page. 

s'ncient  Name. 

Modern  Name* 

Pag* 

Meriet, 

Merriott 

•8.37 

Pilecome, 

Pitcombc 

13 

Merfitone, 

Marilon-Bigot 

26 

Pillc, 

Pylle, 

«3 

Merftone, 

Marfton-Magna 

20 

Pilloch, 

Pileigb. 

22 

Mcrtoch, 

Martock 

4 

Piltone, 

Pilton 

'3 

Michaelifcerce, 

Michael's-Cburch 

36 

Pipeminrtre, 

Pitminftcr 

5 

Michelenie, 

Muchelney 

'5 

Plancsfelle, 

Plainsfield 

32 

Midelenie, 

Middleney 

'5    e 

Pochintune, 

Puckington 

23 

Mideltone, 

Puddimore-Milton 

"2»36 

Ponditone, 

Pointington 

20 

Mideltune, 

Milton-Clevedon 

36 

Porbcrie, 

Portbury 

8 

Middeltonc, 

Milton  near  Long-Load 

z7 

Portefhc, 

Portiihead 

7 

Mildetune, 

Middleton  near  Clotworthy 

*5 

Portloc, 

Porlock 

21 

Millcfcote, 

Middlecot 

9 

Potefdone, 

Pixton 

23 

Milvertone, 

|  Milverton                      | 

3>4» 

Poufelle, 

Polefliill 

30 

Milvertune, 

1 1, 16 

Preftetone, 

Preflon 

33.33 

Monechetone, 
Montagud, 

Monkton-Weft 
Montaeute 

'4 

21 

Prcftetune, 
Preftitone, 

|  Prellon  in  Milverton 

3.18 

Mortone, 

Moreton 

35 

Prifdone, 

Prifton 

1 1 

Mudiford, 
Mundiford, 

}  Mudford                       { 

5.21 

35 

Puchelege, 

Peglinch 
R. 

21 

Mulle, 

Mells 

'3 

Rachedeworde, 

Rakefworth 

21 

Mulfelle, 

Mountfey 

N. 

3Z 

Radeflot 
Radeflote, 

}  Radlet 

22.3Z 

Netecumbe, 
Netelcumbe, 

|  Nettlecombe 

3.6 

Radchewis, 
Radingctune, 

Rodhuifh 
Raddington 

33 
25 

Ncuchalle, 

Newhall 

3» 

Ragiol, 

Regill 

34 

Newentone, 

Newetone, 

Newetune, 

Newton-North 
j  Newton-Weil 

16 

Reddene, 

Rodden 

35 

2  | 

25'36 

rvime, 
Rintone, 

Rimpton 

6 

Niwetone, 

Newton  St.  Loe 

9,21 

Rode, 

Road 

9.38- 

Niwetune, 

Newton 

29 

Roliz, 

Rcdlinch 

20 

Nichehede, 

Ninehead 

5 

Runetone, 

Runnington 

30 

Noiun, 

Nunney 

3° 

S. 

Nortcuri, 

North-Curry 

3 

f  Samford-Arundel 

7>l7 

C  Norton-Fitzwarren 

45 

Sanford, 

<  Sandford-Bret 

24.25 

Nortone, 

<  Norton-under-Hamden 

ly 

L  Sandford-Orcas 

58 

C  Norton-Midfummer 

«5 

Sapefwich, 

Shapwick 

12 

Nortune, 

Norton  St.  Philips 

35 

Scheligate, 

Skilgate 

2l 

Nortperet, 

North-Petherton 

2 

Scepeworde, 

Shipway 

33 

O. 

Seep  tone, 

f  Shepton-Beauchamp 
I  Shepton-Montacute 

•7 

Opecedre, 

Upper- Chedder 

26 

'9 

Opetone, 

Upton-Noble 

9 

Scobindare, 

In  Taunton 

5 

Opopille, 

Uphill 

34 

Sedtamtone, 

Stanton 

28 

Otone, 

Wotton-Courtney 

31 

Seleurde, 

Selworthy 

32 

Otrameftone, 
Otreraetone, 

>  Ottcrhampton              i 
P. 

21,32 
38 

Selve, 

Selvere, 

Selure, 

Kilve 
}  Monkfilver 

22 
2,32 

Pantefhede, 

Poundisford 

24 

Sepetone, 

Shepton-Mallet 

'3 

Pavalet, 

Pawlet 

z7 

Seovenamentone, 

Sevington-Abbots 

»S 

Pedewelle, 

Pedwell 

12 

Sevenehantune, 

Sevington  St.  Michael 

•7 

Pegens, 

Pigney 

36 

Sevenemetone, 

Sevington  St.  Mary 

37 

Pennarminflre, 

Pennard-Eaft 

'3 

Seveberge, 

Seaborough 

6 

Penne, 

f  Penzelwood 
I  Pendomer 

•9 

26 

Sewelle, 
Sideham, 

Swell 
Sydenham 

18 
-5 

Peret, 

North-Parrot 

'9 

Sindercome, 

Syndercombe 

33 

Peretune, 

>  Puriton 

15,16 

Sipeham, 

Shipharn 

24 

Peritone, 

Siredeftone, 

Sheerilon 

21 

Peri, 

Perry 

21,25 

Siwoldeftone, 

Sherfton 

36 

Hprt(*ftrtnp 

Soche 

Sock-Dennis 

20,24 
30 

1     CI  XCllUllCy 

Perredeham, 

Petherham 

23 
22 

Sordemaneford, 

Shoremansford 

Petenie, 

Pitney 

5 

Sowi, 

Middlezoy 

12 

Picote, 

Pitcott 

8,37 

Spachcftone, 

Spaxtoa 

Sperch 

3- 
eford, 

..— * 


44 

INDEX 

TO 

DOMESDAY. 

Ancient  Name. 

Modern  Name. 

Page 

Ancient  Name. 

Modern  Name. 

Snercheford, 

Sparkford 

27 

Timbrecumbe, 

Timberfcombe 

Stane, 

Stone, 

■4.35 

Tintehalle, 

Tintinhull,  v.  Tutenelle 

Stalrewich, 

Standerwick 

24 

Tochefwelle, 

Tux  well 

Siahvei, 

Stavvley, 

23 

Torlaberie, 

Thurlbury 

f  Stanton-Drew 
I  Stanton-Prior 

4 

Torleie, 

Thorney 

Stanton, 

11 

f  Thorn-Falcon 

Stantune, 

Staunton  near  Dunfter 

17,29 

Tome, 

\  Thorn-St.  Margaret 

Stanwelle, 

Stawell,  vide  Stawelle 

10 

(  Thorn-Coffin 

Staple, 

Staple- Fitzpaine 

i3 

Tornie, 

Twinney 

Stawe, 

Stowey 

37 

Torre, 

Dunfter 

Stawei, 

(  Stowey-Nether 
I  Stowev-Over 

33 

Traberge, 

Treborough 

3' 

Trente, 

Trent 

Sraweit, 
Stawellc, 

29 
12 

Tumbeli, 
Turveftone, 

Tunley 
Torwefton 

Stawell,  vide  Stanwelle 

f  Stoke  under  HamJen, 
1     vide  Stoche 

Tutenelle, 

Tintinhull,  <v.  Tintehalle 

Stoca, 

'4 

Twertone, 

Twivert6n 

i-tocha, 

Stoke  St.  Mary 

s 

U. 

.-Stoke-South 
Stoke-Trifter 
J  Stoke-Pero 

8,17 

Ubcedene, 

Upper-Cheddon 

19,20 

Udeberge, 

Wood  borough 

z3 
3° 

f  Odcombe 
ICutcombe 

Stoche, 

'■  Stoke-Courcy 

Udecome, 

j  Stoke-Rodney 
*-Stogumber 

Ufetone, 
Ulmereftone, 

31 

34 

Woolmerfdor. 

Stocheland, 

S  Stockland-Briftol 

22,  28 

Ultone, 

Holton 

Stochelande, 

Stoches, 

Stochet, 

3« 
6 

'7 

Ulveronetone, 

Ulvretune, 

Undewiche, 

|  Woolverton 

Stocket 

Woodwick 

Storpe, 

Throop 

33 

Utone, 

Wotton-North 

Stragelle, 

Stretchill 

26 

Ulwardeftone, 

Woolfton 

Strate, 

Street 

28 

W. 

Stratone, 

f  Stratton-Over 

I  Stratton  on  the  Fofs 

2,   8 

Wacet, 

Watchet 

Stretone, 

'7 

Wadeneberie, 

Pamborow 

Strengeflone, 
Strengeftune, 

f  Stringfton 

22,32 

Wadmendune, 
Waicome, 

Wilmington 
Weacomb 

Succedene, 

Lower-Cheddon 

5 

Waimore, 

Waimore, 

Weftowe,  vide  Weftou 

Sudcadeberie, 

South-Cadbury 

33 

Wailtou, 

Sudperet, 

j  South-Pethertoii 

2, 16 

Walintone, 

Wellington 

Svdperetone, 

Suindune, 

Summertone, 

Wallepille, 

Waltone, 

Waltune, 

Walpole 

Walton,  in  Kilmerfdon 

Walton  in  Gordano 

Somerton 

22 

2»36 

(  Sutton-Mallet 

12 

Wandeftrev, 

Wanftrow 

Sutone, 

i  Sutton-Montis 

47 

Warne, 

Wearn 

L  Sutton-Bingham 
Long-Sutton 

64 

W.n  r  vprd  1  n  pftnr  n 

Sutune, 

,  Watehelle, 

WheathiU 

Tablesford, 

T. 

Telsford 

9 

Watelei, 
Watelege, 

}  Whatley 

Talanda, 

Tolland 

5 

Wed  more, 

Wedmore,  vide  Wetmore 

Talham, 

Tilham 

24 

Welle, 

Wells 

Tan  tone, 

Taunton 

s 

Wenfre, 

Winford 

Tatewiche, 

Tatwick 

38 

Weregrave, 

Wedergrave 

Tedintcne, 

Tetton 

17 

Weritone, 

Wrington 

Telwe, 

Wellow 

3S 

Werocofale, 

Wraxall 

Temefbare, 
Timefberie, 

>  Timfborough 

7>3* 

Werre, 
Weftcumbe, 

Overweare 
Weftcombe 

Ternoc, 

Tarnock 

26 

Weftberie, 

Weftbury 

1  Vrra    A lu/ini 

22 

f  Wefton  in  Gordano 
J  Wefton-Super-Mare 
J  Weftori  near  Bath 

i  tiiii  niu  lui) 

Terracolgrin, 
Terra-Olta 

2 1 
22 

Weftone, 

M     VI    1    U~  V/ltll^ 

Terra-TVoHri.  i 

22 

LWefton-Bampficld 

1   vl  1  tt~    M.   \*\J\ll  1^-ii 

Tetefberge, 

Edbrook 

28 

Weftou, 

Weftowe,  vide  Waiftou 

Ticheham, 

'Tickenharh 

3>>3S 

'  Wetmore, 

Wedmore,  vide  Wedmore 

Page 

2S 
>7 

2?>37 
18 

»5 

18 

20 

24 

6 

28 

32 
20 

35 
29 

'4 
8 

5 
35 
'9 

28 

'9 

32 
34 

21,29 

11 

>3 
22 

29 
12 
27 
23 
3i 
2 

10 
26 
12 
3' 

M,34 
36 
16 

34 
14,30 

11 
10 

8 
10 

14 

8 

26 

•3 
11 

7 
11 

20 

33.35 
23 
2 

Wiche, 


INDEX    TO    DOMESDAY. 


Ancient  Name. 

Wiche, 

Widcpolle, 

Widiete, 

Widicume, 

Wilegc, 

Wilesforde, 

Willet, 

Willetone, 

Wimedone, 

Wincaletone, 

Winch*  berie, 

Winemercfham, 

Winefcome, 


Modern  Name. 

(  Bathwick 

(  Week  Sr.  Laurence 
Withypool 
Windiatcs 
Withycombe 
Woolley 
WellWord 
Willet 
Williton 
Wembdon 
Wincaunton 
Wigborough 

Winlham,  <vidt  Wiaefliam 
Winfcombe 


Page 

8 

37 
36 

22 

6 

8 
36 
29 

2 
11 

36 

6 

12 


Ancient  Name. 

Wincsford, 

Winefham, 

Wintreth, 

Wiflagetonc, 

Witecumbe, 

Witeham, 

Witochefmede, 

Wivelefcome, 

Wochetrev, 

Worde, 

Worle, 

Worfpring, 

Writeliudtone, 


Modern  Name. 
Winsford  • 

Winfliam.T/.Wincmereftiam 
Wintcrliead 
Whitelackington 
Widcombe  near  Bath 
Witham-Friary 
Whiteoxmead 
Wivelifcombe 
Oaktrow    ; 
Worth 
Worle 
Woodfpring 
Writhhngton 


45 

1,36 
1 1 

7 

*S 
S 

»4» 
M 

<■> 

•9 

.:• 

M 

M 


U 


Vol  I. 


m 


BATH. 


[  I  ] 

BATH. 


THIS  city  is  fituated  in  latitude  51  degrees,  22  minutes,  and  32feconds 
north;'  in  longitude  2  degrees,  21  minutes,  and  30  feconds,  and 
in  time  9  minutes  and  26  feconds  weft,  from  London;  being  107 
miles  diftant  from  that  metropolis,  19  northeaft  from  Wells,  12  eaft  from 
Briftol,  39  north  weft  from  Saliftmry,  41  nearly  fouthweft  from  Gloucefter, 
and  67  fouthweft  from  Oxford."  It  ftands  in  a  deep  narrow  valley,  bounded 
on  the  north,  eaft,  fouth  and  fouthweft  by  lofty  hills,  forming  a  very  plea- 
fant  natural  amphitheatre,  and  affording  the  city  a  double  advantage,  a 
barrier  againft  the  winds,  and  fountains  of  the  pureft  water.  This  valley 
runs  nearly  from  northeaft  to  northweft,  being  incurvated  in  its  centre  by 
the  fwelling  ridge  of  Lanfdown-hill,  which  is  its  chief  boundary  towards 
the  north.  On  the  northweft  fide  it  widens,  and  gradually  opens  into  a 
plain,  divided  into  rich  meads  and  paftures,  and  watered  by  the  river  Avon, 
(the  Antona  of  Tacitus)  which,  leaving  the  city  on  its  northern  banks,  hence 
winds  its  way  to  Keynfham,  and  the  port  of  Briftol. 

Various  have  been  the  appellations  which  this  remarkable  city  has  fuf- 
tained  in  the  different  periods  of  its  exiftence.     The  Britons  called  it  CaCC 

PallaDtor,  Cact>T5arjon,  Caer*15lauin,  <Eaer*<£ran,  Caer  pn  ennatnt  ttopmpm 

*  The  fouthweft  corner  of  Queen-Square  was  found  to  be,  on  a  medium  of  twenty -one  accurate  observations » 
withabrafs  Hadley's  fextant  made  by  Ramfden,  51  degrees,  22  minutes,  and  32  feconds,  which  varies  only  two 
feconds  from  the  account  given  in  the  tables  requifitc  to  be  ufed  with  the  Nautical  Ephemeris,  and  publilhed  by 
order  of  the  Commiflioners  of  Longitude;  that  work  giving  the  latitude  51  deg.  22  min.  30  fee;  longitude  in 
degrees  2  deg.  21  min.  30  fee.  longitude  in  time  9  min.  26  fee.  weft.  Bath  is  placed  by  Ptolemy  in  long.  17  deg. 
20  min.  eaft  from  the  Canary  or  Fortunate  Iflands,  and  in  lat.  53  deg.  30  min.  The  difference  between  which 
latitude  and  the  true  latitude,  is  nearly  the  fame  with  that  between  the  true  latitude  of  Byzantium,  and  tlut 
which  he  afcribes  to  it. 

Ptolemy's  lat.  of  Byzantium         -       430    5'           Lat.  of  Bath,  according  to  Ptolemy    -    53°  30' 
True  latitude        —  —        41      1  True  latitude  —        51    22 

Difference    2     4      I  Difference     2      8 

Might  not  this  miftake  be  derived  from  the  ancient  error,  which  perplexed  all  the  geographers  till  the  prefent 
century,  of  fuppofing  Marftilles  and  Byzantium  to  be  in  the  fame  parallel  of  latitude  ? 

"  It  is  placed  by  Antoninus  at  the  diftance  of  24  miles  from  Venta  Silurum  or  Caerivent,  15  miles  from  Abtni 
or  Henbury,  6  from  TrajeSlus  or  Hanham,  15  from  Vcrlucio  or  Hcddington*  35  from  Cunetio  or  Marl "mrougb,  50 
from  Spin*  or  Span,  and  65  from  Collegia  or  Silcbefler.  In  which  reckoning  it  is  very  obfcrvable  that  tlic  dis- 
tance in  Englifh  miles  from  Bath  to  Marlborough  is  32.51,  which  agrees  cxa&ly  with  the  modern  rarafure. 

Vol.  I.  ,  a  Its 


B 


H. 


Its  Greek  names  were  "yZxrct  Step?,  and  B»&£«jc  its  Latin  Aqua  Soils,  Pontes 
CaHdt,  Ach  am  annum,  Therma,  Badonia,  Bothnia,  Balnea,  and  Badonefj'a  -,'- 
and  its  Saxon,  Kcemanner--ceapr:n.e,d  Kcemanep-bejU,  EerbaeSun,  and  BaBan- 
cepren;  fome  of  which  refer  to  the  genii  of  the  hot  fprings,  and  others 
to  thofe  fprings  themfeives,  which  have  rendered  this  city  fo  celebrated 
throughout  the  world.* 

Thefe  waters  are  faid  from  the  lateft  experiments  to  contain  a  fmall 
portion  of  common  fait,  a  larger  proportion  of  felenites,  a  portion  of 
iixible  air,  and  fome  fulphureous  gas  or  inflammable  air,  together  with  a 
flight  chalybeate  impregnation.  Thefe  are  all  that  chemiftry  has  as  yet 
difcovered;  but  from  the  inadequacy  of  thefe  impregnations  to  the  effects 
produced,  it  is  probable  that  fome  latent  caufe  is  concerned  of  too  fubtile  a 
nature  to  be  fubjected  to  fuch  analyfis,  or  perhaps  to  be  the  object  of  our 
fenfes,  or  even  of  our  comprehenfion. 

The  proportionable  fpecific  gravity  which  the  feveral  mineral  waters  bear 
to  the  others  ufed  in  diet  and  for  domeftick  purpofes  in  this  city,  and  to 
diftilled  water,  is  as  follows : 

N.  B.   The  proportions  are  exprelfed  in  decimals,  and  are  nearly,  but 


not  altogether  accurate. 
TABLE      L 


DiftjJled  water     - 
River  water   -     -       - 
Circus  Refervoir 
Claverton  Refervoir     - 
JBeechen-cliff  Refervoir 
Common  Pump  Water 
Pump  in  the  Grover     - 
King's-Bath  Water    - 
Hot-Bath  Water 
Crofs-Bath  Water     - 


The  heat  of  the  Bath 
Bath  1 17  degrees,  Crofs- 


TABLE     II. 

Of  the  number  of  Grains  in  a  Pint  which  the 
Mineral  and  other  Waters  of  this  City  exceed 
Diftilled  Water. 

River  Water — five  grains  and  a  half. 
Circus  Water — five  grains  and  a  half. 
City  Refervoir — feven  grains  four-tenths. 
Beechen-cliff — eight  grains  three-tenths. 
Beacon-hill — feven  grains  four-tenths. 
Pump  Water — twelve  grains  one-tenth. 
Pump  in  the  Grove — fix  grains  and  a  half. 
King's-Bath  Water — twenty-fix  grains. 
Plot-Bath  Water — twenty-fix  grains. 
Crofs-Bath  Water — twenty-four  gr.  one-tenth. 

waters  is  as  follows:  Kings-Bath  1 16  degrees, Hot- 
Bath  1 1 1  degrees  on  Farenheit's  thermometer. 


Grains. 
1. OOOO 
I.0008 
I.0008 

I.OOIO 
I.OOII 

1.0016 

1.0009 

1.0020 
I.0020 
I.C0l8 


c  BAAIZA,  iroXis  ms  BgtrUm'xs,  IloXuS'i©'  V%i6t.m&i*Jrii,  to  i9vixo>  Ba^fx?©-.     Stephanus  de  Urbibus. 
d  Dr.  Peirce,  in  his  Bath  Memoirs,  propofes  calling  it  Cripple-Tonvn. 

*  The  prefent  name  of  this  city  is  derived  from  the  Saxon  BsS,  which  fignifies  a  Bath,  and  comes  from 
the  Greek  B«Su  profundum. 
*  The  water  of  this  pump  is  commended  by  Dr.  Oliver,  fenior.     See  his  work  on  the  Bath  Waters,  p.  139. 

The 


BATH.  3 

The  difordcrs  which  are  particularly  benefited  by  the  Bath  Waters,  are, 

i .  ObJlruStions  of  the  Vifcera,  as  of  the  liver,  fpleen,  and  mefentery,  whether 
arifing  from  hot  climates,  intemperance,  or  any  other  caufe.  In  thefe,  how- 
ever, it  muft  be  premifed  that  a  trial  muft  be  made  before  the  difeafe  be  fo 
far  advanced  as  to  bring  on  fever,  as  in  fuch  circumltances,  the  waters  in 
every  form  and  mode  of  application  are  injurious.  In  cafes  of  this  kind, 
fuited  to  their  ufe,  they  are  drunk,  and  ufed  (with  caution)  as  baths. 

2.  Palfies.  In  thefe  their  ufe  has  been  celebrated  from  the  earlied  times, 
both  internally  taken,  and  (what  is  here  of  more  importance)  ufed  as  baths. 
An  account  of  their  fuccefs  in  the  different  kinds  of  palfy,  taken  from  au- 
thentick  memoirs  of  the  Bath  Hofpital,  is  here  annexed. 

Out  of  730  patients  admitted  into  the  Bath  Hofpital,  for  palfy  from  no 
affignable  or  obvious  caufe,  there  were  cured  87,  much  better  287,  better 
123,  no  better  202,  dead  31.  The  proportion  of  thofe  who  received  benefit 
to  the  whole  number  admitted  is,  as  497  to  730,  or  nearly  as  1  to  1.4688. 
The  number  of  deaths  is  nearly  as  1  to  23.548.  Of  24  patients  that  were 
admitted  for  palfy  from  external  cold,  two  only  received  no'benefit,  and 
none  died.  Out  of  19  cafes  of  palfy  from  external  accident  that  were  ad- 
mitted from  May  1751  to  May  1764,  fixteen  were  cured,  two  were  no  better, 
and  one  dead. 

By  another  account  it  appears  that  out  of  thirteen  patients  admitted  from 
the  end  of  1775  to  the  end  of  1785,  two  were  cured,  five  were  much  better, 
two  were  better,  three  were  no  better,  and  one  dead. 

In  palfy  from  diftortion  of  the  vertebrae,  nine  perfons  out  of  forty  fo 
afflicted  were  cured,  3  much  better,  8  better,  18  no  better,  and  2  dead. 
Of  276  perfons  admitted  into  the  Bath  Hofpital  for  palfy  of  the  hands  from 
colic,  (from  May  1751  to  May  1764)  256  were  cured  or  benefited,  6  were 
no  better,  1  o  died,  and  4  were  improper  fubjefts  for  a  trial  of  the  waters. 

By  a  later  account,  viz.  from  Jan.  1,  1776,  to  Dec.  31,  1785,  it  appears, 
that  out  of  264  admitted  within  that  time,  117  were  cured,  138  were  much 
oetter,  5  were  better,  2  were  no  better,  and  only  2  dead. 

In  palfies  fucceeding  fever,  it  appears,  that  from  May  1751  to  May  1764, 
1 7  cafes  were  admitted,  of  which  1 3  were  cured  or  benefited,  2  were  no- 
better,  2  were  improper  for  a  trial  of  the  waters,  and  none  dead . 

By  a  later  account  we  find  that  from  Jan.  1,  1776,  to  Dec  31,  17^5. 
1 5  patients  of  this  kind  were  admitted,  of  wheru  5  were  cured,  9  much 
letter,  1  no  better,  and  none  dead. 

a  2  In 


4  BATH. 

In  cafes  of  weaknefs  of  the  limbs  fucceeding  rheumatifm,  it  appears  from 
Dr.  Charlton's  account,  that  of  twenty-feven  patients,  22  received  benefit, 
and  none  died.  A  later  account  is  however  lefs  favourable,  in  that  two  out 
of  three  received  no  benefit. 

In  palfy  from  women's  lying-in  or  mifcarriage,  four  out  of  five  patients, 
4b  admitted,  received  benefit. 

The  average  of  ftay  in  the  hofpital  of  thirty-fix  patients  taken  in  fuc- 
cefiion,  who  were  all  difcharged  cured  of  palfy  without  any  affignable  caufe, 
rather  exceeded  ninety  days  to  each  perfon. 

If  the  difeafe  be  local  or  confined  to  one  limb,  the  pump  is  generally  ufed 
daily  from  fifty  to  two  hundred  ftrokes.  If  the  difofder  be  of  larger  extent, 
the  bath  is  generally  advifed  twice  a  week,  or  if  the  patient  can  bear  it, 
thrice.  The  pump  is  fometimes  ufed  to  the  patients  when  in  the  bath. 
The  time  of  bathing  in  the  publick  baths  is  in  the  morning,  the  time  of 
ftay  from  ten  minutes  to  half  an  hour,  and  a  warm  feafon  of  the  year  is 
preferable.  The  Crofs-Bath  is  generally  firft  tried,  as  being  cooler  than  the 
others.  If  this  be  too  warm,  or  other  circumftances  attending  its  ufe  in- 
convenient, private  baths  of  any  degree  of  heat  that  may  be  defired,  may  be 
had  either  at  the  Hot  and  King's  Baths,  or  at  thofe  belonging  to  the 
Pierpoint  family,  fituated  in  Abbey-ftreet.  The  water  is  drunk  from  half 
a  pint  daily  to  a  quart;  two- thirds  of  the  quantity  taken  is  given  before 
breakfaft,  and  the  remainder  at  noon.  The  Crofs-Bath  water  is  generally 
advifed  for  a  few  days  at  the  commencement  of  the  courfe. 

The  Gout  is  alfo  much  relieved  by  the  ufe  of  the  Bath  Waters,  both  inter- 
nally taken  and  externally  applied.  The  intervals  between  the  paroxyfms 
are  the  proper  times  for  their  application ;  want  of  appetite,  debility,  and 
ftifrhefs  of  limbs,  arifing  from  the  fame  caufe,  often  receive  great  benefit. 
The  mode  of  ufmg  them  does  not  differ  materially  from  that  above  de- 
fcribed  in  palfy. 

Rheumatick  complaints  alfo  are  relieved  by  the  ufe  of  the  Bath  Waters,  that 
kind  efpecially  which  comes  on  rather  in  the  decline  of  life,  and  is  not 
attended  with  fever. 

The  Hyjierick  Colick,  and  that  which  goes  under  the  name  of  the  Colick  of 
Pointers,  are  proper  for  a  trial  of  thefe  waters,  and  are  generally  relieved. 

Jamidice,  when  proceeding  from  biliary  calculi,  and  not  from  any  inflam- 
jnation  of  the  liver,  is  generally  cured  by  the  ufe  of  the  waters. 

Hip 


B 


H. 


Hip  cafes,  and  JVhite  Swellings  of  the  Knee,  if  taken  in  time,  are  generally 
cured  by  the  external  application  of  the  waters ;  of  the  former  one  hundred 
and  fixty-feven  cafes  were  admitted  from  the  beginning  of  the  year  1778  to 
the  end  of  the  year  1784,  of  whom  31  were  cured,  66  were  much  better, 
30  were  better,  40  no  better,  and  none  dead.  The  proportion  of  thofe  that 
received  benefit  to  thofe  that  received  none,  is  as  3.175  to  1. 

In  the  fame  fpacc  of  time  twelve  patients  with  White  Swellings  of  the 
Knee  were  admitted,  of  whom  1  was  cured,  4  were  much  better,  5  better, 
and  2  no  better.  The  proportion  of  thofe  benefited  to  thofe  who  received 
no  benefit,  is  as  5  to  1. 

Leprofy  is  another  complaint  in  which  the  Bath  waters  have  been  found 
fuccefsful.  Of  196  patients  admitted  for  this  loathfome  difeafe  from  Jan.  I, 
1776,  to  Jan.  1,  1783,  119  were  cleanfed,  51  were  much  better ;  12  were 
better,  8  were  no  better,  2  died  of  the  fmall-pox,  1  was  difcharged  for  mif- 
behaviour,  and  2  were  improper  for  a  trial  of  the  waters .  The  proportion 
of  thofe  benefited  to  thofe  that  received  no  benefit  is  as  22.75  to  '■ 

Hyjlerical  and  Hypochondriacal  complaints  are  alfo  relieved  by  the  Bath 
waters,  the  former  particularly,  if  accompanied  with  obftruction  of  the 
natural  difcharges. 

Other  fpafmodick  difeafes,  as  St.  Vitus 's  Dance,  have  alfo  received  benefit ; 
of  nine  patients  admitted  for  this  complaint  from  the  beginning  of  the  year 
1775  to  the  end  of  1784,  eight  were  cured,  and  one  was  better. 

The  circumftances  which  contraindicate  the  ufe  of  the  Bath  waters,  are, 
All  feverifh  complaints,  efpecially  if  attended  with  cough,  pain  of  the  breaft, 
or  difficulty  of  breathing.  All  cafes  attended  with  -any  open  fore  or  ulcer. 
All  cafes  wherein  there  is  reafon  to  fufpecl:  any  internal  fuppuration  or  fchir- 
rhus  has  taken  place.  All  cafes  of  perfons  fubjec"V.  to  haemorrhages  of  any 
kind,  if  confiderable.  Cafes  of  Hernia  or  Inteftinal  Rupture.  Cafes  of 
Mania,  or  any  tendency  thereto,  or  derangement  of  the  underftanding,  efpe- 
cially if  attended  with  fever.  Great  Plethora  and  rednefs  of  the  face,  efpe- 
cially if  attended  with  coflivenefs. 

The  difcovery  of  thefe  fo  falutiferous  waters  is  by  ancient  hiflorians  attri- 
buted to  Bladud  fon  of  Lud-Hudibras,  who  was  king  of  this  country  eight 
hundred  and  ninety  years  before  the  birth  of  Chrift.  This  Bladud  is  faid 
to  have  been  a  perfon  deeply  verfed  in  myftick  fcience,  and  to  have  taught 
necromancy  throughout  Britain.  Proteus-like,  he  affumed  a  vari:ty  of 
fhapes  and  figures,  turned  one  thing  into  another,  made  the  deal  to  fpeak, 
flopped  the  courfe  of  rivers  and  the  flight  of  birds,  and  difcompofed  the  order 

of 


6  BAT  H. 

of  the  elements.  Among  other  his  prodigious  exploits,  he  converted  the  cold 
fprings,  which  he  obferved  to  flow  in  this  particular  fpot,  into  a  hot  foun- 
tain, built  over  it  a  temple  to  Minerva,  and  inflituted  facred  fires  to  burn 
perpetually  upon  her  altar.8  At  length,  to  prove  the  confummate  excellence 
of  his  art,  he  made  himfelf  wings  to  fly  withal  through  heaven,  in  which 
attempt  he  fell,  and  was  dallied  to  pieces  upon  the  temple  of  Apollo  at 
Trinovantum." 

To  this  prepofterous  account  other  writers  have  added  circumftances 
equally  ridiculous;  fuch  as  Bladud  wandering  in  difguife  from  his  father's 
houfe,  to  which  he  had  become  offenfive  by  reafon  of  a  noifome  leprofy,  and 
hiring  himfelf  .to  a  fwineherd  at  the  village  of  Swainfwick.  That  ofttimes 
obferving  fome  of  the  fwine  which  he  fuperintended,  and  drove  from  pafture 
to  pafture,  to  delight  in  running  down  the  hill,  and  plunging  themfelves 
into  a  deep  black  morafs;  and  perceiving  that  fuch  of  his  herd,  as  before 
were  covered  with  fquamous  eruptions,  were  fuddenly  reftored  whole,  and 
perfectly  fmooth ;  he  began  to  inveftigate  the  caufe  and  the  place  of  their 
miry  wallpwing,  difcovered  the  virtues  of  the  waters,  applied  them  to  his 
own  diftempered  frame,  and  foon  becoming  clean,  returned  to  his  father's 
houfe  in  peace.  That  fhortly  after  fucceeding  to  the  throne,  he  environed 
the  waters  which  had  contributed  to  his  recovery  with  a  ftrong  inclofure, 
and  afterwards  built  round  them  a  city,  which  he  called  after  his  own  name. 

Abfurd  however  as  thefe  legends  are,  frill  they  have  fome  tendency  to 
point  out  the  antiquity  of  the  hot  fprings ;  nor  could  it  indeed  have  hardly 
been  poflible  for  fuch  a  wonderful  phcenomenon  to  have  remained  unob- 
ferv  d  by  the  rudeft  aborigines  of  the  country;  but  the  antiquity  of  the 
city  and  the  baths  themfelves  we  are  not  to  refer  to  any  higher  period 
than  the  arrival  of  the  Romans,  a  people  peculiarly  happy  in  converting  the 
gifts  of  nature  to  the  propereft  ufes,  and  in  fupplying  her  deficiencies  by 
admirable  works  of  art. 

*  This  fomewhat  agrees  with  the  account  given  by  Solmus  of  thefe  waters:  '  Fontefque  calidi  opiparo  ex- 
'  fculpti  apparatu  ad  ufus  mortalium,  quibus  prasful  eft  Minerva  numen,  in  cujus  sde  perpetui  ignes  nunquam 
*  canefcunt  in  favillas;  fed  ubi  ignis  tabuit,  vertitur  in  globoS  faxeos.'     Solin.  PclybiJIor.  cap.  xxv. 

*  Pontici  Virnnnii  Britan.  Hift.  lib.  z.  The  monks  imputed  the  virtues  of  thefe  waters  to  a  miracle  of  St. 
David.    Alexander  Necham,  a  poet  of  the  thirteenth  century  thus  defcribes  theru: 

Bathoni/e  Thermis  <vix  frafero  Virgilianas 

ConfeSlo  profunt  Balnea  nojira  fern. 
Profunt  attritis,  collifis,  invalidifque, 

Et  quorum  morbis  frigida  caufa  fubeft. 

Virgil's  fam'd  baths  o'er  ours  no  palm  can  claim,—— 
Here  old  age  blooms,  here  nimbly  walk  the  lame  j 
Congenial  heats  the  fong-loft  ftrength  reftore, 
And  pain  aifli&s  the  morbid  frame  no  more. 

It 


BATH.  7 

It  was  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  44,  and  in  the  reign  of  the  Emp 
Claudius,  that  the  Roman  forces,  under  the  conduct  of  Flavius  Vefpafiau, 
after  having  reduced  all  the  Belgick  colonies  and  the  weftern  parts  of 
Britain  under  the  fubjection  of  the  Roman  empire,  fat  down  in  this  terri- 
tory, to  which  they  had  probably  been  directed  by  the  native  Belgae.  The 
report  of  fuch  genial  waters  as  flowed  with  fpontaneous  heat  from  the 
bofom  of  the  earth  in  a  rude  and  barbarous  country,  was  a  fufficient  in- 
ducement to  a  people  who  had  fo  lately  left  the  luxuries  of  Italy,  where 
every  art  was  employed  in  creeling  the  moft  fuperb  baths  and  fudatories, 
and  in  fabricating  with  immenfe  labour  and  expence  that  very  article  of 
indulgence,  which  nature  in  this  fpot  furnifhed  without  the  fmalleft  trouble 
to  their  hands.  Such  an  extraordinary  and  unexpected  bounty  they  could 
not  fail  afcribing  to  that  orb,  which  imparts  heat  and  vigour  to  the  univerfe; 
and  they  at  once  beflowed  upon  the  waters  the  appellation  of  Aquce  Solis, 
or  the  Waters  of  the  Sun.  Here  they  ftationed  the  firft  detachment  of  the 
fecond  legion,  building  proper  habitations  for  the  officers  and  the  military  in 
general,  and  at  length,  by  the  arrival  of  other  legions,  the  place  grew  into  a 
city,  endowed  with  Roman  liberties,  and  governed  by  Roman  laws.  Walls, 
gates,  and  temples,  were  erected,  and  a  little  Rome  began  to  adorn  a  dreary 
inhofpitable  wild. 

In  the  reign  of  Hadrian,  about  A.  D.  118,  that  fame  detachment  of 
the  fecond  legion,  ftill  remaining  here,  was  joined  by  a  diviiion  of  the 
fixth;  and  in  that  of  Severus,  a  part  of  the  twentieth  legion,  removed 
from  Deva/m,  or  Chefter,  had  their  ftation  in  Aquce  Solis,  which  was  then 
become  the  moft  capital  city  in  Roman  Britain,  and  die  principal,  if  not 
the  only  place  in  this  part  of  the  ifland  for  preparing  the  legionary  arms 
and  enfigns.  This  appears  by  a  monumental  ftonc  found  in  1708,  on  the 
Fofle-road  near  Walcot,  inferibed  with  the  following  memorial: 

IVLIVS  VITA 
LIS.  FABRICIES 
IS.  LEG.  XX.V  V. 
STIPENDIOR 
VM  IX  ANNOR.  XX. 
IX.  NATIONE  BE 
LGA.  EX  COLEGIO 
FABRICE.  ELATV 
S.  H.  S.  E. 

^Julius  Vltalh  Fabricienjis,  legionis  i-ieefi/zue,  valentij,  rfi£lricis-,ftipendiQrum  novcm, 
Ainnorum  viginti  novem,  nationc  Belga,  ex  collegio  fabrics  elatta,  bicjitus  eft. 

By 


8  BATH. 

By  which  wc  are  to  underftand  that  Julius  Vitalis,  a  ftipendiary  of  the 
twentieth  legion,  aged  twenty-nine  years,  a  countryman  of  Britifh  Bel- 
gium, was  here  buried  at  the  expence  of  the  fociety  of  artifts  to  which  he 
belonged.  This  curious  relique  is  flill  preferved  at  the  eaft  end  of  the  abbey- 
church,  fronting  the  Orange-Grove,  and  is  probably  the  firft  of  thofe  vene- 
rable monuments  which  illuftrate  the  antiquity  of  this  city. 

The  old  Roman  city  was  built  in  the  form  of  a  pentagon,  the  area 
whereof  was  one  thoufand  two  hundred  feet  in  length,  and  the  greateff 
breadth  about  one  thoufand  one  hundred  and  fifty.  It  was  furrounded  by 
a  ftrong  wall  compofed  of  layers  of  flone,  brick,  and  terras,  nine  feet  in 
thicknefs,  and  twenty  feet  in  height:  this  wall  was  flanked  by  circular 
towers  at  each  angle,  and  had  four  gateways,  anfwering  nearly  to  the  four 
cardinal  points  of  the  compafs,  from  which  in  fubfequent  times  the  principal 
flreets  had  their  denominations.  In  the  centre  of  the  city,  betwixt  the  north 
and  fouth  gates  flood  the  praetorium,  the  lodgings  of  the  officers,  the  balnea, 
and  the  temple  dedicated  to  Minerva.  The  fite  of  this  laft-mentioned  ftu- 
pendous  edifice  has  been  plainly  indicated  by  the  late  difcoveries  made  in 
laying  the  foundations  of  the  new  buildings  at  the  top  of  Stall-ftreet.  It 
flood  on  the  eaflern  fide  of  the  great  FofTe-road,  running  through  the  city 
from  north  to  fouth,  and  nearly  midway  betwixt  the  Porta  Decumana,  or 
north  gate,  and  the  Porta  Flumentana,  or  fouth  gate,  leading  to  the  river. 
Its  front  was  towards  the  weft,  and  confifted  of  a  portico,  fupported  by  very 
large  fluted  columns,  of  the  Corinthian  order,  crowned  with  the  richeft 
fculptured  capitals.  The  architraves  were  charged  with  infcriptions  to  the 
Su/livce,  the  Decs  Campeftres,  and  to  other  local  deities,  and  the  frieze  was 
enriched  with  gigantick  images,  figures  of  birds  and  beafts,  and  groups  of 
foliage.  The  internal  recefles  contained  their  votive  altars,  infcribed  with 
the  names  of  their  relatives,  either  thofe  opprefTed  with  lingering  difeafe, 
or  engaged  in  military  perils. 

A  great  part  of  the  fragments  of  this  vaft  temple  have  been  dug  up. 
Among  others,  the  bafe,  fhaft,  and  capital  of  an  elegant  column,  nearly  three 
feet  in  diameter?  a  portion  of  an  architrave,  infcribed, 

CE  PROACI 
DEAE  SVISMi 

another  thus, 

NDVS-LIGVR 
YE-NIMIA  VETVS  ; 

a  remnant 


BATH.  9 

i 

a  remnant  of  a  large  elliptick  ornament,  formed  by  a  wreath  of  oaken 
boughs  moft  exquifitely  fculptured;  an  immenfe  head  of  Phoebus,  or  the 
Sun  with  radiant  Locks,  intwined  with  ferpents;  an  owl,  the  bird  of 
Minerva;  head  of  Diana,  a  hand  holding  a  facrifical  inftrument;  Mer- 
cury's caduceus;  a  quantity  of  bones  of  fmaller  victims;  and  a  votive  altar, 
with  the  following  infeription : 

DEAE  SVLI 

PRO  SALVTE  ET 

INCOLVMITA 

TE  MAR.  AVFID. 

MAXIMI.  LEG. 
VI.  VIC.     . 

AVFIDIVS  EV 

TVCHES  LE.B. 

VS.  LM. 

Dea  Suliva,  pro  falute  et  incolumttate  Marci  Aujidii  Maximi,  legionis  fexta 
viftricis,  Aufidius  Eutucbes,  legatus  Britannicus,  votum  folvit  lubens  merito. 

Behind  this  temple,  towards  the  eaft,  flood  the  fplendid  Roman  baths, 
the  foundations  of  which  were  difcovered  in  the  year  1755,  at  the  depth  of 
twenty  feet  beneath  the  furface  of  the  ground.  The  walls  of  thefe  baths 
were  eight  feet  in  height,  built  of  wrought  ftone  lined  with  a  ftrong  cement 
of  terras;  one  of  them  was  of  a  femicircular  form,  fifteen  feet  in  diameter, 
with  a  ftone  feat  round  it  eighteen  inches  high,  and  floored  with  very  fmooth 
flag  ftones.  The  defcent  into  it  was  by  feven  ftone  fteps,  and  a  fmall 
channel  for  conveying  the  water  ran  along  the  bottom,  turning  at  a  right 
angle  towards  the  prefent  King's  bath.  At  a  fmall  diftance  from  this  was 
a  very  large  oblong  bath,  having  on  three  fides  a  colonade,  furrounded  with 
fmall  pilafters,  which  were  probably  intended  to  fupport  a  roof.  On  one 
fide  of  this  bath  were  two  fudatories  nearly  fquare,  the  floors  of  which  were 
compofed  of  brick,  covered  with  a  ftrong  coat  of  terras,  and  fupported  by 
pillars  of  brick,  each  brick  being  nine  inches  fquare,  and  two  inches  in 
thicknefs.  Thefe  pillars  were  four  feet  and  a  half  high,  and  fet  about  four- 
teen inches  afunder,  compofing  a  hypocauft  or  vault  for  the  purpofe  of  re- 
taining the  heat  neceflary  for  the  rooms  above.  The  interior  walls  of  thefe 
apartments  were  fet  round  with  tubulated  bricks  or  funnels  about  eighteen 
inches  long,  with  a  fmall  orifice  opening  inwards,  by  which  the  fleam  of 
heat  was  communicated  to  the  apartment.  The  fire-place  from  which  the 
heat  was  conveyed  was  compofed  of  a  fmall  conical  arch  at  a  little  diitance 
from  the  outward  wall;  and  on  each  fide  of  it  adjoining  to  the  above-men- 

Vol.  I.  b  tioned 


IO 


BATH. 


tioned  rooms,  were  two  other  fmaller  fudatories  of  a  circular  fhape,  with 
feveral  fmall  fquare  baths,  and  a  variety  of  apartments  which  the  Romans 
ufed  preparatory  to  their  entering  either  the  hot  baths  or  fudatories;  fuch 
as  the  frigidarium,  where  the  bathers  undreffed  themfelves,  which  was 
not  heated  at  all;  the  tepidarium,  which  was  moderately  heated;  and  the 
eleothefion,  which  was  a  fmall  room,  containing  oils,  ointments,  and  per- 
fumes. Thefe  rooms  had  a  communication  with  each  other,  and  fome  of 
them  were  paved  with  flag  ftones,  and  others  beautifully  teffelated  with 
fmall  dies  of  various  colours.  A  regular  fet  of  well-wrought  channels  con- 
veyed the  fuperfluous  water  from  thefe  baths  to  the  river  Avon. 

But  to  inftance  all  the  greatnefs  of  the  Romans  in  this  city,  we  muff. 
.  recur  to  the  feveral  other  remains  which  have  been  difcovered  within  and 
without  its  ancient  walls,  both  as  to  thofe  which  ftill  remain,  and  thofe 
which  have  perifhed  either  by  time  or  violence,  or  have  been  conveyed  to 
other  parts.  In  the  time  of  Henry  VIII.  on  the  city  wall  beneath  the  north 
and  fouth  gates,  were  vifible  the  head,  and  near  it  the  whole-length  figure  of 
Hercules  ftrangling  two  ferpents;  a  foot  foldier  with  his  fword  andfhield; 
feveral  wreaths  of  foliage;  two  images  embracing  each  other;  two  heads 
with  ruffled  locks,  and  a  greyhound  running.  Near  the  weft  gate  were  the 
head  of  Medufa,  and  Laocoon  incompaffed  with  ferpents ;  and  between  the 
weft  and  north  gate,  a  naked  man  laying  his  hand  on  a  foldier;  Cupids  with 
wreaths  of  vine  leaves;  two  images,  one  grafping  a  ferpent;  and  feveral 
momfmental  tables.  On  the  fragment  of  a  ftone  near  the  north  gate,  was 
cut  in  very  large  chara£ters  the  following  memorial  to  a  fenator  of  the 
colony  of  Gloucefter,  who  probably  came  hither  for  his  health,  and  lived 

not  to  return : 

DEC.  COLONIC  GLEV. 
VIXIT  AN.  LXXXVI. 

Decurioni  colonia  Glevenfis  vixit  annos  oSioginta  fex. 

Near  the  weft  gate  there  ftood  an  oblong  ftone,  at  one  end  of  which  was 
the  figure  of  Proferpine  with  a  cornucopia  thrown  over  her  left  fhoulder; 
and  at  the  other,  victory  holding  a  palm-branch  in  her  left  hand:  the. 
intermediate  table  was  filled  with  this  infcription : 

D.  M. 

SVCC.  PETRONIiE  VIX. 
ANN.  III.  M.IIII.D.IX.V.  PETRO 
MVLVS  ET  VICT.  SABINA 
FIL.  KAR.  FECv 

Dis 


BATH. 


ii 


Dis  Manibus  Succia  Petronia:  vixit  annos  tres,  menfes  quatuor,  dies  rwvemt 
Valerius  Petronius  famulus,  et  Viftorina  Sabina,  jilice  carifjima  fecerunt. 

On  a  broken  ftone  a  little  lower  was  the  following: 

VRN 
IOP 

On  another  ftone  in  very  large  characters: 

VLIA 
ILIA 

Near  the  laft  there  was  the  figure  of  a  hare  running. 

On  another  ftone, 

IVLIVS  SA. 
VL.  VXSC. 

Julius  Sabinus  Julia  uxori. 

Adjoining  to  this  was  the  head  of  Medufa  with  her  fnaky  locks.  Thefe 
feveral  infcriptions  were  ftill  exifting  in  the  old  city  walls  in  the  time  of 
Queen  Elizabeth;  but  moil  of  them  have  fince  been  deftroyed,  together 
with  the  walls  which  held  them. 

At  Walcot,  in  the  fame  reign,  were  dug  up  by  the  road  fide,  two  ftones 
with  the  following  infcriptions:   On  the  firft, 

C.  MVRRIVS 
C.  F.  ARNIENSIS 
FORO.  IVLI.  MO 
DESTVS  MIL. 
LEG.  II.  AD.  P.  F. 
IVLI.  SECVNDI 
ANN.  XXV.  STIPEND. 
H.  S.  E. 

Caius  Murrius,  Caii  filius,  Arnienfis,  Foro  Julienfis,  Modejlus  miles  legionis  fe- 
cunda,  adjutricis,  pice,  fidelis,  Julii  Secundi,  annorum  viginri  quinque  Jlipendi- 
crum,  hie  Jitus  eft. 

On  the  other, 

DIS  MANIBVS 
M.  VALERIVS.  M. 
FIE.  LATINVS  C.  EQ^ 
MILES  LEG.  XX.  AN. 
XXXV.  STIPEN.  XX. 
II.  S.  E. 

b  2  Dis 


12 


BATH. 


Dis  Manibus,  Marcus  Valerius,  Marci  jilius  Latinus,  centurio  e  quit  urn,  miles  le- 
gionis  viceftmcE,  annorum  triginta  quinque,  Jlipendiorum  •viginti,  hie  Jitus  eft. 

At  the  Bell  in  Walcot  was  dug  up  a  ftone,  inferibed, 

VIBIA  IVCVNDA  AN.  XXX. 
H.     S.    E. 

Vibia  Jucunda,  annorum  triginta,  hie  Jit  a  eft. 

On  another  ftone, 

FORTVNAE 

CONSERVA 

TR1CI 

L.  SENECIA 

NIVS  MAR 

TIVS  LEG. 

VI.  VICT. 

Fortunce  confervatrici  Lucius  Senecianius  Martius,  legionis  fextce  viBricis. 

In  the  fame  wall  which  contains  the  infeription  to  Julius  Vitalis,  the 
legionary  artificer,  at  the  eaft  end  of  the  abbey-church,  is  fixed  a  monu- 
mental ftone,  on  the  top  of  which  is  fculptured  in  baflo  relievo  the  figure 
of  an  equeftrian  foldier,  armed  with  his  fpear,  and  trampling  on  his  fallen 
enemy;  this  ftone  is  broken  in  two,  and  the  upper  part  having  been  firft 
difcovered  without  the  original  concomitant  infeription,  it  was  by  fome 
furmifed"  to  have  been  erected  in  honour  of  Geta,  who  was  a  praefecl:  in 
Britain  in  the  time  of  the  Emperor  Severus,  and  is  faid  to  have  been  an 
extravagant  admirer  of  horfes.  However,  in  the  year  1736,  the  counter- 
part of  the  ftone  was  difcovered  in  digging  a  vault  in  the  market-place, 
whereby  this  curious  relique  was  reftored  to  its  proper  owner. 

L.  VITELLIVS  MA 
NIAI  F.  TANCINVS. 
CIVES.  HISP.  CAVRIESIS 
EQ^  ALAE  VETTONVM  CR. 
ANN.  XXXXVI.  STIP.  XXVI. 
,  H.  S.  E. 

Lucius  Vitellius,  Maniani  Jilius,  Tancinus  cives  Hispanienfts,  Caurienfts^equitum 
Alee  Vettonum  centurio,  annorum  quadraginta  fex,  Jlipendiorum  viginti  fex,  hie 
Jitus  eft. 

In  digging  a  cellar  in  Stall-ftreet,  June  29,  1753,  there  was  found  a  ftone 
inferibed  with  the  following  memorial : 

*  Mufgrave  de  Geta  Britannico,  1714.  LOCVM 


BATH.  13 

LOCVM  RELI 
GIOSVM  PER  IN 
SOLENTIAM  E 
RVTVM 

VIRTVTI  ET  N. 
AVG.  REPVRGA 
TVM  REDDIDIT 
C.  SEVERIVS 
EMERITVS  3 
PEG.  ' 

Locum  religiofum,  per  infolentiam  erutum,  virtuti  et  numini  Augufli  repurgatumy 
reddidit  Caius  Severius  Emeritus,  &  hoc  pofuit  ergo  gratice. 

Under  this  (tone  were  found  feveral  coins  of  the  Emperor  Caraufius. 

Near  the  fame  place  in  1 754,  an  altar  was  dug  up,  infcribed, 

PEREGRINVS 
SECVNDI  FIL. 
CIVIS  TREVER. 
IOV.  CETIO 
MARTI  ET 
NEMETONA 
V.  S.  L.  M. 

Peregrinus,  Secundi  Jiiius,  civis  Trevirenjis,   Jovi  Cetio,  Marti,  et  Nemetona, 
votum  folvit  labens  merito. 

Another  altar  was  difcovered  here  in  1754,  infcribed  as  follows: 

SVLEVIS 
SVLINVS 
SCVLTOR 
ERVCETI  F. 
SACRVM  F.  L.  M. 

Sulevis,  Sulinus  Scultor,  Bruceti  Jiiius,  facrum  fecit  lubens  merito. 

In  1774,  in  removing  the  rubbifh  from  the  head  of  the  fpring  of  the  hot 
bath,  an  altar  was  found  with  this  infcrl ption : 

DEAE 
SVLI.  M 
INERVAE 
SVLINVS 
MATV 
RI  FIL. 

V.  S.  L.  M. 

*  Dea 


H 


BATH. 


Dece  Sulivcc,  Minerva,  Sulinus  Maturi  jilius,  votumfolvit  lubens  merito. 

1 

This  and  the  preceding  altar  are  depofited  in  the  Guildhall.  There 
were  found  with  it  a  great  number  of  coins  of  Nero,  Vefpafian,  Hadrian, 
Trajan,  and  Antoninus  Pius. 

Another  altar  was  found  in  the  fame  bath,  May  19,  1776,  infcribed, 

DEAE  DIA 
NAE.  SACRATI 
SSIMAE.  VOTV 
M.  SOLVIT  V. 
VETTIVS  BE 
NIGNVS.  L.  M. 

Dea  Diana  facratiffimce  votumfohit  Valerius  Vettius  Benignus  lubens  merito. 

A  moft  curious  and  beautiful  head  of  Minerva  (or,  a.s  fome  think,  of 
Apollo)  was,  in  the  month  of  July  1727,  dug  up  at  the  depth  of  fixteen 
feet  from  the  furface  of  the  ground,  in  Stall-ftreet,  and  is  ranked  amongft 
the  moft  curious  remains  that  ever  have  been  difcovered  within  this  an- 
cient city.  It  is  of  brafs  gilt,  and  of  excellent  workmanfhip ;  being  part  of 
a  mutilated  ftatue,  which  is  fuppofed  to-  be  ftill  lying  buried  in  the  fame 
fpot.  It  originally  had  on  it  a  crown,  probably  of  the  mural  kind,  the 
holes  by  which  it  was  affixed  being  ftill  vifible.  With  this  head  (which  is 
preferved  in  the  guildhall)  were  found  at  the  fame  time  feveral  coins  of 
Marcus  Aurelius,  Maximinus,  Maximian,  Dioclefian,  Cohftantine,  &c. 

There  was  alfo  dug  up  in  the  environs  of  Bath  a  very  large  and  fmgular 
head  of  a  female,  twenty-one  inches  in  height,  and  one  hundred  pounds  in 
weight,  with  braided  hair,  covered  with  a  curious  attire  of  pearls.  This 
head  was  cut  out  of  a  fpungy  kind  of  ftone,  and  was  thought  to  have  be- 
longed to  a  ftatue,  placed  as  an  ornament  either  in  fome  private  garden,  or 
fome  military  way.  It  was  at  firft  attributed  to  Andromache,  from  its 
fmgular  drefs,  thus  illuftratedin  Juvenal:1 

Tot  premit  ordinibus,  tot  adhuc  compagibus  ahum 
Mdificat  caput,  Andromachen  a  fronte  videbis-, 
Pojl  minor  eft,  credas  aliam. 

With  curls  on  curls  they  build  her  head  before, 

And  mount  it  with  a  formidable  tow'r; 

A  giantefs  fhe  feems ;  but  look  behind, 

And  then  fhe  dwindles  to  the  pigmy  kind.  Dryden. 

1  Sat.  vi.  v.  501.  £>!•, 


BATH.  ,- 

Dr.  Stukcly  has,  with  a  greater  degree  of  probability,  afcribed  this  head  to 
the  Emprefs  Julia  Domna  wife  o£  Severus. "' 

The  antiquities  of  inferior  note,  which  have  at  different  periods  been  cad 
Up  from  among  the  ruinous  foundations  of  this  city,  are  almoft  innumerable; 
vaft  mafles  of  fculptured  ftone,  columns,  capitals,  architraves  and  friezes  of 
huge  buildings;  tefielated  pavements,  bricks  of  various  fhapes  and  dimen- 
fions;  paterae,  urns,  vafes,  lachrymatories,  coins,  fdver  and  brafs  inftruments 
of  various  kinds,  having  from  time  to  time  been  difcovered,  and  fold  to 
ftrangers  frequenting  the  city.  At  Walcot,  and  the  elegant  hermitage  of 
Mr.  Thickneffe  under  Lanfdovvn,  were  burial  places  of  the  Roman  foldieryj 
and  at  both  great  quantities  of  urns,  fibulae,  armillae,  chains,  and  other  re- 
liques,  have  been  found.  The  coins  which  have  been  met  with,  are  princi- 
pally thofe  of  Claudius,  Vefpafian,  Domitian,  Trajan,  Hadrian,  Antoninus 
Pius,  Severus,  Gordian,  Gallienus,  Dioclefian,  Maximinus,  Maximian,  Ca- 
raufius,  and  Conftantine;  but  few,  if  any  of  them,  have  on  their  reverfes 
any  particular  allufion  to  the  local  occurrences  of  the  city. 

During  the  reign  of  the  En\peror  Theodofius,  Chryfanthus  being  then 
governor  in  Britain,  the  Roman  legions  began  to  leave  this  city,  and,  as 
we  may  fairly  conclude,  with  fome  reluctance.  Congenial  to  their  natures, 
it  had  become  a  very  favourite  ftation,  and,  as  I  have  before  obferved,  it 
had,  from  a  very  fmall  and  inconfiderable  poft  for  a  few  foldiers,  increafed 
into  a  great  and  populous  city,  inhabited  by  families  unconnected  with 
military  concerns,  and  practifing  the  arts  of  civilization  and  peace.  At 
length,  about  the  year  444,  the  Roman  army  totally  withdrew  from  the 
place,  and  left  it  to  the  poffeflion  of  the  Britons,  who,  by  their  intercourfe 
and  intermarriages  with  the  Romans,  had  before  conftituted  a  confiderable 
part  of  its  inhabitants,  and  had  learnt  from  them  a  different  mode  of  war, 
which  they  foon  found  occafion  to  exercife  againft  a  different  kind  of  people. 

The  Saxons,  who  had  been  invited  into  Britain,  and  difperfed  themfelves 
into  the  various  parts  thereof,  by  fmall  degrees  erected  themfelves  into 
feveral  petty  ftates,  or  monarchies.  Bath,  with  a  few  other  confiderable 
cities  in  the  weftem  parts  of  the  ifland,  ftill  remained  in  the  poffeflion"  of 
the  Britons,  till  in  the  year  577,  a  large  army  of  the  Saxons,  under  the 

m  Itin.  Curiof.  i.  157. 
"  Camden,  and  other  writers,  fix  the  12th  battle  of  King  Arthur,  mentioned  by  Nennius  [chap.  62,]  under 
the  name  of  Vritan  Q9cnti«  "SaDcmia,  to  Banrfdc-wn  or  Lanfdmtiu, overlooking  Want  VaBcn,  or  the  Vale  of  Bath. 
But  it  is  much  more  probable  that  the  fcene  of  this  engagement  was  Bqydtnhill,  on  the  confines  of  VI  ills  and 
Berks,  where  to  this  day  cxiils  a  tradition  of  a  bloody  battle  having  been  fought  between  King  Arthur  and  the 
Saxons,  and  Saxon  armour  has  been  found  in  barrows  on  the  neighbouring  plain. 

command 


16  BATH. 

command  of  Ceaulin  and  Cuthwin,  advanced  towards  its  walls.  Their 
firft  halt  was  at  Sodbury,  where  they  ftrongly  encamped  themfelves  on  the 
brow  of  the  hill,  overlooking  a  vaft  extent  of  their  future  conquefts  in  the 
territories  of  Gloucefter  and  Monmouth,  and  thence  they  advanced  to 
Dyrham,  about  feven  miles  diftance  from  the  city.  Here  they  were  met  by 
three  Britiih  kings  of  the  names  of  Conmail,  Condidin,  and  Farinmail, 
who,  giving  them  battle,  fell,  and  Bath  foon  after  was  obliged  for  the  firft 
time  to  yield  to  the  Saxon  arms.0 

This  period  afforded  a  new  name,  and  a  different  profpecl:  to  this  memo- 
rably city  j  becoming  part  of  the  dominions  of  the  Weft-Saxons,  under 
which  it  flourifbed  for  near  two  hundred  years  j  and  perhaps  it  is  owing 
to  this  people,  that  we  know  fo  little  or  fo  much  of  the  Roman  ftate  of 
Bath.  On  the  foundation  of  thofe  walls,  which  they  themfelves  had  induf- 
trioufly  deftroyed,  frefli  bulwarks  were  ere£ted  with  the  old  material ,  and 
with  others  brought  from  the  ruins  of  temples,  maufoleums,  and  trium- 
phal arches,  and  therein  was  inferted  a  variety  of  fculptures  which  they 
had  thrown  down  from  the  ruined  buildings.  The  interior  parts  of  the 
city  were  decorated  in  a  new  tafte,  and  filled  with  adventitious  ftructures. 
Religion  alfo,  under  Chriftian  aufpices,  began  to  dawn,  and  on  the  ruins 
of  the  defolated  temple  of  Minerva,  whofe  altars  had  long  remained  un- 
tinged  by  beftial  facrifices,  Ofric  king  of  the  Northumbrian  ftates,  with 
the  confent  of  Kentwine,  that  once  relentlefs  chacer  of  the  Britiih  powers, 
crefred,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  676,  a  houfe  of  nuns  to  the  honour  of  God 
and  St.  Peter  the  apoftle. 

In  this  ftate  the  city  continued  till  the  year  775,  when  Offa,  king  of  that 
part  of  the  Saxon  heptarchy  called  Mercia,  having  with  great  force  carried 
his  conquefts  from  the  Darent  to  the  Avon,  made  himfelf  mafter  of  Bath  and 
all  the  adjoining  territories,  Kineulf  king  of  the  Weft  Saxons,  although 
a  brave  and  fkilful  warrior,  being,  through  a  deficiency  of  military  ftrength, 
obliged  to  concede  the  poffeflions  of  his  puiffant  anceftors  to  the  victorious 
Mercian.  After  this  prince  had  imbrued  his  hands  with  the  blood  of 
Ethelbert  king  of  the  Eaft  Angles,  he  either  through  fhame,  terror  or  re- 
jnorfe,  removed  his  court  to  this  city,  and  to  expiate  his  crime,  caufed  the 
monaftery  of  Ofric,  which  had  fallen  in  the  confufions  of  war,  to  be  re- 
edified,  one  hundred  years  after  its  firft  foundation,  and  inftituted  therein  a 
fociety  of  fecular  canons. 

For  a  long  fpace  after  this  event,  the  Danifh  invafions  interrupted  the 
tranquility  of  the  city,  and  the  progrefs  of  its  improvements;  to  recount 

0  Chron.  Saxon.  22.  which 


BATH. 


'7 


which,  would  be  only  to  depict  a  fcene  of  barbarous  tumults,  in  which 
not  only  particular  families,  but  multifarious  hofts;  not  only  private  walls, 
but  publick  bulwarks,  and  even  the  venerable  ftructures  of  religion,  fell 
indifcriminately  to  the  ground.  At  length,  it  aflumed  new  fplendour  under 
the  Auguftan  reign  of  Edgar,  who  in  the  year  973  was  confecrated  and 
crowned  with  great  folemnity  in  the  church  of  St.  Peter,  in  the  prefencc 
of  Ofwald  archbilhop  of  York,  and  the  feveral  other  prelates  of  England/ 
This  monarch  endowed  the  city  with  divers  valuable  privileges,  eredting  it 
into  a  free  borough,  granting  it  a  market,  and  the  liberty  of  coinage,  and 
exempting  it  from  toll,  tribute,  and  taxes ;  the  memory  of  which  benefac- 
tions the  inhabitants  preferred  for  many  ages  in  anniverfary  games  and 
feflive  pageantries.  This  feems  to  have  been  the  fecondary  origin  of  the 
city's  future  greatnefs ;  and  whatever  occafion  the  politicks  of  thofe  times 
might  have  to  detract  from  the  merit  of  the  royal  donor,  yet  in  this  parti- 
cular his  memory  is  to  be  revered,  in  that  he  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
liberties  of  a  city,  whofe  fame  has  fpread  through  all  countries. 

At  the  time  of  the  invafion  of  this  country  by  the  Normans,  there  were 
within  the  walls  of  Bath  one  hundred  and  feventy-eight  burgefles,  fixty- 
four  of  whom  were  tenants  to  the  King,  ninety  to  the  barons  and  great 
men,  and  twenty-four  to  the  church  of  St.  Peter. 

"  The  King  (fays  the  Norman  furvey)  holds  Bade.  In  the  time  of  King 
"  Edward  it  [was  held  by  Queen  Edith,''  and]  gelded  for  twenty  hides, 
"  when  the  county  [of  Somerfet]  was  aflelTed.  The  King  has  there  fixty- 
"  four  burgefles,  rendering  four  pounds,  and  there  are  fourfcore  and  ten 
"  burgelfes  of  other  men,  paying  yearly  to  the  borough  fixty  (hillings.  The 
"  King  has  there  fix  unoccupied  houfes. 

"  This  borough  with  Estone  [Bath-Eafton]  renders  fixty  pounds  by  tale, 
v'  and  one  mark  of  gold.  Befides  this  a  mint  yields  one  hundred  /hillings. 
"  Edward  accounts  eleven  pounds  for  the  third  penny  of  this  borough. 

"  From  the  fame  borough  one  houfe  is  taken  away.  Hugh  the  interpre- 
"  ter  holds  it,  and  it  is  worth  two  (hillings."' 

Such  was  the  (late  of  Bath  in  the  time  of  King  William  the  Conqueror; 
but  in  the  fucceeding  reign  of  Rufus  it  underwent  a  revolution,  which 
proved  the  fubjecT:  of  much  controverfy  and  unfeemly  confufion  to  the  eccle- 
fiaftical  polity  of  the  county.  From  the  time  of  the  Con^ueft  foreigners 
had  been  invited  and  encouraged  to  fettle  within  the  precincts  of  this  city. 

'  Gervas.  Adl.  Pontif.  Cantuar.  de  Sand.  Dunrtano.  «  Lib.  Domefday,  Exon.  '  Lib.  Domefday. 

Vol.  I.  c  Among 


18  BAT  H. 

Among  the  reft  was  John  de  Villula,  a  native  of  Tours  in  the  province 
of  Orleanois  in  France,  who  for  feveral  years  pra&ifed  phyfick  in  this 
refort  of  valetudinarians,  and  accumulated  by  his  practice  a  prodigious 
fortune  j  by  virtue  hereof,  and  by  his  intereft  with  the  monks  eftablifhed 
in  the  ancient  foundation  of  King  Offa,  he  at  length  procured  the  bifhop- 
rick  of  Wells,  vacant  by  the  death  of  Bifliop  Gifo,  another  French  emigrant. 
The  attachment  which  he  had  conceived  to  this  favourite  city,  the  fofterer 
of  his  enterprizes,  and  the  nurfe  of  all  his  affluence,  together  with  the 
odium  which  he  maintained  againft  the  members  of  his  church  at  Wells, 
who  obftinately  oppofed  all  his  meafures,  as  well  as  the  urgent  perfuafions 
of  the  monks,  led  him  to  unwarrantable  innovations,  by  determining  to 
remove  his  pontifical  feat  from  Wells  to  Bath,  and  to  unite  the  bifhoprick 
of  the  former  with  the  abbey  of  the  latter.  To  effect  this,  nothing  was 
wanting  but  the  authority  of  the  'crown,  which  being  at  that  period  of 
time  attainable  by  pecuniary  advances,  the  religious  contributed  the  fum  of 
five  hundred  marks  towards  the  purchafmg  the  whole  city  of  the  King,  a 
ftep  previoufly  neceffary  to  the  accomplifhment  of  the  bifhop's  defigns. 
Accordingly,  in  confideration  of  the  faid  fum,  King  William  Rufus,  in 
the  5th  year  of  his  reign,  for  the  health  of  his  own  foul,  and  the  fouls  of 
his  anceftors  and  fucceffors,  granted  to  the  church  of  St.  Peter,  and  the 
faid  Bifliop  John  de  Villula,  and  to  his  fucceffors,  in  pure  and  perpetual 
alms,  the  whole  city  of  Bath,  together  with  the  mint  and  the  baths 
therein,  and  with  the  toll,  market,  and  all  other  rights,  members,  and 
appertenances  belonging  thereto,  for  the  augmentation  and  aggrandifement 
of  the  Bathonian  fee.  This  done,  the  Bifliop  repaired  and  beautified  the 
old  monaftery,  erected  a  palace  adjoining  to  it,  and  adorned  this  central 
part  of  the  city  with  other  additional  buildings.  Soon  after  which  he  re- 
leafed  the  city  with  its  appertenances,  and  with  many  lands  and  heredita- 
ments in  Bath  and  its  environs,  to  the  faid  monaftery,  over  which  he 
appointed  a  prior  inftead  of  abbot,  referving  the  patronage  of  the  houfe  to 
himfelf  and  his  fucceffors  in  the  fee  for  ever. 

The  various  revolutions  of  the  bifhoprick,  which  twice  afterwards 
changed  its  name,  preferving  in  the  laft  the  decided  preference  to  this  city, 
with  which  it  was  then  moft  materially  connected,  will  beft  be  feen  in  the 
fuccefllon  of  the  feveral  prelates  of  this  fee;  and  of  the  monaftery  of  Bath, 
which  thus  came  to  the  poffeffion  of  a  large  extent  of  property  in  this 
neighbourhood,  a  more  particular  account  will  fhortly  be  given :  fuffice 
it  at  prefent  to  obferve,  that  the  annual  payment,  by  which  the  monks 

held 


BATH.  19 

held  the  town  and  barton  of  Bath,  was  twenty  pounds  payable  into  the 
King's  exchequer;  and  that  over  and  above  this  rent,  20  Henry  III.  the  prior 
paid  the  fum  of  thirteen  pounds  eleven  (hillings,  for  reparations  due  to  the 
King's  houfes  in  the  city  of  Bath,  and  to  the  walls  inclofing  the  Kings-Bath; 
a  record*  proving  the  early  date  of  that  particular  bath's  denomination. 

At  the  inftance  of  Bifhop  Burnel  in  the  reign  of  Edw.  I.  this  city  firft  fent 
reprefentatives  to  parliament,  many  of  whom  will  appear  by  the  following 
lift  to  have  been  perfons  of  rank  and  diftindtion. 

A  lift  of  the  Representatives  in  Parliament  for  the  City  of  Bath: 

Henry  Bayton,  Thomas  de  Mefsletre,   1297. 
William  Leken,  Peter  le  Brenetour,   1299. 
William  Snell,  William  Cook,   1301. 
William  de  Brokenbere,  GerTerey  le  Hey,  13x1. 
William  de  Brokenbere,  John  de  Suthftoke,   13 12. 
William  de  Brokenbere,  Roger  le  Tanner,  13 12. 
Peter  le  Brennetor,  William  Cook,   13 13. 
Robert  de  Hertford,  Adam  de  Nottingham,   13 14. 
William  de  Brokenbergh,  Adamde  Nottingham,   13 16. 
Adam  de  Nottingham,  William  de  Brokenbergh,   13 18. 
John  de  Southftoke,  William  de  Brokenbergh,   1321. 
Adam  de  Nottingham,  William  de  Brokenbergh,  1322. 
William  de  Brokenbergh,  Robert  de  Hereford,   1324. 
AdamWitefon,  William  de  Brokenbergh,  1326. 
William  de  Brokenbergh,  John  de  Hampton,   1327. 
Robert  de  Hampton,  William  de  Brokenbergh,  1328. 
Robert  de  Hampton,  HughdeWyke,   1328. 
William  de  Brokenbergh,  John  de  Dunftore,   1330. 
John  de  Hall,  Robert  de  Hampton,   1331. 
Thomas  de  Ford,  William  de  Bromefburgh,   1332. 
John  Petit,  Thomas  de  Whittokefmede,   1332. 
JohnTully,  John  Brudeport,   13-33. 
James  Hufey,  John  le  Draper,   1334- 
JohnBerrill,  John  Attewode,   1335. 
John  Buryhale,  John  de  Calvefton,   1336. 
John  Attehall,  John  le  Colman,   1337. 
John  Hufey,  John  Rookes,   1337. 
John  Hufey,  John  Attehall,  1338. 


•  Rot.  Pip.  20  Hen.  III. 

C    2  JanKS 


20 


BATH. 


James  Hufey,  John  de  Hungerford,  1338. 

John  de  Suthftoke,  Nicholas  le  Porter,   1338. 

James  Hufey,  Alexander  le  Teynturer,  1339. 

Roger  Crift,  James  Hufey,   1340. 

James  Hufey,  John  Deenmeed,   13  41. 

William  de  Brokenbergh,  Richard  le  Vignour,  1343. 

John  de  Merfhton,  John  Prior,   1346. 

John  de  Merfhton,  Robert  de  Wyke,   1347. 

Alexander  de  Doghe,  Robert  de  Wyke,   1348. 

William  le  Goldfmith,  Robert  de  Bath,   1350. 

Edward  Nyweham,  Walter  de  Crompton,   1354. 

John  Merfhton,  Richard  Sodbury,   1355. 

Richard  Sodbury,  Roger  Berleghi   1357. 

Roger  de  Berlegh,  John  de  Whittokefmede,   1360. 

Thomas  Stote,  William  Mulverton,   1361. 

John  Mulverton,  Nicholas  Swayn,   1362. 

John  de  Whittokefmede,  John  Tregory,   1363. 

John  de  Whittokefmede,  Adam  White,   1369. 

John  de  Whittokefmede,   1371. 

John  de  Whittokefmede,  John  Tregory,   1372. 

John  de  Whittokefmede,  John  Mulverton,   1373. 

John  Compe,  Richard  Budell,   1376. 

John  Hatto'n,  Richard  Budell,   1377. 

John  Tregory,  William  Tonk,   1378. 

Richard  Budell,  Robert  Wafpray,   1378. 

Sewall  Francis,  John  Cerne,   1379. 

Richard  Budell,  Sewall  Francis,   1383. 

John  Natton,  William  Cook,  1383. 

John  Palmere,  Richard  Budell,  1384. 

Sewall  Francis,  John  Honybrig,   1386. 

John  Natton,  William  Cook,   1388. 

Richard  Wydecombe,  Reginald  Hobb,   1389. 

Hugh  de  la  Lind,  Nicholas  Samborne,   1391. 

Hugh  de  la  Lind,  Thomas  Riton,  1392. 

John  Tempeft,  John  Marifee,   1393. 

Robert  Draper,  John  Martin,  1394. 

Robert  Auger,  John  Marifee,   1396. 

Hugh  de  la  Lind,  John  Chauntez,  1397. 

John  Chaunceys,  John  de  Whkeokefmede,  1399; 


John 


BATH. 


21 


John  de  Whiteokefmede,  John  Haygoby,   1401. 
Henry  Bartlet,  John  de  Whiteokefmede,   1409. 
Richard  Wydecombe,  William  Philips,  141 3. 
Richard  Wydecombe,  William  de  Radeftoke,    1414. 
Ralph  Hunt,  Walter  Rich,   14 17. 
Thomas  Remar,  Henry  Bartlet,  141 9. 
Henry  Bartlet,  John  de  Whiteokefmede,   1420. 
Richard  Wydecombe,  Roger  Philips,   1420. 
Walter  Rich,  Robert  Pewlyn,   1421. 
Ralph  Hunt,  Walter  Rich,   1422. 
Ralph  Hunt,  Philip  Payne,   1423. 
Walter  Rich,  Richard  Wydecombe,   1424. 
Richard  Wydecombe,  John  de  Whiteokefmede,   1428. 
Roger  Stanburgh,  John  Cotys,   1446. 
William  Hodgkine,  Thomas  Troppevell,   1448. 
Roger  Stanburgh,  John  de  Whiteokefmede,    1449. 
William  Hofkins,  Thomas  Hall,   1450. 
William  Hofkins,  John  Burreby,  1454. 
Hugh  Golding,  Andrew  Beddeford,   1467. 
William  Haynes,  Robert  Batten,   1471. 

[The  writs,  returns,   and  indentures,  from  this  date  to  the  firft  year  of 
Queen  Maiy,  are  all  fuppofed  to  be  loft.] 

Richard  Chapman,  Edward  Ludwell,  1553. 

William  Sherfton,  Thomas  Ayfh,  recorder  of  Bath,  1583. 

John  Court,  John  Walley,  1587. 

William  Sherfton,  William  Heath,  aldermen  of  Bath,   1596. 

William  Sherfton,  William  Heath,  aldermen;   1600. 

William  Sherfton,  Chriftopher  Stone,  1603. 

William  Sherfton,  Chriftopher  Stone,  1605. 

Sir  Robert  Philips,  knt.  Robert  Pye,   1620. 

Sir  Robert  Pye,  knt.  John  Mallet,  1623. 

Sir  Edward  Hungerford,  knight  of  the  Bath,  Richard  Gay,  then  mayor 

of  Bath,  1625. 
John  Popham,  Walter  Long,  1627. 
Sir  Charles  Berkeley,  knt.  Alexander  Popham,   1640. 
Alexander  Popham,  William  Baffet,  1640. 
Alexander  Popham,  William  Prynne,  1 660. 
Alexander  Popham,  William  Prynne,  1661. 

Sir 


22  BATH. 

Sir  William  Baflet,  Sir  George  Speke,  1678. 

Sir  Walter  Long,  Sir  George  Speke,   1 68 1 . 

Lord  Fitzharding,  Sir  William  Baflet,  1685. 

Lord  Fitzharding,  Sir  William  Baflet,   1688. 

Jofeph  Langton,  William  Blaithwayt,   1690. 

Sir  Thomas  Eftcourt,  bart.  William  Blaithwayt,   1695. 

Alexander  Popham,  William  Blaithwayt,  1698. 

Alexander  Popham,  William  Blaithwayt,  1701. 

Alexander  Popham,  William  Blaithwayt,  1 702. 

William  Blaithwayt,  Samuel  Trotman,  1705. 

William  Blaithwayt,  Samuel  Trotman,  1708. 

John  Codrington,  Samuel  Trotman,  1710. 

John  Codrington,  Samuel  Trotman,  171 3. 

John  Codrington,  Samuel  Trotman,  1 7 1 4. 

George  Wade,  John  Codrington,  1722. 

George  Wade,  Robert  Gay,  1 727. 

George  Wade,  John  Codrington,  1734 

George  Wade,  Philip  Bennet,  1741. 

Sir  John  Ligonier,  K.  B.  Robert  Henley,  1747. 

Sir  John  Ligonier,  K.  B.  Robert  Henley,  1754- 

Lord  Vifcount  Ligonier,  William  Pitt,  1761. 

Sir  John  Saunders  Sebright,  bart.  John  Smith,   1766. 

Sir  John  Saunders  Sebright,  John  Smith,   1768. 

John  Smith,  Abel  Moyfey,  1774. 

Sir  John  Saunders  Sebright,  Abel  Moyfey,   1775. 

Hon.  John  Jefferys  Pratt,  Abel  Moyfey,  1780. 

Hon.  John  Jefferys  Pratt,  Abel  Moyfey,  1 784. 

Lord  Vifcount  Bayham,  Lord  Vifcount  Weymouth,  1790. 

The  government  of  the  city  was  originally  vefted  in  a  fheriff;  the  firft 
that  appears  to  have  born  this  office  was  Alfred,  who  is  faid  to  have  been 
a  great  benefactor  to  the  city,  and  died  A.  D.  907.'  It  afterwards  had 
a  provofl  or  bailiff.  Its  firft  charters  were  confirmed  by  King  Edw.  III. 
in  the  5th  and  14th  of  his  reign,  and  alfo  5  Ric.  II.  2  Henry  V.  and  25 
Henry  VI.  Queen  Elizabeth  in  the  3 2d  year  of  her  reign,  Sept.  4,  1590, 
granted  the  city  a  new  charter,  declaring  it  to  be  a  fole  city  of  itfelf,  and 
the  citizens  to  be  a  body  corporate  and  politick,  by  the  name  of  Mayor, 
Aldermen,  and  Citizens  of  the  city  of  Bath ;  to  be  capable  of  purchasing 
and  felling  lands,  of  pleading  and  being  impleaded  in  any  court,  and  to 

•  Chron.  Sxxon.  103.  have 


BATH.  23 

have  a  common  feal ;  that  there  fhall  be  one  mayor,  and  four  aldermen  at 
the  leaft,  and  not  exceeding  ten  at  the  moft,  and  twenty  of  the  chief  citizens 
to  be  called  the  common-council,  and  to  be  afliftant  to  the  mayor.  That 
the  mayor,  aldermen,  and  common-council,  or  the  greater  part  of  them, 
(whereof  the  mayor  for  the  time  being  to  be  one)  may  make  laws,  let  lands, 
and  impofe  fines.  William  Sherftone  to  be  the  firft  mayor;  William 
Cavill,  George  Perman,  William  Wally,  John  Chapman  the  elder,  John 
Wally  the  elder,  Thomas  Fitch,  John  Tachfield,  and  John  Wally  the 
younger,  to  be  the  firft  aldermen,  during  their  lives,  unlefs  in  the  mean 
time  they  (hall  be  removed  for  ill-behaviour.  That  the  mayor,  aldermen, 
and  common-council,  fhall  yearly,  on  the  Monday  before  the  feaft  of  St. 
Michael  the  Archangel,  choofe  and  name  one  of  themfelves  to  be  mayor 
for  the  year  enfuing,  and  that  two  alfo  of  themfelves  fhall  be  chofen  in  like 
manner  bailiffs  for  one  year;  that  if  the  mayor  die,  or  be  removed  within 
the  year,  the  aldermen  and  common-councilmen  fhall  elect  another  from 
among  themfelves  into  that  office.  That  they  fhall  have  and  elect  a  re- 
corder, common  clerk,  or  prothonotary,  chamberlain  or  receiver,  conftables, 
and  other  inferior  officers,  with  two  ferjeants  of  the  mace.  John  Courte, 
efq;  to  be  the  firft  recorder,  and  William  Price,  gent,  to  be  the  firft  common 
clerk.  That  if  any  being  elected  refufe  to  take  the  faid  offices,  except 
thofe  of  recorder  and  common  clerk,  it  fhall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the 
mayor,  aldermen,  and  common-council  for  the  time  being,  to  commit  him 
to  prifon  and  fine  him.  That  the  liberties  of  the  city  fhall  extend,  accord- 
ing to  its  ancient  limits,  "  from  the  fouth  end  of  the  bridge,  where  the 
two  images  of  a  lion  and  a  bear,  engraved  in  ftone,  are  creeled  upon  the 
laid  bridge,  and  from  thence  unto  the  meadow  called  Kingsmead,  and  about 
and  on  every  fide  of  the  faid  meadow  called  Kingsmead,  through  the  middle 
of  the  water  or  river  there  called  Avon,  as  the  faid  meadow  doth  extend, 
and  from  the  middle  of  the  fame  river  in  the  weft  fide  of  the  faid  meadow 
unto  the  head  fpring  of  the  brook  or  river  there  called  the  mouth  of  Mud 
Brook,  by  the  fide  of  the  faid  brook,  and  fo  from  thence  unto  the  highway 
leading  from  Wejlon  towards  Walcot,  fo  continuing  by  the  faid  way  unto  a 
clofe  of  pafture,  commonly  called  the  Winyards,  and  from  the  fame  clofe 
through  a  certain  lane  on  the  north  fide  of  the  faid  clofe,  and  as  the  way 
leadeth  by  the  church-yard  of  the  church  of  Wakot,  unto  the  north  corner 
of  the  fame  church-yard,  and  from  the  fame  corner  directly  unto  the  river 
Avon  aforefaid  towards  the  eaft,  and  fo  from  thence  through  the  middle  of 
the  fame  river  to  the  fouth  end  of  the  faid  bridge,  and  through,  by,  and 
over  all  lands,  foils,  and  grounds  lately  belonging  or  appertaining  to  the 

Priory 


f 


24  BATH. 

Prion  of  Bath,  and  by,  upon,  and  over  all  other  lands,  foils,  grounds,  and 
places,  lying,  being,  or  contained  within  the  faid  limits."  That  the  mayor* 
aldermen,  and  citizens,  (hall  and  may  perambulate  and  walk  through  and 
over  the  faid  bounds  for  the  purpofe  of  afcertaining  the  liberties  of  the  city, 
without  let  or  hindrance. 

The  charter  further  fets  forth,  that  the  mayor,  aldermen,  and  common- 
council,  fhall  and  may  make  from  time  to  time  of  the  inhabitants  free 
citizens  and  burgeffes  of  the  city,  and  bind  them  with  an  oath  to  ferve  and 
obey  the  mayor,  aldermen,  and  common-council,  in  all  lawful  demands. 
That  a  court  of  record  fhall  be  held  every  Monday  in  every  week  through- 
out the  year,  before  the  mayor,  recorder,  and  two  of  the  aldermen,  (who 
mail  be  juftices  of  the  peace)  and  the  common  clerk,  or  before  four,  three 
or  two  of  them  at  the  leaft,  (the  mayor  or  recorder  to  be  one)  to  hold  pleas, 
actions,  fuits,  and  demands,  of  trefpaffes,  debts,  accounts,  and  covenants ; 
the  ferjeants  of  the  mace  to  be  attornies  attending  the  faid  court  of  record : 
and  the  bailiffs  for  the  time  being  to  have  the  execution  of  all  manner  of  pro- 
ceffes  within  the  city.     The  mayor  and  corporation  to  have  a  prifon  or  gaol 
for  the  keeping  of  prifoners  attached  within  the  liberties  of  the  city;  and 
to  hold  a  court-leet  and  view  of  frank-pledge  twice  a  year  in  the  guildhall. 
That  the  mayor  and  every  other  juftice  of  the  peace,  being  a  citizen,  fhall 
have  the  power  of  apprehending  felons,  thieves,  and  malefactors;  and  the 
bailiffs  to  have  the  return  of  writs,  precepts,  bills,  warrants,  and  proceffes 
of  the  crown;  fo  that  no  fheriff,  under-fheriff,  bailiff,  or  other  minifter 
thereof  fhall  enter  the  precincts  of  the  city  for  doing  his  office  therein. 
That  the  mayor,  aldermen,  and  citizens,  fhall  have  the  cognizance  of  all 
manner  of  pleas,  and  the  aflize  of  bread,  wine,  and  beer,  and  all  other 
victuals  in  the  city  and  liberties  thereof.     That  the  mayor  for  the  time 
being  fhall  be  clerk  of  the  market.     That  the  mayor,  aldermen,  and  citizens, 
fhall  have  all  fines  and  forfeitures  of  offenders  and  malefactors,  and  all 
manner  of  goods  and  chattels,  waifs  and  eftrays,  and  goods  of  felons  and 
fugitives.     That  they  fhall  have  and  keep  within  the  city  and  its  liberties 
two  markets  in  every  week,  viz.  on  the  days  of  Wednefday  and  Saturday, 
and  fuch  fairs  as  had  heretofore  been  ufually  held;  together  with  a  court 
of  piepowder  to  be  holden  before  the  bailiff  for  the  time  being.     That  the 
mayor,  recorder,  and  two  of  the  aldermen,  (to  be  chofen  out  of  the  corpo- 
tation)  fhall  be  jointly  and  feverally  juftices  of  the  peace;  and  that  the 
common  clerk  fhall  be  clerk  of  the  peace  within  the  city,  and  the  fuburbs, 
liberties  and  precincts  thereof.     That  the  mayor  for  the  time  being  fhall 

be 


B 


A 


H. 


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be  coroner  within  the  city,  and  its  fuburbs,  liberties  and  precincts,  and  that 
no  other  coroner  fliall  prcfume  to  enter  therein  to  do  any  thing  belonging  to 
his  office.  That  the  mayor,  aldermen  and  citizens,  and  their  heirs  and 
fucceflbrs  for  ever,  fliall  be  exempt  from  all  tolls,  cuftom,  paflage,  pontage, 
ftallage,  pickage,  and  carriage  of  goods  and  merchandife;  and  that  they 
fliall  not  be  put  on  juries  with  foreigners,  or  perfons  dwelling  out  of  the 
liberties  of  the  city.  And  whereas  the  mayor  and  citizens  did  then  hold, 
occupy,  poflefs,  and  enjoy,  to  themfelves  and  their  fucceflbrs,  the  faid  city  of 
Bath  with  the  appertenances,  and  all  the  waters  and  baths  therein,  and  cer- 
tain wafte  grounds  and  foils  within  the  faid  city,  and  alfo  divers  lands  and 
tenements,  rents,  and  reverfions,  commonly  called  Katherine  Lands,  chamber 
lands,  fchool  lands,  alms  lands,  hofpital  lands,  church  lands,  and  alfo  divers 
other  lands,  tenements,  and  hereditaments,  liberties,  cuftoms  and  jurifdic- 
tions  within  the  faid  city,  and  the  fuburbs  and  liberties  thereof;  the  faid 
Queen  Elizabeth  by  her  faid  charter  fully  confirms  and  ratifies  all  thofe 
pofleflions  to  the  mayor,  aldermen,  and  citizens,  and  their  fucceflbrs  for 
ever,  empowering  them  to  make  purchafes  of  lands,  manors,  &c.  under  the 
yearly  value  of  twenty  pounds,  without  any  fine  for  a  licence  of  alienation. 

The  firft  mayor,  as  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  charter,  was  William 
Sherftone  1590.     He  held  the  office  eight  feveral  times. 


John  Parker  was  mayor  1655. 
John  Boyce,  1656. 
Matthew  Clift,  1657. 
John  Mailers,   1658. 
John  Pearce,  1659. 
John  Biggs,  1660. 
John  Ford,   166 1. 
John  Parker,  1662. 
Robert  Child,  1663. 
Henry  Chapman,  1664. 
Walter  Gibbs,  1665. 
John  Chapman,  1666. 
Thomas  Gibbs,  1667. 
Robert  Chapman,   1668. 
William  Child,  1669. 
Edward  White,  1670. 
John  Mafters,  167 1. 
Henry  Chapman,  1672. 
Henry  Parker,  167  j. 
John  Reed,  1674. 
Vol.  I. 


John  Bufh,  1675. 
Walter  Gibbs,  1676. 
Benjamin  Baber,  1677. 
Robert  Chapman,  1678. 
John  Mafters,  1679. 
William  Bufh,  1680. 
Edward  Bufhell,  fen.  168 1. 
Robert  Hay  ward,  1682. 
Walter  Hicks,  1683. 
Jofeph  Bufh,  1684. 
John  Stibbs,  1685. 
John  Pocock,  1686. 
Benjamin  Baber,  1687. 
Walter  Gibbs,   1688. 
Robert  Chapman,  1689. 
John  Mafters,  1690. 
George  Collibee,  1691. 
William  Bufh,  1692. 
Edward  Bufhell,  1693. 
Robert  Hay  ward,  1694. 


Walter 


26 


B 


H. 


Walter  Hicks,  1695. 
John  Axford,  1696. 
John  Bufh,  1697. 
John  Stibbs,  1698. 
Thomas  Gibbs,  1699. 
Benjamin  Baber,  1700. 
Richard  Matters,  1701. 
William  Chapman,  1702. 
JohnBufh,  1703. 
William  Bum,  1704. 
Walter  Hicks,  1705. 
Edward  Woolmer,  1706. 
John  Stibbs,  1707. 
Edward  Bufhell,  jun.  1 708. 
Charles  Child,  1709. 
Walter  Gibbs,   17 10. 
Thomas  Gibbs,  1 7 1 1 . 
Richard  Morgan,  17 12. 
Richard  Ford,  17 13. 
Thomas  Biggs,  17 14. 
William  Long,  17 15. 
John  Saunders,  17 16. 
Richard  Mailers,  17 17. 
Thomas  Bulhell,  1718. 
William  Collibee,  17 19.  . 
Edward  Woolmer,  1720. 
George  Tryme,  172 1. 
William  Bufh,  1722. 
John  Hicks,  1723. 
Thomas  Attwood,  1724. 
Rofewell  Gibbs,  1725. 
Walter  Chapman,  1726. 
William  Chapman,  1727. 
John  Billing,   1728. 
Francis  Bave,  1729. 
Richard  Ford,   1730. 
William  Horton,  173 1. 
Milo  Smith,  1732. 
Richard  Morgan,  1733. 
Thomas  Short,  1734. 
Thomas  Atwood,  1735. 
Richard  Matravers,  1736. 
James  Attwood,  1737. 
John  Saunders,  1738. 


William  Bum,  1739. 
Charles  Stone,  1740. 
Henry  Atwood,  1741. 
Ralph  Allen,  1742. 
Ambrofe  Bifhop,  1743. 
John  Chapman,  1744. 
John  Cogfwell,  1745. 
Thomas  Atwood,  1746. 
Thurfby  Robinfon,  1747. 
James  Atwood,  1748. 
Charles  Stone,  1749. 
Henry  Atwood,   1750. 
Francis  Hales,  175 1. 
Thomas  Atwood,  fen.  1752. 
Thomas  Atwood,  jun.  1753. 
John  Chapman,  1754. 
Samuel  Bulh,    1755. 
Edward  Bulhell  Collibee,  1756. 
William  Chapman,  1757. 
Henry  Atwood,  1758. 
Francis  Hales,  1759. 
Thomas  Atwood,   1760. 
John  Chapman,  176 1. 
Francis  Hales,  1762. 
Samuel  Bufh,  1763. 
John  Horton,  1764. 
Edward  Bufhell  Collibee,  1765. 
Henry  Wright,  1766. 
William  Chapman,  1767. 
Charles  Biggs,  1768. 
Thomas  Atwood,  1769. 
John  Chapman,   1770. 
John  Horton,  177 1. 
Walter  Wiltfhire,  1772. 
Francis  Bennett,  1773. 
Philip  Ditcher,  1774. 
Edward  Bufhell  Collibee,  1775. 
Henry  Wright,  1776. 
John  Chapman,  1777. 
Simon  Crook,  1778. 
John  Chapman,  1779. 
Walter  Wiltfhire,  1780. 
Francis  Bennett,  1 7  8 1 . 
Leonard  Coward,  1782. 


4k 


James 


6 


H. 


*7 


James  Leake,  1783. 
William  Street,   1784. 
Edward  Bufhell  Collibee,  1785. 
William  Anderdon,  1786. 


Leonard  Coward,  1787. 
Jacob  Smith,  1788, 
Leonard  Coward,  1789. 
John  Horton,  1790. 


BODY      CORPORATE, 

John  Horton,  efq;  mayor. 


1790-1. 


ALDERMEN. 


>  juflices. 


John  Chapman,  efq. 
Edward  Bufhell  Collibee,  efq 
Henry  Wright,  efq. 
Simon  Crook,  efq. 


Leonard  Coward,  efq. 
Walter  Wiltlhire,  efq. 

James  Leake,  efq.       *. 

William  Anderdon,  efq. 

Jacob  Smith,  efq. 


Mr.  Henry  Parry, 

Mr.  Edmund  Anderdon, 

H.  Harington,  M.  D. 
Mr.  Thomas  Harford 
Mr.  John  Symons 
Mr.  John  Palmer 
Mr.  George  Chapman 
Mr.  Charles  Phillott 
Mr.  Harry  Atwood 
Mr.  W.  Watfon 


COMMON  -COUNCIL. 

Abel  Moyfey,  efq;  chamberlain. 
Wm.  Edwards, 


fherifls. 


1 


Charles  Gunning,  \ 

Mr.  Robert  Eorman 
Mr.  Jofeph  Phillott 
Mr.  Thomas  Rundell 
Mr.  E.  Hutchinfon 
Mr.  Charles  Crook 
Mr.  Morgan  Nidiolls 
Mr.  Joilph  Spry. 
William  Frafer,  M.  D. 


conflables. 


The  arms  of  the  city  are,  Per  feffe  embattled  azure  and  gules,  the  bafe 
mafoned  crenelle  fable,  in  chief  of  the  firfl  two  bars  wavy  argent,  over  all  in 
pale  a  fword  of  the  laft,  hiked  and  pomelled  or,  on  the  blade  a  key. 

The  oath  anciently  taken  by  a  citizen  at  his  admiflion  to  the  freedom  of 
the  city  is  a  fingular  curiofity. 

I  fchall  buxom  a?id  obedyent  be  to  the  mayr  of  Bathe,  and  to  al  hys  fucceffotarys. 
And  y  fchal  mentayne  me  to  no  lordfehyp  for  hynderans  of  eny  burges  of  Bath. 
Nether  y  fchal  nogth  plete  ivyth  no  burges  of  Bathe,  but  09  the  mayr's  curtefyf 
hit  fo  be  that  the  mayr  nsoyll  do  me  rygth,  or  may  do  me  rygth,  Seynt  Katern  day 
y  fchall  kepc  halyday  ycrcly,  and  Seynt  Katern  chapell  and  the  brygge  helpe  to 
mentayne,  and  to  fufleyne  by  my  poivre.  All  other  cuflurnys  and  fredumys  that 
langit  to  the  fore  fayde  fredom  y  fchal  'well  and  truly  kipe  and  mentayne  on  my 
bchofe.     Selme  God  and  Hah  Dome." 

u  Codex  Ruber  Bathcro.  MS. 

d  2  Three 


m 


28  BATH. 

Three  fairs  have  from  ancient  time  been  held  in  this  city,  viz.  on  the 
feaft  of  the  Purification  (now  Feb.  14,)  on  the  invention  of  the  Holy  Crofs, 
May  3,  (now  difcontinued),  and  on  the  feaft  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul, 
June  30,  (now  July  10.)  The  laft  of  thefe  fairs  was  granted  by  King 
Henry  I.  A.  D.  1101,  to  John  de  Villula  bifhop  of  Bath,  ut  cum  maxima 
honor e  ibi  Pontificate m  fuam  fedem  habeat.x 

The  commerce  of  Bath,  abftracted  from  the  expenditures  of  fafhionable 
company  reforting  to  the  city,  is  now  altogether  inconfiderable;  nor  is  there 
any  manufacture  which  deferves  particular  notice.  Formerly,  however, 
it  was  almoft  in  a  manner  maintained  by  clothing.  Leland,  who  vifited 
this  place  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.  informs  us,  that  a  little  before  his 
time  there  were  three  capital  clothiers  of  the  names  of  Style,  Kent,  and 
Chapman,  "  by  whom  the  toun  of  Bath  then.florifhid;"7  and  it  is  afferted, 
that  at  the  time  of  the  Reftoration  there  were  no  lefs  than  fixty  broad  looms 
employed  in  the  fmgle  parifh  of  St.  Michael.*  Hence  arofe  a  company  of 
artificers  called  the  Weavers  Company,  which  has  been  long  fince  extinct; 
coeval  with  which  were  two  other  affociations  in  this  city,  viz.  the  fhoe- 
makers  and  taylors.  To  thefe  in  procefs  of  time  were  added  the  companies 
of  mafons,  carpenters,  joiners,  and  cabinet-makers.  3.  Tilers  and  Plaif- 
terers;  4.  Bakers;  5.  Barbers  and  Peruke-makers ;  6.  Grocers;  7.  Mercers 
and  Drapers. 

The  river  Avon  was  made  navigable  by  an  act  of  parliament  1  o  Anne, 
and  the  firft  barge  laden  with  deals,  pig-lead  and  meal,  was  brought  up  to 
the  city,  Dec.  15,  1727.  The  number  of  barges  employed  upon  this  river 
to  and  from  Briftol  is  nine,  and  their  burden  on  an  average  30  tons  each. 

This  city,'  like  that  of  Rome,  from  a  very  fmall  and  mean  beginning,  is 
now  become  fo  large  in  bulk,  and  withal  fo  elegant  in  its  buildings,  and  fo 
refpectable  in  its  inhabitants  and  its  vifitors,  as  to  be  the  pride  of  England, 
and  the  admiration  of  foreigners.  The  old  city  walls  are  now  built  over, 
and  its  priftine  ftate  almoft  wholly  obliterated  by  modern  improvements. 
The  moil:  fuperb  edifices,  raifed  by  the  moft  fkilful  architects,  rife  in  every 
quarter,  and  compofe  one  of  the  moft  beautiful  cities  in  the  world. 

*  Adam  de  Domerham.  Hift.  in  Au&uar.  i.  286, 

y  Lei.  Itin.  ii.  67.  A.  D.  1553,  Sir  Thomas  White,  lord-mayor  of  London,  gave  104I.  to  be  lent  to  four 
poor  tradefmen,  freemen  and  inhabitants  of  the  city,  and  in  the  clothing  line,  to  each  25I.  for  one  year  without 
intereft.  z  Wood's  defcription  of  Bath,  422. 

*  It  has  been  feveral  times  deftroyed  by  fire ;  firft  A.  D.  1013  by  Swein  king  of  Denmark,  in  his  invafion  of 
England  to  revenge  the  maffacre*of  his  fitter  Gunnild.  Secondly,  A.  D.  1088  in  that  great  rebellion  raifed  in 
thefe  parts  by  Geffrey  de  Coutances,  William  de  Ewe,  and  others,  againft  King  William  Rufus.  Thirdly, 
July  29,  1 137,  when  the  whole  city,  with  the  church  of  St.  Peter,  and  the  monaftery,  was  reduced  to  a  mafs 
of  ruins. 

and 


BATH.  29 

It  has  been  already  obferved,  that  the  form  of  the  ancient  city  was  a 
pentagon;  the  form  thereof  in  its  prefent  improved  ftate  is  nearly  a  triangle, 
the  fuburbs  having  more  widely  extended  on  the  northern  fide  up  the  accli- 
vity of  Lanfdown  than  in  the  lower  parts  towards  the  river  Avon.  Within 
the  compafs  of  the  old  walls  are  contained  the  following  ftreets,  lanes, 
and  places : 

High-Jlrcet,  anciently  called  Vicus  Borealis,  or  North-ftreet,  is  all  that  fpace 
which  is  contained  in  a  ftrait  line  between  the  fite  of  the  North  Gate  and 
the  precincts  of  the  abbey-church,  and  is  the  principal  avenue  into  the  old 
town  from  London,  Oxford,  and  Gloucefter.  The  North  Gate  Hood  at  the 
northeaft  angle  of  the  old  rampire  or  borough-walls,  and  was  in  its  perfect 
flate  a  handfome  building  furmounted  with  a  tower.  The  great  gateway, 
over  which  flood  a  grotefque  figure  of  King  Bladud,  was  ten  feet  wide 
and  fifteen  high,  and  on  each  fide  was  a  poflern  fix  feet  wide  and  eleven 
feet  high.  This  gate,  by  reafon  of  its  being  the  principal  entrance  into  the 
town,  was  fometimes  called  the  Town-Gate.  On  the  foutheaft  fide  thereof 
flood  a  parifh  church  dedicated  to  the  bleffed  Virgin  Mary,  the  tower  of 
which,  efteemed  very  ancient  two  centuries  ago,b  was  fometime  ufed  for  the 
city  prifon. 

Before  this  church,  and  nearly  in  the  middle"  of  the  flreet,  flood  St. 
Marys  Conduit,  a  handfome  quadrangular  refervoir  of  water,  built  in  the 
Dorick  flile,  with  a  cymatium  roof  terminating  in  a  point,  and  decorated 
with  pinnacles  at  the  angles.  To  this  conduit  the  mayor  and  citizens  of 
Bath,  borrowing  their  practice  from  days  of  old,  when  wells  and  fountains 
had  their  particular  honours,  ufually  made  their  grand  proceffions,  and  here 
they  generally  halted.  One  of  thefe  proceffions,  made  on  the  coronation 
day  of  King  Charles  II.  April  23,  1661,  with  the  folemnities  obferved  upon 
the  occafion,  is  thus  recorded  in  a  letter  from  John  Ford,  efq;  then  mayor  of 
the  city,  to  William  Prynne,  efq;  one  of  the  elected  citizens  in  parliament. 

'  Whilfl  the  morning  was  ufheted  in  and  welcomed  by  the  bells,  the 
1  drums  beat,  calling  to  fuch  as  would  demonflrate  their  good  affections  to 
1  the  King,  to  fliew  themfelves  in  arms  for  the  celebrating  the  day.  Where- 
'  upon  all  men  that  had  arms  fit  for  that  employment  appeared.  By  this 
'  time,  (that  we  might  the  better  mix  our  joys  with  pious  contemplations 
1  of  prayers  and  thankfgivings  unto  the  King  of  Kings  for  returning  unto 
*  us,  and  crowning  this  our  unparallelled  earthly  king,)  myfelf  and  the 
'  aldermen,  in  fcarlet,  attended  by  the  reft  of  our  corporation  in  their  gowns, 

'  Lei.  Itin.  ii.  67. 

•  went 


3o  BATH. 

c  went  to  church,  the  ftreets  being  guarded  by  thefe  forementioned  perfons 
'  in  arms  on  both  fides,  leaving  a  paffage  for  us  to  pafs  between,  and  cry- 
'  ing  out  "  God  fave  the  King,"  with  great  acclamations  of  joy.  After  us 
'  followed  above  four  hundred  virgins,  mofl  in  white  waiftcoats  and  green 
"*  petticoats,  going  two  and  two,  each  two  bearing  aloft  in  their  hands 
'  crowns,  and  garlands  made  in  the  form  of  crowns,  bedecked  with  all 
'  manner  of  rare  and  choicefl  flowers.     Thefe  ufhered  Miflreffe  Mayoreffe 

*  to  the  church,  who  was  attended  on  by  the  aldermen's  wives,  and  common- 

*  councilmen's   wives,  and  divers  other  gentlewomen  of  the  city.     Thefe 

*  being  palled,  the  fouldiers  marched  after,  and  having  laid  by  their  arms, 

*  came  into  the  church,  as  generally  the  whole  city  did;  fo  that  our  church 
'  was  never  fuller;  all  perfons  expreffing  as  much  piety  towards  God  as 
'  loyalty  towards  their  King.     After  Mr.  Mailers  our  minifler  had  given  us 

*  a  mofl  excellent  and  learnedvfermon,  inflrucling  us  both  in  our  duty  to- 
'  wards  God  and  towards  the  King,  taking  his  text  out  of  Matth.  xxii.  and 
'  2 1  ft  verfe;  the  fermon  being  ended,  the  fouldiery  again  made  a  guard  for 
c  us,  and  we  having  now  the  loud  mufick  playing  before  us,  and  being  fol- 
«  lowed  by  the  faid  four  hundred  virgins,  and  the  gentlewomen  before- 
'  mentioned,  we  paffed  from  the  church  to  the  conduit  in  the  market-place, 
1  being  alfo  guarded  by  the  way  with  a  company  of  foot  from  the  parifh  of 
'  Wefton,  a  mile  from  us,  led  by  Captain  Sheppard  of  the  fame  parifh,  and 
'  alfo  by  a  troop  of  horfe,  being  volunteers,  commanded  by  your  nephew 
1  Mr.  George  Clark.  Having  paffed  thefe  and  come  to  the  conduit,  it  began 
'  to  run  with  claret,  where  we  drank  a  health  to  his  Majefly,  which  was 
'  feconded  with  loud  acclamations  of  loyalty,  each  perfon  crying  out  "  God 
'  fave  the  King."     From  thence  we  paffed  to  the  guildhall,  where  having 

*  entertained  the  gentlemen  of  our  city,  and  fuch  gentlemen  as  came  out  of 
'  the  country  to  us,  we  with  the  fouldiery  marched  from  thence  with  the 
'  loud  mufick  playing  before  us,  through  every  flreet  in  our  city.     In  the 

*  mean  time,  the  gentlewomen  and  their  virgin^ttendance  were  entertained 
'  by  the  mayorefs  at  home.  All  which  being  performed,  with  many  vollies 
'  of  fhot,  and  loud  acclamations  of  joy,  the  night  began  to  participate  of  our 

*  mirth,  which  we  entertained  with  bonfires  and  flying  fireworks,  prepared 
'  by  certain  perfons  fent  to  for  that  purpofe  from  Briftol,  who  excellently 
'  well  performed  their  undertakings  forfeveral  hours.     Which  being  done, 

*  the  people  civilly  difperfed,  and  the  whole  day's  work  was  carried  on  with 
'  great  fobriety  and  temperance,  I  hope  to  the  great  credit   of  our  city.' 

It  is  here  to  be  obferved  that  this  city  had  in  the  earlier  part  of  the  civil 
wars  been  garrifoned  for  the  fervice  of  King  Charles  the  Firfl,  and  the  fum  of 

feven 


• 


BATH. 


31 


{even  thoufand  pounds  was  expended  on  its  fortifications.  Notwithstanding 
which,  upon  the  approach  of  a  fmall  party  of  dragoons  to  the  city  walls, 
and  the  appearance  of  another  upon  Beechen-cliff,  the  gates  were  thrown 
open,  and  the  city  furrendered  to  the  enemy.  Hereupon  it  became  one  of 
the  principal  pofls  of  the  parliament  forces  in  this  county,  and  here  Sir 
William  Waller,  the  rebel  general,  lay  for  a  confiderable  time  with  his 
whole  army,  making  fallies  into  the  country,  and  inviting  together  all  the 
difaffected  from  the  neighbouring  clothing -towns  and  villages.  But  after 
the  battle  of  Roundway-dovvn,  July  13,  1643,  in  which  Sir  William  Waller 
was  defeated,  and  the  withdrawing  of  the  garrifon  hence  to  the  reinforce- 
ment of  Briflol,  the  King's  troops  retook  poffeffion  of  *he  city  without 
difficulty;  and  at  the  Reftoration  above  thus  commemorated,  it  was  reflored 
to  its  tifual  tranquillity,  though  much  damaged  in  its  walls  and  buildings. 

A  little  lower  than  St.  Mary's  conduit  abovementioned  flood  the  Conduit 
of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  which  being  built  in  the  form  of  a  crofs,  and 
{landing  on  the  fite  of  the  old  city  high  crofs  demolifhed  at  the  Reforma- 
tion, was  not  infrequently  termed  the  High  Crofs  Conduit.  Both  thefe  re- 
fervoirs  were  fupplied  with  water  from  a  fpring  called  St.  Sivithin's  Well,  on 
the  dope  of  Beacon-hill,  which  was  granted  to  the  abbey  of  Bath  by  the 
parifh  of  Walcot,  in  confideration  of  a  certain  quantity  of  bread  to  be  de- 
livered yearly  into  their  parifh  veftry. 

Near  the  laft-mentioned  conduit  flood  the  City  Pillory,  which  was  erected 
foon  after  the  year  141 2.  It  appears  upon  record  that  a  jury  was  fum- 
moned  on  the  iixth  day  of  November  in  that  year,  to  determ  ine  on  the  place 
moft  proper  for  this  penal  apparatus  to  be  fixed.  The  jury  was  compofed 
of  the  following  perfons,  viz.  John  Hyvvet,  John  Pork,  Richard  Wydecomb, 
John  Yhenele,  Thomas  Kyngton,  John  Eyton,  William  Honybrygge,  John 
Glafyere,  William  Sewell,  Robert  Honybrygge,  Walter  Rych,  William 
Goldfmyth,  Roger  Hobbes,  John .Haygoby,  John  Yhette,  Robert  Walley, 
Laurence  Webbe,  Robert  Phylpez,  William  Eynfliam,  John  Hygecok, 
Thomas  Swyft,  Walter  Here  ward,  John  Croke,  and  John  Were;  all  of 
whom,  except  John  Pork,  declared  upon  their  oath,  that  the  beft  place  in 
the  whole  city  for  the  faid  pillory  to  fland  in,  was  jiear  the  crofs  in  North- 
ilreet,  where  the  old  pillory  ufed  to  fland.  Which  ordination  was  con- 
firmed by  Robert  Hylle,  fleward  of  the  court,  the  next  enfuing  law-day .c 

In  this  part  of  High-ftreet  alfo,  approaching  to  its  very  utmofl  extre- 
mity, flood  the  old  Town-foil  and  Market-houfe,  built  in  1625,  after  a  plan 

«  Codex  Rub.  Bathon. 

of 


32  BATH. 

of  the  celebrated  Inigo  Jones.  This  ftrufture  was  of  the  Dorick  and  Ionick 
orders,  placed  one  upon  another,  and  refted  upon  fix  arches  on  either  fide, 
and  two  at  each  end.  In  the  wall  of  the  front  were  ftationed  in  ghaftly 
majefty,  the  ftatues  of  King  Coel,  the  fabulous,  and  King  Edgar,  the  real 
founder  of  the  liberties  of  the  city.  The  conduits  and  the  pillory  have  long 
fince  vanifhed,  and  this  building  was  taken  down  in  1777,  and  the  pre- 
fent  guildhall  erected  within  a  commodious  recefs  on  the  eaft  fide  of  the 
ftreet,  adjoining  to  the  markets,  which  extend  from  it  nearly  to  the  edge  of 
the  riven 

From  the  foutheaft  angle  of  High-ftreet  there  runs  a  narrow  lane,  called 
Boat-Jlall-lane,  towards  the  Eajl  Gate  of  the  city.  This  is  the  only  one  of 
the  four  that  is  now  left  {landing.  It  was  alfo  the  fmalleft  of  the  four, 
being  only  feven  feet  wide,  and  nine  high  to  the  centre  of  the  arch;  the 
embattled  wall,  connected  with  it  weftward,  and  now  fuperftructed  by 
dwelling -houfes,  is  ftill  feen  to  a  considerable  diftance. 

The  fouthern  extremity  of  High-ftreet  is  clofed  by  a  range  of  houfes  di- 
viding it  from  the  abbey  cemetery.  Hence  diverts  a  fhort  ftreet  till  of  late 
days  inconveniently  ftraitened  by  the  projection  of  fhops,  called  Cheap-Jlreety 
having  been  anciently  occupied  by  Eypemen,  or  retailers  of  the  market. 
The  continuation  of  this  ftreet  is  denominated  Wefigate-flreet,  from  the  Welt 
Gate  of  the  city  by  which  it  is  terminated. 

This  gate  was  taken  down  in  the  year  1776.  It  was  a  very  large  clumfy 
pile  of  building,  with  a  poftern,  and  over  it  were  fome  handfome  apart- 
ments, occafionally  ufed  by  divers  of  the  Royal  family  and  other  per- 
fons  of  diftinction  in  their  vifits  to  the  city.  From  an  ancient  drawing  it 
appears  that  one  angle  of  this  gate  was  originally  furmounted  by  a  very 
lofty  turret. 

The  fpace  between  Weftgate-ftreet  and  the  boundaries  of  the  ancient 
city  northward,  is  filled  by  three  avenues,  or  lanes,  called  Bridewell-lane 
or  Spurriers-lane,  Parfonage-lane,  and  Locks-lane,  vulgarly  called  Cock-lane. 
At  the  top  of  which  is  a  ftreet  running  parallel  with  the  City  or  Borough- 
ivalls,  (from  which  it  derives  its  name)  and  extending  from  the  North 
gate  to  the  north  weft  angle  of  the  wall,  where  in  former  times  flood 
a  tower  called  Gafcoyne's-tower,  having  been  built  on  a  ruinated  part  of  the 
rampire  by  a  citizen  of  the  name  of  Gafcoyne,  by  way  of  fine  for  fome  tref- 
pafs  or  other  which  he  had  committed  in  the  city.'1  The  veftiges  of  the 
old  wall  are  in  this  part  ftill  difcernible;  but  the  ground,  by  reafon  of  the 

v  *  Lei.  Itin.  ii.  62. 

frequent 


.BATH.  33 

frequent  accefTion  of  ruins  and  rubbifh,  now  reaches  to  within  three  feet  of 
the  top  of  the  battlements. 

From  Weft  Gate  the  Borough-walls  extended  to  an  angle  on  the  fouthwefl 
fide  of  the  city,  and  near  the  fpot  where  Weflgatt-buildings,  erected  on  their 
foundations,  now  terminate.  From  this  angle  was  carried  in  later  times  an 
additional  rampart  and  fofle  quite  down  to  the  river,  by  which  means  this 
quarter  of  the  city  was  on  two  fides  rendered  fecure  againfl  the  approach  of 
any  hoftilc  power. 

From  the  fouthwefl:  angle  and  the  commencement  of  the  additional  works 
abovementioned,  the  city  wall  formed  a  fweep  to  the  South-gate,  which  flood 
oppofite  to  the  pariih  church  of  St.  James,  and  formed  the  boundary  of  the 
ancient  city  fouthward.  This  gate  was  rebuilt  A.  D.  1362,  and  was  eleven 
feet  wide  and  fifteen  feet  in  height.  In  a  niche  over  the  arch  on  the  fouth 
fide  was  the  ftatue  of  King  Edward  III.  fitting;  on  one  fide  of  him  flood  the 
flatue  of  Bifhop  Ralph  de  Salopia  in  his  pontifical  robes,  and  on  the  other 
the  flatue  of  Prior  John  de  Walecot.  Through  this  gate,  which  was  taken 
down  in  the  year  1755,  the  Fofle-road  led  to  the  river,  not  running  di- 
rectly parallel  with  the  prefent  Stall-Jlreet,  but  a  little  declining  towards  the 
fouthwefl.  This  flreet  forms  nearly  aflrait  line  from  the  union  of  Cheap- 
ftreet  and  Weflgate-flreet  to  the  fouth  gate  abovementioned,  and  the  fpace 
comprehended  between  it  and  the  wefl  and  fouthwefl  ramparts,  contains  the 
following  places,  viz.  Chandos-buildings,  Hetling-court,  Chapel-court,  St.  John's 
Hofpital,  St.  Catherine1?  Hofpital,  Bellot's  Ho/pita/,  the  Hot  and  Crofs  Baths ; 
and  feveral  narrow  and  obfeure  avenues,  which  are  intended  fhortly  to  be 
removed  to  make  way  for  new  improvements. 

The  eaflern  quarter  of  the  old  city,  or  that  contained  between  the  Foffe 
or  Stall-flreet,  and  the  river  Avon,  is  almofl  wholly  occupied  by  the  terri- 
tories of  the  ancient  monaflery  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  which  extended 
from  the  faid  flreet  on  the  wefl  to  the  city  wall  on  the  eafl  upon  the  banks 
of  the  river,  where  there  formerly  flood  a  fulling-mill  belonging  to  the 
monks,  and  from  that  circumflance  denominated  Monk's-mill;  and  from  the 
Market-place  on  the  north  to  the  South  Gate  on  the  fouthwefl,  near  which, 
on  a  fpot  called  the  Leer- lands,  was  one  of  the  principal  entrances  into  the 
priory  from  the  town,  called  the  Ham  Gate,  erected  on  the  fite  of  the  old 
rampart,  whence  the  city  wail  was  continued  till  it  joined  the  Eafl  Gate 
on  the  river.  Within  this  area  are  now  included  the  Abbey-green,  slbbcx- 
lane,  Abbey-ftrcet,  Church-Jlreet,  the  Abbey-church  and  Church-yard,  the  King's 
Bath,    the  Queen's  Bath,  the  Duke  of  Kingston's  Baths,  Kingston-Jlreet,  St, 

Vol.  I.  e  James's- 


34  BATH. 

James' s-ftreet,   Weymoath-Jlreet,    Gallawaf  s-buildings,   Lilliput-alley ,    and   the 
Orange-Grove. 

This  Grove  is  a  fine  open  area,  one  hundred  and  ninety  feet  from  north 
to  fouth,  and  one  hundred  and  feventy  from  eaft  to  weft.  It  is  planted 
with  rows  of  elms,  and  in  the  centre  Hands  a  fmall  obelifk,  erected  by 
Mr.  Nam,  in  compliment  of  the  Prince  of  Orange,  with  the  following 
infcription: 

In  Memoriam 

Sanitatis 

Principi  Auriaco 

Aquarum  Thermalium  Potu 

Favente  Deo 

Ovante  Britannia 

Feliciter  reftitutae 

MDCCXXXIV. 

On  the  fouth  fide  of  Orange-grove  there  is  a  neatly  paved  terrace  walk, 
running  nearly  on  the  line  of  the  old  city  wall,  two  hundred  feet  in  length, 
and  twenty-feven  in  breadth,  emphatically  called  The  Walks,  having  for- 
merly been  the  principal  place  of  genteel  refort  in  the  city  for  exercife  and 
pleafure,  a  band  of  mufick  ufually  attending.  At  the  lower  end  of  this 
walk  were  the  Old  AJJembly-Rooms,  now  converted  into  ware-rooms. 

At  the  fame  fouthern  extremity  of  the  walks  a  dire£t  angle  is  formed 
by  the  North  or  Grand  Parade,  a  beautiful  open  terrace,  raifed  on  arches, 
eighteen  feet  above  the  level  of  the  old  Roman  ground,  fifty-two  feet  in 
breadth,  and  five  hundred  and  thirty-eight  feet  in  length.  The  buildings 
are  on  the  fouth  fide,  and  are  uniformly  handfome  and  commodious,  com- 
manding a  delightful  profpe£t  of  the  fine  valley  lying  eaftward  from  the 
city,  wafhed  by  the  river  Avon,  and  bounded  by  pifturefque  hills  at  eafy 
diftances. 

From  this  Parade  two  ftreets,  called  Duke-Jlreet  and  Pierpoint-Jlreet,  lead 
to  the  South-Parade,  which  in  point  of  ftrufture  much  refembles  the  for- 
mer, but  has  a  different  profpe£r.  of  the  parifh  of  Widcombe,  Pfior-Park, 
and  the  high  towering  Beechen-c liff  with  its  hanging  woods.  At  the  eaft 
end  flows  the  river  Avon,  over  which  there  is  a  ferry  into  the  meadows 
interjacent  between  the  city  and  the  fuburb  of  Claverton-ftreet,  and  in  the 
front  of  the  buildings  lies  the  Ham,  now  partly  turned  into  a  kitchen- 
garden. 


BATH.  35 

garden.     Here  formerly  the  monks  of  Bath  had  a  large  grange,  and  a  fair 
was  held  upon  the  fpot  by  a  grant  to  them  from  the  crown. 

I  fhall  now  make  fome  curfory  mention  of  the  Suburbs  of  the  ancient 
city  of  Bath,  which  have  run  to  a  prodigious  extent  on  almoft  every  quarter. 
Without  the  South  Gate,  a  ftreet  called  Horfe-Jlreet,  and  running  in  the 
fame  line  with  Stall-ftreet,  leads  to  St.  Laurences  Gate  and  Bridge*  over  the 
river  Avon,  which  here  divides  the  city  from  the  parifh  of  Widcombe  and 
Lyncombe.  On  the  weft  fide  is  the  quay  with  warehoufes  for  goods,  and 
between  it  and  the  Weft  Gate  are  the  following  places,  viz.  Back-Jlreet, 
Garrard-Jlreet,  Corn-Jlreet,  Milk-Jlreet,  Avon-Jlreet,  Peter-Jlreet,  St.  James's- 
Parade,  (a  long  paved  avenue  with  well-built  pleafant  houfes  on  either  fide) 
Wine-Jlreet,  and  Almery-lane,  (fo  called  from  its  leading  to  the  almonry  of 
the  monaftery)  Weftgate-builditigs,  a  handfome  row  of  modern  houfes,  built 
partly  on  the  city  wall,  and  extending  from  St.  James's-Parade  to  the  fite 
of  the  Weft  Gate,  from  which  they  were  denominated. 

Without  the  Weft  Gate  are  the  following  additional  buildings,  viz.  St. 
John-court,  Beaufort-fquare,  (a  fmall  open  area)  Princefs- ftreet  leading  to 
the  Square,  Monmouth-ftreet  in  the  upper-road  to  Briftol,  Crofs-la?ie,  be- 
tween Monmouth -ftreet  and  Kingfmead-ftreet;  Kingsmead-fquare,  (an  open 
area,  one  hundred  and  forty-eight  feet  in  length,  and  one  hundred  and 
twenty-one  feet  in  breadth,  built  on  a  plot  of  ground  called  the  Kings- 
Meadow,  being  part  of  the  ancient  demefnes  of  the  Kings  of  England)  Kings- 
mead-ftreet,  and  New  King-ftreet,  terminating  in  that  part  of  the  meadow 
which  abuts  upon  the  river  Avon,  and  which  being  a  fine  pafture  unoccupied 
by  buildings,  ftill  retains  the  original  name  of  Kingsmead.  The  two  laft- 
mentioned  ftreets  are  interfered  at  right  angles  by  Upper  and  Lower  Charles- 
ftreet,  the  former  whereof  leads  through  a  narrow  avenue,  called  from  the 
adjoining  chapel,  Chapel-row,  into  the  beautiful  area  of  ^ueen-fquare. 

This  Square  is  fituated  on  an  elevated  airy  fpot  of  ground,  and  is  in 
length  from  north  to  fouth  three  hundred  and  fixteen  feet,  and  three  hun- 
dred and  fix  in  breadth  from  eaft  to  weft.  In  the  centre  of  the  area  is  a 
garden  or  pleafure-ground,  and  in  the  midft  of  it  an  obelifk  feventy  feet 
high,  and  terminating  in  a  very  acute  point.  On  the  fouth  fide  is  inl'cribed 
the  following  memorial  of  its  erection  : 

d  See  page  168.  This  bridge  and  gate  were  fo  denominated  from  a  fmall  chapel  built  upon  one  of  the  pirn, 
a  id  dedicated  to  St.  Laurence.  It  was  a  kind  of  oratory,  having  a  fmall  >ccefs  for  an  altar,  at  whiei  in  1'opifh 
times  a  prieft  celebrated  mafs,  and  received  the  donations  of  paflengers,  as  is  common  abroad  i.i  Catholick 

countries. 

e  2  In 


3$  BATH. 

In  Memory 
of  honours  conferred 

and  in  gratitude 
For  benefits  bellowed 

In  this  city 
By  his  Royal  Highnefs 
Frederick  Prince  of  Wales 
And  his 
Royal  Consort 
In  the  year  mdccxxxviii 

This  obelifk  is  ere£ted 
By  Richard  Nash,  efq. 

The  buildings  which  compofe  the  Square  are  exceedingly  grand,  and  of 
excellent  architecture,  particularly  the  north  wing,  which  is  of  the  Corin- 
thian order  upon  a  ruftick  bafement,  and  has,  as  it  was  intended  by  the 
architect/  all  the  appearance  of  a  magnificent  palace.  On  the  northweft 
fide  of  it,  adjoining  to  the  Bartori  meadows,  in  a  dry  and  elevated  fituation, 
flands  the  Queens-Parade. 

From  Queen-Square  an  acclivous  ftreet,  called  Gay-Jlreet,  conduces  to 
the  King's  Circus,  a  grand  circular  pile  of  uniform  houfes,  built  after  the 
Dorick,  Ionick,  and  Corinthian  orders,  and  decorated  with  every  ornament 
of  each.     In  the  centre  there  is  a  refervoir  of  water. 

On  the  weft  fide  of  the  Circus,  Brock-ftreet  forms  the  avenue  to  the  Royal 
Crefcent,  an  admirable  and  auguft  afTemblage  of  building  of  an  elliptical 
form,  with  a  fingle  order  of  Ionick  pillars  fupporting  the  fuperior  cornice. 
This  crefcent  confifts  of  30  houfes,  and  has  a  mod  pleafing  profpec~l  of  great 
part  of  the  city,  the  valley  on  both  fides  the  Avon,  and  the  oppofite  hills, 
among  which  the  high  afpiring  mount  of  Barrow-Hill1  prefents  a  Angularly 
pidturefque  appearance. 

e  Mr.  Wood. 
'  So  called  from  a  barton  or  grange  belonging  to  the  Prior  of  Bath,  ftill  preferving  the  name  of  Barton-Farm, 
and  fituated  on  the  fouthweft  fide  of  Marlborough-buildings.  It  was  granted  to  the  monastery  in  the  year 
1203/  together  with  an  exempt  and  feparate  jurifdittion,  infomuch  that  it  became  a  liberty  or  hundred  of 
itfelf;  and  a  fair  was  held  upon  the  premifes  by  a  charter  from  King  Edward  I. »  After  the  difiblution  the 
eftate  was  granted  to  the  Colthurft  family ;  and  the  houfe  called  Bartoti-Hcufe  was  the  refidence  of  William 
iiherllon,  efq;  the  firft  mayor  of  Bath,  during  the  time  of  his  mayoralty. 

*  Cart.  5  Joan,  n.  107.  b  Cart.  32  Ed.  I.  n.  5. 

1  See  vol.  ill.  p.  339. 

At 


B 


II. 


37 


At  the  weft  end  of  the  Crefcent  ftands  a  noble  range  of  buildings  recently 
:rected  under  the  name  of  Marlborough-buildings,  which  are  the  termination 
of  this  part  of  the  city  weftward;  but  towards  the  north,  upon  the  acclivity 
of  Lanfdown,  vaft  ftructures  arc  rifing  every  day.  A  fecond  crefcent,  deno- 
minated from  its  fituation,  Lanfdown-place,  is  already  finifhed,  and  being 
elevated  far  above  the  other  (which  itfelf  in  its  early  ftate  was  accounted 
lofty)  has  a  much  greater  command  of  profpect,  and  furveys  a  great  extent 
of  country,  from  the  Wiltfhire  hills  on  the  eaft,  to  the  environs  of  Briftol 
on  the  weft,  and  to  the  diftant  tower  of  Dundry,  immerging  its  lofty  head 
into  the  clouds.  Below  this  crefcent,  a  fmall,  but  very  neat  chapel  is 
erected  for  the  accommodation  of  the  inhabitants  in  publick  worfhipj  and 
ftill  lower  a  fquare  is  finifhing,  called  St.  James' s-fquare,  with  feveral  new 
ftreets  and  avenues. 

Between   thefe  buildings  and  the  Lanfdown  road,  we  find  Hill-Jlreet, 
Portland-place,  a  row  of  new    elegant    houfes    opening   into  Burlington- 
Jlreet,  parallel  with  which  are  Ballance-Jlreet,   Crocked-lane,  and  Murford- 
Jlreet,    terminated  by  Cottle 's-lane,  Montpelier,  and  Lrunfwick-Place.     Below 
thefe,  towards  the  confines  of  the  Crefcent  and  the  Circus,  are  Gloucejler- 
Jlreet,  River s-Jlreet,    Catherine-place,  (a  very   neat  open  area)  Harley-place, 
Fielder  s-lane,  Thomas-Jlreet,  New  Church-Jlreet,  Margaret-buildingi,   (having 
their  name  from  a  chapel  erected  there  in  honour  of  that  faint)  Stable-lane^ 
Circus-lane,  and  RuJJ'ell-Jlreet ;   which   laft   rifes  with  a  fteep   afcent  from 
Bennet-ftreet  to  Montpelier  buildings.     Bennet-ftreet  connects  the  Circus 
with  the  Oxford  road,   and  is   adorned  with  the  New  AfTembly-Rooms, 
which  extend  from  its  fouthern  fide  into  a  parallel  ftreet,  called  Alfred- 
flreet,  communicating  with  the  former  ftreet  by  a  paved  way  in  front  of  the 
Rooms,  and  alfo  by  an  avenue  called  Saville-row;  below  which  are  Bartlet- 
ftreet,  St.  Andrews-terrace,  and  Miles 's-ccurt,  opening  into  George-Jlreet,  on 
the  north    fide  of  which  are  Edgar-buildings,  and   Princes-buildings,  anil 
oppoiite  to  the  latter  York-buildings,  at  the  interferon  of  the  London  and 
Oxford  roads. 

This  brings  us  to  the  immediate  fuburbs  of  the  North  Gate  of  the  ancient 
city,  without  the  fite  of  which,  and  between  it  and  the  parifh  church  of  St. 
Michael,  is  Northgate-Jlrect,  on  the  weft  fide  whereof,  juft  without  the  pre- 
cincts of  the  Borough-wall  northward,  are  the  following  ftreets  and  lanes, 
viz.  Barton-lane,  Frog-lane,  laid  to  have  been  (o  called  from  a  mineral  fpring 
there,  and  running  parallel  with  the  rampire;  Burton-jlreet,  Bond-Jlreet,  and 
%uecn-jlreet,  running  northward  from  it;   Trim-Jhxct,  interfering  Queen- 

ftreet, 


38  BATH., 

ftreet,  and  communicating  with  it  by  an  arched  gateway;  Barton-Jlreet, 
leading  from  Gafcoyne's  tower  to  the  bottom  of  Gay-ftreet;  Harington-place, 
a  neat  and  pleafant  court  between  Barton-ftreet  and  Queen-ftreet;  JVood- 
Jfreet,  leading  from  the  foutheaft  angle  of  the  Square  to  the  top  of  Queen- 
ftreet;  Northumberland-buildings,  on  the  fouth  fide  of  Wood-ftreet;  John- 
flrtet,  running  in  a  line  with  Queen-ftreet,  and  forming  an  angle  with 
Wood-ftreet;  King-flrcet,  between  the  northeaft  extremity  of  John-ftreet 
and  Queen-fquare;  Barton-court,  on  the  north  fide  of  King-ftreet;  Milfom- 
ftreet,  a  wide  and  very  handfome  ftreet  between  Bond-ftreet  and  Edgar-build- 
ings ;  S^uiet-ftreet,  and  Green-Jlreet,  a  continuation  of  Wood-ftreet  from  the 
Square  to  St.  Michael's  church,  at  the  top  of  Northgate-ftreet  before- 
mentioned. 

Here  two  ways  branch  off,  the  one  leading  to  Broad-Jlreet  and  the  upper 
parts  of  the  new  city;  the  other  directly  to  the  parifh  of  Walcot.  The 
former  is  the  high  road  to  Lanfdown,  nearly  half  way  up  which  there 
is  a  continuation  of  buildings,  feverally  denominated  Fountain-buildings, 
Belmont,  Oxford-row,  Belvidere,  and  Lanfdown-Jlreet.  At  the  top  and  on 
the  eaftern  fide  of  the  laft-mentioned  ftreet,  upon  the  edge  of  Beacon-hill  a 
projecting  point  of  Lanfdown,  a  moft  fuperb  range  of  buildings,  of  an 
elliptick  fonn,  and  denominated  Camden-placc ,  is  now  nearly  completed, 
overlooking  all  the  eaftern  parts  of  the  city,  and  the  beautiful  continuous 
valley,  with  the  river  Avon  winding  through  the  meadows,  the  neat  villages 
fcattered  on  its  margin,  the  great  London  road,  and  a  pleafmg  amphithea- 
trical  range  of  mountains  rifing  on  either  fide.  Almoft  immediately  under- 
neath lies  Walcot,  in  ancient  times  a  fmall  inconfiderable  village,  deriving 
its  name  from  a  little  habitation  in  the  wealds  or  woods  upon  the  Roman 
Foffe;  but  now  become  a  part  of  Bath,  and  including  within  its  parochial 
limits  the  greater  part  of  the  new  buildings  in  the  upper,  part  of  the  city, 
and  in  the  lower,  befides  its  old  component  village  ft.ruct.ures,  a  beautiful 
parade  upon  the  London  road,  called  after  its  own  name  Walcot-parade ; 
Margaret' s-hi  11,  St.  Mark's-buildings,  Hoopers-court,  and  feveral  other  new 
detached  ranges  of  buildings.  This  village  communicates  with  the  city 
of  Bath  by  two  different  ways ;  one  of  which  is  part  of  an  old  Roman 
vicinal  road,  branching  from  the  Foffe  at  the  parifh  church,  and  paffing 
through  Guinea-lane  and  the  upper  parts  of  the  city  to  Wefton  in  its  way 
towards  the  'TrajeBus,  or  paffage  over  the  Severn;  but  the  prefent  upper 
road  into  the  city  divaricates  from  the  former  at  the  beginning  of  Guinea- 
lane,  and  paffes  by  a  variety  of  elegant  ftructures,  as  Axford's-buildings, 

Paragon- 


BATH. 


39 


Paragon-buildings,  Harlequins-row,  the  Vineyards,  and  Bladud's-buildings,  till  it 
reaches  the  central  part  of  the  city  at  the  top  of  Broad-ftreet,  and  there 
interfects  the  Oxford  road,  climbing  up  the  fleep  of  Lanfdown  hill.  The 
other  way  from  Walcot  into  Bath  is  the  Roman  Fofle-road  itfelf,  and  enters 
the  city  at  the  pari  Hi  church  of  St.  Michael,  paffing  by  Gibbs's-court,  Chatham- 
row,  Cornwall-buildings,  Lady-mead,  and  Walcot-ftreet>  which  laft  was  anci- 
ently denominated  Foffe-Jlreet,  from  the  circumftance  of  its  fituation. 

The  Avon,  flowing  along  the  eaftern  bank  of  this  road,  approaches  very 
near  to  the  north caft  boundaries  of  the  ancient  city,  and  in  this  part  has 
over  it  a  modern  handfome  bridge  built  at  the  expence  of  William  Pultcney, 
efq.  This  bridge,  which  denominates  a  ftreet  running  in  a  ftrait  direction 
from  the  Borough -walls,  refts  on  two  arches,  and  on  either  fide  is  a  row  of 
fmall  neat  (hops,  which  have  a  pleafing  appearance  from  the  neighbouring 
valley.  The  oppofite  fide,  formerly  a  fwampy  mead,  belonging  to  the  parifii 
of  Bath-Wick,  has  now  begun  to  partake  of  architectural  improvements. 
Argyle-buildings  commence  with  the  bridge,  and  open  into  Laura-place,  an 
aflemblage  "of  fuperb  houfes,  difpofed  in  the  form  of  a  lozenge;  the  ex- 
treme point  eaftward  terminating  in  Great  Pulteney-Jlreet;  the  other  points 
are  denominated  Johnfon-Jlreet  and  Henri etta-jireet.  The  principal  part  of 
theie  buildings  are  elevated  upon  a  double  row  of  arches. 

Having  thus  briefly  enumerated  the  ftreets  contained  within  the  precincts 
of  the  ancient  and  modern  city ;  I  fhall  now  in  the  fame  manner  defcribe 
the  publick  ftructures  which  at  this  day  adorn  both.  But  it  fliould  previ- 
oufly  be  obferved  that  the  ftreets  in  Bath,  particularly  thofe  in  the  new  parts 
of  the  city,  are  commodioufly  wide  and  airy;  the  footways  paved  with  fine 
broad  flag-Hones;  and  there  being  a  declivity  from  moft  of  them,  by  which 
the  rain  is  rapidly  conveyed  towards  the  river,  they  are  rendered  remarkably 
clean,  and  foon  dry  after  the  hardefl  fhower.  The  brilliant  company  which 
daily  pafs  either  on  foot,  or  in  carriages,  give  them  an  additional  air 
of  elegance,  and  enliven  fcenes,  already  lively,  with  continual  charms  of 
fplendid  novelty. 

The  King's  and  Queen's  Baths  are  fituated  on  the  fouthwefl  fide  of  the 
Abbey  Church-yard,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  from  the  well  front  of 
the  Abbey  Church.  The  firil  of  thefe  baths  is  an  oblong  fquare,  fixty-fix 
feet  in  length,  and  forty-one  in  breadth,  and  is  environed  by  a  Hone  parapet 
erecled  in  the  laft  century  at  the  charge  of  Sir  Francis  Stoner,  of  Stoner- 
hall  in  the  county  of  Oxford.  The  interior  fides  of  the  walls  towards  the 
bottom  are  full  of  niches  of  very  ancient  Handing;  whereof  twelve  are  on 

the 


4o  B  A  T  H. 

the  north  fide,  eight  on  the  eaft,  as  many  on  the  welt,  and  four  of  larger 
dimenfions  on  the  fouth.  In  the  centre  ftands  an  elegant  crofs  of  freeftone, 
with  feats  and  recefles  for  the  bathers,  encircled  with  a  Dorick  colonnade. 
On  the  fouth  wall  of  this  bath  is  an  old  ftatue  of  King  Bladud,  with  an 
infcription  engraved  on  copper  to  that  fancied  difcoverer  and  founder  of  thefe 
wonderful  baths.  The  main  fpring  is  in  the  centre  of  the  area,  and  is  in- 
clofed  within  a  large  refervoir  of  lead,  whereby  its  rapid  motion  is  moderated, 
and  the  waters  are  equally  diftributed.  «  It  is  remarkable  that  at  the  clean- 
c  ling  of  the  fprings,  when  they  fet  down  a  new  pump,  they  conftantly  find 
'  great  quantities  of  hazel  nuts,  as  in  many  other  places  among  fub terraneous 
•  timber.  Thefe  I  doubt  not  to  be  the  remains  of  the  famous  and  univerfal 
1  deluge,  which  the  Hebrew  hiltorian  tells  us  was  in  autumn,  Providence  by 
1  that  means  fecuring  the  revival  of  the  vegetable  world."1 

Behind  this  is  the  Queen's  Bath,  which  is  as  it  were  an  appendage  to 
the  former,  being  fupplied  with  water  from  the  fame  fpring.  This  bath 
had  its  name  from  Anne  the  Queen  of  King  James  I.  who  being  alarmed 
by  a  flame  or  vapour,  which  rofe  up  by  her  fide  when  Ihe  was  bathing  in 
the  King's-Bath,  could  not  be  prevailed  on  to  ufe  that  ciftern  any  more, 
but  removed  to  the  adjoining  one,  out  of  the  way  of  the  fpring  which 
caufed  the  terrifying  phcenomenon.  After  this  event  the  corporation 
erefted  a  crofs  in  the  centre  of  this  bath,  in  honour  of  the  Queen,  on 
the  top  of  which  was  the  crown  of  England  on  a  globe,  with  this  infcrip- 
tion: '  Ann^  ReginjE  Sacrvm.'  It  is  afquare  of  twenty-five  feet.  Both 
thefe  baths  are  twelve  feet  beneath  the  furface  of  the  ground;  and  there  are 
flips  by  which  the  bathers  defcend,  and  adjoining  to  them  are  drelfing- 
rooms  and  pumping-rooms.  The  hours  of  bathing  are  from  fix  to  nine  in 
the  morning,  during  which  time  fires  are  kept  in  the  flip  apartments,  pro- 
vided at  the  expence  of  the  chamber  of  the  city.  The  drefles  are  of  flannel, 
and  without  them  no  perfon  is  admitted  into  the  baths ;  a  ceremony  which 
heretofore  feems  not  to  have  been  always  attended  to,  for  I  find  a  mandate 
from  the  Bilhop  of  Bath  and  Wells,  dated  29  Aug.  1449,  That  no  perfon 
whether  male  or  female,  who  had  attained  the  age  of  puberty,  Ihould  thence- 
forth prefume  to  enter  the  baths  at  any  time  of  the  day,  without  drawers, 
,  or  fome  other  proper  and  decent  coverings,  on  pain  of  a  heavy  fine  and 
utter  excommunication.1 

On  the  north  fide  of  the  King's  Bath,  and  oppofite  to  the  long-forgotten 
cemetery  of  St.  Mary  de  Stall,  Hands  the  Pump-Room,  confiderably  elevated 

b  Stukely's  Itin.  Cm.  i.  147.  '  Excerpt,  e  Regift.  Wellen. 

above 


BATH.  41 

above  the  level  of  the  area.  This  room  was  built  in  the  year  1704,  en- 
larged in  175 1,  augmented  by  a  portico  in  1786,  and  in  1791  amagnificcnt 
frontifpiece  was  erected,  adjoining  to  the  coftly  baths  and  fudatories  lately 
added  to  the  weftern  fide  of  the  King's  and  Queen's  Baths  above-men- 
tioned, on  the  fite  of  the  ancient  Temple  of  Minerva. 

The  Duke  of Kingston 's  Baths  lie  eaftward  from  the  King's  and  Queen's 
Baths,  between  Abbey-ftreet  and  Church-ftreet,  upon  the  fite  of  the  old 
Priory  or  Abbey-houfe;  and  confifts  of  a  fuit  of  apartments,  contrived  with 
great  elegance  and  utility.  Thefe  baths  are,  from  the  monaftery,  fometimes 
called  the  Abbey  Baths. 

There  was  alfo  a  bath  on  the  fouth  fide  of  St.  Jamcs's-church,  called  the 
Horfe  Bath  ;  and  that  for  two  reafons,  the  firft  becaufe  it  originally  had  the 
ftatue  of  a  horfe  ftanding  in  its  centre;  and  fecondly,  becaufe  it  was  ufed  in 
the  days  of  its  decay  for  a  pool  or  pond  to  warn  horfes  in.  This  bath  was 
filled  by  the  wafte  water  of  the  King's  Bath. 

On  the  weft  fide  of  Stall-ftreet,  and  about  three  hundred  feet  from  the 
front  of  the  new  baths,  is  the  Crofs  Bath,  of  a  triangular  form,  and  fo 
denominated  from  a  very  curious  crofs  or  pillar,  erected  in  it  by  John 
Earl  of  Melfort,  fecretary  of  ftate  to  King  James  the  Second,  on  the  Queen's 
conceiving  after  the  ufe  of  the  waters.  This  crofs  was  of  marble,  of  a 
circular  conftru&ion,  having  in  its  circumference  three  Corinthian  columns, 
crowned  with  an  hexagonal  dome,  and  on  the  cornice  and  frieze  was  this 
infeription,  commemorative  of  the  event. 

In  perpetuam 
Regjnje  Marine  Memoriam, 
Quam,  Ccelo  in  Bathonienfes  Thermas 
Irradiante,  Spiritus  Domini,  qui  fertur 
Super  aquas, 
Trium  regnorum  hseredis 
Genctricem  effecit. 
Utrique  parenti,  natoque  principi 
Abfit  gloriari, 
Nifi  in  Cruce  Domini  noftri,  Jefu  Chriltij 
Ut  plenius  hauriant 
AqVas  CVM  gaVDIo 
eX  fontlbVs  faLVatorls. 
Vol.  I.  f  Deo 


42  BATH. 

Deo  trino  et  uni, 

Tiibus  digitis  orbem  appendenti, 

Ac  per  crucem  redimenti, 

Hoc  tricolumnare  trophaeum 

Vovet  dicatque 

Johannes,  Comes  de  Melfort. 

This  very  lingular  crofs,  being  crowded  with  a  variety  of  emblematical 
ornaments  moft  richly  fculptured,  is  faid  to  have  coft  upwards  of  fifteen 
hundred  pounds.  In  1783  it  was  taken  down,  and  the  whole  bath  has 
fince  undergone  a  thorough  reparation.  A  fmall  neat  pump-room  is  an- 
nexed to  it. 

At  a  fmall  diftance  fouthward  from  this  bath,  is  the  Hot  Bath,  eminently 
fo  called  from  the  feemingly  fuperior  heat  of  its  waters ;  Farenheit's  ther- 
mometer {landing  in  it  at  one  hundred  and  feventeen  degrees.  This  bath, 
the  form  of  which  is  a  parallelogram,  has  of  late  years  been  very  neatly 
fitted  up,  with  the  acceffion  of  private  baths,  dry  pump-rooms  and  fuda- 
tories.  The  pump-room  for  drinking  the  waters  of  this  fpring  is  fituated 
at  the  eaft  end  of  Hetling-court,  oppofite  to  Weftgate-buil  dings. 

Adjoining  to  the  Hot  Bath,  and  deriving  its  waters  therefrom,  was  the 
Lepers  Bath,  being  appropriated  to  leprous  perfons  only.  This  ciftern  was 
ten  feet  in  length  and  eight  in  breadth ;  and  clofe  to  it  was  a  fmall  hofpital, 
called  the  Lazar's  Hofpital,  being  dedicated  to  St.  Lazarus ;  and  erefted  for 
the  ufe  of  leprous  patients  about  A.  D.  1 138,  by  Robert  the  firft  Biihop  of 
Bath  and  Wells. 

The  difeafes  of  poor  infirm  people  reforting  to  thefe  baths  for  a  remedy 
to  their  ills,  gave  rife  to  feveral  other  charitable  inftitutions  in  this  quarter 
of  the  city.  In  1 180  Reginald  Fitz-Joceline,  fucceffor  in  this  fee  to  Bifhop 
Robert  above-mentioned,  founded  near  the  baths  now  diftinguifhed  by  the 
names  of  the  Hot  and  Crofs  Baths,  to  the  honour  of  St.  John  the  Baptift,  an 
hofpital  for  the  fuccour  of  fuch  fick  poor  as  came  hither  for  the  benefit  of  the 
waters  $  and  endowed  the  fame  with  lands  and  tenements  in  the  city  and  vici- 
nity of  Bath.  Its  revenues  feem  at  firft  to  have  been  inconfiderable  j  and  fo 
late  as  26  Henry  VIII.  were  valued  only  at  22I.  16s.  io*dj  but  fince  that 
time  they  have  increafed  to  an  enormous  value.  It  was  fuffered  to  outlive 
the  general  diflblution  of  monaftick  focietiesj  and  in  1578  Queen  Elizabeth 
granted  the  advowfon  thereof  to  the  Mayor  and  Commonalty  of  the  city, 
who  are  its  prefent  patrons. 

The 


e 


BATH.  43 

The  firft  mafter  of  this  hofpital  that  appears  upon  record  was 

Adam,  who  prefided  A.  D.  1260. 

Thomas  Gofmale  was  collated  by  the  Bifhop,  by  lapfe,  Sept.  7,  1343, 

John  Afhmeek  died  in  March  1398,  and  was  fucceeded  by 

John  Shaftefbury,  who  refigned  in  January  1428. 

Peter  Byryman  occurs  1438.     He  refigned  in  January  1457. 

John  Vobe  was  prefented  to  the  mafterfliip  by  the  Prior  and  Convent  of 
Bath,  Jan.  8,  1460. 

Thomas  Cornifh,  M.  A.  was  collated  by  the  Bifhop,  by  lapfe,  Aug.  5,  1483. 

John  Ruftat,  chaplain  to  King  Charles  II.  was  prefented  by  him  to  the 
mafterfliip  of  this  hofpital,  Feb.  12,  1662. 

William  Peake  fucceeded,  being  prefented  by  the  Mayor  and  Corporation, 
Feb.  1,  1680. 

William  Clement,  M,A.  Dec.  3,  16.83. 

John  Chapman,  M.A.  Jan.  3,  1711. 

Walter  Chapman,  D.  D.  1737. 

John  Chapman,  D.D.  1791. 

In  1728  the  old  hofpital,  a  low  mean  building  of  one  ftory,  was  taken 
down,  and  rebuilt  by  the  Duke  of  Chandos.  It  maintains  in  decent  apart- 
ments fix  poor  men,  and  fix  poor  women,  whofe  weekly  ftipend  is  four 
{hillings  and  two-pence  each,  arifing  from  the  referved  rents  of  the  hofpital 
eftates  ;  befides  which  they  have  a  fhare  of  the  fines  for  the  renewal  of  leafes, 
and  are  otherwife  very  comfortably  provided  for."  Adjoining  to  the  hofpital 
is  a  plain  neat  chapel,  one  fide  of  which  faces  a  court,  called  after  it  Chapel- 
court,  the  other  Hetling-court.  In  this  chapel  prayers  are  read  to  the  bre- 
thren and  fifters  twice  every  day.  The  Lord  Chancellor,  the  Lord  Keeper, 
the  Mafter  of  the  Rolls,  and  the  Bifliop  of  the  diocefe  for  the  time  being, 
are  vifitors  of  this  hofpital. 

Southeaftward  from  it,  in  a  lane  called  Bclltree-lane,  leading  from  the 
Hot  Bath  to  Stall-ftreet,  ftands  Bellofs  Hofpital,  founded  upon  part  of  the 
lands  belonging  to  the  Hofpital  of  St.  John  abovementioned  by  Thomas 
Bellot,  efq;  fteward  of  the  h'oufhold,  and  one  of  the  executors  of  the  Right 

k  In  the  regiflers  of  the  diocefe  there  occurs  a  letter  direfted  from  Bifhop  Beckington  to  the  Reve  of  the  city 
of  Bath,  for  the  payment  of  an  annual  penfion  of  one  hundred  (hillings  to  the  Malter  and  Brethren  of  the  Hof- 
p'talofSt.  John,  in  lieu  of  garb,  and  other  pcrquifites,  which  they  ufuJly  received  a  p>-tJtceJjiiribus  f»is,  «/ 
qfeatur.    Dated  3  Jan.  1447. 

f  2  Hon. 


44- 


B  A  T  H. 


Hon.  William  lord  Burleigh,  lord  treafurer  of  England.  It  is  a  fmall  low 
building,  fixty-feven  feet  in  front,  and  forty-fix  feet  in  depth,  with  a  court 
or  area  in  the  centre,  thirty-five  feet  long,  and  fifteen  feet  broad;  and  con- 
tains fourteen  apartments,  the  entrance  into  which  is  from  the  court  within. 
Over  the  door-way  into  this  court  from  the  lane  are  the  arms  of  the 
founder,  now  nearly  obliterated,  and  the  following  infcription : 

*  This  houfe  (with  the  garden  adjoyning)  commonly  called  Billets  Hof- 

*  pitall,  being  part  of  the  lands  belonging  to  the  hofpitall  of  St.  John  Bap- 
'  tift  in  Bath,  was  freely  granted  without  fine  to  the  maior,  aldermen,  and 
1  citizens  of  Bath  by  Tobias  Ruftat,  efq;  brother  and  leflee  to  John  Ruftat, 
f  clerk,  mafter  of  the  faid  hofpitall  of  St.  John,  to  the  end  it  may  be  re- 
'  ftored  and  continued  to  the  fame  ufe  to  which  it  hath  been  applyed  by 
<  Thomas  Billet,  gentleman,  fince  his  firft  obteyning  the  fame  of  the  mafter, 

*  cobrethren  and  afters  of  the  faid  hofpitall. 

*  March  ye  25th,  A°  Dni  1672/ 

In  this  hofpital  (which  is  fometimes  called  Rujlafs,  and  by  corruption 
Rufcott's  charity)  are  ufually  twelve  poor  men  and  women,  who  have  lodging, 
the  liberty  of  bathing  gratis,  and  a  ftipend  of  one  fhilling  and  ten-pence 
each  per  week;  but  they  have  no  clothing;  nor  is  the  ftipend  extended  to 
more  than  the  fummer  half-year,  the  houfe  being  (hut  up  the  other  half.  It 
is  under  the  guardianfhip  of  the  corporation. 

To  the  fouth  of  Bellot's  Hofpital,  in  a  narrow  pafl'age,  denominated  Bin- 
bury-la?ie,  near  the  fouthweft  angle  of  the  old  Borough-walls,  are  the 
Bimberries,  Black- Alms,  or  Hofpital  of  St.  Catherine,  founded  in  ancient  times 
by  two  fifters  of  the  name  of  Bimbury.  This  hofpital  falling  into  decay, 
was  rebuilt  by  the  corporation  of  the  city  in  the  year  1553.  It  is  a  mean 
ftrutture,  two  ftories  high,  and  contains  fourteen  tenements  for  as  many 
poor  perfons  of  either  fex,  ten  of  whom  only  have  the  allowance  of  three 
fhillings  and  fix-pence  each  weekly,  and  a  black  coat  once  in  two  years. 
There  was  anciently  a  chapel  belonging  to  this  hofpital,  on  the  front  of  which 
were  placed  the  ftatues  of  the  cofounders ;  but  thefe  have  long  fince  pe- 
rifhed  with  the  chapel  itfelf. 

On  a  wall  near  the  common  pump,  lately  taken  down,  was  a  brafs-plate 
bearing  the  following  infcription: 

'  All  poore  perfons  not  being  conveniently  able  to  mainteyne  them  felves, 
1  &  refortinge.  to  ye  Bath  for  cvre  of  their  difeafes  or  infirmities  may  take 
1  notice  that  there  ovght  to  be  a  Phyfitian  yearely  nominated  &  appointed 

'  by 


B 


H. 


45 


«  by  ye  Maior  &  Aldermen  of  Bath  who  is  to  give  his  beft  advice  from  time 
1  to  time  to  ye  faid  poore  perfons  withovt  any  reward  from  them;  there 
« being  a  falarie  provided  to  that  pvrpofe  by  yc  charitable  gvift  of  Dame 
«  Elizabeth  Vi-Countess  Scvdamore.' 

At  the  top  of  Parfonage-lanc,  fronting  the  Borough-walls,  on  the  north 
fide  of  the  old  city,  Hands  the  General  Hofpital,  the  original  defign  of 
which  was  fet  on  foot  in  the  year  171 5,  by  fome  charitable  perfons,  for  the 
cure  and  maintenance  of  poor  ftrangers.  After  a  confiderablc  fubferip- 
tion  being  raifed,  the  fcheme  lay  dormant  many  years,  till  in  1738  it  was 
refumed,  frefh  contributions  were  made,  a  fpacious  and  very  commodious 
edifice  erected,  and  an  act  of  parliament  procured  for  incorporating  the 
Directors  of  the  Charity  by  the  name  of  The  Prefident  and  Governors  of  the 
General  Hofpital  or  Infirmary  at  Bath.  In  1 742  the  houfe  was  opened  for 
the  reception  of  the  fick  poor  from  every  part  of  Great-Britain  and  Ireland, 
thofe  of  Bath  only  excepted,  in  regard  they  always  have  a  readier  and  lefs 
expenfive  accefs  to  the  benefits  of  the  water.  The  number  of  patients  ad- 
mitted into  this  hofpital  has  varied  from  time  to  time,  in  proportion  to 
the  amount  of  thofe  benefactions  which  have  been  extended  towards  its  fup- 
port.  In  1763,  the  number  was  85;  in  1764,  96;  in  1765,  and  1766,  105; 
and  fince  that  time  as  many  patients  have  been  admitted  as  the  houfe  will 
contain;  the  generous  continuance  of  charitable  benefactions  enabling 
the  governors  to  expand  this  charity,  'the  objects  of  which  are  Very  fre- 
'  quently  thofe  miferable  patients  who  have  been  difcharged  from  other 
'  hofpitals,  as  not  to  be  relieved,  or  incurable.'  The  numerous  benefits 
which  have  been  derived  to  the  afflicted  from  this  mofl  noble  inflitution 
will  appear  from  the  following  ftatement: 


Patients   difcharged    from    1742 

to  1791 


Cured, 


3784 


Much 
better. 


5022 


Incurable,'  Improper,  I  IrreguIar.jDead 


or  no 
better. 


566 


or  hectical 


1726 


or  Misbe- 
haviour 


145 


145 


Total. 


12342 


A  State  of  the  Patients  for  1791. 

Remained  in  the  Houfe  April  30,  1790 
Admitted  from  April  30,  1790,  to  May  1,  179 1 

Difcharged  from  May  r,  1790,  to  May  I,  1791 

Remaining  in  the  Houfe       - 


in 

312 

313 
no 


423 


423 

Pbyficians 


46  BATH. 

Phyjicians  and  Surgeons  belonging  to  the  General  Hofpital, 


Physicians. 
Henry  Harington,  M.  D. 
Daniel  Lyfons,  M.  D. 
WilKam  Falconer,  M.  D. 


Surgeons. 
Henry  Wright,  efq. 
Mr.  Jofeph  Phillott 
Mr.  Harry  Atwood. 


Chaplain.     The  Rev.  John  Parry,  fupported  by  a  voluntary  contribution. 

Conditions  of  Admijjion  into  the  General  Hofpital. 

I.  The  cafe  of  the  patient  mull  be  defcribed  by  fome  phyfician  or  perfon 
of  fkill  in  the  neighbourhood  of  the  place  where  the  patient  has  refided  for 
fome  time;  and  this  defcription  mull  be  fent  in  a  letter  (franked  or  poll- 
paid)  directed  to  the  Regiiler  of  the  General  Hofpital. 

The  age  and  name  of  the  patient  ought  to  be  mentioned  in  the  defcrip- 
tion of  the  cafe,  and  the  perfons  who  defcribe  it  are  defired  to  be  particular 
in  the  enumeration  of  the  fymptoms ;  fo  that  neither  improper  cafes  may  be- 
admitted,  nor  proper  ones  rejected  by  the  phyficians  and  furgeons,  who  al- 
ways examine  and  fign  the  cafes  as  proper  or  improper,  previous  to  their 
being  laid  before  the  weekly  committee. 

If  the  patient  has  any  fever  upon  him,  as  long  as  the  fever  continues,  he 
will  be  deemed  improper.  Patients  with  coughs  attended  with  pain  in  the 
chefl,  or  fpitting  of  blood,  are  improper,  as  are  alfo  thofe  with  abfcefles  or 
with  any  external  ulcers,  until  fuch  ulcers  are  healed. 

From  want  of  attention  to  the  above  particulars,  and  notwith (landing  the 
cautions  frequently  given  by  printing  the  conditions  of  admifiion  in  the 
public  papers,  very  imperfe6t  defcriptions  of  cafes  have  been,  and  are  flill 
fent :  And  many  patients  have  been  difcharged  as  improper  foon  after  their 
admirhon,  to  the  difappointment  of  the  patients  thus  fent. 

II.  After  the  patient's  cafe  has  been  thus  defcribed,  and  fent,  he  mud  re- 
main in  his  ufual  place  of  refidence  'till  he  has  notice  of  a  vacancy,  fignified 
by  a  letter  from  the  Regiiler,  accompanied  with  a  blank  certificate. 

III.  Upon  the  receipt  of  fuch  a  letter,  the  patient  muft  fet  forward  for 
Bath,  bringing  with  him  this  letter,  the  parifli  certificate  duly  executed,  and 
atteiled  before  two  juflices  for  the  county  or  city  to  which  the  patient  be- 
longs; and  three  pounds  caution  money,  if  from  any  part  of  England  or 
Wales;  but  if  the  patient  come  from  Scotland  or  Ireland,  then  the  caution- 
money,  to  be  depofited  before  admifiion,  is  the  fum  of  five  pounds. 

IV.  Soldiers 


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II. 


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IV.  Soldiers  may,  inftcad  of  parim  certificates,  bring  a  certificate  from 
their  Commanding  Officers,  fignifying  to  what  coqis  they  belong,  and  that 
they  fhall  be  received  into  the  fame  corps  when  difcharged  from  the  hofpital, 
in  whatever  condition  they  are.  And  the  fame  is  expected  from  the  Gover- 
nors of  Chelfea  and  Greenwich  hofpitals  refpecting  their  penfioners.  But 
it  is  neceffary  that  their  cafes  be  defcribed,  and  fent  previously,  and  that  they 
bring  with  them  three  pounds  caution  money. 

N.B.  The  intention  of  the  caution  money  is  to  defray  the  expences  of 
returning  the  patients  after  they  are  difcharged  from  the  hofpital ;  or  of  their 
burial,  in  cafe  they  die  there.  The  remainder  of  the  caution  money,  after 
thefe  expences  are  defrayed,  will  be  returned  to  the  perfon  who  depofitcd  it. 

All  poor  perfons  coming  to  Bath,  under  pretence  of  getting  into  the  hof- 
pital, without  having  their  cafes  thus  defcribed  and  fent  previoufly,  and 
leave  given  to  come,  will  be  treated  as  vagrants,  as  the  act  of  parliament 
for  the  regulation  of  the  hofpital  requires. 

If  any  patient  fhould  have  the  fmall-pox  here,  fuch  perfon  muft  be  re- 
moved out  of  the  houfe,  and  the  caution  money  defray  the  expences 
thereof.  Likewife  all  perfons,  who  fhall  come  into  the  hofpital  without 
decent  and  neceffary  apparel,  mull  have  fuch  neceffaries  provided  out  of  the 
faid  caution  money. 

Prejident,  T'reafurers,  and  Governors  of  the  General  Hofpital. 

The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Harewood,  Prefident. 

Benjamin  Col  borne,  efq.  1 

Samuel  Campbell,  efq.      I  Treafurers. 

Mr.  Charles  Phillott,       J 

Stephen  Afliley,  efq. 
Abraham  Atkins,  efq. 
Robert  Adamfon,  efq.f 
Hugh  Acland,  efq. 
♦Chriftopher  Anftey,  efq. 
Benjamin  Afhe,  efq. 
*William  Anderdon,  efq. 
*Mr.  Harry  Atwood 
*Rev.  Edward  Armftrong 


Wm,  Thornton  Aftell,  efq. 
George  Edward  Allen,  efq. 
Richard  Atwood,  efq. 
James  M.  Adair,  M.  D. 


The  Marquis  of  Bathf 

Charles  Lord  Bifhop  of  Bath  and  Wells 

Right  Hon.  Lord  Bayham 

Sir  Edward  Bayntun,  bart. 

Thomas  Bury,  efq. 

John  Brathwaite,  efq. 

William  Brereton,  efq. 

*Winthrop  Baldwin,  efq.f 

John  Bowdler,  efq. 

♦Thomas  Bowdler,  efq.f 

Francis  John  Brown,  efq.f 

*Mr.  Charles  Brett,  f 

♦Major  William  Brooke 

John 


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H. 


John  Lewis  Boiffier,  efq. 
Peter  Boiffier,  efq. 

Right  Hon.  Earl  Camdenf 

Bicknell  Coney,  efq. 

Claude  Champion  Crefpigny,  efq. 

William  Caldwall,  efq. 

*Samuel  Campbell,  efq.f 

Samuel  Cam,  efq.f 

Charles  Coxe,  efq. 

Rev.  Potter  Cole,  of  Hawkefbury f 

*Mr.  George  Chapman 

Rev.  Dr.  Chapman,  of  Wefton 

*Leonard  Coward,  efq. 

William  Colborne,  efq.f 

*Benjamin  Colborne,  efq.f 

Rev.  H.  J.  Clofe 

Rev.  John  Adey  Curtis 

Nathaniel  Elias  Coflerat,  efq. 

*Simon  Crook,  efq.f 

*Mr.  Charles  Crook 

John  Culme,  efq. 

Rev.  Dr.  Cooper. 

William  Duke  of  Devonfhiref 
Hon.  Baron  Dimfdale 
Rev.  John  Dobfon 
Philip  Dehaney,  efq. 
Rev.  Dr.  Dechair 
William  Dawfon,  efq. 
William  Downes,  efq. 
William  Drake,  jun.  efq.f 
Barnard  Dickinfon,  efq.f 
Mr.  Thomas  Daviesf 

Samuel  Eyre,  efq. 

Henry  Flitcroft,  efq.f 
Thomas  Edwards  Freeman,  efq, 
*William  Falconer,  M.  D. 
Jofeph  Fraine,  efq. 
William  Frafer,  M.  D. 
Rev.  John  Shirley  Fermor 
Jofeph  Ofgood  Freame,  efq.f 

Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Guildford 
John  Gardner,  efq. 


Edward  Greenly,  efq. 
*Rev.  Samuel  Griffith,  D.  D. 
*Rev.  Robert  Burd  Gabriel,  D.  D, 

*Henry  Harington,  M.D.f 

Wrlliam  Hoare,  efq.f 

Sir  Richard  Colt  Hoare,  bart, 

Mr.  Henry  Howfe 

*Mr.  Henry  Edward  Howfef 

Mr.  Samuel  Howfef 

*John  Horton,  efq. 

Langley  Hill,  efq. 

Ifaac  Webb  Horlock,  efq. 

Samuel  Hawkins,  efq. 

John  Hatfell,  efq. 

Benjamin  Harrifon,  efq. 

Jofiah  Eyles  Heathcote,  efq. 

*  Thomas  Hicks,  efq. 

Rev.  James  Arch.  Hamilton,  D.D. 

The  Two  Juftices  of  Bath 

Walter  James  James,  efq. 

Rev.  Mr.  Jardine 

*John  Jefferys,  efq;  town-clerk  of  Bath 

James  King,  efq.  M.  C. 

Sir  James  Tylney  Long,  bart. 
Peter  Leigh,  efq. 
Walter  Long,  efq.f 
John  Lethbridge,  efq. 
*Rev.  William  Leigh 
John  Lloyd,  efq. 
*Daniel  Lyfons,  M.D.f 
Richard  Warburton  Lytton,  efq. 
Thomas  Lowfeild,  efq.f 
John  Lowder,  efq. 
William  Gore  Langton,  efq. 
Rev.  Mr.  Leeves. 

Conftantine  Lord  Mulgravef 

Lord  de  Montalt 

*Sir  John  Riggs  Miller,  bart. 

*The  Mayor  of  Bath 

Abel  Moyiey,  efq.f 

John  Morris,  efq. 

Paul  Methuen,  efq.f 


Paul 


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Paul  Cobb  Methuen,  efq. 
William  Melmoth,  efq. 
Richard  Milford,  efq. 
*Rev.  Nathaniel  Morgan 
Thomas  Manningham,  M.  D. 

Henry  Duke  of  Newcaftle 
Edward  Nairne,  efq. 
William  Oliver,  efq. 

John  Lord  Bifhop  of  Peterborough 

The  Lord  Primate  of  Irelandf 

Humphry  Prideaux,  efq.f 

William  Provis,  efq. 

Henry  Portman,  efq. 

Charles  James  Packe,  efq. 

John  Pigot,  efq. 

♦Mr.  Jofeph  Phillott 

*Mr.  Charles  Phillott 

*  Rev.  James  Phillott,  D.  D.  rector  of 

Bath 
Lieut.-Col.  Pechell 
Mr.  William  Perry 
Edward  Phelips,  efq.  j  ft 

Thomas  Parry,  efq. 
Rev.  John  Penton 
*C.H.  Parry,  M.D. 
The  Hon.  Philip  Pufey.f 

Sir  Matthew  White  Ridley,  bart. 
*George  Ramfay,  efq. 
Mr.  Thomas  Rundell 
*Rev.  Francis  Randolph 
Edward  Rudge,  efq. 

Right  Hon.  and    Rev.    Lord    Francis 
Seymour,  Dean  of  Wells 

{£3*  Thofe  marked  thus  *  are  Afliftants  or  Committees,  as  by  act  of  parliament. 

Thofe  marked  thus  f  are  Governors  by  donation,  having  contributed  at  one  or  more 
times  the  full  fum  of  forty  pounds. 

The  houfe  ftands  upon  the  fite  of  the  old  city  theatre,  and  is  a  noble 
fpacious  pile  of  building,  of  the  Ionick  order,  confuting  of  a  ground,  prin- 
cipal and  chamber  ftories,  and  extending  in  length  ninety-nine  feet  in  the 

Vol.  I.  g  north 


t        n. 

Sir  John  Sebright,  bart.f 

James  Stephens,  eiq. 

John  Smith,  efq. 

John  F.  Scriviner,  efq. 

William  Strode,  efq. 

Henry  Southby,  efq. 

Ralph  Schomberg,  M.  D.  F.S.A.f 

Rev.  Dr.  Stonhoufe 

*Rev.  John  Sibley 

Rev.  Martin  Stafford  Smith 

John  Slade,  efq.f 

Sir  Robert  Throckmorton,  bart.f 
Sir  John  Trevelyan,  bart. 
Sir  Noah  Thomas,  M.  D. 
Bartholomew  Tipping,  efq. 
Richard  Tyfon,  efq.  M.  C.f 
*John  Toke,  efq. 

Lord  Vernonf 

Right  Hon.  Lord  Weymouth 
Sir  William  Wentwoith,  bart. 
Sir  Edward  Winnington,  bart. 
William  Wade,  e(q. 
Henry  Walters,  efq. 
Matthew  Worgan,  efq.f 
Rev.  Edward  Woodcock,  D.D. 
Rev.  Samuel  Whitchurch 
*Henry  Wright,  efq.  f 
Walter  Wiltshire,  efq.f 
*Mr.  Thomas  Weftf 
William  Watfon,  efq.f 
Mr.  Wake 
Samuel  Whitbread,  efq.f 


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north  front,  eighty-four  in  the  weft,  and  ninety-feven  in  the  eaft.  The 
apartments  for  the  phyficians,  furgeons,  and  apothecary,  for  committees, 
fecretary,  fteward  and  matron,  as  well  as  the  wards  for  patients  of  either 
fex,  are  very  aptly  and  judicioufly  arranged  in  the  feveral  portions  of  the 
ftruclure. 

As  the  General  Hofpital  receives  only  fuch  patients  as  labour  under  difeafes 
to  which  the  Bath  waters  are  peculiarly  applicable,  and  by  virtue  of  the  aft 
excludes  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  from  the  benefits  of  the  inftitution, 
another  charity  was  eftablifhed  in  the  year  1 747,  under  the  name  of  the 
Pauper  Charity,  for  medical  and  chirurgical  affiftance  to  the  poor,  who  either 
refide  or  happen  to  be  taken  ill  in  the  feveral  parifhes  of  St.  Peter  and  St. 
Paul,  St.  James,  St.  Michael,  Walcot,  and  Bath-Wick.  Of  this  inftitution,. 
which  has  relieved  thoufands  of  patients  in  every  kind  of  difeafe, 

Sir  John  Riggs  Miller,  bart.  is  prefident. 
Mr.  Charles  Phillott,  treafurer. 

Charles  Hillier  Parry,  M.D. 

.ians. 


>  phyficic 


John  Stark  Robertfon,  M.D. 

Mr.  John  Grigg,.  )  furgeons 

Mr.  William  Day,        $        & 

Mr.  Gent,  apothecary. 

The  laft  publick  charity  of  this  kind  to  be  mentioned  is  the  Cafualty 
Hofpital.,  which  was  inftituted  in  the  year  1788,  by  the  private  fubfcription 
of  a  few  benevolent  inhabitants  of  the  city.  This  charity  (as  its  name 
implies)  takes  under  its  roof  thofe  unfortunate  perfbns  who  meet  with  broken 
limbs  and  other  fudden  accidents  which  require  immediate  relief.  The 
houfe  appropriated  to  the  reception  of  fuch  patients  (who  have  been  very 
numerous)  is  fituated  in  Kingfmead-ftreet. 

Between  Gafcoyne's  tower  and  the  top  of  Bridewell-lane,  ftands  the 
fchool-houfe  of  the  Blue-coat  Charity,  firft  inftituted  in  the  year  171 1, 
by  the  pious  and  learned  Robert  Nelfon,  efq;  and  fmce  continued  by  be- 
nevolent contributions.  The  houfe,  which  is  large,  lofty,  and  very  con- 
venient, was  built  in  1721,  upon  ground  granted  by  the  corporation  for 
that  purpofe.  The  number  of  children  here  educated  is  one  hundred,  who 
have  clothing  once  a  year,  are  inftruSted  in  reading,  writing,  and  accounts ; 
the  girls  alfo  in  fewing,  knitting,  &c.  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  are  appren- 
ticed to  ufeful  trades. 

The 


BATH.  51 

The  publick  Grammar-School  is  fituated  in  the  middle  of  the  weft  fide  of 
Broad-ftreet,  and  is  a  large  and  very  handfome  ftruclurc,  ercfted  in  the  year 
1752.  It  was  founded  by  King  Edward  the  Sixth,  who  by  his  letters 
patent  bearing  date  12  July  1552,  granted  to  the  mayor  and  citizens  of 
'  Bath,  in  truft,  for  the  fupport  thereof,  all  the  mefTuages,  lands,  tenements, 
tofts,  cottages,  orchards,  gardens,  meadows,  paftures,  mills,  fhops,  cellars, 
lofts,  and  all  other  eafements,  commodities,  emoluments  and  hereditaments 
whatfoever,  with  all  their  rights  and  appertenances,  fituated  as  well  within 
the  city  of  Bath,  as  in  the  fuburbs  of  the  fame,  late  parcel  of  the  lands,  pof- 
feilions  and  revenues  of  the  difiblved  priory  of  Bath,  being  of  the  clear 
yearly  value  of  twenty-five  pounds,  over  and  above  defeats,  rents,  and  tithes 
of  the  fame  mefTuages  and  tenements ;  to  have  and  to  hold  for  ever  of  the 
King  and  his  fuccelibrs,  by  fealty  only,  in  free  foccage  or  burgage  of  the  faid 
city,  and  not  in  chief,  paying  yearly  to  the  King  and  his  fuccefTors  the  furn 
of  ten  pounds  into  the  court  of  augmentation.  The  mafter's  falary  was  at 
that  day  iol.  per  annum."1  The  prefent  mailer  of  this  fchool  is  the  Rev. 
Nathaniel  Morgan.  In  the  centre  of  the  ftreet,  near  the  fite  of  this  fchool- 
houfe,  anciently  ftood  a  handfome  conduit,  called,  after  the  ftreet,  Broad- 
jlreet  Conduit. 

The  City  Guildhall  ftands  on  the  eafl  fide  of  the  Market-place,  or  High- 
ftreet,  to  which  its  front  affords  a  moil  fuperb  ornament.  The  bafement 
ftory  of  this  ftructure  is  occupied  by  a  kitchen  and  other  offices ;  the  ground 
ftory  (to  which  there  is  an  afcent  by  fteps)  confifts  of  a  veftibule,  court  of 
juftice,  drawing-room  for  the  mayor,  town-clerk  and  deputy  town-clerk's 
offices,  record  office,  and  room  for  the  jury;  and  the  principal  ftory  contains 
the  great  banqueting  and  affembly-room,  eighty  feet  in  length,  forty  in 
breadth,  and  thirty-one  in  height,  decorated  with  great  tafte  and  elegance; 
and  alfo  a  drawing-room,  occasionally  ufed  for  a  council-room. 

Here  are  depofited,  befides  the  ColofTeal  head  of  Minerva,  before  de- 
fcribed,   feveral  altars,  columns,  friezes,  and  other  antiques,  which  have 
.  efcaped  from  Roman  ruins,  to  gratify  the  fpeculations  of  connoifTeurs,  and 
the  reveries  of  the  lovers  of  •verttt. 

Behind  the  Guildhall  are  the  Markets,  which  are  fupplied  with  meat,  fca 
and  frefh-water  fifli,  poultry,  vegetables,  and  every  other  fpecies  of  provifion, 
in  the  greateft  profufion,  and  in  the  higheft  excellence. 

The  Old  Jjfembly-Rooms  ftand  oppofite  the  terrace-walk  at  the  foutheaft 
corner  of  Orange-Grove.     They  were  built  in  the  year  1750.     The  great 

■  Excerpt.  eRegift.  Wellcn. 

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52  BATH. 

ball-room  is  ninety  feet  in  length,  thirty-fix  in  breadth,  and  thirty-four  in 
height,  finifned  by  a  fine  ceiling  of  ftucco  work,  from  which  handfome 
chandeliers  are  fufpended.  Adjoining  to  it  is  a  card-toom,  fixty  feet  in 
length,  and  thirty  in  breadth,  with  a  coved  cieling.  Each  of  thefe  rooms 
has  a  portrait  of  the  celebrated  Beau  Nafh.  There  are  alfo  two  very  neat 
Tea-rooms. 

The  New  Ajfembly-Rooms  are  fituated  in  the  upper  or  new  part  of  the  city, 
on  the  eaft  fide  of  the  Circus,  between  Bennet-ftreet  and  Alfred-ftreet. 
This  extenfive  and  fuperb  pile  of  building  was  erected  between  the  years 
1768  and  1 77 1,  by  a  fubfeription  of  feventy  perfons  to  the  amount  of  nearly 
twenty  thoufand  pounds'.  The  ball-room  is  one  hundred  and  fix  feet  in 
length,  forty-three  in  breadth,  and  forty-two  in  height.  There  are  two 
card-rooms,  one  of  which  is  octagonal,  forty-eight  feet  in  diameter,  and 
contains  portraits  of  Captain  Wade  and  Richard  Tyfon,  efq;  Matters  of  the 
Ceremonies}  the  other  is  oblong,  feventy  feet  in  length,  and  twenty-feven 
in  breadth.  All  thefe  rooms  are  decorated  in  the  moft  elegant  ftile,  and 
furnifhed  with  moft  fumptuous  chandeliers  and  girandoles. 

The  'Theatre  ftands  in  Orchard-ftreet,  juft  without  the  foutheaft  angle  of 
the  old  Borough-wall,  and  near  the  North  and  South  Parades,-  from  which- 
there  is  a  communication  by  a  large  portico  en  the  weft  fide  of  Pierpoint- 
ftreet.  It  is  a  fmall  but  very  commodious  and  neat  ftructure  of  a  femi- 
circular  form,  with  proper  emblematical  and  other  decorations. 

The  City  Prifon  ftands  in  Bathwick  Meadow,  on  the  eaftern  bank  of  the 
river  Avon,  and  at  a  fmall  diftance  from  the  new  buildings  near  the  bridge. 
It  was  erected  in  the  year  1771,  and  is  an  ample  and  fpacious  edifice,  fixty 
feet  in  front,  and  eighty  in  depth,  comprifing  a  large  court-yard,  and  apart- 
ments well  fuited  to  the  purpofe  of  its  erection. 

Near  the  new  bridge,  and  on  the  fauthern  fide  of  Laura-place,  is 
Spring  Garden.,  Vauxhall,  a  celebrious  refort  of  fummer  entertainment:  this 
garden  being  to  be  covered  by  buildings,  a  new  Vauxhall  is  intended  in  the 
centre  of  Sydney-place,  an  area  of  nineteen  acres  to  be  encompaiied  by  elegant 
buildings,  fituate  at  the  eaft  end  of  Great  Pulteney-ftreet. 

Another  publick  garden  is  alfo  laid  out,  and  thtf  erection  of  an  hotel  and 
afTembly-room  begun,  on  the  banks  of  the  Avon,  eaft  of  the  London-road, 
about  half  a  mile  from  the  Guildhall,  within  an  area  of  houfes  twenty  acres 
fquare;  to  be  called  Grofvenor  Gardens  and  Hotel.  Both  thefe  gardens  are 
undertaken  by  fubfeription. 

In 


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BATH.  S3 

In  this  city  before  the  Reformation,  and  the  confequent  detrufion  of  reli- 
gious ftrufturcs,  there  were,  befides  the  conventual  church  of  St.  Peter  and 
St.  Paul,  feven  other  churches  of  confiderable  note,  viz. 

i .  St.  Mary  de  Stall,  otherwife  Stall  Church,  at  the  top  of  the  flreet  which 
ftill  retains  its  name. 

2.  St.  Mary  intra  Muros,  juft  within  the  North  Gate. 

3.  St.  Mary  extra  Muros,  on  the  banks  of  the  Avon  eaftward. 

4.  St.  Michael  intra  Muros,  within  the  Weft  Gate. 

5.  St.  Michael  extra  Muros,  without  the  North  Gate. 

6.  St.  James,  near  the  South  Gate. 

7.  St.  Werburgh,  at  the  top  of  Broad-ftreet. 

Befides  which  there  were  the  chapels  of  St.  "John  and  St.  Michael  at  the 
Crofs  Bath;  St.  James,  on  the  foutheaft  rampire;  St.  Winifrid,  ontheLanf- 
down-roadj  St.  Laurence,  on  the  Old  Bridge;  and  St.  Helen,  between  the 
North  Gate  and  Walcot. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary  de  Stall,  or  of  the  Stable  of  Bethlehem,  was,  with 
the  chapel  of  Widcombe  appendant,  appropriated  to  the  prior  and  convent  of 
Bath,  whofe  pittancer  received  out  of  it  an  annual  penfion  of  two  pounds 
ten  millings  and  four-pence."     An  ordination  of  the  vicarage  was   made 
13  Feb.  1322,  whereby  it  was  appointed  that  the  vicar  and  his  fucceflbrs 
fliould  have  a  houfe,  with  curtillage,  and  the  tithe  of  all  the  wool  of  the 
parifliioners  of  Widcombe,  Lyncombe,  and  Berewyke,  and  the  tithe  of  all  the 
hay  of  the  faid  parifliioners,  and  alfo  the  tithes  of  milk,  geefe,  pigs,  pigeons, 
eggs,  chicken,  flax,  leeks,  apples,  calves,  and  ale,  together  with  the  fees  for 
the  celebration  of  mafs  at  the  exequies  and  interment  of  the  dead,  as  alfo  all 
bequefts  and  legacies;  and  all  kinds  of  oblations  and  obventions  ifluing 
from  the  chapel  of  Widcombe  and  the  parifliioners  there  howfoever.     They 
were  alfo  allotted  all  the  tithe  of  ale  of  their  parifliioners  in  Bath,  and  cer- 
tain annual  ftipends  for  the  celebrating  mafs  there,  and  the  tithe  of  flax, 
apples,  calves,  pigs,  geefe,  and  pigeons;  and  all  legacies,  oblations,  and  ob- 
ventions howfoever  accruing  to  the  faid  church  of  Stall,  as  well  from  the 
living,  as  in  behalf  of  the  parifliioners  deceafed,  or  of  non-pari (hi oners 
whatfoever,  in  like  manner  as  the  faid  vicar  and  his  predeceflbrs  ufed  to  re- 
ceive the  fame.     It  was  alfo  ordained,  that  the  vicar  for  the  time  being 
fliould  conftantly  refide  at  Bath,  and  ferve  the  faid  church  "either  perfonally, 
or,  in  cafe  of  abfence  on  account  of  ficknefs  or  any  other  reafonable  caufe, 
by  fome  proper  curate;  and  that  he  fliould  find  a  refident  chaplain  to  per- 

■  Taxat.  Spiritual. 

farm 


54  BATH. 

form  divine  fervice  in  the  chapel  of  Widcombe;  and  that  he  fhould  defray 
the  procurations  of  the  archdeacon  at  his  feveral  vifitations.  It  was  further 
decreed,  that  the  prior  and  convent  of  Bath,  as  rectors  of  the  faid  church, 
fhould  receive  and  have  the  tithe  of  all  the  corn  of  the  villanes,  and  the 
other  parifhioners  of  Lyncombe,  with  the  tithes  of  all  corn  and  hay  growing 
on  the  lands  of  Sir  John  de  Wejlon,  and  alfo  the  tithe  of  lambs  at  Lyncombe, 
together  with  the  tithe  of  wool  as  well  of  fheep  as  tags  which  they  ufed  to 
receive  yearly  from  the  brethren  of  the  BleJ/ed  Mary  Magdalen.  And  laftly, 
it  was  ordained  that  the  religious  fhould  fuflain  all  ordinary  and  extraordi- 
nary charges  whatever  incumbent  on  the  faid  church  and  chapel,  (together 
with  thofe  of  repairing  and  covering  the  chancel  of  the  faid  church  of  Stall) 
the  archdeacon's  procurations  as  abovementioned  only  excepted.0 

On  the  north  fide  of  the  old  parifh  church,  at  the  union  of  Stall-flreet, 
Cheap-ftreet,  and  Weftgate-ftreet,  was  an  old  refervoir  of  water,  called 
Stall's  Conduit;  and  at  the  termination  of  Stall-ftreet,  without  the  South  Gate, 
flood  another  conduit,  called,  after  the  parifh  church,  St.  James's  Conduit, 

The  city  is  now  divided  into  the  following  parifhes,  viz.  i.  St.  Peter  and 
St.  Paul.     2.  St.  James.     3.  St.  Michael;  and  4.  The  out-parifh  of  Walcot. 

The  parifh  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul  occupies  the  central  part  of  the 
city,  and  was  eftablifhed  upon  the  ruins  of  the  diffolved  monaftery.  This 
monaftery  was  firft  founded  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  676,  by  Ofrick  a 
petty  king  of  Northumberland,  for  the  reception  of  a  few  nuns,  or  religi- 
ous women. 

During  the  invafions  of  the  facrilegious  Danes  this   houfe  was  relin- 
quifhed  by  the  religious  j  and  at  length,  being  totally  demolifhed,  Offa  king 
of  the  Mercians,  in  the  year  y/^,  by  a  licence  from  the  Pope,  rebuilt  the 
church,  and  inftituted  therein  a  fociety  of  fecular  canons,  fubject  to  the  juris- 
diction of  the  cathedral  church  of  Worcefter;  foon  after  which  it  was  de- 
tached from  the  fuperiority  of  that  bifhoprick,  and  became  a  moft  celebrated 
monaftery,  being  ftiled  in  the  time  of  King  Ecfrid,  Offa's  fon,  celeberrimum 
Monafierium  ^tbaeBun.     Upon  the  reformation  of  religious  eftablifhments, 
and  the  expulfion  of  fecular  canons,  who  were  thought  to  interfere  too  much 
with  the  regular  clergy,  King  Edgar,  about  the  year  970,  converted  this  mo- 
naftery into  a  magnificent  abbey,  and  placed  therein  an  abbot,  and  twenty 
monks  of  the  order  of  St.  Benedict.     The  firft  prefident  upon  this  new 
foundation  was,  ,   '      . 

1 .  Elphege,  prior  of  Glaftonbury,  who  immediately  on  his  acceflion  re- . 
.built  the  monaftick  church.     This  Elphege  was  a  native  of  Wefton  near 

0  Excerpt,  e  Regift.  Wellen.  '  this 


BATH.  ss 

this  city."  He  governed  the  abbey  many  years,  and  was  in  984  promoted  to 
the  fee  of  Winchefter,  and  thence  to  Canterbury,  where  he  was  malfacred  by 
the  Danes.     To  him  fucceeded 

2.  Sewold,  who  prefided  in  the  time  of  King  Edward  the  Confeflbr,  and 
had  for  his  fuccelfor 

3.  Stigand,  who  was  abbot  in  1067,  the  fecond  year  of  William  the  Con- 
queror, by  whom  he  was  taken  into  Normandy,  where  he  died. 

4.  TElfig  occurs  1075.  In  his  time  many  manumiflions  were  made  to 
dependants  on  the  abbey,  the  certificate  of  one  of  which  for  its  curiofity  is 
here  fubjoined: 

"  fcep  rpurelap  on  piryene  Enij-re)"  bee.  -f  JE-g/lyrte  bohre  Fynnic  aer  iElprge 

•  abbube  mib  anon  yne  jolbep     Dyrrej"  yy  ro  gepirnyjye  /Elpnyb  nonr-3ejieua  3 

•  eal  re  hipeb  on  Ba'Son ;  Enirr  hine  ablenbe  pe  pip  gepnre  apenfce.'1' 

That  is — Here  is  notified  in  this  book  of  Chrifi,  that  JEgilJig  hath  redeemed 
Wynric  of  Abbot  Mlfig  with  one  ounce  of  gold.  Witnefs  thereto  Mlfrid  Jheriff  of 
the  city,  and  all  the  convent  in  Bath.  May  Chrifl  Jlrike  him  blind,  who  Jhall  per- 
vert this  writing. 

/Elfig  died  in  1087,  and  the  next  year  Bifhop  John  de  Villula,  annexing 
the  abbey  to  his  fee,  fubje£ted  it  to  the  government  of  priors,  the  firft  of 
whom  was 

1.  Peter,  who  occurs  in  the  years  1 159  and  1 175. 

2.  Walter,  fub-prior  of  Hyde  in  Hampihire,  fucceeded  him,  and  died  at 
Wherwell,  May  31,  1198. 

3.  Gilbert  was  the  next  prior,  and  after  him,  who  prefided  but  a  fhort  tirr 

4.  Robert,  who  was  prior  in  1 Z05,  and  was  elected  abbot  of  Glaftonbury 
in  October  1223,  in  which  year  fucceeded 

5.  Thomas,  who  was  fucceeded  by 

6.  Walter,  who  was  elected  prior  in  May  1261. 

7.  Thomas  was  prior  1300. 

&-.  Robert  de  Cloppecote  or  Clapcot  occurs  1303,  and  1332,  in  which  lait 
year  he  died,  and  was  buried  on  the  1 7th  day  of  February. 

9.  Robert  de  Sutton  was  elected  and  confirmed  March  12,  1332,  and  con- 
tinued in  his  priorfhip  till  June  the  following  year,  when  he  was  removed 
by  the  authority  of  the  Pope's  provifionary  bull,  and  was  tranflated  to  the 
priory  of  Dunfter,  with  a  penfion  of  twenty  marks. 

f  See  page  166  of  this  volume. 
«  Lye  Did.  Sax.  &  Go:h.  Latin. in  Append,  e  Cod.  MS.  in  B'.bl.  C.  C.  C.  Cant. 

10.  Thomas, 


56  BATH. 

10.  Thomas  Chrifty  was  collated  in  his  flead,  Sept.  24,  1333,  and  left  the 
priory  in  Auguft  1340. 

1 1.  John  de  Irford  was  prior  in  1346. 

12.  John  de  Walecot  fucceeded  him. 

13.  John  de  Dunfter  prefided  in  1406.     He  died  Feb.  6,  141 1. 

1 4.  John  de  Tellisford,  a  monk  of  Dunfter,  was  elected  March  10,  1 4 1 1 . 
There  were  nineteen  monks  then  prefent,  viz.  fourteen  at  Bath,  and  five 
from  Dunfter,  which  was  a  cell  belonging  to  this  priory.  In  the  time  of 
this  prior  there  was  a  mighty  difpute  between  the  convent  and  the  mayor 
concerning  the  ringing  of  bells  in  this  city,  which  continued  feveral  years, 
and  was  finally  adjufted  by  a  decree,  that  no  one  fhould  ring  any  bells  within 
the  precincts  of  Bath  at  day-time,  before  the  prior  had  rung  his  bells,  nor  in 
the  night-time  after  the  prior  had  rung  his  curfew/  He  died  in  1425,  and 
was  fucceeded  by 

15.  William  Southbroke,  who  died  June  7,  1447. 

16.  Thomas  de  Lacock  was  elected  Sept.  16,  1447,  by  the  Biihop,  on 
whom  the  nineteen  monks  then  belonging  to  the  convent  had  by  compromife 
devolved  the  nomination  of  the  prior. 

17.  Richard  was  prior  1476. 

18.  John  Cantlow  prefided  in  1489.     The  Archbifhop  of  Canterbury  vi- 

fited  this  monaftery  in  the  time  of  his  prefidentihip,  viz.  A.D.  1494.     This 

prior  was  a  confiderable  benefactor  to  his  monaftery;  he  alfo  rebuilt  the 

hofpital  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen  in  Holloway,  and  the  chancel  of  the  church  of 

,  St.  Catherine,  as  appears  by  infcriptions  ftill  extant,  and  died  in  Auguft  1499. 

19.  William  Bird  was  inftituted  by  Bifhop  Oliver  King,  Aug.  31,  1499. 
There  were  twenty-one  monks  then  refident  in  the  convent.  The  old  con- 
ventual church  being  in  his  time  become  ruinous,  the  Biihop,  at  the  inftance 
and  with  the  affiftance  of  this  prior,  fet  about  rebuilding  it  in  a  more  fump- 
tuous  manner;  but  neither  of  them  lived  to  fee  it  completed.  Bird  died 
May  22,  1525,  as  it  is  faid,  in  great  poverty,  having  expended  too  much  in 
building,  and  in  chemical  experiments,  to  which  he  was  extremely  addicted.' 
On  his  death, 

20.  William  Holway,  alias  Gibbs,  was  eleiled  July  5,  1525,  twenty-one 
monks  being  then  in  the  convent.'  Immediately  after  his  appointment,  he 
applied  himfelf  to  perfe&ing  the  work  of  his  predeceflbr,  in  which  he  fuc- 
ceeded, but  June  29,  1539)  was  obliged  to  furrender  his  monaftery  to  the 

'  Inq.  9 Hen.  V.  n.  31.    Itid.  ap.  Cod.  Rub.  Bathon.  '  Wood's  Fafli  Oxon.  i.  7.  «  Archer. 

King; 


BATH. 


57 


King;  whereupon  the  following  penfions  were  affigned  to  him  and  the  bre- 
thren of  the  monaftery  by  the  King's  Commiflloners,  viz.  Firft,  to  William 
Holway,  prior,  8ol.  in  money  for  his  yearly  penfion,  with  certain  perquifites 
out  of  the  revenues  of  the  baths,  and  a  tenement  fituated  in  Stall-ftreet,  juft 
within  the  South  Gate,  lately  in  the  occupation  of  one  Jeffrey  Stayncr,  being 
of  the  yearly  rent  of  20s.  To  John  Pitt,  fub-prior  9I.  Richard  Griffith, 
prior  of  the  cell  of  Dunfter,  Thomas  Bathe,  Nicholas  Bathe,  B.D.  81.  each. 
Alexander  Briftow,  John  Beckington,  61.  13s.  4d.  Richard  Lincoln,  John 
Arleflon,  Thomas  Powell,  John  Browne,  Richard  Bygge,  61.  Richard  Gilles, 
Thomas  Worcefter,  William  Clement,  John  Edgar,  Edward  Edwaye,  Patrick 
Vertue,  John  Humylyte,  John  Gabriell,  William  Bowachyn,  John  Benett, 
John  Style,  Patrick  Archer,  Thomas  Stylbond,  John  Barnet,  John  Bewfham, 
5I.  6s.  8d.     Thomas  Powell,  5I.     John  Pacyence,  John  Long,  4I.  13s.  4d." 

The  pofleflions  of  this  monaftery  in  Bath  at  the  time  of  the  Norman  Con- 
queft  are  thus  recorded : 

"  The  Church  of  St.  Peter  of  Bada  has  in  that  borough  twenty-four 
"  burgefTes,  rendering  [yearly  to  the  Abbot]  twenty  millings.  There  is  a 
"  mill"  of  twenty  (hillings  rent,  and  twelve  acres  of  meadow.  The  whole  is 
"  worth  forty  millings."7 

In  1444  the  revenues  of  the  monaftery  were  valued  at  5  81.  13s.  4d.  and  in 
1534,  at  61 7I.  2s.  3id.1 

Soon  after  the  diflblution,  King  Henry  VIII.  by  his  letters  patent  bearing- 
date  16  March  1543,  granted  the  fite  of  the  abbey,  with  the  cuftomary 
works  and  fervices  of  tenants  in  Lyncombe,  Holloway,  and  Walcot,  and  the 
capital  mefluage  of  Combe,  lately  belonging  thereto,  together  with  all  fuch 
court-leets,  view  of  frank-pledge,  aflize  of  bread,  wine  and  beer,  knights' 
fees,  wards,  marriages,  efcheats,  heriots,  fairs,  markets,  tolls,  cuftoms,  com- 
mons, free-warrens,  goods  and  chattels,  waifs,  ftrays,  profits,  commodities, 
emoluments  and  hereditaments  whatsoever,  as  the  abbots  and  priors  of  the 
faid  monaftery  or  priory,  ever  held  or  enjoyed,  to  Humphry  Colles,  efq;' 
who  foon  after  fold  the  fame  to  Matthew  Colthurft,  whofe  fon  Edmund 
Colthurft  gave  the  abbey-church,  then  become  ruinous,  and  ftript  of  its 
lead,  glafs,  iron  and  bells,  and  every  thing  elfe  that  could  be  fold  for  money, 

"  Willis's  Hid.  of  Abbies,  i.  221 ,  and  in  Addend.  6j. 

»  This  mill  was  afterwards  called  Monks'  Mill,  and  was  fituated  on  the  weir  oppofite  the  eaft  end  of  Orange- 
Grove.  There  was  alio  another  mill  upon  the  river  belonging  to  the  monaftery,  which  was  diftinguilhcd  by  the 
name  of  Ij'abd's  Mill. 

1  Lib.  Domefday.  *  Archer.  '  •  Pat.  34  Hen.  VIII.  p.  11. 

Vol.  I.  h  together 


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0 


B 


H. 


together  with  the  ground  upon  the  eaft,  weft  and  north  fides  of  it,  to  the 
Mayor  and  Citizens  of  Bath  for  their  parochial  church  and  church-yard. 
The  abbey-houfe,  with  the  park  called  the  Prior's-Park,  with  its  apperte- 
nances,  and  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  in  Bath,  was  fold  by  the  faid 
Edmund  Colthurft,  27  Jan.  1569,  to  Fulk  Morley,"  from  whole  descendants 
it  came  to  the  Duke  of  Kingfton. 

The  buildings  of  the  monaftery  extended  over  a  large  fpace  of  ground; 
they  confifted  of  the  church,  cloifters,  chapter-houfe,  prior's  houfe,  monk's 
lodgings,  and  dormitory  built  by  Bifhop  Beckington."  The  prior's  houfe, 
with  fome  of  the  apartments  of  the  monks,  ftood  on  the  fouth  fide  of  the 
conventual  church,  and  reached  with  its  feveral  offices  a  great  way  towards 
the  avenue  which  led  from  it  into  the  South  Gate  of  the  city,  ftill  retaining 
the  name  of  Abbey-lane.  Some  time  after  the  diffolution  it  was  repaired, 
and  again  made  habitable,  and  there  were  elegant  gardens  belonging  to  it  on 
the  eaft  fide  within  the  walls,  and  orchards  extending  quite  down  to  the 
river.  Some  parts  however  of  the  old  houfe,  fuch  as  obfolete  offices,  obfcure 
rooms  and  lofts,  were  left  in  their  priftine  ftate,  and  were  never  occupied 
after  their  defertion  by  the  monks.  On  pulling  down  fome  of  thefe  build- 
ings in  the  beginning  of  the  prefent  century,  one  of  the  apartments,  which 
had  been  walled  up  and  never  explored,  difclofed  a  very  curious  and  intereft- 
ing  light.  Round  the  walls,  upon  pegs,  were  hung  as  in  aveftry-room, 
(which  the  place  undoubtedly  was)  the  copes,  albs,  chefiples,  and  other  gar- 
ments of  the  religious,  which,  on  the  admiflion  of  the  air,  became  fo  rotten 
as  to  crumble  into  powder.  There  was  alfo  found  the  handle  of  a  crofier; 
and  on  the  floor  lay  two  large  chefts,  without  any  contents,  as  it  was 
alleged  by  the  workmen,  one  of  whom,  however,  grew  rich  upon  the  occa- 
fion,  and  retired  from  bufmefs. 

In  the  window  of  a  parlour  in  the  monks'  lodgings  were  thefe  arms,  viz. 
1.  Argent,  an  eagle  rifmg  or;  Prior  Cantlow.  2.  A  chevron  between  three 
eagles  difplayed,  on  a  chief  a  rofe  between  two  lozenges,  over  all  a  mitre  and' 
crofier;  Prior  Bird.  3.  Party  per  pale  indented  gules  and  or,  a  chevron  of 
the  laft;  impaling  fable,  two  bars  argent,  in  chief  three  plates;  HungerfordL* 

The  dimenfions  of  the  old  church  were  as  follows :.. 
The  length  of  the  church  270  feet, 
The  length  of  the  principal  aile  60  feet, 
The  breadth  of  the  fame  aile  45  feet.' 

b  Licence  to  alienate.  c  Itin.  Willelm.  de  Worceftre,  285. 

*  Antiq.  of  the  Abbey  Church  of  Bath,  268.  •  Itin.  Willelm.  de  Worceftre,  116. 

When 


BATH. 


S9 


When  by  the  giant  of  Edmund  Colthurft  the  abbey-church  fell  into  the 
hands  of  the  citizens,  after  having  been  expofed  to  the  ruthlefs  elements  for 
a  great  number  of  years,  it  was  by  the  contributions  of  pious  benefactors, 
among  whom  the  munificence  of  Thomas  Bellot,  efq;  and  Bifhop  James 
Montague,  fhone  moft  confpicuous,  fitted  up  for  divine  fervice  nearly  in 
the  fame  ftile  wherein  we  fee  it  now/  It  is  a  veiy  ilately  ftructure  in 
the  form  of  a  crofs,  light,  airy,  and  withal  ffirmly  compacted.  Its  length 
from  eaft  to  weft  is  two  hundred  and  twelve  feet,  and  from  north  to  fouth 
one  hundred  and  twenty-fix.  The  breadth  of  the  nave  and  fide  ailes  is 
feventy  feet;  and  the  length  of  the  choir  feventy-four  feet.  Over  the  inter- 
feron of  the  tranfept  with  the  nave  ftands  a  beautiful  tower,  one  hundred 
and  fixty-two  feet  in  height,  and  containing  a  peal  of  ten  large  bells.  The 
weft  end  of  the  nave  is  profufely  decorated  with  fculpture.  The  great  door, 
which  was  beautified  in  1617  by  Sir  Henry  Montague,  knt.  lord  chief  juftice 
of  the  King's  Bench,  is  richly  carved,  and  charged  with  the  arms  of  the  fee, 
impaling  thofe  of  Montague;  and  on  one  fide  of  it,  within  a  niche,  ftands  a 
large  ftatue  of  St.  Peter,  on  the  other  that  of  St.  Paul,  the  apoftolick  patrons 
of  the  edifice.  At  each  angle  of  the  front  is  ah  octagon  turret,  on  the  fides 
whereof  are  images  of  the  twelve  apoftles,  and  in  the  fore-part  are  reprefented 
angels  attending  and  defcending  a  lofty  ladder,  expreflive,  as  it  is  faid,  of  a 
dream  or  vifion  of  Bifhop  Oliver  King,  previous  to  his  defign  of  rebuilding 
the  church.  Over  the  great  window  is  a  reprefentation  of  the  Holy  Trinity, 
with  a  great  number  of  angels  or  cherubs  difperfed  on  either  fide.  Over  the 
window  of  the  north  aile  there  is  this  infeription:  iDoiTUliS  Sg)ea;  over  that 
of  the  fouth,  fDomtl0  ©tonig,  i.  e.  Orationh.  Thefe  inferiptions  were  origi- 
nally laid  on  with  gold  at  the  expence  of  Bifhop  Montague/  On  each  of 
the  buttreffes  at  the  angles  is  carved  in  ftrong  relief  an  olive-Xvtt,  fupported 
by  two  elephants,  and  furmounted  by  a  crown,  and  underneath  is  the  follow- 
ing allegorical  allufion  to  the  founder's  name,  taken  out  of  the  book  of 
Judges  ix.  8. 

3!erunt  ligna  ut  ungcrcnt  fupec  fe  tcgem, 
Diretunt  que  ©liuae  3impeta  nobis. 
Crccs  going  to  cfjcfe  their,  king, 
%aio,  TBc  to  U0  the  ©Itoer  Eing. 

The  nave  of  the  church  is  very  lofty,  and  is  divided  from  the  fide  ailes  by 
twelve  cluftered  pillars  fupporting  elliptick  arches.     On  the  vaulting  of  the 

'  Some  of  the  windows  were  inferibed  with  quibbles  on  the  nr.mes  of  their  donors,  as  Malet  meliera;  Mr. 
Malet  of  Enmore:  Bis  fecit,  fa  filix  bis  j  Mr.  Bifs  of  Spargrove,  &c. 

•  Antiq.  of  the  Abbey  Church  of  Bath,  172. 

I)  2  rcof 


6o  BAT  H. 

roof,  which  is  ornamented  with  neat  carved  work,  are  the  arms  of  the  church 
of  Wells,  the  city  of  Bath,  Bifhop  Montague,  Sable  a  crofs  engrailed  or, 
and  the  arms  of  the  feveral  contributors  to  the  building  of  the  roof. 

At  the  upper  end  of  the  nave,  under  an  arch  dividing  it  from  the  north 
aile,  is  a  fumptuous  altar-tomb  of  elegant  workmanfhip,  whereon  lies  the 
effigy  of  Bifhop  Montague  in  his  epifcopal  habit,  and  on  the  fouth  fide  is  this 
infcription : 

"  Memoria;  facrum,  pietate,  virtute,  et  do&rina  infignis  Jacobus  Montacutus, 
Edwardi  Montacuti  de  Boughton,  in  comitatu  Northamptonise,  equitis  aurati,  a  Saris- 
burienfibus  comitibus  dedudta  propagine,  filius  quinto  genitus,  a  fapientiffimo  Jacobo 
Rege  Sacello  Regio  Decanus  praspofitus,  ad  Epifcopatum  Bathonienfem  promotus, 
et  deinde  ad  Wintonicnfem,  ob  fpectatam  in  maximis  negotiis  fidem,  dexteritatem  et 
prudentiam,  in  fanttius  concilium  adfcitus,  Regique  (cui  chariffimus  erat)  in  aula  afli- 
duus,  in  medio  acluofse  vit£e  curfu,  quam  Deo,  ecclefia;,  et  patriae  devoverat,  ad  eter- 
nam  vitam  evocatus  20  Julii,  Anno  Domini  16 18,  aetatis  50." 

On  the  north  fide: 

"  Reverendiffimus  hie  Epifcopus  in  hoc  templo  antiquiflimo,  quod,  inter  alia  multa 
egregia  pietatis  monumenta,  maximis  impends  inftauravic,  corpus  deponi  juffit,  donee 
Chrifto  Redemptori  videbitur,  eum  cum  juftis  ad  interminatam  vitam,  quam  in  terris 
femper  anhelavit, excitare.  Edvardus  Montacutus,  de  Boughton,  Henricus  Montacutus, 
capitalis  in  Banco  Regio  juftitiarius,  Carolus  Montacutus,  teftamenti  curator,  et 
Sidneius  Montacutus,  a  fupplicum  libellis,  equites  aurati,  fratri  optime  merito,  cum 
lachrymis  pofuerunt." 

On  each  fide  of  the  tomb  are  two  fhields  of  arms;  1.  Gules,  two  keys  in 
bend  finifter,  crofTed  by  a  fword  argent  and  or  counterchanged;  Abbey  of 
Bath  ?  impaling  quarterly,  firft,  argent  within  abordure  fable  three  fufils  in 
feffe  gules,  Montague;  fecond  and  third,  or,  an  eagle  difplayed  vert,  armed 
gules.  At  the  head  and  feet  are  two  marble  Corinthian  pillars  fupporting  an 
entablature,  at  the  top  of  which  are  fhields  with  the  fame  bearings. 

On  an  oppofite  pillar  of  the  nave  there  is  a  very  neat  monument,  having 
on  a  pyramid  of  Sienna  marble  a  medallion  with  the  half-length  figure  of 
the  facetious  James  Quin,  and  on  a  tablet  underneath  the  following  inr- 
fcription: 

"  That  tongue  which  fet  the  table  on  a  roar, 
And  charm'd  the  publick  ear,  is  heard  no  more; 
Clos'd  are  thofe  eyes,,  the  harbingers  of  wit, 
Which  fpake,  before  the  tongue,  what  Shakefpeare  writ;. 
Cold  is  that  hand  which  living  was  ftretch'd  forth, 
At  friendfhip's  call,  to  fuccour  modeft  worth. 

Here 


B 


H. 


6r 


Ob. 


Here  lies  James  Quin: — Deign,  reader,  to  be  taught, 
Whate'er  thy  ftrength  of  body,  force  of  thought, 
In  nature's  happieft  mould  however  cad, 

*  To  this  complexion  thou  mull  come  at  lall.'  D.  Garrick. 

mdcclxvi.     Etatis  lxxiii." 


Near  the  above  is  a  fmall  marble  monument,  inferibed, 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  William  Clements,  efq;  a  youth  diflinguilhed  by  the 
fweetnefs  of  his  manners,  and  the  excellence  of  his  heart — generous,  humane,  affec- 
tionate: his  life  was  a  fource  of  happinefs  to  others;  his  death,  it  is  hoped,  was  the 
commencement  of  his  own. 

Look  down,  bleft  foul,  and  from  the  realms  above 
Accept  this  lad  fad  tribute  of  our  love. 
The  lall — ev'n  now  our  forrows  we  refign> 
And  lofe  our  feelings  to  rejoice  in  thine." 

In  the  fouth  tranfept,  againft  the  fouthweft  pillar  of  the  tower,  is  a  large 
handfome  monument  of  ftatuary  and  veined  marble,  having  a  pediment  fup- 
ported  by  Corinthian  columns,  and  on  a  table  this  infeription : 

"  Here  under  lyes  all  that  was  mortal  of  Col.  Ambrole  Norton,  a  worthy  and  loyal 
defcendant  of  worthy  and  loyal  anceftors.  He  ferv'd  the  crowne  of  England  aboue  40 
years,  in  employments  both  civil  and  military ;  in  which  he  ever  acquitted  himfelf 
faithfully,  and  as  a  man  of  honour.  He  was  exceeding  gracefull  in  perfon  and  beha- 
viour; his  jullice,  gentlenefs,  and  fweetnefs  of  difpofition,  were  equall  to  his  courage; 
and  he  crown'd  all  his  other  virtues  with  a  mod  exemplary  piety.  He  was  a  branch  of 
the  ancient  family  of  the  Nortons,  of  Somerfetlhire,  and  coufin-german  to  Sir  George 
Norton,  of  Abbot's-Leigh  in  that  county.  A  houfe,  happily  renovned  in  hiflory  for 
the  concealment  and  prefervation  of  King  Charles  the  Second,  at  the  fatal  battle  of 
Worcefter.  The  Lady  Norton,  having  beene  a  widdow  3  years,  firft  of  Sir  George 
Norton,  (to  whofe  memory  fhe  has  erected  a  marble  monument  at  Abbot's-Leigh,  of 
the  fame  form  and  dimention  as  this)  and  fince  the  widdow  of  Col.  Ambrofe  Norton* 
has  in  her  great  regard  to  his  memory  erefted  this  monument;  where  he  defired  his 
body  might  be  interr'd,  expecting  a  bleffed  refurrection.  He  died  in  the  77  th  year  of 
his  age,  on  the  10th  day  of  September,  in  the  10th  year  of  his  Majefly  King  George, 
his  lad  Royall  Mailer,  Afioq.  Dom.  1723." Arms,  Argent,  on  a  bend  cotifed  be- 
tween two  lions  rampant  fable,  three  efcallops  or,  impaling  barry  or  and  /able,  on  a 
chief  argent  three  mullets  of  the  firft. 

On  a  fouth  pillar  near  the  well  door  is  a  monument  inferibed, 

"  Exuvias  hie  depofuit  Robertus  Phelips,  Jacobo  fecundo  thronum  poffidente,. 
Ducatus  et  comitatus  Palatini  Lancaftrias  Cancellarius,  Roberti  Phelips  de  Monte- 
Acuto,  in  agro  hoc  Somerfetenfi,  equitis  aurati,  filius  natu  fecundus.  Qui,  regnantibus 
Carolo  primo,  Carolo  fecundo,  et  Jacobo  fecundo,  contra  omnes  perduelles,  tarn 
Scotos  quam  Anglos,  Ecclefue,  nccnon  legalis  Monarchise   Anglicana?,  ftrenuus  et 

conftaui 


62  BATH. 

conftans  afifertor  extitit;  temporibus  mutatis,  nan  mutatus  in  illis.  Natus  i  Feb.  eeite 
Chrifti  1 6 1 8  j  denatus  21  Junii  1707."  Arms,  Argent,  a  chevron  between  three  roles 
gules.     Motto,  Tout  jours  fidele. 

On  the  eaft  wall  of  the  north  tranfept,  on  a  black  marble  enchafed  in  white, 
is  this  infcription: 

w  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Walter  Ernele,  efq;  fonne  of  Michael  Ernele,  of  Burton 
in  the  county  of  Wilts,  efq;  deceafed,  and  of  Sufan,  the  eldeft  daughter  and  one  of  the 
coheires  of  Sir  Walter  Hungerford,  knt.  of  Farley-caftle  in  the  county  of  Somerfet, 
alfo  deceafed.     Which  Walter  Ernele  died  the  27th  day  of  Sept.  A0  Dni.  161 8. 

An  Ernele  Hungerford  here  lyeth  in  grave: 
More  than  thy  owne,  O  earth,  thou  maift  not  have : 
His  earthy  part,  his  body,  that  is  thine; 
His  heavenly,  his  foule,  that  part  divine, 
Is  heaven's  right,  there  doth  it  live  and  raigne, 
In  joye  and  blifle  for  ever  to  remaine. 
His  body  in  her  bofome  earth  muft  keepe 
Till  fuch  as  reft  in  hope  fhall  rife  from  fleepej 
Then  body  joyned  with  fowle  for  ever  (hall 
In  glory  live,  raigne  both  cceleftiall." 
Arms,  Argent  on  a  bend  Jable,  three  eagles  difplayed  or. 

On  the  north  fide  of  the  fame  tranfept  is  a  mural  monument  of  marble, 
on  the  top  of  which  is  the  bull  of  a  female  under  a  curtain  between  two 
urns,  and  underneath  is  this  infcription,  written  by  Mr.  Dryden : 

"  Here  lyes  the  body  of  Mary,  third  daughter  of  Richard  Frampton,  of  Moreton  in 
Dorfetfhire,  efq;  and  of  Jane  his  wife,  fole  daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Cottington,  of 
Founthill  in  Wilts;  who  was  born  January  the  ift,   1676-7,  and  dyed  (after  feven 

weeks  ficknefs)  on  the  6th  of  September  1698. This  monument  was  erefted  by 

Catherine  Frampton,  her  fecond  fitter  and  executrefs,  in  teftimony  of  her  grief,  affec- 
tion, and  gratitude. 

Beneath  this  marble  monument  is  laid 

All  that  heaven  wants  of  this  celeftial  mayd: 

Preferve,  O  facred  tomb  !  thy  truft  confign'd ! 

The  mould  was  made  on  purpofe  for  the  mind; 

And  fhe  would  lofe,  if  at  the  latter  day 

One  atom  could  be  mix'd  of  other  clay. 

Such  were  the  features  of  her  heav'nly  face, 

Her  limbs  were  form'd  with  fuch  harmonious  grace; 

So  faultlefs  was  the  frame,  as  if  the  whole 

Had  been  an  emanation  of  the  foul, 

Which  her  own  inward  fymmetry  reveal'd, 

And  like  a  pi&ure  ftione,  in  glafs  anneal'dj 

Or 


1 


B  A  T  If.  9      63 

Or  like  the  fun  eclips'd  with  (haded  light, 

Too  piercing  elfe  to  be  fuflain'd  by  fight. 

Each  thought  was  vifible  that  roll'd  within, 

As  through  a  cryftal  cafe  the  figur'd  hours  are  feen : 

Anil  heaven  did  this  tranfparent  veil  provide, 

Becaufe  Ihe  had  no  guilty  thought  to  hide. 

All  white,  a  virgin-faint,  fhe  fought  the  fkies: 

For  marriage,  though  it  fullies  not,  it  dyes! 

High  though  her  wit,  yet  humble  was  her  mind, 

As  if  fhe  could  not,  or  fhe  would  not  find, 

How  much  her  worth  tranfcended  all  her  kind. 

Yet  fhe  had  learn 'd  fo  much  of  heaven  below, 

That  when  arriv'd,  fhe  fcarce  had  more  to  know ; 

But  only  to  refrefh  the  former  hint, 

And  read  her  Maker  in  a  fairer  print : 

So  pious,  as  fhe  had  no  time  to  fpare 

For  human  thoughts,  but  was  confin'd  to  prayer; 

Yet  in  fuch  charities  fhe  pafs'd  the  day, 

Twas  wond'rous  how  fhe  found  an  hour  to  pray. 

A  foul  fo  calm,  it  knew  not  ebbs  or  flows, 

Which  paflion  could  but  curl,  not  difcompofe! 

A  female  foftnefs,  with  a  manly  mind, 

A  daughter  duteous,  and  a  fifter  kind ; 

In  ficknefs  patient,  and  in  death  refign'd." 

Arms,  Urgent,  a  bend  gules,  cotifed  Jable. 

The  choir  is  exceedingly  neat,  and  has  that  awful  fblemnity  of  appearance 
which  feems  to  be  peculiar  to  Gothick  conventual  and  cathedral  churches. 
The  eaft  window  is  very  lofty,  reaching  almoft  to  the  top  of  the  building, 
and  is  glazed  with  party-coloured  panes  of  glafs  difpofed  in  the  manner  of 
billets,  in  allufion  to  the  name  of  its  donor,  the  charitable  Thomas  Bellot, 
efq.  The  roof  is  curioufly  vaulted  with  Gothick  work,  and  on  it  are  feveral 
fhields  of  arms,  viz.  In  the  centre,  1.  Gules,  a  key  and  fword  in  faltire,  or, 
the  emblems  of  St.  Peter  and  Paul.  2.  Azure,  three  bends  embattled  fable. 
3 .  England  and  France. 

On  the  north  fide,  1.  A  crofs  botonnee,  on  a  canton  dexter  the  Virgin 
Mary  and  Child ;  Glaftonbury-abbey.  2.  A  crofs  flory  between  four  mart- 
lets.    3.  as  1.     4.  A  key  and  fword  in  faltire. 

On  the  fouth  fide,  1.  An  eagle  difplayed.  2.  A  chevron  between  three 
eagles  difplayed,  on  a  chief  a  rofe  between  two  lozenges;  Prior  Bird.  3.  Per 
pale,  on  a  chevron  three  eicallops.    4.  A  crofs  coupee  between  four  martlets. 

On 


1 


64      *«  B  A»      T  H. 

On  the  north  fide  is  an  elegant  chapel  1 6  feet  in  length,  and  8  in  breadth, 
erected  by  Prior  Bird,  whofe  arms  are  on  the  eaft  wall,  neatly  cut  in  ftone, 
pierced  with  a  crofier,  and  furmounted  by  a  mitre;  over  the  door  within  is 
this  device,  a  W.  and  a  Bird.  It  is  generally  fuppofed  that  the  prior  was 
here  buried.  On  the  centre  pillar  of  this  chapel,  facing  the  choir,  is  a 
monument  with  the  following  infcription : 

"  Near  this  place  lyeth  the  body  of  John  Turnor,  efq;  fori  of  Sir  Edmund  Turnor, 
of  Stoke-Rochford  in  the  county  of  Lincoln,  knight.  He  married  Diana,  daughter 
of  Algernon  Cecil,  one  of  the  youngeft  fons  of  the  Right  Honourable  William  earl  of 
Salifbury,  and  dyed  the  1 8th  of  July  17 19. 

"  In  the  fame  place  alfo  lyeth  the  body  of  Diana  Bramfton,  daughter  of  the  above- 
mentioned  John  Turnor,  efq;  who  was  firft  married  to  Robert  Fern,  of  Snitterton  in 
the  county  of  Derby,  efq;  afterwards  to  Thomas  Bramfton,  of  Screens  in  the  county 
of  Efiex,  efq;  and  dyed  the  9th  of  January  1725-6." 

Arms,  1.  Ermine,  on  a  crofs  quarter  pierced  argent,  four  fers  de  moulins  fable; 
Turnor:  on  an  efcutcheon  of  pretence,  barry  of  ten  argent  and  azure,  over  all  fix 
cfcutcheons  fable,  each  charged  with  a  lion  rampant  argent;  Cecil.  2.  Per  bend  or 
and  gules  two  lions'  heads  counter-changed;  Fern:  impaling  Turnor.  3.  Or,  on  a  feile 
fable  three  plates;  Bramfton:  impaling  Turnor. 

On  the  fouth  fide  of  the  chancel  is  a  mural  monument  of  black  and  white 
marble,  fupported  by  two  Corinthian  pillars  gilt,  and  having  thereon  the 
figures  of  a  man  and  woman  in  ruffs  kneeling  at  a  delk;  underneath  the 
man  is  a  fon  habited  in  a  cloak  with  a  fwathed  infant  before  him;  and  under 
the  woman  are  five  daughters  in  the  attitude  of  praying.  On  a  tablet  is 
this  infcription : 

"  In  obitum  Bartholomasi  Barnes  defun&i,  viri  veras  religionis  amantifilmi,  nuper 
mercatoris  Londinenfis,  nuncque  ccelorum  regni  civis  beati. 

Religio,  pietas,  facundas  gratia  linguas, 

Ingenium,  virtus,  inviolata  fides, 
Cum  gravitate  tepos,  cum  fimplicitate  venuftas, 

Larga  manus,  pectus  nobile,  firmus  amor. 
Denique  quicquid  habet  natura  quod  addere  poffit, 

Addere  quod  poffit  gratia,  quicquid  habet. 
Omnia  Bam<eum  vrvum  comitata  fuerunt, 

Omnia  mors  atrox  obruit  ifta  fimul. 
Obruat  ifta  licet  trifti  mors  faeva  fepulchro, 

Poft  tamen  illorum  fata  fuperftes  erit." 

Arms,  Azure,  two  lions  pafiant  gardant  argent. 

On  the  north  fide  of  the  altar  is  a  beautiful  monument  of  ft atuary  marble, 

elegantly  deligned,  and  moft  exquifitely  finifhed,  with  this  memorial  on 

its  bafe: 

"  Near 


BATH.  65 

"  Near  this  monument  are  depofited  the  remains  of  Lady  Miller,  wife  to  Sir  John 
Miller,  bart.  of  Bath-Eafton  Villa;  fhe  departed  this  life  at  the  Hot-Wells  of  Briftol  the 
t4th  of  June  178 1,  in  the  41ft  year  of  her  age. 

Devoted  ftone!  amidft  the  wrecks  of  time, 

Uninjur'd  bear  thy  Miller's  fpodefs  name: 
The  virtues  of  her  youth  and  ripen'd  prime, 

The  tender  thought,  th'  enduring  record  claim. 

When  clos'd  the  num'rous  eyes  that  round  this  bier 

Have  wept  the  lofs  of  wide-extended  worth, 
O  gende  ftranger,  may  one  gen'rous  tear 

Drop,  as  thou  bendeft  o'er  this  hallow'd  earth ! 

Are  truth  and  genius,  love  and  pity  thine, 

With  lib'ral  charity,  and  faith  fincere? 
Then  reft  thy  wand'ring  ftep  beneath  this  fhrine, 

And  greet  a  kindred  ipirit  hov'ring  near." 

Arms,  Argent,  a  fefle  gules  between  three  wolves'  heads  erafed  azure-,  Miller  :  on  an 
efcutcheon  of  pretence,  gules,  a  fefle  ermine  between  three  water  fpaniels  argent;   Riggs. 

'  In  the  fouth  aile  of  the  choir  is  a  freeftone  monument,  a  kind  of  farco- 

*  phagus,  under  a  canopy  fupported  by  fix  pillars  of  the  Ionick  order.  In 
c  the  farcophagus  are  lodged  two  bodies,  in  flight  oak  coffins,  one  upon 
1  another.  The  man,  who  lies  uppermoil,  is  reduced  to  a  fkeleton,  with 
'  the  fkin  completely  dried  on  the  breaft  and  belly,  and  the  hair  of  his  head* 

*  chin  and  chefl,  perfectly  preferved;  that  on  his  head  thin  and  red.     His 

*  head  reclines  to  the  right,  the  jaw  fallen,  his  arms  flretched  by  his  fide, 

*  the  right  hand  lies  on  his  right  thigh  j  the  left  arm  pendant}  the  nails  on 

*  the  great  toe  and  third  toe  of  his  left  foot  perfect  and  long,  and  the  leader 
'  of  the  leg  complete;  the  toes  of  the  right  foot  lefs  perfect.  The  body 
c  meafures  five  feet  ten  inches.  Pieces  of  the  wrapper  remain  between  the 
'  thighs  and  legs.     The  woman,  who,  by  being  placed  under  the  other  coffin, 

*  was  not  difcovered  till  within  the  laft  fix  or  feven  years,  is  completely  in- 

*  veloped  in  a  wrapper  of  linen,  incrufted  with  wax,  or  fome  preparation, 
1  which  when  firft  opened  was  white,  but  is  now  turned  to  a  yellow  colour. 
c  The  outer  fwathing  is  gone,  but  the  web  of  the  linen  may  be  feen  in  that 
1  part  which  has  been  broken  into,  and  which  difcovers  the  left  hand  dried 
«  like  the  man's,  and  lying  on  the  belly.  This  corpfe  meafures  five  feet  four 
'  inches,  and  the  head  reclines  to  the  left.'s 

Thefe  are  the  embalmed  relicks  of  Thomas  Lychefield,  who  was  lutanift 
to  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  of  Margaret  his  wife.     There  is  no  infeription 

•  Gough's  Sepulchral  Monuments  1786.    Introd.  lxxvii. 

Vol.  I.  i  o\ 


66  BAT  H. 

on  the  monument,  but  on  the  top  are  thefe  arms,  viz.  Two  bends  couped. — 
Near  it,  againft  the  fame  wall,  is  an  old  freeftone  monument,  fupported  by 
two  Corinthian  pillars,  and  on  the  table  this  infcription: 

"  A.  D.  1577.  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Joh.  Bellingham,  late  of  Farneham  in  the 
county  of  Suffex,  efquier."  On  the  top  are  thefe  arms,  Quarterly,  firft  and  fourth, 
three  bugle-horns  garnifhedj  fecond  and  third,  bendy  of  fix,  on  a  canton  a  lion  rampant. 

On  the  fouth  fide  of  this  aile  is  a  veftry  with  a  fmall  library11  begun  by 
Bifhop  Lake,  and  afterwards  augmented  by  feveral  other  benefaflors.  In 
the  window,  over  the  entrance,  are  the  arms  of  the  Company  of  Merchant 
Taylors,  and  this  infcription: 

"  This  window  was  repaired,  and  continually  kept  by  the  Taylors,  1641." 

At  the  fouth  end  of  the  fouth  tranfept  is  a  handfome  monument  of  black 
and  white  marble,  the  tomb  of  which  is  fupported  by  four  Corinthian 
pillars,  and  thereon  lies  the  effigy  of  a  knight  in  armour,  raifed  on  his 
right  arm,  and  mourning  over  his  lady  by  his  fide:  at  their  feet  a  young 
daughter  is  fitting  in  her  chair,  and  a  fon  in  a  fimilar  pofture  at  their  head. 
Over  them  is  this  infcription : 

"  To  the  deare  memory  of  the  right  vertuous  and  worthy  lady,  Jane  Lady  Waller,, 
fble  daughter  and  heir  to  Sir  Richard  Reynell,  wife  to  Sir  William  Waller,  knight.. 

Sole  ifiue  of  a  matchlefs  paire, 
Both  of  their  ftate  and  vertues  heyrej 
In  graces  great,  in  ftature  fmall,. 
As  full  of  fpirit  as  voyd  of  gall ; 
Cheerfully  brave,  bounteoufly  clofe, 
Holy  without  vain-glorious  fhowes; 
Happy,  and  yet  from  envy  free, 

Learn'd  without  pride,  witty,  yet  wife 

Reader,  this  riddle  read  with  mee, 

Here  the  good  Lady  Waller  lyes." 

There  is  a  tradition,  that  King  James  the  Second,  palling  through  the- 
church,  and  calling  his  eye  on  Waller's  obnoxious  effigy,  inftantly  drew  his 
fword,  and  with  an  air  of  wanton  defpite  hacked  off  the  poor  knight's  nofe,  in 
which  mutilated  ftate  his  face  ftill  continues,  a  record  of  that  brave  princely 
manoeuvre. 

"  In  the  old  Library  of  the  Monks  were  the  following  MSS.  volumes  at  the  Reformation,  viz. 


Is  A  COG  E  Joannicii. 
L I B  E  L  L  u  s  Galeni  ad  Mtecenatem. 
Hiponosticon  Laurent ii Danelmenfis  carmine de  <ve 
teri  et  nc-vo  Tefiamenlo. 


Galenus<&  Morbo  et  Accidenti. 
LlBER  DI    Febribus,  quern  tranjiulit  Con/lantinus 
Monachus  CaJJinetifn  ex  lingua  Arabic  a. 

COMMENTARII  CjESARIS." 

•  lid.  Colleftan.  iv.  1 57, 

Notwithstanding 


B 


H. 


67 


Notwithstanding  there  were  fix  Bilhops  interred  within  this  church  ante- 
cedent to  Bifhop  Montague,  viz.  John  de  Villula,  1122;  Godfrey,  11351 
Robert,  1 1 65;  Reginald  Fitz-Joceline,  1191;  Savaricus,  1205;  and  Roger, 
1247;1  befides  feveral  Priors  of  Bath  and  Dunftcr,  and  many  diftinguifhed 
perfonages  of  old;  yet  there  now  remains  no  trace  of  any  ancient  monument 
wliatever."  Doubtlefs  in  that  long  tract  of  time  wherein  the  church  lay  un- 
roofed and  totally  neglected,  many  of  the  old  memorials  periflied,  and  others 
were  probably  defaced  by  the  fall  of  parts  of  the  fabrick,  when  it  was  ftript 
of  all  its  valuables  for  fale.  It  is  now  filled  from  one  end  to  the  other  with 
modern  monuments  of  all  fhapes,  materials,  and  dimenfions,  charged  with 
ornaments  of  various  kinds,  and  inferiptions  to  families  of  almoft  every 
county  in  the  kingdom,  befides  many  to  foreigners  whom  the  fame  of  the 
waters  had  invited  to  this  city,  and  who,  here  finiihing  their  earthly  courfe, 
chofe  to  have  their  bodies  reft  in  this  mifcellaneous  apotheca  of  mortality. 

Alphabetical  Lift  of  Monumental  Inferiptions  in  the  Abbey-Church  at  Bath. 


A.D. 

AHMUTY  Alice  Fridefwide 
Bath  17  90 
Alchorn  Rev.  Edward  1652 

Alleyne  Hannah  Sarbadoes  1762 

Afty  Elizabeth  Hertfordftnre  1736 

Aubery  Rev.  Edmund  Wells   1757 

Avery  William  London  1745 

Baker  Rev.  William,  D.  D.  Bifhop 


of  Bangor  and  Norwich 


Sir  William,  knt. 

London 

Ball  Thomas 

Bath 

Mary 

Barkley  Andrew 

Barnes  Bartholomew 

London 

Hefter 

Bath 

Bathoe  Elizabeth 

Bath 

William 

Bave  Samuel,  M.  D. 

Bath 

Francis 

Bath 

Rebecca 

Bath 

1732 
1770 
1786 

1787 
1790 

1607 

1659 
1788 
1780 
1668 

1733 


A.D. 
Lady    Mary 

Norfolk  1767 

Suffex  1577 

Bath  1728 

1752 

Blanchard  James  Somerfetjhire  1690 

Boothby  Sir  William,  bart.  1787 

Bofanquet  Jacob  London  1767 

Bollock  Richard,  M.  D.  Shropjhire  1747 


Bedingfield    Hon. 

Belingham  John 
Billings  Frances 
John 


Boyd  Mary 

1762 

Bramfton  Diana 

EJfex 

1725 

Brett  John  Morton,  M. 

D. 

1769 

Brocas  Thomas 

Hampjhire 

1750 

1  Mary 

1775 

Brown  Nicholas 

Northumberland 

1762 

Browne  James 

Ireland 

1788 

Buck  Lady  Anne 

1764 

Buller  Edward 

Cornwall 

1791 

Bufby  Anne 

Oxford 

1751 

Bufhell  Hefter 

Bath 

1671 

Bufhell  Tobias 

1664 

BeauvoirRev.Ofmund,D.D.Z.<wdo«i789 

'  Leland  tells  us,  that  he  faw  in  this  church  a  fair  great  marble  tomb  of  a  Bifhop  of  Bath,  out  6f  which  they 
faid  that  oil  did  diftil ;  '  and  likely  (fays  he)  for  his  body  was  baumid  plentifully.'    I/in.  ii.  63. 

k  Several  ftone  coffins  have  been  difcovered  in  different  pn-'sof  the  flructurc  ;  and  in  one  taken  from  under- 
neath the  flooring  of  the  north  tranfept  was  found  a  curious  cualice,  with  fome  leather  foles  of  fcoes,  and  other 
habiliments. 

/  2  Callis 


♦ 


68 


B 


H. 


A.D. 

Callis  Admiral  Smith  176 1 

Camplin  Rev.  Thomas,  LL.D. 

Somerfetjhire  1780 


Canning  Letitia 
Cazalet  Peter 
Chapman  Frances 


George 

Peter 

Richard 

Rev.  Robert 

Robert 

Sufanna 

Walter 

William 

William 

William 

William 


Walcot 


Child  William 
Churchill   Charles, 


Ireland  1786 
1788 
Bath  1709 
1644 
1602 
1572 
1728 
1672 
1672 
1729 
1586 
1627 
1657 
1711 
1675 


Clavering  Elizabeth 


Bath 

Governor  of 

Plymouth 

Durham 


1745 
176J 


London 
Bath 


Clements  William 
Clootwick  Jane 
Cornilh  Sufanna 
Coward  Leonard 
■■        —  Elizabeth 
Cowper  Rebecca 
Croft  Sarah 
Crowle  David 
Culliford  Robert 
Cunliffe  Margaret 
Currer  Sarah 

Darell  John 

■    ■  Catherine 
Dixon  Abraham 

Alice 

Draper  Sir  William,  K.  B. 
Dunce  Samuel  London 

Duncombe  John 
Durell  John,  advocate-general  of 

Jefe 

Elletfon  Roger  Hope,  governor  of 

Jamaica  1775 


1786 
1750 

1764 

1764 

Hertford/hire  1762 

London  1690 

Tork  1757 

Dorfetjhire  16 16 

Lancajhire  1759 

Tork  1759 

Surrey   1768 

1774 
Northumberland  1746 

J753 
1787 

1736 

1747 

J739 


Ellis  Rev.  John,  LL.B.  Merionethjh. 


A.D. 


Enys  Dorothy  > 

Maria    \ 

Ernele  Walter 


1785 

Cornwall  1784 

Wilts  16 18 


Fenwick  Jane         Northumberland  1769 

1768 

Efex  17 13 

1768 

1774 

Bath  1733 

1732 

1745 
1749 
1743 
Bath  1783 
Dorfit  1698 
1674 


Fielding  Sarah 
Finch  Anne 
Flood  Luke 

Anne 

Ford  Richard 

Eleanor 

Frances 

Mary 

Prifcilla 

Fowell  Richard  Bridgen 
Frampton  Mary 
Frowde  Sir  Philip,  knt. 


Gambier  Vice-Admiral  James 


Tork 


Oxford/hire 

London 

Aberdeen 

Scotland 


Gee  Roger 

Gethin  Lady  Grace 

Godfrey  Charles 

Goodfellow  Charles 

Gordon  George 

Gathea  Harriot 

Grant  Duncan 

Grenville  Hon.  Henry 

Grefley  Sir  Nigel,  bart.  Staffordjhire 

Grieve  James  Tamefz        Mo/cow 

Grieve  Elizabeth 

Grieye  Elizabeth    Northumberland 

Griffith  Rev.  Guyon,  D.D. 

Frances 


London 

Carmarthen/hire 

Dorfetjhire 


Gunfon  Richard 
Gwyn  Elizabeth 
Gyare  Elizabeth 
Mary 

Heath  William  Bath 

Henfhaw  Jonathan  ditto 

Hickes  Rev.  Robert  Adams  Wilts 
Hobart  Dorothy  Norfolk 

Houfton  Sir  Patrick 


1789 
1778 
1697 
1714 
1728 

*779 
1788 

1788 
1784 
1787 
1787 

1758 
1752 

1784 
1786 
1762 
1756 
1688 

I  7  H: 

1707 
1764 

1788 

1722 

1785 

Howfe 


B 


A.D. 


Howfe  Elizabeth                    Bath  1787 

Hudfon  Henry       Northumberland  1789 

Hughes  Admiral  Robert  1774 

Hutchinfon  Edmund              Bath  1791 

James  Rev.  Charles,  D.D.  Glouc.  1695 
Jephfon  Serjeant  William  1772 
Jernegan  Sir  John,  bart.  Norfolk  1737 
Jefup  Edward  Efex  1770 
Jones  Loftus  Ireland  178a 
I  (ham  Sufanna  Cumberland  1726 
Ivy  Sir  George,  knt.  Wilts  1639 
Lady  Sufanna 


H. 


Kelly  Elizabeth 
Kingfton  Anthony 


Ireland  1761 
Bath 


Jamaica 


Lamb  John 

Legh  Calveley,  M.  D. 

Leigh  Michael  Ireland 

Leman  Dorothy  Somerjetjhire 

Leyborne  Rev.  Robert,  D.D. 

Rebecca1 


1772 
1727 


1709 

1759 

1756 

Lincoln  1725 

Flint/hire  1728 

Cumberland  1764 

ditto  1744 


Lifter  Martha 
Lloyd  Evan 
Lowther  Catherine 

Lychefield  Thomas  7 

J. Margaret  \  tm*'  EU*>RW»' 

C.  M.  176$ 

Maden  Colonel  Martin  1756 

Maplet  John,  M.  D.  1670 

— —  Anne  1670 

Martyn  Thomas  Devonjhire  1627 

Mafham  Lady  Damaris  EJfex  1708 


69 


A.D. 

Mafon  Robert  Kent  1664 

Matthews  Anne  Staffordjhirt  174a 

Mereilyth  Colonel  Henry    Ireland  j  7 1  5 
Miglioruccio  Jacobo    Antonio 

Florence  1704 
Miller  Lady  Bath-Eajlon  1781 

Moffat  Elizabeth  London  1791 

Molyneux  Diana  Nottingham  1750 

Montague   Rev.   James,   D.D. 

Bifhop  of  Bath  and  Wells,  and 

Winchefter 


Morris  Thomas 
Morrifon  Elizabeth 
Moutray  John 

Nagle  Mary 


1618 
London  1763 

1738 
Scotland  1785 

Ireland  1784 


Nichols  Maria      Northampton/hire  161 4 
Norton  Colonel  Ambrofe  Somerfet  1723 

Ogle  John  Northumberland  1738 

Oliver  William,  M.  D.     Cornwall  1  7  j  6 

Parker  John  Lancajhire  1768 

Pearce  John  &?/£  ,672 

William 

Dorothy 

Pedder  James  Jamaica 

Pellings  Rev.  John,  S.T.B. 

Pennington  Hon.  Lady  Cumberland  1 738 

Phelips  Robert  Lancajhire  1707 

Philips  Sir  Erafmus,  bart. 

Pierce  Elizabeth 

Pipon  Thomas  7^7^ 

Poole  Serjeant  David 

Porter  Catherine  Surrey 


1671 
1691 

1620 


1743 
1671 

1735 

1762 

1779 


Price  Elevedale  Denbigh/hire  1764 


'  Her  monument  is  againft  a  fouth  pillar  of  the  nave,  and  is  infcribed  with  the  following  extraordinary  panegy rick : 

"  In  memory  of  Rebecca  Leyborne,  interred  at  the  foot  of  this  pillar.  Born  June  the  4th,  1698.  Deceafed 
February  18th,  1756.  A  wife  more  than  twenty-three  years  to  Robert  Leyborne,  D.  D.  (reclor  of  the  churches 
of  St.  Dunftan,  Stepney,  and  of  St.  Ann's,  Middlefex,  near  London,  and  principal  of  Alban-hall  in  Oxford,) 
who  never  once  faw  her  ruffled  with  anger,  nor  heard  her  utter  even  a  peevilh  word  ;  whether  pain'd  or  injur'd, 
the  fame  good  woman,  in  whole  mouth,  as  in  whofe  character,  was  no  contradiction  :  refign'd,  gentle,  courteous, 
affable  ;  without  paffion ^though  not  without  fenfe :  She  took  offence  as  little  as  fhe  gave  it ;  (he  never  was,  or 
made  an  enemy:  To  fervants,  mild;  to  relations,  kind;  to  the  poor,  a  friend;  to  the  ftranger,  hofpitable: 
always  caring  how  to  pleafe  her  hufband,  yet  not  lefs  attentive  to  the  one  thing  needful.  How  few  will  be  able 
to  equal, -what all  mould  endeavour  to  imitate  '." 

Pringle. 


7° 


B 


A 


H. 


Pringle  Margaret 
Pyper  Granville 

Quin  James 

Reeve  Mary 
Rice  Griffith 
Robinfon  Luke 
Roebuck  John 
Roffey  James 

Rebecca 

Rowe  Elizabeth 
Roycroft  Samuel 

Sanderfon  Colonel  Robert 
Saunders  Rev.  Erafmus,  D.  D 


A.D. 

Scotland  172 
Cornwall 


London 

Carmarthenjhire 

York 

ditto 

ditto 

Somerfetjhire 
Bath 


Scarfe  Elizabeth  Cornwall 

Schutz  Elizabeth 
Shadwell  John,  M.  D. 
Sherwood  John,  M.  D. 

— - Henry 

Maria 

Simpfon  Jofeph 

— Mary 

Southoufe  Henry  London 

• Thomas 

Sowerby  Ralph     Northumberland 
Stacey  Richard  Weftminfler 

Stapylton  John  York 

Stewart  Brigadier-general  William  1736 
Stibbs  John  Bath  1708 

John 

Captain  Bartholomew 

Edward 

Bath 

Nottingham/hire 
Bath 
John,    bart. 

Northumberland  1744 


1717 
1766 

1664 
1729 
1776 
1767 
1769 

1765 
1779 
1790 
1724 

*775 
1747 
17.65 
1747 
1620 
1620 
1612 

*755 

1755 
1720 

1716 

1765 
1714 

1750 


Stonor  Lucy 
Sutton  Robert 
Swanton  Jane 
Swinburne  Sir 


i732 
^735 

J739 

1782 

1775 
1697 


A.D. 
Taylor  John  London  171 1 

Temple  Sir  Richard,  bart.  1786 

Thompfon  Lucy  Shrcpjhire  1765 


Bucks 


Throckmorton  George 

Mary 

Robert 

Anne 

Francis 
Townfend   Rev.  Edward,    D.  D. 
Dean  of  Norwich 
Tryme  Anne  Somerjetjhir  e  169T 

' Eleanor  1695 

Turnor  John  Lincoln/hire  1 719 

Venner  Tobias,  M.  D.  Bath  1660 


1762 

1763 

1779 

1783 

1788 

1765 


York 

Wefiminjler 
Middle/ex 


Worcefier  1776 


Bath 


Northumberland 

York 

Gloucejlerjhire 


Wade  Thomas 
Wahup  Margaret 
Waldo  Elizabeth 
Wall  John,  M.  D. 
Waller  Lady  Jane 
Wallyjohn 
Walfh  Robert 
Ward  Edward 
Watts  Robert 
Webb  John 
— —  Hon.  Elizabeth 

Mary 

Wentworth  Hon.  Lady 
Wharton  William 
Wiltfhire  Anne 
Winkley  Elizabeth 
Woolmer  Edward 

—  Sufanna 

Wylde  Anne 

Elizabeth 

Wy  vil  Sir  Marmaduke  Afty,  bart.' 

York 


1790 
1718 
^63 


1615 

1788 

1777 

1739 

1745 
1772 

York/hire  1786 

York  1706 

St.  Kitts  1782 

1747 

Lancajhire  1756 

Bath  1721 

1752 

Worcefter  1784 

1791 


1774 


There  were  in  ancient  times  feveral  chantries  inftituted  in  this  church,  as, 
i.  St.  Catherines  Chantry.  3.  Botreauxs  Chantry. 

2.  St.  Andrew's  Chantry.  4.  La  Commune  Chanterie. 

On  two  tables  are  recited  the  following  benefaBions  to  this  parifh. 
«*  1608.     The  Right  Rev.  Doctor  James  Montague,  bifhop  of  this  diocefe, 
gave  1  oool.  towards  covering  the  roof  of  this  church,  <(    ,  ,   M 


BAT  H.  n  i 

«  1646.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Chapman  of  this  city  gave  one  filvcr  flagon  for 
the  ufe  of  the  facrament  in  this  church  for  ever. 

"  1654.  Sir  William  Waller,  Lady  Booth,  and  Mr.  Edward  Sturidge,  gave 
300I.  which  fum  is  in  the  chamber  of  this  city,  the  intereft  at  15I.  per 
annum,  paid  by  the  chamber,  for  the  ufe  of  this  church  for  ever. 

"  Mr.  Theodore  Wakeman,  town-clerk  of  this  city,  gave  one  filvcr  flagon 
for  the  ufe  of  the  facrament  in  this  church  for  ever. 

"  1683.  Mrs.  Mary  Joyce,  widow,  gave  one  filver  falver  for  the  ufe  of 
the  facrament  in  this  church  for  ever. 

"  1683.  Mr.  Richard  Pitcher,  alderman  of  this  city,  gave  a  field  in  the 
parifh  of  Widcombe,  the  profits  of  it  for  the  ufe  of  the  church  for  ever. 

<c  1701.  Mrs.  Mary  Chapman,  Mrs.  Mary  Eaft,  Mr.  Henry  Woolmer, 
all  of  this  city,  gave  the  three  brafs  branches  in  this  church. 

"  1725.  The  Hon.  George  Wade,  efqj  one  of  the  reprelentatives  in  par- 
liament for  this  city,  gave  the  marble  altar-piece  to  the  church. 

,c  1746.  Mr.  George  Webb  gave  one  filver  falver  for  the  ufe  of  the  fa- 
crament in  this  church. 

"  1784.  Mr.  Daniel  Morris,  apothecary  of  this  city,  gave  two  filver 
falvers,  one  filver  cup  and  cover,  and  a  filver  pint. 

"  Mr.  Power  gave  40s.  per  annum  for  ever  to  the  poor  of  this  city,  to  be 
paid  out  of  his  houfe  in  the  Market-place,  now  in  poffeffion  of  Mrs.  Ann 
Taylor,  widow. 

"  1743.  To  be  diftributed  at  the  difcretion  of  the  Mayor  and  Juftices 
for  the  time  being,  Mr.  Atwood  left  52s.  per  annum  to  the  poor  of  this 
city  for  ever,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  chamber,  to  be  given  in  bread  one  mil- 
ling every  Sunday. 

"  Mr.  Clement  and  others  left  61.  5s.  per  annum  for  ever,  to  be  paid  out 
of  the  chamber,  to  be  given  in  bread  to  the  families  of  poor  freemen  of  this 
city  on  the  Fridays  in  Lent. 

"  1677.  Mr.  Walter  Pelling,  apothecary  of  London,  gave  a  tenement 
and  14  acres  of  land  in  the  parifh  of  Hunfden,  in  the  county  of  Hertford, 
for  the  poor  of  this  city  and  the  town  of  Trowbridge  for  ever:  the  yearly 
income,  being  divided  into  two  equal  parts,  is  to  be  diftributed  by  their  re- 
fpeftive  minillers  and  churchwardens. 

"  1769.     Mr.  James  Roffey  left  100I.  the  intereft  of  it  to  be  given  in 

bread  every  Chriftmas  to  the  poor  of  this  parifh." 

The 


72 


BATH. 


The  feveral  parifhes  into  which  the  precincls  of  the  ancient  city  are 
divided,  now  conftitute  one  fole  re&ory,  within  the  archdeaconiy  and 
deanery  of  Bath,  whereof  the  corporation  are  patrons,  and  the  Rev.  James 
Phillott,  D.D.  is  the  prefent  incumbent.  The  parfonage-houfe,  a  modern 
handfome  ftru£lure,  ftands  near  the  Borough-walls,  on  the  north  fide  of  the 
city,  between  the  Blue-coat  School  and  the  General  Hofpital.  The  arch- 
deaconry of  Bath  was  ere&ed  A.D.  1106,  and  was  rated  in  1192  at  iol.n 
The  firft  archdeacon  was  one  of  the  name  of  Gilbert  ;  the  prefent  is  the 
^  Rev.  Edmund  Lovell,  LL.D. 

The  parifh  of  St.  James  comprehends  that  part  of  the  city  which  lies 
between  the  limits  of  the  parifh  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul  on  the  north,  and 
the  river  Avon  on  the  fouth  and  fouthweft.  The  parifh  church  is  fituated 
a  little -eaftward  from  the  fite  of  the  old  South  Gate;  the  original  ftru&ure 
was  ancient  and  curious,  confifting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  north  aile,  with 
an  embattled  tower  at  the  weft  end.  In  the  belfry  was  depofited  the  muti- 
lated effigy  of  one  of  the  priors  of  Bath,  neatly  cut  in  ftone.  This  church, 
on  account  of  its  decay  as  well  as  fmallnefs,  was  partly  taken  down  in  1 71 6, 
and  an  additional  aile  and  tower  were  ere&ed;  and  in  1 768  the  body  of  the 
church  was  rebuilt  by  a  voluntary  fubfcription.  It  is  fixty-one  feet  in  length, 
and  fifty-eight  in  breadth,  and  is  fupported  by  four  columns  of  the  Ionick 
order.  The  altar  is  inclofed  within  a  large  femicircular  niche,  in  the  front 
of  which  is  a  painting  of  the  Laft  Supper.  The  tower  ftands  at  the 
weft  end,  and  contains  eight  mufical  bells.  There  is  no  monument  in  this 
church;  underneath  it  is  a  large  fepulchral  vault,  but  the  general  parifh. 
burial-ground  is  in  the  avenue  leading  to  St.  James's-Parade,  at  the  diftance 
of  two  "hundred  yards  towards  the  north  weft  of  the  parifh  church. 

The  parifh  of  St.  Michael,  otherwife  called  St.  Michael  extra  Muros,  or 
without  the  walls,  comprifes  a  fhort  fpace  between  the  northern  limits  of 
the  old  city,  and  the  foot  of  Lanfdown-hill.  The  parifh  church,  as  it  flood 
in  the  year  1663,  was  a  fmall  venerable  ftru6lure  of  one  pace  or  aile,  with  a 
chancel  on  the  eaft,  and  a  lofty  quadrangular  tower  at  the  weft  end,  and  on 
the  fouth  fide  of  the  nave  were  two  chantries  or  chapels  of  very  ancient 
workmanfhip.  In  the  year  1734,  the  walls  of  this  church,  then  become 
ruinous,  were  removed,  and  the  prefent  one  finifhed  in  1 742,  partly  by  a 
rate  on  the  parifhioners,  and  partly  by  a  general  voluntary  fubfcription.  It 
is  of  the  Dorick  order,  with  a  neat  dome;  its  length  is  fixty- three  feet,  its 
breadth  thirty-lev  en.     In  a  tower  on  the  north  weft  fide  are  eight  bells. 

*  Taxat.  Spiritual. 

Near 


BATH.  73 

Near  the  old  church  of  St.  Michael  formerly  flood  two  conduits  or  rcfer- 
voirs  of  water,  called  St.  Michael's  Conduit,  and  Carnivell.  The  firft  of  thcie 
was  placed  juft  before  the  fouth  front  of  the  church,  and  was  a  handfome 
lofty  flru£lure,  compofed  of  four  Ionick  pilaflers,  Handing  upon  a  pedeflal, 
the  entablature  of  which  was  Surmounted  by  five  fteps,  and  above  them  a 
fmaller  pedeftal  with  a  double  plinth  crowned  with  an  ornament  in  the 
fhapc  of  an  hour-glafi.  Carnwell,  the  other  conduit,  flood  in  Walcot- 
flreet,  at  the  north  end  of  the  church,  within  an  alcove,  furmounted  by  a 
lofty  turret  of  neat  Gothick  workmanfhip. 

The  parifh  of  Walcot,  anciently  called  Fealbcore,  Waldefcote,  and  Wale- 
cote,  comprehends  all  thofe  parts  of  the  city,  which  lie  on  the  north,  north- 
eaft  and  northweft  fides  of  the  pari  ill  of  St.  Michael,  and  extends  itfelf  to 
the  confines  of  Wefton  on  the  weft,  including  the  Circus,  Crefcent,  and  all 
the  other  new  buildings  on  the  acclivities  of  Lanfdown  and  Beacon  hills. 
This  pari  lb,  although  now  (the  greater  part)  condenfed  within  the  liberties 
of  the  city,  was  in  ancient  times  utterly  diflincl:  from  it,  and  as  to  its  ma- 
nerial  and  many  other  properties  remains  fo  ftill.  There  were  many  lands 
within  it  which  belonged  to  the  monaftery  of  Bath,  from  before  the  Nor- 
man Conqueft  (at  which  period  no  mention  is  made  of  its  name)  to  its  final 
diiiblution ;  and  the  monks  had  a  grange,  or  praedial  manfion,  on  the  fide 
of  the  Parade,  which  now  bears  the  parochial  name.  The  manor  was  the 
property  of  the  late  Rev.  Sir  Peter  Rivers  Gay,  bait,  to  whom  it  was  de- 
vifed  by  Sir  Benet  Garrard,  of  Lamer  in  the  county  of  Hertford,  bait,  who 
poflcHed  it  by  virtue  of  the  will  of  Margaret  Garrard,  of  Hatton-garden 
in  the  county  of  Middlefex,  widow  of  Thomas  Garrard,  of  the  Inner  Temple 
in  London,  efij. 

The  living  of  Walcot  was  in  1 292  valued  at  nine  marks  and  a  half,  the 
infirmarer  of  Bath  having  then  a  penfion  of  half  a  mark  out  of  it.h  It  is  a 
rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Bath;  the  patronage  is  veiled  in  the  lord  of  the 
manor,  and  the  Rev.  John  Sibley  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Swithin,  or  Swithun,  bifhop  of 
Winchefter,  and  inflruclor  to  King  Ethelwolf,  flands  on  the  flope  of  the 
northeaft  bafe  of  Lanfdown,  and  at  the  divifion  of  the  FofTe  and  the  vicinal 
way  to  Wefton.  It  has  been,  like  the  other  churches  in  Bath,  rebuilt  at 
different  periods.  The  prefent  church  was  erected  in  the  year  1780,  in  the 
modern  fafhionable  ilyle  of  religious  edifices,  and  has  at  its  weft  end  a  fmalL 
tower,  furmounted  bv  a  neat  fpire,  and  containing  a  clock  and  three  bells. 

»  Taut.  Spiritual. 

Vol.  I.  k  At 


74  BATH. 

At  the  fouthweft  corner  of  Queen-fquare  Hands  a  neat  chapel,  dedicated 
to  the  bleffed  Virgin  Mary.  This  fabrick  had  its  foundation  in  1734,  by  a 
fubfcription  of  divers  gentlemen,  in  whofe  reprefentatives  the  property  thereof 
is  now  veiled.  Its  internal  parts  are  of  the  Ionick  order,  the  external  Do- 
rick,  and  open  towards  the  Square  by  a  handfome  portico. 

On  the  eafl  fide  of  Milfom-ftreet  is  the  OSlagon  Chapel,  a  light  neat  build- 
ing, fmifhed  in  the  year  1767.  Here  is  a  fine  altar-piece,,  reprefenting  the 
Pool  of  Bethefda,  in  the  lively  colours  of  Mr.  Hoare.  This  chapel  is  the 
fole  property  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Gabriel,  by  whom  it  was  purchased  of  the 
executors  of  the  late  William  Street,  efq. 

Margaret  Chapel.,  fituated  in  Margaret-buildings,  on  the  north  fide  of 
Brock-ftreet,  was  built  in  the  year  1773.  It  is  a  neat  Gothick  ftruclure, 
feventy  feet  in  length,  and  fixty  in  breadth;  the  altar  ftands  within  a  recefs, 
and  has  over  it  a  painting  of  the  Wife  Men's  Offering,  by  Mr.  Williams. 
The  minifter  of  this  chapel  is  the  Rev.  Dr.  Griffith. 

The  chapel  under  Lanfdown-place  is  a  Gothick  edifice  in  a  very  neat 
tafty  ftile,  embellifhed  with  turrets  and  niches ;  and  at  the  weft  end  is  a 
fmall  tower  fmifhed  in  the  fame  manner. 

A  chapel  is  building  by  fubfcription  at  Lower  Eaft-Hayes,  in  the  parifh 
of  Walcot;  and  another  is  intended  on  a  tontine  in  Henrietta-ftreet. 

The  diffenting  chapels  or  meeting-houfes  are,  Lady  Huntingdon?,  in  Harle- 
quin-Row ;  Mr.  ^/Z?/s,  inNewKing-ftreetj  Mr.  Whitfield's,  in  St.  James's- 
paffage;  Baptifis,  in  Garrard-ftreet;  Quakers,  in  Marchant's-court,  High- 
ftreet;  Independents,  in  Argyle-buildings;  Moravians,  in  Monmouth-flreet ; 
Roman  Catholicks,  in  Corn-ftreet;  and  Unitarian,  in  Frog-lane,  Burton-ftreet. 

The  city  of  Bath  has  produced  feveral  eminent  perfons  in  their  different 
callings.1  The  memorable  John  Hales,  who  was  for  his  learning  ftiled  the 
walking  library,  was  born  in  the  parifh  of  St.  James  in  the  year  1584,  and 
was  educated  in  the  city  grammar-fchool.  At  the  age  of  thirteen  he  was 
fent  to  Corpus-Chrifti  college  in  Oxford,  and  in  1605,  by  the  intereft  of 
Sir  Henry  Savile,  who  became  the  patron  of  his  rifing  learning,  he  was 
elected  fellow  of  Merton  College  in  that  univerfity.  In  16 12,  he  was 
appointed  Greek  profeffor,  and  the  following  year  was  cholen  to  make  the 
funeral  oration  of  Sir  Thomas  Bodley,  founder  of  the  Bodleian  Library. 

''  Gildas,  furnamed  Badonhus,  was  not,  as  it  has  been  generally  aflerted,  a  native  of  Bath,  but  of  Wales,  and 
had  the  cognomen  which  gave  rife  to  the  former  opinion  from  his  being  born  in  the  year  wherein  the  great  battle 
of  Bajdon-Hill  was  fought  between  the  Britons  and  the  Saxons. 

The 


rB  A  T  IT.  7S 

The  fame  year  he  was  alfo  admitted  fellow  of  the  college  of  Eaton.  In 
i6j8  he  accompanied  Sir  Dudley  Carlton,  King  James  the  Firft's  ambafla- 
dor  to  the  Hague,  in  the  capacity  of  chaplain,  by  which  means  he  found 
admiflion  to  the  famous  Synod  of  Dort,  to  which  deputies  were  convcr  1 
from  all  the  reformed  churches  throughout  Europe,  to  take  into  confut- 
ation and  to  adjuft  the  difceptations  of  the  doctrines  of  Luther,  Calvin,  and 
Arminius.  Of  the  proceedings  of  this  fynod  he  gave  Sir  Dudley  a  parti- 
cular account  in  a  feries  of  letters,  which  arc  printed  among  his  Golden 
Remains.  In  confequence  of  fome  afliftance  which  he  had  rendered  to  Arch- 
bifhop  Laud  in  his  anfvver  to  Fifher  the  jefuit,  he  was  in  1639  promoted 
to  a  canonry  of  Windfor,  which  he  held  with  the  efteem  of  all  good  and 
learned  perfons  till  the  commencement  of  the  great  civil  war,  when  being 
bereaved  of  his  poffeffions,  fick  of  an  uncharitable  world,  and  forefeeing  the 
fubfequent  troubles  of  the  times,  he  retired  from  his  college  at  Eaton  to  a 
final!  obfeure  lodging,  where  he  remained  three  months,  unknown  to  any 
one,  and  fuftained  only  by  a  little  bread  and  beer.  And  when  at  length  he 
was  difcovered  in  this  retreat  by  the  pious  Anthony  Faringdon,  his  parti- 
cular friend  and  fellow-fufFerer,  he  had  only  a  few  fhillings  in  his  pocket, 
which  he  had  faved  out  of  the  fale  of  his  valuable  library/  He  died  foon 
after,  May  19,  1656,  in  the  feventy-fecond  year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried 
in  Eaton-college  church-yard,  tranfmitting  to  future  periods  a  ftrong  rcpre- 
fentation  of  profound  and  polite  learning,  laden  with  the  oppreilions  of  an 
ignominious  age,  and  of  generofity  pinched  with  the  hard  neceflities  of  un- 
folicited  penury. 

In  this  city  alfo  was  born  in  1 707,  Benjamin  Rubins,  an  eminent  mathe- 
matician, and  the  real  compiler  of  Lord  Anfon's  Voyage  round  the  World, 
publifhed  in  1748,  from  the  papers  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Walter,  chaplain 
of  the  Centurion.  He  died  in  the  fervice  of  the  Eaft-India  Company, 
July  29,   1751.' 

Perhaps  no  perfon  ever  made  fo  much  noife  in  this  city  as  that  celebrated 
director  of  its  ceremonies,  Richard  NaJJj,  efq;  otherwife  called  Beau  Najh. 
He  was  born  at  Swanfea  in  Glamorganshire  in  the  year  1674,  and  had  his 
education  at  the  grammar- fchool  in  Carmarthen.  He  was  thence  fent  to 
Jefus  College  in  Oxford,  with  a  view  of  his  ftudying  the  law,  but  poffefs- 
ing  too  great  a  fpirit  of  gaiety  and  difiipation,  he  made  a  rapid  retreat  from 
that  feminary  of  learning,  and  entered  into  the  army,  which  he  deemed 
a  more  aufpicious  line  to  difplay  his  gallantry  to  advantage.     But  being 

*  Biog.  Didt.  vi.  405.  '  Ibid.  xi.  108. 

k  2  fooa 


76  BATH. 

foon  alio  difgufted  with  this  mode  of  life,  he  gave  up  his  commission, 
and  became  a  student  in  the  Middle-Temple,  where,  by  the  vivacity  of 
his  manners,  the  eafe  of  his  addrefs,  and  the  brilliancy  of  his  converfa- 
tion,  he  procured  a  numerous  train  of  the  moft  fafhionable  acquaintance. 
The  publick  opinion  of  his  elegance  and  tafte  was  fo  great,  that  when  King 
William  came  to  the  throne,  he  was  appointed  to  fuperintend  a  pageant 
entertainment  for  that  Monarch,  who  was  fo  well  pleafed  with  the  manner 
in  which  he  acquitted  himfelf  of  his  office,  that  he  offered  him  the  honour 
of  knighthood.  His  finances  running  low,  and  having  experienced  feveral 
considerable  diminutions  at  the  gaming-table,  by  which  he  was  princi- 
pally fupported,  he  in  1704  paid  a  vifit  to  Bath,  and  no  fooner  arrived  than 
he  was  chofen  to  fucceed  Captain  Webster  as  mafter  of  the  ceremonies,  in 
which  he  exercifed  his  abilities  to  univerfal  fatisfaction,  and  by  the  adroit- 
nefs  of  his  regulations  he  improved  every  publick  amufement  of  the  city. 
He  likewife  bore  an  active  part  in  establishing  the  General  Hofpital,  and  it 
was  by  his  directions  that  the  Old  Aflembly-rooms,  the  Theatre,  and  feveral 
other  publick  places,  were  eftabliihed;  fo  that  hemay  befet  down  as  one  of 
the  moft  considerable  benefactors  to  the  city.  In  his  perfon  Naffi  had  a  re- 
markable appearance;  being  large,  clumfy,  and  of  an  awkward  make,  his 
features  harfh,  and  irregularly  difpofed ;  his  drefs  alfo  was  singular,  he  wore 
a  white  hat,  with  a  broad  brim,  furioufly  cocked  up;  and  his  clothes  were 
profufely  covered  with  tawdry  lace.  He  travelled  in  a  chariot  drawn  by  fix 
grey  horfes,  with  a  number  of  attendants  on  horfeback  and  foot,  carrying 
French  horns  and  other  inftruments  of  mufick.  In  his  manners  he  was 
lively,  affable  and  polite,  pofleffed  a  ready  flow  of  wit,  and  never  miffed  an 
opportunity  of  difplaying  it;  but  his  greatest  merit  centered  in  the  genero- 
sity and  opennefs  of  his  heart,  which  directed  his  hand  to  unbounded  a£ts 
of  charity;  he  frequently  diltreffed  himfelf  to  alleviate  the  miferies  of  others. 
He  died  at  his  houfe  in  St.  John's-court,  Feb.  3,  1761,  and  was  interred 
in  the  Abbey-church,  where  a  neat  monument  has  lately  been  erected  in 
the  fouth  aile  of  the  nave,  with  the  following  infcription  to  his  memory. 

**-  Adefte,  6  cives,  adefte  lugentes ! 

Hie  silent  leges 

Ricardi  Nash,  armig. 

Nihil  amplius  imperantis 

Qui  diu  et  utiliffime 

Aflumprus  Bathoniae 

Elegantise  arbiter,  t 

Eheu 


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H. 


77 


Ehcu 

Morti  (ultimo  dcfignatori) 

hand  indecori  fuccubuit 

Ann.  Dom.  1761.     JFx.  (ux  87. 

Beatus  ille,  qui  fibi  impcriofus! 

If  focial  virtues  make  remembrance  dear 

Or  manners  pure  on  decent  rule  depend, 
To  his  remains  confign  one  grateful  tear, 

Of  youth  the  guardian,  and  of  all  the  friend. 
Now  deeps  dominion ;  here  no  bounty  flows ; 

Nor  more  avails  the  feftive  fcene  to  grace ; 
Beneath  that  hand  which  no  difcernment  fliews, 

Untaught  to  honour,  or  diftinguifh  place."  H.  H. 

I  fhall  now  produce  another  character,  with  which  it  is  requifite  that  the 
reader  of  this  Provincial  Effay  fhould  be  properly  acquainted. 

Mr.  Edtnund  Rack"  was  born  at  Attleborough  in  the  county  of  Norfolk. 
He  was  educated  in  the  religion  of  his  parents,  Edmund  and  Elizabeth 
Rack,  who  were  both  Quakers.  We  are  informed  that  his  father,  a  labour- 
ing weaver,  was  a  man  of  an  excellent  character;  and  that  his  mother  was 
well-known  for  her  preaching,  and  highly  efteemed  among  her  own  feet. 
Thus  humble  in  his  parentage,  he  had  little  opportunities  of  inftruction 
at  that  early  feafon  when  the  mind  is  bell:  difpofed  for  receiving  it.  The 
knowledge  of  arithmetick  was  Mr.  Rack's  higheft  attainment,  when  he  was 
removed  to  Wymondham,  as  an  apprentice  to  a  general  (hopkeeperj  and 
though  poflefiing  talents  that  difdained  the  drudgery  of  his  occupation,  he 
was  never  heard  to  repine  at  the  neceffary  labours  attending  it.  An  employ- 
ment of  this  nature  muft  exact  that  mechanical  regularity,  which  (though 
common  abilities  may  fubmit  to  it  without  reluctance)  is,  of  all  things, 
mod  infupportable  to  genius. 

At  the  clofe  of  his  apprenticefhip  he  went  into  EfTex;  and  at  Bardfield 
became  a  fhopman  to  Mifs  Agnes  Smith,  whom  he  married  not  long  after 
his  refidence  in  that  place.  The  fervilities  of  his  ftation  were  now  in  ibme 
meafure  done  away.  Nor  were  his  talents  unobferved;  for  though  his  em- 
ployment was  in  fome  meafure  an  obftacle  to  focial  communication,  he  had 
the  good  fortune  to  introduce  himfelf  to  the  friendihip  of  a  feleft  few,  who 

m  For  this  articlelam  indebted  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Polwhele,  of  Kenton  near  Exeter,  the  ingenioui  t-an- 
flator  of  the  Idyllia  of  Theocritus,  and  author  of  the  Englijb  Orator,  Pi3uresfrom  Xalurf,  Dijiourfet,  Sec.  From 
the  fame  ingenious  pen  the  publick  are  alfo  in  expedition  of  the  Hiftory  of  Dtvinjbirt. 

contributed 


78  BATH. 

contributed  to  cheer  the  gloom  of  his  obfcurity.  Nothing  more  powerfully 
affifts  the  expanfion  of  the  mental  faculties  than  liberal  converfation.  To 
this  Mr.  Rack  added  the  perufal  of  thofe  Engliih  authors  that  form  the 
tafte,  but  add  little  to  the  flores  of  fcience.  Of  the  learned  languages  he 
was  ignorant;  and  though  he  frequently  regretted  his  inferiority  to  thofe 
who  were  proficients  in  claflical  literature,  he  had  never  the  refolution  to 
approach  the  great  originals  of  antiquity.  That  he  had  not  leifure  for  the 
talk,  will  not  eafily  be  admitted,  when  we  confider  how  much  time  he  de- 
voted to  the  compofition  of  eifays,  letters,  and  poems.  In  fuch  exercifes  he 
often  amufed  himfelf;  and,  amidft  all  the  inconveniences  of  his  fituation, 
commenced  author  before  he  arrived  at  the  age  of  thirty.  His  writings, 
indeed,  at  firft,  but  rarely  affected  a  more  dignified  place  than  the  corner  of  a 
newfpaper  or  a  magazine;  yet  his  performances  were  by  no  means  contemp- 
tible; efpecially  thofe  which  appeared  in  the  Monthly  Ledger  and  Monthly 
Mifcellany,  under  the  title  of  Eufebius.  Thefe  publications  were  followed  by 
a  few  controverfial  tracts ;  which  foon,  however,  funk  into  oblivion. 

But  the  period  was  now  approaching,  when  he  was  to  enlarge  his  views, 
and  ftep  forward  as  a  more  refpe6lable  member  of  fociety. 

It  was  about  his  fortieth  year  (1775)  that  he  fettled  at  Bath,  where,  as  a 
man  of  letters,  he  found  himfelf  not  unpleafantly  fituated.  He  had  juft  col- 
lected into  one  view  his  befl  poetical  pieces,  that  had  made  their  appearance 
on  different  occafions  in  periodical  pamphlets.  Thefe,  with  feveral  addi- 
tional poems,  he  printed  in  one  fmall  volume  about  the  time  of  his  arrival 
at  Bath. 

His  next  publication  was  Cafpipinds  Letters,  in  two  fmall  pocket  volumes, 
dated  Bath,  February  28,  1777-  Thefe  letters  were  written  by  the  Rev. 
Jacob  Duche,  a  gentleman  who  refided  fome  time  in  Philadelphia;  but 
Caspipina  is  a  mere  cypher,  as  follows:  «  TAMOC  CASPIPINA:  The 
y^lTiftant  Minifter  of  Chrift's-Church  #nd  St.  Peter's  m  Philadelphia  m 
Aorth-^merica." 

Mr.  Rack  had  not  long  refided  in  Bath,  before  "he  was  introduced  to  fome 
refpectable  perfonages  among  the  literati.  Mrs.  Macaulay,  who  at  that  time 
lived  at  Alfred-houfe  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wilfon,  paid  him  very  particular 
attention ;  and  was  known  to  regard  him  both  as  a  man  of  integrity  and 
abilities.     About  the  fame  time  alfo  he  became  acquainted  with  Lady  Miller » 

In  the  latter  end  of  1777,  he  publifhed  a  fmall  tract  entitled  "  Mentors 
Letters,"  the  fubftance  of  which  he  had  written  about  four  years  before,  for 

a  few 


BATH.  79 

«r;  of  his  younger  acquaintances.  The  advice  of  .Mentor  u  feriousand 
fententious.  It  is  admirably  calculated  for  youth;  as  it  gives  an  expreflive 
outline  of  the  great  duties  they  ought  to  ohfervc,  and  points  out  the  vices 
and  temptations  to  which  they  are  peculiarly  expofed.  He  was  known  alfo 
in  1 777>  as  one  of  the  writers  for  the  Farmer's  Magazine;  the  three  laft 
Volumes  of  which  are  rendered  valuable  by  his  communications  in  agricul- 
ture. But  this  prolifkk  year,  in  which  he  had  {o  fully  difplayed  the  fertility 
of  his  genius,  was  concluded  by  a  fignal  inftance  of  his  publick  fpirit. 
Through  the  vehicles  of  the  Farmer's  Magazine  and  the  Bath  Chronicle,  he 
communicated  to  the  publick  a  fcheme  for  the  inftitution  of  an  Agricultural 
Society,  and  fo  generally  approved  was  his  plan,  that  the  Society  for  the 
four  counties  of  Somerfet,  Wilts,  Gloucefter,  and  Dorfet,  was  inftitutcd  in 
the  beginning  of  the  year  1778,  with  the  promifing  views  of  a  permanent 
eftablifhment.  He  had  the  fatisfaction  to  fee  it  fupported  by  the  continual 
acceflion  of  new  fubferibers ;  whilft  he  received,  as  fecretary  to  the  fociety, 
the  mod  flattering  teftimonies  of  approbation.  He  had  the  pleafure  alfo 
to  feel  himfelf  more  comfortably  fituated  in  regard  to  pecuniary  cir- 
cumftances,  fince  he  was  rewarded  in  fome  meafure  by  a  considerable  falary. 
In  the  mean  time,  he  advanced  his  literary  fame,  by  his  well-written 
papers  in  the  Bath  Society  Books;  a  publication  which  is  ftill  remark- 
able for  its  ingenuity  and  fpirit.  It  was  this  inftitution  that  conferred 
a  greater  celebrity  on  the  name  of  Mr.  Rack,  than  all  his  exertions  in  the 
line  of  polite  literature.  In  the  latter  he  endeavoured  to  be  ufeful;  in  the 
former  he  was  decifively  fo.  The  bare  precepts  of  morality  have  no  very 
confpicuous  influence  on  the  manners  of  mankind;  but  fuch  an  active  infti- 
tution as  we  are  at  prefent  contemplating,  may  produce  beneficial  confe- 
quences  far  beyond  the  point  of  utility  to  which  it  obvioufly  afpires.  It  may 
roufe  the  rural  inhabitant  from  the  fomnolency  of  his  repofe,  and  urge  him  to 
employ  his  time  and  talents  to  advantage  on  a  fubjecT:  which  correfponds  with 
the  notions  he  had  imbibed  from  education,  and  which  is  congenial  with  his 
feelings  and  his  interefts.  It  may  be  more  ferviceable  to  the  caufe  of  moral 
happinefs,  by  precluding  licentioufnefs  or  diflipation,  whilft  it  calls  forth 
ferious  thought,  and  fills  up  the  languid  intervals  of  time,  than  the  whole 
congeries  of  unanimated  inftruclion  that  may  iflue  from  the  pulpit  or  the 
prefs.  In  the  fupport  of  this  excellent  eftablifhment,  the  remaining  part  of 
Mr.  Rack's  life  was  ftrenuoufiy  employed,  nor  were  his  labours  fruitlefs;  for 
to  this  moment  it  flourifhes:  and  may  it  flourifti,  the  unpcriihing  memorial 
of  his  judgment,  his  benevolence,  and  his  induftry! 

He 


I 


1 


8o  BAT  H. 

He  now  often  lamented,  that  he  had  lefs  time  than  ufual  for  cultivating  a 
correfpondence  with  his  friends ;  and  to  fupply  the  want  of  a  communica- 
tion to  which  he  had  been  long  accuftomed,  he  would  frequently  retire  to 
his  clofct,  and  recall  to  memory  the  fentiments  of  his  youth.  «  It  is  but  a 
"  moment  (he  would  often  complain)  which  I  can  now  and  then  refcue 
«  from  unfeeling  bufinefs,  for  this  heart-edifying  amufement!"  In  one  of 
thofe  folitary  moments,  looking  over  fome  old  letters,  where  the  traces  of 
youthful  fenfibility  were  frefh  and  vivid,  he  recollected  the  whole  train  of 
correfpondence,  with  the  regretful  thought  that  it  was  now  probably  inter- 
rupted to  be  refumed  no  more.  It  was  on  this  occafion  that  he  was  ftruck 
forcibly  with  the  idea  of  publifhing  thebeft  letters  in  his  colleftion;  and  he 
accordingly  felefted  from  a  mafs  of  two  hundred  letters  about  fixty,  which 
the  publick  would  probably  have  received  with  complacency  ;  but  through 
the  avocation  of  bufinefs  the  fcheme  was  laid  afide. 

About  this  time  he  was  troubled  with  a  violent  cough,  which  was  fuf- 
peflred  to  be  confumptive.  In  a  letter  dated  May  2,  1778,  he  thus  writes  of 
himfelf :  c  I  feem  to  be  verging  downwards  to  that  valley  which  terminates 
1  in  the  ftiadow  of  death.     Perhaps  I  may  defcend  it  with  unexpeded  celerity; 

•  but  I  am  not  folicitous  about  an  event  which  mull  be  left  to  the  great 

<  Difpofer  of  all  Things,  who  will  certainly  do  what  is  right;  yet  I  fome- 
■  times  think  that  this  hand,  which  now  guides  the  pen  of  friendfliip,  will 

♦  foon  forget  its  cunning,  and  become  the  food  of  reptiles  in  the  grave.' 
On  the  26th  of  the  fame  month,  he  writes  again :  '  I  am,  through  mercy, 
c  much  better  than  when  I  wrote  laft:  indeed  as  well  as  I  can  expect  to  be; 
'  my  conftitution  is  but  feeble,  and  will  never,  I  apprehend,  fully  recover  the 
c  ihock  it  received  from  a  fever  four  years  ago.     I  cannot  bear  to  pay  that 

<  attention  to  ftudy  which  I  have  formerly  done,  without  feeling  the  effects 
«  of  it  for  feveral  days.' 

At  the  end  of  the  year  he  was  afflicted  with  the  yellow  jaundice  to  fuch  a 
degree,  that  he  thought  the  fiher  cord  would  foon  be  broken.  But  the  profpect 
of  dsath  (he  faid)  was  folemn,  though  not  dreadful.  From  this  diforder  he 
was  relieved  for  a  thort  interval;  his  cafe,  however,  was  judged  defperate  by 
the  medical  people  who  attended  him.  In  January  1779,  he  had  a  relapfe, 
that  awhile  interrupted  his  labours  for  the  publick  good.  But  in  this  year 
we  find  him  attempting  to  eitablilh  at  Bath  a  Phihfcphical  Society-,  of  which 
^  he  was  alfo  nominated  the  Secretary.     It  was  a  fcheme  not  calculated,  like 

the  other,  for  people  in  general.  And  the  Philofophical  Society,  if  it  could 
ever  be  faid  to  exiil,  has  certainly  languilhed  from  its  firft  production  to  the 

prefeht 


BATH.  81 

prefcnt  moment. Though  Mr.  Rack  never  perfectly  enjoyed  the  Wettings 

of  health  from  the  period  of  that  fatal  fever  to  which  he  attributed  the  feeble- 
nefs  of  his  conftitution,  yet  his  fpirits  were  generally  ftrong  and  flowing.  It 
is  true,  he  had  his  feafons  of  dejection ;  but,  even  amidft  the  fevereft  illnefs, 
he  pofleiTed  that  Chriftian  resignation  which  is  the  only  remedy  for  the 
afflictions  of  life.  Neverthelefs,  his  ftudious  application  was  greatly  relaxed 
by  fitch  a  feries  of  indifpofition. 

In  1780,  he  teems  to  have  experienced  a  tranfitory  renovation  both  of  his 
mental  and  corporeal  faculties.  The  frequent  journies  he  was  obliged  to 
take  on  the  bufinefs  of  the  fociety,  and  occafions  of  a  private  nature,  might 
have  produced  thefe  flattering  appearances  of  health ;  though  his  difeafe  ftill 
lurked  within,  too  obftinate  to  be  fubdued. 

But,  whilft  his  thoughts  on  leaving  this  world  feemed  to  be  momentarily 
fufpended,  he  was  doomed  to  fufFer  a  lofs  in  his  external  circumftances,  fuffl- 
cient  to  detach  his  affections  from  earthly  things;  he  pofleffed  but  little,  and 
that  little  he  was  deftined  to  lofe.  His  falary,  as  fecretary  to  the  focieties, 
was  now  his  chief  fupport.  This  was  a  fevere  ftroke;  which  he  fuftained, 
however,  with  the  fortitude  of  a  Chriftian,  who  knows  to  chaflife  his  feel- 
ings, rather  than  with  the  apathy  of  a  philofopher  who  prefumptuoufly 
affects  to  extirpate  them. 

He  was  in  a  fhort  time  fufficiently  collected  to  refume  the  interrupted 
labours  of  his  mufe;  and,  as  his  mind  (he  faid)  had  run  fallow  in  refpect  to 
morality,  he  was  determined  to  reexert  its  latent  energies,  though  not  even 
to  the  momentary  remiflion  of  thofe  agricultural  tranfactions  that  required 
his  attention  as  fecretary  to  the  fociety. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  year  1781,  he  publifhed  an  octavo  volume 
of  letters,  effays,  and  poems,  by  fubfeription ; — a  mode  of  publication,  to 
which  his  extenfive  connexions  were  peculiarly  favourable.  Several  of  the 
efTays  had  before  appeared  in  Magazines;  but  the  greater  part  of  them 
are  original. 

The  laft  of  Mr.  Rack's  literary  engagements  was,  a  joint  fhare  in  the 
History  of  the  County  of  Somerset,  in  which  his  particular  depart- 
ment was  the  topographical  parochial  furvey.  This,  notwith (landing  his  ill 
ftate  of  health,  he  indefatigably  purfued  during  the  fucceflive  years  of  1782, 
1783,  1784,  1785,  and  1786,  and,  except  a  few  towns  and  parifhes,  lived  to 
finifh :  but  only  a  fmall  part  of  the  firft  volume  was  printed  before  his  death. 

The  fale  of  his  works  was  pretty  confiderable;  particularly  that  of  his 

Mentor's  Letters,  which,  as  their  ferioufnefs  was  unenlivened  by  any  intervening 

Vol.  I.  /  epifodes 


i 


82  BATH. 

epifodes  or  digreflions,  the  author!  did  not  expect  to  fee  very  extenfively 
circulated.  He  was,  however,  agreeably  furprized  by  their  rapid  fale,  having 
difpofed  of  no  lefs  than  three  thoufand  copies  from  the  period  of  their  firft 
impreflion  to  the  year  1785;  when,  in  February,  he  publifhed  a  fourth 
edition,  to  which  an  introduction  was  prefixed,  that  has  been  much  admired 
for  the  elegance  of  its  language.  This  fourth  edition  is  corrected  and  en- 
larged. One  great  caufe  of  Mentor's  popularity  is  the  liberal  caft  of  reli- 
gious fentiment  that  pervades  it;  and  on  every  occalion,  Mr.  Rack  fhewed 
himfelf  fuperior  to  the  narrow-minded  bigotry  of  the  fectarift. 

But  his  diforders  were  now  returning  with  an  afpect  more  than  ufually 
formidable.  In  the  fummer  of  1785  he  was  attacked  by  an  afthma,  from 
which  he  fomewhat  recovered  about  Auguft,  in  confequence  of  a  journey  into 
his  native  county.  In  October,  however,  it  again  grew  fo  bad,  that  he  found 
it  painful  to  purfue  his  favourite  ftudies.  He  could  not,  without  the  greateft 
difficulty  of  refpiration,  walk  acrofs  a  room;  fo  that  he  rather  exifted  than 
lived:  and  "  for  this  (he  obferved)  there  was  no  cure."  But  as  a  true 
Chriftian,  awaiting  the  ftroke  of  death  without  a  murmur,  he  dragged  on  the 
chain  of  his  wearifome  exiftence  a  confiderable  time  longer;  and  died  at 
Bath,  February  22,  1787,  in  the  52d  year  of  his  age,  fincerely  regretted  by 
his  friends,  who  were  as  refpectable  as  they  were  numerous. 


From  the  city  of  Bath  the  title  of  Earl  has  been  derived  to  feveral  per- 
fonages  of  high  dif Unction.     The  firfl  dignified  therewith  was, 

Philibert  de  Shaunde,  a  native  of  the  province  of  Bretagne  in  France,  who 
having  difplayed  great  martial  valour  at  the  battle  of  Bofworth-field,  in 
which  Henry  earl  of  Richmond  acquired  at  once  a  victory  and  a  crown,  was 
in  confideration  thereof,  by  letters  patent  bearing  date  Jan.  6,  i486,  created 
Earl  of  Bath,  with  a  fee  of  one  hundred  marks  per  annum,  payable  out  of 
the  iflues  and  profits  of  the  counties  of  Somerfet  and  Dorfet,  for  the  better 
fupport  of  the  faid  dignity."     The  next  that  enjoyed  this  title  was, 

John  Bourchier,  grandfon  of  William  lord  Fitzwarren,  who  was  advanced 
to  this  honour  in  1536  by  King  Henry  VIII.  and  was  fucceeded  therein  by 
his  fon 

John,  in  1539;  and  he  by  his  fon 

William,  in  1561. 

Edward  Bourchier,  earl  of  Bath,  fon  of  this  William,  leaving  at  his  death 
only  three  daughters  his  coheirefTes, 

» Dugd.  Bar.  ii.  288.  Henry 


•» 


BATH.  83 

Henry  Bourchier,  his  uncle,  fucceeded  to  the  title  in  1638,  but  died 
unmarried. 

Sir  John  Granville,  (fon  of  Sir  Bevil  Granville,  who  fell  fighting  in  the 
Royal  caufe  at  the  battle  of  Lanfdown  in  1643)  was  in  1661  created  Earl 
of  Bath,  Baron  Granville,  and  Vifcount  Lanfdown,  by  King  Charles  the 
Second.     He  died  in  1701,  and  was  fucceeded  by  his  fon 

Charles,  who  ferved  as  a  volunteer  in  the  army  which  routed  the  Turks 
before  Vienna  in  the  year  1683,  and  was  the  fame  year  at  the  taking  of  Gran. 
By  the  Emperor  Leopold  he  was  made  a  Count  of  the  Empire,  and  in  1696 
he  was  fummoned  to  the  Houfe  of  Peers  by  his  father's  title  of  Baron 
Granville  of  Kilkhampton  in  the  county  of  Cornwall.  He  lived  a  few  days 
only  after  his  fucceeding  to  the  title  of  Earl  of  Bath  in  1701,  being  acci- 
dentally fhot  in  examining  one  of  his  own  piftols.     After  his  death  his  fon 

Hemy  William  Granville  fucceeded  as  Earl  of  Bath;  but  dying  in  171 1, 
unmarried,  the  title  became  extinct 

William  Pulteney,  grandfon  of  Sir  William  Pulteney,  was  created  Earl 
of  Bath  in  1742.  His  only  fon,  John  Lord  Pulteney,  died  in  1763  in  the 
life-time  of  his  father,  who  alfo  dying  in  1764,  the  title  again  expired. 

Thomas  Thynne,  vifcount  Weymouth,  was  created  Marquis  of  Bath  on 
the  18th  of  Auguft  1789,  in  whom  that  title  ftill  continues. 


Lift  of  the  Writers  and  Books  on  the  SubjeB  of  the  Bath  Waters. 

Alexander  Necham.     See  p.  6,  noteh. 

Thomas  Chaundelir,  chancellor  of  Wells,  De  Laudibus  Baiorum,  MS. 

Andreas  Baccius,  (an  Italian)  DeThermis  notabiitfws.     Romas  1595. 

William  Turner,  M.  D.  and  Dean  of  Wells.  DJ Anglic,  Germanise  &  Italia  Balneis. 
Edit,  prima,  Bafiliae  1557.     Second  edition  in  Englifh,  printed  at  Cologne. 

John  Jones,  Bathes  of  Bathe's  Ayde.     London,  1572. 

J  ohn  Turner.     'Treatife  of  Englijh  Bathes. 

To.  Venner,  M.  D.  of  Bath.     Bathes  of  Bathe.     London,  1637. 

Edward  Jorden,  M.  D.  Nature  and  Ufes  of  our  Bathes  at  Bathe.  London,  1631, 
1632.     Reprinted  with  an  Appendix  by  Guidott,  1668. 

Thomas  Johnfon,  M.  D.  editor  of  Gerard's  Herbal.  Mercurius  Botannicus  &?  de 
Tbermis  Botanicis.     London,  1634. 

Dr.  John  Maplet,  principal  of  Gloucefter-hall.  Epjlola  ad  Joannem  Wedderbourr.e 
M.  D.  &  equitem  auratum.     1669. 

Carolus  Claromontius  Lotharingus.     De  Aere,  Aquis  &f  Locis  Terra  AnglU.     167  r. 

Henry 


» 


4* 


► 


84  BATH. 

Henry  Chapman.     Therm*  Rediviva.     London,  1673. 

Robert  Pugh,  confefibr  to  Henrietta  Maria,  Queen  Mother  of  England.  Bathoni-- 
tnjiwn  &  Aquisgranenfium  Thermarum  Comparatio.     London  1676. 

Thomas  Guidott,  M.  D.   Eugenii  Philandri  opufculum.     London,  1673. 

. De  Balneis  Bathonienfibus.     1676. 

. De  Thermis  Britanicis.     London,  1 6  9 1 . 

, Regifter  of  Bath.     1694., 

An  Apology  for  the  Bath.     London,  1  708. 

Robert  Pierce,  M.D.  of  Bath.     Bath  Memoirs.     Briftol,  1697.   London  1  651,  1.7  ij;. 

"William  Oliver,  fen.  M.  D.  Praclical  Dijfertation  on  Bath  Waters.  London,  r.6.94,, 
1716,  1719,  1747* 

William  Oliver,  jun.     On  Bathing  in  Gouty  Cafes. 

George  Cheyne,  M.  D.  Obfervations  on  the  Method  of  treating  the  Gout.  London,, 
1720,  1725. 

John  Wynter,  M.  D.  Cyclus  Metafyncritus.    London,  1725, 

■ Of  Bathing  in  the  Hot  Baths  at  Bathe.     London,  1728*. 

John  Quinton,  M.D.     Treatife  of  warm  Bath  Water.     Oxford,  1733. 

— —  Kinneir,  M.  D.     New  EJfay  on  the  Nerves.     London,,  1737. 

Sumner,  M.  D. 

John  Wood,  architect.     Effay  towards  a  Description  of  the  City   of  Bath.      1742,, 

i749»  I765- 

George  Randolph,  M.  IX  Enquiry  into  the  Medicinal  Virtues,  of  Bath  Waters^. 
Oxford,  1752. 

Thomas  Smollet,  M.  D.     EJfay  on  the  external  XJfe  of  Water.     London,  1752;  1767,-. 

Rice  Charleton,  M.D.  of  Bath.     Treatife  on  the  Bath  Waters,     Bath,  1754. 

Charles  Lucas,  M.D.     Effay  on  Waters.     1756. 

William  Baylies,  M.D.  Praclical  Refieclions  on  the  Ufes  and  Abufes  of  Bath  Waters.. 
London  1757. 

J.  N.  Stevens,  M.  D.  of  Bath.  Treatije  on  the  Mineral  Qualities  of  Bath  Waters.. 
London,  1758. 

Alexander  Sutherland,  M.  D.  of  Bath  and  the  Briftol  Hotwells..  Attempts  to  revive, 
ancient  Medical  Dotlrines.     London,  1763,1764. 

Charles  Lucas,  M.D.  Curfory  Remarks  on  the  Method  of  inveftigating  the  Principles 
and  Properties  of  Bath  and  Briftol  Waters.     London,  1764. 

Diederick  Weflel  Linden,  M.D.  Seafonable  and  Modeft  Reply  to  Dr.  Lucas.. 
London,  1765. 

Wm.  Falconer,  M.  D.  of  Bath.    Effay  on  the  Bath  Waters.    London,  1770,-2,-4. 

1 EJfay  on  the  Water  commonly  ufed  in  Diet  at  Bath.   1776.. 

■'  Praclical  Differtation  on  the  Medicinal  Effetls  of  the  Bath 

Waters.     Bath,  1790. 

Narrative  of  the  Efficacy  of  the  Bath  Waters  in  variouskinds  of  Par aly  tick  Diforders 
admitted  into  the  Bath  Hofpital  from  the  end  of  1775  to  the  end  ^1785.    Bath,  1787. 


THE 


THE      HISTORY      OF 

SOMERSETSHIRE. 

THE    HUNDRED    OF 

A  B  D  I  C  K      and      BULSTON. 


THIS  Hundred  lies  at  the  fouthweft  extremity  of  the  county,  and  extends 
from  Langport  on  the  northeaft,  to  Pickeridge  and  Staple  hills  on  the 
fouthweft;  and  in  the  parifh  of  Buckland  St.  Mary,  one  point  of  it  touches 
the  borders  of  Devonfhire. 

The  furface  and  foil  are  various:  on  the  northweft  fide  from  Curry-Rivel  to 
Bickenhall  is  a  fine  broken  ridge  of  hill,  the  fteep  flopes  of  which  front  the  northweft, 
and  are  finely  indented  and  ftriped  with  beautiful  hanging  woods.  Thefe  declivities 
bear  evident  marks  of  having  formerly  been  a  bold  rocky  coaft;  Weft  Sedgmoor, 
which  extends  in  a  fine  level  below,  having  indifputably  been  once  covered  by  the 
fca,  which  feems  to  have  reached  weftward  to  the  parifhes  of  Creech  St.  Michael 
and  Ruifhton. 

The  central  part  of  the  hundred  is  moftly  flat  and  woody;  but  the  eaft  and  fouth- 
eaft  exhibit  a  pleafing  variety  of  well  cultivated  hills,  and  fruitful  vallies,  watered  by 
many  fmall  ftreams.    ■ 

The  principal  river  is  the  He,  which  in  its  courfe  gives  name  to  the  following 
places,  viz.  Hillcombe,  or  Ilcombe,  Ilminftcr,  Ilford,  Ikon,  Ifle-Brewers,  Ifle-Abbots, 
and  Ilemoor.  It  has  two  fources,  one  near  Combe  St.  Nicholas,  the  other  under 
Pickeridge  hill,  in  the  parifh  of  Staplc-Fitzpainc.  Thefe  branches  unite  in  Ilemoor, 
about  two  miles  eaftward  from  Ifle-Brewers,  and  join  the  Parret  about  three  miles 
fouth  from  Langport. 

The  lands  are  in  general  inclofed,  fertile,  and  pretty  well  cultivated,  being  nearly 
half  arable,  the  reft  dairy  and  grazing.  The  fouth  and  eaft  parts  abound  with  ftone  of 
various  kinds,  in  which  are  found  great  quantities  of  foflil  lhells. 

The  hundred  (or  hundreds)  of  Abdick  and  Bulfton  (for  they  have  generally  been 
diftinct  with  regard  to  jurifdiction,  but  chiefly  as  to  property  united)  was  parcel 
of  the  ancient  pofleflions  of  the  crown;  and  in  the  reign  of  Edward  II.  was  granted 
to  Henry  de  Ortrai.1  In  1396,  20  Richard  II.  it  was  held  by  William  de  Montacutc 
earl  of  Salilbury."     1 1    Henry  IV.  John  de  Beaufort  marquis  of  Dorfct  died  feized 

•  Cart.  3  Edw.  II.  m.  12.  b  Efc.  20  Ric.  II. 

Vol.  I.  B  thereof, 


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2  ILMINSTER.  [a&tlicft 

thereof,  as  did  alfo  Henry  de  Beaufort,  3  Henry  VI.C  It  feems  afterwards  to  have 
been  vefted  in  the  bifhops  of  Bath  and  Wells ;  for  6  Henry  VII.  we  find  licence 
granted  to  Richard,  bifhop  of  this  fee,  to  alienate  his  right  therein  to  the  bifhop  of 
London,  and  Richard  Skipton  clerk.d  After  this,  it  came  to  the  family  of  the  Spekes, 
and  from  them  devolved  to  the  prefent  poflefTor  Lord  North.  The  Hundred  court 
is  held  at  Ilford-bridges  inn  in  the  parifh  of  Stocklinch  Magdalen. 

This  hundred  contains  one  market-town,  and  twenty-five  parifhes,  in  which  are 
one  thoufand  three  hundred  and  feventy  houfes,  and  about  feven  thoufand  and  ninety 
inhabitants. 

«  Efc.  3  Hen.  VI.  d  MS.  Donat.  in  Muf.  Brit. 


ILMINSTER. 

THE  name  of  this  ancient  town  is  Saxon,  fignifying  the  church  upon  the  river 
He,  and  was  afligned  to  it  by  way  of  eminence,  and  diftinction  from  the  other 
lies  in  this  hundred. 

The  town  of  Ilminfter  (lands  on  the  turnpike  road  leading  from  Somertonto  Chard, 
and  from  Taunton  to  Crewkerne;  and  is  diftant  twelve  miles  foutheaft  from  Taunton, 
five  north  from  Chard,  and  ten  fouth  from  Langport.  The  fituation  is  low,  but  very 
pleafant.  It  confifts  principally  of  two  irregular  ftreets,  one  of  which  (viz.  that  from 
eaft  to  weft)  is  near  a  mile  in  length,  the  other  about  half  a  mile,  and  both  together 
contain  about  three  hundred  houfes,  many  of  which  are  decent  buildings  of  ftone  or 
brick;  but  the  greater  part  are  conftructed  with  low  ftone  walls,  covered  with  thatch. 
It  was  formerly  much  larger  than  at  prefent,  having  frequently  fufFered  by  fire,  parti- 
cularly in  the  year  1491,  when  it  was  nearly  reduced  to  afhes. 

The  town  was  privileged  before  the  Norman  conqueft  with  a  market,  which  it 
ftill  retains:  the  day  whereon  it  is  kept  is  Saturday,  and  there  is  a  market-houfe 
fupported  by  ftone  pillars,  and  likewife  a  range  of  fhambles  one  hundred  feet  in  length. 
The  cloth  manufacture  formerly  flourifhed  here  to  a  very  great  degree,  and  at  this 
day  moft  of  the  poor  are  employed  in  manufacturing  narrow  cloths,  of  which  about 
a  thoufand  pieces  are  annually  made. 

Hiftory  has  been  very  filent  concerning  this  place  during  the  many  centuries  in 
which  it  was  poflefTed  by  the  abbots  of  Muchelney ;  a  cafe  indeed  common  enough 
with  places  that  belonged  to  monaftick  focieties.  The  abbots  had  a  grange  here  in 
a  fpot  near  the  church,  now  called  Court  Barton,  on  the  eaft  fide  of  which  there  is  a 
houfe  ftill  (landing,  called  Court  Hall,  wherein  the  leet  has  ufually  been  held ;  but 
the  houfe  is  converted  into  a  meeting-houfe  for  the  Quakers.  In  the  barton  above- 
mentioned  there  arifes  a  remarkably  fine  fpring,  ifiuing  from  a  fandy  foil,  containing 
beds  of  (andftone.  A  conduit  houfe  is  built  over  it,  from  which  a  dream  of  excellent 
water  is  conveyed  by  means  of  leaden  pipes  to  a  place  called  the  Stock,  for  the  publick 

ufe 


ano  OBuIOon.]  ILMINSTER.  3 

ufc  of  the  inhabitants.  There  are  likewife  within  this  parifli  two  mineral  fprings,  one 
at  Dillington,  the  other  in  the  road  to  Horton,  the  waters  of  both  which  were  in  the 
days  of  credulity  much  ufed  for  various  diforders. 

The  foil  of  this  parifh  is  partly  a  fandy  loam,  and  partly  a  gravelly  clay.  The  lands 
are  nearly  half  arable,  and  naturally  fruitful,  but  (till  capable  of  great  improve- 
ment. There  are  many  quarries  of  a  hard,  dark,  yellowiih  ftone,  abounding  with 
foflils  of  the  cornu  ammonis,  nautili,  pecten,  anomia,  carduum,  and  venus  kinds, 
with  a  great  number  of  belemnitcs. 

In  a  common  field  northweft  of  the  town,  called  Beacon  field,  from  a  beacon  having 
formerly  been  creeled  there,  a  very  beautiful  and  cxtenfive  profped  opens  to  the  view, 
extending  northward  over  a  rich  Hat  country  to  Mendip  hills,  eaftward  into  part  of 
Dorfctfliire,  and  fouthward  to  Bere  and  Seaton  on  the  feacoaft  and  part  of  Devon- 
ftiirc.  The  furrounding  country  is  fo  very  populous,  that  from  one  fpot  on  this  emi- 
nence the  eye  commands  thirty  parilh  churches  within  the  diftance  of  eight  miles. 

The  river  He  runs  through  this  parifli  about  a  mile  weftvvard  from  the  town,  where 
it  crofles  the  turnpike  road  to  Taunton  under  a  ftone  bridge  of  four  fmall  arches,  called 
Hort  bridge,  built  and  fupported  by  the  truftees  of  the  free  grammar-fchool  here. 
There  is  alfo  another  ftone  bridge  of  two  arches  over  it  in  the  road  to  Chard,  which  is 
fupported  by  the  parifli;  and  a  third  of  two  arches  one  mile  north,  called  Cox  bridge, 
repaired  likewife  at  the  expence  of  the  faid  fchool. 

Thefchool  above  alluded  to  was  founded  in  the  year  1550  by  Humphry  Walrond 
and  Henry  Greenfield  of  Sea  in  this  parifli,  and  by  them  endowed  with  certain 
tenements  and  three  curtelages  in  Ilminfter,  called  the  Cbantry-houfes,  (being  lands 
formerly  appropriated  to  the  fupport  of  fundry  chantries  in  the  parifli  church  here)  and 
alfo  a  tenement  called  Mody's  in  the  tithing  of  Winterhay,  and  another  called  Rippe's 
tenement  in  the  tithing  of  Horton,  both  within  this  parifli.  Thefe  lands  and  tene- 
ments being  taken  to  the  crown,  King  Edward  Vlth,  in  confideration  of  divers  fums 
of  money,  did,  by  his  letters  patent  bearing  date  April  2,  1550,  grant  and  aflign  to 
Giles  Kelway  of  Strowde  in  the  county  of  Dorfet,  efq;  and  William  Leonard  of  Taunton, 
merchant.  On  the  16th  of  May  1550,  the  faid  Giles  Kelway  and  William  Leonard 
conveyed  their  right  in  all  thefe  lands  to  Humphry  Walrond  and  Henry  Greenfield  of 
Sea  aforefaid,  for  the  fum  of  1 26I.  They,  "  tendering  the  virtuous  education  of  youth 
"  in  literature  and  godly  learning,  whereby  the  fame  youth  fo  brought  up  might  the 
"  better  know  their  duty  as  well  to  God  as  the  King's  Majefty,  and  for  divers  other 
"  honeft  and  godly  considerations,"  afligned  over  all  the  faid  premifes  in  the  fame 
month  of  May,  and  in  the  fame  year,  to  John  Balch,  John  Sydenham,  and  others, 
(in  all  to  the  number  of  feventeen)  for  the  purpofe  of  chooling  a  proper  fchoolmafter 
to  inftrucl:  and  bring  up,  as  well  in  all  godly  learning  and  know  ledge,  as  in  other 
manner  of  learning,  all  fuch  children  and  youth  as  fliould  be  brought  to  him,  ap- 
pointing the  faid  fchoolmafter  a  houfe  called  the  Crofs-houfe,  for  his  habitation 
during  his  mafterftiip;  and  alfo  for  the  choofing  a  bailiff  of  the  premifes,  whofe 
bufinefs  was  to  be  the  collecting  the  iflues  and  profits  of  the  lands,  and  the  difpofing 

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4     '  ILMINSTER.  [a&Wcft 

of  them  to  the  payment  of  the  fchoolmafter's  ftipend,  and  other  neceflary  expences; 
the  refidue  to  be  applied  to  the  difcharge  of  king's  filvers,  and  to  the  mending  and 
repairing  the  highways,  bridges,  watercourfes,  and  conduits  of  water,  wherewith  the 
inhabitants  of  the  faid  parifh  of  Ilminfter  were  then  charged,  or  might  be  charge- 
able, as  far  as  the  money  fhould  extend. 

The  revenues  are  fince  greatly  incrcafed.  In  1606  the  truftees  purchafed  the  free 
chapel  of  Evelton,  with  a  parcel  of  land  belonging  to  it,  for  280I. 

In  1 609  they  purchafed,  of  Henry  Walrond  of  Sea,  the  fee-fimple  of  the  manor  of 
Swanwich  in  the  ifle  of  Purbeck  in  Dorfetfhire,  for  6661.  13s.  ^.d. 

In  1632  they  purchafed  an  eftate  at  Purtington  in  the  parifh  of  Winfham  in  this 
county,  which  coft  them  339I.  17s.  4d. 

And  at  fundry  times  fince  they  have  purchafed  other  eftates  within  the  parifhes 
of  Cricket-Malherbe,  Donyat,  Afhill,  Ifle-Abbots,  Cudworth,  &c. 

Such  being  the  acquifitions  of  this  charitable  foundation,  properly  difpofed  and 
managed,  the  mafter's  falary  has  been  increafed  from  20I.  to  40I.  per  annum ;  befides 
which,  the  truftees  are  enabled  to  allow  a  ftipend  of  20I.  and  a  houfe  to  a  writing- 
mafter,  and  five  guineas  to  a  reading  miftrefs.  The  bailiff's  falary,  which  a  century 
ago  was  about  three  millings  only,  is  now  advanced  to  twice  as  many  pounds. 

The  parifh  of  Ilminfter  comprehends  the  eight  following  hamlets,  viz. 

1 .  Sea,  fituated  one  mile  fouth  from  the  town,  containing  nine  houfes.  This  was 
anciently  a  manor,  and  belonged  to  the  family  of  Walrond,  who  originally  came  from 
Bradfield  in  Devonfhire.  Humphry  Walrond,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  grammar- 
fchool  above-mentioned,  feems  chiefly  to  have  refided  here. 

2.  Crockftreet,  three  miles  fouth  weft,  containing  five  houfes. 

3.  Peafemarfh,  two  miles  fouth,  eight  houfes. 

4.  Horton,  one  mile  and  a  half  weft,  ten  houfes. 

5.  Higher  Horton,  two  miles  weft,  eighteen  houfes. 

6.  Winterhay,  half  a  mile  northweft,  fourteen  houfes. 

7.  Afhwell,  one  mile  north,  eight  houfes. 

8.  Dillington,  one  mile  northeaft,  which  has  twelve  houfes,  one  whereof  is  a 
ieat  of  Lord  North. 

The  above  houfes,  added  to  thofe  in  the  town,  amount  to  near  three  hundred  and 
eighty.  The  whole  number  of  inhabitants  is  about  one  thoufand  fix  hundred  and 
feventy,  of  whom  about  fifty  are  freeholders. 

The  parifh  is  divided  into  five  tithings,  viz.  Church  tithing,  Town  tithing, 
Winterhay  tithing,  Horton  tithing,  and  Hillcombe  tithing,  formerly  manors,  but 
now  difmembered;  as  is  likewife  Dumpole,  another  ancient  manor,  formerly  the 
poffeflion  of  Edward  duke  of  Somerfet. 

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anUTMflon.J  I  L  M  I  N  S  T  E  R.  s 

The  manor  of  Ilminfter,  \\  ith  the  whole  place,  was  given  by  Ina,  king  of  the  Weft 
Saxons,  to  the  abbey  of  Muchelney  in  this  county,  founded  by  King  Athclflan  in  the 
year  939;  and  in  Domefday-book,  compiled  about  1086  by  order  of  William  the 
Conqueror,  we  find  it  furveyed  as  parcel  of  the  pofTcffions  of  that  monaftery.8 

"  The  Church  itfelf  (faith  that  record)  holds  Ileminftre.  Liward  the  abbot  held 
"  it  in  the  time  of  King  Edward  (the  Confeflbr,)  and  paid  geld  for  twenty  hides/ 
"  The  arable  is  twenty  carucates.*  Thereof  in  demefne  arc  nine  hides,  and  one 
"  virgateb  and  a  half:  and  there  arc  three  carucates  and  ten  fcrvants,'  and  twenty-five 
"  villanes,fc  and  twenty-two  bordars1  with  twenty  ploughs.  There  are  three  mills  of 
"  twenty-two  (hillings  and  fix-pence  rent,  and  eighty  acres  of  meadow.  A  wood 
"  three  miles  long  and  one  mile  and  a  half  broad.  There  is  a  market  which  pays 
"  twenty  (hillings  rent."1 

"  Of  this  land  two  thanes"  held  one  hide  and  a  half,  which  could  not  be  feparated" 
"  from  the  church.  The  whole  is  worth  twenty  pounds.  At  the  time  of  the  abbot's 
"  death  it  was  worth  twenty-fix  pounds. "p 

In  1293  the  temporalities  of  the  faid  abbey  in  Ilminfter  were  valued  at  81.  ios.* 

After 

e  The  method  of  this  ancient  and  very  curious  furvey,  at  leaft  that  obferved  in  this  county,  is, 

1  ft.  To  Specify  the  landlords  and  tenants  of  each  place  at  the  time  that  the  furvey  was  made. 

2dly.  Thofe  who  held  the  fame  in  the  time  of  King  Edward  the  Confeflbr,  and  the  rate  they  paid  for 
Danegeld,  a  tax  of  twelve-pence  upon  every  hide,  originally  levied  for  the  purpofe  of  raifing 
forces,  &c.  againfl  the  incurfions  of  the  Danes. 

3dly.  Tne  quantity  of  arable  land  computed  by  carucates. 

4thly.  The  quantity  held  in  demefne,  that  is,  kept  in  the  lord's  hands,  and  referved  for  his  own  ufe. 

5thly.  The  number  of  fervants,  tenants,  and  hufbandmen,  with  the  quantity  and  quality  of  the  lands 
they  held,  as  well  as  the  number  of  ploughs  ufed  upon  the  eftate,  the  dimenfions  of  woods, 
rents  of  mills,  &c. 

6thly.  The  value  of  the  lands  in  Edward  the  Confeflbr's  time,  and  the  value  of  the  fame  at  the  time 
of  drawing  up  the  furvey. 

f  Hide  :  a  Saxon  meafure,  confifting  of  from  one  hundred  to  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres. 

s  Carucate  .  a  term  ufed  by  the  Normans  to  exprefs  fo  much  arable  land  as  would  well  employ  one  plough 
a  year  in  tilling  it.     For  this  reafon  it  is  ufually  called  in  Englifli  a  plough  land. 

h  Virgate,  or  Yard-land,  is  ufually  eftimated  to  be  the  fourth  part  of  a  hide,  perhaps  about  thirty  acres. 
It  is  evident,  however,  that  thefe  meafurcs  are  by  no  means  determinate;  but  on  the  contrary,  that  they  differ 
much  in  different  parts,  according  to  the  nature  of  the  foil,  the  various  modes  of  hufbandry,  and  many  other 
circumflances.  The  reader  of  this  furvey  will  obfervc,  that  the  arable  land  is  meafured  by  hides  and  caru- 
cates, the  meadow  and  pallure  by  acres  only. 

1  Servants.  Thefe  were  nearly  the  fame  with  our's :  the}-  did  their  lord's  work,  and  were  maintained  by  him. 

k  Villanes,  or  Bondmen,  held  by  bafe  tenure :  their  peifons  and  property  were  fubjeft  to  the  will  of  their  lord. 

1  Bordars.  Thefe  were  cottagers,  who  held  a  dwelling-houfe  and  fmall  parcel  of  iand  by  the  fcrvtcc  of 
r.iiiing  provifion  for  their  lord's  table  upon  his  demefne  grounds. 

1,1  The  Norman  fhilling  was  equal  in  weight  to  three  of  our's,  fo  that  their  pound  was  worth  three  pounds 
of  the  prefent  money.  "  Thanes :  Saxon  nobles. 

0  Alienated.  ?  Lib.  Domefday.  *  Taxat.  temporal.  MS.  in  Bibl.  Cotton. 


6  ILMINSTER.  [ZMtk 

After  the  fupprefiion  of  religious  houfes,  this  manor  coming  to  the  crown,  King 
Henry  VIII.  by  his  letters  patent  under  the  great  feal,  bearing  date  30  Jan.  1538, 
granted  the  fame,  together  with  the  rectory  and  the  advowfon  of  the  vicarage,  to  Edward 
earl  of  Hertford,  afterwards  created  Duke  of  Somerfet  by  King  Edward  VI.  to  whom 
he  was  uncle  and  protector.  By  the  attainder  of  the  faid  duke  in  1 55 1,  the  manor  re- 
verted to  the  crown,  but  was  afterwards  reftored  by  Queen  Elizabeth  to  his  fon  Edward 
Seymour,  whom  that  Queen  reinftated  in  all  his  father's  honours  and  poffeflions. 

The  faid  Edward  Seymour  earl  of  Hertford  had  two  fons,  viz.  Edward  Seymour 
lord  Beauchamp  his  eldeft  fon,  and  Thomas  Seymour  his  fecond  fon,  who  both  died 
in  their  father's  lifetime;  the  former  leaving  three  fons:  Edward  Seymour,  efq;  after- 
wards Sir  Edward  Seymour;  William  Seymour,  afterwards  Earl  but  then  Marquis  of 
Hertford,  and  afterwards  Duke  of  Somerfet;  and  Francis  Seymour,  efq;  afterwards 
Sir  Francis  Seymour,  knight. 

Edward  Seymour  the  firft  fon  of  Lord  Beauchamp  died  without  iffue,  and  William 
his  next  brother,  upon  the  death  of  his  grandfather  Edward  earl  of  Hertford,  inherited 
the  faid  Earl's  pofTeflions,  and  fettled  the  fame  upon  the  marriage  of  his  eldeft  fon 
Henry  lord  Beauchamp  with  Lady  Mary  Capel,  afterwards  Duchefs  of  Beaufort. 
This  Henry  lord  Beauchamp  died  in  the  lifetime  of  his  father,  leaving  William  his 
only  fon,  who  died  without  iffue.  Upon  which  the  manor  came  to  his  uncle  John 
lord  Seymour  duke  of  Somerfet,  who  alfo  died  without  iffue,  leaving  the  premifes 
incumbered  with  various  debts  and  annuities. 

To  difcharge  thefethe  manor  was  afterwards  decreed  to  be  fold;  and  in  July  1684, 
the  fame  was  fold  to  Sir  Thomas  Travel,  and  Edward  Ryder,  and  to  John  Gore; 
the  latter  being  named  a  truftee  for  the  faid  Thomas  Travel  as  to  two  third  parts 
thereof,  and  for  the  faid  Edward  Ryder  as  to  the  other  third. 

In  1 700  Sir  Thomas  Travel,  after  difpofing  of  fome  fmall  parcels,  fold  and  conveyed 
his  fhare  to  John  Speke,  efq;  and  his  heirs ;  and 

In  1724  Edward  Ryder,  after  difpofing  of  other  fmall  parcels,  fold  his  fhare  to 
George  Speke,  efq;  the  only  furviving  fon  of  the  faid  John  Speke,  and  his  heirs; 
who,  thereupon  becoming  feized  of  the  whole  manor,  devifed  the  fame  by  will  to 
Anne  his  only  furviving  daughter. 

In  1756  the  faid  Anne  Speke  was  wedded  to  Frederick  lord  North,  who  thus 
became  poffeffed  of  this  manor,  and  is  the  prefent  lord  thereof.  His  lordfhip's  arms 
are,  azure,  a  lion  paffant,  or,  between  three  fleurs  de  lis,  argent. 

About  half  a  milenorthweft  from  the  town,  is  a  common  called  Winterhay  green, 
containing  ninety  acres  of  good  land,  being  parcel  of  the  wafte  belonging  to  the 
manor;  on  which  the  occupiers  of  all  thofe  lands,  which  were  formerly  portions  of 
the  manor  under  Travel  and  Ryder,  have  an  unlimited  right  to  departure  any  number 
of  cattle  at  all  times  of  the  year. 

We  now  come  to  the  Church  of  Ilminfter,  the  parfonage  of  which  being  granted 
in  1 201,  by  Richard,  abbot  of  Muchelney,  and  his  convent,  to  Savaricus  bifhop  of 

Bath 


anu  TBulflon.] 


ILMINSTER. 


Hath  and  Glaftonbury,  was  by  him  conftituted  a  prebend  in  the  cathedral  church  of 
Wells,  and  annexed  to  the  abbots  of  Muchclncy,  who  continued  prebendaries  thereof 
till  the  diflblution. 

In  the  taxation  of  ecclefiaftical  benefices  made  by  order  of  Pope  Nicholas  VI.  A.  D. 
1592,  the  faid  prebend  is  rated  at  thirty-three  marks  ten  (hillings/ 

The  living  is  a  peculiar:  the  vicarage  in  1534,  26  Henry  VIII.  was  valued  in  the 
King's  books  at  twenty-five  pounds  five  {hillings.  The  advowfon  has  ever  fince  the 
diflblution  been  appendant  to  the  manor,  and  confequently  now  belongs  to  Lord  North. 
The  Reverend  William  Speke,  B.  D.  a  defcendant  of  the  ancient  family  of  that  name, 
is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  according  to  Browne  Willis,  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary;  but  a  fair 
being  held  here  on  the  lafl:  Wedncfday  in  Auguft,  fomc  have  been  induced  to  think 
that  Bartholomew  is  the  tutelary  faint.  It  is  a  fine  Gothic  flrudrure,  built  in  the 
form  of  a  crofs,  one  hundred  and  twenty  feet  long,  and  fifty  wide.  It  confifts  of  a 
nave,  chancel,  tranfept,  north  and  fouth  ailes,  and  porch.  In  the  centre  ftands  a 
handfome  tower  crowned  with  twelve  pinnacles,  and  containing  a  clock,  chimes,  and 
five  bells.  At  the  eaft  end  of  the  church  is  a  fmall  veftry-room,  which  was  formerly 
a  chantry  chapel. 

Of  chantries  or  religious  ferviccs  inftituted  in  this  church,  we  are  furnifhed  with 
the  following  names : 

St.  Mary's  Chantry.     In  1553  John  Button  and  John  Poole,  incumbents  of  this 
chantry,  were  afligned  a  penfion  of  five  pounds  each. 

St.  Catherine's  Chantry.    Thomas  Mychell,  incumbent  thereof,  had  the  fame  year 
a  fimilar  penfion  allowed  him. 

Holy  Crofs  Chantry.     Robert  Oliver  incumbent,  the  fame  fum. 

St.  John  Baptiji' s  Chapel.    Whereof  the  lafl:  incumbent,  whofe  name  was  Matthias 
Broke,  received  the  fame  year  a  penfion  of  four  pounds  five  {hillings.* 

The  revenues  of  thefe  chantries  were  confiderable:  how  fome  of  the  lands  belong- 
ing to  them  were  difpofed  of  at  the  diflblution,  has  already  been  fecn  in  the  account 
of  the  grammar-fchool. 

The  internal  parts  of  this  church  arc  fuitably  decorated. 

In  the  north  tranfept  is  an  ancient  tomb  erecled  to  the  memory  of  that  notable 
couple  Nicholas  and  Dorothy  Wadhara.  This  tomb  is  built  partly  of  marble,  and 
partly  of  ftone  the  produce  of  the  neighbourhood.  On  the  upper  furface  arc  their 
portraitures  in  brafs.  From  the  mouth  of  Nicholas  proceeds  a  label  with  this 
fcroll:  tDeatf)  10  imtO  me  aOtiantagC.  From  the  lips  of  Dorothy  this:  %  tPtlt 
tlOt  DpC  bill  IgtJC,  antJ  aeclaje  tfjC  lOOrhC  Of  tf)C  ICtD.  At  their  feet  arc  the 
following  inferiptions: 


*  Taxat.  Spiritual.  MS.  in  Bib!.  Cotton. 


^Willis's  Mil.  of  Abbie?,  vol.ii.  p. 202. 


Here 


8  ILMJNSTER.  [attlicli 

"  Here  lieth  interred  the  body  of  Nicholas  Wadham,  whiles  he  lyved  of  Merefeild 
in  the  county  of  Somerfet  efquier,  ffownder  of  Wadham  colledge  in  Oxforde,  who 
depted  this  lyfe  the  xx  day  of  Octob.  1609. 

"  Here  lyeth  alfo  the  body  of  Dorothie  Wadham  widow,  late  the  wife  of  Nicholas 
Wadham  efquier,  FoundrefTe  of  Wadham  colledge  in  Oxforde,  who  died  the  16th  of 
May  1 61 8,  in  the  yeare  of  her  age  84." 

On  the  back  of  this  tomb  is  raifed  a  marble  monument  of  Corinthian  architecture, 
charged  with  the  following  infcriptions  on  a  tablet : 

Hie  jacet  occiduis  Wadhamus  cognitus  Anglis, 

Cujus  cum  Phcebi  lampade  fplendor  abit. 
Nee  tamen  in  terras  totus  defcendit ;  Eois 

Fulget  adhuc  multa  luce  micante  plagis. 
Non  cernis  ?     Pofitas  trans  Ifida  fufpice  turres, 

Quae  ftruxit  mufis  culmina,  templa  Deo, 
Ulic,  Wadhami  radios  nil!  confpicis  oris, 

Effufa  eft  animo  fpiflior  umbra  tuo. 

Lucrari  multis  eft  vita,  et  perdere  funus: 

Sic  tua  damna  putas  vivere,  lucra  mori : 
Scilicet  in  terris  quas  negligis,  has  tibi  ccelum 

Funere  cum  multo  fcenore  reddit  opes. 

Petraeo  Patre  magna,  Marito  magna  Wadhamo, 

Hie  fundatoris  filia,  fponfa  jacet. 
Par  titulis  utrique  fuis,  Patri  atque  marito 

Fundatrix,  in  fe  magna,  Wadhama  jacet. 
Nobilis  Aufpiciis,  Progreflu,  fine  Parentis, 

Clarefcit  radiis  Conjugis  atque  fuis. 

Apoflrophe  ad  Leciorem. 
.   '■  Quaeris  quot  annos  vixerit?  vixit  diu. 

Votum  bonorum  refpicis  ?  vixit  parum. 
Spectas  an  aedes  quas  pia  ftruxit  manu? 
Victura  femper  eft:  nee  unquam  fecula 
Futura  funt  tarn  fera,  mundus  tarn  fenex, 
Ut  non  fuperfit  hoc  opus  pulcherrimum; 
Vivatque  in  illo  Fceminas  illuftriflimae 
Nomen,  Vetuftate  ultima  vetuftius. 

On  the  head  of  the  monument, 
"  Hoc  monumentum,  vetuftate   collapfum,    inftauratum  erat  fumptibus  Domini 
Edvardi  Wyndham  baronetti,  et  Thomas  Strangways  armigeri,  duorum  cohasredum 
dicti  Nkolai  Wadham,  Septembris  die  viimo  anno  Dom.  mdcxxxix." 

On  the  monument  in  a  large  fhield  are  the  arms  of  Wadham,  viz.  Gules,  a 
chevron  between  three  rofe^  argent,  (creft,  a  rofe  argent,  between  two  branches  proper) 

marlhalled 


WiDTBuIftOirJ  ILMINSTER.  p 

marflullcd  with.  I.  Or,  on  a  chevron  gules  three  martlets  argent.  2.  Argent, 
on  a  chief  gules  two  (lags' heads  caboflcd,  or.  3.  Gules,  a  chevron  argent,  between 
nine  bezants.  4.  >W/r,  fix  lions  rampant,  3,  2,  i,  or.  5.  Argent,  a  chief  indented 
•:yt/;  furmountcd  by  a  bend,  gules.  6.  Barry  of  fix,  or.  and  rtz/w  ;  over  all  an  eagle 
difplaycd,  gules.  7.  Per  pale  azure,  a  lion  rampant,  or  and  gules*  8.  Gk/^j,  a 
bend  lozengy  ermine.  9.  Argent,  a  chevron  between  three  cfcallops  y^/ir .  1  o.  Gules, 
a  lion  rampant  between  feven  efcallbps  or.  11.  Or,  within  a  bordure  inverted, 
foezanty,  a lion  rampant,  gule s.  12.  Argent,  on  a bend  'gules,  five  plates.  13.  Argent, 
on  a  chevron  gules,  three  flcurs  de  lis,  or. 

In  the  fame  tranfept  is  an  ancient  tomb  of  freeftonc  ornamented  with  fruit, 
foliage,  and  antique  fcurpture,  covered  with  black  and  whicc  fpcckled  marble,  on 
which  are  the  portraitures  in  brafs  of  a  man  and  woman  refprefented  as  (landing 
under  an  enriched  canopy;  he  in  armour,  fpurrcd,  treading  on  a  lion  couchant;  (he 
in  weeds,  and  veiled.  Much  of  the  inferibed  brafs  which  was  placed  round  thefc 
figures  is  loft:  from  what  remains  we  gather  that  it  was  the  fepulchre  of  William 
Wadham,  who  died  3nn0  ©lit.  milltttO  CCCC£.  Under  each  of  the  figures  is  a 
brafs  plate,  containing  four  Monkiih  lines  -y  but  the  legend  is  imperfect,  and  almoft 
obliterated. 

Irt  the  fouthcrn  tranfept  is  a  handfome  marble  monument  with  this  infeription : 

HlC  IACET  HvMFREDVS  WaLROND  SVB  PVLVERIS  VMBRA, 

Marcescens  jevo,  sed  pietate  virens. 
Clericvs  ad  Robas,  coivdicis  ORDINE  FVNCTVSr 
MVNERE  VIR    DIGNVS',    MVNERA  DIGNA;  VIRO. 
Avg.  xvii,   MDLXXX. 
The  arms  are,  quarterly,  1 .  Argent,  three  bulls'  heads  caboffed  fable,  attired  or* 
i.  Argent,  on  a  bar  fable,  three  crofs  croflets  fitches  or.     3.  Sable,  fix  fifties  haurienr, 
3,  2,  1,  argent.     4.  Speke. 

Near  the  reading  defk,  a  plain  blue  ftone  is  inferibed  to'  the  memory  of  the  late- 
■wear,,  and  father  of  the  prefent  worthy  vicar  of  this  parifh.- 

Beneath  lies  the  Rev.  William  Speke,  LL.  B^ 
Late  of  Jordans  in  the  parifti  of  Aftiill, 
Rector  of  Staple-Fitzpainc,  and  vicar  of  this  church. 
Ob.  23  April  1773.     /Etat.  Si. 

The  family  arms  are  rudely  fculptured  on  the  ftone:  viz.  argent,  two  bars  azure,- 
aver  all  an  eagle  difplaycd,  with  two  nccks>  gules.  On-  an  efcutchcon  of  pretenco 
argent,  three  cfcallops  on  a  chevron  gules. 

Richard  Sanvwaies,  a  learned  diviner  and  a  great  fuffcrer  in.  the  parFiamentary 
rebellion,  was  a  native  of  this  place,  of  which  his  father  was  vicar.  In  1638  he  was' 
elected  fellow  of  Corpus  Chrifti  coHege  in  Oxford,  from  which  he  was  in  1 648  ejected 
by  the  vifitors  appointed  by  Parliament;  but  he  was  afterwards  rcftorcd,  and  promoted' 
to  the  rectory  of  Meyfey-Hampton  in  the  county  of  Gloccftcr,.in  the  chancel  of  which 

Vol.  I..  C  ■  church 


io  A    S    H    I    L    L.  [3irt>fefc 

church  he  lies  buried.  The  infcription  on  his  grave-ftone  is  now  effaced.  He  died 
in  1669.  Among  other  things  he  wrote  "  England's  faithful  reprover  and  monitor: 
"octavo,  London,  1653."' 

For  an  account  of  the  cruelties  exercifed  on  John  Tarlton,  minifter  of  this  place 
in  the  time  of  Charles  I.  fee  Walker's  fufferings  of  the  clergy,  printed  1-1 8. 

This  parifh  furnifhed  Muchelney  with  feveral  abbots. 


A         S         H         I         L         L. 

ASHILL  is  a  fmall  village,  pleafantly  fituated  on  a  rifing  ground  three  miles  weft 
from  Ilminfter,  fix  north  from  Chard,  and  nine  eaft  from  Taunton.  It  pro- 
bably derived  its  name  from  the  quantity  of  afh  trees  that  heretofore  grew  upon 
the  fpot,  which  conftituted  part  of  the  great  foreft  of  Neroche.  At  this  day  it  is 
tolerably  wooded. 

The  parifh  of  Afhill  is  of  large  extent,  and  contains  fifty-five  houfes,  twenty-four 
of  which  compofe  the  village,  wherein  ftands  the  church ;  and  the  remainder  are  in 
the  hamlets  of  Southton,  Wimblehill,  Wood,  Rowlands,  and  Jordans :  the  number 
of  inhabitants  is  about  three  hundred  and  twenty. 

The  laft-mentioned  hamlet  had  its  appellation  from  the  little  river  of  Jordan,  which 
divides  this  parifh  on  the  eaflern  fide  from  that  of  Ilminfter,  and  has  a  ftone  bridge 
over  it  in  the  road  to  Horton.  Another  ftream  rifing  in  the  foreft  feparates  this 
parifh  on  the  north  from  Ifle-Abbots.  The  crofs  roads  are  rough  and  narrow,  full  of 
loofe  brown  flints,  and  other  ftones,  which  render  travelling  very  difagreeable. 

In  a  field  in  this  parifh  belonging  to  the  Earl  of  Egremont,  there  is  a  medicinal 
fpring,  bearing  the  name  of  Skipperham  Well,  the  water  of  which  is  of  a  fingular 
property,  and  has  been  thus  analyzed : 

x.  The  foil  of  the  field  feems  to  be  a  fand  mixed  with  clay,  and  the  ftones  which 
the  water  flows  over  are  covered  with  a  yellow  ochrey  fubftance. 

2.  The  water,  frefh  taken  from  the  well,  is  of  a  light  grey  colour,  which  is  very 
confpicuous  in  the  bath,  approaching  to  blue ;  but  it  is  collected  there  in  a  large 
quantity,  and  generally  foul.  It  is  very  cold,  but  never  freezes;  has  no  fmell,  but  is 
of  a  fubacid  and  gently  ftyptick  tafte,  which  goes  off  upon  keeping. 

3.  The  fides  of  the  well  are  covered  with  air-bubbles,  where  the  water  ebbs  and 
flows  every  day.  This  effect,  however,  is  not  retained  afterwards  upon  being  taken 
out  of  the  well ;  that  is,  the  water  does  not  fparkle  in  a  glafs ;  but  in  paffing  from  one 
veffel  to  another,  even  after  it  has  been  bottled,  fomething  of  the  fame  kind  may  be 
obferved.  After  ftanding  about  two  months,  it  depofited  a  tenacious  green  fediment 
upon  the  fides  of  the  bottle,  which  had  a  putrid  fmell  and  tafte,  and  felt  like  greafe. 

I  Wood's  Athen,  Oxon.  vol,  ji.  p.  130. 

4.  The 


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4.  The  fpecifick  gravity  of  this  water  to  that  which  is  commonly  ufed  was  as  740 
to  700. 

5.  Twelve  grains  of  green  tea  infufed  by  an  ounce  of  this  water  induced  a  bright 
amber  colour. 

6.  A  fimilar  infufion  with  galls  became  firft  of  a  light  brown,  and  after  (landing 
two  days  afTumcd  a  green  hue  upon  the  top,  with  a  greafy  fcurn. 

7.  An  infufion  of  afh  bark  in  this  water  was  turned  almoft  inftantancoufly  to  a 
beautiful  light  green,  with  a  bluifh  circle  at  the  top. 

8.  This  water  made  a  flight  ebullition  upon  fpirit  of  vitriol  being  poured  into  it; 
it  alfo  became  much  brighter,  and  bubbles  continued  to  rife  from  the  bottom  for 
ibme  time. 

9.  The  fame  appearances  occurred  with  fpirit  of  fait,  and  vinegar.  The  former 
fecmed  to  change  its  colour  to  a  purple. 

1  o.  With  fait  of  tartar  this  water  aflumed  a  pearl  colour,  and  depofited  a  white 
fediment. 

1 1.  With  lime-water  it  became  milky,  and  precipitated  a  white  fediment. 

12.  With  fpirit  of  fal  ammoniac  it  formed  a  light  bluilh  cloud,  and  upon  ftanding 
emitted  bubbles. 

13.  Being  boiled  with  milk  it  did  not  coagulate,  but  lathered  very  cafily  with 
foap. 

14.  A  piece  of  filver  having  been  immcrfed  in  it,  was,  after  ftanding  fomc  hours, 
covered  with  air-bubbles,  and  the  water  became  more  pellucid  than  natural. 

15.  With  a  folution  of  filver  in  the  nitrous  acid,  it  firft  threw  up  white  clouds, 
and  afterwards  became  of  a  deep  dirty  purple  colour,  and  depolited  a  fediment  of 
the  fame. 

1 6.  With  faccharum  faturni  it  put  on  the  appearance  of  milk,  and  depolited  a 
light-coloured  fediment. 

17.  With  allum  it  became  of  a  bluiih  grey  colour,  and  depofited  a  brownilh  fedi- 
ment, which  was  re-diflblved  the  next  day. 

1 8..  A  pint  of  this  water  having  been  evaporated,  left  five  grains  of  reiiduum  of  a 
darkifh  brown  colour,  a  lixivious  fmell,  and  pungent  alcaline  tafte. 

19.  This  refiduum  deliquefced  freely  in  the  air.  Other  qualities  were  not  examined, 
as  they  feemed  to  be  involved  in  the  fait  and  earth  which  were  afterwards  analysed. 

20.  The  fait  which  was  extracted  from  the  refiduum  was  of  a  brackiih  tafte,  and 
bright  yellow  colour,  but  had  no  peculiar  fmell. 

21.  It  moiilencd  very  rapidly  in  the  air. 

22.  It  grew  hot  with  fpirit  of  vitriol,  and  emitted  acid  fumes,  though  with  little 
ebullition. 

23.  With  alcalies  both  fixed  and  volatile  the  folution  of  it  retained  its  clearnefs, 
and  with  the  latter  excited  an  urinous  fmell. 

24.  The  indnToluble  matter  left  after  the  filtration  of  the  fait  weighed  two  grains. 

C  2  25.  This 


*«  A    S    H    I    L    L.  [atiDicfe 

25,  This  fubflancc  had  neither  fmell  nor  tafte,  was  of  a  light  brown  dove  colour, 
and  impalpable  confidence, 

26,  Did  not  ferment  either  with  fpirit  of  vitriol,  or  of  fal  ammoniac 

27,  The  magnet  attracTed  a  fmall  quantity, 
2S,  it  fparkl.ed  on  burning  coajs. 

29.  It  grew  red  hot.  when  burnt,  and  afterwards  afiumed  a  blaekilh  hue. 

30.  With  galls  in  a  folution  of  fal  ammoniac,  it  ftruck  a  deep  red  or  claret  colour, 
and  after  fome  time  a  red  fediment  was  depofited, 

31.  Its  ufes  in  medicine  have  generally  been  in  cafes  of  fcorbutick  eruptions  and 
inflammations  of  the  eyes  from  the  fame  caufc.  A  gentleman  who  lately  drank  a  large 
quantity,  found  It  to  create  a  naufea  and  purging, 

32.  Itfeemsto  contain  fome  iron  pofllbly  in  its  ftate  of  vitriol,  fome  fulphur,  an 
alcaline  fait,  and  a  fmall  quantity  of  the  muriatick  acid.  It  may  juftly  be  ranked 
among  the  light  chalybeates,  and  which  require  to  be  ufed  on  the  fpot.u 

Annexed  to  this  well  is  a  bath. 

In  Domefday  book  this  place  is  written  Aifelle,  and  is  there  faid  to  be  held  by- 
Robert  earl  of  Morton,  being  one  of  the  many  manors  which  he  obtained  of  his 
brother  the  Conqueror  in  this  county.     In  the  faid  record  it  is  thus  particularized : 

"  Malger  holds  of  the  earl  Aifelle.  Two  thanes  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
"  Edward,  and  were  rated  at  five  hides.  The  arable  land  confifts  of  five  carucates. 
*'  In  demefne  are  two  carucates,  and  four  villanes,  and  feventeen  cottagers  with  two 
"  ploughs.  There  are  forty  acres  of  meadow.  A  wood  forty  furlongs  long  and 
M  twenty  broad.  It  is  worth  fixty  {hillings.  This  manor  pays  a  rent  of  thirty  pence 
"  to  Curi,  a  manor  of  the  king."* 

In  fucceeding  times  this  manor  was  poffefled  by  the  family  of  Hull,  who  refided 
here,  The  daughter  and  heirefs  of  that  family  was  married  to  Multon  of  Pinho,  in  the 
county  of  Devon,  in  which  name  it  continued  for  three  fucceffive  generations.  Thomas 
de  Multon,  lord  of  this  manor,  1  p  Edw.  II.  obtained  of  the  king  a  grant  of  a  weekly 
market  here  on  Wednefday,  and  two  fairs  to  be  held  yearly,  one  on  the  eve,  day,  and 
morrow,  of  the  feftival  of  the  blefied  Virgin  Maiy  ;  and  the  other  on  the  eve,  day, 
and  morrow  of  the  feaft  of  Simon  and  Jude/  In  the  beginning  of  the  fifteenth 
century,  Mary  the  daughter  and  heirefs  of  John  Multon  married  an  anceftor  of  Sir 
Thomas  Beauchamp,  of  Whitelackington,  knight,  whole  coufin  and  heirefs  Alice 
transferred  this  manor  by  marriage  to  Sir  John  Speke,  knight,  in  which  family  it 
continued  for  twelve  generations  ;  and  at  length  became  the  pofleffion  of  Frederick 
lord  North  by  his  marriage  with  Anne  daughter  of  George  Speke,  efq;  as  mentioned 
in  our  account  of  Ilminfter,  Some  years  fince  his  lordfhjp  fold  this  manor  to  Robert 
}3ryant,  of  Ilminfter,  efq;  late  clerk  of  the  peace  for  this  county;  at  whofe  death  it 
defcended  to  Robert  his  eldeft  fon,  who  is  the  prefent  pofleflbr. 

1  We  are  indebted  to  Pr.  Farr,  of  Curry-Rivel,  for  this  analyfis, 
f  Jib,  Dp.mefday,  f  part,  >p  Edw,  11,  n,  SU 

The 


V 


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flirt)  TMfton,]  A     S     H     I    L    U  13 

The  church  of  Afliill  is  a  prebend  belonging  to  the  cathedral  of  Wells.  The 
Rev.  Thomas  Alford  is  the  prefent  incumbent  of  the  vicar?gc,  which  was  valued  in 
26  Henry  VIII.  at  32I.  3s. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary.  It  is  a  fmall  but  neat  Gothic  ftruclure,  fixty- 
five  feet  long,  and  twenty-four  feet  wide,  and  confifts  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  two 
porches.  At  the  weft  end  is  a  quadrangular  embattled  tower  fifty-fix  feet  in  height, 
and  containing  a  clock  and  five  bells. 

Over  the  entrance  into  the  chancel  is  a  fine  zigzag  Saxon  arch,  eleven  feet  in  the 
fpan.     The  font  is  octagonal,  and  very  antient :  two  coats  on  it  are,  gttles,  a  mitre  or. 

In  the  north  wall  of  the  body  of  the  church  under  elliptic  arches  are  the  crumbling 
remains  of  two  very  ancient  tombs.  One  of  thefe  was  defigned  to  perpetuate  the 
memory  of  a  woman,  who,  according  to  afoolifh  tradition,  had  feven  children  at  one 
birth.  Their  effigies  arc  difpofed  round  that  of  the  mother  in  the  following  order: 
one  at  each  corner  above  her  head,  one  on  each  fide  of  her  face,  two  at  her  feet,  and 
the  feventh,  which  is  demolifhcd,  was  at  her  head.  A  part  of  thefe  effigies,  and  of 
the  tombs  themfclvcs,  has  been  cut  away  to  admit  the  ends  of  the  feats  up  to  the  wall. 

The  only  infeription  in  the  church  is  the  following  in  the  eaftern  wall  of  the  chancel : 

"  Underneath  lies  interred  the  body  of  Thomas  Alford,  A.  M.  prebendary  of  Wells, 

and  late  vicar  of  Afhiil  and  of  Wefton  Zoyland ;  who  married  Mary  the  daughter  of 

Richard  Standfaft,  late  of  Cheddon  Fitzpaine  in  the  county  of  Somerfet,  gent,  by  whom 

he  had  five  children,  one  of  which  died  in  his  infancy;  four  arc  left  behind  to  lament 

thelofs  of  him.  xi,  ..  rfalutis  noftrce  1777, 

Obntanno    [xuu  {ux  ^ 

f*  Pallor  fidelis,  ct  probitate  fingulari ; 
"  Egenis  liberalis,  omnibus  bencvolus." 

**  Alfo  here  lies  the  body  of  Mary  Alford,  wife  of  theaforefaid  Thomas  Alford,  who 
departed  this  life  Jan.  11,   1763,  a-tat.  fuae  51." 

In  the  church-yard  are  two  very  large  yew-trees,  one  of  which  is  fifteen  feet  round, 
with  a  vaft  fpread  of  branches  extending  north  and  fouth  fixty-fix  feet.  The  other 
divides  into  three  large  trunks  jufi:  above  the  ground,  but  many  of  the  arms  arc 

decayed.*' 

z  Our  forefathers  were  particularly  careful  in  preferring  this  funereal  tree,  vvhofe  branches  it  was  ufual  for 
jiiourners  to  carry  in  folemn  proceflion  to  the  grave,  and  afterwards  to  depofit  therein  under  the  bodies  of 
their  departed  friends.  The  branches  thus  cut  off  from  their  native  flock,  which  was  to  (hoot  forth  again  at 
the  returning  fpring,  were  beautifully  emblematical  of  the  refurrecYion  of  the  body,  as,  by  rcafon  of  their 
perpetual  verdure,  they  were  of  the  immortality  of  the  foul. 


BEER- 


[   1 4  3  [a&Dicft 

BEER-CROCOMBE. 

THIS  is  a  fmall  parifh,  containing  thirty-two  houfes,  lying  northward  from  Aihill, 
and  about  eight  miles  foutheaft  from  Taunton,  in  a  flat  and  rather  unpleafant 
iituation ;  the  foil  whereof  is  a  Met  clay,  and  the  lands  almoft  equally  divided  between 
pafture  and  tillage.  The  principal  crops  are,  wheat,  beans,  peafe,  and  vetches ;  but 
the  foil  being  very  heavy  is  unfavourable  to  barley;  infomuch  that  we  will  not  conceive 
the  name  of  this  place  to  have  proceeded  from  the  antient  word  Bere,  which  fignifies 
that  grain,"  but  from  fome  other  fource,  deeply  buried  in  the  arcana  of  etymology. 
A  fmall  ftream  arifing  in  the  parilh  of  Staple-Fitzpaine  runs  through  it,  under  a 
bridge  of  two  arches. 

The  parifhioners  claim  a  common  right  in  the  adjacent  .foreft  of  Neroche,  and  on 
Weft  Sedgmoor. 

But  of  this  place  little  memorable  can  be  faid.  The  Norman  record  limply  writes 
it  Bere,  and  thus  defcribes  it: 

"  Rainald  holds  of  Earl  Morton,  Bere.  Algar  held  it  in  the  time  of  King  Edward, 
"  and  paid  for  five  hides.  The  arable  is  four  carucates,  three  of  which  are  in  de- 
"mefne:  and  there  are  four  fervants,  and  fix  villanes,  and  feven  cottagers.  There 
"  are  twenty  acres  of  meadow,  and  twelve  acres  of  pafture,  and  five  acres  of  wood. 
"  It  was  worth  one  hundred  (hillings,  now  fixty  ihillings."b 

In  the  time  of  Henry  II.  the  manor  of  Beer  was  held  of  the  family  of  Lovell  by 
Wimund  de  Craucumbe  and  Reginald  Heirun.  The  defcendants  of  the  former  (of 
whom  we  fhall  hereafter  fpeak  more  particularly)  gave  name  to  the  eftate,  and  con- 
tinued poflefled  of  it  for  many  fuccefiions;  'till  in  the  reign  of  Edward  III.  it  feems 
to  have  been  alienated.  For  in  the  38th  of  that  reign  there  appears  to  have  been 
fome  litigation  betwixt  other  parties  concerning  the  right  of  this  lordfhip,  which  was 
terminated  by  John  Bays  of  Yeovil  quitting  all  his  title  therein  to  Guy  de  Brien 
knight,  and  others.0  After  this,  it  came  to  the  pofleflion  of  Thomas  de  Beaupine 
of  Dorfetihire,  in  which  county  he  held  lands  late  the  property  of  the  Beauchamps. 
The  faid  Thomas,  14  Richard  II.  having  been  attached  for  trefpafs  in  the  foreft 
of  Neroche,  and  paid  a  fine  thereupon,  procured  licence  from  the  King  to  lop  the 
branches  from  the  oaks  and  other  trees  growing  in  Ubare  wood  within  the  faid 
foreft,  belonging  to  this  his  manor  of  Beer,  without  moleftation  of  the  forefters.d 
20  Henry  VII.  John  Haiewell,  efq;  died  feized  of  this  manor,  leaving  by  Anne  his 
wife,  the  daughter  and  heir  of  Richard  Middleton,  efq;  five  daughters ;  of  whom 
Elizabeth,  firft  the  wife  of  Anthony  Raleigh,  and  afterwards  of  Leonard  Rede,  had, 
upon  the  partition  of  the  inheritance,  this  manor  for  her  fhare.  It  is  now  the  pro- 
perty of  the  Earl  of  Egremont. 

a  Richard  Beere,  abbot  of  Glaflonbury,  in  allufion  to  his  name,  ufed  for  his  device  an  ear  of  barley.  See 
more  of  this  in  Glaftonbury. 

"  Lib.  Domefday.  «  CJauf.  38  Edw.  III.  30.  «>  Pat.  14  Ric.  II.  m.  13. 

Part 


nrtD  lBuIflon.]         SOUTH     BRADON.  15 

Part  of  the  hamlet  of  Capland  lies  within  this  parifh,  the  other  being  in  Broadway  • 
It  was  anciently  a  manor,  and  in  the  Conqueror's  furvey  is  certified  to  belong  to  Harding 
one  of  the  king's  thanes,  confiding  at  that  time  of  two  plough  lands  worth  twenty 
(hillings.*  Afterwards  it  generally  paflfed  along  with  the  manor  of  Bcer-Crocombc, 
to  the  parochial  church  of  which  it  had  formerly  a  chapel  fubfervient. 

The  living  is  a  redtory  in  the  deanery  of  Crewkerne;  the  patron  thereof  Lord 
Egreraont.      The  Rev.  Mr.  Norman,  of  Staplcgrove,  is  the  prcfent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  James.  It  is  feventy-two  feet  long,  and  feventcen 
wide,  confining  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  porch,  with  a  clumfy  tower  at  the  weft  end 
forty  feet  high,  covered  w  ith  a  leaden  cap,  and  containing  five  bells. 

The  annual  number  of  births  in  this  parifli  is  on  an  average  two,  and  of  burials  three. 

*  Lib.  Domefday. 


SOUTH        BRADON 

IS  a  very  fmall  parifh  north  of  Ilminfter,  containing  only  four  houles,  and  about 
live  hundred  acres  of  land.  The  country  is  flat  and  woody,  and  the  foil  a  ftrong 
clay.  The  arable  is  worth  from  eight  to  twelve  fhillings,  and  the  meadow  twenty-one 
lhillings  per  acre. 

Only  one  poor  perfon  receives  pay  from  the  parifh. 

This  village  feems  to  have  been  no  more  populous  or  confiderable  in  the  time  of 
King  William  the  Conqueror,  than  it  is  now.  It  then  belonged  to  Earl  Morton,  of 
whom  it  was  held  by  Drogo,  or  Drew. 

"  Ordc  held  it  in  the  time  of  King  Edward,  and  paid  geld  for  two  hides.  The 
"  arable  confifts  of  two  carucates  in  demefnc,  with  one  fervant,  and  three  cotta- 
"  gcrs.  There  is  a  mill  which  pays  twelve  fhillings  and  fixpence;  and  eighteen  acres 
"  of  meadow,  and  twenty  acres  of  pafturc,  and  twenty  acres  of  wood.  It  is  and 
"  was  worth  forty  fhillings.  This  manor  pays  a  rent  of  two  fheep  with  their  lambs* 
"  to  Curi,  a  king's  manor.6" 

The  manor  is  now  divided ;  feven  parts  in  twelve  belong  to  the  Earl  of  Egremont, 
four  parts  to  the  Earl  of  Ilchcfter,  and  one  part  to  William  Wyndham,  efq.  No  court 
is  held,  but  the  lords  rents  are  paid  to  the  refpective  ftcwards  at  Ilford-bridges  inn. 

The  living  is  redlorial,  and  worth  forty  pounds  per  annum.  The  prefentation  is  in 
the  lords  of  the  manor  in  rotation.     The  Rev.  Mr.  Watfon  is  the  prcfent  incumbent. 

*  This  was  merely  a  cufiomary  acknowledgment,  as  was  likewifc  the  payment  of  honey,  eels,  a  night's 
lodging  for  the  king,  &c.  mention  of  which  is  frequently  made  in  this  furvey. 
b  Lib,  Domcfdnv. 

The 


s6  B    R    O    A    D    W    A    Y.  [abBicfe 

The  glebe  confifts  of  {even  acres  of  arable,  and  half  an  acre  of  meadow.  There  has 
been  no  church  here  within  the  memory  of  man :  the  inhabitants  attend  divine  fervice 
at  the  parifh  church  of  Puckington.  It  was.  dedicated  to  St.  Mary  Magdalen,  and 
was  valued  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIIL  at  5I.  4s.  4d.  ob. 

Within  this  parifh  was.  a  hamlet  called  North-Bradon,  now  reduced  to  one  houfe. 

Adjoining  thereto  is  another  parifh  called  Goofe-Bradon,  now  entirely  depopulated, 
having  neither  church,  houfe,  nor  inhabitant.  It  had  its  additional  name  of  Goofe 
from  the  family  of  Gouiz,  who  were  anciently  pollened  hereof;  and,. as  appears  from 
the  dates  of  fundry  deeds,  relided  here  In.  the  reigns  of  Edward  II.  and  III.  it 
was  held  by  the  Warres  of  the  family  of  Meriet,  by  the  fervice  of  the  fifth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee."  Roger  la  Warre  refided  here  fome  part  of  the  reign  of  Edward  III. 
and  in  the  year  1334  prefented  John  de  Welweton  to  the  rectory  of  this  parifh,  as- 
he  did  John  de  Ernefhull  in  1339^ 

The  prefent  incumbent  is  the  Rev.  James  Uttermare,  who  is  likewife  pofiefied  of 
ahe  advovvfon,  which  he  purchafed  of  a  defcendant  of  Mrs.  Wefkott,  heretofore  of" 
Hatch-Beauchamp.. 

c  Cart.,  anti^..  *Efc  c  Excerpt,  e  Kegill;  Wellens. 


BROADWAY. 

THIS  village  takes  its  name  from  its  fituation,  being  originally  a  few  huts  buii.; 
on  each  fide  a  broad  path  cut  through  the  woods,  which  were  at  that  time  a- 
foreft  called  the  foreft  of  Roche,  or  Neroche.. 

This  foreft,.  which  was  of  confiderable  extent,  took  its  name  from  a  very  ancient 
Roman  encampment  deeply  intrenched,  called  Roche  or  Rachiche  caftle,  fituated  on 
the  edge  of  Blackdown  hill  to  the  fouth  of  Curland,.  and  commanding  a  moft  beau- 
tiful and  extenfive  profpect.. 

In  the  time  of  King  John,.  William,  de  Wrotham  was  forefter  of  this  and  the 
other  forefts  in  this  county;  and  after,  him  Richard  de  Wrotham  by  inheritance. 

35  Henry  III.  William  de  Placetis  had  the  office  of  forefter,  which  he  held  to  the 
2. Edward  I.  when  dying,,  he  was  fucceeded  therein  by  Richard  de  Placetis  his  fon. 

24  Edward  I,.  Sabina  the  wife  of  Nicholas  Peche  was  forefter  in  fee  of  this  foreftv 
and  appointed  Peter  de  Hamme  to  be  her  deputy.. 

In  her  time,  26  Edward  Li  perambulation-  was^  made  of  all  the  forefts  in  this 
county,  in  order  to  reduce  them  to  their  antient  and  lawful  bounds,  in  purfuance  of 
the  charter  o^  forefts  that  year  ratified  under  the  great  feal  of  England..  The  com- 
miffioners  for  the  King  were  Malcoline  de  Harleigh,  and  John  de  Wrotefieigh,  to> 

whomj, 


anDT6ulflcm.]  BROADWAY.  17 

whom,  for  the  view  of  every  foreft,  were  joined  two  others,  chofen  by  the  county, 
which,  for  the  foreft  we  arc  now  fpcaking  of,  were  Geffery  de  Wroxall  and  Hugh 
de  Popham,  knights.  The  jury  was  compofed  of  the  following  perfons ;  William 
Trivet,  Walter  de  Lovcny,  William  de  Stanton,  knights;  Laurence  de  Alyngton, 
William  de  Poulct,  John  de  Bykefand,  William  Fichet  of  Sydenham,  John  de 
Raygny,  and  Matthew  de  Eire.  On  a  verdict  found  by  this  jury,  the  commif- 
fioners  made  the  following  report,  viz.  That  all  the  villages,  lands,  and  woods, 
hereafter-mentioned,  within  the  bounds  of  the  faid  foreft  of  Neroche,  were  afforcftcd 
after  the  coronation  of  Henry  II.  by  king  John,  to  the  detriment  of  the  tenants,  and 
ought  to  be  difafforefted,  viz.  A  certain  hill  called  the  Caftlc  of  Rachich;  the  ul- 
lage of  Capeland,  with  its  woods  and  appertenances ;  a  certain  wood  belonging  to 
the  manor  of  Bickcnhall;  half  the  village  of  Stivelcigh,  with  its  woods  and  apper- 
tenances; a  certain  wood  called  Oterfchawc,  belonging  to  the  manor  of  Ifle-Abbots; 
a  wood  called  Sotwode,  belonging  to  Drayton  manor;  a  certain  wood  called  Uniret, 
belonging  to  the  manor  of  Ilminfter;  a  certain  wood  called  Haukcfbcrc,  belonging  to 
the  manor  of  Cammel- Abbots ;  the  village  of  Afhill,  with  its  woods  and  apperte- 
nances ;  a  certain  wood  called  Clayhull,  belonging  to  the  manor  of  South  Petherton ; 
the  village  of  Broadway,  with  its  woods  and  appertenances ;  the  hamlet  of  Stoford, 
belonging  to  the  manor  of  Ikon;  a  certain  hermitage,  with  its  woods  and  apperte- 
nances, in  the  tenure  of  Thomas  de  Montforell  and  John  de  AfTelonde;  half  tin- 
village  of  Horton;  half  the  village  of  Donyat,  with  its  woods  and  appertenances ; 
the  hamlets  of  Stoklepath  and  Hockey,  with  their  woods  and  appertenances,  belong- 
ing to  the  manor  of  Combe  St.  Nicholas;  a  certain  tenement  called  Wodehoufc,  with 
its  woods  and  appertenances;  certain  lands  and  woods  at  the  Grange;  the  manor  of 
Donyat,  with  its  woods  and  appertenances;  a  certain  tenement,  with  its  woods  and 
appertenances,  called  Legh;  the  hamlet  of  Yfelbare,  with  its  woods  and  apperte- 
nances; a  certain  wood,  called  Stopclewode;  and  a  certain  part  of  land  called  Corv- 
lond,  belonging  to  the  manor  of  Staple.* 

17  Edward  II.  Nicholas  Peche,  fon  of  Sabina  Peche  above-mentioned,  is  certified 
to  hold  the  bailiwick  of  this  foreft  of  the  king,  in  capite,  by  grand  ferjeanty,  and 
by  paying  into  the  king's  exchequer  the  fum  of  twelve  (hillings  and  fix-pence 
per  annum. 

10  Edward  III.  Matthew  Peche  fold  all  his  right  to  the  faid  bailiuk  k  to  Richard 
d'Amori,  knight;  who,  18  Edward  III.  granted  the  fame  to  Matthew  de  Clivedon; 
which  grant  was  the  fame  year  confirmed  by  the  king.b 

34  Edward  III.  the  office  of  foreftcr  of  this  and  the  other  forcfts  is  found  to  belong 
to  Roger  Mortimer  earl  of  March,  in  whofe  defcendants  earls  of  March,  and  in 
their  heirs,  the  dukes  of  York,  it  continued  till  the  time  of  king  Edward  VI.  when 
it  became  united  to  the  crown.  During  the  attainder  of  the  duke  of  York,  38  Henry 
VI.  James  earl  of  Ormond  was  appointed  keeper  of  the  faid  forefts. 

*  Excerpt,  e  Regift.  Wellen,  bPat.  18  Edw.  III.  p.  i.  m.  38. 

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iB  BROADWAY.  [a&Mck 

The  parifh  of  Broadway  lies  ten  miles  foutheaft  from  Taunton,  and  two  miles 
northweft  from  Ilminfter.  It  is  divided  into  two  tithings :  i .  Broadway  tithing,  a 
long  irregular  ftreet  containing  about  fifty  houfes,  moft  of  which  are  farms,  occupied 
by  their  refpective  owners :  2.  Capland  tithing,  fituated  two  miles  northweft  from 
Broadway,  containing  about  ten  houfes ;  in  all  about  fixty  houfes,  and  three  hundred 
and  twenty  inhabitants. 

Two  brooks  rifing  in  the  foreft  of  Neroche  bound  this  parifh  on  the  north  and  fouth, 
and  empty  themfclves  into  the  He. 

The  fituation  of  Broadway  is  flat  and  woody ;  the  lands  are  nearly  all  meadow  and 
pafture ;  the  foil  is  a  clayey  loam. 

A  confiderable  manufacture  of  ferges,  narrow  cloths,  druggets,  duroys,  &c.  was 
carried  on  here  for  many  years  with  fome  fuccefs;  but  of  late  the  trade  has  declined. 

The  little  we  know  of  the  Hate  of  this  village  in  ancient  times  is,  that  foon  after 
the  Norman  conqueft  it  belonged  to  the  earl  of  Morton. 

"  Malger  holds  of  the  carl  Bradewei.  It  was  in  the  time  of  Edward  the  Confefibr 
"  in  the  tenure  of  Alnod,  who  was  rated  for  it  at  one  hide.  The  arable  land  is  one 
w  carucate.  There  are  three  villanes,  and  three  cottagers,  with  one  fervant.  There 
«  are  twelve  acres  of  meadow,  and  four  acres  of  wood.  It  was  and  is  worth  ten 
<l  millings.'"1 

In  the  time  of  Edward  I.  Broadway  was  the  pofieffion  of  the  family  of  L'Orti, 
lords  of  Curry  Rivel.  34  Edward  I.  Henry  de  L'Orti  obtained  licence  for  a  market 
here  on  Tuefday,  (which  market  has  been  long  difcontinued)  and  a  fair  on  the  feaft 
of  St.  Aldbelm,  the  patron  faint  of  the  church,  and  the  eight  following  days. 

By  an  inquifition  taken  30  Elizabeth,  it  was  found  that  Hugh  Brook  died  feized  of 
this  manor,  which  he  held  of  the  heirs  of  George  Speke,  knight,  as  of  his  manor 
of  Whitelackington.     It  is  now  the  property  of  Henry  William  Portman,  efq. 

The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Crewkerne,  and  the  patronage  in 

Lay,  efq.     The  Rev.  Mr.  Fewtrell,  of  Hinton  St.  George,  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  which  ftands  nearly  half  a  mile  fouth  from  the  ftreet,  is  built  in  the 
form  of  a  crofs,  being  in  length  fixty-four  feet  from  eaft  to  weft,  and  from  north  to 
fouth  fifty-one  feet.     The  tower  contains  five  bells. 

On  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel  is  an  old  ftone  with  this  infeription : 
"  In  commemoratione  Saras  natas  Johfs  Forde  clerici,  concionatoris  hujus  ecclefiae; 
et  Hannae  uxoris  ejus,  quae  obiit  280  Decembris,  1621. 
"  Difce  mori  mundo,  vivere  difce  Deo." 

On  the  north  wall  of  the  nave  is  a  very  neat  mural  monument  of  white  and  grey 
marble.  On  the  top  of  the  tablet  is  an  elegant  white  urn  circled  w  ith  a  feftoon.  Below 
are  the  arms,  viz.  Or,  four  chevronels  gules.     Creft,  a  demi  unicorn  of  the  fecond. 

c  Lib.  Domefday. 

«  Here 


an&  TMffon.]  BROADWAY.  ip 

"  Here  Iieth  the  body  of  the  Rev.  William  Fcwtrell,  A.  B.  prebendary  of  Wells, 
rector  of  this  parifh,  and  of  Hinton  St.  George,  and  Stocklinch  Ottcrfey,  in  this 
county,  who  died  the  16th  of  May  1777,  aged  64. 

"  Alfo  the  body  of  Sufanna  Fcwtrell  his  wife,  (daughter  and  co-hcirefs  of  Hugh 
Broom,  gent.)  who  departed  this  life  the  1  8th  of  Sept.  1773,  aged  61 . 

'*  In  tender  regard  to  the  memory  of  two  mod  worthy  and  affectionate  parents, 
this  monument  was  erected  by  their  furviving  children. 

"  Near  this  place  lie  alfo  the  bodies  of  Richard  Knight  Fcwtrell  and  William 
Fcwtrell,  fons  of  the  faid  William  and  Sufanna  Fcwtrell:  Richard  died  Sept.  24, 1742. 
William  Jan.  ri,  1739,  aged  7  months." 

In  the  church-yard  is  the  following  infeription: 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  Agnes  Maine,  who  died  July  4,  aged  47  years. 

Shall  then  the  great  in  taunting  accents  fay, 
'  What  mighty  deeds  have  dignified  this  clay? 

1  Or  was  (lie  rich  in  fortune  or  in  blood?' 

Ah!  flie  was  more,  much  more,  for  fhe  was  good. 
Her  life  in  fervice  and  obedience  fpent, 
She  gain'd  not  riches,  but  fhe  gain'd  content: 
Whilft  o'er  herfelf  fhe  kept  a  ftrict  controul, 
And  heap'd  up  treafure  that  enrich'd  her  foul. 
Mofi:  firm  in  morals,  rcfolutely  juft, 
Of  fofteft  manners,  but  a  rock  in  truft : 
Happy  in  mind,  with  ferioufnefs  endued, 
A  feeling  heart  that  teem'd  with  gratitude. 
Thy  friends  lament  thus  foon  the  grave  thy  doom, 
Thy  miftrefs  lov'd  thee,  and  inferibes  thy  tomb. 
Go,  take  thy  wages  now  by  Heav'n's  decree, 
Where  fervice  is  eternal  liberty. 

"  She  lived  twenty-nine  years  in  one  place  of  fervice." 

In  the  church-yard  are  the  remains  of  a  fine  old  crofs.  There  is  alio  an  ancient 
yew-tree,  the  body  of  which  at  four  feet  height  is  fourteen  feet  in  circumference;  the 
trunk  is  quite  hollow,  but  it  has  a  fine  lofty  fpreading  head. 

There  is  an  alms-houfe  in  this  parifh  endowed  with  twenty-one  pounds  per  annum 
for  the  maintenance  of  feven  poor  perfons,  who  are  admitted  thereto  by  the  joint 
approbation  of  the  minifter  and  parifh  officers. 

The  births  on  an  average  are  twelve;  the  burials  ten. 


D  2  BUCKLAND 


[  20  ]  [a&Mck 

B  U  C  K  L  A  N  D      St.      MARY. 

THIS  parifh,  fo  called  from  the  dedication  of  its  church,  lies  in  the  feveral 
hundreds  of  Abdick  and  Bulfton,  South  Petherton,  and  Martock;  and  in  the 
fouthern  extremity  of  the  foreft  of  Neroche.  The  word  Buckland  is  of  Saxon  origin, 
Boclanb  in  that  language  fignifying  fuch  lands  as  were  granted  by  the  Saxon  kings  to 
their  thanes  or  nobles;  and  thefe  territories  were  fo  called,  becaufe,  being  here- 
ditary and  exempt  from  vulgar  fervices,  they  were  conveyed  by  charter,  and  com- 
mitted to  a  writing  or  book.  It  extends  nearly  five  miles  from  eaft  to  weft,  and 
contains  three  tithings  and  hamlets. 

i.  Buckland  tithing,  in  which  are  twenty-four  houfes,  near  the  church. 

2.  Weftcomb  land,  containing  twenty-eight  houfes,  eighteen  of  which  are  farms 
from  30I.  to  200I.  a  year. 

3.  Dommet,  in  South- Petherton  hundred,  containing  twenty  houfes,  fifteen  of 
which  are  farms.  There  are  alfo  about  thirty  fingle  houfes  and  cottages ;  in  the 
whole  about  one  hundred  houfes,  and  five  hundred  and  forty  inhabitants. 

The  fituation  is  pleafant,  being  under  the  north  ridge  of  Blackdown  hills,  and  agree- 
ably varied  with  eminences  and  vales.  That  this  neighbourhood  anciently  expe- 
rienced the  rude  foot  of  war,  is  ftrongly  indicated  by  the  various  military  relicks  that 
have  been  difcovered,  and  the  ftrong  entrenchments  of  Neroche  caftle  ftill  frowning 
over  a  vaft  extent  of  country.  On  the  top  of  that  part  of  Blackdown  which  lies 
within  this  parifh,  by  the  road  fide  from  this  caftle  to  Chard,  are  immenfe quantities 
of  flint  ftones  lying  in  vaft  heaps,  upwards  of  fixty  yards  in  circumference,  which  are 
called  Robin  Hood's  Butts,  and  are  generally  fuppofed  to  be  the  tombs  of  ancient  war- 
riors, who  fell  during  the  fevere  contefts  betwixt  the  Danes  and  Saxons  in  thefe  parts. 

There  is  a  confiderable  quantity  of  wafte  land  in  this  parifh,  on  which  the  poor  are 
privileged  to  cut  fuel.  The  Cultivated  parts  area  mixture  of  arable  and  pafture; 
and  there  are  about  three  hundred  acres  of  woods,  which  are  moftly  coppice,  but 
contain  fome  good  oak  and  afh  timber.  Several  brooks  run  through  the  parilh,  con- 
taining trout  and  eels. 

A  fair  for  cattle  and  toys  is  held  here  on  the  Wednefday  and  Thurfday  after  the 
20th  of  September. 

The  manor  is  chiefly  difmembered :  what  little  remains  is  the  property  of  Ifaac 
Elton,  of  Briftol,  efq. 

It  was  in  ancient  times  (as  its  name  imports)  thaneland,  and  in  Domefday  book  is 
furveyed  under  the  title  of  lands  belonging  to  the  king's  thanes,  or  perfonal  attendants. 

"  Brictric  and  Ulward  hold  of  the  king  Bochelande.  The  fame  held  it  in  the  time 
"  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  three  caru- 
"  cates.  Two  carucates  are  in  demefne,  and  two  villanes,  and  four  cottagers.  It  is 
"  worth  twenty  fhillings. 

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BUCKLA  8  D    St.    MARV. 


21 


"  This  land  they  held  of  bifliop  Peter  as  long  as  he  lived,  and  paid  him  for  it  ten 
"  fhillings.  They  now  hold  it  of  the  king;  but  lincc  the  bi (hop's  death  the  king  ha; 
"  received  nothing  from  it.  Of  this  land  the  wife  of  Bollc  held  three  virgatcs  in  the 
"  rime  of  king  Edward."* 

In  the  time  of  Edward  I.  we  find  this  manor,  with  the  advowfon  of  the  church, 
polfeffed  by  the  family  of  Merit  i,  who  had  great  eilates  in  thefe parti:  other  lands  in 
Buckland  belonged  in  the  fame  reign  to  the  family  of  Ruflcll.b  2  Edward  III.  the 
king  granted  licence  to  Thomas  dc  Merlebergc  (or  Marlborough)  to  amortize  certain 
lands  in  this  parifiY  for  the  maintenance  of  two  chaplains  in  the  church  of  Iflc- 
Brewcrs/  38  Edward  III.  John  Bays  of  Yeovil  rcleafcd  to  Guy  de  Bricn  all  his  right 
to  lands  in  Buckland  St.  Mary,  and  in  the  advowfon  of  the  church  of  Wanftrow." 

The  church  was  in  1292  valued  at  eight  marks;'  and  26  Henry  VIII.  at  12I. 
19s.  9[d.  It  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Crewkerne,  and  in  the  prefentation 
of  the  family  of  Popham.  The  Rev.  George  Popham,  of  Taunton,  is  the  prefent 
incumbent. 

The  church  is  a  neat  ftrudture,  eighty  feet  long  and  forty-four  feet  wide.  It  confifts 
of  a  nave,  two  fide  ailes,  and  chancel,  all  leaded  except  the  laft.  The  nave  and  ailes 
arc  open  to  the  lead.  It  contains  no  monument;  but  on  two  flat  (tones  are  the  fol- 
lowing inferiptions : 

:t  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Maximilian  Kymer,  gent,  who  dyed  the  1 2th  of  January 
x723>  agcd  76. 

4<  Alfo  of  Eleazer  Kymer,  gent,  who  dyed  March  13,  1700,  aged  93. 
"  Alfo  of  Gilbert  Kymer,  gent,  who  died  Dec.  21,  1711,  aged  69. 
"  Alfo  Rofe  Kymer  his  widow,  who  died  March  16,  1739,  aged  39-" 

In  the  north  ailc, 
"  Here  licth  the  body  of  Parge  the  fon  of  John  and  Mary  Shire,  who  died  the  24th 
day  of  Auguft  1748,  aged  7. 

"  Alfo  here  lieth  the  body  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Shire,  father  of  the  above  Parge, 
who  died  Nov.  22,  1772,  jetat.  fuae  72." 

In  the  church-yard  are  nine  tombs,  and  a  ftone  crofs  with  the  top  of  the  pillar 
broken  off.  Here  is  alfo  a  large  yew-tree,  whofe  trunk  is  four  yards  in  circumference 
at  four  feet  above  ground. 


a  Lib.  Domefday. 
kEfc. 


c  Inq.  ad  quod  damnum. 
d  Rot.  claus.  38  Edward  III. 


*Taxat.  Spiritual. 


CRICKET 


I  22  ]  [atfljicft 

C  R  I  C  K  E  T-M  A  L  H  E  R  B  E, 

A  Small  parifh  three  miles  fouth  from  Ilminfter,  and  three  eaft  from  Chard, 
fituated  on  elevated  ground,  under  the  range  of  hills  called  White  Down.  The 
foil  is  cold  and  wet,  but  there  is  plenty  of  wood.  It  contains  only,  one  farm  and 
ten  cottages,  and  the  number  of  inhabitants  is  about  threefcore. 

This  place  afTumed  the  additional  name  from  its  having  fometime  belonged  to  the 
ancient  family  of  Malherbe.  Domefday  furveys  it  under  the  fimple  appellation  of 
Cruchet,  as  follows: 

"  Drogo  holds  of  the  earl  (Morton)  Cruchet.  Two  thanes  held  it  in  Edward  the 
"■  ConfefTor'S:  reign,  and  paid  tax  for  three  hides.  The  arable  is  four  carucates.  In 
"  demefne  is  one  carucate  with  one  fervant,  and  five  villanes,  and  four  cottagers,  with 
"  half  a  carucate.  There  are  eight  acres  of  meadow,  and  eighty  acres  of  wood.  It 
"  was  formerly  worth  eleven  (hillings,  now  thirty  fhillings."a 

When  the  Malherbes  came  to  this  eftate,  or  how  long  they  poffeffed  it,  does  not 
appear.  1 2  Henry  II.  in  the  aid  for  marrying  the  king's  daughter,  Robert  Malherbe 
held  one  knight's  fee  and  four  parts  of  another  of  William  Malet;  and  in  the  fame 
affeffment  William  Malherbe  is  certified  to  hold  the  number  of  four  knights  fees.b 

In  the  fucceffive  reigns  of  Henry  IV.  V.  VI.  and  Edward  IV.  the  manor  of  Cricket- 
Malherbe  was  pofferTed  by  the  family  of  Dynham,  who  were  likewife  lords  of  Buck- 
land-Dynham,  Corton,  and  other  manors  ia  this  county;  and  their  pofterity  feem  to 
have  inherited  it  {o  late  as  the  beginning  of  the  reign  Of  Henry  VIII. :  for  by  an 
inquifition  taken  at  Bridgewater  Sept.  18,  15  20,  it  was  found  that  Thomas  Dynham, 
knight,  died  Nov.  12,  1519,  feized  of  the  manor  of  Cricket-Malherbe,  leaving  John 
his  fon  and  heir,  then  of  the  age  of  feventeen  years.0  This  John  married  Joanna  the 
daughter  of  John  Heron,  knight,  from  whom  this  lordfliip  parted  to  the  Drews  of 
Stanton.     The  manor  and  whole  parifh  now  belong  to  Stephen  Pitt,  efq. 

The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Crewkerne,  and  in  the  gift  of  Mr.  Pitt 
aforefaid.     The  Rev.  Mr.  Palmer  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  dedicated  to  St.  Mary  Magdalen,  is  a  fmall  gothick  edifice,  confiding 
of  one  pace,  forty-five  feet  long  and  eighteen  wide,  with  a  fmall  turret  in  which  are 
two  bells.     It  contains  neither  monument,  infeription,  nor  any  thing  elfe  worth  notice. 

*  Lib.  Domefday.  b  Lib.  nig.  p.  93,  94.  e  Efc. 


CURLAND. 


ano  l6ulfton.]  r   *3    ] 

C     U     R    L    A     N     D. 

CURL  AND  Hands  fix  miles  fonth  from  Taunton,  and  the  fame  drftonce  north- 
weft  from  Chard,  fituatcd  in  a  narrow  flat  at  the  foot  of  the  north  ridge  of 
Blackdown.  It  comprifes  a  fimll  hamlet  of  the  name  of  Britty,  in  which  arc  two 
houfes;  the  whole  number  is  twenty-five,  and  of  inhabitants  about  one  hundred  and 
twenty-fix.  Moft  of  the  habitations  are  fmall,  thatched,  rough-ftonc,  cottages,  fomc 
having  two  floors,  others  only  one. 

The  lands  are  chiefly  arable;  but  there  is  fome  pafture,  and  a  common,  on  which 
all  the  poor  have  a  right  of  cutting  fuel  and  turf.  The  roads  are  narrow,  rough, 
and  ftony.  This  village  is  famous  for  fcythe  ftones,  which  the  inhabitants  dig  on 
Blackdown. 

This  place  being  originally  a  member  of  Staple-Fitzpaine,  is  not  particularly 
noticed  in  the  Conqueror's  furvey.  It  pafTed  along  with  the  faid  manor  for  feveral 
Centimes,  till  being  alienated  therefrom,  it  fell  into  different  hands;  and  in  the  reign 
of  Edward  VI.  we  find  it  the  property  of  Thomas  Reve  and  George  Cotton,  «  ho 
conveyed  it  to  Valentine  Brown;  and  he  7  Eliz.  to  Robert  Howfc.  38  Eliz.  lands 
were  held  here  by  John  Dorchefter,  who,  2d  of  March,  had  licence  to  alienate  the 
fame  to  William  Powell,  D.  D.m  Henry  Seymour,  of  Sherborne,  efq ;  is  now  lord 
of  this  manor. 

Curland  was  anciently  confidered  only  as  a  chapel  to  Curry-Mallet,  but  being 
erected  into  a  parifh,  is  now  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Crewkernc,  and  held  by  the 
rev.  William  Spekeof  Jordans  in  the  parifh  of  Afhill. 

The  church  is  a  fmall  building  of  one  pace,  and  contains  nothing  remarkable. 

The  chriftenings  are  yearly  on  an  average  feven;  the  burials  three. 

•MS.  Donat. 


CURRY-RIVE    L. 

THIS  is  a  very  confiderable  village,  fituatcd  at  the  northern  extremity  of  the 
hundred,  two  miles  weft  from  Langport,  and  eleven  caft  from  Taunton;  the 
great  road  betwixt  thofe  towns  lying  through  it. 

The  parifh  is  extenfive  and  populous :  the  village  confifts  of  fifty-feven  houfes, 
forming  feveral  irregular  ftreets  near  the  church;  befides  which  there  are  three 
hamlets,  viz.  Hambridge  (fo  denominated  from  a  county  bridge  here  thrown  over 
the  If!c  which  runs  through  this  parifh ;)  Heal,  in  which  is  a  pleaiant  feat  belonging  to 
Mrs.  Powel ;  and  Wick.  In  thefe  three  hamlets  are  forty  houfes;  which,  with  nearly 
fifty  more  ftanding  iingly  and  on  the  fide  of  the  moor,  make  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty  in  all.     The  number  of  inhabitants  in  the  whole  parifh  is  about  eight  hundred. 

The 


24  C   U    R    R    Y-R    I   V    E   L.  [abWcfe 

The  foil  is  chiefly  of  the  ftone-rufh  kind ;  there  are  feveral  quarries  of  blue  lime 
ftone,  fit  for  building,  and  white  lyas ;  in  which  are  found  bivalve  fhells  of  the  venus, 
tellinae,  and  other  forts.  They  have  likewife  here  an  excellent  kind  of  broad  paving 
ftone,  which  is  frequently  raifed  ten  feet  long  and  three  broad. 

Among  the  great  quantities  of  wood  with  which  this  parifh  abounds,  elm  feems 
to  be  the  moft,  and  oak  the  leaflr  thriving.  Of  the  latter  fpecies,  however,  a  lingular 
curiofity  occurs  in  a  field  near  the  Angel  Inn,  where  there  is  an  oak,  which  bears 
acorns  of  an  uncommon  fize,  being  more  than  thrice  the  ufual  dimensions ;  and  by 
fome  experiments  made  by  an  eminent  naturalift,  it  appears  that  the  plants  which 
they  produce  grow  twice  as  faft  as  thofe  raifed  from  common  acorns. 

The  inhabitants  have  a  right  of  commonage  in  the  adjoining  moors,  and  in  the 
foreft  of  Neroche. 

The  north  fide  of  this  parifh  is  a  bold  ridge  of  hills,  which  rifes  with  a  fteep 
afcent  about  four  hundred  feet,  from  Weft-Sedgmoor;  the  flope  being  finely  waved, 
indented,  and  clothed  with  beautiful  hanging  woods :  thefe  woods  alternately  fwell 
into  bold  projections,  and  recede  into  fine  hollows,  forming  a  grand  profile  when 
viewed  from  the  eaft  or  weft.  Within  a  cove  open  to  Sedgmoor,  on  the 'very  top  of 
this  ridge,  is  Burton-Pinfent,  the  feat  of  the  Earl  of  Chatham.  The  houfe  is  a  large 
irregular  building,  erected  at  different  periods,  and  compofed  of  various  materials ; 
but  the  modern  part  is  moftly  brick.  The  apartments  are  elegant,  and  contain  fome 
excellent  paintings.*  The  principal  front  is  to  the  north,  commanding  a  rich  and 
very  extenfive  profpect  of  all  the  flat  country  between  Mendip  and  theQuantock  hills, 
the  channel  and  Welch  mountains.  Immediately  under  the  eye  is  a  beautiful  moor, 
level  as  a  bowling-green,  and  covered  with  the  fineft  verdure,  to  the  extent  of  near 
fix  miles  in  length,  and  from  one  to  three  miles  in  width,  fkirtcd  thick  with  villages. 
From  this  point  more  than  thirty  churches  may  be  diftinctly  feen. 

*  The  Dining-room  is  35  feet  by  21,  and  16  feet  high ;  ornamented  with  four  whole-length  portraits,  and 
fome  line,  three-quarter  lengths. 

In  the  Stone  Hall,  27  feet  by  18  L  and  1 1  f  feet  high,  are,  a  fine  old  painting  of  our  Saviour  when  taken 
down  from  the  crofs,  feveral  landfcapes,  and  many  old  half-length  portraits. 

The  Drawing-Roora  is  33  feet  by  21,  and  15  feet  high,  hung  with  green  damaflc.  Over  the  door 
is  a  very  line  painting  of  a  lady  leaning  on  a  table ;  the  drapery  excellent,  colouring  chafle.  Over  the  chimney- 
piece,  an  admirable  painting  of  a  favourite  fpaniel. 

The  Bird-Room  20  feet  by  24,  and  1 1  high,  falmon-coloured  ftucco.  Here  are  four  line  landfcapes, 
with  birds,  fowls,  and  rabbits ;  the  attitudes  natural.  Thefe  paintings  are  fix  feet  fix  by  five  feet  nine,  and 
executed  by  Bogdani. 

The  Library  is  35  by  18,  and  n  high,  painted  fea-green,  embellilhed  with  Le  Brun's  battles,  and  the 
triumphal  entry  of  Alexander  into  Babylon ;  a  half-length  of  one  of  the  prefent  family,  and  two  others. 

The  Bail-Room  60  feet  by  28,  and  17  feet  high.  Six  fine  whole-length  portraits,  viz.— the  late  Earl  and 
the  prefent  Countefs  of  Chatham,  Earl  Temple,  Marquis  of  Granby,  Admirals  Saunders  a«nd  Bofcawen. 

On 


anuTSuiaon.]  CURRY -RIVE  L.  25 

On  the  northeaft  point,  at  the  diftancc  of  about  two  furlongs  from  the  houfc,  is  a 
fine  column  of  white  ftone,  one  hundred  and  forty  feet  high,  built  on  a  fmooth  green 
projecting  knoll,  with  a  ftecp  declivity  of  more  than  three  hundred  feet  down  to  the 
edge  of  the  moor.  This  pillar  was  erected  by  the  late  carl  of  Chatham  to  the 
memory  of  fir  William  Pynfcnt,  and  coft  two  thoufand  pounds.  On  one  fide  of  the 
pedeflal  (which  is  about  twenty-five  feet  high)  is  the  following  infeription: 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  fir  William  Pynfcnt. 
"  Hoc/altem  fungar  inani  vuaure." 

The  fouth  or  back  front  of  the  houfc  looks  into  a  park  perfectly  level,  finely 
wooded  with  large  elm  and  other  trees,  and  commands  a  very  fine  view  to  the  fouth, 
foutheaft,  and  northweft,  bounded  by  that  high  ridge  of  land  which  ftrctching  from 
near  Sherborne  in  Dorfetfhire  extends  to  Columftokc  Beacon  on  Blackdown.  The 
pleafure-grounds  on  the  brow  of  the  hill  are  elegantly  difpofed,  and  admit  of  great 
variety.  At  the  end  of  a  narrow  walk,  (haded  with  laurels  and  other  evergreens,  is 
an  urn  of  white  marble,  furrounded  with  a  feftoon,  arid  fupported  on  a  fquare  bafe- 
ment.     This  urn  is  elegantly  (haped,  and  the  fculpture  admirably  executed. 

On  the  front  is  this  infeription: 
"  Sacred  to  pure  affection,  this  fimple  urn  (lands  a  witnefs  of  unceafing  grief  for 
him,  who,  excelling  in  whatever  is  mod  admirable,  and  adding  to  the  excrcife  of 
the  fublimeft  virtues  the  fweet  charm  of  refined  fentiment  and  polifhcd  wit,  by  gay 
and  focial  commerce,  rendered  beyond  comparifon  happy  the  courfe  of  domeftick 
life,  and  beftowed  a  felicity  inexprefiible  on  her,  whofe  faithful  love  was  blefTed  in  a 
pure  return,  that  raifed  her  above  every  other  joy  but  the  parental  one — and  that  (till 
(hared  with  him.  His  generous  country,  with  publick  monuments,  has  eternized  his 
fame.     This  humble  tribute  is  but  to  footh  the  forrowing  bread  of  private  woe." 

On  the  back, 
"  To  the  memory  of  William  Pitt,  earl  Of  Chatham,  this  marble  is  inferibed  by 
Heftcr  his  beloved  wife,  1 78i."b 

With  regard  to  the  landed  property  of  this  place,  it  hath  had  a  variety  of  families 
for  its  owners.  In  Edward  the  Confefibr's  reign  it  was  the  deroefnc  of  the  crown,, 
and  had  a  church,  as  we  read  in  that  notable  Norman  record  called  Domefday, 
wherein  Curry  is  thus  furvcyed: 

"  The  king  holds  Churi.  King  Edward  the  Confeflbr  held  it.  It  never  paid  tax, 
"  nor  is  it  known  how  many  bides  are  there.  The  arable  is  thirteen  carucates.  In 
"  demefne  are  three  carucates,  and  five  fen  ants,  and  twenty  villanes,  and  two  cottagers, 

b  This  illuftrious  fenator,  whofe  chara&er  is  too  well  known  to  need  our  encomiums,  was  created  vifcount 
Pitt,  of  Burton-Pynfent,  in  the  county  of  Somerfet,  and  earl  of  Chatham,  in  the  county  of  Kent,  July  30, 
1766,  6  Geo.  III.  His  lordfhip's  arms  are,  /able,  a  fefs  checque,  er  and  azure,  between  three  bezants. 
Creft,  on  a  wreath,  a  crane  dofe,  proper,  beaked  and  membered  er,  holding  his  dexter  foot  upon  an  anchor 
ereft  er. 

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26  CURRY -RIVE  L.  [Stoicfe 

with  ten  ploughs.  There  are  forty  acres  of  meadow,  and  a  wood  two  miles  long, 
and  one  mile  broad.  It  yields  twenty-one  pounds  and  fifty  pence,  allowing  twenty  to 
the  ounce. 

"  From  this  manor  is  taken  one  virgate  of  land.  Bretel  held  it  of  earl  Moreton, 
and  it  is  worth  ten  millings  and  eight-pence. 

"  The  three  manors  of  Nord-Peret,  Sud-Peret,  and  Churi,  in  the  time  of  king 
"  Edward,  paid  the  farm  of  one  night  with  its  appendages. 

"  In  the  church  of  Curi  is  half  a  hide.  A  prieft  has  there  one  carucate.  Eddida 
"  the  monk  holds  in  free  alms  of  the  king  twelve  acres  of  land.  There  are  eighty 
"  acres  of  wood  and  pafture.     It  is  worth  five  (hillings."0 

It  feems  to  have  continued  in  the  crown  till  the  reign  of  Richard  the  firft,  when 
it  was  granted  with  Langport  to  Richard  Revel,  or  Rivel,  a  perfon  of  great  note,  and 
iheriff  of  the  counties  of  Devon  and  Cornwall,  for  feveral  fucceflive  years.'1 

This  Richard  left  an  only  daughter,  by  name  Sabina,  who  was  wedded  to  Henry 
L'Orti,  or  de  Urtiaco,  from  which  match  Curry  became  the  inheritance  of  that  family. 
In  2 1  Henry  III.  this  Henry  obtained  licence  of  the  king  to  impark  his  woods  here, 
in  order  to  be  exempt  from  the  regard  of  the  neighbouring  foreft  of  Neroche.*  He 
died  26  Henry  III.  and  Sabina  his  wife  furviving  him  had  livery  of  the  lands  of 
her  inheritance. 

To  him  fucceeded  another  of  his  name,  who  was  in  great  eftimation  with  king 
Edw.  I.  in  25  th  of  whofe  reign  he  was  fummoned  to  parliament  amongfl  the  barons  of 
this  realm,  and  foon  after  procured  a  charter  of  free  warren  in  his  demefne  lands  in 
this  village;'  a  liberty  which,  after  the  Norman  conqueft,  was  abfolutely  necefiary  for 
every  landholder  who  was  difpofed  to  enjoy  himfelf  on  his  own  territories.  He  de- 
ceafed  14  Edward  II.  leaving  iffue  a  third  Henry,  who  had  livery  of  his  lands,  and 
died  1 5  Edward  III.  then  feized  of  this  manor,  with  the  advowfon  of  the  church, 
which  he  held  of  the  king  in  chief  by  the  fervice  of  one  knight's  fee.*  He  was  fuc- 
ceeded by  John  his  fon  and  heir,  who  inherited  the  eftate,  but  left  no  male  iffue. 

After  which  this  manor  pafied  to  the  family  of  Montacute,  and  from  them  to  the 
Beauforts,  marquifes  of  Dorfet. 

In  the  reign  of  Henry  VII.  it  belonged  to  the  bifhop  of  Bath  and  Wells,  who 
alienated  it  to  the  bifhop  of  London.     It  afterwards  came  to  the  crown,  and 

30  Henry  VIII.  was  granted  to  the  duke  of  Norfolk.  3  Eliz.  it  was  held  in  chief 
by  Henry  lord  Strange  and  lady  Margaret  his  wife,  with  remainder  to  the  heirs  of 
the  body  of  Charles  late  duke  of  Suffolk;  but  it  feems  to  have  been  alienated  fhortly 
after:  for  8  Eliz.  Thomas  Snagge  and  Jeffery  Morley  are  certified  to  be  lords  thereof.1' 

34  Eliz.  a  yearly  rent  was  paid  out  of  Curry-Rivel  to  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Wells. 

«Lib.  Domefday.  «  Cart.  21  Hen.  III.  m.  6.  *Efc. 

*  Cart,  in  Turr.  Lond.  f  Cart.  32  Edw.  I.  n.  35.  *  MS.  donat. 

42  Eliz. 


antnsulflon.]         curry-rivel.  27 

42  Eliz.  Roger  Forte  appears  to  have  been  lord  of  this  manor,'  which  after  pafllng 
through  fcveral  other  hands  came  at  length  to  the  Acland  family;  and  being  now 
divided  belongs  to  Mrs.  Maria  Acland,  and  William  Barber,  efq;  who  hold  court  - 
leet  and  baron  annually. 

In  1292,  20  Edw.  I.  the  church  was  valued  at  thirty  marks;11  but  26  Hen.  VIII. 
at  13I.  1 6s.  It  was  appropriated  by  biftiop  Erghum  in  139 1  to  the  prioiy  of  Byfliam 
in  Berks.  8  Eliz.  the  rectory  and  advowfon  of  the  vicarage  belonged  to  William 
Clifton,  efq;  in  whofe  family  it  remained  for  fomc  defecnts :  they  feem  likewifc  to 
have  had  fome  fharc  in  the  manor.  The  patronage  is  now  veiled  in  lady  Chatham 
and  George  Speke,  of  Jordans  near  Ilminftcr,  efq.  The  rev.  Samuel  Alford  is  the 
prefent  incumbent.  The  vicarage  is  worth  about  iool.  per  annum;  but  has  neither 
glebe,  queen's  bounty,  nor  any  private  donation. 

The  church  ftands  on  an  eminence,  and  is  a  very  handfome  ftructure,  compofed 
of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  two  fide  ailes,  covered  with  (late.  At  the  weft  end  is  a  large 
embattled  tower,  with  a  clock  and  five  bells :  under  the  battlements  thereof,  on  the 
fouth  fide,  is  a  ftatue  of  St.  Andrew,  its  patron  faint.  The  roof  is  twenty-eight  feet 
high,  but  plain;  that  of  the  chancel  is  twenty-fix  feet,  ceiled  in  fquare  compartments 
between  the  ribs  of  the  arches.  The  roof  is  fupportcd  by  light  and  elegant  cluftcred 
pillars,  painted  marble  colour.     The  pulpit  is  of  mahogany,  finely  carved  and  gilded. 

In  the  chancel  is  a  ftately  tomb,  with  an  arched  canopy,  on  the  top  of  which  are 
four  reclining  cherubs,  and  arms ;  argent,  a  chevron,  or,  between  three  bezants.  On 
a  chief  ermine,  three  cinquefoils  gules.  Creft,  a  redbreaft  fitting  on  a  wreathed 
murion.  On  this  tomb  lie  the  effigies,  in  ftone,  of  two  men  in  compktc  armour; 
but  much  mutilated.     At  their  heads  is  this  infeription : 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Marmaduke  Jennings,  efq;  who  was  buried  the  25th  of 

April  1625.     /Etat.  58. 

"  And  alfo  Robert  Jennings,  efq;  who  was  buried  May  7,  1630.     /Etat.  32." 
The  Jennings's  were  of  Burton-Pynfent.     Mary  the  daughter  and  coheir  of  Thomas 

Jennings,  efq;  was  married  to  fir  William  Pynfent,  bart.  whofe  family  gave  the 

additional  name  of  that  eftate. 

At  their  feet  is  the  following  infeription: 
"  Et  pater  et  natus  tumulo  conduntur  eodem: 

Quis  renuat  cum  mors  imperiofa  vocat? 
Pnevius  eftgenitor:  patre  dempto  vivere  nollet 

Filius;  officium  praeftitit  ille  fuum. 
Hinc  fibi  bina  meus  lector  documenta  capefiat; 

Quo  poffit  recte  vivere,  vclle  mori." 

At  one  end  of  this  tomb  is  inferibed, 
"  If  age  or  youth  could  quitt  us  from  the  graue 
Or  all  th'  endowments  that  belong  to  both 

«  MS.  donat.  k  Tsuot.  Spiritual, 

Ea  Wee 


z8  CURRY-RIVE   L.  [StJUitft 

Wee  would  implead  th'  unequal  fates  and  fave 
The  father  for  his  age,  the  fon  for's  youth. 
But  fince  intomb'd  together  here  they  lie 
What  mall  I  fay  but  this,  that  all  muft  dy." 

On  the  fides  of  this  tomb  are  the  portraitures  of  many  children  kneeling,  and  two 
little  beds,  with  three  infants  in  one,  and  two  in  the  other;  together  with  the  effigies  of 
Mary  Powel,  Fran.  Bifhop,  and  Elizabeth  Townfend. 

Under  the  north  wall,  at  the  end  of  the  aile,  are  five  gothick  niches,  in  which  lie 
effigies  in  ftoneof  feveral  branches  of  the  Jennings  and  the  Trevelyan  families;  but 
much  mutilated. 

On  the  remains  of  an  old  broken  tomb  is  this  legend : 

f  Here  lyeth  the  bodie  of  Raphe  the  fonne  of  Raphe  Trevillian,  who  died  April 
1624,  aged  27."  . 

*  When  thou  kneeleft  down  to  pray  to  God 
Remember  him  in  hart  and  word 
If  at  the  facrament  thou  bee 
Beleive  in  Chrift  that  died  for  thee 
Trevillian 's  wife  dur'inge  her  life  56 
Yeares,  and  die  her  huf band's  mother."1 

Near  the  above  is  a  fione  tomb,  on  the  tablet  of  which  is  this  infeription : 
**  Here  lyeth  Robert  Jennings,  deceafed  the  10th  of  December  1593." 

"  As  thou  art  now  fometime  was  I 

But  now  as  thou  muft  be, 
In  life  a  man,  a  man  is  dull 

Inclofed  in  clay  you  fee. 
Doe  good  therefore,  this  is  the  ftate 

Of  all  that  yeildeth  breath; 
For  fodenlye  death  on  them  feife, 

And  brings  them  to  the  earth. 
Here  is  my  home  till  trumpet  fonds 

And  Chrift  for  me  doth  call, 
Then  ftialle  I  ryfe  to  lyfe  againe, 

No  more  to  dye  at  alle." 

On  a  monument  of  black  marble  in  the  eaft  wall : 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Marmaduke  Jennings,  efq;  who  died  Dec.  7,  1660.  He 
was  fon  of  Mar.  Jennings,  efq;  who  alfo  lyeth  here  by." 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Ann  Pitt,  wife  of  John  Pitt,  of  Meriot,  efq;  who  dyed 
July  16,  1678,  who  was  the  daughter  of  Mar.  Jennings,  efq." 

1  This  is  truly  copied. 

At 


ano  TBulflon,]         curry,  rive  l.  2St 

At  the  eaft  end  of  the  fouth  aile  are  three  plain  mural  monuments  or  black  flone 
to  the  Powel  family : 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Samuel  Powel,  cfq ;  who  dyed  July  7,  1 738,  aged  46  years, 
whofe  predeceflbrs,  for  two  generations,  lye  buried  in  the  chancel  under  the  com- 
munion table,  from  one  fide  to  the  other. 

"  Samuel  Powel,  his  elded  fon,  died  Jan.  24,  1739,  aged  17. 

"  To  the  memory  of  Henry  Powel,  cfq;  the  laft  male  iftuc  of  that  ancient  family. 
He  executed  the  office  of  high  flicriff  of  this  county  in  the  year  1759,  with  great 
reputation  to  himfelf  and  fatisfaction  to  his  friends.  Mis  regular  and  exemplary 
attendance  on  the  publick  offices  of  religion,  declared  the  difpofition  of  his  mind  a.<. 
a  chriftian:  his  benevolence,  affability,  and  humanity,  whereby  he  acquired  the  love 
and  eftecm  of  all  ranks  and  conditions  whilft  living,  and  the  grief  univcrfally  (hewn 
at  his  death,  arc  fufficient  indications  of  his  character  as  a  member  of  fociety.  He 
died  March  14,  1769,  aged  39." 

Arms,  parted  per  pale,  three  lions  rampant  langued. 

"  To  the  memory  of  Sarah  Powel,  (relict  of  Samuel  Powel,  efq;)  whofe  liberal 
hofpitality,  engaging  affability,  fincerity  in  fricndftiip,  and  beneficence  to  the  poor, 
rendered  her  amiable  in  life,  and  in  death  univcrfally  regretted.  She  died  March 
26,  1783,  aged  90." 

.  In  the  chancel  floor: 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  George  Spckc,  clq;  fon  of  George  Spekc,  cfq;  who  died 
Nov.  18,  1758,  aged  25  years." 

Here  are  alfo  fix  flat  ftones  with  inferiptions  to  many  branches  of  the  Jennings  family. 

On  another  flone : 

"  Here  waits  in  expectation  of  the  laft  day  John  Atwood.  What  kind  of  a  man 
he  was  that  day  will  determine.     He  died  April  21,  1765,  aged  73. 

"  Underneath  this  ftonc  (at  his  particular  requeft)  are  depofited  the  remains  of 
Richard  John  Atwood,  who  died  May  14,  1775,  setat.  37. 

"Alfo  thofe  of  Louifa  Ann  Atwood,  his  daughter,  who  died  Aug.  31,  1772, 
an  infant." 

On  another  ftonc : 

U.S. 

"  Thomas  Alford,  A.  M.  hujus  parochial  vicarius,  qui  in  medio  vitae  curriculo, 
heu!  fincm  attigit,  longiori  vita  dignus,  nifi  mcliori  dignior.  Obijt  omnibus  fuis 
admodum  flcbilis,  fed  nulli  flebilior  quani  charae  uxori,  quae  hoc  noviflimo  pignore 
pium  animi  ardorem  teftari  voluit. 

f  falutis  1708, 
Anno i  sntatis  fuse  36." 

Hero 


3o  E    A   R   N    S    H   I   L   L.  [abUicfc 

Here  are  alfo  (tones  in  the  floor  with  the  names  of  Wahh,  White,  Hilliard,  and 
Podger. 

Over  the  fouth  door  is  a  lift  of  donations  to  the  poor  of  the  parifh  of  Curry-Rivel: 

".  Mrs.  Johanna  Alford,  of  Farrington  in  the  county  of  Berks,  gave  by  her  will 
the  fum  of  20I.  every  year,  for  ever,  to  ten  families  of  the  fecond  poor  refiding  and 
inhabiting  within  this  parifh.  To  be  distributed  each  year  between  Michaelmas  and 
Chriftmas  by  the  minifter  and  churchwardens. 

"  "  Mrs.  Barthya  Atwood,  widow  of  Richard  John  Atwood,  late  of  St.  James 's-ftreet, 
London,  (whofe  remains  are  depofited  in  this  chancel)  gave  by  her  will  iool.  which, 
with  the  addition  of  iol.  15s.  from  the  poors  ftock,  was  laid  out  in  the  purchafe  of 
200I.  in  the  three  per  cent,  confolidated  annuities,  the  intereft  of  which  ftock  is  to 
be  laid  out  in  bread,  and  diftributed  to  the  poor  on  Chriftmas-day  and  New- Year's- 
day,  for  ever." 

"  Marmaduke  Alford  gave  a  new  communion  table  and  railing,  with  a  bible, 
common-prayer  book,  and  furplice,  to  the  church." 

The  births  on  an  annual  average  are  twenty-eight;  the  burials  feventeen. 


EARNSHILL. 

SOUTHWARD  from  Curry-Rivel  is  a  very  ancient  fpot,  but  now  in  a  manner 
depopulated,  called  Eamfhill,  or  Hearnfhill,  written  in  Domefday  book  Eme/bele 
and  Erne/el,  and  probably  fo  denominated  from  fome  Saxon  owner.  In  the  faid  furvey 
the  place  is  thus  defcribed : 

"  Ulward  holds  of  Roger  de  Corcelle  Ernefhele.  Living  held  it  in  the  time  of 
"  king  Edward,  and  paid  for  it  at  the  rate  of  half  a  hide.  The  arable  is  one  caru- 
"  cate  and  a  half:  in  demefne  is  one  carucate,  with  one  fervant,  and  three  cottagers. 
"  There  are  eight  acres  of  meadow,  and  eight  acres  of  pafture.  It  is  worth  twelve 
«  millings. " 

"  Girard  holds  Ernefel.  Living  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded 
"  for  one  hide  of  land.  The  arable  confifts  of  one  carucate.  There  is  one  cottager, 
u  and  two  fervants,  and  fix  acres  of  meadow,  and  ten  acres  of  wood.  It  was  formerly, 
u  and  is  now,  worth  thirty  (hillings. "' 

It  is  evident,  that  in  the  Saxon  times  thefe  lands  were  only  one  manor,  as  we  fee 
in  the  above  extract  they  were  both  poffefied  by  the  fame  perfon  of  the  name  of 
laving.    Small  as  it  was,  the  Conqueror  disjointed  it,  as  he  did  many  other  manors, 

*  Lib.  Domefday. 

to 


nntJ  TBulflon.]  CURRY-  MALLET.  31 

to  gratify  the  numerous  train  that  attended  him,  and  looked  up  to  him  each  for  a 
(hare  of  his  newly  acquired  territory. 

Thefe  parcels  of  land  were  however  reunited  foon  after  the  conqueft,  and  inprocefs 
of  time  beftowed  upon  the  abbey  of  Muchclncy.  In  30  Hen.  VIII.  the  manor  was 
granted  to  Edward  earl  of  Hertford,  in  the  fchcdulc  of  whofe  cftates  it  is  valued  at 
14I.  1  os.  8d.  per  annum. k  It  afterwards  belonged  to  the  Jennings's,  and  is  now  the 
property  of  Mrs.  Coombc,  relict  of  the  late  Richard  Coombe,  cfq.  The  feat  is  a 
modern  building  of  brick  and  frcc-ftone,  and  is  pleafantly  fituatcd  on  a  riling  ground, 
finely  intcrfperfed  with  elm  and  other  timber  trees. 

This  place  had  anciently  a  chapel  appendant  to  Curry-Rivel,c  but  was  afterwards 
ere&ed  into  a  parifh  of  itfelf:  the  benefice  is  rectorial,  and  in  the  valuation  of  Hen. 
VIII.  was  rated  at  2I.  is.  o^d.  a  penfion  of  two  (hillings  was  paid  out  of  it  to  the  vicar 
of  Curry-Rivel. 

When  and  by  what  means  the  church  was  destroyed,  wc  have  no  account  tranfmitted 
to  us. 

b  MS.  valor  in  the  poflelfion  of  his  grace  the  duke  of  Somerfet. 
«  Dr.  Hutton's  Collections  in  the  Harleian  Library. 


CURRY-MALLET. 

THIS  parifh  lies  in  the  weftern  extremity  of  the  hundred,  on  the  borders  of 
North  Curry,  and,  including  the  fmall  hamlet  of  Stcwley,  contains  fifty-three 
houfes,  and  about  two  hundred  and  feventy  inhabitants.  The  greater  part  of  the 
houfes,  which  are  meanly  built,  form  a  draggling  ftreet  near  the  church.  The  reft 
are  called  High-ftrcet,  or  High  Curry-Mallet,  in  which  is  an  ancient  manfion  belong- 
ing to  Mr.  Pine,  the  only  freeholder  in  the  parifti.  Near  this  houfc  was  formerly  a 
fmall  chapel,  but  it  has  long  fince  been  demolifhcd.  The  turnpike  road  from  Lang- 
port  to  Taunton  is  made  through  a  part  of  this  parifh. 

Its  fituation  is  flat  and  woody:  the  foil  a  ftiffclay,  and  produces  principally  wheat, 
beans,  peas,  and  vetches.  There  is  rather  more  arable  than  pafture:  the  former 
worth  on  an  average  eight  (hillings,  the  latter  twenty  (hillings  an  acre.  It  has  a  right 
of  common  in  Wcft-Sedgmoor. 

A  revel  is  held  here  on  the  feaft  of  St.  James. 

In  the  Conqueror's  time  this  manor  was  poflcfled  by  Roger  dc  Corcelle,  or  Churchill, 
an  illultrious  Norman,  whofe  cftates  here  are  thus  furvcyed: 

"  Roger  de  Corcelle  holds  of  the  king  Curi.  Brictric  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
*  Edward,  and  paid  tax  for  three  hides  and  a  half.     The  arable  is  four  carucatcs, 

■  whereof 


32  CURRY-MALLET.  [abtJicfc 

««  whereof  in  demefne  is  one  hide;  and  there  are  two  carucates,  and  two  fervants,  and 
"eleven  villanes,  and  feven  cottagers,  with  three  carucates  and  a  half.  There  are 
*'  twelve  acres  of  meadow,  and  five  acres  of  pafture,  and  half  a  mile  of  wood  in 
•'  length  and  breadth.     It  was  worth  four  pounds,  now  one  hundred  (hillings." 

"  Roger  himfelf  holds  Curi.  Celric  held  it  in  the  time  of  Edward  the  Confeffor, 
41  and  was  rated  at  three  hides  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  four  carucates,  of  which 
c<  in  demefne  is  one  hide,  and  there  is  one  carucate,  with  one  fervant,  and  ten  vil- 
"  lanes,  and  {even  cottagers,  with  three  carucates  and  a  half.  There  are  ten  acres  of 
"  meadow,  and  five  acres  of  pafture,  and  half  a  mile  of  wood  in  length  and  breadth. 
"  It  was  worth  four  pounds,  now  one  hundred  ihillings.  Thefe  two  lands  Roger  holds 
"  for  one  manor."* 

The  lords  of  this  place,  from  whom  in  after  days  it  aflumed  its  additional  name, 
were  perfonages  of  moft  diftinguifhed  eminence  in  the  feveral  periods  wherein 
they  lived. 

The  firft  of  the  Malets,  or  Mallets,  of  whom  any  particular  mention  is  made  in 
hiftory,  is  William  Malet,  who  diftinguifhed  himfelf  in  the  memorable  battle  of 
Haftings,  under  the  banners  of  the  victorious  Norman;  and  was  one  of  thofe  who 
were  deputed  to  fee  the  body  of  Harold,  there  flain,  decently  interred.  In  the  third 
year  after  this  event,  this  William  was  fheriff  for  Yorkfhire.  By  Hefilia  his  wife  he 
left  iffue  a  fon  called  Robert,b  a  great  favourite  of  king  William;  from  whom  he 
obtained  immenfe  eftates  in  various  counties,  which  are  fpecified  in  the  great  furvey 
of  that  reign.  He  likewife  held  the  office  of  great  chamberlain  of  England ;  but 
fiding  with  Robert  Curthofe,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  the  firft,  he  was  difherited  of  his 
property,  and  baniihed  the  kingdom.  To  him  fucceeded  William  Malet,  who  is 
mentioned  as  a  benefactor  to  the  abbey  of  Glaftonbury;'  and  after  him  another 
William,  who  2  Hen.  II.  paid  the  fum  of  twenty-five  pounds  for  danegeld  in  this 
county ;''  and  in  the  twelfth  year  of  the  fame  reign,  upon  the  afTeffinent  of  the  aid 
for  marrying  the  king's  daughter,  he  certified  the  knight's  fees  he  then  held  to  be  in 
number  upwards  of  twenty-one  of  the  old  feoffment,  and  upwards  of  two  knights 
fees  of  the  new:0 -for  all  thefe  fees,  in  14  Hen.  II.  he  paid  the  fum  of  fifteen  pounds 
twelve  (hillings  and  ten-pence.  He  left  iffue  William  Malet  his  fon  and  heir,  who, 
7  Ric.  I.  upon  paying  the  fine  of  one  hundred  pounds,  had  livery  of  the  lands  of  his 
inheritance.  This  William  refided  at  Curry,  which  was  then  the  principal  feat  of 
his  barony;  and  12  John  ferved  the  office  of  fheriff  for  this  county  and  Dorfetfhire. 
He  married  Alice  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Baffet,  of  Hedington  in  the  county  of 
Oxford,  and  had  iffue  one  fon  William,  (who  died  without  iffue)  and  feveral  daughters, 
one  of  whom,  Helewife  by  name,  being  married  to  fir  Hugh  Ponz,  or  Poinz,  carried 
this  manor,  which  fhe  had  for  her  fhare  in  the  divifion  of  her  father's  lands,  to  the 
Poinz  family. 

*  Lib.  Domefday.       ...       .        *.Cartular.  ejufd.  Monaft.  e  Lib.  nig.  93. 

*  Dug'd.  Bar.  1,  iii.  ''Rot.  pip.  2  Hen.  II. 

The 


nnDTBllIflon.]  CURRY-MALLET.  33 

The  aforcfaid  fir  Hugh  Poinz  died  4  Hen.  III.  leaving  ifluc  Nicholas  Poinz  his  fon 
and  heir,  who,  38  Hen.  III.  upon  the  collection  of  the  aid  then  levied  for  making 
the  king's  elded  fon  a  knight,  paid  twenty-three  pounds  nine  (hillings  and  live-pence 
for  the  moiety  of  the  fees  of  William  Mallet.'  This  Nicholas  was  one  of  thofe 
barons  that  took  up  arms  againft  the  king,  and  died  2  Edw.  I.  then  feized  of  the 
manor  of  Curry,  which  he  is  certified  to  have  held  of  the  king  in  capitc  by  military 
fervice.1  To  which  Nicholas  fucceeded  Hugh  his  fon  and  heir,  who  2  Edward  I. 
doing  homage,  had  livery  of  his  lands;  and  1 1  Edw.  I.  paid  fifty  pounds  for  his  relief 
of  the  moiety  of  the  barony  of  Mallet.  He  was  fummoned  to  parliament  amongft 
the  barons  of  this  realm  from  the  year  1295  to  1307,  in  which  laft  year  he  died  feized 
of  Curry,  which  he  held  as  a  moiety  of  a  barony  of  the  king  in  chief  by  the  fervice 
of  one  knight's  fee.h  He  left  iflue  Nicholas  Poinz  his  heir,  who  was,  at  'the  date  of 
his  did  father's  deceafe,  of  the  age  of  thirty  years,  and  in  the  fame  year  had  livery 
of  all  his  lands.  This  Nicholas  was  in  the  Scottilh  wars  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
reign  of  Edward  the  firft,  and  the  commencement  of  that  of  Edward  the  fecond, 
when  he  had  fummons  to  parliament.1  He  took  to  wife  Elizabeth  the  daughter  of 
Millicent  de  Montealt,  by  whom,  deceafing  5  Edw.  II.  he  left  ifiiie  one  fon  of  the 
name  of  Hugh,  then  eighteen  years  of  age.  To  this  Hugh  was  granted  by  king 
Idward  the  fecond  a  licence  for  a  market  in  this  his  manor  of  Curry  on  Mondays, 
and  a  fair  yearly  on  the  eve,  day  and  morrow  of  the  feaft  of  All  Saints. k  1 8  Edw.  II. 
he  received  the  honour  of  knighthood,  and  had  likewife  fummons  to  parliament*by 
the  title  of  lord  Poyntz,  baron  of  Curry-Mallet,  till  the  year  1337,  when  he  died 
feized  of  the  manor  and  advowfon  of  the  church.  Soon  after  the  above  date,  we 
find  the  family  of  Gournay  pofieffed  of  the  manor  of  Curry-Mallet,  from  whom  it 
came  to  the  crown. 

In  a  parliament  held  at  Wcftminfter  1 1  Edw.  III.  it  having  been  determined  that 
the  king's  eldeft  fon  fhould  from  that  time  forward  poffefs  the  title  of  duke  of  Corn- 
wall ;  this  manor  of  Curry,  with  many  others,  was  appropriated  towards  the  fupport 
of  the  faid  dignity.  It  was  afterwards  granted  out  by  the  crown  to  divers  perfons; 
but  ft  ill  remains  the  property  of  the  Prince  of  Wales,  and  as  fuch,  is  parcel  of  the 
dutchy  of  Cornwall. 

The  church,  valued  in  1 292  at  fifteen  marks,  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of 
Crew  kerne.  The  Prince  of  Wales,  as  lord  of  the  manor,  is  patron,  and  the  rev. 
William  Spekc,  B.  D.  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  (which  is  dedicated  to  St.  James)  is  a  Gothic  ftructure,  ninety-eight 
feet  long,  and  forty-four  feet  wide,  confifting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  a  north  and  fmall 
fouth  aile,  and  porch,  all  tiled  except  the  nave  and  north  aile,  which  are  leaded.  At 
the  weft  end  is  a  plain  embattled  tower,  fifty  feet  high,  containing  five  fmall  bells. 
The  chancel  has  been  lately  rebuilt,  the  roof  nineteen  feet  high,  with  a  neat  plain 
ceiling. 

f  Rot.  pip.  38  Hen.  IH.  (fife,  >>Efc.  '  Dugd.  Bar.  I,  2.  »  Cart.  16  Edw.  II. 

V01. 1.  F  In 


34  CURRY-MALLET.  [SHHJicfe 

Ift  the  north  aile  is  a  large  tomb,  in  which  are  depofited  the  remains  of  one  of  the 
family  of  Mallet ;  but  the  infcriptions  are  quite  illegible.  About  fixty  years  fince, 
on  opening  this  tomb,  the  corpfe  was  found  entire,  with  one  of  the  legs  drawn  up ; 
which  correfponds  with  the  tradition  that  the  perfon  interred  herein  had  a  con- 
tracted leg. 

In  the  fame  aile  is  a  fmall  mural  monument  of  alabafter  of  the  Ionick  order,  on 
which  is  the  effigy  of  a  lady  kneeling  at  a  reading  ftand,  with  two  children  reclined  at 
bottom,  but  no  infcription. 

In  the  fouth  aile  is  an  antique  mural  monument  of  alabafter.  Two  round  detached 
columns  of  the  Ionick  order  fupport  an  open  pediment.  Underneath,  in  two  arched 
i  ecefles,  are  the  ftatues  of  a  man  and  woman  kneeling  on  cufhions ;  and  on  the  tablet 
is  the  following  infcription;  viz. 

«'  Obdormiunt  fub  hoc  marmore  Johannes  Pyne  de  Curry  Mallet,  armiger,  ct 
Juliana  Uxor  ejus  cariffima,  qui  mortalitatis  pallium  exuentes  (ille  25  Decembris  1609, 
hasc  2  Maii  1628)  ad  horrendum  tubas  fonum  immortalitatis  ftolam  przeftolantur. 
Denaria  prole  felices  folum  tamen  natu  fecundum  Hugonem  Pyne  de  Cathanger 
armigerum  habuere  parentalia  curantem,  cujus  impenfis  hoc  qualecunque  monu- 
mentum  debiti  officii  teftimonium  pofitum  et  confecratum  fecit  1642." 

The  former  infcription  on  ftone  being  effaced,  it  has  been  copied  on  a  brafs  plate 
which  is  affixed. 

In  the  chancel,  on  the  north  fide,  is  a  monument,  with  the  following  infcription : 

"  Radulphus  Mighill  facra?  theologias  baccalaureus  theologus  eximius  omni  lingua- 
rum  artium  fcientiarum  genere  longe  eruditiffimus  fapientia  et  vitae  fanclitate  clarus 
cvangelicae  doclrinje  praeconem  femper  agens  et  docendi  afiiduitate  reverendiffimus 
annis  plus  minus  triginta  feptem  hujus  ecclefiae  paftor  vigilantiffimus  magno  de  fe 
apud  omnes  defiderio  reliclo  fie  fepultus  jacet.  Mortalitem  in  exuit  vicefimo  tertio 
die  menus  Julij,  anno  aetatis  fuse  feptuagefimo  ahoq.  doni,  1633." 

In  the  chancel,  on  the  north  fide,  on  a  plain  oval  tablet  of  black  marble: 

"  To  the  memory  of  the  rev.  Charles  Pulteney,  late  rector  of  this  place.  Ob'- 
May  6th,  1 77 1,  aetat.  66." 

On  a  plain  oval  tablet  of  white  marble : 
"  This  cenotaph  is  inferibed  to  the  memory  of  Geo.  A.  Pulteney,  efq;  who,  after 
twelve  years  diftinguifhed  fervices,  was  promoted  by  fir  George  Rodney  to  the  com- 
mand of  his  Majefty's  fhip  the  Prince  Edward  of  64  guns,  and  died  on  board  her 
off  the  coaft  of  Ireland,  May  20th,  1781,  aetat.  27. 

••  Virtutem  difce  ex  illo  verofque  labores, 
"  Fortunam  ex  aliis." 


UONYAT. 


anDTBuiaon,]  [    35    ] 


D      O      N      Y      A      T. 

TI  IIS  parilli  is  iituatcd  two  miles  fouthweft  from  Ilminfter,  and  four  miles  north 
from  Chard.  The  hamlet  of  Widney,  containing  twelve  houfes,  and  a  part  of 
Crock-ftrcct,  belong  to  this  parifh.  The  reft  of  the  houfes  are  moftly  iituatcd  near 
the  church;  the  whole  number  being  about  fifty,  and  of  inhabitants  near  three 
hundred.  Not  more  than  half  a  mile  call  from  the  church  is  the  ancient  manor 
houfe,  called  Park  Farm,  which  was  formerly  a  feat  belonging  to  one  of  the  dukes 
of  Somcrfct. 

This  parifh  is  plcafantly  fituated,  and  well  wooded  and  watered,  the  river  Ifle 
running  through  it  in  its  way  to  Ilminfter.  Over  this  ftream  a  ftonc  bridge  of  one 
arch  has  been  erected,  and  is  kept  in  repair  by  the  commiflloners  of  the  turnpike. 
Mere  are  alfo  three  timber  bridges,  repaired  by  the  lord  of  the  manor. 

About  a  mile  northeaft  from  the  church  is  a  circular  eminence  called  Heron  Hill ; 
on  the  top  of  which  is  a  fine  plantation  of  firs,  intermixed  with  a  few  beeches,  and 
covering  an  area  which  contains  near  two  acres.  This  plantation  was  made  by  the 
late  Richard  Coombes,  efq;  of  Earnfliill,  and  is  in  a  thriving  ftate.  The  foil  of  this 
hill  is  light  and  fandy ;  but  that  of  the  parifh  in  general  is  a  good  loamy  ftone  rufh, 
and  produces  good  crops  of  wheat,  peas,  barley,  oats,  and  clover,  with  a  few  turnips » 
but  improved  hufbandry  is  little  underftood  in  this  and  fcveral  of  the  neighbouring 
parifhes.  The  foil  abounds  with  lime-ftone  and  coarfe  ycllowilh  flints;  but  little,  if 
any,  marie  has  been  found  here.  Here  are  many  large  orchards.  The  price  of 
labour  is  one  Hulling  a  day  and  cyder. 

In  the  hamlet  of  Crock-ftrect  arc  three  potteries,  in  which  a  confiderablc  quantity 
of  coarfc  earthen  ware  is  made. 

Here  is  a  labourers  club  confiding  of  eighty-four  members,  who  contribute  two- 
pence a  week  each  for  their  mutual  fupport  in  times  of  ficknefs  and  in  old  age;  and 
by  thefe  means  the  parochial  rates  are  much  eafier  than  in  divers  other  parilhcs. 

A  revel  is  held  here  on  the  Tuefday  following  Allhallows-day. 

Here  is  an  alms-houfc  founded  by  John  Dunfter,  of  London,  who,  by  his  laft  will 
dated  Auguft  1625,  gave  the  fums  of  6opl.  iool.  and  2Ql.  to  the  following  ufes,  vi/.. 
600I.  for  the  purchafing  of  lands,  to  be  conveyed  and  allured  to  certain  truilccs,  who 
were  enjoined  to  beftow  the  rents  and  profits  thereof,  "  towards  the  perpetual  main- 
"  tenancy  of  fix  poor  people;  i.  c.  three  men  and  three  women,  in  the  alms-houfc  of 
"  Donyat,"  which  he  had  before  that  time  founded  and  creeled.  "  The  men  to  be 
"  of  the  age  of  fifty-fix  years  at  leaft,  and  unmarried ;  and  the  women  to  be  fifty 
"  at  leaft,  and  unmarried."  They  were  to  be  of  the  parifti  of  Donyat,  if  fuch  were 
there  found;  if  not,  they  were  to  be  of  the  parifhes  of  Ilminfter  and  Broadway. 

The  faid  fum  of  1  ool.  was  alfo  bequeathed  for  "  tbc  n/itf"  of  the  poor  in  the  faid 
alms-houfe.     The  20I.  he  bequeathed  to  the  miniftcr  and  churchwardens  of  Donyat 

F2 


36  D     O     N     Y     A     T.  [9bmcit 

for  the  time  being,  to  remain,  and  be  delivered  from  churchwarden  to  churchwarden 
fucceflively,  for  a  flock  for  the  faid  church. 

By  a  deed  dated  22  Novemb.  10  Car.  I.  it  appears  that  the  executors  of  John 
JDunfter's  will  purchafed  fome  fee-farm  rents  to  the  amount  of  forty-fix  pounds  per 
annum,  out  of  the  manors  and  re&ories  of  Deverell-Longbridge,  and  Monckton- 
Deverell,  in  the  county  of  Wilts. 

In  the  Saxon  times  there  were  no  lefs  than  three  manors  here,  all  of  which  were 
held  by  one  perfon;  but  at  the  conqueft  being  reduced  to  one  manor,  it  then  became 
the  property  of  Robert  earl  of  Morton,  as  it  is  recorded  in  Domefday  book : 

"  Drogo  holds  of  the  carl  Doniet.  Adulfus,  Sawin,  and  Dunftan,  held  it  for  three 
■"  manors  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  five  hides.  The  arable  is  five 
"  carucates.  In  demefne  is  one  carucate,  and  three  fervants,  and  fix  villanes,  and 
"  nine  bordars,  with  two  ploughs.  There  is  a  mill  not  rated,  and  twenty  acres  of 
"  meadow,  and  fifty  acres  of  pafture,  and  a  park.  It  was  and  is  worth  one  hundred 
"  {hillings.  This  manor  pays  a  rent  to  Curi,  the  king's  manor,  of  five  fheep  with 
"  their  lambs. "a 

In  the  fubfequent  records  this  manor  is  certified  to  be  held  of  the  king  in  capite 
by  the  family  of  Montacute,  as  parcel  of  the  large  manor  of  Shepton-Montacute  in 
this  county.  They  had  here  a  capital  feat  and  manfion,  which  William  de  Montacute, 
2  Edward  III.  caufed  to  be  fortified  and  embattled;  but  having  done  this  without 
licence,  he  was  obliged  to  fue  the  king's  pardon,  which  he  obtained  the  following 
year;b  as  likewife  to  impark  a  certain  portion  of  his  lands  within  this  parifh,  the 
greateft  part  whereof  feems  to  have  belonged  to  him.c  This  William  was  afterwards 
advanced  to  the  title  of  earl  of  Salifbury,  and  died  feized  of  Donyat  1 7  Edw.  III.d 

From  this  family  it  came  after  many  defcents  to  that  of  Pole.  23  Hen.  VIII.  it 
was  valued  at  27I.  19s.  6d.c  being  then  parcel  of  the  eftates  of  Margaret  countefs  of 
Sarum,  widow  of  fir  Richard  Pole^  and  modier  to  Cardinal  Pole.  The  faid  Mar- 
garet was  attainted  in  parliament  31  Henry  VIII.  and  beheaded  23  Henry  VIII.  On 
her  death  it  reverted  to  the  crown,  and  was  granted  to  Edward  earl  of  Hertford,  in 
whofe  fchedule  it  is  valued  at  31 1.  5s.  1  id.f  We  next  find  it  in  the  pofTeflion  of  lord 
Lovel,  who  afterwards  fold  it  to  Richard  Coombes,  efq;  of  Earnfhill,  of  whofe  widow, 
Mrs.  Ann  Coombes,  it  is  now  the  property. 

The  living  was  in  the  year  1 292  valued  at  eight  marks,5  and  26  Hen.  VIII.  at 
15I.  15s.  It  is  in  the  deanery  of  Crewkern.  The  patronage  of  the  rectory  is 
appendant  to  the  manor;  and  the  rev.  Mr.  Thomas  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  {which  is  dedicated  to  the  Virgin  Mary)  is  eighty  feet  long,  and  forty- 
two  feet  wide;  confifting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  north  and  fouth  ailes,  and  a  porch,  the 
whole  covered  with  lead.     At  the  weft  end  is  a  quadrangular  embattled  tower  iixty- 

aLib.  Domefday.  c  Cart,  antiq.        e  Dugd.  Bar.  v.  2.  p.  292.      «  Taxat,  Spiritual. 

b  Pat.  3  Edw.  III.  p.  2.  m.  24.       *  Efc.  f  MS.  valor. 

three 


antJlSulfton.]  west-do  wlish  n 

three  feet  high,  with  a  turret  at  one  corner,  and  u  t!o<  k  and  tour  beila.      1  arch 

is  damp  and  dirty,  and  the  pews,  feats,  and  pavement,  going  lail  to  decay. 

Over  the  communion  table  is  a  fmall,  but  very  neat,  mural  monument  of  ivhita 
marble,  terminated  with  a  cone  of  grey  marble  three  feet  high,  pa  which  h  the 
following  infeription: 

"  Underneath  lies  the  body  of  the  rev.  Charles  Campbell,  A.  If.  ree'lor  of  tin* 
parifh,  who  departed  this  life  the  2Qlh  day  of  May  1746,  aged  32  > cars. 

"  Alfo  the  body  of  Mrs.  Bridget  Campbell  his  mother,  widow  of  John  Campbell, 
of  Dublin,  M.  D.  She  departed  this  life  the  26"'  day  of  December  1750,  aged 
65  years. 

"  Her  fincerc  piety,  and  firm  belief  of  a  better  life  after  this,  fhe  manifefted  by 
her  true  parental  affection.  For  lhe  blefied  her  children  with  an  early,  and  ftrictly 
religious  education.  Out  of  a  deep  fenfe  of  the  incftimablc  worth  of  that  treafure, 
this  ftone  is  erected  to  her  memory." 


WEST-DOWLISH. 

WEST-DOWLISH  is  a  fmall  parifh  fituatcd  one  mile  fouth  from  Ilminfter,  to 
which  it  adjoins,  confiding  of  the  two  hamlets  of  Moolham  and  Oxcnford, 
which,  together,  contain  about  ten  houfes,  and  about  fifty-fix  inhabitants. 

The  land  is  generally  good,  being  about  two-thirds  pafture,  and  the  reft  arable. 

Within  this  parifti  there  is  a  quarry  of  large  hard  ftone,  with  which  the  church  of 
Ilminfter,  and  fome  others  in  the  neighbourhood  were  built.  It  contains  a  few  folfils 
of  the  cornu  ammonis,  venus,  and  belemnite  kinds. 

We  have  no  mention  of  this  Dowlifh  in  the  Norman  furvey.  After  the  conqueft 
it  was  fome  time  held  by  the  lords  of  Donyat.  It  was  in  the  reign  of  Edward  I. 
the  property  of  the  family  of  Wake/  of  whom  Ralph  Wake,  or  dc  Wake,  died  feized 
thereof  32  Edw.  L  In  the  reign  of  Edw.  III.  it  was  held  by  John  Wake,  who  in 
1347  enfeoffed  Ifabcl  the  wife  of  John  dc  Keines  of  this  his  faid  manor.b  To  which 
Ifabel  fuccceded  Thomas  Keines  her  fon  and  heir,  who  died  feized  of  Weft-Dow  hih 
35  Edw.  III.  This  Thomas  had  a  ion  of  the  name  of  John,  who  inherited  the  fame; 
after  whom  we  find  it  poffeffed  by  another  John,  who  deccafed  7  Hen.  V.  and  was 
fuccceded  by  a  third  John  Keines,  who  died  the  following  year,  viz.  8  Hen.  V.  then 
certified  to  be  feized  of  the  manor  of  Weft-Dowlifti,  and  the  advowfon  of  the  church.' 

*  The  Wakes  were  likewife  lords  of  the  other  Dowlilh  in  South-Petherton  hundred,  and  gave  the  name 
thereto  to  duYmguifh  it  from  this.  b  Efc.  '  Ibid. 

Joan, 


3»  DRAYTON.  [afojicfe 

Joan,  the  daughter  of  the  laft  John  Keines,  was  married  to  John  Speke,  efq;  who 
in  her  right  pofieflmg  this  manor,  it  became  the  inheritance  of  that  ancient  family; 
the  rev.  W.  Speke,  B.  D.  of  Jordans,  being  the  prefent  lord. 

The  benefice  of  Weft-Dowlifh  is  rectorial,  and  has  of  old  been  appendant  to  the 
manor.  It  is  now  a  finecure.  The  rev.  Septimus  Collinfon,  fellow  of  Queen's  college 
in  Oxford,  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  has  been  in  ruins  more  than  a  century:  it  was  dedicated  to  St.  John 
Baptift,  and  in  1535  was  valued  in  the  king's  books  at  3I.  7s.  6d.  The  church-yard 
Hill  remains,  and  has  eleven  ancient  tombs  in  it,  but  almoft  overgrown  with  briars 
and  nettles.     The  inhabitants  attend  the  church  of  Eaft-Dowlifh. 


DRAYTON. 

AT  the  diftance  of  nine  miles  eaftward  from  Ilminfter,  and  two  weft  from  Lang- 
port,  {lands  Drayton,  the  river  Parret  dividing  it  from  Muchelney,  and  the  He 
from  Lambrook  and  Kingfbury. 

This  parifh  is  flat,  damp,  and  woody,  and  is  almoft  furrounded  by  moors.  It  con- 
tains about  fifty  houfes,  which  are  moftly  built  with  rough  (tone,  or  mud,  thatched. 
Forty  of  them  form  the  village  of  Drayton,  an  irregular  rtreet  near  the  church;  three 
"others  are  in  the  hamlet  of  Week,  one  mile  northweft;  and  the  remainder  are  feparate 
houfes.     The  number  of  fouls  about  two  hundred  and  fixty-eight. 

The  lands  are  chiefly  a  mixture  of  meadow  and  pafture,  and  on  an  average  worth 
thirty  {hillings  an  acre.  There  is  however  a  confiderable  (hare  of  arable  in  common 
fields,  which  produce  good  crops  of  wheat  and  barley,  worth  at  leaft  twenty  {hillings 
per  acre.  The  ftone  here  is  a  ftrong  lyas.  The  roads  are  rough  in  fummer,  and 
miry  in  winter. 

The  manor  anciently  belonged  to  the  abbey  of  Muchelney,  as  appears  from  the 
.  following  record : 

M  The  church  itfelf  holds  Draitune.  In  king  Edward's  time  it  gelded  for  twenty 
*'  hides.  The  arable  is  fifteen  carucates,  whereof  in  demefne  are  eleven  hides,  and 
"  two  virgates  and  a  half;  and  there  are  fix  carucates,  and  ten  fervants,  and  fixteen 
"  villanes,  and  fourteen  cottagers,  with  nine  ploughs.  There  are  fifty  acres  of  meadow, 
"  and  pafture  two  miles  in  length  and  one  in  breadth.  A  wood  two  miles  long,  and 
*'  one  and  a  half  wide.  Of  thefe  twenty  hides  Celric  and  Ulward  hold  two.  Thcfe 
"  were  held  by  Brictuin  and  Leuing  of  the  abbey,  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and 
"  were  infeparable  from  it.  There  are  four  cottagers,  and  three  acres  of  meadow, 
"  and  thirty-five  acres  of  pafture,  and  feven  acres  of  wood.  The  whole  is  worth 
"  ten  pounds."' 

*  Lib.  Domefday. 

In 


ann  TBtlWon.]  D    R    A    V    T    O    N.  V) 

In  the  year  1293  thecftates  of  the  faid  abbey  iiuhis  place  were  valued  at  81.  12s.  6d." 
The  monks  continued  to  enjoy  the  manor  till  the  dhTohition  of  their  houfc,  when  it 
was  conferred  by  king  Henry  VIII.  on  Edward  earl  of  Hertford.  It  wasafteruank 
alienated,  and  became  the  property  of  the  Trcvclyan  family.  5 

The  patronage  of  the  church  was  anciently  in  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Muchclney 
aforefaidj  but  after  the  diflblutionof  that  monaftery,  the  rcclory,  with  theadvowfon 
of  the  vicarage,  was  granted  by  king  Henry  VIII.  together  with  certain  other  rectories 
and  advowfons  in  this  county,  all  parcels  of  the  pofleflions  of  the  faid  late  diflblvcd 
monaftery,  to  Edward  earl  of  Hertford.  He,  27  March  of  the  fame  year,  rccon- 
veyed  this  property  to  the  crown;  and  the  king  thereupon,  by  letters  patent  bearing 
date  1 8  November  1542,  granted  the  fame  to  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Briftol,  and 
their  fucceflbrs,  who  are  the  prefent  patrons.  The  rev.  Mr.  Goddard,  of  Devcrcll, 
Wilts,  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  a  very  ancient  edifice,  compofed  of  a  body,  north  ailc,  chancel,  and 
porch,  covered  with  tiles.  It  has  an  embattled  tower  at  the  welt  end,  forty  feet 
high,  with  a  turret  at  the  northeaft  angle,  a  clock,  and  five  bells.  The  length  of  the 
church  is  ninety-fix  feet,  the  breadth  twenty-feven.  The  entrance  into  it  from  the 
porch  is  under  a  fine  Saxon  arch. 

In  the  north  aile  is  a  plain  mural  monument  of  black  ftone,  with  the  following 
infeription: 

"M..S. 

"  Johannis  Trevillian  de  Middlency  intra  hanc  parochiam  armigeri.  Qui  imo 
anno  Georgii  imi  regis  comitatus  Somerfetenfis  vicecomitis  et  multos  per  annos 
juftitiarii  ad  pacem  ut  et  burgi  Langportcnfis  recordatoris  fumma  prudentia,  fide  & 
honore  muneribus  perfunctus  eft.     Obiit  Dcccmbris  die  190 

Anno  S  Domi"i  I74f.. 
I  jetat.  fuae  7  8°. 

In  the  church-yard  are  two  fine  yew-trees,  with  circular  ftone  feats  under  them; 
and  an  old  ftone  crofs,  with  three  rows  of  fteps,  in  good  repair. 

Here  are  alfo  two  tombs  to  the  Fry  and  Meade  families ;  and  a  few  head-ftoncs. 

A  revel  is  held  here  on  Whit-Monday. 

Within  thisparifh  is  an  ancient  manor  called  Middlency,  which  likewifc  belonged 
to  Muchelney  abbey/  and  pafled  with  Drayton  and  the  other  lands  to  the  duke  of 
Somerfet,  in  whofe  fchcdule  it  ftands  valued  at  the  annual  fum  of  9I.  2s.  io»d. 

b  Taxat.  temporal.  e  Lib.  Domcfi ; 


FIVEHEAD. 


[    40    ]  tattoicfc 


FIVEHEAD. 

THE  parifh  of  Fivehead  is  fituated  to  the  caft  of  Curry-Mallet,  on  the  north  fide 
of  a  large  fine  common,  called  He  Moor,  or  Ilmoor.  The  lite  is  rather  flat 
and  woody;  the  foil  heavy,  and  the  lands  nearly  equally  divided  between  pafture  and 
arable.  In  a  quarry  of  blue,  and  another  of  white  lyas,  are  found  petrified  oyfter 
{hells,  mufcles,  cardiums,  anomias,  and  cornua  ammonis.  The  inhabitants  have  a 
right  of  common  on  Weft-Sedgmoor.  The  number  of  houfes  within  this  parifh  is 
fifty-fix.     It  contains  three  manors,  viz.  Fivehead,  Staye,  and  Cathanger. 

The  firft  of  thefe  belonged  in  the  time  of  William  the  conqueror  to  Roger  de 
Churchill. 

"  Bertran  holds  of  Roger  Fifhide.  Aldred  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  two  carucates.  In  demefne  is 
*'  one  carucate,  and  two  fervants,  and  four  cottagers.  There  are  fifteen  acres  of 
"  meadow,  and  twenty  acres  of  wood.  It  was  worth  thirty  fhillings,  now  forty 
*'  fhillings.'*1 

It  afterwards  became  the  property  of  the  abbots  of  Muchelney,  whofe  poffeffions 
here  were  in  1293  valued  at  forty  fhillings.b  29  Hen.  VIII.  this  manor  was  granted 
to  Edward  earl  of  Hertford,  and  1 8  Eliz.  was  held  by  Thomas  and  Michael  Henneage 
and  others.  It  is  now  likewife  divided,  and  belongs  to  Mrs.  Maria  Acland,  Thomas 
Chappie,  and  William  Barber,  efquires. 

The  manor  of  Staye,  which  heretofore  was  the  pofTeflion  of  a  family  denominated 
from  this  parifh,  now  belongs  to  lady  Aylcsford. 

Northward  from  Fivehead  is  Cathanger,  lying  in  two  hundreds,  partly  in  this 
of  Abdick  and  Bulflon,  and  partly  in  that  of  Williton  Freemanors.  Though  now 
little  known,  it  is  a  place  of  great  antiquity;  and,  if  we  may  judge  from  the  name, 
has  been  the  feche  of  military  atchievements/ 

In  the  time  of  king  Edward  the  ConfefTor,  it  was  the  pofleffion  of  Wadel,  a  noble 
Saxon,  from  whom  at  the  conqueft  it  was  taken-,  and  beftowed  on  the  abbey  of 
Muchelney^  which  enjoyed  it  at  the  time  the  Norman  furvey  was  compiled. 

"  The  church,"  fays  that  record,  ,c  holds  Cathangre.  Wadel  held  it  in  the  time 
"'of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  a  half.  The  arable  confifts  of  one 
"  carucate  and  a  half.  There  is  one  villane,  with  one  bdrdar,  holding  fifteen  acres. 
"  Of  this  land  Ingulfus  holds  one  hide,  and  has  there  one  plough,  with  three  bordars. 
"  There  are  fix  acres  of  meadow,  and  fifteen  acres  of  wood.  It  is  worth  twenty 
"  fhillings.  The  part  of  the  monks  feven  fhillings.  Godui,  Eduin,  and  Wadel,  did 
"  not  belong  to  the  abbey  in  the  time  of  king  Edward."1' 

•  Lib.  Domefday.  <■  Cath  in  the  old  Britiih  figmfies  a  battle, 

b  Taxat.  Temporal.  *  Lib.  Domefday, 

The 


aim  TBulfton.]  F    I    V    E    H    E    A    D.  41 

The  manor  however  was  afterwards,  by  fomc  means  or  other,  transferred  from  the 
monks,  and  given  by  king  Richard  the  iirft  to  William  dc  Wrotham,  chief  forcftcr 
of  this  county  and  of  Dorfet.  This  William,  2  John,  paid  ten  marks  for  the  king's 
protection,  that  he  might  not  be  impleaded  but  before  the  king  or  his  chief  jull 
and  likewife  that  he  might  not  anfwer  for  his  land  of  Cathangcr,  or  any  other  of  his 
lands,  but  by  the  law  and  affize  of  the  realm.0 

This  William  had  two  fons,  William  and  Richard;  the  former  of  whom  fucccedcd 
him  in  this  eftate.  After  his  death,  9  Hen.  III.  Richard  dc  Wrotham  his  nephew 
found  to  be  his  next  heir.  This  Richard  was  a  knight,  and  one  of  the  juftices  of  the 
court  of  common  pleas.  He  died  35  Henry  III.  without  ifTuc ;  whereupon  William  de 
Placctis,  or  Pleffy,  fon  of  his  cldcft  filter  Conftance,  Sufanna  wife  of  John  lc  Blund, 
Margaret  wife  of  Geffrey  de  Scoland,  and  Chriftian  wife  of  Thomas  Picot,  became 
his  heirs/ 

On  the  divifion  of  the  family  eftates,  the  manor  of  Cathangcr  was  included  in  the 
portion  of  Margaret  wife  of  Geffrey  de  Scoland,  who  is  found  by  inquilition  to  have 
held  it  in  her  right  of  the  king  in  capite  by  knight's  fervice.  He  dcccafcd  1 6  Edw.  I. 
and  was  fucceeded  by  Francis  dc  Scoland,  who,  by  Juliana  his  wife,  was  father  of 
another  Francis.  This  laft  Francis  died  1 2  Edw.  III.  leaving  ifTuc  Henry  dc  Scoland 
his  fon  and  heir,  who  died  41  Edw.  III.  then  feized  of  a  capital  meffuage  in  Cathangcr, 
a  dove-houfe,  a  garden,  three  hundred  and  thirty-two  acres  of  arable  land,  nineteen 
acres  of  meadow,  and  a  certain  pafture  called  Blyndhcv,  containing  two  acres;  and  a 
certain  other  pafture  called  Langlefe,  and  another  called  Litcl  Orchard ;  twenty  ai 
of  wood,  and  thirty-fix  millings  and  two-pence  rent :  all  which  he  held  by  the  fervice 
of  the  eighth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.' 

Francis,  fon  and  heir  of  the  faid  Henry,  feems  to  have  been  a  perfon  of  great 
account  in  thefe  parts,  being  witnefs  to  many  charters  of  the  reigns  of  Edw.  111.  and 
Richard  II.  He  died  3  Henry  V.  leaving  Eleanor  his  fole  daughter  and  heirefs:  this 
Eleanor  married  Thomas  Montague,  efq;  who  thus  became  poffeffed  of  the  manor 
of  Cathanger,  and  bore  for  his  arms,  as  appears  by  his  feal,  three  lozenges  between 
three  roundlets.  On.his  death  28  Henry  VI.  his  grandaughters  became  his  heirs,  viz. 
Mary  wife  of  Thomas  Aylworth,  and  Elizabeth  wife  of  fir  Edward  Broke  and  after- 
wards of  Robert  Palmer. 

Which  Robert  Palmer  in  right  of  his  faid  wife  had  large  poffefllons  in  this  county, 
and  refided  chiefly  at  Cathangcr.  8  Henry  VII.  he  releafcd  to  John  Brent,  efq;  and 
others,  all  his  right  to  this  and  other  eftates,  which  formerly  belonged  to  Thomas 
Montague  above-mentioned.  Soon  after  which,  viz.  12  Hen.  VII.  John  Walfhe,  efq; 
poffeffed  Cathanger,  probably  in  right  of  his  wife  Jane,  daughter  of  fir  Edward  Broke; 
by  whom  he  had  a  fon  and  two  daughters,  Agnes  w  ife  of  Nicholas  Salifbury,  and  Lucy 
wife  of  Thomas  Cook.  On  his  wife's  death,  he  was  fain  to  take  holy  orders,  and 
retired  into  the  neighbouring  abbey  of  Muchelney,  from  whence  he  was  expelled  for 

•  Mag.  Rot.  1  Joh.  '  Efc.  *  Efvr. 

Vol.  I.  G  a  rape 


42  F     I     V     E     H     E     A     D.  [a&Wcfc 

a  rape  on  the  body  of  Mary  Claufe,  and  being  degraded  from  his  orders  married  the 
laid  Mary,  by  whom  he  had  one  fon,  Thomas,  and  two  daughters,  whofe  names 
were  Lucrece  and  Sufan. 

John  the  eldeft  fon  of  the  faid  John  Walfhe,  by  Joan  his  firft  wife,  was  6  Mary 
called  to  the  degree  of  ferjeant  at  law;  and  5  Eliz.  was  made  one  of  the  juftices 
of  the  king's  bench.  This  John  built  the  houfe  at  Cathanger,  and  was  buried  with 
his  lady  in  the  parifh  church  of  Fivehead.  He  left  one  only  daughter  his  heir,  mar- 
ried to  lord  Edward  Seymour,  eldeft  fon  to  the  firft  duke  of  Somerfet. 

Notwithftanding  this  lady  Seymour  had  fevcral  children,  the  eftate  of  Cathanger, 
foon  after  the  death  of  Judge  Walfhe,  appears  to  have  been  pofTefTed  by  Geo.  Salifbury 
his  fifter's  fon.  It  afterwards  became  the  property  of  Hugh  Pymc,  of  Lincoln's  inn, 
cfq.  This  Hugh  lived  in  the  reign  of  James  the  firft,  and  married  Mabel  daughter 
of  Henry  Staverton,  efq;  by  whom  he  was  father  of  Arthur  Pyme  of  Cathanger,  who 
was  married,  but  had  no  children;  and  Chriftabella,  wife  of  fir  Edmund  Wyndham, 
of  Kentsford. 

From  this  fir  Edmund,  Cathanger  pafTed  to  fir  Hugh,  and  afterwards  to  Edmund 
Wyndham,  fon  and  grandfon  of  the  above-mentioned  Edmund.  It  afterwards  came 
by  marriage  to  Edmund  Elliot,  efq;  anceftor  of  the  prefent  pofiefibr. 

The  manor-houfe,  a  venerable  old  edifice,  in  the  form  of  an  L,  is  ftill  ftanding, 
inhabited  by  a  farmer.  The  entrance  into  the  court-yard,  which  has  had  an  embattled 
wall  round  it,  is  through  a  large  porter's  lodge  remaining  entire.  The  great  hall  is 
lofty,  and  has  a  ceiling  of  good  mafonry,  divided  into  lozenges.  In  one  of  the 
windows,  which  are  large  and  ftately,  are  three  coats.  1 .  Quarterly,  gules  and  azure, 
in  pale  three  lionels  couchant  or,  in  chief  three  fleurs  de  lis  of  the  third.  2.  Azure, 
feven  mullets  or,  impaling,  checque  argent  and  fable,  three  wyverns  of  the  firft  3,  almoft 
effaced.  Over  this  hall  there  is  a  large  old  apartment,  with  a  curious  antique  ceiling 
and  chimney-piece,  embellifhed  with  armorial  fhields.  In  the  compartments  of  the 
ceiling  are  a  variety  of  grotefque  figures.  Over  one  of  the  windows  is  a  well-executed 
carving  of  a  fhip  at  fea,  attended  by  feyeral  boats ;  a  whale  [pouting,  and  fome  other 
marine  objecls.  In  another  part  is  reprefented  a  town  environed  by  a  crenellated 
wall.  Over  the  entrance  of  the  porch  is  cut  in  ftone,  JOHN  WALSHE,  ANNO 
DNI  1559,  SERJANT  AT  LA  WE.  On  the  weft  fide  is  a  fpacious  ftone  ftair- 
cafe  leading  to  the  top  of  the  building. 

The  church  of  Fivehead  was  valued  in  1292  at  three  marks.  It  is  a  vicarage  in 
the  deanery  of  Crewkerne,  and  in  the  gift  of  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Briftol,  having 
been  granted  to  them  at  the  fame  time  and  in  the  fame  manner  as  Drayton.  The  rev. 
Thomas  Price,  A.  M.  is  the  prefent  incumbent.  The  glebe,  worth  eight  pounds  per 
annum,  confifts  of  twenty  acres  of  arable  and  meadow,  and  two  acres  of  coppice. 

In  the  year  1 746  Beata  Elliot  gave  by  will  one  hundred  pounds  towards  the  aug- 
mentation of  this  living. 

The 


anD  TSuifton.]      hatch.beauchamp.  43 

The  church  is  a  neat  building,  eighty-eight  feet  in  length,  and  thirty  in  width, 
confining  of  a  nave,  chancel,  fouth  aile,  and  porch,  tiled;  and  having  at  the  « ell 
end  an  embattled  tower,  fifty  feet  high,  with  a  clock  and  five  bells.  In  the  ailc  is  an 
ancient  fuit  of  armour  belonging  to  the  Wyndham  family,  which  formerly  hung  in 
the  great  hall  at  Cathangcr,  and  was  brought  hither  in  the  year  1727. 

In  the  church  are  the  following  inferiptions: 

"  Here  lycth  the  body  of  Edmund  Elyott,  cfq;  of  Cathangcr,  fon  of  Thomas 
Elyott,  who  was  gentleman  of  the  bedchamber  to  king  Charles  II.  ami  he  himfelf 
was  page  to  James  duke  of  York;  and  foon  after  that  prince's  acccflion  to  the  crown 
made  captain  of  a  man  of  war.     He  dyed  June  13,   1725,  aged  63. 

"  Here's  alfo  the  body  of  Mrs.  Beata  Elyott,  widow  of  the  above  Edmund  Elyott, 
cfq;  and  daughter  of  fir  Charles  Wyndham,  knight,  of  the  ancient  family  of  the 
Wyndhams  of  Orchard -Wyndham  in  the  county  of  Sumcrfet.  She  was  no  lefs 
confpicuous  for  her  benevolence  and  charity  than  for  her  ancient  defcent.     Ob'  Ma\ 

IQ>  J749»  aged  62-" 

On  another  ftonc: 

"  Here  lyes  the  body  of  Carolina  Wyndham,  daughter  of  fir  Edmund  Wyndham, 

of  Kcntsford  in  the  county  of  Somerfet,  who  dyed  the  4"'  of  June,  1 72 1,  aged  87." 

On  another: 
"  Here  lye  the  bodies  of  Hugh  Pine,  of  Cathanger,  efq;  counfcllor  at  law;  and 
Maybella  his  wife,  who  were  buried  161 8,  and  1628. 

On  a  fmall  grave-ftone  in  the  church-yard : 
"  Beatus  fanctus  qui  habct  partem  in  rcfurrectionc  prima. 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mr.  Robert  Fairhill,  miniflcr  of  Fivchead,  who  dyed  the 
22'1  day  of  September,  1666." 

The  births  in  this  parifh  yearly  are  on  an  average  ten;  the  burials  fix. 


HATCH.BEAUCHAMP. 

THE  village  of  Hatch-Beauchamp  is  diflant  about  fix  miles  from  Taunton,  and 
(lands  on  the  turnpike  road  from  that  town  to  Ilminfter.  Its  lituation  is 
pleafant,  the  country  being  well  wooded  and  watered,  and  affording  from  its  variety 
of  furface  many  agreeable  profpects.  The  number  of  houfes  is  thirty-fix,  and  of 
inhabitants  nearly  two  hundred,  of  whom  thirteen  are  freeholders.  The  houfes  arc 
mofily  fmall  farms  and  cottages. 

Near  the  church,  on  elevated  ground,  is  an  elegant  houfc  built  of  Bath  ftone,  the 
feat  of  John  Collins,  efq;  with  a  pleafant  park  furrounding  it,  embellifhcd  with  fine 

G  2  plantations, 


44  HATCH-BEAUCHAMP.  [atitJiCk 

plantations,  gardens,  &c.  On  the  north  fide  of  this  eminence  feveral  temples  and 
feats  are  erected  on  the  brow  of  the  hill,  which  is  fteep,  finely  indented,  and  adorned 
with  hanging  woods.  The  profpecls  from  divers  points  of  this  ridge  are  very  exten- 
five  and  beautiful  to  the  north  and  weft;  overlooking  the  rich  vale  of  Taunton,  with 
a  grand  outline  of  hills  beyond  it,  extending  from  Quantock  to  Blackdown." 

The  farms  here  are  moftly  dairy  and  for  corn;  but  agriculture  is  in  no  high  ftate  of 
improvement.     The  only  petrefactions  found  here  are  griphytes  and  anomia. 

A  brook  rifing  at  Staple-Fitzpaine  runs  under  two  ftone  bridges  in  this  parifh;  and 
contains  trout,  eels,  roach,  dace,  and  gudgeons.     The  roads  are  rough  and  ftony. 

There  was  formerly  a  market  kept  here  on  Thurfdays ;  licence  for  which  was  pro- 
cured by  John  de  Beauchamp,  lord  of  this  manor,  29  Edw.  I.  1301,  but  it  has  been 
long  difcontinued ;  as  is  likewife  a  fair  included  in  the  fame  grant;  but  a  revel  is  held 
here  the  firft  week  in  September. 

This  parifh  has  a  right  of  common  in  the  foreft  of  Neroche  and  on'Weft-Sedgmoor. 

The  earlieft  account  we  have  of  this  place  is  in  the  Norman  furvey,  where  it  is  thus 
defcribed  under  the  title  of  Terra  Comitis  Morito?iierijis: 

"  Robert  holds  of  the  earl  Hache.  Godric,  and  Goduin,  and  Bollo,  held  the  fame 
"  in  the  time  of  king  Edward  for  three  manors,  and  were  rated  at  five  hides.  The 
"  arable  is  fix  carucates.  In  dcmefne  are  two  carucates,  and  three  fervants,  and  eleven 
"  villanes,  and  four  cottagers,  with  three  ploughs.  There  are  eight  acres  of  meadow, 
"  and  fixty  acres  of  wood.  It  was  worth  eight  pounds,  now  four  pounds.  From  one 
"  of  thofe  hides  which  Bollo  held,  a  cuftomary  rent  is  due  to  the  manor  of  Curi  of  one 
"  fheep  with  a  lamb."" 

Not  long  after  the  conqueft,  thefe  manors  being  united,  the  whole  place  became 
veiled  in  the  family  of  Beauchamp,  from  whom  it  derived  its  additional  name.  This 
noble  family  originated  from  Normandy.0 

In  the  reign  of  Henry  II.  Robert  de  Beauchamp,  or  kilo  catapo,  Ailed  of  Hache, 
was  fheriff  of  this  county  feveral  years.  His  poiTeflions  in  it  were  very  conliderable ; 
the  number  of  knight's  fees  being  no  lefs  than  feventeen,  which  he  certified  to 
hold  when  the  aid  was  levied  for  marrying  Matilda,  Henry's  daughter,  to  the  duke 
of  Saxony.*1  He  died  in  1211,  leaving  Robert  his  fon  and  heir,  then  in  minority, 
and  in  ward  to  Hubert  de  Burgh,  who,  upon  raifing  the  fcutage  of  Wales  that 
fame  year,  anfwered  four  and  twenty  marks  for  thefe  feventeen  knight's  fees  which 
he  held.  He  dying  about  35  Hen.  III.  1251,  Robert  de  Beauchamp  the  third,  his 
fon  and  heir,  had  livery  of  his  lands,  and  was  one  of  thofe  who  attended  the  king 
in  his  military  expedition  into  France  in  1 253.  To  him  fucceeded  John  de  Beauchamp 
his  fon  and  heir,  who  in  1277,  5  Edw.  I.  was  appointed  governor  of  the  caltles  of 

a  Of  this  elegant  feat  the  proprietor  has  favoured  us  with  a  plate. 

6  Lib.  Domefday.  '  Lei.  Collecl;.  1.  208.  d  Liber  niger  Scac.  1.  100. 

Carmarthen 


anO  TSulOon.]  H  A  T  C  H  -  B  E  A  U  C  H  A  M  P.  45 

Carmarthen  and  Cardigan.'  Ho  deputed  1 1 1  i  s  life  in  the  twelfth  year  of  the  fame 
reign/  and  was  fucceeded  by  a  fecond  John  de  Beauchamp,  his  ion  and  heir,  who 
in  1306,  34  Edw.  I.  was  one  of  thofc  gentry  who  received  the  honour  of  knighthood 
with  prince  Edward  previous  to  the  king's  expedition  againfl  the  Scots.  This  John 
refiding  afterwards  at  Hatch  obtained  a  licence  for  fortifying  his  maniion-houfe*  there, 
which  was  afterwards  called  Hatch-Caftlc,  and  deccafed  10  Edw.  III.  fei/.cd  of  this 
manor,  which  he  held  of  the  king  in  chief  by  the  fcrviccof  one  knight's  fec,h  leaving 
a  fon  and  heir  of  his  own  name,  then  thirty  years  of  age,  who  had  livery  of  his  father's 
lands  the  following  year.  Which  faid  John  was  one  of  thofc  knights  who  accom- 
panied king  Edward  in  his  wars  in  France;  and  being  in  Flanders  upon  his  fovercign's 
account  in  1340,  it  is  recorded  of  him  as  a  memorable  thing,  that  he  procured 
licence  to  tranfport  from  England  twelve  facks  of  his  own  wool  for  his  better  fupport 
in  the  king's  fervice  in  thofe  parts :  a  liberty,  for  obvious  rcafons,  feldom  granted, 
cfpccially  in  that  reign,  but  on  very  particular  occasions.  He  was  fummoned  to  parlia- 
ment from  1336x0  1343,  in  which  year  he  died,  leaving  hTue  John  his  fon  and  heir, 
who  married  Alice  the  daughter  of  Thomas  de  Beauchamp,  earl  of  Warwick,  (of 
whole  retinue  he  appearcth  to  have  been)  and  departed  this  life  35  Edw.  III.  anno  1361, 
without  iflue.  He  left  therefore  for  his  heirs  Cecilia  de  Beauchamp  his  filler,  who 
WU  firft  wife  to  fir  Roger  Seymour,  and  afterwards  remarried  to  Richard  Turberville, 
of  Bere-Rcgis  in  the  county  of  Dorfet;  and  John,  the  fon  of  Eleanor  Meriet  his 
other  filler.  Upon  the  fubfequent  divifion  of  the  Beauchamp  eflates  this  manor  came 
to  Cecilia  the  former,  who  by  her  marriage  as  aforefaid  transferred  the  title  and  eilate 
to  the  illuflrious  family  of  Seymour,  who  arc  found  to  have  enjoyed  it  for  a  number 
of  defecnts;  and  in  the  fchedulc  of  the  duke  of  Somerfct's  eflates  it  is  valued  at  the 
yearly  fum  of  29I.  17s.'  The  prefent  lord  of  the  manor  is  the  rev.  Mr.  Uttcrmare, 
whofc  father  had  it  by  purchafe. 

The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Crewkerne,  and  has  forty-fix  acres  of 
glebe  land.  The  rev.  John  Cope  Weftcote  (by  whofe  grandfather  the  perpetual 
advowfonwas  purchafed)  is  both  patron  and  incumbent. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  John  the  Baptifl,  and  (lands  almofl  furrounded  by 
lofty  trees.  It  is  a  neat  edifice,  eighty  feet  long,  and  thirty-two  wide,  confiding 
of  a  nave,  chancel,  north  aile,  and  porch,  tiled ;  with  a  pretty  embattled  tower, 
forty  feet  high,  adorned  with  eight  Gothic  pinnacles,  a  1  lock,  and  four  bells.  The 
roofs  of  the  nave  and  chancel  are  twenty -tour  feet  high,  arched  and  ceiled:  the  north 
aile  fourteen  feet  high,  ceiled  between  the  timbers. 

1  n  the  chancel,  over  the  altar,  is  a  fine  painting  of  our  Saviour  jufl  taken  down  from 

the  crofs,  with  his  mother  and  Mary  Magdalen  weeping  over  him,  and  St.  John 

looking  on  the  body,  in  the  attitude  and  with  the  afpect  of  llrong  but  awful  anxiety. 

This  painting  is  eight  feet  by  nine  and  half,  in  a  gilt  frame,  and  above  is  painted  a 

crimfon  fefloon  curtain,  fringed  with  gold,  which  fills  up  the  whole  end  wall. 

*  Pat.  5  Edw.  I.  m.  24.  f  Efc.  *  Pat.  7  Edw.  III.  n.  2.  m.  2.  »  Efc.  '  MS.  V.dor. 

The 


46  I      L      T      O      N.  [a&lJicfc 

The  communion  table  is  of  old  oak,  inclofed  with  a  balluftrade  topp'd  with  iron 
Ipikes  twilled  into  antique  forms. 

The  fingers'  gallery  is  placed  in  the  belfry,  and  behind  it  is  a  front  of  an  organ. 
The  pulpit  is  old  pannell'd  wainfcot,  ftone-colour.  The  aile  is  feparated  from  the 
nave  by  three  arches,  fupported  by  pillars  fix  feet  round,  and  eight  high. 

In  the  church-yard'  is  the  bafe  of  an  old  ftone  crofs;  and  a  fine  old  elm  tree,  the 
body  of  which  is  twenty-two  feet  round. 

In  this  church  there  is  no  monument,  except  an  upright  ftone  in  the  aile  with 
this  infcription: 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  John  Uttermare,  fon  of  John  and  Betty  Uttermare  of 
this  parifh,  who  departed  this  life  the  18th  of  January  1747,  aged  6  years. 

*  God  called  me  in  my  youthful  days 
"  For  evermore  to  give  him  praife. 

"  Alfo  here  lieth  the  body  of  John  Uttermare,  of  this  parifh,  gent,  who  departed 
this  life  the  2d  of  May  1752,  aged  50." 

The  chriftenings  are  yearly  on  an  average  four;  the  burials  three. 


I       L       T       O       N. 

THIS  village  received  its  name  from  the  river  He,  which  runs  eaftward  of  it, 
lying  five  miles  north  from  Ilminfter,  and  ten  miles  eaft  from  Taunton,  in  a 
low,  flat,  and  woody  fituation. 

The  parifh  extends  fix  miles  in  length  from  eaft  to  weft ;  but  not  more  than  a  mile 
from  north  to  fouth;  and  comprifes  the  five  following  hamlets,  viz. 

1 .  Cad-Green,  near  the  church,  containing  fourteen  houfes. 

2.  Ilford,  fo  called  from  an  old  ford  here  over  the  He,  a  mile  and  a  quarter  diftant 
from  the  laft,  containing  feven  houfes. 

3.  Hurcot,  anciently  written  Hurdecote,  three  miles  foutheaft,  having  three  houfes. 

4.  Afhford,  one  mile  northeaft,  containing  three  houfes.  In  Domefday  book  it  is 
written  Aiffeford,  and  is  thus  furveyed  : 

"  William  holds  of  Roger  [de  Corcelle]  Aiffeford.  Ulwin  held  it  in  the  time  of 
"  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  furlong.  The  arable  is  one  carucate.  There  are 
"  two  cottagers,  with  half  a  carucate,  and  three  acres  of  meadow,  and  ten  acres  of 
*'  pafture.     It  was  and  is  worth  thirty-pence."1 

a  Lib.  Domefday. 

Elias' 


anu  TBulfton.]  I     L     T     o     N.  47 

Elias  de  Afhford,  by  charter  without  date,  gives  a  mill  in  Afhibrd  to  the  abbey  of 
Athclney.b  36  Edw.  III.  Peter  dc  Ycvclton  granted  to  the  fame  abbey  certain  lands 
in  the  manors  of  Afliford,  Ikon,  and  Wight-Lackington.c 

5.  Rapps,  one  mile  weft,  fivehoufes. 

The  whole  parifli  contains  fixty-fix  houfes,  and  about  three  hundred  and  fifty 
inhabitants.  The  buildings  arc  in  general  mean,  being  of  rough  (lone,  thatched: 
fomcof  them  arc  paved  with  flints,  of  which  there  is  great  abundance  in  this  parilh. 

Nearly  half  the  lands  arc  arable;  the  foil  a  heavy  clay,  in  fomc  parts  mixed  with 
gravel,  and  lets  from  feven  to  eighteen  (hillings  the  acre.  The  paflnre  and  meadow 
lands,  which  are  cold  and  wet,  are  worth  from  fifteen  to  thirty  (hillings  an  acre. 
Notwithftanding  agriculture  is  but  fparingly  attended  to,  the  lands  have  been  coh- 
liderably  improved  by  the  ufc  of  marie,  found  here  in  fufrkient  quantity. 

What  little  we  know  of  Ilton  in  ancient  times  is,  that  it  was  one  of  thofe  eftates 
which  were  given  to  the  abbey  of  Athclney  in  this  county,  founded  by  king  Alfred  in 
the  year  882.     In  Domefday  book  we  have  the  following  account  of  it: 

"  The  church  of  St.  Peter  of  Adelingye  holds  Atiltone.  In  the  time  of  king  Edward 
"  it  gelded  for  eight  hides.  The  arable  confifts  of  twelve  carucates.  In  demefne  are 
"  four  hides:  and  there  are  three  carucates,  and  four  fervants,  and  ten  villancs,  and  fix 
"  cottagers  with  four  ploughs.  There  is  a  mill  of  feven  fhillings  and  fix-pence  rent, 
"  and  forty  acres  of  meadow,  and  thirty  acres  of  pafture.  A  wood  one  mile  long, 
"  and  as  much  broad.  It  is  worth  one  hundred  fhillings.  Of  the  land  of  this  manor 
"  earl  Morton  holds  two  hides,  which  were  in  the  time  of  king  Edward  held  by  the 
"  church  in  demefne.     The  arable  confifts  of  four  carucates,  worth  thirty  fhillings."* 

Benedict  was  abbot  of  Athelney  at  the  time  the  above  furvey  was  made ;  and  his 
fuccefTors  continued  in  pofTeffion  of  this  manor  till  the  year  of  their  diflblution.  Their 
lands  here  were  valued  in  the  year  1293  at  17I/  In  the  duke  of  Somerfet's  fchcdule 
the  yearly  value  of  Ilton  is  fct  down  at  74I.  8s.  8d.  ob.  The  manor  now  belongs  to 
the  carl  of  Egremont . 

An  ancient  manor  lies  within  this  parifh,  called  Merrifield,  and  in  ancient  evidences 
Murefeld  and  Mcrefeld.  In  the  rcgifter  of  Athelney  abbey,  John  de  Uminfter  occurs 
lord  of  it:  and  a  family  denominated  from  the  place  are  found  to  have  held  lands  here 
in  the  time  of  Edw.  II.  17  Edw.  III.  John  dc  Beauchamp  died  feized  of  the  fame, 
leaving  John  his  fon  and  heir,  who  deceafing  without  ifTue  35  Edw.  III.  the  family 
eftates  were  (as  already  has  been  faid)  divided  between  his  two  lifters  Cecily  and  Mar- 
garet. The  manor  of  Merrifield,  in  the  partition,  was  allotted  to  Cecily.  She  was  firft 
married  to  Roger  Seymour,  and  a  forwards  to  Richard  Turberville,  knight.  Sir  Richard 
died  36  Edw.  III.:  foon  after  which  Cecily  his  relict  granted  this  manor  to  Fulk  de 
Bermyngham,  knight.'     It  afterwards  came  to  the  family  of  Popham,  and  from  them 

*  Regift.  Abb.  Atheln.  *  Lib.  Domefday.  f  Rot.  Clauj.  48  Edw.  III. 

e  Ibid.  c  Taxat.  Spiritual. 

to 


48  I      L      T      O      N.  [abMcfi 

to  the  Wadhams,  by  the  marriage  of  fir  John  Wadham  with  Elizabeth  the  daughter 
and  coheir  of  fir  Stephen  Popham  of  this  place,  and  of  Popham  in  Hampihire.  The 
family  of  Wadham  took  their  name  from  the  lordfhip  of  Wadham,  in  the  parifh  of 
Knowfton,  in  the  county  of  Devon.  Their  chief  feat  was  at  Edge,  near  Branfcombe 
in  that  county ;  but  after  the  marriage  of  John  Wadham  above-mentioned,  they  made 
Merrifield  the  chief  place  of  their  refidence.  The  faid  fir  John  Wadham,  by  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  was  father  of  another  fir  John,  who  fucceeded  him  in  this  eftate,  and  having 
married  Elizabeth  the  daughter  of  Hugh  Stukely,  efq;  had  iffue  Nicholas  Wadham, 
knight,  who  was  flieriff  of  this  county  and  Dorfet  14  Hen.  VII.  and  for  feveral  years 
lieutenant  of  the  Ifle  of  Wight.  This  fir  Nicholas  married  two  wives:  the  firft  was 
Joan  the  daughter  of  Robert  Hill,  of  Halfway,  efq;  by  whom  he  had  ifiue  Lawrence, 
(who  died  without  ifiue)  John,  Nicholas,  Giles,  and  Andrew ;  Mary  the  wife  of  fir 
Richard  Chudleigh,  and  Elizabeth  wife  of  Richard  Bampfylde  of  Poltimore.  His 
fecond  wife  was  Margaret,  daughter  of  fir  John  Seymour,  of  Wolf-hall  in  the  county 
of  Wilts,  fifter  of  Jane  Seymour,  afterwards  married  to  king  Henry  VIII.  John 
Wadham,  hiseldeft  fon  and  heir,  who  is  ftiled  of  Edge,  married  Joan  the  widow  of 
John  Kelleway  of  Columpton,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Tregarthin  of  Cornwall, 
and  had  ifiue  Nicholas  Wadham,  founder  of  Wadham  college  in  Oxford ;  Joan,  wife 
of  fir  Giles  Strangeways;  Margaret,  wife  of  Nicholas  Martin,  of  Athelhampfton ;  and 
Florence,  wife  of  John  Wyndham,  efq.  Nicholas  Wadham,  the  fon  and  heir,  married 
Dorothy  the  daughter  of  William  Petre,  knight,  principal  fecretary  of  ftate,  and 
father  of  the  firft  lord  Petre;  but  died  without  ifiue  in  1609.  His  wife  Dorothy 
furviving  him  had  this  manor  in  dower;  and  having  completed  the  work  at  Oxford, 
which  her  hufband  had  begun,  but  left  unfinifhed,  died  in  the  year  161 8,  and  was 
buried  with  her  hufband  in  the  church  of  Ilminfter.  On  the  death  of  the  faid 
Nicholas  Wadham,  and  Dorothy  his  wife,  without  iffue,  the  children  of  his  three 
filters  aforefaid  inheriting  his  eftates,  Merrifield  became  the  property  of  Wyndham, 
from  whom  it  has  lineally  defcended  to  the  earl  of  Egremont,  the  prefent  poffefibr. 
When  John  Wyndham  came  to  the  eftate,  difliking  thefituation  of  the  houfe,  becaufe 
it  was  furrounded  with  wood,  he  pulled  it  down,  and  with  the  materials  built  a  farm- 
houfe  at  a  little  diftance,  now  called  Woodhoufe,  and  likewife  an  alms-houfe  in  the 
village  of  Ikon.  There  now  remains  no  part  of  the  ancient  edifice,  except  an  old 
wall  on  the  eaft  fide.  The  feat  was  formerly  moted  round,  and  the  buildings  exhibited 
many  ftriking  indications  of  remote  antiquity. 

The  church  of  Ikon  denominates  a  prebend  in  the  cathedral  of  Wells,  which  pre- 
bend was  in  1292  valued  at  eighteen  marks.8  The  vicarage  is  not  mentioned  in  the 
taxation. 

The  church  is  a  Angular  conftruclion,  having  a  tower  on  the  fouth  fide,  the  lower 
part  of  it  ferving  as  it  were  for  a  porch  or  entrance.  This  tower  is  furmounted  with  a 
wooden  fpire,  cafed  with  lead,  and  contains  a  clock  and  four  bells.  It  has  two  ailes: 
part  of  the  north  aile  next  the  chancel  is  railed  off,  and  called  Wadham's  ailej  under 

*  Taxat.  Spiritual. 

the 


anu  iBuWon.]  I     L     T     o     N.  49 

the  window  lies  the  effigy  of  a  female  in  full  length,  but  without  any  infeription  or 
arms.  In  the  wall  of  the  fouth  aile  is  a  large  niche  intended  for  the  iimilar  purpofc 
of  a  monumental  receptacle. 

Under  the  communion  table  is  the  following  infeription  on  a  plate  of  brafs: 

w  IPrap  for  the  route  of  Bpcbolasf  caanbam,  fonc  to  fur  jflpcbolas 
axUaobam,  fenprjbt,  anu  cayten  of  tbc  3llc  of  2£lprjbt,  tobpebe  oepteu  otote 
of  tbifi  toorloctbe  mi)  Dap  of  December,  in  tbe  pere  of  our  ioroe  00&tiii  j,  on 
tobog  foulc  3bu  Jjatic  merci.    amen." 

On  the  fame  floor: 

"  Depofitum  integerrimi  viri  Guliclmi  Baker,  hujus  ecclefias  vicarii,  qui  per  uvin 
annos,  quibus  circa  rem  divinam  hie  loci  miniftravit,  doctrina  ct  fnnplicitatc  \ 
cvangelica  populum  inftituit. 

"  I,  Lector,  tantarum  virtutum  imitatione  cognatos  ccclos  require,,  quos  ille  71 
annos  natus  repetiit  3  Aug.   1708." 

"  Herealfo  lie  the  bodies  of  William  the  fon,  and  Joan  the  daughter,  of  William 
Baker,  who  died,  one  Jan.  7,   1667,  the  other  July  21,   1682." 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  rev.  John  Baker,  A.  M.  12  years  vicar  of  II ton. 
He  died  Jan.  20,  1757,  aged  44. 

"  His  ways  were  ways  of  plcafantnefs,  and  all  his  paths  were  peace." 

Of  this  family  many  have  been  eminent  for  their  learning. 

Thomas  Baker,  born  here  in  1625,  was  eftccmed  one  of  the  beft  mathematicians 
of  his  time.  He  was  firft  of  Magdalen  Hall,  and  afterwards  of  Wadham  College  in 
Oxford;  which  univerlky  he  early  left  for  the  living  of  Bifhop's  Nympton  in  Devon- 
shire. His  (kill  in,  mathematicks  was  fo  great,  that  once  the  members  of  the  Roud 
Society  propounded  to  him  fome  queries  of  the  mod  abftrufe  and  difficult  nature;  to 
which  he  returned  an  anfwer  fo  fully  Satisfactory,  that  they  prefentcd  him  with  a 
medal,  inferibed  with  encomiums  of  his  learning.  He  died  in  1690,  and  was  buried 
in  the  parifli  church  of  Nympton. 

Of  the  fame  family  was  the  rev.  WiJIiam  Baker,  S.  T.  P.  a  native  like-wife  of  Ilton, 
and  educated  at  Wadham  College.  He  was  firll  biihop  of  Bangor,  and  afterwards 
of  Norwich.  He  died  A.  1).  173-,  and  was  buried  in  the  Abbey  church  of  Bath, 
where  is  the  following  infeription  to  his  memory: 

"  Memorise  facrum  reverend i  admodum  praefulis  Guuelmi  Baker,  S.  T.  P.  Ban- 
goricnlis  primum,  dein  Norviceniis  epifcopi.  Qui  Utonc,  in  agro  Somerfetenii  natus, 
in  Collegio  Wadham  apud  Oxonienfes  bonis  literis  innutritus,  fuum  illud  collegium 
alumnus,  focius,  gardianus,  moribus,  prudentia,  auctoritate,  cohoneftavit,  auxit, 
ftabilivit.  Ecclcfiae  Sti  iEgidii  in  campis  Londini,  diu  fumma  cum  laude  praefuit 
rector,  atque  in  urbc  Britanniac  noftrce  primaria,  concionator  facundus,  doctus,  gravis 

Vol.  I.  H  inter 


50  ISLE-ABBOTS.  [ffirtlfefc 

inter  celeberrimos  emicuit.  Mox  ad  akiora  merito  fuo  evedtus,  non  tarn  ab  ampliffimis, 
qua?  geflit,  muneribus  ipfe  dignitatem  mutuaffe  quam  eadem  proprio  fplendore  illuf- 
traffe  videbatur.  Mortalitati  valedixit  quarto  die  Decembris,  anno  humanae  falutis 
1732,  aetatis  65." 

There  are  two  alms-houfes  in  this  parifh:  one  built  by  John  Wyndham,.of  Merri- 
field,  efq;  as  before-mentioned ;  and  the  other  by  John  Whetftone,  efq. 

The  births  in  this  parifh  are  on  an  average  eleven;  the  burials  nine. 


ISLE-ABBOTS. 

THIS  parifh  has  of  late  years  been  written  Ilk;  but  its  ancient  appellation  was  He, 
derived  from  its  fituation  on  the  river  of  that  name.     It  obtained  its  addition 
from  its  having  formerly  belonged  to  the  abbots  of  Muchelney. 

It  ftands  in  a  damp  and  woody  flat,  about  four  miles  north  from  Uminfter,  and 
contains  twenty-eight  houfes,  and  nearly  one  hundred  and  fixty  inhabitants. 

There  is  one  wood  in  this  parifh  which  contains  near  one  hundred  acres,  all  oak, 
to  the  growth  of  which  tree  the  foil,  being  a  ftrong  wet  clay,  is  particularly  favour- 
able. The  lands  are  moftly  pafturage,  and  worth  on  an  average  about  one  guinea 
an  acre.  The  inhabitants  have  a  right  of  common  in  the  forcft  of  Neroche,  and 
on  Weft-Sedgmoorl 

The  manor  belonged  very  early  to  the  monaftery  above-mentioned,  which  feems  to 
have  engrofTed  moft  of  the  eftates  in  this  neighbourhood.  In  Domefday  book  it  is 
thus  furveyed: 

"  The  church  [of  Micelenie]  itfelf  holds  He.  Goduin  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
•'  Edward,  and  paid  geld  for  five  hides.  The  arable  is  five  carucates.  There  are  in 
"  demefne  three  hides,  and  there  are  two  carucates,  and  fix  fervants,  and  twelve 
*'  villanes,  and  five  cottagers  with  two  ploughs.  There  is  a  mill  of  fifteen  fhillings 
"  rent;  and  there  are  forty  acres  of  meadow,  and  feven  acres  of  pafture.  A  wood 
"  three  miles  long,  and  one  mile  and  a  half  broad.    It  was  and  is  worth  four  pounds. 

"  The  church  itfelf  holds  He.  Eduin  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and 
"  gelded  for  one  hide  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  one  carucate  and  a  half.  There  are 
"  three  cottagers  who  hold  fifteen  acres.  There  is  one  acre  in  demefne,  and  ten  acres 
"  of  meadow,  and  feven  acres  of  pafture.  A  wood  three  furlongs  long  and  one 
"  furlong  broad.     It  is- worth  fixteen  fhillings.3" 


»  Lib;  .Domefday. 


The 


amneuwon.]  isle-abbots.  5i 

The  lands  of  the  faid  abbey  here  were  in  i  293  valued  at  61.  129.  6d.1-  The  family 
of  Portman  fecm  to  have  fome  concern  in  this  place  in  the  reign  of  Edw.  1V.C  but  the 
monks  held  the  manor  till  their  difperfion  in  1539,  when  it  came  to  the  crown,  anj 
was  granted  to  Edward  earl  of  Hertford,  in  whofe  time  it  was  valued  at  the  yearly 
fum  of  35I.  4s.  3^d.d  It  was  afterwards  alienated  by  the  faid  family  to  that  of 
Prymc,  and  being  now  divided,  is  the  property  of  lady  Aylcsford  and  Mr.  Pine,  each 
of  whom  holds  a  court  here. 

The  church  was  anciently  appropriated  to  the  abbey  of  Muchclncy,  and  in  1292 
was  valued  at  four  marks.*  After  the  diflblution  the  rectory  and  the  advowfon  of  the 
vicarage  were  patted  away  by  the  king  along  with  the  manor;  but  again  reverting  to 
the  crown,  were  granted  34  Hen.  VIII.  to  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Briflol,  who  now 
are  patrons.     The  rev.  James  Uttcrmare  is  the  prcfent  incumbent. 

This  church  (dedicated  to  St.  Mary)  is  a  large  hand  fome  edifice,  one  hundred  feet 
long,  and  twenty-eight  feet  wide,  and  confifts  of  a  nave  and  chancel  tiled ;  and  a 
north  aile  and  porch  covered  with  lead.  At  the  well  end  is  a  tower  of  excellent 
mafonry,  finely  embellifhed  with(iothic  pinnacles  and  other  ornaments,  and  fourteen 
ftatues,  four  of  which  arc  in  the  weir  from,  vith  niches  where  two  more  once  flood, 
now  demolifhed.     This  tower  is  feventy  feet  high,  and  has  a  clock  and  five  bells. 

In  the  chancel  on  a  flat  done: 
"  Hie  jacet  corpus  Catharine  Bromc,  chariffimse  uxoris  Philippi  Brome,  de  Ifle- 
Brewers,  in  comitatu  Somerfetenfi  gen.  unius  attornat.  curias  de  commit ni  banco,  &:c. 
quae  obiit  1 8°  die  Augufti  anno  Domini  1677.     ^tatis  fuae  25. 

Cbron.     **  Uxori  fidae  caelum  paratur." 

Cbron.     "  Vera  virtus  piis  cnituit." 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Philip  Bromc,  who  departed  this  life  on  Monday  the 
29'hdayof  June,  anno  Domini  1640. 

"  Scio  quod  redemptor  meus  vivit." 

On  a  tomb  in  the  church-yard : 
"  Elizabeth  Brome,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Elizabeth  Brome,  left  this  life  for  k 
better  Aiiguft  3,  anno  Domini  1738,  oetat.  15. 

"  When  fudden  fate  our  feeming  blifs  aflails, 
How  paffion  triumphs,  and  how  reafon  fails ! 
Alas!  weak  nature  will  too  oft  fupply 
The  breaft  with  throbbings,  and  with  tears  the  eye; 
Whilft  hence  with  joy  untainted  fouls  remove, 
And  with  impatience  court  their  realms  above; 
No  more,  dear  parent,  at  my  death  repine, 
I  father  Abraham's  bofom  change  for  thine." 

•  Taxat.  Temporal.  «  Rot.  daus.  10  Edw.  IV.  *  Valor  MS.  « Taxat.  Spiritual. 

Ha  On 


$t  ISLE-BREWERS.  [3bWck 

On  the  other  fide  of  this  tomb : 

"  In  memory  of  lieutenant  Robert,  fon  of  Philip  and  Mary  Brome,  who  fell  at  the 
battle  of  Thornhaufen,  Auguft  i,  1759,  whilft  he  was  difcharging  the  duty  of  his 
profeflion  againft  the  perfidious  French.     Mtat.  38. 

x(  Beyond  or  love  or  friendfhip's  facred  band, 

Beyond  myfelf,  I  lov'd  my  native  land ; 

On  this  foundation  would  I  build  my  fame, 

And  emulate  the  Greek  and  Roman  name; 

Think  England's  peace  bought  cheaply  with  my  blood, 

And  die  with  pleafure  for  my  country's  good." 

At  the  eaft  end  of  the  fame  tomb : 

"  Ann  Martha,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Mary,  aged  one  year,  departed  this  life 
1 2th  March  1726. 

"  When  infants  to  their  dear  Redeemer  go, 
They  fin  efcape,  and  multitudes  of  woe. 
He  that  is  born  to-day,  and  dies  to-morrow, 
Lofes  fome  hours  of  mirth,  but  months  of  forrow : 
Let  chriftians  then  with  Job  fubmit,  and  fay, 
'  The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord  hath  taken  away, 
*  Blefled  be  the  name  of  the  Lord." 

The  births  on  an  average  are  five ;  the  burials  two. 


ISLE-BREWERS. 

ISLE-BREWERS  is  a  fmall  parifh  feven  miles  foutheaft  from  Taunton,  nine  north 
from  Chard,  and  four  north  from  Uminfter.a  The  number  of  houfes  is  thirty, 
and  of  inhabitants  about  one  hundred  and  fixty.  Moft  of  the  houfes  are  fmall  farms, 
built  of  rough  ftone,  covered  with  thatch;  and  the  reft  mud-walled  cottages.  The 
fituation  is  low,  being  a  woody  flat,  on  the  foutheaft  fide  of  Ilemoor.  The  lands  are 
about  two-thirds  pafture,  worth  twenty  fhillings  an  acre,  arable  worth  ten;  the  crops 
moftly  wheat  and  barley. 

This  parifh  has  a  few  rights  on  Ilemoor,  which  are  not  inclofed.     Oak  and  elm  are 
the  principal  wood,  and  thrive  very  well. 

a  It  is  additionally  called  Brewers,  in  regard  of  its  having  belonged  to  a  family  of  that  name. 

Here 


aMjOBulfton.J  ISLE -BREWERS.  53 

Here  is  neither  manufactory,  gentleman's  feat,  fchool,  nor  fair;  but  a  revel  is  held 
in  Whitfun  week.1* 

When  William  the  Conqueror  came  to  the  throne,  he  divided  this  village,  whicb  was 
then  confidcrable,  into  two  parcels,  one  of  which  he  gave  to  his  half-brother  R< 
earl  of  Morton;  and  the  other  to  Alurcd  dc  Ifpania,  one  of  the  many  chiefs  that 
attended  him  in  his  expedition. 

The  former  is  thus  furveyed: 

"  Anfgcr  holds  of  the  earl  lie.  Ulnod  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  I£d\vard,  and 
M  gelded  for  fix  hides.  The  arable  is  fix  carucates.  In  demefne  are  two  carucatcs, 
"  and  five  fervants,  and  five  villanes,  and  four  cottagers  with  two  ploughs.  There 
"  is  a  mill  rented  at  fourteen  (hillings,  and  eighteen  acres  of  meadow.  A  wood  three 
"  furlongs  and  a  half  long,  and  two  furlongs  broad.    It  is  worth  one  hundred  flullings." 

The  latter  parcel  thus: 

"  Richard  holds  of  Alurcd  He.  Alwi  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded 
"  for  two  hides.  The  arable  is  two  carucates.  In  demefne  is  one  carucatc,  with 
"  one  fcrvant,  and  eight  villanes,  and  two  cottagers  with  one  plough.  There  is  a 
"  mill  of  twenty-pence  rent,  and  ten  acres  of  meadow,  and  ten  acres  of  pafiure,  and 
"  thirty  acres  of  wood.  When  he  received  it,  it  was  worth  twenty  fliillings,  now  forty 
*'  fhillings."*     So  that  he  had  improved  it  double. 

Thefe  lands  were  afterwards  conjoined,  and  probably,  after  the  forfeiture  of  William 
the  carl  of  Morton's  fon,d  were  kept  in  the  crown  a  confiderable  time;  for  we  find 
nothing  more  concerning  this  place  till  the  thirty-firft  year  of  Henry  II.  when  William 
Torel,  lord  of  it,  was  fined  in  one  mark  for  ncgledling  to  make  proper  purfuit  and 
enquiry  concerning  the  death  of  Alured  dc  Anevilky  who  in  all  likelihood  came  to  an 
untimely  end  here:  amercements  of  which  kind  were  very  common  at  that  period.' 

After  him  it  had  the  family  of  Briwere,  or  Brewer,  for  its  lords.  The  firft  of  that 
name  that  occurs,  having  any  concern  with  Somcrfetfhire,  is  William  the  fon  of  Henry 
Brewer,  who  held  many  offices  of  truft  in  the  feveral  reigns  of  Henry  the  fecond, 
Richard  the  firft,  and  John:  and  was  in  fuch  high  cfteem  with  king  Richard  the  firft, 
that  he  was  one  of  thofe  three  to  whom  the  government  of  the  kingdom  was  entruftcd 

b  In  this  place,  in  the  month  of  May  1681,  a  woman  was  delivered  of  two  female  infant;,  whofe  bodies 
were  joined  together  from  the  navel  upwards ;  but  each  with  all  its  parts  below  proper  to  itfelf,  and  not  only 
diltinct  all  along,  but  feparatc.  Upwards  beneath  the  breafts  thefe  bodies  parted  again,  and  then  all  was  as 
below,  diftinft  and  feparate.  When  laid  fupine  they  feemed  to  have  but  one  body  where  joined;  but  when 
turned  there  was  a  deep  furrow  between  both.  Each  had  a  diilincl  fpina  derji,  &c.  and  nipples  in  theii 
proper  place  refpefting  the  feveral  bodies.  They  did  not  always  fleep  at  the  fame  time ;  they  exonerated  apart 
freely,  and  lived  for  fome  time.  They  were  baptized  by  the  names  of  Aquila  and  Prifcilla,  (though  they 
were  both  females)  and  were  born  by  an  eafy  travail  to  the  mother,  who  had  been  infirm  for  two  years,  and 
had  three  children  before.     Phil.  Trans.  Lcwtl.crp's  AbrUg.  ii.  303. 


c  Lib.  Domefday.  '  Mag.  Rot.  3 1  Hen.  IL 

d  See  Dugd.  Bar.  1 .  25.  f  See  Mado.x's  Excheq.  p.  386. 


during 


54  ISLE-BREWERS.  [abDicfc 

during  his  abfence  in  the  Holy  Land.  His  principal  residence  was  at  Bridgwater, 
where  he  built  a  caftle  and  a  hofpital.  For  feveral  fucceflive  years,  in  the  reign  of 
John,  he  ferved  the  office  of  fheriff  for  this  county  and  Dorfet,  (then  united)  as  he 
had  before  for  many  other  counties/  He  married  Beatrix  de  Valle,  a  concubine  of 
Reginald  earl  of  Cornwall,  by  whom  he  had  iffue  two  fons ;  Richard,  who  died  in  his 
father's  life-time,  and  William,  who  fucceeded  him :  as  alfo  five  daughters,  viz.  Grecia, 
married  to  Reginald  de  Braofe;h  Margaret,  to  William  de  Ferte;  Ifabell,  firft  to  one 
of  the  name  of  Dover,  and  afterwards  to  Baldwin  Wake;'  Alice,  to  Reginald  de 
Mohun;  and  Joan,  to  William  de  Percy.  He  died  in  1226,  and  was  buried  before 
the  high  altar  in  the  abbey  of  Dunkfwell,  in  the  county  of  Devon,  which  he  had 
founded  for  Ciftercian  monks. k 

His  fon  William  Brewer  inherited  his  eftates,  whereof  Ifle  was  one;  and  17  John 
obtained  from  the  king  a  grant  of  a  difcharge  of  his  relief  for  all  his  lands.  He  took 
to  wife  Joan  the  daughter  of  William  de  Vernon,  earl  of  Devon,  and  died  in  the 
year  1232,  16  Hen.  III.  without  iflue. 

Whereupon,  a  legal  partition  of  the  eftates  taking  place  betwixt  the  five  fitters 
above-mentioned,  Alice  de  Mohun  had  this  manor  of  Ifle  for  her  purparty,  and  in  her 
right  Reginald  de  Mohun  her  faid  hufband  died  feized  thereof;1  from  whom  it 
defcended  to  John  de  Mohun,  who  died  7  Edw.  I.™  2  Edw.  III.  Thomas  de  Merle- 
berghe  occurs  lord  of  this  manor;"  foon  after  which  Henry  de  Haddon  is  certified 
to  hold  it  for  the  term  of  his  life  of  the  grant  of  John  de  Haddon,  reverfional  to 
William  Fitzwarren,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body.  The  faid  William  Fitzwarren  died 
feized  of  it  35  Edward  III.  John  Chideock,  knight,  at  his  death  28  Hen.  VI.  held 
this  manor,  leaving  Catherine,  wife  of  William  Stafford,  efq;  and  Margaret,  wife  of 
William,  fon  of  John  Stourton,  knight,  his  daughters  and  heirs."  In  the  fucceeding 
reign,  14  Edw.  IV.  Richard  Harecourt,  knight,  and  Edward  Grymftone,  efq;  en- 
feoffed Giles  Daubeny  of  the  manor  of  Ifle-Brewers.p  16  Eliz.  the  manor  was  held 
by  Laurence  Wyther,  of  London,  efq;  who  alienated  it  to  the  Walronds;  and  it  is 
now  the  property  of  David  Robert  Mitchel,  efq. 

37  Hen.  VIII.  divers  lands  and  tenements  in  this  parifh,  with  a  capital  mefTuage 
and  farm  called  Southayej  as  alfo  the  rectory  and  advowfon  of  the  vicarage,  with  the 
appurtenances,  were  held  in  chief  by  James  Bowerman.11 

The  church  in  12 19  was  appropriated  to  William  Brewer's  hofpital  of  St.  John  at 
Bridgwater. 

*Dugd.  Bar.  1.  702. 

h  An  old  MS.  in  the  poffeflion  of  Dr.  Harvey,  of  Holt,  touching  the  genealogy  of  the  Brewers,  fays, 
William  de  B.  which  muft  be  a  raiftake.     See  Dugdale's  Baronage,  vol.  i.  p.  419,  702. 

1  The  fame  MS.  fays  Watn.  m  Efc.  J>  Rot.  claus.  ^Edw.  JV. 

k  Mon.  Ang.  1.  925.  « Inq.ad  quod  damnum.  *  MS.  Donat. 

1  Pfc.  0  Efc. 

In 


aim  TSulflon.j 


PUCKINGTON. 


In  1328  a  chantry  was  founded  in  this  church  by  Thomas  dc  Mcrlebcrghc,  fomc- 
1  ime  lord  of  this  manor,  which  he  endowed  with  kinds  here  for  the  maintenance  of 
two  chaplains  to  celebrate  divine  fervicc  for  the  hralth  of  his  own  foul  and  the  fouls 
of  his  progenitors. 

The  living  is  a  vicarage  in  the  deanery  of  Crcwkcrne ;  the  patronage  is  appendant 
to  the  manor;  confequcrttly  in  the  gift  of  David  Mitchel,  cfq.  The  rev.  Mr.  Millward 
is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  All  Saints,  is  feventy  feet  in  length,  and  nineteen 
in  width,  and  confifts  of  a  body  and  chancel  tiled.  At  the  weft  end  is  an  embatded 
tower  fifty  feet  high,  in  which  hang  four  bells. 

On  a  mural  monument  in  the  chancel,  on  the  north  fide,  is  this  infeription: 

"  Merc  lies  the  body  of  Henry  Walrond,  efq;  who  departed  this  life  the  9th  day  of 
October,  and  was  buried  the  tV*  day,  anno  Domini  1698.  Gratis  fuae  54.  Arms, 
argent,  3  bulls'  heads  caboltcd,  fable. 

"  Ad  mortem  fie  vita  rluit  velut  ad  marc  flumen: 
"  Vivcre  nam  res  eft  dulcis,  amara  mori." 

The  number  of  baptifms  and  burials  in  thisparifh,  taken  on  an  annual  average  of 
ten  years,  are,  baptifms  thirteen,  burials  thirteen.  But  it  is  to  be  obferved,  that  in  one 
of  thefe  ten  years  there  was  an  epidemic  iicknefs  which  carried  off  fourteen  people. 


PUCKINGTON. 

THIS  parifh,  which  derives  its  name  from  fome  Saxon  poflcflbr,  is  plcafantly 
fituated  three  miles  northcaft  from  Ilminfter,  and  contiguous  to  the  road  from 
that  town  to  Langport. 

It  confifts  of  twenty-four  houfes,  twelve  of  which  are  farms,  and  have  a  right  of 
common  on  Weft- Moor,  and  Wcft-Sedgmoor :  the  reft  are  cottages.  The  lands  are 
principally  arable,  and  worth  about  fifteen  {hillings  an  acre.  There  are  two  commons 
within  the  precincts  of  this  parifh,  called  Horfcmoor  and  Puddimore,  both  watered 
by  the  river  lie. 

In  the  Conqueror's  time  the  manor  of  Puckington  was  pofieflcd  by  Roger  de 
Churchill,  as  appears  from  the  old  record : 

"  William  holds  of  Roger  Pochintunc.  Lcving  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  one  carucatc  and  a  half.  There 
M  are  three  villanes,  and  three  cottagers,  and  two  fcrvants,  with  one  plough,  and 
V  eleven  acres  of  meadow  and  a  half:  and  fix  acres  of  pafture,  and  fixty-lix  acres 
"  of  wood. 

"To 


56  P  -U    C    K   I    N   G    T    0    N.  [3f>tlicft 

"  To  this  manor  is  added  Pochintune.  Alward  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward 
"  for  a  manor,  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  one  carucate  and  a 
"  half.  There  are  four  cottagers,  with  one  villane,  and  one  fervant,  and  two  acres  of 
"  meadow,  and  fix  acres  of  pafture,  and  fixty-fix  acres  of  wood.  Thefe  two  manors 
"  Leving  and  Alward  held  of  the  church  of  St.  Peter,  [at  Rome]  nor  could  they  be 
"  feparated  from  it.  In  the  time  of  king  Edward  they  were  worth  fifty  fhillings : 
"now  fixty fhillings."* 

In  this  place  the  Mallets  had  fome  poffeffions  in  the  time  of  king  John,  and  a  park. 

In  after-days  it  was  the  property  of  the  Bonvils,  a  family  which 'flourifhed  in  this 
county  for  many  generations.  In  the  reign  of  Henry  VI.  William  lord  Bonvil  married 
Elizabeth  the  heirefs  of  the  Harington  family,  and  by  her  had  iffue  a  fon  and  heir, 
viz.  William,  called  after  his  mother's  name  lord  Harington,  who  was  flain  at  Wake- 
field 39  Henry  VI.  fighting  on  the  part  of  the  houfe  of  York.  He  left  by  Catherine 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Richard  Nevil  earl  of  Salifbury,  an  only  daughter,  whofe  name 
was  Cecilia.  She  married  with  Thomas  Grey  marquis  of  Dorfet,  by  whom  fhe  had 
a  fon,  viz.  Thomas,  who  married  Margaret  daughter  of  fir  Robert  Wotton.  He 
died  22  Hen.  VIII.  leaving  ifiue  a  fon  and  heir  of  the  name  of  Henry:  which  faid 
Henry  Grey,  marquis  of  Dorfet,  having  married  Frances  Brandon,  daughter  of  Charles 
Brandon  duke  of  Suffolk,  was  in  her  right  advanced  to  that  title  in  155 1  by  king 
Edward  VI.  Two  years  after  which  he  fufiercd  death  for  the  ill-timed  ufurpation  of 
his  daughter  lady  Jane  Grey,  which  he  was  accufed  of  countenancing.  Whereupon 
all  his  eftates,  which  had  been  accumulating  for  many  years,  became  confifcated,  and 
were  difpofed  of  different  ways  to  different  people.  The  manor  of  Puckingjxm,  with 
the  advowfon  of  the  living,  was  decreed  to  be  fold  by  the  commiffioners  for  the  ufe 
of  the  crown,  and  was  accordingly  in  1557  purchafed  by  Henry  Portman,  efq.  The 
anfvver  to  the  commiffioners  warrant  runs  as  follows : 

"  Hit  apperethe  that  the  feid  manor  was  annexed  to  the  crowne  by  thatteyndure 
"  of  the  feid  late  duke.  And  whether  the  fame  was  at  eny  tyme  before  parcell  of  the 
"  duchesof  Lancafter  or  Cornewall,  or  of  thauncient  demeanes  of  the  crowne  thau- 
"  ditor  knoweth  not. 

"  The  feid  manor  lyethe  nere  to  none  of  the  Quenes  Majefties  houfes  of  acceffe. 

"  There  ar  nether  parkes,  mynes,  leade  or  belles  upon  the  feyd  manor  to  thauditors 
"  knowledge. 

"  The  woods  are  to  be  certified  by  thofficers  of  the  woodes. 

"  What  ftats  the  tennants  have  in  the  premiffes,  or  who  ought  to  bere  the  repara- 
"  tions  the  recorde  declarethe  not  more  then  is  declared  in  this  value.  Ex.  per  Jo. 
"  Horniolde,  auditore.     130  die  May  1557,  rated  for  Henry  Porteman." 

*  Lib.  Domefday. 

«  The 


anDTBitlffon.]  PUCKINGTON.  S7 

"  The  clcrc  ycrely  value  of  the  prcmifics  15I.  1 8s.  6d.  which  rated  at  twenty-eight 
"  ycres  purchacc,  amountithc  to  445I.  1 8s.  addc  thereto  13I.  17s,  3d.  for  one  yerc* 
"  purchace  of  thadvoufon  of  the  parfonagc  of  Pokington,  and  fo  thole  is  459I.  58.  3d. 
"  The  money  to  be  paid  before  the  26  of  May  1557. 

"  The  king  and  queens  majeftes  to  difchardgc  the  purchaccr  of  all  things  and 
"  incumbraunccs  made  or  done  by  their  majeftes  except  lcalcs. 

"  The  purchacer  to  difchardgc  the  king  and  quenes  raaj cities  of  all  fees  and  repi 
"  goyng  out  of  the  prcmifles. 

"  The  tenure  in  chefe. 

"  The  purchacer  to  have  thiflucs  from  the  feft  of.thanuncyacon  of  our  lady  laft  paft. 

"  The  purchacer  to  be  bound  for  the  woodes. 

"  The  Ieade  and  belles  to  be  excepted. 

"  William  Pctre,  Frauncis  Inglefcld,  Jo.  Bakere."b 

The  manor  has  continued  in  the  family  of  Portman  from  that  time  to  this,  being 
now  the  property  of  Henry  William  Portman,  efq;  of  Brianftone  near  Blandford. 

The  benefice,  which  is  rectorial,  was  in  the  year  1292  rated  at  ten  marks.'  The 
patronage  is  appendant  to  the  manor:  the  rev.  Mr.  Gappcr  the  prefent  incumbent. 
The  glebe  is  worth  about  20I.  per  annum. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Andrew,  and  confifts  of  a  nave,  fmall  aile,  and 
chancel,  with  a  tower  fixty  feet  high,  and  containing  five  bells,  at  the  weft  end. 

On  the  fouth  fide  of  the  chancel  arc  three  recefTes  in  the  wall,  vulgarly  called 
the  three  tabernacles :  in  the  loweft  of  them  is  a  coarfc  daubing  of  Elias,  inferibed 
Unum  Elije. 

On  the  north  fide  is  an  old  tomb  adjoining  to  the  wall  with  thefc  arms :  Quarterly, 
argent  and  fable.  Creft,  the  holy  Lamb.  This  tomb  is  fuppofed  to  contain  the 
remains  of  a  quondam  rector  of  this  parifh  of  the  name  of  Paget. 

Over  the  communion  table  is  a  black  mural  monument  inferibed : 

**  Subtus  jacet  Jacobus  Afton  Coll.  D.  Johan.  Bapt.  Oxon,  &c.  qui  obiit  Nov.  4, 
1693,  astat.  74." 

*  Harl.  MS.  606.  ■  Taxat.  Spiritual, 


Vol.  I.  I  STAPLE- 


[    58    ]  tatjUick 


STAPLE-FITZPAINE. 

WE  may  infer  that  this  place  was  anciently  a  mart  of  fome  account  from  the 
evidence  of  the  name,  which  comes  from  the  Saxon,  and  implies  a  place 
whither  merchants  carry  their  wool,  cloth,  tin,  and  fuch  like  ftaple  commodities,  for 
the  convenient  difpofal  of  them.  If  this  were  formerly  the  cafe  with  the  parilh  we 
are  defcribing,  it  is  far  fallen  from  its  original  confequence.  The  name  of  Fitzpaine 
was  added  to  it  in  confequence  of  its  having  once  belonged  to  a  family  fo  called. 

It  lies  five  miles  fouth  from  Taunton,  and  feven  northweft  from  Chard,  and  it 
includes  three  hamlets,  viz.  Bowhall,  Whitley,  and  Bulford. 

The  whole  number  of  houfes  is  about  fifty,  and  of  inhabitants  about  two  hundred 
and  eighty. 

The  fituation  is  in  a  rich  woody  vale,  below  the  north  ridge  of  Blackdown  and 
Pickeridge  hill,  from  the  top  of  which  are  «xtenfive  and  beautiful  profpecls.  Two 
fprings  riling  under  that  hill  form  a  little  river,  which,  running  under  Battle  Bridge 
through  Hatch-Beauchamp  and  He- Abbots,  joins  the  He  near  He-Brewers.  Over  this 
ftream  are  feveral  plank  bridges,  but  none  of  ftone,  within  this  parifh.  On  Blackdown 
and  Staple-hill  are  about  one  thoufand  acres  of  common  land,  on  which  all  the  land 
owners  have  a  right  for  cattle,  and  all  the  poor  a  right  to  cut  fuel  and  turf.  Several 
hundred  acres  of  wafte  land  adjoin  the  foreft  of  Neroche. 

The  manor  of  Staple  was  in  the  time  of  the  Conqueror  in  the  pofleffion  of  the  earl 
of  Morton,  who  is  faid  to  have  then  held  it  in  his  own  hands  as  demefne. 

"  The  earl  himfelf  holds  Staple.  Two  thanes  held  it  in  king  Edward's  time,  and 
«'  gelded  for  ten  hides.  The  arable  is  nine  carucates.  In  demefne  are  eight  hides, 
"  and  there  are  three  carucates,  and  fix  fervants,  and  twenty  villanes,  with  fix  ploughs. 
"  There  is  a  mill  which  pays  thirty-pence,  and  twenty-four  acres  of  meadow.  Pafture 
"  half  a  mile  in  length,  and  one  furlong  in  breadth.  A  wood  one  mile  long,  and 
"  two  furlongs  broad.     It  was  worth  ten  pounds,  now  twelve  pounds. 

*'  To  this  manor  appertains  an  orchard  in  Langeport,  which  pays  fifty  eels."1 

On  whom  this  manor  was  conferred  after  the  banifhment  of  the  earl  of  Morton, 
we  have  not  difcovered;  but  in  the  reign  of  Edward  I.  it  was  the  property  of 
Robert  de  Brus,  who  held  it  of  the  king  in  capite  by  the  fervice  of  half  a  knight's 
fee,  together  with  two  plough  lands  in  Curiand,  and  one  yard-land  in  the  hamlet  of 
Hurcot.b 

His  fon  John  de  Brus  had  a  daughter  of  the  name  of  Beatrix,  whom  he  gave  in 
marriage  to  Robert  Burnell,  nephew  of  the  bifliop  of  Bath  and  Wells,  and  with  her 
ihis  manor  of  Staple.' 

■  Lib.  Domefday.  *  Efc.  4  Edw.  I.  1  Efc.  21  Edw.  I. 

After 


ana  TBulflon.]      staple-fitzpaine. 


59 


After  which  we  find  it  in  the  pofleffion  of  the  Fitzpaincs.  In  the  reign  of  Edw.  III. 
Robert  Lord  Fitzpaine  refided  licrc  for  fomc  time  in  a  manfion  of  his  own  building. 
He  died  feized  of  it  28'"  of  the  fame  rcign.d  Ifabcl,  his  only  daughter  and  heir,  wa* 
married  to  Richard  Lord  Poynings,  who  thus  became  poJTdTed  of  Staple,  with  other 
large  cftates  in  divers  counties.  This  Richard  died  in  Spain  in  1387,  leaving  ifluc,  by 
the  faid  Ifabcl  his  wife,  Robert,  his  fon  and  heir,  then  in  minority.  He  had  fum- 
mons  to  parliament  from  1404  to  1445  24  Hen.  VI.  and  was  flain  at  the  fiege  of 
Orleans  the  enfuing  year. 

His  fon  Richard  Poynings  died  in  his  father's  life-time,  attending  the  duke  of 
Lancafter  in  Spain  in  the  year  1387.  He  left  a  daughter  Eleanor,  folc  heirefs  to  the 
family,  who  becoming  the  wife  of  Henry  Piercy,  third  carl  of  Northumberland, 
carried  this  eftate  with  no  lefs  than  three  baronies  into  that  noble  and  ancient  family. 

The  faid  Henry  carl  of  Northumberland  was  flain  at  the  battle  of  Towton  in 
1 462,  in  the  thirty-feventh  year  of  his  age. 

Soon  after  this  the  manor  feems  to  have  fallen  to  the  crown. 

By  an  inquilition  taken  Aug.  2,  anno  1605,  2  Jac.  it  is  fct  forth  that  Hugh 
Portman,  knight,  died  7  March  1604,  feized  of  the  manor  of  Staple-Fitzpaine,  and 
the  advowfon  of  the  church,  which  he  held  of  the  king  in  capite  by  the  fortieth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee.*  In  this  family  the  manor  £1111  continues,  Henry  William  Portman, 
efq;  being  the  prefent  lord  thereof. 

The  manor  houfe,  built  and  inhabited  by  Robert  lord  Fitzpaine,  exifted  till  the 
reign  of  Henry  VIII.  when  it  was  almoft  deftroyed  by  fire.  A  part  of  the  kitchen 
has  been  converted  into  a  poor-houfe,  near  the  church;  and  many  ruins  of  the  old 
manfion  are  ftill  vifible  in  the  orchard. 

The  living  is  a  reclory  in  the  deanery  of  Crewkerne,  and  in  the  patronage  of  Mr. 
Portman.  The  rev.  John  Wyndham,  LL.  D.  is  the  prefent  incumbent.  In  1  292 
it  was  valued  at  eight  marks.     There  belong  to  it  about  fifty  acres  of  glebe  land. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  Saint  Peter.  It  is  a  handfome  Gothic  ftruefcure  eighty- 
fix  feet  long,  and  thirty-two  feet  wide,  confifting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  porch  tiled ; 
and  an  aile  on  the  north  fide  leaded.  At  the  weft  end  is  an  elegant  tower  feventy 
feet  high,  in  which  arc  five  bells,  with  a  turret  at  one  corner,  and  eight  handfome 
pinnacles. 

In  the  northweft  corner  of  the  aile  is  a  curious  old  mural  monument  of  ftonc, 
having  a  heavy  cornice  fupported  by  two  fmall  black  round  columns,  with  Corinthian 
capitals  gilt.  On  each  corner  Hands  a  cherub,  and  in  the  centre  a  rich  urn  girt 
with  foliage.  In  the  middle,  inclofed  within  a  carved  gilt  border,  is  a  black  tablet 
thus  inferibed : 

"  Underneath  Iyeth  the  body  of  William  Crofle,  who  was  born  in  the  Park  Lodge 
in  this  pariih,  Dec.  15,  1620,  and  died  Aug.  25,  1702.     Gloria  fed  memoria." 

<Efc.  21  Edw.  I.  *Efc. 

1 2  In 


60  STAPLE-FIT  ZPAINE.  [atDkk 

In  the  chancel  floor  are  three  black  flat  ftones,  with  the  following  infcriptions:— 

"  Juxta  in  diem  fupremum  reconduntur  reliquiae  Annas  Jofephi  Chetle  viduae,  de 
Vigornia.     Obiit  io°  die  Maii  anno  Dom.  1743,  astat.  84." 

Arms:  argent,  a  fefs  coti&d  faMe. 

«  M.  S. 
"  Saras  Hare  prius  reverendi  Thomas  Farnham,  Gulielmi  Hare,  gent,  poflmodum 
conjugis,  praedi&orum  Jof.  et  Ann.  Chetle  Alias,  quae  Vigorniae  nata  230  Aprilis,  1693. 
Cognatis,  amicis,  pauperibus,  bonifq;  omnibus  notis  defiderata,  faeculo  fupremum 
dixit  vale  vn°  iduum  Novembris  1 75 1.** 

"  Memorise  Dni.  Rdi  Chetle  Farnham,  A.  M.  in  hacce  nati  parochia  ubi  mortem 
obiit  xv.  cal.  Martii,  anno  Chrifti  MDCCLXIX.  aetatis  autem  45.  Tam  chari  capitis 
ut  defiderium  teftaretur,  armarii  tegmen  hoc  lapideum,  Dni  Anna  Farnham  vidua 
ejus  masrens  infcriptum  voluit : — 

"  Literarum  artiumque  elcganter  peritus, 
Mente  perfpicaci  behigniflime  occupata, 
Morum  comitate  animique  modeftia 
Omnium  comparavit  obfervantiam. 
Medicam  feliciflime  exercuit  artem, 
Et  medicamina,  queis  fani  evaderent, 
Pauperibus  gratuito  prasbuit. 
Omnibus  cor,  egenis  manus  patuere. 
Honeftum  rediumque  tenaciter  coluir, 

Fallere  nefcius. 
Conjux,  pater,  dominus,  vicinus,  amicus, 
Humaniflimus,  optimus,  integerrimus ; 
Et  dum  fata  tulerunt, 
Filius  pietate  nulli  fecundus. 
Gregi  cum  fidiflimus  turn  chariflimus  Paftor  erat, 
Quern  in  pafcua  laeta  falutis  vocantem  delectati  audiere. 
Denique  vir  fuit  ingenue  bonus,  et  poftera 
Laude  dignus. 

Age,  lector,  qualis  erat,  efto! 

"  Hie  etiam  jacent  reliquiae  dominae  Annas  Marias  Farnham,  predicto  reverendo 
Chetle  Farnham  quae  fola  prolum  fupervixit :  invaletudo  cum  longa  ct  molefta  non 
illam  folida  mente  invaflt,  virtutibus  ab  omni  redempta  vitio,  pulcherrimam  efflavit 
vitam  Sept.  die  27moanno  Domini  1780." 

"P.  M.  S. 
"  Ornatiflimi  viri  Gulielmi  Chetle,  A.  M.  Vigornienfis  et  hujus  nuper  et  vicinas  de 
Orchard  ecclefiae  redoris. 

*'  Sciant 


anO  TStllOon.]  B    I    C    K    E    N    H    A    L    L.  61 

"  Sci»nt  adco  Poftcri 
Nihil  quod  aut  homincm  ingcnuum 

Aut  pium  Chrillianum, 
Aut  fidclcm  miniftrum  dcccat, 

Ei  dcfuifTc. 

"Qui  quum  aetatis  fuae  annum  jam  quinquagcfimum  quintuin  agcret  poftridic 
calcndas  Januarij  e  vita  dcceffit,  1722." 

S  H.  S.  E. 

"  Vir  rcvercndus  dominus  Thomas  Farnham,  A.  M.  hujufcc  parochiae  nee  non 
vicinae  et  nativae  de  Orchard  Portman,  rector,  atrophia  laborans  morialitatinon  vitsc 
valcdixit  die  1 8°  Aprilis  anno  D01T1.  1 727.     ^Etat.  fuae  290." 

"  Thomas  filius  Thomae  &  Sarae  Farnham,  obiit  infans  Martii  9*,  1725-6. 

"  Anna  filiaet  infans,  obiit  Maii  24,  1727." 

In  the  church-yard  arc  two  tombs,  in  memory  of  the  families  of  William  Hare, 
gent,  and  Thomas  Wright,  gent. 

Here  are  alfo  the  remains  of  an  old  (tone  crofs,  but  the  pillar  is  down;  and  of  a 
fine  old  yew-tree,  with  a  pair  of  (locks  under  it. 

An  alms-houfe  was  endowed  here  about  1 643  by  Mrs.  Rachael  Portman,  for  fix 
poor  pcrfons,  viz.  two  of  Staple,  two  of  Bickcnhall,  and  one  of  Thurlbcare.  Thcfc 
poor  have  two-pence  per  week,  and  a  black  cloth  gown  once  in  two  years,  which 
they  are  obliged  [if  well]  to  wear  at  church  every  Sunday,  or  forfeit  fix-pence  to  the 
clerk.  One  of  them  reads  prayers  to  the  reft,  and  has  a  falary  of  two  (hillings  and 
four-pence  a  week.  Towards  the  fupport  of  this  charity  certain  fums  are  paid  out 
of  the  high  rents  of  the  manors  of  Staple  and  Bickcnhall. 


BICKENHALL. 

ADJOINING  to  Staple-Fitzpaine  northwards  is  Bickcnhall,  formerly  accounted 
only  a  hamlet  thereto,  but  now  a  reputed  parifli. 

Its  fituation  is  low  and  woody;  the  foil  a  wet  ftiff  clay:  the  arable  part  is  worth  on 
an  average  twelve  (hillings,  and  the  paflure  twenty  (hillings  an  acre;  but  is  improve- 
able.  There  are  two  woods,  containing  about  fixty  acres  each:  the  one  is  called 
Bickcnhall  Wood ;  the  other  Middle  Room. 

The  number  of  houfes  is  twenty-nine,  and  there  is  a  poor-houfe  for  four  families, 
which  pays  chief  rent  to  the  lord  of  the  manor;  but  the  parifti  keeps  it  in  repair. 

Here  arc  three  tan-yards,  and  a  manufacture  of  dowlas  and  ticks. 

Bickcnhall 


tz  BICKENHALL.  [atfttcfe 

Bickenhall  was  at  the  conqueft  parcel  of  the  pofTefFions  of  the  earl  of  Morton. 

"  William  (fays  Domefday)  holds  of  the  earl  Bichehalle.  Aluric  held  it  in  the 
"  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  five  hides.  The  arable  confifts  of  five  caru- 
"  cates.  In  demefne  are  two  carucates,  and  three  fervants,  and  nine  villanes,  and 
V  eight  cottagers,  with  three  ploughs.  There  are  fourteen  acres  of  meadow.  A 
'*  wood  one  mile  long,  and  one  furlong  broad.  It  was  worth  twenty  ihillings,  now 
"  feventy  fhillings. 

"  This  manor  by  cuftom  pays  to  Curi,  a  king's  manor,  five  fheep  with  as  many 
*'  lambs;  and  every  free  man  one  pig  of  iron."1 

From  which  laft  pafiage  it  fhould  feem  that  there  was  an  iron  forgery  here  before 
the  conqueft. 

9  Edw.  I.  John  de  Pavely  held  at  his  death  the  manor  of  Bickenhall  in  capite  of 
the  king,  by  the  fervice  of  one  knight's  fee.  19  Edw.  II.  another  John  de  Pavely 
poflefled  it,  whofe  heir  was  Robert  de  Pavely  his  brother,  who,  together  with  Alice 
his  wife,  held  it  1  Edw.  III.b  16  Edw.  III.  John  de  Stapilton  is  certified  to  hold  this 
manor  with  appurtenances  by  royal  grant,  and  that  his  heir  was  Robert  de  Stapilton. 
36  Edward  III.  Cecilia  the  wife  of  Stephen  Laundey  died  feized  of  the  hamlet  of 
Bickenhall  with  appurtenances.  Hence  it  came  to  the  family  of  the  Orchards,  of 
whom  William  Orchard  poflefled  it  8  Henry  V.  After  this  the  manor  was  divided ; 
and  John  Dodington  appears  to  have  held  the  third  part  thereof  22  Henry  VI. 
He  had  a  fon  of  his  own  name  who  inherited  the  eftate.  1 2  Edward  IV.  Chriftina 
Portman,  daughter  and  fole  heir  of  William  Orchard,  efq;  held  the  third  part  of 
Bickenhall  in  dower.  After  her,  her  fon  and  heir  John  Portman  enjoyed  it:  he 
married  Edith  daughter  of  John  Porter,  by  whom  he  had  iflue  John  his  fon  and  heir. 
This  laft  John  married  Alice  the  daughter  of  William  Knowell,  and  had  iflue  William 
Portman,  who  1 6  Hen.  VIII.  is  found  to  hold  of  the  king  in  capite  in  Bickenhall, 
three  meflliages,  one  hundred  acres  of  arable  land,  fix  acres  of  meadow,  one  hundred 
acres  of  pafture,  and  feven  acres  of  coppice  wood.  In  the  fame  year  he  gave  thirty- 
three  Ihillings  to  the  king  for  his  relief  of  the  aforefaid  premifes.  A  like  quantity 
of  land  in  Bickenhall  was  held  the  fame  year  (being  another  third)  by  Richard 
Dodington,  fon  and  heir  of  John  Dodington,  a  defcendant  of  the  name  above- 
mentioned,  who  gave  for  his  relief  the  fum  of  feventeen  (hillings  and  two-pence.c 
Thefe  parcels  were  in  procefs  of  time  conjoined  in  the  family  of  Portman,  whofe 
reprefentative  Henry  William  Portman,  efq;  is  the  prefent  pofleflbr. 

Bickenhall  has  a  fmall  church,  confifting  of  a  nave  and  chancel,  fifty-two  feet  long, 
and  feventeen  wide.  A  tower  ftands  at  the  weft  end,  which  is  forty  feet  high,  and 
contains  one  bell. 

Againft  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel  is  an  ancient  monument  of  alabafter,  having 
the  effigy  of  a  woman  kneeling.  Of  the  infeription  nothing  is  legible,  but  "  Rachel 
"  Portman,  who  dyed  in  the  77th  year  of  her  age."    . 

»  Lib.  Domefday.  b  Efc.  c  Ibid. 

There 


atrtJ  TBUlflOtl.]      STOCKLINCH-OTTERSEY.  63 

There  is  no  other  infcription. 

Rachael  Portman  gave  ten  pounds  to  this  parifh,  the  intcreft  whereof  to  be  dif- 
tributcd  among  the  fecond  poor  annually  on  Eafter-day. 

The  chriftenings  on  a  yearly  average  arc  five ;  the  burials  three. 


STOCKLINCH-OTTERSEY 

IS  a  fmall  parifh  in  the  eaftern  limit  of  the  hundred,  diftant  three  miles  northeaft 
from  Ilminfter,  and  feven  weft  from  Crcwkerne. 

The  number  of  houfes  is  about  twenty-two,  a  few  of  which  are  farms;  and  of 
inhabitants  about  one  hundred  and  twenty.  Moft  of  the  houfes  ftand  irregularly 
about  the  church. 

The  country  is  woody,  and  rather  flat ;  but  over  a  vale  of  fine  meads  to  the  fouth 
there  is  a  pleafing  view  of  White-Lackington  village,  and  Dillington-houfe,  the  feat 
of  lord  North.  The  lands  are  moftly  arable,  and  very  rich,  being  worth  twenty-five 
fhillings  an  acre:  pafture  and  meadow  from  twenty  to  forty  fliillings  an  acre.  Hemp 
and  flax  are  generally  cultivated  here;  and  turnips  are  well  hoed,  with  a  horfc-hoe 
invented  by  Mr.  Hicks,  a  farmer  in  this  parifli.  The  ftone,  of  which  there  is  great 
plenty  in  this  parifh,  abounds  with  the  fame  kinds  of  foflils  as  are  defcrihed  in  the 
account  of  Ilminfter. 

Neither  of  the  two  places  now  known  by  the  name  of  Stocklinch  can  be  dif- 
tinguifhed  in  the  Norman  furvey  of  this  county. 

In  the  perambulation  of  the  forcft  of  Nerochc,  within  this  hundred,  mention  is 
made  of  a  certain  wood  called  Oterfchawe;  and  in  an  old  MS.  there  is  a  brief  account 
of  a  ruin  of  the  fame  name  in  the  neighbourhood  of  lie-Abbots,  from  which  a  family 
are  faid  to  have  derived  their  appellation.  In  the  cartulary  of  Glaftonbury  abbey  the 
name  frequently  occurs;  and  it  fcerns  probable,  that  fome  of  this  family  gave  the 
additional  title  to  this  place.  However,  the  records  take  little  notice  of  it  as  a  diftinct 
manor  till  the  reign  of  Richard  II.  when  it  appears  that  the  Denebauds  were  lords 
thereof.  In  14  Rich.  II.  John  Denebaud  is  found  by  inquifition  to  have  died  feized 
of  this  manor,  and  the  advowfon  of  the  church.*  The  Denebauds  were  originally 
of  Pefcayth  in  Monmouthfhire,  and  chiefly  refided  at  Hinton  St.  George  in  this 
county.  Elizabeth  the  fole  heirefs  of  John  Denebaud,  efq;  by  marriage  with  fir 
William  Paulct  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VI.  brought  this  manor  to  that  family.  Sir 
•\n\ias  Paulet  died  feized  of  it  in  1 5 88,b  from  whom  it  has  come  by  lineal  defcent  to 
carl  Paulet,  the  prcfent  lord  hereof. 

•  Efc.  b  Ibid. 

The 


k>4  STOCKLINCH   ST.    MAGDALEN.        {atrtiick 

The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Crewkerne,  and  gift  of  the  Child  family. 
The  rev.  Mr.  Fewtrel,  of  Hinton  St.  George,  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

Here  are  very  few  poor  chargeable  to  this  parifh. 

The  church  is  a  fmall  Gothic  edifice  fixty-two  feet  long,  and  twelve  feet  wide, 
confifting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  fouth  aile,  covered  with  tiles.  At  the  weft  end  is 
a  low  tower  with  three  bells. 

There  is  only  one  infcription  in  the  church,  which  is  on  a  fmall  black  ftone  againft 
the  wall  of  the  aile: — 

"  In  memory  of  Mary  wife  of  Thomas  LefTey  of  this  parifh,  who  died  May  29, 
1734.  aged  39." 


STOCKLINCH    ST.   MAGDALEN. 

STOCKLINCH  ST.  MAGDALEN  lies  weftward  of  Stocklinch-Otterfey,  about 
two  miles  northeaft  from  Uminfter,  and  about  feven  from  Chard.  It  has  fifteen 
houfes ;  one  of  which  is  an  inn  by  Ilford-Bridges,  on  the  turnpike  road  from  Langport 
to  Uminfter;  four  farms;  the  reft  cottages:  moft  of  the  houfes  ftandnear  the  church. 

The  fituation  is  woody,  and  admits  of  little  diftantprofpecl;  but  the  lands  are  very 
good,  and  chiefly  arable.  Hemp  and  flax  are  produced  here  in  confiderable  quantity. 
The  roads  are  rough  and  narrow,  and  overhung  with  hedges. 

The  manor  of  Stocklinch  St.  Magdalen  is  divided:  part  belongs  to  the  alms-houfe 
of  Ilchefter,  part  to  earl  Poulet,  and  part  to  lord  North. 

The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  gift  of  earl  Poulet  and  deanery  of  Crewkerne.  The 
rev.  Mr.  Gyllett,  of  White-Lackington,  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

This  parifh  abounds  with  foflils  of  the  fame  kinds  as  at  Uminfter. 

The  river  He  divides  this  parifh  from  Ilton,  and  contains  roach,  dace,  eels,  perch, 
trout,  and  gudgeons.  It  runs  under  a  ftone  bridge  of  two  arches  on  the  turnpike 
road,  which  is  kept  in  repair  by  thofe  two  parifhes. 

A  revel  is  held  here  on  St.  Mary  Magdalen's  day. 

The  only  pauper  in  this  parifh  is  a  blind  old  woman,  named  Ann  Symonds. 

The  parifh  church  is  a  fmall  building  fifty  feet  long,  and  fourteen  wide.  At  the 
weft  end  is  a  wooden  turret  thirty  feet  high,  containing  three  bells  and  a  clock. 

There  is  no  monument  or  infcription;  and  the  only  thing  worth  notice,  is  a  fine 
pointed  arch  between  the  nave  and  chancel,  which  is  of  excellent  workmanfhip. 

SWELL. 


i; 


anu  T5uIflon.]  [    65    ] 


SWELL 

IS  a  fmall  parifli,  nine  miles  eaft  from  Taunton,  and  four  miles  weft  from  Langport, 
and  about  half  a  mile  to  the  fouth  of  the  turnpike  road  between  thofe  towns. 

The  fituation  is  fruitful' and  plcafant;  being  under  high  ground  to  the  north  and 
northcaft,  and  open  to  the  fouth,  which  affords  an  agreeable  profpect.  The  number 
of  houfes  is  twenty-five,  moft  of  which  arc  fmall  cottages;  and  of  inhabitants  about 
one  hundred  and  thirty. 

The  whole  parirti  is  rated  at  about  700I.  per  annum.  The  poor  rates  arc  one  (hilling 
in  the  pound.  The  lands  arc  moftly  arable:  the  foil  partly  clay,  and  partly  ftone- 
rufli,  and  worth  about  eighteen  millings  an  acre.  Some  petrifactions  arc  found  here 
of  the  following  kinds,  viz.  oyftcria,  carduum,  mufcle,  fmall  conchs,  and  cornua 
ammonis. 

In  the  Conqueror's  furvcy  this  place  is  written  Sewelle,  and  defcribed  among  the 
lands  of  Robert  carl  of  Morton: — 

*  Bretel  holdcth  of  the  carl  Scwellc.  Alvvald  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  was  rated  at  three  hides.  The  arable  is  four  carucatcs.  In  demefne  is  one 
"  carucate,  with  one  fervant,  and  fix  villanes,  and  twelve  cottagers,  with  two  ploughs. 
"  There  are  thirty-three  acres  of  meadow.  A  wood  five  furlongs  and  ten  perches 
"  long,  and  two  furlongs  broad.     It  is  worth  fixty  (hillings."* 

After  the  conqueft  this  manor  was  poflefied  by  the  family  of  Rivel,  who  held  it  in 
capite  of  the  king  by  barony,  and  were  fucceeded  in  it  by  the  family  of  L'Orti;  from 
whom  it  pafied  through  various  other  hands  to  the  Warrcs;  and  is  now  the  property 
of  the  honourable  Thomas  Grofvenor,  efq;  of  Grofvcnor-fquare,  London,  whofc 
father  fir  Robert  Grofvenor  married  Jane  the  folc  heirefs  of  Thomas  Warre,  cfq; 
lord  of  this  manor. 

The  manor  houfe  ftands  near  the  church,  and  is  a  curious  old  fabrick.  The  hall 
is  twenty-fix  feet  high,  and  has  one  of  thofe  vaulted  ceilings  which  arc  common  to 
fuch  apartments.  On  a  large  hatchment  are  thefe  arms:  azure,  a  garb  or:  in  chief 
a  bloody  hand  dexter:  over  all,  on  an  inefcutcheon^«/c\r,  aJion  rampant,  between  eight 
crofs  croflets  argent.  Creft,  a  talbot  on  a  wreathed  murion.  At  each  corner  of  the 
porch,  which  has  a  fine  Gothic  arch  at  the  entrance,  is  a  cherub  holding  an  armorial 
(hield,  on  which  are,  1.  A  chevron  between  three  fifties  hauriant  argent.  1.  Argent, 
a  lion  rampant  fable.  3.  On  a  fefs,  between  three  bezants  /able,  three  lozenges  gules, 
4.  Argent,  three  mallets  purpure. 

The  church  of  Swell  was  anciently  appropriated  to  the  priory  of  Bruton,  and  in 
1292  valued  at  four  marks  and  a  half.b 

a  Lib.  Domefday.  b  Taxat.  Spiritual. 

Vol.  L  K  The 


66  WHITE- LACKINGTON.  [abtJiCk 

The  church  is  a  vicarage  in  the  deanery  of  Crewkerne,  and  in  the  gift  of  the  dean 
and  chapter  of  Briftol.  The  rev.  Thomas  Price,  of  Merriot,  is  the  prefent  incum- 
bent.    The  glebe  confifts  of  thirty  acres. 

The  church  (dedicated  to  St.  Catherine)  is  a  fmall  building,  partly  of  Saxon  and 
partly  of  Gothic  architecture,  fifty-two  feet  long,  and  eighteen  wide,  and  confifts 
only  of  one  aile  and  a  chancel  tiled.  At  the  weft  end  is  a  fmall  wooden  turret  with 
three  bells.     In  fome  of  the  windows  there  are  remains  of  good  painted  glafs. 

In  the  chancel  floor  on  a  brafs  plate : 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of Toole,  efq;  who  was  married  to  Agnes  the  daughter 

of  Thomas  Newton,  efq;  having  iflue  by  her  14  fonnes  and  fix  daughters.      He 
deceafed  the  iolb  daye  of  June  1583." 

A  chantry  was  founded  in  this  church  A.  D.  1250,  by  Mabel  Rivel,  lady  of  the 
manor,  and  endowed  with  certain  tenements  in  this  parilh,  fourfcore  acres  of  arable 
land,  five  acres  of  meadow,  and  five  acres  of  wood  in  Holeway,  within  the  faid 
manor,  for  the  maintenance  of  one  chaplain  to  celebrate  divine  fervice  in  the  faid 
church  in  perpetuum.  The  charter  of  this  endowment  was  confirmed  by  Walter  de 
Urtiaco,  or  Orti,  grandfon  of  the  faid  Mabel,  who,  in  addition  to  the  grant,  gave 
three  acres  and  one  perch  of  arable  land,  and  half  an  acre  of  meadow,  for  the  pro- 
vifion  of  lights  and  wine  for  the  faid  office,  upon  the  altar  of  St.  Catherine  here. 
Confirmed  by  William,  bifliop  of  Bath  and  Wells,  at  Wooky,  6  id.  March,  1 273.° 

*  Exc«rpt.  e  Regifl.  Wellen. 


WHITE-LACKINGTON. 

THE  pariih  of  White-Lackington  is  pleafantly  fituated  one  mile  northeaft  from 
Ilminfter,  in  an  open  country,  agreeably  varied  with  rifing  grounds  and  vallies, 
waftied  by  the  river  He.  Although  extenfive,  it  is  but  thinly  peopled :  the  village 
confifts  of  fixteen  houfes,  which  ftand  fcattered  northward  of  the  church;  ten  form 
the  hamlet  of  Atherfton,  half  a  mile  diftant;  and  four  more  join  part  of  Broadway. 

In  the  general  furvey  this  manor,  called  Wijlagetone,  is  thus  accounted  for  among 
the  large  pofieflions  of  Roger  Arundel: — 

*'  Roger  himfelf  holds  Wiflagetone.  Almar  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and 
"  gelded  for  ten  hides.  The  arable  is  ten  carucates.  In  demefne  is  one  carucate, 
*'  and  feven  fervants,  and  nine  villanes,  and  thirty  cottagers,  with  feven  ploughs,  and 
"  feVen  Swineherds,  who  pay  forty  hogs.  There  is  a  mill  of  fifteen  ftiillings  rent, 
"  and  fifty  acres  of  meadow,  and  fixty-one  acres  of  pafture,  and  two  hundred  and 
•'  forty  acres  of  wood.  It  was  worth  when  he  received  it  twelve  pounds,  now  nine 
"  pounds."* 

*  Lib.  Denw fday.  In 


aninBuiaonO         WHITE-LACKINGTON.  67 

In  the  time  of  Edw.  III.  this  manor  was  held  by  the  family  of  Bryan,  or  Brean. 
It  afterwards  became  the  pofieffions  of  the  Hulls  of  Afhill,  from  whom  it  pafTcd  by 
an  heirefs  to  the  Multons  of  Pinho  in  Dcvonfhirc,  which  family  likewife  terminating 
in  an  heir  female,  it  was  transferred  by  marriage  to  the  Beauchamps.  Sir  Thomas 
Beauchamp,  ftiled  of  Whitc-Lackington,  knight,  died  feized  of  this  manor,  with 
thofe  of  Atherftone  and  Afhill,  in  1430,  9  Hen.  VI.  leaving  no  ifTue;  (his  fon  John 
Beauchamp  having  died  in  his  father's  life-time:)  whereupon  Alice  his  niece  became 
his  next  heir.  She  was  married  to  fir  John  Spcke,  knight,  who  in  her  right  enjoyed 
this  and  the  other  manors  before-mentioned. 

The  family  of  Spcke  were  very  anciently  pofTcfled  of  the  manors  of  Wemworthy 
and  Brampton,  in  the  county  of  Devon,  and  chiefly  rcfided  in  the  former  of  thofe 
parifhes,  at  a  feat  denominated  Heywood.1' 

In  the  time  of  king  Henry  II.  Richard  LeEfpek  (for  fo  their  name  was  formerly 
written)  held  three  knight's  fees  of  Robert  Fitz-Roy,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Okc- 
hampton.  In  the  fame  reign  he  held  one  fee  of  William  Tracy,  and  two  fees  of 
Oliver  Tracy.e 

Thefaid  Richard  LeEfpek  had  ifTue  William,  and  he  another  Richard,  who  was 
under  age  30  Henry  II.  Richard  was  father  of  fir  William  Le  Efpek,  who  married 
Alice  daughter  and  heir  of  fir  Walter  Gervois  of  Exon,  and  by  her  had  ifTue  William, 
which  William,  by  Julian  daughter  of  fir  John  de  Valletort  of  Clift  St.  Lawrence,  was 
father  of  William  and  John.  This  John,  who  was  of  Branford,  wrote  his  name 
L'Efpek:  he  married  Conftance  the  daughter  of  John  de  Eflc,  and  had  iflue  John. 
Robert,  and  William:  the  two  eldcfl  died  without  iflue;  William  Spcke  (the name 
being  by  him  thus  firft  abbreviated)  was  father  of  John  Spekc,  who  married  Joan 
daughter  and  heir  of  John  Keynes,  of  Dowlifli  in  this  county,  and  had  ifliie  by  her 
John  Speke,  knight. 

Which  fir  John  married  (as  has  been  before  mentioned)  Alice,  hcirefsof  fir  Thomas 
Beauchamp;  after  whofe  death  the  family  conftantly  rcfided  at  Whitc-Lackington. 
The  faid  Alice  died  24  Hen.  VI.  Their  iflue  was  fir  John  Speke,  knight,  who  by  the 
daughter  of  William  Somafter,  of  Nethercot,  cfq;  was  father  of  another  fir  John. 
He  married  Joan,  daughter  and  hcirefs  of  John  Winard,  efq;  and  by  her  had  iflue 
John  and  fir  George  Speke.  John  married  Alice  the  daughter  of  fir  Thomas  Arundel, 
of  Lathern  in  Cornwall,  and  died  in  his  father's  life-time ;  but  left  iflue  four  children, 
Thomas  his  heir;  fir  George,  who  lived  and  died  at  Dowlifh;  Chriftopher,  a  prieft; 
and  Alice,  who  died  unmarried.  Thomas,  his  fon  and  heir,  was  fheriff  of  this 
county  and  Dorfet,  (as  were  many  others  of  this  family)  and  was  made  a  knight  by 
king  Henry  VIII:  he  was  likewife  of  the  privy  chamber  of  king  Edward  VI.  He 
married  Anne,  daughter  of  fir  Rich.  Berkley,  and  fifter  of  fir  Maurice  Berkley,  knights,, 
and  had  iflue  by  her  George  Spdce,  who  was  knighted  at  Windfor  28  Henry  VIII. 
The  faid  fir  George  married,  to  his  firft  wife,  Elizabeth  daughter  of  fir  Andrew 

b  Sir  William  Pole's  furvey  of  Devonfliire,  MS.  c  Lib.  nig.  Scac.  vol.  i.  120,  121,  123. 

K  2  LuttrclJ,. 


68  WHITE-LAC  KINGTON.  [abtJiefc 

Luttrell,  and  widow  of  Richard  Malet  of  Enmore,  and  by  her  had  iftue  one  fon 
George,  and  two  daughters,  Anne  married  to  fir  George  Trenchard,  knight;  and 
Barbara  married  to  William  Thornhill,  efq.  To  his  fccond  wife  he  married  Dorothy 
daughter  of  Edward  Gilbert  of  London,  by  whom  he  had  Hugh,  who  married  the 
heirefsof  Beke,  of  Berkftnre;  Elizabeth  married  to  John  Chudley,  efq;  and  Dorothy 
the  wife  of  fir  Edward  Gorges,  knight,  who  died  at  Ilminfter.  Sir  George  Speke,  fon 
of  the  faid  fir  George,  married  Philippa  the  daughter  of  William  Roufwell,  efq; 
folicitor  to  queen  Elizabeth,  and  had  hTue  feveral  children,  of  whom  George  the 
eldeft  fucceeded  in  the  eftate.  He  married  Joan  daughter  of  fir  John  Portman,  bart. 
and  was  father  of  a  fourth  George,  who  married  Mary  daughter  of  fir  Robert  Pye, 
knight,  befides  feveral  other  children,  of  whom  William  was  the  progenitor  of  the 
rev.  William  Speke,  the  prefent  vicar  of  Ilminfter.  George  Speke,  by  his  faid  wife, 
had  a  numerous  iflue,  the  eldeft  of  whom  was  named  John,  and  fucceeded  at  White- 
Lackington.  He  married  firft,  Catherine  the  daughter  of  Edward  Prideaux,  efq; 
by  whom  he  had  no  iflue;  and  fecondly,  Elizabeth  daughter  of  Robert  Pelham,  efq; 
by  whom  he  had  iflue  George,  the  fifth  and  laft  of  that  name  refident  at  White- 
Lackington.  The  faid  George  Speke  married  three  wives:  I.  Alice,  daughter  of 
Nicholas  Brooking,  efq;  by  whom  he  had  two  daughters,  Mary  who  died  in  1777, 

and  Alice  who  died  an  infant.    2.  Jane,  daughter  of Huckmore,  efq;  and  widow 

of  William  Pitts,  efq.  3.  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Fitz-Williams,  efq;  by  whom 
he  had  two  children,  George  who  died  in  infancy,  and  Anne,  the  wife  of  Frederick 
lord  North,  who  is  the  prefent  lord  of  this  manor. 

The  arms  of  Speke  are,  Barry  of  eight,  azure  and  argent;  over  all  an  eagle  difplayed, 
with  two  heads  gules.  The  ancient  creft  of  the  family  was  a  porcupine ;  but  fir  George 
Speke  changed  it  to  that  of  his  mother,  a  dexter  hand  holding  a  battle-ax.  The 
prefent  family,  however,  have  refumed  the  porcupine. 

The  hamlet  of  Atherstone  within  this  parifti  was  heretofore  written  Athelarde- 
flone,  and  was  probably  fo  denominated  from  an  ancient  Saxon  owner.  It  was 
generally  held  by  the  lords  of  White-Lackington,  who  had  a  chapel  here,  whereof 
GefFereyde  Hamme  was  chaplain,  anno  I4i5.d 

The  living  is  a  prebend  in  the  cathedral  church  of  Wells,  valued  in  1292  at 
eighteen  marks/  The  vicarage  is  difcharged:  the  rev.  William  Gyllett  the  prefent 
incumbent, 

The  church  is  in  the  deanery  of  Crewkerne,  and  is  dedicated  to  the  Virgin  Mary. 
It  confifts  of  a  nave,  chancel,  north  and  fouth  ailes,  and  two  fmall  femi  tranfepts, 
which  heretofore  were  chapels.  At  the  weft  end  is  an  embattled  tower,  fixty-four 
feet  high,  with  a  clock  and  four  bells.  This  tower  is  built  of  the  Hambdon  (or 
Ham)  hill  ftone,  and  the  mafonry  is  remarkably  fine. 

In  the  fouth  tranfept  under  the  window,  are  the  mutilated  effigies  of  a  man  in 
armour;  and  of  another  with  a  military  belt  and  fword  in  it:  but  no  infeription 
remains.    Thefe  effigies  lie  on  plain  ftones,  raifed  about  four  inches  from  the  floor. 

'  Excerpt,  e  Regift.  Wellen.  *  Taxat.  Spiritual.  In 


ana  H5ulfton.]        white-lackingt-on.  6,, 

In  the  caftern  wall  of  this  ailc  is  a  large  Gothic  niche,  and  over  the  top  two  corbels 
or  fupportcrs,  for  fmall  images..  There  arc  alfo  two  efcutchcons  with  anus  belonging 
to  the  Spckc  family. 

In  the  north  tranfept  is  an  ancient  but  flatcly  mural  monument,  the  body  of  which 
is  a  tomb,  covered  with  a  black,  (tone,  beneath  a  rich  arched  canopy,  cmbcllifhed  with 
arms  and  Gothic  ornaments:  on  the  top  are  five  hexagonal  twilled  pillars,  on  the  tops 
of  two  of  which  are  old  helmets ;  and  near  them  hang  two  ancient  fmall  fwords. 

On  a  mural  monument  of  plain  black  flonc  in  the  chancel: 

"  To  the  memory  of  the  rev.  Mr.  George  Bowyer,  vicar  of  this  parifli,  fbn  of  the 
rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Bowyer,  vicar  of  Martock,  and  grandfon  of  the  rev.  Mr.  John 
Norris,  rector  of  Bemerton. 

"  Worthy  of  fuch  a  father,  and  grandfather,  he  was  an  honeft  man,  a  pious 
chriflian,  a  faithful  paftor :  infriendftup  fincere,  in  focial  life  amiable:  affectionate  to 
his  relations,  companionate  to  the  poor,  benevolent  to  all.  By  inftruction  and 
example  he  zealoufly  endeavoured  to  promote  chriflian  knowledge  and  practice.  Thus 
living  he  was  beloved ;  and  died  univcrfally  lamented  March  8,  1 766,  aged  49." 

On  two  black  flones  in  the  weft  end  wall : 

"  Here  underneath  lie  the  remains  of  Jo.  Hallett,  who  departed  this  life  March 
2 1  ft,  1773,  in  the  63d  year  of  his  age." 

"  In  memory  of  William  Crabb,  fen.  of  Atherftone  in  this  parifti,  who  departed 
this  life  the  20,h  day  of  October  1729,  aetat.  75. 

"  In  memory  alfo  of  Sufannah  the  wife  of  William  Crabb,  fen.  who  departed  this 
life  the  9""  day  of  February  1724,  aetat.  77. 

"  Worn  out  with  age  we  lye  confined  to  duft, 
"  In  hope  to  rife  and  live  among  the  juft. 

"  In  memory  alfo  of  William  Crabb,  jun.  of  Atherftone,  fon  of  the  abovefaid 
William  and  Sufannah  Crabb,  who  departed  this  life  the  8"'  day  of  April  1738, 
aetat.  52. 

"  Beneath  lye  the  remains  of  Mrs.  Ann  Hallett,  the  widow  of  Mr.  William  Crabb, 
jun.  Ihe  departed  this  life  the  io'h  day  of  October,  and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1766, 
a:tat.  74." 

In  the  body  of  the  church  on  the  floor: 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Speke,  fpinfter,  grandaughter  to  the  laft 
fir  George  Speke,  knight,  who  departed  this  life  the  27'*  day  of  December  1702. 
/Etatis  fuae  73." 

In  the  church-yard  are  four  neat  tombs  erected  to  the  memory  of  the  Harming, 
Chaffey,  and  Hallett  families. 

And 


7o 


WHITE-LACKINGTON.    [abHicfc  ami  ISulflon. 


And  another  tomb, 

"In memory  of  John  Lewellyn,  gent,  who  died  Dec.  21,  1753,  aged  80 ;  and  of 
Sarah  his  wife,  who  died  Aug.  31,  1765,  aged  74. 

« In  God  they  trufted,  without  doubts  or  fears ; 
They  grew  in  goodnefs  as  they  grew  in  years. 
Their  fouls,  unfetter'd,  flew  to  realms  above, 
Secure  of  blifs  through  their  Redeemer's  love." 


THE 


[    7*     ] 


THE       HUNDRED 


O    F 


ANDERSFIELD 


TOOK  its  name  from  a  fmall  hamlet  in  the  parifh  of  Goathurft,  where  the  hun- 
dred courts  were  formerly  held.  It  confifts  of  only  fix  parifhes,  viz.  Broom- 
field,  Durley,  Enmore,  Goathurft,  Creech,  and  Ling.  The  firft  four  are 
fituated  under  the  eaftern  fide  of  the  Quantock  hills  j  and  the  laft  two  form  a  long 
narrow  flip  of  land  on  the  north  fide  of  the  river  Tone,  disjoined  from  the  other  part, 
and  lying  betwixt  the  hundreds  of  North -Petherton  and  North-Curry.  Two  high 
conftables  are  chofen,  one  for  each  part  of  the  hundred. 

It  formerly  belonged  to  the  crown,  and  26  Henry  VI.  was  granted,*  with  all  its 
rights,  members,  and  appertenances,  to  fir  John  Stourton,  knt.  dien  created  baron  of 
Stourton  in  the  county  of  Wilts.  His  defcendants  continued  in  pofTeffion  of  the  fame 
till  the  year  1688,  when  Edward  lord  Stourton  fold  it  among  many  other  eftates  to 
Mr.  Gore  his  fteward:  it  is  now  the  property  of  the  earl  of  Egmont. 

•  Pat.  26  Hen.  VI.  p.  2.  m.  26. 


BROOMFIELD. 

BROOMFIELD,  anciently  written  Brunfelle,  is  a  large  parifh,  fituated  at  the  foot 
of  Quantock-hills,  fix  miles  north  from  Taunton,  and  feven  weft  from  Bridg- 
water, on  high  ground,  beautifully  varied  with  fwelling  hills,  and  deep  romantick  vales, 
and  commanding  a  great  variety  of  pleafing  landfcapes,  and  very  extenfive  profpects, 
to  which  the  Bridgwater  river,  the  Briftol  Channel,  and  the  Welch  mountains,  parti- 
cularly contribute. 

The  lands,  which  are  moderately  fruitful,  are  nearly  divided  between  pafture  and 
arable.  The  foil  in  general  is  fhallow,  and  abounds  with  that  kind  of  rag  flate  ftone, 
divifible  into  thin  laminae,  which  is  found  almoft  every  where  in  the  neighbourhood  of 
Quantock.     It  is,  however,  favourable  to  the  growth  of  timber;  and  Spanifh  chefnut 

1  trees, 


72  b  R  o  o  M  F  I  E  L  D.  [anoergfieiu. 

trees,  beech,  firs,  pines,  and  allies,  flourifh  here,  and  grow  to  a  very  large  fize.  On 
the  banks  are  found  fome  curious  fpecies  of  polypody,  and  moflesj  and  the  hills,  in 
fummer,  are  rendered  very  beautiful  by  feveral  kinds  of  erica,  hawkweed,  and  the 
purple  digitalis. 

This  parifh  has  always  been  remarkably  healthy,  even  in  times  of  general  ficknefs 
elfewhere.     It  contains  about  fixty  houfes,  and  three  hundred  and  thirty  inhabitants. 

A  fair  is  held  here  annually  on  the  13th  day  of  November,  for  coarfe  cloths  and  all 
forts  of  cattle. 

The  manor  of  Broomfield  is  fet  down  in  the  Norman  furvey  as  parcel  of  the  pof- 
feffions  of  William  de  Mohun: 

"  William  himfelf  holds  Brunfelle.  Alnod  held  it  in  the  time  of  King  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  three  hides.  The  arable  is  ten  carucates.  In  demefne  is  one  caru- 
•*  cate,  and  eight  fervants,  and  twelve  villanes,  and  two  cottagers,  with  four  ploughs. 
<c  There  are  ten  acres  of  meadow,  and  one  mile  of  pafture,  and  one  mile  of  wood  in 
"  length  and  breadth.  When  he  received  it,  it  was  worth  forty  millings,  now  fixty 
"  millings.'" 

The  next  pofleflbrs  of  this  manor  that  we  meet  with,  were  the  family  of  Montacute, 
of  whom  it  was  held  for  many  defcents  by  the  De  la  Lyndes  of  Dorfetfhire.  1  Edw.  I. 
John  de  la  Lynde  is  found  by  the  inquifitions  to  have  held  it  at  his  death  of  the  heir, 
of  William  de  Montacute  by  the  fervice  of  one  knight's  fee.b  8  Edw.  II.  Walter  de 
Ja  Lynde  died  feized  of  the  fame,  and  other  manors  in  this  county  and  Dorfetfhire. 
Hence  it  came  to  the  family  of  de  Crocumbe,  and  in  the  time  of  Edw.  III.  became 
the  pofleffion  of  John  Biccombe  by  his  marriage  with  Ifolda,  daughter  and  heir  of 
Simon  de  Crocumbe,  in  whofe  poflerity  it  continued  till  the  year  1556,  when  it  was 
fettled  upon  Maud,  the  youngeft  daughter  of  Hugh  Biccombe,  upon  her  marriage  with 
Hugh  Smyth,  of  Long-Afhton  in  this  county,  efq.  The  faid  Hugh  Smyth  died  in 
1580,  leaving  one  only  daughter  and  heir,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Edward  Morgan,  of 
Lanternan  in  the  county  of  Monmouth,  efqj  whofe  two  fons  by  the  faid  marriage  fold 
the  manor  in  1634  to  Andrew  CrofTe  and  William  Towill.  In  1659  William  Towill 
conveyed  his  part  of  the  manor  to  Hugh  Halfwell,  efq;  from  whom  it  came  to  the 
Tyntes,  and  is  now  the  property  of  Lady  Tynte,  relict  of  the  late  Sir  Charles  Kemeys 
Tynte,  bart.  The  other  moiety  of  the  manor  is  the  inheritance  of  Richard  CrofTe, 
efq;  who  has  a  handfome  houfe  near  the  church,  with  beautiful  grounds,  and  elegantly 
difpofed  plantations. 

At  Binfords,  about  two  miles  diflant,  is  an  elegant  feat  of  John  Jeane,  efq. 

The  church  of  Broomfield  was  appropriated  to  the  priory  of  Buckland.  It  is  a 
donative  in  the  deanery  of  Bridgwater:  the  patronage  is  veiled  in  John  Mofs,  and 
Hamilton,  efqrs.     The  Rev.  John  Blundell  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  fabrick  confifts  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  north  aile  tiled ;  having  at  the  weft  end 
a  fquare  tower,  fifty  feet  high,  in  which  are  five  bells. 

*  Lib.  Domefday.  »  Efc. 

On 


anucrflfielD.]  broomfield.  73 

On  a  ftone  monument  againft  the  fouth  wall  is  the  following  infeription: 
"  Sub  hoc  faxo  requiefcunt  o(Ta  Mariae  reliifrae  Guliclmi  Towil,  hujus  parochiae 
gener:  quae,  mundi  pertasfa,  matura  caelo,  aegram  fenectutem  cum  immortalitate 
commutavit  i2calcndas  Junij:  anno  aetat.  82.     Salutis  reparatac  1677. 

"  Honcfte  nata,  pudice  cducata,  famaq;  illibata,  fuit;  placidi  oris,  fevcrae  virtutis  ; 
inter  cautiflimas  prima,  matcrfamilias  prudentiflima,  mater  optima;  pietatis  adeoquc 
fpei  plena  obdormivit." 

On  another  fmall  (tone  adjacent : 

"Uxorum  dilccWimarum  triados  Georgii  Hillier  clcrici,  hujus  ecclcfia:  curati, 
quod  rcliquum  hie  reconditur. 

"  Prima  Urfula,  14  kal.  Scxtilis,  A.  D.  1678,  aetat.  37; 
"  Altera  Dorothea,  16  kal.  Ap.  1693,  aetat.  61 ; 
"  Tertia  Diana,  4  kal.  Deccmb.  1700,  aetat.  45. 

"  Tres  duxi,  tribus  orbus  cram,  tria  funera  flevi 
**  Uxorum;  has  lachrymas  fifte  triune  Dcus. 

*  G.  H." 

"  Hue  acccflit  ctiam  Georgius,  fupradicli  Georgii  filiolus  (ex  uxorc  Diana  genius) 
xvii  kal.  Jan.  1703,  aetat.  menfes  7. 

"  Fefta  dies  natum,  defunctum,  fefta  fcpultum 
"  Vidit;  in  aeternum  nunc  mihi  fefta  dies." 

On  a  large  ftone  in  the  floor: 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  William  Towil,  of  Enmorc,  who  was  buried  the  23"1  of 
Aug.  1 59 1 ;  Mho  was  conftable  of  the  hundred  of  Andersficld  four  years. 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  William  Towil,  of  this  parilh,  gent,  who  dyed  May  1 8, 
1649,  aget*  58." 

With  fcveral  others  of  this  family;  and  alfo  that  of  Slapc,  Colford,.  Gardiner, 
Webber,  Sec. 

In  the  church-yard  arc  two  fine  old  yew-trees,  and  a  ftone  crofs,  tolerably  perfecl. 

To  this  parifh  belongs  a  weekly  charity  of  twelve  two-penny  loaves,  which  are 
diftributed  every  Sunday  to  the  like  number  of  poor  perfons,  at  the  difcretion  of 
the  parifh  officers.  This  donation  was  made  by  one  of  the  Towil  family,  who  charged 
the  living  with  the  payment  of  the  fame  for  ever. 

The  annual  average  number  of  chriftcnings  in  Broomfield  is  eleven;  of  burials 
eight. 


Vol.  I.  .  L  CREECH 


[    74    ]  [anoetsificlD. 

CREECH      ST.      MICHAEL. 

THAT  the  fea  did  heretofore  reach  this  parifh,  and  form  a  notable  creek  or  cove, 
is  evident  as  well  from  the  name,  which  comes  from  the  Saxon  Enecca,  as 
from  Situation  and  natural  appearance.* 

This  parifh  is  very  extenfive,  being  four  miles  in  length  from  north  to  fouth ;  and 
is  fituated  three  miles  eaftward  from  Taunton,  and  ten  nearly  fouth  from  Bridgwater. 
It  includes  a  confiderable  village,  confifting  of  forty-three  houfes,  which  ftand  near 
the  church;  and  five  hamlets,  viz. 

1.  Long-Auler,  fituated  one  mile  northweft,  containing  five  farms. 

2.  Adfborough,  anciently  a  place  of  eminence,  now  containing  eighteen  houfes, 
chiefly  farms,  at  the  diftance  of  two  miles  and  a  half  from  Creech  northward. 

3.  Charlton,  one  mile  eaft,  having  feven  houfes,  four  of  which  are  farms. 

4.  Ham,  nearly  a  mile  foutheaft,  in  which  are  ten  houfes. 

5.  Creech-Heathfield,  one  mile  north,  comprizing  fifteen  tenements,  which  are 
chiefly  cottages. 

The  whole  number  of  houfes  within  the  parifh  is  about  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
three,  and  of  inhabitants  nearly  fix  hundred,  of  whom  about  twenty  are  freeholders. 

The  lands  are  moflly  arable,  and  worth  on  an  average  about  twenty  fhillings  an 
acre;  the  pafture  and  meadow  thirty  {hillings.  The  foil  is  a  clay,  mixed  with  a  fmall 
portion  of  gravel  and  ftone-rufh.  Elm  is  the  principal  wood.  The  river  Tone  runs 
through  a  rich  moor,  containing  about  two  hundred  acres,  belonging  to  this  parifh, 
and  has  over  it  a  county  bridge  built  of  ftone,  which  has  three  arches.  On  this  moor 
the  parifhioners  of  Ruifhton  have  a  right  to  turn  out  nine  hundred  and  ninety-nine 
fheep.  A  fmall  ftream  likewife  rifing  at  Weft-Monkton  paffes  through  part  of  this 
parifh,  and  empties  itfelf  into  the  Tone  a  little  below  Ham.  There  are  feveral  mills 
on  thefe  ftreams,  and  among  them  fome  oil  mills. 

There  are  two  paffages  in  Domefday  book  which  refer  to  this  manor:  one  of  them 
writes  it  Crice,  and  defcribes  it,  or  part  of  it,  as  demefne  of  the  king:  the  other 
writes  it  Cruchc,  and  fets  it  down  as  the  property  of  Robert  earl  of  Morton,  or 
Mortaigne  in  Normandy. 

11  The  king"  (faith  the  firft  pafTage)  "  holds  Crice.  Gunnild  held  it  in  the  time  of 
"  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  ten  hides  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  eight  carucates. 
*'  Thereof  in  demefne  are  fix  hides,  and  there  are  two  carucates,  and  fix  fervants,  and 
"  twenty  villanes,  and  ten  cottagers,  with  fix  ploughs.  There  is  a  mill  of  eight-pence 
"  rent,  and  eight  acres  of  meadow.      Pafture  a  mile  in  length,  and  as  much  in 

■  See  the  general  account  of  the  hundred  of  Abdick  and  Bulftone. 

"  breadth. 


anocrsfieio.]       creechst.   michael.  7$ 

"  breadth.  A  wood  one  furlong  in  length  and  breadth.  It  yields  nine  pounds  and 
"  four  (hillings  of"  white  money.b  There  is  a  fifhery,  but  it  docs  not  belong  to 
"  the  farm." 

The  other  parcel  is  thus  furveyed: — 

"  Earl  Moriton  holds  of  the  king  Cruchc,  and  Turftin  of  him.  Sircwold  held  it 
"  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  fix  hides.  The  arable  is  five  carucatcs, 
•'  of  which  in  demefne  are  four  hides,  and  there  are  three  carucatcs,  and  two  fcrvants, 
"  and  fix  villanes,  and  five  bordars,  with  three  ploughs.  There  is  a  mill  rented  at 
"  twelve  fhillings,  and  one  acre  and  a  half  of  meadow.  A  wood  feven  furlongs  long, 
"  and  two  furlongs  broad.     It  was  worth  four  pounds,  now  one  hundred  (hillings."' 

Whether  or  no  the  former  of  thefe  eftates  came  to  the  carl  of  Morton  docs  nor 
appear,  but  it  is  moft  probable  that  it  did.  He  was,  as  has  been  faid,  brother  by  the 
mother's  fide  to  William  the  Conqueror,  who  gave  him  large  eftates  in  this  and  in 
other  counties,  together  with  the  title  of  carl  of  Cornwall,  as  a  reward  for  his  ferviccs 
in  forwarding  him  to  the  throne  of  England.  He  married  Maud,  daughter  to  Roger 
dc  Montgomery,  carl  of  Shrewsbury,  and  by  her  had  ifiue  William,  who  fuccccded 
him  in  the  earldoms  of  Morton  and  Cornwall. 

This  William  having  founded  a  monaftery  for  Cluniac  monks  at  the  foot  of  Mon- 
tacute  hill,  endowed  it  with  this  his  manor  of  Creech,  among  divers  other  lands  in 
this  county,  and  gave  it  to  the  monks  thereof,  to  hold  to  them  and  their  fuccefibrs, 
in  pure  and  free  alms.  This  benefaction  was  not  long  conferred,  before  the  founder, 
who  is  reprefented  to  have  been  of  a  malicious  and  arrogant  fpirit  from  his  childhood, 
envying  the  glory  of  king  Henry  I.  engaged  in  rebellion  with  Robert  Curthofc,  duke 
of  Normandy,  who  was  then  urging  his  claim  to  the  crown  of  England.  Upon  this 
the  king  feized  not  only  upon  all  the  carl's  pcrfonal  eftates,  but  thofe  which  he  had 
beftowed  on  the  priory  of  Montacutc. 

Henry,  however,  commiferating  the  poverty  of  the  religious,  who,  in  confequcncc 
of  this  deprivation,  were  abfolutely  reduced  to  beggary,'1  foon  after  reftorcd  to  them 
their  former  poileftions,  with  additional  giants  and  privileges.  Thefe  were  confirmed 
by  the  fuccecding  kings.  37  Henry  III.  they  had  free  warren  granted  them  in  Creech/ 
and  in  the  fame  reign  a  charter  for  a  weekly  market.1  In  1293  their  property  here 
was  valued  at  60I.* 

The  faid  monks  of  Montacute  retained  poftefllon  of  this  manor  till  the  latter  end 
of  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.  when  their  focicty  being  diflblved,  and  their  lands 
eftranged,  it  w  as  granted  to  fir  Thomas  Wyat,  knight,  whofe  fon  Thomas,  who  was 
alfo  a  knight,  being  attainted  for  trcafon  in  1554,  it  reverted  to  the  crown;  and  queen 
Mary,  in  the  fecond  year  of  her  reign,  beftowed  the  fame  on  Edward  Haftings, 
knight  of  the  garter,  and  mafter  of  the  horfe  to  that  queen.     He  was  foon  after 

b  Pure  filver  in  bullion.  e  Lib.  Domcfday.  d  Lei.  Itin.  v.  2.  p.  92. 

c  Cart.  37  Hen.  III.  m.  8.  f  Cart.  53  Hen.  III.  m.  13.  *  Taxat.  Temporal. 

L  2  advanced 


76  creech    st.    Michael.       [affljewfieto. 

advanced  to  the  degree  and  title  of  lord  Haftings  of  Loughborough;  but  having 
founded  a  hofpital  at  Stoke-Pogcys  in  Buckinghamshire,  and  endowed  it  with  a  rent 
of  53I.  9s.  iffuing  out  of  this  manor,  he  retired  thither,  and  there  died  without  iffue. 
In  the  fucceeding  reign  Lawrence  Radford,  being  pofleffed  of  this  manor,  conveyed  it 
to  Robert  Cuffc,  efq;h  of  whofe  family  was  Henry  Cuffe,  the  memorable  aflbciate  of 
die  earl  of  Effex  in  his  treafonable  machinations  againft  queen  Elizabeth.  Hence 
the  manor  came  in  procefs  of  time  to  the  Keyts  of  Gloucefterfhire,  of  whom  it  was 
purchafed  by  the  prefent  proprietor  William  HufTey,  efq;  member  in  the  prefent 
parliament  for  Salifbury,  who  holds  court-leet  and  baron  here  annually. 

The  church  of  Creech  was  appropriated  in  1362  to  the  priory  of  Montacute,  and 
a  vicarage  ordained  the  fame  year  by  bifhop  Ralph  de  Salopia,  when  it  was  appointed 
that  the  vicar  for  the  time  being  fhould  have  the  whole  parfonage-houfe,  with 
the  orchards  and  gardens  belonging  thereto,  and  alfo  all  the  arable  and  pafture  lands 
of  the  faid  parfonage,  excepting  certain  feven  acres  of  arable,  and  pafture  for  eight 
oxen,  which  had  always  belonged  to  the  rector  of  the  faid  church.  That  the  vicar 
ihould  likewife  have  all  the  tithes  of  hay,  wool,  milk,  mills,  fiiheries,  and  all  fmall 
tithes  whatfoever,  except  thofe  which  appertained  to  the  prior's  demefne:  likewife 
the  third  part  of  the  tithes  of  all  kinds  of  corn,  which  the  rectors  ufually  received; 
together  with  oblations,  mortuaries,  and  all  other  obventions,  exclufive  of  the  altarage 
of  the  faid  church:  that  he  fhould  moreover  have  commonage  in  all  the  paftures 
within  the  faid  parifh,  excepting  thofe  belonging  to  the  feparate  demefne  of  the  con- 
vent. That  the  faid  vicar  fhould  pay  yearly  half  a  mark  to  the  chapter  of  the  church 
of  Wells,  and  forty  pence  to  the  archdeacon  of  Taunton,  in  the  name  and  by  way 
of  an  indemnification,  for  the  lofs  they  might  fuftain  from  this  appropriation;  and 
that  he  fhould  defray  all  procurations  of  cardinals,  legates,  archdeacons,  and  other 
vifitors,  repair  the  chancel,  provide  books,  veftments,  and  other  ornaments,  and  fuftain 
all  other  ordinary  and  extraordinary  burdens.     Dat.  20  Oct.  1362/ 

In  1292  this  vicarage  was  rated  at  twenty-nine  marks  and  a  half,  out  of  which  a 
penfion  of  half  a  mark  was  paid  to  the  prior  of  Montacute.k  26  Henry  VIII.  it  was 
valued  at  1 61-  8s.  9d.  It  is  in  the  deanery  of  Taunton.  C.  W.  Bampfylde,  efq;  is  the 
patron;  and  the  rev.  Thomas  Exon  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  (which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Michael,  giving  the  additional  name  to  the 
parifh)  ftands  on  an  eminence  on  the  north  fide  of  the  river  Tone.1  It  confifts  of  a 
nave,  chancel,  and  fide  ailes,  covered  with  tile.  The  north  aile  is  divided  in  the 
middle  by  the  belfry,  which  fupports  a  fquare  embattled  tower,  fixty  feet  high, 
wherein  hang  five  mufical  bells.  The  fouth  aile  belongs  to  the  family  of  Cely  of 
Charlton,  and  is  feparated  from  the  nave  by  a  handfome  open  work  Gothic  fcreen 

h  MS.  Donat.  »  Excerpt,  e  Regift.  Wellen.  k  Taxat.  Spiritual. 

1  Moil  churches  dedicated  to  the  honour  of  St.  Michael  tlie  archangel  are  fignificantlyfituated  on  elevated 
ground,  or  elfe  have  high  towers,  or  fteeples.  Of  which,  among  many  others  that  might  be  mentioned, 
St.  Michael's  Mount  in  Normandy,  St.  Michael's  Mount  in  Cornwall;  Michael's  Borough,  and  St.  Michael's 
on  the  Torr  near  Glaitonbury  in  this  county,  are  notable  inftances. 

and 


anoerfifieio.]       creech   st.   michael.  77 

and  rich  cornice.     Againft  the  wall  is  an  efcutchcon  charged  with  a  chevron  between 
three  mullets.     Crcft,  a  wolf  paflant  langued  on  a  wreathed  rnurion. 

In  this  aile  is  a  blue  ftone  with  the  following  infeription : 

"  3In  memory  of  (ZEMoarti  Cclp  of  Cbarlton  in  tbte  patiflj,  efq.  barrifle? 
at  lato,  tobo  oeceafeo  on  tfje  6tb  oaj?  of  JFebruarp,  tobofe  beep  toas  bcrc 
burieo  tbe  aotb  Bag  of  tbc  fame,  ano  Domt  1676," 

Arms:  a  chevron  between  three  mullets,  with  a  label  for  diftin&ion. 

In  the  wall  of  the  fame  aile,  on  a  plain  ftone: 

*  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Jane  the  wife  of  James  Trivctt,  daughter  of  Edward 
Cecly,  efq;  who  died  Feb.  13,   1705." 

Near  the  eaftcrn  end  of  the  north  aile,  in  a  niche,  are  the  remains  of  a  large  and 
once  elegant  ftone  monument.  The  tomb,  part  of  the  cornice  above,  and  two  of 
the  four  fmall  fluted  Corinthian  pillars  that  fupportcd  it,  ftill  remain;  and  alio  an 
infeription  as  follows: 

"  Robert  Cuffc  dyed  the  1 1  daye  of  Mayc  1595." 

Arms:  Or,  on  a  bend  dancette fable,  cotifed  argent,  bezante,  three  flcurs  delis  gules. 

At  the  eaft  end  of  the  chancel  is  a  very  handfome  mural  monument  of  various  kinds 
of  marble,  inferibed 

"  In  memory  of  John  Keyt,  gent,  fecond  fon  of  William  Keyt,  efq;  and  grandfon 
of  fir  William  Keyt,  of  the  county  of  Gloucefter,  bait,  who  died  Feb.  27,  1732, 
aged  37. 

"  Alfo  of  William  Keyt  his  fon,  who  died  March  13,  1739,  aged  20.  And  alfo 
Mary  Keyt,  widow  of  the  above-named  John  Keyt,  only  daughter  of  William  Pratt, 
of  Thurloxton,  efq;  who  died  Dec.  19,  1757,  aged  63." 

The  arms  are,  Azure,  a  chevron  between  three  kites'  heads  erafed,  or.  Keyt. 
Impaling,  argent,  on  a  chevron  fable,  between  three  ogreflcs,  each  charged  with  a 
martlet  of  the  firft,  three  mafcles  or.     Pratt. 

Under  the  communion  tabic,  on  a  flat  ftone : 
"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  David  Marler,  who  lived  vicar  of  this  church  62  years, 
and  died  the  7'h  of  Februarye,  anno  Dom.  1627." 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  John  Tale,  vicar  of  this  church  30  years,  and  was  buried 
July  7,  1696,  aged  54. 

"  Alfo  here  lyeth  the  body  of  John,  the  fon  of  John  Tale,  vicar  of  this  church, 
and  Mar)'  his  wife,  grandfon  of  the  abovefaid  John  Tale,  who  was  buried  Oft.  21, 
1 710,  aged  2  years." 

"  Here  lyeth  John  Gale,  vicar  of  this  church  34  years,  who  died  May  5,  1738, 
aged  63." 

On 


78  DURLEIGH.  [affljewfiefo. 

On  another  ftone : 

"Here  lyeth  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Robert  Cuffe,  efq;  who  died  the  ift  of 
Odlober  1616." 

On  the  next  ftone: 

' "  Here  lie  the  remains  of  the  rev.  John  Skerrat,  rector  of  Brereton  in  Chefhire, 
He  died  March  24,  1755,  in  the  66"'  year  of  his  age." 

t 

Againft  one  of  the  corner  pillars  in  the  north  aile  is  a  black  ftone  monument: 

"  In  memory  of  James  Friend  of  this  parifh,  gent,  who  died  Jan.  1, 1728,  aged  55." 

'   There  are  many  ftones  in  the  floor,  inferibed  with  the  names  of  Raymond,  Crofs, 
Bobbett,  Celey,  Moore,  Pococke,  Barbor,  Muttlebury,  &c. 

In  the  church-yard  are  two  very  large  old  yew-trees,  the  bodies  of  which  are 
hollow,  and  meafiire  fifteen  feet  in  circumference. 

About  the  year  1 740,  Mrs.  Anne  Seager  of  this  parifh  gave  by  will  two  acres  and 
three  roods  of  land,  the  rents  thereof  to  be  applied  to  the  teaching  poor  children  to 
read.  This  brings  in  forty  fhillings  a  year,  and  the  eftate  now  pofTefled  by  Mrs. 
Arundel  is  charged  with  it. 


DURLEIGH. 

THIS  fmall  parifh,  the  name  whereof  fignifies  a  watery  pafture,  is  fituated  one 
mile  and  a  half  weft  from  Bridgwater,  on  the  turnpike  road  from  that  town 
to  Bifhop's-Lydiard. 

The  fituation  is  low  and  woody;  the  lands  moftly  pafture  and  meadow,  and  very 
wet;  but  fo  flat,  and  bounded  with  higher  grounds,  as  not  eafily  to  be  drained.  The 
foil  is  in  general  a  heavy  clay,  but  tolerably  fruitful. 

A  ftream  rifing  under  Cothelftone-hill  croffes  the  turnpike-road  here  under  a  ftone 
arch,  and  turns  a  grift-mill;  after  which  it  empties  itfelf  into  the  Parret  near 
Bridgwater. 

This  whule  parifh  is  rated  only  at  500I.  per  annum,  and  is  divided  intofeveral  good 
farms.  The  principal  landholders  (for  the  manor  is  difmembered)  arc,  fir  Philip 
Hales,  and  fir  Charles  Kemeys  Tynte,  bart.  Moft  of  the  houfes,  which  are  twenty  in 
number,  ftand  near  the  church,  and  are  mean  thatched  cottages,  fome  of  them  in 
a  ruinous  condition. 

In  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror,  this  parifh,  then  called  Derlege,  was  held 
of  the  king  by  Anfger.    «  Alfi  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for 

"  two 


antjetafielD.j         goathurst.  79 

"  two  virgatcs  of  land  and  a  half,  and  one  furlong.  The  arable  is  three  carucatcs, 
"  and  there  are  with  it  four  villancs,  and  two  cottagers,  and  three  fervants.  There 
"  are  twenty  acres  of  wood.     It  was  formerly,  and  is  now,  worth  twenty  (hillings."* 

St.  John's  hofpital,  and  other  publick  foundations  in  Bridgwater,  had  formerly 
lands  here.  In  the  time  of  Henry  VIII.  the  manor  and  farm,  with  appcrtenanccs, 
and  divers  lands  and  meflliages  in  Bridgwater  and  Durleigh,  were  held  by  John 
Smyth,  efq;  from  whom  they  defcended  to  Hugh  Smyth,  cfq;  his  fon  and  heir.  The 
manor-houfe  is  a  large  good  old  building  near  the  church,  a  fituation  common  to 
buildings  of  that  fort. 

The  church  was  anciently  appropriated  to  the  hofpital  of  St.  John  at  Bridgwater 
before-mentioned,  founded  by  William  Brewer  in  1 219.  It  is  a  vicarage  in  the 
deanery  of  Bridgwater,  and  in  the  patronage  of  Dr.  Dunning  of  that  town.  The 
rev.  Mr.  Coles  is  the  prefcnt  incumbent. 

The  church  is  a  fmall  ftructure,  fixty  feet  long,  and  fixtccn  wide,  confiding  of  a 
nave,  chancel,  and  porch  tiled,  with  a  fquarc  embattled  tower  at  the  weft  end  forty 
feet  high,  and  containing  four  bells. 

There  is  neither  monument  nor  infeription. 

*  Lib.  Domefday. 


GOATHURST. 

THIS  parifh  is  fituatcd  in  the  larger  divifion  of  the  hundred,  at  the  diftance  of 
three  miles  weft  from  the  town  of  Bridgwater,  and  eight  north  from  that  of 
Taunton.  It  is  of  confidcrable  extent,  and  contains  forty-eight  houfes,  and  three 
hundred  inhabitants. 

Half  a  mile  weftward  is  the  little  hamlet  of  Anderskield,  a  place  formerly  fo 
considerable  as  to  give  name  to  the  hundred.     It  now  contains  only  four  houfes. 

The  lands  of  this  parifh  are  very  good,  and  chiefly  employed  in  pafture.  They 
produce  remarkably  fine  timber:  there  are  fome  chefhut-trecs  in  Halfwcll-park  which 
are  upwards  of  fifteen  feet  in  circumference,  and  contain  more  than  feven  tons  of 
timber  each.  In  this  park  rifes  a  fine  fpring  of  water,  which  runs  through  the  parifh, 
and  turns  feveral  corn-mills  in  its  way  to  the  Parrct. 

In  the  Norman  furvey  the  name  of  this  place  (which  is  obvioufiy  compounded  of 
the  Saxon  Car,  a  goat ;  and  fcyprT,  a  wood ;  the  village  having  large  woods  abound- 
ing formerly  with  that  animal)  is  limpingly  written  Gabers:  the  French  tranferibers 
having  been  unable  either  to  pronounce  or  indite  fo  rough  a  word  as  Gatburji.  They 
give  us  the  following  account  of  it : — 

«  Walter 


8o 


GOATHURST. 


[anoergfietD, 


*«  Walter  and  Anfgcr  hold  of  Alured  [de  Ifpania]  Gahers.  Alwi  held  it  in  the 
f  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  three  virgates  of  land.  The 
"  arable  is  lix  carucates.  In  demefne  are  two  carucates,  and  four  fervants,  and 
«•  thirteen  villanes,  and  five  cottagers,  with  four  ploughs.  There  are  fixty-two  acres 
"  of  wood.     When  he  received  it,  it  was  worth  feventy  fhillings:  now  the  fame."1 

After  the  conqueft  this  vill  had  lords  of  its  own  name.  1 2  Henry  II.  Hugh  the  fon 
of  Malger  de  Gaherfte  held  one  knight's  fee  here  of  Philip  de  Columbers.b  In  other 
reigns  it  was  held  under  different  appellations ;  but  its  molt  permanent  pofieflbrs  feem 
to  have  been  the  family  of  Poulet,  of  whom  fir  John  Poulet,  knight,  refided  here  in 
the  reign  of  Edward  III.  In  this  family  Goathurft  continued  for  many  generations ; 
till  at  length,  the  male  line  failing,  the  eftates  were  divided  between  four  filters 
coheirefles;  and  three  parts  in  four  of  this  manor  became  the  property  of  fir  Charles 
Kemeys  Tynte  by  purchafe:  the  fourth  belongs  to  the  family  of  Jeane,  by  their 

anceftor's  intermarriage  with  the  heirefs  of Paine,  of  North-Petherton,  efq; 

who  married  one  of  the  coheireffes  above-mentioned. 

Another  manor  in  this  parifh,  viz.  Halswell,  was  the  rcfidence  of  a  family  of  that 
name  for  feveral  centuries.  It  is  written  in  the  great  furvey  Hafevpelle,  and  is  thus 
defcribed : — ■ 

"  Wido  holds  of  Roger  [Arundel]  Hafewelle.  Alward  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
*'  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  hide.  The  arable  is  two  carucates.  In  demefne  is  one 
"  carucate,  and  two  fervants,  and  two  villanes,  and  three  cottagers,  with  one  plough. 
"  There  are  fourteen  acres  of  wood.     It  is  worth  twenty-five  fhillings."0 

Its  fubfequent  lords,  the  family  of  Halfvvell,  had  large  pofTefnons  in  this  and 
divers  other  counties,  which  defcended  to  a  fole  heirefs,  Jane,  the  daughter  of  Hugh 
Halfvvell,  fon  of  fir  Nicholas  Halfwell.  She  married  John  Tynte,  of  Chelvy,  efq; 
progenitor  of  the  late  fir  Charles  Kemeys  Tynte,  bart.  whofe  lady  is  the  prefent 
pofTefTor  of  this  manor.  Sir  Charles  died  Aug.  25,  1785,  after  having  reprefented 
this  county  in  feveral  parliaments.  He  married  Anne  daughter  and  coheir  of  the 
rev.  Dr.  Bufby,  of  Addington  in  the  county  of  Bucks,  to  whom,  having  no  ifTue,  he 
bequeathed  this  manor  of  Goathurft,  and  his  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Broomfield, 
together  with  all  his  lands  in  this  county,  for  her  life;  remainder  to  his  filter's 
daughter,  who  married  John  Johnfon,  efq;  late  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  guards; 
with  other  remainders.  The  faid  John  Johnfon  has  fince  the  death  of  fir  Charles 
aflumed  the  name  of  Kemeys  Tynte. 

The  manfion-houfe  at  Halfwell  was  rebuilt  in  1689  by  fir  Halfwell  Tynte,  bart. 
who  was  advanced  to  that  dignity  26  Car.  II.  It  is  in  front  ninety-feven  feet,  and  in 
height  fifty-four  feet.  The  rooms  in  front  are,  a  parlour,  falloon,  and  drawing- 
room:  a  library  and  ftair-cafe  in  the  ends.  Over  the  falloon  is  an  elegant  room  of  the 
fame  dimenfions,  ufed  as  a  breakfaft-room,  the  windows  falling  to  the  floor,  with  a 


*  Lib.  Domefday. 


b  Lib.  nig.  97. 


Lib.  Domefday, 


balcony 


antJetafielD.] 


GOATHURS.    T. 


Si 


balcony  before  them.     In  the  fevcral  apartments,  and  in  the  flair-cafe,  are  many  good 
paintings  by  Bartolcmeo,  Vandyke,  fir  Peter  Lely,  &c. 

"  But,"  fays  an  elegant  writer,1'  whofe  accurate  defcription  of  I  lalfwell  we  fhall 
without  apology  introduce,  "  what  chiefly  attracts  the  notice  and  attention  of  ftrangers 
"  are  the  decorated  grounds. 

"  The  riding  which  leads  to  the  principal  points  of  view  croftcs  the  park  from  the 
"  houfc,  commanding  a  fine  view  of  the  rich  vale  of  Bridgwater.  It  then  runs  by 
"  the  fide  of  a  woody  precipice,  and  up  through  fomc  new  plantations,  from  a  dark 
"  part  of  which  you  enter  through  a  door  into  a  temple  dedicated  to  Robin  Hood ; 
*'  upon  which  a  moil  noble  profpect  breaks  at  once  upon  the  beholder,  which  acts  not 
"  a  little  by  the  furprizc  of  the  entrance.  The  ground  fhclves  from  it  in  front  and 
"  to  the  right  gradually;  but  to  the  left  in  bolder  flopes;  where  the  dips  are  beauti- 
"  fully  grouped  with  wood,  and  the  hills  above  them  rife  in  waving  inclofurcs. 

*'  About  the  houfc  the  groves  thicken;  and  a  vaft  vale  of  rich  inclofurcs,  fpotted 
"  in  a  beautiful  manner  with  white  objects,  ftrctches  beyond  it  to  the  diflancc  of 
"  twelve  miles.  Then  you  command  the  channel,  which,  is  here  nine  miles  over,  the 
"  Steep  Holmrifing  in  the  midft  of  it  very  boldly,  and  beyond  thefe  the  mountains 
"  of  Wales  rife  one  behind  another. 

"  From  hence  the  riding  leads  up  the  hills,  commanding  all  the  way  a  mod  cxtcn- 
five  profpect:  after  which  it  turns  down  through  a  plantation  to  a  fingle  oak,  with 
a  few  pales  about  it,  and  a  bench.  Here  the  grounds  finking  from  the  eye  form  a 
mofl  fweet  landfcapc.  The  lawns  undulate  in  thefincll  manner,  and  the  groves  oi 
oak  feem  to  drop  into  the  hollows.  The  clumps  and  fcattcred  trees  have  an  uncom- 
mon elegance,  and  unite  the  foreground  of  the  fcene  with  Robin  Hood's  temple, 
which  is  here  feen  to  great  advantage.  Beyond  the  whole  you  have  the  dillant 
extenfive  profpect. 

"  From  hence  the  riding  leads  down  the  hill  to  a  wood  of  noble  oaks,  which  fliadc 
a  fpot  beautifully  wild  and  fcqucftered,  where  a  limpid  fpring  rifes  at  the  foot  of  a. 
rock  overhung  in  a  fine  bold  manner  by  wood  growing  from  its  clefts.  The  water 
winds  away  through  the  grove  in  a  proper  manner.    Here  is  a  tablet  with  thefe  lin< 

*  When  IfratTs  wand'ring  fons  the  defcrt  trod, 

*  The  melting  rock  obey 'd  the  prophet's  rod; 

*  Forth  gufh'd  the  ft  ream  ;  the  tribes  their  thirft  allay'd ; 

*  Forgetful  of  their  God,  they  rofe  and  play'd. 
'  Ye  happy  fwains,  for  whom  thefe  waters  flow, 
'  OhT  may  your  hearts  with  grateful  ardours  glow! 

*  Lo!  here  a  fountain  ftrcams  at  his  command, 

*  Not  o'er  a  barren,  but  a  fruitful  land ; 

*  Where  nature's  choiceft  gifts  the  vallics  fill, 
'  And  finding  plenty  gladdens  every  hill.' 

<■  Arthur  Young,  e/q.! 

Vol.  I.  M  "  Turning 


82  GOATHUR6T.  [antWtffieU), 

"  Turning  the  corner  you  catch  a  bridge,  under  a  thick  fhade,  and  then  come  to 
"  the  Druid's  temple,  built,  in  a  juft  ftile,  of  bark,  &c.  the  view  quite  gloomy  and 
"  confined :  the  water  winds  filently  along,  except  a  little  guihing  fall,  which  hurts 
"  not  the  emotions  raifed  by  fo  fequeftered  afcene. 

**  Following  the  path  towards  the  bridge,  you  catch,  juft  before  you  come  at  if, 
"  a  little  landfcape  through  the  trees,  of  -diftant  water,  finely  united  with  wood. 
"  From  the  bridge  the  river  appears  to  great  advantage;  nobly  embanked  on  one  fide 
"  with  tall  fpreading  trees,  and  on  the  other  with  green  dopes,  in  which  finglc  ones 
"  are  fcattered. 

"  From  thefe  retired  and  gloomy  fpots  you  leave  the  dark  groves,  and  open  into  a 
"  more  cheerful  ground :  the  river  is  bounded  only  on  one  fide  by  thick  wood,  and  on 
•*  the  other  by  waving  lav.  ns  open  to  the  fields,  and  fcattered  thinly  with  trees.  From 
*'  a  bench  on  the  banks  you  view  a  flight  fallof  water  well  ftuded. 

M  As  we  advance,  the  character  of  the  ground  again  changes  moil  happily;  the 
**  woods  open  on  both  fides  the  water ;  the  waving  lawns  are  of  the  moft  lively  verdure. 
**  Trees  thinly  fcattered — brighter  ftreams— touches  of  diftant  profpect  and  elegant 
*"  buildings — all  unite  toraife  the  moft  cheerful  ideas,  which  we  were  prepared  for,  by 
■*  gradually  leaving  the  gloom  of  the  more  fequcftered  woods. 

"A  break  through  the  trees  to  the  right  lets  in  a  view  of  the  Rotunda.  Pafilng  to 
"  the  Ionic  portico,  which  is  excellently  placed,  the  fcenery  in  view  is  truly  enchanting: 
"  the  lawn  is  gently  waved,  and  fpotted  with  trees  and  fhrubs  in  the  happieft  tafte. 
"  The  water  feems  to  wind  naturally  through  a  falling  vale;  and  a  fwelling  hill, 
*'  crowned  by  the  rotunda,  forms  a  complete  picture.  The  whole  fcene  is  really 
*'  elegant ;  every  part  is  riant,  and  bears  the  ftamp  of  pleafure. 

u  As  you  crofs  the  bridge,  you  look  to  the  right  on  a  very  beautiful  cafcade,  which 
**  makes  five  or. fix  flight  falls  over  a  mofs  and  ivy  bank,  under  a  dark  fhade  of  wood. 
"  The  flopes,  wood,  and  water,  unite  to  render  the  fcene  ftriking. 

«*  Turning  down  by  the  water  the  lawn  continues  very  beautiful,  and  you  gain  a 
u  fine  view  of  the  Ionic  portico  on  a  fifing  flppe,  which  here  appears  to  great 
"  advantage;  but  the  middle  cafcade,  which  you  here  command,  fhould  be  totally 
"  hid;  it  is  an  inferior  repetition  of  the  principal  one. 

"  Rifing  the  hill  by  the  fide  of  the  water,  you  have  from  a  bench  under  a  fpreading 
**  wood,  an  agreeable  view  of  a  bridge;  and  a  little  further  another  commands  the 
"  fame  object,  and  has  alfb  a  very  pleafing  opening  through  the  trees  to  the  portico. 
"  The  view  to  the  left  up  to  the  river,  is  a  confirmation  of  Shenftone's  obfervation. 

"  The  riding  which  follows  on  the  bank  of  the  river  under  the  gloomy  fhade  of 
"  numerous  venerable  trees,  is  a  fit  refidence  for  contemplation  to  dwell  in.  The 
*•  openings  acrofs  the  water  on  the  oppofite  lawn  are  juft  fufrrcient  to  heighten  by 
"  contraft.  The  awful  fhade,  the  folemn  ftillnefs  t)f  the  fcene,  broken  by  nothing 
■  but  the  fall  of  diftant  waters,  have  altogether  a  great  effect,  and  imprefs  upon  the 

**  mind 


antjetsfielD.]  goat    hurst.  83 

"  mind  a  melancholy  fcarccly  effaced  by  the  cheerful  view  of  a  rich  vale,  with  the 
"  water  winding  through  it,  which  is  fecn  on  eroding  the  park  towards  the  houfe. 
"  This  feat  has  received  rich  gifts  from  nature,  and  very  pleafing  ones  from  art.  The 
"  riding  is  of  large  extent,  and  commands  a  great  variety  of  diftant  profpeel  and 
"  rich  landfcapes.  The  home  fcenes  arc  elegant,  and  fct  off  by  the  fhade  of  fuch  a 
"  noble  wood,  that  every  impreflion  they  make  is  rendered  forcible.  The  buildings 
"  are  in  a  light  and  pleafing  ftile." 

The  living  of  Goathiirft  is  rectorial,  and  in  the  deanery  of  Bridgwater.  The 
patronage  is  in  the  lord  of  the  manor.  The  rev.  James  Minific  is  the  prefent 
incumbent. 

The  church  (which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Edward)  is  eighty  feet  long,  and  eighteen 
wide,  confuting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  fouth  ailc  tiled,  and  a  north  aile  leaded.  At 
the  weft  end  is  an  embattled  tower,  fixty-three  feet  high,  containing  a  clock  and  fix 
bells.  The  outfidc  of  this  tower,  and  of  the  whole  church,  is,  to  the  reproach  of 
tafte  and  the  abufe  of  antiquity,  whitewashed.  In  the  chancel  is  an  altar-piece  con- 
taining two  old  paintings,  indifferently  executed,  of  our  Lord's  Supper  and  the  railing 
of  the  Crofs. 

On  the  north  wall  of  the  nave  is  a  handfomc  monument  of  white  marble,  altar- 
fhaped,  and  terminated  by  a  buft  in  a  canonical  habit:  below,  this  infeription: 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  rev.  fir  JohnTynte,  baronet,  rector  pf  this  church: 
who  efteemed  his  function  to  be  his  higheft  honour,  and  difcharged  the  duties  of  it 
with  the  greateft  plcafurc.  The  ornaments  of  this  fabrick  are  publick  evidences  of 
the  pious  regard  he  had  for  the  fervicc  of  God.  His  many  aifts  of  friendfhip  and 
charity,  void  of  orientation,  are  more  lading  proofs  of  his  goodwill  towards  men. 
This  fmall  teftimony  of  gratitude  to  a  molt  generous  brother  was  erected  by  fir 
Charles  Kcmeys  Tynte,  bait.  174.2."  Below  are  the  family  arms,  quartered  with 
thofe  of  Halfwell,  viz.  1  and  4.  Gules,  a  lion  couched,  between  fix  crofs  croflets, 
three  in  chief  and  as  many  in  bafc,  ardent.  2  and  3.  azure,  three  bars  wavy,  argen!: 
over  all  a  bend,  gules. 

On  a  fmall  mural  monument  of  black  (tone  in  the  chancel : 

*'  In  memory  of  the  rev.  Mr.  William  Trivett,  rector  of  this  parifh,  who  died  the 
I2lh  of  April,  A.  D.  1730." 

In  the  church-yard  there  is  an  old  tomb,  having  thereon  a  curious  fquarc  pillar, 
ornamented  with  emblematical  carvings,  and  on  the  top  a  flaming  urn: 

"  To  the  memory  of  John  Willis,  andSufan  his  wife,  who  dyed  1710  and  1725." 

Near  the  church  is  a  good  building  erected  by  fix  Charles  Tynte,  and  given  by 
him  to  the  ufe  of  the  poor  of  this  parifh  for  ever. 

The  annual  average  number  of  births  is  ten;  of  burials  eight. 

M  2  EAST- 


[   84   3  [anuetgfieio, 

EAST-LING 

IS  a  long  narrow  parifh  north  of  Creech,  and  in  the  fame  disjointed  part  of  the 
hundred,  on  the  northern  bank  of  the  river  Parret,  between  the  hundreds  of 
Narth-Petherton  and  North-Curry.  It  is  [even  miles  nearly  fouth  from  Bridgwater, 
five  northweft  from  Langport,  and  feven  eaft  from  Taunton. 

The  fituation  is  low,  damp,  and  unhealthy;  being  almoft  furrounded  by  moors, 
and  the  inclofed  parts  very  woody.  Thefe  moors  contain  neither  peat,  heath,  nor 
fedge,  like  thofe  on  the  north  fide  of  Poldon-hill;  nor  are  they  divided  by  ditches, 
planted  on  each  fide  with  willows,  like  thofe  about  Glaftonbury;  but  are  rich,  flat, 
open  commons,  fkirted  with  high  lands,  and  producing  rnoft  excellent  pafture.  The 
inclofed  parts  are  likewife  rich  land,  chiefly  arable,  and  worth  on  an  average  nearly 
thirty  fhillings  an  acre.  The  muddy  flime  of  the  Parret  affords  fine  manure;  but 
agriculture  withal  is  here  badly  attended  to;  infomuch  that  the  farmer's  fuccefs  is  far 
more  owing  to  nature  than  to  fkill.  The  river  Tone  is  navigable  from  Taunton  to 
Eaft-Ling,  where  it  runs  under  a  wooden  bridge  of  two  arches,  and  divides  this  part 
of  Andersfield  from  the  hundred  of  Curry.     It  joins  the  Parret  at  Stanmoor  point. 

This  parifh  confifts  of  a  long,  dirty,  ftragling  ftreet,  containing  fixtecn  mean  houfes 
near  the  church,  and  three  hamlets,  viz. 

I.  Weft-Ling,  one  mile  weftward  from  the  church,  in  which  are  twenty-two  houfes. 

i,  Outwood,  nearly  two  miles  weft,  eight  houfes. 

3.  Boroughbridge,  about  two  miles  eaftward,  eighteen  houfes.  The  whole  num- 
ber of  houfes  within  the  parifh  is  fixty-four;  and  of  inhabitants  about  three  hundred 
and  forty. 

The  ancient  village  of  Ling  was  parcel  of  the  pofTefllons  of  the  Saxon  princes. 
In  the  year  of  our  Lord  937  king  Athelftan,  for  the  fake  of  his  own  foul,  and  for  the 
foul  of  Alfred  his  grandfather,  granted  to  God  and  the  church  of  St.  Peter  of  Athelney 
(which  his  faid  progenitor  had  founded)  all  this  his  land,  called  by  the  name  of 
Relengen,  and  diftinguifhed  by  the  following  bounds: 

"  Firft  into  Gorlak  thanne  to  Bykenftill;  from  that  ftill  to  the  Whitfton;  thans  unto 
'*  the  old  ditch;  from  thulk  dick  to  Depebroke  in  the  old  dicke  place;  then  to  the 
"  five  acres;  from  the  five  acres  unto  the  Hundflawe,  and  fwo  adoun  to  the  Slo;  and 
"  from  the  Slow  to  Rifelheie ;  thans  to  Whatcombfhey,  and  fo  adoun  to  the  Oldenvorth, 
"  and  thennes  to  Brodemerfh  to  the  Reddich,  end  elong  the  dich  anon  to  the  Inrek : 
"  from  thenns  to  Privetes-Morefhed ;  from  Moreihed  anon  to  the  middle  of  Privates 
"  Brigg>  and  thens  end  elong  the  more  anon  to  Threfkwold,  and  thens  to  Afhlake : 
"  from  Afhlake  unto  the  old  lake  up  into  Chefterlake  and  unto  Toteyate :  from  Tote- 
"  yate  to  Hengeft-were :  from  Hengeft-were  unto  Hornvvere :  from  Hornwere  unto 
"  Shirwold  lode,  eftfones  into  Gorlake."* 

"  Regift.  Abb.  Atheln.  MS.  In 


annerafieto.]  bast-ling. 

In  the  time  of  king  William  the  Conqueror  the  abbots  of  Athtlncy  ftill  continued 
in  poflcflion  of  this  manor,  the  name  whereof  was  then  contracted  tp  Lenge,  a 
find  it  in  the  Norman  furvcy : — 

"  The  church  itfdf  holds  Lenge.  There  is  one  hide;  but  it  paid  no  geld  in  the 
""  time  of  king  Edward.  In  demefne  are  two  carucates,  and  fix  fcrvants,  and  three 
<c  villancs,  and  four  cottagers,  with  two  ploughs.  There  are  twelve  acres  of  meadow, 
■"  and  fifty  acres  of  wood.     It  is  worth  forty  (hillings. "b 

In  1293  the  abbots  eflatcs  in  this  parilh  were  valued  at  9I.* 

When  the  monaftery  of  Athdney  was  difiblvcd,  this  manor  was  granted  by  king 
Henry  VIII.  to  John  Clayton,  who  fold  the  fame  to  John  Tynbury,  from  whom  it 
<lefcended  to  William  Tynbury.  Which  William,  by  licence  dated  March  2, 
25  Eliz.  conveyed  it  to  Thomas  Leigh  and  George  Grenville,  cfquircs.  It  was  ulti- 
mately purchafed  by  fir  Thomas  Wroth,  of  Fairfield,  bait,  whence  it  palled  by  the 
marriage  of  an  heirefs  to  the  family  of  Palmer,  and  from  them  in  like  manner  to 
that  of  Acland ;  and  is  now  the  property  of  Mrs.  Acland  of  Ninchead,  rdict  of  Arthur 
Acland,  late  of  Fairfield  in  this  county,  efq.  The  manor  court  is  held  in  a  barn  in 
the  hamlet  of  Weft-Ling,  near  to  which  are  the  ruins  of  a  chapel,  which  heretofore 
belonged  to  the  church  of  Eaft-Ling.  The  manor-houfc  anciently  ftood  near  this 
fpot,  but  not  a  veftige  thereof  is  now  remaining. 

The  three  hamlets  of  Weft-Ling,  Outwood,  and  Boroughbridge,  were  all  parcels 
of  the  fame  manor. 

The  Jaft-mcntioncd  hamlet  is  partly  in  this  parifli,  and  partly  in  the  pariflies  of 
Othery,  Middlczoy,  and  Wefton-Zoyland.  It  had  its  name  from  a  large  borough  or 
mount,  very  high  and  ftccp;  which,  though  generally  reckoned  natural,  fecms  to  have 
been  thrown  up  by  hands  for  the  purpofe  of  a  fepulchral  tumulus.  This  opinion  is 
corroborated  by  the  many  battles  which  arc  known  to  have  been  fought  in  thefe  parts 
in  very  early  times,  the  tradition  of  the  inhabitants,  and  the  inftrumentsof  war  which 
have  been  found  in  its  vicinity  unfimilar  to  thofeof  modern  ages.  Add  to  this,  the 
materials  of  which  this  borough  js  compofed  are  fuch  as  arc  not  to  be  found  within 
lefs  than  three  miles  of  the  place,  viz.  at  Red-Hill,  within  the  parifli  of  Curry-Rivel, 
being  a  ftirf,  very  deep  red  clay.  This  mount  ftands  on  the  eaft  fide  of  the  river 
Parret,  and  has  on  it  the  ruins  of  an  ancient  chapel,  built  in  the  form  of  a  crofs: 
part  of  the  tower  and  moft  of  the  main  walls  are  ftill  Handing,  and  form  a  very  lingular 
and  picturefque  object.  It  was  dedicated  to  St.  Michael,  and  occurs  very  early  in  the 
memorials  of  Athelney  abbey,  to  which  it  was  appendant.  It  fuftained  much  damage 
(though  it  was  ruinous  before)  in  the  great  rebellion  of  the  laft  century,  when  Goring 
garrifoned  this  place  with  one  hundred  and  twenty  men,  who  fortified  themfelves  in 
the  ruins,  and  made  a  moft  rcfolutc  defence  againft  their  aflailants.  But  after  the 
battle  of  Langport,  General  Fairfax  fending  Colonel  Okcy  with  a  detachment  to  re- 
duce them,  they  were  (6  intimidated  with  the  fummons,  and  the  rout  which  they  had 

b  Lib.  Domefdny.  c  TaxtU  Temporal. 

fecn 


86  east-ling.  [ant»er*fieltj, 

feert  given  to  their  fellows  on  Allcr  moorjuft  under  the  hill,  that  they  immediately 
fufreridered.  The  field  on  which  the  mount  and  ruins  ftand  is  about  eighteen  acres, 
and  belongs  to  Mr.  Chard  of  Othery. 

The  river  Parret  is  navigable  to  this  hamlet,  and  hence  to  Langport.  It  has  over 
it  a  fione  bridge  of  three  high  arches,  which  gives  the  additional  name  to  the  place. 
This  bridge,  by  order  of  court  held  at  Bridgwater  21  Car.  II.  1669,  is  repaired  at 
the  joint  cxpence  of  the  fevcral  pariflies  of  Wefton-Zoyland,  Middlezoy,  Othery, 
Grcinton,  Aflicot,  Moorlinch,  North -Petherton,  and  Chedzoy.  At  high  water, 
when  the  tide  is  in,  the  river  is  fixty  feet  wide,  and  eighteen  deep,  and  coal  barges  of 
forty  or  fifty  tons  eafily  come  up  it. 

Between  this  hamlet  and  the  church  of  Ling  is  the  famous  ifle  of  ATHELNEY, 
being  a  fpot  of  rifing  ground  on  the  north  fide  ofStartmoor,  bounded  on  the  northweft 
by  the  river  Tone,  over  which  there  is  a  Wooden  bridge,  ftill  called  Athelney  Bridge. 
The  name  given  by  the  Saxons  to  this  ifiand  was  iESelinja  igje,  or  the  Ifle  of  nobles, 
by  contraction  Athelney. 

This  fpot,  which  was  anciently  environed  with  almoft  impaflable  rrtarfhes  and 
morafles,  will  be  ever  memorable  for  the  retreat  of  king  Alfred,  from  the  fury  of 
the  Danes,  who  in  tumultuous  numbers  had  overrun  the  eafterti  part  of  his  domi- 
nions. The  regifter  of  Athelney  fets  forth,  that  Alfred,  after  having  bravely  encoun- 
tered his  enemies  for  nirie  fucceOive  years,  was  at  length  reduced  to  the  ncceffity 
of  fleeing  from  them,  and  taking  refuge  in  the  little  ifle  of  Athelney.  The  place 
that  lodged  him  was  a  fmall  cottage  belonging  to  St.  Athclwine,  formerly  an  hermit 
here,  the  fon  of  king  Kyncgilfus.  After  his  emerflon  from  this  retirement  and  the 
total  defeat  of  his  enemies,  he  founded  a  monaftery  for  Benedictine  monks  on  the  fpot 
which  had  given  him  (belter,  and  dedicated  the  fame  to  the  honour  of  St.  Saviour, 
and  St.  Peter  the  apoftle,  appointing  John  the  firft  abbot,  and  endowing  the  eftablifh- 
ment  with  the  vvhole  ifle  of  Athelney,  exempt  from  taxes  and  all  other  burdens;  with 
common  pafture  and  free  ingrefs  and  egrefs  in  Stathmoor,  Saltmoor,  Haymoor,  and 
Curr)moor,  and  all  other  moors  within  his  manor  of  North-Curry.  He  likewife  gave 
ten  cafTatcs  or  hides  of  land  in  Long-Sutton,  with  all  meadows,  paftures,  rivers,  and 
all  other  appcrtenances  whatfoever :  which  benefactions  Were  afterwards  confirmed  to 
the  monks,  and  many  others  added  thereto  by  different  kings  and  nobles.'1 

William  of  Malmfbury  gives  us  a  romantick  account  of  this  ifland  and  monaflery. 
"  Athelney,"  fays  he,  "is  not  an  ifland  of  the  fea;  but  is  fo  inaccefliblc,  on  account 
"  of  bogs  and  the  inundations  of  the  lakes,  that  it  cannot  be  got  to  but  in  a  boat. 
"  It  has  a  very  large  wood  of  alders,  which  harbours  flags,  wild  goats,  and  other 
"  beafls.  The  firm  land,  which  is  only  two  acres  in  breadth,  contains  a  little  monaf- 
"  tery,  and  dwellings  for  monks.  Its  founder  was  king  Alfred,  who,  being  driven 
"  over  the  country  by  the  Danes,  fpent  fome  time  here  in  fecure  privacy.  Here  in  a 
*  dream  St.  Cuthbert  appearing  to  him,  and  giving  him  affurance  of  his  reftoration, 

'  Regnl.  Abb.  Atheln. 

he. 


aitfwrjaifielD.j 


E     A     S     T  -  L     I     N     G. 


f; 


."  he  vowed  that  he  would  build  a  monaflery  to  pop.  Accordingly  he  c  reded  a 
"  church,  moderate  indeed  as  to  hzc,  but  as  to  method  of  conilructiou  lingular  and 
"novel:  for  four  piers,  driven  into  the  ground,  fupport  the  whole  fabrick,  foui 
"  circular  chancels  being  drawn  round  it.  The  monks  arc  few  in  number,  and 
"  indigent;  but  they  are  fufriciently  compenfated  for  their  poverty  by  the  tranquillity 
"  of  their  lives,  and  their  delight  in  folitude."0 

Some  allufion  to  the  vifion  of  St.  Cuthbert  above-mentioned  is  fuppofed  to  have 
been  intended  by  a  little  curious  amulet  of  enamel  and  gold,  richly  ornamented,  that 
was  found  in  1693  in  Newton  Park,  at  fome  diftance  northward  from  the  abbey. 
On  one  fide  of  it  is  a  rude  figure  of  a  perfon  fitting  crowned,  and  holding  in  each 
hand  a  fecptre  furmounted  by  a  lily,  which  Dr.  Hickes  and  other  antiquaries  have 
imagined  to  be  defigned  for  St.  Cuthbert.  The  other  fide  is  filled  by  a  large  flower, 
and  round  the  edge  is  the  following  legend;  AELFRED  MEC  HEIT  GEVVRCAN; 
that  is,  Alfred  ordered  me  to  be  made.  This  piece  of  antiquity  is  now  in  the  mufcum 
at  Oxford,  accompanied  with  the  accounts  of  doctors  Hickes  and  Mufgravc,  and 
the  following  memorandum :  "Nov.  16,  1718,  Tho.  Palmer,  efq;  of  Fairfield  in 
"  Somerfetfhire,  put  this  ancient  picture  of  St.  Cuthbert,  made  by  order  of  king 
"  Alfred,  into  my  hands  to  bee  conveyed  to  y  Bodlcan  Library  in  Oxford,  where 
"  his  father  Nat.  Palmer,  efq;  lately  dead,  defired  it  .might  be  placed  and  preferved. 

"Geo.  Clark." 

John,  a  native  of  old  Saxony,  was  the  firft  abbot. of  this  houfe:  we  find  his  name 
mentioned  A.  D.  888,  890,  and  892.  The  firft  monks. w ere  likewife  foreigners,  there 
being  none  in  England  that  would  take  the  habit.f 

John  Brigge  occurs  1410. 


After  him  Alfward  occurs  1009. 
Simon  fuccccded  him.* 
Athelward  was  abbot  in  1 016- 
Athelwin  fucceeded. 
Benedict  1221  and  1225. 
Roger  de  Derham  was  abbot  1231. 
Robert  1232,  1249,  ant^  I203- 
Richard  1276. 
Andrew  de  Wells  1281. 
Ofmund  de  Sowi  1 305  and  1 3 1 2 . 


John  Pederton  was  abbot  1446.  He  died 
Feb.  10,  1457. 

'Robert  Hylle  w  as  elected  the  fame  year, 
Feb.  27.  Nine  monks  were  then  in 
the  convent,  and  two  abfent.  Thif 
Robert  died  Oct.  10,  1485. 

John  George  was  elected  Oct.  29,  I48'5. 
There  were  then  eleven  monks  in  the 
convent.     He  died  in  May  1503. 


Robert  de  Ifle  was  confirmed  March  25,    John  Wellington  fucceeded,  and  died  in 


Richard  was  abbot  1337. 
Robert  de  Hachc  1362. 
John   Hywifti,  abbot,  was  inftalled  pre- 
bendary of  Long-Sutton,  Aug.  4,  1391. 

.'Will.  Malmefb.ap.  Dugd.  Mon.Angl.  i.  to;. 
«  Regift.  Abb.  Atheln. 


1 5 16. 
Richard  dc  Wraxall  was  confirmed  abbot 

Jan.  7,  1 5 16. 
John  Hcrtc  was  abbot  1525. 

f  AfleriMeneY.de  rebus  iElfredi  geftis,  p.  18. 

The 


88  EAST-LING.  [«ntet0«eHk 

The  laft  abbot  was  Robert  Hamlyn,  who,  with  eight  monks,  furrendered  this 
monaftery  to  the  king  Feb.  8,  1539,  the  abbot  having  a  yearly  penfion  of  50I.  given 
him,  and  the  prebend  of  Long-Sutton,  by  way  of  a  gratuity.1* 

In  1553  there  remained  here  in  charge  7I.  in  fees,  and  46I.  6s.  8d.  in  annuities; 
and  the  following  penfions,  viz.  to  Robert  Edgar  5I.  Henry  Poynings  5!.  and  to 
John  Jenyngs  al.  13s.  4d.' 

The  revenues  of  the  abbey  were  valued  in  1444  at  98I.  and  in  1534,  26  Hen.  VIII. 
at  209I.  os.  5d.  per  annum. 

The  fcite  thereof,  with  many  of  the  lands  belonging  to  it,  was  granted  at  thediflb- 
Iution  to  John  Clayton.  The  latter  end  of  the  laft  century  the  premifes  belonged  to 
Capt.  Hacker,  and  now  are  the  property  of  John  Evercd,  of  Bridgwater,  efq. 

The  abbey  buildings  are  fuppofed,  from  various  parts  of  them  that  have  been  dis- 
covered at  different  times,  to  have  been  very  magnificent.  In  1 674  fome  labourers, 
employed  by  Captain  Hacker  to  remove  part  of  the  ruins,  difclofed  a  very  ancient 
fepulchre  of  well-wrought  ftone,  containing  the  fkull  of  the  deceafed,  the  os  ilium, 
and  a  fmall  fragment  of  cloth.  The  infide  of  this  receptacle  was  Angularly  contrived, 
the  bottom  being  excavated,  or  fcooped  out,  fo  as  to  admit  the  feveral  parts  of  the 
body.  They  afterwards  difcovered  the  foundation  of  the  ancient  church,  which  ftood 
on  the  top  of  the  hill  to  the  northeaft,  and  there  found  bafes  of  pillars,  elegant 
tracery-work  of  windows,  and  divers  pieces  of  fculptured  free-ftone,  ftill  retaining 
the  marks  of  paint  and  gold.  The  labourers  were  laid  to  have  likewife  fouftd  at  the 
fame  time  a  large  fpur  of  gold,  which  they  privately  dffpofed  of  for  their  own  benefit.k 

About  eighteen  years  fince,  in  digging  up  fome  other  of  the  ancient  ruins,  about 
fixty  yards  from  the  prefent  farm-houfe  northward,  the  workmen  difcovered  a  vault 
eight  feet  fquare,  and  feven  high,  containing  three  human  fkulls.  The  ftone  of 
the  arch  and  fide-walls  being  taken  away,  the  cavity  was  filled  up,  covering  the  fkulls 
with  earth.  Fourfcore  yards  from  this  funereal  fpot  ftood  a  chapel,  the  ruins  of  which 
were  removed  about  the  fame  period. 

The  conventual  church  was  partly  rebuilt  in  1321,  and  an  indulgence  of  twenty 
days  granted  to  the  contributors  thereto.1  Not  a  veftige  now  remains  of  this  once 
famous  pile,  the  field  en  which  it  ftood  being  converted  into  tillage.  The  whole 
ifland  contains  about  one  hundred  acres,  and  forms  a  compact  farm  of  about  equal 
portions  of  arable  and  pafture:  a  farm-houfe  has  of  late  years  been  erected  near  its 
fouthern  extremity. 

The  church  of  Eaft-Ling  was  anciently  appropriated  to  the  abbey  we  have  been 
defcribing.     In  the  taxation  of  Pope  Nicholas,  made  anno  1292,  it  is  ftiled  Capella 

h  Dr.  Archer's  account-of  the  religious  houfes  in  this  diocefe,  at  the  end  of  Hemingford's  Chronicle,  p.  5 80* 
1  Willis's  Hid.  of  Abbies,  vol.  2.  p.  195. 

■  Letter  from  Nxr.  Pafchal  to  Mr.  Aubrey,  printed  in  "  MifcelJanies  on  curiow  fubjefts."    Lond.  1714. 
1  Excerpt,  e  Regift.  Wellen. 

de  Lenge-S 


anDCt0fielD.]  E      N      M      O      R      E.  8$ 

de  Lenge,  and  thercvalued  at  fcven  marks  and  a  half.™     Ic  is  a  vicarage  in  the  deanery 
of  Bridgwater:  the  rev.  Mr.  Paget  is  both  patron  and  incumbent. 

The  edifice,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Bartholomew,  is  very  neat,  and  confifts  of  a 
nave,  chancel,  and  porch  tiled.  At  the  weft  end  is  a  well-built  tower  of  free-done, 
fixty  feet  high,  having  a  clock  and  five  bells.  There  are  alfo  two  other  bells,  which 
are  not  hung  in  peal  with  the  reft ;  but  lie  on  the  floor  of  the  clock  loft.  Thefc  bells 
were  brought  from  the  tower  of  Borough  Chapel:  they  are  not  ancient,  as. might  ha\e 
been  fuppofed,  bearing  only  the  dates  1607  and  1625.  There  was  a  third  bell  in 
the  faid  chapel  tower,  which  now  hangs  in  that  of  Middlczoy,  and  ferves  for  the 
treble;  the  churchwardens  of  thatparifh  having  given  a  bond  to  the  officers  of  Ling 
to  return  or  produce  it  when  required."  The  oldeft  of  the  bells  in  Ling  tower  has  oa 
it  the  date  1609.     The  church  contains  no  monument  or  infeription. 

The  average  number  of  chriftcnings  in  this  parifli  is  twelve;  and  of  burials  nine. 

ra  Taxat.  Spiritual. 

*  The  inftitution  of  church-wardens  is  of  remote  antiquity,  they  having  been  firit  appointed  at  the  African 
council,  held  under  Ccleftine  and  Boniface  about  the  year  of  our  Lord  423.  Thcfe  officers  have  at  different 
periods  been  diilinguifhed  by  different  appellations,  as  Defenfores,  Oeconomi  and  Priepofiti  Eccle/iec;  Tf/lei 
Synodalts,  &c.     In  the  time  of  Edward  III.  they  were  called  Cburch-Rrves,  as  we  read  in  Chaucer ; 

*'  SDf  cfyitcfrrcbcs,  anti  of  tcftamentcft, 

"  !Df  contratrctf,  ami  of  ittkt  of  focramciucss,  jc."' 

At  this  day  they  are  called  cljitrcTj-toartcnti ;  all  thofe  names  being  expreffive  of  the  nature  of  the  office,  which 
is  to  guard,  preferve,  and  fuperintend,  the  rights,  revenues,  buildings,  and  furniture  of  the  church.  In  an. 
old  church-wardens'  book  of  accounts  belonging  to  the  parifli  of  Farringdon  in  the  county  of  Berks,  and 
bearing  date  A.  D.  1518,  there  is  the  form  of  admitting  church-wardens  into  their  office  at  that  period,  in 
the  following  words,  viz.  "  Cherchye  Warden)  s  thys  (hall  be  your  charge — to  be  true  to  God  and  to  the 
"  cherche — for  love  nor  for  favor  off  no  man  wythin  thys  parriche  to  withold  any  ryght  to  the  cherche ;  bik- 
"  to  relieve  the  dettys  to  hyt  belongythe,  or  elfe  to  goo  :o  the  devell." 


T 


E      N      M      O      R      E. 

HIS  is  a  fmall  parifh  pleafantly  fituated  on  rifing  ground,  four  miles  weff  from 
Bridgwater,  and  about  eight  north  from  Taunton,  having  the  noble  ridge  of 
Quantock-hills  three  miles  to  the  weft  of  it. 

In  the  time  of  king  William  the  Conqueror  it  belonged  to  Roger  de  Curcelle, 
eldeft  fon  of  Wandril  de  Leon,  of  a  noble  family  in  Normandy.  It  is  recorded  in 
the  great  furvey  of  that  reign,  that 

"  Goisfrid  holds  of  Roger  Animere.     Algar  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 

«'  and  gelded  for  one  hide.    The  arable  is  four  carucates.     In  demefne  is  one  caru- 

Vol.  I.  N  "  cale> 


90  E      N      M      0      R      E.  [anBmffielD, 

*•  cate,  and  two  fervants,  and  three  villanes,  and  three  bordars,  with  three  ploughs. 
"  There  are  fixty-eight  acres  of  wood.     It  was  and  is  worth  forty  (hillings."* 

How  long  this  Roger  de  Curcelle  poflefied  this  land,  or  when  it  reverted  to  the 
crown,  does  not  appear;  but  it  is  fuffickntly  evident,  that  foon  after  the  Conqucft  it 
became  the  property  of  the  family  of  Malet,  and  continued  in  their  pofiefiion  for 
■feveral  fucceffive  centuries. 

Of  the  origin  of  this  ancient  family  fome  mention  has  been  made  in  our  account 
of  the  manor  and  barony  of  Curry.  It  fhould  there  have  been  obferved  that  William 
Mulct,  who  came  over  into  England  in  the  Conqueror's  army,  had  another  fon  befides 
Robert,  whofe  name  was  Gilbert,  and  one  daughter,  Beatrix,  married  to  William  de 
Archis.1'  Which  Gilbert,  and  not  William,  as  was  there  faid,  fucceeded  his  brother 
in  the  Somerfetfhirc  eftates,  which  had  been  reftored  by  the  crown;  and  left  them  to 
William  his  fon  and  heir,  whofe  fuccefTor  of  the  fame  name  was  the  laft  in  the  male 
line  of  this  branch  of  the  Malet  family. 

We  (hall  now  return  and  deduce  the  defcent  of  the  Malets  of  Enmore  from 
William  Malet,  whom  we  before  mentioned  as  a  benefactor  to  the  abbey  of  Glafton- 
bury,  and  who  was  included  in  the  fentence  of  banifhment  with  his  kinfman  Robert, 
for  feditious  practices  againft  king  Henry  thefirft.  It  is  not  certain  how  nearly  this 
William  was  related  to  Robert  Malet  above-mentioned ;  but  he  was  indubitably  of 
the  fame  family,  and  had  two  fons;  of  whom  Hugh,  during  the  difgrace  of  his 
father,  is  faid  to  have  afTumed  the  name  of  Fitchet,  from  whom  defcended  divers 
families  which  long  retained  that  appellation;  as  thofe  of  Spaxton,  Merridge,  String- 
iton,  and  others.'  By  Baillea  his  wife  he  was  father  of  feveral  children:  Baldwin  the 
eldeft  of  them,  upon  the  reconciliation  of  the  family  to  the  king's  favour,  reaflumed 
the  former  name  of'  Malet,  and  fettled  at  Enmore,  which  became  the  principal  feat 
of  the  family's  reildence.  This  Baldwin  was  a  knight,  and  in  the  evidences  of  his 
time  he  is  (tiled  de  Emnore:  on  the  feal  annexed  to  one  of  his  deeds  is,  on  one  fide, 
the  figure  of  a  man  armed  with  fword  and  (hield,  ftriking  at  a  lion  which  is  ru(hing 
on  him;  and  on  the  other,  two  men  talking  in  gowns,  the  one  having  a  crown  on  his 
head:  the  circumfcription  ^tgillum  15alOt0ini  0@alCt,d  He  married  Emma  the 
daughter  of  Hugh  de  Neville,  by  whom  he  left  iffue  fir  William  Malet,  knight, 
who  was  pofiefled  of  Enmore  temp.  Ric.  I.  He  married  Sarah  the  daughter  of 
Robert  Sylley,  who  furvived  him,  and  afterwards  granted  to  William  her  fon  twenty 
ihillings  rent  in  Baggehay  for  her  homage  and  fervice.e 

Which  laft  mentioned  William  was  alfo  a  knight,  and  was  living  in  the  time  of 
Henry  III.     By  Mary  his  wife  he  left  ifiiie 

Sir  Baldwin  Malet,  who  fucceeded  him  in  this  eftate,  to  which  he  greatly  added 
by  his  marriage  of  Mabilia  daughter  and  coheir  of  fir  Hamelyn  de  Deaudon,  of 
Deaudon  in  the  county  of  Devon. 

»  Lib.  Domefday.  •>  Sir  Simonds  Dewes's  life,  MS.  in  the  Karleian  Library,  646. 

*  Sir  W.  Pole's  MSS.  Colleaions.  "  Cart.  Antiq.  '  Cart.  Sar.  Malet. 

His 


atrtergfietti.]  ENMORE.  91 

His  fon  and  heir  fir  John  Malct  fuccccdcd  him.  By  Sybil  his  wife,  the  daughter 
of  Robert  dc  St.  Clare,  he  was  father  of  another  lir  Baldwin,  the  third  of  that  name 
from  the  Conqueft. 

This  fir  Baldwin  Malet  pofTefied  Enmore,  and  prcfentcd  to  the  church  in  the  third 
year  of  king  Edward  III.f  He  married  Hawifc,  daughter  of  fir  Simon  Ralegh  of 
Ncttlecombe,  and  by  her  had  ifluc  two  fons,  fir  John,  his  fucccflbr,  and  Baldwin. 

Sir  John  Malet,  fon  and  heir,  appears  to  be  pofieflcd  of  this  cftate  in  the  nineteenth 
year  of  king  Edward  III.  by  a  deed  wherein  he  confirms  a  donation  of  Hswife  his 
mother  to  his  brother  Baldwin.  His  wife's  name  was  Elizabeth,,  the  daughter  of  fir 
John  Kingfton,  by  whom  he  became  father  of 

Sir  Baldwin  Malet,  who  lived  at  Enmore  in  the  reign  of  Henry  IV.  He  married 
two  wives,  1.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  fir  Thomas  Trivet,  by  whom  he  had  one  fon 
named  John.  2.  Amice,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Richard  Lyffe  of  Currypool,  fon 
of  Godfrey  Lyffe,  by  Julian  his  wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Hugh  Valletort,  bv 
whom  he  had  Hugh,  Thomas,  and  Philippa. 

Sir  John  Malet  died  in  the  life-time  of  his  father;  but  left  ifiue  by  Joan,  daughter 
of  John  Hill  of  Exeter,  one  only  daughter  and  heir  Eleanor,  who  by  marriage  of 
fir  John  Hull  conveyed  to  him  this-  manor. 


Sir  John  Hull  was  father  of  fir  Edward  Hull  of  this  place:  which  fir  Edward 
dying  without  iffue  male,  this  effate  reverted  to  Hugh  Malet,  fon  of  Baldwin  Malet 
by  Amice  Lyffe  aforefaid,  who  was  lord  of  Currypool,  and  having  married  Joan  the 
daughter  of  John  Ronyon,  had  by  her  Thomas  and  William ;  and  two  daughters, 
viz.  Joan,  the  wife  of  Robert  Brent,  and  Margaret,  the  wife  of  John,  Crcwkcrn.  He 
died  feized  of  this  manor  5  Edw.  IV J 

Thomas  Malet  his  fon  fucceeded,  and  prcfentcd  to  the  church  A.  D.  1498.  He 
married  Joan,  daughter  of  fir  William  Wadham  of  Merrifield,  by  whom  he  had 
William,  his  eldeft  fon;  Baldwin,  fettled  at  St.  Audries,  (of  whom,  and  his  defcend- 
ants,  we  fhall  fpeak  hereafter;)  Hawife,  the  wife  of  John  Coker;  and  Elizabeth,  firft 
the  wife  of  Thomas  Afhley,  and  afterwards  of  Hugh  Trow» 

William,  his  fon  and  heir,  married  Alice  daughter  of  Thomas  Young  of  BriftoF 
and  was  father  of  three  fons,  Hugh,  Richard,  and  William;  and  two  daughters, 
Joan  the  wife  of  John  Vcrnay  of  Fairfield,  and  Jane  the  wife  of  Thomas  Warre  of 
Heftercombe,  efquires. 

Hugh  his  eldeft  fon  inherited  this  manor,  and  prcfentcd  to  the  church  in  1530. 
By  Ifabel,  daughter  of  Thomas  Michel  of  Cannington,  he  had  fcveral  children,  whofe 
names  were,  Richard,  William,  and  Barnabas;  Joan,  the  wife  of  John  Danvers,  efq; 

Mary,  wife  of Sturgcs,  cfq;   Elizabeth,  of Ivy,  cfq;  Agatha,  of  John 

Payne;  and  Dorothy,  of  Robert  May. 

•  Excerpt,  e  Regift.  Wefkn.  »  Efc. 

N  2  Richard 


92  EN     M     ORE.  [amjcrafieto. 

Richard  his  eldeft  fon  fucceeded  him,  and  married  Elizabeth  daughter  of  fir 
Andrew  Luttrell,  of  Dunfter  Caftle,  knight,  by  whom  he  left  one  only  fon  Thomas 
Malet.     The  faid  Richard  died  6  Edw.  VI. 

Thomas  his  fon  and  heir  bore  the  office  of  high  lheriff  for  this  county  19  Eliz. 
He  married  Elizabeth  daughter  of  Humphrey  Colles,  of  Barton  in  this  county,  efq; 
by  whom  he  had  fir  John  Malet,  knight  of  the  Bath;  George  and  William;  Elizabeth 
the  wife  of  fir  Thomas  Palmer;  and  Mary  the  wife  of  John  Hacche,  of  Northaller 
in  the  county  of  Devon,  cfq.     He  died  in  1 5  80,  and  was  fucceeded  by  his  eldeft  fon 

Sir  John  Malet,  who  prefented  to  the  church  in  1601  and  1613.  His  wife  was 
Mary,  daughter  of  fir  John  Popham,  knight,  chief  juftice  of  England,  by  whom  he 
had  iflue  John,  Thomas;  Amice  wife  of  Charles  Trevanion,  Elizabeth  the  wife  of 
Peter  Speccot,  Mary,  and  Winifred. 

John  Malet,  fon  and  heir  of  the  faid  fir  John,  married  the  daughter  of  fir  John 
Tracy,  knight,  by  whom  he  had  one  fon,  John,  who  fucceeded  him,  and  feveral 
daughters. 

The  faid  John  married  Untia,  the  daughter  of  Francis  lord  Hawley,  by  whom  he 
had  Elizabeth  his  only  daughter  and  heir,  who  was  married  to  John  Wilmot,  earl  of 
Rochefter,  who  by  means  thereof  became  poueffed  of  this  manor 

John  the  faid  earl  of  Rochefter  died  in  1684,  leaving  iftue  oy  Elizabeth  his  faid 
wife  three  daughters  coheireftes,  of  whom  Anne  the  eldeft  was  firft  married  to  Henry 
Bayntun,  of  Spy-Park  in  the  county  of  Wilts,  efq;  and  afterwards  to  Francis  Grevile, 
efq;  fon  of  lord  Brooke;  Elizabeth  the  fecond  daughter  was  married  to  Edward  earl 
of  Sandwich ;  and  the  youngeft  daughter  to  John  lord  Lifborn. 

The  faid  Henry  Bayntun,  by  his  marriage  with  Anne  Malet,  became  pofTefled  of 
this  manor,  and  from  him  it  defccnded  to  the  prefent  fir  Edward  Bayntun  Rolt,  bart. 
who,  by  virtue  of  an  acT:  made  1 5  George  II.  fold  the  fame,  with  other  eftates,  to 
James  Smyth,  of  St.  Audries,  efq;  from  whom  it  was  conveyed  to  the  Earl  of 
Egmont,  father  of  John  earl  of  Egmont,  the  prefent  pofteflbr. 

We  fhall  now  go  back  and  trace  the  other  branches  of  this  family."1 

Baldwin,  the  fecond  fon  of  Thomas  Malet  of  Currypool,  by  Joan  the  daughter 
of  fir  William  Wadham,  and  brother  of  William  Malet  of  Enmore,  was  folicitor  to 
king  Henry  VIII.  He  married  two  wives,  the  firft  whereof  was  the  daughter  and 
heir  of  John  Tacle,  of  Hohiton  in  Devonfhire,  an  eminent  lawyer,  by  whom  he  had 
iftue  Michael  Malet,  anceftor  of  the  Malets  of  St.  Audries.  To  his  fecond  wife  he 
married  Anne,  the  daughter  and  fole  heir  of  Thomas  Hatch  of  Wolley  in  the  fame 
county,  by  whom  he  was  father  of  John  Malet,  (who  fucceeded  in  the  faid  eftate  at 
Wolley)  Thomas,  and  Adam. 

Michael  Malet,  fon  and  heir  of  the  faid  Baldwin,  by  the  daughter  of  Stawell, 
was  father  of 


h  Ex  ilemmate. 


Richard 


antocraficlD.] 


E     N     M     O     R     E. 


93 


Richard  Malct  of  St.  Audita,  who  married  Joanc  the  daughter  of  Richard  Warrc 
of  Hcftcrcombe,  and  had  iffuc  three  fons,  whofe  names  were  Arthur,   Michael,  and 

Gavvcn. 

Arthur  the  elded,  dying  without  iffuc,  was  fuccccdcd  by  his  brother  Michael,  the 
fecond  fon  of  Richard  Malct.  Which  Michael  married  Catherine  fecond  daughter 
and  coheir  of  Henry  Alley,  of  GufTage  in  the  county  of  Dorfct,  and  by  her  left  iffue 

Richard  Malet  his  fon  and  heir,  born  in  1618,  and  Joan  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Fulford.  Richard  died  without  iffuc  in  1677,  and  was  buried  at  Milverton,  where- 
upon Gawen  the  third  fon  of  Richard  Malet  became  the  heir. 

The  faid  Gawen,  by  Cicely  daughter  and  coheir  of  Henry  Alley,  of  Guffage,  efq; 
was  father  of  Alley  Malet,  and  a  daughter  Elizabeth  married  to  Poulct. 

Which  Alley  dying  without  iffuc,  the  line  of  Michael  Malet  of  St.  Audrics,  the 
eldeft  fon  of  Baldwin  Malct,  became  cxtin<ft,  and  fir  Thomas  Malet,  grandfon  of  John 
Malet,  fecond  fon  of  Baldwin  by  Anne  the  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  Hatch, 
became  the  next  heir  male  in  the  dired  line  of  the  faid  Baldwin  Malet. 

Which  John  Malet,  grandfather  of  fir  Thomas  aforcfaid,  was  of  Wolley,  and 
married  Alice  the  daughter  of  Anthony  Monke,  of  Povvdridge,  in  the  county  of 
Devon,  cfq;   and  had  iffuc  three  fons,  Robert,  Francis,  and  Malachi. 

Robert  the  eldeft  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George  Rolle  of  Stcphenfton,  and 
was  father  of  John,  and  Eleanor,  wife  of  fir  Arthur  Acland,  and  afterwards  of  fir 
Francis  Vincent,  bart. 

John  died  without  iffue,  as  did  alfo  Francis  the  fecond  fon  of  the  faid  John  Malet, 
and  brother  of  Robert:  whereupon  Malachi  the  third  furviving  fon  fucceeded. 

This  Malachi  married  Elizabeth  Trevanion  of  the  county  of  Cornwall,  and  by  her 
had  iffue 

Sir  Thomas  Malet  aforefaid,  knight,  and  heir  to  both  the  branches  of  this  family. 
The  faid  fir  Thomas,  1  July  17  Car.  I.  was  made  one  of  the  judges  of  the  King's 
bench;  and  31ft  May  12  Car.  II.  was  again  constituted  one  of  the  judges  of  the  faid 
court.  He  died  in  1665,  and  was  buried  at  Pointington,  leaving  iffue,  by  Jane  the 
daughter  of  Francis  Mills  of  Southampton, 

Sir  John  Malet,  of  St.  Audries,  knight,  who  by  Florence,  daughter  of  John 
Wyndham,  had  iffue  Baldwin  Malet,  of  St.  Audrics,  his  fucceffor;  William,  who 
died  at  Smyrna  unmarried;  and  John,  who  Mas  of  the  Middle  Temple,  and  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  fir  Roger  Moftyn,  of  Moftyn  in  Flintfhire,  bart.  by  whom  he 
had  feveral  children,  who  all  died  young.  He  had  likewifc  two  daughters,  Scnobia 
the  wife  of  Daniel  Hough  of  London,  and  Elizabeth  the  wife  of  Philip  Rofc;  both 
of  them  living  in  1714. 

1  The 


1 


94  E       N       M       O       R       E.  [^tltietJgfiClD. 

The  faid  Baldwin,  fon  and  heir  of  fir  John  Malet  aforefaid,  married  to  his  firft 
wife  Anne  daughter  of  fir  George  Horner,  of  Mells  in  this  county,  knight,  by  whom 
he  had  feveral  fo'.is,  neither  of  whom  left  any  ifluc  to  pofterity.  His  fecond  wife 
was  Anne,  daughter  of  George  Harbin,  merchant,  by  whom  alfo  he  had  feveral 
children,  who  all  died  unmarried  except  Alexander  the  youngeft,  reclor  of  Combe- 
Flory,  and  prebendary  of  Gloucefter. 

Which  Alexander  married  Anne,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Lawrence  St.  Lo,  D.  D. 
by  whom  he  had  two  fons,  Charles  Warre,  and  Alexander;  and  four  daughters,  viz. 
Margaret,  Catherine,  Elizabeth,  and  Anne.' 

Charles  Warre  Malet,  eldeft  fon  of  the  faid  Alexander,  has  been  long  refident  in 
India,  at  prefent  in  the  capacity  of  Ambaftador  from  the  company  to  Poonah,  and 
is  the  worthy  reprefentative  of  this  ancient  and  illuftrious  family. 

The  arms  of  the  family  of  Malet  are,  according  to  fir  W.  Polc,k  much  miftaken. 
The  coat  azure,  three  efcallops  or,  was  properly  the  coat  of  the  Deaudons  of  Devon- 
fhire,  which  was  aftumed  by  the  Malets  upon  their  intermarriage  with  the  heirefs  of 
Deaudon,  and  conftantly  ufed  by  them  ever  after.  But  the  true  arms  of  the  lords 
Malet  were,  Paly  of  fix,-  ermine  and  gules-,  over  all  a  lion  paffant  or.  Which  coat  of 
arms  was  imitated  by  the  family  of  Fitchet,  who  gave  gules,  a  lion  rampant  or, 
debruifed  with  a  bend  ermine,  and  fometimes  with  a  bend  argent;  and  on  the  bend 
.three  efcallops. 

The  manfion-houfe,  called  Enmore  Cajlle,  was  built  by  the  late  Earl  of  Egmont,1 
and  is  fituated  on  a  gently  rifing  hill  in  the  midflrof  a  fine  inclofed  country.  It  is  a 
very  lingular  ftructure,  being  a  large  quadrangular  embattled  pile,  built  of  a  reddifh 
dark-coloured  ftone,  having  femicircular  baftions  at  the  corners,  and  inclofing  a 
fpacious  court  within.  It  is  furrounded  by  a  dry  foffe  forty  feet  wide,  and  fixteen 
deep,  which  opens  all  round  into  the  offices  under  the  caftle,  and  alfo  into  a  range 
of  others  under  the  lawn  that  furrounds  it:  amongft  the  latter  are  the  ftables,  which 
are  all  under  ground;  the  principal  way  into  them  is  at  fome  diflance  from  the  caftle, 
the  entrance  being  at  the  fide  of  the  hill. 

In  this  parifli  is  alfo  a  pretty  houfe,  the  feat  of  Andrew  Guy,  efq;  with  fome 
elegant  plantations. 

Contiguous  to  Enmore  is  another  ancient  manor  of  the  name  of  Lexworthy. 
It  was  originally  written  Lccheftvrde,  and  is  furveyed  in  Domefday  book  in  three 
diftincT:  parcels. 

"  Eurard  holds  of  the  Earl  [Euftace  earl  of  Bulloigne]  Lecheswrde.  Alvvard  held 
"  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  virgate  of  land.     The  arable-is 

'•  Ex  ftemmate.  k  MSS.  Colleaions. 

1  For  the  progenitors  of  this  great  and  noble  family,  fee  vol.  iii.  p.  172,  173,  174. 

"  two 


anaetsfieio.]  E     N     M     o     r     e.  95 

"  two  carucatcs.  In  dcmcfnc  is  half  a  canicatc,  and  four  fervants,  and  four  villancs, 
"  and  three  bordars,  with  one  carucatc  and  a  half.  There  are  two  mills  which  pay 
"  two  balls  of  iron,  and  three  acres  of  meadow,  and  twenty  acres  of  wood.  It  wa  I 
•*  and  is  worth  thirty  {hillings." 

The  two  other  parcels  of  this  manor  are  furvcyed  immediately  after  Enmore. 

'*  Goisfrid  holds  of  Roger  Lcchcfwrdc.  Orgar  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
°  and  gelded  for  one  virgate  of  land.  The  arable  is  one  carucate,  which  is  held  by 
"  two  villancs,  and  two  cottagers.  There  is  a  mill  which  pays  two  balls  of  iron,  and 
"  three  acres  of  meadow.     It  was  and  is  worth  fifteen  (hillings." 

"  Goisfrid  holds  of  Roger  Lechefwrde.  Adeftan  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
"  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  virgate  of  land.  The  arable  is  three  carucates.  There 
**  are  four  villancs,  and  four  bordars,  and  two  fervants  having  two  ploughs.  There 
**  is  a  mill  which  pays  two  balls  of  iron,  and  five  acres  of  meadow,  and  twenty  acres 
n  of  wood.     It  was  and  is  worth  forty  (hillings. "' 

After  the  Conqucft  the  family  of  Furncll  were  fometime  lords  of  Lcxworthy;  but 
they  feem  to  have  held  it  under  the  Malets,  who  were  almoft  the  folc  pofleflbrs  of 
this  parifh,  and  it  is  now,  as  Enmore,  the  property  of  lord  Egmont. 

In  the  time  of  Henry  IV.  a  grant  was  made  to  fir  Baldwin  Malct,  knight,  of  a  fair 
to  be  held  in  this  parifh  for  two  days  yearly  on  the  eve  and  day  of  St.  John  the 
Baptift;  and  likewife  of  a  weekly  market  on  Monday;  but  neither  fair  nor  market 
is  now  continued. 

The  number  of  houfes  in  Enmore  is  forty-five,  and  of  inhabitants  about  two 
hundred  and  twenty. 

The  living  is  a  reclory  in  the  deanery  of  Bridgwater:  the  patronage  of  it  is  appen- 
dant to  the  manor:  the  rev.  Mr.  Jafon  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Michael,  is  a  confiderable  Gothic  ftruclure, 
eighty-eight  feet  long,  and  twenty  wide,  confiding  of  a  nave  and  chancel  tiled.  At 
the  weft  end  is  a  fquare  embattled  tower,  feventy  feet  high,  containing  a  clock  and 
five  bells. 

Againft  the  fouth  wall  of  the  nave  is  a  handfome  monument  of  different  kinds  of 
marble,  with  the  following  infeription: 

"  In  a  vault  near  this  place  lycth  interred  James  Jeanc,  of  Barford,  efq;  who  died 
Feb.  4,  1759,  agctl  64- 

"And  alfo  Margaret  Jeane,  relict  of  the  above-named,  who  died  Odl.  12,  1769, 
aged  73."     Arms:  Argent,  two  chcvronels  gules  andfaMc  between  three  rofes  pr 
impaling,  ermine,  three  bezants  on  a  bend  gules. 

Againft  the  eaficrn  wall  of  the  chancel,  near  the  communion  rails,  is  a  plain  blue 
ftonethus  inferibed: 

1  Lib.  Domcfdav. 

^♦In 


96  E     N     M      o      R     E.  [anBertffielD. 

"  In  memory  of  the  reverend  Thomas  Skynncr,  reftor  of  this  parifli,  and  mafter 
of  arts,  vicar  of  Wellington  and  Buckland,  and  chaplain  to  the  right  honourable 
John  lord  Berkley,  admiral  of  England,  who  departed  this  life  the  22d  of  Auguft  1729, 
aged  70  years. 

"  Alfo  in  memory  of  Thomas  Skynner  his  fon,  aged  four  years;  and  of  Anne  his 
daughter,  who  died  at  one  month  old." 

Arms:  Argent,  a  chevron  or,  between  three  griffins'  heads  tnSisi  fable  1  in  chief  a 
mullet  for  diftindlion. 

In  the  church-yard  is  an  old  crofs  pretty  entire,  and  an  ancient  yew  tree,  the  body 
whereof  is  nineteen  feet  round  at  the  height  oi  four  feet. 


THE 


I    97    1 


THE        HUNDRED 


O    F 


BATH-  FORUM 


IS  fituated  at  the  northeaft  point  of  the  county,  being  bounded  on  the  north  by  the 
county  of  Gloucefter ,  on  the  eaft  by  that  of  Wilts,  on  the  weft  by  the  hundred 
of  Keynfham;  and  on  the  fouth  and  fouthweft  by  that  of  Wellow.     It  extends 
from  North-Stoke  brow  on  the  north,  to  the  hamlet  of  Iford  in  Frefhfprd  parilh  on  the 
fouth,  ten  miles;  and  from  the  hamlets  of  Shockerwick  and  Warley  on  the  eaft,  to 
Swinford  in  the  parilh  of  Saltford  on  the  weft,  nine  miles. 
This  hundred  includes 

'Hampton  and  Claverton,  which  contain  the  parifhes  of  Bath- 
Hampton,  Claverton  and  Charlcombe. 

The  Liberties  of  ^Easton  and  Amrill,  comprifing  Bath-Eafton,  and  the  tithing  of 
Amnll,  or  Amorel,  from  which  place  it  derives  its  name.   Part 
of  this  tithing  is  in  the  parilh  of  St.  Catherine's. 
JThefe  were  anciently  exempt  liberties  of  the  church  of  Bath. 
The  furface  of  this  diftrift  is  one  continued  fucceflion  of  hills  and  vales,  highly  culti- 
vated.    It  is  watered  by  the  river  Avon,  which,  touching  Frefhford,  crofles  a  peninfula 
of  Wiltftiire,  and  re-enters  this  hundred  at  Monkton-Combe. 

From  the  numerous  hills  and  eminences,  the  moft  extenfive  as  well  as  picTurefque 
and  romant.ck  views  open  on  every  hand,  and  render  it  one  of  the  moft  beautiful  fpots 
in  this  county,  or  perhaps  any  other  county  in  the  kingdom. 

At  the  time  of  the  Conqueft  the  hundred  of  Bath-Forum  contained  ninety-five  hides, 
befides  twenty  wh.ch  belonged  to  the  borough  of  Bath,  and  paid  to  the  King  as  geld 
the  fum  of  ten  pounds.* 


■  Lib.  Domefday,  Extm. 

Vol.  I.  '  O 


14  Henry 


•4. 


98  THE  HUNDRED  OF  BATH-FORUM. 

14  Henry  II.  this  hundred  was  fined  three  marks  for  three  murders  committed 
herein.h 

This  hundred  is  divided  between  two  high  conftables;  and  has  for  its  lord  William 
Oliver,  M.  D.  who  holds  his  court  at  "Widcombe. 

Exclufive  of  Bath  it  contains  feventeen  parifhes,  one  thoufand  four  hundred  and 
ninety  houfes,  and  about  eight  thoufand  two  hundred  and  fifty  inhabitants. 

*  Mag.  Rot.  14  Hen.  II.  rot.  106. 


EATH- 


M&'JTotumj  [    99    J 


BATH-EASTON. 

THE  firft  parifli  to  be  defcribed  is  Bath-Eafton,  fituatcd  two  miles  eaftward  from 
the  city  of  Bath,  whence  it  obtained  its  appellation.  It  is  very  populous,  con- 
taining one  hundred  and  feventy-fix  houfes,  and  nearly  one  thoufand  inhabitants, 
and  comprifes  a  large  village,  part  whereof  is  delightfully  fituated  on  the  great  road 
from  London  to  Bath.  On  the  foutheaft  this  parifli  is  bounded  and  divided  from  Bath- 
Hampton  by  the  river  Avon,  which,  fringed  with  willows,  forms  an  eafy  bend  through 
a  range  of  fine  rich  meads,  called  Arno's-Vale,  extending  from  Bath-Ford  to  the  city. 
The  houfes  ftanding  along  the  turnpike-road  overlook  this  beautiful  valley,  with  the 
village  of  Hampton,  embofomed  in  trees  on  the  oppofite  banks  of  the  Avon,  and 
overhung  by  the  lofty  ridge  of  Hampton-down,  whereon  plantations  of  firs,  and  patches 
of  rugged  rocks,  are  contrafted  with  each  other. 

On  the  northweft  fide  of  the  village,  Salijbury  hill  rifes  with  a  fteep  afcent  from 
behind  the  houfes,  to  the  height  of  nearly  fix  hundred  feet  from  the  river.  On  this 
hill  antiquaries  have  fancied  that  Bladud  built  a  fecond  temple,  confecrated  to  Apollo. 
It  is  a  large  copped  eminence,  having  on  its  fummit  an  intrenchment  of  an  almoft  cir- 
cular fhape,  generally  fuppofed  to  be  Saxon,  and  to  have  been  thrown  up  by  that 
people  about  the  time  they  laid  fiege  to  Bath,  A.  D.  577.  Some  parts  of  the  vallum 
ftill  remain;  and  from  the  declivity  of  the  hill  we  may  judge  it  to  have  been  a  place 
of  no  inconfideiable  ftrength.  The  area  is  now  an  arable  field,  and  produces  fine 
crops  of  barley,  being  a  lightifli  ftone-rufh  foil,  almoft  covered  with  loofe  yellowifh 
rag-ftones.  In  fome  old  quarries,  and  in  the  lane  leading  up  to  this  hill,  are  great 
quantities  of  foffil  fhells,  of  the  anomia,  pecten,  trochus,  cardium,  cochlea,  and 
mufcle  kinds,  with  belemnites  and  foffil  coral.  About  midway  up  the  hill  hangs 
a  beautiful  grove,  which,  with  the  naked  fummit  rifing  behind  it,  forms  a  fine  pictu- 
refque  objeft. 

The  Roman  Fojfe  road  enters  this  parifh  on  the  northeaft  fide,  traverfing  the  down 
called  Banner,  or  Barrow-down,  and  communicates  with  the  London  road  at  a 
bridge  thrown  over  a  little  ftream,  which  runs  through  the  parifh,  and  difcharges 
itfelf  into  the  Avon.  The  Fofle  here  is  deep,  narrow,  and  overhung  with  hedges;  a 
circumftance,  which,  in  many  cafes,  the  Romans  could  not  avoid ;  fometimes  being 
under  the  neceffity  of  humouring  the  ground,  and  at  other  times  of  making  uft  of 
thofe  hollows  which  nature  herfelf  had  formed  therein  by  torrents  from  the  hills. 
But  the  general  method  was  to  raife  all  their  roads  in  Britain  as  high  as  pofiible 
from  the  common  level,  in  order  that  they  might  be  enabled  to  overlook  the  country 
through  which  they  pafl'ed,  and  guard  againft  the  ambufcades  of  the  Britons  lurking 
in  the  woods.  The  great  road  with  which  the  Fofie  here  joins  is  formed  on  the 
foundation  of  another  Roman  road,  called  Via  Badonka,  which  comes  from  Marlbo- 
rough in  Wiltfhire,  and  is  to  this  day  very  confpicuous  on  die  downs  above  Heddington 
in  that  county. 

O  2  As 


ioo  BATH-EASTON.         [T5at&«jFotum. 

As  the  Foffe  road  is  fo  intimately  connected  with,  and  frequently  afiumes  the  name 
of  the  Akeman  Street,  or  Via  Aqitina,  coming  out  of  Oxfordfhire  towards  Akemancefter, 
the  Eximia  Civitas  Aquarum,  I  fhall  trace  its  progrefs  from  the  junction  of  theje  two 
roads  at  Cirencefter,  the  ancient  Corinium,  firft  to  Bath,  the  primary  object  of  its  ten- 
dency, and  afterwards  to  its  termination  with  our  county  on  the  borders  of  Devon. 

'  The  FofTe-road  quits  the  town  of  Cirencefter  at  the  caftle  or  weft-gate,  and  confti- 
tutes  the  foundation  of  the  prefent  road  to  Bath,  Briftol,  and  the  weftern  parts  of 
England.     Skirting  the  noble  park  and  plantations  of  Earl  Bathurft,  (a  name  by  me 
ever  to  be  revered,   and  held  in  the  moft  grateful  remembrance)  it  paries  a  fmall 
Roman  caftrum  of  the  name  of  Truejbury,  fituated  on  its  northern  verge,  and  con- 
tinues its  courfe  in  a  ftrait  line  through  an  open  country,  for  the  fpace  of  four  miles 
from  Cirencefter,  to  a  fpot  corruptly  called  Jacuman's  Bottom,  but  more   properly 
Akeman 's  Bottom,  or  valley,  from  the  ftreet  whereon  it  is  fituated.     Here  the  turnpike 
and  the  Fofle  roads  feparate,  the  former  branching  off  towards  the  weft,  and  the  latter 
purfuing  a  fouthweft  direction  up  the  oppofite  hill,  on  the  foudi  fide  of  Cuckerton 
Grove,  a  fpot  where  Roman  money,  and  foundations  of  old  buildings,  have  heretofore 
been  difcovered.     In  this  part,  for  the  firft  time,  the  original  face  of  the  Fofle  fhews 
itfelf  in  a  high  ridge,  with  the  old  ditches  on  either  fide,  to  which  it  owes  its  appella- 
tion.    Quitting  the  grove  it  pafles  between  and  divides  the  parifhes  of  Crudwell 
and  Aftiley,  at  which  laft  place  divers  Roman  remains  have  been  dug  up ;  whence  it 
proceeds  to  the  pariih  of  Long-Newnton,  a  grange  formerly  belonging  to  the  abbots  of 
Malmfbury,"  where  a  rich  profpect  opens  fouthweftward,  difclofing  Malmfbury  minfter, 
and  the  new-built  manfion  of  Thomas  Eftcourt,  efq.     About  half  a  mile  from  this 
elevation  it  crofies  the  road  leading  from  Tetbury  to  Malmfbury  and  the  Devizes,  and 
defcending  the  hill  fords  a  fmall  ftream  running  through  a  narrow  valley  well-wooded, 
and  beautifully  green.     It  foon  after  bifects  the  parifhes  of  Shipton-Moigne  and  Bro- 
kenborough,  now  pafling  over  the  open  field,  and  now  through  green  lanes,  fhaded  on 
either  fide  with  oak  and  hazel.     In  the  adjoining  pariih  of  Eafton-Grey  it  communi- 
cates its  name  to  the  remarkable  eminence  of  Fofs-Knoll;  and  here  flood  the  ancient 
city  of  Whitewalls,  denominated  without  doubt  from  the  appearance  of  the  walls  with 
which  it  was  environed.     This  city  was  of  confiderable  extent,  and  not  only  its 
mafoned  rampires,  but  the  remains  of  four  gates,  and  a  feries  of  ruined  foundations  of 
buildings  within  its  area,  have  been  difclofed.     A  vaft  quantity  of  Roman  coins,  par- 
ticularly of  Vefpafian,  Trajan,  Adrian,  Antoninus  Pius,  and  Fauftina,  authenticate  the 
antiquity  of  this  curious,  but  little  noted  fpot. 

Leaving  the  towers  of  Eafton-Grey  and  Sherfton  on  the  right-hand,  it  fkirts  a 
large  wood  called  Common-wood,  where  it  fevers  the  pariih  of  Sherfton  on  the  right 
from  that  of  Hullavington  on  the  left.  About  a  mile  from  this  wood,  in  the 
pariih  of  Alderton,  clofe  by  the  road  fide,  ftands  a  fingular  natural  curiofity,  a  hillock* 

*  In  the  charter  of  King  Edward  the  Confeffor,  reciting  the  grants  of  former  kings  to  the  abbey  of  Malmfbury, 
we  find  the  following  notice  of  this  eftate,  and  of  the  road  which  I  am  now  defcribing,  viz.  "  Imprimis  Neivem- 
"  tune,  ex  dune  Eatbtlredi  Regis ;  terra  eft  xxx  bidarum,fita  ab  occidental!  parte  Jlratee  public*?  qua  FofTa  nomina- 
\  "  tur."    Mon.  Angl.  i.  51. 

on 


IBatMorum.]        BATH-EASTON.  ioi 

on  which  an  elm  and  afh  tree  grow  fo  near  together  that  they  feem  to  fpring  from 
one  common  root;  whence  the  fpot  is  termed  by  the  country  people  Elmanajb. 
The  tradition  is,  that  a  man  was  buried  in  the  hillock,  and  that  two  flakes  were  rim 
through  his  body,  which  thenceforward  grew,  and  in  procefs  of  time  became  large 
trees  incorporated  at  it  were  in  clofe  union  one  with  the  other.  The  Fofle  here  is  nar- 
row, and  confined  betwixt  much  wood. 

At  the  concourfe  of  the  pariflies  of  Grittleton,  Littleton,  and  Caftlecombe,  it  enters 
the  Malmfbury  turnpike-road,  and  continues  with  it  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile,  where, 
at  an  inn  called  the  Fcjfe-Houfe,  it  interfects  the  high  road  from  Briftol  through  Chip- 
penham to  London. 

At  about  three  furlongs  diftance  from  this  interferon,  and  two  hundred  yards  from 
the  road,  on  the  right  hand,  is  a  very  remarkable  barrow  of  an  oblong  form,  two  hun- 
dred feet  in  length,  eighty  in  breadth,  and  nine  in  height,  running  nearly  due  eaft  and 
weft.  At  the  eaft  end  is  a  monument  of  the  Cifl-faen  kind,  confuting  of  three  ftones, 
the  tranfverfe  of  which  is  fallen  down,  and  reclines  againft  the  uprights.  The  fouthern- 
moft  of  thefe  uprights  is  fix  feet  nine  inches  in  height,  and  that  on  the  north  fide 
fix  feet.  The  tranfverfe  ftone  is  eleven  feet  fix  inches  long,  and  from  four  to  fix 
feet  wide.  I  doubt  not  that  this  was  the  monument  of  fome  Roman  chief,  who  died 
on  the  march,  and  was  commemorated  in  this  rude  manner  for  want  of  time  and 
other  conveniences. 

Soon  after  this,  the  Fofle  vifits  the  little  village  of  Nettleton,  and  pafles  within 
view  of  the  tower  of  Weft-Kington  upon  the  right.  On  the  left  hand  is  Caftlecombe. 
Towards  the  fouth  lies  the  village  of  North-Wraxall,  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  diftant. 
The  road  then  flopes  between  the  high  towers  of  Marfhfield  and  Colern,  nearly 
equidiftant  from  both,  and  commanding  a  delightful  profpect  of  the  Wiltfliire  hills, 
Roundaway-camp,  and  Bradenftoke-abbey.  Hence  traverfing  a  deep  combe  or  valley, 
at  the  bottom  of  which  runs  a  limpid  rivulet,  the  banks  whereof  are  planted  with 
poplars,  it  continues  its  caurfe  till  it  joins  the  Colern  road,  about  a  mile  from  that 
village,  where  its  high  bank  is  very  obfervable,  and  has  a  picturefque  appearance. 
With  this  road  it  continues  for  a  confiderable  length,  palling  by  the  three  fliire  ftones, 
at  the  junction  of  the  counties  of  Wilts,  Somerfet,  and  Gloucefter,  and  foon  after 
crofies  Banner-down,  defcends  the  weftern  brow  of  the  hill,  nearly  oppofite  to  the  upper 
part  of  the  village  of  Bath-Eafton,  and  joins  the  Via  Badonica,  as  beforementioned. 

Through  the  greater  part  of  the  tract  above  defcribed,  this  road  is  by  travellers,  and 
the  inhabitants  of  the  country  through  which  it  pafles,  emphatically,  and  with  great 
propriety,  called  the  Long-Lane. 

From  the  point  of  its  junction  with  the  Via  Badonica,  the  Fofle  pafles  on  the  northern 
bank  of  the  river  Avon  to  Walcot,  (where,  as  I  have  faid  before,  a  vicinal  way  branches 
off"  toward  the  Trajetlus)  and  thence  to  the  north  gate  of  the  city  of  Bath.  Leaving  the 
fouth  gate  of  the  city  it  pafled  the  river  Abone  or  Avon  by  a  ford,  (the  veftiges  of  which 
were  difcernible  in  the  beginning  of  the  prefent  century)  and  mounted  the  hill  up  that 

deep 


io2  BATH-EASTON.         PBatfcJFOtttm. 

deep  and  narrow  ftreet  called  Holloway,  from  the  remarkable  cavity  of  the  road  below 
the  foundation  of  the  buildings.  At  the  extremity  of  Holloway  it  coincides  with  the 
new  road  towards  Wells  and  Shepton-Mallet,  and  runs  in  conjunction  with  it  upwards 
of  three  miles,  in  the  courfe  of  which  it  is  fo  incorporated  with  the  other  as  not  to  be 
diftinguifhable;  but  on  the  hill  over  againft  the  village  of  Combe-Hay,  being  deferted 
by  the  turnpike-road,  it  difplays  its  ancient  original  vallum,  little  altered  by  the  fucceffion 
of  fixteen  hundred  years,  its  furface  being  convex,  and  raifed  to  a  great  height  above 
the  ditches  which  inclofe  it,  and  the  fields  which  bound  it  on  either  hand.  Defcending 
the  hill  it  crofies  the  turnpike-road  at  Dunkerton  bridge,  and  is  again  feen  climbing  in 
a  flrait  direction  the  oppofite  acclivity,  on  the  brow  of  which  it  again  conjoins  the 
modern  road,  and  runs  with  it  through  the  parifhes  of  Wellow  and  Camerton,  to  the 
ancient  tumulus  of  Woodborough,  which  is  generally  fuppofed  to  be  Roman,  by  the 
coins  of  Adrian,  Antoninus,  and  other  Emperors,  which  have  been  ploughed  up  in  the 
adjoining  field.  Near  this  the  turnpike -road  and  Fofie  again  feparate,  that  going 
through  the  village  of  Radftock,  and  this,  in  one  part  remarkably  perfeft,  palling  on 
between  lands  of  Camerton  and  Midfummer-Norton  on  the  weft,  and  of  Radftock  on 
the  eaft,  till  it  reaches  the  fouthern  limits  of  the  parifh  of  Radftock,  where  it  again 
meets  with  the  prefent  high-road,  and  pafles  on  therewith  between  the  parifhes  of 
Norton  and  Kilmerfdon,  till  the  Wells  and  Shepton  roads  feparate;  whence  it  goes 
with  the  latter  through  the  village  of  Stratton  on  the  Fojfe,  and  thence  between  Afhwick 
and  Stratton  to  Afhwick-Grove ;  pafiing  through  which  it  proceeds  between  lands  of 
Shepton-Mallet  and  Stoke-Lane,  till  it  comes  to  a  diftinguifhed  fpot,  on  an  elevated 
part  of  the  foreft  of  Mendip,  called  the  Beacon.  \  * 

This  beacon  appears  to  have  flood  on  the  eaftern  verge  of  the  Fofle-way,  and  com- 
manded a  mod  extenfive  and  advantageous  profpeft  of  the  fouthern  part  of  the  county  in 
general,  and  of  many  Roman  camps  around  in  particular,  fuch  as  Clay-hill,  Battlebury, 
&c.  in  Wiltfhire  on  the  eaft;  and  Mafbury,  Cadbury,  Hamden,  and  Neroche,  in  this 
county;  and  Pillefdon  and  Lambert's- caftle  in  the  county  of  Dorfet,  lying  nearly  fouth. 

From  the  beacon  the  Fofie  pafles  fouthward  through  a  newly  inclofed  farm,  and 
from  the  lower  part  of  it  through  a  rocky  lane  to  the  hamlet  of  Charlton  in  the  parifh 
of  Shepton-Mallet,  leaving  that  town  about  a  mile  to  the  weft. 

From  Charlton  it  purfues  its  track  to  Cannard's-Grave,  (anciently  called  Kyneard's- 
Grave,b  or  Wood,  being  an  eftate  once  belonging  to  the  abbots  of  Glaftonbury)  where 
it  is  joined  by  the  turnpike-road  from  Shepton-Mallet  to  Ivelchefter. 

Leaving  Cannard's-Grave,  it  proceeds  between  lands  of  the  parifhes  of  Pilton  and 
Doulting,  through  the  hamlet  of  Street  on  the  Fojfe,  within  the  parifh  of  Pylle;  thence 
between  Eaft-Pennard  and  Ditcheat  through  the  village  of  Weft-Lydford  between 
Charlton  and  Babcary,  Kingfdon  and  Puddimore-Milton,  to  the  ancient  Roman  town 
IJcalis,  or  Ivelchefter. 

From  Ivelchefter  the  Fofie  runs  between  lands  in  the  parifhes  of  Martock  and 
Stoke;  and  at  about  four  miles  fouth  from  Ivelchefter  we  find  the  grand  caftrum  of 

b  From  the  Saxon  snsp,  focus. 

Hamden- 


TSatfcJForum.]       bath-easton.  103 

Hamden-Hill,  fituated  due  eaft,  and  about  a  mile  diftant  from  the  road,  whence 
a  vicinal  way  branched  to  the  encampment  through  the  village  of  Stoke-under - 
Hamden.  Hence  the  FofTe  goes  with  the  Ilminfter  turnpike-road  to  the  hamlet  of 
Watergore  in  the  parifh  of  South-Petherton,  leaving  that  town  about  a  mile  to  the 
weft;  it  then  takes  its  courfe  througli  the  village  of  Lopen  to  Chillington-down, 
where  it  is  joined  by  the  turnpike-road  from  Crewkerne  to  Axminfter.  Here  it 
commands  a  view  of  the  encampments  of  Pillefdon  and  Lambert's-caftle,  at  about 
feven  miles  diftance  on  the  eaft,  and  the  caftle  of  Neroche  at  about  eight  miles 
diftance  on  the  weft;  the  road  from  the  former  to  the  FofTe  palling  through  Bur- 
ftock  and  Wayford,  and  from  the  laft-mentioned  through  Broadway,  Ilminfter,  and 
Kingftone. 

From  Chillington-down  the  Fofie  pafies  over  White-down,  through  the  hamlet  of 
Street  in  the  parifh  of  Winfham,  over  the  fouth  end  of  Chard  Common,  about  two 
miles  foutheaftward  from  that  town,  through  the  hamlet  of  Perry-ftreet,  near  which 
it  falls  in  with  the  turnpike-road  from  Chard  to  Axminfter,  at  which  fpot  the  county 
of  Somerfet  ends ;  the  FofTe  thence  continuing  its  courfe  over  a  fmall  part  of  the 
county  of  Dorfet  into  Devonfhire,  about  three  miles  northeaft  from  Axminfter,  through 
which  town  it  pafied  to  Honiton,  Exeter,  &c. 

But  to  return  from  this  long  digrefiion  to  the  fpot  I  was  firft  fpeaking  of. 

The  village  of  Bath-Eafton  is  divided  into  two  parts,  the  Upper  and  Lower.  The 
upper  part  lies  northward  from  the  great  road,  and  contains  the  church  and  feveral 
handfome  houfes,  one  of  which  was  the  refidence  of  the  late  ingenious  architect  John 
Wood,  efq;  to  whom  the  city  of  Bath  is  indebted  for  fo  many  of  its  noble  ftructures.. 
The  other  part  of  Bath-Eafton  lies  parallel  with  the  Roman  road. 

On  the  north  fide  of  this  road,  at  a  fmall  diftance  from  the  village,  on  an  eminence 
commanding  a  moft  pleafing  profpecT:  of  a  rich  vale,  waflied  by  the  river  Avon, 
and  bounded  by  romantick  towering  hills  and  rocks,  ftands  Bath-Eafton  Villa,  the 
elegant  feat  of  Sir  John  Miller,  bart.  of  whofe  family  we  learn  the  following  particulars: 

Early  in  the  reign  of  James  IV.  there  were  in  Scotland  five  heads  of  families,  and 
matters  of  manfions,  of  confiderable  property  and  confideration,  of  the  name  of  Miller, 
generally  allied  to  each  other ;  as  in  that  country  intermarriages  of  kindred  have  been 
peculiarly  prevalent. 

William  Miller,  of  the  Slate,  is  recorded  to  have  ferved  in  perfon  near  James  IV. 
at  the  difaftrous  battle  of  Flodden-field  in  1 5 1 3. 

John  Miller,  of  the  Slate,  his  eldeft  fon,  and  anceftor  to  the  prefent  baronet,  married 
Ann  Culwel,  the  eldeft  of  two  coheirefies  of  that  name  and  family,  by  whom  he  added 
a  fair  property  to  his  paternal  eftate,  already  confiderable  for  its  extent,  and  for  the 
command  it  gave;  by  her  he  had  iflue  three  fons,  John,  James,  and  William. 

John,  the  eldeft,  inherited  the  family  eftate  of  the  Slate.  To  James  his  father  left 
the  ample  property  of  Temple,  and  other  lands  in  the  (hire  of  Air;  having  fold  his 

portion 


io4  BATH-EAST   ON.  [ISat^JTorum. 

portion  of  the  Culwel  eftate,  which  came  by  his  wife,  to  make  that  purchafe.     And 
William  died  young  without  fettlement  or  profeffion. 

This  John  married  Barbara  Mackay,  only  fifter  to  Donald  the  firft  lord  Rea,  and 
by  her  had  ifiue  John  and  William,  and  feveral  daughters. 

John  married  Agnes  Campbell,  daughter  of  fir  Duncan  Campbell,  of  Glenorchy, 
fifter  to  the  lady  of  fir  William  Murray,  who  was  grandmother  to  the  firft  marquis  of 
Athol,  and  by  her  had  ifiue  John  and  James,  who  both  fat  in  the  Scottifh  parlia- 
ment at  the  commencement  of  the  civil  war,  (when  the  peers  and  commons  formed 
only  one  houfe.)  John's  inclinations  were  to  the  republican  caufe;  James's  to  that  of 
the  king. 

John  the  fon  of  Agnes  Campbell,  in  a  vifit  to  Ireland  in  1643,  having  married 
Elfe  the  only  fifter  of  fir  Charles  Porter,  afterwards  lord  chancellor  of  that  kingdom, 
foon  after  fold  all  his  property  in  Scotland,  and  purchafed  confiderable  eftates  in  the 
county  of  Antrim  in  Ireland,  called  New-Town,  C lough-Mills,  Clownevees,  &c.  &c. 
Alfo  other  manors  and  eftates  near  Dungannon  in  the  county  of  Tyrone,  where  he 
refided.  Thefe  laft  he  purchafed  of  fir  Arthur  Chichefter,  anceftor  of  the  earl  of 
Donegal:  they  were  denominated  Killyman,  Killymadden,  and  Killymean.  By  his 
wife  Elfe  he  had  two  fons,  Ifaac  and  John;  Ifaac  died  young  and  unmarried;  and 
John  married  Margaret  Caulfield,  only  fifter  to  Thomas  the  firft  vifcount  Charlemont, 
at  the  early  age  of  feventeen.  He  died  in  his  twentieth  year,  and  in  the  life-time  of 
his  father,  leaving  two  fons  by  his  wife  Margaret  Caulfield,  John  and  William:  which 
William,  in  pafling  from  England  to  Ireland,  was  by  diftrefs  of  weather  driven  into 
the  Ifie  of  Mann,  where  being  immediately  captivated  by  the  charms  of  a  beautiful 
Manks  woman,  to  her  he  entirely  devoted  himfelf,  and  there  lived  and  died  without 
further  communication  with  his  family,  country,  or  property. 

John  the  elder  brother,  who  inherited  the  family  eftate  in  Ireland,  (no  commu- 
nication or  intercourfe  having  for  a  long  time  fubfifted  between  the  Irifti  and  Scottifh 
branches  of  his  family)  though  but  nineteen  years  of  age  at  the  commencement  of 
the  revolution  in  1688,  (when  the  laws,  the  liberty,  and  the  religion  of  his  country 
feemed  to  him  ready  to  expire  under  the  prefilire  of  popery  and  defpotifm)  raifed 
from  among  his  tenants  and  neighbours  a  company,  confiding  of  one  hundred  and 
ten  men;  thefe  he  clothed,  armed,  difciplined,  and  moreover  maintained,  during 
a  confiderable  part  of  that  war,  chiefly,  if  not  folely,  at  his  own  expence;  having 
fold  his  family  plate,  and  contracted  heavy  debts  for  that  purpofe;  the  revenues  of 
Ireland  being  then  too  fcanty,  and  its  government  too  ill-adminiftered,  to  admit  of 
its  fully  fupporting  fuch  of  its  fubjects  as  armed  and  arrayed  in  the  caufe  of  the 
revolution.  At  the  head  of  this  company,  he  a£ted  with,  and  afterwards  joined 
himfelf  to,  and  became  incorporated  in,  the  renowned  Innifkillen  regiment,  which 
formed  a  part  of  the  garrifoh  of  Londonderry ;  where  the  firft  great  ftand  was  made 
againft  the  Popifh  army,  and  where  that  diftinguifhed  garrifon  endured  dangers, 
difficulties,  and  diftreffes,  rarely  to  be  equalled  in  the  annals  of  mankind.  He  after- 
wards ferved  with  that  corps  at  the  action  of  the  Penny-Burn  Mills,  the  battles  of  the 

Boyne 


lSatb'JTorum.j      B  a  t  h  -  E  a  s  t  o  n.  105- 

Boync  and  of  Aughrim;  and  laftly,  at  the  fiege  and  capitulation  of  Limerick;  whi(  h 
capitulation  put  a  happy  period  to  (hat  important  war,  and  fully  confirmed  to  thefe 
kingdoms  their  liberty  and  their  religion.  He  was  four  times  wounded  very  fevcrcly 
in  the  leg,  and  had  three  ribs  of  his  right  fide  complcatly  extracted.  King  William's 
government  being  folidly  cftabliihcd,  he  rcfigncd  his  majority  in  the  Innifkillcn 
regiment;  and  much  admiring  that  part  of  the  county  of  Clare  near  the  banks  of  the 
Shannon,  made  it  his  future  refidence.  He  married  one  of  the  daughters  of  lord 
Blancy,  baron  of  Monaghan  in  Ireland,  by  whom  he  had  two  fons,  John  and  I  lcnrj. 
John  the  cldeft  fon  married  Anne  Browne,  of  New-Grove  in  the  fame  county,  who 
was  of  aKcntifh  family,  and  immediately  defcended  from  fir  Thomas  Browne,  trea- 
furer  of  the  houfhold  to  king  Henry  VI.  She  bore  on  her  arms,  ermine,  an  eagle 
difplaycd,  gules.  The  above-mentioned  John  died  in  his  father's  lifetime  1736, 
and  was  buried  in  Drumlin  church  in  the  county  of  Clare,  where  there  is  a  monument 
to  his  memory.  By  Anne  his  faid  wife  he  was  father  of  two  fons,  William,  and  John 
the  prcfent  baronet. 

William,  who  had  early  diftinguifhed  himfelf  in  the  univerfity  of  Dublin,  and  was- 
in  all  refpeds  a  youth  of  great  expectation,  died  fuddenly  at  Lciccftcr  in  1762.. 

John  the  younger  fon  received  his  education  firft  at  Dalfton  fchool  near  London, 
then  at  Eaton ;  and  after  paffing  four  years  at  Trinity  college,  Cambridge,  early  in 
1760  he  was  appointed  cornet  in  general  Elliot's  regiment  of  light  dragoons:  with 
this  regiment  he  fcrved  in  Germany  at  the  diftinguifhed  adion  of  Emfdorf,  on  the 
16"'  of  July  1760.  In  November  1761  a  company  being  given  him  in  the  1 
battalion  of  foot,  with  that  corps  he  embarked  for  the  ifland  of  Belleifie  on  the 
coaft  of  France,  where  he  continued  to  the  end  of  that  glorious  war.  In  1 765 
he  married  Anna  the  only  daughter  of  Edward  Riggs,  (by  Margaret  Pigotr,  of  the 
ancient  houfe  of  Chetwynd  in  Shropfhire)  and  folc  heirefs  to  her  grandfather  the 
right  honourable  Edward  Riggs,  one  of  the  commiflioners  of  his  Majefty's  revenue 
in  Ireland,  and  member  of  parliament  in  that  kingdom  for  the  borough  of  Killybcggs. 
In  1778  he  was  created  a  baronet  of  the  kingdom  of  Ireland;  and  at  the  general 
election  in  1784  returned  to  ferve  in  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Newport  in 
Cornwall.  In  17&1  lady  Miller  died,  leaving  two  children,  a  fon  and  a  daughter. 
Sir  John  Miller  bears  for  his  arms:  argent,  a  fefs  wavy  azure  >  between  three  wolves' 
heads  erafed,  gules.  Motto,  Pro  religione  et  patria.  Creft,  on  a  wreath,  a  wolf's 
head  erafed,  argent.* 

*  In  thefe  arms  both  the  fefs  and  colours  are  different  from  thofe  of  the  Kcntifh  Millers.  Their  near 
refemblance,  however,  to  the  arms  borne  by  the  Millers  of  Kent,  (the  lart  baronet  of  that  family  fir  Borlace 
Miller  having  died  in  1714  without  male  iffue,  the  title  became  extincl,  and  the  property  was  carried  into- 
other  families  by  the  females)  juftifies  a  preemption,  that  that  family  was  of  Scotifh  origin,  being  confeffedly 
of  inferior  antiquity  to  the  Millers  of  Scotland.  See  Ilaftcd's  Hittory  of  Kent,  and  Andcrfon's  and  Nemit's 
genealogies  of  Scotland.  But  vifitations  being  unknown  in  Scotland  and  in  Ireland,  and  the  civil  convuHion* 
which  have  agitated  both  thofe  countries,  to  the  dclWrion  of  many  records  both  of  apublick  and  of  a  private 
nature,  a*  well  as  the  frequent  variations  of  fituation,  and  of  property,  of  thofe  who  were  affefted  by  fuch 
publick  events,  ncccfiarily  impede  a  perfeftiy  regular  dedutfion  of  defcent  in  the  prefent  as  well  as  in  many 
other  inftances. 

Vol.  I.  P  Thu 


to6  -BATH-EASTON.        [ISatMotlim. 

The  parrfh  of  Bath-Eafton  was  in  ancient  times  fimply  written  Eflone,  and  was 
parcel  of  the  poffeflions  of  the  Saxon  kings.  In  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror 
it  was  divided;  one  part  thereof  being  royal  demefne,  and  the  other  the  property 
of  the  church  of  Bath,  as  we  find  it  in  the  general  furvey  of  that  reign. 

The  land  of  the  king.  "  The  king  holds  Eftone.  There  are  two  hides,  and  it 
**  gelded  for  one  hide.  The  arable  is  ten  carucates.  In  demefne  is  one  carucate, 
4t  and  two  fervants,  and  {even  coliberts,b  and  thirteen  villanes,  and  three  bordars, 
"  and  three  cottagers,0  with  five  ploughs.  There  are  two  mills,  rented  at  one  hun- 
"  dred  pence,  and  fifty  acres  of  meadow,  and  two  miles  of  coppice  wood  in  length 
*c  and  breadth.  Thefe  two  hides  were,  and  are,  of  the  demefne  farm  of  the  borough 
«  of  Bath." 

The  land  of  the  church  of  Bath.  "  Walter  holds  of  the  church  Eftone.  Ulward 
•"  the  abbot  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  a  half. 
*'  The  arable  is  two  carucates.  In  demefne  is  one  carucate,  with  one  villanc,  and 
"  eight  bordars,  with  one  plough.  There  are  two  mills  of  fix  (hillings  and  eight- 
-"  pence  -rent.  There  are  two  acres  of  meadow.  It  was  worth  thirty  (hillings,  now 
"  forty  (hillings."11 

The  former  portion  of  the  lands  here  defcribed,  together  with  the  city  of  Bath,  to 
which  they  were  annexed,  king  William  Rufus  in  the  fifth  year  of  his  reign  beftowed 
on  John  de  Villula,  biftiop  of  Bath,  and  his  fucceflbrs,  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms. 
Shortly  after,  viz.  7  Henry  I.  the  faid  bifhop  conveyed  the  greater  part  of  his  lands 
here  to  the  abbey  and  convent  of  St.  Peter  in  the  city  of  Bath,  referving  to  himfelf  a 
fuperior  right  in  the  manor,  which  was  thenceforward  held  under  the  bifhoprick. 

The  firft  lords  of  Bath-Eafton  that  occur  after  the  above-mentioned  date,  are,  the 
family  of  Ofatus,  or  Hofatus,  afterwards-  foftened  into  Hufee  and  Huffy,  who  in  the 
time  of  Henry  II.  when  the  aid  was  levied  for  marrying  Maud  the  king's  daughter  to 
the  duke  of  Saxony,  held  feveral  fees  in  thefe  parts  of  the  bilhop  of  Bath.e  Their 
principal  feat  was  at  Shockerwick  in  the  parifti  of  Bath-Ford. f 

In  the  time  of  the  Edwards  the  manor  was  held  by  the  family  of  Fitzurfe,  or 
Fitzour,  lords  of  Wiliton  in  this  county.  Upon  the  death  of  fir  Ralph  Fitzurfe 
35  Edw.  III.  this,  among  other  his  eftates,  was  affigned  to  Maud  his  eldeft  daughter, 
the  wife  of  fir  Hugh  Durborough,  fon  and  heir  of  fir  John  Durborough  of  Heath- 
field.  The  faid  lady  Maud  feems  to  have  made  this  fome  time  the  place  of  her 
refidence.  Hence  the  manor  paffed  to  the  family  of  Brien,  who  had  large  poflefllons 
in  this  part  of  the  county.     20  Ric.  II.  William  Brien  held  at  his  death  this  manor, 

b  The  coliberti  were  tenants  in  free  focage,  or  fuch  as  being  villanes  were  manumitted  by  their  lord,  on 
condition  of  fome  particular  works  and  fervices. 

c  The  difference  betwixt  the  bordarii  and  cotarii  is  this: — the  former  did  fervice  for  their  pofTeflions,  fup- 
plying  their  lord's  table  with  poultry,  eggs,  &c. :  the  latter  paid  a  certain  rent  for  fmall  parcels  of  land 
without  firvice.     The  prefent  word  cottager  is  applicable  to  bgth. 

A  Lib.  Domefdar.  •  Lib.  niger.  Scac.  i.  86.  f  Cart.  Antiq. 

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•EattKforttm.]       bath-easton.  107 

with  that  of  Shockerwick  and  others,  of  the  bifhop  of  Bath  by  knight's  fcrvice, 
leaving  Philippa  the  wife  of  John  Devercux,  or  Devcrofc,  and  Elizabeth  the  wife  of 
Robert  Level,  daughter  of  Guy  Bryen,  jun.  heirs  to  his  eftates.  Joan  his  wife  fur- 
viving  him  had  an  aflignation  of  this  and  fome  other  manors  in  dower.  After  her 
death  Philippa  the  faid  wife  of  John  Dcvcreux  became  poffeffed  hereof.  She  fur- 
viving  her  faid  hufband,  married  fecondly  fir  Henry  le  Scroop,  knight,  afterwards 
created  lord  Scroop,  and  died  8  Henry  IV.  being  then  feized  in  her  demefne  as  of 
fee  of  the  manors  of  Bath-Eafton  and  Shockerwick,  which  flic  held  of  the  bifliop 
of  Bath.  In  35  Henry  VI.  it  was  found  by  inquifition,  that  Avicia,  the  wife  of" 
James  Botelcr  earl  of  Wiltfhire,  late  attainted  for  treafon,  held  Bath-Eafton  of  John 
Newton,  efq;  as  of  his  manor  of  Swell  in  this  county.  She  died  that  year,  and 
Humphry  Stafford  is  certified  to  be  her  heir.  In  the  next  reign  Edmund  Blunt  held 
the  fame,  and  died  8  Edw.  IV.  leaving  Simon  his  fon  and  heir,  of  the  age  of  fixtccn 
years:  which  Simon  fecms  to  have  had  large  property  in  thefc  parts,  and  to  have 
reflded  for  fome  time  at  the  neighbouring  village  of  Swainfwick,  which  was  another 
of  his  manors;  for  in  the  atteftation  of  a  deed  he  ftiles  himfelf  of  that  place.  He 
died  16  Edw.  IV.  leaving  Margery  his  daughter  and  heir,  then  of  the  age  of  twenty- 
eight  years."  In  4  and  5  Philip  and  Mary,  Thomas  carl  of  Northumberland  held' 
the  faid  manor.  In  1667  the  fame  was,  for  the  confidcration  of  600I.  conveyed  by 
fir  Robert  Button  of  Tockenham-Court,  bait.  William  Duckett  of  Hartham,  efq; 
and  Thomas  Blanchard  of  North-Wraxall,  clerk,  to  James  Lancafliire,  of  Manchcfter, 
efq j  which  is  almoft  the  laft  account  we  can  find  of  this  manor,  for  at  prefent  no 
court  is  held,  nor  manerial  right  claimed. 

The  church  of  Bath-Eaflon  was  in  early  times  appropriated  to  the  abbey  of  Bath,, 
and  was  in  1292  valued  at  fifteen  marks. h     There  having  been  fome  controverfy  be- 
twixt the  prior  and  convent  of  that  monaftery,  and  the  vicar  of  this  parifh,  concerning 
certain  tithes,  Sec.  it  was  at  laft,  in  1 262,  agreed  by  way  of  compolition  between  both 
parties  as  follows :  That  the  vicar  for  the  time  being  fhould  in  future  receive  all  ' 
oblations,  and  fmall  obventions,  tithes  of  horfes,   colts;  Heifers,  fwine,  flax,  wool,., 
milk,  honey,  gardens,  pigeons,  and  mills  of  the  faid  parilh,  except  in  certain  lands 
belonging  to  the  prior  and  convent:  that  the  faid  vicar  fhould  have  a  dwelling-houfe 
fituated  near  to  the  church,  with  a  competent  garden  and  curtilage,  and  the  grafe  of 
the  church-yard;  together  with  the  tithes  of  all  the  hay  of  the  fields  contiguous  to- 
the  Avon  within  this  parifh,  and  likewife  all  mortuaries  whatfoevcr;     That  the  faid 
vicar  fhould  fuftain  all  ordinary  vicarial  burdens,  together  with  the  chantry  of  the 
chapel  of  St.  Catherine  within  the  faid  parifh,  the  vicar  for  the  time  being  to  provide 
at  his  own  cxpence  a  chaplain  for  the  daily  fcrvice  thereof,  who  fliall  every  day, 
except  the  Lord's  day  and  folemn  feftivals,  celebrate  mafs,  with  the  full  fcrvice  for 
the  deceafed,  viz.  the  Dirigc  and  Placebo,  and  efpecial  commendations  for  the  fouls 
of  all  the  bifhops  that  have  filled  the  cathedral  fee  of  Bath  and  Wells ;  and  for  the 

*Efc.  *Taxat.  Spiritu.1. 

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a 06  B   A   T   H  -  E   A   3   T   O   N.        [10atMorum. 

The  parHh  of  Bath-Eafton  was  in  ancient  times  (imply  written  Eftone,  and  was 
parcel  of  the  poffeflions  of  the  Saxon  kings.  In  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror 
it  was  divided;  one  part  thereof  being  royal  demefne,  and  the  other  the  property 
of  the  church  of  Bath,  as  we  find  it  in  the  general  furvey  of  that  reign. 

The  land  of  the  king.  "  The  king  holds  Eftone.  There  are  two  hides,  and  it 
*  gelded  for  one  hide.  The  arable  is  ten  carucates.  In  demefne  is  one  carucate, 
*«  and  two  fervants,  and  (even  coliberts,b  and  thirteen  villanes,  and  three  bordars, 
"  and  three  cottagers,0  with  five  ploughs.  There  are  two  mills,  rented  at  one  hun- 
"  dred  pence,  and  fifty  acres  of  meadow,  and  two  miles  of  coppice  wood  in  length 
*c  and  breadth.  Thefe  two  hides  were,  and  are,  of  the  demefne  farm  of  the  borough 
"«•  of  Bath." 

The  land  of  the  church  of  Bath.  "  Walter  holds  of  the  church  Eftone.  Ulward 
«'  the  abbot  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  a  half. 
"  The  arable  is  two  carucates.  In  demefne  is  one  carucate,  with  one  villanc,  and 
«'  eight  bordars,  with  one  plough..  There  are  two  mills  of  fix  (hillings  and  eight- 
**  pence  rent.  There  are  two  acres  of  meadow.  It  was  worth  thirty  (hillings,  now 
"  forty  (hillings."11 

The  former  portion  of  the  lands  here  defcribed,  together  with  the  city  of  Bath,  to 
which  they  were  annexed,  king  William  Rufus  in  the  fifth  year  of  his  reign  beftowed 
on  John  de  Villula,  biftiop  of  Bath,  and  his  fucceflbrs,  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms. 
Shortly  after,  viz.  7  Henry  I.  the  faid  bifliop  conveyed  the  greater  part  of  his  lands 
here  to  the  abbey  and  convent  of  St.  Peter  in  the  city  of  Bath,  referving  to  himfelf  a 
fuperior  right  in  the  manor,  which  was  thenceforward  held  under  the  biftioprick. 

The  firft  lords  of  Bath-Eafton  that  occur  after  the  above-mentioned  date,  are,  the 
family  of  Ofatus,  or  Hofatus,  afterwards-  foftened  into  Hufee  and  Huffy,  who  in  the 
time  of  Henry  II.  when  the  aid  was  levied  for  marrying  Maud  the  king's  daughter  to 
the  duke  of  Saxony,  held  feveral  fees  in  thefe  parts  of  the  biftiop  of  Bath.c  Their 
principal  feat  was  at  Shockerwick  in  the  parifti  of  Bath-Ford. f 

In  the  time  of  the  Edwards  the  manor  was  held  by  the  family  of  Fitzurfe,  or 
Fitzour,  lords  of  Wiliton  in  this  county.  Upon  the  death  of  fir  Ralph  Fitzurfe 
35  Edw.  III.  this,  among  other  his  eftates,  was  alfigned  to  Maud  his  eldeft  daughter, 
the  wife  of  fir  Hugh  Durborough,  fon  and  heir  of  fir  John  Durborough  of  Heath- 
field.  The  faid  lady  Maud  feems  to  have  made  this  fome  time  the  place  of  her 
refidence.  Hence  the  manor  parted  to  the  family  of  Brien,  who  had  large  pofTeffions 
in  this  part  of  the  county.     20  Ric.  II.  William  Brien  held  at  his  death  this  manor, 

b  The  coliberti  were  tenants  in  free  focage,  or  fuch  as  being  villanes  were  manumitted  by  their  lord,  on 
condition  of  fome  particular  works  and  fervices. 

c  The  difference  betwixt  the  bordarii  and  cotarii  is  this: — the  former  did  fervice  for  their  pofleffions,  fup- 
plying  their  lord's  table  with  poultry,  eggs,  &c. :  the  latter  paid  a  certain  rent  for  fmall  parcels  of  land 
without  fervice.     The  prefent  word  cottager  is  applicable  to  bgth. 

A  Lib.  Domefdar.  «  Lib.  niger.  Scac.  i.  86.  f  Cart.  Antiq. 

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TBatb'jrorum.]       bath-easton.  107 

with  that  of  Shockcnvick  and  others,  of  the  bifliop  of  Bath  by  knight's  fervice, 
leaving  Philippa  the  wife  of  John  Dcvereux,  or  Devcrofc,  and  Elizabeth  the  wife  of 
Robert  Lovel,  daughter  of  Guy  Bryen,  jun.  heirs  to  his  eftatcs.  Joan  his  wife  fur- 
viving  him  had  an  afllgnation  of  this  and  fomc  other  manors  in  dower.  After  her 
death  Philippa  the  faid  wife  of  John  Dcvcrcux  became  poffeffed  hereof.  She  fur- 
viving  her  faid  hufband,  married  fecondly  fir  Henry  le  Scroop,  knight,  afterwards 
created  lord  Scroop,  and  died  8  Henry  IV.  being  then  feized  in  her  demefne  as  of 
fee  of  the  manors  of  Bath-Eaflon  and  Shockcrw  k  k,  which  flic  held  of  the  bifhop 
of  Bath.  In  35  Henry  VI.  it  was  found  by  inquifition,  that  Avicia,  the  wife  ot" 
James  Botclcr  earl  of  Wiltfhire,  late  attainted  for  treafon,  held  Bath-Eafton  of  John 
Newton,  efq;  as  of  his  manor  of  Swell  in  this  county.  She  died  that  year,  and 
Humphry  Stafford  is  certified  to  be  her  heir.  In  the  next  reign  Edmund  Blunt  held, 
the  fame,  and  died  8  Edw.  IV.  leaving  Simon  his  fon  and  heir,  of  the  age  of  fixtccn 
years:  which  Simon  fee ms  to  have  had  large  property  in  thefc  parts,  and  to  have 
rcfided  for  fomc  time  at  the  neighbouring  village  of  Swainfwick,  which  was  another 
of  his  manors ;  for  in  the  atteftation  of  a  deed  he  ftiles  himfclf  of  that  place.  He 
died  16  Edw.  IV.  leaving  Margery  his  daughter  and  heir,  then  of  the  age  of  twenty- 
eight  years."  In  4  and  5  Philip  and  Mary,  Thomas  earl  of  Northumberland  held 
the  faid  manor.  In  1667  the  fame  was,  for  the  confederation  of  600I.  conveyed  by 
fir  Robert  Button  of  Tockenham-Court,  bait.  William  Duckett  of  Hartham,  efq-, 
and  Thomas  Blanchard  of  North- Wraxall,  clerk,  to  James  Lancafhire,  of  Manchcftcr, 
efq;  which  is  almoft  the  laft  account  wc  can  find  of  this  manor,  for  at  prcfent  no 
court  is  held,  nor  manerial  right  claimed. 

The  church  of  Bath-Eaflon  was  in  early  times  appropriated  to  the  abbey  of  Bath,, 
and  was  in  1292  valued  at  fifteen  marks.h  There  having  been  fomc  controvcrfy  be- 
twixt  the  prior  and  convent  of  that  monaftery,  and  the  vicar  of  this  parifh,  concerning 
certain  tithes,  &c.  it  was  at  lafl,  in  1262,  agreed  by  way  of  compofition  between  both 
parties  as  follows :  That  the  vicar  for  the  time  being  fhould  in  future  receive  all  ' 
oblations,  and  fmall  obventions,  tithes  of  horfes,  eoltSj  toilers,  fwine,  flax,  wool,., 
milk,  honey,  gardens,  pigeons,  and  mills  of  the  faid  parilh,  except  in  certain  lands 
belonging  to  the  prior  and  convent:  that  the  faid  vicar  fhould  have  a  dwelling-houfe 
fituated  near  to  the  church,  with  a  competent  garden  and  curtilage,  and  the  grafe  of 
the  church-yard;  together  with  the  tithes  of  all  the  hay  of  the  fields  contiguous  to 
the  Avon  within  this  parifh,  and  likewife  all  mortuaries  whatfoevcr.  That  the  faid 
vicar  fhould  fuftain  all  ordinary  vicarial  burdens,  together  with  the  chantry  of  the 
chapel  of  St.  Catherine  within  the  faid  parifh,  the  vicar  for  the  time  being  to  provide 
at  his  own  expence  a  chaplain  for  the  daily  fervice  thereof,  who  fhaU  every  day, 
except  the  Lord's  day'  and  folemn  fcflivals,  celebrate  mafs,  with  the  full  fervice  for 
the  deceafed,  viz.  the  Dirige  and  Placebo,  and  efpecial  commendations  for  the  fouls 
of  all  the  bifhoos  that  have  filled  the  cathedral  fee  of  Bath  and  Wells ;  and  for  the 

*Efc.  kTaxat.  Spirit 

P  2  fouls 


- 

10S  BATH-EAS.TON.        [TUat^JTotUm.- 

fouls  of  the  father  and  mother  of  lady  Maud  [Durborough]  of  Bath-Eafton,  lady  of 
the  faid  vill,  their  anccftors  and  fucceflbrs;  and  for  the  fouls  of  all  the  priors  and 
monks  of  Bath,  and  canons  and  vicars  of  Wells ;  and  alfo  for  the  fouls  of  all  the 
parifhioners  of  Bath-Eafton,  and  all  the  faithful  deceafed  throughout  the  realm. 
And  for  the  better  fupporr  of  the  faid  chantry,  the  prior  and  convent  of  Bath  agree 
to  give  up  a  certain  area  with  curtilage  to  the  vicar  of  the  faid  church  of  Bath-Eafton, 
to  be  built  on  at  his  expence  for  the  refidence  of  the  faid  chaplain,  and  allow  fexen 
bufhels  of  wheat  from  their  grange,  to  be  paid  every  year  on  the  next  Sunday  after 
the  feaft  of  St.  Michael  the  archangel,  &c.  All  other  burdens  ufually  belonging  to 
the  reclor,  the  faid  prior  and  convent  covenant  to  fuftain.' 

Out  of  the  parfonage  the  almoner  and  facriftan  of  Bath  had  an  annual  penfion 
of  nine  marks. 

The  living  is  a  vicarage  in  the  deanery  of  Bath,  and  gift  of  Chrift-Church  college 
in  Oxford.     Hie  rev.  Mr.  Higfon  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  the  honour  of  St.  John  the  Baptift,  ftands  in 
the  north  part  of  the  village,  and  is  a  handfome  Gothic  ftructure,  one  hundred  and 
•eight  feet  in  length,  and  twenty-two  in  breadth,  confifting  of  a  chancel,  nave,  and 
porch.  At  the  weft  end  is  a  beautiful  quadrangular  embattled  tower  of  excellent 
mafonry,  and  one  hundred  feet  in  height.     In  this  tower  are  fix  bells. 

The  roof  of  the  nave  is  twenty-four  feet  high,  ceiled  and  pannelled  into  fquare 
compartments  of  plaifterer's  work.  On  the  outlidc  of  the  roof,  betwixt  the  nave  and 
■chancel,  is  an  arch  or  receptacle  for  a  faint's  bell.  The  floor  is  good,  and  the  whole 
church  kept  clean,  neat,  and  decent. 

In  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  monument  of  white  marble, 
"  To  the  pious  memory  of  Mrs.  Cecilia  Panton,  third  daughter  of  Charles  Panton, 
gent,  deceafed,  and  Cecilia  his  wife;  who  departed  this  life  Sept.  12,  A.  D.  1712, 
aetat.  21. 

"  O  deaths  how  long  wilt  thou  fo  fiercely  rage, 

Without  regard  to  virtue,  fcx,  or  age ! 

Could  you  have  fpared  this  blooming  virtuous  maid, 

We'd  willingly  have  any  ranfom  paid : 

For  furc  before  ne'er  were  together  join'd 

So  pure  a  foul,  a  body  fo  refin'd. 

Well  therefore  might  that  foul  to  hcav'n  retire, 

So  well  prepared  for  the  celeftial  choir. 

For  who  can  think  it  wonderful,  that  fhe, 

Who  here  an  angel  was,  an  angel  there  (hould  be?" 

*  Mrs.  Betty  Panton,  their  fecond  daughter,  died  July  6,  A.  D.  1 7 1 6,  aetat.  26. 
She  was  an  eminent  inftance  of  God's  goodnefs  at  ten  years  of  age;  being  to  all  that 
knew  her  exemplary  and  obliging;  to  her  relations  affectionate;  to  her  parents 
•dutiful  and  obfequiousj  but  above  all,  in  her  piety  to  God  conftant  and  unwearied. 

'  Ex  aatog.  Neither 


lBatI)=jTortim.]         B    A    T    H  -  E    A    S    T    O    N.  109 


Neither  the  bloom  of  her  youth,  nor  the  vanities  of  the  world,  could  divert  her 
from  prcfling  towards  her  mark;  and  as  flic  foon  finiihed  her  courfc,  flic  al Co  quickly 
received  her  crown." 


On  the  fame  wall  is  a  handfomc  monument  of  white  and  grey  marble,  with  the 
following  infeription: 

"  Mrs.  Ann  Sclfe,  relict  of  Ifaac  Sclfe,  of  Mclkfliam  in  the  county  of  Wilts,  eft; 
youngeft  daughter  of  Charles  Panton,  gent,  and  Cecilia  his  wife,  after  a  long  illncfs, 
fatal  to  her  filters,  exchanged  this  mortal  for  an  immortal  life  Jan.  31,  1740,  in  the 
35"'  year  of  her  age;  having  by  her  amiable  temper  and  engaging  behaviour  endeared 
herfelf  to  her  acquaintance;  and  by  an  exemplary  goodnefs  and  linccrc  piety  recom- 
mended her  foul  to  God,  and  leaving  behind  the  character  of  an  agreeable  woman 
and  a  good  Chriflian. 

"  To  whofc  memory  Mrs.  Cecilia  Panton,  her  forrowful  mother,  caufed  this  monu- 
ment to  be  erected  1  hoping  with  the  aftics  of  her  dear  daughter,  near  this  place 
depofited,  one  day  to  mingle  her  own." 

On  this  tomb  arc  the  arms  of  Selfc  impaled  w  ith  thofc  of  Panton,  viz.  Ermine,  three 
chevrons  gules:  impaling,  gules,  two  bars  or,  on  a  canton  fable,  a  fer  de  moulinc  ermine. 

At  the  eaft  end  of  the  chancel  is  an  elegant  mural  monument  of  white  and  yellow 
marble,  with  this  infeription: 

"  Underneath  are  depofited  the  remains  of  Henry  Walters,  efq;  eldeft  fon  and  heir 
of  Eldad  Walters  by  Mary  Blanchard  his  wife.  He  died  the  23d  of  April  1753, 
aged  85  years. 

"  Alfo  Mary  his  wife,  daughter  of  Jofeph  Houlton,  of  Trowbridge,  efq;  by  Mary 
Ewers  his  wife.     She  died  the  6th  of  Augult  1752,  aged  73  years. 

"  Elizabeth  their  youngeft  daughter  died  the  io'"  of  May  1731,  aged  13  year*. 

"  Mary  their  eldeft  daughter  died  the  13th  of  November  1763,  aged  47  years. 

"  Elizabeth  Walters,  filter  to  the  faid  Henry  Walters,  died  in  the  year  17,35,  aged 
59  years. 

"Alfo  the  remains  of  feveral  of  their  infant  grand-children." 

Arms:  Quarterly,  1  and  4,  fix  keys  in  faltier,  with  two  fquirrcls  fcjant  proper. 
•2  and  3,  on  a  fefs  wavy  between  three  talbots'  heads  erafed  azure,  three  bezants. 

On  a  neat  marble  monument  on  the  fouth  fide  of  the  chancel : 
"  Near  this  place  arc  interred  the  remains  of  James  Walters,  efq;  who  died  July 
16,   1739,  aged  56  years.     Alfo  the  remains  of  three  of  his  children,  to  wit,  Clement, 
Ann,  and  Sufanna,  who  all  died  in  their  infancy. 

"  Likcwifc  of  Mary  Clement,  wife  of  the  above  James  Walters,  efq;  and  after- 
wards wife  and  relict  of  Thomas  Drcwet,  gent,  who  died  Oct.  19,  1770,  aged  68." 

Anns:  azure,  two  keys  in  faltirc  or,  a  fquirrcl  fejant  proper.  Impaling,  gules,  three 
garbs  within  a  bordure  argent,  charged  with  eight  torteauxes. 

Againft 


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.* 


no  BATH-EASTON.        (T8at&«jrorum, 

Againft  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  an  old  monument  of  ftone,  bearing  at  the 
top  the  following  arms:  gules,  within  a  bordure  argent,  two  bars  ermine:  on  a  canton 
/able  a  fer  de  mouline  of  the  fecond.     In  the  centre  of  the  monument  is  a  brafs  plate* 
with  this  infcription : 

"  Epitaphium 
"  In  funus  Domini  Richardi  Panton, 
Eximii  peritiflimique  medici, 
Qui  defiit  mori  decimo  fexto  die 
Septembris,  anno  Domini  1684. 

*  Alter  en  Hypocrates  jacet  inferiore  fub  urna,    ' 

Qui  modo  Pantonias  gloria  ftirpis  erat. 
JEgros  fanavit  non  folum;  fed  furiofos 

Ingenio  veteri  reddidit  ille  viros. 
Nobilis  ars,  fortuna,  genus,  paticntia,  virtus, ' 

Singula  funt  paucis;  fed  data  cundta  tibi." 

On  a  fmall  mural  monument  of  white  marble  near  the  laft: 

*•  Juxta  hie  jacet  corpus  Caroli  Panton  Generofi,  Richardi  Panton  and  Maris 
irxoris  ejus  filii  primogenki,  olim  e  collegio  Lincoln:  in  acidemia  Oxonienfi;  ubi  ex 
illo  fonte  illuftriflimo  omnium  artium,  et  rerum,  uberrima  cognitione  affluente,  'aflidue 
fe  ftudiis  imbuendo  plerifque  rebus,  praecipue  veromedicinalibus,  admodum  eruditus 
effet.  Ille  Ceciliam,  Jacobi  Self  de  Beanacre  in  agro  Wilton  armigeri,  filiam, 
uxorem  duxit;  ex  qua  natas  funt  ei  quatuor  filiae  Maria,  Bettia,  Cecilia,  et  Anna. 

0  Brevitate  autem  potiulata  c'ogor  filentio  praetermittere  qua?  hoc  marmor  in  per- 
petuum  merito  commembrarTet  et  folummodo  dicam,  quod  amans  erat  maritus  in- 
dulgenfque  pater,  bonus  vicinus,  vir  jurTus,  in  pauperes  benignus,  vereque  pius  domi, 
et  ec-clefiae  Dei  venerator.  Natus  in  hac  parochia  de  Bath-Eafton  vicefimo  tertio  die 
Aprilis  A°  Diii  1662,  denatus  vero  ibidem  tricefimo  die  Augufti  A°  Dni  1711,  et 
jetat.  fuae  50." 

On  the  north  fide  of  the  nave  is  a  neat  mural  monument  of  white  marble,  on  the 
cornice  whereof  are  thefe  arms;  gules,  three  garbs  argent,  within  a  bordure  bezantee. 

"  Underneath  this  monument  lies  interred  the  body  of  Samuel  Clement,  of  this^ 
parifh,  gent,  who  died  Sept.  22,  1728,  in  the  59th  year  of  his  age." 

In  17S0  this  parifh  paid  to  the  poor  173I.  17s.  iod. 

The  manor  of  Longney  in  Gloucefterfhire  pays  the  yearly  fum  of  ten  pounds  to 
the  parifh  of  Bath-Eafton,  purfuantto  the  will  of  Henry  Smith,  efq;  who  died  in  1 627. 


BATH- 


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TSatMorum.]  [    m    ] 


»C 


BA'TH-FORD, 

SO  called  from  its  having  a  ford  over  the  Avon,  and  from  its  vicinity  to  Bath,  is 
a  confiderablc  parifh,  three  miles  weft  ward  from  the  city,  and  in  the  great  road 
to  London  through  Devizes. 

The  fituation  of  the  town  is  exceedingly  pleafant,  being  on  an  eminence  at  the 
weftem  declivity  of  the  point  of  a  bold  hill,  called  Farley-Down,  which  rifes  behind 
it  to  the  height  of  nearly  feven  hundred  feet,  and  is  fo  divcrfificd  with  wild  rocks, 
ftone  quarries,  and  irregular  patches  of  wood,  as  to  form  a  very  picTurefquc  object. 
To  the  fouth,  and  at  lefs  than  a  mile  diftance,  on  the  oppofite  fide  of  a  beautiful 
valley,  through  which  the  Avon  winds  its  way  in  a  ferpentine  direction,  Hampton 
Cliffs  rife  with  great  magnificence,  being  cloathed  with  fteep  hanging  woods,  inter- 
mixed and  crowned  with  rugged  rocks  of  a  vaft  height.  To  the  weft  and  northweft, 
part  of  the  city  of  Bath,  the  villages  of  Bath-Eafton  and  Hampton,  the  rich  vale 
between,  watered  by  the  Avon  and  the  lofty  hills  behind  them,  form  an  enchanting 
landfcape  moft  beautifully  varied. 

This  parifh  chiefly  confifts  of  an  irregular  ftreet,  running  from  the  great  road 
fouthward  to  the  church,  containing  fixty-feven  houfes,  five  of  which  are  gentlemen's 
feats:  befides  which  there  are  two  hamlets,  viz. 

i.  Warley,  one  mile  fouthward,  containing  eleven  houfes. 

2.  Shockerwick,  near  two  miles  northward,  containing  fix  houfes. 

The  whole  number  of  houfes  is  eighty-four,  eleven  of  which  are  farms;  and  of 
inhabitants  nearly  four  hundred  and  fixty. 

The  vicinity  of  this  place  to  two  Roman  roads,  and  to  Aqua;  Solis,  or  Bath,  will 
account  for  the  many  antiquities  of  the  Romans  which  have  been  difcovered  here  at 
different  periods.  In  the  year  1691,  a  hypocauft  was  found  in  a  ground  near  the 
Horfland,  belonging  to  Mr.  Skrine  of  Warley.  This  hypocauft,  according  to  the 
defcription  given  of  it  by  Mr.  Vertue  in  his  letter  to  the  Antiquarian  Society,  dated 
Aug.  30,  1739,  feems  to  have  been  fingular.  "The  pillars,"  fays  he,  "meet  in 
*'  arches,  the  bottom  inlaid  with  mofaic."  About  the  fame  time  were  difcovered 
two  Roman  altars,  and  an  urn  filled  with  coins  of  that  people.  At  Warley,  not  long 
fince,  was  found  the  capital  of  a  pillar  of  very  curious  workmanfhip,  indifputably 
Roman,  of  which  an  etching  has  been  made  by  a  gentleman  of  the  fociety.  There 
is  likewife  on  the  down  above  the  village,  a  Roman  tumulus,  and  the  veftiges  of  an 
encampment ;  and  in  the  garden  of  the  rev.  Mr.  Berjew  was  lately  found  a  coin  of 
the  emperor  Allectus. 

The  manor  of  Ford  belonged  at  the  Conqucft  to  the  abbey  of  Bath. 

"  The  church  itfelf  (faith  Domefday  book)  holds  Forde.  In  the  time  of  king 
<J  Edward  it  gelded  lor  ten  hides.     The  arable  is  nine  carucatcs.     Thereof  in  demdhe 

"  are 


* 


\ 


•\? 


<* 


m 

j'ia  B    A    T    H  -  F    O    R    D.  [TrSatfrJFojum. 

»•  are  five  hides,  and  there  are  two  carucates,  and  fix  fervants,  and  five  villanes,  and 
««  feven  cottagers,  with  fix  ploughs.  There  is  a  mill  of  ten  (hillings  rent,  and  twelve 
P  acres  of  meadow,  and  coppice  wood  one  mile  in  length  and  breadth.  It  was  and 
«*  is  worth  ten  pounds."* 

In  1293  the  temporalities  of  the  faid  abbey  here  were  rated  at  4I.  5s.* 

In  the  reign  of  Edw.  IV.  the  manor  was  fome  time  held  by  the  family  of  Blunt.' 
In  27  Eliz.  lands  here,  formerly  belonging  to  the  abbey  of  Bath,  were  granted 
to  Collins  and  Mayland.  36  Eliz.  the  manor  was  held  of  the  crown  by  William 
Button,  efq.     It  is  now  the  property  of Skrine,  efq;  and  others. 

The  manor  of  Warley  is  furveyed  in  Domefday  book  as  follows : 

"  Hugoline  holds  of  the  king  Herlci.  Azor  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  one  hide.  .  The  arable  is  three  carucates,  with  which  there  is  one 
"  villane,  and  five  cottagers,  with  two  fervants.  There  is  half  an  acre  of  meadow, 
"  and  three  furlongs  of  coppice  wood  in  length  and  breadth.     It  was  formerly,  and 

"  is  now,  worth  fifty  (hillings. "d 

1 

It  has  long  been  the  property  of  the  family  of  Skrine,  who  have  a  feat  here, 
delightfully  fituated  under  Farley-hill  upon  the  banks  of  the  river  Avon. 

The  other  hamlet  Shockerwick  gave  name  to  a  family  fo  early  as  the  reign  of 
Henry  II.  in  whofe  twelfth  year  Adam  de  Socherwiche  is  certified  to  hold  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  of  the  bifhop  of  Bath.  He  was  fuccceded  by  others  of  the  fame  name, 
all  of  whom  held  under  the  bifhoprick  by  knight's  fervice.  When  this  name  ceafed, 
it  became  the  property  of  the  family  of  Huffy,  or  Hofatus,  (as  they  are  called  in  the 
old  records)  of  whom  we  have  fpoken  in  the  parifh  of  Bath-Eafton.  One  of  thefe 
lords  built  much  at  Shockerwick,  and  the  manor  from  them  was  in  fucceeding  times 
called  the  manor  of  Hufei's  court.  An  old  building,  the  remains  of  which  the 
inhabitants  imagine  to  have  been  part  of  a  parifli  church,  was  the  work  of  one  of 
this  family.  In  the  time  of  Edw.  III.  Shockerwick  is  found  to  be  the  property  of 
Walter  de  Creyk,  knight,  who  refided  here;  whence  it  came  to  the  family  of  Brien, 
lords  of  Bath-Eafton,  with  which  manor  it  afterwards  defcended. 

It  is  now  the  feat  of  Walter  Wiltftiire,  efq;  who  has  built  here  an  elegant  houfe 
of  Bath  (tone,  in  a  warm  plcafant  fituation,  w  ith  good  gardens. 

The  living  of  Bath-Ford  is  vicarial,  and  confolidated  with  that  of  Hampton.  It 
was  anciently  appropriated  to  St.  Peter's  abbey,  and  was  in  1292  valued  at  thirteen 
marks.  The  dean  and  chapter  of  Briftol  are  the  patrons  thereof,  and  the  rev.  Mr. 
Berjew  the  prefent  incumbent.  The  glebe  land  belonging  to  the  vicarage  is  eftimated 
at  about  1 61.  per  annum. 

The  church,  which  (lands  in  the  deanery  of  Bath,  and  is  dedicated  to  St.  Swithin, 
is  an  old  building,  eighty  feet  in  length,  and  twenty  in  breadth,  confiding  of  a  nave, 

•  Lib.  Domefday.  »  Taxat.  temporal.  c  Efc.  d  Lib.  Domefday. 

chancel, 


l3atfcj?orum.]        B    a    T   n  -  f   o   r    d. 


f> 


chancel,  and  porch,  all  tiled.     At  the  weft  end  is  a  fquare  tower,  containing  two 
bells.     The  nave  is  divided  from  the  chancel  by  a  clumfy  Saxon  an  h. 

On  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  wry  handfomc  monument  of  marble,  fourteen 
feet  by  fix,  terminating  in  a  mitred  pediment. 

On  this  monument  arc  two  tablets.  On  the  uppcrmoft,  which  projeds  in  the  form 
of  a  tomb,  is  the  following  infeription: 

"  Near  this  place  lie  the  remains  of  George  Tyndalc,  of  this  parifh,  efq.  I  le  was 
a  pcrfon  of  unblemifhcd  honour,  imparl  ial  jufticc,  and  ftrid  integrity.  I  lew  as  the 
fecond  and  only  furviving  fon  of  Thomas  Tyndalc,  alfo  of  this  parifh,  efq;  dc- 
fcended  from  the  ancient  family  of  the  Tyndalcs,  of  Tyndalc  in  the  county  of 
Northumberland,  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  fecond  furviving  daughter,  and  at  length 
coheirefs,  to  George  Booth,  of  Woodford  in  the  county  Palatine  of  Chcftcr,  efq.  He 
was  born  Jan.  29,  1704,  and  departed  this  life  the  24.'"  of  February  1771." 

On  the  lower  tablet : 

*'  Alfo  the  remains  of  Vere  his  firft  wife,  third  daughter  of  the  honourable  and 
reverend  Robert  Booth,  D.  D.  dean  of  Briftol,  (fifth  fon  of  George  lord  Delamer) 
by  Mary  his  fecond  wife,  eldeft  daughter  of  Thomas  Hales,  efq;  eldcft  fon  of  fir 
Robert  Hales,  of  Howlets  in  Kent,  bart.  She  was  endowed  with  ingenious  parts, 
fingular  difcretion,  confummate  judgment,  great  humility,  meek  and  companionate 
temper,  extenfivc  charity,  exemplary  and  unaffected  piety,  perfect  rcfignation  to 
God's  will,  and  endowed  with  all  other  virtuous  qualities.  A  confeientious  dif- 
charger  of  her  duty  in  all  relations;  being  an  affectionate,  faithful,  obliging,  and 
obfervant  wife;  a  tender,  indulgent,  and  careful  mother;  a  dutiful  and  refpedful 
daughter;  gentle  and  kind  to  her  fervants,  courteous  and  beneficent  to  her  neigh- 
bours, a  fincere  friend,  a  lover  and  valuer  of  all  good  people;  juftly  beloved  and 
admired  by  all  that  knew  her;  who  having  perfected  holinefs  in  the  fear  of  God,  was 
by  Him  received  into  an  eternal  reft  from  her  labours  on  the  31ft  of  May,  1753; 
calmly  and  compofedly  meeting  and  defiring  death,  with  joyful  hope  and  ftedfaft- 
nefs  of  faith.  A  lively -pattern  of  real  worth  and  goodnefs,  and  an  example  defcrving 
imitation.  [Of  whom  the  world  was  not  worthy.  Heb.  xi-  38.]  To  perpetuate  the 
remembrance  of  fo  much  virtue,  till  that  great  day  come  w  herein  it  fhall  be  openly 
rewarded,  this  monument  is  creded,  as  a  mark  of  dutiful  refped  and  affedion  by 
their  only  fon  George  Booth  Tyndalc." 

Oppofite  to  the  above,  on  the  north  fide  of  the  chancel,  is  a  neat  mural  monu- 
ment of  white  marble,  fix  feet  by  three,  with  the  following  infeription: 

"  Near  this  place  lie  interred  the  remains  of  John  Tyndalc,  efq;  fifth  fon  of 
Thomas  Tyndale,  of  Eaftwood  park  in  the  parifh  of  Thornbury,  in  the  county  of 
Glocefter,  efq;  by  Dorothy  his  wife,  daughter  of  William  Stafford,  of  Marlwood  in- 
tke  fame  parifh,  efq.     He  was  baptized  Nov.  5,  1 628,  and  died  without  iffue  10  Jan. 
2716,  aged  88  years. 

Vol.  E  Q_  "  Alfo 


/  * 


J i*  BATH-FORD.         [TSatt)*  Jorum. 

"  Alio  the  remains  of  Joan  his  firft  wife,  daughter  of  Robert  Plea,  of  the  city  of 
Briftol,  gent.     She  was  buried  the  r  2,h  of  September  1682. 

"  Alfo  the  remains  of  Thomas  Tyndale,  of  this  parifb,  efq.  He  was  eldeft  fon 
of  William  Tyndale,  of  the  priory  in  the  parilh  of  Kington  St.  Michael,  in  the  county 
of  Wilts,  efq;  (who  was  eldeft  fon  of  the  firft-mentioncd  Thomas  Tyndale,  efq;)  by 
Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  of  Anderfon  Atchcrly,  of  Ludlow  in  the  county  of  Salop, 
efq.  He  was  born  June  2,  1667:  died  Oct.  18,  1747.  He  married  Elizabeth 
fecond  daughter  and  coheirefs  of  George  Booth,  of  Woodford  in  Cheftiire,  efq;  by 
whom  he  had  two  fons  and  four  daughters.-  Martha,  Maria,  deccafed;  John  born, 
Sept.  30,  1 701,  died  Nov.  13,  1728,  buried  at  St.  Ann's  Soho;  Elizabeth  now  living; 
George  deceafed;  Mary  now  living;  Ifabella  born  July  1,  1708,  died  June  24,  1709^ 
buried  at  St.  Mary's  inChefter." 

Arms :  Argent,  a  fefs  gules  between  three  garbs  fable.  Creft,  on  a  helmet  crowned 
or,  a  plume  of  feathers  proper. 

On  the  fame  wall  is  an  elegant  monument  of  black,  white,  and  grey  marble,  the 
lower  part  of  which  reprefents  the  front  of  a  tomb,  on  which  (its  a  weeping  Cupid, 
wiping  his  eyes,  with  an  urn  on  his  right  hand,  and  emblems  of  mortality  on  his 
left.  Above  this,  and  fupportcd  by' a  neat  cornice,  is  a  white  truncated  cone  on  a 
back  ground  of  black  marble  veined  with  yellow,  on  which  is  this  infeription: 

"  Near  this  place  lie  interred  the  remains  of  Martha  Maria  Phillips,  relict  of 
Richard  Phillips,  efq;  fecond  fon  of  Thomas  Phillips,  of  Bremenda  in  the  county 
of  Carmarthen,  efq;  and  eldeft  daughter  of  Thomas  Tyndale,  late  of  this  parifh,  efq; 
Ir  Klizabeth  his  wife,  fecond  furviving  daughter  and  coheirefs  of  George  Booth,  of 
Woodford  in  the  county  palatine  of  Chefter,  efq.  She  was  born  Aug.  28,  1700,  an4 
died  Dec.  27,  1759." 

Above  this  infeription  is  a  neat  mitred  pediment  bearing  the  arms:  Argent,  a  lion 
rampant  fable,  within  a  border  ingruiled  of  the  fame,  impaling  argent,  a  fefs  gules, 
between  three  garbs  fable. 

On  the  fame  wall  is  a  neat  mural  monument  of  white,  grey,  and  yellow  marble, 
terminated  with  a  truncated  cone,  on  which  are  the  arms :  Argent,  a  fefs  gules,  be- 
tween three  garbs  fable.  Over  all  an  inefcutcheon  of  the  firft,  bearing  three  boars' 
heads  erafed  of  the  laft,  langued. 

On  a  projecting  tablet: 

"  Near  this  place  lie  interred  the  remains  of  Elizabeth,  relict  of  Thomas  Tyndale, 
efq;  daughter  and  coheirefs  of  George  Booth,  formerly  of  Woodford  in  the  county 
palatine  of  Chefter,  efq;  who  was  eldeft  fon  and  heir  of  fir  John  Booth,  knight,  fifth 
fon  of  fir  George  Booth,  of  Dunham-Mafiey  in  the  fame  county,  bart.  from  whom 
George  earl  of  Warrington  was  defcended.     She  died  Nov.  14,  1768." 

On  a  plain  ftone  in  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel : 
"  Heare  lycth  the  body  of  Mr.  Phillip  Ellis,  merchant  of  the  citty  of  Briftol,  who 
died  June  1,  1661." 

On 


TeattKfrorum.]  BATH-FORD.  115 

On  the  north  fide  of  the  nave  is  a  plain  mural  monument  of  (tone; 
"  To  the  dene  memory  of  iohn  skrinc,  who  deceffed  this  life  the  26,h  of  March  1 675. 

«  To  thee  I  lived,  in  thee  I  died, 
O  Chrifr}  my  Saviour  dcarc, 
My  foule  is  bleft,  my  body  reft 
With  in  this  priflbn  hcarc, 
Till  Jefus  loofc  the  bands  of  death, 
And  up  my  body  reare. 

"  Alfo  to  the  memory  of  Samuel  Skrine,  fonn  of  Nathaniel  Skrine,  who  dcccafcd 
this  life  the  ift  of  June  1684. 

0  Heare  lyeth  a  plant  not  fully  groun, 
in  fteps  death  and  cuts  it  doun; 
Bvt  tho  long  it  did  not  ftand, 
We  hope  now  is  at  God's  right  hand. 
A  likely  branch  twas  to  have  been, 
to  have  feared  God,  and  hated  linn." 

Adjoining  the  above  is  another  plain  ftonc ; 

"  To  the  dearc  memory  of  Thomas  Skrinc,  who  deceafed  Oct:,  the  twentio 
nine,  1658. 

"  And  alfo  of  Chriftophcr,  fonn  of  Thomas  Skrinc,  who  deceafed  Jan.  the  twentie- 
fifth,  1656. 

•*  To  the  deare  memory  of  Ann  Skrinc,  wife  of  the  above  Thomas  Skrinc,  who 
deceafed  1665. 

"  Death  is  a  dcte  which  is  due, 
"  Wee  have  paid  it,  fo  muft  you." 

On  the  north  wall  of  the  nave  is  a  plain  ftonc  to  the  memory  of  Richard  Fifhcr, 
and  William  Fifher  his  fon. 

On  a  plain  ftone  in  the  chancel  is  inferibed : 

"  Here  lyeth  interred  the  body  of  Francis  lord  Hawley,  who  died  May  29,  1743, 
aged  73. 

•*  Alfo  Elizabeth  his  wife,  who  died  Jan.  29,   1747,  aged  67." 
Above  ajre  the  arms;  afaltire  engrailed,  with  a  baron's  coronet. 

On  a  fmall  white  marble  ftone  in  the  chancel  floor: 
"  Here  lies  the  body  of  Thomas  fon  of  George  Langton,  efq;  of  Langton  in 
Lincolnfhire,  (and  of  Mary  his  wile,  daughter  of  Thomas  Tyndale,  ciq;)  who  dyed 
Nov.  21,  1712,  aged  21  years." 

Qjs  On 


ii6  BATH- HAMPTON.        [TBatMotum. 

On  an  adjacent  ftone: 
*'  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Elizabeth  the  wife  of  George  Meredith,  gent." 
In  the  eaft  window  of  the  chaneel  arc  feveral  panes  of  painted  glafs. 
This  parifh  paid  to  the  poor  in  1771  thefum  of  98I.  and  in  1780,  145!.  18s.  90!. 


BATH-HAMPTON 

IS  a  fmall  parifh  two  miles  eaft  from  the  city  of  Bath,  pleafantly  fituated  on  a  riling 
ground,  on  the  foutheaft  banks  of  the  Avon.  The  village  of  its  name  ftands 
nearly  oppofite  to  Bath-Eafton,  from  which  it  is  divided  by  the  river,  and  about  the 
centre  of  that  rich  and  beautiful  valley  which  extends  from  Bath  to  Bath-Ford.  On 
the  north,  eaft,  and  fouth  fides  it  is  furrounded  by  hills,  and  on  the  weft  the  proud 
ftructurcs  of  the  city  rife  ftreet  above  ftreet  in  magnificent  fucceflion. 

The  number  of  houfes  within  the  parifh  is  twenty-fix,  and  of  inhabitants  about  one 
hundred  and  fifty.  The  houfes,  fome  of  which  are  good  dwellings,  are  moftly  built 
of  rough  ftone,  and  form  a  rural  irregular  ftreet  weftward  from  the  church.  On  the 
river  is  a  mill  at  which  a  ferry-boat  is  kept,  and  there  is  a  pleafing  water-fall  near  it 
from  a  high  wier.  In  the  lower  part  of  the  parifh  the  lands  are  generally  rich  pafture 
and  meadow;  and  there  are  divers  gardens  here  which  fupply  the  market  at  Bath. 
A  confiderable  part  of  the  hill  which  rifes  foutheaft  from  the  ftreet  is-  in  this  pariih,  . 
and  is  called  Hampton-down.  It  contains  many  fprings,  and  produces  excellent 
fheep-feed;  but  on  account  of  the  thinnefs  of  the  ftratum  of  earth,  which  in  many 
parts  fcarcely  covers  the  rock,  it  is  incapable  of  cultivation.  The  eaftern  part  of 
this  hill,  called  the  Cliffs,  is  at  leaft  fix  hundred  feet  above  the  river,  and  from  its  1 
fteepnefs  is  almoft  inacceffible.  Its  brow  is  finely  contrafted  by  rugged  projecting 
rocks  and  quarries,  and  by  plantations  of  firs,  beneath  which  fine  hanging  coppice 
woods  extend  almoft  to  the  bottom.  From  this  elevated  fpot  the  profpecls  are  truly 
romantick  and  beautifully  diverfified.  On  the  north  and  northeaft,  the  village  of 
Bath-Eafton  and  its  noble  back-ground  of  hills;  the  fine  vale  which  extends  between 
Colerne  and  Box,  through  which  the  London  road  winds,  and  which  is  divided  into 
beautiful  inclofures;  and  the  village  of  Bath-Ford,  with  the  fhapelefs  brow  of  Farley- 
down  hanging  over  it;  are  commanded  by  this  eminence..  To  the  eaft,  immediately 
under  the  eye,  is  the  fteep  rugged  defcent  before-mentioned.  At  the  bottom  is  a 
continuation  of  the  vale,  interfered  by  hedge-rows,  and  wafhed  by  the  river  Avon, 
which  glides  through  it  with  majeftick  folemnity.  On  the  oppofite  fide  of  this  vale, 
Farley-down  rifes  to  an  immenfe  height  above  the  bed  of  the  river.  This  hill  forms 
a  kind  of  amphitheatre,  the  lower  part  whereof  is  divided  into  fine  large  cultivated 
pclofures :  in  the  middle  part  are  large  ftone  quarries,  and  the  north-eaftern  point  is 

a  rough 


TBatf^jrortim.]       bath-iiampton,  n7 

a  rough  cliff,  crowned  with  an  ancient  tumulus,  and  clumps  of  firs,  which  form  a 
noble  contrail  with  the  cultivated  fcenery  below.  To  the  right  the  vale  winds  fouth- 
ward,  till  it  is  loft  to  the  eye  between  the  hills  of  Claverton,  and  Monkton-Farlcy. 
Hampton-down  is  pleafingly  ornamented  with  clumps  of  firs,  and  beneath  the  turf 
is  found  a  curious  fpecies  of  madrepora  with  ftellatcd  cavities;  but  there  are  few 
other  foflils. 

The  manor  of  Bath-Hampton  (anciently  fpclt  I  lantonc)  is  recorded  among  the 
pofllffions  of  the  church  of  Bath  in  the  following  extract  from  the  Norman  furvcy: 

"  Hugo  and  Colgrin  hold  of  the  church  Hantonc.  Two  thanes  held  it  in  the  time 
"  of  King  Edward,  and  could  not  be  feparated  from  the  church.  They  gelded  for 
n  five  hides.  The  arable  is  fix  carucatcs.  In  demefnc  are  three  carucatcs,  and  three 
"  fervants,  and  three  villancs,  and  fix  cottagers,  with  three  ploughs.  There  are 
"  twenty-eight  acres  of  meadow,  and  fix  furlongs  of  pafturc  in  length  and  breadth, 
"  and  ten  furlongs  of  coppice  wood  in  length  and  breadth.  It  is  worth  one  hun- 
"  drcd  and  ten  fhillings."" 

41  Henry  III.  William  Button,  bifliop  of  Bath  obtained  a  charter  of  free  warren 
in  all  his  lands  here,b  which  with  thofe  he  polR-ifed  in  Claverton  were  valued  in 
1293  at  1 5!-" 

8  Edward  IV.  Edmund  Blunt  held  this  manor,  and  was  fucceeded  in  it  by  his  fon 
Simon  Blunt,  who  died  16  Edward  IV.  feized  of  the  fame.  They  both  held  it  under 
the  bilhop  of  Bath. 

William  Barlowe,  bifliop  of  this  fee,  in  1548  exchanged  this  manor  with  the  king 
for  other  lands  late  the  property  of  the  prior  of  Bath;  but  it  did  not  long  continue 
in  the  crown;  for  7  Edward  VI.  both  the  manor  and  the  hundred,  or  liberty,  appear 
to  be  the  property  of  William  Crowch,  gent,  in  whofe  name  and  family  the  fame 
continued  to  36  Elizabeth,  when  Walter  Crowch  had  a  licence  for  alienating  his 
pofieflions  here  to  Thomas  Popham,  efq.  From  this  family  the  manor  paired  to  the 
Hungerfords,  and  from  them  to  the  Ballets.  Sir  William  BafTet  was  lord  thereof 
1688,  of  whofe  heirs  and  executors  it  was  purchafed  in  1701,  under  a  decree 
of  chancery,  by  Richard  Holder,  efq.  Charles  Holder,  a  defcendant  of  the  faid 
Richard,  conveyed  the  fame  to  Ralph  Allen,  efq;  of  Prior-Park,  who  left  it  by  his 
wil!  to  his  only  brother  Philip  Allen,  efq;  poft-mafter  of  Bath.  From  which  Philip 
it  defcended  to  his  cldcft  fon  Philip  Allen,  efq;  late  comptroller  of  the  bye-letter 
office  in  l^ondon,  who  dying  lately,  it  became  the  property  of  George  Allen,  the 
prefent  pofleflbr,  now  a  minor. 

The  church,  valued  in  1  292  at  ten  marks  and  a  half,  was  appropriated  to  the 
prior  and  convent  of  St.  Peter  in  Bath,d  and  a  vicarage  ordained  in  1317,  by  which 
ordination  it  appears  that  the  vicar  was  to  have  a  competent  dwclling-houfe,  with 
all   the  tithes  of  wool,  lambs,  heifers,  pigs,  chicken,  fwans,  pigeons,  eggs,  flax, 

■  tab.  Domefday.  *»  Cart.  41  Hen.  HI.  •  Taxat.  temporal.  *  Pat.  2  Edw.  1L 

honey, 


n8  BATH- HAMPTON.         [TeatMorum. 

coney,  checfe,  milk,  butter,  gardens,  curtilages,  mills,  and  all  other  fmall  tithes, 
as  well  as  all  the  oblations  and  profits  of  the  altarage  of  the  faid  church.  The 
(aid  vicar  was  to  receive  from  the  convent  a  yearly  ftipend  of  twenty  fhillings  fterling; 
and  the  prior  and  convent,  having  the  great  tithes  of  corn  and  hay,  to  fuftain  all 
rectorial  burdens.  But  the  vicar  was  to  find  proccffional  candles,  books,  and  to  caufe 
the  faid  books  to  be  bound,  and  to  repair  the  furplices :  the  prefentation  to  the  faid 
vicarage  to  be  referved  to  the  faid  convent  and  their  fucceffors.' 

After  the  diffolution  of  monafteries  34  Henry  VIII.  the  rectory  and  advowfon  of 
this  church  were  granted  to  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Briftol,  who  are  the  prefent 
patrons.  The  living  was  confolidated  with  Bath-Ford  under  Mr.  Chapman  the  laft 
incumbent,  and  was  augmented  with  queen  Ann's  bounty  by  the  late  Rev.  Mr. 
Simons.     The  Rev.  Mr.  Berjew  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  in  the  deanery  of  Bath,  and  dedicated  to  St.  Nicholas.  It  is  a  neat 
Gothic  ftructure,  confiding  of  a  nave  and  fouth  aile  leaded,  and  a  chancel  tiled.  At 
the  weft  end  is  a  handfome  embattled  tower  containing  four  bells.  The  whole  church 
is  very  neatly  pewed  and  feated,  well  paved  with  broad  grit  ftone,  and  kept  very  clean 
and  decent.     The  communion  table  is  of  folid  ftone. 

The  fouth  aile  of  this  church  was  rebuilt  about  the  year  1754  by  Ralph  Allen,  efq; 
who  at  the  fame  time  repaired  and  beautified  the  whole.  Before  this  reparation  there 
were  two  figures  of  ftone  lying  on  altar  monuments  under  the  fouth  wall,  but  are  now 
removed  into  the  church-yard.  One  of  them  in  all  probability  reprefents  a  knight 
templar,  being  in  armour,  having  his  legs  croffed,  and  a  target  of  an  oval  form  on 
his  left  arm.  The  other  is  the  effigy  of  a  female,  with  her  head  muffled  up,  and 
at  her  feet  fome  animal  much  mutilated.  There  was  likewife  fome  monfter  at  the 
feet  of  the  man,  but  little  of  it  remains. 

At  the  eaft  end  of  the  church  without,  under  the  chancel  window,  in  a  niche,  is 
the  ftatue  of  a  woman  in  alto  relievo,  holding  a  book  in  her  left  hand,  the  other  hand 
on  her  breaft.  This  figure  is  much  defaced  by  time  and  mifchief,  nor  is  it  certain 
whom  it  was  intended  to  reprefent. 

In  the  fouth  aile  are  four  monuments. 
1.  A  neat  oval  mural  monument  of  white  and  Sienna  marble,  with  this  infeription: 

"  Sacred  to  Ralph  Allen,  efq;  of  this  parifh,  who  dyed  Auguft  30,  1777,  aged 
40  years. 

"  Here  Allen  refts!  far  from  the  fcene  of  ftrife, 

This  vale  receiv'd  his  laft  remains  of  life: 

A  calm  affociate,  and  a  friend  approv'd, 

Who  heard,  efteem'd  him,  and  who  knew  him,  lov'd; 

The  filial  (hade  parental  aflies  know, 

Their  virtues  crown'd  by  heav'n  as  join'd  below: 

A  brother's  figh  the  fpeaking  tablet  rears, 

Graved  on  his  memory  whom  his  heart  reveres." 

e  Excerpt,  e  regift.  Wellen.  II,  A 


IMMotum.]         C  A  T  H  -  II  A  M  P  T  O  N.  u9 

2.  A  handfomc  mural  monument  of  (lone,  in  which  two  Ionick  fluted  pilaflers  fup- 
port  an  open  arched  pediment,  on  which  recline  the  figures  of  a  man  and  woman 
holding  palm-branches  gilt.  On  the  centre  is  an  elegant  urn  belted  with  gilt  foliage, 
and  under  it  a  fliip  on  a  murion,  being  the  crcft.  Below  are  the  arms:  Salle,  a 
chevron  between  three  anchors  argent:  impaling,  azure,  a  chevron  between  three 
cranes  or.  In  chief  over  all,  on  an  inefcutcheon,  three  bars  or,  charged  with  a  lion 
rampant  gules. 

On  a  marble  tablet  is  this  infeription: 
w  Near  this  place  lyeth  the  body  of  Hefter  the  late  wife  of  Charles  Holder,  efq; 
lord  of  this  manor,  and  of  the  liberty  of  Claverton,  Charlcomb,  Bath-Eafton,  Shock- 
crvvick,  and  Amirell,  who  departed  this  life  Feb.  u,  1734,  aged  68. 

"  Near  this  place  was  buried  the  body  of  Mary  Oram,  who  died  Sept.  22,  1729, 
aged  53  years;  lifter  to  the  above  Hefter  Holder." 

3.  A  very  elegant  mural  monument  of  white,  black,  and  Sienna  marble,  nine  feet 
high,  with  a  neat  mitred  pediment,  and  white  urn  cmbclliftied  with  foliage: 

"  In  memory  of  Charles  Holder,  efq;  of  this  pariih,  who  died  Mardh  5,  1 763, 
aetat.  89. 

"  As  alfo  of  Hefter  his  daughter,  who  died  July  27,  1757,  aetat.  17." 

Arms :  Sable,  a  chevron  between  three  anchors  argent. 

4.  A  very  neat  fmall  monument  of  white  and  Sienna  marble  terminated  by  a  white 
urn.     Under  an  elegant  white  feftoon  is  a  tablet  with  this  infeription : 

"  In  a  vault  near  this  place  are  depofited  the  remains  of  Philip  Allen,  efq;  of 
the  city  of  Bath,  who  departed  this  life  Oct.  15,  1765,  aged  71.  And  of  Jane  his 
wife,  who  died  April  14,  1767,  aged  63." 

Arms:  Argent  and  fable,  three  martlets  counter-changed,  impaling,  gules,  a  bezant 
between  three  demi  lions  couped  argent. 

On  the  north  and  fouth  walls  of  the  chancel  are  feveral  memorials  of  the  family 
of  Fillier. 

On  a  fmall  oval  marble  ftone  in  the  nave  floor: 

"Rev.  T.  Chapman,  1776." 

In  the  church-yard,  on  a  plain  tomb,  on  the  north  fide  of  the  church: 

"  Here  reft  the  remains  of  John  Baptiftc  vifcountdu  Barry,'  ob.  18  Nov.  1778." 

This  pariih  paid  to  the  poor,  in  1771,  36I.  10s.  4d. ;  and  in  1780  more  than 
double  that  fum,  viz.  74I.  17s.  iod. 

•  He  loft  his  life  in  a  duel  with  Count  Rice  on  the  down  above  the  village.  See  the  Bath  Chronicle  for 
Nov.  19,  1778.  The  fpot  where  he  fell  is  known  by  the  event,  and  remains  a  melancholy  monument  of 
the  pernicious  efFefts  of  phrenfy  and  0/  folly,  couched  under  the  fpecious  name  of  honour. 

BATH- 


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B    A    T    H  -  W    I    C    K. 

A  Small  parifh  plcafantly  fituated  on  the  banks  of  the  Avon,  which  divides  it 
from  the  city  of  Bath,  being  about  two  furlongs  from  the  New  Bridge.  The 
word  Wicbe  implies  a  villa,  and  Bath  was  added  thereto  to  diftinguifh  it  from  other 
places  of  the  fame  name,  and  by  reafon  of  its  vicinity  to  that  city. 

The  whole  parifh  contains  forty-five  houfes,  and  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  inha- 
bitants. Moft  of  the  houfes  form  an  irregular  ftreet  near  the  church;  and  along  this 
ftreet  a  fmall  ftream  of  excellent  water,  rifing  in  Claverton,  or  Hampton  down,  flows 
through  a  narrow  ftone  channel,  and  in  fummer  has  a  cool  and  pleafing  appearance. 
On  the  fouth  fide  of  the  ftreet  are  many  neat  gardens,  with  fummer-houfes  creeled  in 
them.  Thefe  are  moftly  rented  by  tradefmen  in  Bath,  who,  after  the  bufinefs  of  the 
day,  retire  hither,  to  enjoy  the  fweets  of  leifure,  the  cool  breezes  of  evening,  and  the 
delightful  fcenery  with  which  this  fpot  is  furrounded. 

The  fituation  of  this  vill,  however,  during  the  winter  months,  is  not  defireable, 
the  air  being  damp  and  foggy,  and  the  meads,  which  almoft  encircle  it,  frequently 
under  water  by  the  overflowing  of  the  river,  from  fudden  rains :  and  when  the  wind 
fets  in  wefterly,  the  fmoke  of  a  great  part  of  the  city  is  driven  over  it. 

The  lands  are  very  rich,  and  on  account  of  their  hearnefs  to  Bath  let,  as  meadow, 
from  three  to  four  pounds  an  acre;  and  for  garden  ground  from  twelve  to  fixteen 
pounds  an  acre.     A  manufacture  of  broad  cloth  is  carried  on  here. 

In  the  two  meads  between  this  parifh  and  the  city  are  fome  agreeable  walks,  much 
frequented  in  fummer  evenings  both  by  the  company  and  the  inhabitants.  Spring- 
Gardens,  Bath-Wick  Villa,  and  the  publick  prifon,  are  all  likewife  within  this  parifh ; 
but  for  a  more  particular  defcription  of  thefe  fee  the  account  of  the  city  of  Bath.  A 
few  Roman  coins  have  been  found  here. 

The  manor  of  this  vill  was  given  by  king  William  the  Conqueror  to  Geffrey, 
bifhop  of  Contancc  in  Normandy,  whofe  property  here  is  thus  furveyed  in  the  great 
Norman  record  : 

"  The  Bifhop  himfelf  holds  Wiche.  Aluric  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
14  and  gelded  for  four  hides.  The  arable  is  four  carucates.  In  demefne  are  three 
"  carucates,  and  four  fervants,  and  one  villane,  and  ten  cottagers.  There  is  a  mill 
*'  of  thirty-five  fhillings  rent,  and  fifty  acres  of  meadow,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty 
"  acres  of  pafture.     It  is  worth  feven  pounds."1 

This  Geffrey,  bifhop  of  Contance,  had  a  diftinguifhed  command  at  the  battle  of 
Haftings;  he  was,  as  it  has  been  faid,  of  a  noble  Norman  extraction;  but  much 
more  fkilful  in  arms  than  in  divinity,  in  the  knowledge  of  training  up  foldiers,  than 
of  leading  his  proper  flock  in  the  paths  of  peace.     However,  for  his  fignal  fervices 

2  Lib.  Domefday.    - 

he 


Teatb'JForum.]  B    A    T    H  -  W    I    C    K.  121 

he  was  highly  rewarded  by  the  Conqueror,  having  no  lefs  than  two  hundred  and  four- 
fcore  lord  (hips  in  England  given  him  by  that  king.b  He  was  likewife  in  many  other 
battles  againft  the  Engliih  and  Danes,  and  always  meeting  with  good  fuccefs,  obtained 
immenfe  pofTeflions  in  this  country.  He  died  in  1093,  and  many  of  his  cftatcs  being 
fcized  on  by  the  crown,  were  difpofed  of  to  different  favourites. 

It  is  not  long  after  this  period  that  we  find  the  manor  of  Wichc  accounted  for 
as  parcel  of  the  pofTelTions  of  the  Benedictine  nunnery  of  Whcrwcll  in  Hampfhire, 
founded  in  986  by  queen  Elfrida,  in  expiation  of  her  guilt  in  being  concerned  in 
the  murder  of  her  firfl  hufband  Ethelwolfc,  and  of  her  fon-in-law  king  Edward. 
In  1228  both  the  manor  and  the  rectory  hereof  were  confirmed  by  pope  Gregory  the 
ninth  to  the  faid  monaftery.' 

In  1 293  the  conventual  eftates  in  Wick  and  in  Wolley,  then  called  from  the  cir- 
cumftance  Wick-Abbas  and  Wolley-Abbas,  were  valued  at  1 2I.  5s.d 

4  Edward  II.  it  was  found  not  to  the  king's  damage  to  grant  licence  to  Roger  Ic 
Forefter,  to  give  one  mefTuage  and  forty  acres  of  land  in  Bathwyk  to  the  abbefs  and 
monks  of  Whcrwcll  and  their  fucceflbrs  for  ever. 

In  the  eighth  of  the  fame  reign  licence  was  alfo  given  to  Henry  the  fon  of  Henry 
le  Waytc,  and  Lawrence  dc  Overton,  to  give  one  mefTuage,  twenty  acres  of  land,  &c. 
in  Bathwyk,  to  the  faid  abbefs  and  convent,  who  in  the  record  are  faid  to  hold  their 
lands  here  of  the  king  in  capite  by  barony.* 

The  convent  enjoyed  this  manor  till  the  year  of  -their  diflblution,  when  it  came  to 
the  crown,  and  therein  continuing  fometimc,  was  at  length,  1  and  2  Philip  and  Mary, 
granted  with  its  appertenances  and  the  advowfon  of  the  church  to  Edmund  Neville, 
knight.  It  foon  after  came  to  Capel  earl  of  EfTex,  whofe  defcendant,  in  1 726,  fold 
the  fame  to  William  Pulteney,  efq;  afterwards  created  earl  of  Bath ;  whofe  reprcfen- 
tative  William  Pulteney,  efq;  is  the  prefent  lord  hereof. 

The  church  was  appropriated  to  the  aforefaid  nunnery  of  Wherwcll,  and  in  1292 
was  valued  at  1 2  marks/  out  -of  which  a  yearly  pennon  was  paid  to  the  convent  of 
43s.  4d.  and  the  fame  fum  to  the  prior  of  Bath,  who  had  likewife  lands  in  this  parifli. 
It  was  ordained  in  1320,  that  the  vicar  fhould  have  an  area  or  court  on  the  eaft  fide  of 
the  rector's  garden,  feparated  and  inclofed  from  the  other  part,  for  the  purpofe  of 
making  a  curtilage,  and  building  a  houfe  proper  for  the  refidence  of  the  faid  vicar: 
that  he  fhould  likewife  have  all  fmall  tithes,  oblations,  and  obventions,  belonging  to 
the  faid  church,  and  the  chapel  of  Wolley  appendant  thereto,  with  the  profits  of  the 
altarage;  the  tithes  of  beans  and  all  other  kinds  of  grain;  the  tithes  of  hay  of  the 
villanes  of  the  faid  parifli.  The  vicar  to  fervc  the  aforefaid  church  and  chapel;  to 
furnifh  proceflional  lights;  bind  books;  cleanfe  the  veftments  and  ornaments  of  the 
church  and  chapel,  and  keep  them  in  order  and  repair;  and  the  rector  to  prefent  to 
the  vicarage  whenever  it  became  vacant.8 

k  Dugd.  Bar.  i.  56.  e  Mon.  Angl.  iii.  10.  d  Taxat.  temporal. 

e  Inq.  ad  quod  damnum.  f  Taxat.  temporal.  *  Excerpt,  e  Regitt.  Wdleft. 

Vot.  I.  R  The 


«s  S    a    t    n  -  W    I    c    k.         [T6atb'JFotum. 

The  living  is  now  a  rectory  confolidated  with  Wollcy:  William  Pukcncy,  efq;  is 
the  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Peter  Grigg  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  an  ancient  building,  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  fixty-four  feet  in  length, 
and  feventeen  feet  in  breadth,  covered  with  tiles.  At  the  weft  end  is  a  fquarc  tower, 
thirty-four  feet  high,  with  a  chevron  roof,  and  containing  three  bells. 

On  the  fouth  wall,  neaf  the  pulpit,  is  an  oval  mural -monument  of  white  marble, 
over  which  are  arms:  Gules,  an  armed  leg,  couped  at  the  thigh,  fpurred  or,  be- 
tween two  broken  fpears  argent.  Cre'ft,  an  arm  embowcd  in  armour  proper,  grafping 
a  broken  fpear  or. 

On  the  tablet : 

"  Underneath  lies  interred  the  body  of  Mary  Gilbert,  who  died  Dec.  i,  1760, 
-aged  7  years. 

"  Alfothe  body  of  William  Gilbert,  who  dyed  March  $f,  1764,  aged  6  years. 

"  Alfo  the  body  of  Thomas  Gilbert,  who  died  Feb.  the  23d,  1770,  aged  17  years." 

This  monument  was  erected  by  Thomas  Gilbert,  of  Bath- Wick,  gent,  in  token 
of  the  great  affection  he  had  for  thefe  his  children. 

Near  the  above  is  another  fmall  monument  of  black  and  white  marble,  on  which 
is  inferibed : 

"  Near  this  place  lieth  the  body  of  John  Robins,  of  this  parifh,  yeoman,  who  died 
Feb. 29,  1705,  aged  83. 

"  Alfo  the  body  of  Joyce  his  wife,  who  dyed  Dec.  26,  1712,  aged  80." 
On  the  north  wall  is  a  mural  monument,  whereon  is  this  infeription: 

**  Out  of  a  filial  and  affectionate  regard  to  the  memory  of  the  beft  of  parents, 
Robert  and  Joanna  Davis,  late  of  the  city  of  Bath,  who  lie  interred  fronting  the 
door  of  this  church  with  three  of  their  children,  this  marble  is  erected  by  their 
furviving  iltue  John  Davis." 

On  the  left  hand  is  a  fmall  mural  monument  of  white  marble  furrounded"  with  a 
fcroll,  on  which  is  the  following  infeription : 

"  In  this  church-yard  lies  the  body  of  Eliz.  Brookman,  who  died  June  20,  1759. 

"  Alfo  of  William  Brookman,  who  departed  this  life  Aug.  4,  1774,  aged  49." 

To  the  left  of  the  above,  on  a  mural  monument  of  ftone,  4  feet  by  3,  is  inferibed: 

"  Near  this  place  lyeth  the  body  of  Amy  the  wife  of  William  Lewis,  fen.  of  this 
parifh,  who  dyed  March  28,  1729,  aged  89. 

."  Here  alfo  lies  the  body  of  Martha  wife  of  William  Lewis,  fon  of  the  above- 
named,  who  dyed  Jan.  22,  1738,  aged  69. 

"  Alfo  William  Lewis  aforefaid,  who  died  June  17,  1740,  aged  67. 

"  Alfo  Mary  Bull,  daughter  to  the  above  William  and  Martha  Lewis,  dyed  Feb. 
26,  1 77 1,  aged  70." 

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On  the  fame  wall  is  an  elegant  mural  monument  of  white,  grey,  and  yellow  marble, 
on  the  tablet  of  which  is  this  infeription : 

"  Near  this  place  licth  the  body  of  Thomas  Batchelor,  fen.  of  this  pariih,  who 
died  Sept.  6,  1733,  aged  66  years. 

"  Alfo  of  Sarah  Batchelor,  widow  of  the  above  Thomas  Batchelor,  who  died  Sept. 
3,  1762,  aged  95. 

"  Alfo  the  bodies  of  their  fon  and  daughter,  viz.  Sarah  Batchelor,  who  died  Dec. 
21,  1748,  aged  38.     Thomas  Batchelor,  who  died  Dec.  10,  1768,  aged  70. 

"  Alfo  Edward,  fon  of  the  above  Thomas  and  Sarah  Batchelor,  who  died  the  17th 
of  October,  1777,  aged  72." 

On  a  plain  ftone  in  the  wall  beneath  the  fingers'  gallery: 

"  Under  the  font  lyeth  the  body  of  Mifs  Hannah  Smith,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Smith,  of  the  Ifle  of  Wight,  merchant,  who  died  Aug.  30,  1746,  aged  32." 

On  the  fouth  wall,  in  the  chancel,  is  a  plain  black  ([one,  with  this  infeription: 
"  Here  lies  the  body  of  Mr.  John  Mackinnon,  of  the  Ifle  of  Skye,  an  honcft  man. 

"  N.  B.  This  Mackinnon  was  with  the  Pretender  in  the  battle  of  Cullodcn,  and 
the  very  man  who  carried  him  off.  After  his  efcapc,  by  wandering  about,  and  lying 
in  woods  and  bogs,  he  loft  the  ufe  of  all  his  limbs ;  and  lbmc  years  after  came  to 
Bath  for  the  benefit  of  the  waters,  and  dyed  there." 

In  the  chancel  floor  is  a  flat  marble  ftone  with  the  following  infeription : 

"  Underneath  lies  interred  the  body  of  Mr.  William  Carter,  of  Kcw-Grcen  in  the 
county  of  Surry,  whofe  integrity,  juftice,  candour,  and  humility,  were  apparent  to 
all.  A  moft  indulgent  hufband;  a  mod  tender  father;  with  a  fine  confidence  in 
God  he  patiently  reiigned  Feb.  9,  1 73  " ,  aged  6^^ 

"  Here  alfo  are  depofited  the  remains  of  Rofe  relict  of  the  above  William  Car 
a  truly  virtuous,  good  woman;  who,   after  a  well-fpent   life   of  eighty-five  years, 
furrendered  her  foul  to  its  merciful  Creator  January  28,  1766.     They  both  died 
parifhioners  of  this  place." 

On  other  ftones : 

"  Here  lies  the  mortal  part  of  Henrietta  Wray,  tire  fecond  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Elizabeth  Wray,  of  Kelfeeld  near  York.  Her  immortal  part  flic  willingly  re- 
flgned  into  the  hands  of  her  Creator  October  26,  1761,  in  the  29th  year  of  her  age," 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Jacob  Neale,  cittiibn  of  London,  who  dejurted  this  life 
Jan.  13,  1 73I,  aged  61." 

"  Here  lieth  the  dear  remains  of  Maria  Thercfa  daughter  of  George  and  Sarah 
Duperre,  of  the  city  of  Bath.  She  died  Sept.  6,  1759,  ag^  4  >cars  a,u'  4  months. 
Speedily  was  (lie  taken  away,  left  fin  fhould  alter  herundcrftanding,  or  deceit  bcguiU- 
her  fwcet  foul." 

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"  Alfo  Mrs.  Ann  Chriftopher,  who  died  July  16,  1763,     As  fincerdy  lamented  as 
juflly  beloved." 

"  Elizabeth  Grigg,  aged  45,  Aug.  4,  1766." 

Here  are  alfo  two  ftones  to  the  memory  of  the  Robins  family. 

The  chriftenings  in  this  parifh  are  on  an  annual  average  nine;  burials  (exclufiveof 
fuch  as  are  brought  from  other  parifhes)  five. 

Bath- Wick  paid  to  the  poor  in  1780,  52I.  os.  iod.  in  1781,  27I.  14s.  2d. 


FRESHFORD 

IS  a  confiderable  parifh,  four  miles  fouth  of  Bath,  and  two  miles  weft  from  Bradford 
in  Wiltfhire,  fituated  on  the  fouthern  declivity  of  a  hill  in  a  part  of  the  country 
well  cultivated,  and  rendered  pi&urefque  and  romantick  by  a  pleating  intermixture  of 
hills,  woods,  glens,  and  deep  vallies.  The  number  of  houfes  it  contains  is  about  one 
hundred  and  fixty,  and  of  inhabitants  nearly  nine  hundred.  Ofthefe  houfes,  about 
one  hundred  compofe  the  village  of  Frefhford,  which  is  formed  into  feveral  irregular 
ftreets  round  the  church ;  the  reft  are  in  the  following  hamlets : 

1.  Shafton,  half  a  mile  fouth,  containing  fix  houfes. 

2.  Shrubs,  fo  called  from  a  family  who  formerly  refided  here,  fituated  one  mile 
fouth,  and  containing  fix  houfes. 

3.  Pipards,  northward  of  the  village,  containing  twelve  houfes.  This  hamlet  was 
likewife  denominated  from  a  family  who  anciently  pofll'fTed  it.  The  Pipards  were 
lords  of  the  manor  of  Cold-Afhton  in  Glocefterfhire,  and  divers  others  in  Wiltfhire, 
during  many  fucceffive  reigns;  and  their  eftates  paffed  by  an  heirefs  to  the  Botelers 
carls  of  Ormond. 

4.  Park-Corner,  northweft,  twenty-fix  houfes. 

5.  Shitten-Lane,  twelve  houfes. 

6.'  Iford,  in  the  road  to  Farley-Caftle,  wherein  are  two  houfes,  one  of  them  the 
feat  of  John  Guisford,  efq;  very  pleafantly  fituated,  with  beautiful  plantations.  This 
houfe  was  formerly  the  property  of  the  Halliday  family,  of  Taunton.  There  were 
within  thefe  few  years  a  chapel,  and  a  cloifter,  belonging  to  this  houfe;  but  the 
former  is  now  converted  into  a  green-houfe,  and  the  latter  is  pulled  down.  This 
place  is  mentioned  in  Domefday  book  by  the  name  of  Eford,  as  follows : 

"  Alured  holds  of  the  earl  [Morton]  Eford.  Teodric  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
"  Edward,  and  gelded  for  half  a  hide.  The  arable  is  one  carucate,  and  there  are  two 
"  cottagers  and  two  acres  of  meadow.  It  was  worth  twenty  fhillings,  now  thirty 
*  millings,*'1 

*  I/ib.  Domefday. 

The 


TBttftijrofllttt]         FRESH     F     O     R     !). 

The  two  hamlets  of  Shrubs  and  Iford,  with  1  re  fh  ford  mills  and  bridge,  are  all  in 
the  county  of  Wilts:  the  river  Avon  being  the  boundary  at  theft  places. 

Contiguous  to  Frcfhford  was  another  very  ancient  parifli,  called  WOODWICK, 
in  the  Saxon  faysUndmicbe.  The  manor  thereof  at  the  Conqucft  belonged  to  the 
church  of  Bath,  and  is  thus  accounted  for  in  the  general  furvey: 

"  Rannulf  [Flambard]  holds  of  the  church  Undcwiche.  A  monk  of  the  feme 
**  monaftcry  held  itQin  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  two  hides  and  a  half. 
"  The  arable  is  three  carucates.  There  arc  five  bordars,  and  half  a  mill  of  five 
"  millings  rent,  and  twelve  acres  of  meadow,  and  thirty  acres  of  pafturc.  It  was 
"  and  is  worth  twenty  fhillings."b 

In  the  year  1448,  the  livings  of  Frcfhford  and  Woodwick,  on  account  ot  their 
vicinity  and  the  fmallnefs  of  their  income,  were  with  the  confent  of  Thomas  Halle, 
cfq;  of  Bradford,  patron  of  the  faid  churches,  and  John  Franklcyn,  rccior  of  the 
church  of  Frcfhford,  united;1  from  which  time,  the  church  of  Woodwick  feems  to 
have  fallen  into  decay,  and  now  there  is  not  the  fmallcft  veftigc  of  it  remaining,  the 
memory  of  it  being  only  preferved  in  the  name  of  certain  fields,  called  by  corruption 
Woodwards;  and  in  particular,  one  named  Church-Field,  or  Church  Powels;  out  of 
which  feveral  tomb-ftones  have  been  lately  dug,  and  other  ccclcfiaftical  antiquities 
have  been  difcovered  at  different  times. 

The  river  Avon  wafhes  the  village  of  Frcfhford  on  the  eaft,  where  it  is  joined  by  a 
ftrcam  which  rifes  near  Frome ;  over  which  is  a  done  bridge  of  three  arches,  eredtcd 
in  the  year  1783. 

The  manor  is  written  in  the  Norman  furvey  Fefchefordc,  and  is  thus  furvcyed: 

*  Alric  holds  of  Roger  [de  Curcelle]  Fefchefordc.  Domne  held  it  in  the  time  of 
"  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  half  a  hide.  The  arable  is  one  carucate,  on  which 
"  there  are  two  villanes,  with  one  cottager,  and  in  demefne  is  half  a  carucate.  There 
"  are  four  acres  of  meadow,  and  three  acres  of  pafturc,  and  eleven  acres  of  wood, 
"  It  is  worth  ten  fhillings. 

"  Robert  holds  of  Roger  Fefchefordc.  Brifmar  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  half  a  hide.  The  arable  is  two  carucates.  In  demefne  is  one  caru- 
"  cate,  and  one  villane,  and  three  cottagers,  with  one  plough.  There  are  two  acres 
"  of  meadow,  and  twenty  acres  of  pafturc,  and  forty  acres  of  wood.  It  was  and  is 
"  worth  feventeen  fhillings. "d 

Thefc  two  parcels  of  land,  being  conjoined  after  the  Conqueft,  were  given  to  the 
Carthufian  abbey  of  Hinton,  founded  bv  Ela  countefs  of  Salifbury  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  1332.  In  which  abbey  this  manor  continued  till  the  diffolution  thereof,  when 
it  was  granted  to  Anthony  Stringer  for  life;  but  he  dying  foon  after,  it  reverted  to 
the  crown,  and  was  given,  3  and  4  Philip  and  Mary,  to  John  Cheeke,  cfq.  He  it 
feems  likewife  had  it  only  for  life;  for  we  find  a  grant  of  it  45  Eire,  to  John  Davifon 

'  Mb.  Domefihy.        «  F.xwpt.  e  Rrgilt.  Tho.  de  Brkynton.  Ep.  B.  i-  W.        i  Ijb.  Domefday. 

and 


j  26  F    R    E    s    H    F    o    r    D.       [Teatfcjrortim. 

and  his  heirs,  whofe  family,  and  thofe  of  Ford  and  Afh,  pofTefled  the  greateft  part 
of  the  parifh  during  the  laft  century,  until  purchafed  of  their  heirs  the  beginning 
of  the  prefent  by  Anthony  Methuen,  efq;  whofe  only  fon  the  late  Thomas  Methucn 
inherited  this  manor,  and  it  is  now  the  property  of  his  only  fon  and  heir  Paul 
Methuen,  of  Corfham  in  the  county  of  Wilts,  efq. 

The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Bath,  and  in  the  gift  of  William  Norris, 
of  Nonfuch  in  the  county  of  Wilts,  efq.    The  rev.  Mr.  Long  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  dedicated  to  St.  Peter,  is  a  Gothic  ftruiture,  fixty-two  feet  long,  and 
thirty-two  feet  wide,  confifting  of  a  nave  leaded,  and  a  chancel,  fouth  aile,  and 
porch  tiled.  At  the  weft  end  is  an  embattled  tower,  forty-four  feet  high,  with  pin- 
nacles at  the  angles,  and  containing  a  clock  and  four  bells. 

Between  the  nave  and  the  chancel  are  three  fmall  mural  monuments  of  white 
marble,  with  the  following  inferiptions : 

,  "  In  memory  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Still,  daughter  of  John  Still,  efq;  of  Shafton  St. 
James,  Dorfet,  who  died  Dec.  17,  17 84,  aged  62. 

u  In  memory  of  Honor,  wife  of  John  Cooper,  and  daughter  of  John  Still,  efq. 
She  died  May  8,  1753,  age^  (i2- 

.  ««  Alfo  in  memory  of  Mr.  John  Cooper,  who  died  the  6th  of  May  1 762,  in  the  7 1  ft 
year  of  his  age. 

«<  In  memory  of  Ann  wife  of  George  Cooper,  daughter  of  Henry  Fifher,  gent. 
She  died  the  8th  of  January  1760,  in  her  32d  year." 

On  a  black  ftone  Handing  on  the  gallery  ftairs : 

-  "  Mary  Afhe,  the  mod  forrowful  relicl:  of  Edward  Afhe,  gent,  hath  put  thefe 
verfes  in  Englifh  to  the  perpetual  memory  of  her  dear  huiband,  who  deceafed 
Dec.  31,  1 66 1,  and  of  age  26. 

■    •"  If  all  my  vows  and  prayers  had  prevail'd, 
From  death's  areft  you  doubtlefs  had  been  bail'd, 
And  you  had  mourned  for  me  at  death's  cave, 
As  I  doe  mourn  at  your  untimely  grave; 
But  fith  the  juft  and  righteous  God's  decree 
Was  not  to  heare  my  prayers,  as  I  fee ; 
You  goe  to  reft  before  me,  whiles  mine  eyes, 
Fitted  for  mourning,  drop  out  elegies. 
Sweet  boanes  ly  foft,  the  grave's  a  bed  of  trufl ; 
My  boanes  fhall  fho'rtly  mingle  with  the  duft. 

*  V  Here  lies  a  peice  of  heav'n,  and  Chrift  one  day 
Will  fend  his  angels  to  fatch  it  away. 
Heav'n  hath  his  foul,  the  earth  his  corps  doth  hide, 
Yet  fo  that  it  fhall  not  flail  heare  abide : 
His  foul  fhall  come  with  Chrift,  and  at  Chrift's  call, 
Earth  fliall  give  up  her  fhare,  and  heav'n  have  all."    - 


TCatWForum.]         K  e  l  w  e  s  t  o  n.  \i7 

"  Olim  umbrofa  fuit  qucrcus  gratiffima  nymphis, 

1  raxinus  hie  cafa  eft  feci*  et  amata  Deo. 
Concidit  ante  diem;  fed  genu inat  in  paradifo; 

Corporc  dcfunlto,  fama  perennis  crit." 

In  1 77 1  this  parifh  paid  to  the  poor  223I.  J«.  3d.  and  in  1780,  2.14k  !')■•>■  >d. 


K      E      L      W      E      S      T      O      K 

[Anciently  written  KELVESTONJ 

IS  a  fmall  parifli  three  miles  and  a  half  northweft  from  Bath,  on  the  northern  bank 
of  the  river  Avon,  and  in  the  upper  turnpike  road  from  that  city  to  Briflol,  by 
way  of  Kingfwood.  This  road  is  as  beautiful  as  can  be  imagined,  being  cut  along 
a  gently  waving  and  dipping  terrace.  On  the  left  is  a  rich  vale,  through  which  the 
Avon  flows  in  a  ferpentine  direction,  having  on  its  fouthcrn  banks  the  villages  of 
Corfton,  Newton,  and  Twiverton,  with  a  fine  lofty  range  of  cultivated  hills  beyond 
them,  which  on  that  fide  bound  the  profpecl:.  On  the  right,  the  ftill  loftier  range 
of  Lanfdown-hills  rife  with  a  fteep  afcent  immediately  from  the  road.  Under  the 
laft  mentioned  hills  rife  feveral  fprings,  that  uniting  form  a  brook  called  Combes- 
brook;  which,  after  eroding  the  parifli,  empties  itfelf  into  the  Avon  juft  below. 
Another  fpring  rifes  in  that  part  of  the  parifli  which  borders  on  North-Stoke,  and 
forms  a  fmall  rivulet. 

In  the  caftern  part  of  this  parifli  is  a  fine  eminence  called  Henftridge-hill,  and  fome- 
times  Kelfton  Round-hill,  which  rifes  to  a  vaft  height  above  the  bed  of  the  river.  The 
upper  part  of  it  has  the  appearance  of  a  very  large  tumulus,  and  on  its  top  is  a 
plantation  of  firs,  inclofed  by  a  circular  wall.  This  fpOt  commands  a  profpeel  very 
extenfive,  and  as  finely  varied  with  grand  and  pleafing  fcencry  as  moll  in  the  county. 
To  the  eaft  it  extends  to  Marlborough  forcft ;  to  the  fouth  over  Salisbury  plain  and 
into  Dorfetfliire;  to  the  weft,  over  all  that  part  of  the  county  north  and  eaft  of 
Mendip-hills,  the  whole  range  of  which  bound  the  view:  On  the  northweft  lies  the 
Briftol  channel,  the  Holmes,  and  coaft  of  Wales,  near  fifty  miles  in  length,  with  part 
of  Monmouthfliire  and  the  forcft  of  Dean.  The  cities  of  Bath  and  Briftol  arc  both 
in  view,  with  the  fertile  vale  between  them,  and  the  Avon  gently  winding  through  it. 

We  have  no  account  of  this  parifli  in  the  Norman  record;  but  we  find  that  it  was 
in  very  early  times  parcel  of  the  pofieflions  of  the  great  abbey  of  Shaftefbury  in 
Dorfetfliire,  and,  as  fuch,  was  in  1 293  valued  at  23!.*  Mabel  (by  foiiie  called 
Matilda)  Clifford,  abbefs  of  that  monastery,  procured  a  charter  of  free  warren  in  all 
her'lands  lure,  2;  Edward  I.b 

a  Tax  it.  tempoia',  b  Cart.  :i  Y.hv.  L 

The 


i28  KELWESTON.         [15atf)-'jrorum, 

The  abbefs  received  a  yearly  penfion  of  thirty  marks  from  this  manor/  After  the 
diilblution  of  religious  houfes,  king  Henry  VIII.  in  the  thirty-eighth  year  of  his  reign, 
granted  this  manor,  with  thofe  of  Bath-Eafton  and  Katherine,  and  the  capital  mef- 
fuage  called  Kathcrinc's-court,  to  John  Make  and  Ethcldred  Make,  alias  Dyngley,  the 
king's  natural  daughter,  begotten  upon  the  body  of  Joanna  Dyngley,  alias  Dobfon. 
Which  Etheldred  was  committed  to  the  care  of  the  faid  Make,  who  was  the  king's 
taylor,  for  education :  and  the  king,  having  fpecial  love  and  regard  for  her,  granted 
thefe  eftates  for  her  ufe  and  benefit;  but  the  always  palled  for  Make's  natural  daugh- 
ter. She  was  fhortly  after  married  to  John  Harington,  efq;  a  confidential  fervant 
of  the  king,  who  thus  obtained  the  feveral  eftates  above-mentioned.  The  faid  John 
Harington  was  progenitor  of  a  very  refpectable  family,  of  whom  were  feveral  per- 
fons  of  learning  and  erudition;  particularly  his  fon  fir  John  Harington,  knight,  the 
celebrated  tranfiator  of  Ariofto's  Orlando  Furiofo,  who  lived  in  the  reign  of  queen 
Elizabeth.  The  chief  refidence  of  the  family  was  at  Kelwefton,  and  the  manor 
eontinued  in  their  pofieffion  till  fold  of  late  years  to  Caefar  Hawkins,  efq;  created 
a  baronet  of  Great-Britain  July  25,  1776;  whofc  grandfon  fir  Casfar  Hawkins, 
baronet,  is  the  prcfent  pofleflbr. 

This  family  affirmed  their  furname  from  having  been  the  ancient  barons  of  Have- 
rington  in  Cumberland.  Sir  James  and  fir  Robert,  defcendants  of  this  houfe,  were 
deprived  of  twenty-five  large  manors,  for  engaging  in  the  York  intereft  during  the  civil 
wars  between  the  houfes  of  York  and  Lancajler.  John  Harington,  the  confidential 
fervant  to  Hen.  VIII.  above-mentioned,  was  the  firft  who  fettled  at  Kelwefton,  about 
1546,  and  from  whom  the  Somerfetfhire  line  is  derived.  Another  branch  was  pof- 
feffed  of  very  confiderable  eftates  in  Rutland  and  Lincolnfhire;  from  which  were 
defcended  James  Harington,  author  of  the  celebrated  work  Oceana,  and  his  anceftor 
John  Lord  Harington,  of  Exton,  preceptor  to  the  princefs  Elizabeth,  afterwards 
queen  of  Bohemia,  daughter  to  James  the  firft.  The  prefent  fir  James  Harington, 
baronet,  is  of  the  Rutland  line  alfo.  The  old  houfe  at  Kelwefton,  built  by  John, 
and  finifhed  by  his  fon  fir  John,  was  conftructed  as  a  proper  reception  for  queen 
Elizabeth  during  a  fummer's  excurfion,  who  here  vifited  her  godfon  in  her  way  to 
Oxford  1591  .d 

The  old  manor-houfe  flood  near  the  church,  and  was  erected  in  1587  by  Sir  John 
Harington,  after  a  plan  of  that  celebrated  architect  James  Barozzi,  of  Vignola. 
This  houfe  fir  Caefar  Hawkins  pulled  down,  and  about  twenty  years  fince  erected  an 
elegant  manfion  fouthward  of  it,  on  an  eminence  commanding  a  moll  beautiful 
varied  profpect  of  the  furrounding  country,  the  Avon,  and  the  city  of  Bath.  From 
the  point  of  the  hill  on  which  the  houfe  ftands,  a  fine  lawn,  interfperfed  with  fingle 
trees,  extends  to  the  river,  which  here  forms  a  fine  curve  through  one  of  the  richeft 
vales  in  the  world,  and  is  then  loft  to  the  eye  under  the  hanging  woods,  which  veft 
the  declivity  of  the  hill  to  the  fouth  and  weft. 

*  Dr.  Archer's  Account  of  Religious  Houfes,  Hemingford's  Chron.  p.  637. 

11  See  Dugdale's  Baronetage;  Wright's  Rutland/hire,  &c. 

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TBAtMottim.]        KELWESTON.  129 

The  living  is  a  rcclory  in  the  deanery  of  Bath.  The  lord  of  the  manor  is  patron, 
and  the  rev.  Mr.  Green  incumbent.  In  the  taxation  of  1292  it  was  rated  at  fourteen 
marks,  out  of  which  a  pennon  of  twenty  (hillings  was  paid  to  the  cook  and  almoner 
of  Shaftcibury  abbey.1     At  the  diflblution  it  was  valued  at  20I.  per  annum.* 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Nicholas.  It  (lands  at  the  weftern  extremity  of  the 
village,  and  is  a  fmall  low  ftrudhirc,  feventy  feet  long,  and  nineteen  wide,  confining 
of  a  nave  leaded,  and  a  chancel,  and  two  porches  tiled.  The  entrance  into  the  fouth 
porch  is  walled  up,  and  now  fcrves  for  a  veftry-room.  At  the  weft  end  is  a  fquare 
tower,  forty  feet  high,  containing  four  bells. 

Over  the  communion  table  is  a  fmall  mural  monument  of  black  and  white  marble, 
with  this  infeription : 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  the  lady  Diones  Harington,  late  wife  of  John  Harington, 
cfq;  and  daughter  of  the  right  honourable  James  earl  of  Marlborough,  who  died  the 
8th  of  Auguft,  annoq;  Dom.  1674."  Arms:  Sable,  a  fret  argent,  Harington,  impaling, 
argent,  a  chevron  between  three  bears  heads  coupcd.y^-Zr,  for  Ley  carl  of  Marlborough. 

Near  the  above  arc  two  fmall  monuments  of  (tone,  on  the  firft  of  which  is  inferibed, 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  John  Harington,  fon  of  John  Harington,  efq;  and  Mary 
his  wife,  daughter  and  coheire  of  Peter  Specot,  of  Thornbury  in  Devon,  efq;  who 
dyed  the  20,tl  day  of  February,  1674." 

Arms:  Quarterly,  firft  and  fourth  Harington,  fecond  and  third,  or,  on  a  bend, 
gules,  three  fer-de-moulins  pierced,  argent,  Specot. 

On  the  fecond : 

"  Hie  jacet  Maria  uxor  Johannis  Harington,  armigeri,  filia  Petri  Specot  de  Thorn- 
bury,  in  comitat.  Devon,  armigeri,  qua?  obiit  24  Aug.  Ao.  Domini  1660."  Arms 
as  above. 

On  the  floor,  within  the  communion  rails,  are  the  following  memorials  of  the 
Harington  family: 

"  In  memory  of  fir  John  Harington,  knight,  161 2. 

"John,  efq;  1654.  John,  cfq;  1700.  Henry,  cfq;  1769.  In  line  defcendant 
from  Johannes  baron  dc  Haverington  in  Cumberland,  created  firft  lord  of  that  houfc 
1324,  by  king  Edward  II. f 

"  Alfo  Mary,  wife  of  Henry,  and  daughter  of  Richard  Backwcll,  cfq;  1731. 

"  Lady  Mary,  wife  of  fir  John,  daughter  of  fir  George  Rogers,  1634. 

"  Helena,  wife  of  John,  efq;  daughter  of  Benjamin  Goftlct,  efq;  171  8. 

"  Goftlet,  cfq;  fon  of  John,  cfq;   1706." 

Near  the  above : 

"  Hie  jacet  Gcorgius  Harington,  gencrofus  filius  tertius  natu  Johannis  Harington 
militis,  qui  obiit  7  die  Deccmbris,  anno  Domini  1665." 

d  Taxat.  fpiritua!.  e  MS.  Survey. 

'  Johannes  dominus  de  Haverington,  created  knight  of  the  B.idi  by  Edw.  I.   13:4- 

Vol.  I  S  O.i 


-i?o  K    E    L    w    e    s    T   o    n.      tuatb'tfonmi. 

,     On  the  north  fide  ot  the  chancel  is  a  fmall  plain  mural  monument  of  white  marble, 
inicribed: 

"  In  memory  of  Robert  Kenning,  M.  A.  fomctinie  vicar  of  Marfhfield  in  the  count) 
"  of  Glocelter,  and  xxvii  years  rector  of  this  church,  who,  among  other  charities, 
"  gave  one  hundred  and  twenty  pounds  to  the  poor  of  this  parifh,  and  of  Marfhfield 
xt  aforefaid;  and  was  buried  in  this  chancel  the  xvi*  day  of  Auguft  moccix,  in  the 
"  Lxvth  year  of  his  age/' 

At  the  weft  end  of  the  chancel  is  a  fmall  mural  monument  of  ftone,  with  this 
infeription : 

"  Infra  oonduntur  exuviae  Griffini  Smith  hujus  ecclefise  non  ita  olim  paftoris  vere 
digni,  qui  obiit  junii  27,  1681.  Coloff.  iiL  3.  Vita  veftra  eft  abfeondita  cum 
Chrifto  in  Deo."  • 

On  a  black  marble  againft  the  fouth  wall : 

"  Neere  to  this  place  lieth  the  bodyc  of  Mary  Smith,  the  deare  daughter  and  onely 
child  of  Griffin  Smith,  minifter,  and  of  Marie  his  wife,  who  dyed  May  the  fift,  1678. 
Her  motto;  Set  your  affections  on  things  above,  not  on  things  on  the  earth.  Col.  iii.  2." 

On  an  oval  ftone  againft  the  fouth  wall  of  the  nave: 
"  Hie  deponuntur  exuviae  Dom.  Johannis  Fenn  hujus  parochiae  qui  morti  obiit 
vigelimo  octavo  Jan.  anno  Dom.  169^1  zetatis  fuse  59." 

Over  the  north  door  are  two  marble  monuments,  with  the  following  inferiptions: 

"  Near  this  place  lieth  the  body  of  Lawfon  Hudlefton,  archdeacon  of  Bath,  canon 
of  the  cathedral  church  of  Wells,  and  recTor  of  this  parifh;  defcended  from  the 
ancient  family  of  Hudlefton  in  Cumberland,  who  died  April  19,   1743,  aged  66. 

"  Alfo  that  of  Helena  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Harington,  cfq;  of  Kelfton,  who 
died  December  16,  1748,  aged  67.  Hie  et  in  ccelo  quies.  Here  and  in  heaven  is  reft. 

"  Neare  this  place  lieth  the  body  of  John  Hudlefton,  eldeft  fon  of  Lawfon  and 
Helena  Hudlefton,  who  died  5"'  January  1749,  aged  34  years." 

On  a  ftone  on  the  floor: 
"  Here  lies  the  body  of  Anne  Thomas,  widow  of  Col.  William  Thomas,  late  of  the 
ifland  of  Antigua,  who  departed  this  life  the  30'"  day  of  December,  1741,  aged  58." 

On  a  white  marble : 
"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Alicia  Jones,  who  died  December  24,  1777,  aged 
44  years.  She  was  daughter  of  Charles  Valence  Jones,  efq;  and  Mary  his  wife;  and 
niece  to  the  late  right  honourable  Philip  Yorke,  earl  of  Hardwicke,  lord  high  chan- 
cellor of  Great-Britain.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Jones  inferibes  this  to  the  memory  of  an 
affedtionate  fifter,  a  fincere  friend,  and  pious  chriftian." 

In  the  north  porch  ic  a  fmall  ftone  monument  thus  inferibed : 
u  Near  this  place  lieth  the  body  of  Alice  the  wife  of  Thomas  Feckenhnm,  of 
Marfhfield  in  the  county  of  Gloucefter,  daughter  of  John  Harington,  efq;  of  this 
parifh,  who  departed  this  life  the  2d  day  of  May,   1742,  aged  71  years." 

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•  Harington-?  176?. 

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Part  of  the  church-yard  is  railed  off  for  a  vaulc  of  the  Harington  family,  where, 
on  grave  ftones,  arc  the  following  names: 

Edward  ] 
Hcftcr  j 
Colthrop, 

At  the  noi  thweft  corner  of  the  church-yard  is  a  fine  yew  tree. 

John  Harington,  efq;  gave  the  fum  of  3I.  annually  for  the  fchooling  of  poor 
children  of  this  parifh,  and  charged  the  eftate  and  lands  with  the  payment  of  the 
fame  for  ever. 

Lawfon  Hudlefton,  archdeacon  of  Bath,  gave  twenty  millings  per  annum  to  be 
diftributcd  to  the  poor  in  bread  on  Chriftmas-eve,  and  charged  the  fame  for  ever  on 
an  eftate  at  Wefton  town,  near  Marfhfield. 

Robert  Kenning,  M.  A.  left  by  will  the  Intereft  of  one  hundred  pounds  for  ever, 
for  binding  one  poor  boy  apprentice  every  fifth  year:  the  intereft  of  the  faid  money, 
during  the  four  years  that  ruuft  ncceflarily  elapfe  between  every  fifth,  to  apprentice 
one  boy  in  each  year,  belonging  to  the  parifh  of  Marfhfiold. 

Mrs.  Hcftcr  Harington  gave  500I.  by  will,  the  intereft  to  be  diftributcd  in  bi 
and  coal  to  the  poor. 

This  parifh  paid  to  the  poor  in  1 771,  14I.  13^  7d.;  in  1780,  53I.  6s.  6d. 


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L     A     N     G      R     I     D      O      K. 

THIS  is  a  fmall  parifh,  confining  of  twelve  houfes,  fituated  three  mile.-  north 
from  the  city  of  Bath,  on  the  eaftern  declivity  of  Lanfdown-hill,  with  a  rich 
and  beautiful  vale  below  it.  Dr.  Stulcely,  in  his  itinerary,  fcems  to  apprehend  that 
its  name  is  derived  from  the  Roman  road,  which  partes  wefhvard  of  it  towards  the 
Trajeftus;  but  others  may  think  it  more  probable  that  it  was  denominated  from  the 
long  ridge  of  hill  whereon  it  is  fituated.  Be  this  as  it  may,  the  old  Norman  furvcy 
writes  it  Lancberis,  and  defcribes  it  as  tl>e  property  of  the  bilhop  of  Coutancc,  who 
poueficd  fo  many  manors  in  this  county. 

"  Azeline  holds  of  the  bifhop  Lancheris.     Ai\f\  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edw. 
"  and  gelded  for  two  bides  and  a  half.      The  arable  is  five  carucates.     In  demefne 
"  are  three  carucates,  and  three  fervams,  and  five  villains,  and  fcven  cm,  with 

"  two  ploughs.  There  is  a  mill  of  foity  pence  .rent,  and  four  acres  and  a  half  0*' 
*'  meadow,  and  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres  of  pafturc.  It  was  worth  forty  fhil- 
**  lings,  now  fixty  (hillings."-1 

1  Lib.  Domefdsy. 

S  2  7  Eow. 


flja  LANGRIDGE.         [TBat&--JFoium, 

7  EJw.  11.  Adam  lc  Walifli  is  found  by  the  inquifitions  to  hold  the  manor  of 
Langridge,  with  the  advowfon  of  the  church,  by  the  fcrvice  of  half  a  knight's  fee; 
and  after  him  Robert  le  Walifli,  or  Walfhe,  held  the  fame.b  Their  fucceflbrs  con- 
tinued polfeffed  of  it  for  feveral  reigns,  and,  as  they  nude  it  the  chief  place  of  their 
refidence,  many  of  them  were  buried  in  the  parifh  church.'  From  them  the  manor 
pafied  in  procefs  of  time  to  the  Walronds,  who  likewife  refided  and  were  buried 
here.  This  family  held  Langridge  in  their  pofleffion  for  a  long  fcries  of  years,  till 
in  the  beginning  of  the  prefent  century  one  of  them  fold  it  to  William  Blathwaite,  efq; 
whofe  grandfon,  William  Blathwaite,  of  Dirham  in  the  county  of  Qocefter,  efq;  is 
the  prefent  poffeffor.  His  arms  are,  Or,  two  bends  engrailed  fable,  impaling  azure, 
a  lion  argent. 

The  old  manor-houfe,  built  by  one  of  the  Walfhes,  ftands  near  the  church ;  but 
much  of  the  original  building  feems  to  be  gone :  what  remains  conftitutes  a  good 
farm-houfe.  On  the  fouth  fide  is  a  fquare  tower,  with  very  narrow  lights,  and  a 
door  eaftward  ftopt  up.  This  the  inhabitants  have  a  tradition  was  a  prifon ;  but 
in  all  probability,  it  was  nothing  more  than  a  granaiy,  or  fome  fuch  repofitory. 
Near  this  tower,  at  the  end  of  the  dwelling-houfe,  is  a  very  old  Gothick  window. 

The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Bath,  in  the  gift  of  the  lord  of  the 
manor,  to  which  it  has  always  been  appendant.  The  rev.  Mr.  Blathwaite  is  the 
prefent  incumbent.  There  are  twenty-four  acres  of  glebe  land.  In  1292  the  church 
was  valued  at  nine  marks."1  Six  pounds  per  annum  are  paid  out  of  it,  as  tithings 
for  lands  held  under  St.  John's  hofpital  in  the  parifh  of  Walcot,  to  this  parifh. 

The  church  is  a  fmall  building,  but  very  anefcht.  It  confifts  of  one  pace  twenty- 
eight  feet  long,  and  fifteen  wide,  and  a  chancel ;  the  entrance  into  which  from  the 
nave  is  through  a  fine  zigzag  arch,  feven  feet  and  a  half  wide,  of  Saxon  architecture. 
The  entrance  into  the  church  from  the  fouth  porch  is  likewife  Saxon.  At  the  weft 
end  is  a  fquare  tower,  in  which  are  three  very  old  bells,  with  Latin  Monkifh  inferip- 

tions.   On  the  firft  is,  Cane  Johannes  3ple.   On  the  fecond,  Etefono  90icljaeli 
JLauDem :  and  on  the  third,  §>it  noitien  Domini  beneoi&um. 

In  the  chancel  floor,  among  other  memorials  partly  defaced,  are  the  following : 
On  a  brafs  plate  fixed  in  a  large  grey  ftone: 

"$ic  meet  iRobtus  COalOje,  atmujfaui  obiit  ferto  tie  menfte  8@aij, 
anno  Dm.  miUimo,  cccc°m>u,  cunw  animae  propicietur  Deus.    amen." 

At  the  top  of  the  ftone  is  the  portraiture  of  the  faid  Robert  Walfhe,  with  this  fcroll, 

s^iferete  mei  Detw. 

On  a  ftone  next  to  the  above: 
"  Here  iyethe  the  bodie  of  Edward  Walrond,  of  Langrige,  efquier,  who  deccfed 
the  eight  day  of  Januarye,  anno  Domini,  1604." 

At  the  foot  of  the  fame  ftone  reverfed : 
*«  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Francis  Walrond,  fen.  who  departed  this  life  the  2$h  of 
Auguft  1703,  aged  35  years." 

» Inq.  poft  mortem.  «  See  the  inferiptions.  <■  Taxat.  fpiritual.  Againft 


TSatfrjForum.]      langridge.  ijj 

Againft  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  monument  of  white  nurWc,  with  thf 
following  infeription.: 

"  Near  this  place  lieth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Catherine,  wife  of  Mr.  Lawrence  Walrond, 
fen.  who  departed  this  life  the  3d  day  of  January  171  ]. 

"  Alfo  the  body  of  Richard,  ion  of  Mr.  Lawrence  Walrond,  by  Sarah  his  wife,  who 
departed  this  life  the  20,h  day  of  January  172],  aged  18  years  and  a  half."  Arms: 
Barry  of  fix,  or  and  azure,  over  all  an  eagle  difplaycd  guhs.  Crcft,  on  a  wreath  a 
demi  horfc  naiant. 

On  a  long  ftone  tablet  againfl  the  fouth  wall: 

"  Ncarc  this  ftone  lyeth  the  body  of  Mr.  Lawrence  Walrond,  who  departed  the 
24"'  of  March,  and  was  buried  the  27th  of  March,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1679. 

"  Alfo  ncarq  this  ftone  lyeth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Mary  Walrond,  who  was  buried  the 
6"1  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1:63$. 

"  Alfo  ncare  this  ftone  lyeth  the  body  of  Edward,  fon  of  Mr.  Lawrence  Walrond, 
Mho  departed  the  13*  of  May,  and  was  buried  the  f6,h  of  May,  in  the  ycare  of  our 
Lord  1679." 

Within  the  communion  rails: 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mr.  Roger  Turner,  rector  of  this  parifh,  who  departed 
this  life  November  the  9th,  1727,  aged  £1  years." 

On  a  fmall  brafs  oval  near  the  fame^ 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Turner,  the  pious  and  virtuous  fifter  of 
Mr.  Roger  Turner,  rector  of  this  church,  who  departed  this  life  the^ift  day  of  July, 
A.  D.  171 1,  aetatis  fuae  47." 

On  a  fmall  ftone-, 

"HERE  LYETH  THE  BODI  OF  PENELOPE  POWE,  161 5." 

There  is  another  ftone,  almoft  obliterated,  to  the  memory  of  fome  other  of  the 
Powe  family. 

On  the  floor  at  the  entrance  into  the  chancel  is  the  portraiture  of  a  woman  in  brafs, 
with  the  following  infeription  at  her  feet : 

"  foic  iacct  (ZEUsabett)  CflaUc&e,  que  obijt  xx°  Eie  mens  aphtf  3nno  Dni. 
mtccrrlt0,  quoDam  uroc  iRoberti  OMlcbe,  atmiger,  qui  jacct  in  cacella  iQT 
ecclie  quor  afab's  spitizt  Dcus*   amen." 

Under  an  arch  in  the  north  wall  of  the  nave  lies  the  effigy  of  a  female,  having  her 
hands  uplifted  in  a  fupplicating  pofture.  There  is  no  infeription,  nor  perhaps  ever 
was ;  but  it  is  generally  fuppofed  to  be  the  monument  of  one  of  the  Walflie  family, 
who  are  faid  to  have  built  the  church,  with  which  this  muft  be  coarval. 

In  the  chancel  window  are  two  fmall  circular  pieces  of  glafs,  with  the  initials 
1R.  £2L  for  Robert  Walflie. 

The  expences  of  the  poor  of  this  parifli  amounted  in  1771  to  ill.  10s.  4d.;  in 
J 7 80,  to  23L  is.  9d.     There  is  a  poor-houfe;  but  it  has  no  endowment. 

NORTH- 


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NORTH-STOKE 

STANDS  four  miles  northweft  from  Bath,  under  the  fouthweft  brow  of  Lanfdown- 
hill,  and  is  bounded  on  the  north  and  weft  by  Gloucefterfhire.  The  parifh  is 
but  fmall,  containing  about  twenty  houfes,  eight  of  which  are  in  a  hamlet  on  the 
Briftol  road,  called  Swinford,  where  was  antiently  a  chapel,  now  deftroyed;  and  the 
reft  are  near  the  church. 

The  land  is  moftly  pafture,  and  varies  much  in  value,  fome  being  very  good, 
producing  fine  hay;  the  reft  rough,  fteep,  and  rocky.  There  arc  five  farms;  the  reft 
of  the  houfes  are  chiefly  cottages. 

From  an  elevated  point  of  land  in  this  parifh,  called  North-Stoke  brow,  there  is 
one  of  the  moft  exteniive,  beautiful,  and  diversified  profpects  in  this  county.  Hence 
the  eye  wanders  with  delight  and  aftonifhment  over  the  cities  of  Bath  and  Briftol;  a 
vaft  range  of  cultivated  country,  thrown  into  the  fineft  inequalities  of  hills,  vallies, 
and  woods,  and  the  Severn,  with  the  majeftick  range  of  Welch  mountains  beyond  it. 
But  as  this  view  takes  in  moft  of  the  objects  already  mentioned  in  the  defcription 
of  Kelwe'fton  round-hill,  it  will  be  unnecelfary  again  to  particularize  them. 

On  that  part  of  Lanfdown  which  belongs  to  this  parifh,  is  an  intrenchment  about 
one  hundred  and  fifty  yards  in  length,  and  eighty  in  breadth,  thrown  up  by  the  par- 
liament army  in  the  time  of  Charles  I.  juft  before  the  memorable  battle  of  Lanfdown, 
wherein  fir  Bevil  Granville  was  ilain :  of  which  we  fhall  fpeak  under  the  artide  of 
Wefton.    The  Roman  road,  branching  from  the  Fofs  at  Walcot,  traverfes  this  parifh. 

The  manor  of  North-Stoke  was  given  about  the  year  Soo  by  Kenulf,  king  of  Mercia, 
to  the  Benedictine  monks  of  Bnth,  inftituted  by  king  Ofta  fome  few  years  before. 
They  muft  have  enjoyed  this  territory  at  the  time  of  the  compilation  of  Domefday 
book,  but  we  do  not  there  find  it  ranked  among  the  poffeffions  of  that  monaflery ;  nor 
is  this,  or  the  other  Stoke  in  this  hundred,  diftinguifhable  in  the  furvey.  But  there 
was  a  family  of  fome  account  that  affumed  their  name  from  the  place,  as  was  the 
common  ui'age  in  ancient  times,  who  poiTbffed  great  property  here,  and  even  difputed 
the  title  Of  the  monks  to  this  manor.  In  a  court,  held  by  John  bifhop  of  Bath,  A.D. 
1 1 2r,  Modbert  de  Stoke  appeared  to  afTcrt  his  right  thereto,  ailedging  that  he  had 
married  the  daughter  of  Grenta  de  Stoke,  who  was  lord  of  the  manor  by  hereditary 
right,  and  had  given  him  the  faid  manor  in  marriage  with  his  daughter.  But  for 
want  of  fufficient  evidence,  and  it  bt  ing  proved  that  the  monks  held  the  faid  manor 
of  royal  grant,  Modbert  was  obliged  to  give  up  his  claim,  -and  the  religious  were 
afterwards  confirmed  in  their  old  pofieffion  by  king  Henry  I.  and  king  Stephen." 
Their  tcmporalites  in  this  place  were  rated  in  1293  at  55s.*  After  the  fupprcfiiou 
of  monaftcrks,  the  manor  remained  in  the  crown  fome  t'rmv-,  but  in  3  I -".d  ward  VI. 

a  M-idox's  HilK  of  the  Exchequer,  p   7$,  '-  Ta.xat.  temporal. 

was 


MfrJrOWm.]       NORTH-STOKE.  135 

was  granted  10  William  P.uilet,  lor  J  Si.  John,  to  be  held  of  the  king  in  chief  by 
knights'  fcrvice.  31  Eli/.,  lands  in  North-Stoke,  late  belonging  to  the  ddlblvcd  abbey 
of"  Bath,  were  granted  to  Bageholte  and  Yard  ley,  to  be  held  of  the  manor  of  Eaft 
Greenwich.     John  Hooper,  of  Bath,  el'q;  is  the  prefent  lord  hereof. 

The  church  is  a  re&ory,  in  the  deanery  of  Bath.  The  patronage,  which  was 
formerly  verted  in  the  prior  and  convent  of  Bath,  is  now  in  the  crown.  The  rev. 
Mr.  Walker  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Martin,  Hands  on  an  eminence  at  the  call: 
end  of  the  village;  and  is  a  fmall  low  ftructurc,  confirming  of  one  pace,  a  chancel  at 
the  eaft:  end,  and  a  tower  at  the  welt  thirty  feet  in  height,  whereon  is  the  date  1731. 
The  chancel  forms  a  diftinet  room,  being  divided  or  rather  lhut  out  from  the  body 
of  the  church  by  a  wall,  in  which  are  two  windows  and  a  door.  The  whole  is  out 
of  repair,  and  very  dirtily  kept. 

In  this  chancel,  on  grave  ftones,  are  the  following  inferiptions: 

"  Underneath  lieth  the  body  of  the  rev.  George  BcLl,  fellow  of  Merton  college, 
Oxford;  who  departed  this  life  May  7'h,  1 771,  aged  46  years." 

Within  the  communion  rails: 
**  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  John  Lee,  rector,  who  departed  this  life  December  the 
16th,  1676." 

Clofe  to  the  above: 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Jane  Lee,  wife  of  John  Lee,  rector  of  this  parilh,  who 
departed  this  life  December  27,  1678." 

In  the  nave  arc  fcvcral  monuments  to  the  memory  of  the  families  of  Afli  and 
Ward. 

In  the  belfry  is  an  elegant  mural  monument  of  grey  and  white  marble;  in  the  body 
of  which  is  a  well-executed  female  figure  of  white  marble,  in  Roman  draper)',  fitting 
under  a  palm  tree  fn  a  penfive  attitude.  Her  right  elbow  rcfts  on  her  knee,  while 
her  hand  fupports  her  head.  Her  left  arm  refts  on  an  urn,  and  fhe  holds  a  palm 
branch  in  her  left  hand.  Above  this  figure,  at  the  two  corners,  are  two  handfome 
marble  flaming  urns;  between  which  rifes  anobtufe  cone  of  grey  marble,  terminated 
by  thefe  arms:  Gules,  a  chevron  between  three  flcurs  dc  lis,  or. 

On  a  white  oval  tablet  is  this  infeription: 

"  Here  lie  the  remains  of  Colonel  Edward  Brown  who  departed  this  life  September 
the  2o'h,  1772,  aged  77.  (  Bleiled  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord,  faith  the 
fpiritj  they  reft  from  their  labours,  and  their  works  do  follow  them.' 

*'  This  monument  is  in  moft  affectionate  and  grateful  duty  creeled  by  Mary  Rigby, 
his  niece  and  fole  executrix." 

In  a  -lozenge,  at  the  foot  of  the  monument,  is  this  an; :  Barry  tit  fix,  <?>£.•;.•/,  and 

'iztov,  on  a  <  the  fecond,  throe  dnqotGoiis  or. 

In 


136  SOUTH. STOKE.       pBat&--jrorum. 

In  the  church-yard,  is  a  tomb  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Mary  Mundy,  daughter  of 
James  Mundy,  efq;  ferjeant  at  law,  who  died  June  8,  1782,  aged  82. 

Here  is  like  wife  an  old  yew-tree. 

This  parifli  paid  to  the  poor  in  1771,  1 7I.  19s.  3d.  and  in  1780,  1 61.  us.  od. 

The  annual  number  of  chriftenings  here  is  five,  and  of  burials  three. 


SOUTH-STOKE. 

THIS  little  parifh  is  very  pleafantly  fituated  two  miles  fouthweft  from  the  city  of 
Bath,  and  contains  thirty-five  houfes,  and  about  two  hundred  inhabitants. 
The  church  and  mod  of  the  houfes  (land  on  the  fouthern  declivity  of  a  hill,  half  a 
mile  weft  of  the  turnpike  road  to  Warminfter.  A  few  of  the  houfes  Hand  at  the 
bottom  of  the  hill  in  the  road,  and  form  a  part  of  the  hamlet  of  Midford ;  through 
which  a  fmall  ftream  runs  under  a  ftone  bridge,  dividing  this  parifli  from  Charter- 
houfe-Hinton.  About  midway,  defcending  the  hill  from  Bath,  in  a  very  romantick 
lituation,  ftands  Midford-caftle,  a  modern  edifice,  built  a  few  years  ago  by  Henry 
Difney  Roebuck,  efq.  The  conftruction  is  Angular;  being  in  a  triangular  form,  with 
the  angles  rounded  off,  and  embattled  at  the  top.  As  it  is  erected  on  the  flope 
of  the  hill,  the  terrace  on  the  lower  fide  is  raifed  to  a  confiderable  height,  and  fur- 
rounded  with  a  handfome  balluftrade  of  Bath  ftone.  On  the  north  and  eaft  fides  of 
this  houfe,  is  a  very  deep  narrow  fequeftered  glen ;  the  fteep  rugged  fides  of  which  are 
cloathed  with  fine  coppice  woods,  interfered  with  beautiful  ferpentine  walks,  orna- 
mented with  flowering  fhrubs.  On  an  abrupt  part  of  the  brow,  which  overlooks  the 
hollow,  at  the  bottom  of  which  a  brook  (called  Horfecombe  brook)  murmurs  along 
a  rocky  channel,  the  proprietor  has  erected  an  elegant  building  called  the  Priory,  with 
Gothick  windows  and  a  circular  embattled  tower,  in  which  is  a  commodious  tea  room, 
and  offices  below.  At  a  little  diftance  from  this,  under  a  thick  mafs  of  fhade,  ftands 
a  ruftick  hermitage  on  the  brow  of  a  fteep  defcent.  The  whole  furrounding  fcenery 
is  highly  picturefque  and  romantick. 

From  the  brow  of  the  hill  above  the  church,  the  profpect  is  finely  varied  with  in- 
clofures,  woods,  and  projecting  rocks;  and  to  the  foutheaft  is  very  extenfive,  being 
bounded  by  the  high  ridge  of  Salilbury  plain.  In  the  lower  part  of  the  parifh,  are 
fome  fine  meadows;  but  the  land  on  the  flope  of  the  hill,  efpecially  on  the  eaftern 
fide,  is  thin,  cold,  and  rather  unfruitful. 

The  manor  of  South-Stoke  was  fold  a  few  years  ago  by  Lord  Sandwich  to  Mr, 
Cooper  of  Salilbury;  but  no  court  is  held.  In  an  old  leafe  we  find  the  following 
memorandum:  "  That  the  vicar  of  South-Stoke,  for  the  time  being,  fhall  have  going 
"  and  pafturing  freely  with  the  farmers  beafis  there  for  thre  beftcs ;  whereof  one  fhall 

**  be 


TSatMovum.]       SOUTH- STOKE. 

**  he  a  marc,  a  horfc,  or  a  gelding;  the  fecond  a   kowc,  and  the  third  a  bullock: 

«'  which  three  (hall  go  and  pafture  in  this  manner;  his  mare,  horfe,  or  gelding,  with 

•'  the  farmer's  mares  ;    his  kowc  with  the  farmer's  kyne,  and  his  bullock  with  the 

M  farmer's  bullock,  in  certain  lefues  and  pallures ;  that  is  to  fay,  in  Brodc-Clofc, 

"  Grove-Clofe,  and  Shephoufe-Medc,  from  time  to  time,  as  it  hath  been  ufed  and 

"  accuftomed  tyme  owte  of  myndc."* 

The  living  is  a  vicarage  in  the  deanery  of  Bath.  It  was  formerly  appropriated 
to  the  abbey  of  Bath.    The  rev.  Mr.  Wood  is  the  incumbent,  and  hath  the  perpetuity 

of  the  living. The  church,  dedicated  to  St.  James,  is  a  fmall  building,  compofed 

of  a  nave  leaded,  chancel  and  porch  tiled.  The  length  from  eaft  to  weft  is  fixty- 
two  feet,  the  breadth  eighteen  feet.  At  the  weft  end  is  a  quadrangular  ftonc  tower 
embattled,  fifty  feet  high,  with  a  turret  and  pinnacles. 

On  the  north  fide  of  the  chancel,  is  an  elegant  fmall  mural  monument  of  black 
and  white  marble,  with  this  infeription: 

"  Juxta  hoc  nurmor,  fub  fpe  feliciter  rcfurgendi,  jacct  Jacobus  Hoffham  Murifon, 
de  Iford  in  comitatu  Wiltonienfi,  armiger;  cui  probitas  ct  benevolentia,  urbanitas  et 
eruditio,  omnefque  alia?  virtutes,  dotefque  animi  morumquc,  qua:  illuftrem  reddunt 
\  hum,  et  fidei  Chriftianae  profellbrem,  pari  jure  fummoque  delcdbe.  Memoriae  cujus 
carse,  hoc  monumentum,  Margareta  uxor  ejus  nuper  beatiflima,  quacum  conjunc- 
tiflime  vixit  annos  prope  quadraginta,  nunc  vidua  moeftiflima,  confecravit.  Obijt 
12°  die  Aprilis,  anno  Domini  1776,  aetat.  fuae  62."  Arms:  Argent,  three  black- 
moors'  heads  fable:  impaling,  a  pall  of  the  fecond.  Crcft:  a  blackmoor's  head 
wreath,  gules  and  argent.     Motto,  "  Mors  Janua  vitae." 

To  the  right  is  another  fmall  plain  mural  monument  of  white  marble,  thus  inferibed : 
"  Near  the  belfry,  under  a  ftone  inferibed  with  her  name,  lie  interred  the  remains 
of  Mary  Collins,  relict  of  Thomas  Collins,  gent,  of  Camaine  in  the  county  of 
Glamorgan.  Her  nephew,  the  vicar  of  this  church,  in  gratitude  for  her  great  bene- 
volence and  love  to  him,  and  in  juftice  to  her  character,  which  was  adorned  with  fuch 
rare  and  excellent  qualities  and  virtues,  as  rendered  her  living  beloved,  refpected,  and 
cfteemed;  and  dying,  an  ornament  to  our  moft  holy  faith;  has  erected  this  monument 
a  tribute  to  her  memory.     She  died  the  i9'h  of  May  1773,  age^  82." 

Within  the  altar  rails  is  a  neat  mural  monument  of  white  marble  thus  inferibed: 
"  In  earneft  expectation  of  a  blefled  immortality,  here  reft  beneath  all  that  was  mortal 
of  Betty  Pettingal,  wife  of  Hanbury  Pettingal  of  Bath,  who  died  1 9*  Feb.  1 7  84,  aged  70." 

In  the  chancel  floor: 
"  Here  lyeth  John,  fon  of  Richard  Gay,  of  South-Stoke,  gent,  and  Quirina  his 
wife;  who  died  the  12th  of  October  1706,  aged  66." 

The  chriftenings  in  this  parifh  are,  on  an  annual  average,  eight ;  the  burials,  five. 
The  cxpences  of  the  poor  amounted  in  1770,  to  64I.  3s.  $d.  in  1780, 10371.  3s.  6d. 

•  Ihrl.  MS.  39-0. 

Vol.  I.  T  KATHERINE, 


[    138    ]  [TBat^jFotum. 


KATHERINE,    or  ST.    KATHERINE's. 

THIS  parifli  is  denominated  from  the  patron  faint,  to  which  the  church  or  chapel 
here,  built  by  the  abbots  of  Bath,  was  dedicated. 

It  is  fituated  at  the  northeaft  extremity  of  the  hundred ;  four  miles  from  the  city 
of  Bath,  and  two  north  from  the  great  road  which  runs  through  Bath-Eafton  from 
that  city  to  London. 

The  fituation  is  truly  beautiful.  The  village  ftands  on  the  declivity  of  a  fteep  hill, 
called  Holt  Down,  facing  the  eaft,  and  covered  with  wood,  difpofed  in  the  moft 
pi&urefque  manner.  A  fmall  rivulet  winds  through  the  vale  beneath,  which  is  com- 
pofed  of  rich  verdant  meadows;  and  on  its  back  rifes  another  hill  of  about  equal 
height,  fkirtcd  with  wood.  The  road  hither  from  Bath-Eafton,  which  is  almoft  the 
only  way  to  get  to  the  village,  is  through  dark  lanes,  overhung  with  trees  and  hedges, 
and  in  many  places*  very  fteep  and  rocky.  The  precipitous  height  of  Holt-Down 
on  the  right,  and  the  profpect  to  the  left  of  a  rich  varied  country,  ftretching  to 
the  Wiltfhire  hills,  and  the  wildnefs  and  filent  gloominefs  of  the  fcenery  around, 
render  this  folitary  track,  which  is  little  vifited  by  the  traveller,  pleafing  and  delight- 
ful;, nor  need  we  wonder  that  the  monks  of  Bath  fhould  feledt  the  fpot,  for  their 
retirement  and  devotions.  They  polTefled  this  manor  from  very  early  times,  and  had 
here  a  grange,  gardens,  and  a  vineyard.  In  a  leafe,  granted  by  the  prior  and  con- 
vent to  Thomas  Lyewelyn,  about  15  Henry  VIII.  it  is  fet  forth,  that  the  capital 
meffuage  called  Katherine's  court,  ftands  near  the  church*  "  the  court  of  the  fame 
"  betwene  the  Church-hey  and  the  houfe,  and  coming  in  a  entrey,  and  on  the  ryght 
"  hand  a  hall,  and  behinde  the  hall  a  whitehoufe,  (dairy)  and  on  the  fyde  of  that  a 
"  parlor  and  a  butterye  on  thone  fide;  with  a  chimney  bothe  in  the  hall  and  in  the 
"  parlor;  and  betwene  the  faid  whitehoufe  and  the  parlor,  a  fteyres  of  fton  going  into 
"  a  chamber,  celed  over  theparlar  with  a  chimney  in  hit;  and  over  the  hall  a  wol  loft; 
"  over  the  entrye  coming  into  the  houfe  a  chamber,  and  by  the  entrye  a  vacant  grounde, 
"  and  over  and  under  chambers,  and  alfo  a  other  hall  called  the  lower  hall,  with  a 
"  vaute  undernethe,  and  over  a  malt  lofte,  and  adjoyning  to  the  fame  2  chambers, 
"  On  above,  and  the  other  benethe;  and  at  thende  of  the  fame  hall  on  other  malt  lofte, 
"  with  a  myll  called  a  quyver,  and  a  place  undernethe  to  wynow  malt — all  this  under 
«.«  on  rofte."* 

After  the  diflblution  of  the  abbey  of  Bath,  this  manor  was  granted  by  Henry  the 
eighth  to  John  Make,  and  Etheldred  Make,  alias  Dyngley,  who  was  afterwards  married 
to  John  Harington,  efq.1  It  was  fubfequently  alienated  from  this  family  to  that  of 
Blanchard,  in  whom  it  continued  for  many  defcents,  till  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  and 
fole  heirefs  of  Henry  and  Quirina  Blanchard,  brought  it  by  marriage  to  James 
Walters,  efq;  of  Bath-Eafton;  by  whom  fhe  had  ifiue  one  daughter,  Quirina,  the 

4  Ex  Autog.  b  8ee  in  Kelweflon,  p.  128. 

wife 


TBfltWoium.]        K    A    T     H     E     R     I     N     E. 

wife  of  Thomas  Parry,  cfq;  the  prefent  lord  of  the  manor,     i  le  rcfidcth  in  the  old 
manlion-houfe  near  the  church. 

Tho  living  ftf  Katherine  is  a  vicarage,  and  U  annexed  to  Bath-F.aumi,  to  which  it 
was  anciently  a,  chapel  only.  , 

The  church  confitts  of  one  pace,  chancel,  and  belf'rey.  The  nave  is  tvu-nty-l'cvon 
feet  long,  and  fourteen  wide:  the  chancel  eighteen  feet  long,  and  thirteen  wide. 
The  belfry  is  about  ten  feet  fquarc.  The  roof  of  the  nave  and  chancel  are  arched 
and  ceiled.     At  the  weft  end  is  a  fquarc  embattled  tower  containing  four  bells. 

Againft  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel,  is  a  curious  old  monument  of  none,  con- 
futing of  a  pediment  and  cornice,  hipported  by  two  pillars  of  grey  marble;  the 
capitals  of  which  are  in  the  Corinthian  (tile,  neatly  executed  and  gilt.  Upon  the 
tomb  are  the  figures  of  a  man  and  woman,  kneeling  in  a  devout  pofture;  the  man 
in  half  armour;  the  woman  in  the  drefs  of  the  times.  Below  are  the  figures  of  torn 
children,  three  daughters,  and  one  fon,  all  kneeling,  and  the  latter  at  a  reading-lUind. 

On  a  tablet  is  the  following  memorial : 
"  Heere  lyeth  the  body  of  Captaine  William  Blanchard,  who  deceafed  the  7th 
daic  of  April,  anno  Dni  1631. 

«  Blanchard  thou  art  not  mkerf.  compriz'd; 
Nor  is  thy  worth  characterize : 
Thy  justice,  charitie,  vertve,  grace, 
Doe  nowe  possesse  a  highere  place: 
For  unto  Heaven  (as  we  reade) 
-    Good  workes  accompanie  the  deap." 
Arms:  Gules,  a  chevron  or,  in  chief  two  bezants,  in  baft*  a  griffin's  head,  erafed, 
of  the  fecond,  Blanchard,  impaling,  or,  on  a  crofs  fable  five  lions  rampant  of  the  firir. 
On  an  old  thick  raifed  tomb,  within  the  chancel  rails,  but  which  formerly  ftood 
elfewhere,  are  the  following  memorials,  partly  old,  and  partly  recent : 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  captaine  William  Blanchard,  the  younger,  who  departed 
this  life  the  27th  day  of  October,  anno  Dni  1644.  ... 

"  William  Blanchard,  fon  of  captaine  William  Blanchard,  died  Nov.  the  7th,  1686. 
"Henry  Blanchard,  fon  of  William  Blanchard,  died  December  the  17th,  1730, 

aged  64. 

«  William  Blanchard,  fon  of  Henry  Blanchard,  died  .Aug,  :thc  8th,  1747,  aged  52. 
"  Elizabeth  Blanchard,  buried  December  the  26th,  1748*-     •   \  • 

"  Quirina  Blanchard,  died  the  7th  of  Auguft  1759,  aged -90  years." 

On  a  mural  monument  of  black  marble,  in  the  eaft  angle  of  the  chancel : 
<<  William  Blanchard,  efq;  fon  of  captaine  William  Blanchard,  died  November  7th, 
anno  Dom.  1686,  and  was  buried  in  his  father's  grave. 

"  Prifca  fides  Angli:  generofa  et  ncfeia  fraudis 
"Mens,  vivum  ornabant;  lint  mon   n.cnta  tibi." 


H°  K     A     T    H     E     R     I    N     E.        [TBatMotUltt. 

Arms:  Blanchard,  impaling  a  bend  betwixt  fix  mullets. 

On  a  grave  ftone  in  the  chancel  floor: 
"  Here  Iyeth  the  body  of  Sufanna  the  wife  of  Samuel  Webb,  of  Box  in  the  county 
of  Wilts,  gent,  and  daughter  of  William  Blanchard,  efq.     She  departed  this  life  the 
20th  day  of  Auguft,  in  the  yeare  of  our  Lord  1689,  and  in  the  28thyeere  of  her  age." 

Arms:  A  crofs  quarterly,  in  the  chief  dexter  quarter  an  eagle  difplayed,  impaling 
Blanchard. 

In  the  chancel  floor  without  the  rails : 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Florance  Blanchard,  daughter  of  Henry  Blanchard, 
efq;  who  departed  this  life  the  16th  day  of  July  1723,  aged  29  years. 

"  Under  part  of  this  ftone  lyeth  the  body  of  Francis  Blanchard,  who  died  in  the 
yeare  1659." 

On  another  ftone  hard  by : 

M  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Sufanna  Blanchard,  (daughter  of  Henry  Blanchard, 
efq;  and  Quirina  his  wife)  who  departed  this  life  near  the  10th  of  March  1725, 
«ged  25  years." 

On  a  mural  ftone  againft  the  fouth  jamb  of  the  chancel: 
"  Near  this  place  are  interred  the  remains  of  Mary,  wife  of  Thomas  Parry,  jun. 
gent,  who  died  February  2d,  1773. 

"  Alio  of  Thomas  their  fon,  who  died  in  his  infancy. 

"  Alfo  the  above-named  Thomas  Parry,  died  4th  of  January  1778,  aged  40." 

On  the  floor  underneath : 

"  Mary  Parry,  1773. 
"  Thomas  Parry,  1778." 
"  E.  W.  H.  W.  died  June  1722." 
"  Mary  Parry,  died  10th  March  1785,  aged  32.     Quirina  Parry,  died  3d  May 
1785,  aged  67." 

In  the  nave  are  four  infcriptions  to  the  memory  of  the  family  of  Dyer,  and  one  in 
the  porch. 

There  are  four  windows  in  the  chancel ;  in  each  of  which,  as  well  as  in  one  of  the 
nave  fouthward,  are  the  remains  of  well  painted  glafs.  In  the  eaft  window  of  the 
chancel  we  are  furniftied  with  the  name  and  founder  thereof,  and  the  date  of  its 

eredion,  as  follows:   Diii  3obi0  Cantloto,  quontja  prions  —  $anc  Caceiia 

fieri  fecit  3°  IDni  mCCCCtarir.  Beneath  are  the  arms  of  the  abbey,  viz.  a  St. 
Peter's  key  crofled  with  a  fword.  In  another  compartment  is  the  mitre  for  the  abbey. 
In  the  fmaller  lights  are  rofes,  and  the  fun  in  full  force,  many  times  repeated  in  this 
as  well  as  in  all  the  other  windows;  in  each  of  which  is  an  eagle  holding  in  his  beak 
a  fcroll  infcribed  with  ^>ti0t  CatltlOtD.  On  the  north  fide  of  the  chancel  is  a  bene- 
toire  or  receptacle  for  holy  water. 

The 


u?ati)  jrorumj      charlcombe.  i4i 

The  font  is  old,  large,  and  lined  with  lead;  being  one  of  thofe  formerly  ufed  for 
total  immcrfion.  Its  uppcrmoft  edge  is  adorned  with  intcrcircular  ornaments.  The 
pulpit,  which  is  ftuck  againft  the  north  wall  of  the  nave,  is  of  wood,  very  old,  and 
formed  in  Gothick  niches,  which  are  painted,  or  rather  retain  the  colours  with  which 
they  were  once  painted,  of  red  and  yellow. 

In  the  church-yard  is  an  altar  tomb,  whereon  is  a  tablet  of  white  marble  charged 
with  the  following  infeription: 

"  Near  this  tomb  lyeth  the  body  of  John  Feckenham,  of  the  parifh  of  Marfhfield, 
fonof  the  rev.  Thomas  Feckenham,  and  Alice  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Harington, 
of  Kelfton,  efq;  who  died  November  3d,  1743,  aged  42." 

Arms:  Sabk\  a  fret  argent,  Harington;  impaling  a  coat  effaced. 

This  parifh  paid  to  the  poor  in  1771,  12I.  4s.  7d.;  in  1780,  26I.  is.  8d.  It 
contains  only  fifteen  houfes. 


CHARLCOMBE 

TS  a  fmall  parifh  one  mile  and  a  half  northeaft:  from  the  city  of  Bath;  containing 
•"*■  only  nine  houfes,  and  about  fifty  inhabitants. 

Its  fituation,  which  is  cxprcfTed  by  its  ancient  name  Leonlcumb,  is  on  a  rifing 
ground,  in  a  deep  retired  valley,  under  the  high  eaftern  ridge  of  Lanfdown.  The 
views  round  this  rural  fpot  arc  confined,  but  very  pleafing;  it  being  almoft  furrounded 
with  hills,  which  rife  nobly  on  every  fide,  and  are  fringed  with  fine  hanging  woods 
and  coppices  on  their  acclivities:  a  little  ftream,  rifing  on  Lanfdown,  winds  through 
the  bottom  of  the  vale,  and  falls  into  the  Avon  at  Lambridge. 

The  whole  village  belonged  fome  time  before  the  Conqucft  to  the  abbey  of  Bath, 
and  was  held  of  that  monaftery  in  the  time  of  king  Edward  the  confefTor,  by  a  thane 
or  Saxon  noble,  whofe  name  is  not  tranfmitted  to  us.  In  the  reign  of  William  the 
conqueror  William  Hofctt,  or  Hofatus,  held  the  manor  of  the  faid  abbey;  in  which 
reign  we  have  the  following  authentick  account  of  the  particulars  of  this  place: 

"  William  holds  of  the  church  Cerlecume.  A  thane  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
"  Edward  of  the  church,  and  gelded  for  four  hides.  The  arable  is  four  carucates. 
*'  In  demefne  are  two  carucates,  and  three  fervants,  and  five  villancs,  and  four  eotta- 
"  gers,  with  two  ploughs.  There  are  five  acres  of  meadow,  and  ten  acres  of  coppice 
"  wood.     It  was  worth  fifty  fhillings:  now  fix  pounds."1 

There  is  extant  a  curious  agreement  betwixt  this  William,  and  the  convent,  written 
in  the  Saxon  language,  which  for  the  fingularity  thereof  is  here  tranfiatcd. 

•  Lib.  Domefday.  "  In 


H2  charlcombe.      [i5atl>jrormm 

"  In  this  writing  is  declared  the  agreement  which  William  Hofett  hath  made  with 
"  Wlfwold  the  abbot,  and  /Elffig  the  abbot,  and  the  whole  convent  of  Bath,  con- 
"  cerning  the  land  of  Ccorlcumb:  that  is  to  fay,  they  have  delivered  into  his  hands 
"  that  faid  land,  with  ten  oxen,  and  fixty  fheep,  and  one  acre  for  fovving,  upon  con- 
"  dition  that  he  pay  the  monaftery  every  year  two  pounds  rent,  and  that  he  go  to  the 
"  king's  bank,  and  pay  tallage  to  the  king.  This  is  done  upon  condition  that  he  be 
"  faithful  and  obedient  to  each  abbot,  and  to  all  the  brethren,  in  all  things;  and  if 
'«  he  fhall  violate  the  truft  which  he  hath  pledged  to  them,  he  fhall  forfeit  the  afore- 
"  faid  land,  and  be  curled  by  (Thrift,  and  Saint  Mary,  and  Saint  Peter;  to  whom  this 
"  monaftery  is  dedicated.  "b 

To  this  William  Hofett  fucceeded  another  William,  and  to  him  Walter  Hofett, 
who  is  a  fubferibing  witnefs  to  the  charter  of  John  de  Villula;  wherein  he  appoints 
the  epifcopal  fee  to  be  removed  to  Bath.c  After  him  we  find  Walkeline  Hofatus, 
who  was  fucceeded  by  a  third  William,  who  in  the  time  of  Henry  II.  held  this  manor 
of  Charlcombe.  After  this  nothing  more  of  this  name  and  family  occurs  as  being 
concerned  with  this  place.  They  feem  to  have  branched  fouthward,  and  to  have -laid 
the  foundation  of  a  family  ftillflourilhing,  of  the  name  of  Huffey,  under  which  name 
we  yet  find  divers  poileffions  in  the  county  we  are  defcribing. 

23  Henry  VI.  it  was  found  by  inquifition,  that  Robert  Greyndor,  efq;  died  feized  of 
the  manor  of  Charlcombe,  and  the  advowfon  of  the  church,  which  he  held  in  right 
of  Joan  his  wife,  of  the  bifhop  of  Bath  and  Wells.  The  faid  Joan,  who  is  (tiled 
lady  Joan  Greyndor,  fometimes  written  Greindour,  furvived  her  hufband,  and  bore 
On  her  feal  a  chevron  between  ten  crofs  crofslets,  impaling  Button,  a  fefs  ermine. 
Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Reginald  Weft  lord  de  la  Warre,  is  certified  to  be  the  heir 
of  the  faid  Robert  Greyndor.d  2  Ric.  III.  Joan  Barry,  widow,  was  lady  of  this 
manor  ;c  after  whom  we  find  it  in  other  families,  all  tenants  under  the  abbots  of  Bath, 
who  were  lords  paramount  of  it  till  the  diffolution  of  their  monaftery;  foon  after  which 
we  find  it  in  the  pofleflion  of  the  family  of  Bedingfield,  from  whom  it  came  to  the 
Sherftons,  who  conveyed  it  to  William  Parkins,  efq.  The  faid  William  Parkins  left 
it  by  his  will  to  his  niece  Elizabeth  Parkins,  of  Ravenfield  in  the  county  of  York, 
who  devifed  it  to  her  kinfman  Matthew  Worgan,  efq;  the  prefent  poflefibr. 

The  benefice  is  rectorial,  in  the  deanery  of  Bath;  and  was  in  1292  valued  at  fix 
marks  and  a  half/  Its  patronage,  which  was  formerly  vefted  in  the  lords  of  the 
manor,  was  of  late  years  conveyed  to  the  corporation  of  Bath,  by  the  patron  the 
rev.  Walter  Robins,  to  be  annexed  to  the  mafterfhip  of  the 'free  grammar-fchool 
in  Bath  for  ever.  The  rev.  Nathaniel  Morgan  is  the  prefent  incumbent.  The 
parfonage-houfe  is  a  very  neat  building,  delightfully  fituated  near  the  church:  it 
commands  a  moft  pleafing  profpect  towards  the  fouth,  and  is  adorned  with  an 
elegant  little  garden. 

k  Madox's  Formul.  Anglic,  p.  73.  e  Dugd.  Mon.  Angl.  v.  i.  p.  186. 

*  Inq.  poll  ciortem.  «  Ibid.  f  Taxat.  fpirkual. 

The 


IBat&.-JTOtum.]         C    II    A    R    L    C    O    M   B    E.  143 

The  church,  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  is  a  fmall,  but  curious  ancient  fabrick,  con- 
fifting  of  a  nave  and  chancel,  fifty  feet  long,  and  eighteen  feet  wide.  The  common 
tradition  is,  that  it  was  the  mother  church  to  Bath,  and  that  the  abbey  ufed  to  pay  it 
annually  a  pound  of  pepper  by  way  of  acknowledgment.  On  its  weftcrn  extremity 
is  a  fquarc  embattled  turret  of  a  fingular  conftru&ion,  its  weftcrn  fide  projecting  from 
the  plane,  and  fupportcd  on  the  main  wall  by  three  clumfy  corbels.  In  this  turret 
arc  receptacles  for  two  bells,  and  two  bells  it  formerly  had ;  but  one  of  them  being 
broken,  was,  not  many  years  ago,  conveyed  away  in  the  night  time  by  thieves.  Their 
burden,  however,  proving  (as  it  is  fuppofed)  too  heavy  for  them,  they  were  fain  to 
leave  it  in  an  adjacent  field,  where  it  was  afterwards  found,  and  fold  to  be  melted 
down.  On  this  bell,  which  was  very  old,  was  the  following  infeription:  ^QHCtC 
PCttC  Ota  PCD  nobis.  The  bell  that  remains  fecms  to  be  of  equal  antiquity;  and  is 
thus  inferibed:  ^anfta  S^atia  OW  pro  nODitf.  It  is  obfervable,  that  both  thefe 
bells  were  dedicated  to  the  original  tutelary  faints  of  the  abbey  of  Bath. 

The  church  windows  have  had  much  painted  glafs,  of  which  little  now  remain?, 
except  two  fmall  fragments  in  a  window  of  the  chancel;  one  of  which  is  the  figure 
of  a  man,  with  this  fcroll;  $tt)C  6©atta  ®t-;  that  is,  $raciae  plena:  the  other  is 
the  face  of  a  female  very  delicately  exprefTcd.  The  pulpit  is  curious,  and  without 
doubt  as  old  as  the  church  itfelf;  it  was  formerly  afcended  through  a  door  in  the  fouth 
wall  by  ftonc  fteps,  which  door  ftill  remains,  though  now  blocked  up  by  the  feats;  the 
prefent  entrance  is  from  the  middle  of  the  nave.  It  is  conftructed  entirely  of  ftonc, 
of  a  circular  lhapc,  nine  feet  in  circumference  within,  and  one  foot  thick  all  round. 

Great  encroachments  fecm  to  have  been  made  on  the  church-yard,  which,  in  its 
prefent  ftate,  is  perhaps  one  of  the  fmalleft  in  the  kingdom.  At  the  northcaft  angle 
without  the  wall  there  fecm  to  be  the  foundations  of  fome  ancient  building,  which 
it  is  not  improbable  might  have  been  once  appropriated  to  the  refidence  of  the  pricft, 
which  fort  of  houfes  were  in  ancient  times  ufually  built  within  the  inclofure  of  the 
cemetery.     At  the  fouthweft  corner  is  a  fine  yew-tree. 

On  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  ftonc  monument  u  ith  the  following  infeription : 

"  H.  S.  E. 
"  Samuel  Batt,  filius  natu  minimus  Michaelis  et  Annae  Batt,  de  Monkton  Devcril 
in  agro  Wilton,  ecclefiae  Anglicanae  prefbyter,  A.  M.  e  coll.  Regin.  Cantab,  qui  ubi 
in  hac  et  vicina  parochia  de  Swaynfwick  Johannis  Taylor  rectoris  vices  per  triennium 
impleverat,  animam  Deo  placide  reddidit  Sept.  calend.  fextilis,  anno  Domini  1701, 
aetatis  30.     Frater  mocftiflimus  Michael  Batt." 

Above  the  foregoing,  on  a  neat  marble  monument : 
"  Here  reft  the  remains  of  Mrs.  Dorothy  Barker,  relic!  of  George  Barker,  e%  of 
Chifwickin  Middlefex.     She  died  at  Bath  March  22,  1783,  aged  80." 

On  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  very  elegant  monument  of  Italian  marble,  on 

the  upper  part  of  which  is  the  ftatue  of  a  lady  in  white  Roman  drapery,  her  right 

arm  reclining  on  a  bible  placed  on  a  pillar: 

"  Near 


«44  c  H  A  R  L  C  o  M  B  E.       [T5ath=j?oium> 

"  Near  this  marble  lies  all  that  was  mortal  of  the  right  honourable  the  lady  Barbara 
Montague,  fifth  daughter  of  George  earl  of  Halifax  by  Mary  his  wife,  daughter  of 

Richard  earl  of  Scarborough. Pious,  benevolent,  amiable,  humble — but  forbear! 

The  remembrance  of  her  manifold  virtues,  together  with  the  height  to  which  flic 
carried  them,  are  already  deeply  engraven  on  the  hearts  of  all  who  intimately  knew 
her;  while  others  would  fufpend  belief.  She  died  Auguft  19,  1765,  aged  43,  and 
left  a  friend  who  lives  not  but  in  the  hope  of  rejoining  her." 

Arms,  quarterly:  firfr.  and  fourth,  Or,  three  lozenges  gules:  fecond  and  third, 
Argent,  an  eagle  difplayed,  vert. 

On  the  fame  fide  is  a  neat  mural  monument  of  black  and  white  marble,  whereon 
is  this  infeription : 

"  Efteemed  and  loved,  near  this  marble  lies  Mrs.  Sarah  Fielding.  She  died 
April  q,  1768,  aged  60.  How  worthy  of  a  nobler  monument!  but  her  name  will 
be  found  written  in  the  book  of  life." 

In  the  chancel  floor: 

"  Beneath  lie  interred  the  remains  of  Dinah  Lancafter,  widow  of  William  Lancafler, 
cfq;  who  died  in  the  year  1732,  many  years  a  captain  in  lord  Cobham's  (afterwards 
lord  Pembroke's)  troop  of  horfe;  and  fifter  of  William  Wylmer,  efq;  of  Sywell,  in 
the  county  of  Northampton.  She  died  April  15,  1763,  eminent  for  her  charity, 
benevolence,  and  piety." 

Againft  the  north  wall  of  the  nave  is  a  plain  mural  monument  of  marble  inferibed, 

"  Anne,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Eve,  of  the  city  of  Bath,  obiit  1 6th  of 
March,  1766." 

On  another: 

"  Near  this  place  are  depofited  the  remains  of  Barry  Hebert,  wife  of  James  Hebert, 
of  the  city  of  London,  who  departed  this  life  Auguft  5,  1769,  aged  46.  A  real 
chriftian,  in  every  duty  exemplary." 

On  a  neat  mural  monument  of  black  and  white  marble  in  the  belfry : 
"  To  the  memory  of  Mary  Sheid,  of  the  city  of  Bath,  and  daughter  of  George 
Halley,  of  Pontefracl:  in  the  county  of  York,  who  died  Januuary  13,  1784,  aged 
36  years,  much  lamented  by  all  that  knew  her." 

On  a  ftone  monument  againft  the  fouth  wall : 
"  Near  this  place  lieth  interred  the  body  of  Betty  Scudamore,  wife  of  Thomas 
Scudamore,  attorney  at  law  of  the  city  of  Bath.    She  died  March  31, 1782,  aged  74." 

Thisparifh  paid  to  the  poor  in  1771,  22I.  6s.  2d.j  but  in  1780,  15I.  18s. 


CLAVERTON. 


^atb'JForum.j  [    145    J 


CLAVERTON, 

THIS  parifli  is  plcafantly  and  romantickly  fituatcd  on  the  border  of  a  winding 
vale  on  the  bank  of  the  Avon,  three  miles  caft  from  Bath.     The  whole  number 
of  houfes  is  fixtccn,  and  of  inhabitants  about  one  hundred. 

The  hill  between  this  parifh  and  the  city  of  Bath  is  called  from  it  Claverton-down, 
although  fome  parts  of  it  belong  to  other  parifhes;  and  rifes  to  a  vaft  height  above 
the  level  of  the  Avon,  which  wafhes  its  bafe  on  every  fide  except  the  fouthweft, 
where  it  joins  Combe-down.  Its  top. is  a  fmooth  plain,  having  an  exceeding  fine 
turf,  ornamented  with  clumps  of  firs  and  foreft  fhrubs.  From  the  fummit,  beautiful 
and  extenfive  views  open  on  every  fide:  on  this  account  it  has  long  been  a  favourite 
airing  fpot  with  the  company  who  refort  to  Bath.  On  the  northwert  brow,  fronting 
the  city,  is  a  noble  plantation  of  Scotch  and  fpruce  firs,  containing  many  acres;  in 
the  fore-ground  of  which,  and  immediately  under  them,  is  the  lhcll  of  a  cattle, 
erected  by  the  late  Mr.  Allen.  This  building  and  plantation  appear  pleafing  objects, 
not  only  from  almoft  every  part  of  the  city,  but  through  a  great  extent  of  country 
wefhvard  to  the  other  fide  of  the  Severn ;  the  light  colour  of  the  ftone  forming  a  con- 
fpicuous  contrail  with  the  deep  mafs  of  fhade  thrown  from  the  grove  clofe  behind  it. 
The  turnpike  road  to  Bradford,  Trowbridge,  and  other  parts  of  Wiltfhire,  croffes  this 
down,  the  afcent  to  which  from  Bath  is  delightful;  the  upper  part  of  the  road  being 
through  a  fine  plantation  of  firs  and  foreft-trees  on  each  fide.  The  fummit  of  the 
hill  is  adorned  with  wood,  difpofed  in  a  manner  that  befpeaks  the  taftc,  as  well  as 
the  munificence  of  Mr.  Allen;  whofc  extenfive  and  noble  plantations  arc  the  pride 
and  ornament  of  the  furrounding  country.  This  parifh  abounds  with  fine  fprings, 
which,  after  fupplying  feveral  refervoirs  in  the  ftreet  and  by  the  road  fide,  form  fmall 
ftreams  that  lofc  thcmfclves  in  the  Avon. 

The  ancient  name  of  this  place  was  Claftcrtone,  derived  no  doubt  from  fome  very 
early  Saxon  owner.  In  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror  we  find  it  under  the 
following  defcription : 

"  The  fame  [that  is,  Hugolinc]  holds  Claftcrtone.  Suain  held  it  in  the  time  of 
"  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  five  hides.  The  arable  is  fix  carucates,  and  there  are 
"  four  villanes,  and  feven  cottagers,  and  four  fervants,  and  a  mill  of  feven  (hillings 
"  and  fix-pence  rent,  and  twenty  acres  of  meadow,  and  twelve  furlongs  of  pafhire  in 
**  length  and  breadth.     It  was  formerly,  and  is  now,  worth  feven  pounds."'' 

This  Hugoline  was  the  king's  interpreter;  and  befides  Clavcrton,  had  the  manors 
of  Eafton  and  Warley.  Soon  after  the  Conqucft  it  reverted  to  the  crown,  and  was 
granted  to  a  family  diftinguiihed  by  the  adjunct  of  cum  /./;/■</,  In  all  probability  fo 
denominated  from  fome  peculiarity  of  beard.     In  the  time  of  king  William   Rufits, 

•  Lib.  Domefdav. 

Vol.  I.  U  H 


x46  claverton.      [TBatfrjrortmu' 

Hugo,  or  Hugh  cum  barba,  fold  this  manor  to  John  de  Villula  bifliop  of  Wells, 
whom  Wharton  fufpe&s  of  having  purchafed  the  epifcopal  chair  with  money  minted 
out  of  medicine ;  (minimis  ex  medicina  conflatis)  having  pracTifed  phyfick  with  good 
fuccefs  at  Tours  in  France.  This  bifliop,  when  he  whimfically  removed  his  fee  from 
Wells  to  Bath,  gave  this  manor  to  the  abbey  of  St.  Peter  there  for  the  aggrandifement 
thereof;b  but  matters  being  difputed,  and  a  compromife  thereupon  enfuing,  it  was 
foon  after  taken  from  the  abbey,  and  annexed  to  the  biflioprick  for  ever.  41  Henry 
III.  William  Button,  bifliop  of  this  fee,  obtained  of  the  king  a  charter  of  free  warren 
in  all  his  lands  in  this  parifli  ;c  and  not  long  after,  a  grant  was  procured  that  this 
village  and  that  of  Hampton  fliould  be  exempt  from  the  jurifdiction  of  the  hundred, 
and  be  eftabliflied  a  liberty  of  themfelves. 

From  this  time  the  manor  of  Claverton  remained  in  the  faid  biflioprick  unalienated 
till  the  year  1548,  when  bifliop  William  Barlow  exchanged  it  with  king  Edward  VI. 
for  other  lands  in  this  county.  Soon  after  which,  viz.  4  Edw.  VI.  it  was  granted  to 
Matthew  Colthurft,  efq;  of  Wardour-caftle  in  the  county  of  Wilts ;  whofe  fon  Edmund, 
in  1588,  fold  both  the  manor  and  advowfon  of  the  living  to  Edward  Hungerford,  efq; 
from  whofe  family  it  paffed  to  that  of  Eftcourt.  In  1609,  fir  Thomas  Eftcourt  fold 
the  fame  to  William  Baffet,  efq;  whofe  grand  fon  fir  William  Balfet,  having  deeply 
mortgaged  it,  conveyed  it  in  1701  to  Robert  Holder,  efq;  whofe  fon  fold  it  in  17 14 
to  William  Skrinc,  of  Bath,  gent,  and  he  in  1758  to  Ralph  Allen,  of  Prior-park,  efq. 
The  faid  Ralph  Allen,  dying  in  1764,  bequeathed  it  to  his  niece  Mrs.  Gertrude 
Warburton,  the  wife  of  William  Warburton,  D.  D.  bifliop  of  Glouceflcr,  fince 
married  to  the  rev.  Martin  Stafford  Smith,  B.  D.  late  fellow  of  Corpus-Chrifti  college 
in  Oxford,  in  whofe  poffeffion  it  now  continues. 

The  whole  manor,  which  with  the  woodlands  eonfifts  of  about  one  thoufand  three 
hundred  acres,  having  been  for  fome  years  confolidated  into  one  farm,  two  or  three 
houfes  have  been  fuffered  to  run  to  ruin,  and  have  been  taken  down. 

The  manor-houfe  is  a  noble  old  building,  adjoining  to  the  church,  fituated  on  an 
eminence;  the  afcent  to  it  is  by  thirty  fteps.  It  has  a  court-yard,  and  a  very  lofty 
wall  with  iron  gates  in  front.  On  the  leaden  fpouts  is  the  date  1625 ;  but  the  edifice 
is  probably  much  older.  In  the  civil  wars,  temp.  Car.  I.  when  fir  William  Baffet, 
fir  Edward  Hungerford,  and  other  gentlemen,  were  dining  in  this  houfe,  a  cannon 
ball,  directed  from  the  hill  oppofite,  pierced  through  the  outer  wall  of  the  hall,  and 
paffing  over  the  table  at  which  they  fat,  lodged  in  the  breaft  wall  of  the  chimney, 
without  doing  further  mifchief. 

The  old  manor  or  court-houfe  was  built  by  Ralph  of  Shrewfbury,  bifliop  of  this 
diocefe,d  and  flood  at  fome  diftance  in  a  field  to  the  fouth  of  the  prefent  manfion. 

The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Bath,  valued  in  1292  at  fourteen  marks.6 
The  rev.  Richard  Graves,  M.  A.  is  the  prefent  incumbent,  as  well  as  patron ;  having 

b  Mon.  Ang.  i.  186.         c  Cart.  41  Hen.  III.  m.  5.        d  Lei.  Itin.  iii.  125.        e  Taxat.  fpiritual. 

purchafed 


^aMorum.]       c    L    A    v    e    R    t    o    n.  H7 

purchafed  the  advowfon  from  the  truftecs  of  the  late  Ralph  Allen,  cfq;  in  1767. 
Theparfonage-houfe,  a  very  good  fubftantial  building,  was  built  partly  by  Mr.  Allen, 
and  Dluch  enlarged  and  improved  by  the  prefent  rector.  The  garden,  though  not 
large,  is  a  pretty  rural  fpot,  ftrongly  marked  by  that  claflick  elegance  of  talk-  which 
has  long  diftinguiihed  the  proprietor  as  an  author. 

The  parifh  regiftcr  fumifhes  us  with  the  follow  ing  names  of  rectors  from  the  reign 
of  queen  Elizabeth : 

Richard  Colthurft,  buried  1581. 

John  Bewfhine,  buried  1623.  He  wrote  in  1594  "  a  book  of  Chirurgery"  in  two 
volumes,  now  remaining  in  manufcript  in  the  Britifh  Mufctim. 

Humphrey  Chambers,  buried  1646.  He  was  one  of  the  aflembly  of  divines  ap- 
pointed by  the  parliament  to  fit  at  Wcftminfter.  In  the  parifh  rcgifter  is  a  curious 
licence  under  his  fubfeription,  bearing  date  1639,  as  follows: 

"  Mem:  That  I  Humphrey  Chambers,  parfon  of  Clavcrton,  did  grant  a  licenfe 
"  to  eat  flefli  this  day  to  William  BafTett,  efq;  of  Clavcrton,  by  reafon  of  his  notorious 
"  ficknefs;  which  ficknefs  of  his  yet  continuing,  I  do  now  continue  his  faid  licenfe 
0  according  to  the  ftatute,  and  have,  according  to  the  lawe,  here  regiftcred  the  fam?,. 
"  the  day  and  yeare  above  written.     In  witnefs  whereof  I  have  hereunto  fet  my  hand,, 

"  Humphrey  Chambers." 

Richard  Wall  fucceeded  Chambers,  and  died  1653. 

Thomas  Willis,  buried  December  14,  i68q. 

George  Lowe,  buried  17 19. 

Richard  Hufon,  buried  1749. 

In  the  faid  regifter  is  likewife  the  following  memorandum : 

"  Upon  the  30th  day  of  June  1643,  there  were  buried  under  the  weft  wall  in  the 
«'  church-yard  three  foldiers  killed  of  the  parliament  party,  and  one  of  the  royal  part}-, 
**  in  an  unhappy  civil  war  [meaning  fkirmifh  or  battle]  at  the  river  fide  in  the  Ham- 
"  meadow  in  Claverton." 

The  church  is  a  fmall  Gothick  ftruclure,  confining  of  a  nave,  chancel,  north  aile, 
porch,  and  belfry,  in  length  fixty-four  feet,  in  width  thirty-two  feet.  At  the  weft 
end  is  a  plain  tower,  thirty  feet  high,  with  three  bells. ' 

In  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  an  old  mural  monument  of  alabaftcr,  fix  feet 

fquare.     The  front  is  enriched  with  three  fmall  fquare  columns,  with  Corinthian 

capitals,  and  embellifhed  with  gilding,  foliage,  arms,  &c.     In  two  niches  are  two 

three-quarter  length  effigies  of  a  man  and  woman,  within  an  ancient  fpear-pointed 

iron  railing.     He  is  in  armour,  and  has  his  military  belt  and  fword,  but  no  helmet. 

She  is  in  a  long  fleeved  black  robe,  tied  clofe  at  the  elbows,  with  a  large  ruff  round 

her  neck,  as  was  ufual  in  the  beginning  of  the  laft  century.     Her  right  hand  is  placed 

on  her  breaft,  and  her  left  on  an  infant  which  lies  before  her.     Over  her  head  is  this 

coat:  SaMe  and  azure,  parted  per  fcfi  embattled  between  fix  mullets  or.     Crcft,  an. 

unicorn's  head. 

U  2  On 


14$ 


claverton.      psatMorum. 


On  a  black  tablet  below  is  the  following  infeription: 
"  In  beats  refiurectionis  fpcm  hie  repulverefcit  corpus  (fanctiflimae  quondam 
mentis  domicilium)  foeminae  juvenis,  D"  Mariae  Mofis  Tryon  de  Harringworth  in 
agro  NorthTon  armig.  filiae  primogenitae  Gulielmi  BafTet  armig:  uxoris  dum  vixit 
chariffimae,  cui  unicum  cnixa  filiolum,  animam  fuam  Creatori  fuo  magna  in  Chriftum. 
fide  placideq;  redonavit.  Tarn  pretiofi  cineris  memoriae  hoc  asternum  amoris  monu- 
mentum  mark*  ejus  mceftifs.  pofuit: 

«  Preibat  mater  i?)  Maij  l6a8  <C(rl-  pr0peraftis  ad  unum." 

w  Sequebatur  mfantulus  23°^        J  c 

The  arms  over  the  head  of  the  man  are,  Ermine,  on  a  canton  dexter  gules,  a  mullet 
fable.     Creft :  a  lion's  head. 

On  another  black  tablet  is  inferibed : 

*  Pietatifi  ergo  cineres  Gulielmi  BafTett  armigeri  aetatis  fuae  A"  3 8°,  A'  1613*,  e  vivis 
fublati,  patris  femper  colendi,  Gulielmus  Bailett  armig.  haeres  ejus  filiufque  unicus* 
hoc  tumulo  tcgi  curavit  A0  Di  1629. 

**  Audi  viator — Tu  morieris,  ego  refurgam! Chrift9  utrifq;  judex. 

On  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  neat  mural  monument  of  grey  marble,  bearing 
the  following  infeription: 

"  Near  this  place  lie  interred  the  remains  of  James  Heywood,  of  Mariftow  in  the 
county  of  Devon,  efq;  who  died  Feb.  ift,  1738,  aged  52. 

"  And  of  Catherine  Anne  Heywood,  daughter  of  James  Modyford  Heywood,  efq. 
She  died  April  7th,  1777,  aged  9  years."  Arms:  Argent  on  a  bend  within  a  bordure 
gules  three  torteauxes ;  impaling,  paly  of  fix,  or  andguksi  over  all,  on  a  bend  fable, 
three  mullets  or. 

By  the  fide  of  the  above-mentioned  monument,  in  a  niche,  Hands  a  handfome 
feftooned  urn  on  a  fmall  plain  pedeftal,  bearing  this  infeription : 

*'  LuCI^E  CONIVC-I  CARISSIM^  RlCARDVS  GRAVES  CONIVX  INFELISSIMVS  FECIT  ET 
SIBI,  OB.  CM.  MAII  MDCCLXXVII.     JET.  XtVI." 

On  the  chancel  fouth  wall,  within  an  oval  wreath,  is  inferibed : 
*'  Here  refteth  the  body  of  James  BafTett,  who  was  buried  December  20,  1701. 
"  And  alfo  of  Mary  his  daughter,  buried  1699." 

In  the  north  aile,  on  a  brals  plate  in  the  wall : 
"  In  a  vault  in  this  church-yard  lies  buried  the  body  of  Mrs.  Mary  Clapham,  who 
by  her  laft  will  bequeathed  to  this  parilh  fix  pounds  a  year,  to  keep  the  monument 
belonging  to  her  vault  in  conftant  repair;  and  whatever  overplus  remain,  to  be  diftri- 
buted,  st,  2s.  to  the  minifter,  and  the  reft  to  the  poor  of  this  parilh." 

In  the  fame  aile  is  a  handfome  monument  of  white  marble,  with  an  arched  cornice, 
thus  inferibed : 

•*  In  a  vault  near  this  place  lieth  the  body  of  William  Skrine,  late  of  this  parifh,  efq; 
who  departed  this  life  December  5,  1725,  aged  53. 

«  Here 


\-atb^JTorum.3      claverton.  i49 

«  Here  alfo  lies  the  body  of  Ann  Cooke,  late  widow  of  James  Cooke,  cfq;  and 
formerly  wife  of  the  aforefaid  William  Skrine,  cfq.  She  was  the  only  child  of  Henry 
Spurftow,  of  Chcfhirc,  efq.     She  died  April  20,  1747,  aged  5;$  years. 

"Alfo  of  Elizabeth  the  wife  of  CrayUr  Craylc,  efq;  of  Bright  well,  Bucks;  and 
daughter  of  the  faid  William  Skrine,  efq;  and  Anne  his  wife,  who  died  Aug.  1780, 
aged  59." 

Arms :  Gules,  in  chief  on  the  dexter  fide  a  caftlc  argent;  on  the  finifter  a  lion  rampant : 
in  bafe  the  fame  countercharged :  impaling,  fable,  two  bars  argent,  in  chief  three  plates  : 
over  all,  on  an  efcutcheon  of  pretence  vert,  three  mullets  or,  pierced  fable. 

On  the  fouth  fide  of  the  nave  is  a  very  elegant  monument  of  black  and  w 
marble,  with  a  neat  mitred  pediment  and  cornice.     In  the  upper  tablet  is  a  female 
figure  in  Roman  drapery,  reclining  on  an  urn :  the  figure,  attitude,  drapery,  and  urn, 
are  of  excellent  fculpture.     Below  is  this  infeription : 

«'  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  John  Clutterbuck,  efq;  late  of  Richmond  in  Surry,  who 
died  26th  November  1776,  aged  72,  and  lies  buried  in  a  vault  in  this  church-yard. 
A  gentleman,  whofe  life  was  diitinguifhed  by  a  ferics  of  good  and  benevolent  action  ■> 
in  his  publick  conduct  he  was  an  ufeful  magiftratc,  and  a  confeientious  truftee  for 
feveral  publick  charities:  in  his  private  character,  an  indulgent  hufband,  a  kind  mailer, 
a  cordial  friend,  and  a  ferious  christian."  Arms:  Azure,  a  lion  rampant  argent,  in 
chief  three  efcallops  of  the  fecond :  impaling,  or,  on  a  canton  fable,  a  griffin's  head 
crafed  of  the  firft.     Creft,  an  antelope  paflant  gules. 

In  the  chancel  floor: 
"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Ann  the  wife  of  Thomas  Willis,  rector  of  Claverton, 
buried  the  3d  of  September  1678. 

"  Hereby  lycth  the  body  of  Thomas  Willis,  rector  of  this  pariih,  who  departed 
the  5th  of  December  1680." 

On  other  (tones: 

*  Here  lieth  Humfry  Chambers,  who  died  February  the  8th,  anno  Domini,  1646." 
*'  James  Heywood,  of  Mariftow  in  the  county  of  Devon,  efq;  who  died  Feb.  1, 

1737,  aged  52. 

"  Catherine  Ann  Heywood,  daughter  of  James  Modyford  Heywood,  cfq;  of  Mr- 
riftow  in  the  county  of  Devon,  died  April  7,  1777,  aged  9  years." 

"  Hie  jacct  uxor  Thomas  Gery  armigcri,  beatam  refurrectionis  diem  expectans, 
obiit  290  die  Martii,  anno  1744,  aetat.  62." 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Martha  cldeft  daughter  of  Richard  Hufon,  rector,  by 
Mary  his  firft  wife.  She  died  in  the  23d  year  of  her  age,  on  Rogation  Sunday,  and 
was  buried  Holy  Thurfday  in  1741. 

"  My  days  are  gone  like  a  fiiadow." 

On  a  brafs  plate  in  the  floor: 

*  Here  lieth  the  remains  of  the  rev.  Mr.  Richard  Hufon,  rector  of  this  place. 

Departed  this  life  the  25th  of  May  1749,  aSc^  65." 

Here 


150  C0MBE-M0NKT0N.        pSatMotimu 

Here  are  fix  atchments  bearing  the  arms  of  the  Clutterbuck,  Skrine,  Allen,  and 
other  families. 

In  the  church-yard  is  a  ftately  monument  of  ftone,  raifed  on  three  fteps,  and  ter- 
minated by  a  pyramid.  Each  fide  of  this  monument  has  three  femicircular  arches, 
with  iron  palifadoes.    Within,  in  the  center,  ftands  a  ftone  tomb  with  this  infeription : 

"  Beneath  this  monument  lieth  entomb'd  the  body  of  Ralph  Allen,  efq;  of  Prior- 
Park,  who  departed  this  life  the  29th  of  June  1764,  in  the  71ft  year  of  his  age:  in 
full  hopes  of  everlafting  happinefs  in  another  ftate,  through  the  infinite  merit  and 
mediation  of  our  bleffed  redeemer  Jefus  Chrift.  And  of  Elizabeth  Holder  his  fecond 
wife,  who  died  20th  September  1766,  aged  68." 

The  chriftenings  in  this  parifli  are  on  an  average  three,  and  of  burials  (the  greater 
part  from  Bath)  five. 

The  expences  of  the  poor  in  this  parifh  were  in  1771,  43I.  5s.  3d.;  in  1 7 80, 
ill.  19s.  6d. 


COMBE-MONKTON. 

THIS  place  is  generally  called  Monkton-Combe,  the  adjunct  being  placed  firft  r 
but  its  fimple  proper  name  is  Combe,  the  other  having  been  added  to  fignify 
its  belonging  to  the  monks  of  Bath,  and  to  diftinguifh  it  from  other  places  of  a  fimilar 
appellation.  It  is  fituated  three  miles  fouth  from  Bath,  and  bounded  by  a  rivulet  from 
Midford,  which  divides  it  from  Limpley-Stoke  in  the  county  of  Wilts.  The  number 
of  houfes  is  fifty-three,  and  of  inhabitants  about  two  hundred  and  eighty. 

The  village  ftands  near  the  bottom  of  the  fouthern  declivity  of  a  hill,  called  after  its 
name  Combe-down,  which  rifes  with  a  fteep  afcent  to  the  north  and  eaft.  On  the 
fouth  fide  of  the  ftreet  is  a  narrow  piclurefque  vale,  watered  by  the  ftream  above- 
mentioned,  which  after  turning  a  corn-mill  empties  itfelf  into  the  Avon.  The  oppo- 
fite  hill,  which  rifes  near  five  hundred  feet  from  the  bottom  of  the  vale,  is  divided 
into  fine  inclofures,  patched  with  beautiful  hanging  coppice  woods,  and  highly  cul- 
tivated. To  the  right  as  you  enter  the  village,  and  about  three  hundred  feet  above 
the  ftreet,  is  an  elegant  manfion  called  Combe- Grove,  belonging  to  Mrs.  Simpfon  of 
Bath.  This  houfe  ftands  on  a  natural  terrace,  a  little  below  the  fouthern  ridge  of 
Combe-down  hill.  The  back  ground  is  a  thick  wood,  which  forms  a  fmall  fegment 
of  a  circle,  in  the  centre  of  which  the  houfe  is  erected.  The  profpeel  from  this  fpot, 
over  the  vale  and  the  flope  of  the  oppofite  range  of  hills,  is  very  beautiful.  On  the 
fummit  of  Combe-down,  a  mile  northward  from  the  church,  among  many  immenfe 
quarries  of  fine  free  ftone,  are  large  groves  of  firs,  planted  by  the  late  Ralph  Allen, 
efq;  for  the  laudable  purpofe  of  ornamenting  this  (at  that  time  rough  and  barren)  hill. 
Among  thefe  groves  is  a  neat  range  of  buildings  belonging  to  this  parifli.     It  confifts 

of 


Ti3attKfforum.]     combe-monkton.  151 

of  eleven  houfes,  built  of  wrought  flonc,  raifed  on  the  fpot;  each  of  which  has  a  fmall 
garden  in  front.  Thefc  were  originally  built  for  the  workmen  employed  in  the  quar- 
ries, but  arc  now  chiefly  let  to  invalids  from  Bath,  who  retire  hither  for  th$  fake  of 
a  very  fine  air,  (probably  rendered  more  falubrious  by  the  plantation  of  firs)  from 
which  many  have  received  efTcntial  benefit.  The  furrounding  beautiful  and  extenfive 
profpects;  the  wild,  but  pleafing  irregularities  of  the  furfaccand  feencry,  divcrfified 
with  immenfe  quarries,  fine  open  cultivated  fields,  and  extenfive  plantations  of  firs, 
which  throw  a  folcmn  gloomincfs  of  fhadc,  impervious  to  the  fun  and  winds,  over  a  fine 
foft  turf  free  from  underwood ;  all  fcrvc  to  render  this  a  delightful  fummcr  retreat. 

From  the  (tone  quarries  on  Combe-down,  a  confiderablc  part  of  the  beft  buildings 
in  the  city  of  Bath  have  been  raifed.  This  flonc  contains  few  foffils;  but  in  the 
hollow  cavities  of  it  are  found  cluftcrs  of  hexagonal  pointed  brown  cryftals  of  the 
quartz  kind.     In  the  fiflures  of  the  rocks  are  fome  fine  ftalacliitcs  curioufly  froftcd. 

The  fouthern  declivity  of  this  hill,  weft  of  the  village,  is  very  ftccp  and  rough, 
alternately  patched  with  coppice  woods  and  grey  projecting  rocks.  Among  thefc  are 
fome  curious  fpecics  of  ferns  and  lichen  mofles. 

The  manor  of  Combe  is  thus  defcribed  in  the  Norman  furvcy,  among  the  eftates 
of  the  church  of  Bath: 

"  The  church  itfelf  holds  Cume.  In  the  time  of  king  Edward  it  gelded  for  nine 
"  hides.  The  arable  is  eight  carucates.  Thereof  in  demefne  are  fix  hides,  and  there 
*'  arc  three  carucates,  and  fix  fervants,  and  fix  villanes,  and  eight  cottagers,  with 
"  five  ploughs.  There  are  two  mills  of  thirteen  lhillings  and  lixpence  rent,  and 
'•  thirty-two  acres  of  meadow,  and  one  mile  of  coppice  wood  in  length  and  breadth. 
"  It  was  worth  feven  pounds,  now  eight  pounds."' 

In  1293,  the  temporalities  of  the  abbey  here  were  valued  at  4.1.b 

After  the  difiblution  of  monafterics,  king  Henry  VIII.  by  letters  patent  bearing 
date  March  16,  1542,  granted  the  manor  of  Combe  to  Humphrey  Colles,  who  foon 
after  fold  it  to  Matthew  Colthurft.  Reverting  to  the  crown,  it  was  granted,  6  Eliz. 
to  John  Robinfon,  of  Gravefend  in  Kent,  cfq;  whofe  defcendanr.  John  Robinfon,  efq; 
of  Durfton-hall  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  fold  it  in  the  year  1 706  to  Mr.  Francis 
Poole  of  this  place,  who  bequeathed  it  to  his  fon-in-law  Thomas  Shutc,  gent.  In 
this  family  it  continued  tiil  about  the  year  177.2,  when  Mr.  Thomas  Whittenton 
purchafed  it  of  his  brother-in-law  Mr.  Thomas  Shutc,  and  fold  it  immediately  after 
to  the  rev.  Richard  Graves,  A.  M.  rector  of  Clavcrton,  who  is  the  prefent  owner. 

The  living  is  a  vicarage  in  the  deanery  of  Bath.  The  rev.  Mr.  Wood  of  South- 
Stoke  is  both  patron  and  incumbent. 

The  church  is  a  fmall  ftruclure,  fifty  feet  in  length,  and  fixtccn  in  breadth,  covered 
with  tiles;  at  the  weft  end,  in  a  little  open  flonc  turret,  hang  two  fmall  bells.  It  is 
dedicated  to  St.  Michael. 

*  J.ib.  Domefday.  v  Taxat.  temporal. 

On 


152  comb  e-m  o  n  k  t  o  n.      pBatfcjrojtmt. 

On  the  north  wall  of  the  nave  is  a  fmall  ftone  monument,  with  this  infeription: 
"  Near  unto  this  place  lycth  the  body  of  Richard  Shute,  who  died  A.  D.  1595. 

"  Alfo  Richard  his  fone,  who  died  1641 ;  and  Thomas  Shute  the  fon  of  Richard 
Shute,  jun.  who  died  Dec.  31,  1677,  aged  80  years.  And  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Shute,  who  died  October  20,  1674. 

"  Erected  by  Zachariah  Shute  of  London,  the  fon  of  Thomas  Shute,  1678. 

M  Alfo  Thomas  Shute,  jun.  and  grandfon  to  Richard  Shute,  jun.  who  died  February 
the  27th,  1680." 

Againft  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  large  ancient  tomb,  on  the  top  of  which 
as  a  mitred  pediment  terminated  by  three  altars,  with  the  following  infeription: 

««  Filia  Ricsei  Manfell  equitis  Katherina 

Baffetti  hie  conjunx  armigeri,  e  patria  es. 
Bewperium  domus  eft,  et  quo  jacet  ille  fepultus 

Rex  Britonum  Morgan  nafceris  ipfa  loco. 

Annus  erat  vitae  decies  oclavus,  et  ifte 

Te  velut  ante  virum  fuftulit  annus  anum. 
Quos  ut  juxit  amor  juvenes,  fie  juxit  utrofque 

Annorum  numero  mors  violenta  fenes. 
Junior  ilia  fuit  feptem  cum  nuberet  annos, 

Septem  annos  vidua  eft  fadla  coaeva  viro. 
Conjugium  setatis  magnum  par  tempus  habebant, 

Vitas  ambo  et  mortis  par  fuit  ipfa  dies." 


"  Guil.  Baffett 

obijt  A.  Do.  1 5  86. 
M.  80.  Mar.  10. 

"  Thomas  Leyfon  pofuit." 

This  parifh  paid  to  the  poor  in  1770,  60I.  5s.  i|d.j  in  1778,  103I.  us.  $d. 


"  Katherina  Baffett 
obijt  A.  Do.  1593. 
Anno  JE.  80.  Mar.  1  o. 


SWAINSWICK. 


'Eatlj'iForum.]  [    153    ] 


SWAINSWICK. 

THIS  village  is  pleafantly  fituated  on  the  flope  of  a  hill,  three  miles  northeaft 
from  Bath,  and  near  the  road  lately  made  from  that  city  to  Toll-Down. 

Thofc  who  favour  the  fable  of  Bladud  and  his  pigs  give  this  place  a  hoggifh  etymo- 
logy, and  propofe  the  qiiafi  dicas  of  Swine/wick :  it  is  more  probable  the  derivation  is 
from  Suain,  a  Saxon  lord,  who  had  much  property  in  thefe  parts,  and  IVic,  the  ancient 
denomination  of  a  village.  It  is  not  however  noticed  in  the  Norman  furvcy  of  this 
county,  nor  afterwards  that  we  can  find  till  the  time  of  Edward  III.  in  the  thirty-fixth 
year  of  whofe  reign  we  find  the  manor  held  by  Matthew  Gournay,  knight.*  Soon 
after  which,  viz.  i  Henry  IV.  William  Schawc,  parfon  of  the  church  of  Swaynef- 
wyke,  and  Thomas  Norton,  chaplain  of  the  fame,  grant  to  Edmund  Forde  and 
Johanna  his  wife  this  their  manor  with  the  advowfon  of  the  church,  and  all  other 
lands  and  tenements  which  they  were  pofleficd  of  in  Swaynefwyke,  Tatwykc,  and 
the  city  of  Bath.b  This  Edmund  Forde  lies  buried  in  the  parifli  church.  How 
long  the  manor  continued  in  his  family  is  not  evident;  but  8  Edwarp  IV.  it  appears 
by  an  inquifition  then  taken,  that  Edmund  Blunt,  of  whom  mention  has  been  made 
before,  died  feized  of  the  manor  and  advowfon,  which  defcended  to  others  of  his 
name.c  13  Edward  IV.  Roger  Kemys  rcleafed  to  William  Sewey,  alias  Stowcford, 
all  his  right  to  lands  in  this  parifli.-1  In  the  year  1529  Richard  Dudley,  D.  D.  fome- 
time  fellow  of  Oriel  college  in  Oxford,  and  afterwards  chancellor  of  the  church  of 
Salifbury,  being  poflefled  of  this  manor  and  advowfon,  beftowed  the  fame  on  the 
abovementioned  college,  for  the  maintenance  of  two  fellows  and  fix  exhibitioners. 
In  memory  of  whom  the  provofts  and  fellows  obliged  thcmfelves  to  celebrate  yearly 
a  commemoration  with  a  Placebo  and  Dirigc  on  the  fcafl:  of  St.  Luke  the  evangelifl:.* 

In  the  manfion-houfc,  which  ftands  near  the  church,  and  retains  fome  few  veftiges 
of  a  very  ancient  edifice,  is  prcferved  an  old  military  fword,  afcribed  by  the  vulgar  to 
king  Bladud.  The  blade  of  it  is  three  feet  ten  inches  and  a  half  long,  and  one  inch 
and  three  quarters  wide:  and  at  the  bottom  near  the  hilt  is  a  fhicld  charged  with  two 
bars  conjoined  in  fefs  wavy;  the  initials  R.  D.  and  the  date  1423. 

In  the  wall  of  the  garden  is  a  ftonc  cut  lozengewifc,  and  inferibed : 

E.  M. 

CAPELL 
EDWARD   MARY 
1625. 

At  the  top  is  the  family  creft,  viz.  a  dcmi-lion  rampant  holding  a  crofslct  fitchce. 
The  Capells  relided  here. 

•  Efc.  36  Edw.  III.  b  Rot.  claus.  1  Ed*.  IV.  £  Elc.  *  Rot.  cluus.  13  Edw.  IV. 

■  Wood's  Hiftory  and  Antiquities  of  Oxford  by  Gutch,  p.  125. 

Vol.  I.  X  Bcfidcs 


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i54  SWAINSWICK.        [TBatMTOttim. 

Bcfides  this,  there  was  in  ancient  times  another  manor  in  this  parifh,  called  Tatwick, 
now  a  fmall  hamlet  diftant  a  mile  northward  from  the ,  village,  which  in  the  time  of 
king  William  the  Conqueror  partly  belonged  to  William  Hofed  or  Hofatus,  and  partly 
to  Ralph  de  Berkley.     Thefe  eftates  are  thus  furveyed  in  the  book  called  Domefday : 

"  William  [Hofed]  holds  Tatewiche.  Three  thanes  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
"  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  one  carucate,  which  is 
"  held  indemefne,  and  three  fervants,  and  two  cottagers,  and  half  an  acre  of  meadow, 
«  and' ten  acres  of  coppice  wood.  It  was  formerly  worth  ten  millings,  now  thirty 
«  millings." 

"  Ralph  [de  Bercheclai]  holds  Tatewiche.  Godric  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
"  Edward,  and  gelded  for  half  a  hide.  The  arable  is  one  carucate,  and  there  are 
*'  three  fervants.  There  is  one  acre  of  wood.  Formerly  it  was  worth  ten  millings, 
«  but  now  fifteen  millings. "£ 

After  the  Conqueft  this  manor  was  given  to  the  monks  of  Bath,  and  at  the  diflblution 
32  Henry  VIII.  was  granted  to  fir  Walter  Dennis.  Certain  lands  here  were  purchafed 
5  Edw.  III.  of  Elias  de  St.  Alban,  for  the  maintenance  of  a  chantry  founded  in  the 
parifh  church  of  Cold-Afhton  in  Gloucefterfhire.* 

The  living  of  Swainfwick  is  a  reclory  in  the  deanery  of  Bath,  and  in  the  prefentation 
of  Oriel  college  in  Oxford.     The  rev.  Mr.  Walker  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  ftands  on  the  northweft  fide  of  the 
village,  and  is  an  ancient  ftruclure,  confifting  of  two  ailes  and  a  chancel,  with  an 
adjoining  aile  or  chancel.  At  the  weft  end  is  a  low  tower,  wherein  hang  five  bells, 
having  the  following  infcriptions : 

1.  Rex  et  Regina  beati,  1664.     c.'w. 

2.  George  Clarke,  Laurence  Waldrun,  John  Nodes,  churchwardens.     R.  P.  1664. 

3.  Fili  Dei,  ora  pro  nobis. 

4.  Anno  Domini  1636. 

5.  Thefe  bells  were  caft  at  the  charge  of  the  parifh.  Bengemen  Tanner  Clarke, 
George  Clarke,  Laurence  Waldrun,  John  Nodes,  churchwardens.  R.  P.  1664. 

On  a  brafs  plate  in  the  chancel  there  is  the  portraiture  of  a  man  praying,  and  un- 
derneath this  infcription:  ©rate  $  a"ia  (ZEDmuai  ffbr&e  tie  §)ft)agneftog&e  armi* 
ge?i  qui  otuit  flrij0  Die  JFefyuanj,  a^Dni.  mccccrrrir  et  a°  iftegni  IRegia 
i£en?ici  toi'°  poff  conquefiji  jrtmj0  cui9  ale  ipiciet  Deu9.  On  three  fcroiis  over  his 
head,  c?eDo  quoD  Eetiemptor  meus  tJttiit,  et  in  notnffimo  Hie  De  terra  fu??ec* 
turus  fturu   <ZEt  in  came  meo  uiuefio  Deu  fatoatoje  meu.   The  ftone  in  which 

this  brafs  is  fixed  feems  to  have  lain  formerly  on  a  raifed  tomb. 

On  the  altar  fteps  are  the  following  infcriptions : 
**  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Elizabeth  the  wife  of  George  Clarke,  who  dyed  the  7th  day 
of  June  1670." 

» Lib.  Domefday.  *Efc.  s  Edw.  III.  «  Here 


OBatMorum.]     s   w  A  I  n  s  w  i  c  K.  i55 

"  Here  Iyeth  the  body  of  Jane  Capell,  wife  of  Edward  Capcll,  cfq;  and  late  wife  of 
Thomas  Prynne,  of  Swainfwickc,  gent,  deccafed,  by  whom  flic  had  iflue  three  forti 
and  five  daughters;  who  departed  this  life  the  12"'  day  of  March  anno  Dom.  163 1." 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Beatrix  Clarke,  daughter  of  Mr.  George  Clarke, 
who  departed  this  life  the  4'''  day  of  July  1690." 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Thomas  Prynne,  gentleman,  who  departed  this  Iyfc  the 
fieft  day  of  July,  in  the  yerc  of  our  Lord  God  1620." 

"  Here  licthe  the  bodi  of  Edwardc  Webe  L'  Farmer,  and  Anes  his  wife,  who 
difeccdethc  15  day  of  June  A0  D'  1573." 

On  flat  gravc-ftoncs  beneath  the  chancel  ftcps : 
"  Joannis  Wood  armigcri  fepulchrum. 

"  Anna  daughter  of  John  Wood,  of  Bath,  cfq;  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  born  Auguft 
the  8,h,  1762;  died  February  the  2 1  If,  1768." 

In  the  north  ailc  arc  fcvcral  memorials  for  the  families  of  Tanner  and  Scudamore. 

In  the  aile  on  the  fouth  fide  of  the  chancel  there  is  a  receptacle  for  holy  water,  and 
two  corbels  on  each  fide  the  window.  At  the  north  door  of  the  church,  which  is  now 
little  ufed,  formerly  flood  a  ftatue  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  to  whom  the  church  is  dedi- 
cated, and  to  which  adoration  was  wont  to  be  paid  at  entrance. 

That  celebrated  lawyer  and  voluminous  writer  William  Prynne  was  born  in  this 
parifh  in  1 600.  He  received  the  earlier  part  of  his  education  at  the  grammar  fchool 
in  Bath,  where  he  made  fo  great  a  proficiency  in  learning,  that  at  the  age  of  fixteen 
he  became  a  commoner  of  Oriel  college  in  Oxford,  and  in  1620  took  his  Bachelor's 
degree  in  that  univerfity.  He  removed  fhortly  thence  to  Lincoln's-Inn  for  the  pur- 
pofe  of  purfuing  his  favourite  ftudy  the  law,  and  was  fucceffively  made  barriftcr, 
bencher,  and  reader.  It  was  here  that  he  firft  undertook  the  hazardous  talk  of 
laihing  the  abufes  and  enormities  of  the  age;  in  the  execution  of  which  he  exerted 
fuch  pointed  feverity  of  language,  that  he  drew  upon  himfelf  the  difpleafure  of  the 
court,  and  the  eonfequent  penalty  of  imprifonment  and  difgrace;  which  however 
did  not  difhearten  his  fpirits,  nor  blunt  the  fliarpnefs  of  his  pen.  In  the  year  1640 
he  was  liberated  from  his  confinement  by  an  order  of  the  Houfe  of  Commons, 
and  chofen  member  of  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Newport  in  Cornwall;  but 
was  in  a  very  fliort  time  difplaced  for  his  animadverfions  on  Cromwell  and  the 
republican  party.  t  After  Cromwell's  deceafe  he  was  reftored  to  his  feat  with  the  other 
fecluded  members,  and  was  appointed  keeper  of  the  records  in  the  Tower,  an  office 
in  which  he  proved  himfelf  highly  ferviceablc  to  his  country,  by  the  collections  he 
publifhed  from  thofe  long-neglected  keimelia.  He  prefentcd  forty  volumes  of  his 
works  in  folio  and  quarto  to  Lincoln's-Inn  library,  and  dying  in  peace  in  1669,  was 
buried  in  the  chapel  belonging  to  that  fociety. 

In  the  year  1771  this  parifh  paid  to  the  poor  the  fum  of  24I.  j  in  1778,  15I.  is.  4d. 

X  a  WESTON, 


C    *56    1  [iSat&'JFowm. 


WESTON, 

SO  denominated  from  its  wcfterly  fituation  from  the  city  of  Bath,  is  a  large  parifh, 
containing  one  hundred  and  feventy-iix  houfes,  and  *  nearly  fix  hundred  and 
feventy  inhabitants.  The  village,  which  confifts  chiefly  of  one  irregular  ftreet  half 
a  mile  in  length,  is  pleafantly  fituated  in  a  woody  vale  under  the  foutheaft  ridge  of 
Lanfdown-hill,  with  high  grounds  to  the  weft,  but  open  to  the  fouth.  A  fmall  ftream 
Called  LockVbrook,  the  fource  of  which  is  in  the  hill,  runs  through  the  whole  length 
of  the  ftreet,  and  patting  under  an  arch  near  the  firft  mile-ftone  on  the  upper  road  to 
Briftol,  empties  itfelf  into  the  Avon,  where  are  feveral  brafs,  leather,  and  fnuff  mills, 
as  well  as  other  buildings,  within  this  parifti,  which  is  feparated  from  that  of  Twiverton 
by  the  river  above-mentioned. 

In  a  quarry  of  blue  lime-ftone  near  the  Briftol  road  are  found  great  quantities  of 
cornua  ammonis,  and  nautili;  with  a  variety  of  bivalve  {hells,  many  of  which  are  very 
perfect:  between  the  ftrataof  the  rock  are  beautiful  veins  of  mundick  and  ftalactites. 
Some  curious  fpecimens  of  the  afteria  columnaris,  the  dog's  tooth  fpar,  fhark's 
teeth,  and  a  great  number  of  gryphytes,  are  alfo  found  here.  In  the  weftern  part  of 
the  parifh  is  a  fpring  of  a  petrifying  quality,  which  foon  incruftates  whatever  is  put 
into  it  with  a  ftony  fubftance.  The  lands  are  in  general  pafture,  and  as  various  in 
value  as  they  are  in  furface:  the  vale  is  rich;  but  the  high  lands  are  cold,  and  of  a 
thin  ftratum.  There  are  two  coppices,  containing  about  fourteen  acres :  the  wood  is 
principally  oak,  afh,  and  elm. 

Great  part  of  Lanfdown  belongs  to  this  parifti :  on  that  part  of  it  which  is  con- 
tiguous to  the  Oxford  road  are  feveral  houfes,  and  among  them  an  ancient  manfion 
called  the  Old  Chapel  j  ftanding  on  the  fcite  of  an  hofpital  erected  in  very  early 
times  for  the  entertainment  of  devotees  in  their  folitary  walk  to  the  fhrine  of  St. 
Jofeph  of  Arimathea  at  Glaftonbury. 

Upon  this  down  was  fought  in  1 643  the  memorable  battle  between  the  royal  and 
parliamentary  forces,  which  proved  (6  fatal  to  that  brave  and  worthy  officer  fir  Bevil 
Grenville,  whofe  character  and  the  circumftances  of  the  engagement  are  thus  handed 
down  to  us  by  a  cotemporary  hiftorian: 

"  It  was  upon  the  fifth  of  July  when  fir  William  Waller,  as  foon  as  it  was  light, 
pofleffed  himfelf  of  that  hill ;  and  after  he  had,  upon  the  brow  of  the  hill  over  the 
highway,  raifed  breaft-works  with  faggots  and  earth,  and  planted  cannon  there,  he 
fent  a  ftrong  party  of  horfe  towards  Marsfield;  which  quickly  alarmed  the  other  army, 
and  was  fhortly  driven  back  to  their  body.  As  great  a  mind  as  the  king's  forces  had 
to  cope  with  the  enemy,  when  they  had  drawn  into  battalia,  and  found  the  enemy 
fixed  on  the  top  of  the  hill,  they  refolved  not  to  attack  them  upon  fo  great  difad- 
vantage;  and  fo  retired  again  towards  their  old  quarters:  which  fir  William  Waller 
perceiving,  fent  his  whole  body  of  horfe  and  dragoons  down  the  hill  to  charge  the 

rear 


TBatfrjrorum.]  weston.  i57 

rear  and  flank  of  the  king's  forces;  which  they  did  thoroughly,  the  regiment  of 
cuirafficrs  fo  amazing  the  horfe  they  charged,  that  they  totally  routed  them;  and, 
(landing  firm  and  unfhaken  themfelves,  gave  fo  great  terror  to  the  king's  horfe,  who 
had  never  before  turned  from  an  enemy,  that  no  example  of  their  officers,  who  did 
their  parts  with  invincible  courage,  could  make  them  charge  with  the  fame  confi- 
dence, and  in  the  fame  manner  they  had  ufually  done.  However  in  the  end,  after 
fir  Nicholas  Slanning  with  three  hundred  mufqucteers,  had  fallen  upon,  and  beaten 
their  rcferve  of  dragooners,  prince  Maurice,  and  the  earl  of  Carnarvon,  rallying  their 
horfe,  and  winging  them  with  the  Cornifh  mufqucteers,  charged  the  enemy's  horfe 
again,  and  totally  routed  them;  and  in  the  fame  manner  received  two  bodies  more, 
and  routed  and  chafed  them  to  the  hill ;  where  they  Hood  in  a  place  almort  inac- 
ccflible.  On  the  brow  of  the  hill  there  were  brcaft>works,  on  which  were  pretty 
bodies  of  fmall  fhot,  and  fome  cannon;  on  either  flank  grew  a  pretty  thick  wood 
towards  the  declining  of  the  hill,  in  which  ftrong  parties  of  mufqucteers  were  placed  ; 
at  the  rear,  was  a  very  fair  plain,  where  the  refcrves  of  horfe  and  foot  flood  ranged; 
yet  the  Comifli  foot  were  fo  far  from  being  appalled  at  this  difadvantage,  that  they 
defired  to  fall  on,  and  cryed  our,  "  that  they  might  have  leave  to  fetch  off  thofe 
cannon."  In  the  end,  order  was  given  to  attempt  the  hill  with  horfe  and  foot.  Two 
ftrong  parties  of  mufqucteers  were  fent  into  the  woods,  which  flanked  the  enemy ;  and 
the  horfe  and  other  nuifquetecrs  up  the  road  way,  which  were  charged  by  the  enemy's 
horfe,  and  routed ;  then  fir  Bevil  Grcnville  advanced  with  a  party  of  horfe,  on  his  right 
hand,  that  ground  being  bed  for  them;  and  his  mufqucteers  on  the  left;  himfelf  lead- 
ing up  his  pikes  in  the  middle;  and  in  the  face  of  their  cannon,  and  fmall  fhot  from 
the  breaft-works,  gained  the  brow  of  the  hill,  having  fuftained  two  full  charges  of  the 
enemy's  horfe;  but  in  the  third  charge  his  horfe  failing,  and  giving  ground,  he  re 
ceived,  after  other  wounds,  a  blow  on  the  head  with  a  poll-axe,  with  which  he  fell, 
and  many  of  his  officers  about  him;  yet  the  mufqueteers  fired  fo  faft  upon  the  enemy's 
horfe,  that  they  quitted  their  ground,  and  the  two  wings,  who  were  fent  to  clear  the 
woods,  having  done  their  work,  and  gained  thofe  parts  of  the  hill,  at  the  fame  time 
beat  off  their  enemy's  foot,  and  became  poffeffed  of  the  breaft-works ;  and  fo  made 
way  for  their  whole  body  of  horfe,  foot,  and  cannon,  to  afcend  the  hill;  which  they 
quickly  did,  and  planted  themfelves  on  the  ground  they  had  won;  the  enemy  retiring 
about  demy  culverin  fhot  behind  a  ftone  wall  upon  the  fame  level,  and  ftanding  in 
reafonable  good  order. 

Either  party  was  fufficiently  tired,  and  battered,  to  be  contented  to  ftand  ftill.  The 
king's  horfe  were  fo  fhaken,  that  of  two  thoufand  which  were  upon  the  field  in  the 
morning,  there  were  not  above  fix  hundred  on  the  top  of  the  hill.  The  enemy  was 
exceedingly  fcattered  too,  and  had  no  mind  to  venture  on  plain  ground  with  thofe 
who  had  beaten  them  from  the  hill;  fo  that,  exchanging  only  fome  fhot  from  their 
ordnance,  they  looked  one  upon  another  till  the  night  interpofed.  About  twelve  of 
the  clock,  it  being  very  dark,  the  enemy  made  a  fhew  of  moving  towards  the  ground 
they  had  loft;  but  giving  a  fmart  volly  of  fmall  fhot,  and  finding  themfelves  anfwered 

witip 


i58  WESTON.,        [TSatMorum. 

with  the  like,  they  made  no  more  noife;  which  the  prince  obferving,  he  fent  a  com- 
mon  foldier  to  hearken  as  near  the  place  where  they  were  as  he  could ;  who  brought 
word,  "that  the  enemy  had  left  lighted  matches  in  the  wall  behind  which  they  had 
lain,  and  were  drawn  off  the  field;"  which  was  true;  fo  that,  as  foon  as  it  was  day, 
the  king's  army  Found  themfelves  pofTeffed  entirely  of  the  field,  and  the  dead,  and  all 
other  enfigns  of  vidtery:  fir  William  Waller  being  marched  to  Bath,  in  fo  much  dif- 
order  and  apprchenfion,  that  he  left  great  ftore  of  arms,  and  ten  barrels  of  powder, 
behind  him;  which  was  a  very  feafonable  fupply  to  the  other  fide,  who  had  fpent,  in 
that  day's  fervice,  no  lefs  than  fourfcore  barrels,  and  had  not  a  fafe  proportion  left. 

In  this  battle,  on  the  king's  part,  there  were  more  officers  and  gentlemen  of  quality 
flain,  than  common  men;  and  more  hurt  than  flain.  That  which  would  have  clouded 
any  victory,  and  made  the  lofs  of  others  lefs  fpoken  of,  was  the  death  of  fir  Bevil 
"Grenville..  He  was  indeed  an  excellent  perfon,  whofe  activity,  intereft,  and  reputa- 
tion, was  the  foundation  of  what  had  been  done  in  Cornwall ;  and  his  temper,  and 
affections  fo  publick,  that  no  accident  which  happened,  could  make  any  impreffions 
in  him;  and  his  example  kept  others  from  taking  any  thing  ill,  or  at  leaft  feeming  to 
do  fo.  In  a  word,  a  brighter  courage,  and  a  gentler  difpofition,  were  never  married 
together  to  make  the  molt  cheerful  and  innocent  converfation."h 

A  {lately  monument  on  the  northern  ridge  of  the  down  perpetuates  his  memory : 
on  the  north  tablet  thereof  are  the  following  lines: 

"  When  now  th'  incenfed  rebels  proudly  came 

Down  like  a  torrent,  without  bank  or  dam,    - 

When  undeferv'd  fuccefs  urg'd  on  theif  force, 

That  thunder  muft  come  down  to  flop  their  courfe, 

Or  Grenville  muft  ftep  in;  then  Grenville  flood, 

And  with  himfelf  oppos'd  and  check 'd  the  flood. 

Conqueft  or  death  was  all  his  thought,  fo  fire 

Either  o'ercomes  or  does  itfelf  expire. 

His  courage  work'd  like  flames,  caft  heat  about, 

Here,  there,  on  this,  on  that  fide  none  gave  out, 

Not  any  pike  in  that  renowned  ftand, 

But  took  new  force  from  his  infpiring  hand  j 

Soldier  encourag'd  foldier,  man  urg'd  man, 

And  he  urg'd  all;  fo  far  example  can. 

Hurt  upon  hurt,  wound  upon  wound  did  call, 

He  was  the  butt,  the  mark,  the  aim  of  all. 

His  foul  this  while  retir'd  from  cell  to  cell, 

At  laft  flew  up  from  all,  and  then  he  fell. 

But  the  devoted  ftand,  enrag'd  the  more 

From  that  his  fate,  plied  hotter  than  before, 

And  proud  to  fall  with  him,  fwore  not  to  yield, 

Each  fought  an  honour'd  grave,  and  gain'd  the  field. 

fcLord  Clarendon's  Hiftory  of  the  Rebellion,  vol.  ii.  p«.  i.  page  283.  Thus 


ISatMorum.]  WESTON.  i59 

Thus  he  being  fall'n,  his  actioni  fought  anew, 
And  the  dead  conqucr'd  whilft  the  living  flew. 

William  Cartwrigiit,  1643. 

"  Thus  flain  thy  valiant  anccftor  did  lie, 
When  his  own  bark  a  navy  did  defy. 
When  now  encompafs'd  round  he  vi&or  flood, 
And  bath'd  his  pinnace  in  his  conquering  blood, 
Till  all  his  purple  current  dry'd  and  fpent, 
He  fell,  and  made  the  waves  his  monument. 
Where  (hall  the  next  fam'd  Grcnville's  afhes  ftand? 
Thy  grandfire'  fills  the  fcas,  and  thou  the  land. 

Martin  Llewellen. 

"  To  the  immortal  memory  of  his  renowned  and  his  valiant  Cornifli  friends,  who 
conquered  dying  in  the  royal  caufe,  July  5,  1643,  l^ls  column  was  dedicated  by  the 
Honourable  George  Grcnville  lord  Lanfdowne  1720.     Dulce  eft  pro  patria  mori." 

The  fouth  tablet  is  filled  with  the  eulogium  above  quoted  from  lord  Clarendon:  on 
the  weft  fide  are  trophies  of  war;  and  on  the  eaft  the  royal  arms,  and  thofc  of  Grenville. 

In  this  action,  of  two  thoufand  horfe,  the  marquis  of  Hertford,  who  commanded 
on  the  king's  fide,  loft  above  one  thoufand  five  hundred,  occafioned  by  a  regiment  of 
cuirafliers,  commanded  by  fir  Arthur  Haflerig,  which  were  fo  completely  armed,  that 
rhey  were  called  the  regiment  of  lobfters.  On  the  other  hand  the  marquis  drove 
fir  William  Waller,  the  parliament  general,  from  his  poft,  and  compelled  him  to 
retire  into  Bath. 

John,  the  fon  of  the  above-mentioned  fir  Bevil  Grenville,  was  created  vifcount 
Lanfdown  and  earl  of  Bath  in  1661,  and  died  in  1701.  His  fon  Charles  was  killed 
by  the  difcharge  of  a  piftol  while  attending  on  his  father's  funeral,  and  was  fucceeded 
by  his  fon  William :  he  dying  unmarried,  the  barony  pafled  to  the  heirs  of  fir  Beville's 
fecond  fon  Bernard,  of  whom  George,  an  elegant  writer  of  the  prefent  century,  was 
created  lord  Lanfdown  by  queen  Anne  in  171 1 ;  but  dying  in  1734,  and  leaving  no 
male  iflue,  the  title  became  extinct.  William  Petty,  earl  of  Shclburnc,  has  lately  been 
created  marquis  of  Lanfdown. 

On  the  top  of  the  down  a  large  fair  is  held  three  fucccflive  days,  beginning  the 
tenth  of  Auguft,  for  horfes,  (heep,  horned  cattle,  chccfc,  and  pedlary  ware.  William 
Blathwaite,  efq;  has  the  royalty  of  the  down. 

At  the  northeaft  point  of  the  parifh,  near  Tatwick,  is  a  farm  called  Gowdies,  be- 
longing to  John  Whittington,  efq;  and  faid  to  be  extraparochial.  This  and  the  old 
chapel  on  the  down  are  in  the  tithing  of  Walcot. 

The  old  Roman  military  way,  branching  from  the  great  fofs,  traverfes  this  parilh. 
After  leaving  Walcot  it  pafles  through  a  lane  in  Bath  called  Guinea-lane,  and  by  the 

*  Sir  Richard  Grenville 

back 


160  weston.  nBatfcjFocum, 

back  of  the  Crefcent  along  the  bottom  of  the  Common  field,  running  through  the 
ftreet  of  the  village  and  crofling  the  brook  by  Mr.  Whittington's  houfe:  thence 
through  North-Stoke  into  Gloucefterfhire  at  Upton,  and  fo  on  through  Kingfwood 
to  Auft  paflage. 

In  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror  the  greater  part  of  this  parifh  belonged  to 
the  monks  of  Bath,  whofe  property  here  is  thus  furveyed : 

"  The  church  itfelf  holds  Weftone.  In  the  time  of  king  Edward  it  gelded  for 
"  fifteen  hides.  The  arable  is  ten  carucates.  Thereof  in  demefneare  eight  hides  and 
"  a  half,  and  there  are  two  carucates,  and  feven  fervants,  and  feven  villanes,  and  ten 
"  cottagers,  with  fix  ploughs.  There  is  a  mill  of  ten  millings  rent,  and  twenty  acres 
"  of  meadow :  coppice  wood  one  mile  in  length  and  breadth.  It  was  worth  eight 
"  pounds,  now  ten  pounds.b" 

But  another  certain  portion  of  land  in  Wefton,  confifting  of  five  hides,  is  certified 
in  the  record  above  quoted  to  belong  to  Ernulf  de  Hefding,  and  is  thus  defcribed: 

"  Ernulf  de  Hefding  holds  of  the  king  Weftone.  Edric  held  it  in  the  time  of 
"  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  five  hides.  The  arable  is  feven  carucates.  In  demefne 
"  are  two  carucates,  and  ten  fervants,  and  fix  villanes,  and  one  cottager,  with  three 
"  ploughs.  There  is  a  mill  of  twenty  fhillings  rent,  and  thirteen  acres  of  meadow, 
*'  and  fixty  acres  of  pafture,  and  thirty  acres  of  wood.  In  Bath  three  houfes  rented 
"  at  twenty-feven  pence.    The  whole  was  formerly,  and  is  now,  worth  eight  pounds." 

When  this  Ernulf  de  Hefding,  who  was  one  of  the  Conqueror's  attendants,  died,  or 
how  he  parted  with  his  eftate,  does  not  appear;  but  about  the  latter  end  of  the  reign 
of  king  William  Rufus,  thefe  hides  in  Wefton  are  found  to  be  the  property  of  Patrick 
de  Cadurcis,  or  Chaworth,  who  fold  the  fame  to  John  de  Villula,  bifhop  of  Wells ; 
who,  A.  D.  1 1 06,  beftowed  them  on  the  monks  of  Bath  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms.0 
By  this  donation  the  monks  became  pofTefTed  of  the  whole  parifh,  and  continued  to 
enjoy  the  fame  till  the  year  1 539,  when  their  abbey  was  difTolved,  and  their  lands  and 
pofTeffions  difpofed  of  to  different  perfons  of  the  laity.  The  temporalities  here  were 
rated  in  1293  at  nl.  16s.  8d.d 

In  the  beginning  of  the  prefent  century  fir  Philip  Parker  Long,  bait,  was  lord  of 
the  manor;  and  it  is  now  faid  to  belong  to  William  Oliver,  efq;  but  his  claim  is  con- 
tefted  by  William  Blathwaite,  efq;  of  Dirham. 

The  church,  which  was  appropriated  to  the  abbey  of  Bath,  and  valued  in  1292  at 
twelve  marks,'  is  a  rectory,  the  great  tithes  having  been  annexed  to  it  by  John 
Harington,  of  Kelwefton,  efq;  in  the  year  1699.  The  patronage  is  in  the  crown,  and 
the  rev.  John  Chapman  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  All  Saints,  is  a  neat  Gothic  ftrudure,  confifting 
of  a  nave  and  chancel  covered  with  tiles,  and  an  embattled  tower  at  the  weft  end,  con- 
taining a  clock  and  fix  bells.  This  church  is  full  of  monuments,  having  long  been 
the  burial  place  of  many  gentry  and  others  who  have  died  at  Bath.  From  thefe  we 
have  felected  the  following: — 

b  Lib,  Domefday.  *  Mon.  Angl,  i,  186.  '  Taxat,  temporal.  « Taxat.  Spiritual. 


SSatMorum.]  WESTON.  j6x 

On  the  fouth  fide  of  the  chancel  is  a  neat  mural  marble  inferibed, 
"  To  the  memory  of  fir  Charles  Henry  Frankland,  of  Thirklcby  in  the  county  of 
York,  burt.  confyl-gcncral  for  many  years  at  Lilbon,  from  whence  he  came  in  hopes 
of  a  recovery  from  a  bad  ftate  of  health  to  Bath;  where  after  a  tedious  and  painful 
illncfs,  which  he  fuftaincd  with  the  patience  and  rcfignation  becoming  a  chriftian,  he 
died  Jan.  n,  1768,  in  the  £2d  year  of  his  age,  without  iffue,  and  at  his  own  defirc 
lies  buried  in  this  church.  This  monument  is  erected  by  his  affectionate  widow  Agnes 
lady  Frankland."  Arms:  Azure,  a  dolphin  naiant,  or;  on  a  chief  of  the  fecond  two 
isdUcrtguUs:  impaling,  gules,  a  chevron  engrailed  ermine,  between  three  cranes'  heads 
crafed  argent. 

Near  it: 
•'  Here  lies  the  body  of  George  Middleton,  efq;  banker  in  London,  nearly  related 
to  the  earls  of  Middleton,  but  truly  ennobled  by  divine  charity  grafted  upon  a  happy 
nature.  His  forrowful  widow  erected  for  him  this  plain  monument,  fuitablc  to  that 
humility  and  fimplicity  which  were  fo  -confpicuoifs  in  his  character.  He  died  Jan.  17, 
in  the  65'hyear  of  his  age,  A.  D.  1746."  Arms:  Per  feffe,  or  and  gules,  within  a  bor- 
du re  engrailed,  a  lion  rampant  counterchanged ;  impaling,  gyronne  of  eight,  ermine 
and  gules.     Crcft :  a  flag's  head  or.     Motto,  Fortis  in  arduis. 

On  a  plain  black  mural  monument: 
"  To  the  memory  of  William  Hall,  of  this  parifli,  gent,  who  died  Jan.  16,  1732,. 
aged  65.     And  Amy  Hall  his  relict,  who  died  March  27,  1747,  aged  ^5." 

Near  it  is  an  elegant  marble  monument  to  the  Countefs  of  Dundonald,  who  died 
April  13,  1779. 

At  the  eaft  end  of  the  chancel  is  a  handfome  mural  monument  of  various  kinds  of 
marble,  inferibed, 

"  Near  this  place  are  depofited  the  remains  of  George  Cheyne,  M.  D.     He  died 
the  13"'  of  April  1743,  aged  72. 

.  "  Alfo  the  remains  of  Margaret  his  wife.    She  died  the  1 7th  of  Auguft  1752,  aged  72." 

Arms :  Azure,  within  a  bordure  ermine,  a  bend  dexter  between  fix  crofs  crofslets 

fitchee  argent.  Crcft,,  on  a  muriona  crofs  patec  fitched  in  foot.  Motto:  Patientia  vinci. 

Againft  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel : 
"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  John  Swan,,  efq;.  of  Wexford  in  Ireland,  who  died 
9  th  Jan.  1783,  aged  29  years. 

"  From  ling'ring  anguifti  freed  at  laft,  farewell, 
Thy  name,  thy  worth,  could  bleeding  friendfhip  tell; 
Yet  wherefore  tell — why  fpeak — or  feel — or  know  I 
Forbear  the  talk — 'tis  virtue  refts  below." 
Arms:  Salle,  a  chevron  or,  between  three  fwans,  with  wings  erect  argent,  armed  gules* 

In  the  north  window : 
**  To  the  memory  of  Mary  Cunliffc,  daughter  of  Fofter  Cunliffe,  efq;  of  Liverpool, 
who  died  April  28,  J  7 85,  in  the  65th  year  of  her  age." 

Vol.  I.  Y  To 


*6s  W     E     6     T     o    w.  [H5atf;-;rorum* 

To  the  left  of  the  communion  -table,  on  afimll  plain  tablet  of  white  marblej 

(<  Near  this  p.'ace  are  depofited  the  remains  of  the  rev.  William  Cheyne,  A.  M.  who 
was  thirty  years  vicar  ol  phis  pa  rim.  And  after  a  life  fpent  in  the  exemplary  difcharge 
of  the  feveral  duties  of  a  clergyman  and  a  chrifrian,  died  Sept.  6,   1767,  aged  6$." 

Over  the  foregoing,  on  a  handfome  monument  o[  bflaok,  white,  and  grey  marble: 

*  Hie  fepultus  eft  Jacobus  Barclay,  A.  M.  ecclcftas  dc  Ildefley  in  com.  Berc.  reclor, 
et  Vindforicnfis  prcebendarius,  ob-  29°  Dec.  A.  D.  1750,  aetat.  72.  Fuk  ille  inno- 
cuus,  probus,  pius,  Varia  vitas  munera  fide  -et  induftria  explcvit,  Morum  facilitas, 
et  animus  erga  omnes  benevolus,  nomen  defideratiffimum  reddidit.  Sepulcrale  hoc 
faxum  conjugi  et  patri  oprimo  vidua  et  liberi  maerentes  pofuere."  Arms  :  a  chevron 
or,  between  three  croffes  patee  argent. 

On  the  north  fide  of  the  chancel,  on  a  monument  of  grey  and  white  marble: 

w  In  this  chancel  are  depofited  the  remains  of  George  Burgete,  efq;  of  the  Crefcent, 
Bath,  who  was  born  the  17th  of  May  1725,  and  died  the  \tf  of  March  1786;  and  of 
Ann  Whichnoure  his  wife,  daughter  of  James  lord  Somerville,  who  was  born  Sept.  1, 
1725,  and  died  the  28th  of  Odt.  1778,  The  integrity  of  their  hearts,  the  fwectnefs  of 
their  tempers,  the  purity  of  their  lives,  their  univerfal  charity,  their  conftant  and 
unaffected  piety,  endeared  them  no  lefs  to  all  who  knew*  them,  than  their  unceafing 
tendernefs,  their  watchful  care,  their  truly  parental  goodnefs,  rendered  them  to  their 
children  the  objects  of  the  mod  fincere  filial  love,  and  the  brighteft  pattern  of  that 
virtue,  which  on  earth  it  was  their  ftudy  to  inculcate,  and  which  in  heaven  muft 
procure  them  that  eternal  happinefs  which  God  has  promifed  to  thofc  who  fo  truly 
execute  his  will."  Arms  :  Argent,  a  fefle  locengy  or  and  azure,  in  chief  three  ma'fcles 
of  the  third,  a  bordure  of  the  laft,  bezanlce :  impaling  azure,  between  feven  crofs 
crofslets  argent,  three  mullets  or. 

On  a  white  marble  againft  the  fame  wall : 
"  Near  this  place  lie  interred  the  remains  of  Mrs.  Ifabella  Forward,  otherwife 
Stewart,  relict,  of  William  Forward,  efq;  of  the  county  of  Donegal  in  Ireland;  who, 
after  a  life  fpent  in  the  practice  of  every  virtue,  at  the  advanced  age  of  lxxxvii, 
expired  without  a  groan,  fitting  in  her  chair  in  her  ufual  drefs,  at  her  houfe  in  Bath, 
on  the  6th  day  of  May  mdcclxxxi.  To  whofe  memory  her  much  afflicted  fon  and 
daughter,  Ralph  and  Alice  Vifcount  and  Vifcountefs  Wicklow,  have  caufed  this  mo- 
nument to  be  e reded."  Arms:  Argent,  a  lion  rampant  gules ;  impaling,  or,  a  fcfic 
checquy,  argent  and  azure. 

On  the  north  wall  is  a  neat  mural  monument  of  white  and  grey  marble: 
M  In  memory  of  David  Macie,  of  this  parifh,  gent,  who  died  July  31,  1737,  aged  53. 
"  Alfo  of  Eliza  his  wife,  who  died  Jan.  15,  1729,  aged  43." 

Arms :  Azure,  a  chevron  argent,  in  chief  two  mullets  or,  in  bafe  a  dexter  gauntlet 
fefleways  of  'he  fecond,  holding  in  pale  a  mace  or:  impaling,  gutte  de  fang,  on  a 
ohief  azure,  three  ducal  coronets  or,    Creft;  a  demi-lion  or. 

Near 


^atD'JTotum.]  WESTON,  ,*3 

Near  the  above  is  a  ftone  M  To  the  memory  of  Richard  Marie,  gent,  who  died 
July  z,  1 697,  aged  60.     Anne  his  wife,  and  feveral  of  their  children." 

On  the  front  of  a  marble  tomb,  raifed  altar-wife: 
*«  Near  this  place,  and  with  the  remains  of  her  late  hufband,  lieth  interred  the 
body  of  Mrs.  Louife  Cary,  relict  of  Robert  Cary,  of  Putney  in  the  county  of  Surry, 
cfq;  who,  after  a  tedious  indifpofition  of  body,  which  fhe  endured  with  exemplary 
patience,  died  June  15,  1748,  aged  57."  On  the  top  is  a  handfome  mitred  pedi- 
ment, and  above  that  the  arms:  Argent,  on  a  bend  engrailed  /able,  three  rofes  of  the 
field  in  finifrer  chief,  an  anchor  of  the  fecond:  impaling  ermine,  an  eagle  difplayed 
fable,  aimed  gules :  on  a  thief  gules  a  ducal  coronet  between  two  crofies  patee  argent. 
Creft :  a  fwan. 
On  a  fmall  tablet: — "  Robert  Cary,  cfq;  obijt  Feb.  2,  1733,  aged  47." 

In  the  fouth  window  of  the  chancel  is  an  old  tomb,  with  an  infeription  to  the 
memory  of  Phcebe  Harington,  who  died  March  170',  aged  38. 

On  the  fouth  wall  in  the  nave,  is  a  large  mural  monument  of  ftone,  having  art- 
arched  recefs,  in  the  centre  of  which  is  the  buft  of  a  man  holding  a  fkull,  under  which 
is  the  date  1 642.     Below  is  this  infeription : 

"  Near  under  this  lieth  the  body  of  Arthur  Sherftone,  late  one  of  the  aldermen,  and 
fomctime  mayor  of  the  city  of  Bathe,  who  departed  this  life  March  19,  1641,  aged  42.. 
Virtus  port  funera  vivit." 

On  the  wall  under  the  window:. 

■  Near  this  place  refteth  the  body  of  William  Hall  of  this  parifli,  who  dcccafcd  in 
October  1649,  agC(^  53 •" 

Over  the  fouth  door,  on  a  plain  neat  mural  monument  of  black  and  white  marble,, 
is  this  infeription: 

M.  S. 

**  Hie  propc  confirmata  fpe  feliciflimas  refurrectionis  fubiacct  Arthurus  Villettes 
armigeri,  ex  ftirpe  perantiqua  gallica  ortus:  fereniflimos  prin.ipes  Georgium  fecun- 
dum,  et  Georgium  tertium,  auguftiffimos  Magnas  Britanniae,  &c.  reges :  apud  Sardiniae 
regem,  et  Helvetiorum  conventus,  per  xxx  et  plus  annos  miniftravit.  A  ncgotiis  pub- 
litis  fecedens  in  urbe  Bathoniaz  (ut  diu  optavit)  tranquillc,  otiose,  jucunde,  per  aliquot 
tempus  vixit.  Morbo  diuturno  tandem  laborans,  valctudinis  caufa  Briftolium  com- 
migravit;  ubi  ad  fcptuageflimum  quintum  perventus  diem,  obt.  fuprcmum  Julii 
primo,  anno  Salutis  1776.  tyatus  ell  Londini  decimo  octavo  Septembris  1701.  •-■ 
In  codem  hoc  fcpulchro  quiefcit  dilcctiflima  ejufdem  filia  Caroletta  Villettes,  uu 
tcrtio  Januarii  1752:  Animam  expiravit  vigefimo  primo  Augufti  1765,  aetatis  fux 

14  circcter. -Hoc  marmor  mctftiflima  conjux  marito  optime  mcFcnti  pofuit.    Abii 

lachrymofe  viator,  &  hinc  difce,  Quid  lit  bene  vixifle,.  fdiciter  mori." 

The  next  is  a  very  elegant  nuiral  monument  of  white,  grey,  and  Sienna  marble;  in 
the  centre  of  which  fits  a  female  figure  in  elegantly  fmifhed  drapery.  Her  right  arm- 
embraces  a  covered  urn;  her  left  is  wiping  the  tears  from  her  eyes.     A  veil  covers  her 

Y  2  head 


iH  w    is    s    t    o    N.  [T&aMoMim. 

Head  and  fhoulders.     Below  are  the  arms:  Azure,  a  chevron  between  three  bundles  of 

cotton  yarn,  argent. On  the  upper  part  of  this  monument  is  a  pyramidal  cone,  on 

which  are  two  white  tablets:  on  the  upper  one  is  this  inferjption: 

"  Here  the  remains  of  Sophia  Cotton  are  depofited  by  her  filter  Sidney  Arabella 
Cotton,  whofe  affliction  for  the  lofs  of  herperfonal  friendlhip  is  but  alleviated  by  the 
contemplation  of  her  virtues,  and  the  performance  of  her  own  duty  in  recording  them. 
She  died  Jan.  19,  1767." 

On  the  lower  tablet,  which  fupports  two  highly  finifhed  flaming  urns,  is  inferibed: 
"  Alfo  the  remains  of  Sydney  Arabella  Cotton,  daughter  of  fir  Thomas  Cotton,  of 
Cumbermeer  in  the  county  of  Chelter,  who  departed  this  life  Jan.  26,  1781.     In 
gratitude  to  whofe  much  refpected  memory,  her  nephew  and  executor  captain  Rowland 
Cotton  has  inferibed  the  following  lines : ' 

"  Should  chance  conduit  you  to  this  fpot  of  earth, 

See  friendlhip 's  tribute  to  exalted  worth: 

With  fympathetic  jultice  take  a  part, 

And  let  her  virtue  animate  each  heart. 

From  all  her  condudt  bright  example  came; 

A  life  of  honour,  and  a  deathlefs  name : 

Alike  with  me  grief  did  her  fteps  attend, 

She  wept  a  filter;  I  lament  a  friend." 

On  a  tablet  of  neat  marble  near  the  above: 
*'  In  the  chancel  are  depofited  the  remains  of  William  Hall,  L.  L.  U.  who  died 
*  Nov.  26,  1753,  aged  46. 

tl  Alfo  Elizabeth  his  wife,  who  died  Aug.  7,.  1741,  aged  37  years. 
u  Alfo  Elizabeth  his  daughter,  who  died  Jan.  20,  1739,  age^  5  years." 
Arms:  Ermine,  in  chief  a  lion  pafiant  £/*/«:  impaling,  argent,  on  a  bend  fable,  three 
crofiers  or,  between  lix  crofs  crofslets  fitche  gules. 

Over  the  north  door  is  a  handfome  fmall  monument  of  white,  black,  and  yellow 
marble;  on  a  tablet  this  infeription: 

"  Near  this  marble  reft  the  remains  of  Charlotte  Luther,  relict  of  Richard  Luther, 
of  Mylefs  in  the  county  of  Effex,  efq;  and  coheirefs  of  Hugh  Chamberlain,  efq;  who 
departed  this  life  Feb.  1,  1 776.  If  the  dutiful  child,  afteclionate  wife,  tender  mother, 
and  the  fincere  friend,  together  with  an  unfeigned  charity,  conftitute  the  true  Chriftian, 
her  fon  and  daughter  are  happy  to  be  able  to  fay  this  was  her  true  character :  to  add 
more  might  appear  oftentatious ;  to  fay  lefs,  unbecoming.  This  monument  is  erected 
to  the  memory  of  the  belt  of  parents  by  her  only  fon  John  Luther,  efq;  knight  of  the  • 
fhire  for  the  county  of  Effex;  and  her  daughter  — —  Luther,  of  Bath,  Somerfetfhire." 

Arms:  Firft  and  fourth,  argent,  two  bars  fable,  in  chief  three  round  buckles  azure. 
Second  and  third,  a  feffe  lozenges  argent.  Over  all,  on  an  efcutcheon  of  pretence  quar- 
terly; firft  and  fourth  gules,  within  a  bordure  ermine,  a  fquare  argent ;  fecond  and 
third  gules,  on  a  chief  argent,  two  mullets  fable. 

On 


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On  a  white  tablet,  fupportcd  by  palm-branches: 
"  Neat  this  place  interred  lie  the  remains  of  William  Oliver,  M.  D.  F.  R.  S.  of  the 
city  of  Bath;  where  near  forty  year,  he  practifed  phyiick,  with  great  afliduity  and  re- 
putation. Me  was  not  only  eminent  in  his  profellion :  worthy  of  remembrance  were 
his  many  good  qualities:  an  habitual  probity  and  boncvolencc  of  heart,  an  exalted  love 
of  truth  and  virtue,  (cultivated  by  bright  natural  endowments)  charactcrifcd  his  fcn~ 
timents  and  manners,  and  gained  him  cltccm  and  favour  with  the  good  and  honourable, 
thanks  and  blcilings  from  the  needy  and  diftreffed,  the  certain  objects  of  his  ordinary 
care  and  mininration.  His  death  was  a  publick  lofs,  molt  fenlibly  felt  by  thofc  who, 
in  the  private  and  mod  endearing  connections  of  life,  lament  the  affectionate  friend, 
the  tender  and  indulgent  parent,  the  candid,  entertaining  and  inrtructive  friend.  Born 
at  Ludgvan  in  Cornwall,  Aug.  4,  1695.     He  died  at  Bath  March  17,  1764." 

Arms:  Sable,  a  lion  rampant  or,  between  three  mullets  argent:  out  of  the  top  of 
the  cfcutchcon  rifes  a  tree  verl  with  fruit  or. 

« 

The  next  is  an  elegant  monument  of  white  and  other  marbles,  inferibed: 
"  To  the  memory  of  Francis  Fiflicr,  of  Spandby  in  Lincolnfhire,  cfq;  and  of  Jane 
his  wife,  fecond  daughter  and  coheirefs  of  John  Digby,  of  Mansfield-Wood houfc  in 
the  county  of  Nottingham,  efq.     This  monument  was  erected  in  filial  duty  to  her 

parents  by  Octavia  Willoughby  in  1768." Arms:  Azure,  a  fcfTc  dauncctte  argent, 

between  three  lions  paflant  gardant  of  the  fecond :  over  all,  on  an  cfcutchcon  quar- 
terly, firft  and  fourth  azure,  a  fleur  de  lis  argent k  a  canton  dexter  of  the  laft;  fecond 
and  third  fable,  within  a  bordure  or,  a  maunch  argent. 

On  a  fmall  marble  monument: 
"  NcaV.  this  place  lie  the  remains  of  the  rev.  Henry  Burton,  M.  A.  and  rector  of 
the  partihes  of  South  and  Wcft-Hanningfield  in  the  county  of  EfTcx,  who  died 
Oct.  25,  1754,  aged  50.  He  was  a  faithful  friend  and  a  good  clergyman;  fteady  to 
the  caofe  of  virtue,  and  the  religiou  of  the  church  of  England,  M.  P.  V."  Arms: 
Azure,  a  crefcent  argent,  within  an  orlc  of  mullets  pierced  or. 

In  the  chancel  floor,  on  a  black  ftonc: 
"  Here  reft  the  remains  of  the  molt  reverend  and  honourable  William  Carmichael, 
late  lord  archbifhop  of  the  fee  of  Dublin,  primate  of  Ireland,  and  metropolitan.    He 
departed  this  life  Dec.  15,  1765,  aged  63." 

On  another  lionc: — "  Daniel  Danvers,  efq;  died  19"'  Oct.  1779." 

In  the  middle  paflage: 
f*  Here  licth  the  body  of  William  Buck,  efq;  of  Rothcrham  in  the  county  of  York. 
He  died  the  20"'  of  November  1752,  aged  44." 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  William  Towneley,  of  Towneley  in  the  county  palatine 
of  Lancafler,  efq;  fon  of  Richard  Towneley,  efq;  and  of  the  honourable  Mary 
Widdrington.  He  married  Cecily,  the  daughter  of  Ralph  Standifh,  of  Standifh  in 
the  faid  county,  efq;  and  of  the  lady  Philippa  Howard.  He  departed  this  life  the 
—  day  of  February,  in  the  28th  year  of  his  age,  annoDom.  1741.  R.  I.  P." 

Near 


1 66  WESTON.  [iBatMoiutm 

**  Near  this  place  Heth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Urfula  Tancrcd,  of  Pomfrett  in  the 

county  of  York,  fpinller,  daughter  of  Chriftcpher  Tancred,  efq.     She  died  at  Bath 

Dec.  22,  1757." 

Over  the  communion  table  is  an  oval  white  marble  tablet,  with  this  infeription: 
"  In  memory  of  the  pious  bounty  of  John  Hurington,  of  Kelfton,  efq;  who  made 

a  free  and  perpetual  donation  of  the  rectory  to  the  minifter  upon  condition  that  he 

refides,  anno  Dom.  1699." 

In  the  church-yard  there  are  fbveral  elegant  tombs,  fome  of  fine  marble,  and  ten. 
jnclofed  with  palifadoes,  and  a  great  number  of  ether  tombs  and  grave-ftones. 

"  Ann  Dore,  Jan.  27,  1780;  aged  13  years. 

An  Epitaph. 
Undeck'd  by  fculpture's  trophies  gay, 

This  ftone  no  flattering  tale  can  tell 
Of  her  who  claims  this  iimple  lay, 

Of  her  who  fills  this  narrow  cell: 
Save  that  in  beauty's  early  bloom, 

The  path  of  innocence  {he  trod ; 
Save  that  her  childhood  found  a  tomb; 

Save  that  her  fpirit  refts  with  God." 

The  late  John  Macie,efq;  by  his.  will  gave  the  intereft  of  150I.  to  the  fecond  poop 
©fthis  pariih,  under  the  direction  of  the  churchwardens  andoverfeers  for  the  time  being.. 

The  chriftenings  in  this  parifh,  on  a  ten  years  average,  amount  to  twenty-three; 
and  the  burials  to  fixty-feven;  but  the  greater  number  of  the  latter  are  from  Bath. 

The  village  of  Wefton,  according  to  the  martyrologies,f  gave  birth  to  Elphege, 
the  pious  and  learned  archbiihop  of  Canterbury,  whofe  earlier  days  were  fpent  in  the 
Benedictine  monaftery  of  Decrhurft  in  Gloucefterfhire,  where  he  receded  his  firft 
initructions  in  the  principles  of  religion.  After  leaving  thofe  cloifters  he  migrated  to 
Bath,  and  there,  from  the  ftrictnefs  of  his  difcipline,  and  the  learning  of  his  counfel 
and  converfation,  acquired  fuch  fame,  that  his  cell  was  daily  reformed  te ;  and  Bath 
was  then  vifited  by  thofe  who,  neglecting  the  care  of  their  bodies,  fought  a  cure  for  the 
diforders  of  their  fouls !  In  the  year  994  he  was  called  to  the  bifhoprick  of  Winchefter,, 
where  he  continued  twelve  years,  and  in  1 006  was  removed  to  the  fee  of  Canterbury. 
Here  his  continuance  was  but  fhort;  for  in  1 01 1,  when  the  Danes,  being  difappointed 
of  a  certain  tribute  which  they  claimed,  fpoiled  and  burned  the  city  and  church  of 
Canterbury,  their  fury  fell  upon  this  pious  prelate,  whom  they  imprifoncd  for  feveral 
months,  and  afterwards  cruelly  ftoned  to  death  at  Greenwich.  Hip  body  was  firft 
buried  in  St.  Paul's  church  at  London ;  but  was  afterwards,  by  the  order  of  king  Canute,, 
removed  to  Canterbury  and  interred  there.    After  his  death  he  was  canonized  a  faint.* 


f  Ruber  cajsx  Bathoniae  MS.  penss  Prshon  Vicecom.  "Weymouth. 
S  Olbernus  de  vitaS.  Elphegi  if.  Anglia  Sacra,  t.  xi.p.  123,  &  k^ 


WOLLEY. 


TSatft'jroruni.]  [    167    3 


W      O      L      L      E      Y. 

THIS  nnall  paiiih,  confiding  of  a  few  detached  houfe.-,  is  fituated  t>vo  mijes  nonh- 
ead from  the  city  of  Bath,  in  the  valley  between  Lanfdown  and  Holt-down; 
the  dopes  of  both  which  hills  are  plcafingly  varied  with  fine  fwclls  and  recedes,  and 
dill  retain  fome  appearance  of  thole  woods  with  which  they  were  formerly  veded. 
The  intermediate  vale  is  a  narrow  range  of  rich  meadows,  watered  by  a  fmall  dream, 
which  runs  into  the  Avon  below  Lambridge.  On  this  dream  are  the  gunpowder 
mills  of  Matthew  Worgan,  cfq;  fituated  in  a  deep  picturefque  fpot,  and  almoft 
environed  with  wood. 

Many  belemnites,  and  fome  other  folTils  of  the  bivalve  kind,  arc  found  within  the 
precincts  of  this  paridi. 

In  early  days  this  village  was  written  IVilcge,  and  was  the  territory  of  Aluric  a  noble 
Saxon,  who  had  great  property  in  this  county.  King  William  the  Conqueror,  after 
he  had  fecured  the  crown  of  England,  difplaeed  its  pridinc  -pofleflbr,  and  joining 
this  manor  to  that  of  Wiche,  (now  called  Bath-wick)  bedowed  it  on  Geft'crey,  bidiop 
of  Coutance,  a  noble  Norman,  who  bore  a  didinguiflied  part  in  the  battle  of  Hadings, 
wherein  king  Harold  was  dain.  The  following  minutes  of  this  manor  are  given  us 
in  the  furvey  foon  after  made: 

"  To  this  manor  [viz.  Wiche]  is  added  one  hide  in  Wilege,  which  Aluric  held 
**  in  the  time  of  king  Edward  for  a  manor,  and  gelded  for  one  hide.  There  arc 
"  two  carucates,  and  dx  fcrvants,  and  nine  cottagers,  with  one  plough.  There  arc 
*'  two  mills  of  two  diillings  rent,  and  twenty  acres  of  coppice  wood.  It  was,  and  is, 
"  worth  fixty  diillings."  * 

After  the  Conqued:  we  find  this  manor,  with  that  of  Wick,  in  the  pofleflion  of 
Wherwell  abbey  in  Hampdiire;  but  that  monadcr-y  being  fuppreficd  by  Henry  VIII. 
it  was  granted  away  by  his  fon  king  Edward  VI.  in  the  fifth  year  of  his  reign  to 
Edward  Fynes  lord  Clinton  and  Saye,  who  in  the  fame  reign  alienated  it  with  other 
lands  to  William  Crowche,  efq.  It  afterwards  came  to  the  pofleflion  of  the  family 
of  Sherdon  and  Wyatt,  of  whom  it  was  purchafed  by  William  Parkins,  efq;  and 
from  him  defcended,  as  Charlcombe,  to  Matthew  Worgan,  efq;  the  prcfent  podeilbr. 

The  living  is  a  rectory,  confolidated  with  Bath- Wick,  and  in  the  patronage  of 
William  Pultcney,  efq.     The  rev.  Mr.  Grigg  is  the  prcfent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  an  elegant  modern  building,  creeled  fome  few  years  ago  at  the.folc 
expence  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Parkins,  niece  of  William  Parkins,  efq;  above-mentioned. 
It  is  built  of  Bath  done,  and  confids  of  one  aile,  fifty  feet  long,  and  nineteen  vide, 
having  a  fmall  tower  at  the  weft  end,  covered  with  a  handfomc  cupola,  and  con- 
taining one  bell. 

*  Lib.  Domefiiajk 

Againd 


1 68  WIDCOMBE  and  LYNCOMBE,      [TBatfrJForuttu 

Againft  the  north  wall  is  an  elegant  monument  of  various  forts  of  marble, 
inferibed, 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Charity  Wiltfhire,  late  wife  of  Mr.  Walter 
Wiltfhire,  of  Shockenvick  in  this  county,  and  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Dallamore,  of 
the  city  of  Bath,  whofe  remains  are  depofited  in  a  vault  near  the  centre  of  the  burial 
ground  behind  this  monument.     She  died  July  the  30th,  1763." 

On  another  marble  near  the  above : 
■*'  In  the  aifle  oppofite  this  monument  arc  depofited  the  remains  of  Mrs.  Ann 
Worgan,  of  this  parifh,  widow,  who  died  the  24th  day  of  March  1767,  in  the  8oth 
year  of  her  age." 

Arms :  Or,  in  chief  fable  three  martlets  of  the  firft :  impaling,  argent ',  a  chevron 
between  three  mullets  pierced  gules. 

The  parifh  regifter  begins  A.  D.  1569. 


WIDCOMBE    and    LYNCOMBE. 

* 

THESE  were  formerly  two  diftinct  parifhes;  but  the  church  of  the  latter  falling 
into  decay,  it  was  taken  down,  and  the  parifhes  confolidated  into  one,  which, 
although  not  of  large  extent,  contains  fix  hundred  houfes,  and  nearly  four  thoufand 
inhabitants. 

It  is  fituated  on  the  fouth  fide  of  the  Avon,  which  divides  it  from  Bath;  and  confifls 
principally  of  two  ftreets,  meeting  at  the  bridge,  which  joins  this  parifh  to  the  city. 
This  bridge  was  formerly  narrow  and  incommodious,  but  in  the  year  1754  it  was 
almoft  entirely  taken  down  and  rebuilt  at  the  expence  of  the  chamber  of  Bath.  It 
is  built  of  fine  ftone,  and  confifls  of  five  arches,  each  arch  being  twenty-one  feet 
high  from  the  bed  of  the  river,  which  is  navigable  up  to  it.  One  of  the  above- 
mentioned  ftreets,  branching  weftward  from  this  bridge,  is  called  from  its  deephefs 
and  concavity  Holloway,  being  part  of  the  original  fofs  road  from  Bath  to  Ilchefler. 
The  other  ftreet  is  called  Claverton-ftreet,  extending  foutheaft  to  the  foot  of  the 
afcent  to  that  down  from  which  it  derives  its  name.  On  the  rifing  ground  at  this 
end  of  the  ftreet  are  fome  elegant  detached  houfes,  beautifully  fituated,  and  com- 
manding rich  and  noble  profpects. 

The  original  village  of  Widcombe  lies  on  a  declivity  fouthward  from  the  higher 
part  of  Claverton-ftreet.  Here  ftands  the  church,  under  the  almoft  perpendicular 
ridge  of  a  rocky  eminence ;  and  near  it  is  a  handfome  modern  manfion,  built  by 
the  late  Philip  Bennet,  efcj;  formerly  patron  of  the  benefice. 

That 


Tffat&'jrortim.]      WIDCOMBE  and  LYNCOMBE.  169 

That  part  of  thcparilh  which  ft  ill  retains  the  name  of  Lyncombc  is  nearly  half  a 
mile  to  the  fouth  of  the  lad-mentioned  ftreet,  and  is  fituatcd  in  a  deep,  winding,  and 
romantick  valley,  watered  by  a  fmall  dream,  and  intcrfperfed  with  gardens,  meads, 
and  woods.  In  this  retired  fpot  are  four  modern-built  elegant  houfes;  one  of  which 
is  called  the  Spa,  from  a  mineral  fpringdifcovcrcd  here  in  the  year  1737,  which  was 
for  fome  time  much  frequented  by  thofe  afflicted  with  the  ftonc  and  gravel,  and  other 
difordcrs;  but  it  has  been  long  fincc  difufed.  At  about  a  furlong  cafhvard  is  an- 
other fpring  of  the  chalybeate  kind,  in  the  garden  of  a  houfc  called  the  Bagatelle 
formerly  a  publick  tea-houfe.  On  the  (lope  of  the  hill  (which  rifes,  cloathed  in  wood' 
on  the  weft  fide  of  Lyncombc)  is  a  houfe  of  publick  entertainment,  much  reforted 
to  by  parties  from  Bath,  called  King  James's  Palace;  from  a  tradition  that  he  con- 
cealed himfclf  in  this  retirement  fevcral  months  after  his  abdication  of  the  Crown. 
A  quarter  of  a  mile  hence  towards  the  eaft  ftands  a  group  of  five  neat  houfes)  four 
of  them  newly  creeled)  on  an  eminence,  denominated,  from  its  fituation  on  the  ridge 
of  the  hill,  Hanging- Lands,  and  commanding  a  fine  profpectof  Bath,  and  the  cir- 
cumjacent country. 

Immediately  over  Hollow  ay,  and  part  of  Clavertorvftrcet,  hangs  Becchciv-ClifF^ 
cloathed  half  way  down  its  precipitous  fiope  with  fine  coppice  wood.  This  hill  rjfes 
upwards  of  three  hundred  and  fixty  feet  above  the  Avon,  and  affords  from  its  fummit 
a  fingular  bird's-eye  view  of  the  whole  city,  the  vale  ftretching  to  Bath-Ford  on  one 
fide,  and  to  Kclwcfton  on  the  other,  with  the  Avon  winding  through  it,  and  the 
ranges  of  the  furrounding  hills.  On  the  north  fide  of  this  fteep,  a  little  above  the 
upper  part  of  Holloway,  are  remarkably  fine  fprings  and  refervoirs,  which  fupply  by 
pipes  the  lower  part  of  the  city  of  Bath  with  water;  for  which  an  acknowledgment 
is  paid  by  the  corporation  to  the  hofpital  of  Brewton. 

But  what  moft  attracts  obfervation  in  this  parifii,  is  the  ftatcly  manfion  of  Prior- 
Park."  This  magnificent  building  ftands  on  a  terrace  about  one  hundred  feet  below 
the  fummit  of  Combe-down,  and  four  hundred  feet  above  the  city  of  Bath,  from. 
which  it  is  a  mile  and  a  half  diftant  to  the  foutheaft.  It  confifts  of  a  houfe  in  the 
centre,  two  pavilions,  and  two  wings  of  offices,  all  united  by  arcades,  and  making 
one  continued  line  of  building,  between  twelve  and  thirteen  hundred  feet  in  front,  of 
which  the  houfe  occupies  one  hundred  and  fifty.  It  is  built  in  the  Corinthian  ftile 
upon  a  ruftick  bafement,  and  crowned  with  a  balluftrade.  The  centre  part,  pro- 
jecting from  the  plane,  forms  one  of  the  moft  correct  and  noble  porticoes  in  the 
kingdom,  fupported  by  fix  large,  lofty,  and  fuperb  columns.  The  apartments  are 
very  fpacious,  elegant,  and  warm,  free  from  damp,  and  healthy.     At  the  bottom  of 

'  So  called  from  its  being  built  on  lands  formerly  belonging  to  the  Priors  of  Bath,  wlio  had  a  grange  near 
the  fpot,  and  a  park  well  (locked  with  deer.  Leknd  takes  notice  of  this  park ;  but  he  tells  us  that  in  his  time 
it  had  no  deer,  and  that  the  inclofures  were  become  ruinous.  "  A  mile  a  this  fyde  Bathe  by  Southe  Ell," 
fays  he,  "  I  faw  2  Parks  enclofyd  withe  a  ruinus  Stone  Waullc  now  withe  out  Dere.  One  longyd  to  the 
Byslhope,  an  othar  to  the  Prior  of  Bathe.'"  Itiiv.  vol.  vii.  p.  too.  After  the  diflblution  thefe  lands  were 
granted  to  Humphry  Colles,  who  fold  ihem  to  Matthew  ColthurlL    M§.  Donat.  in  Muf.  Brit. 

V01.  I.  Z  the 


170  WIDCOMBE  and  LYNCOMBE.      [Xati^JForttm. 

the  lawn  before  the  houfe  is  a  piece  of  water,  and  over  it  a  Palladian  bridge,  built 
with  ftone  conveyed  hither  from  the  large  quarries  on  Combe-down,  (which  likewife 
furnifhed  ftones  for  the  whole  houfe)  by  curious  carts  or  fledges,  invented  by  Mr. 
Padmore,  a  very  ingenious  artift  and  mechanick. 

This  houfe  is  acknowledged  to  command  perhaps  the  fineft  view  in  the  kingdom ; 
and  from  its  lofty  fituation,  the  magnificence  of  its  portico,  and  its  general  ap- 
pearance, affords  a  fplendid  object  to  the  city  of  Bath  and  its  environs.  It  was 
begun  about  fifty  years  ago,  and  finifhed  about  the  year  1743,  by  that  publick  cha- 
racter Ralph  Allen,  efq;  of  whom  it  will  be  no  oftentatious  encomium  to  obferve,  that 
he  was  one  of  the  beft  and  moft  benevolent  of  men.  His  memory  will  ever  be 
revered  by  the  city  and  neighbourhood  of  Bath,  to  both  which  he  difpenfed  a  variety 
of  acts  of  liberality,  and  his  name  is  eternized  in  the  memorials  of  that  noble  chari- 
table foundation  the  Hofpital,  to  which  he  was  a  moft  munificent  benefactor.  The 
following  infeription  on  the  tablet  of  a  tower  near  the  park  is  emphatically  expreflivc 
of  his  character: 

*'  Memorias  optimi  viri,  Radulphi  Allen,  pofitum. 
"  Qui  virtutem  veram  fimplicemque  colis,  venerare  hoc  faxum." 

It  is  now  the  feat  of  the  rev.  Martin  Stafford  Smith,  B.  D.  in  right  of  his  wrfe  the 
niece  of  Mr.  Allen,  and  relict  of  William  Warburton,  D.  D.  late  bifhop  of  Gloucefter. 

In  the  park  above  the  houfe  are  feen  the  veftiges  of  that  notable  ancient  boundary, 
called  Wanfdike,  or  Wanfditch ;  which  enters  this  county  from  Wiltftiire  (the  whole 
of  which  it  crofles)  in  the  parifti  of  Bath-Hampton;  and  traverfing  Claverton-down, 
and  the  park  above-mentioned,  continues  its  courfe  to  Inglifhcombe,  where  it  is  very 
confpicuous  in  the  fields  weftward  of  the  church,  having  a  high  ridge  on  its  fouthern 
fide.  It  runs  thence  towards  Publow  and  Belluton;  which  laft  place  feems  to  retain 
fomething  of  its  name,  being  written  in  Domefday  book  Belgetone,  q.  d.  Belgarum 
oppidum,  the  town  of  the  Belgas,  and  is  at  laft  terminated  by  the  Severn  fea.  Various 
have  been  the  opinions  and  conjectures  refpecting  this  famous  ditch.  The  Saxons 
called  it  Fobenej-bic,  from  IFoden,  or  Mercury,  their  favourite  idol.  Some  have  attri- 
buted it  to  the  Romans,  and  others  have  fancied  that  it  was  a  work  of  the  Saxons, 
made  to  divide  the  kingdoms  of  Mercia  and  Weftfex :  while,  on  the  other  hand,  the 
common  people,  who  afcribe  all  ftrange  and  extraordinary  appearances  to  the  Devil, 
will  have  it,  that  it  was  thrown  up  by  that  fiend  on  a  Wednefday,  in  commemoration 
of  his  having  on  that  day  got  the  better  of  a  friar  who  purfued  him  out  of  Somerfet- 
fhire  into  Hampfhire,  and  threatened  to  drive  him  into  the  ocean.  The  more  received 
opinion  is,  that  its  name  is  derived  from  Gzvhahan,  importing  a  divifion,  and  that  it 
was  the  great  boundary  of  the  Belgic  kingdom  in  Britain,  drawn  under  their  king 
Divitiacus;  being  the  laft  frontier  rampart  of  the  encroachments  of  that  nation  north- 
wards.'' There  are  various  arguments  ferving  to  corroborate  and  to  juftify  an  aflertion, 
that  it  was  prior  to  the  Roman  conqueft,  and  confequently  to  the  Saxon  heptarchy; 

*  See  Stukel/s  Abury,  p.  27,    Warton's  Kiddington,  p.  66,  &c, 

but 


TBatfcJFOrum,  WIDCOMBE  and  LYNCOMBE.  t?l 

but  the  mod  forcible  is  that  on  the  Marlborough  downs  in  Wiltfhire,  where  it  is 
remarkably  confpicuous,  and  may  be  traced  for  many  miles;  the  vallum  l?in  one  part 
thrown  in,  to  form  a  road,  confefiedly  the  work  of  the  Roman  people. 

Near  the  courfe  of  this  ditch,  on  the  weftern  part  of  the  parifh  we  have  been  defcri- 
bing,  is  a  lofty  eminence,  called  the  Barracks,  on  which  are  feveral  tumuli.  Under- 
neath the  hill  ftood  the  ancient  village  of  Berewyke,  or  Berwick,  where,  according 
to  tradition,  was  a  church,  the  fite  of  which  was  near  the  only  remaining  houfe,  called 
Barracks-Farm.  The  tithes  of  this  place  belonged  to  the  vicar  of  St.  Mary  de  Stall 
in  Bath. 

In  the  Saxon  times  the  manor  of  Widcombe  belonged  to  the  abbots  of  Bath;  but 
they  feem  to  have  been  difpofiefied  of  it  at  the  Conqueft;  for  we  read  in  the  Norman 
furvey,  fo  often  quoted  in  this  book,  that 

"  The  King  holds  Witecumbe.  In  the  time  of  King  Edward  it  gelded  for  five 
"  hides.  The  arable  is  four  carucates.  Thereof  in  demefne  are  three  hides  and  three 
"  virgates  of  land,  and  there  is  one  carucate,  and  two  fervants,  and  three  villanes,  and 
"  three  cottagers,  having  two  ploughs.  There  are  fix  acres  of  meadow,  a  wood  four 
"  furlongs  long,  and  one  furlong  broad.     It  renders  four  pounds."' 

Thefe  lands  were  afterwards  regained  by  the  abbey,  and  continued  in  its  pofieflion 
till  the  fuppreffion  of  monafteries,  as  alfo  did  the  adjoining  manor  of  Lyncombe,  thus 
furveyed  in  the  above-cited  record : 

"  The  church  itfelf  holds  Lincume.  In  the  time  of  King  Edward  it  gelded  for  ten 
"  hides.  The  arable  is  eight  carucates.  Seven  hides  are  in  demefne,  and  there  are 
"  three  ploughs,  and  eight  fervants,  and  four  villanes,  and  ten  cottagers,  with  three 
"  ploughs.  There  are  two  mills  often  fhillings  rent,  and  thirty  acres  of  meadow,  and 
"  two  hundred  acres  of  pafture.     It  was  worth  fix  pounds,  now  eight  pounds."11 

A.  D.  1293,  the  revenues  of  the  aforefaid  church  in  Lyncombe  were  rated  at 
81.17s.  6d.e 

35  Henry  VIII.  the  manors  of  Widcombe  and  Lyncombe  were  granted  to  John 
lord  Rufiell,  who  alienated  them  to  the  family  of  Bifie.  The  manor  of  Widcombe 
now  belongs  to  the  hofpital  or  fchool  of  Brewton  in  this  county,  to  which  it  was  con- 
veyed in  1638  by  Hugh  Saxey,  efq;  the  founder  thereof,  and  to  which  this  parifli  has  a 
right  to  fend  two  boys  by  the  laid  founder's  appointment. 

The  living  is  a  vicarage  in  the  deanery  of  Bath,  and  is  annexed  to  the  refbory  of  St. 
Peter  and  St.  Paul  in  that  city.  The  patronage  is  vefted  in  the  corporation,  and  the 
Rev.  James  Phillotr,  D.  D.  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Thomas  a  Beckct,  and  was  built  by  William  Bird, 
the  laft  prior  of  Bath  fave  one;  but  there  is  a  common  tradition  that  a  weaver  was 
the  founder  thereof,  an  efcutcheon  bearing  a  weaver's  fhuttle  being  to  be  feen  on  die 

■«  Lib.  Domefday.  *  IWd.  *  Taxat.  Temporal. 

Z  2  OUtfidc 


,72  WIDCOMBE  and  LYNCOMBE.         [TBatfrJFortim. 

outfide  of  one  of  the  north  battlements  of  the  tower.  It  is  a  fmall  edifice,  confifting 
of  a  fingle  aile,  chancel,  and  tower  at  the  weft  end  containing  five  bells.  In  the 
chancel  is  a  vault  for  the  families  of  Chapman  and  Bennet;  and  in  the  eaft  window 
formerly  was  fome  well-painted  glafs.  There  were  like  wife  fome  pieces  of  painted 
glafs  in  the  belfry,  and  the  word  Dcmpftg/ 

Againft  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  neat  monument  of  white  marble,  with 
this  infcription: 

"In  the  vault  beneath  lies  the  body  of  Martha,  wife  of  Milo  Smith,  and  daughter 
of  Richard  Jefferies,  late  of  Publow  in  this  county,  gent,  who  died  Sept.  23,  17 16, 
aged  30.     Alfo,  of  Anne  their  daughter,  who  died  Nov.  1 7 1 4,  aged  one  year. 

"  Alfo  under  this  monument  lies  interred  the  body  of  Milo  Smith,  late  alderman, 
and  once  mayor  of  the  city  of  Bath;  who  died  Oct.  18,  1735,  aged  53.  With  Mary 
and  Richard  their  children." 

On  a  fmall  white  marble  in  the  fame  wall : 

"  Here  lies  interred  the  body  of  Henry  Smith,  of  the  parifh  of  St.  Giles  in  the  Fields, 
Weftminfter,  who  departed  this  life  Sept.  13,  17 19,  aged  43." 

On  a  fmall  ftone  adjoining : 

•*  Near  this  place  lyeth  the  body  of  Elizabeth  the  daughter  of  William  Wilfhier, 
yeoman,  and  Mary  his  wife,  who  died  May  31,  1721,  aged  24. 

In  the  church-yard  is  a  large  tomb,  with  the  following  memorials : 

"  Anna  Bennet,  uxor  Philippi  Bennet,  armigeri,  obiit  Aprilis  11,  1730,  astatis  24. 
Soror  fuit  Thomas  Eftcourt  armigeri  in  comitatu  Gloucefterienfi. 

"  Maria  Bennet,  uxor  fecunda  Philippi  Bennet  armigeri,  obiit  17  Junii,  1739,  aetat. 
26.  Filia  fuit  Thomas  Hallam  armig.  e  paroch.  Clackton  in  comitat.  Efiex. 

In  the  upper  part  of  the  ftreet  called  Holloway  is  a  fmall  chapel,  dedicated  to  St. 
Mary  Magdalen.  This  chapel,  with  the  capital  mefluage  at  Holloway,  was  given  to 
the  monaftery  of  Bath  by  Walter  Hofate,  upon  condition  that  the  monks  fhould  repair 
and  raife  the  faid  chapel;  and  in  1332,  an  indulgence  of  twenty  days  was  granted  to  the 
benefactors  thereto.5  The  prefent  building  was  founded  by  John  Cantlow,  prior  of 
Bath,  as  we  gather  from  the  following  verfes  cut  in  rude  characters  on  the  eaft  fide  of 
the  porch: 

'*  Cfjgs.  cpapell.  florgfcppB.  to.  formofgte.  fpcftaogll. 
3ln+  toe.  fconotore.  of.  s@.  egagtialen.  prior.  Canttoto.  patpe.  eugfgue. 
Defgring.  poto.  to.  prap.  for.  pgm.  to.  gotore.  gym.  oelcftaogll. 
Cpat.  fcpe.  toiH.  in&a&gt*  pgm»  in.  peogn.  tper.  etipr.  to.  aogtie." 


'  Church-notes  taken  1756.  •  Tanner's  Notitia  Monaftica  by  Nafmith. 


This 


lEatfj-'jrorum.]       WIDCOMBE  and  LYNCOMBE.  173 

This  chapel  confifts  of  one  pace,  forty-fix  feet  long  and  fourteen  wide,  vaulted  aA 
cicled;  and  at  the  weft  end  is  a  fmall  tower  with  one  bell.  It  has  alfo  adjoining  a 
burial  ground,  in  which  arc  fome  monuments  and  gravc-ftones. 

Oppofitc  the  entrance  againft  the  north  wall  this  memorandum  prefents  kfclf : 
"  This  chapel  was  repaired  and  fitted  up  for  divine  fervice  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
1760." 

On  a  monument  againft  the  north  wall  is  the  following  infeription: 
"  Ncarc  unto  this  place  lyeth  buried  Anne  the  wife  of  Nath.  Biggs,  of  this  parifli, 
who  after  his  deceafe  marrved  Tho.  Nicholas,  citizen  of  Bath.     Shcc  dyed  Aprill  the 
6th,  1662,  aetatis  fuse  63. 

"  Reader,  ftand  ftill  and  wonder!  here  lyes  fhee, 

Who  others  did  cxcell  in  piety. 

Worldlings  to  riches  doe  for  fhclter  fly; 

But  her  feraphic  foule  afpir'd  more  high. 

Shce  to  religion  fiedd  for  her  defence: 

A  faving  fayth  fliec  had,  and  innocence. 

And  therefore  here  with  innocents  would  lye. 

That  with  them  fhee  might  live  eternally; 

Hopeing  with  thofe  hereafter  to  attayne 

A  crown  of  glory,  ever  to  rcmayne. 

Her  God  fhee  ferv'd,  and  for  her  fins  fhe  greiv'd  ; 

Shee  lov'd  her  neighbours,  and  the  poore  reliev'd. 

In  all  her  adtions  God  was  ftill  her  guide; 

A  pious  life  fhee  liv'd,  a  faynt  fhee  dy'd. 

Thus  living  well,  her  zeal  hath  made  the  way. 

After  this  life,  in  blifle  to  live  for  aye. 

0  Vivit  poft  funera  virtus." 

Arms :  Or,  on  a  fefs  /able  three  plates,  between  as  many  ravens  proper:  a  erefcent 
for  difference. 

»  Againft  the  fouth  wall : 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  John  Coxe,  efq;  late  of  the  city  of  London,  who  departed 
tb;s  life  Oclober  20th,  1763,  in  the  89th  year  of  his  age.'' 

On  a  marble  tablet: 
"  Near  this  place  lyeth  the  body  of  Anne  Philipps,  fpinftcr,  who  died  Dec.  23, 1 743, 
aged  60." 

On  an  old  done  juft  without  the  chancel  fteps : 

M  31  tiefpre  goto  of  gotore  c&attte  for  tbe  foulca  abooe  tojitcn  pjage  pe." 

In  the  eaftern  window  of  the  chancel  are  the  remains  of  good  painted  glafs.  The 
window  is  divided  into  three  compartments;  in  the  firft  of  which  is  the  Virgin  Mary, 
with  the  infant  Jefus  in  her  arms,  and  underneath  ®ca  $9&?i&:  and  at  the  top  of 

the 


fc 


174  WIDCOMBE  and  LYNCOMBE.         [TBat&'JFotum. 

the  fame  light  is  the  figure  of  a  monk  with  his  crozier,  intended,  perhaps,  for  the 
founder,  Prior  Cantlow.  In  the  middle  is  the  reprefentation  of  our  Saviour  on  the 
crofs,  and  underneath  a  large  figure  of  St.  Bartholomew,  with  his  name  %c, 
15attI)OlCmCll0.  In  the  third  compartment  is  the  figure  of  Mary  Magdalene,  to 
whom  the  chapel  is  dedicated;  and  at  the  top  of  the  fame  light  a  fimilar  figure  of  a 
monk  with  that  in  the  firft  compartment.  On  either  fide  of  this  window  is  an  elegant 
Gothick  niche;  but  unfurnifhed  with  any  image.  The  prefentation  to  this  chapel 
is  in  the  crown. 

Adjoining  thereto  is  a  fmall  hofpital  for  lunaticks ;  built,  as  it  is  faid,  by  Prior 
Cantlow,  founder  of  the  chapel;  but  bifhop  Tanner  fuppofes  it  might  be  much 
older  than  his  time,  and  only  rebuilt  or  repaired  by  him;5  for  10  kal.  Jun.  A.  D. 
1332,  "  the  lord  bifhop  of  Bath  and  Wells  grants  an  indulgence  of  twenty  days  to  the 
benefactors  of  the  hofpital  of  St.  Crofs,  and  St.  Mary  Magdalen  of  Bath."  And  in 
the  will  of  Hugh  Wells,  bifhop  of  Lincoln,  made  A.  D.  121 2,  befides  a  legacy  to  St. 
John's  hofpital,  there  is  a  bequeft  to  the  houfe  of  lepers  in  the  fuburbs  of  Bath.h 

Over  the  door  of  the  prefenf.  building  is  this  infcription: 
"  This  hofpital  was  rebuilt  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1761." 

It  appears  from  an  old  table  of  benefactions,  that 
Charles  Weeks,  of  the  parifh  of  St.  James  in  the  city  of  Bath,  gave  by  his  laft 
will  to  this  parifh  50I.  the  ufe  of  which  to  be  diftributed  in  bread  to  the  poor  of  this 
parifh  on  the  29th  of  May  for  ever.     Obiit  10  April,  1731. 

Mrs.  Jane  Swanfon  gave  6s.  8d.  to  be  diftributed  yearly  in  bread  to  the  poor  of  this 
parifh  on  Mr.  Fifher's  tomb. 

Mr.  William  Millard  of  this  parifh,  in  the  year  1721,  gave  a  hdufe  for  the  ufe  of 
the  poor,  which  is  fituated  a  little  to  the  fbuth  of  Claverton-ftreet ;  and  alfo  40I.  the 
intereft  of  which  to  be  diftributed  annually  to  the  poor  of  the  parifh. 

•  ■  The  parifhes  of  St.  Peter  and  Paul  and  St.  James,  in  the  city  of  Bath,  have  lately 
erected  on  the  fouth  fide  of  Claverton-ftreet,  a  very  large  and  commodious  poor-houfe, 
containing  rooms  and  accommodations  for  about  one  hundred  perfons :  above  it  is  a 
burial  ground  for  the  parifh  poor. 

From  the  year  1738  to  1775,  there  were  50  marriages,  252  chriftenings,  and  308 
burials,  in  this  parifh :  and  during  the  laft  ten  years,  on  an  average,  there  have  been 
chriftened  35,  and  buried  58,  annually. 

This  great  difparity  is  in  fome  meafure  owing  to  the  many  burials  from  Bath;  and 
to  the  inhabitants  of  Widcombe  chriftening  many  of  their  children  in  that  city. 

There  was  formerly  in  this  parifh  an  old  crofs,  dedicated  to  St.  Gregory. 

A  fair  is  held  annually  in  this  parifh,  on  the  14th  of  May,  and  is  called  Holloway- 
Fair,  from  its  being  kept  at  the  top  of  that  ftreet. 

*  Notitia  Mon.  correct,  ad  finem.  *  Excerpt,  c  Regift.  Welten. 

THE 


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THE    HUNDRED    OF 


B      E     M      S     T     O     N     E. 


THIS  hundred  takes  it3  name  from  a  large  ftonc  in  the  parifh  of  Allerton,  at  which 
the  courts  were  formerly  held.  It  is  lituatcd  in  the  northweft  part  of  the  county, 
on  the  eaftern  fide  of  Bridgwater  Bay  and  the  Briftol  Channel,  in  a  low  country,  being 
principally  moor  or  marfh  land,  excepting  fomc  ridges  of  elevated  ground  in  the 
parifhes  of  Allerton  and  Wcdmore.  The  foil  is  confequently  wet;  and  from  its  being 
cxpofed  to  fogs  and  drizzling  rains,  the  air  is  lefs  wholfome  than  in  other  parts  of  the 
county.  It  has  but  little  wood,  and  confifls  chiefly  of  open  moors  or  marfhes,  fcpa- 
rated  by  ditches,  which  arc  generally  filled  with  ftagnant  water.  It  is  divided  from 
Wintcrftokc  hundred  by  the  river  Ax,  and  from  that  of  Whitleigh  by  the  Brew; 
between  which  rivers  a  communication  was  formerly  made  by  a  ftream  running  from 
north  to  fouth,  called  Pillrow  cut.  In  old  writings  mention  is  made  of  the  conjoined 
hundreds  of  Bemftone  and  Wedmore  held  under  the  fame  lords.  This  hundred  has 
no  market-town;  but  contains  fix  pariflies,  in  which  are  feven  hundred  and  twenty- 
one  houfes,  and  about  four  thoufand  one  hundred  and  eighty  inhabitants. 


CHAPEL-ALLERTON. 

THIS  village  is  fo  denominated  from  its  having  a  place  of  religious  worfhip,  which 
another  Allerton  hard  by  hath  not.  It  ftands  four  miles  fouthweft  from  the 
town  of  Axbridgc,  on  an  eminence  in  the  moors,  under  the  ridge  of  Mendip  hills,  a 
fituation  that  renders  it  more  pleafant  and  healthy  than  many  of  the  pariflies  in  this 
diftricT.  It  contains  about  fifty  houfes,  and  two  hundred  and  eighty  inhabitants;  and 
is  divided  into  two  hamlets,  viz.  Stone-Allerton  one  mile  north,  and  Afhing  alias 
Arfton.     The  houfes  are  moftly  farms  and  cottagers,  and  the  lands  pafturc. 

The  manor  in  ancient  times  was  written  Alwarditone,  and  belonged  to  Walter 
de  Dowai: 

"  Ralph  holds  of  Walter  Alwarditone.  Ulnod  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  five  hides.  There  arc  added  fix  hides,  which  two  thanes  held  in 
"  the  time  of  king  Edward  for  two  manors.     The  arable  in  all  is  eight  carucates. 

"In 


176  CHAPEL- ALLERTO  N.  [TSemCtone, 

"  In  demefne  are  nine  hides  wanting  one  yard-land,  and  there  are  three  ploughs,  and 
"  four  fervants,  and  nine  villanes,  and  nine  cottagers  with  four  ploughs.  There  are 
"  forty  acres  of  meadow,  and  three  hundred  acres  of  pafture.  When  he  received  it, 
"  it  was  worth  eight  pounds,  now  one  hundred  fhilllings."a 

The  thanes'  lands  above-mentioned  feem  to  have  been  Stone -Allerton  and  Arfton. 
19  Edw.  I.  Richard  de  Contevile  held  one  knight's  fee  in  Allerton  of  Sir  Hugh 
Lovell,  knt.  which  fee  was  afterwards  held  by  the  Lords  Zouchc,  and  of  them  by  the 
family  of  More  or  Bythemore.b  4  Edw.  IV.  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Wells  are 
granted  this  manor  ad  quadam  pietatis  opera  manutenendaS 

The  living  ftiled  formerly,  as  above,  a  free  chapel,  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of 
Axbridge.  The  dean  and  chapter  of  Wells  are  patrons,  and  the  rev.  Dr.  Lovel,  canon 
of  that  cathedral,  and  archdeacon  of  Bath,  is  the  incumbent. 

The  church  contains  neither  monument  nor  infeription  worthy  of  notice.  There  is 
a  ftone  crofs  in  the  church-yard,  and  a  large  yew-tree,  the  trunk  of  which  at  the  height 
of  five  feet  meafures  feventeen  feet  in  circumference. 

The  births  in  this  parifh  are  on  an  average  feven,  the  burials  four,  annually. 

»  Lib.  Domefday.  b  Efc.  *  Pat.  4  Edw.  IV.  p.  2.  m.  17. 


BIDDISHAM 

LIES  in  the  marfh  on  the  fouthweft  fide  of  Mendip  hills,  four  miles  weft  from 
Axbridge,  and  fourteen  northeaft  from  Bridgwater,  being  on  the  turnpike  road 
between  thofe  towns.  It  confifts  of  only  fourteen  houfes,  and  eighty  inhabitants. 
The  lands  are  chiefly  pafture,  and  fo  rich  that  they  produce  fome  of  the  fineft  cheefe 
in  the  kingdom.     - 

This  place,  the  etymology  whereof  is  very  uncertain,  was  anciently  a  member  of  the 
great  manor  of  Wedmore,  and  in  the  charter  of  Edward  the  Confeflbr  to  Gifo  bifhop 
of  Wells  is  fet  down  among  the  pofleflions  of  that  cathedral  j  but  its  name  is  there 
corrected  to  the  more  ancient  one  of  Tarnuc :  Bitfaer'J'am,  quod  Tannuc  proprie 
appellatur.*  Of  this  denomination  there  are  two  diftincT:  manors  defcribed  in  the 
Norman  furvey : 

"  Ludo  holds  of  Walter  [de  Dowai]  Ternoc.  Alward  held  it  in  the  time  of  king. 
"  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  hide.  The  arable  is  two  carucates  and  a  half,  which 
"  are  in  demefne,  and  there  are  two  fervants  and  four  cottagers.  There  are  twenty 
**  acres  of  meadow,  and  five  furlongs  of  pafture  in  length,  and  as  many  in  breadth.  It 
"  is  worth  twenty  fhillings." 

■  Mon.  Ang.  1,  187, 

"  Richard 


TBemaone.]  biddisham. 


l77 


"  Richard  holds  of  Walter  Ternoc.  Lcwin  held  it  in  the  time  of  King  Edward, 
V  and  gelded  for  one  hide.  The  arable  is  two  carucates  and  a  half:  but  there  ire 
"  three  carucates  in  demefnc,  and  two  fcrvants,  and  one  villane,  and  two  cottagers. 
*'  There  are  thirty  acres  of  meadow,  and  fix  furlongs  of  pafturc  in  length,  and  as  many 
"  in  breadth.     It  was  worth  fifteen  {hillings,  now  twenty-five  fhillings."* 

Upon  the  erection  of  the  deanery  of  Wells  in  1150,  the  manor  of  Biddifham  was 
taken  out  of  Wcdmorc,  and  appropriated,  by  the  name  of  a  prebend,  toward  the 
reparation  of  the  cathedral  church  of  St.  Andrew  in  Wells,  and  the  purchafing  of 
ornaments  for  the  fame.  Ever  fince  which  time  it  has  belonged  to  the  dean  and 
chapter,  who  are  likewife  patrons  of  the  vicarage.  The  rev.  Mr.  Gegg  is  the  prefent 
incumbent. 

The  church  is  fmall,  and  contains  neither  monument  nor  infeription.  In  a  tower 
at  the  well  end  arc  four  bells. 

'  Lib.  Domefday. 


B  R  E  A  N. 

THIS  parifh  is  fituated  on  the  Briftol  Channel,  which  bounds  ^t  on  the  north  and 
weft  fides,  ten  miles  weft  from  Axbridge,  and  fourteen  north  from  Bridgwater. 
The  river  Ax  bounds  it  on  the  eaft.  It  extends  lour  miles  in  length  and  one  in 
breadth,  and  contains  eight  houfes,  forty  inhabitants,  and  fifteen  thoufand  acres  of 
land;  the  greateft  part  of  which  (the  down  excepted)  is  exceeding  rich  and  fertile. 
A  fmall  quantity  of  hemp  is  railed  here,  but  the  lands  are  chiefly  applied  to  the 
purpofes  of  grazing  and  dairy. 

Along  the  coaft  is  a  fine  fmooth  fand  beach,  near  half  a  mile  in  breadth  at  low 
water,  on  which  are  found  abundance  of  fmall  lhclls  of  the  venus  and  tellina  fpecics, 
and  fome  buccinums;  and  on  the  rocks  are  many  of  the  whelk,  nerita?,  and  patella?. 
Great  quantities  of  famphire  are  alfo  gathered  here,  which  is  pickled  and  fent  to 
many  inland  towns.  The  coaft  is  compofed  of  vaft  fand-banks,  forming  a  natural 
entrenchment  againft  the  fury  of  the  tide,  which,  when  the  wind  fcts  in  ftrong  from 
the  northweft,  beats  againft  it  with  great  violence.  On  the  north  fide  of  the  parifh  is 
Brean  down,  a  high  peninfula  extending  near  a  mile  into  the  channel  in  a  northweft 
direction.  The  whole  of  it  is  a  {harp  ridge  of  hill  very  lofty,  covered  with  turf,  but 
without  cither  tree  or  fhrub,  and  feared  on  the  fides  with  prodigious  rocks,  which  rife 
in  a  fublime  and  piclurcfque  manner,  and  arc  on  the  fea  fide  totally  inacceflible. 

Brean  was  one  of  thofe  many  manors  which  William  the  Conqueror  gave  to  Walter 
de  Dowai,  a  noble  Norman  who  affifted  him  in  the  conqueft  of  the  kingdom.  The 
great  record  of  that  reign  furniihes  us  with  the  few  following  particulars  of  it: 

Vox.  I.  A  a  "  Walter 


i7s  brean.  [TBemftene. 

"  Walter  himfclf  holds  Brien.  Mcrlcfuain  held  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and 
"  gelded  for  two  hides.  The  arable  coniifts  of  eight  carucates.  In  demefne  are  three 
"  carucates,  with  one  fcrvant,  and  nine  villancs,  and  feven  bordars,  and  feven  cottagers, 
"  with  three  ploughs  and  a  half.  There  are  thirty  acres  of  pafture.  It  is  worth  one 
"  hundred  millings."* 

In  the  time  of  Edw.  III.  this  manor  was  in  the  pofiefTion  of  the  family  of  Grandifon, 
defcendants  of  the  ancient  houfe  of  the  Grandifons  dukes  of  Burgundy.  The  inqui- 
litions  inform  us,  that  in  the  fourteenth  year  of  that  reign,  Cecilia  de  la  Haye  held  the 
manor  of  Brean,  for  the  term  of  her  life,  of  Peter  de  Grandifon,  fon  and  heir  of  William 
de  Grandifon,  one  of  the  parliamentary  barons  in  the  time  of  Edw.  I.  and  II.  remain- 
der to  James  Boteler  earl  of  Ormond  and  Eleanor  his  wife,  and  their  heirs:b  which 
James  Boteler  is  certified  to  have  died  6  Ric.  II.  feized  of  a  moiety  ofthis  manor,  at 
that  time  faid  to  be  held  under  the  manor  of  Burnham,  leaving  another  James  his  fon 
and  heir  of  the  age  of  twenty-two  years,  whoalfo  pofiefied  this  manor.0  i  Henry  V. 
Elizabeth  the  wife  of  William  de  Montacutc,  earl  of  Salifbury,  is  found  to  hold 
a  third  part  of  the  manors  of  Burnham  and  Brean,  of  Baldwin  Malet,  reverfionary  to 
Thomas  Wykham,  knt.  brother  of  William  de  Wykham  bifhop  of  Winchefter,  which 
laft  mentioned  family  held  the  manor  under  the  earls  of  Wiltshire  till  the  latter  end 
of  the  reign  of  Henry  VI.  when  it  pafTed  to  the  lords  Say  and  Sele,  who  pofTeiTed  it 
for  many  generations.11  In  the  time  of  queen  Elizabeth,  Henry  Becher,  efq;  was  lord 
ofthis  manor.  It  afterwards  came  to  the  pofleflion  of  the  family  of  Bond.  In  the 
1 2th  of  Charles  I.  Thomas  Bond,  of  Ogborn  St.  George  in  the  county  of  Wilts,  efqi 
by  deed  dated  Nov.  24,  conveyed  the  fame  to  William  Cann,  of  Briftol,  efq;  and  his 
heirs,  together  with  all  mefiuages,  lands,  commons,  waifs,  eftrays,  wrecks  of  fea,  courts 
and  perquifites  of  courts,  waters,  fifhings,  royalties,  rents,  reverfions  and  fervices, 
belonging  to  the  faid  manor;  excepting  fuch  of  the  demefne  lands,  late  parcel  thereof, 
which  the  faid  Thomas  Bond  had  formerly  conveyed  to  Henry  lord  Danvers,  and 
Anthony  Garrard,  and  their  heirs :  confiding  of  a  new-built  houfe,  part  of  the  manor, 
and  four  hundred  acres  of  land,  parcel  of  the  demefne;  alfo  the  down  or  warren  called 
Brean  down,  and  the  pafTage  or  ferry  belonging  to  the  faid  manor,  together  with  the 
right  of  the  next  prefentation  to  the  living,  and  rights  and  royalties  upon  the  demefne 
lands  before  recited. 

From  the  above-mentioned  William  Cann,  efq;  the  manor  of  Brean  defcended  to 
his  eldeft  fon  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  Cann,  knight  and  baronet,  whofe  daughter  and 
heirefs  Elizabeth,  being  married  to  Thomas  Mafter,  of  Cirencefter  in  the  county  of 
Gloucefter,  efq;  he  in  her  right  became  pofTefTed  of  it,  and  left  it  to  his  fon  and  heir 
Thomas  Mafter,  efq;  member  in  the  prefent  parliament  for  the  county  of  Gloucefter, 
who  now  pofTefTes  it. 

Brean  down,  and  other  lands  excepted  in  the  above  conveyance  to  William  Cannr 
are  now  the  property  of  James  Arundel,  efq. 

*  Lib.  Domefday.  b  Inq.  poft  mort.  14  Edw.  III.  e  Inq.  ut  fupra.  *  Ibid. 

From 


TBemflone.]  u       R       E       A       N.  j79 

Fiona  this  manor  a  family  of  great  account  feem  to  have  derived  their  names  in 
very  early  times,  writing  themfelvcs  fomctimes  Bricn,  and  at  other  times  Brian  and 
Bryan;  but  the  praenomen  through  their  feveral  defcents  was  Guy.  They  had  confi- 
derabk  property  in  this  county,  but  the  diftrict  which  feems  to  claim  mod  honour 
from  the  name  is  Devonlhire,  where  they  were  principally  feated  from  the  beginning 
of  the  reign  of  Henry  II.  to  the  latter  end  of  that  of  Richard  II.1 

34  Edward  III.  we  find  one  Robert  Brcnne  or  Brenc,  lord  of  a  ^certain  parcel  of 
Brene  in  Brent  marfii,  and  a  grant  from  him  to  Thomas  Hege  of  all  his  rabbits  in  hi* 
parcel  of  Brenne  downc.     The  legend  on  the  feal  is  effaced;  but  the  arms  are,  a  bend 
between  fix  balls:  on  a  chief  two ' 

We*.ave  alfo  the  following  old  memorandum  refpecling  this  parifh  and  manor: 
"  Thomas  Baret,  bifhop  of  Knachdune,*  hath  the  moytie  of  the  lordfhip  of  Brean  in 
"  Brentmarfh  as  long  as  he  fhall  ftand  pcrfonc-  there,  fo  that  he  with  the  revenue  for- 
"  tifie  thefea  walls  and  banks  for  the  falvation  of  the  faid  lordfhip."11 

The  benefice  of  Brean  is  rectorial,  in  the  deanery  of  Axbridgc,  and  in  the  prefentation 
of  John  Willcs,  cfq.  The  rev.  Mr.  Bowles,  of  Sluftelbury,  is  the  prcfent  incumbent, 
[1786.]  About  soEdw.I.  John  Bee,  lord  of  Ere fby,  granted  this  advowfon,  with 
thcifland  of  Stecpholme,  to  Henry  de  Laci,  carl  of  Lincoln.'  It  afterwards  belonged 
to  the  carls  of  Ormond.k     In  1 292,  it  was  valued  at  three  marks.' 

The  church  is  a  fmall  ftruclurc,  conlilling  of  a  nave  and  chancel  tiled,  and  floored 
with  red  bricka.     At  the  weft  end  is  a  fquare  tower  thirty  feet  high,  containing  three 

bells. 

•  See  Dugd.  Bar.  v.  2,  p.  151 ;  Prince's  Worthic.  -f  Devon,  p.  64;  and  Sir  William  Pole's  MS,  Surrey 
of  Devonlhire,  in  Haytor  hundred. 

f  Rawlinfon's  Book  of  Inquifitions  in  the  Harleian  library,  No.  4120. 

t  In  Ireland.     He  wa»  fuffragan  biftiop  to  the  fee  of  Wtlls,  and  occurs  in  1482,  and  1485. 

11  Harl.  MS,  No.  433,  1278.  ■  Dugd.  Bar.  v.  1,  p.  426.  k  Efc.  '  Taxat.  fpiritutl. 


B         U         R        N         H        A        M 

IS  a  considerable  parifh  fituated  on  the  coaft  of  the  Briftol  channel,  eight  miles  north- 
weft  from  Bridgwater,  and  ten  miles  weft  from  Axbridge,  containing  one  hundred 
houfbs,  and  nearly  five  hundred  and  eighty  inhabitants.  About  fifty  of  the  houfes 
ftand  irregularly  near  the  church,  the  reft  are  in  the  following  hamlets: 

1.  Watchfield,   or  Watchwcll,  in  Burnham  moor  tithing,  about  two  miles   eaft 
from  the  village,  containing  twelve  houfes.     Near  this  place  is  a  bridge  called  Bafon- 

bridge,  over  the  river  Brew. 

A  a  a  2.  Paradife, 


i8o  B      U      R     N      H     A     M.  [TBemflone. 

2.  Paradife,  adjoining  to  the  parifli  of  Berrow,  one  mile  north,  confifting  of  three 
houfes. 

3.  Eddy  Mead,  near  South-Brent,  containing  about  fixteen  houfes. 

4..  Huifh  juxta  Highbridge,  in  which  are  fix  houfes. 

That  part  of  the  hamlet  of  Highbridge  which  (lands  on  the  north  fide  of  the  river 
Brew,  and  contains  twelve  houfes,  is  likewife  within  this  parifli.  This  river  divides 
Burnham  from  Huntfpill  parifli,  and  empties  itfelf  into  the  channel  a  little  weftvvard 
of  the  church.     It  is  navigable  up  to  Highbridge  for  vefiels  of  eighty  tons  burden. 

The  fituation  of  that  part  of  the  village  of  Burnham  which  is  near  the  church,  is 
very  bleak  and  cold ;  being  expofed  to  the  northwefterly  winds,  which,  blowing  over  *■ 
the  channel,  are  very  unfriendly  to  vegetation.  The  coaft  is  a  fine  fandy  beach,  which, 
when  the  tide  is  at  ebb,  is  near  half  a  mile  in  breadth.  The  upper  part  of  it  next 
the  land  rifes  in  high  fand-banks  ridge  behind  ridge,  forming  a  ftrong  natural  fortifi- 
cation or  intrenchment,  which  the  higheft  tides  never  pafs  nor  break  through.  Mul- 
titudes of  rabbits  make  thefe  banks  their  refidence,  and  the  ground  is  in  many  places 
almoft  covered  with  ftiells  of  the  fmall  land  helix  and  viviparous  fnail.  Mod  of  thofe 
plants  which  are  generally  found  on  our  coafts  adorn  this  beach,  particularly  the 
yellow  poppy,  fhrubby  ftone  crop,  and  divers  other  kinds,  with  a  variety  of  lichens 
and  other  mofles. 

The  lands  of  this  parifli  are  moftly  pafture,  and  very  rich,  being  to  the  northeaft 
and  fouth  a  fine  moor,  in  which  great  numbers  of  cattle  are  grazed. 

The  manor,  with  many  others  adjoining,  belonged  in  the  Conqueror's  time  to 
Walter  de  Dowai :  we  read  that 

"  Walter  himfelf  holds  Burneham.  Brixi  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and 
"  gelded  for  four  hides.  The  arable  is  twelve  carucates :  one  carucate  is  in  demefnc, 
"  and  three  fervants,  and  feven  villages,  and  eight  cottagers  with  five  ploughs.  There 
"  are  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  meadow,  and  twenty  acres  of  pafture.  It  is  worth 
"  four  pounds.  Of  this  land  Rademer  holds  of  Walter  two  hides,  and  has  thereon 
"  one  plough,  and  three  fervants,  and  feven  villanes,  and  eight  bordars,  and  three 
**  cottagers,  with  five  ploughs,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  meadow,  and  twenty 
"  acres  of  pafture.     It  is  worth  four  pounds."1 

Very  little  further  account  of  this  manor  is  to  be  met  with  till  the  reign  of  Henry  III. 
in  the  thirty-eighth  year  of  which  Robert  de  Mucegros  is  certified  to  hold  it  in 
free  focagc  of  the  heirs  of  Henry  Fitz-Richard.  13  Edw.  I.  John  Tregoz  lord  of 
this  manor  procured  a  charter  of  free  warren  in  his  demefne  lands  therein,  and  died 
feized  of  it  28  Edw.  I.b  From  him  it  pafled  by  the  marriage  of  a  coheirefs  to  the 
family  of  Grandifon,  and  from  them  (in  the  fame  manner  as  Brean)  to  Wickham, 
and  afterwards  to  the  Fynes's  lords  Say  and  Sele,  and  is  now  the  property  of  fir  Charles 
Bampfylde,  bart. 

»  Lib.  Domcfday.  b  Efc. 

The 


TSemftone.]  burnham.  i8r 

The  dean  and  chapter  of  Wells  have  likewife  a  manor  here,  and  a  third  belongs  to 
Zachary  Bayly,  efq;  of  Widcombc  near  Bath. 

The  church  of  Burnham  was  valued  in  1292  at  twenty-five  marks,  out  of  which  a 
pcnfion  of  ten  marks  was  paid  to  the  bifliop  of  Bath  and  Wells/  It  was  appropriated 
to  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Wells,  and  a  vicarage  was  ordained  in  1336.* 

The  edifice  was  dedicated  A.  D.  13 16,  by  John  Drokcnsford,  bifhop  of  this  dioccfe, 
to  the  honour  of  St.  Andrew.  And  it  having  been  ufual  in  ancient  times  to  mak-- 
oblations  in  churches  on  the  day  of  their  dedication,  this  bifhop  revived  the  cuftom, 
by  iffuing  an  indulgence  of  forty  day9  to  all  fuch  people  as  fhould  rcfort  hither  on  the 
above  feftival.* 

The  Rev.  John  Golding  is  the  prcfent  incumbent  of  this  benefice. 

The  priory  of  Burnham  is  frequently  mentioned  in  old  records. 

The  church  (lands  near  the  fea-fide,  and  is  one  hundred  and  forty  feet  in  length, 
confiding  of  a  nave,  chancel,  fouth  ailc,  and  veftry  room.  A  large  plain  tower  at  the 
weft  end  contains  five  bells. 

Againft  the  fouth  wall  there  is  this  table  of  bcncfa&ions: 

"  1743.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  vicar  of  this  place  gave  iol.  unto  the  parifh  ftock, 
the  intereft  thereof  to  be  diftributed  in  bread  on  the  30th  of  October,  at  the  difcretion 
of  the  minifter,  churchwardens,  and  overfeers,  for  ever. 

"  Henry  Rogers,  of  Cannington,  efq;  fome  time  lord  of  this  manor,  by  his  laft  will 
gave  the  fum  of  2350I.  for  the  purchasing  of  lands,  the  clear  rents  and  profits  thereof  to 
be  applied  towards  the  maintenance  of  twenty  poor  people,  two  of  the  faid  poor  to  live 
within  the  manor  of  Burneham,  and  to  have  their  proportions;  which  lands  have  been 
fince  purchafed  in  the  names  of  Sir  Edward  Windham,  bart.  Sir  Francis  Warre,  bart. 
Nathaniel  Palmer,  efq;  and  others  to  the  number  of  twelve,  as  truftees ;  and  when  any 
five  of  the  faid  truftees  fhall  die,  the  furvivors  of  them  are  within  fix  months  after  to 
elect  fo  many  more  fit  and  able  perfons  to  manage  the  truft;  the  vicar  of  Cannington 
for  the  time  being  appointed  to  be  one  according  to  a  deed  of  truft,  one  copy  whereof 
remains  in  our  vcftry.  Wm.  Ruscomb,  Steward." 

At  the  end  of  one  of  the  old  feats  is  the  following  infeription:  ©rate.f>  afa  Cf)01UC 

Peter,  qui  has  trii  feces  fieri  fecit  cur  ate  .ppicietut  Deus.    amen. 

On  a  handfome  tombftone  in  the  church-yard  is  this  infeription: 
"In  the  alley  of  this  church  adjoining  the  chancel,  licth  interred  Elizabeth  wife  of 
Richard  Locke  the  younger,  of  this  parifh,  and  daughter  of  Matthew  Lovibond  of 
Othery.     She  was  born  in  the  year  1734,  and  died  a  kw  hours  after  the  birth  of  her 
child,  the  28th  of  Feb.  1762. 

"  And  near  this  tomb  was  buried  Maria  wife  of  John  Locke,  of  this  parifh,  and 
niece  to  the  aforefaid  Elizabeth.  She  was  born  in  the  year  1756,  and  died  a  ftiort 
time  after  the  birth  of  her  child,  Dec.  1774. 

*  Taxat.  fpirituaU  4  Excerpt,  e  Rcgift.  Welle*  c  Ibid.  «♦  In 


1 82  «  B     u     R     N     H     A     M.  [TBemftate. 

•  "  In  love  and  dear  relation  fondly  join'd, 

The  fame  their  manners  and  their  wills  the  fame. 
One  fate  to  earth  their  tender  forms  confign'd, 
One  monumental  ftone  preferves  their  name," 

On  the  fame  tomb : 
rt  Here  reft  thq  .remains  of  Henry  Dod,  fan  of  Richard  Locke  the  younger,  by  his 
fecond  wife.     He  was  born  the  22d  of  July  1 765,  died  Auguft  25,  1 767. 

"  For  others  bid  the  polifh'd  marble  fhine, 
And  drefs  in  gilded  pride  the  pompous  line ; 
The  filent  figh,  the  flow  defcending  tear, 
Say — Love  and  fweet  fimplicity  lie  here." 


M  ARK. 


A  Large  parifh,  fituated  in  a  woody  flat,  furrounded  on  all  fides  except  the  eaft 
by  the  moors,  feven  miles  fouthweft  Trom  Axbridge,  and  ten  northeaft  from 
Bridgwater ;  containing  one  hundred  and  fifty  houfes,  and  about  one  thoufand  inha- 
bitants. Ninety-four  of  the  houfes  are  difperfed  about  the  church,  the  refidue  ftand 
in  the  following  hamlets: 

1 .  Vole,  one  mile  north  weft,  of  which  eight  houfes  belong  to  this  parifh,  the  reft  to 
that  of  South- Brent,  &c. 

2.  North- Wick,  one  mile  weft,  having  eight  houfes. 

3.  South- Wick,  one  mile  fouthweft,  twelve  houfes. 

4.  In  Perry,  half  a  mile  northweft,  two  houfes. 

5.  Pillbridge,  or  Volman's  Bridge,  one  mile  eaftward,  two  houfes, 

6.  Yarrow,  one  mile  fouth,  confifting  of  twenty-two  houfes;  befides  which  there 
are  two  fingle  cottages. 

The  lands  are  rich,  and  in  general  valuable,  and  there  are  many  fmall  dairy  and 
grazing  farms.  The  principal  wood  is  elm  and  willow,  both  which  flourifh  in  this 
fituation.  Many  large  oak  and  yew  trees  have  at  different  times  been  dug  up  in  the 
moors.  Thefe  lie  from  four  to  fix  feet  below  the  furface,  and  are  very  hard,  and  as 
black  as  ink;  but  after  being  a  little  time  cxpofed  to  the  air,  they  become  rotten,  and 
crumble  into  duft.  It  is  very  remarkable,  that  in  the  moors,  under  the  fouthweft 
ridge  of  Mendip  hills,  great  quantities  of  the  kind  of  tree  abovementioned  have  been 
found  by  the  labourers  in  cutting  drains  and 'ditches.    That  they  were  wafhed  down 

from 


^cmftonc]  MARK.  183 

from  the  fide*  of  Eclmorc,  Woden,  and  Mere,  is  probable  from  the  roats  and  large 
branches  being  ftill  on  them.  They  generally  lie  with  their  roots  toward  the  flope  of 
the  hill,  and  the  branches  pointing  fouthwefl. 

Pillrow  cut  runs  through  this  parilh,  and  returning  by  the  foutheaft  corner  of  Mark- 
moor,  joins  the  Brew,  and  unites  with  the  river  at  Highbridgc.  This  ftream  contain* 
eels,  pike,  roach,  and  dace;  and  has  over  it  a  (tone  bridge  of  one  arch,  which  is  fup- 
portcd  by  the  manors  of  Eafl:  and  South  Brent,  L)  mpftiam,  and  Bcrrow.  Near  this 
bridge  arc  the  remains  of  an  old  houfc,  formerly  belonging  to  the  abbots  of  Glafton- 
bury,  but  now  a  farm-houfe,  retaining  the  name  of  High-Hall  j  and  near  it  there  is  a 
caufeway,  called  the  Abbot's  Caufcway,  which  terminates  at  this  fpot.  The  tradition 
is,  that  in  former  times  the  abbots  of  Glaftonbury  ufed  to  fail  by  boat  in  an  annual 
excurlion  from  Glaftonbury  down  the  river  Brew,  and  along  Pillrow  river  to  Mark,  and 
to  halt  for  fevcral  days  at  this  houfe  of  rendezvous  High-Hall,  from  which  they  pro- 
ceeded by  Pillrow  river  to  Eafl-Brcnt,  where  they  had  other  eftatcs. 

The  manor  of  Mark,  now  called  Eaft-Mark,  is  not  mentioned  in  the  Norman  fur- 
vcy,  but  its  name  occurs  fome  time  before  the  Conqueft  among  the  pofleffions  of  the 
church  of  Wells.  It  was  afterwards,  together  with  the  manor  of  Moor,  annexed  to  the 
deanery  of  Wells,  and  in  the  time  of  Edw.  III.  a  charter  of  free  warren  was  obtained 
for  both. f  In  the  time  of  Edw.  VI.  thefe  lands  were  taken  from  the  church,  and 
granted  to  Edward  Duke  of  Somerfet,  fince  which  they  have  been  id  the  poflcflion  of 
the  laity,  and  Mark  is  now  the  property  of  William  Beach,  of  Nethcrhavcn  in  the 
county  of  Wilts,  efq. 

The  manor  of  Moor  is  jointly  held  by  Robert  Vigors,  of  Briflol,  efq;  Mr.  Doflie, 
of  Ireland,  and  Mifs  Gaisford,  executors  of  the  late  Robert  Vincr,  efq. 

The  benefice  of  Mark  is  rectorial,  and  in  the  hands  of  Zachary  Bayly,  efq;  of 
Widcombe  near  Bath,  as  lefiec  of  the  right  honourable  and  reverend  lord  Francis 
Seymour,  dean  of  the  cathedral  church  of  Wells;  and  as  fuch  the  faid  Zachary  Bayly 
appoints  his  own  curate,  who  is  the  rev.  Mr.  Evan  Recce. 

The  church  is  a  large  handfome  building,  compofed  of  a  nave  and  two  fide  ailes, 
covered  with  lead,  and  a  chancel  tiled.  At  the  weft  end  is  a  well-built  embattled 
tower,  containing  a  clock  and  fix  bells.  There  is  no  monument,  nor  infenption  of 
note;   but  we  have  the  following  account  of  benefactions : 

"  Robert  Ivylcafe  of  Blackford  gave  to  this  parifii  five  pounds,  the  intercft  of  it  to 
be  diftributed  in  bread  to  the  fecond  poor  on  Chriflmas  day  for  ever. 

"  1721.  Mr.  Thomas  Giblet  of  this  parifii  gave  ten  pounds,  the  intercft  thereof  to 
be  diftributed  to  the  fecond  poor  on  Chriftmas  day  for  ever. 

"  1 730.  Mr.  John  Counfel  of  this  pariih  gave  ten  pounds,  the  intercft  thereof  to  be 
diftributed  to  the  fecond  poor  on  Chriflmas  day  for  ever. 


'  Cart.  15  Edw.  III.  n.  35. 

rt  1765.    Mr. 


1 84  MARK.  [iBemflone. 

"  1765.     Mr.  John  Giblct,  of  this  parifli,  gent,  gave  twenty  pounds,  the  intereft  to 
the  fecond  poor  on  Chriftmas  day  forever." 

In  the  church-yard  there  is  an  old  crofs,  and  a  fine  old  yew  tree  in  a  decaying  rtate. 

Two  fairs  for  cattle  of  all  kinds  are  held  in  this  parifli ;.  oae  on  the  Tuefday  before 
Whitfuntide,  the  other  on  the  15  th  of  September. 


OVER-WEARE 

IS  a  parifli  fituated  two  miles  fouthwefl:  from  Axbridge,  in  the  marfhes  which  extend 
from  the  Mendip  hills  weftward.  Its  ancient  name  was  fimply  Were  and  Werre,, 
but  it  was  additionally  called  Over  or  Upper  Weare  to  diftinguifh  it  from  a  place  of 
the  fame  name  in  the  turnpike-road  from  Briftol  to  Bridgwater,  which  is  now  for  a 
fimilar  reafon  denominated  Lower- Weare,  or  Nether- Weare,  being  fituated  lower  than 
the  other. 

This  laft-mentioned  place  is  now  a  hamlet  belonging  to  the  former,  though  in. 
ancient  days  it  deferved  a  better  title;  having  fent  members  to  parliament  in  34 
and  35  of  Edw.  I.1  and  having  been  honoured  with  divers  privileges  from  many  of 
our  kings.b  It  at  prefent  confifts  of  twenty-two  houfes.  The  river  Ax  runs  through  it 
under  an  old  bridge  of  ftonc,  and  the  place  might  probably  have  received  its  name  from 
fome  wear  raifed  in  former  times  upon  that  river. 

There  are  three  other  hamlets  within  this  parifli,  of  the  following  names,  viz.. 
j.  Alington,  Handing  one  mile  fouthwefl:,.  and  containing  nineteen  houfes.. 

2.  Streme,  half  a  mile  eaft,  five  houfes. 

3.  Brinfcombe,  near  Streme,  two  houfes;  with  two  or  three  fingle  tenements,  which: 
make  the  whole  number  about  feventy.  The  inhabitants  are  nearly  four  hundred. 
Twenty  houfes  compote  the  village  of  Over  or  Upper- Weare,  which  ftand  near  the 
church. 

The  whole  parifli  is  in  a  low,  damp,  and  foggy  fituation,  and  apparently  in  an 
unwholfomcair;  but  the  lands,  being  moftly  pafture  and  marfhes,  are  very  rich,  and 
occupied  by  feveral  considerable  graziers  and  dairy  farmers.     It  contains  but  little 

*  The  burgeffes  returned  for  this  borough  were,  34  Edw.  I.  John  Cardon  and  Thomas  Avery;  and  35 
Edw.  I.  John  Avery  and  John  Cardon. 

b  Cart.  26  Edw.  I.  m.  6.  pro  mercat.  &  feria,  &c.  The  market  was  on  Wednefday,  and  the  fair  on  the 
eve  and  feftival  of  the  Aflbmption  of  our  Lady.  Jn  the  feventh  year  of  Edw.  III.  Anfelm  de  Gournay,  at- 
tending the  king  in  his  wars  in  Scotland,  obtained  a  grant  for  himfelf  and  his  burghers  here  of  exemption 
from  the  payment  of  any  cuftoms  throughout  the  realm,  and  a  confirmation  of  all  the  privileges  and  liberties 
which  J»ad  been  granted  by  king  Henry  I. 

wood, 


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wood,  and  the  crofs  roads  being  on  banks  called  Droves,  between  ditches  of  (lagnant 
water,  are  very  bad  in  winter. 

The  manor  belonged  in  early  times  to  Walter  dc  Dowai,  a  Norman,  of  whom  wc 
have  had  occafion  to  make  former  mention.  '  His  cftate  here  is  thus  furvcyed: 

"  Walfcin  [for  fo  he  is  fometimes  called]  holds  Werrc.  Alwacre  held  it  in  the  time 
"  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  five  hides,  but  there  Are  [now]  fix  hides.  The 
"  arable  is  eight  carucates,  of  which  in  demefne  arc  three  nides  and  a  half;  and  there 
"  are  two  ploughs,  and  two  fervants,  and  five  villanes,  and  eight  cottagers  with  two 
**  ploughs.  There  arc  two  mills  which  pay  two  and  forty  (hillings  rent,  and  thirty- 
**  two  acres  of  meadow.  When  he  received  it,  it  was  worth  ten  pounds,  now,onc 
"  hundred  (hillings."' 


'e>" 


This  Walfcin  or  Walter  de  Dowai,  who  was  one  of  the  Conqueror's  loyal  adherents, 
and  was  lord  of  Bahantune  or  Baunton,  in  Devonfhire,  given  him  alfo  by  his  fovercign> 
had  a  fon  of  the  name  of  Robert,  who  aflumed  from  the  place  lad-mentioned  the  title 
of  de  Bahantune  or  Bauntone.  He  left  one  only  daughter  and  heir  named  Julian,  who 
was  married  to  William  Pagancl,  and  had  iflue  by  him  Fulk  PagancI,  who  dying 
without  iflue,  the  eftate  defcended  to  William  Paganel,  a  younger  brother,  who  married 
Avicia  de  Romelli,  the  daughter  and  hcirefs  of  William  Mefchines,  lord  of  Coupland, 
and  brother  to  Ranulf  de  Mefchines,  earl  of  Chefter.  By  the  faid  Avicia  his  wife  he 
left  iflue  Alice  his  daughter  and  heir,  married  to  Robert  dc  Gant,  Baron  Gant,  of  Folk- 
ingham  in  the  county  of  Lincoln.  Their  iifue  was  another  Alice,  who  inherited  the 
cftates,  and  by  marriage  brought  them  to  Robert  de  Berkeley,  of  the  ancient  houfe  of 
Berkeley  in  the  county  of  Glocefter,  who  thus  became  poflefled  of  this  manor,  and  from 
it  aflumed  the  title  of  de  Were;  but  fometimes  wrote^iimfelf,  as  before,  Robert  dc 
Berkeley.  He  left  ifliic  a  fon,  named  Maurice,  and  a  daughter  Eva,  married  to  Thomas 
de  Harptree,  fo  called  from  his  dwelling  at  Harptree  in  this  county.  Which  Maurice, 
who  took  the  title  of  Gant  alfo,  though  twice  married,  had  no  iifue;  whereupon  his 
fifter  Eva,  who  furvived  him,  became  his  heir,  and  in  her  right  the  faid  Thomas  de 
Harptree,  who  foon  after  adopted  the  name  of  Gournay,  poflefled  this  lordfliip.  By 
the  faid  Eva  his  wife  he  left  iflue  Robert  his  fon  and  heir,  who  died  in  the  fifty-third 
year  of  Henry  III.  feized  of  twenty-two  knight's  fees  and  a  half  in  this  and  other 
counties,  leaving  Anfelm  de  Gournay  his  fon  and  heir.  This  Anfelm  de  Gournay 
married  Sibella,  daughter  of  Hugh  deVivonne,  and  was  fucceeded  in  this  lordfliip  by 
his  fon  Robert  dc  Gournay,  who  had  iflue  Anfelm,  and  he  a  third  Anfelm  de  Gournay, 
lord  of  Ovcrweare,  and  other  manors  in  this  county.  To  him  fucceeded  Thomas  de 
Gournay,  his  fon  and  heir,  whofc  daughter  and  heirefs  Joan  was  married  to  George 
de  la  More,  or  Bythemore,  a  family  in  all  probability  denominated  from  the  neigh- 
bouring manor  of  Moor  or  More,  in  the  parifh  of  Mark.  Which  George  de  la  More,  in 
the  right  of  Joan  his  faid  wife,  enjoyed  this  manor,  and  left  iflue  William  de  la  More, 
who  was  alfo  called  Bythemore,  and  bore  on  his  fcal,  barruly,  on  a  chevron  three 

c  Lib.  boraefday. 

Vol..  I.  B  b  mullets. 


1 86  OVERWEAR    E.  CBemfione. 

mullets.  John  de  la  More,  fon  of  William,  fucceeded  his  father  in  this  lordfhip,  and 
left  iflue  William,  who  had  iflue  Roger  dc  la  More,  and  he  another  John,  who  having 
no  iflue,  Alice  his  fifter  and  heir  fucceeded  in  this  manor,  and  conveyed  the  fame  by 
marriage  to  David  Percival,  efq;  of  a  family  of  great  account  and  property  in  thefe 
parts.  This  David  Percival  died  in  the  year  1534,  and  left  iflue  three  fons  and  one 
daughter.  James  the  eldeft  fucceeded  to  this  eftate;  but  dying  without  iflue  in  1548, 
George  his  elder  brother  came  to  the  pofleflion  of  this  and  the  other  family  eftates, 
and  dying  in  1599,  left  them  to  defcend  to  Richard  his  eldeft  fori  and  heir.  The 
prefent  earl  of  Egmont  is  the  reprefentative  of  this  ancient  family;  but  the  manor 
of  Overweare  pafTed  away  from  the  Percivals  into  other  hands,  having  belonged 
in  30  Eliz.  to  Henry  Newton,  efq;  and  is  now  the  property  of  Thomas  Power, 
of  Sidcot,  efq.d 

The  redtory  of  Overweare  was  formerly  appropriated  to  the  monaftery  of  St. 
Auguftine  in  Briftol,  and  was  in  the  year  1292  valued  at  fourteen  marks.'  The  dean 
and  chapter  of  Briftol  are  the  patrons  thereof,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Gegg  is  the  prefent 
incumbent. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Gregory,  is  one  hundred  feet  in  length, 
and  twenty  in  breadth,  having  at  the  weft  end  a  well-built  embattled  tower  fixty- 
four  feet  high,  containing  five  bells. 

In  the  body  of  the  church  there  is  a  brafs  plate  with  an  effigy  thereon,  and 
underneath  this  infeription: 

SDf  poure  charitg  that  pafleth  here  op 
prap  for  the  foulc  of  3!ofm  I6etj&e*ie, 

Chat  here  Dot&  lie, 
SDn  tofcofe  ^ou\z  Crifl  3!f)R  &atoe  mere}?. 

A  mural  monument  of  black  and  grey  marble  in  the  chancel  is  thus  inferibed : 

"  To  the  dear  memory  of  Robert  the  only  fon  of  Edith  Hooper,  of  Lowerwere, 

widow,  this  monument  was  here  railed.     He  was  buried  near  this  place  March  2d, 

1729,  aged  17  years. 

*•  Alfo  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  the  abovefaid  Edith  Hooper,  was  buried  near  this 

place,  June  20th,  1722,  aged  21  years."    - 

On  a  large  ftone  againft  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel : 

*  In  hope  of  a  bleffed  refurrection,  here  lies  the  body  of  Richard  Guy,  of  this  parifh, 
gent,  who  departed  this  life  the  18th  of  March,  1775,  aged  92  years.  Alfo  Mary 
his  wife,  and  Mary  their  daughter,  and  Richard  their  fon." 

In  the  church-yard  there  is  an  old  crofs  of  about  twenty  feet  in  height. 
The  chriftenings  here  are  on  an  average  eleven,  and  the  burials  eight,  annually. 
*  Richard  Power  held  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Netherwere,  8  Hen  V.  Efc.  e  Taxat.  fpiritual. 

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THIS  parifh,  which  feems  to  have  derived  its  name  from  its  wet  and  moorifh 
fituation,  is,  for  extent  of  boundary  and  the  number  of  hamlets  it  contains,  the 
largeft  parifh  in  the  county.  It  lies  feven  miles  fouth  from  Axbridge,  nine  weft  from 
Wells,  and  fourteen  northeaft  from  Bridgwater.  The  church,  and  a  great  number  of 
the  houfes  conftituting  the  village  of  Wcdmore,  are  fituated  on  a  rifing  ground  or  ridge 
of  hills,  nearly  three  miles  in  length  from  caft  to  weft,  and  furrounded  by  the  moors; 
but  many  of  the  hamlets  belonging  to  it  arc  in  the  moors  and  marfh.  The  river  Ax 
divides  it  from  the  hundred  of  Wells  Forum,  and  the  Brew  bounds  it  on  the  fouth. 

The  hamlets  arc, 

1.  Blackford,,  fituated  two  miles  weftward  from  the  church,  and  containing  thirty 
farm-houfes  and  fixtcen  cottages.  The  manor  belongs  to  the  feoffees  of  Bruton  hof- 
pital  by  the  gift  of  the  founder,  Hugh  Saxcy,  efq,  and  two  boys  arc  annually  fent 
thither  from  this  place  for  their  education.'  In  this  hamlet  is  a  mineral  fpring, 
which  turns  lilver yellow. 

2.  Weft-Ham,  two  miles  fouthweft,  nine  farm-houfes,  and  two  cottages. 

3.  Heath-Houfe,  near  Weft-Ham,  nine  farm-houfes,  and  three  cottages. 

4.  Sand,  one  mile  fouth,  ten  farm-houfes  and  one  cottage. 

5.  Oldwood,  one  mile  and  a  half  nearly  foutheall,  four  farm-houfes  and  two  cottages. 

6.  Mudgley,  anciently  written  Modefiie,  two  miles  foutheaft,  fourteen  farm-houfes 
and  one  cottage.  This  manor  was  formerly  in  the  church  of  Wells,  but  it  is  now 
moftly  difmembered.  Mr.  Popham  claims  the  manerial  rights.  There  is  a  fpring 
here  of  a  petrifying  quality. 

7.  Bagley,  two  miles  eaft-foutheaft,  two  farm-houfes  and  four  cottages.  This 
place  occurs  in  the  Conqueror's  furvey,  under  the  name  of  Bagelie.  "  Carlo  holds  of 
"  Roger  [de  CurcelleJ  Bagelie.  He  himfelf  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and 
"gelded  for  half  a  virgatc  of  land.  In  demefne  is  one  carucate,  and  two  cottagers 
"  having  half  a  plough.  There  are  fifty  acres  of  meadow,  and  twelve  acres  of  wood. 
"  It  was  worth  twelve  pence,  now  forty  pence. "b 

8.  Panborough,  in  the  hundred  of  Glafton,  twelve  hides.  The  ancient  appellation 
of  this  place  is  Padcnebeorge,  Pathenebeorge,  &c.  and  it  is  defcribed  by  the  old  hifto- 
rians  to  have  been  a  land  abounding  with  vineyards.'  King  Edwy  gave  the  manorr 
confifting  of  two  hides,  to  the  monks  of  Glaftonbury,  free  from  all  fervices,d  and  it  is 
thus  furveyed  as  their  property  in  the  Norman  record :  "  Another  ifland  belonging 
"  thereto  is  called  Padencberie.     There  arc  fix  acres  of  arable  land,  and  three  arpents 

*  The  manor  of  Blackford  formerly  belonged  to  the  bifhop  of  Bath,  whofe  eftates  here  were  in  1 293  valued 
at  13I.  5s.     Taxat.  temporal.  b  Lib.  Domefday. 

e  Johannis  Glallonienfis  Hift.  torn.  i.  p.  12.  and  Lib.  Domefday.  *  Ibid.  p.  43,  126. 

B  b  2  ""  [acres] 


1 88  WEDMORE.  [IBemffonc. 

"[acres]  of  vineyard,  and  one  cottager:  it  is  worth  four  (hillings. "e     This  hamlet  is 
iltuated  three  miles  nearly  eaftward  from  Wedmore,  and  contains  nine  houfes. 

9.  North-Load,  three  miles  eaft,  one  farm-houfe  and  two  cottages.  The  manor 
formerly  belonged  to  the  abbey  of  Glaftonbury,  and  is  now  the  property  of  Thomas 
Millard,  gent,  of  Wells. 

-  10.  Eaft-Theal,  two  miles  and  a  half  eaft,  twelve  farm-houfes  and  two  cottages. 

11.  Weft-Theal,  near  the  other,  conflfting  of  eight  farm-houfes  and  fix  cottages, 
and  an  old  manfion-houfe  formerly  belonging  to  the  Boulting  family. 

12.  Cocklake,  or  Cocklate,  (as  it  is  fometimes  written)  one  mile  and  a  quarter 
liearly  northeaft,  having  fourteen  farm-houfes  and  fix  cottages. 

13.  Latcham,  one  mile  eaft,  now  only  one  farm-houfe  remaining. 

14.  Clewer,  fituated  on  the  river  Ax,  at  the  diftance  of  two  miles  northward 
from  Wedmore,  containing  ten  farm-houfes  and  five  cottages.  Saint  Wilfrid  gave 
this  village  to  the  abbey  of  Glaftonbury.  It  is  called  in  Domefday  book  Clivevvare, 
and  is  thus  furveyed: 

"  Fulcran  and  Nigell  hold  of  the  bifhop  [of  Coutance]  Cliveware.  Turchil  held  m 
"  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  three  virgates  of  land  wanting  one 
"  furlong.  The  arable  is  two  carucates,  and  there  are  fix  villanes,  and  ten  acres 
"  of  meadow.  It  is  worth  fifteen  (hillings. "f  It  afterwards  was  held  of  the  honour 
of  Gloucefter  by  the  family  of  Percival,  and  after  them  by  the  Chedders,  and  is 
now  the  property  of  Lord  Weymouth. 

15.  Perrow,  three  miles  north-northweft,  wherein  is  only  one  farm-houfe  remaining. 

16.  Crickham,  one  mile  and  a  half  northweft,  conflfting  of  nine  farm-houfes. 

■A  '  v.One  mile  and  a  half  nearly  northweft,  containing 

„    T  01  C         eighteen  farm-houfes  and  one  cottage. 

18.  Lower-Stoughton,   ) 

In  that  part  of  Wedmore  which  is  called  the  Borough,  there  are  twenty-five  farm- 
houfes,  and  nine  cottages.  The  reft,  being  fifty-nine  in  number,  are  fcattered  about 
the  church.  The  whole  number  of  houfes  in  this  parifh  is  three  hundred  arid  twenty- 
nine,  and  of  inhabitants  nearly  one  thoufand  eight  hundred. 

The  parifh  is  divided  into  five  tithings,  viz.  Wedmore,  the  Borough,  Churchland, 
Blackford,  and  North-Load.  This  laft-mentioned  tithing  is  in  the  hundred  of 
Glafton-Hides.  • 

The  borough  is  governed  by  a  portreeve  annually  chofen.  The  duke  of  Chandos 
is  lord  of  the  borough,  and  holds  a  court  yearly,  at  which  are  appointed  bread- 
weighers,  ale-tafters,  haywards,  water-bailiffs,  and  conftables. 

A  fair  is  held  in  this  parifh  on  the  twenty-fecond  of  July,  and  a  revel  the  Wedncfday 
after  Whitfun-week. 

e  Lib.  Domefday.  f  Ibid. 

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TSemttone.]  W     E     D     M     o     li     E.  18^ 

In  finking  a  well  in  fome  part  of  this  parifii  in  the  year  1670,  there  were  found  at 
the  depth  of  thirteen  feet,  the  remains  (as  a  certain  antiquary  will  have  it')  of  one  of 
the  Cangick  giants,  a  people  fuppofed  to  have  formerly  inhabited  thefe  parts.  The 
top  of  his  fkull  was  faid  to  be  an  inch  thick,  and  one  of  his  teeth  three  inches  long 
above  the  roots,  three  inches  and  a  quarter  round,  and  after  the  root  was  broken  off, 
weighed  three  ounces  and  a  half. 

We  have  very  early  accounts  of  this  place.  In  the  annals  of  Glaftonbury  it  is 
recorded  that  Saint  Wilfrid  biihop  of  York*1  gave  to  Berwald,  abbot  of  Glaftonbury, 
the  ifiand  of  Wedmore,  containing  feventy  hides,  which  ifiand  the  faid  Wilfrid  had  of 
the  grant  of  Kentwin  king  of  the  Weft-Saxons.1  The  abbey,  however,  foon  after  loft 
poffefiion  of  this  land,  and  it  occurs  among  thofe  territories  which  king  Alfred  left  by 
his  will  to  Edward  his  fon,  who  fuccecded  him  in  the  kingdom.  Hence  it  became 
a  member  of  the  royal  manor  of  Axbridgc,  and  was  given  by  king  Harold  to  Gifo 
bifhop  of  Wells,  who  held  it  when  the  Norman  furvey  was  compiled : 

"  Of  this  manor  [viz.  Alfebruge,  or  Axbridgc]  bifhop  Gifo  holds  one  member, 
"  Wetmore,  which  he  likevvife  held  of  king  Edward.  For  it  William  the  ftierifF 
"  accounts  to  the  king's  farm  twelve  pounds  every  year." 

"  The  fame  biihop  holds  Wedmore.  He  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  ten  hides,  but  there  are  eleven  hides.  The  arable  is  thirty-fix 
M  carucates.  In  demefne  arc  five  hides  all  but  one  virgate,  and  there  are  four  ploughs, 
"  and  four  fervants,  and  thirteen  viilanes,  and  fourteen  bordars  with  nine  ploughs,  and 
<c  eighteen  cottagers.  There  are  feventy  acres  of  meadow,  and  two  fifheries  of  ten 
"  fhillings  rent,  and  fifty  acres  of  wood,  and  one  mile  of  pafture  in  length  and  breadth. 
"  It  was  worth  twenty  pounds,  now  feventeen  pounds."k 

The  manor  of  Wedmore  continued  in  the  bifhoprick  till  about  the  year  1150* 
when  the  deanery  of  Wells  being  erected  by  Robert,  biihop  of  this  diocefe,  it  was 
with  Mudgley  and  Mark  appropriated  thereto,  and  one  Ivo  was  conftituted  the  firft 
dean,  fince  whom  there  has  been  the  following  fucceflion: 

Richard  de  Spakefton,  11 60.  Thomas  de  Button,  1284. 

Alexander,  11 80.  William  Burnell,  1292. 

Leonius,  1205.  Walter  de  Hafelfhaw,  1295* 

Ralph  de  Lechlade,  121 8.  Henry  Hufee,  1302. 

Peter  de  Ciceter,  1220.  John  de  Godelegh,  1305. 

William  de  Merton,  1236.  Richard  dc  Bury,  1332. 

Joannes  Saracenus,  1241.  Wibert  de  Littleton,  1334. 

Giles  de  Bridport,  1253.  Walter  de  London,  1335. 

Edward  de  la  Knoll,  1256.  John  de  Carlton,  1350. 

e  Gibbons's  Difcourfe  of  Stonehenge,  at  the  end  of  Langtoft'j  Chronicle,  p.  501. 
b  Of  him  fee  Crefly's  Church  Hiftory,  p.  410,  435.  >  Johannia  GMonicnfis  Hift.  93. 

k  Lib.  Domefday. 

William 


190 


w 


D      M 


R      E. 


[iBemftonc, 


William  de  Camell,  (elected  1361,  re-    William  Fitzwilliams,  1540. 


fufed  the  place.) 
Stephen  de  Pympell,  136 1. 
John  Ford  ham,  1378. 
Thomas  de  Sudbury,  1381. 
Nicholas  Slake,  1396. 
Henry  Beaufort,  1397. 
Thomas  Tuttcbury,  1401. 
Thomas  Stanley,  1402. 
Richard  Courtney,  1410. 
Thomas  Karnicke,  141 3. 
Walter  Metford,  1413. 
John  Stafford,  LL.  D.  1423 
John  Foreft,  1425. 
Nicholas  Carent,  1446. 
William  Witham,  1467. 
John  Gunthorp,  S.  T.  B. 
William  Cofyn,  1498. 
Thomas  Winter,  1526. 
Richard  Woolman,  1529. 
Thomas  Cromwell,  1537. 


1472. 


John  Goodman,  1548. 
William  Turner,  1550. 
Robert  Wefton,  LL.  D.   1570. 
Valentine  Dale,  LL.  D.  1574. 
John  Herbert,  1589. 
Benjamin  Heydon,  S.  T.  P.   1602. 
Richard  Meredith,  S.  T.  B.  1607. 
Ralph  Barlow,  S.  T.  P.  1621. 
George  Warburton,  S.  T.  P.  1 63  r . 
Walter  Raleigh,  S.T.P.  1641. 
[Deanery  vacant  14  years.] 
Robert  Creighton,  1660. 
Ralph  Bathurft,  M.  D.  1670. 
William  Graham,  1 704. 
Matthew  Brailsford,  S.  T.  P.  1713. 
Ifaac  Maddox,  D.  D.  1733. 
John  Harris,  bifhop  of  Landaff,  1736. 
Samuel  Crefwicke,  D.  D.  1739. 
Right  hon.  and  rev.  lord   Francis  Sey- 
mour, 1766. 


Ann 


Lnno  1293,  the  temporalities  in  Wedmore  and  Mark  were  rated  at  60I.1 

King  Edward  III.  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  his  reign  granted  a  charter  of  free- warren 
to  the  dean  in  all  his  lands  in  Wedmore,  Churchland,  Mudgley,  Mark,  and  More.™ 

The  deanery  of  Wells  continued  in  quiet  poffeflion  of  this  manor  till  the  time  of 
Edward  VI.  when  many  of  the  ecclefiaftick  eftates  being  taken  to  the  crown,  this 
manor,  with  Churchland,  Mudgley,  Mark,  and  Moor,  was  conferred  upon  Edward 
Seymour  duke  of  Somerfet,  the  king's  uncle  and  protector;  in  the  fchedule  of  whofe 
eftates,  Wedmore  is  valued  at  the  yearly  fum  of  3  81.  6s.  3^d.  and  Churchland  at 
1 81.  5s.  2id.n  Upon  the  duke's  attainder  in  1551,  the  manor  reverted  to  the  crown, 
and  was,  by  virtue  of  a  commiflion  iffued  out  to  divers  commiflioners,  empowering 
them  to  fell  certain  lands  late  belonging  to  religious  eftablifhments,  fold  in  1557 
for  the  fum  of  885I.  17s.  nd.  (being  twenty  years  purchafe)  to  fir  Henry  Jernegan, 
knight,  vice-chamberlain  to  the  queen.  The  anfwer  to  the  commiflioners'  warrant  runs 
as  follows: 

"  The  faid  manor  came  to  the  quenes  majefties  hande  by  thatteynture  of  the  faid 
w  late  duke  of  Somerfet;  but  whether  the  fame  hath  att  any  tyme  heretofore  ben 
"  parcell  of  the  duchies  of  Lancafter  or  Cornewall,  or  of  thauncyente  inherytaunce  of 
**  the  erowne,  thauditor  knowithe  not. 


Taxat.  temporal. 


»  Cart.  15  Edw.  III.  n.  15, 


MS.  Valor. 


«  There 


Xemflonc]  WEDMORE.  i9r 

"  There  was  a  parkc  pcrtcyninge  to  this  manor,  whichc  was  fold  awaye  to  one  Henry 
"  Bachcr  by  the  late  kinge  Edwarde  the  fyxtc:  and  this  is  thole  of  the  faid  manor 
"  that  j  i  prefentely  rcmayningc. 

"  The  faid  manor  lycthc  ncre  to  none  of  the  quencs  majeftics  howfes  of  accefTc. 

"  There  be  ncyther  parkes,  myncs,  lcade,  nor  bells  upon  the  prcmyfles,  to  thauditors 

knowledge. 

"  The  wooddes  arc  to  be  certyfyed  by  thoftycers  of  the  wooddes. 

"  Examinatur  per  Joiikm  Hornyolde,  Auditor."* 

The  duke  of  Chandos  is  the  prefent  lord  of  Wedmore  and  Churchland. 

The  church  of  Wedmore  conftitutes  a  prebend  in  the  cathedral  of  Wells,  to  the 
deanery  of  which  it  is  appropriated,  and  was  valued  in  1292  at  fixty  marks.p  The 
living  is  vicarial.     The  Rev.  Mr.  Bilhop  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

In  27  Henry  VI.  a  guild  or  fraternity  of  the  bleffed  Virgin  Mary  was  founded  in 
this  church,  and  endowed  with  lands  to  the  value  of  twelve  marks  per  annum.'1 

Anno  1553,  Robert  Morryce,  pried:  here,  had  a  penfion  of  4I.  and  John  Patridge, 
incumbent  of  a  chantry,  a  fimilar  penfion.' 

The  church,  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  is  a  large  (lately  Gothic  edifice,  built  in  the 
form  of  a  cathedral;  having  a  nave  with  a  north  and  fouth  aile,  a  tranfepr,  chancel, 
with  an  aile  or  chapel  on  each  fide,  and  a  fmall  chapel  annexed  to  the  fouth  aile. 
Over  the  center  of  the  tranfept  is  a  large  well-built  tower,  one  hundred  feet  high,  with 
a  balluftrade  round  the  top,  and  containing  a  clock  and  fix  large  bells. 

In  the  chancel  againft  the  north  wall  is  a  fmall  (tone  monument  with  this  infeription: 

"  Neare  to  this  place  reft  the  bodies  of  George  Hodges,  efq;  and  Ann  his  wife,  fincc 
the  wife  of  Jeremy  Horler,  clerk,  in  hope  of  a  joyful  refurreclion.  George  Hodges 
died  Feb.  1,  1654.     Ann  died  July  26,  1684. 

"  Chriftus  nobis  vita,  mori  lucrum." 

Arms :  Or,  three  crcfccntsftMe;  on  a  canton  of  the  fecond,  a  ducal  crown  of  the  firftw 

On  the  fame  fide  of  the  chancel,  under  the  arch  which  divides  it  from  the  aile,  there . 
is  a  large  old  monument  of  ftone,  having  in  the  center  a  large  blank  tablet  of  the 
Draycot  ftone  finely  poliihed,  and  above  two  brafs  plates  with  the  following  inferiptions: 

"  Sacred  to  the  memorie  of  Captain  Thomas  Hodges,  of  the  county  of  Somerfet, 
efq;  who  at  thefiegeof  Antwerpe,  aboute  1583,  with  unconquered  courage  wonne  two 
enfignes  from  the  enemy,  where  receiving  his  laft  wound,  he  gave  three  legacies :  his 
foule  to  his  Lord  Jefus,  his  body  to  be  lodged  in  Flemifli  earth,  his  heart  to  be  fent  to 
his  dear  wife  in  England. 

•  Haxl.  MS.  607.  p  Taxat.  fpiritual.  *  Pat.  27  Hen.  VI.  p  «.  m.  8. 

'  Willis's  Hift.  of  Abbies,  II.  202. 

«  Here 


192  W     E     D     M      O      R     E.  [TBcmflone. 

"  Here  lies  his  wounded  heart,  for  whome 
One  kingdom  was  too  fmall  a  roome: 
Two  kingdoms  therefore  have  thought  good  to  part 
So  ftout  a  body,  and  fo  brave  a  heart." 

On  the  other  plate,  whereon  is  an,  effigy: 

"  The  effigies  of  George  Hodges,  efq;  who  lived  many  years  at  this  place  in  a  pious 
and  religious  manner,  whofe  better  part  was  wrapt  into  the  beft  place,  and  his  mortal 
lyeth  heere  interred  in  the  fepulchre  of  his  grandfather  and  father." 

On  the  north  wall  of  the  north  aile  is  a  handfome  monument  of  white  marble, 
"  In  memory  of  Ann  Rifhton,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Jane  Rifhton,  efq;  of  the 
city  of  Briftol,  who  died  Feb.  4,  1765,   aged  22.     Alfo  of  Henry  Rifhton,  efq;  their 
ion,  who  died  Aug.  7,  1772,  aged  24  years." 

Arms :  Argent,  a  lion  paffimtfaMe,  on  a  chief  of  the  laft  a  trefoil  of  the  firft. 
A  mural  monument  of  white  marble  in  the  fouth  aile  is  inferibed : 
**  Near  to  this  place  lieth  the  body  of  John  Boulting,  M.  B.  fon  of  William  and 
Rebecca  Boulting.     He  died  Aug.  25,  1726,  aged  31  years."     With  feveral  others  of 
the  fame  family. — ■ — Arms :  Sable,  a  crofs  between  four  leopard's  heads  cabofled,  or. 

In  the  chapel  adjoining  to  the  fouth  aile  is  an  elegant  mural  monument  of  white  and 
grey  marble,  charged  with  the  following  memorial : 

"  Here  lie  William  Boulting,  of  Wells  in  the  county  of  Somerfet,  efq;  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife.  She  died  March  28,  1751,  aged  48.  He  furvived  her  but  four  years,  and 
died  Feb.  14, 1755,  aged  64." 

In  the  chancel  floor  there  is  a  ftone  in  memory  of  Henry  Caftleman,  vicar  of  this 
church,  who  died  March  3,  1741,  aged  59  years;  and  alfo  of  his  wife,  and  feveral  of 
their  children. 

There  are  likewife  memorials  for  Thomas  Davies,  A.  M.  vicar  of  Wedmore,  who 
died  in  December  1687;  and  for 

"James  Downton,  vicar  of  this  partfh,  who  deceafed  March  23,  1671,  aged  34, 
a  pallor  thirteen  years." 

On  another  ftone: 
"  Ob  memoriam  Reverendi  Georgii  Counfel,  de  Over-Stowey  vicarii,  fcholseq;  de 
Bridgwater  pedagogi  haud  indigni,  conjux  hoc  chariffima  pofuit  locavitque.  Satis 
fuperq;  omnes  benignitas  fua  ditavit.  Inimicis  fuit  amicus;  amicis  amiciffimus. 
Omnia  hujus  vitas  incommoda  ferena  fronte,  vere  compofitaq;  mente,  ah !  vere  divina 
fuftinuit.  Quid  plura?  tales  ante  obitum  voces  effudit  quales  aeternitatis  avidas, 
seternitate  dignas.     Ob.  20  Jul.  1722.    ./Etat.  fuas36." 

On  a  grave  ftone  in  the  nave  floor: 
•  To  the  pious  memory  of  William  Counfel,  of  Eaft-Stoughton  in  the  parifh  of 
Wedmore,  who  died  June  4,  1671." 

On 


TBcmflone.] 


W      E      D      M      O      R      E. 


"93 


/ 


On  another  ftonc : 
"  Here  lycth  the  body  of  Richard  Glanville,   M.  D.  who  was  buried  October  21, 
1728,  aged  40  years.     Alfo  Margaret   his  wife,  who  was  here  buried  July  9,   1745, 
aged  46.     Alfo  John  his  fon,  an  infant." 

On  a  ftone  in  the  fouth  ailc: 
"  Here  reftcth  the  body  of  John  Wcftover  fenior,  of  this  place,  chyrurgeon,  who 
died  Jan.  30,   1678.     And  Joane  his  wife,  who  died  April  18,  1692.     And  alfo  John 
Wcftover  their  fon,  chyrurgeon,  who  died  Feb.  25,  1708,  in  the  63d  year  of  his  age." 

There  arc  alfo  many  other  ftones  inferibed  with  the  names  of  Baker,  Edwards, 
Boulting,  Dyer,  Tucker,  Barrow,  Buxton,  Stone,  Pope,  8cc.  There  is  likewife  an 
ancient  monument  to  the  Boulting  family,  but  defaced. 

On  two  tablets  is  the  following  account  of  benefactions  to  this  parifh : 

"  Mr.  Robert  Stone  gave  XII  pounds  to  the  poor. 
Mr.  William  Counfel  gave  V  pounds. 
Mr.  William  Phippen,  V  pounds. 
Mr.  John  Boulting,  X  pounds. 
Mr.  Robert  Yeafcomb,  fen'.  VIII  pounds. 
Mr.  Adam  Withair  gave  XI  pounds. 
Mr.  William  Counfel,  of  Stoughton,  V  pounds. 
Mr.  Whitlock,  IX  pounds. 

Mr.  Gabriel  Ivyleafe,  fenr.  of  Blackford,  V  pounds. 
Richard  Latchem's  compofition  money,  II  pounds. 
Mr.  William  Counfel,  fenr.  of  Stoughton,  gave  V  pounds  to  the  church; 
Mr.  Edward  Tincknel,  fen'.  II  pounds  to  the  poor. 
Mr.  Edward  Urch,  of  Mudgley,  V  pounds. 
Mr.  Stephen  Champion,  of  Sand,  X  pounds. 
Mrs.  Mary  Downton,  XX  pounds. 
Mr.  Robert  Carter,  III  pounds. 

Thomas  Raines,  carpenter,  gave  XVI  pounds  X  {hillings. 
Mr.  William  Champion,  of  Sand,  X  pounds. 
Mr.  William  Counfel,  of  Caftle,  X  pounds. 
•*        Mr.  Gabriel  Ivyleafe,  jun'.  of  Blackford,  X  pounds. 
Mr.  Richard  Brown,  of  Mudgley,  X  pounds. 

Mr.  Robert  Ivyleaf,  of  Blackford,  deeeafed,  gave  20L  to  this  parifh,  the  intcreft 
thereof  to  be  diftributed  in  bread  unto  fuch  poor  pcrfons  as  have  not  relief  of  the 
parifh,  yearly  on  Chriftmas-day  for  ever. 

Mrs.  Jane  Ivyleaf,  widow  of  the  faid  Mr.  Robert  Ivyleaf,  gave  20I.  to  this  parifh, 
the  intereft  thereof  to  be  diftributed  in  beef  to  fuch  poor  pcrfons  as  have  not  relief  of 
the  parifh,  yearly  on  Chriftmas-day  for  ever." 

Vol.  I.  C  c  In 


j  94 


W     E      D      M      O      R      E. 


[i6em8onc> 


In  the  center  of  the  nave  hangs  an  elegant  brafs  chandelier  of  twenty-four 
fockets,  infcribed  "  The  generous  gift  of  Mr.  John  Tucker,  of  Blackford  in  this 
parifh,  1779." 

In  the  church-yard  is  a  fine  old  crofs  with  three  rows  of  fteps,  in  good  prefervation. 
There  likewife  ftands  an  ancient  octagonal  crofs  on  a  fquare  pedeftal,  near  the  eaft  end 
of  the  borough. 

The  pits  which  fupply  all  this  part  of  the  country  with  turf  (which  is  the  prin- 
cipal fuel)  lie  within  this  parifh,  and  in  Burtle-Moor.  They  are  from  fix  to  eight 
feet  deep. 


THE 


C     '95     J 


THE    HUNDRED    OF 

BRENT,     cum    W  R  I  N  G  T  O  N. 


THESE  hundreds  arc  generally  thus  cxpreflcd,  although  they  arc  diftincT:  from  each 
other,  and  iituatcd  feveral  miles  apart.  The  former  lies  on  the  weft  fide  of 
Mcndip  hills,  near  the  Briftol  Channel;  being furrounded  by  the  hundred  of  Bemftonc 
on  all  lides  except  the  northcaft,  where  the  river  Ax  divides  it  from  Winterftoke. 
This  diilrict,  which  contains  four  parilhes,  is  flat,  marfhy,  and  moorifli;  for  which 
reafon  it  has  obtained  the  diftinguiihing  appellation  of  Brent-Marjb. 

The  other  difrricl,  having  the  name  of  Wrington  from  the  hundred  town,  is  fituated 
on  the  northeaft  fide  of  Mendip,  and  is  watered  by  a  flxeam  called  the  Yow,  which 
rifes  near  Compton- Martin,  and  falls  into  the  Channel  between  Kingfton-Seymour, 
and  Wick-St.-Lawrence.  This  part  contains  two  parilhes.  Both  thefc  hundreds 
anciently  belonged  to  the  abbey  of  Glaftonbury;  but  after  the  fupprefllon  of  that 
houfe,  were  given  to  Edward  duke  of  Somerfet,  and  of  late  were  held  by  fir  Charles 
Kemys  Tynte,  bart.  The  hundred  court  is  held  at  South-Brent.  The  number  of 
houfes  contained  within  the  two  divifions  is  about  five  hundred  and  twenty,  and  of 
inhabitants  nearly  two  thoufand  feven  hundred  and  ninety. 


EAST-BRENT. 

THAT  this  neighbourhood  did  heretofore  fuftain  much  injury  from  the  ravages  of 
the  Danes  is  evident  from  the  exprefs  teftimony  of  fome  of  our  early  hiftorians, 
and  the  conftant  tradition  of  the  natives;  but  that  Brent  derived  its  name  from  having 
been  brent  or  burnt  by  thefe  invaders,*  is  by  no  means  to  be  admitted;  as  it  occurs  in 
the  annals  of  Glaftonbury,  under  this  appellation,  many  years  before  the  Danes  were 
thus  acquainted  with  our  coafts.  This  place,  however,  muft  have  been  the  fcene  of 
military  tranfaclions  long  before  that  period.  At  a  fmall  diftance  fouthward  from  the 
church  ftands  a  Angularly  copped  eminence,  of  a  conical  form,  called  Brent-Knoll,  a 
name  frequently  mentioned  by  our  topographical  writers.  On  the  top  of  this  hill, 
which  is  nearly  one  thoufand  feet  above  the  level  of  the  fea,  and  commands  a  moft 

'  See  Gibbons's  Difcourfc  of  Antiquities  found  near  Conqueft,    Langtoft**  Chron.  p.  478. 

C  c  2  extenfivc 


i96  EAST-BRENT.  ■        parent,  cum 

cxtenfive  profpeft  of  the  channel,  coaft  of  Wale3,  and  the  inland  country,  there  is  a 
large  double  irregular  intrenchment,  in  which  brafs  and  filver  coins  of  the  Roman 
empire  have  been  frequently  found  j  and  in  digging,  at  its  bafe,  fpear's  heads,  Jibulce, 
urns,  and  other  remains,  have  been  thrown  up. 

The  Weft  Saxons,  during  their  engagements  with  the  Mercian  powers,  feem  to  have 
Tnadeufe  of  this  important  fortrefs;  and  king  Alfred,  in  after  times,  is  fuppofed  to 
have  defended  himfelf  here  againft  the  Danes.  A  piece  of  ground  fouthward  of  the 
hill  preferves  the  memory  of  fome  notable  fkirmifh  in  the  name  of  Battleborough.  This 
manor  was  given  by  king  Arthur  to  the  abbey  of  Glaftonbury,  of  which  it  was  fome 
time  held  by  the  family  of  Bythemore,  and  paifed  by  an  heirefs  of  that  houfe,  to  the 
Percivals  of  Tickenham. 

Ina,  king  of  the  Weft-Saxons,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  690,  beftowed  this  manor, 
confiding  often  hides,  on  the  abbey  of  Glaftonbury  ,b  which  he  then  had  in  contem- 
plation of  refounding,  and  did  afterwards  refound,  and  munificently  endow.  It  is 
recorded  in  the  Norman  furvey,  that 

"  The  church  itfelf  holds  Brentemerfe.  In  the  time  of  king  Edward  it  gelded  for 
**  twenty  hides.  The  arable  is  thirty  carucates,  of  which  in  demefne  are  four  hides, 
"  and  there  are  eight  ploughs,  and  five  fervants,  and  fifty  villanes,  and  forty-feven 
"  cottagers  with  fixteen  ploughs,  and  twenty  acres  of  meadow.  It  is  worth  to  the 
"  abbot  fifty  pounds. 

"  Of  thefe  twenty  hides  Roger  holds  of  the  abbot  one  hide,  Ralph  five  virgates, 
•  "  Alfric  five  virgates,  Godwin  one  hide  and  a  half:  thefe  held  of  the  abbot  in  the 
"  time  of  king  Edward,  and  could  not  be  feparated  from  the  church.  There  are  in 
"  demefne  four  carucates,  with  one  fervant,  and  three  villanes,  and  five  bordars,  and 
"  ten  cottagers  with  three  ploughs.  It  is  worth  amongft  them  four  pounds  and 
"  ten  ftiillings."c 

In  the  year  1 293  the  temporalities  of  the  abbey  here,  and  in  South-Brent,  Lymp- 
fham,  and  Berrow,  were  valued  at  130I.  4S.d 

The  monks  had  charter  of  free  warren  given  them  in  this  and  the  following 
places,  by  Edw.  III.  viz.  Glaftonbury,  Mere,  Baltonfbury,  Pilton,  Doulting,  Mells, 
Batcombe,  Ditchet,  Pennard,  Milton,  Butleigh,  High-Ham,  Wefton,  Middlezoy, 
Othery,  GreintOn,  Shapwick,  Afhcot,  Walton,  Street,  Wrington,  Markfbury,  and 
Monkton.' 

When  the  abbey  of  Glaftonbury  was  difiblved,  the  manor  of  Eaft-Brent,  inter  alia, 
was  granted  to  the  duke  of  Somerfet;  but  afterwards  came  to  the  poffeflion  of  the 
city  of  London,  and  was  fold  to  Sir  William  Whitmore,  from  whom  it  defcended  to 
his  nephew,  fir  Thomas  Whitmore  of  Shropfhire,  who  fold  it  to  Arthur  Green  Wollers, 
efq;  of  whom  it  was  purchafed  by  Robert  Mackrath,  efq;  the  prefent  poffeflbr. 

*  Gul.  Malmelb.  de  Antiq.  Glafton.  Ecclefiae.  p.  51.        c  Lib.  Domefday.        d  TaJcat.  temporal. 
e  Cart.  4  Edw.  III.  apud  Regift.  Glafton.  MS,  penes  praehon.  vicecom.  Weymouth. 

This 


MJltofftOtT,]  EAST-BRENT.  »97 

This  parifli  includes  the  hamlets  of 

i .  Edingworth,  fometiVncs  written  Ediflone  and  Endiflone,  fituated  one  mile  and  a- 
half  northcaft  from  the  pari(h  church.  This  manor  was  a  member  of  the  barony  of 
Worlefton  in  this  county ;  it  is  written  in  Domefday-Book  Ednuinderwordc,  and  is 
thus  furveyed: 

"  Roger  [dc  Corcelle]  holds  Edmundesworde.  Edric  held  it  in  the  time  of  king* 
"  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  virgate  of  land.  The  arable  is  fix  carucates.  In  de- 
"  mcfnc  is  one  carucate,  and  two  fervants,  and  fix  villanes,  and  nine  cottagers  with 
"  three  ploughs.  There  are  eight  acres  of  meadow,  and  thirty  acres  of  coppice- wood „ 
"  Pafture  two  miles  in  length  and  breadth.     It  is  worth  twenty-five  (hillings."' 

i  Edw.  I.  George  de  Cantilupe  held  at  his  death  a  moiety  of  this  manor,  which 
defcended  by  a  coheirefs,  to  the  family  of  Zouch  of  Haringworth.  17  Henry  VI.. 
Richard  earl  of  Warwick  died  feized  of  this  moiety.8  1  Edw.  IV.  thismanor,  late 
the  pofTeflion  of  John  Boteller,  gent,  attainted,  was  granted  by  the  crown  to  James 
Hyetj.  and  his  heirs  male.*1  1  and  2  Philip  and  Mary,  Henry  earl  of  Rutland  held 
this  manor;  but  foon  after  it  came  to  the  poflefllon  of  Ralph  Jennys,  efq;  whofc 
defcendant  Richard  Jennys,  fold  it  to  Wadham  Wyndham,  efq;  and  it  is  now  the 
property  of  James  Everard  Arundel,  efq;  in  right  of  his  wife,  who  was  one  of  the 
laft-mentioned  family.     This  hamlet  contains  fourteen  houfes. 

2.  Rook's-Bridge,  fituated  two  miles  eaft,  and  containing  nineteen  houfes.  This 
hamlet  is  fo  denominated  from  a  bridge  creeled  here,  by  one  Rook  of  the  abbey  of 
Glaftonbury,  over  a  canal  or  cut  from  the  river  Brew,  through  the  parifh  of  Mark 
to  the  river  Ax,  in  old  writings  called  Pillrow-Cut.  Before  this  bridge  was  builr> 
paflengers  were  conveyed  over  the  river  in  a  boat,  kept  at  this  place,  per  antiquum 
cuftomarium,  by  one  of  the  abbot's  tenants  in  Eafl-Brent;  and  thofe  tenants  of  the 
lords  of  South-Brent,  called  Moremenox  Chalengelondcmen,  were  bound  by  ancient  cuftom 
to  repair,  two  days  fucccffively  in  every  year,  the  weftern  part  of  the  wall  at  this  bridge, 
for  which  each  tenant  was  allowed  one  penny.'     Part  of  this  manor  is  in  other  parifhes. 

3.  North- Yeo,  containing  four  houfes.  Thefe,  with  thirty  houfes  near  the  church, 
and  twenty-fix  farms  and  cottages  at  a  diftance,  make  the  whole  number  of  houfes  in 
this  parifh  ninety-three,  and  of  inhabitants  about  five  hundred. 

The  village  of  Eaft-Brent  lies  on  the  great  road  from  Briflol  to  Bridgwater,  from 
which  laft  place  it  is  diftant  eleven  miles  weftward. 

Abbot  Selwood  built  in  this  place  a  noble  manfion-houfe,  confifting  of  a  chapel, 
hall,  parlour,  large  and  lofty  chambers,  florehoufe,  cellar,  pantiy,  kitchen,  &c.  with 
chambers  above  called  gift  en  chambers,  and  other  fumptuous  apartments,  and  a 
magnificent  portico. k  This  houfe  was  taken  down  in  1708,  and  all  the  materials 
fold.     The  common  people  had  an  unalterable  opinion  of  its  having  been  an  abbey, 

'  Lib.  Domefday.  *  Efc.  *  Pat.  i  Edw.  IV.  p.  4.  m.  13.  *  Johan.  Glaflon.  334. 

k  Ric,  BeeroTerrar.  in  Johan.  Glafton.  p.  321. 

It 


i93  EAST-BRENT.  [TBtCltf,  cum 

It  was  certainly  built  in  the  monaftick  ftile,  and  many  monuments  of  monks  or  priors 
were  depofited  in  the  cloifters.  Mr.  Strachey  tells  us,  that  he  faw  fome  of  them  lying 
«bout  the  church-yard,  covered  with  nettles  and  long  grafs;  one  of  them  at  length,  a 
monk,  (as  his  tonfure  fhewed)  another  a  half  length  or  buft ;  and  that  Dr.  Weftover  of 
Blackford  bought  fome  of  them  for  ftatues  in  his  gardens.1 

The  benefice  of  Eaft-Brent,  appropriated  to  Glaftonbury  abbey,  was  valued  in 
1292  at  twenty-five  marks."1  It  is  a  vicarage  in  the  deanery  of  Axbridge,  and  in  the 
prefentation  of  the  bifhop  of  the  diocefe.  The  rev.  Thomas  Sparry  is  the  prefent 
incumbent.  A  pennon  of  thirteen  (hillings  and  four-pence  was  formerly  paid  out 
of  this  living  to  the  keeper  of  the  infirmary  at  Glaftonbury. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  ftands  on  a  rifing  ground,  and  is  a 
very  handfome  edifice,  one  hundred  and  fourteen  feet  in  length,  and  fifty  in  breadth, 
confifting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  north  and  fouth  ailes,  all  covered  with  lead.  At  the  weft 
end  is  an  embattled  quadrangular  tower  eighty  feet  high,  whereon  is  an  elegant  fpirc 
rifing  to  the  height  of  fixfy  feet.  The  tower  contains  five  bells.  In  three  niches 
on  the  outfide,  one  over  another,  were  the  effigies  of  a  king  with  a  fceptre  and 
mound,  another  perfon  embracing  him;  in  the  middle,  a  queen;  and  in  the  loweft, 
another  king. 

In  the  church  windows  has  been  much  good  painted  glafs;  in  one  of  them  is  the 
falutation,  the  nativity  of  our  Saviour,  and  the  wife  men  offering  their  prefents.  In 
another,  the  Virgin  mother  with  her  infant  Son;  in  another,  a  reprefentation  of  the 
fcourging;  and  in  others,  the  imprifonment  and  decollation  of  St.  John  the  Baptift, 
and  figures  of  St.  John  the  Evangelift,  and  St.  James. 

The  effigies  of  two  monks  in  ftone  lie  in  length  in  two  of  the  aile  windows. 

On  the  north  fide  of  the  chancel  there  is  a  mural  monument  of  black  ftone  with 
this  infeription: 

**  Near  this  place  lie  the  remains  of  R.  Egerton,  gent,  who  departed  this  life 
March  3,  1754,  aged  77.  And  alfo  of  Elizabeth  his  wife,  who  departed  this  life 
Jan.  21,  1756,  in  the  83d  year  of  her  age." 

In  the  floor: 
<c  Here  refteth  the  body  of  John  Awbrey,  of  Eaft-Brent,  gent,  who  died  Jan.  2, 1 667." 

In  the  floor  of  the  fouth  aile  is  an  old  ftone  with  this  infeription : 
u  Here  lyeth  interred  the  body  of  Dame  Agatha  Younge,  wife  of  fir  George  Younge, 
knt.  who  departed  this  life  the  12th  day  of  May,  anno  Dom.  1620." 

Feb.  7,  1786,  this  church  received  confiderable  damage  from  lightning. 

The  prior  of  Flaxley  in  Gloucefterfhire  had  an  eftate  in  this  parifh,  valued  in  1444 
at  twenty  marks." 

1  Strachey's  lift  of  religious  houfes,  at  the  end  of  Hemingford's  Chron.  p.  657.  »  Taxat.  fpiritual. 

n  Dr.  Archer's  account  of  religious  houfes  in  the  diocefe  of  Bath  and  Wells;  Hemingford's  Chron.  p.  637. 

SOUTH- 


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SOUTH-BRENT, 


SO  called  bccaufe  fituated  fouthward  from  the  other,  is  a  parifh  eight  miles  weft 
from  Axbridge,  and  ten  nearly  north  from  Bridgwater,  containing  about  eighty 
houfes,  and  four  hundred  and  forty  inhabitants.  A  fmall  number  of  the  houfes  are 
in  the  hamlets  of  Wick  and  Vole.  The  lands,  except  thofe  on  the  afcent  of  the 
Knoll,  part  of  which  is  within  this  parifh,  are  a  rich  fine  marfli,  which  is  drained  by 
deep  ditches;  and  there  are  fbme  very  considerable  dairies. 

This  manor  was  held  of  the  abbots  of  Glaftonbury,  for  a  long  fcrics  of  years,  by  the 
ancient  and  very  refpedlable  family  of  St.  Barb,  otherwifc  called  de  Barbara,  the  place 
in  Normandy  from  which  they  originated.  The  firft,  of  whom  any  particular 
mention  is  made,  as  connected  with  the  abbey  above-mentioned,  is  Robert  Saintbarbe, 
the  fon  and  heir  of  Robert,  who  lived  before  the  time  of  Edw.  I.  and,  by  his  deed 
without  date,  granted  to  the  abbot  of  Glaftonbury  all  the  right  that  he  had  in  the 
wardfhip  of  the  heir  of  Robert  Brent,  by  reafon  of  the  tenements  that  the  faid  Robert 
Brent  held  in  this  place  of  Robert  Saintbarbe  his  father.  Richard  Saintbarbe,  the 
fon  of  this  Robert,  by  another  deed  dated  23  Edw.  I.  affigned  over  to  Geoffrey 
Fromond,  lord  abbot  of  Glaftonbury,  the  convent,  and  their  fucceffors,  all  that 
corody  which  he  had  or  might  have  by  William  Pafturell  in  the  abbey  of  St.  Mary  in 
Glaftonbury,  as  well  in  bread  and  ale,  as  other  appertenances.  In  which  fame  year 
the  faid  Geoffrey  Fromond,  abbot  of  Glaftonbury,  granted  to  this  Richard  Saintbarbe,. 
and  to  Richard  his  fon  and  heir,  for  their  refpective  lives,  a  yearly  penfion  of  ten 
pounds,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  exchequer  of  Glaftonbury,  at  the  feaft  of  Eafter  and  St. 
Michael,  by  equal  portions,  and  alfo  a  winter  robe  yearly  to  either  of  them,  during 
their  lives,  of  the  fame  fuit  that  the  faid  lord  abbot's  efquires  were  wont  to  wear,, 
with  convenient  fur  thereunto  belonging.*  They  likewife  held  the  bailiwick  of  the 
hundred  of  Brent. 

Of  the  family  of  Brent,  who  were  alfo  of  this  parifh,  and  had  large  poffeffions 
therein,  notice  will  be  taken  in  another  place. 

The  abbots  of  Glaftonbury  feem  to  have  enjoyed  themfelves  in  this  neighbourhood 
upon  certain  occafions.  Twelve  tenements  in  the  parifti  were  held  of  them  by  the 
fervice  of  drawing  their  wine  during  the  feftival  of  Chriftmas;  and  it  is  upon  record 
that  they  had  frequent  excurfions  to  their  manor-houfes  in  thefe  parts.  This,  with 
matters  of  like  fort,  was  not  neglected  to  be  urged  at  the  Reformation,  when  the 
monaftery  was  diffolved,  and  the  manor  of  South-Brent  was  beftowed  upon  the  duke 
of  Somerfet;  after  whofe  attainder  it  paffed  through  various  hands,  and  at  length  was 
partly  parcelled  out  to  the  tenants.  The  fee  of  the  few  leafehold  tenements  that 
remain,  is  vefted  in  Mr.  Slade,  who  purchafed  it  of  Mr.  Hales  of  Axbridge. 


»  Cart.  anti<j. 


The 


200  SOUTH-BRENT.        [T5ttnt,CUm 

The  benefice  is  rectorial,  and  in  the  deanery  of  Axbridge.  The  archdeacon  is 
patron,  and  the  rev.  Mr.  Clement  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  the  honour  of  St.  Michael  the  archangel ;  it  ftands  on  a 
rifing  ground,  and  confifts  of  a  nave,  chancel,  north-aile  and  veftry-room,  and  at  the 
weft  end  has  a  well-built  embattled  tower,  eighty  feet  in  height. 

Gn  the  north  fide  of  the  aile  is  a  fumptuous  mural  monument,  whereon  are  the 
figures  in  ftone  of  a  gentleman  and  two  ladies  in  the  drefs  of  the  time  of  Charles  I. 
-and  four  children,  three  in  a  kneeling  attitude,  the  fourth  a  babe  in  fwaddling 
clothes.     On  a  tablet  in  the  center  there  is  the  following  infeription: 

*'  In  memory  of  John  Somerfet,  gent,  who  died  the  eighth  of  January,  1663- 

His  county  gave  him  name,  and's  name  expreft 

"In  what  his  anceftors  and's  felfe  were  bleft: 

Hence  his  firft  years  the  beft  improvements  knew„ 

Which  happily  what's  great  and  good  purfue. 

Nor  did  his  thinking  age  ftiame  his  firft  years, 

He  knew  noe  mean  delight,  noe  fordid  cares; 

In  ihort,  his  hopeful  offspring  ordered  hence 

To  heaven  in  their  baptifmal  innocence; 

The  needy  here  on  earth  he  chofe  to  be 

His  care,  even  his  adopted  progenie. 

Such  were  his  thoughts,  and  thus  his  actions  ftrove, 

While  he  remain'd  below,  to  live  above : 

And  when  the  Almighty  found  him  fit  for  blils, 

He  call'd  him  to  his  proper  happinefs." 

On  the  top  of  the  monument  are  the  arms :  Or,  on  a  bend  vert,  three  mullets  of 
the  firft :  impaling,  argent,  a  lion  rampant  guardant.     Creft,  a  dove  proper. 

On  an  old  ftone  in  the  middle  paffage : 
*  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Walter  Alrod,  who  was  buried  the  5th  of  January,  1663." 
This  gentleman  gave  a  crimfon  velvet  pulpit-cloth  with  gold  fringe  and  taffels  to 
this  church. 

In  the  north  aile: 
*•  Thomas  Simmons,  gent,  of  South-Brent,  died  the  9th,  and  was  buried  the  1 8  th  of 

Dec.  1773." 

On  a  black  table  on  the  fouth  wall: 
"  Anno  Dom.  1719.  Edward  Symes,  gent,  gave  to  this  parifh  forty  {hillings  yearly 
for  ever,  to  be  equally  diftributed  between  fix  poor  men  not  receiving  alms,  by  the 
churchwardens  and  overfeers  on  St.  Thomas-day,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  lands 
undermentioned.  Three  acres  in  Hewifti,  one  at  Rawcrieft,  one  at  Langland  in  this 
parifh,  five  kte  Coran's,  lying  in  Edith  mead  in  Burnham  pariih ;  a  houfe  and  acre 
late  Towgood's,  in  the  parifh  of  Lympfham. 

Ann* 


©Ttrtngton.]        s    o    U    T    H  -  B    R    E    N   T.  201 

"  Anno  Dora.  1727,  Mrs.  Ann  Dean,  of  the  parifli  of  Blcydon,  gave  to  this  parifli 
four  pounds  yearly  for  ever,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  meadow  called  by  the  name  of 
Barkham,  lying  in  this  parifli;  which  is  to  be  diftributed  by  the  miniftcr,  church- 
wardens, and  overfeers,  on  Eaftcr  Monday,  to  fuch  as  do  not  receive  alms." 

At  the  ends  of  fome  of  the  old  benches  there  is  a  variety  of  curious  grotclquc 
carvings.  On  the  firft  is  a  fox,  hanged  by  geefe,  with  two  young  ones  yelping  at 
the  bottom.  Next,  a  monkey  at  prayers,  with  an  owl  perched  on  a  branch  over  his 
head;  below  which  is  another  monkey  in  an  erect  pofture  holding  a  halberd.  On 
the  next  is  a  fox  verted  in  canonicals,  with  a  croficr  in  his  hand,  and  a  mitre  on  his 
head ;  above  is  a  young  fox  chained,  with  a  bag  of  money  in  his  right  paw.  On  each 
fide  are  geefe,  cranes,  and  other  fowls  chattering  at  him;  and  below  is  a  young  fox 
turning  a  boar  on  a  fpit;  and  on  the  right  another  monkey,  with  a  pair  of  bellows 
in  his  hands,  puffing  the  fire. 

Between  the  chancel  and  the  nave  is  an  old  organ,  now  difufed. 

A  fair  for  cattle  is  held  in  this  parifli  on  old  Michaelmas  day. 


B       E       R       R       O       W. 

A  Parifli  fituated  upon  the  Severn  fea,  ten  miles  weft  from  Axbridge,  and  nine 
nearly  north  from  Bridgwater,  within  view  of  the  coaft  from  Uphill  to  Mine- 
head,  and  the  channel  and  Welfh  mountains  for  near  fixty  miles  in  length.  The 
village  conflfls  of  a  long  ftreet,  in  which  are  fixty  houfes,  and  about  three  hundred  and 
thirty  inhabitants.  The  beach  is  a  very  fine  fmooth  fand,  near  half  a  mile  broad  at 
low  "water,  and  would  make  one  of  the  fineft  places  in  the  kingdom  for  fea-bathing. 

This  place  in  ancient  records  is  called  Bcrges,  Berve,  and  Berrougb.  It  occurs 
among  the  poflcflions  of  Walter  de  Dowai,  and  is  recorded  in  Domefday-Book  as 

follows: "  Ralph  holds  of  Walter  Berve.     Elli  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 

"  and  gelded  for  five  hides.  The  arable  is  five  carucates.  In  demefne  arc  two  caru- 
"  cates,  and  three  fervants,  and  feven  villanes,  and  five  cottagers  with  three  ploughs. 
"There  are  twenty-five  acres  of  meadow,  and  three  furlongs  of  wood  in  length, 
«'  and  one  furlong  in  breadth.  When  he  received  it,  it  was  worth  one  hundred  fliil- 
«'  lings,  now  fixty  (hillings. "'' 

King  William  Rufus  granted  this  manor,  with  that  of  Burrington,  to  the  abbey  of 
Glaftonbury ;b  which  grant  was  confirmed  by  king  Henry  I.  and  afterwards  by  pope 
Alexander,  in  1168.  After  the  diflblution,  it  was  granted  to  Edward  duke  of  So- 
merfet,  in  the  fchedule  of  whofe  eftates  it  is  fet  down  at  the  yearly  value  of  45I.  6s.c 

a  Lib.  Domefday.  b  Adam  de  Domerham.  325.  *  MS.  valor. 

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It  now  belongs  to  fir  John  Thomas  Stanley,  bart.  whofe  father,  fir  Edward  Stanley, 
purchafed  it  of  William  Whitchurch,  efq;  of  Nunney. 

The  living  is  a  vicarage  in  the  deanery  of  Axbridge,  valued  in  1292  at  twenty-three 
marks."  The  patronage  is  in  the  archdeacon  of  Wells,  and  the  rev.  Mr.  Hawkins  is 
the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  Hands  near  the  fea,  and  confvfts  of  a  nave  and  porch-tiled,  and  a  chan- 
cel and  fouth  ailc  leaded.  At  the  weft  end  there  is  a  plain  fquare  tower  fifty-fix  feet 
high,  in  which  are  five  bells. 

Againft  the  fouth  wall,  a  handfome  monument  of  white  marble  has  this  infcription : 
"  Near  this  place  lie  depofked  the  remains  of  Jofeph  Durfton,  rector  of  Compton- 
Greenfield  in  the  county  of  Gloucefter.  He  was  fon  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Durfton, 
of  Mark  in  this  county,  and  died  April  1 7,  1 770.  His  now  furviving  relict  Benedicta 
Durfton,  in  fincerc  affection  and  regard  to  the  memory  of  her  dear  hufband,  caufed 
this  monument  to  be  erected." Arms:  Argent,  a  bull's  head  caboffedy^/V;  impa- 
ling, gules,  a  lion  rampant  between  five  crofs  crollets  or. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary.  The  chriftenings  on  an  average  are  four- 
teen, the  burials  ten  annually. 

Out  of  the  rectory  of  this  parifti  a  yearly  penfion  of  thirteen  (hillings  and  four  pence 
was  paid  to  the  keeper  of  the  infirmary  at  Glaftonbury. 

*  Taxat.  fpiritual. 


LYMPSHAM. 

THIS  is  a  considerable  parifti  fituated  in  the  marfh  betwixt  Eaft-Brent,  which 
joins  it  on  the  fouth,  and  Bleydon  and  Uphill  on  the  north ;  being  feven  miles 
weft  from  Axbridge,  and  ten  northeaft  from  Bridgwater.  It  is  divided  from  Uphill, 
Bleydon,  and  Loxton,  by  the  river  Ax,  over  which,  one  mile  north  from  the  church,  is 
a  ferry-boat  for  horfes  when  the  tide  is  in;  but  at  ebb  tide  the  river  is  not  more  than 
two  feet  deep.     This  ferry  has  the  name  of  Hobb's-boat. 

This  parifh  contains  fixty  houfes,  and  about  three  hundred  and  twenty  inhabitants. 
About  forty  of  the  houfes  ftand  near  the  church ;  of  the  reft,  fixteen  are  in  the  hamlet 
of  Edingworth,  fometimes  called  Endefton,  thence  Eaftvvard-Town,  and  thence  by 
corruption  Eafterton,  near  a  mile  to  the  eaft,  part  of  which  belongs  to  Eaft-Brent ; 
and  three  are  in  a  fmall  hamlet  called  Batch,  in  the  road  to  Uphill. 

This  was  another  of  the  manors  of  the  abbots  of  Glaftonbury.  It  is  not  noticed  in 
the  Norman  furvey;  but  they  had  it  from  very  early  times,  and  ceafed  not  to  enjoy  it 

till 


fctlrington.]  L    Y    M    P    S    II    A    M.  203 

til!  Henry  the  Eighth's  diflolution  of  their  monaftcry,  after  which  it  was  granted  with 
a  number  of  other  abbey  lands  to  the  Duke  of  Somcrfct;  and  is  at  prefent  the  inhe- 
ritance of  Alexander  Popham,  efq.* 

The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Axbridgc.  The  keeper  of  the  infirmary 
at  Glaftonbury  had  out  of  it  a  penfion  of  thirteen  (hillings  and  four-pence.  In  1292 
it  was  valued  at  eighteen  marks  eight  lhillings  and  four-pcncjC.b  The  patronage, 
which  was  formerly  in  the  abbey,  is  now  veftcd  in  lord  Poulctt.  The  rev.  Mr.  Coles 
is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Chriftopher.  It  has  a  nave,  an  ailc  on  the  north 
fide,  and  at  the  weft  end  an  embattled  tower,  one  hundred  feet  in  height,  containing 
live  bells.  This  tower  leans  fo  much  to  the  weft  as  to  be  two  feet  three  inches  out  of 
the  perpendicular.  It  contains  no  monument;  but  there  is  the  following  account  of 
bene  factions : 

"  Mrs.  Ann  Dean,  of  the  parifh  of  Blevdon,  gave  to  this  parifh  four  pounds  yearly 
for  ever,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  lands  flic  purchafed  in  fee,  lying  in  this  parifh,  and 
gave  to  her  kinfwoman  Mrs.  Amy  Lownds;  which  is  to  be  diftributed  by  the  mini- 
fter,  churchwardens,  and  overfcers,  on  Eaftcr  Monday,  to  fuch  as  do  not  receive  alms. 

"  Mr.  CrofTman  gave  four  pounds  to  this  parifh,  the  ufe  to  be  given  to  fuch  as  do 
not  receive  alms." 

The  chriftenings  on  an  average  are  twelve,  the  burials  fix. 

*  This  manor  was  held  of  the  abbots  of  Glaftonbury  in  the  reigns  of  Henry  V.  Henry  VI.  and  Edw.  IV.  by 
the  families  of  Broke,  Chedder,  Lifle,  and  Veer.    Vide  Inq. 

"  Taxat.  fpiritual. 


BURRINGTON 

IS  a  parifti  fituated  on  a  rifing  fpot,  under  the  northeaft  ridge  of  Mendip  hills, 
thirteen  miles  fouthweft  from  Briftol,  and  ten  nearly  north  from  Wells.  It  con- 
tains about  fixty-three  houfes,  and  about  three  hundred  and  forty  inhabitants.  Many 
of  the  houfes  ftand  near  the  church,  the  reft  in  the  hamlets  of 

1.  Langford,  which  is  a  tithing,  half  a  mile  weft,  and  contains  fixteen  houfes. 

2.  Link,  containing  eight  houfes,  fituated  on  the  flope  of  Mendip,  fouthward  from 
the  church. 

3.  Part  of  Havyat  Green. 

4.  Rickford,  one  mile  eaft,  romantically  fituated  in  the  center  of  a  deep  cove, 
almoft  furrounded  by  lofty  projections  on  the  fide  of  Mendip,  covered  with  wood. 
In  the  center  of  this  cove  is  a  beautifully  tranfparent  fpring,  which  forms  a  fhallow 

D  d  2  ftream. 


204  B    U    R    R    I    N    G    T    o    N.  'Bjent,  cum 

ftream,  thirty  feet  wide  at  as  many  yards  diftance  from  its  fource:  this  ftream,  after 
turning  a  grift-mill,  winds  through  the  vale  to  Wrington  and  Congerfbury,  in  its  way 
to  the  Briftol  Channel. 

The  manor  of  Burrington  is  not  diftinctly  mentioned  in  the  earlier  records,  having 
been  a  member  of  the  manor  of  Wrington,  to  which  at  prefent  it  does  fuit  and  fer- 
vice.     The  prefent  poffeflbr  is  William  Pulteney,  efq. 

The  manor  of  Langford  Court  in  this  parifh  belonged  to  the  Crefwicks,  and  after- 
wards by  marriage  to  the  Jones's,  of  which  laft  family  Edward  Jones,  efq;  left  one 
only  daughter  and  heirefs  Elizabeth,  who  was  firft  married  to  John  Withers  Sherwood, 
efq;  and  fecondly  to  the  rev.  Mr.  Whalley,  who  now  owns  this  manor. 

The  living  is  a  perpetual  curacy  annexed  to  Wrington,  and  in  the  gift  of  William 
Pulteney,  efq.     The  rev.  George  Inman  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  a  neat  ftructure,  confifting  of  a  nave  and  fide  ailes,  with  an  em- 
battled tower  at  the  weft  end,  containing  fix  bells.  On  the  outfide  of  the  north  aile, 
near  the  eaft  end,  is  a  handfome  turret  rifing  level  with  the  roof  of  the  nave,  and  ter- 
minated by  a  light  fpire,  the  bafe  of  which  fills  the  top  of  the  turret;  the  whole  forty- 
five  feet  high. 

In  feveral  of  the  windows  are  fome  imperfect  remains  of  painted  glafs. 

On  the  north  fide  of  the  chancel  is  an  elegant  mural  monument  of  black  and  white 
marble,  with  thefe  arms  and  infcription : — 

Quarterly,  firft  and  fourth,  argent,  a  chevron  fable,  between  three  mullets  gules :  fe- 
cond  and  third,  gules,  a  chevron  voided  argent,  between  three  fwans'  heads  erafed 
proper.  Impaling,  Quarterly,  firft  and  fourth  vert,  a  chevron  between  three  wolves' 
heads  erafed  argent:'  fecond  and  third,  or,  a  chevron  between  three  eagles  difplayed 
vert.     Creft,  a  talbot  fejant  fable,  gorged  and  chained  or. 

"  Near  this  place  is  depofited  all  that  was  mortal  of  John  Withers  Sherwood,  of 
Langford  Court  in  this  parifh,  efq;  barrifter  at  law;  eldeft  fon  of  Richard  Sherwood, 
efq;  of  Sydcot  in  this  county.  He  married  Elizabeth,  fole  daughter  and  heirefs  of 
Edward  Jones,  late  of  Langford  court,  efq.  The  conftant  and  fteady  practice  of  every 
moral  and  focial  virtue  was  in  him  the  refult  of  a  well-grounded  faith  in  the  chriftian 
religion.  In  his  deareft  connections  he  was  diftinguifhed  by  conjugal  tendernefs>  filial 
duty,  and  brotherly  affection.  An  uncommon  warmth  and  fincerity  in  his  attachments 
endeared  him  to  his  friends,  whilft  benevolence  and  courtefy  fecured  him  the  love  and 
refpect  of  his  inferiors  and  dependants.  Supported  by  a  good  confidence,  he  endured 
a  long  and  painful  illnefs  with  fortitude;  and  encouraged  by  a  lively  hope,  he  expected 
his  diflblution  with  patience,  and  fubmitted  to  it  with  a  becoming  and  pious  refig- 
nation  on  the  ioth  of  Auguft  1770,  and  in  the  34th  year  of  his  age." 

On  a  fmall  marble  againft  one  of  the  fouth  pillars  of  the  nave  is  this  infcription: 
"  Sacred  to  the  virtues  of  a  good  foldier,  a  fincere  chriftian,  and  an  honeft  man, 
■this  marble  perpetuates  the  memory  of  Major  Robert  Sherwood,  the  fecond  fon  of 

Richard 


€£Iring;ton.]         B    U    R    R    I    N    G    T    O    N.  205 

Richard  Sherwood,  of  Sydror  in  this  county,  rfTj  Ho  A\»r\  th<»  iorh  «f  ^oprrmher 
1774,  in  the  35th  year  of  his  age,  leaving  his  much-afflicted  widow,  Frances  the  ad 
daughter  of  the  late  rev.  Mr.  Chancellor  Eyre,  who  caufed  this  monument  to  be 
erected."  Arms:  Argent,  a  chewromifile,  between  three  mullets  gules,  a  crefcent  for 
diftin&ion:  impaling,  argent,  on  a  chevron  fable,  three  quatrcfoils  or,  for  Eyre. 

In  the  chancel  floor: 
"  Edwardi  Jones  armigcri  fubtcr  hoc  lapide  depofitae  funt  exuviae;  qui  muhiplici 
eruditione  inftructus;  hiftoriae  fciens,  ac  peritus  legum;  per  plures  annos  inter  pacis 
cuftodes  honore  floruit  cximius.  Suae  patriae,  domus  rcgiae,  omniumq;  humani  ge- 
neris, fcfe  totis  quidem  viribus  fautorem  praebuit.  At  hicce  vir,  Tonorac  conjugis 
fidcliter  amans,  filiac  fuperftitis  egrcgie  prudens,  amicorum  iniignitcr  amicus,  e  medio 
execflit  16  Julij,  A.  D.  1753.     vEtat.  fuae  42." 

On  other  ft  ones: 

0  Hie  rcquiefcens  a  vita  et  dolore  jacet  facrum  delicie  Elizabeth  Jones,  Johannis 
Jones,  armigcri,  ct  Elizabethae  uxoris  :  Filia  natu  minima  ingenii  viribus;  venuftate 
modeftiae;  omni  virtutis  excellcntia,  olim  praecellens.  Dum  tali  omnia  expectamus, 
Ecce!  ad  Dcum  arripitur!  Ecquid  fuit  fperariamplius?  Ob' Feb.  8, 1734.  jEtat.  23. 

"  In  this  grave  are  alfo  depofited  the  remains  of  Mary  cldeft  daughter  of  John, 
Jones,  efq;  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  wife  of  John  Somers,  efq;  who  died  Oct.  4, 
1750.     Aged  41." 

"  Madam  Elizabeth  Jones,  wife  of  John  Jones,  efq;  of  this  parifli,  who  died  Sept. 
14,  1 71 2,  aged  29." 

w  Here  lyeth  John  Jones,  fon  of  John  Jones,  efq;  of  this  parifli,  born  Aug.  1 8, 
1707,  died  June  8,  1708. 

"  Edward  Jones,  fecond  fon  of  the  faid  John  Jones,  born  November  1 5,  1 708,  died 
March  14,  1709. 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  John  Jones,  efq;  of  this  parifli,  colonel,  who  departed 
this  life  the  18th  of  April  1751,  aged  58." 

In  the  fouth  aile: 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Sarah  the  wife  of  the  rev.  Mr.  Inman,  chaplain  of  this 
parifli.  She  was  a  good  and  fincere  chriftian,  and  faithful  in  thedifcharge  of  every 
duty.  Her  peculiar  fwcetnefs  of  temper  and  well-regulated  charity  merited  the  love 
and  efteem  of  her  acquaintance,  and  the  bleflings  of  the  poor.  She  exchanged  this 
life  for  immortality  the  ift  of  Dec.  1749." 

"  The  remains  of  Sarah  the  After  of  the  rev.  Mr.  Inman,  were  here  depofited  the 
nth  of  October  1746;  whofe  memory  will  be  dear  as  long  as  innocence  and  good- 
nature have  admirers." 

In  the  church-yard  are  the  remains  of  an  old  crofc,  and  a  very  ancient  yew-tree,  the 
trunk  of  which  meafures  nearly  eighteen  feet  in  circumference. 


WRINGTON. 


[    2o 6    ]  parent,  cum 


W      R      I      N      G      T       0       N 

- 

IS  a  market-town  very  pleafantly  fituated  in  a  fruitful  vale,  between  the  high  land 
of  Broadwell  Down  on  the  northeaft,  and  Mendip  hills  on  the  fouthweft,  diftant 
twelve  miles  north  from  Wells,  and  eleven  fouth  from  Briftol ;  and  contains  one  hun- 
dred and  fixty-three  houfes,  and  about  eight  hundred  and  fifty  inhabitants.  The 
town  is  very  irregularly  built;  mod  of  the  houfes  are  thatched,  and  many  of  them 
mean  low  buildings,  darkened  by  large  projecting  penthoufes  over  the  doors  and 
fliops.  It  has  of  ancient  time  been  privileged  with  a  market,  which  is  ftill  kept  on  a 
Tuefday,  but  is  very  trifling.  In  the  market-place  are  the  remains  of  a  crofs.  A  fair 
is  likewife  held  here  on  the  ninth  day  of  September.  Both  the  market  and  fair  were 
procured  by  Adam  de  Sodbury,  abbot  of  Glaftonbury,  in  the  time  of  Edw.  II. 

This  parifh  includes  the  hamlet  of  Lye,  and  part  of  another  called  Havyat-Green. 
The  river  Yow  runs  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  to  the  fouth  under  a  county  bridge  in  the 
way  to  Burrington.  Teafels  are  cultivated  in  this  and  many  other  neighbouring  pa- 
rifhes  in  confiderable  quantities.  They  are  fown  about  the  latter  end  of  March  on  one 
plowing,  and  bulb-harrowed.  During  the  following  fummer  the  plants  are  frequently 
cleared  with  fpades,  and  fuffered  to  remain  five  or  fix  inches  apart.  Thus  they  continue 
till  the  next  fummer,  when  they  fhoot  into  ftalks,  and  ripening  about  Auguft,  are  cut 
off  from  the  ftems  and  tied  up  in  bundles.  The  lands  are  moftly'  pafture :  the  foil 
very  good,  being  a  rich  fandy  loam,  except  that  part  of  the  parifh  which  lies  on 
Broadwell  Down,  which  is  ftone-rufti. 

About  the  year  of  our  Lord  926,  king  Athclftan  gave  this  manor,  confiding  of 
twenty  hides,  to  duke  Athelftan,  who,  afliiming  the  habit  of  a  monk,  conferred  the 
fame  upon  the  abbey  of  Glaftonbury.3  This  grant  was  afterwards  confirmed  by  king 
Edmund.     In  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror  this  manor  was  thus  furveyed : 

"  The  church  itfelf  holds  Weritone.  In  the  time  of  king  Edward  it  gelded  for 
"  twenty  hides.     The  arable  is  thirty-two  carucates.     In  demefne  are  eleven  hides, 

•  and  there  are  fix  carucates,  and  feven  fervants,  and  forty -one  villanes,  and  twelve 
"  cottagers  with  twenty  ploughs.  There  are  three  mills  of  fourteen  {hillings  and 
"  two-pence  rent,  and  forty-four  acres  of  meadow,  and  two  hundred  acres  of  pafture. 

•  A  wood  two  miles  long,  and  as  much  broad.  It  is  worth  to  the  abbot  thirty  pounds. 
'*  Of  the  faid  land  of  this  manor  Roger  holds  of  the  abbot  one  hide  and  a  half.     A 

•  thane  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  could  not  be  feparated  from  the 
**  church.  There  are  three  carucates,  and  two  villanes,  and  fix  cottagers.  It  is  worth 
"  thirty  {hillings.  Of  the  fame  land  Saulf  holds  one  hide  and  a  half.  He  alio  held 
*'  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward.  He  has  there  one  carucate  and  a  half,  and  one 
"  villane  with  four  cottagers.     Thefe  have  one  plough.    It  is  worth  thirty  fhillings."l> 


!  Adam  de  Domerhara  Hift.  70*  -  Lib.  Domefday, 


King 


©Brinston.]  W    R    I    N    G    T    O    N.  207 

King  Henry  III.  ratified  and  confirmed  all  the  former  grants  which  had  been  made 
of  this  manor  to  the  abbots  of  Glaftonbury,  and  likewife  exempted  them  from  the 
expeditation  of  foreft  dogs,c  inquifitions  on  the  death  of  beafts,  agiftments  of  all  kinds, 
and  the  aflize  and  cuftom  of  the  foreft.d  Edward  the  third  granted  them  a  charter  of 
free  warren.'     The  temporalities  of  the  abbey  here  were  valued  in  1293  at  41 1.' 

When  by  the  difTolution  of  monafterics  this  manor  came  to  the  crown,  it  was 
granted  to  fir  Henry  Capel,  which  grant  was  afterwards  confirmed  by  Philip  and  Mary. 
In  1726,  the  earl  of  Effex  fold  it  to  William  Pultency,  efq;  afterwards  created  earl  of 
Bath,  from  whom  it  has  defcended  to  William  Pultency,  efq;  the  prcfent  pofTcflbr. 

In  a  roll  of  the  eflates  of  Glaftonbury  abbey,  drawn  up  foon  after  its  fuppreflion,  wc 
have  the  following  furvey  of  this  manor : 

"  The  Mannour  of  Wrington. 

"  The  rentes  of  aflife  and  cuftomarye  tcnauntes  there,  with  thcirc  workes,  whiche 
they  are  bounde  unto  by  tenure  of  theire  landes,  are  of  the  yercly  valewc  of  85I.  6s.  4^d. 

*  The  profiles  comyng  of  the  pcrquyfites  of  the  courtes  holdcn  there,  with  the  II 
greate  lawe  dayes  and  fyncs  of  landes  at  this  audite  was  anfwcr'd  to  the  king,  come  to 
the  fome  of  48I.  8s.  yd. 

"  Alio  within  the  fayde  manour  there  are  dyvcrfe  woodes  growing,  of  dyvers  ages, 
as  in  the  particular  boke  of  this  furvey  fully  it  doth  appcre,  which  are  nowc  worthe 
to  be  folde  179I.  7s.  7d.  whiche  alwayes  have  ben  ufed  to  be  folde  every  1 8  yeres,  out 
of  which  woodes  there  may  a  yerely  wood-fale  be  made  of  100s. 

"  Alfo  within  the  fayde  lordftiip  there  be  able  men,  beying  all  in  a  rednes  to  do  the 
king  fervyce,  when  fo  ever  they  fhal  be  called  upon,  to  the  nombre  of  40. 

"  Alfo  there  are  within  the  circuite  of  the  faide  lordefhip  ccrtayne  bondemen,  bcyng 
at  the  kinges  highnes  pleafure  in  fubjedtion  and  bondage  both  bodyes  and  goodes,  to 
the  nombre  of  2. 

"  Alfo  a  commone  there,  called  Blackemoore  and  Warmefiiaw,  wherof  the  king  ya 
chief  lorde,  and  hatha  the  profitts  of  the  dryvyng  thereof,  and  conteyneth  1  mile  and 
a  half."8 

The  three  tithings  of  Wrington,  Broadficld,  and  Burrington,  do  fuit  and  fervicc  to 
this  manor. 

On  that  part  of  the  parifh  which  lies  on  Broadwell  down  there  are  feveral  mines  of 
lapis  calaminaris,  and  fome  lead. 

The  living  is  a  redlory  in  the  deanery  of  RcdclifFand  Bedminftcr,  valued  in  1292 
at  twenty-feven  marks,  out  of  which  a  penfion  of  three  marks  was  paid  to  the  abbot 

•  It  was  cuftomary  in  ancient  times  in  the  neighbourhood  of  forefts,  to  expeMtate  or  cut  out  the  balls  of  the 
great  dogs'  feet,  for  the  prefervation  of  the  king's  game ;  and  whoever  kept  any  great  dog  not  thus  expeditated, 
was  liable  to  the  forfeiture  of  three  millings  and  four-pence. 

<  Johan.  Glallon.  422.  •  Cart.  4  Edw.  III.  f  Taxat.  temporal.         «  Langtoft's  Chron.  349- 

of 


2o8  w&ington.  [TBrent,cum 

of-Glaftoribury.h     The  lord  of  the  manor  is  the  patron,  and  the  rev.  William  Leeves 
is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  a  (lately  edifice,  one  hundred  and  twenty  feet  long,  and  fifty-two 
wide;  confifting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  fide  ailes,  and  a  porch,  embattled  on  the  top  and 
ornamented  with  a  great  number  of  pinnacles.  At  the  weft  end  is  one  of  the  moft 
beautiful  towers  in  the  kingdom,  being  one  hundred  and  forty  feet  high  to  the  top  of 
the  battlements,  which  are  embellifhed  with  four  corner  turrets,  and  fixteen  elegant 
Gothic  pinnacles  fifteen  feet  in  height.     This  tower  contains  a  clock  and  fix  bells. 

In  the  foutheaft  corner  of  the  chancel  is  a  very  elegant  mural  monument  of  white 
and  Sienna  marble,  having  this  infeription: 

"  In  memory  of  the  rev.  Henry  Waterland,  LL.  D.  late  prebendary  of  Briftol;  and 
of  his  two  beloved  wives  and  children;  whofe  remains  are  depofited  near  this  place. 
He  was  above  fifty  years  the  faithful  minifter  of  this  parifh,  where  he  conftantly  re- 
fided,  difcharging  all  the  duties  of  religion  with  the  moft  exemplary  and  unaffected 
piety.  Ever  awake  to  the  feelings  of  humanity,  the  poor  and  miferable  were  the  daily 
objects  of  his  attention  and  benevolence.  His  perfon  and  difpofition,  his  affability 
and  addrefs,  were  peculiarly  engaging.  His  learning  and  abilities  would  have  adorned 
the  higheft  ftations ;  his  humility  and  contentment  made  him  happy  in  his  own. 
Few  had  a  more  refined  underftanding;  none  had  a  bettej  heart.  He  was  the  fon  of 
Henry  Waterland,  of  Heydon  in  Yorkfhire,  efq;  and  nephew  of  the  celebrated  Dr. 
Daniel  Waterland.  His  firft  wife  Merial,  who  was  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Day  of  Cam- 
bridge, died  on  the  3 1  ft  of  March  1750.  By  her  he  had  one  fon  and  three  daughters. 
The  fon,  an  amiable  youth,  died  an  undergraduate  at  Cambridge;  Merilda,  in  her  in- 
fancy ;  and  Martha,  wife  of  William  Green,  of  York,  efq;  while  on  a  vifit  at  Wrington. 
His  eldeft  and  only  furviving  daughter  Mary  is  the  wife  of  Nicholas  Twigge,  of  Derby, 
efq.  His  fecond  wife  was  Sarah  daughter  of  Mr.  Dorington,  of  Sodbury  in  the 
county  of  Gloucefter,  who  died  without  iffue  the  29th  of  September,  1772.  After  a 
long  and  painful  illnefs  he  departed  this  life,  full  of  the  hopes  of  a  bleffed  immorta- 
lity, on  Sunday  the  7th  day  of  March,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1779,  aged  76." 

In  the  northeaft  corner  of  the  chancel  is  an  ancient  ftone  monument,  the  tablet  of 
which  is  arched  at  the  top,  and  circumfcribed 

O  IIISTOZ  OIKONOMOZ  O  AYXNOS  O  KAIOMENOZ. 

M.     S. 

"  In  fpem  gloriofie  refurreclionis  exuviae  juxta  deponuntur  pretiofae  viri  venerabilis 
M".  Samuelis  Crooke,  S.  T.  B.  fidelis  paftoris  hujus  ecclefiae;  qui  poft  annorum  47 
labores  indefeffos  ibidem  exantlatos,  mortalitatem  exuens  in  Chrifto  plaudiffime  re- 
quievit  25  Dec.  1649.  &tet-  75-  Atque  etiam  cineres  Judithae  Crooke,  uxoris 
pienthT.  quae  defideratiff.  conjugem  mcerens,  plus  oclo  annis  ill!  fuperftes  fasliciter  in 
Chrifto  obdormivit  Junij  10,  1658. 

»  Taxat.  fpiritual, 

"  Formofi 


amtinrjton.]  w    R    I    N    G    T    o    n.  209 

"  Formofi  grcgis  6  cuflos  formofior,  umbrani 
Quam  potis  artificis  labor  hanc  port  funcra  finxii ! 
Nulla  vcrecundos  par  dextcra  rcddcre  vultus ; 
Dona  minus  mentis  potcrint  pulchcrrima  pingi." 

A.    S.     D.    S.    P. 

Arms:  Azure,  a  fefs  engrailed  ermine,  between  three  eagles  difplaycd  or. 

On  a  (tone  in  the  chancel  floor: 

"  Exuviae  Francifci  Roberts,  S.  T.  P.  circiter  26  an.  a  facris  hujufee  aedis  hir 
reconditae  foedus  juxta  evangel,  quod  (dum  viveret)  haud  calamo  magis  quam  vita 
dilucidavit:  poftliminio  refumendae.  Ob.  Nov.  3  kal.  A.  D.  1675.  yEtat.  67.  Mor- 
tnus  mundo,  Deo  vivus,  apud  quern  merces." 

On  another  (lone  near  it : 
"  In  hope  of  refurrcction  to  life  by  Chrift,  here  fleepeth  in  Jefus  the  body  of  Mary 
the  late  religious  and  prudent  wife  of  Dr.  Francis  Roberts,  rcclor  of  this  church. 
She  died  in  the  Lord  June  1 8,  Anno  Dom.  1672,  aged  56.     "  Quae 

Moribus  extitit  Elizabeth,  proli  fuit  Hannah, 
Sara  viro,  mundo  Martha,  Maria  Deo." 

In  the  north  ailc  there  is  a  ftone  mural  monument  to  the  memory  of  James  Beau- 
champ,  of  this  parifh,  gent,  who  died  Sept.  14,  1739,  aged  56. 

Northward  of  the  church,  and  adjoining  to  the  church-yard,  is  an  old  thatched 
houfe,  little  better  than  a  cottage,  which  had  the  honour  of  giving  birth  to  that 
celebrated  philofopher  John  Locke;  whofe  mother,  travelling  in  thefe parts,  was  here 
taken  in  labour,  and  conftrained  to  take  up  her  refidence. 

There  is  a  free-fchool  in  the  town  for  teaching  fix  boys  and  fix  girls  to  read,  the 
endowment  of  which  is  about  1 7I.  per  annum,  7I.  of  which  was  bequeathed  by 
Mr.  John  Lag,  about  the  middle  of  the  prefent  century. 

The  chriftenings  in  this  parim  arc  on  an  average  twenty-five,  the  burials  twenty. 


Vot.  I.  E  c  THE 


* 


[       211       ] 


THE    HUNDRED    OF 


B        R        E        W 


O        N. 


THIS  hundred,  which  lies  in  the  foutheaft  part  of  the  county,  bordering  upon 
Wilts,  was  given  by  William  the  Conqueror  to  one  of  the  family  of  Canti- 
lupe,  whofc  defcendant  Alexander  dc  Cantilupe,  in  the  time  of  king  Stephen, 
bellowed  it,  together  with  the  market  of  Brewton  and  the  land  of  Combe,  on  the 
priory  of  Brcwtonj  refcrving  to  himfelf  and  his  heirs  an  acknowledgment  from  the 
laid  priory  of  two  marks,  to  be  paid  yearly.*  In  which  faid  monaftery  the  hundred 
continued  till  the  diflblution  temp.  Hen.  VIII.  and  was  then  granted  out  by  the  crown, 
and  palfed  with  the  manor  of  Brewton. 

*  Regift.  priorat.  de  Brewton,  MS. 


BREW 


O       N. 


THIS  is  a  good  market-town,  plcafantly  fituated  at  the  fouthweftern  extremity  of 
the  foreft  of  Selwood,  and  fo  denominated  from  the  river  Brew,  which  rifing  in 
that  foreft  pafles  through  the  town  in  its  way  to  Glaftonbury.  It  confifts  principally 
of  five  ftfeets,  one  of  which  has  the  name  of  High-ftreet,  and  contains  fomc  good 
buildings.  In  the  market-place  there  is  a  curious  old  hexagonal  market  crofs,  fup- 
ported  by  fix  pillars  at  the  angles,  and  a  larger  one  in  the  center.  The  roof  confifts 
wholly  of  the  ribs  of  arches,  which,  fpringing  from  the  centre,  diverge  from  pillar  to 
pillar,  and  are  finely  ornamented  with  fculpturc.  This  edifice  is  eighteen  feet  high, 
the  top  flat,  and  encompafied  with  a  ftone  balluftrade;  it  was  built,  as  Leland  informs 
us,b  by  John  Ely  the  laft  abbot  of  Brewton.  The  market  is  on  Saturday.  About 
the  middle  of  the  High-ftreet  there  is  another  mar ket-houfe,  built  by  a  fubfeription  of 
the  farmers  who  frequented  this  market,  upon  land  given  them  for  that  purpofe  by 
Hugh  Saxey,  efq;  the  founder  of  a  very  noble  charity  in  this  town,  called  the  Hofpital 
of  Hugh  Saxey  in  Brewton.  This  Hugh  Saxey  was  born  of  poor  parents  in  or  near 
this  place,  and  is  faid  to  have  been  a  ftable-boy  at  one  of  the  inns  here;  but  after- 


b  Itin.  ii.  74. 


Ee  2 


ward* 


2i2  B     R     E     w     T     o     N.  [TBretoton. 

wards  by  the  help  of  a  little  learning,  united  with  a  regularity  of  meritorious  conduct, 
was  advanced  to  the  port  of  auditor  to  Queen  Elizabeth.  He  died  in  1620,  poffefTed 
of  feveral  manors  and  eftates  in  the  counties  of  Somcrfet  and  Glouccftcr. 

About  the  year  161 7,  this  Hugh  Saxey,  by  a  deed  of  feoffment  conveyed  his  eftates 
in  Brewton,  Lyncombe,  Widcombe,  Wedmore,  and  other  places,  to  certain  truftees, 
to  be  by  them  applied  to  fuch  charitable  ufes  as  he  by  his  laft  will  and  tcftament,  or 
by  any  other  deed  in  writing,  mould  direct  or  appoint.  But  he  dying  without  making 
fuch  deed  for  the  declaration  of  ufes,  the  feoffees  fet  about  collecting  the  beft  infor- 
mation they  could  from  his  papers  of  memorandums,  and  converfation  among  his 
acquaintance,  of  his  intention  of  beftowing  thefc  lands;  and  from  this  information 
they  concluded  he  meant  it  for  fome  charitable  purpofe  in  the  town  of  Brewton. 
And  therefore  the  feoffees,  in  the  year  1638,  fettled  thefe  eftates  on  twelve  gentlemen 
of  the  county  for  the  purpofes  .of  creeling  a  hofpital  in  this  town,  and  for  the  maintain- 
ing and  fupporting  a  number  of  poor  men,  women,  and  children.0  The  number  now 
fupported  arc  eight  old  men,  ten  old  women,  and  twelve  boys,  over  whom  a  governor 
and  fchoolmafter  are  appointed.  The  boys  are  boarded  by  the  matter,  and  taught 
reading,  writing,  and  arithmetick,  for  each  of  which  he  receives  four  {hillings  and  fix- 
pence  weekly,  which  is  alfo  the  fum  allowed  to  each  old  perfon  for  fupport.  A  blue 
fuit  of  clothes  is  annually  given  to  all  in  the  hofpital,  and  a  nurfe  kept  to  attend  the 
fick.  Admittance  into  it  is  through  the  election  of  the  matter  of  the  free  grammar 
fchool  here  for  the  time  being,  the  bailiff  and  conftables  of  the  hundred,  and  the 
churchwardens  and  overfeers  of  the  pariih.  The  boys  are  continued  in  the  fchool 
till  they  arrive  at  fourteen  years  of  age,  and  then  are  apprenticed  out  to  ufeful  trades; 
the  premium  which  wasufually  given  with  them  was  ten  pounds,  but  is  now  advanced 
to  fixteen.  The  annual  income  of  the  eftates  belonging  to  this  charity  is,  fince  the 
inclofure  of  Wedmore,  about  the  fum  of  two  thoufand  five  hundred  pounds. 

In  the  hofpital,  which  is  built  round  a  court,  there  are  twenty-two  rooms,  befides 
the  governor's,  and  a  decent  little  chapel.  In  a  niche  over  the  door  on  the  fouth  fide 
of  the  court  is  a  ftatue  of  the  founder,  with  this  infeription: 

"  Hugh  Saxey,  efq;  founder  of  this  hofpital,  auditor  to  queen  Elizabeth  and  king 
James."     Above  are  thefe  arms:  Gules,  a  fefs fable;  in  chief  two  eagles  difplayed. 

In  the  Lincoln  taxation,  made  1 292,  mention  is  made  of  a  hofpital  at  Brewton, 
which  received  a  yearly  penfion  of  20s.  from  the  parfonage  of  Banwell. 

The  free  grammar  fchool  in  this  town  was  inftituted  by  king  Edward  VI.  and  en- 
dowed by  biihop  Fitzjames,  and  his  brother  fir  John  Fitzjames,  lord  chief  juftice  of 
England.     William  Gilbert,  abbot  of  Brewton,  and  John  Edmond,  abbot  of  Glafton- 

*  The  prefent  truftees  of  this  charity  are,  Edward  Phelips  of  Montacute,  John  Pigot  of  Brockley,  John  Hunt 
Of  Compton-Pauncefoot,  Henry  William  Portman  of  Orchard-Portman,  Thomas  Coward  of  Spargrove,  Thomas 
Horner  of  Mells-  Park,  William  Provis  of  Shepton-Mallet,  Edward  Phelips,  junr.  of  Montacute  aforefaid,  and 
John  Old  Goodford  of  Yeovil,  efquires;  fir  Richard  Hoare,  of  Brewton- Abbey,  bart.  John  Strode  of  Southill, 
and  Richard  Coit  Hoare  of  South-Brewham,  efquires. 

bury, 


t 


Tdrewon.]  BREWTON.  213 

bury,  were  likevvife  benefactors  to  it.  According  to  the  anfwers  returned  to  the 
queilions  propofed  in  the  late  fchedulc  of  charitable  donations,  the  cftatcs  belonging 
to  this  charity  have,  on  an  average  for  the  laft  feven  years,  produced  iijl.  The 
government  of  it  is  verted  in  twelve  perfons  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Brcwton, 
and  the  mafter  has  a  fiipend  of  8ol.  per  annum,  with  a  houfe,  garden,  and  other 
conveniences. 

Leland  tells  us,  that  the  town  of  Brewton  was  in  his  time  "  much  occupied  with 
"  making  of  clothe."  At  prcfent  the  only  manufacture  is  a  little  hofiery,  and  filk 
reeling,  at  the  latter  of  which  between  three  and  four  hundred  young  perfons  arc 
generally  employed. 

The  manor  of  Brcwton  was  ancient  demefne  of  the  crown,  and  belonged  to  king 
William  the  Conqueror  at  the  time  of  the  general  furvcy,  which  records  that 

"  The  king  holds  Brumetone.  King  Edward  held  it.  It  never  gelded,  nor  is  it 
"  known  how  many  hides  there  are.  The  arable  is  fifty  carucatcs.  In  demefne  are 
"  three  carucates,  and  five  fervants,  and  four  colibcrts,  and  twenty-eight  villanes,  and 
"  twenty-fix  cottagers  with  eighteen  ploughs.  There  are  five  burgcfleV  and  one 
"  fvvine-herd.  There  arc  fix  mills  of  twenty  (hillings  rent,  and  thirty-eight  acres  of 
"  meadow,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  ofpafture.  A  wood  five  miles  in  length,  and 
"  one  in  breadth.     It  pays  fifty-three  pounds  and  five  pence  of  twenty  to  the  ounce. 

"  This  manor  with  that  of  Fromc  paid  in  the  time  of  king  Edward  the  ferm  of 
"  one  night's  entertainment  for  the  king.  From  this  manor  are  taken  jiine  fields, 
"  which  Bretcl  holds  of  earl  Morton,  and  are  worth  cightcen-pence."c 

Another  finall  parcel  of  land  ffcems  to  have  been  abstracted  from  the  manor  before 
the  Conquefi,  and  afterwards  given  to  Roger  dc  Curccllc*  of  whom-  it  was  held  by 
one  of  the  name  of  Emeis : 

"  Erneis  holds  of  Roger  Briwctonc.  Godrun  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  one  virgate  of  land.  The  arable  is  two  carucates. 
"  There  is  one  plough  with  three  cottagers,  and  a  mill  of  thirty  pence  rent.  It  was 
"  and  is  worth  thirty  fiiillings."f 

Soon  after  this,  however,  the  whole  of  this  extenfive  manor,  and  that  of  Brewham, 
were  given  by  the  Conqueror  to  fir  William  de  Mohun,  one  of  his  attendant  lords  in 
nis  expedition  into  this  country.  This  William  had  a  fon  of  his  name,  and  he  an- 
other William,8  who  in  the  year  1 142  founded  within  this  his  manor  a  priory  of  black 
canons,  on  the  ruins  of  a  more  ancient  religious  houfe  for  Benedictine  monks,  built,  as 
it  is  laid,  about  the  year  1005,  by  /Ethelmarc  carl  of  Cornwall.  This  priory,  which 
was  fomctime  annexed  to  the  abbey  of  St.  Martin  of  Trouarn  in  Normandy,  the  founder 
endowed  with  his  manors  of  Brewton  and  Brewham,  befides  many  other  lands  in 
England  and  Normandy. 

*  In  writings  of  a  later  date  this  town  has  the  title  of  a  borough,  but  I  find  no  particulars  as  to  its  contritution . 
e  Lib.  Domefday.  '  Ibid.  •  Dugd.  bar.  vol.  i.  p.  2. 

The 


2i4  B      R      E      W      T     O      N.  IBretoton.] 

The  feveral  donations  to  this  priory  were  confirmed  by  William  Mefchyn,  fon  of 
the  above-mentioned  William  de  Mohun,  and  alfo  by  Savaricus,  bifliop  of  Bath  and 
Wells;  and  in  1293  the  temporalities  were  valued  at  17I.  ios?. 

The  firft  prior  of  this  houfe.was  Gilbert,  who  prefided  A.  D.  1144. 

William  occurs  in  1 1 59.  Philip,   11  88. 

Robert,  11 84.  Gilbert,  11 94. 

John  was  fummoned  to  the  convocation  Nov.  9,  141 6. 

John  de  Cofham  died  141 8. 

John  Schoyle  fucceeded  the  fame  year,  and  refigned  in  1429. 

Richard  de  Glaftonbury  fucceeded,  and  died  Sept.  14,  1448. 

John  Henton  was  elected  the  fame  year,  Oct.  4,  at  which  time  there  were  fourteen 
canons  in  the  convent,  and  two  were  abfent,  having  renounced  their  profeffion.h" 

Wm.  Gilbert,  a  native  of  this  county,  was  prior  in  1498.  He  was  fuffragan  bifliop 
to  Hadrian  de  Caftello,  bifhop  of  this  fee,  and  afterwards  to  cardinal  Wolfey,  when 
he  held  this  bifhoprick  in  commendam,  with  the  title  of  Epifcopus  Majorenfis,  (or  bifliop 
of  Megara.)  This  Gilbert  is  faid  to  have  taken  a  journey  to  Rome  in  order  to  petition 
the  pope  to  change  the  ftile  of  this  convent  from  priory  to  abbey,  in  which  he  fuc- 
ceeded ;'  and  it  was  thenceforth  called  Brewton  abbey.     But  it  lafted  not  long;  for 

John  Ely  was  laft  abbot  in  1 553,  and  in  fix  years  after  was  conferained  to  furrender 
up  his  abbey  to  the  king  April  1,  1539;  whereupon  he  was  allowed  a  yearly  penfion 
of  80I.  and  a  gratuity  of  20I. 

Anno  1553,  here  remained  in  charge  15I.  6s.  8d.  in  fees,  and  1 81.  6s.  8d.  in  annu- 
ities; and  the  following  penfions,  viz.  To  Richard  Harte,  61.  Richard  Byfchoppe, 
61.  John  Dunfter,  61.  Hugh  Blackwell,  61.  Richard  Acford,  5 1.  6s.  8d.  William 
Burges,  5I.  6s.  8d.  Robert  Welles,  5I.  6s.  8d.  John  Caftlin,  5I.  6s.  8d.  And  to 
John  Harold,  5 1.  6s.  8d.k 

This  monaftery  was  dedicated  to  the  honour  of  the  blcffed  Virgin  Mary,  and  its 
revenues  were  in  1444  valued  at  19.7I.  13s.  4d.  and  26  Henry  VIII.  at  439I.  6s.  8d.' 

The  prior  and  canons-  had  thefe  rectories  appropriated  to  them,  and  they  prefented 
to  the  vicarages : 

Banwell,  with  the  chapels  of  Puxton  Swell. 

and  Churchill.  Cutcombe  and  Luxborough. 

Weftbury,  with  Priddy  annexed.  Minehead. 

Milton-Clevedon.  Charlton-Adam. 

Shepton-Montacute.  Chilthorn-Domer. 
South-Petherton,  with  its  chapels. 

1  •  Taxat.  temporal.  *  Archer.  '  Lei.  Itin.  vol.  ii.  p.  74.  *  Willis's  Abbies,  vol.  ii.  p.  196. 

1  The  arms  of  this  monaftery  were;  Gules,  in  a  maunch  ermine,  a  hand  proper,  holding  ereft  a  fleur  de  lis  or. 

It  likewife  fometimts  bore  or,  a  croft  engrailedy«^;  both  which  coats  were  ufed  by  the  Mohuns,  refounders  of 

this  houfe.  __ 

They 


TBtCtoton.]  B       R      E      W      T      O      N.  215 

They  had  the  whole  tithes  of  the  perpetual  curacies  of  Brewton  with  Brewham  and 
Pitcombe  appropriated. 

The  abbey  houfe  (lands  near  the  church :  part  of  it  was  erected  by  prior  Gilbert 
about  the  year  1 524,  and  fomc  parts  of  it  are  modern,  having  been  the  habitation  of 
the  family  of  Berkeley,  whofe  arms  with  their  intermarriages  arc  (till  preferved  here  ; 
and  the  paflages  and  feveral  of  the  rooms  are  inferibed  with  long  trains  of  Latin 
and  Englifh  fentences,  chiefly  of  a  moral  tendency. 

But  to  return  to  the  manor.  The  monaflery  of  Brewton  being  thus  diflblvcd, 
king  Henry  VIII.  granted  the  fcite  of  the  abbcy-houfe  above-mentioned,  and  the 
manor  of  Brewton,  with  its  appurtenances  in  Wick,  Pitcomb  and  Cole,  Hengrove, 
Wilkenthorp,  and  Harwood,  with  other  lands,  to  fir  Maurice  Berkeley,  knight  of  the 
Bath,  and  llandard-bearcr  to  the  king.  Which  fir  Maurice,  by  Catherine  his  wife, 
the  daughter  of  William  Blount  lord  Mountjoy,  was  father  of  fir  Henry  Berkeley,  knt. 
who  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  fir  William  Lygon  of  Worcefterihire,  by  whom, 
befides  other  children,  he  had  ifiue  fir  Maurice  Berkeley  of  Brewton,  knt.  anceftor  of 
the  lords  vifcount  Fitzharding,  earl  of  Falmouth,  and  baron  Berkeley  of  Stratton;* 
in  which  family  of  Berkeley  the  manor  chiefly  continued  till  the  death  of  lord  Berkeley 
in  1772.  A  moiety  thereof,  which  then  remained  at  his  difpofal,  the  faid  lord  Berkeley 
devifed  to  Mrs.  Ann  Egerton,  filter  to  the  late  bifhop  of  Durham,-  the  other  moiety 
was  divided  into  two  parts,  between  lord  Byron  and  Mr.  Bettefworth,  fons  of  two  of 
lord  Berkeley's  fillers;  but  about  the  year  1776,  Henry  Hoarc  of  Stourton,  e/q;  pur- 
chafed  the  whole  of  this  extenfive  manor,  and  fettled  it  together  with  the  hundred  of 
Brew  ton  on  Richard  Hoarc,  cfq;  now  fir  Richard  Hoare,  bart.  his  nephew  and  fon-in«. 
law,  who  at  prefent  poflefles  it. 

Within  this  parifh  is  a  romantick  little  hamlet  called  Dishcove,  where,  in  1711, 
were  found  the  remains  of  a  Roman  tefielated  pavement.  The  ancient  name  of 
this  place  was  Dine/cove,  and  it  occurs  in  the  Norman  furvcy  as  the  poffeffion  of 
Harding  a  Saxon  thane: 

■  Tovi  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  hide.  The  arable 
"  is  three  carucates.  In  demefne  are  two  carucates  with  three  villanes.  There  are 
"  eight  acres  of  meadow,  and  three  furlongs  of  pafture  in  length  and  breadth.  It  was 
"  formerly  and  is  now  worth  forty  (hillings."" 

33  Hen.  II.  Henry  Lovel  gave  one  hundred  marks  for  licence  to  implead  Robert 
de  Lovington  for  certain  lands  in  this  place  and  in  Bratton  and  Brewton." 

This  hamlet  contains  twelve  houfes. 

m  Sir  John  Berkeley,  knt.  was  created  lord  Berkeley  of  Stratton  in  this  county,  in  the  tenth  year  of  king 
Charles  the  fecond;  and  Charles  Berkeley,  nephew  of  the  faid  fir  John,  and  fecond  fon  of  fir  Charles  Berkeley 
of  Brewton,  was  by  the  fame  king  created  lord  Berkeley  of  Rathdon,  and  vifcount  Fitzharding  in  Ireland;  and 
alfo  lord  Botetourt  of  Langport,  and  earl  of  Falmouth,  by  letters  patent  bearing  date  the  feventeenth  day  of 
March,  in  the  fixteenth  year  of  his  majefty's  reign.  All  which  titles  are  now  cxtmft. 
»  Lib.  Domefday.  •  2m.  yip.  33  Henry  II. 

In 


216  BREWTON.  CBtetoton. 

Ill  lord  Fitzharding's  grounds  near  the  town  of  Brewton,  there  was  found,  about 
the  beginning  of  this  century',  a  large  piece  of  lead,  one  foot  nine  inches  long,  two 
inches  thick,  and  three  and  a  half  broad,  and  fifty  pounds  in  weight.     It  had  on  it 
this  infeription,  which  Dr.  Stukcley0  fuppofes  to  have  been  defigned  for  a  trophy, 
IMP  D'VOR  AVG  ANTONINI  ET  VERI  ARMENIACORVM. 

The  living  of  Brewton  is  a  cure  in  the  deanery  of  Carey,  and  in  the  patronage  of 
Richard  Hoare,  efq.  The  rev.  Mr.  Hall  is  the  prefent  curate.  It  was  valued  toge^ 
ther  with  the  chapel  of  Wick-,  in  i  XQ%i  at  forty  marks. ? 

:  The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  is  a  ftately  Gothic  ftructure,  one 
hundred  and  twenty-feven  feet  long,  and  fifty-four  feet  wide,  confiding  of  a  nave, 
chancel,  fide  ailes,  a  veftry-room,  and  two  porches,  all  covered  with  lead.  At  the 
weft  end  is  a  fine"  embattled  tower,  ninety-three  feet  high,  ornamented  with  pinnacles, 
and  niches  which  once  contained  ftatucs.  This  tower  has  fix  bells,  a  clock,  and 
a  faints'  bell.  On  one  fide  of  the  north  aile  is  another  quadrangular  embattled 
tower,  fifty  feet  in  height.  This  feems  to  have  been  the  original  tower  of  the  church. 
The  infidc  of  the  church  is  handfome  and  well  ornamented.  In  the  chancel  windows 
are  feveral  fhields  charged  with  the  quarterings  of  the  Berkeley  family. 

On  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  rich  old  monument  of  black  ftone,  having 
thereon  the  buft  of  a  man  in  armour  gilt,  with  a  fafh  acrofs  his  breaft.  Above  are 
•the arms:  Gules,  an  eagle  difplayed  between  three  fleurs  de  lis  argent;  Creft,  a  dolphin 
cmbowzd  fable.     Below,  on  a  gilt  tablet,  is  this  infeription: 

*<  To  the  memory  [of  William  Godolphin,  (third  fon  to  fir  William  Godolphin,  of 
Godolphin  in  Cornewall)  who  after  he  had  lived  to  be  a  chiefe  ornament  to  his  family, 
and  comfort  to  his  friends,  by  his  many  virtues  and  good  life,  pioufly  refigned  his 
fpirit  to  Almighty  God  in  the  yeare  of  his  age  the  25th,  and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
1636,  and  lies  here  interred. 

'  "  At  non  infleti  jacebitis  chariflimi  cineres,  nee  animis  noftris  unquam  excidet  aman- 
tiffimi  fratris  fuavifiima  fimul  et  acerba  memoria:  Habebimus  femper  ante  oculos 
modeftifiimi  vultus  imaginem;  manebunt  infixi  cordibus  mores,  judicium  ultra  annos 
maturum,  tranquilli  pectoris  fortitudo,  verborum  certiffima  fides,  totius  vitae  lenitas, 
fimul  et  feveritas.  Nulli  unquam  gravis  erat;  nulli  non  amabilis;  fupra  turpitudinem 
qualemcunq;  elatus,  et  quamvis  juvenis,  reverentia  ubiq;  exceptus,  nobis  autem  inti- 
mis  aftectibus  profequendus,  quamdiu  hie  manebimus.  Haec  meritiffimo  fratri 
mceftiffimi  fratres  et  foror  pofuimus." 

On  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  mural  monument  of  white  and  grey  marble, 
having  a  raifed  open  pediment,  and  this  infeription: 

"Sub  hoc  marmore  requiefcunt  cineres  Gulielmi  Berkeley,  Baronis  de  Stratton; 
obiit  diem  feptuagenarius,  anno  1741." 

TA  KAAA  EPrA  TATTA 
SOT  MNHMEION  ESTfl. 

0  Itin.  vol.  i.  p.  151.  r  Taxat.  fpiritual. 

Near 


15rctoton.]  B     \\.     e     w     t     o     n. 


*'7 


Near  the  above  is  a  very  neat  mural  monument  of  white  and  grey  marble.  Above 
the  tablet  is  an  altar  adorned  with  trophies  and  military  enfigns,  and  above  that  an 
elegant  fluted  urn: 

"  To  the  memory  of  the  honourable  captain  William  Berkeley,  (fecond  fon  of 
William  lord  Berkeley  of  Stratton)  who  died  commander  of  his  majefty's  fliip  the 
Tyger,  in  his  pafTage  from  the  coaft  of  Guinea  to  the  Weft-Indies,  on  the  25th  of 
March  1733,  in  the  33d  year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried  in  the  ocean. Jufr,  gene- 
rous, fleady,  intrepid,  gentle:  loved,  honoured,  and  lamented  by  his  friends :  eminendy 
diftinguifhed  in  his  profeffion:  ftill  fcrving  his  country  by  his  example. This  mo- 
nument \\as  crcded  in  the  year  1749,  by  his  mofl  affectionate  brother  John  lord 
Berkeley  of  Stratton."     Arms :  Gules,  a  chevron  ermine  between  ten  croffes  pattcc. 

Near  the  middle  north  window  of  the  chancel  is  a  handfomc  mural  monument  of 
(tone,  having  a  rich  cornice  fupportcd  by  five  fmall  Corinthian  pillars.  In  front  are  two 
arches,  and  in  a  recefs  in  the  wall  lie  the  effigies  of  a  man  in  armour,  with  his  head  on 
a"  lion,  and  a  panther  at  his  feet.  On  his  right  and  left  lie  two  effigies  of  women 
with  large  {tiff  ruffs  and  winged  caps.  Within  the  recefs  are  the  arms  cut  in  the 
ftonc,  viz.  Quarterly,  1.  Berkeley;  2.  or,  a  faltirc  engrailed  fable;  3.  or,  two  lions  paf- 
fant  azure;  4.  gules,  ten  bezants,  in  chief  a  label  of  three  points. 

There  is  no  infeription,  but  the  figures  reprcfent  lord  Fitzhardingand  his  two  wives, 
one  of  whom  was  lifter  to  Wm.  Godolphin,  efq;  who  lies  interred  on  the  oppofite  fide. 

Againft  the  fouth  wall  is  a  handfomc  mural  monument  of  white  and  Sienna  marble, 
"  In  memory  of  John  Donne,  efq;  who  died  May  19,  1782;  and  lies  interred  in 

Batcombe  church." 

Arms:  Azure,  a  lion  rampant,  a  chief  or-,  overall,  on  an  efcutcheon  of  pretence 

argent,  a  chevron  fable  between  three  trefoils   vert. 

In  the  middle  paffage,  on  flat  ftones : 
■*  "  Underneath  this  fton»  lies  thetody  of  Mrs.  Ann  Fenn,  a  woman  of  exemplary 
piety  and  goodnefs,  of  a  mild  and  affable  temper,  whofe  manly  fenfe  and  fweet  con- 
vention engaged  the  admiration  of  the  wife  and  great;  whofe  humble  charity  and 
kind  benevolence  won  much  refpecr.  from  all  who  knew  her;  whofe  wife  fubmiffion  to 
her  Maker's  will  in  every  trial  of  her  virtues;  whofe  chearfulnefs  and  affection  for  her 
friends  in  her  taft  painful  and  fevere  diftemper,  were  inftances  of  uncommon  con- 
ftancy.     She  died  the  fourth  of  March  1747,  aged  65." 

"  Here  licth  the  body  of  Mr.  Emanuel  Mafon,  fome  time  minifter  of  this  place, 
who  was  buried  June  15,  1653."   ' 

"  Hicjacet  Carolus  Brown.     Ob.  Sept.  3,  1702." 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Thomas  Smart,  who  departed  this  life  March  22,  1751, 
aged  56." 

"  Alfo  of  Mary,  relict  of  Thomas  Smart,  who  died  March  16,  1761,  aged  62  years. 

"  Likewife  the  body  of  Thomas  Smart,  fon  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Smart,  who  de- 
parted this  life  Sept.  9,  1763;  aged  36  years.     By  whofe  will  an  annuity  is  given  to 

Vol.  I.  F  f  the 


218  brewton.  [TSrefoton. 

the  churchwardens  for  keeping  in  repair  the  vault  underneath,  on  condition  they  do 
not  permit  any  other  corpfe  to  be  interred  in  it." 

N.  B.  The  annuity  abovementioned  is  2I.  28.  the  overplus  he  wills  to  be  diftributcd 
in  bread,  meat,  or  coals,  to  the  poor  of  the  parifh  of  Brewton. 

On  a  brafs  plate : 
"  In  memory  of  Robert  Cheeke  of  this  place,  gent,  who  died  May  30,  1 750,  aged  54. 
"  In  memory  of  Thomas  Cheeke,  gent,  who  died  April  1,5,  1730,  aged  42." 

Here  are  divers  other  infcriptions  to  the  families  of  Wood,  Snooke,  Albin,  Rufs, 
Pavy,  Ivy,  Fry,  Clark,  Sampfon,  Hier,  Sexton,  8cc. 

On  a  handfome  tomb  in  the  church-yard,  inclofed  with  an  iron  railing,  and  termi- 
nated by  an  urn,  there  is  this  memorial: 

"  Pulvis  et  ofTa  fumus!  cadaverum  antehac  jacentium  in  ofTuario  fub  adyto  hujufce 
ecclefiae,  fub  hoc  marmore  condita  juflii  Honorabilis  C.  Berkeley,     Anno  1743." 

Near  the  northweft  corner  of  the  church-yard  is  a  very  ancient  freeftone  tomb,  the 
fides  and  ends  of  which  are  divided  into  pannelled  compartments,  each  having  an 
armorial  fhield,  but  without  any  ordinary  or  charge. 

The  regiflers  of  this  parifh  are  well  kept,  and  remain  perfect  from  the  year  1554. 
In  one  regifter  we  meet  with  the  following  memorandums: 

"  1 621.  King  Charles  heard  a  fermon  preached  by  the  bifhop  of  Bath  and  Wells, 
in  Brewton  church;  text,  Pfalm  68th,  v.  ift." 

Among  the  burials : — "  1624.  Capt.  Henry  Berkeley  went  from  Brewton  with  his 
foldiers  to  the  fiege  of  Br -da  in  the  Low  Countries,  againft  Spain." 

"  f  644.     King  Charles,  with  Prince  Charles,  was  at  Brewton." 

The  average  number  of  chriftenings  in  this  parifh  is  56,  of  burials  66. 

In  the  town  of  Brewton  are  three  hundred  and  twenty  houfes,  and  fixteen  hundred 
inhabitants.     Farms  and  detached  houfes,  exclufive  of  the  hamlet  of  Difhcove,  eight. 


W  I  C  K-C  HAMPFLOWER. 

TO  the  weft  of  the  town  of  Brewton,  and  formerly  a  chapelry  thereto,  ftands  the 
little  village  of  Wick,  diftinguifhed  by  the  additional  title  01  Champflower,  from 
its  ancient  lords  of  that  name,  who  held  the  manor  of  the  Mohuns,  lords  of  Dunfter- 
Caftle.  In  the  time  of  Henry  II.  Thomas  de  Campo  Florido  is  certified  to  hold  one 
knight's  fee,  and  Lucas  de  Campo  Florido  another  knight's  fee,  of  William  de  Mohun, 
the  founder  of  the  priory  at  Brewton.1    The  laft-mentioned  fee  feems  to  have  been 

■  Lib.  niger,  91,  92, 

this 


TBWfoton.]  W  I  C  K-C  H  A  MP  F  L  O  W  E  R.  219 

this  manor  of  Wick,  which  continued  to  be  thus  holden  by  the  fame  family  for  many 
generations.  Henry  dc  Campo  Florido  occurs  lord  of  Wick  15  Henry  III.  whofc 
daughter  and  heir  Elena,  in  the  29th  of  the  fame  reign,  paid  three  mark*  for  her 
relief.1  But  in  the  next  reign,  viz.  14  Edw.  I.  William  de  Champtlour  (for  fo  the 
name  was  then  written)  was  pofTefled  of  Wick;  and  after  him,  4  Edw.  III.  Hi  iry 
Champflour  held  it  of  John  de  Mohun,  by  the  fervicc  of  one  knight's  fee,  and  was 
fucceeded  by  John  Champflour,  21  Edw.  IV.C 

At  the  beginning  of  the  laft  century  Henry  Southworth,  efq;  was  lord  of  this  manor, 
and  it  now  belongs  to  Mrs.  Strangways  of  Shapwick. 

The  living  is  a  curacy  in  the  deanery  of  Carey.  Sir  Richard  Hoarc,  bart.  is  patron, 
and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Goldelborough  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  old  chapel  here  falling  into  decay,  and  the  inhabitants  finding  it  too  remote  to 
attend  divine  fervicc  in  the  pariih  church  of  Brcwton,  Henry  Southworth,  efq;  lord  of 
the  manor,  erected  a  new  chapel  on  the  fpot,  which  was  confecrated  July  1 8,  1624,  by 
Arthur  Lake,  lord  bifhop  of  Bath  and  Wells;  at  the  ceremony  were  prefent  Dr. 
Timothy  Rcvett,  archdeacon  of  Bath,  fir  Robert  Gorge,  knt.  Hugh  Halfwcll,  and 
Edward  Bifle,  fen.  efquires,  with  many  other  gentlemen  of  the  county .d 

The  edifice  is  fmall,  being  only  forty-fix  feet  in  length,  and  fifteen  in  breadth.  On 
the  top  is  a  fmall  turret  with  one  bell. 

Againft  the  fouth  wall  is  a  curious  old  monument  of  various  kinds  of  marble, 
having  an  open  arched  pediment  fupported  by  two  detached  black  pillars  with  Co- 
rinthian capitals  gilt.     On  the  tablet  is  this  infeription: 

"  Here  under  lyeth  the  body  of  Henry  Southworth,  efq;  lord  of  this  mannor  of 
Wykc,  who  at  his  owne  charge  builte  and  adorned  this  chappell,  and  departed  this 
life  the  23d  of  May,  1625." 

And  underneath: 

**  Arthurus  Ducke,  legum  doctor,  ct  Willielmus  Bull,  armiger,  foccro  opt.  merit,  pos." 

On  this  monument   there  are  four  coats  of  arms.     1.  Quarterly;  firft  and  fourth, 

f  argent,  a  chevron  between  three  crofs  croflets  y^r,  for  Southworth ;  fecond  and  third, 

the  fame  counterchanged.     2.  Southworth,  impaling £«/«-,  a  bend  embattled,  between 

two  crofs  croflets  argent.     3.  Or,  three  bulls' heads  erafed  gules;  Bull.     4.  Or,  on  a. 

fefle  wavy fable,  three  mafcles  of  the  firft. 

Under  the  communion  table  there  is  a  memorial  for  John  Magg,  gent,  who  died 
May  25,  1781,  aged  55.  And  there  are  likewife  fome  other  inferiptions  to  the  me- 
mory of  the  families  of  Snooke,  Ames,  Walter,  &c. 

On  the  fcreen  between  the  church  and  chancel  are  thefe  coats:  1.  Azure,  a  pall 
charged  with  crofs  croflets  fitchee,  argent,  impaling,  gules,  a  chevron  or,  between  three 
pears  proper.     Creft,  a  mitre.     Motto,  "  Clamamus,  Abba,  pater." 

»  Rot.  pip.  29  Henry  III.  c  Efc.  *  Vid.  Lclaad's  CoMt,  vol.  iv.  p.  384. 

Ff  j  2.  Azurf, 


220  W  I  C  K-C  HAMPFLOWER,  [IBrctoton. 

2.  Azure,  a  St.  Andrew's  crofs  or  and  argent,  impaling,  fable,  a  bend  between  fix 
crofs  croflets  fitchee,  argent.  Creft,  a  mitre.  Motto,  "  Frudentia,  innocentia."  The 
arms  of  Arthur  Lake,  bifliop  of  this  dioccfe. 

In  the  chancel:  Quarterly,  firft  and  fourth,  azure,  three  fleurs  de  lis  or;  fecond  and 
third, gules,  two  lions  paifant  gardant  or. 

On  the  interferons  of  the  timbers  in  the  ceiling  are  fevered  armorial  fhields,  feveral 
of  which  have  the  fame  bearings  as  thofe  on  the  monument  of  Henry  Southworth. 
The  others  are,  i.  Azure,  a  dolphin  embowed  argent.  Southworth,  impaling  quar- 
terly, firft,  Jalle,  a  eagle  difplayed  with  two  necks  argent;  fecond,  party  per  jfcfTc, 
fable  and  argent,  a  lion  rampant  counterchanged ;  third,  a  chevron  gules,  between  three 
Tphcons  fable ;  fourth,  as  the  firft.  2.  Checquy,  or  and  argent,  a  feffe  ermine.  3.  Quar- 
terly; firft,  Berkeley;  fecond,  or,^a  faltire  engrailed  fable;  third,  cr,  two  lions  padant 
azure;  fourth,  gules,  ten  bezants,  in  chief  a  label  of  three  points.  4.  Azure,  a  chevron 
between  three  crefcents  or. 

The  fituation  of  Wick  is  low,  well  wooded,  and  furrounded.  by  hills  finely  culti- 
vated.    The  lands  are  moftly  pafture.     It  contains  fifteen  houfes. 

By  the  road  fide  ftands  a  fmall  old  crofs  with  three  rows  of  fteps ;  the  top  of  the 
pillar  broken  off. 


NORTH     and     SOUTH     BREWHAM. 

THESE  are  two  parifhes  of  very  confiderable  extent,  lying  about  three  miles  eaft- 
ward  from  Brewton,  and  on  the  banks  of  the  river  Brew,  which  denominates 
them,  and  feparates  them  from  each  other.  They  were  both  in  ancient  times  but  one 
manor,  which  was  very  confiderable,  having  been  rated  in  the  days  of  Edward  the 
Confeflbr  at  twelve  hides,  as  we  read  in  the  following  record: 

"  William  himfelf  [i.  e.  William  de  Moion  or  Mohun]  holds  Briweham.  Robert 
"  the  fon  of  Wimarc  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  twelve  hides.* 
"  The  arable  is  fifteen  carucates.  In  demefne  are  four  carucates,  and  two  fervants, 
"  and  twenty-two  villanes,  and  twenty-eight  cottagers  with  thirteen  ploughs.  There 
"  are  two  mills,  which  pay  nine  fhillings  and  two-pence  rent,  and  fixty  acres  of  mea- 
*'  dow,  and  two  hundred  acres  of  wood.  When  he  received  it,  it  was  worth  twelve 
*'  pounds,  now  fourteen  pounds  and  twelve  fhillings. 

"  To  this  manor  are  added  three  virgates  of  land.  Almar  held  them  in  the  time 
"  of  king  Edward.  The  arable  is  half  a  carucate.  There  are  three  cottagers.  It 
"  was  and  is  worth  five  fhillings. 

"  From  this  manor  are  taken  away  three  hides,  which  Erlebold  held  of  Robert  in 

"  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  could  not  be  feparated  from  the  manor.     Roger  de 

"  Corcelle  now  holds  them."1  • 

*  Lib.  Domefday. 

Thefe 


Xretoton.]  north  and  south  brewham.  221 

Thcfe  Iansls  William  dc  Mohun,  the  grandfon  of  the  above-nanvd  William  de 
Mohun,  beftowed  on  his  priory  at  Brcv.ton,  to  which  they  belonged  till  the  fupprcf- 
fion  of  religious  houfes.  In  1293  thecftatcs  of  the  prior  of  Brewton  in  Br  wham  and 
Horfley  (anciently  a  hamlet  in  the  panlh  of  North- Brewham,  but  now  depopulated)* 
were  rated  at  the  fum  of  81.  ios.c 

37  Henry  VIII.  the  manor  of  Nortii-Brewham  with  its  appcrtenanccs  was  granted 
to  fir  Maurice  Berkeley,  knt.  who  in  24  Kliz.  is  certified  to  hold  the  fame  with  the 
farm  of  Horfley,  in  North-Brcwham,  and  a  capital  mefluagc,  one  garden,  two  cottages, 
one  orchard,  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  arable,  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of 
meadow,  three  hundred  acres  of  pafturc,  two  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  wood  in 
Brcwton,  and  the  rectory  of  Brewton,  with  the  chapels  of  Brewham,  Pitcombc,  Rcd- 
linch,  and  Wick-ChampHovver.  The  manor  is  now  divided;  part  belonging  to  Mr. 
Ring,  attorney  of  Wincanton,  and  part  to  Mr.  Curtis,  of  Milbornc-Port. 

There  was  formerly  a  chapel  at  Batt's  farm  in  this  parifh,  but  at  prefent  there  are 
no  remains  of  any  ecclefiaftical  edifice.     This  parifh  contains  about  lixty  houfes. 


S     O     U     T     H-B     R     E     W     H    A     M 

Is  the  largeft  of  thcfe  two  parifhes,  extending  fouth  and  weft  to  Brewton,  Pen,  and 
Stourton  in  Wilts.  It  contains  eighty  houfes,  about  twenty  of  which,  together  with 
the  church,  are  pleafantly  fituated  in  a  narrow  vale  by  the  fide  of  the  river,  over  which 
there  is  a  ftone  bridge  of  one  arch.  The  reft  of -the  houfes  are  moltly  in  the  hamlet 
of  Hardway,  one  mile  fouth,  and  under  Kingfcttle  hill. 

Northeaftward  from  the  village,  but  near  Kilmington,  in  a  different  hundred,  is  an 
extraparochial  place,  called  Brewham  Lodge,  the  fummer  rcfidence  of  Thomas 
Southcote,  efq.     The  river  Brew  rifes  about  half  a  mile  from  the  houfe. 

The  manor  of  South-Brewham  is  the  property  of  fir  Richard  Hoare,  bart.  who  pur- 
chafed  it  of  Mr.  Benaet  of  London. 

The  living  is  a  curacy  in  the  patronage  of  the  lord  of  the  manor.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Goldefborough  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  confifts  of  a  nave  leaded,  chancel  tiled*  a  north  aile  and  porch.  There 
is  a  tower  at  the  weft  end  fifty  feet  high,  which  contains  five  bells. 

Againft  the  eaftern  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  ftone  monument  with  this  infeription: 
"  In  memoriam  Edvardi  Court,  filii  Simohis  Court,  generofi,  ct  Elizabethae  uxoris 

ejus,  hoc  avus  fuus  maternus   luctu  pofuit,   Deus  coronavit.     Edvard    Bifle,  natus 

Novem.  28,  1637;  obiit  F.eb.  2,  1639." 

*  There  were  two  eftates  belonging  to  this  priory,  of  the  name  of  Horfley ;  this  that  we  have  abovementioned, 
and  the  other  in  Gloucefterlhire,  where  there  was  a  cell  to-  Brewton ,  the  ruins  of  which  flill  remain  near  the  church. 

f  Taxat.  temporal, 

Arms  3 


222.  SOUTH-BREWHAM.  [lBtetoton. 

Arms:  Paly,  argent  and  azure;  on  a  chief  of  the  firft,  an  eagle  difplayed  with  two 
-necks  fable;  xva^iWng,  fable,  three  efcallops  argent. 

On  a  fmall  white  marble  over  the  entrance  into  the  nave : 
"  Mr.  Edmund  Harvey  erected  this  monument  to  the  grateful  memory  of  his  kind 

uncle  Mr.  Edmund  HufTey,  who  was  interred  here  April  26,  1 760,  aged  64. 

"  Alfo  Mrs.  Anne  HufTey,  filler  of  the  above-mentioned  Mr.  Edmund  HufTey,  who 

died  Jan.  20,  1754,  aged  74."     Arms:  Ermine,  three  ba.vs  gules. 

On  feveral  brafs  plates : 

"  Underneath  lieth  the  body  of  Charles  Mitchell,  gent,  who  died  25th  May,  1766, 
aged  40  years." 

"  To  the  ever-living  memory  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Bennet,  minifter  of  the  gofpel, 
who  by  a  fuddain  furprize  fell  afleep  in  Chrift  the  8th  day  of  Nov.  1673;  aetat.  fuze  50. 
And  Mary  his  wife,  who  alfo  by  a  fuddain  furprize  fell  afleep  in  Chrift  Feb.  26, 1694. 
JEtat.  79." 

"  Here  lyeth  buried  neere  unto  this  place  the  bodie  of  Frauncis  Lynewraye  the 
elder,  who  having  lived  heere  (reward  of  this  manor  of  South-Brewham  by  the  fpace 
of  44r  yeares,  departed  out  of  this  wretched  world  in  the  true  faith  of  Chrift  Jefus, 
the  30  daye  of  September  anno  Dom.  1596,  et  R.  R»\  Eliz.  3  8°.  Sic  fum  ego  et  fie 
eris  tu." 

The  annual  chriftenings  in  this  parifh  are  twenty-five,  the  burials  feventeen. 


M  I  L  T  O  N-C  L  E  V  E  D  O  N, 

A  Parifh  fo  denominated  from  its  ancient  pofTefTors,  lies  at  the  northweft  extremity 
of  the  hundred,  two  miles  north  from  Brewton,  and  five  miles  fouth  from 
Shepton-Mallet,  and  on  the  turnpike-road  between  thofe  towns.  The  fituation  is 
exceedingly  pleafant,  being  on  the  north  flope  of  Creech  hill,  with  a  fine  rich  vale 
beneath  it,  and  Smallcombe  hill  in  front.  The  number  of  houfes  is  about  thirty-fix, 
moft  of  which  are  in  the  turnpike-road.  The  lands  are  chiefly  pafture,  and  there  are 
about  forty  acres  of  coppice  wood. 

The  manor  is  not  noticed  in  the  great  Norman  Survey;  but  we  find  that  it  be- 
longed very  early  to  the  family  of  Lovel,  of  whom  it  was  long  held  by  the  family 
which  gave  it  its  additional  name.  In  the  aid  for  marrying  the  king's  daghter,  1 2 
Henry  II.  William  de  Clivedon  is  certified  to  hold  two  knight's  fees  of  Henry  Lovel.* 
After  him  there  were  divers  others  of  the  fame  family  who  fucceffively  poffefTed  this 
lordfhipjb  but  their  principal  and  moft  ancient  feat  was  at  Clevedon  on  the  Briftol 

;  Lib.  nigerfcac.  1, 10©,  *  Efc. 

channel 


Watt!!.]  MILTO  N-C  L  E  V  E  D  O  N.  223 

channel  in  this  county,  from  which  place  they  originally  derived  their  name.  In  the 
time  of  Richard  111.  I  find  mention  of  a  partition  made  of  the  cftatcs  of  Edmund 
I  [ogfhawe,  (who  it  fcems  was  fomctimes  lord  of  this  manor  in  right  of  Emma  de 
Clivedon  his  wife)  between  Thomas  Lovel  and  Joan  his  wife,  one  of  the  fillers  and 
coheirs  of  the  faid  Edmund  Hogfhawc;  and  John  Bluet  and  Margery  his  wife, 
another  of  the  filters  and  coheirs  of  the  faid  Edmund  Hogfliawc,  and  coufins  and 
heirs  of  Edmund  dc  Clivedon;  in  which  partition  this  manor  of  Milton  was  affigncd 
to  Thomas  Lovel.0  After  this  the  Wakes  became  poflefTed  of  this  manor,  but  forfeited 
it  in  the  time  of  Henry  VII.  when  it  was  granted  out  to  different  pcrfons.  It 
however  foon  after  recovered,  and  is  now  the  property  of  the  carl  of  Ilchcfter. 

The  living  is  a  vicarage  in  the  deanery  of  Carey;  it  was  formerly  appropriated  to 
the  priory  of  Brewton,  and  valued  in  1292  at  four  marks."1  The  carl  of  Ilchcfter 
is  patron,  and  the  hon.  and  rev.  Mr.  Digby  the  prcfent  incumbent. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  James,  is  a  fmall  ftructure,  confiding  of 
a  nave,  chancel,  and  fmall  fouth  aile,  with  a  low  clumfy  tower  at  the  weft  end, 
apparently  older  than  the  reft  of  the  building,  having  over  its  weftern  entrance  an 
ancient  zigzag  arch.     This  tower  contains  four  bells. 

Under  a  recefs  in  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  lies  the  effigy  in  ftone  of  a  ladjv 
but  no  infeription  is  vifiblc. 

Againft  the  north  wall  of  the  nave,  is  a  very  elegant  monument  of  black  and  white 
marble,  inferibed : 

"  To  the  memory  of  dame  Sufannah,  relict  of  Thomas  Strangways,  efq;  of  Melbury 
in  the  county  of  Dorfct,  where  they  lie  interred.  She  was  the  beft  of  wives,  a  tender 
and  indulgent  mother,  a  fincere  friend,  and  to  this  parifh  a  great  benefactor.  Born 
in  November  1660,  married  1674;  died  Auguft  19,  171 8,  in  the  58th  year  of  her 
age.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Strangways,  her  fecond  daughter  and  executrix,  erected  this- 
monument." 

Arms :  SaMe,  two  lions  paflant  in  pale  paly  of  fix  argent  and  gules  -,  Strangways : 
impaling  per  pale,  argent  and  gules,  a  griffin  fegreant  counterchanged  within  a  bor- 
dure  engrailed  or-,  Ridout. 


PITCOMBE, 

PROBABLY  fo  denominated  from  its  deep  fituation,  is  a  fmall  parifh  two  miles 
fouthweft  from  Brewton,    containing  forty  houfes;    moft  of  which,  with  the 
church,  are  romantically  fituated  in  a  low  narrow  dingle  between  fine  hills  interfperfed 
with  rocks  and  woods.     The  reft  of  the  houfes  are  fcattcred  in  the  hamlets  of  Cole 
and  Hadfpen.    In  the  latter  of  thefe  is  Hadfpen-Houfe,  a  good  ftone  manfion  built 
«  Rot.  claus.  is  Ric.  II,  t  Taxat.  fpiritual, 

by 


224  PITCOMBE.  CBrctoton. 

by  the  late  Mr.  Dickenfon,  who  fold  it  to  John  Ford,  efq;  by  whom  very  confiderabk 
improvements  were  made  both  in  the  houfe  and  plantations.  He  has  lately  fold  it  to 
counfellor  Hobhoufe  of  Briftol.  On  the  weft  fide  of  this  houfe  is  a  large  hill,  having 
on  one  fide  the  appearance  of  a  tumulus,  but  in  reality  the  work  of  nature,  covered 
with  a  noble  wood,  which  commands  a  fine  view,  and  is  itfelf  a  confpicuous  object  to 
the  furrounding  country.  Near  the  church  is  a  neat  houfe  with  romantick  pleafure- 
grounds,  the  property  of  Mr.  Webb. 

The  manor  of  Pitcombe  was  in  ancient  times  the  eftate  of  a  Norman  of  the  name 
of  Turftin  Fitz-Rolf,  to  whom  it  was  given  by  William  the  Conqueror;  and  it  is 
thus  accounted  for  in  the  general  furvey: 

"  Turftin  Fitz-Rolf  holds  of  the  king  Pidecombe.  Alwold  held  it  in  the  time  of 
•"  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  five  hides.  The  arable  is  five  carucates.  Two  caru- 
"  cates  are  in  demefne,  and  there  are  five  villanes,  and  nineteen  cottagers  with  three 
"  ploughs.  There  are  two  mills  of  fifteen  (hillings  rent,  and  twenty-two  acres  of 
"meadow,  and  five  acres  of  wood.  In  Briwetone  eleven  burgelfes  pay  twenty-three 
«*  {hillings.  The  whole  is  worth  feven  pounds.  When  he  received  it,  it  was  worth 
"  eight  pounds."" 

It  became  in  fucceeding  times  a  member  of  the  manor  of  Caftle-Cary ;  and  paffed 
with  that  manor,  Colle,  and  other  lands,  through  the  families  of  Lovel,  St.  Maur, 
and  Zouche,  and  now  belongs  to  Richard  Colt  Hoare,  of  Stourhead,  efq;  who  is 
alfo  patron  of  the  living. 

37  Henry  VII.  fir  Maurice  Berkeley  held  the  chapel  of  Pitcombe,  late  belonging 
to  the  abbey  of  Brewton.  It  is  now  a  curacy  in  the  deanery  of  Carey;  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Goldefborough  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Leonard,  and  is  a  neat  building  of  one  aile,  with  a 
tower  at  the  weft  end  containing  three  bells.  There  are  no  monuments,  but  on  the 
floor  are  feveral  infcriptions  to  the  families  of  King  and  Hall. 

"  Mrs.  Sufannah  King  gave  by  will  8ol.  to  purchafe  lands  for  the  ufe  of  the 
poor  of  the  parifh  of  Weft-Coker  in  this  county;  both  which  are  now  charged  on 
Mr.  Chifwell's  eftate  at  Bratton  in  this  county,  4I.  a  year  for  the  poor  of  this  place, 
and  2I.  a  year  to  the  poor  of  Coker,  payable  at  Eafter  for  ever." 

In  the  church-yard  is  an  ancient  ftone  crofs,  the  top  of  which  is  a  crofs  patee  per- 
fect ;b  and  a  tomb  to  the  family  of  Perry. 

/  *  Lib.  Domefday. 

k  The  original  intention  of  ere&ing  croffes,  whether  in  church-yards  or  inpublick  roads,  was  to  remind  people 
of  the  meritorious  crofs  and  paffion  of  our  blefTed  Saviour  Jefus  Chrift;  and  of  the  duty  incumbent  on  them  to 
pray  for  the  fouls  of  their  departed  brethren.  Formerly  there  was  fcarce  a  village  or  hamlet  which  had  not 
one  or  more  of  thefe  pious  mementos;  fome  of  them  were  infcribed  with  the  names  of  the  erectors,  and  with 
admonitions  to  the.  devout  pilgrim:  fermons  were  frequently  delivered  from  them;  and  the  knees  of  our  religi- 
ous anceftors  with  gladnefs  prefled  thofe  Heps,  which  the  degeneracy  of  modern  times  has  ftudioufly  contrived  to 
unhallow  and  deftroy. 

REDLINCH. 


ii3Ktoton.  [    22 j    ] 


R      E      D      L      I      N      C      H. 

THIS  little  village,  confiding  of  only  eight  houfes,  is  plcafantly  fituatcd  at  the 
diftance  of  two  miles  foutheaft  from  Brew  ton. 

It  is  fometimes  written  in  ancient  records  Roliz,  Radlieb,  and  Radelinge,  and  waj 
one  of  thofe  many  manors  which  William  the  Conqueror  bellowed  on  Robert  Earl 
of  Morton  in  Normandy. 

"  Bretel  holds  of  the  carl,  Roliz.  Aluric  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and 
"  gelded  for  four  hides.  The  arable  is  lix  carucatcs.  In  demefne  is  one  caruratc, 
V  and  four  villancs,  and  three  bordars,  and  feven  cottagers  with  one  plough.  There 
"  arc  fifteen  acres  of  meadow.  A  wood  two  furlongs  long  and  half  a  furlong  broad. 
*f  It  is  worth  forty  (hillings."' 

Upon  the  rebellion  of  William  earl  of  Morton,  fon  to  the  abovenamed  Robert, 
this  manor  was  feized  by  the  crown,  and  granted  to  William  Lovel,  who  was  alfo  a 
Norman  by  extraction,  being  of  the  ancient  houfe  of  Tvery.  From  him  this  manor 
defcended  to  Henry  Lovel  his  fon,  who,  in  the  twelfth  year  of  Henry  II.  upon  the 
aTCcflmcnt  of  the  aid  for  marrying  the  king's  daughter,  certified  his  knight's  fees  to  be 
in  number  eighteen  of  the  old  feoffment,  and  one  of  the  new.'1  One  of  thefc  fees  was 
this  manor  ofRedlinch,  which  was  held  of  him  at  the  date  of  this  afleflment,  by 
Euftace,  furnamed  from  this  place  of  his  refidence  de  Radlis.  This  Euftace  dc  Radlis 
was  the  progenitor  of  a  refpectable  family,  which  long  continued  in  thefe  parts,  till  the 
name  fcems  to  have  been  loft  in  that  of  Draycot,  probably  by  the  failure  of  ifiue  male, 
and  the  intermarriage  of  an  heirefs.  For  in  the  18th  year  of  Edw.  I.  in  a  roll  of 
knight's  fees  and  advowfons  of  churches  which  were  late  Hugh  Lovcl's  in  this  county, 
this  fame  fee  in  Redlinch  is  certified  to  be  holden  by  the  heir  of  Robert  de  Dray- 
cote.0  This  heir's  name  was  likewife  Robert,  but  his  furname  was  aflumed  from  the 
manor  of  Draycot  in  this  county,  of  which  heAvas  alfo  mefne  lord  under  the  family 
of  Beauchamp/  He  died  21  Edw.  I.  leaving  iffue  John  his  fon  and  heir  of  the 
age  of  eleven  years.*  Which  John  de  Draycot,  (or  John  Draycot,  as  he  is  fome- 
times written,  and  ftiled  in  old  deeds  of  Red/inch)"  died  in  35  Edw.  III.  and  was 
fucceeded  by  Simon  Draycot  his  fon,  and  heir  to  the  eftates,  which  feem  to  have  been 
very  confiderable  in  this  and  other  counties. 

This  ancient  family  bore  for  their  arms,  Argent,  a  crofs  engrailed  fable;  on  the 
firft  quarter  an  eagle  difplayed  gules.  It  is  not  certain  how  long  they  refided  at 
Redlinch,  but  they  feem  to  have  become  cxtindt  about  the  reign  of  Henry  V.  when 
Simon  Draycot,  a  defcendant  of  the  laft-mentioned  Simon,  dying  without  male  ifluc, 
left  his  eftates  to  defcend  to  Eleanor  his  only  daughter  and  heir,  the  wife  of  James 
Fitejames,  efq;  which  James  Fitzjames,  by  the  faid  Eleanor  his  wife,  had  ifluc 

e  Lib.  Domefday.        *  Lib.  niger,  i.  100.        e  Inq.  port  mortem.       f  Ibid.       *  Efc.       J  Cart,  antiq. 

Vol.  #  G  g  John 


*  * 


226  R    E    D    L    I    N    C    H.  [ISretoton, 

John  Fitzjames,  who  was  a  knight,  and  married  Alice  the  daughter  of  John  New- 
burgh,  of  Eaft  Lulworth  in  the  county  of  Dorfet,  efq;  by  whom  he  was  father  of  three 
fons ;  John  the  lord  chief  juftice,  Richard  bifhop  of  London,  and  Aldred  the  anceftor 
>       of  the  Fitzjames's  of  Lewfton  in  Dorfetfhire. 

John  Fitzjames,  the  eldeft  fon,  applied  himfelf  to  the  ftudy  of  the  law,  and  prefided 
for  thirteen  years  as  lord  chief  juftice  of  the  King's-Bench.  15  Henry  VIII.  he  re- 
ceived the  honour  of  knighthood,  and  died  in  the  30th  of  the  fame  reign. 

Richard  Fitzjames,  the  fecond  fon,  was  entered  at  Oxford  in  the  year  1459,  and  was 
elected  fellow  of  Merton  college  in  1465.  In  1473  he  was  proctor,  and  in  1481  vice- 
chancellor  of  that  univerfity.  In  1474,  he  was  made  prebendary  of  Taunton  in  this 
diocefe,  and  chaplain  to  king  Edward  IV.  In  1482,  being  then  D.  D.  he  was  elected 
warden  of  Merton  college,  (a  ftation  which  he  retained  for  nearly  twenty-five  years  with 
'  diftinguifhed  credit)  and  about  the  fame  time  was  appointed  mafter  of  St.  Leonard's 
hofpital  in  Bedford.  In  i483~he  was  admitted  to  the  office  of  treafurer  in  the  church 
of  St.  Paul,  and  in  1485  to  the  prebend  of  Portpole  in  the  fame  church;  in  which  laft 
year  he  was  likewife  inftituted  to  the  vicarage  of  Minehead,  and  foon  after  to  the 
rectory  of  Aller,  both  in  this  county.  In  1495  he  was  lord  almoner  to  king  Henry  VII. 
and  in  the  next  year  was  confecrated  bifhop  of  Rochefter,  from  which  fee  he  was  tranf- 
lated  in  1503  to  that  of  Chichefter,  and  thence  in  1506  to  London.  He  was  a  great 
benefactor  to  St.  Paul's  cathedral,  as  well  as  to  other  ecclefiaftical,  and  otherwife  public 
edifices  in  the  metropolis;  but  particularly  to  his  own  college  at  Oxford,  which  he 
adorned  with  goodly  buildings  without,  and  enriched  within  with  divers  curious  ma- 
nufcripts  and  other  valuable  furniture.  In  1 5 1  o,  he  fettled  on  the  faid  college  an 
annuity  of  five  marks,  iffuing  out  of  Knoll  Park  near  Shepton-Montacute  in  this 
county,  and  appointed  the  fame  to  be  paid  yearly  on  the  feaft  of  St.  John  the  Baptift, 
,(the  tutelary  faint  of  Merton)  offered  up  in  gold  on  the  altar  of  mafs  at  the  ufual  time 
of  oblations.'  He  likewife  expended  much  money  in  compleating  the  ftructure  of  St. 
Mary's  church  in  Oxford,  in  memory  of  which  benefaction  his  arms,  viz.  Azure,  a 
dolphin  naiant  embowed  argent,  quartered  with  thofe  of  Draycot,  [fee  above]  were 
fculptured  thereon.  He  was  likewife  a  confiderable  benefactor  to  divers  fchools 
in  this  part  of  England,  particularly  to  that  of  Brewton,  of  which  he  and  his  brother 
the  chief  juftice  are  efteemed  by  fome  the  chief  founders.  At  length  (to  ufe  the 
expreffion  of  an  honeft  antiquary)  "  after  good  deeds  had  trod  upon  his  heels  even  to 
"  heaven  gates,  he  gave  way  to  fate  in  a  good  old  age  in  the  beginning  of  i522,"k 
and  was  buried  in  St.  Paul's  cathedral  on  the  north  fide  of  the  body  of  the  church, 
near  the  fteeple,  under  a  marble  ftone  erected  by  him  in  his  life  time,  over  which  was 
t  „  built  an  elegant  chapel  of  wood  curioufly  carved,  which  perifhed  with  the  fteeple  in 

the  great  fire  of  1 56 1 . 

What  further  particular  of  note  we  have  to  obferve  refpecting  this  vill,  is,  that  in 
1746  it  gave  title  of  Baron  to  Stephen  Fox,  lord  Ilchcfter  and  Stavordale;  whofe  fon 
Henry  Thomas,  the  prefent  earl  of  Ilchcfter,  pofTeffes  both  the  title  and  eftate,  and 

?  Regift.  de  Merton,  *  Wood's  Athens  Oxonienfes,  v.  i.  p.  661. 

bear? 


1 

1 


TBtCfoton.]  R    E     D     L  .  I    N    C    H.  227 

bears  for  his  arms,  Ermine,  on  a  chevron  azure,  three  foxes'  heads  erafcd,  or-,  on  a 
canton  of  the  fecond,  a  fleur-de-lis  of  the  laft. 

The  manfion-houfe  here    is  handfome   and   plcafantly  fituated,  commanding  an 
agreeable  profpect  fouthward  of  a  fine  rich  country. 

The  living  of  Redlinch  is  a  donative,  in  the  patronage  of  Sir  Richard  Hoare,  bart. 

The  church  or  chapel  is  of  modern  erection,  and  truly  elegant;  over  the  front 
door  are  the  Ilchefter  arms. 


UPTON-  NOBLE,  or  LOVEL, 

LIES  three  miles  nearly  eaft  from  Brewton,  and  two  foutheaft  from  Batcomb,  which 
is  its  mother  church.  It  is  fituated  on  the  foutheaft  dope  of  a  hill  well  inclofed 
and  cultivated,  having  the  noble  plantations  of  Stourton  at  three  miles  diftance  full  in 
view,  intercepted  by  a  woody  valley.  A  fmall  namelefs  ftream  divides  this  parifh 
from  Wanftraw.     It  is  called  in  Domefday-Book  Opetone,  and  is  thus  furveyed: 

"  The  fame  Ralph  holds  of  the  Bifhop  [of  Bayeux]  Opetone.  Lefmer  held  it  in 
"  the  time  of  King  Edward,  and  gelded  for  three  hides.  The  arable  is  three  carucates. 
"  In  demefne  is  one  carucate,  and  two  fervants,  and  five  villanes,  and  four  bordars, 
"  and  two  cottagers,  with  three  ploughs.  There  are  five  acres  of  meadow,  a  wood. 
cc  half  a  mile  long,  and  four  furlongs  broad.     It  was  and  is  worth  fixty  fhillings."* 

Robert  Burnel,  bifhop  of  this  diocefe,  died  feized  of  Upton  21  Edw.  I.  leaving  it 
to  his  nephew  Philip  Burnel,  who  held  it  of  the  heirs  of  Giles  de  Flory  by  the  fervice 
of  one  penny  per  annum}"  Edward  Burnel  his  fon  and  heir  had  livery  of  his  lands 
1  Edw.  II.  but  dying  without  ifiue  fhortly  after,  Maud  his  fifter,  the  wife  of  John  Lovel, 
became  his  heir.  The  faid  Maud,  furviving  her  firft  hufband,  married^  fecondly, 
John  de  Handlo,  who  had  this  manor  ao  Edw.  III.  in  which  year  he  died;  where- 
upon John  Lovel,  fon  and  heir  of  the  faid  Maud,  by  John  Lovel  her  firft  hufband, 
fucceeded  to  this  manor.  36  Edw.  III.  the  manor  was  in  the  King's  hands  by 
reafon  of  the  minority  of  John  Lovel,  fon  and  heir  of  the  faid  John  Lovel.  9  Henry  IV. 
John  Lovel,  knt.  is  certified  to  hold  at  his  death  the  manor  of  Upton  of  the  abbot  of 
Glaftonbury.'  ao  Henry  VI.  John  Rogers  was  lord  of  it,  and  it  is  at  prefent  pol- 
fefled  by  Mr.  Baker. 

The  living  is  a  redtory  in  the  deanery  of  Cary,  and  is  joindy  held  with  Batcombe 
by  the  Rev.  John  Poole. 

•  Lib.  Domefday.  ►  Efc.  « Ibid. 

G  g  2  The 

1 

6 


228  UP  T  O  N-NOBLE.  [iBretoton. 

The  church  is  a  fmall  edifice,  thirty-eight  feet  in  length  and  twenty-four  in  breadth, 
confifting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  fouth  aile,  with  an  old  tower  over  the  porch  (which 
porch  ferves  alfo  for  a  belfry)  containing  two  bells. 

Againft  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  without,  there  is  an  old  ftone  to  the  memory 
of  John  Rogers,  efq;  but  the  infcription  is  nearly  effaced. 

There  are  likewife  the  remains  of  a  fmall  ftone  crofs,  and  three  head-ftones  in  the 
church-yard  -,  but  no  monument  nor  infcription  in  the  church. 

This  parifh  contains  thirty-fix  houfes. 


Y     ARLINGTON 

IS  a  parifh  fituated  in  the  fouthweft  part  of  this  hundred,  about  four  miles  fouth 
from  Brewton,  and  nearly  the  fame  diftance  weft  from  Wincaunton.  This  parifh 
contains  about  forty-fix  houfes,  thirty  of  which  compofe  the  village-ftreet  near  the 
church,  which  ftands  in  a  pleafant  vale,  furrounded  by  fmall  hills,  and  divided  into  fine 
and  well-cultivated  inclofures.  Thofe  hills,  indeed,  which  lie  to  the  eaft  and  fouth 
are-lofty  j  and  eaftward  from  the  church  is  a  high  wavy  ridge  of  land  called  God/hill, 
which  has  the  appearance  of  a  fucceffion  of  natural  terraces.  On  the  fouthweft  fide 
of  this  hill  are  the  veftiges  of  an  ancient  encampment,  confifting  of  a  double  vallum; 
from  the  fummit  of  which  there  is  an  extenfive  profpeft  over  all  the  central  part  of 
the  county,  bounded  by  the  Dorfetfhire  hills  on  the  fouth,  and  by  Quantock  hills  and 
thofe  of  Devon  on  the  fouthweft. 

In  this  parifh  there  are  two  hamlets,  i.  Stoke-Lane,  which  contains  feven  houfes ; 
a.  West-Street,  containing  five  houfes. 

The  manor  of  Yarlington,  called  in  Domefday  Book  Gertintune,  belonged  in  the 
Conqueror's  time  to  the  Earl  of  Morton  j  for  we  thus  read: 

"  The  Earl  himfelf  holds  Gerlintune.  Alnod  held  it  in  the  time  of  King 
"  Edward,  and  gelded  for  feven  hides.  The  arable  is  feven  carucates.  In  demefne  is 
"  one  carucate,  and  fix  fervants,  and  eight  villanes,  and  fix  cottagers,  with  two  ploughs. 
"  There  is  a  mill  of  feven  fhillings  rent.  Wood  fix  furlongs  long,  and  three  furlongs 
"  broad.     It  was  worth  feven  pounds ;  now  it  is  worth  one  hundred  fhillings."* 

The  family  of  Montacute  were  afterwards  pofTefTed  of  this  manor,  and  7  Edw.  II. 
Simon  lord  Montacute  obtained  licence  of  the  King  to  fortify  his  manor-houfe  here.b 
After  many  defcents  it  pafTed  to  the  family  of  Pole,  and  thence  to  Henry  Stafford  duke 
of  Buckingham.  1  Edw.  VI.  the  manor  and  advowfon  of  the  church  were  granted  to 
William  marquis  of  Winchefter ;  foon  after  which  it  came  to  William  lord  Parr, 
marquis  of  Northampton,  by  whom  it  was  conveyed  to  Thomas  Smyth,  efq;  who, 

*  Lib.  Domefday.  *  Tat.  7  Edw.  II.  p.  1.  m.  10. 

3  'ana 

» 


Xretoton.] 


YARLINGTON. 


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3  and  4  Philip  and  Mary,  had  licence  to  alienate  it  to  William  Rofewell,  who  in  the 
time  of  Elizabeth  difpofed  of  it  to  the  Berkeley  family.  It  has  lately  been  purchafed 
of  the  marquis  of  Carmarthen  by  John  Rogers,  cfq;  who  has  built  a  handfomc  houfc 
on  an  eminence  a  mile  fouthward  from  the  church. 

The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Carey,  and  in  the  gift  of  the  marquis 
of  Carmarthen.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Jackfon,  prebendary  of  St.  Paul's,  is  the  prcfent 
incumbent.     It  was  valued  in  1292  at  11  marks  3s.  4d.b 

The  church  is  a  light  edifice,  feventy  feet  long  and  feventeen  wide,  covered  with 
tiles.     At  the  fouth  fide  (lands  an  embattled  tower,  containing  three  bells. 

In  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel  there  are  two  feats  or  rcccfTes,  commonly  known 
by  the  name  of  tabernacles ;  and  likewifc  an  old  monument  of  ftone,  with  no  legible 
memorial,  fave  the  arms  of  the  Berkeley  family. 

On  the  north  wall  is  a  fmall  black  monument,  inferibed  to  the  memory  of  Mrs. 
Evelyn. 

In  the  chancel  floor: 
"  Here  lie  the  remains   of  the  Rev.  Richard  Gapper,  A.  B.    late  rector  of  this 
parifh,  who  departed  this  life  Aug.  19,  1782,  aged  65.     A  worthy  parilh  pricft,  and 
iincere  honeft  man. 

"  Likewifc  the  body  of  Mary  Gapper,  late  of  Shaflon,  Dorfet,  his  venerable  mother  i 
who  died  May  12,  1770,  aged  84." 

11  Taxat.  fyiriiual. 


THE 


[     «3*     ] 


THE    HUNDRED   OF 

CANNINGTON. 


THIS  hundred,  taking  its  appellation  from  its  chief  town,  lies  on  the  Briftol 
channel,  which  bounds  it  on  the  north;  while  the  river  Parret  on  the  call 
divides  it  from  the  hundreds  of  Huntfpill  and  North-Petherton. 

This  hundred  was  anciently  held  of  the  crown  by  the  family  of  Walrond,  after 
whom  it  was  fucceffively  pofleifed  by  the  families  of  Fitzpain,  Poynings,  and  Percy. 
Sir  Francis  Rogers  died  feized  of  it  15  Car.  I. 

It  contains  ten  parifhes. 


CANNINGTON. 

FROM  the  complexion  of  this  and  feme  other  names  of  places  in  this  county,  anti- 
quarians have  been  led  to  imagine  that  the  Cangi,  a  tribe  of  the  ancient  Belg<e, 
who,  as  we  learn  from  Tacitus,  were  fubdued  by  Oftorius,  propraetor  in  Britain  under 
the  emperor  Claudius,  were  feated  in  thefe  parts.  But  as  others  have  with  more 
reafon  placed  them  in  a  different  quarter  of  the  ifland/  wc  iTiall  forbear  entering  on  a 
difquifition  on  this  fubjecl,  and  only  obfervc  that  the  moft  ancient  appellations  of  this 
place  are  Cantetone,  Candetoue,  and  Canyione;  all  which  feem  to  be  compounded  of 
the  Britiih  word  Cami,  fignifying  fair,  and  run,  the  ancient  common  term  for  a  town, 
as  diftinguifned  by  its  order  and  compa&nefs  from  a  village  or  hamlet.  Leland  calls- 
it  "  a  praty  uplandifch  townc."b  It  is  at  this  day  a  confiderable  place,  fituatcd  three 
miles  and  a  half  wefhvard  from  Bridgwater,  and  in  the  turnpike  road  from  that 
town  to  Dunfter.     The  country  is  flat  and  woody,  but  rich  and  well  cultivated. 

*  See  Camden's  Britannia  in  Somerfetfhire ;  Horfley's  Britannia  Romana,  p.  34;  Mufgrave's  Julii  Vit. 
Epit.  p.  76,  77 ;  Plot's  Staffbrdmire,  ex.  §.  4 ;  and  Gibbons's  Difcourfe  about  fomc  Roman  Antiquities  difco- 
vcred  near  Conquefl,  Langtoft's  Chron.  p.  445,  &c.  '  lun.  ii.  98. 

The 


I 
232  CANNINGTON.     [Cannington. 

The  town  confifts  of  a  plcafant  ftreet,  containing  fifty  houfes,  one  of  which  is  the 
jold  ruinous  maniion  of  the  lords  Clifford,  now  inhabited  by  a  farmer.     That  part  of 
Cannington  called   Gmrnay-Jireel ',  from  the  very  ancient  family  of  that  name,  was 
long  the  refidence  of  the^  family  of  Michel. 

The  manor  was  ancient  demefne  of  the  crown,  having  been  a  part  of  the  poffef- 
fions  of  king  Edward  the  ConfefTor,  and  was  not  afterwards  alienated,  but  frill  retained 
in  the  Conqueror's  hands,  as  appears  by  the  following  furvey,  wherein  it  is  conjoined 
with  the  manors  of  Williton  and  Carhampton: 

"  The  king  holds  Willetone  and  Candetone  and  Carentone.  King  Edward  held 
"  them.  '  They  never  paid  geld,  nor  is  it  known  how  many  hides  there  are.  The 
"  arable  is  one  hundred  carucates.  In  demefne  are  eleven  carucates  and  a  half,  and 
"  eleven  fervants,  and  thirty  coliberts,  and  thirty-eight  villanes,  and  fifty  cottagers 
"  with  thirty-feven  carucates  and  a  half.  There  are  two  mills  that  pay  five  fhillings 
"  rent,  and  one  hundred  and  four  acres  of  meadow.  Pafture  five  miles  in  length  and 
"  three  miles  in  breadth.  A  wood  four  miles  in  length,  and  two  miles  and  a  half  in 
"  breadth.  It  yields  one  hundred  and  fixteen  fhillings,  and  fixteen  pence  halfpenny  of 
"  twenty  in  ore.     In  the  time  of  king  Edward  it  paid  the  ferm  of  one  night. "c 

There  was  alfo  a  fmall  portion  of  land  of  the  name  of  Candetone,  which  was  vefted 
in  other  hands  about  this  time,  and  is  thus  defcribed : 

"  Robert  holds  of  John,  Candetone.  Semar  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
**  and  gelded  for  half  a  hide.  The  arable  is  one  carucate,  which  is  in  demefne,  with 
"  one  villane  and  four  cottagers.  There  is  a  mill  of  five  fhillings  rent,  and  twenty- 
<f  three  acres  of  meadow,  and  fix  acres  of  pafture.  It  was  formerly  worth  fifteen 
"  fhillings,  now  twenty  fhillings." 

From  another  pafTage  in  the  fame  record,  we  learn  that  there  was  at  this-  very  early 
date  a  church  upon  this  manor,  endowed  with  a  confiderable  portion  of  territory: 

"  Erchenger  holds  of  the  king  in  the  church  of  Cantetone  two  virgates  and  a  half 
"  of  land.  The  arable  is  two  carucates.  In  demefne  is  half  a  carucate,  with  one 
"  villane,  and  fix  cottagers.  There  are  feven  acres  of  pafture,  and  thirty  acres  of 
«  meadow,  and  four  acres  of  coppice  wood.     It  is  worth  thirty  fhillings."'1 

In  the  time  of  king  Stephen  this  and  many  other  neighbouring  places  were  in  the 
pofTefTion  of  Walter  dc  Courcy,  a  Norman  by  extraction,  and  one  who  was  retained  in 
the  fervice  of  Maud  the  emprefs,  as  her  fewer  or  chief  butler.  This  Robert,  being 
a  perfon  of  a  religious  turn,  founded  in  this  town,  about  the  year  1140,  a  priory 
for  Benedictines,  and  granted  a  certain  portion  of  his  lands  here  and  in  other  places 
for  the  maintenance  thereof.  The  patronage  of  this  houfe  was  vefted  in  the  fuccef- 
five  lords  of  Stoke,  a  neighbouring  manor,  called  in  after  times  from  its  owners 
Stoke-Courcy,  of  which  we  fhall  fpeak  hereafter.  It  was  dedicated  to  the  honour 
of  thebleffed  Virgin  Mary,  and  confuted  of  a  priorefs  and  about  twelve  nuns. 

Emma  de  Gylefcombe  was  priorefs  A.  D.  13 17,  upon  whofe  refignation 

Matilda  de  Merfton  was  elected  that  fame  year. 

«  Lib.  Domefday.  "  Ibid. 


Cannington.]  CANNINGTON.  23^ 

Wilhelma  dc  Blackindonc  died  in  1336,  and  was  fuccccdcd  by 

Johanna  dc  Bcrc. 

Avitia  dc  Rcygners  occurs  1343. 

Johanna  dc  Chcdcldon  died  1440. 

Johanna  Golfyfe  was  eledted  that  fame  year,  April  14. 

Eleanora  was  priorefs  1499  and  1502. 

Cecilia  de  Vernai  was  priorefs  1504  and  1533. 

The  revenues  of  this  priory  were  valued  26  Henry  VIII.  at  39I.  15s.  8d. 

Hugh  de  Welles,  bifhop  of  Lincoln,  in  his  will  made  A.  D.  121 2,  bequeathed  the 
fum  of  five  marks  to  this  houfc.*     5  Ric.  II.  Robert  Crofs,  redor  of  Spaxton,  f^Kk 
melfuagcs  in  Poulet  of  the  value  of  twenty-fix  (hillings  per  annum  to  this  priory,  to 
find  two  wax  candles  for  the  altar.f 

After  the  fuppreffion  of  monafteries  the  fcite  of  this  houfc,  and  the  manor  and 
rectory  of  Cannington,  with  the  advowfon  of  the  vicarage,  and  many  other  lands  and 
tenements,  were  granted  by  king  Henry  VIII.  to  Edward  Rogers,  efq;  in  whofe  family 
this  manor  continued  till  about  the  year  1 670,  when  it  cfcheated  to  the  crown,  and 
was  granted  by  king  Charles  II.  to  Thomas  lord  Clifford  of  Chudlcigh,  in  which 
family  it  ftill  continues. 

The  manor  of  Radway-Fitzpaine  within  this  parifli  was  alfo  included  in  the  grant 
to  Rogers.  It  formerly  belonged  to  the  lords  of  this  hundred  and  thofc  of  the  manor 
of  Stoke-Courcy.  It  is  a  fmall  hamlet,  containing  only  fix  houfes,  one  of  which  is  the 
manor  houfe,  now  inhabited  by  a  farmer. 

On  the  weft  fide  of  this  parifh  is  an  ancient  eftate  called  Brymore,  formerly  part  of 
the  lordfhip  of  Radway  above-mentioned,  and  held  from  thence  by  the  fervice  of  the 
tenth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.  Geffrey  de  Bramora  held  it  in  the  beginning  of  the  reign 
of  Henry  III.  foon  after  which  it  was  poffeffed  by  Odo  fon  of  Durand  dc  Derleigh, 
who  conveyed  the  fame  to  William  Fitchet,  and  he  to  Elias  Pym. 

This  Elias  Pym  was  father  of  feveral  children,  William,  John,  and  Roger  his  cldeft 
fon  and  heir,  who  poffeffed  this  eftate  27  Edw.  I. 

The  cldeft  fon  and  fucceffor  of  this  Roger  was  of  his  own  name,  and  bore  on  his 
feal  a  faltire,  between  four  quatrefoils.-  He  died  23  Edw.  III.  and  was  fucceeded  by 
Elias  his  brother;  after  whofe  death  without  children,  the  inheritance  devolved 
to  Philip  the  third  fon,  who  50  Edw.  III.  being  then  parfon  of  Kentifbury  in  Devon- 
fhire,  conveyed  all  his  right  herein  to  Philip  Pym,  fon  of  Henry  his  brother,  and  to 
the  heirs  of  the  faid  Philip. 

Philip  Pym  was  dead  before  1  Henry  IV.  He  had  two  fons  by  his  firft  wife 
Emmota,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Alexander  de  Camelis,  whofe  names  were  Roger  and 
William  ;  by  his  fecond  wife  he  had  alfo  a  fon  called  Elias,  to  whom  he  gave  feveral 
eftates  in  Dulverton,  and  Brumpton-Regis. 

«  Excerpt,  e  Regifl.  Wellcn. 
'  Leland  takes  notice  of  this  priory,  and  tells  us,  that  "  the  chirch  was  hard  adnexid  to  the  eft'  of  the  parocfc 
ehirch."    Itin.  ii.  98. 

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t 


»34i  CANNING  T' ON.  [Canntogton. 

Roger  Pym,  the  eldeft  fon,  married  Joan,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Trivet  of 
Sidbury  in  Devonfhire,  a  younger  branch  of  the  family  of  Trivet  of  Durborough. 
This  Roger  was  pofiefled  of  Brymorc  from  the  firft  year  of  Henry  IV.  to  13  Henry  VI. 
in  which  laft  year  he  was  fucceeded  by  Philip  his  eldeft  fon.  The  coat  of  this  Philip 
was  a  bull's  head  within  a  wreath.  He  was  living  16  Edw.  IV.  and  had  two  fons, 
Roger  his  fucceflbr,  and  Philip. 

Roger  Pym  married  Joan,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Gilbert  of  Wollavington,  by 
Alianor  daughter  and  coheir  of  William  Dodi'fham.  He  was  living  the  laft  year  of 
Edw.  IV.  at  which  time  he  made  over  all  his  eftate  lying  at  Brymore,  Wollavington, 
and  other  places,  to  his  fon  Alexander. 

Which  Alexander  married  Thomafia,  daughter  of  William  Stainings,  efq;  and  died 
"8  Henry  VII.  He  was  fucceeded  by  Reginald  Pym,  his  eldeft  fon,  who,  by  Mary 
Slaughter  of  Thomas  Dabridgecourt,  was  father  of  Erafmus  Pym,  and  grandfather  to 
the  famous  John  Pym,  efq;  member  for  the  borough  of  Taviftock. 

This  John,  by  Anna  daughter  of  John  Hooker,  efq;  was  father  of  feveral  children, 
the  eldeft  of  whom,  Charles,  was  on  the  reftoration  made  a  baronet,  and  was  fucceeded 
in  his  honour  andeftates  by  a  fon  of  his  own  name;  who  dying  without  iflue,  the 
eftate  fell  to  his  fifter  Mary,  the  wife  of  fir  Thomas  Hales,  bart.  progenitor  of  the 
-prefent  fir  Philip  Hales,  bart. 

About  a  mile  and  a  half  north  weft  from  Cannington,  and  on  the  banks  of  the  Parret, 
■Hands  the  hamlet  of  Combwick,  corruptly  called  Cummidge,  and  written  in  Domefday 
iBook  Comich,  being  in  the  Conqueror's  time  the  property  of  Ralph  de  Limefi. 

"  Ralph  de  Limefi  holds  of  the  king  Comich,  and  Walter  of  him.  Liward  held  it 
**  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  fix 
•'  carucates.  In  demefne  is  one  carucate,  with  one  fervant,  and  four  villanes,  and  five 
*'  cottagers,  with  two  ploughs.  There  are  twenty-eight  acres  of  meadow,  and  five 
«•  acres  of  pafture,  and  two  acres  of  wood.     It  was  always  worth  forty  {hillings."8 

This  manor  was  afterwards  held  by  the  Trivets  of  Chilton.  The  place  contains 
about  twenty  houfes,  and  there  is  a  pafiage-boat  kept  here  for  eroding  the  river  to 
Poulet.     Here  was  formerly  a  chapel. 

In  this  place  lived  and  died  in  the  reign  of  queen  Elizabeth,  Thomas  Charnock,  a 
noted  Roficrucian  chymift,  and  author  of  feveral  books,  now  little  read,  known,  or 
underftood,  even  in  their  titles:  he  died  in  1581,  and  was  buried  at  Otterhampton.k 

In  this  neighbourhood  have  been  divers  other  places  of  ancient  note,  but  now 
nearly  depopulated. 

Perdham  or  Petherham,  (i.  e.  the  hamlet  on  the  Parret)  was  in  the  Conqueror's 
time  the  land  of  Roger  de  Curcelle,  as  we  find  it  in  the  general  furvey : 

"  Anfchitil  holds  of  Roger,  Perredeham.  Godwin  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
•*  Edward,  and  gelded  for  half  a  virgate  of  Jand.  The  arable  is  one  carucate,  which 
"  is  held  by  four  cottagers.  There  is  one  acre  of  meadow.  It  was  and  is  worth  ten 
"  {hillings.  "• 

1  Lib.  Domefday.  *  Athense  Oxon.  ii.  659.  '  Lib.  Domefday. 

The 


Canntngton.]  CANNINGTON.  235 

The  families  of  Tilly  and  Horfcy  were  in  later  times  poffefled  of  this  place;  and 
here  alfo  lands  appertained  to  the  nunnery  of  Cannington. 

The  manor  of  Beer  was  formerly  in  lords  of  its  own  name,  from  whom  it  paffed 
into  the  family  of  Poulet,  and  became  one  of  their  principal  feats.  10  Henry  IV.  it 
belonged  to  the  family  of  Bonville,  and  thence  defcended  by  an  heirefs  to  Grey,  mar- 
quis of  Dorfct.  By  the  attainder  of  Henry  Grey,  duke  of  Suffolk  and  marquis  of 
Dorfet,  in  1553,  it  came  to  the  crown,  and  was  fold  in  1557  to  John  Bowycr,  cfq;  of 
whofe  defcendant  Edmund  Bowyer,  efqj  it  was  finally  purchafed  by  Edward  Colfton, 
efq;  and  by  hirn  appropriated  towards  the  fupport  of  his  fchool  or  hofpital  in  Briitol, 
to  which  it  now  belongs. 

Salthay,  corruptly  written  Salty,  and  West-Chilton,  in  this  parilh,  were  the 
pofTemons  of  the  family  of  Tilly. k 

The  church  of  Cannington  was  appropriated  to  the  priory.  The  benefice  is  vica- 
rial, and  in  the  gift  of  the  lord  of  the  manor.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Price  is  the  prefent 
incumbent. 

With  regard  to  the  ftructure,  (which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary)  it  is,  as  Leland  ob- 
ferves,  "  very  fair,  and  well  adorned ;"  confifting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  fide  ailes,  with 
a  handfome  embattled  tower  at  the  weft  end,  which  contains  a  clock  and  five  bells. 

In  the  chancel,  within  the  communion  rails,  were  formerly  two  brafs  plates ;  one  to 
the  memory  of  William  Dodifham,  who  was  a  benefactor  to  the  church,  and  died 
Aug.  11,  1480;  the  other  to  the  memory  of  Joan  his  wife,  who  died  Sept.  30,  1472. 
Under  the  altar  fteps  there  was  another  infeription  on  brafs  for  a  vicar  of  this  church 
of  the  name  of  Allford,  who  is  alfo  called  a  benefactor ;  he  died  in  1484. 

In  the  fouth  window  of  the  chancel  were  likewife  thefe  arms,  viz. 
Sable,  fix  mullets  argent,  3,  2,  I. 

Urgent,  on  a  chevron  fable,  between  three  trefoils  of  the  fecond,  three  mullets  or. 
Ermine,  a  bend  fable. 

In  one  of  the  north  windows  of  the  nave : 

©rate  pro  oono  fiatu  CDtoarDi  TSaling. 

And  near  it : 

©rate  pro  ala  Leonaroi  Cillg  armtrj:.  ct  pro  oono  fiatu  3Io&anne,  mipcr 

confortig  fuae. 

At  the  top  of  this  window  are  the  following  coats: 

Azure,  three  fleurs  de  lis  or. 

Argent,  a  bend  gules -,  on  a  chief  azure  three  efcallops  of  the  fecond,  a  chaplct  for 
diftinclion. 

Argent,  a  bend  gules  between  three  dragons'  heads  erafed  fable. 

Argent,  on  a  feffe  fable,  between  three  pheons  of  the  firft,  two  fleurs  de  lis  gules; 
impaling,  argent,  three  fleurs  de  lis  gules,  a  label  of  three  points. 

"  For  Idstgck,  anciently  written  Ychetocke  andIcHETOKE,fee  Chiiton  in  the  hundred  ot  North- 

Petherton.  , .  ,  T. 

H  h  a  Tnc 


• 


23*  CANNINGTO  N.  [Cannta&ton. 

The  pheons  as  before;  impaling,  azure,  three  fieurs  de  lis  or. 

Argent,  a  dragon  erect  fable /  impaling,  quarterly,  or  and  azure,  four  eagles  erect 
eounterc  hanged. 

The  pheons  again;  impaling,  or,  on  a  bend  gules  three  .  .  .  argent. 

In  the  next  north  window : 
Argent,  a  chevron  between  three  bugle  horns  fable-,  a  crefcent  for  di  (Terence. 
Argent,  three  water  bougets  or. 
Azure  and  or  counterchanged,  a  fun  in  glory. 
Gules,  three  bezants;  a  label  of  three  points. 

In  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel  is  an  ancient  monument  of  alabafler. 
"  Amy,  fecond  daughter  of  Edward  Rogers  of  Cannington,  efq;  in  the  countie  of 
Somerfett,  and  Katharine  his  wife,  daughter  of  fir  John  Popham,  knight,  lord  chief 
juftice  of  England.  The  beloved  wife  of  Henry  Saint  Barbe,  of  Alhington  in  the 
fame  county,  efq;  died  Ano  Dni  1621,  aged  33  ;  whofe  pious  life  warrants  her  eternal 
happinefs  with  Chrift. 

"  She  to  gain  love  did  AMYable  live, 
And  Sara  like  to  her  lord  honour  give; 
Bare  him  ten  children;  chaftly  bred  them,  free 
From  fuperftition  and  impietie. 
Anfwer'd  her  worthy  parents  worth,  and  dyed 
A  pattern  to  her  fexe  to  fhufie  vain  pride." 
Arms:  Paly  of  eight  fable  and  argent,  per  fefTe  counterchanged  for  St.  Barbe;    im- 
paling, argent,  a  chevron  between  three  bucks  paffant  fable,  Rogers. 

In  this  chancel  there  is  a  vault  belonging  to  Lord  Clifford;  its  fcite  above  is  fur- 
rounded  by  an  elegant  iron  palifade  of  curious  workmanfhip. 

In  the  north  aile,  on  a  fmall  mural  monument : 
"Subtus  inhumatur  Hugo  Rufcombe,  nuper  rector  de  Otterhampton    et  hujus 
ecclefise  quondam  vicarius;  qui  obl   13*  Aprilis,  anno  Domini  1702,  aetat.  fuse  39." 
On  a  white  marble  againft  the  fouth  wall : 
"  Near  this  place  lieth  the  body  of  Elizabeth  Rufcombe,  wife  of  Jofeph  Rufcombe, 
of  Clay-hill  in  this  parifh,  and  daughter  of  the  Rev.  JohnBrice,  rector  of  Afholt;  who 
died  Nov.   17,  1737,  aged  28.     Alfo  Sarah  her  daughter,  an  infant.     Alfo  the  body 
of  Jofeph  Rufcombe,  late  of  Clay-hill,  gent,  who  died  Jan.  22,  1763,  aged  60." 
In  the  floor  are  feveral  Hones  with  the  names  of  Fry,  Clarke,  Dodifham,  and  others. 

On  three  tablets  are  the  following  memorials : 
"Henry  Rogers,  of  this  parifti,  efq;  by  his  laft  will  gave  the  fum  of  2350I.  for 
the  purchafing  of  lands,  the  clear  rents  and  profits  thereof  to  be  applied  towards 
the  maintenance  of  twenty  poor  aged  people,  ten  of  the  faid  poor  to  live  within  the 
manors  of  Withiel,  Stert,  and  Salty,  and  to  have  their  proportions.  Which  lands 
have  been  fince  purchafed  in  the  names  of  fir  Edward  Windham,  bart.  fir  Francis 
Warr,  bart.  Nathaniel  Palmer,  efq;  and  others,  to  the  number  of  twelve,  as  truftees. 

Lives  renewable." 

Ofl 


Canninrjton.]  CANNINGTON.  *37 

"Henry  Rogers,  of  this  parifli,  cfq;  by  his  laft  will  and  tenament,  bearing  date 
the  8th  of  May  1672,  did  give  to  the  parifli  of  Cannington  the  fum  of  600I.  to 
be  laid  out  and  employed  for  the  raifing  a  flock  and  working-houfc  for  maintenance 
of  the  poor.  Which  money  has  been  laid  out  in  purchasing  certain  lands  late 
Collard's,  lying  within  the  pariihes  of  Ncthcr-Stowcy  and  Spaxton,  and  conveyed 
unto  truftecs  for  that  purpofc." [The  houfe  is  capable  of  holding  24  pcrfons.J 

"  Sir  Bartholomew  Mitchcl,  knight,  by  his  laft  will  gave  twenty  pounds,  the  profit* 
to  be  applied  to  the  poor  on  Chriftmas  eve. 

"  The  lady  Jane  Rogers  gave  twenty-fix  pounds,  the  intcrcft  to  be  given  weekly  to 
the  poor  of  this  parifli. 

"  Mr.  Jyllyas  Tap  by  his  laft  will  gave  forty  pounds,  the  intcrcft  to  be  given  to  the 
poor  on  Good-Friday. 

"  Mr.  Benjamin  Vaughan  gave  50I.  the  intereft  for  binding  an  apprentice  to  huf- 
bandry,  one  year  out  of  Bridgwater,  and  the  next  out  of  Cannington.  The  maftcr  to 
have  the  ufe  of  the  money  one  year." 

The  whole  number  of  houfes  in  this  parifli  is  about  one  hundred,  and  of  inhabi- 
tants nearly  five  hundred  and  fixty. 


HOLT. 


THIS  parifli  lies  in  the  fouthern  limits  of  the  hundred,  diftant  eight  miles  north 
from  Taunton,  and  feven  fouthweft  from  Bridgwater.  The  furface  of  the 
country  is  plcafingly  varied  with  hill  and  valley,  well  cultivated,  wooded,  and  watered 
with  fine  fprings.  The  number  of  houfes  is  about  twenty,  including  the  hamlet  of 
Holcombe,  half  a  mile  weft,  and  the  hamlet  of  Lower  Afliolt,  one  mile  diftant  to  the 
ii>uth. 

The  name  of  this  place,  as  well  as  fbme  others  in  the  county,  fecms  to  have  origi- 
nated from  its  groves  of  aflies ;  acps  being  the  Saxon  term  for  that  fpecies  of  trees,  and 
Polr  in  the  fame  language  fignifying  a  grove  or  thick  wood. 

We  do  not  find  any  mention  of  this  place  in  the  furvey  made  in  the  time  of  William 
the  Conqueror,  nor  till  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Henry  II.  when  it  was  the  land 
of  Richard  del  Eftre,  a  great  perfon  in  thefe  parts.  It  was  afterwards  the  property  of 
William  de  Reigni,  who  bore  on  his  feal  three  grapple-hooks.  John  de  Neville  held 
one  knight's  fee  in  this  place  of  the  king  in  chief,  1  o  Edw.  I.  But  in  the  time  of  king 
Edw.  III.  and  after,  this  manor  was  in  the  pofleflion  of  the  family  of  Hill  of  Spaxton, 
and  it  now  belongs  to  the  carl  of  Egmont. 

The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Bridgwater,  and  was  valued  in  1292  a(J 
,100s.    The  Rev.  Nathaniel  Blake  Bricc  is  patron  and  incumbent, 

The 


4 


23 


8  A      S      H      o      L      T.         [Cannmgtott, 


The  church  (which  is  dedicated  to  All  Saints)  is  neat,  and  confifts  of  a  nave, 
.chancel,  and  fouth  aile;  at  the  weft  end  is  a  tower  containing  three  bells. 

In  the  chancel  over  the  communion  table,  is  a  ftone  monument  to  the  memory  of 
*'  Nathaniel  Blake,  M.  A.  who  was  re&or  of  this  church  3  5  years,  and  difcharged  the 
offices  of  his  function  with  great  diligence  and  integrity :  he  was  buried  1 7  Nov.  1 705." 

On  another  mural  monument  of  ftone : 
"  M.  S.   Viri  reverendi  Johannis  Brice,  A.  B.  qui  poftquam  hujus  ecclefias  recloris  per 
quinquaginta  annos  fideliter  obiiflet  munera,  e  vita  migravit  die  Nov.  23,  A.  D.  1761, 
aetat.  79." 

On  a  black  marble  againft  the  north  wall  of  the  nave: 
"  William  Brice,  fourth  fon  of  the  late  Rev.  Mr.  John  Brice,  who  lies  buried  in  the 
chancel  of  this  church,  died  in  the  year  1 774,  and  in  the  59th  year  of  his  age.  By  his 
laft  will  he  gave  the  intereft  of  iool.  to  be  diftributed  weekly  in  bread  to  the  fecond 
poor  of  this  parifti.  The  rectors  of  this  and  the  parifh  of  Spaxton  are  appointed 
truftees  for  the  fame.  Alfo  here  lyeth  the  body  of  Ann,  fecond  wife  of  the  above 
William  Brice,  who  died  the  31ft  day  of  Dec.  1780,  aged  74." 

In  the  chancel  floor : 
"  Anthony  Amory  deceflid  July  20,  1620,  parfon  here  42  yeeres  ;  who  gave  to  the 
poore  30I.  for  ever,  whereof  15 1.  to  Ayfholt,  and  15I.  to  Bifhop's-Nymet  in  Devon- 
ihire,  where  he  was  borne." 

On  another  ftone  is  a  memorial  to 
*'  Humphry  Blake  the  elder,  of  Over-Stowey,  gent,  who  was  interred  June  the  14th, 
1665.     And  alfo  Humphry  Blake  his  fon,  interred  Sept.  27,  1664." 
The  chriftenings  in  this  parifh  are  on  an  average  five,  the  burials  three,  annually. 


H      A      R      L      I      N      C      H 


IS  a  fmall  parifh  fituated  in  an  inclofed  and  woody  country,  five  miles  weft  from 
Bridgwater,  and  nine  north  from  Taunton.  Its  ancient  name  was  Cerdefling,  pro- 
bably from  fome  ancient  owner;  though  the  firft  that  appears  on  record  is  Alwi  a 
Saxon,  who  held  this  vill  in  the  time  of  king  Edward  the  Confeffor.  It  was  after- 
wards given  by  William  the  Conqueror  to  Roger  de  Curcelle,  who,  at  the  time  the 
furvey  was  compiled,  held  it  in  demefne;  for  we  read  that 

"  Roger  himfelf  holds  Cerdefling.  Alwi  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and 
*  gelded  for  one  hide  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  three  carucates.  In  demefne  are 
"  two  carucates,  and  four  fervants,  and  three  villanes,  and  three  cottagers,  with  two 
"  ploughs.  There  is  a  mill  of  fixpence"  rent,  and  three  acres  of  meadow,  and  thirteen 
■  acres  of  pafture,  and  two  acres  of  wood.    It  was  and  is  worth  forty  fhillings.''1 

?  Lib.  Domefday.  -*n 


Canninffton.]        fc   n    A    R    L    T   N    c    H.  239 

In  the  time  of  Henry  II.  this  place  had  poffeffors  of  its  own  name;  but  it  fooit 
after  came  to  the  poflcffion  of  the  family  of  Vallctort  of  North-Tawton  in  Dcvonfhirc; 
of  which  manor  Joel  de  Vallctort,  younger  fon  of  Roger,  and  brother  of  Reginald  de 
Vallctort,  was  lord  in  the  time  of  Henry  III.  and  bore  for  his  arms,  Vert,  on  a  bend 
argent.,  three  mullets  gules.h  To  this  Joel  fuccccdcd  fir  Philip,  and  to  him  fir  John 
Vallctort,  who  had  iffue  Hugh  de  Vallctort.  Which  Hugh  was  living  in  the  time  of 
Edward  II.  and  by  Lucia  daughter  and  heir  of  Adam  le  Bret,  had  iffuc  fcvcral  daugh- 
ters, of  whom  Julian  the  wife  of  Geffrey  Lyffe  had,  in  the  divifion  of  her  father'* 
eftates,  this  manor  of  Charlinch  for  her  fharc.  Their  iffuc  was  Richard  Lyffe,  who 
was' filled  '  of  Currypool',  where  probably  he  rcfided:  his  feal  was  four  eaglets  dis- 
played. Having  married  Margery  the  daughter  of  fir  Matthew  Stawcl,  knt.  he  be- 
came father  of  two  daughters  whom  he  left  his  coheireffes,  Amicia  the  wife  of  fir 
Baldwin  Malet,  and  Joan  the  wife  of  Walter  Tilly ;  the  former  of  them  had  this 
manor,  which  continued  in  the  family  of  Malet  for  fome  years.  It  was  at  length 
conveyed  to  the  family  of  Smith,  whofe  feat  was  at  Spaxton,  an  adjoining  parifii. 
The  late  Mr.  Smith  of  that  place  had  one  fon,  who  died  in  his  minority,  and  four 
daughters  his  coheireffes,  the  fecond  of  whom  being  married  to  William  Molcfworth, 
efq;  he  in  her  right  became  poffeffed  of  Charlinch,  and  fold  the  manor  to  the  late 
earl  of  Egmont,  father  of  the  prefent  proprietor. 

The  adjoining  manor  of  Currypool  is  of  equal  antiquity  with  Charlinch,  and  had 
the  fame  poffeffors.     It  is  furveyed  in  Domefday  Book  as  follows : 

•*  Roger  himfelf  holds  Curiepol.  Alwi  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and 
*'  gelded  for  one  hide.  The  arable  is  four  carucates.  In  demefne  is  half  a  carucate, 
"  and  fix  villancs,  and  five  cottagers  having  three  ploughs.  There  are  feven  acres  of 
"  meadow,  and  one  hundred  acres  of  pafture,  and  fix  acres  of  wood.  It  was  and  is 
"  worth  forty  fhillings."c 

The  Earl  of  Egmont  hath  likewife  this  manor. 

On  the  oppofite  fide  of  this  pariih  is  a  very  ancient  feat  called  Gai'theney,  but  for- 
merly written  Godelege,  Godelney,  and  Gatbelney,  the  firft  of  which  is  compounded  of 
the  Saxon  30T5,  in  our  language  fignifying  good,  and  leaj,  a  pafture. 

At  the  time  of  the  Conqucft  it  belonged  to  the  fame  lord  as  Charlinch  and  Currypool. 

"  Goisfrid  holds  of  Roger  [i.  e.  de  Curcellc]  Godelege.  Alward  held  it  in  the 
*'  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  half  a  hide.  The  arable  is  two  carucates. 
"  In  demefne  is  one  carucate,  and  five  villancs,  and  five  cottagers  with  one  plough  and 
"  one  fervant.  There  is  half  a  millJ  which  pays  ten-pence  rent,  and  twenty  acres  of 
"  pafture.     It  is  worth  twenty  {hillings.     It  was  worth  thirty  (hillings."' 

"  Sir  William  Pole's  Survey  of  Devon,  MS.  '  Lib.  Domefday. 

*  This  expreflion,  as  well  as  that  ofbalfapfough,  both  which  frequently  occur  in  this  record,  feem  at  firft 
fight  fingular  enough.  But  the  fail  is,  that  there  was  a  mill  in  ufe  betwixt  the  tenants  of  this  manor,  and  thof« 
of  fome  other,  and  the  tenants  of  each  paid  their  rents  to  their  refpcclive  lords.  So  likewife  when  it  b  faid  there 
are  fo  many  cottagers  nultb  half  a  f  lough,  it  means  that  they  had  the  joint  ufe  of  a  plough  with  fome  other 
neighbouring  hufbandmen.  *  Lib.  Domefday. 

After 


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After  the  Conqueft  this  place  had  owners  of  its  name,  of  whom  Richard  de  Gode- 
lege  is  reported  to  have  been  a  great  warrior,  and  to  have  ferved  king  Edward  I.  in 
his  wars  in  Scotland.  This  manor  was  likewife  fome  time  held  by  the  lords  of 
Charlinch,  till  in  the  time  of  Henry  VI.  it  came  to  the  pofleflion  of  the  family  of 
Hody.  1  Edw.  IV.  fir  Alexander  Hody  died  feized  of  this  manor  without  iflue,  and 
John,  the  fon  of  fir  John  Hody,  knt.  lord  chief  juftice  of  England,  and  brother  of  the 
faid  fir  Alexander,  became  his  next  heir.  To  which  John  fucceeded  fir  William 
Hody,  knt.  lord  chief  baron  of  the  exchequer;  William,  Richard,  William,  Henry, 
and  Richard.  But  in  the  time  of  James  I.  they  difpofed  of  this  manor  to  Rogeir 
Bourne,  of  Wells,  efq;  whofe  pofterity  refided  here  for  fome  generations,  and  were 
people  of  very  confiderable  property;  for  in  the  compofition  made  in  1651,  John  and 
Roger  Bourne  are  fet  down  in  the  fum  of  700I.  By  the  death  of  Thomas  Bourne,  efq; 
in  1738,  the  lad  male  heir  of  this  family,  Gautheney  came  by  an  heirefs  to  the  Gores, 
and  it  is  now  the  property  of  Edward  G  rKiddington  in  the  county  of  Oxford,  efq. 

The  manor  houfe  is  a  venerable  old  building,  having  a  chapel  in  the  tower;  and 
ftands  about  a  mile  northward  from  the  church  of  Charlinch. 

The  living  of  Charlinch  is  rectorial,  and  lies  in  the  deanery  of  Bridgwater.  In 
the  taxation  of  1292  it  is  valued  at  15  marks,  but  26  Henry  VIII.  at  9I.  15s.  5d. 
The  patron  is  fir  Edward  Bayntun,  bart.  and  his  fon  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Bayntun, 
is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  (wbieh-i^  dedicated  to  St.  Mary)  ftands  on  a  high  piece  of  ground, 
commanding  a  fine  profpect  to  the  fouth  and  eaft.  It  confifts  of  a  nave,  chancel,  an 
aile  or  fmall  chapel  on  the  fouth  fide,  and  a  tower  at  the  weft  end  containing  four  bells. 
Againft  the  fouth  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  fmall  monument  "  To  the  memorie  of 
Mr.  Benjamin  Vaghan,  paftor  of  this  church ;  who  laboured  in  this  vineard  for  the. 
fpaee  of  twenty-one  yeares,  and  dyed  in  the  50th  yeare  of  his  age,  1639. 

Here  reverend  Vaghan  lies,  and  canft  thou  fee 

His  facred  vine  without  an  eulogie? 

Or  pafs  him  dry-eyed,  who  would  impetrate 

A  figh  from  envy,  wring  a  tear  from  hate? 

He  merits  rivers  of  them;  though  the  tide 

Were  pearls  difolv'd,  or  chriftal  liquifide." 

In  the  chancel  floor: 
**  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Taylor,  late  rector  of  this  parifh, 
Who  died  Feb.  1,  1737,  aged  75  years;   and  who  in  his  laft  will  left  a  legacy  of 
20I.  to  the  poor  of  this  parifh." 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  James  Gadd,  late  rector  of  Charlinch,  who  deceafed  the 
15th  day  of  September  1643." 

"Here  lyeth  the  body  of  John  Chicke  Clarke,  rector  of  Charlinch,  who  deceafed 
April  27, 1654." 

In 


• 


Canninrjton.J        CHARLINCH.  241 

«  Here  lycth  the  body  of  John  Chickc  Clarke,  rector  of  Charlinch,  who  dcccafcd 

April  27,1654." 

In  the  fouth  ajle  there  is  a  black  mural  monument  to  the  memory  of  Anne  Bourne, 
daughter  of  John  Malet  of  Enmore>  cfq;  and  wife  of  Roger  Bourne  of  Cothclney,  cfq; 
high-fherift*  of  this  county,  who  died  May  i,  1670. 

In  the  floor  are  feveral  ftoncs  inferibed  with  the  names  of  Bourne,  Haviland,  Blake, 
and  Williams. 

"  Florence  Baber,  rebel  of  Edward  Babcr,  cfq;  late  of  Rcgilbury  in  the  parifh  of 
Chew-Magna,  and  daughter  of  Roger  Bourne,  cfq;  of  Cothclney  in  this  parifh  of 
Charlinch,  did  by  her  laft  will  and  teftament,  bearing  date  April  3,  17 13,  give  unto 
the  parifh  of  Charlinch  one  hundred  pounds  for  ever,  the  intereft  whereof  to  be 
employed  In  binding  out  poor  children  apprentices  to  fome  honcft  calling,  at  the  dif- 
cretion  of  the  minifter,  churchwardens,  and  inhabitants." 

In  the  church-yard  are  the  fragments  of  an  old  crols; 

The  number  of  houfes  in  this  parifh  is  about  twenty-five,  and  of  inhabitants  about. 
one  hundred  and  thirty. 


FIDDINGTON 

IS  a  fmall  parifh  fituatcd  in  a  woody  flat,  fix  miles  weft  from  Bridgwater,  and  abour 
three  miles  fouth  from  the  Briftol  channel.     A  hamlet  called  Botijlonc  lies  within 
this  parifh,  one  mile  northward  from  the  church,  and  contains  fourteen  houfes. 

At  the  time  of  the  Norman  Conqueft,  this  place  was  written  Fin/intone,  and  be- 
longed to  Roger  Arundel,  as  we  read : 

"  Hugh  holds  of  Roger,  Fitintonc.  Ailward  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  four  hides.  The  arable  is  fix  carucates.  In  demefne  are  two  ca- 
"  rucates,  and  two  fervants,  and  fix  villanes,  and  five  cottagers,  with  three  ploughs. 
"  There  are  two  mills  of  two  fhillings  rent,  and  twenty-one  acres  of  meadow,  and 
•'  fourfcore  arres  of  pafture,  and  forty-three  acres  of  moor,  and  forty-two  acres  of 
"  wood.     It  was  and  is  worth  four  pounds."' 

In  the  time  of  Edward  the  firft  we  find  this  manor  to  be  the  property  of  John  dc 
Columbers,  the  feat  of  whofc  barony  was  Nethcr-Stowcy  in  the  hundred  of  Williton. 
In  the  thirty-fecond  year  of  that  reign,  this  John  procured  of  the  king  a  charter  of  free 
•warren  in  his  demefne  lands  here;6  but  the  manor  fhortly  after  paired  into  other 
hands,  and  was  fome  time  in  the  pofTeffion  of  the  Ap-Adams,  the  Hills  of  Spaxton* 
and  other  families.     It  now  belongs  to  Mr.  Williams. 

•  Lib.  Desaefciay.  »  Cart.  3a  Edw,  h  n.  1$ 

Vol.  I.  I  i  The 

m 


2l*  *  I  D  D  I  N  G  T  o  N.         fCannfoffton. 

The  living  is  /"rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Bridgwater;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Yorke  is  patron 
and  incumbent. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Martin,  confifh;  of  a  fingle  aile  and  chancel 
and  a  towei*  at  the  weft  end,  containing  four  bells.     There  is  no  monument,  nor  any 
infcription  of  note. 


OTTER     II     A     M     P     T     O     N, 

Or,  The  Tcavti  of  Otrame,  a  Saxon  lord, 

IS  fituated  on  the  weftern  bank  of  the  river  Parret,  feven  mHes  northweft  from 
Bridgwater.     Part  of  the  parifh  is  flat  and  woody,  but  that  next  the  river  confifts 
of  moor  and  marfh. 

It  belonged  at  the  Conqueft  to  different  lords,  one  of  whom  was  Roger  de  Curcelle, 
tvhofe  eftate  here  is  thus  furveyed : 

•*  Robert  holds  of  Roger,  Otrameftone.  Eduin  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
?<  and  gelded  for  half  a  hide.  The  arable  is  one  carucate  and  a  half.  There  are 
"  four  villanes,  and  one  cottager,  and  one  fervant.  There  are  two  acres  and  a  half  of 
"  meadow,  and  twelve  acres  of  pafture,  and  feven  acres  of  coppice  wood.  It  was  and 
<«  is  worth  eighteen  (hillings." 

Another  part  belonged  to  Alured  de  Ifpania: 

"  Herbert  holds  of  Alured,  Otremetone.  Eftan  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  one  hide  and  two  virgates  and  a  half  of  land.  The  arable  is  three 
"  carucates.  In  demefne  are  two  carucates,  with  one  fervant,  and  five  villanes,  and 
"  three  bordars,  and  three  cottagers,  with  two  ploughs  and  a  half.  There  are  five  acres 
"  of  meadow,  and  three  acres  of  pafture,  and  three  acres  of  wood.  It  was  always 
"  worth  forty  (hillings." 

"  Ofmer  holds  one  yard-land  in  Otremetone.  His  father  held  it  in  the  time  of 
,c  king  Edward.  There  are  two  parts  thereof  taken  away,  and  laid  to  Candetone,  a 
"  manor  of  the  king."4 

.  This  was  one  of  thofe  manors  which  were  anciently  held  by  knights  fervice  of  the 
caftle  of  Stowey.  In  the  time  of  Henry  II.  William  Fitz-Terric  or  Teodric  held  one 
knight's  fee  here  of  Philip  de  Columbers;b  but  foon  after  the  mefne  lords  of  this 
manor  were  the  Trivets  of  Chilton,  after  whom  it  was  poflefTed  by  the  family  of  Hody. 
In  the  inquifition  taken  after  the  deceafe  of  fir  Alexander  Hody,  knt.  i  Edw.  IV. 
it  was  found  that  the  faid  Alexander  held  the  manor  of  Otterhampton  of  John  lord 
Audley ;  John  his  fon  and  heir  of  the  age  of  twenty-fix  years. c  It  is  at  prefent  the 
property  of  Mrs.  Everard. 

i  Lib.  Domefday.  »  Lib.  nig.  Scac.  i.  97.  ■  Inq.  poll  mon.  J  Edw.  IV. 

The 


CanningrtOtt.]  OTTERHAMPTON.  a4j 

The  church  of  Ottcrhampton  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Bridgwater,  and  was  in 
129a  valued  at  ioos.a  The  patronage  is  appendant  tothe  manor,  art3  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Bryan  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

There  is  no  monument  in  the  church,  which  is  of  one  pace,  and  has  a  tower  at  the 
weft  end,  containing  four  bells;  but  in  the  church-yard  there  are  fcveral  Lnfcription* 
on  tombs  and  other  rtones,  and  among  the  reft  there  is  a  memorial  to  "  John  Pearcc, 
ftudent  in  aftronomy  and  mufick." 


S        P        A        X        T        O        N. 

THIS  is  a  large  parifh,  lying  five  miles  weft  from  Bridgwater,  and  nine  north  from 
Taunton,  and  extending  feven  miles  in  length  from  Cothurfton  on  the  fouthweft 
to  Ottcrhampton,  over-againft  the  channel  on  the  north. 

Its  ancient  name  was  Spachcjlone,  and  it  was  one  of  the  many  manors  which  king 
William,  after  his  conqueft  of  this  country,  gave  to  Alured  dc  Ifpania,  one  of  his  per- 
fonal  attendants.     The  record  of  that  reign  gives  us  the  following  account  of  it : 

"Alured  himfclf  holds  Spachcftone.  Alwi  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  two  hides  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  eight  carucates.  In  demefne 
'•  is  one  carucate,  and  two  fervants,  and  three  villanes,  and  two  cottagers,  with  one 
"  plough.  There  are  twenty-fix  acres  of  meadow,  and  nine  acres  of  wood.  When 
"  he  received  it,  it  was  worth  fifty  (hillings,  now  the  fame. 

"  Of  this  fame  land  a  foldicr  holds  of  Alured  one  hide  and  a  half,  and  has  upon  it 
"  two  ploughs,  and  three  fervants,  and  three  cottagers,  and  fix  villanes,  and  five  bor- 
M  dars.  There  are  four  acres  of  meadow,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  wood. 
"  It  was  worth  three  pounds,  now  as  much."* 

After  the  Conqueft  this  manor  of  Spaxton  was  held  of  the  caflle  of  Stowcy,  for 
many  fuccefiive  generations,  by  the  family  of  Fichet.  In  the  time  of  Henry  II. 
Robert  the  fon  of  Hugh,  the  fon  of  another  Hugh  Fichet,  is  certified  to  hold  it  of 
Philip  de  Columbers  by  the  fervicc  of  one  knight's  fee.b  Hugh  the  brother  of  this 
Robert  was  fettled  at  Merridge  within  this  parilTi. 

The  faid  Robert  was  father  of  Hugh  Fichet  of  Spaxton,  who  was  Ukewifc  married, 
and  left  iflue: 

Geffrey  Fichet  his  fon  and  heir:  which  Geffrey  is  fomctimes  ftiled  of  Sutton,  in 
the  parifli  of  Moorlinch,  where  fome  of  his  family  refided;  and  in  a  deed  made  in 
the  time  of  Henry  III.  he  is  found  to  releafi?  to  William  Malet  all  his  right  to  that 
manor.     He  was  fucceeded  in  this  eftate  by 

d  Taxat.  fpirit.  •  Lib.  DomefiUy.        •  *  Lib.  tag.  *.  i.  07 . 

I  i  2  Hugh 


[( 


344  SPAXTON.         [Cannmgtom 

Hugh  Fichet,  who  likcwife  lived  in  the  time  of  Henry  III.  and  was  father  of  fir 
William  Fichet,  knt.  whofe  name  is  mentioned  among  the  benefactors  to  the  abbey 
of  Ford  in  Devonshire. 

Sir  John  Fichet,  his  fon  and  heir,  inherited  this  eftate,  and  was  fucceeded  therein  by 

Sir  Thomas  Fichet,  who  married  Ricarda,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Ingepen,  and 
died  10  Ric.  H.  leaving  by  the  faid  Ricarda  his  wife, 

A  fecond  fir  Thomas  Fichet  his  fon  and  heir :  which  fir  Thomas  bore  on  his  feal 
a  lion  rampant,  having  a  bull's  head  for  the  creft.  He  died  19  Ric.  II.  leaving  a 
daughter  and  heir, 

Ifabel,  married  to  Robert  Hill,  efq;  a  perfon  of  great  note  in  thefe  parts,  and 
feveral  times  fherifF  of  this  county  and  Dorfet.  To  a  deed  of  this  Robert  Hill,  dated 
4  Henry  IV.  there  are  two  feals  appendant;  the  one,  per  pale,  a  faltier  verrey  between 
four  mullets,  the  arms  of  Hill;  the  other,  a  lion  rampant  debruifed  with  a  bend,  being 
the  coat  (fomewhat  altered)  of  the  .family  of  Fichet.  The  infeription,  ^j)ifj;iUUlTt 
iRO&erti  !^UUe.c     This  Robert  Hill  died  1  Henry  VI.  leaving  iffue  by  the  faid  Ifahcl 

John  Hill  his  fon  and  heir,  who  died  13  Henry  VI.  and  was  father  of 

Another  John  Hill,  who  married  Margaret  daughter  of  fir  Walter  Rodney,  knt. 
«nd  died  34  Henry  VI.  without  any  male  heir  of  his  body,  leaving  iflue  only  a  daugh- 
ter and  heir 

Genovefa,  the  wife  of  fir  William  Say,  knt.  who  dying  without  children,  the  eftat* 
reverted  to  Elizabeth  fifter  and  heir  of  the  laft  John  Hill,  and  aunt  to  the  faid  Geno- 
vefa. Which  Elizabeth  was  married  to  John  Cheyney,  of  Pinhoe  in  the  county  of 
Devon,  efq;d  and  had  iflue 

John  Cheyney,  who  poflefled  this  manor  of  Spaxton,  and  by  Alice  his  wife  left  iflue 
four  daughters  his  coheirefles;  Mabel,  the  wife  of  Edward  Waldegrave  of  Suffolk,  efq; 
Helena,  wife  of  George  Babington;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  William  Clopton;  and  Anne, 
wife  of  Robert  Hufley  of  Lincolnfhire.  Mabel  the  eldeft  daughter  had  this  manor  of 
Spaxton,  and  by  her  marriage  brought  it  into  the  family  of  Waldegrave,  anceftors  of 
the  lords  Waldegrave,  in  whom  it  continued  till  conveyed  in  the  prefent  century  to 
the  family,  of  Smith,  a  coheirefs  of  whom  difpofed  of  it  to  the  earl  of  Egmont. 

In  this  parilh  are  feveral  other  ancient  manors,  and  the  following  hamlets : 

1 .  Merridge,  fituated  one  mile  and  a  half  fouthweft,  containing  fix  houfes. 

2.  Radlet,  one  mile  weft,  eight  houfes. 

3.  Splat,  half  a  mile  north,  fix  houfes. 

4.  Pightley,  or  Pileigh,  half  a  mile  fouth,  nine  houfes. 

The  firft  of  thefe  hamlets  is  called  in  Domefday  Book  Malrige,  and  is  thus 
furveyed : 

"  Rannulf  holds  of  Alured  [de  Ifpania]  Malrige.  Alwi  held  it  in  the  time  of 
"  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  half  a  hide.  The  arable  is  two  carucates  and  a  half, 
w  In  demefne  is  one  carucate,  and  two  fervants,  and  four  villanes,  and  one  cottager, 

c  Ex  collet,  vir.  Rev.  Geo.  HarbyD.  *  Sir  Wm.  Pole's  MS. 

"with 


Cannirtfjton.]  S     P     a     X     T     o     n. 


-r., 


'*  with  one  plough  and  a  half.     There  is  a  mill  of  fix-pence  rent,  and  thirty  acres  of 
"  pafturc,  and  twenty  acres  of  wood.     It  was  and  is  worth  twenty  (hillings."' 

This  eftate  alfo  belonged  to  a  branch  of  the  Fichcts,  and  was  in  the  time  of  Ed\*. 
III.  conveyed  by  them  to  the  family  of  Fowneaux.' 

2.  Radlet  had  anciently  the  appellation  of  Radcflotc,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Nor- 
man Survey  belonged  to  two  lords,  Roger  dc  Curccllc,  and  Alurcd  dc  Ifpania: 

"  Robert  holds  of  Roger,  Radcflotc.  Godric  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  half  a  hide.  Thearablc  is  two  carucatcs.  There  is  one  villanc,  and 
"  two  cottagers,  and  a  mill  of  fixpence  rent,  and  five  acres  of  meadow,  and  twenty- 
"  four  acres  of  pafture,  and  one  acre  of  wood.  It  was  worth  twenty  (hillings,  now 
"  fifteen  (hillings. 

"  Herbert  holds  of  Alurcd,  Radeflot.  Eftan  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward,  and 
"  gelded  for  half  a  hide  wanting  one  furlong.  The  arable  is  one  carucate  and  a  half. 
"  There  are  two  villanes,  with  one  cottager,  and  five  acres  of  meadow,  and  twenty-one 
"  acres  of  pafturc,  and  three  acres  of  wood.     It  was  and  is  worth  fifteen  (hillings."4 

Conjoined  with  this  is  another  ancient  manor  called  Tuxwell,  and  thus  furvcyed: 

"  Hugh  holds  of  Roger  [Arundel]  Tochcfwcllc.  Eftan  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
"  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  virgatc  of  land.  The  arable  is  half  a  carucate.  There 
"  are  two  villanes  and  three  cottagers  having  one  plough.  There  are  one  hundred  and 
"  forty  acres  of  wood,  and  forty-one  acres  of  moor,  and  forty  acres  of  pafture.  It  was 
"  worth  when  he  received  it  twenty  (hillings,  now  twelve  (hillings  and  fixpence. 

"Bri&ric  [a  thane]  holds  Tochefwelle.  Goduin  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
*  Edward.  There  is  half  a  virgate  of  land,  and  it  paid  no  geld  in  the  time  of  kirig 
"  lidward.  The  arable  is  one  carucate.  There  are  four  cottagers  with  one  fervant. 
<J  It  was  formerly  and  is  now  worth  twelve  (hillings  and  fixpence." 

Sir  Alexander  Hody,  knt.  held  at  his  death  i  Edw.  IV.  this  manor  of  Tuxwcll,  and 
three  mefluages,  two  tofts,  feventy-five  acres  of  arable  land,  and  ten  acres  of  meadow, 
in  Radlet.h  2  and  3  Philip  and  Mary  it  was  in  the  pofleffion  of  George  Sidenham  and. 
Henry  Bechcr,  the  former  of  whom  had  at  that  time  a  licence  to  alienate  the  premifes 
to  Humphry  Blake.'  35  Eliz.  the  manor  of  Tuxwell,  otherwife  called  Tuxwcll  cum 
Radlet,  with  lands  in  Spaxton,  Aftiolt,  and  Over  and  Nether  Stowcy,  were  held  by 
Robert  Blake,  efq;  afterwards  admiral  of  England.  It  is  now  the  property  of  the 
earl  of  Egmont. 

3.  The  hamlet  of  Pightley,  or  Pileigh,  was  of  ancient  time  called  Pillocb: 

"  Anfchitil  holds  of  Roger,  Pilloch.  Godric  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
«  and  gelded  for  half  a  furlong.  The  arable  is  half  a  carucate.  But  there  is  one 
"  carucate  in  demefne,  and  two  cottagers,  and  three  acres  of  meadow,  and  feven  acres 
"  of  pafture.     It  was  and  is  worth  fix  (hillings.1-" 

It  fometime  belonged  to  the  family  of  Malet. 

•  Lib.  Domefday.  f  Rot.  fin.  3  Edw.  III.  e  Lib.  Doracfday.  »  Efc.  1  Edw.  IV. 

1  MS.olirapcne^Humphred.  Sydenham  axmig.  *■  Lib.  Domefday. 

The 


246  S     p     a     x     T     o     N.  [Caimfngtom 

The  living-of  Spaxton  is  a  rectory  in  the  deanery  of  Bridgwater.  In  1292  it  was 
valued  at  twenty  marks.1     The  Rev.  Mr.  Tucker  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Margaret,  is  a  handfome  Gothick  ftructure, 
eonfifting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  fouth  aile,  with  a  well-built  embattled  tower  at  the 
t^eft  end,  containing  a  clock  and  five  bells. 

In  a  niche  in  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  the  effigies  of  a  knight  in  armour,  and 
at  his  left  hand  a  lady  with  a  loofe  robe  over  a  clofe-bodied  habit,  and  about  her  head 
a  broad  fillet. 

On  the  fame  wall  is  a  mural  monument  of  black  ftone,  with  this  infcription: 

"  Hie  Maria  uxor  Gulielmi  Yorke,  humata  jacet;  deceffit  decimo  quarto  cal.  Sep- 
tembris,  1729,  poft  fecundum  et  quadrageflimum  aetatis  annum.  Terram  finiftra 
occupat  Martha,  chara  morumfoboles,  quae  cceleftem  animam  efflavit,  240  Nov.  A.  D. 
1734,  aetat.  fuse  18." 

In  the  chancel  floor: 

"  Hie  requiefcit  Henricus  Carlile,  nuper  hujus  ecclefiae  rector:  vir  clari  nominis, 
hofpitio  et  charitate  infignis.     Obiit  quinto  cal.  Novembris,  anno  171 2,  aetat.  57." 

"  Hie  fitus  eft  Johannes,  filius  Gulielmi  Yorke,  quern  mors  praecox  dempfit  anno 
asta,tis  primo,  cum  fere  femeftre  Novembris  octavo  1722." 

"Reliquiae  Gulielmi  Yorke,  hujus  ecclefiae  nuper  reftoris,  in  fidem  et  fpem  refurrec- 
tionis,  hie  repofitae  funt,  anno  1772,  aetatis  85." 

"  Jofeph  Cook,  late  rector  of  this  parifh,  by  his  will  dated  July  19,  1708,  gave  to  ten 
truftees  therein  nominated,  all  his  lands  of  inheritance,  to  be  held  by  them  and  their 
fuccefibrs  for  one  thoufand  years,  in  truft  that  they  fhall  pay  2s.  6d.  a  week  to  a  perfon 
to  teach  fifteen  poor  children  of  this  parifh  during  the  term  aforefaid.  And  two 
fhillings  a  week  to  fix  poor  perfons  born  in  and  inhabitants  of  this  parifh;  and  that 
as  foon  as  there  fhould  be  money  enough  arifing  out  of  the  faid  lands,  they  fhould 
build  an  hofpital  for  them  to  dwell  in,  and  that  an  honeft  poor  man  of  this  parifh 
fhould  dwell  there,  and  read  morning  and  evening  prayers  to  them,  for  which  he  was 
to  receive  four  Shillings  a  week;  and  alfo  that  they  fhould  have  gowns,  fhoes,  ftock- 
ings,  fire,  candles,  and  other  necefiaries." 

In  the  church-yard  is  a  fine  old  crofs. 

1  Taxat.  fpiritual. 


STOCKLAND- 


Cannington.]  [    247    ] 


STOCK  LAN  D-B  R  I  S  T  O  L,    or    C  A  U  N  T     . 

IS  a  parifli  ficuated  fcvcn  miles  northweft  from  Bridgwater,  on  the  borders  of  the 
Briftol  channel,  but  divided  from  it  by  a  narrow  ilip  of  land  belonging  to  the 
parifli  of  Stoke-Courcy.     The  country  is  flat,  well  wooded  and  watered,  and  the  land, 
in  general  are  very  good,  partly  arable,  with  fome  rich  meadows  and  man 
the  water. 

It  is  by  way  of  diflinction  called  Stockland-Briftol,  from  its  now  belonging  to  the 
chamber  of  Briftol,  and  Stockland-Gaunts,  from  its  having  formerly  belonged  to  the 
Gaunts'  hofpital  in  that  city. 

In  the  Conqueror's  time  this  manor,  with  thofc  of  Quantockfliead,  Hcwifli,  Bag- 
borough,  and  Newhalle,  belonged  to  Ralph  Pagencl  a  Norman. 

■  Ralph  Pagenel  holds  of  the  king  Stocheland,  and  Ralph  of  him.  In  the  time  of 
"  king  Edward,  it  gelded  for  three  hides.  The  arable  is  five  carucatcs.  In  demefnc 
*'  are  two  carucates,  and  four  fervants,  and  feven  villanes,  and  four  cottagers,  with 
*'  three  ploughs.  There  are  fifty  acres  of  meadow,  and  fourfcore  acres  of  pafturc.  It 
f<  was  always  worth  one  hundred  flullings."1 

This  Ralph  Pagenel,  or  Pagancl,  (as  his  name  is  more  commonly  written)  was  fuc- 
ceeded  by  Fulke  Paganel  his  foil  and  heir,  who  was  father  of  Ralph  Paganel,  lord  of 
Dudley  in  the  county  of  Stafford,  and  anceflor  of  the  prefent  lord  Dudley. 

Which  Ralph  had  two  fons,  Gcrvafe,  who  inherited  the  lordfhip  of  Dudley,  and 
William,  who  had  the  Somerfetfliire  eftates,  as  alfo  the  manor  of  Irnham,  and  other 
great  pofleflions  in  the  counties  of  Lincoln,  Nottingham,  Derby,  arid  Warwick.  This 
William  married  Avicia  de  Romelli,  and  by  her  had  ifluc  two  daughters,  Adclicia  the 
wife  of  Robert  dc  Gaunt,  and  Trethefenta  the  wife  of  Gefferey  Luttrcll,  between 
whom,  on  the  death  of  the  faid  William,  all  the  eftates  were  divided.  On  he  parti- 
tion1' Robert  de  Gaunt  had  Irnham  in  Lincolnfliire,  and  all  the  lands  of  Paganel  within 
this  county,  which  defcended  to  Alice  his  daughter,  wife  of  Robert  dc  Were,  a  younger 
fon  of  Robert  Fitzharding,  progenitor  to  the  family  of  Berkeley. 

This  Robert  was  of  Beverfton  caftle  in  the  county  of  Gloucefter,  and  was  fuccccded 
by  Maurice  his  fon,  called  Maurice  de  Gaunt,  who  dying  without  ifluc  14  Henry  IIL 
Andrew  Luttrcll,  the  fon  of  Gefferey,  claimed  as  his  inheritance  the  manors  of  Stock- 
land,  Quantockfliead,  Hewifli,  Poulct,  and  Weare,  as  alfo  the  manor  of  Irnham  in 
Lincolnfliire,  whereof  the  faid  Maurice  died  feized;  and  upon  payment  of  one  hun- 
*  drcd  marks  15  Henry  III.  he  had  livery  of  the  fame/  But  of  him,  or  his  pofterity, 
who  were  feated  at  Quantockfliead,  we  {hall  here  fay  no  more,  fave  that  he  gave  this 
his  manor  of  Stockland,  with  the  advowfon  of  the  church,  to  the  mafter  and  brethren 
of  the  hofpital  of  St.  Mark  of  Billefwyke  in  Briftol,"  which  Maurice  dc  Gaunt  above- 
mentioned  had  founded.     The  faid  mafter  and  brethren  31  Henry  III.  obtained  1 

t  Lib.  Domefday.       k  Rot.  pip.  to  Jgfc.       c  RoJ.  pifr.  1  j  Htah  lll\       f  Inq.  idquaddwavmi,  8  Edw.  IL 

chart* 


243  STOCKLAN  D-B  R  I  S  T  O  L.  [CatmfofltOtt. 

charter  of  free  warren  in  their  lands  here,'  which  in  1 293  were  valued  at  1 2I/  Thefe 
lands  they  held  till  the  diffolution  of  monafteries,  when  king  Henry  VIII.  in  the 
thirty-third  year  of  his  reign,  granted  the  manor  of  Stockland,  with  the  rectory  and 
advowfon  of  the  church,  as  alfo  the  manor  and  advowfon  of  Over-Stowey,  and  the 
manor  of  Hamme,  to  the  mayor  and  commonalty  of  the  city  of  Briftol,  who  are  the 
prefent  lords  thereof,  in  truft  for  the  city  fchool  erected  on  the  fcite  of  the  old 
Gaunts'  foundation. 

The  living  is  a  vicarage,  inflituted  in  13 17;  when  it  was  ordained,  that  the  vicar 
mould  have  a  houfe  or  houfes  built  at  the  expence  of  the  mafter  of  the  hofpital  of  St. 
Mark,  together  with  fuch  curtilages  as  the  chaplain  ufed  to  occupy;  and  fifteen  acres 
of  arable  land,  eight  thereof  lying  in  a  certain  croft  called  Langelond,  five  and  a  half 
in  Paunecroft,  and  one  and  a  half  in  Pefecroft :  two  acres  and  a  half  of  meadow  lying 
in  the  Fifhpole;  and  two  acres  and  a  half  of  pafture  lying  in  Langmede.  Alfo  the 
tithes  of  two  windmills,  and  all  the  tithes  of  hay,  except  in  the  demefne  meadows  of 
the  faid  mafter  and  brethren.  They  were  alfo  to  have  all  the  tithes  of  wool,  milk, 
apples,  hemp,  flax,  lambs,  calves,  pullets,  pigs,  geefe  and  pigeons ;  alfo  all  obventions, 
oblations,  and  all  fmall  tithes  belonging  to  the  faid  church,  as  well  from  the  court  of 
the  faid  mafter  and  brethren,  as  from  the  other  parifhioners,  excepting  the  tithe  of 
fwans,  which  was  ordained  ever  to  appertain  to  the  mafter  and  brethren  aforefaid. 
The  faid  mafter  and  brethren  to  fuftain  all  ordinary  and  extraordinary  burdens 
belonging  to  the  faid  church,  except  finding  two  wax  proceflional  candles,  which 
the  vicar  was  to  furnifh  at  his  own  expence.8 

There  was  a  further  endowment  of  this  vicarage  in  1453,  differing  little  from  the 
former,  except  the  fum  of  twenty-eight  fhillings,  to  be  received  yearly  by  the  vicar 
from  the  mafter  of  St.  Mark's  hofpital  and  his  fuccefibrs.h 

This  church,  in  1292,  was  valued  at  ten  marks.'  The  patronage  is  in  the  chamber 
of  Briftol,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Blake  is  the  prefent  incumbent.  The  church  is  fmall, 
confifting  of  a  nave  and  fouth  aile,  and  an  embattled  tower  with  a  clock  and  four  bells. 

Againft  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  monument  of  white  marble,  inferibed : 
"  Beneath  lie  the  remains  of  the  Rev.  William  Rawlins,  many  years  vicar  of  this 
parifh,  and  of  Berrow.     He  died  the  14th  of  June  1766,  aged  48.     In  memory  of  a 
moft  tender  father  this  monument  is  erecled  by  his  grateful  and  affectionate  daughter/' 

In  the  nave  is  an  old  mural  monument  ofalabaftcr,  with  this  infeription: 
**  To  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Joane  Everard,  the  wife  of  Robert  Everard  of  Spaxton, 
living  at  Farme*  who  dyed  Jan.  15,  1684." 

In  the  floor  are  feven  ftones  to  the  memory  of  various  branches  of  the  Everard  family. 

This  parifh.  contains  forty  houfes,  and  about  two  hundred  inhabitants. 

*  Cart., 31  Hen.  IK.        f  Taxat.  temporal.        e  Excerpt,  e  Regift,  Johannis  de  Drokensford,  Ep.  B.  &  W. 
»  Excerp.  e  Regift.  Tho.  de  Bekynton,  »  Taxat.  fpiritual. 

STOKE-COURCY. 


Cannfngton.]  [    249    ] 


S     T    O    K    E  -   C     O     U     It    C     V. 

THIS  is  a  parifli  of  large  extent,  fituatcd  in  the  north  weft  part  of  the  hundred,  and 
extends  .'torn  the  parifli  of  Fiddington  on  the  fouth,  to  the  Briftol  Channel  on, 
the  north ;  formB^j  at  its  extremity  a  long  narrow  pcninfula,  called  Start- Point,  which 
ftrctches  nearly  four  miles  into  the  fea,  and  terminates  at  the  weftern  edge  of  Bridg- 
water bay.  The  river  Parrct  at  this  point  emptying  itfclf  into  the  fea,  caufes  it  to  be 
called  Pedred  or  Parret's  mouth,  in  the  old  Saxon  Pet>piban-mu3.  This  /Eftuary  is 
fuppofed  to  be  the  OvefcoiXoc  enrxutris  of  Ptolemy;  and  here,  in  845,  was  fought  a  me- 
morable battle  between  the  Saxons  under  the  conduit  of  Alftan  bifliop  of  Sherborne, 
and  a  draggling  army  of  the  Danes,  in  which  the  latter  were  completely  routed.  The 
length  of  the  parifli,  from  this  point  to  the  hamlet  of  Durborough  on  its  fouthcrn 
limit,  is  eight  miles;  its  breadth  unequal.  Bcfides  the  town  of  its  name,  it  comprizes 
the  following  tithings,  hamlets,  and  vills : 

1 .  Week-Fitzpaine,  with  the  hamlets  of  Burton  and  Stoford,  one  mile  northeaft  from 

the  parifli  church. 

2.  Shurton,  the  fame  diftance  to  the  northwefl. 

3.  Durborough,  one  mile  fouthweft. 

4.  Cock  and  Edfton,  two  miles  eaft. 

5.  Monkton,  half  a  mile  foutheaft. 

6.  Knighton,  one  mile  north. 

7.  Fairfield,. in  Williton  hundred. " 

8.  Steyning. 

The  town  of  Stoke-Courcy  confifts  chiefly  of  one  long  ftreet,  and  is  fituated  at  the 
fouthern  extremity  of  the  parifli,  nine  miles  weft  from  Bridgwater,  and  twelve  north- 
eaft from  Taunton.  It  is  ftiled  in  ancient  records  '  the  borough  and  honour  of  Stoke- 
Courcy,'  and  the  ftreet  above-mentioned  ftill  preferves  the  former  of  thefe  appella- 
tions; although  we  do  not  find  that  it  ever  fent  members  to  parliament  more  than 
once,  viz.  34  Edw.  III.  when  John  Bakcler  and  Adam  Marcys  reprefented  it.  It  was 
likewife  formerly  privileged  with  a  market,  which  has  long  fince  been  difcontinued ; 
but  there  arc  two  fairs  ftill  held  here,  the  one  on  the  fourteenth  of  May,  the  other  on 
the  twenty-third  of  September.  Near  the  old  crofs  in  the  High-ftreet  are  two  fine 
fprings  inclofed  within  two  cifterns,  which  fupply  the  inhabitants  with  water,  then 
unite  with  the  brook  that  runs  near  the  town,  and  fall  into  the  fea  at  Stoford. 

The  name  of  this  ancient  place  is  of  Saxon  origin,  Sroc  in  that  language  fignifying 
a  village;  that  of  Courcy,  or  Curcy,  was  added  thereto,  to  denote  its  having  belonged 
to  that  family ;  whence  it  is  vulgarly  (though  corruptly)  called,  and  fometimes  written 
Stogursev. 

In  the  time  of  king  Edward  the  Confeflbr  the  manor  was  held  by  Brixi,  a  Saxon; 
but  at  the  Conqueft  it  became  the  property  of  William  dc  Faleife,  a  Norman  of  the 
Conqueror's  train : 

Vol.  I.  K  k  f  William 


z5o  stoke-courcy.        [Cannmgtom 

"  William  dc  Faleife  holds  of  the  king,  Stoche.     Brixi  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 

*  Edward,  and  gelded  for  four  hides  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  fourteen  carucates. 
"  In  demefne  are  four  carucates,  and  five  fervants,  and  thirty-eight  villanes,  and  three 
*'  cottagers,  and  three  coliberts,  with  ten  ploughs.  There  is  a  mill  of  fixteen  pence 
*'  rent,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  meadow,  and  nineteen  acres  of  pafture,  and 
"  one  hundred  acres  of  wood.  When  he  received  it,  it  was  worth  twenty-five  pounds, 
«*  now  twenty  pounds. 

"  To  this  manor  is  added  half  a  hide,  which  in  the  time  of  king  Edward  a  thane 
•'  held  in  parage,  [copartnership]  and  could  go  where  he  would.  The  arable  is  one 
«*  carucate,  and  there  arc  with  it  one  cottager  and  two  fervants.    It  was  always  worth 

*  ten  millings."1 

William  de  Faleife,  a  defcendant  of  this  perfon,  being  a  great  benefactor  to  foreign 
monafteries,  gave  for  the  fake  of  his  foul,  and  the  foul  of  Geva  his  wife,  the  church  of 
St.  Andrew  in  this  place,  with  divers  lands  in  the  neighbourhood,  to  the  Benedictine 
abbey  of  St.  Mary  of  Lonlay,  in  the  diocefe  of  Seez  in  Normandy;  wherein  feveral 
of  his  family  are  faid  to  have  worn  the  habit.  In  confequence  of  this  grant,  although 
inconfiderablc  in  itfelf,  a  prior  and  convent  were  fent  over  to  fettle  here  as  a  cell  to 
that  houfej  and  we  have  the  following  names  of  the  priors,  who  were  always  nomi- 
nated by  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Lonlay  above-mentioned: 

Vincent  Tybone,  about  1305. 

Peter  de  Siena  died  in  13 16,  in  which  year  fucceeded 

Giles  Roufee,  who  was  recalled  in  1328,  and 

Godfrey  de  Luco  was  prefented  in  his  ftead.  At  this  time  there  were  only 
three  refident  monks. 

William  Hodui  refigned  in  1350. 

John  Gallard  fucceeded  the  fame  year. 

Richard  Amys  occurs  in  1402.     Robert  Vyfe  was  the  laft  prior. 

After  the  fuppreffion  of  alien  priories,  king  Henry  VI.  in  the  twentieth  year  cf  his 
reign,  bellowed  moft  of  the  poflefllons  of  this  houfe  on  his  college  at  Eton.  The 
revenues  were  but  fmall,  being  valued  in  1444  at  only  35L 

It  has  been  afTerted  by  divers  writers  on  monaftick  fubjects,  that  William  de  Courcy 
and  Hugh  de  Neville  were  the  founders  of  this  priory;  but  its  inftitution  being  notified 
antecedently  to  either  of  their  times,  they  are  to  be  confidered  rather  as  benefactors 
than  founders. 

The  family  of  Courcy,  from  whom  this  place,  being  the  head  of  their  barony,  received 
(as  we  have  before  obferved)  its  additional  denomination,  originated  from  Normandy. 
In  the  time  of  king  William  the  Conqueror  Richard  de  Courcy  poffeiTed  the  lordfhips 
of  Newham,  Secenden,  and  Foxcote,  in  Oxfordfhirc,"  and  occurs  as  a  fubferibing  wit- 
nefs  to  feveral  of  the  charters  of  that  reign. 

Robert  de  Courcy,  his  fuccefibr,  was  of  the  houfhold  of  the  emprefs  Maud,  whofe 
perfon  he  attended  in  the  feveral  troubles  and  diftreffes  which  befel  her;  retiring  how- 

*  Lib.  Domefday,  *  Lib,  Domefday  Oxenefardfcire.  ever 


Cannington.] 


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251 


ever  from  the  concerns  of  public  life,  he  took  up  his  rcfidence  in  thefc  parts,  and 
fome  years  before  his  death  founded  the  neighbouring  nunnery  of  Cannington.' 

It  does  not  appear  when  this  Robert  dc  Courcy  died,  or  what  family  he  left  behind 
him;  but  a  cotemporary  with  him  was  Richard  dc  Courcy,  one  of  the  barons  of  York- 
mire  in  the  time  of  king  Stephen,  and  a  chief  commander  in  the  memorable  battle 
fought  againft  the  Scots  near  North-Allerton  in  that  county."1     He  was  fucccedcd  by 

William  dc  Courcy,  baron  of  Stoke-Courcy  in  the  time  of  Henry  II.  who,  in  the  aid 
for  marrying  the  king's  daughter,  certified  the  knights'  fees  of  his  barony,  which  his, 
father  and  grandfather  held,  to  be  twenty-nine ;  and  thofc  of  the  barony  of  William  lc 
Mefchin,  his  mother's  father,  to  be  feventecn,*  for  all  which  14  Henry  II.  he  paid 
nineteen  pounds  ten  (hillings/  In  the  fame  reign  the  annual  farm  thereof  is  ftatcd  at 
fifty  pounds  eight  (hillings.*  This  William  de  Courcy  died  about  the  latter  end  of 
this  reign,  leaving  Alice  his  daughter  and  heir,  who  became  poflefled  of  this  eftate, 
and  was  afterwards  married  to  Warine  Fitz-Gerold,  a  noble  baron  and  chamberlain  to 
king  John,  who  in  her  right  enjoyed  the  barony  of  Courcy,  amounting  to  twenty-four 
knights'  fees  and  upwards.  By  the  faid  Alice  he  had  two  daughters;  Margaret,  wife 
of  Baldwin  de  Redvers,  fon  of  the  earl  of  Devon,  and  Joan,  the  wife  of  Hugh  de 
Neville,  between  whom  the  inheritance  was  divided.  Margaret,  it  feems,  had  no 
iflue  by  Baldwin  her  faid  hufbandj  but  furviving  him,  (lie  afterwards  married  Falk  de 
Brent,  a  Norman  by  birth,  of  mean  extraction,  who  2  Henry  III.  paid  his  homage, 
and  had  livery  of  his  wife's  purparty;  and  in  the  eighth  year  of  the  fame  reign  Hugh 
de  Neville  did  the  like  for  the  other.  This  Falk  de  Brent,  being  a  perfon  violently 
difaffedred  againft  his  fovereign  and  the  regency  of  the  times,  fortified  and  garrifoncd 
the  manor-houfc  of  this  barony,  which  in  procefs  of  time,  by  reafon  of  violence  and 
depredation  committed  therefrom,  became  fo  great  a  grievance  to  the  country,  that 
upon  complaint  made  to  the  king,  it  was  by  an  exprefs  writ  to  the  (herifFordercd  to  be 
tlifmantled;  and  what  with  the  aflault  of  lord  Bonville  in  the  time  of  Henry  VI.  and 
the  long-continued  ravages  of  time,  little  now  remains  of  this  fortrefs,  favc  a  few  ruined 
walls,  and  a  moat  furrounding  its  fcite  a  little  fouthward  of  the  town.1"  The  faid 
Falk  de  Brent,  the  builder  of  this  caftle,  was  fentenced  9  Henry  III.  to  abjure  the 
realm  for  ever,  but  he  died  foon  after,  and  Margaret  his  relict  had  livery  of  her  dowry 
of  her  firft  hu(band,  and  lived  till  the  20th  Edw.  I.  but  it  does  not  appear  that  (he 
poflefled  the  eftates;  of  which  Hughde  Neville  had  in  all  probability  the  whole. 

After  the  death  of  this  Hugh  de  Neville,  the  manor  and  borough  of  Stoke-Courcy 
came  to  the  pofleflion  of  Robert  de  Walcrond,  who  was  affianced  by  marriage  to  the 
faid  Hugh  de  Neville,  and  held  thefe  lands  1  Edw.  I. 

To  Robert  de  Walerond  fucceeded  another  Robert,  and  to  him  John  de  Walerond, 
who  died  3  Edw.  II.  feized  of  this  manor.' 

■  See  page  232.  '  Dugd.  Bar.  •  Lib.  nig.  90,  91.  '  Rot.  pip.  14  Henry  II* 

'  Rot.  pip.  23  Henry  II. 
"  From  this  caftle  to  the  priory  was  an  underground  paffage,  \vhi«h  in  the  beginning  of  this  century  WM  ope» 
on  the  priory  fide.  *  Efc. 

K  k  2  From 


252  stoke-couRCY.  [Canningtom 

From  which  family  of  Walcrond  or  Walrond,  this  manor  patted  through  the  fami- 
lies of  Fitzpaine,  Poynings,  and  Percy ;  and  is  now,  with  Week-Fitzpaine,  the  pro- 
perty of  the  earl  of  Egmont. 

Shurton  is  furveyed  under  the  title  of  Siredeftone,  or  the  land  or  territory  of  Sired 
a  Saxon  lord.  "  Robert  holds  of  Roger  [de  Curcelle]  Siredeftone.  Sired  held  it  in  the 
«*  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  half  a  hide.  The  arable  is  one  carucate  which 
"  is  in  demefne,  with  one  fervant,  and  two  villanes,  and  five  cottagers,  with  one  plough. 
"  It  was  worth  ten  fhillings,  now  fifteen  fnillings."k 

This  manor  formerly  belonged  to  the  Strodes  of  Parnham. 

In  the  Conqueror's  time  the  manor  of  Durborough,  then  written  Dereberge,  be- 
longed to  St.  Mary's  abbey  of  Glaftonbury,  in  which  time  it  had  this  defcription : 

"  Roger  holds  of  the  abbot,  Dereberge.  Ofwald  held  it  of  the  abbot  in  the  time  of 
"  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  two  hides.  The  arable  is  three  carucates.  There  are 
"  three  villanes,  and  three  cottagers,  with  two  ploughs;  and  in  demefne  half  a  carucate, 
"  and  eleven  acres  of  meadow,  and  twenty  acres  of  pafture,  and  ten  acres  of  wood.  It 
"  is  worth  thirty  fhillings.     When  he  received  it,  it  was  worth  forty  fhillings."1 

This  place  gave  name  to  a  very  refpectable  family,  who  were  lords  of  Heathfield  in 
this  county,  called  from  them  Heathfield-Durborough.  The  manor  came  by  a  co- 
heirefs  of  Trivet  to  the  family  of  Vernay,  whofe  reprefentative,  John  Acland  of  Fair- 
field, efq;  jointly  enjoys  it  with  the  marquis  of  Buckingham. 

Edstone  is  called  in  the  old  record  Edeveflone,  and  is  thus  furveyed: 
"  Anfchitil  holds  of  Roger,  Edeveftone.  Alwine  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
<c  and  gelded  for  two  hides  and  a  half.  The  arable  is  four  carucates.  In  demefne  are 
•  two  carucates,  and  feven  fervants,  and  feven  villanes,  with  one  cottager,  having  three 
"  ploughs.  There  are  forty  acres  of  meadow,  and  five  acres  of  wood.  It  was  and  is 
"  worth  one  hundred  fhillings.""1 

The  manor  of  Edftone  now  belongs  to  fir  James  Langham,  bart.  in  right  of  his 
wife,  the  heirefs  of  Thomas  Mufgrave,  efq. 

The  manors  of  Cock  and  Gorepit  are  the  property  of  John  Acland,  efq. 

The  manor  of  Monkton  was  heretofore  parcel  of  the  pofTeflions  of  the  priory  of 
Stoke-Courcy;  and  now  belongs  to  Eton  college,  which  has  the  great  tithes. 

Within  this  parifh,  but  in  the  hundred  of  Williton  and  tithing  of  Honibere,  is  the 
manfion  and  ancient  village  of  Fairfield.  The  village  lay  eaftward  of  the  houfe, 
and  reached  to  a  brook  called  Bay  ley's  brook;  but  the  greater  part  of  the  houfes  have 
long  fince  been  taken  down. 

The  manor  was  anciently  held  of  the  caftle  of  Stowey,  and  was  originally  part  of  the 

lordfhip  of  Honibere,  but  fevered  from  it  about  the  time  of  Henry  II.     Maud  de 

Candos,  in  the  reign  of  that  king,  granted  to  Martin  the  fon  of  Goidflan,  called  Martin 

de  Fcrefelle,  her  lands  of  Ferefelle  and  Mulkyfham,  with  all  rights  and  fervices,  to  be 

k  Lib.  Domefday.  '  Ibid.  m  Ibid. 

held 


Cannington.  stoke-courcy.  253 

held  of  her  and  her  heirs  by  knights'  fcrvicc.  Soon  after  which  Philip  de  Columbcrs, 
fon  of  the  faid  Maud  dc  Candos,  granted  Fairfield  to  William  Ruflcll,  to  be  held  by 
him  and  his  heirs  in  the  fame  manner  as  Martin  de  Fcrefellc  formerly  held  it.  This 
William  Ruflell  fecms  to  have  poflefTed  a  large  cftatc,  having  Mulborn  from  William 
Marfhall,  afterwards  earl  of  Pembroke;  Sydenham  near  Bridgwater,  from  William 
Paganel;  Fcnne,  (of  which  place  he  fomctimes  wrote  himfclf)  of  Falk  de  Brent; 
Bernerf worth,  of  William  dc  Dodcton;  and  many  other  parcels  of  land  purchafed  of 
William  Piro,  William  dc  Cunteville,  Robert  Malct,  and  others.  He  had  three  fons, 
Ralph,  William  Ruflel  of  Sydenham,  and  Walter  of  Bernerfworth ;  as  alfo  a  daughter 
married  to  Thomas  Ie  Beaufitz.  Ralph,  the  eldeft  fon,  was  of  Fairfield,  and  a  knight ; 
he  died  i4Edvv.  I.  leaving  by  Margaret  his  wife  one  fole  daughter  and  heir,  at  the 
time  of  his  death  married  to  William  de  Vcrnai. 

This  William  de  Vernai  was  fon  of  William,  fon  of  Ernulph  de  Fulgcriis,  and  Maud 
de  Vernai,  daughter  of  Cecily  de  Vernai,  and  wife  of  Philip  de  Columbcrs,  lord  of 
Stowey.  He  was  gendeman  of  the  privy  chamber  to  king  Edward  I.  He  died  in 
the  fame  reign  of  wounds  which  he  had  received  in  Scotland,  and  was  buried  at 
Hilfarence  near  Taunton,  leaving  three  fons,  William,  Randulf,  and  Peter,  and  one 
daughter,  Maud,  married  to  Robert  de  Staunton. 

William  de  Vernai,  his  eldeft  fon,  fucceeded  him.  He  married  three  wives: 
1.  Denyfe,  daughter  of  Thomas  de  Arundel  of  Clatworthy.  2.  Ancilla,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Vincent  de  Stokes,  by  whom  he  had  Peter  and  Roger  de  Vernai.  3.  Agnes 
deFord,  who  furvived  him.  Of  this  William  de  Vernai  we  find  nothing  remarkable, 
fave  that  he  built  a  chapel  adjoining  to  the  parifh  church  of  Hilfarence,  wherein  he 
ordered  his  body  to  be  buried;  and  in  his  will  he  leaves  feveral  legacies  for  mafles  in 
the  churches  of  Hilfarence  and  Stoke-Courcy,  for  himfelf,  his  wives,  and  his  father, 
mother,  and  grandfather;  leaving  his  fon  Ralph  and  his  widow  executors.     He  died 

^in  1333- 

Ralph,  his  fon  by  his  firft  wife,  was  a  knight,  and  died  23  Edw.  III.  leaving  by 
Maud,  daughter  and  at  laft  coheir  to  Thomas  Trivet  of  Durborough,  William,  John, 
Ralph,  and  Peter,  all  under  age  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  three  daughters.  This 
Ralph  bore  on  his  feal  a  chevron  between  three  bugle  horns,  which  arms  (as  alfo  the 
arms  of  Trivet)  are  yet  to  be  fcen  in  the  ceiling,  of  the  church  of  Stoke-Courcy,  where 
he  was  buried  on  the  fouth  fide  of  the  body  of  the  church ;  his  monument  ftill  remains 
in  the  wall.     He  died  23  Edw.  III. 

On  his  death  the  wardfliip  of  William  his  eldeft  fon  and  all  his  children  was  granted 
to  Matthew  de  Clivedon;  but  this  cuftody  did  not  laft  long,  for  25  Edw.  III.  this 
William  was  of  age,  and  then  married.  But  he  died  in  the  fame  year,  and  in  the  next 
Agnes  his  widow  had  an  afllgnment  of  dower  in  Fairfield  and  Hilfarence. 

To  him  fucceeded  John  de  Vernai,  who  inherited  the  eftates  of  Fairfield,  Durbo- 
rough, and  Hilfarence,  and  married  Amice,  grandaughter  and  heirefs  of  Rofimund 
de  Wolmcrfton,  of  Wolmerfton  in  the  parilh  of  North-Pctherton;  by  whom,  dying 
1 5  Ric.  II.  he  left  iilue 

John 


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[Cannington, 


John  his  fori  and  fliccefTor,  who  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Hugh  Carey  of  Gotten, 
by  whom  he  had  feveral  children.  He  died  26  Henry  VI.  having  long  before  his 
death  retired  into  the  priory  of  Stoke-Courcy,  where  he  agreed  with  Robert  Vyfe,  the 
laft  prior,  for  an  apartment  called  the  Weft  Chamber,  with  a  kitchen,  cellar,  and  offices 
thereto  belonging,  and  a  garden;  to  be  held  by  him  during  the  faid  prior's  life,  or 
fuch  time  as  the  king  fhould  allow  him  therein. 

John  de  Vernai,  the  third  of  that  name,  fucceeded  in  the  eftate.  He  married  three 
wives:  i.Ifabel,  daughter  of  fir  John  Touchet,  lord  Audley,  by  whom  he  had  no  children. 
a.  Eleanor,  daughter  of  John  Brent,  of  Codington,  efq;  mother  of  William  de  Vernai 
his  fucceffor.  3.  Margaret,  daughter  of  Richard  Archer,  efq;  by  whom  he  had  iffue 
Alexander  Vernai  of  Wolmerfton,     This  John  died  1  Edw.  IV.  and  was  fucceeded  by 

William  his  fon,  the  fourth  of  the  name.  1 2  Edw.  IV.  this  William  had  a  licence 
to  build  a  wall  and  feven  round  towers  about  his  manfion-houfe  at  Fairfield,  and  to 
inclofe  two  hundred  acres  of  ground  for  a  park.  He  died  4  Henry  VII.  leaving  by 
Joan,  daughter  of  William  Broughton,  efq;  John,  George  reclor  of  Witheridge  in 
Devonfhire,  and  Cecily  priorefs  of  the  priory  of  Cannington.  The  tomb  in  the  Ver- 
mis' ifle  in  the  parifh  church  of  Stoke-Courcy,  with  an  image  of  an  armed  man  lying 
thereon,  belongs  to  this  William  Vernai. 

John  his  eldeft  fon  married  Catherine  daughter  and  fole  heir  of  Robert  Gambon  of 
Devonfhire,  efq;  and  dying  23  Henry  VII.  was  fucceeded  by  Robert  Vernai  his  fon, 
at  the  time  of  his  father's  death  twenty-three  years  old,  and  then  married  to  Joan 
daughter  of  John  Sydenham  of  Brympton,  efq. 

This  Robert  had  the  greateft  eftate  that  ever  was  in  his  family;  for,  befides  the 
inheritance  of  Vernai,  Trivet,  and  Wolmerfton,  he  had  the  manor  of  Afticombe, 
and  feveral  other  eftates  in  Devon  and  Dorfet  in  the  right  of  his  mother.  He  died 
38  Henry  VIII.  and  was  the  laft  who  refided  at  Fairfield,  the  manor-houfe  of  which 
he  had  greatly  improved. 

John  Vernai  his  fon  married  in  his  father's  life-time  Joan  the  daughter  of  Thomas 
Malet  of  Enmore,  efq;  and  pofleffed  the  manors  of  Fairfield  and  Durborough.  He 
died  2  Philip  and  Mary,  leaving  feveral  children,  of  whom 

Hugh  the  eldeft  fon  was  twenty-three  years  old  when  his  father  died.  Which  Hugh 
married  Margaret,  grandaughter  of  fir  Edward  Walfingham  of  Scadbury  in  the  county 
of  Kent,  by  which  marriage  he  had  one  only  daughter  called  Elizabeth,  from  the  queen 
who  was  her  godmother.  On  the  death  of  her  father  her  wardfhip  was  granted  to  fir 
Thomas  Palmer,  of  Parham  in  the  county  of  Suffex,  knt.  to  whofe  only  fon  William 
fhe  was  afterwards  married. 

This  fir  Thomas  Palmer,  (whofe  family  always  lived  in  Suffex)  foon  after  the  marriage 
of  his  fon,  pulled  down  the  old  houfe  at  Fairfield,  and  began  the  prefent  fabrick,  which 
was  compleated  by  fir  Thomas  Palmer  his  grandfon.  He  died  in  1 5  83,  leaving  the 
aforefaid  William  Palmer  his  fon  and  heir. 

Which  William  died  at  Parham  in  1587,  leaving  by  the  faid  Elizabeth  Vernai, 
Thomas,  who  inherited  Fairfield,  and  two  daughters,  Sarah  and  Catherine. 

Thomas 


w 


Canninaton.]  STOKE-COURCY.  255 

Thomas  his  fon  applied  himfclf  to  thefca  fcrvice,  and  in  1595  was  with  fir  Francis 
Drake  and  fir  John  Hawkins  in  the  expedition  to  Porto-Rico,  and  afterwards  com- 
manded a  fhip  at  the  taking  of  Cadiz,  where  he  was  knighted.  He  was  one  of  the 
moft  confiderable  perfons  in  the  court  of  queen  Elizabeth;  but  on  the  acceffion  of  king 
James,  he  refolved  to  fpend  the  remainder  of  his  days  beyond  the  feas,  and  accord- 
ingly in  the  year  1605,  he  went  with  the  carl  of  Nottingham  into  Spain,  where,  as  he 
was  providing  a  fettlement  for  his  family  at  Valledolid,  he  died  of  the  fmall-pox,  and 
was  there  buried.  By  Dorothy,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Malet  of  Enmore,  efq;  he 
had  two  fons,  William  and  Peregrine,  and  three  daughters  who  died  unmarried. 

William  Palmer,  his  eldefl:  fon,  being  a  perfon  of  great  learning,  chofe  always  to  live 
in  London,  and  was  therefore  in  the  time  of  Charles  I.  fined  a  thoufand  pounds  in  the 
ftar-chamber,  as  having  been  difobedient  to  the  king's  proclamation,  which  required  all 
perfons  of  eftatc  to  refide  and  keep  hofpitality  at  their  country-houfes.  He  died  at 
his  houfe  in  the  Black-Friars  near  the  Temple  in  1652. 

Peregrine  Palmer,  fecond  fon  to  fir  Thomas  Palmer,  went  a  volunteer  to  the  Pala- 
tinate wars,  and  was  afterwards  an  officer  in  the  Swedifh  army.  Upon  the  breaking 
out  of  the  war  with  Scotland,  he  ferved  a  volunteer  in  the  earl  of  Eflex's  regiment,  and 
had  afterwards  a  captain's  commifiion.  As  foon  as  the  royal  ftandard  was  fct  up,  he 
repaired  to  Nottingham,  and  faithfully  ferved  king  Charles  I.  in  the  commiffions  of 
major,  lieutenant-colonel,  and  colonel  of  horfe,  being  prefent  at  the  battles  of  Edghill, 
Marfton-moor,  Cropcdy-bridge,  and  Nafeby;  as  alfo  at  the  battle  of  Langport,  in 
which  lad  he  ferved  a  volunteer.  He  died  in  1684,  having  married  Anne  the  daughter 
of  Nathaniel  Stephens  of  Eaftington  in  the  county  of  Gloucefter,  efq;  by  whom  he  had 
Thomas  who  died  unmarried  in  1 680,  (being  that  year  chofen  a  burgefs  in  parliament 
for  Minehead)  Nathaniel,  and  Robert,  and  three  daughters,  whereof  Elizabeth  the 
youngeft  married  fir  John  Wroth,  of  Petherton-park,  bart. 

Nathaniel  his  eldefl  furviving  fon  fucceeded  in  theeftate;  which  Nathaniel  ferved 
in  feveral  parliaments  for  the  boroughs  of  Minehead  and  Bridgwater,  and  for  the  county 
ofSomerfet,  and  died  in  17 17,  leaving  by  Frances  his  wife,  daughter  of  fir  William 
Wyndham  of  Orchard-Wyndham,  bart.  Thomas  his  eldefl:  fon,  Peregrine,  and  feveral 
other  fons  and  daughters. 

Thomas  Palmer,  fon  and  heir,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  coheir  of  fir  Thomas 
Wroth,  of  Petherton-park,  and  refided  at  Fairfield,  where  he  devoted  his  time  to  the 
laudable  ftudy  of  inveftigating  the  antiquities  of  his  country,  and  perpetuating  to  pof- 
terity  the  memoirs  of  its  mod  refpedable  families.  Death  however  early  interrupted 
his  purfuits,  and  left  the  publick  to  regret  that  fo  little  remains  of  the  labours  of  a  pen 
fo  accurate,  and  a  writer  fo  worthy. 

The  above-named  Thomas  Palmer  dying  without  iflue,  was  fucceeded  by  his  brother 
Peregrine,  thelaft  furvivor  of  his  name  and  family,  who  worthily  reprefented  the  uni- 

verfity  of  Oxford  in  feveral  parliaments.     He  married  the  heirefs  of Longman, 

efq;  and  dying  in  1762,  left  his  eftate  to  Arthur  Acland,  efq;  his  next  of  kin,  fecond  fon 
of  fir  Hugh  Acland,  bart.  of  Columb-John  in  the  county  of  Devon,  by  Cecily,  daughter 

and 


256  stoke-courcy.  [Cannington, 

and  coheir  of  fir  Thomas  Wroth,  of  Petherton-park,  fon  of  fir  John  Wroth,  by 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  colonel  Peregrine  Palmer,  father  of  the  laft-mentioned  Thomas 
and  Peregrine. 

Arthur  Acland,  efq;  married  in  1752  Elizabeth  daughter  of  William  Oxenham,  by 
Anne  the  heirefs  of  William  Long,  of  Newhoufe  in  the  county  of  Devon,  efq;  who 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  fir  John  Wroth,  bart.  of  Petherton-park.  Arthur 
Acland  died  in  1771,  leaving  feveralfons  and  daughters,  and  was  fucceeded  in  his 
eftate^  by  John  his  eldeft  fon,  the  prefent  proprietor  of  Fairfield,  who  married  in  1781 
Elizabeth,  filter  of  John  Fuller,  of  Rofe-hill  in  the  county  of  Suflex,  efq;  and  has  iflue 
one  fojy  John  Palmer,  and  one  daughter.  He  bears  for  his  arms,  Cheeky,  argent  and 
fable,  a  fefik,  gules:  quartering,  Palmer,  two  bars  gules,  on  each  three  trefoils  argent,  in 
chief  a  greyhound  comznt  fable :  Vernai,  argent,  three  fern  leaves  vert:  Wroth,  on  a 
bend  fable  three  lion's  heads  erafed  of  the  firft,  crowned  or. 

The  chapel  at  Fairfield,  which  in  two  furveys  taken  in  1562  and  1575  is  fpokenof 
as  a  very  fair  building,  is  now  fo  entirely  defixoyed,  that  even  the  place  where  it  ftood 
is  not  known.  It  was  rebuilt  by  Robert  Vernai,  but  originally  founded  1 7  Edw.  I.  by 
William  de  la  Pyle,  a  fervant  or  retainer  to  William  de  Vernai,  who  gave  certain  lands 
and  tithes  for  the  perpetual  maintenance  of  a  chaplain ;  all  which  were  in  the  year 
1562,  by  the  connivance  of  mafter  Amerfham  the  lafi:  chaplain,  unjuftly  feized  by 
the  vicars  of  Stoke-Courcy  and  Kilton. 

Arms  in  the  windows  at  Fairfield: 

1.  Argent,  three  fern  leaves  in  fefle,  Vernai:  impaling,  vert,  a  chevron  between  three 

lions  rampant  or.     Wolmerfton. 

2.  Vernai;  quartering  Woolmerfton. 

3.  Vernai ;  impaling,  gules,  a  wivcrn  difplayed  argent.     Brent. 

4.  Vernai;  quartering,  argent,  a  trivet  fable.     Trivet. 

5.  Vernai ;  impaling,  argent,  three  jambes  coupedjable.     Gambon. 

6.  Vernai;   impaling,  azure,  three  fwans  argent.     Carey  of  Gotten. 

7.  Quarterly,  ermine  and  gules,  a  chevron  fretty  or.     Touchet,  lord  Audley. 

The  manor  of  Steyning  in  this  parifh  has  for  a  long,  though  not  an  uninterrupted 
feries  of  years,  belonged  to  the  family  of  Burland,  of  whom  Robert  de  Burland  poflefled 
lands  in  this  vicinity  fo  early  as  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Edw.  III. 

By  an  inquifition  taken  2 1  Eliz.  it  appears  that  Joan  the  late  wife  of  John  Martyne 
died  12  Eliz.  feized  of  Steyning,  leaving  John  Burland,  her  fon  by  a  former  hufband, 
her  heir.  Which  John  Burland,  as  appears  by  another  inquifition,  died  in  the  year 
]  603,  feized  of  Steyning  and  other  lands  holden  by  knight's  fervice,  and  left  iflue 

John  Burland  of  Steyning,  his  fon  and  heir,  then  aged  eighteen  years.  He  married 
Joan  the  daughter  of  William  Bacon,  ofOtterhampton  in  this  county,  and  died  about 
the  year  1647,  leaving  iflue  by  his  faid  wife 

John  Burland  of  this  place,  his  fon  and  heir,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Hugh  Hody  of  Nethaway  in  the  county  of  Devon,  defcended  from  fir  John  Hody,  knt. 

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chief  juftice  of  England  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VI.     This  John  died  about  the  year 
1648,  foon  after  his  father,  leaving  iflue  by  Elizabeth  his  faid  wife 

John  Burland,  his  fon  and  heir,  born  1641,  who  married  Margaret  the  daughter  of 
Henry  Cridland  of  Elworthy,  and  died  in  the  year  1 7 13. 

John  Burland,  his  fon  and  heir,  was  born  in  July  1696,  and  in  171  8  married  Eliza- 
beth the  daughter  and  at  length  heirefs  of  Clavcr  Morris,  of  the  city  of  Wells,  M.  D. 
He  died  Nov.  6,  1746,  and  left  iflue  four  fons  and  two  daughters,  viz.  John  Burland 
of  Steyning,  his  fon  and  heir;  Claver  Morris  Burland,  M.  D.  William  Burland,  fellow 
of  New  college,  Oxford,  and  Robert;  Mary  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  William  Hudlcfton, 
and  Anne  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  William  Kcatc. 

John  the  eldeft  fon  was  of  Baliol  college,  Oxford,  which  he  entered  in  1740.  In 
1743  he  removed  from  the  univerfity  to  the  Middle  Temple,  and  was  called  to  the 
bar  in  1746.  In  **](>i  he  was  made  a  ferjeant  at  law,  and  in  1773  he  received  from 
the  univerfity  of  Oxford  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  laws.  In  1774  he  received 
the  honour  of  knighthood,  and  was  fworn  one  of  the  barons  of  the  court  of  exchequer 
in  the  room  of  the  honourable  Mr.  Baron  Adams.  This  dignity  he  enjoyed  but  one  year 
and  eleven  months,  for  on  the  29th  of  February  1776,  he  died  fuddenly,  by  a  blood- 
veflel  burfting  in  his  brain,  as  he  was  fitting  in  company  with  his  brother  Mr.  Robert 
Burland,  and  his  intimate  friend  colonel  Charles  Webb.  He  was  buried  in  Wcflr- 
minfter  Abbey,  where  a  handfome  monument,  inferibed  with  an  honourable  and  very 
juft  character,  is  erected  to  his  memory.  He  married  in  1747  Laetitia  the  daughter  of 
William  Berkeley  Portman,  efq;  ofOrchard-Portman,  and  Anne  his  wife,  only  daughter 
of  fir  Edward  Seymour,  of  Maiden-Bradley,  bart.  fpeakerofthe  Houfe  of  Commons, 
and  comptroller  of  the  houfhold  of  Queen  Anne.  Their  iflue  is  John  Berkeley  Burland, 
the  prefent  proprietor  of  Steyning,  born  Jan.  6,  1754. 

The  benefice  of  Stoke-Courcy  is  vicarial,  valued  in  1292,  together  with  Lilftoke,  at 
forty-five  marks.*  The  patronage  is  in  the  college  of  Eton,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Chilcot 
is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  was  built  at  feveral  times:  the  upper  or  caftern  part  of  it  is  of  very 
ancient  date,  and  was  the  conventual  church  belonging  to  the  adjoining  priory,  by  the 
founder  whereof  the  building  was  mod  probably  erected  in  the  time  of  Henry  II. 
as  the  arches  are  femicircular,  and  are  with  their  capitals  ornamented  in  the  ftile  of 
buildings  of  that  age.  By  thefe  arches  the  body  of  the  church  is  opened  to  the  north 
and  fouth  ailes,  in  the  former  of  which,  at  the  eaftern  end,  was  formerly  an  ancient  piece 
of  painting  of  our  Saviour  and  the  twelve  Apoftles ;  but  which  was  defaced  on  the 
making  a  door  under  it  into  the  veftry,  and  in  the  place  of  it  is  now  a  church  inferip- 
tion.     This  aile  was  dedicated  to  St.  Erafmus. 

The  fouth  aile  is  the  burying-place  of  the  family  of  Vcrnai  of  Fairfield,  who  arc 
buried  under  flat  ftoncs  charged  with  croffes.  In  the  middle  of  it  is  a  monument 
erected  to  the  memory  of  John  Vernai,  who  died  in  the  time  of  Henry  VI.  adorned 
with  the  arms  of  that  family,  impaling  a  wivern,  Brent ;  and  thofe  of  Rifcdoit,  viz.  three 

*  Taxat.  Spiritual. 

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258  STOKE-COURCY.  [Cannfngtoit. 

arrows:  as  alfo  with  three  flag's  heads,  the  arms  of  Broughton  of  Sandford.  On  his 
right  hand  is  an  old  ftone  figure  of  a  man  in  a  recumbent  pofture,  belonging  to  another 
of  the  Vernai  family.  In  the  eaft  window  are  the  arms  of  Edward  Seymour,  the  firft 
of  his  name  duke  of  Somerfet;  [his  creation  money  was  ifTuable  out  of  this  manor.] 

On  the  roof  of  the  church  are  thefe  coats:  i.  A  chevron  between  three  pheons. 
2.  Three  fwords  in  pile,  Poulet.  3.  Wavy.  4.  A  fcalingladder,  being  the  arms  of 
the  priory.  5.  A  trivet,  for  Trivet  of  Durborough.  6.  A  chevron  between  three 
bugle  horns — Rujfcll  of  Fairfield,  and  afterwards  Vernai. 

The  church  is  a  very  large  handfome  building;  the  tower  in  the  center,  fupportcd 
by  four  large  arches. 

At  the  eaft  end  of  the  fouth  aile  is  a  large  handfome  mural  monument  of  various 
kinds  of  marble,  to  the  memory  of  fir  Thomas  Wroth,  bart.  of  Petherton-Park,  who 
ferved  his  country  in  parliament  for  the  town  of  Bridgwater,  the  city  of  Wells,  and  the 
county  of  Somerfet.  He  maintained  the  ancient  fpirit  of  Englifh  hofpitality,  and  died 
in  1721,  aged  46. 

And  alfo  to  the  memory  of  Thomas  Palmer,  efq;  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  and 
coheir  of  fir  Thomas  Wroth.  He  reprefented  the  town  of  Bridgwater  till  his  death> 
which  happened  in  173^,  at  the  age  of  51.  His  widow,  who  furvived  him  but  a  few 
years,  caufed  this  monument  to  be  erected  after  her  death,  which  happened  in  1737, 
at  the  age  of  38. 

On  a  mural  monument  of  grey  and  white  marble  againft  the  fouth  wall,  is  an  inferip- 
tion  in  Latin  to  the  memory  of  Nathaniel  Palmer,  efq;  and  Frances  his  wife,  daughter 
of  fir  William  Windham.  Nathaniel  died  1 7 1 7 ;  Frances  died  1 7 1 2.  Arms,  Palmer 
and  Vernai  quartered  with  Windham,  viz.  Azure,  a  chevron  between  three  lion's  heads 
erafed  or;  langued  gules. 

By  the  fide  of  the  above  is  another  mural  monument  of  white  marble,  which  was 
erected  by  Nathaniel  Palmer,  to  the  memory  of  his  father  colonel  Peregrine  Palmer> 
who  was  born  in  1605,  died  1684. 

On  a  table  of  benefactions: 

"  John  Mafcol  of  this  parifh,  gent,  who  died  Oct.  12,  1 73 1 ,  did  by  his  laft  will  and 
teftament  give  thirty  pounds  a  year  for  ever  to  be  laid  out  in  bread,  and  diftributed  by 
the  minifters  and  churchwardens  for  the  time  being,  among  thirty  poor  families  of 
this  parifh,  on  two  Sundays  yearly,  viz.  on  the  Sunday  after  Candlemas  and  All-Saints 
day.  And  did  charge  his  two  clofes  of  land  called  Shelves  and  Shortflade,  in  this 
parifh,  with  the  payment  thereof. 

James  Morgan,  fervant  to  Thomas  Palmer,  of  Fairfield  in  this  parifh,  efq;  who 
died  Sept.  13,  1727,  did  by  his  laft  will  and  teftament  give  fifty  pounds  to  truftees,  to 
be  laid  out  in  land  of  inheritance,  which  accordingly  has  been  done  by  the  truftees 
in  the  purchafe  of  a  piece  of  ground  called  Longmead,  lying  near  Redham  in  this 
parifh;  the  two  fifths  of  the  clear  money  thereof  to  be  paid  to  the  vicar  or  curate  of 
this  parifh  for  preaching  a  fermon  in  this  church  on  Good-Friday  for  ever.  The  re- 
maining three-fifths  of  the  faid  clear  income  to  be  paid  immediately  after  the  fervice 

and 


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and  fcrmon  preached  on  that  day;  to  be  by  the  faid  vicar  or  curate  and  the  church- 
wardens given  and  diftributcd  among  ten  poor  houfekecpers,  who  receive  no  weekly 
relief  or  contributions  from  the  parifli :  regard  to  be  had  to  the  largcft  families,  and 
fuch  as  have  molt  need  of  help. 

"  John  Meredith  of  Taunton,  gent,  born  in  this  parifli,  did  give  by  his  lafl  will  and 
teftament  the  annual  proceeds  and  profits  of  one  hundred  pounds,  to  be  beftowed 
in  convenient  cloathing  for  poor  people  of  this  parifli  for  ever;  and  died  the  nth 
ofO&ober,  1677." 

Sir  William  Poulet,  of  Bere,  founded  a  fmall  alms-houfc  in  this  parifli. 

In  the  church-yard  there  are  two  fine  yew-trees ;  the  one  large,  with  a  fine  fpread  of 
branches,  and  a  raifed  feat  round  the  roots. 


OVER-STOWEY,  or  UPPER-STOWEY, 

(So  called  to  diftinguifh  it  from  another  Stowey  in  this  neighbourhood) 

IS  a  parifli  of  confidcrable  extent,  pleafantly  fituated  on  a  gentle  afcent  on  the 
eaftern  fide  of  the  Quantock  hills,  the  chace  and  woods  whereof  are  members  of 
the  honour  of  Stoke-Courcy.  But  the  manor,  at  the  time  of  or  foon  after  the  Norman 
conqueft,  belonged  to  Alured  de  Ifpania: 

"  Robert  and  Herbert  hold  of  Alured,  Stawei.     Alwi  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 

"  Edward,  and  gelded  for  three  hides.     The  arable  is In  demefne  are  two 

"  carucates,  with  one  fervant,  and  two  villanes,  and  four  cottagers.  There  are  four 
"  acres  of  meadow,  and  twenty  acres  of  wood.  When  he  received  it,  it  was  worth  one 
"  hundred  fhillings,  now  fixty  fhillings."' 

Part  of  this  manor,  being  held  as  that  of  Stockland,  was  afterwards  conveyed  to 
Maurice  de  Gaunt's  hofpital  in  Briftol,  and  is  to  this  day  called  Friar's  Manor,  being 
the  property  of  the  earl  of  Egmont. 

There  are  four  hamlets  in.this  parifli,  viz. 
'  1.  Marfli  Mills,  containing  three  houfes. 
1.  Adfcombe,  four  houfes. 

3.  Ely  Green,  in  which  are  eight  houfes. 

4.  Plainsfield,  containing  eight  houfes,  and  one  mill.  It  was  the  property  of 
Alured  de  Ifpania: 

"  Hugh  holds  of  Alured,  Planesfcllc.  Edred  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  one  hide.  The  arable  is  two  carucates.  1  here  are  three  cottagers, 
«'  and  one  fervant,  and  two  acres  of  meadow,  and  fifteen  acres  of  wood.  When  he 
*'  received  it,  it  was  worth  twenty  fhillings,  now  ten  {hillings."1' 

*  Lib.  Domefday.  *  Ibid, 

L  1  2  1 2  Henry  II. 


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OVER-STOWEY. 


[Cannington. 


1 2  Henry  II.  Richard  Fitz-Ralph  held  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Plainefeld  of  Philip 
de  Columbers.c  This  manor  was  fometime  the  property  of  the  Blakes,  and  now  be- 
longs to  lord  Egmont. 

The  living  of  Over-Stowey  was  appropriated  to  the  mafter  and  brethren  of  St. 
Mark's  hofpital  in  Briftol,  and  in  1292  was  valued  at  thirteen  marks.1  In  1327  a 
vicarage  was  ordained,  and  the  vicar  and  his  fuccefTors  afligned  a  manfion  with  curti- 
lage, which  the  chaplain  of  the  faid  parifh  church  ufed  to  inhabit,  together  with  a 
croft  adjoining  thereunto.  It  was  appointed  likewife  that  the  vicar  ihould  receive  all 
kinds  of  fmall  tithes,  with  all  oblations  and  obventions  belonging  to  the  faid  church, 
and  one  mark  of  filver  from  the  faid  religious  yearly.'  It  lies  in  the  deanery  of,  Bridg- 
water, and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Holland  of  Salilbury  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  a  plain  ftructure,  confifting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  north  aile,  and  a 
tower  at  the  weft  end,  fixty  feet  high,  containing  five  bells.    . 

Againfl  the  fouth  wall  of  the  nave  is  a  monument  infcribed, 
"  Underneath  this  monument  lieth  the  body  of  John  Blake,  jun.  of  Court-Houfe,  in 
this  parifh,  gent,  who  departed  this  life  May  2,  1723,  aged  32.     Here  alfo  lieth  the 
body  of  John  Rich,  gent,  who  died  the  1  ith  of  May  1747,  aged  23-" 

Arms :  Argent,  a  chevron  azure,  between  three  garbs  or.     Crefl,  a  chough  fable. 
• ,  In  the  mid-paflage, 

'*'  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Humphrey  Blake,  of  Over-Stowey,  clothier,  deceafed ; 
who  was  buried  March  20,  1619.    Alfo  Ann  his  wife,  Dec.  11,  1645." 

On  a  grave-ftone  in  the  chancel  floor: 
"  Hie  jacet  corpus  Johannis  Selleck,  hujus  parochiae  nuper  rectoris,  qui  obiit  24  die 
Februarii  A0.  Dom.  1657,  aetat.  80." 

On  the  north  fide  of  the  chancel  there  is  a  fmall  mural  monument  of  marble : 
"  In  memory  of  Sarah  Wickham,  wife  of  Thomas  Wickham,  vicar  of  this  parifh, 
who  died  May  19,  171 7,  aged  33." 

On  a  handfome  tomb  in  the  church-yard: 
■  In  memory  of  Samuel  Rich,  of  Crofs  in  this  parifh,  gent,  who  died  the  1  ith  of 
June  1765,  aged  60.    Alfo  Betty  his  wife,  who  died  March  20,  1768,  aged  68." 

•  Lib.  nig.  i.97i  i  Taxat.  fpiritual.  •  Excerpt,  e  Re&ift.  Joh.  de  Drokensford. 


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S      T      II      I      N      G      S      T      O      N 

IS  a  parilli  ten  miles  nearly  weft  from  Bridgwater,  and  fifteen  nearly  north  from 
Taunton,  pleafantly  fituated  under  the  north-eaft  ridge  of  Quantock  hills,  great 
part  of  which  lie  within  its  precincts. 

On  the  higheft  part  of  thefe  hills  is  a  Roman  intrenchment,  called  Doufeborougb 
Caftle,  of  a  circular  form,  and  about  three  quarters  of  a  mile  in  compafs.  It  confifts  of 
a  double  rampire,  the  fofle  very  deep  and  wide;  the  whole  is  thickly  covered  with  an 
oak  coppice  wood,  among  which  may  be  traced  fome  veftiges  of  a  pratorium.  The 
figure  of  this  camp  is  no  objection  to  its  being  a  Roman  work,  all  their  camps  in 
this  ifland  having  been  fafirioned  according  to  the  ground  whereon  they  ftood;  and 
there  is  hardly  any  known  fcttlcment  that  the  Romans  had  in  Britain,  but  on  fome  high 
hill  in  the  neighbourhood  there  will  be  found  fuch  an  intrenchment  as  this,  being  the 
cajlra  ajliva,  to  which  they  marched  their  foldiers  in  the  fummer.  The  ftation  by 
which  this  camp  was  made  ufe  of  for  that  purpofe,  although  we  have  no  Roman  road 
nor  ancient  name  to  ftrengthen  the  conjecture,  feems  to  have  been  fomewhere  about 
Putfham,  a  hamlet  in  the  neighbouring  parilli  of  Kilve,  which  lies  at  the  foot  of  the 
hill;  where,  in  the  beginning  of  this  century,  a  great  number  of  coins  of  Dioclefian, 
Gallienus,  Maximus,  and  of  fome  of  the  thirty  tyrants,  were  dug  up.1 

This  was  one  of  the  manors  which  in  the  time  of  king  William  the  Conqueror  were 
held  by  Alured  de  Ifpania,  of  which  we  read  in  the  general  furvey  of  that  reign: 

"  Rannulf  holds  of  Alured,  Strengeftone.  Alwi  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Edward, 
"  and  gelded  for  one  hide.  The  arable  is  three  carucates.  In  demefne  are  two  caru- 
"  cates,  and  four  fervants,  and  three  villanes,  with  one  plough.  There  are  four  acres 
"  of  meadow,  and  fifty  acres  of  pafture.  It  is  worth  fifty  (hillings.  To  this  manor  is 
"  added  half  a  virgate  of  land,  which  Briftive  held  freely  in  the  time  of  king  Edward. 
"  The  arable  is  half  a  carucate.  This  is  now  holdcn  by  a  villane.  It  was  always  worth 
"five  fhillings. "" 

Another  portion  of  land  in  this  parifh  belonged  to  Roger  de  Curcelle. 

"  William  holds  of  Roger,  Strengeftune.  Siward  held  it  in  the  time  of  king 
**  Edward,  and  gelded  for  one  virgate  and  a  half  of  land.  The  arable  is  half  a  caru- 
"  cate,  which  is  in  demefne,  with  one  cottager,  and  one  acre  of  meadow,  and  fix  acres 
"  of  pafture.     It  was  and  is  worth  eight  fhillings."0 

In  fucceeding  times  this  manor  of  Stringfton  was  held  of  the  caftle  of  Stowey.  In 
the  afleflment  of  the  aid  for  marrying  the  king's  daughter  12  Henry  II.  Hugh  Fichet 
of  Stringfton  is  certified  to  hold  one  knight's  fee  of  Philip  dc  Columbers,  lord  of  the 
caftle  and  manor  of  Stowey  above-mentioned. d     It  feems  after  this  to  have  been  fome 

•  MS.  Palmer.  »  Lib.  Domefday.  ■  Ibid.  ?  Lib.  nig.  i.  97. 

time 


262  strings  ton.  [Canningtom 

time  poffefTed  bya  family  who  had  their  name  from  this  place,  though  it  again  reverted 
in  procefs  of  time  to  the  family  of  Fichet.  In  the  time  of  Henry  III.  Adam  de 
-Cunteville,  a  Norman  by  defcent,  poffeiTed  this  manor;  he  married  to  his  fecond 
wife  Amelia  the  daughter  and  heirefs  of  Ranulph  de  Stringftone,  and  was  father  of 
feveral  children;  of  whom  Hugh  de  Cunteville/  who  was  alfo  fometimes  called  Hugh 
Thurloe,  inherited  Stringfton.  This  Hugh  left  one  only  daughter,  who  was  named 
from  the  place  of  her  nativity  Aubrea  de  Stringftone,  and  was  married  to  Hugh 
Fichet  of  Merridge,  who  in  her  right  became  feized  of  this  manor,  which  continued  in 
the  faid  Hugh's  defendants  in  the  male  line  till  10  Edw.  II.  when  William,  fon  of  fir 
William  Fichet,  palled  all  his  right  to  the  manors  of  Stringfton  and  Merridge  to  fir 
"Simon  de  Fourneaux,  knt.  and  3  Edw.  III.  the  faid  fale  was  confirmed  by  William  de 
Fourneaux,  fon  of  the  faid  William/ 

Which  fir  Simon  de  Fourneaux  was  a  defcendant  of  Henry  de  Furnellis,  lord  of 
Kilve  in  king  John's  time,  and  bore  on  his  feal  a  bend  between  fix  crofs  croflets.  He 
died  24  Edw.  III.  leaving  iffue  by  Alice  his  wife,  daughter  of  fir  Henry  de  Umfraville 
of  Penmarke  caftle  in  the  county  of  Glamorgan,  one  only  daughter  and  heir  Elizabeth 
(William  his  fon  having  died  in  his  father's  life-time)  the  wife  of  fir  John  Blount.,  knt. 

This  Elizabeth  lady  Blount  inherited  the  eftates  of  Fourneaux,  which  were  very  great, 
being  eight  knight's  fees  and  a  quarter.  She,  furviving  her  faid  hufband,  founded 
in  her  widowhood  8  Ric.  II.  a  chantry  in  the  abbey  of  Athelney  in  this  county,  agreeing 
t>y  indenture  with  Robert  Hacche  the  then  abbot,  that  they  Ihould  for  ever  find  two 
chaplains,  one  of  whom  was  to  be  a  "monk,  and  the  other  a  fecular  prieft,  to  fay  mafs 
■every  day  in  the  year  except  Good-Friday,  for  the  good  eftate  of  William  Aungier  and 
Henry  Rodham,  as  alfo  of  her  the  faid  Elizabeth,  the  lady  Alice  Stafford,  the  lady  Maud 
Stafford,  and  Robert  Wrench;  and  all  the  other  friends  and  benefactors  of  the  faid 
Elizabeth.  And  for  the  fouls  of  fir  John  Blount,  fir  Simon  de  Fourneaux  and  Alice  his 
wife,  fir  Henry  de  Umfraville  and  Ifabel  his  wife,  fir  William  Blount  and  Maud  his  wife, 
the  lady  Julian  Talbot,  the  lady  Elizabeth  Cornewail,  fir  Brian  Cornewail  her  fon,  fir 
Richard  Stafford,  and  fir  Richard  Stafford  the  younger  his  fon,  Robert  Flete  and  Robert 
Stockton,  and  for  the  fouls  of  all  her  friends  and  benefactors  deceafed.  And  it  was 
further  agreed,  that  on  the  deceafe  of  the  faid  lady  Elizabeth  Blount,  or  any  other  of  the 
perfons  above-mentioned  reflectively,  annual  obits  fhould  be  kept  on  the  days  of  their 
deaths,  as  alfo  for  the  other  perfons  who  were  dead  at  the  time  of  figning  the  indenture. 
Thefe  fervices  to  be  performed  at  the  altar  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  in  the  abbey  church  of 
Athelney,  and  agreed  by  the  abbot  and  convent  that  on  neglect  thereof  the  faid  Eliza- 
beth and  her  heirs  fhould  have  liberty  to  diftrain  on  their  lands  at  Clavelfhay  in  the 
parifh  of  North-Petherton. 

Alice,  daughter  of  the  above-named  lady  Elizabeth  Blount,  in  the  indenture  called 
the  widow  of  fir  Richard  Stafford,  but  foon  after  married  to  fir  Richard  Stury,  knt. 
Succeeded  in  her  eftates. 

•  Sir  Win,  Pole,  and  Mr.  Palmer's  MS.  colletficm?.  '  Rot.  fin.  3  Edw.  III. 

As 


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As  to  the  parentage  of  this  fir  Richard  Stury,  he  was  fon  of  fir  William  Stury, 
governor  of  Guernfey  and  Jcrfcy,  27  Edw.  III.  and  one  of  the  mod  eminent  pcrfons 
of  his  time,  as  appears  by  the  many  military  and  other  commilfions  he  underwent. 
This  fir  Richard,  44  Edw.  III.  being  then  a  knight,  was  ordered,  with  fir  John  Bcau- 
champ,  to  conduct  and  attend  the  king  of  Navarre  to  his  kingdom.  4  and  5  Ric.  II. 
he  was  one  of  the  commiflioners  appointed  to  treat  with  the  bifiiop  of  Bayonne  and 
others  about  a  peace  with  France.  8  Ric.  II.  he  was  ordered  to  attend  and  take  care 
of  the  king's  mother,  that  being  thought  a  time  of  danger.  13  Ric.  II.  he  was  with 
the  carl  of  Northumberland,  the  bifiiop  of  Durham,  fir  John  Devcrcux,  and  others^ 
appointed  to  treat  and  conclude  a  peace  with  France;  and  in  the  fame  year,  he,  together 
with  the  dukes  of  Lancafter,  York,  and  Gloucefter,  and  other  great  men  of  the  king- 
dom, figncd  the  famous  letter  to  the  pope,  complaining  of  his  provifions  to  Englilh 
benefices,  and  of  the  ufurpations  of  the  court  of  Rome.  18  Ric.  II.  he  was  commif- 
fioned  to  take  the  oath  of  the  king  of  Scotland,  in  purfuance  of  a  treaty  then  made 
between  England  and  France,  and  by  another  commiffion  joined  with  the  carl  01 
Northumberland  and  others,  to  fettle  the  differences  between  England  and  Scotland, 
and  to  treat  of  certain  marriages  between  fome  of  the  royal  families  of  each  kingdom. 
This  was  the  lad :  public k  commiffion  he  executed;  for  being  a  zealous  Lollard,  he 
that  year,  during  the  king's  abfence  in  Ireland,  is  faid  to  have  encouraged  many  rio- 
tous proceedings;  for  which  being  cited  before  the  king,  he  took  an  oath  that  he 
would  give  no  further  countenance  to  the  Lollards,  the  king  at  the  fame  time  fwearing 
that,  if  ever  he  did,  he  Ihould  die  an  ignominious  death. 

We  find  no  more  account  of  this  fir  Richard,  except  that  he  died  about  4  Henry  IV, 
and  that  his  lady  furvived  him.  She  was  living  1 5  Henry  IV.  and  then  ftilcd  her- 
felf  the  lady  Alice  Stury,  lady  of  Culvej  but  on  her  feals  fhe  ftill  bore  the  arms 
of  Stafford,  viz.  a  chevron  within  a  bordure;  impaling,  Barry  ncbuly,  the  arms  of 
Blount* 

On  her  death  without  children,  the  lands  of  fir  Simon  dc  Fourneaux,  became  divided 
amongft  the  defcendants  of  his  fillers,  of  whom  Catherine  the  wife  of  Thomas  Roche 
had  the  manor  of  Stringfton,  and  left  it  to  her  daughter  Joan,  firft  married  to  Robert 
Greyndor,  and  fecondly  to  fir  John  Barry,  knt.  which  fir  John  dying,  without  ifluc 
1  Ric.  III.  the  inheritance  reforted  back  to  the  heirs  of  the  fillers  of  John  Button,  or 
Bitton,  of  the  county  of  Dorfet,  who  had  married  Hawife  one  of  the  fillers  of  fir  Simon 
de  Fourneaux;  and  in  the  partition  this  manor  fell  to  William  Strode,  of  Parnham 
in  the  faid  county  of  Dorfet,  efq;  in  which  name  it  continued  till  the  year  1 764,  when 
Thomas  Strode  dying  without  ifluc,  the  male  line  of  that  ancient  family  became  ex- 
tinct ;  and  fir  John  Oglander,  of  Nunwell  in  the  county  of  I  lants,  bait,  defcended 
from  a  daughter  of  fir  John  Strode,  knt.  fucceeded  to  the  eflates;  whofc  fon,  fir 
William  Oglander,  bare,  is  the  prefent  pofleflbr  of  this  manor. 

In  this  parifh  is  another  ancient  manor  called  Alfoxton,  but  in  Domefday  Book 
Alfugejlone,  where  it  is  thus  defcribed : 

«  Sir  Wm.  Pole's  MS-,  colle&ions. 

*'  Rannulf 


264  stringston.  [Cannington. 

"  Rannulf  holds  of  Alured  [dc  Ifpania]  Alfageftone  and  Lcding.  Alwi  held  it  in 
«« the  time  of  king  Edward,  and  gelded  for  two  hides.  The  arable  is  three  carucates. 
"  In  demefne  is  one  carucate,  with  one  fervant,  and  four  villanes,  and  two  cottagers, 
"  with  two  ploughs.  There  are  eight  acres  of  meadow,  and  thirty  acres  of  pafture,  and 
<(  thirty-five  acres  of  wood.     It  was  and  is  worth  twenty  millings."1' 

In  the  time  of  Henry  II.  William  the  fon  of  Jordan  de  Alvefton  held  it  and  other  lands 
of  Philip  de  Columbers,  by  the  fervice  of  half  a  knight's  fee.'  This  poffeffion  feems 
to  have  been  difputed,  for  8  Henry  II.  Adam  de  Cunteville  gave  a  fine  to  the  king  to 
have  a  writ  of  right  to  a  knight's  fee  in  Alvocefton;k  and  fome  time  after  Richard  de 
Cunteville  releafed  all  his  right  to  certain  lands  to  William  de  Alfoxton.  From  this 
William  the  family  continued  in  the  male  line  pofTefTed  of  this  manor  to  the  6th 
Edw.  III.  (all  of  them  except  one  bearing  the  name  of  William)  at  which  time  Wil- 
liam, fon  of  John  de  Alfoxton,  fold  all  his  right  to  his  lands  at  Alfoxton,  Dyche, 
Dodington,  Wardefton,  and  Burton,  to  Robert  de  Burlond ;  a  brother  of  which  Robert, 
Thomas  de  Burlond,  was  grandfather  of  Chriftina,  who  though  twice  married  left  no 
iflue.  On  which  default  the  faid  Chriftina  (or  Chriftiana,  as  fhe  is  fometimes  .called) 
in  9  Ric.  II.  fettled  Alfoxton  with  its  appertenances  on  James  Ayfhe  of  Chagford.  In 
this  family  of  Ayfhe  the  manor  continued  till  7  Henry  V.  when  John  Ayfhe  fold  it  to 
Richard  fon  of  Thomas  Popham  of  Porlock.1 

This  Thomas  Popham,  in  many  deeds  of  the  time  of  Ric.  II.  and  Hen.  IV.  is  ftilcd 
Homme  de  Lege,  which  is  the  fame  with  a  ferjeant  at  law;  and  in  moft  of  the  confider- 
able  family  tranfactions  of  thofe  times  is  either  a  party  or  a  witnefs.  He  bore  on  his 
feal  17  Ric.  II.  a  flag's  head;  on  a  chief  three  roundles.  Befides  the  abovementioned 
Richard,  he  was  father  of  another  fon,  named  John,  anceftor  to  the  Pophams  of  Porlock. 

The  faid  Richard  Popham,  who  purchafed  Alfoxton,  had  feveral  other  lands  by 
the  grant  of  fir  John  Luttrell  of  Eaft-Quantock.  He  married  Joan  daughter  and  heir 
of  John  Orchard,  of  Orchard,  (fince  called  Orchard- Wyndham)  by  whom  he  had  a 
daughter  Joan,  heirefs  to  both  families,  married  firft  to  John  Sydenham,  of  Badialton, 
efq;  and  afterwards  to  John  St.  Albin  or  Aubyn,  of  Paracombe  in  the  county  of  Devon, 
efq.  She  died  in  1493,  having  outlived  both  her  hufbands.  Some  time  before  her 
death,  in  order  to  prevent  difputes  between  her  fons,  fhe  divided  the  eftates  whereof 
flie  was  pofTefTed  ;  giving  to  her  fon  by  Sydenham,  Orchard  and  all  the  lands,  fhe  had 
from  her  mother,  and  to  her  fon  by  St.  Albyn,  Alfoxton,  and  the  lands  of  Richard 
Popham. 

The  family  of  St.  Albyn  (as  it  is  now  written)  was  anciently  pofTefTed  of  and 
fettled  at  Pickwell,  in  the  parifh  of  George-Ham  in  the  county  of  Devon,  in  the 
church  of  which  Mauger  St.  Aubin,  a  knight  templar,  lies  buried. 

In  1280,  as  appears  by  a  chart  of  that  date,  Stephen  de  Sanclo  Albino  was  pofTefTed 
of  Hengeftridge,  now  written  Henftridge,  in  the  parifh  of  Berynarber  in  the  county  of 
Devon.     And  by  another  deed  dated  1 3 1 6,  it  appears  that  he  and  Matilda  his  wife 

*  Lib.  Domefday,  »  Lib.  nig.  i.  97.  *  Rot.  pip.  8  Hen.  II.  l  MS.  Palmer. 

refided 


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rcfidcd  there,  and  that  the  bezants  in  the  family  arms  were  then  on  a  crofs,  as  the 
Cornifli  branch  of  this  family  ftill  ufc  them,  and  not  on  a  bend,  as  this  branch  has 
them.1" 

Baldwyn  de  St.  Aubin,  defcendant  of  this  Stephen,  was  in  1369  fettled  at  Paracombe, 
and  the  manor  and  advowfon  of  that  place  at  this  day  belong  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  St.  Albyn, 
proprietor  of  Alfoxton. 

But  to  return  to  John  St.  Albyn,  fecond  hufband  to  the  hcirefs  of  Popham ;  he  is 
filled  5  Edw.  IV.  *  of  Afliway  in  the  parifti  of  Dulvcrton,'  and  by  that  ftile  was 
receiver  of  the  King's  lands  in  this  county,  and  Reward  of  the  King's  manors  of  North- 
Petherton  and  Bridgwater,  as  alfo  fteward  to  the  hofpital  of  St.  John  of  Jerufalcm 
near  the  laft-mentioned  town. 

John  his  eldeft  fon,  in  his  mother's  life-time,  was  called  John  St.  Albyn  of  Afliway, 
under  which  title  he  married  Elizabeth  daughter  and  coheirefs  of  John  Trivet,  of 
Chilton-Trivet  in  this  county,  and  by  her  was  father  of  another  John,  who  married 
Cecily,  daughter  of  Henry  Hyndford,  efq;  of  Coker  in  the  county  of  Dorfct.  He  was 
fucceeded  in  this  eftate  by 

George  St.  Albyn,  who  by  Margaret  daughter  of  John  Acland,  of  Acland  in  the 
county  of  Devon,  efq;  was  father  of 

John  St.  Albyn,  his  fucceflbr.  Which  John  married  Alice  daughter  of  John  Lytc,  of 
Lytes-Cary  in  this  county,  efq;  and  by  her  was  father  of  feven  fons  and  eight  daughters. 

Lancelot,  the  eldeft  fon,  pofiefTed  Alfoxton,  and  having  married  Elizabeth  the  fiftcr 
of  fir  Nicholas  Halfwell,  of  Halfwcll  in  this  county,  knt.  had  iflue  feveral  children,, 
of  whom 

John,  the  eldeft  fon  and  heir,  married  Margaret  daughter  of  John  Dodington,  of 
Dodington,  efq;  and  by  her  had  iffuc  four  fons  and  feveral  daughters. 

Lancelot  fucceeded  to  the  eftate.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  St. 
Albyn,  gent,  of  Ncther-Stowcy  in  this  county,  and  was  father  of 

John,  who  married  Amy,  daughter  of  Francis  Raxworthy,  gent,  of  Stokc-Courcy; 
by  whom  he  had  iffue 

Lancelot  St.  Albyn,  Mho,  by  Joan  daughter  of  William  Collard  of  Dodington,  was 
lather  of 

John  St.  Albyn.     He  married  Anne  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Poole  of  Dulvcrton,  efq.. 

The  Rev.  Lancelot  St.  Albyn,  A.  M.  brother  of  the  laft-mentioned  John,  is  the 
prcfent  pofllflbr  of  Alfoxton. 

■  A  remarkable  inflance  of  the  great  evidence  which  feals  anciently  carried  with  them,  appears  by  a  memo- 
randum on  the  back  of  a  deed  executed  by  two  members  of  the  different  branches  of  this  family,  after  one  of 
them  had  fettled  in  Cornwall,  to  this  effeft,  viz..  "  That  one  of  them  had  made  ufc  of  his  couftn's  feal,  having  left 
ibis  own  at  home.'' 

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[Cannlnflton* 


There  is  alio  a  hamlet  within  this  parifh  called  Ditch,  of  which  mention  is  made 
in  early  writings.     In  the  time  of  king  John,  William,  a  fon  of  Adam  de  Cunteville, 
granted  all  his  lands  in  Dyche  and  Lymbury  to  John  de  Alfakcflon;  thefe  lands, 
ibmetimes  called  a  jnanor,  have  from  that  time  continued  in  the  fame  poflcflion  with 
Alfoxton,  but  the  greateft  part  of  the  vill  and  lands  adjoining  was,  at  the-time  of  this 
grant,  part  of  Stringfton,  and  was  foon  after  conveyed  by  Aubrea  de  Stringfton  to  John 
Fitz-Gilbert  in  free  marriage  with  Agnes  her  daughter."     Which  John  had  fcveral 
other  lands  in  Lexworthy,  Enmorc,  Stowey,  and  Eaft-Bagborough,  which  defcended 
to  a  fon  of  the  fame  name.     This  fon  refiding  at  a  place  called  Gogulmerc  within  this 
hamlet  of  Ditch,  afTumcd  his  furhame  from  thence,  and  was  living  30  Edw.  I.     From 
him  defcended  in  the  male  line  five  fucceffive  generations,  (viz.  John,  John,  Thomas, 
Richard,  and  Thomas,)  called  fomctimes  by  the  name  of  Gilbert,  and  fometimes 
Goguhnere ;  the  laft  of  whom,  Thomas  Gilbert,  of  the  city  of  Exeter,  5  Henry  VI.  was 
owner  of  Goguhnere,  and  conveyed  it  to  fir  Edward  Hall,  John  Vernai,  efq;  and  others 
in  truft  for  Nicholas  Bicombe  and  Eilen  his  wife,  daughter  of  the  faid  Thomas.    Thefe 
Bicombes  had  Gogulmerc  till  the  time  of  Henry  VII.  and  then  fold  it  aud  feveral  other 
parts  of  their  eftate  in  parcels.     The  profperity  of  this  family  of  Gogulmerc  feems  to 
have  ended  with  this  Thomas,  but  their  name  continued  feveral  ages  in  this  neighbour- 
hood.    28  Henry  VIII.  Gregory  Gilbert,  alias  Gogulmere,  was  an  officer  belonging  to 
the  king's  park  at  North-Petherton ;  and  6  James  I.  John  Gilbert,  alias  Gogulmere,  a 
fanatical  minifter,  was  committed  by  fir  Nicholas  Halfwell,  for  having  on  a  fabbath 
day  attempted  to  preach  naked  in  the  parifh  church  of  North-Petherton.0 

The  living  of  Stringfton  is  a  redtory  in  the  deanery  of  Bridgwater,  but  is  not  men- 
tionedin  Pope  Nicholas's  or  other  taxations,  having  always  been  confidered  as  a  member 
of  the  parifh  of  K'ilve,  which  is  the  mother  church.  The  patronage  is  in  Baliol  col- 
lege in  Oxford ;  the  Rev.  Mr.  St.  Albyn  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

The  church  is  a  fmall  building,  confiding  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  aile  or  chapel  on 
the  fouth  fide,  the  burial  place  of  the  St.  Albyn  family. 

On  the  eaft  fide  of  this  aile  is  an  alabafter  monument,  with  this  infeription : 
"  Johes  St.  Albon,  fen.  de  Alfoxden,*  infra  parochiam  de  Stringfton  in  com.  Somerfet, 
armiger;  ab  antiqua  familia  St.  Albon  Devonia:  oriundus ;  alienifilmo  tempore  Caefaris 
arma  invita  fortuna  fecutus;  tarn  Uteris,  quam  bello  praeclarus;  munificus  etiamq? 
defideratifllmus,  ob'.  140  Martij  Anno  Dni  1708,  /Etat.  fuae  85." 

Arms :  Ermine,  on  a  ben&  fable,  three  bezants. 

•  Sir  Wm.  Pole's  MSS.  Colka. 

•  MS.  Palmer,  from  the  original  examination  at  Halfwell,  1709. 

t  It  is  wonderful  how  many  different  ways  this  manor  has  been  written ;  as  Aifageflom,  Alfagefiona,  Alva- 
gtftone,  Alfakefione,  Al-vocefione ,  Al<vodejione,  Al-vefion,  Alfoxden,  Alfoxon,  Alfoxen,  Alfoxton,  and  Allfoxtm ;  all  oT 
xhem  (except  the  two  lad,  which  are  modern)  occurring  in  ancient  evidences.  From  the  Domcfday  word  one 
would  be  induced  to  think,  that  the  place  derived  its  name  from  Alfege  or  Alpbcgt,  a  Saxon  owner;  q.  d. 
Alfbegt1  i-tovin. 

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267 


On  another  mural  monument  near  it: 
"  Underneath  arc  depofited  the  remains  of  John  St.  Albyn,  efq*;  late  of  Alfoxton, 
by  whofe  death  the  poor  loft  a  conftant  benefactor,  and  his  country  a  mod  linccrc  friend, 
on  the  7th  of  April  1744,- aged  65." 

On  the  weft  fide  of  the  aile  is  an  elegant  monument  of  grey  and  white  marble,  ha- 
ving on  the  front  of  its  lower  part,  which  is  altar-fttapcd,  a  weeping  nymph  fitting  in 
flowing  drapery  of  excellent  fculpture,  embracing  an  urn  with  her  right  arm,  and  with 
the  left  wiping  her  tears.     On  an  oval  tablet  this  infeription: 

"  Here  lie  the  remains  of  John  St.  Albyn,  efq;  of  Alfoxton  in  this  parifti,  who  died 
Nov.  10,  1768,  aged  52  years.  In  him  the  injured  loft  a  patron;  the  diftreffed  a  fa- 
ther: he  was  a  kind  mafter,  a  fincere  friend,  and  a  tender  hufband.  He  married  Anne 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Poole,  efq;  of  Dulverton  in  this  county: — In  tcftimony  of  her 
gratitude  and  affection,  (he  erected  this  monument  to  his  much-refpected  memory. 

"  Here  likewifo  arc  interred  her  remains.     She  died  Feb.  22, 1 78 1,  aged  62." 
On  a  fmall  tablet  at  the  bottom  of  the  above : 

*'  The  Rev4.  Lancelot  St.  Albyn,  A.  M.  hereby  gratefully  cxprefies  his  fenfc  of  the 
juftice  and  gencrofity  he  experienced  by  her  will." 

Arms:  St.  Albyn,  impaling,  azure,  a  fefs  between  three  leopard's  heads  or.  Poole. 

In  the  church-yard  is  an  old  ftone  crofs  in  good  prcfervation. 


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INDEX      OF      PLACES 


IN      VOLUME      I. 


A. 

$b&ot'!0i  Caufetoag 

Abdick  and  Bulston  Hundred 
Adjborougb,  in  Creech  St.  Michael 
Adjcombe  in  Over-Stowey 
Alfoxton,  in  Stringilon 
Alington,  in  Over-Weare 
Allen's  Caftle 

■ Plantations 

Allerton  Chapel 
•         Stone 


\ 


PAGE 

I83 
I 

74 
2S9 

264 
184 

145 

*75 


Amrill,  or  Amorel  Tithing  97 

Anchor-Head            -          -   Introd.  xii 

Andersfield  Hundred                -  71 

Hamlet,  in  Goathurft  79 

-  99 

-  46 
10 


Arno's  Vale 

Aftiford,  in  Ikon 

Ashill 

AJhing,  or  Arjlon,  in  Chapel- Allerton  175 


Wafte 

ASHOLT 

■        —  Lower 
Ajhwell,  in  Ilminfter 

athclncg  aobeg 

Bridge 

1  (land 


{ 


84 
237 


4 
86,  262 


} 


86 


Atherftone,  in  White-Lackington  66,  68 
Auler-Long,  in  Creech  St.  Michael  74 
yft>o«  River  -  Introd.     xii.  97 

Ax  River  -         Introd.     xiii.  202 

•&«?  River  -        -        Introd,    xiv 


B. 


FAOI 

188 

99 

xiv 

171 

179 

202 

P^tii 

1 

-  r,  2 
2 

5 

-  7— iS 

15 
16 


Bagley,  in  Wedmore 

15anncr*£)oton   - 

5<?r/^  River  -  7»re</. 

'Batcacfes 

Ba/on  Bridge 

Batch,  in  Lympfham 

Bath  City  -  Introd. 

Situation  - 

——  Names 

Waters 

Fabulous  Origin     - 

■  Roman  Antiquities 

Britifh  Affairs     - 

Saxon 

Norman 

Bifhoprick 

Parliamentary  Affairs         1 9 — 22 

Charter  -  -     22 — 25 

Corporation  -         -   25 — 27 

Fairs,  Commerce,  Manufactures, 

&c.  -         28 
Ancient  City,  Walls,  Gates,  Foun- 
tains, &c.     -             -  29 — 35 
Modern  City,  and  additional  Buiki- 

-     '     -  35—39 
Publick  Structures 

Baths 

Ancient  Pariflies 

St.  Mary  de  Stall 


»7 
18 


ings 


Vol.  I.. 


Abbey  and  Priory 

— ■  Abbey  Church 


Nn 


39—52 
39—42 

53 

53 

54—58 

59—71 

Bath, 


270 


INDEX  OF  PLACES  IN  VOLUME  I. 


I 


Bath,  Parifh  of  St.  Peter  and  Paul 

'  St.  James 

St.  Michael 

Walcot 


PACE 

7  2 

72 
72 

13 
74 


Chapels 

Natives  and  eminent  Perfons 

74—82 
Titles         -  -    82,83 


Writers  on  the  Bath  Waters 
Bath-Forum  Hundred 

Easton 

Villa 

Ford 


— —  Hampton 
Wick. 

Battle-Bridge 
Battleborough,  in  Eaft-Brent 

^att^  JFarm  chapel 

Bayley 's-Brook 
Beer,  in  Cannington 
Beer-Crocombe 
Bemstone  Hundred    - 
Berrow 

T5ertoicR,  or  TBeretogfce,  a  depopu- 

-  171 

-  61 

-  176 

-  72 

xiv.  20,  58 

-  188 

Introd. 


83 

97 

99 

103 

in 
116 

120 

58 
196 

221 

252 

*3S 

*75 
201 


lated  Village 


hired. 


BlCKENHALL 

BlDDISHAM 

Binfords 
Blackdotvn-Hills 
Blackford,  in  Wedmore 
Blacknore -Point 
Bonftone,  in  Fiddington 
Boroughbridge 

amount  and  Chapel 

Bowjball,  in  Staple-Fitzpaine 
Bradon-South 

North  r  \ 

— — —  Goose,  or  Gouis  ) 

Brean         -  - 

Down  -       Introd.    xii. 

Brent  cum  Wrington  Hundred 
Brent-East  -  ) 

Enoll     -  -     S 


xn 
241 
84 

85 
58 
*5 

16 

x77. 
177 
*95 

I9S 


PAGE 


Brent  South 

Marjh 


-    }99 
Introd.     xi,  xv 


Brew  River     Introd.  xiii.  180,  183,  221 
Brewham-North  -     220 

South 

1  Lodge 

Brewton  Hundred 
Parifh 

Priorg 

abbeg 


:} 


221 


211 


-  213 

-  214 

-     Introd.     xi 
184 

-       23 


Bridgwater  Bay 
Brinjcombe,  in  Over-Weare 
Britty,  in  Curland 
Broadfield,  or  Broadwell  Down  Intr.  xiv. 

206 

Tithing       -  -     207 

Broadway              -  -       16 

TBcouemcrll)       -  -     84 

Broomfield            -  -       71 

Brymore,  in  Cannington     -  -     ^33 

Buckland  St.  Mary  -       29 

Bulford,  in  Staple-Fitzpaine  -       58 

BuRNHAM                      -  -       179 

Prior  j?  -   181 

BuRRINGTON                    -  -         203 

Burton-Pynfent,  in  Curry-Rivel  -     24 
in  Stoke-Courcy  -     249 

lagfeenfliU           -  -     84 
c. 

Cad-Green,  in  Ikon 
Cale  River 

CannarD'g^ratie 

Cannington  Hundred 
Parifh 

IPriorg  232 

Cafland,  in  Beer-Crocombe  -       15 

Tithing  in  Broadway  -       18 

Cary  River  -  Introd.     xiii 

Cathanger,  in  Fivehead  -       4° 

Chapel-Allerton  -     175 

Charlcombe         -  -     141 

Charlinch 


-    46 

Introd.    xiv 

102 


:J 


231 


INDEX  OF  PLACES  IN  VOLUME  I. 


271 


FACI 

238 

74 

84 

xiv 

235 


Charlinch 

Charlton,  in  Creech  St.  Michael 

C&cfletiafee 

Chew  River  -  Introd. 

Chilton-Weft,  in  Cannington 

CfmrcfcjFielti,  or  cburcfcipotoela, 

in  Frefhford  -  7-125 

— —  Tithing,  in  Ilminfter      -         4 

Cburchland,  in  Wedmore  188,  190 

Claverton 

1      Down 
'  Street    - 


:  \ 


Clewer,  in  Wedmore 

Coaji  of  Somerjetjhire 

Cock,  in  Stoke-Courcy 

Cocklake,  or  Cocklate,  in  Wedmore 


Cole,  in  Brewton 
Collings-Well 
Combe-Monkton 
■  ■  Down 

Grove 

Combwick,  in  Cannington 
Creech  St.  Michael 

Heathfield 

an 

Cricket-Malherbe 
Crickham,  in  Wedmore 
Crock-Street,  in  Ilminfter 

-  Donyat 

CURLAND 

Curry-Mallet 

Rivel 

Currypool,  in  Charlinch 

D. 

IDepebrofce 

Dillington,  in  Ilminfter 

Difocove,  in  Brewton 

Ditch,  in  Stringfton 

Dommet,  in  Buckland  St.  Mary 

Donyat 

DoufefcorougfcCaftle 

Dowlish-West 


*45 

-  168 

-  188 

Introd.  xi,  xii 
252 
188 
224 
171 


215: 


- 

150 

J 

234 

_ 

) 

74 

222 
22 

i83 
4 
35 
23 
3» 
23 

239 

V84 
4 

215 
266 

20 

35 
261 

37 


Draycot 

Drayton 

Dumpole,  in  Ilminfter 

Dur  borough,  in  Stoke-Courcy 

Durleigh 

E. 

Earnshill 

East-Brent 

Easton  and  Amrill  Liberties 

Bath 

Eddy-Mead,  in  Burnham 
Edingworth,  in  Eaft-Brent 

Lympfham 

Edfton,  in  Stoke-Courcy 

Eelmore 

Ely-Green,  in  Over-Stowey 

Enmore 

Caftle 


Ex  River 


In/rod. 


PACE 

225 

38 

4 
252 

78 


30 

195 

97 

99 
180 

'97 
202 
252' 
183 
259 
89 

94 
xiv 


F. 


Fairfield,  in  Stoke-Courcy 

Farley-Down 

Fiddington 

Fivehead 

Ford-Bath 

jFoffoiRoao 


-  252 
in,  116 

-  241 

-  40 

-  1 11 
Introd.     xxiii 

.  —  Track  of  from  Cirenccfter 

in  Gloucefterftiire  to  the  Borders  of 
Devon  -  -       99 — 103 

IftnOll,  in  Wilts        -     100 

Freshford  -  -     124 

Frome  River  -  Introd.     xiv 

G. 

Gautheney,  in  Charlinch  -     239 

Goathurst              -  "79 

#OD0»U             -  -    "8 

Gogulmere,  in  Stringfton  -     266 

Gorepit,  in  Stoke-Courcy  -     252 

®0rlafc               -  -       84 

Gournay-ftreet,  in  Cannington  -     232 

Goivdies-Farm,  in  Wefton  -     159 

H.  Hal/well, 


272 


INDEX  OF  PLACES  IN  VOLUME  I. 


PAGE 


II. 


8O 

74 


116 


Halfivell,  in  Goathurft 
Ham,  in  Creech  St.  Michael 

-i Weft,  in  Wedmore  -  188 

Hambridge,  in  Curry-Rivel  -  23 
Hampton  andCLAVERTON  Liberties  97 

Hampton-Bath  -  ? 

Down  -  j 

Hard-way,  in  South-Brewham  -  221 

Harwood                 -  215 

Hatch-Beauchamp  -  43 

Hat/pen- Houfe,  in  Pitcombe  -  224 

Havyat-Green,  in  Burrington  -  203 

Heal,  in  Curry-Rivel  -  23 

Heath-Houfe,  in  Wedmore  -  188 

$cngeff=a£tere      -  -  84 

Hengrove                    -  -  2I5 

Henftridge-Wl         -  -  127 

Heron-Hill,  in  Donyat  -  35 

JDtgfciDaH,  in  Mark  -  183 

Highbridge,  in  Burnham  -  180 

Higher -Hor ton,  in  Ilminfter  -  4 

Hillcombe  Tithing,  in  Ilminfter  -  4 

Hcbbs-Boat,  in  Lympiham  -  202 

Holcombe,  in  Afholt  -  237 
Holloway,  in  Widcombe  and  Lyncombe 

168 

. efmpcl  -  *72 

^ofpital  -  '74 

Holt-Down             -  -  '38 

^orntoete         -  -  84 

Horjecombe-  Brook     -  -136 

Hor/emoor,  in  Puckington  -  55 

|t)0?flCg,  in  North-Brewham  -  221 

JBrft»Tithii)g|  inIlminfter  . 


In  trod.     xiii. 


Higher 


4 
#«//&  juxta  Highbridge  -     180 

I^unDflatoc         -  -     84 

Hurcot,  in  Ilton  -  -       46 

I£trfei0=COUrt,  in  Shockerwick       1 12 

I. 
#W,  in  Freftiford         -         124,.  12.5 


J7i?  River 

—  Moor 

Ilford,  in  Ilton    - 

Ilminster 

Ilton 

3!nrefe 

Jordan's,  in  Afhill 
Isle-Abbots    - 
Brewers 

K. 

Katherine,  or  St.  Katherine's  138 

Kelweston  -  -      ? 

Roundhill  -      \  ' 

Kingroad         -            -  Introd.  xii 

Kingset  tie- Hill              -                -  221 

Knighton,  in  Stoke-Courcy           -  249 


PAGE 

i>  3 

40 

46 

2 
46 

84 
10 
50 
52 


Langford,  in  Burrington 

Langridge 

Lan/down         -     Introd. 

Cfmpel 


203, 204 

-  '3' 
xiv.  134,  156 

-  156 

-  188 

-  94 

-  84 
-     84,85 

-  203 
-       188 


Latcham,  in  Wedmore 
Lexworthy,  in  Enmore 
Ling-East 

Weft 

Link,  in  Burrington  - 
Load-North 
Locks- Br  00k  -  -  156 
Long-Aula,  in  Creech  St.  Michael  74 
Lymbury,  in  Stringfton  -  266 
Lympsham  -  -  202 
Lyncombe  -  -  168 
Spa    -  -     169 

M. 

Mark  -  -     182 

Marjh-Mills,  in  Over-Stowey  -     259 

Mendip-Hills       -  Introd.  xiv,  xv. 

Mere  -  -•  -     183 

Merridge,  in  Spaxton  -     244 
Merrifield,  in  Ilton          -  -     47 

Middk-Room  Wood,  in  Bickenhall       61 

Middleney^ 


irlNDEX  OF'  PLACES  IN  VOLUME  I. 


Middleney,  in  Drayton, 
Midford,  in  South-Stoke 
Milton-Clevedon 

MlNEHEAD  Point 
MOMCTON-COMBE 

-— — in  Stoke-Courcy 

Moolham,  in  Weft-Dowlifh 
Moor,  in  Mark     - 
Mudgley,  in  Wedmore 

N. 

Ji3croc&e=eaflle 
• -  JForea 

Nether-Weare 
North-Load,  in  Wcdmorc 

• —  Stoke 

Wick,  in  Mark 

Teo,  in  Eaft-Brent 

O. 

SDinerfoortl) 

Old-wood,  in  Wedmore 

©terfcJmtoe 

Otterhampton 
Over-Stowey 

1 Weare 

Outwood,  in  Eaft-Ling 

Oxenford,  in  Weft-Dowlifh  iP '  J7 

P. 

Panborough,  in  Wedmore  _     ^3 

Paradife,  in  Burnham  _     jSq 

Park-Corner,  in  Frefhford  -     I24 

— — —  i^rw,  in  Donyat  _       2( 

Parret  River  -         Introd.  xiii  86 

Peafmarjh,  in  Ilminfter 
Pebnit>an-mu$        _  2 

Perdham,  or  Petherham,  in  Cannington 

r.  •  234 

Perrow,  in  Wedmore  _     l88 

Perry,  in  Mark     -  -     182 

P&Mfjr,  or  P/7«^,  in  Spaxton  245 

Ptllbridge,  in  Mark  _     ,3, 

Pillrow-Cut  .  l8j>       ~ 

Vol.  I.  . 


A>«rw!r,  in  Frefhford 
Pitcombe         «. 
Plaimfield,  in  Over  Stowey 
Porlock  7W«  an<L^rtjr 
Portifhead-Point 
Prior,Park         -        « 

Prtoctes  a^oreUjeD 
05tig:g 

PUCKINGTON 

Puddimore,  in  Puckington 
Putjham,  in  Kilve 


27? 

H'.f 

-  I24 

-  «23 

-  ?59 
-fo/rc</.  xi 

Introd.  xii 

169 


84 

55 

55 
261 


I 


$uantock-Hills 


Qi 


R. 


Introd.  xiv 


Radlet,  in  Spaxton 

Radway-Fitzpaim,  in   Cannington 
Arf#>.r,  in  Ikon 

Red-Hill,  in  Curry-Rivel 
Redlinch 

ftelengen 

Rickford,  in  Burrington 

Elifel&eie 
IRobin^ooD'g  T6utt0 

Rook's -Bridge,  in  Eaft-Brent 
Rowlands,  in  Afhill 

S. 

<SV.  Thomas's  Head 

^al!0twtp=i£)iU 

Salthay,  in  Cannington 
<SW«</,  in  Wedmore 

<SV«,  in  Ilminfter 
Shafton,  in  Frefhford 

Sbitten-Lane,  in  Frefhford 
Shockerwicky  in  Bath-Ford 
Shrubs,  in  Frefhford 
Sburton,  in  Stoke-Courcy 


245 

233 

47 

84 

85 

225 

84 

20j 
84 
20 

*97 
10 


Introd.  xii 
-      99 

235 
188 


hired. 


XII 

4 

-  124 

-»       84 

-  124 
hi,  112 

-  124 

-  252 
Skipperham- 


274 


INDEX  OF  PLACES  IN  VOLUME  L 


* 


Skipperham-Well,  in  Aihill 

g>lO  -  • 

Smallcowbe-Hill 

South-Bradon 

—Brent 

, Brewham 

. Stoke     - 

Wick,  in  Marih 

Southton,  in  Afhill 

Spaxton 

Splat y  in  Spaxton     - 

Staple-Fitzpaine 

Start-Point 

Staye,  in  Fivehead 

Steep-Holmes 

Steyning,  in  Stoke-Courcy 

Stockland-Bristol,  OrGAUNTS 

Stocklinch-Ottersey 

«, —  St.  Magdalen      - 

Stoford,  in  Stoke-Courcy 
Stoke-Courcy 

Ptiorg 

.  Lane,  in  Yarlington 


—  North 

—  South 


Stoughlon-Upper 
Lower 


} 


PAGE 
IO 
84 

-  222 

-  is 

-  199 

-  221 

-  136 

-  182 
IO 

-  243 

-  244 

-  58 

Introd.   xi.  249 

-  40 

Introd.  xii 
256 
247 

63 

64 
249 
249 
250 
228 

134 
136 

188 


259 
184 
261 

153 
65 

134 


Stowey-Over 
Streamey  in  Over-Weare 
Stringston 

SWAINSWJCK 

Swell 

Swinford,  in  North-Stoke 

T. 

Tarnod,  in  Biddifham 
Tatwick,  in  Swainfwick 
Theal  Eajl      7  ■    Wedmore 
Weft     i 

Tone  River  -  ^trod.  xiii.  84 

Cotegate         -  -     84 

Town  Tithing,  in  Ilminftcr  -        4 


176 
J54 
188 

84 


1 


PACE 
-       245 

-  99 

-  199 

-  182 

Introd.  xii 

-  227 


Tuxwell,  in  Spaxton 
U. 

Oia  TSaDontca 

Vole,  in  South-Brent 

Mark 

Volman's-  Bridge 

Uphill 

Upton-Noble 

W. 
Walcot 

munsniu      -     Introd- 

Warley,  in  Bath-Ford 

Watchet 

Watchfield,  or  Watchwell,  inBurnham  179 

Weare-Over      )        m  -     184 

. Nether     $ 

Wedmore  -  "     l87 

Week-Fitzpaine,  in  Stoke-Courcy       249 
,  in  Drayton     -  -3° 

Weftcombe-Land,  in  Buckland  St.Mary  20 
Weft-ftreet,  in  Yarlington 


-     73" 

xxii.  170 

iH,  112 

Introd.  xi 


-  37 

.     188 

-  156 

-  84 
Introd.  xiv 
.      .      66 


Dowlish 

Theal,  in  Wedmore 

Weston,  near  Bath 

fcO&atcombQjeg  - 

White-Down  Hills 
White-Lackington 
C0{)itetoatt0,  a  Roman  city  on  the  Fofle 
in  Wilts  -       I0° 

Whitley,  in  Staple-Fitzpaine         -       58 

©aijitfton 

Wick-Bath 

.     -  Champflower 

North  7  j 

South  ) 

Wick,  in  South-Brent 

Curry-Rivel 

Widcombe  and  Lyncombe 
Widney,  in  Donyat 
Wimblehilh  in  Aihill 
Winter  hay  Tithing,  in  Ilminfter 


in  Mark 


-  120 
_     218 

-  182 

-  l99 

-  23 

-  168 

-  35 
10 

4 


WOLLEY 


INDEX  OF  PLACES  IN  VOLUME  I. 


*75 


PAGE 
WOLLEY       -  -  HI,   167 

Wood,  in  Afliill  -  -        10 

aziooDfpnng  lpriorj?        introd.   xii 

e&OOMMCft,  or  CdOOUtoarUjai,  a  depo- 
pulated village  -  -     125 
"Worle-M//         -                 Introd.     xii 
Wrington  Hundred                  -     195 


paci 

Wrincton  Parifh 

m 

206 

Y. 

Yarlincton 

m 

228 

Yarrow,  in  Mark 

_ 

182 

Teo  River 

Introd. 

xiii 

—  North,  in  Eaft-Brent 

- 

197 

Tow  River 

Introd. 

xiv 

HUNDREDS     and     LIBERTIES 


CONTAINED    IN    VOLUME     I. 


PACE 

ABDICK  and  Bulfton  Hundred      1 
Andersneld  -  71 

Bath-Forum  -  -97 

Bemftone        -  -  -     175 


PACI 


Brent  cum  Wrington     -  -     1 95 

Brewton       -  -  _     211 

Eafton  and  Amrill,  Hampton 
and  Claverton  Liberties 


T]      97 


ADDITIONS    and    CORRECTIONS 


TO. VOLUME      I. 


PAGE 
4- 

*5- 

16. 

17. 

18. 

21. 

22. 

23. 
24. 
27. 

3*. 


ine  31.  after  North,  read  lately  of  the  Speke  family. 
.  7.  r.  the  Rev.  James  Upton.* 
.  £4.  r.  the  Rev.  John  Fewtrell. 

38.  for  Edward  VI.  r.  Edward  IV. 

Tj.  f.  rectory,  r.  curacy. 
.  14.  r.  the  Rev.  John  Templeman, 
L  12.  f.  eleven,  r.  ten. 

20.  f.  rectory,  r.  curacy. 

18.  f.  Pinfent,  r.  Pynfent. 
.  30.  f.  of,  r.  to. 

7.  f.  Coombe,  r.  Coombes. 

13.  r.  the  Rev.  Samuel  Alford  is  the  prefent  incumbent. 

*  N.  B.  The  incumbents  of  livings  are  corrected  to  the  year  1789. 


■■& 


V6  ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS  to  VOLUME  I. 


PACE 


36.  1.  35.  r.  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hopkins. 
42-  1.  1 1  and  13,  f.  pyme,  r.  pyne, 

t  \  V V  VhC  RCV"  Nkh0laS  Baker  is  the  Prefent  incumbent.  fc 

51-  i«  6.  f.  Pryme,  r.  Pyne. 

1.  12.  r.  the  Rev.  John  Fewtrell. 

55-  '•  6.  r.  the  Rev.  Richard  Purdey. 

57.  1.  17.  r.  the  Rev.  Edward  Troyte. 

X !:  ?&fi&B22£^ of  this  p,ace- ftc  * *  ►-"* 

* ..  rffife  tab*  ^«ra?asff 

J.  31.  The  advowfon  of  the  living  is  fold   r    */,/*•„„  „  1  ■        , 
1.  36.  f.  Cely,  r.  CHfr.  '      **"**  ^  '»""«^- 

81.  1.  16.  f.  nine,  r.  upwards  of  twenty. 

92.  1.  16.  f  Untia    r.  tfeW.     Herfecond  hufband  was  Sir  John  Warre    of  H  A 

combe,  father  of  Sir  Francis  Warre,  bart  '       Hefter" 

94-  I-  7-  now  Sir  Charles  Warre  Malet,  bart 

95-  '•  25.  r-  the  Rev.  Robert  Wells 

108.  1.  i4.  r.  the  Rev.  Peter  Davy  Foulkes. 
112.   •  35.  and  118.I.  i2.  r.  the  Rev.  Mr.  c        .; 

«i.  J.  23.  for  Edmund,  r.  £*faw</. 

1.  26.  r.  Mifs  Pultney. 
126.  1.  7.  r.  the  Rev.  Edward  Lambert. 
128.  note  d,  f.  baronetage,  r.  baronage. 

*33-  J-  31.  f  Cacella,  r.  Cacella, 

x39-  J-  3-  f  vicarage,  r.  <r«r*<ry. 
J5J-  1.  35-  f  vicarage,  r.  «ra<ry. 
163.  1.  28.  for  gallica,  r.  Gallicd. 

166.  note8,  f.  xi.  r.  ii. 

176.  1.  10.  r.  a  peculiar. 

179.  J-  16.  now  the  Rev.  Martin  Stafford  Smith. 

1 83.  J.  25.  r.  and  a  peculiar. 

IQ7*  L  It  r8n  fNeTthemere  there  was  ■*■*  a  chapel. 
J97.  J-  17,  18.  f.  Jennys,  r.  >»w«^.  r 

1   «  ?nwef  ^  r' the  H°n-  James  Ever^d  Arundel, 
i-  33-  I.  weftward,  r.  northward 

\t'V'\'  t^Rev-Harry^rYeatman. 
200.  J.  1.  f.  reftonaJ,  r.  wwnW. 

I.  2.  f.  Clement,  r.  Clements. 


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1.  4.  f.  Hawkins,  r.  Rawkins. 

1.  7.  r.  the  Rev.  Francis  Crane  Parfons. 

1.  28.  For  this  hamlet,  part  whereof  lies  in  Churchill,  fee  vol.  iii.  p.  579. 

1.  6.  r.  Mifs  Pultney. 

1.  7.  r.  Churchill  parifh. 

1.  9.  r.  Mifs  Pultney. 

note  m,  f.  in  this  county,  r.  in  the  county  of  Cornwall. 

1.  7.  r.  the  Rev.  Charles  Roberts. 
219.  1.  11.  212.  1.  28.  and  224.  1.  24.  f.  Goldefborough,  r.  Coldejbrough. 
223.  1.  13.  r.  the  Hon.  and  Rev. 

1.  1.  Hatfpen  was  purchafed  by  Vickris  Dickinfon,  efq;  of  the  executors  of  the  late 
Thomas  Player,  of  Cleeve-hill  in  the  county  of  Gloucefter,  efq;  and  fold  by 
him  to  Captain  Meadows,  who  fold  it  to  John  Ford,  efq;  of  whom  it  was  pur- 
chafed by  Henry  Hobhoufe,  of  Clifton,  efq;  barrifter  at  law.  The  houfc  was 
built  by  the  Players,  not  by  Mr.  Dickinfon. 

laft  line,  r.  the  Rev.  John  Reeks. 

1.  3.  r.  the  Rev.  John  Trevor. 

1.  10.  f.  Colthurfton,  r.  Cotbelftone. 
246.  1.  2.  f.  Tucker,  r.  Tooker. 
257.  1.  27.  r.  the  Rev.  Edward  Palmer. 
267. 1.  26.  r.  the  Rev.  Harry  Farr  Yeatman. 


202. 
203. 

204. 

207. 
215. 
216. 


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