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P R E F A C E .

HE foll owing little work is an attempt to gi v e to the par ishioner s of

V V ook ey such infor mation about the place in which th ey liv e as I hav e

een a e to ather to ether s n e am e am on st th em It oes not n ee b bl g g i c I c g . d i d d am o nt to er m h and e t ent r e t o t h n that it m a b e se in u v y uc , y I v u i k y u ful

r n o u t th e h stor ofthe ar sh es in the ne h o r hoo For as he r wo ki g i y p i ig b u d . t i h stor h h is re or e in Phe s and o l nson h e e m e to mo e a s t e i y , w ic c d d lp C l i , lp d v p

r ofW oo e so th s a an e on the C nt further in the histo y k y , i dv c ou y Histor ians

m a he o ther s t o ar s resh s o er es . W hen I ame h er e six ear s y lp w d f di c v i c , y

e to ear n all o ofthe as h t r f a o I nat ra es r I t s o o the a e . g , u lly d i d l c uld p i y pl c

r s t o fo u r e ster s hese e My fi rst wor k was a ca eful udy R gi . T b gin with the r e n o f een a eth and ar e ont n o s o n to the resent t me I ig Qu Eliz b , c i u u d w p i . next c opie d o u t the Ti tle D ee dsand Leas e Indentu r es ofthe chu r ch end ow m ents and w as the r he e na e to o ba rom a eth to har the , by i lp bl d g ck f Eliz b Ric d

’ m e n om ar n t hese o n that h ad s om e n ormat S e cond s ti . O c p i g I f u d I i f ion c on

e ast fiv e en r e s o el h c erning the families ofW o ok ey for th l c tu i . I c uld t l t e nam es ofsom e ofthose who er e n h ere r n that t me and that of o rse w livi g du i g i , , c u ,

n n And in a t on n was som ething wor th the k owi g . ddi i I fou d that there wer e evid enc es her e in ou r Rec or d s ofW ook ey ofnearly all the Common

e s and W aste an s ofthe ar sh hen the s o a e ster Fi ld L d p i . T Epi c p l R gi s at W ells

ro e m e th in or mat on on ern n the h r h and the ars an p vid d wi f i c c i g C u c Vic , d the Cathedral Rec or ds gav e me the list ofRectors and also details ofone or two ofthe e tor a eases in the 1 6th ent r hen the ose o s an R c i l L c u y . T Cl R ll d

’ ’ Patent Ro s at the e or o i e as e as the sho s em ora t es ll R c d ff c , w ll Bi p T p li i Papers and the Lay Subs idy Pap er s provide d m e with th e lists ofLor ds of the anor the sa e ofthe h r h an s and the nam es ofman m ore of M , l C u c L d y the nha tants at fer ent er o s The tton at the r s i bi dif p i d . Hu MSS . B iti h Mu seum wer e specially u seful in helping m e to find se v er al inter esting facts

on er n n ou r ar sh h h a ts a ter ar s er e st n the c c i g p i , w ic f c I f w d v ifi d by udyi g

r na e sters them se es at W e s B u t ofal l the so r es ofn o rm at on O igi l R gi lv ll . u c i f i , V other than those her e in V o ok e none er e so se as the man o rt y, w u ful y C u

ol s ofthe anors o fthe sho s of ath and W e s h h ar e now R l M Bi p B ll , w ic

r eser e at the r h e s The se on ha ter in p v d A c i pi c opal Library at Lambeth . c d c p th s oo she hem ear al l i b k will w t o what a large extent I am ind ebte d to t . N ly the stoms ofthe anor in the 1 5 th ent r a ar e n m er ofthe e ns cu M c u y , l g u b vill i , and a oo st of e nam es o ta ne r m th e r st and th them g d li fi ld I b i d f o i udy , wi m sear h r a t a l ame t o n end . e ere he r n a so es y c , p c ic l y, c a Th se w t p i cip l urc

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nta ns Now it is c ear tha the h stor ofthe informat ion that this wor k c o i . l t i y

m a o nt fthe h stor ofa par ish would b e incomplete unless it gave so e cc u o i y

h W e o ht t o b e a e to sa as w e stan in an e ofthe lands ofa p ar is . ug bl y d y fi ld

r was e e an of in th e pl ac e wheth er that fi eld fo rmed p ar t ofth e m anor o gl b l d

m m r a t m es and not on th s b u t a so t o sa the chur ch fr om im e o i l i ; ly i , l y h wh eth er it was par t ofthe Common Fields ofthe s ettlem ent or oft e waste

s or m oors that ha e een en os e and a or t one th n e no n land , v b cl d pp i d wi i w ll k w

s B u t th s is not eno h . W e o ht t o b e a e to t ra e the h stor p er iod . i ug ug bl c i y

o ner s ofth e an and th e han es ofowner s h that ha e ta en ofthe w l d , c g ip v k

\Ve o ht t o b e a e to state s ometh n at an r ate enera as to place . ug bl i g y g lly

nants ofthe an s r om t m e to t m e W h o er e the e n t enants the t e l d f i i . w vill i in th e days ofvillenage ? W ho wer e the pr incipal leaseholders when th e ? days ofvillenage had passe d away Of cou rse we cannot say who occupie d

r r ot of an for e e t er ta n e no n ots ar o n a pa ticula pl l d , , xc p c i w ll k w pl u d

n n h o se all oth er an s o b e r o e n er th e h ea a well k ow u , l d w uld g up d u d d

n s e n o ha e s o man ha - a re str s in th e ofthe comm on la d . A vill i w uld v y lf c ip

n in th e “fest and s m an in he r h e e and so ma o t o t . East Fi ld , y , y N Fi ld Th ese str ip s would b e defined as lying b etween those of other known

’ e ns The e tor s r o er t in th e ast e is es r e s m vill i , R c p p y E Fi ld d c ib d i ply

h h l a et een two str s ofth e sho at ra in t m e as that w ic y b w ip bi p . N u lly i

e str s ou e om e e no n and ea h h o se o ha e th es ip w ld b c w ll k w , c u w uld v attached t o it a fixe d numb er ofstr ip s in each ofth e common fi eld s and

e n te r ht s on th e ammas ea o s and on the W aste an s . B u t at d fi i ig L M d w L d ,

fs r s b e a ot e m n r st ea h set o t o t a o the . tenants a or n t o fi , c ip w uld ll d g cc di g

r e o n se ar ran em ent and at one ofth e ar ter ha -m o e h some c g i d g , qu ly ll t s oft e

nor O n th s a o nt w e annot eas sa who it was that a an M a . i cc u c ily y t y p ar ticu l ar p er iod occupie d any d efinite set offi elds or str ips oflands b u t o ur hall -m ote m inutes help u s ver y m ater ially in telling the nam es ofthe pr in

c i al nha tants rom th e 1 4t h ent r n to the r esent t me And p i bi f c u y dow p i . the

n or mat on we m a ean rom them is to th s e fe t that a er ar e i f i y gl f i f c , v y l g

p er c entage ofthe pr esent r esidents ofW o ok ey is in dir ect d esc ent from th e

nants ofthe manor and a arent rom those t enants that er e i t e , pp ly f w n a state

na e And th s c an har b e other se s n e n o fville g . i dly wi i c o great c ommer cial

er r se has a se an s en n r ease o fthe ent p i c u d y udd i c p opulation . W hen men

er e n in ena e the had not the o er to han e the r r es en e w livi g vill g y p w c g i id c ,

and hen those a s of ena e ere o er a man was e w d y vill g w v , if succ ssful in his

farm n ther e was no r eason for him to han e and i g , c g , if h e had sunk into f p overty the ov erseers o oth er par ishes took good c ar e that he should not

m o e a rom the a e her e he was om e The n orm v aw y f pl c w d icil d . i f ation th en

h h ha e o e te here she 1 ent re to th n that h e h w ic I v c ll c d will w , v u i k , t istor y

ofou r ar sh is one of ra a ro ress rom an ear er so a st e p i g du l p g f li ci l at . Ther e

ar e no an a es . here are few er o s o fr est or r etro ad e m n e bl k p g T p i d g otio . W

annot se er the h r h rom the manor or the m no c v c u c f , a r from th e tenants on PREFACE . iii it the h r h h h in ear er a s was r o a t the or ofthe c u c , w ic , li d y , p b bly buil by l d ff f m anor is in t rn enr he the o er n s o his tenants . The l e ns ofthe , u ic d by i g vi l i 1 4th c entury becam e the Chur ch Tr us tees and th e Chu r ch W ar dens ofthe l th ent r It is th s oneness ofou r h stor that ho e b e e ent 6 c u y . i i y I p will vid to those who r ead this little b ook .

O ne r emar k it is necessary to mak e on the sp elling ofthe nam es ofth e

nha tants In the rst of the two n es e er name is a e in its i bi . fi i dic , v y pl c d

on a or n to its s e n I t m st not b e s ose that on pr oper p ositi cc di g p lli g . u upp d

ar the ar s e n s as enot n ar o s er sons this account I r eg d v iou sp lli g d i g v i u p . If

had sto e at som e ar t ar t m e m ht ha e om e to som e e s on I pp d p icul i , I ig v c d ci i

on th e s e n and m a e that s e n n or m thr o h the oo . B ut p lli g , d p lli g u if ug b k th s o n to b e m or e t than ar e to n er ta e and es e a so i I f u d difficul I c d u d k , p ci lly

r m u ar r n es o n t he r esent d a s inc e we go on f o o r e lie otic d w o t p y . I hav e ther e or e a her e to th s r e that her e e r ote a o m ent a e f d d i ul , w v I qu d d cu I g v the e ac t s e n ofthe nam e in th at o ment and ea e t o th e r ea er the x p lli g d cu , I l v d duty ofd eciding wh e th er the c ont emporar y v ar ie ties ofnam es b elong t o one f n n n or to erent a s . I har a ase a t ar se I dif i dividu l dly y c will difficul y i . t is a n to r e r e t that m n or mat on w as no t er and more er e v i g y i f i full p f ct . No one would have r ej oic ed m ore than the wr ite r had it been so and yet what is here r ec orde d p ro ves that e ve n a little c ou ntr y village has a history which is or th no n and ther e o r e orth r t n w k wi g , f w w i i g .

ha e to than m an r en s fo r a a e h nts and am on them I I v k y f i d v lu bl i , g

m st m ent on es e a the Re v . . . o e r o f ur ham the Rev B u i p ci lly , J T F wl , D , . H . .

e of t ar e in to n an Mr n n S . d . . so ofK in sw es t n Hyd , M y , N w g , F H . Dicki , g o . E RR A T A .

Pa e 33 ne 25 for liber ationem r ea l iber a cione g , li , d .

34 9 er ha s Cl vecl on is th e r o er r ea n , p p y p p di g .

39 2 for H u ch u s r ea H u ch ns 7 , y d y .

2 fr Allwell r ea Attwell 90 9 o . , d

' 1 22 1 9 20 22 for Du e r ea L u e , , , fi d fl .

23 for Wer e r ea Wear e. , d CO NTENTS .

C E HAPT R I .

enera sto r ofthe r h G l Hi y Pa is .

CHAPTER II . Histor y ofth e Manor and the Manor H ou se C HAPTER III .

stor ofthe h r h the h h P ate Par sh hests Hi y C u c , C urc l , i C ,

h r h e s and the ree ha e of enton C u c B ll , F C p l H

History ofthe Rectory and List ofthe Rectors

C E HAPT R V.

History ofthe Vicarage and List ofthe Vicars

CHAPTER VI . An Account ofthe Chu rch Re gisters and List of Chu rch

ar ens er s and e tons w d , Cl k S x

An Account ofthe Ecclesiastical and Parochial Endowments V CHAPTER III .

st of e ames ofthe Par sh th o cas ona otes A Li Fi ld N i . wi c i l N IX CHAPTER . Some Note s and Pedigrees ofform er W ook ey Families

A R CH PTE I .

H T RY PAR H IS O OF THE IS .

H E parish of Wookey cannot claim that charter of antiquity

T ’ which a reference in King William s Great Survey gives to

n n n n some of its more favoured but less i teresti g compa io s . But

c an n no n as we account for the omissio , there is very great reaso

on I n 1 65 w hy we should distress ourselves that score . 0 Edward the Confessor gave to Bishop Giso fifty hides of land in the neighbourhood of Wells as an endowment for himself and the

n . . n n now church of St . A drew These fifty hides of la d amou t to

and n some acres, i clude the whole of the present parish

n n and n and of Wells, with portio s of Bi egar Di der, the whole

and in of the parishes of Wookey Priddy. But the time of Giso

n and much of this co sisted of barren hill moorland , and more than a

n n and not one thousa d acres was wood or forest la d, half was good arable or pasture land . The whole of it was called the territory

n and n . or ma or of Wells , in it our parish was hidde There is , however, a charter which claims to be original , and which pro

one bably is a copy of an earlier , which gives the details of this 1 gift of Ed ward to Griso . It records the existence of fifty hamlets

n and n n or wicks withi the territory of Wells, me tio s six of the

n . W ok n n G r dl e prese t districts of our parish, viz , y, He to , y g,

fE bb e w h denh th W ok hol e and rt . B l e y , y y The parish now consists

an n of acres of arable d pasture la d . It derives its name from the great natural cave in the southern slope of the Mendip

. hills , from which issue the waters of the river Axe The word

W o c ob W oc ov i Wookey is probably derived from or , which s ” n n o of 2 equivale t to the prese t Welsh word g g or ogo , a cave .

O n the east and north - east the parish is bounded by the

and n n river Axe, a straight li e draw from the Hole at Wookey n hole northwards towards Priddy Church . This easter boundary

1 2 ” K em e Cod . . 81 6 . . . W oo e cha . ix bl , Dipl c f k y, p .

B 2 VVO O K E Y HISTORY OF .

t of the parish is wor hy of notice , because, as the late Dr .

l n n n Guest co jectured , it seems for a time to have bee the bou dary between the Saxon kingdom of C eawl in and the British kingdoms

nd l n I n 5 C eawlin n of C onm ael and K y y a . 7 7 co quered these

n and n i ki gs at the battle of Deorham , seized all the Me d p land

n n - n n west of a li e draw from Wookey hole to Bath, bei g bou ded on in its the south by the Axe course from Wookey to the sea .

n n Thus while Wookey was part of the la d of the Saxo s , W ells

n i and was in the ha ds of the Brit sh , the river Axe has the fame of being the border river between the English and the

l 5 7 7 65 8 and in C enw ealh We sh from the year to , that year ,

v Pen n n by his ictory at , exte ded the bou dary of the West Saxon

kingdom to the river Parrett .

’ As the Axe turns westward and meets the bishop s demesne

n and e land ear the church, the parish crosses the river stretch s

n south to the mill stream . It the crosses over the western half

n and is of Ben K owle, skirts the moor as far as Castle, which

. and its southmost limit It then takes a turn westward, includes portions of the moors south of Henbury and Callow

- n n n and hill as far as Beggarly leaze . Here tur i g orthward , clinging to the high ground that looks westward over Bleadon

it n - and n hay Causeway, j oi s the mill stream , keeps alo g its

n is n in n eastern ba k until the river Axe met agai K owle moor,

ar cha . n n near M y Here tur i g eastward , it follows the southern

Axe n and H ornsm ead bank of the as far as K owle Bridge ,

n and where it strikes across the moor orth of Barley Batch ,

n n n mounting the high grou d above Stroud , dips dow agai under

’ n u Greenland s Bush and over Marley Mead , orthward p the west side of Ebb or to the neighbourhood of Priddy Church .

n of in These are the prese t limits the parish , but the time of William the Conqueror and Bishop Giso all the moorland was

and n l more or less a swamp and useless, the la d that was capab e of being cultivated was to be found only on the slopes of the

n Y ar l e and hills and the high grou d near the church , or above y

Tr enl e and n w Henley . From y to the river, as far west as K o le,

and there was a waste swampy moor. Knowle Hill was isolated ,

1 est r . e t . 2 2 42 . Gu , O ig C l , HISTORY OF THE PARISH . 3 and it was not always easy to get to it over Wet - moor from

’ nd Y arl e . I n a 1 5 48 y the bishops time, up to the year , in the i n re gn of Edward the greater part of this was waste la d, belonging to the bishops as lords of the manor of Wookey

n his u enclosed, but reserved for him and tenants to place on it

n Pr w any of their live stock . The ame of ey ater marks the spot to which once a year the cattle and sheep were brou ght for identification ; and marking as it does the eastern limit of one

n n of the commo la ds , it shews how the houses of Wookey were

n and n and crowded rou d the church the ma or house, were separated from the hamlets of Wookey hole and Y ar l ey by nd n common fields a waste la ds . Oare marks the boundary of

Y arl e and no the y hamlet , from there to the manor house

Lin - other building existed . moor tells us of the time when

n - had not n n and n K owle moor bee drai ed enclosed , and whe , to the w est ofit the ground was too dangerous for cattle to be

n n n allowed to stray on it . Now when me tio i g the common

n n la ds of Wookey , care must be taken to disti guish between such as was waste land and such as was held in common by

n and r n An the lord of the ma or his customa y te ants . d it must be born e in mind that the waste lands were gradually

n n n cha gi g i to the common pasture , meadow or arable lands .

l 6th and 1 7 n n n In title deeds of the th ce tury, belo gi g to the n church , several of these are me tioned . As far as Wookey was

n n co cer ed , these common fields referred to, are called the West

field Northfield and E astfield . E astfield , the , the Whether the

ne n was o portion of ground , or was the ame given to several

n n n . n plots of commo la d , I ca not say But all the souther slopes

n in and n B u ttic e n of He ley hill were it, it exte ded as far as la e .

E as u i i n 1 All the land in front of t co rt House was n t . I 438 we find the rectors of Wookey in possession O fa strip of this

n . n la d , viz , that which at prese t is part of the vicarial glebe , and as usual it is described between two similar strips belonging

. and one o n to the Bishops of Bath Wells , either side of it .

n one and n Judgi g from this , supposi g all the strips were about

n the same size, each strip would contai about two acres . The

W estfiel d was bounded by the river on the south, and the road B 2 4 W HISTORY OF OOKEY .

K to nowl hill on the north , and stretched from the village as

n n and far as the meeti g poi t of the river the road . The North

fiel d n n - n and comprised all the la d orth west of He ley hill, was

n o n on bou ded the east by Hurst batch , the north by Wurt hill,

n n and on the w est by Easto hill . It i cluded the land known

n a l e as Marley mead a d G g y mead . These were the common W in n fields of ookey . But additio to these there were common

n i Y arl e and - fields for the i hab tants of y of Wookey hole . For

Y arl e n n n y there was the la d arou d Worth , which was commo ly

and called Worth field , on the hill above there were the arable

G oar wa and fields called y field Sheaf field, together with the

’ n - greater part of the lord s overla d . Wookey hole seems to have made use of Marley mead . Of course the customary

n n and n te a ts of the Dean Chapter of Wells, livi g as they did

find on the other side of the river , had for the most part to d an . I n pasture arable land in the out parish of S Cuthbert .

n n n additio to these commo fields, there were the waste la ds for

n n n n each hamlet, and i to these the te a ts would tur their pigs

Tr enl e and stock cattle . The waste land for Wookey was over y

and n and n . Rushla ds , probably also the la d south of the river

’ Y arl e as far as Oare and Wester s grave . For y there was Lin

- and M lham n moor, Wet moor, those fields called y , ear

Monk sfor d the bridge at , which are referred to, as late as

1 7 0 n . 7 , as being in the waste grou d of Wookey This system , by which each house in the manor would have certain strips

n of commo land attached to it , dates from a very early period

n of English history , and was admirably adapted at first for givi g every man an interest in the cultivation of the ground . But practically as early as the 1 4th century the strips in the common fields , the virgates and half virgates of the customary

n n and te a ts , were bought sold and bequeathed as if they were

and an in . freeholds , without reference to y house the parish

x nl eaz e - n v O e , north west of K owl farm , seems to ha e been part

n the 1 7 of the enclosed land attached to that house . Duri g th century other portions of the waste lands were enclosed ; and among them we may include those moor lands which are called

- - - H ornsmead . , Ash moor, Beggarly leaze, as well as Wet moor HISTORY OF THE PARISH . 5

n i and n and The e closure tself was gradual i evitable, began as n early as the reign of Quee Elizabeth . The lord of the manor would have a greater right over the waste lands and moor

n i n la ds of the par sh tha he would over the common fields, and n n n l this right bei g more or less u defi ed , wou d be purchased n n I n by the leaseholders for a omi al sum . 1 782 the final m enclosure to ok place . The anor had been sold in separate

and lots a few years previously, as there were no customary

n n . n tena ts , either was there any lord of the manor Conseque tly a dispute soon arose as to the ownership of the common rights

m n n n and of the re ai i g moors withi the parish , , to settle the

n n dispute , commissio ers were appoi ted by a private Act of Parliament to apportion and assess the reclaimed land among the freeholders of the parish . This was not u ncommon about

in n i m now n that time, and ma y par shes the oors were e closed

n and allotted . Out of the acres of new la d , the old free

of 640 . Du r sden holders Wookey got acres A new road , called

n n road , was made from Rod ey Stoke to Old Dow through that

in n part of Wookey which was the old forest of Me dip . The

Kn - moors that were then enclosed are now known as owle moor,

B l eadene - - - - y moor, Ash moor, Godney moor, Beggarly leaze , Hay

’ and B n . moor, owde s moor

w as The river Axe the source of some wealth to the bishops . William of Worcester visited this neighbourhood with Symon

1 47 0 and Simeon about the year , gives a description of the fishes

in and n n to be caught it , the co troversy which had arise between Bishop B ekynton and the people of Wells concerning the right

n . n n w of fishi g He co fou ds, however , the Croscombe water, hich

n W and n ru s past ells , and past Castle, j oi s the Brue below Meare ,

n n - has with the Axe which ru s through K owle moor, and its own

n n u outlet into the sea a little north of Brea Dow . He s ume

n rates the following fishes as bei g caught by the Wells people ,

e n and probably the same catalogu will a swer for both rivers .

’ - l They were trout , bull heads or mi ler s thumbs , loach, small pike,

r fiou nder s. I he perch or sticklebacks, crayfish , eels and wonders

- of the cave at Wookey hole seem to have especially struck him , W 6 HISTORY OF OOKEY .

his account of it being as follows Below the parish at Wookey

n n hole , about half a mile from Wells, there is a certai arrow entrance (into the rock) where at the beginning is an image of

man n and a who goes by the ame of the porter, it is the duty “ of the people who desire to enter the hall of W oky to ask

n and in n permissio of the porter, they carry their ha ds torches,

‘ ’ in n shev s - which are called E glish y of reed sedge , for the

n purpose of lighti g up the hall . The hall is about as large “ n and n u as Westmi ster Hall, there ha gs from the va lted roof n n n n wo derful pe dula of sto e . The passage from the e trance

n n and to the hall is about half a furlo g lo g, is arched with

n n n n And sto es of pla e work ha gi g down from the roof. there

‘ ’ is a certam broad piece of water between the tresance and

n n n n the hall for the dista ce of five steppi g sto es, which steppi g

n and if n passage is ab out twe ty feet wide , a man goes beyo d

n n n on the steppi g sto es he falls i to the water, which is all sides

about five or six feet deep .

There is a kitchen in a chamber near the entrance to the

n and . hall of an imme se breadth , roofed in stone There is

al so an n a chamber called ost , for the purpose of dryi g barley

& n n c . and grai to make beer, , the figure of a woma is there

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n i n n distafi. clad, and holdi g in her girdle a sp n i g

“ on and And thence people pass about a hundred paces , a n n And man may go alo g it with dry feet over the sto es .

n l n the the chamber cal ed the parlour follows, which is a rou d

n n and apartme t built of huge rocks, about twe ty paces broad , in the nor thern part of the said parlour there is what is called

’ in n holie - and in w E glish a hole, the said ell , which is fairly n e arched over , there is abu dance of the clear st water, the depth

no one of which water is able to say . Moreover, from the said

W ok - n n n y hole comes forth a great torre t, which ru s i to the “ ” near n mere , Glasto bury, for the space of two miles .

I n addition to this account by William of Worcester, there n 1 7 are two more descriptio s given by th century antiquaries ,

which are more or less interesting . S or S HI TORY THE PARI H .

“ n in n n i i Camde , his Britan ia , says, Amo g these h lls, . e.

n is den i n the Me dip hills , there a cave or far with n the grou d ,

n n n and wherei are to be see certai pits riverets . The place they

O chie - n an i n no call hole, whereof the i habit ts fe g fewer tales, nor devise less dotages than the Italians did of their Sibyl ’ s cave in

n in A enninu s . n b the mou ta p The ame no dou t grew of Ogo, a British word that b etokeneth a d en

n in Pol ol bion Drayto his y , a poetical description of

n n n the wo ders of E gla d , says

’ ’ Y et O chie s dr eadful h ole still held her self disgrac t ’ f ’ W ith th wonder s o thi s isl e that sh e sh oul d not b e p l ac d B u t that h h e t h er mos t was that the Pea w ic v x , , kish Cave Be for e h er dar ksom e self such dignity should hav e ’ And th VVyc hes for th ei r saltes s uch dignities sh ould tak e O r Cheshir e sh o uld p re fer her sad d eath boding lak e And Stonendge in th e wor ld should get so high respect r b u t er e t W hich imitating a t idly did c .

We must not forget to add that Clement of Alexandria

in n early the third ce tury , is supposed by some to refer to this

in w - n n n cave a ell k ow passage of the Stromata . Writi g there

’ of the thunders of Sinai and the Jewish records of God s appear

n and a ecs to Moses the prophets, he says that these records

and were copied by the Greeks , to prove that God is every

n n and n where, he records several mysterious phe ome a, the says,

‘ ‘ ‘ ' Aé ovm. 66 Kai ofr d !d r o l ets avvr a d evor d t i T5 V B er aumm u u aov dvr ov y ; p fy , ug 7 p y fi p “ ‘ ' n br om ine / oz! 6pec 67 1 5 6 1 37 9 Kopv¢i§ s xcicma émrl ‘rrr‘ our os O GV 7 0 1 (iVé/LO U it s 1 6

‘ ’ ' ‘ d vr ou Kai r oa ' v v éuou r ats K6>x7ro¢s 7 00 O u ar os K U L dAwV erz éO uw K ovo p , p pny u p yu , / fi p / s p ” v wv er é dxoveafia t otter . 5 M fix f . Ed . P 7 6.

Now it will probably have been noticed that hithert o I have

n - said nothi g about the celebrated witch of Wookey hole . Neither

n n n n Camde or Drayto say a ythi g about her, but William of Worcester records the existence of a stalagmite within the

n n caver , which may be described as the figure of a woma , clad and n in nn n n holdi g her girdle a spi i g distaff. This atural forma

n n n and tio gave rise , I thi k , to the lege d of the witch , was not

n n observed after a previous k owledge of that lege d . The earliest

find . n record of it that I can is the poem by Dr Harringto , of

1 7 48 and e in Bath, which was written by him about , first publish d or W Y 8 HISTORY OOKE .

in mia 1 7 5 6 E u the n . , a volume called , or the Power of Harmo y A version of it is given by Bishop Percy in his Reliques of

n and E glish Poetry, is as follows

In anciente a s t ra t on sho es d y di i w , ase and e el far ose A b wick d , Th e W itch ofVVok ey hight O ft have I hear d the fearful tale r om Su e and o er ofth e a e F , R g v l , ’ m n n ht O n so e lo g winter s ig .

ee in the rear sma e D p d y di l c ll , W hich seem ed and was yclep ed hell This blear - eyed hag did hide ne e e es as e en s sa ne Ni wick d lv , l g d y , he h se to or m h er ar an tra ne S c o f gu di y , nd enne near her s e A k l id .

ere s r ee h n o s oft ma e he r nest H c c i g wl d t i , W h e o es its ra s es ossest il w lv c ggy id p , Night howling through the r ock No wh olesom e her b could ther e b e found She aste e er ant ar o n bl d v y pl u d , nd ster e e er flo A bli d v y ck .

H er haggar d face was foul to see H er m outh unmeet a m outh t o b ee H er eyne ofd eadly leer ’ h e se b u t ne h r s ill She noug t d vi d ig bou , She r ea e on al l h er a ar w k d w yw d will , And marr e all oo heer d g dly c .

All in her r me hav e oets s n p i p u g , No a o th a ant and o n g udy y u , g ll y u g , ’ E er blest her longing arm es And hen e ar ose h er s ht t o v ex c pig , And ast the o th ofe ther sex bl y u i , nt fh e sh harm By di o lli c s .

r om aston am e a l er ned W ht F Gl c ig , ent t o marr her e es ht Full b f ll d pig , And e he een : w ll did , I w h m s h e ne er had een no n Sic i c i f v b k w , And s n e his m e l ernin e sho n , i c ickl g w , ’ h m s h e ne er has een Sic i c i f b .

H e chau nted e ou t his odl ie oo e g b k , H e rost the ater est the roo e c w , bl b k , hen— ater noster one T p d , ’ The ghastly hag he spr inkl ed o er W hen 1 0 her e stoo a ha e ore w d g b f , Now stoo a hast stone d g ly .

1 0 S o r VVO O K E Y HI TORY .

well worthy of research, the answer to which I shall make every f ef ort to discover . The water from this stream was used to fill

n n and is the moat arou d the ma or house , therefore the aqueduct

n n anterior to the fortifyi g of the house . What I k ow about the

n in n mills I will mentio the history of the ma or .

n We come then to the seco d peculiarity of Wookey, which

n l 6th and 1 n n seemed worthy of otice by 7 th ce tury a tiquaries .

1 47 0 and n in 1 6 1 0 If William of Worcester, in , Camde , and

n Pol olbion 1 61 2 n s Drayto in his y in , are struck with the wo der

— n in 1 5 46 and of Wookey hole, Lela d , , William of Worcester also before him are careful to mention the ancient earthwork at I n Castle . early times it clearly was a fortified outpost of the

n an British or the Saxo s . It is isolated hill , with two peaks, the larger one evidently having been scarped and strengthened

nn n n and n by a ditch ru i g betwee the two peaks, maki g the southern top a sort of citadel or place of refuge whenever the

n in ramparts of the first should be broke . It is situated about

H emb u r in half a mile from the high ground of y wood, the moor W that reaches from Wookey to Meare . illiam of Worcester “ u and says that near Wells, abo t a mile a half westward

n . towards the mere , there is a castle called Fe ny Castle It is a

n and n n and rui , had bee built of sto es , traces of the offices of ” now b the house are visi le . “ Lel and says there is a Castelle on an hill in this meadow

about Croscombe water whose ruins are still visible . It is ” n commonly called Fen y Castelle .

now n n The Croscombe water ru s to the orth of it , but

r r an and and b fo merly it round it east, south west, rought the

now in . . hill into the parish . It is the out parish of S Cuthbert

n - and n To the orth east, about a quarter of a mile away , just u der

B en n n K owl , there is a small field which now goes by the ame

B attl eb u r and in n of y, and both at Castle this field human remai s

n n . have bee fou d . Dr Guest told us, as I have said before, that the Axe was the boundary between the British and the West

- 5 7 65 8 A. D. n Saxon kingdoms from 7 But I thi k , on examining the ground of this parish , this statement requires to be somewhat l l HISTORY OF THE PARISH .

A n n - and B u r c ot modified . s far as the la d betwee Wookey hole

n Axe is concerned this was possibly the case . But whe the got in down into the moors, it must have lost itself a morass , or at least its banks must have been so low and swampy as quite to prevent it from being a boundary line from Wookey to Wedmore .

The sou thern limit of the West Saxon kingdom must have been

’ n then either the line of the Me dip hills as far as Crook s Peak , or

B u rc o t and n else it must have crossed the Axe at , clu g to the low

o ne B l eadene n B en line of hills which , with gap at y, exte ds from

’ n Knowl to Blackford . Now at Wester s Grave there is a arrow

n lane which mou nts the hill j u st north of He bury wood . This lane at the top of the hill has clearly been deflected from its

n l n n on original course . For it evide t y co ti ued a straight course

n n B l ead n e n top of the hill u til it dipt dow at e y i to the moor .

Two n n facts prove the former existe ce of this la e, even where

in now it is hard to trace it . First the earlier parish map there

is a foot - path marked down exactly in the position that the lane must have taken : and secondly it w as j ust the path that was necessary to give access to the common fields at the top of the

G oarw a d and hill , y fiel s , the Sheaf fields in fact , it would be

n n the gore way to o e of the commo fields . By the side of this lane at the Wookey e nd there are two fields that bear the name Cold Harbour ; and at the B leadeney end there are three that

n on n H ar e its ope out to it , which bear the ame p and just east

of Barrow hill there is a field called Cadbury . Barrow hill

not n and n itself is u like Castle hill , has evide tly been partly

severed from the hills to the east of it. At the bottom of

and n Hudswell , west of Barrow hill , at the extremity of this la e there was dug out from the moor a short time ago a large oak

an pile , which was part of earlier causeway over the moor,

n parallel to the prese t road , but somewhat south of it . This

w n and n causeway stretched out to the ester Barrow hill , the

on n Pamb or ou h in agai to g , the parish of Wedmore . The lane

n n and on the appears o ce more , may be traced the top of the

Mu d l e f hills , through g y as far as Black ord , right across the

n parish of Wedmore . And in the li e of this path there are two H a are its H ar eacr e . fields c lled p , and one called 1 2 S or W ooxE Y HI TORY .

n ffi We have then, I thi k , su cient evidence to enable us to say

an n n and that there was a cie t road or path , perhaps British, n n nn n certai ly Saxo , ru i g right across the parish from Ben Knowl

l n to B ede ey. And the existence in its neighbourhood of Castle

B attl eb u r and hill and Barrow hill , y Cadbury , fall in with the

n and suppositio that it had been a British road, afterwards

. w as n - and a Saxo war path , for nearly a hundred years was

n n n part of the march la ds of the West Saxo s . I have fou d n n n othing that would i dicate its possession by the Roma s , but

n el - x n the whole ra ge of hills abounds in Saxon and C to Sa o names, a list of which I give in a future chapter .

i n We return then to the ne ghbourhood of Castle hill , ear

’ n which was a wayside cross in the bishops times , the baseme t of

’ e in n n which is still visibl in the hedge fro t of Mr . W . Brow s house . The cross marked the boundary of the parish in this

n t n n directio , and the neares poi t of firm la d between the Castle

n n hill and the souther slope of He bury hill . Forty years ago, and n an eve later, there was old house on the same side of the

i in n n road , wh ch was then the possessio of Fra cis Sheppard, and

n one was formerly , I thi k , the house of of the customary tenants,

’ who looked after the bishop s rights on the great southern moor .

’ D k n f r o e s or d s . 25 5 In bishop Register (p ) at Wells, there is to be seen an interesting account of the attempt made by certain commissioners of the bishop to excommunicate some people in the n n - n eighbourhood of Castle . But the docume t is very ta ta l iz in n n g from the ma y i teresting details it omits to give . Bishop

Dr okensfor d n n , bei g lord of the ma or of Wookey, claimed certain rights and privileges over the moor there . Perhaps his prede c essor s no n in n and did also, but their registers are lo ger existe ce , so we cannot tell exactly the history of the quarrel . But to strengthen his rights bishop Dr okensfor d seems to have erected at Castle certain embankments and sluices to protect the ecclesiastical

n n t he lands from the floods . Whether his actio was u derstood by

n n n n Wookey people as evide ce of his i te tio to erect a mill there,

n n and or whether it was his first step towards reclaimi g the la d , depriving his customary tenants of their rights on the common 0 HISTORY or THE PARISH.

. Dr ok ensfor d moor land , I cannot say But bishop is very much ” annoyed to find that certain sons of iniquity have invaded

new and n n and his earthworks, irrevere tly uptur ed them , thereby n have endangered the salvation of their souls . Their ames

f n not n n u un ortu ately are k ow , or rather I s spect it was found

n n n not n w . co ve ie t to k o who did it However William , the

and l n vicar of Doulting, Wi liam , the vicar of Pilto , received orders

and and to go excommunicate them , cite them to appear on ’ 3 N w . n 0th 1 32 6 . o S Paul s day, Ju e , , before the bishop at Wells it is only natural that the brothers William would desire to be

n in n excused from trusti g themselves the eighbourhood of Castle . If the people had been so wicked as to pull down the bishop ’ s

n n n n work, they might be i cli ed , whe the vicars of Doulti g and

n to and Pilto , came curse them with bell , book candle from the

n n and l n hillside of He bury , to rese t their visit, do some vio e ce

n n in to their sacred perso s . So attached to the origi al note the

e e n r gist r, which , by the way , tells us that the docume t was n n issued from the ma or house at Wookey, is an appe dix . The brothers William are still to excommun icate these sons of wicked ness , but they are to do it now from the altar steps of the

n and n and churches of Doulti g Pilto , the citation is quietly d droppe . Brother William , vicar of Wookey, gets out of the u n n pleasa t duty altogether .

c an no The parish , as far as I discover , has public history, but in every century it reflects faithf ully the social and religious

u u changes that occ rred througho t the country . No great battle of which we have any documentary evidence was ever fought

ta in n a W - was here . Cer inly a field e r ookey hole there dug up

in n V . n n the time of He ry III a lead tablet, which co tai ed the inscription of a trophy which probably had bee n fixed up on one n n of the neighbouring hills . The i scriptio was

- - TI O LAv nIv s O AE .

' ' XVI DE BRITAN. and it is su pposed to belong to one of the two trophies erected VVO O K E Y 1 4 HISTORY or . by Claudius to commemorate the defeat of the Cangi by the

O storiu s A. D . 49. propraetor ,

Alfred must have marched along the road on top of Henbury and Y arl ey on his way from Wedmore eastward . The monks of Glastonbury would make their way past Barrow hill to their

n n n n outlyi g tythi g of Nyla d . Whe the church property was

’ ’

n in n VI II . S and VI . s n co fiscated He ry Edward time, the ma or

n n n Du n che and n goes to a Lo do citize , William , the la ds at

- n Wookey hole, which belo ged to the Friary at Witham , were, 1 it n n and in seems probable, gra ted first to Joh Smyth , then

’ n n n 2 Philip a d Mary s reig to Joh Waldram . It seems as ifthe

n n and n Crow had revoked the gra t to John Smith , havi g leased

n B u ltin s n the Witham property to Joh g , of Westbury , the

n n n 3 4 nd gra ted the freehold to Joh Waldra , and Philip a

n 2 Mary, Ju e .

n n on The teneme t of the hospital of S . Joh stood the site of

’ n n and Mrs . Salmo s cottage , west of the Church Barto , as late

in n n as 1 5 87 is spoken of as the possessio of Quee Elizabeth .

’ When m en were complaining in Elizabeth s reign because the

n n n and n lords e closed the commo la ds , tur ed their arable fields

n n find t i to vast pasture la ds, we here the public spiri ed rector,

n B ou r eman n n n on s Mr . Subdea , leavi g mo ey to be le t easy term

n to the farmers of the place for the purchase of ploughs . Whe England was bitterly persecuting the Romanists in the times of m the earlier Stuarts , Wookey carefully excludes fro all parochial

f n n and o fice the te a t of the rectory , because he is a recusant , as

nd n . such we fi Mr . Robert Godwin payi g the usual tax At the

n and n n t Reformatio u der the Commo weal h we lose our vicars,

’ n in VI S n n n a d Edward . reig our free chapel of He to is pulled

n n an an n n dow , appare tly without y authority, by e terprisi g n n e ative, who doubtless expected that he would ever be call d to

n n in n in w n accou t . The cha ges the relatio ship exist g bet ee the lord of the manor and his tenants will be considered in another chapter , it is sufficient here to remark that they follow the

1 Par t ar s of rants . P . and . icul G , Ed VI . M 2 r SS R . 606 . 1 28 a M . H l M . , p O F HISTORY THE PARISH . 1 5

in usual course, which every age may be noted throughout the

n is in n la d . It of terest , however, to compare the populatio of

and u no n n the place from time to time, tho gh defi ite i formation

n in n n is forthcomi g, I am cli ed to thi k that the population was n n n n ever so great as duri g the reig of George III . Duri g the Commonwealth it was estimated that Wookey consisted of 1 30

I 1 822 1 90 inh 65 0 . n families, or about people there were abited

and 2 23 1 47 houses families, of whom were employed in agri

. l n in 1 801 7 40 : in 1 81 1 85 9 in culture The popu atio was , ; 1 82 1 I n 1 861 n n in 1 87 1 , there were i habita ts ; the population rose to and at present it consists of about

n n people, but it has bee decreasi g for some years past, and if it were not for the existence of the paper mills at

- Wookey hole, that decrease would be much more marked . The Lay Subsidy Rolls do not give us a complete account of the

n n n n n i habita ts, but si ce they preserve the ames of the perso s

n n taxed , they are very valuable as evide ce of the existe ce of

n in . certai families the place I have copied four Subsidy Rolls , which gave the names of those in the parish who were wealthy

n d and one n n e ough to be taxe , which co tai s a list of people

and here who were too poor, therefore were certified to be

and n n excused , these , I thi k , are the only existi g lists in which 1 n n n first su sbid the ames are me tio ed . The is the list of the y

nt en 1 4 1 5 n V . gra ed by Parliam t , , He ry III This was the memorable occasion when Wolsey came down to the Commons and n n n and dema ded a property tax of twe ty per ce t . , was met

n on n by a sile t refusal the part of the House of Commo s, backed

on by its Speaker , Sir Thomas More . It is a tax of a fortieth

n perso al property .

I n Wookey we find

W illiam B ar r ow e W illiam Evans Nicholas Boulting P eter Newm an John Chapell W alter Newman Th omas Cl ar k e John Tor nar Thomas C u ll ock Joh n W il c ock e John Cu pp ar W illiam W il c ocke W alter Edwar des

- 1 S om b s 1 4 1 5 H en. VIII. . Su idy, 1 6 o HISTORY r WOOKEY .

I n Y ar dley Timing

W illiam Bak er W illiam Hanc ock John B owl ar Alicia Hanc ock Nicholas Br owne John Loxtone John B u ltynge John Lyde oan B u l t n e o homas e J y g , wid w T Lyd Nicholas B u rgeys Thomas Mer ifel de W alter Castelle John S omer ton W illiam Castelle Thomas Stott John Castelle John Smyth W illiam Chapelle Joh n Smyth nes ha e e o W a ter ornar Ag C p ll , wid w l T Thomas Chu r chou se Th omas Tor nar Richar d Chu r ch ou se W illiam Tokar Thom as Clark e John Tornar John C u ll ock e Rober t Vync ent ohn ar s nes W e o J Edw d Ag yk , wid w Nichol as Edwar ds Richar d W yl cock e W alter Gylle

n n The date of the ext subsidy is not recorded , but it belo gs to 1 . and n the time of Edward VI It is defective, not early so full

n one I n E o find Y eb ais as the precedi g . nr ot we William , Walter

n and n Mer ifield in in Pa ter, Joh Wookey order of wealth,

Merifel d n Thomas Clarke , William Chappel , Richard , Joh

Stott e Tu kkar n n and Wilcock , Thomas , William , Joh Tur er, l Nicholas Ru ting.

The William Chappel that is mentioned here is the man who

n pulled down He ton Chapel .

n t e 39 The ext is the subsidy of . . Elizabeth . The

n - - neighbourhood is divided i to the four districts of Wookey hole,

E o Y ar l e Wookey, nr ot and y.

I n Wookey - hole we fi nd mention of Thomas Beney W illiam Mumford Agneta B eney W illiam Pople John B ou l tinge Johanna W ad e W illiam Hopkins David W il c oc k e

I n E n r oot

John Br ock Cypr ian Joanes John Callington Richar d Vowles Agnes Hipsley Thomas W hiting John H odge Cyprian W hiting Edward H orte

Som s Ed w VI 2 Som. La S u b zid 39 z . l . Sub idy , . . y y Eli

V r R 1 8 HISTORY o V O O E Y .

n I thi k, be regarded as a complete list of those whose yearly

n n 2os . and n re tal was assessed u der , whose perso al property

n ot £ 1 0 and not n was above , whose houses had more tha two

and in . chimneys, with hearths stoves them These are the

on n t. e. 1 67 people who, this occasio , for the subsidy of are

n and certified by the vicar, churchwarde s overseers as excused

and n through poverty, whose ames are here recorded as a memorial of the departed poor of o u r parish .

Wookey and Y a r dley

h m r ne m r o n n T o as A y W . B w i g Su san Br owning Edwar d Cottle Samu el Car y Elizabeth Lane John Chapp ell John Lloyd The W idow Chalcraft Thomas G anfiel d M ar y C hil l ock e Agnes Master s Avice Chium John Mer iman Jane Chapp ell Edward Poole Dani el Car y John Sh enton Edwar d Collier John Stotte Mar y Cleav es Elizabeth Swallow John Ellis Anthony Tur ner Rob ert Huntley Joan Tu r ner Anthony H ellier Steph en W eare m r en h ohn W s W . F c J ill

Ma 1 0 1 6 1 . y , 7

o hn a iear . J G dd , V J 0 11 1 1 8 1 1 1 11 11 David Cook e C/mr chwa7 d ens. O vp 7 g p e7 John S tott } Richar d B ro okman }

This is the latest Lay Subsidy Roll which gives us any accou nt

- n of Wookey and as thirty years afterwards our rate books begi , giving us a continuous account of the ratepayers down to the

n an prese t time, it is superfluous to record y further lists of n the parishio ers .

in The old almshouses Wells , which were founded by Bishop

’ B ub with s in 1 424 in executors , accordance with the instru o

n n in tio s they had received from him , possess ma y deeds relat g to their property . Part of that property was in our parish ,

n - - and n w! and lyi g at Wookey hole, Marley mede, Wookey K o ,

n n n n as the deeds co tai the ames of ma y parishioners , some few

extracts from them may not be out of place .

1 Som s 1 6 0 . Sub idy , 7 . 9 HISTORY O F THE PARISH . 1

I n 1 31 2 n V u thoukes W ok n n , Joh , of y, gra ts la ds to John de 1 ll w ll Cha el e o ne n . E e e e. Hugh atte p is of the wit esses

I n 1 322 30 n n . Pastu r el , Nov. , Philip de Butto gra ts to Wm ,

G as n n n of l to bury, all the la ds which Philip de Butto had given k 2 him in W o y.

' I n 1 332 W a fer W nel esl e and , Robert y , of y , Margaret, his

n n W ok wife, leaves his la ds at K olle juxta y to Ralph de

n 3 S chu p to .

In 1 394 n n n su b ter n n , Joh K ight, of Chewto Me dip , gra ts to

Tanner e of Thomas , burgher of Wells , acres meadow in 4 r l e m de Ma y e .

I n 1 4 27 n Al am ton cl er ic i and , Joh p , Thomas atte Wode, ,

n n n and He ry Hogge, gra t to Richard K ight , smith , of Wells ,

- n 2 7 in n Emeli e, his wife , } acres of Meadow Marley mede, lyi g between the demesne of the Bishop of Bath and Wells on the one and and n n n side, a ditch portio of meadow belo gi g to

n B r dd e on n Regi ald y the other, bei g a portion of the gift of

' fc oflment Tanner e of Isabella, relict of Thomas , lately dead . This is probably one of the first leases granted by the trustees

n n of the Almshouses , the earlier papers aturally being ha ded 5 over to them when they purchased the property .

I n 1 425 W a fere W x n , Thomas y leases to Roger y , and Joa na, W k 6 l n o 47 . his wife, a fu li g mill at y Hole for years

I n 1 430 W a fe r e n E stmore , Thomas y leases la ds at to John

W ok and n Y erd el e Beck , of y, Joh Edward , of y. This John Beck was tenant of the house on the east side of the Church 7 n Str echistenement . Barto , that used to be called

I n 1 430 W a fer e D l v erton , Thomas y leases to Walter y , of

l n W ok - 92 Wells , a fu li g mill at y hole for years . This is

d n n n oubtless the o e before me tio ed . The mill water reached ’ 8 Del m ak er e s W o ke - from y cottage at the bridge , as far as y hole .

I n 1 5 31 in n this mill is possessio of the Almshouse Trustees ,

and n h mb rl n is re ted of them by Robert C a e ey e . The other

n n in Almshouse te a ts Wookey are Thomas Clerk, William

1 3 4 . . 1 6 2 . 38 A H P . . A . H . P . 8 . A . H P . A . H . P. 97 .

5 6 7 d A . P 1 5 5 1 4 . H . . A . H . P . 3. A . . P 1 6 1 . . . P . 1 62 H , A H , C 2 20 W HISTORY or OOKEY .

n E dwar de Mer chaunt Ha cock , Nicholas for cottages, and Walter and Robert Vyncent for lands .

I n 1 5 92 D r ic k P ttina the tenants are William y , William y ,

P ttina G or wa and . John y , William y Edward Horte Some of this

n n n n n n la d was o ly copyhold , the te a ts havi g to pay a chief re t

n n n to the lord of the ma or, in additio to the yearly re t due to the Almshouses .

When the various bridges in the parish were built I have not

n v in bee able to disco er, except the case of some of the modern

- n r in 1 430. o es . That over the Axe at Wookey hole is refer ed to

I n many cas es the path was merely a foot- path at the side of

n the road, with a woode bridge to carry it over the stream , the n road itself going right through the stream . The bridges at Mo ks

r f in 1 6 Pr e wa ford and Peasc o t were built 7 7 . At y ter there was

one Monksfor d in 1 836 one a bridge similar to the at , but some

and knocked it over, the parish erected a wooden bridge , which

n served as a foot path there u til quite modern times. Several of the bridges being the connecting link bet ween two parishes

n 1 7 86 n n were the j oi t work of both . In , whe the last e closure

ten in ne w of the moors took place, bridges were built the roads

ou t that were made , and over the new sluices that were . These

’ ’ ’ ’ n wn Tu dw a s n n are now k o as y , Pit ey s , Band s , Bar ard s ,

’ m n - - A - n and Sal o s Beggarly leaze, Hay moor, sh moor , Her e

Furrow bridges .

1 8 0 n In 3 a select vestry was for the first time appoi ted . It

' was evidently an attempt to keep the aflairs of the parish in

and n ob ec the hands of a few , to do away with some ma ifest j

an tions to the publicity of ordinary parish vestry . The first

n n n select vestry co sisted of James S elgrove, Joh Brown, Wm .

l n . Hi l , j u r Thomas Stott, scur , Thomas Clarke , Richard Adams ,

t n n Isaac S ott, of Ripple ; Joh Stott, Joh Clarke , Richard

and n . I n 1 837 Purnell George Parso s , two cottages which the

on parish had acquired the Wedmore road , east of Oare, were sold to meet in part the parochial charges necessary to pay for

new U n n- W n the io house at ells . Previously the parishio ers had

in rented two or three of the cottages the Barton , which form 2 H o r P SH . ISTORY THE ARI fl 1

and part of the church endowment, these, with the two they

n o w ow ed , t gether ith a judicious system of outdoor relief, sup

n plied all the necessary requirements of the i digent and feeble .

n O ne more remark remai s before closing this chapter . The County historians speak of certain persons of the name of Wookey

in I n as distinguishing themselves earlier days . the Somerset I W k n . o Hu dred Rolls of Edward , Richard de y appears as a l W k in juror. Phi ip de y y occurs the Perambulation of the

n in 1 298 and Forest of Me dip , Collinson refers to a Maurice de

W k in 1 33 an W k in o 1 d o 1 408 . y , a John de y Certainly the

n n n s name occurs in one of the deeds belo gi g to the pari h ,

and in and only twice the Register, then during the time

n of the Commo wealth . There was no room for a family of

any great importance to live here, as the bishop owned nearly

the whole parish . If the family ever rose to any real import n in a ce at all , it did so some other place . The name occurs on

’ the bishop s manor at Evercreech towards the end of the 1 5 th in d 1 th century , and the early ays of the 7 century a family

. one named Wookey dwelt in the parish of St Cuthbert, at

-e and o - on Chilcott on the north ast, one at W okey hole the north

. n west But in spite of having searched very dilige tly, I have

n found nothi g more concerning them in the past. 2 VV O RE Y 2 HISTORY OF O .

H APTE C R II .

MANO R AND MANO R H THE THE O U SE .

U T of the fifty hides of l and which King E adw ar d gave to

and . n in we Bishop Giso his church of St A drew Wells , find from Domesday that the bishop himself had eight hides in n in m demes e or other words, that he cultivated , or ade use of

n and n an n w n that amou t himself, assig ed the rest as e do me t ffi for the church or for some of its o cers . Now what was the

n n nn n r exact acreage of this demes e la d , we ca ot say ; o yet

n in do we k ow how much of it was the parish of Wookey . For since the time of the Conqueror much land in Somerset

n and in l n 640 has bee reclaimed from the moors , Wookey a o e acres have been added to the lands of the parish during the

n n n last two hundred years . At prese t Wookey co tai s

and n n in 1 6 2 6 acres, judgi g from the description of the ma or , it is probable that acres consisted of the manorial lands

n n n of the bishop, leavi g a little more tha a thousa d acres for

n other freeholders . But as we may aturally suppose that some

n of the la d of the parish was , at the time of the Domesday

a not n survey, either marshy or practic lly worthless , o ly is our

’ estimate of the bishop s demesne land within the parish to be

n and in n reduced , but also that which remai ed over additio to

And n a n n it . he ce it is clear that while we h ve o evide ce

’ as to the position of the bishop s demesne land within the

an Domesday territory of Wells , we may fairly say that at y rate it included the greater part of the parish of Wookey . No w the possessio n of much land in any place i nvolved the n n n u e not n ecessity for a house . For as a la dow er s d the to

n in n in n gather his re ts mo ey , but ki d , he would either have to carry them to the place where he usually lives , or else periodically s ettl e down with his servants o n his va rious deme sne

n and n e e n e . la ds , co sum his r ts at the plac where they grew

TH E M AND M H 2 ANOR THE ANOR OUSE . 3

’ And so we soon hear of bishops houses within the territory of

. O ne n Wells was built by Bishop Joh de Villula, the Immediate

o n n o w successor of Bishop Giso, probably what is the site of the chapter library at Wells ; and I think that not very long

’ afterwards a bishop s house was also erected on his demesne land

n n n n n n n at Wookey . But u fortu ately we have o evide ce co cer i g

W n n this ookey house earlier tha the time of , Bishop Jocely “ Tr otem an 1 206- 1 2 42 n l , . Of him we lear that Cape las cum ”1 “ m is k n xi c a er de Wells et W o y otabilit er c onstr u t . He built “ chapels and private chambers at Wells and at Wookey that were ” n worthy of otice . Now as the house he built at Wells had been

an one n preceded by earlier , so also, I thi k , was it the case at

I n n — n n Wookey . the prese t Court farm house, which co tai s all

n n - n that remai s of the old Ma or house , there exists betwee the “ an ruins of the camera and the chapel traces of early hall , which seems to have been built by some bishop before the time

n of Bishop Jocely . This hall appears to have decided the relative

n n and n . positio of those two buildi gs , I thi k that the three, viz , “ l and the chapel , the hal , the camera would hardly have been

n n n placed as they were had Jocely built upon vaca t grou d .

and n n This hall is built of local lias, not of Doulti g sto e , with

and n n which the chapel camera were co structed , and I ca not imagine that Jocelyn would have been so careful abou t his

and AS chapel , so careless about his hall . at Wells , so at

n n n n Wookey, o ly a portio remai s to be see . We have to read our

n n story from the traces of the fou datio s of the walls , or from the

now n stones covered afresh , probably for the hu dredth time , with

n o ne n n their protectio of rough cast . There is beautiful rem a t

and n which speaks for itself, tells us at o ce that it was built

— by him who erected the west end of the cathedral . It is

’ - n n o c el n s the Early E glish wester door of J y chapel . Now it leads

n n n- - n a out of a pa try i to a lea to wash house, but the le d from a

n and b all n corridor , betwee the chapel the , i to a chapel which

20— n not was about 5 feet wide , but the le gth of which I have discovered . Probably this corridor was the northern end of a

C r an wn n n loister, which do the i terior side of the easter part of

1 An . v Sac . ol . 1 5 4 g , , 6 . W RE Y 24 HISTORY o r O O .

’ - - the Manor house . J o c elyn s camera was south west of this d n n an d 5 6 . chapel , ista t from it feet Betwee these two build

n l one n in i gs was this ear ier , which certai ly was the hall later

and n was n. n times, which , I thi k , the hall the Its le gth , as

: 44 n and compared to its breadth , is remarkable it is feet lo g,

n 1 5 n and o ly feet wide . All these three buildi gs run east west, and the north wall of the hall was almost on a line with the n n orth wall of the chapel . But as the chapel was wider tha the hall, naturally the western door of the chapel was south of the

n - n ce tre li e of the hall . Between them , however , as I said

nn n n and before , was this corridor or cloister, ru i g orth south , 1 2 n n about feet wide, and therefore the wa t of u iformity would not appear so striking as would have been the case if the two

n n buildi gs had touched each other . Proceedi g westward , then , through the hall , we come to a door which either led directly

n n l n i to the camera , or else i to a c oister that ran alo g its

and n northern Side, then by a seco d door on its north wall

n n l i to the chamber itself. This buildi g , like the chape , pro

ected n and j co siderably to the south of the hall ; , indeed, its northern wall is almost on a line with the southern wall of the

n in n hall . He ce these three build gs give us the outli e of a

n and n quadra gle about fifty feet square, this, I thi k , was the shape of the Manor-house after Bishop Jocelyn had finished his

. And n work if this was so, then there was considerable like ess

n n - betwee the palace at Wells and the Ma or house at Wookey .

n nn in Both were built rou d an i er court , and both these are

’ traces of the existence of cloisters . Possibly the servants chambers and the kitchens were to the nor th of the hall at

W oke and - n y, on the south east cor er of the quadrangle was a

- on c ast an on gate house, connected the , at y rate , if not the m south , by a cloister or curtain wall . The ca era had a large e n n l n n and aster wi dow over ooki g the in er court, probably

n an . either hall or camera had y chambers over them The hall ,

n and n a I thi k , had a high pitched roof, if so , it co tr sted strikingly with the flat roofs of the chapel and camera . The

r n whole g oup of buildi gs , which I have tried to describe as they

te in 1 3 in - probably exis d the th century, stood the north east lVIArV R o u s . U TH E MANOR AND THE H s . 25

o n n 6 in e n and n c r er of a plot of la d, about ; acres ext t rou d this

n ran t o all Sides a deep moat, the wa er for which was brought down from the mill- stream by an underground channel at the

- r an n south east corner . The moat close u der the walls of the n and n orth side of the house, about forty feet from the orth

and and n ffn wall of the hall , the waters were kept pure i o e sive

l and n n nn on by a s uice u dergrou d cha el , which led out the west

I n n n down to the original bed of the Axe . the grou ds e closed

and - one by the moat, south west of the manor house, were or

fish - n n on n two po ds , which are mentio ed several occasio s , and

no w one of which exists at the present time . We have described

n in l n and the buildi g as it was the time of Joce y , as it existed probably for the rest of the time that the Bishops of Bath and

W B ek n ton n ells possessed it. Bishop y g , as will be shew further on n n no w in , may have i serted several wi dows , which exist the

and o ne l end n hall of the ater bishops , at the of the fiftee th

n n n t n n m a ce tury or the begin i g of the six ee th ce tury , y have

n ff take o the old roof of the hall and placed chambers over it . But I have found no evidence in any document about this

n and n as cha ge , , j udgi g from the style, it may be late as the

n n middle of the sixtee th century . Everythi g , then , that

n - in n happened at the Ma or house , occurred the buildi g which

e to . in and I have tri d describe Here , the hall in the chapel ,

’ ’ happened those scenes in Bishop Ralph s and Bishop B ekynton s

r and in times , which are described fu ther on, the hall would n n m meet those villei s and te ants of the manor, fro the record

hallm ote s of which I have added a few extracts below . What

n n and n is , the , the history of the ma or, what were the fortu es of the house ? The j urisdiction of the manorial reeve extended

n n over the whole of the ma orial la ds in the parish, and also over

n n E o those la ds of the bishops which were in the tithi g of nr ot ,

’ in ou t- in n the parish of St . Cuthbert . But the reeve s accou ts,

n n n as a rule, four tithi gs are i cluded, viz . , the tithi gs of Wookey

Y arl e and B u r c ot hole , Wookey, y , and these divisions are always

d in observe the assessments for the purposes of a subsidy . The

n Y arl e n now n n and B l eadne tithi g of y, the as , i cluded He ton y.

in the n We must bear mind also, that the bishop , as lord of ma or, 2 S o r VVO O K E Y 6 HI TORY . would have certain rights over all the common fields and waste

n and n n n la ds, therefore could occasio ally take cog isa ce of the acts of other freeholders in the parish , as far as those acts referred to those fields .

No w we must clearly understand what is meant by the manor lands of Wookey ; for within the parish lived several people holding lands belonging to the manor under very different

n n co ditio s . Domesday tells us that the bishop had twenty

n n c and villei s , and fourtee ottagers six slaves . At that time

no and no there was church here, therefore parish priest . But gradually the bishop granted portions of the manor to various

n n n perso s as e dowme ts for particular services . First he provided

n and him n n i directly for the parish priest, gave a certai amou t

n n n n of la d as his freehold . The he leased out the la d at K owle on condition that the tenant should perform military service for

n n n n n n him . The he assig ed re t charges o portio s of his ma or

n f in and find in to certai o fices the cathedral , ultimately we with the manor freeholders absolutely independent of the bishop ;

n n n n leaseholders i depe de t, except for the service u der which they

n n m held their la d villei s who , while they had far s were obliged

l n and not to work on the a ds of the bishop , could leave the

n n and n ma or without permissio of the lord ; cottagers who, livi g in n their own houses , seem to have bee mere servile labourers

n And l n worki g for their lord . last y , duri g the earlier times,

no nd and no the slaves who held la , had political rights

n whatever . All these , with the exceptio of the last two

n i o n n classes, would have certai r ghts the common la ds of the

n i in n parish , they would possess claims to certai str ps the commo and and n n n arable fields meadows , also e joy the privilege of tur i g

on n nd n e out the the waste la s so ma y head of cattl , sheep , or

n n pigs . The te ants therefore of the rectory glebe la ds , or of t he n did n vicars choral , holdi g, as they from freeholders , other tha

i n n in the b shop , although they e joyed certai privileges the

n n n not n nt ma orial commo la ds , would appear as the te a s of the

n hal lm o tes . n ma or at the quarterly The evide ce , therefore, w n n hich we glea from these ma orial court rolls, refers simply

n n to those te a ts that held directly of the bishop , and chiefly 2 TH E MANOR AND THE MANOR HOUSE . 7

to the villeins holding farms of half a virgate in extent . But occasionally it will be found that some of these lands have been

in n n. sold or bequeathed , and are the possessio of freeme Such ,

n n n - and for i sta ce, are the la ds in Marley mede elsewhere , which b n Tanner e and elo ged to Thomas , of Wells, which his executors

a and nd g ve to the Wells almshouses , such probably were the la s that came into the possession of the prior of the Charter House

and and n . n at Witham , the prior conve t of St Joh the Baptist

n n n at Wells . How these la ds ceased to be the holdi gs of villei s

nn n e n I ca ot always say , but of course, eve aft r they had bee

n a n n give to other corpor tions, they had to pay certai chief re ts

d n and or ues to the bishop as lord of the ma or , ultimately we

find n in n n that all the la ds were the possessio of freeme , who

e n h ld them on leases of three lives , and were bound to pay certai

n n . dues by way of yearly re t, or occasio ally, by way of a heriot

n and e As therefore the villei s the virgat , or half virgate, holders are m o re i ntimate ly c onnected with the manor than those free m en w ho n i on n n e joyed certa n privileges the commo la ds , but held

n in n n n la d the parish more or less i depe de tly of the bishops , it will be most convenient to give all the information I have been able

n n n to gai co cerni g these latter, distinct from the private accounts

n in of the villei s recorded the Court Rolls . The earliest record

n an n co sists of i speximus of a leas e of a farm at Knowl . When

n n Jocely became bishop , he aturally asked to see the leases which

nan and and the te ts held of former bishops , the Abbey of Bath

Chapter of Wells as guardians of t he te mporalities of the see

n n i n duri g a vaca cy , would claim their right of superv sio of all

n an leases , lest the bishop should gra t y lease to the future

. n an n damage of the see The followi g is i speximus by Thomas ,

(

1 2 28 - 1 25 8 an n prior of Bath from , of i speximus by Jocelyn ,

1 205 - 1 242 n n bishop from , of a co firmatio by Robert, who was

1 1 36 - 1 1 65 son C nol l e bishop from , to Walcher , of Ralph de la ,

l n n w of all the a d at K owle hich his father had formerly held .

The deed is no w in the possession of the trustees of the Wells

n almshouses, because they possess some of , the la d which formerly

n d and n n belo ge to this estate , it must have bee writte between

e 1 228 and 1 24 2 the y ars . It gives us evidence of the e xistence 28 S or W O O RE Y HI TORY .

and n ottl el ak e of the road from Wookey to Knowle it mentio s N , w now n Nottlich B lak e el now hich is the rhi e, called p , Black

and B er l e h now - and H de cl u d pool ; g , Barley batch y , which I

n have not yet ide tified . Omnibus Christi fidelibu s ad quos praesens scriptum p er v ener it

B athoniae et c onv entu s sal u tem S c iatis Thomas prior ejusdem loci , venerabilis patris domini Jo sc elini episcopi nostri inspeximus in his verbis Omnibus Christi fid elib u s ad quos praesens scriptum p er v enerit Josc elinu s Dei gratia B athoniae ep isc op u s sal u tem c ar tam felicis r ecor dationis Roberti quondam B athoniae Episcopi p rede cessor is nostri inspeximus in his verbis Rob er tu s Dei gratia E p isc op u s B athoniae u niv er sis sanctae matris ecclesiae filiis tam p raesentib u s quam sera p r oc itat e su c c ed entib u s sal u tem Quia filii

Dei v oc ab u ntu r pacem v ol entes et u nitati insistentes c onfirm a v imu s W achero filio Radu l fi de la Cnoll et her edib u s suis totam t er ram p ertinentem a la Cnol l quam pater ip siu s tenuit silic et dimidiam hidam terrae cum omnibus p er tinenciis libere quiete p ac ific e et integre in pratis in p asc u is in b oscis in semitis in p astu r is in viis in ex itib u s et in omnibus aliis c onsu etu dinib u s l ib er is salvo Domini Regis servicio quantum ac tantum terrae p er tineat Pr eter ea et firm av im u s p r aedicto W acher o et her e dib u s suis unam v irgatam terrae qu ae j ac et juxta e and em ter r am Reddendo inde nobis ipse et heredes sui annu atim tres solidos ad quatuor anni terminos ad Pasc ham novem denarios ad Nativ itatem Sancti Johannis B ap tistae novem denar ios ad festu m Sancti Michaelis novem denar io s e t ad Nativitatem Domini novem

d enarios pro om ni servicio Pr aeter ea et firmav imu s p raedicto

W acher o et her edib u s suis t otam moram qu ae j acet versus partem

au stral em et partem oc c id ental em silic et inter fontem de B arl eg usque a la Nottel ake et usque caput viae tendentis a la C nol l perpetuam r el axationem communis pasturac hosoi sub E stu n

hab endam indefensu m Hanc quoque nostr am donationem et scripto

affir mav imu s et sigillo nostro corob orav imu s cujus rei testes sunt Ivo Deeanns W ell ensis Rob er tu s Ar chidiac onu s Reginaldu s

n et totu s c onv entu s W ell ensis G oddefridu s Dinr e Ca tor , de ,

de E bb er w u r th d e H or nin dean Ricardu s Thomas , Mattheus g ,

c n K Radulfus filius S eneb aldi et ‘ mu lti de Straton , J ha nes de en ,

HISTORY OF WOOKEY . episcopo et su c c essorib u s suis totum jus et cl am eu m quod hab u i vel habere p otu i in commu ne pastura morae de \Vestb u ry quae j ac et ex australi parte parci de Westbury inter dom u m meam et m p ar c u m p r aeno minatu m ita quod nihil juris p oter i u s de c eter o ego nec heredes mei aliqu o u nqu am tempore vendicare nobis in

I n r ob or atione et n n eadem . cuj us rei testimo io prese ti scripto sigillu m meum d uxi app onend u m Hiis t estib u s Willelmo de

' n W alt ero Phili o G aflr edo Stratto , Camerario , pp de Wik , de

W u defor d i W u defor d , W llelmo de Camera, Thomas de , Willelmo

dic ti G affredo B r id e ort et aliis. ita u e r ae Bucher , de p , Nos q p Thomas prior B athoniae et ejusdem loci c onv entu s p r aedictis c on c essionib u s et sc rip tis Josc elini Episcopi nostri nostrum adhib emu s 1 s ns m a n n r es amu r as e u et hac pr ese ti carta ostra p ot t .

n In the pri ted epitome of the Close Rolls of Edward III . ,

’ w n m r n Camm el Ed ard co fir s Bishop Ralph s g a t to William de , c anonic u s and G an d , Walter de ammel , servitor, for their lives , one n and n n in W or the year more , of all the la ds the te eme t La , in W ok Northom in nn y, which Petronilla de held , pay g a ually eight marks ; also of the tenement which Henry de la W o r the held next to that of Petronilla de No rthom ; also of fifteen shillings and eightpence of yearly rent accr u ing from certain

n l n fulli g mills also of four acres of a d which Margaret , the wife of Peter l e Moner s holds ; also of a close of land from the

m n Merl e h in n W ok on c on de esne la d called g , the ma or of y, dition that the said William and Walter do not cut down the

oak trees there .

. n n n in Again, Edward III allows Ralph to gra t certai la ds W oky by way of an endowment to the brethren of the hospi tal

n an n of S . Joh the Baptist in Wells ; d permissio is also given him to assign to the vicars of the cathedral a certain rent charge 3 o n nd in W o k and onor e b la s y C s y.

’ I n Ralph s register we learn more about this grant to the

. n n on 3 vicars choral It was gra ted at Ba well October l st,

1 331 and n in £ 1 0 , amou ted all to a yearly payment of , a

1 W e s m sh o se a ers 1 P No . . ll Old Al u p , 1 3 Rot r 2 2 3 2 . . . Rot . r . 2 04 Abb. . O ig , 7 Abb O ig , . TH E MANOR AND THE MANOR HO P SE . 31

nd in n hundred shillings from rents of la s at La Pulle , Co gresbury

n and n n n W o r the ma or, a similar amou t from re ts of la ds at La ,

n n in Wookey ma or, to be paid yearly as lo g as the vicars live

and in n l . together, eat their meals the commo hal

4th 1 35 2 fin d n n O n February , , we the same bishop gra ti g

or sc om b and to Else de C , Margery his wife, all that mill , with

— n n n n the water course belo gi g to it, situated withi the ma or of

on n n n and n . Wookey , a yearly payme t of fiftee shilli gs eightpe ce

n B l eadne n one This must be the cor mill at y, as it is the o ly

n n n W - of such a tiquity withi the ma or , except that at ookey hole,

not n n and ff n histor v . which was withi the ma or, had a di ere t

I n 1 31 5 we n n n n have a pate t roll , gra ti g permissio to the bishop to exchange with Walter de Rodney the advowson of the church

n in of West Harptree , for certai lands Worth , which the latter held in soccage .

n in 1 402 find a n W k n and Agai , , we th t Joh y y g Isabella

nn and and n n Ta er, of Wells, others have given to the Prior Co ve t of the Charterhouse at Witham certain lands in W oky and

Y er d el e h in o f y, which were eld chief from the Bishop Bath and

e k We lls as parc l of the manor of W o y.

We come now to those references which refer more especially

n and n to the eco omy of the manor, the history of the villei s that

n n n d worked upo it . These refere ces are early all erived from

’ b ailifs n and l in f accou ts court ro ls, either the Record O fice or

’ the Archbishop s library at Lambeth . It will be seen that the

n n n n in bishop derived a mo ey income from ma y of the te eme ts,

n on n addition to the labour which the villei s performed his la ds, in return for their houses and half virgates of land ; and this

n proves that as early as the time of Edward III . there was risi g

-u on n n and p the ma ors , side by Side with the villei s , gradually n 1 7 th to take their places, that free yeoma ry which in the

n n n in ce tury , bega to play so importa t a part the history of the

n . n n n d la d The ames of these free te a ts are seldom recorde , but

’ in b ailifs n one n order to give examples of these accou ts , is give

n n n and tr ansl a below in the origi al , together with a tra slatio , a

n n n in tio of a seco d is pri ted full , because of the information it

n n n contai s concer i g the manor hou se itself . 2 O F VVoox E Y 3 HISTORY .

n is In the Charter Rolls of He ry III . the bishop declared in 1 n ok possession of a free warre in W y.

n 6 . I . 1 2 7 8 n I a Court Roll of Ed , , the followi g names occur

ok - — and Chamb erl n in W y hole Walter Castle John y . I n

Y erdle h — Sr u te l e De h Yardley ( g ) Henry Boules , John , Hugh yg ,

Mar eria R H e helm e g odde , Adam Maynard , John atte g . In

' W ok n l e y He ry atte Watere, Gilbert atte Wyk , John

' 2 Fel a he and A l e l g , dam Tail er

I n . I . W ok the Somerset Hundred Rolls of Ed , Richard de y

n one it bei g of the jurors , is declared that the Hundred of Wells n Forum is the ma or of the bishop , for which he has a royal charter .

n 9th 1 322 Dr okensfor d ~ O May , , Bishop died , and the tem

oralities n . p of the see fell i to the hands of Edward III , and the b ailifs return the following account

Red ditU S E t iidem r eddu nt comp otu m de 5 08 de r edditib u s ad ter minu m Nativ itatis Sancti Johannis

istae B apt .

P e’ 1 I idem r eddu nt c omp otu m de lx 8 de fir ma m ol endini ags“$1 ? 3 G l edene e a u atici d e n . . et de y q termi o Nat S J . B .

s d xiii iv de fir ma mol endini aqu atic i bladi de Lichlegh

3 i de termino p r edic ta et de v v ‘ de firm a mol endini i fu ll onici de L chl egh .

i c a r a Nulla est p s tu ibidem .

s E xit r w nu Iidem r eddu nt comp otu m de xx de Vacr is alneti ggif d venditi in mora vocata Asshemor e et de xv iii de

in n v ndi cir iceto gardi o e to .

s Ven i p as Iidem r eddu nt comp otu m de ii de her bagio in gl mi S gardino et de ii de p astu ris inter b osc as de Mer l egh

8 et de V 8 dc p astu r is de B agger ew aye et de ii de p astu r is

x nl eaz e de O e .

E t iidem r edd u nt c omp otu m de xn s de viii acris 1 prati in C odb u gmor p r etio acree xviii‘ et de xiiiis de vii

s ‘1 acris prati in Martynesheymede p r etio acras ii de xix8 vi d e vi acris dicti prati in H or nesmed e p retio ac rze iiis et

1 3 o s 5 B en am eth S . 1 098 Bl ed ene . C . R ll , . III . L b M S , . y 33 TH E MANOR AN D THE MANOR HOUSE .

de xiiSJ de vi acris in B enc r oft es et de xxxiiis d e xi acris

s prati in Silv erl akem ede p r etio acras iii et de iiB de 1 acra prati in Mer l eghmed e et non plus respondent de prato v endito quia non plus falcare p otu it ante

m ralitatu m lib er ationem te p o electo supra dic to .

“1 1 1 1 O e ' si ‘1 2 P Iidem r eddu nt de v iii iiii de liiii ar r u r is de ix 1 333 c u stu m arior u m tenenciu m dimidii virgates terrae quorum qu ilib et ar rabit semel qu alib u s qu adr enis a dicto decimo

i u m . die Maii n fest Nat . S J . B .

Nihil r eddu nt de op er ib u s m anu alib u s quia cu stu ‘ marii sunt ad gab ul u m et tantam hab u er u nt all oc anc iam pro op er ib u s suis si fecerint opera quantum haec opera

na n valent in de rio de co suetudine .

i on s Rec ogn fi eS E t iidem r eddu nt xl r ec o nitionib u s v ill anor u m de de g .

P ‘ s fae 91 S1 d em Iidem redd u nt xiiii iv er u isitis l e alib u s figeé de de p q g

” (1 de b e llagio termino hokked et xi V d c c hev agio

s gar cionu m et de v i viiid de fin e Philippi at te Bergh et

s ‘1 ’él d d e x xv ii vi de finib u s Overland et v i iv de p er qu isitis unius curiae habitae die Jovis in festo C orporis Christi “ e t de x de u no bove proveniente de heriot Adami atte

Wate re .

1 ‘1 I nde computant in aq u ietanc ia unius ip siu s vi de

i n r edd t u . . pro termi o Nat S . J . B

Em oio b adi p l E t in iii bushels 1 peck frumenti emptis in libera c ionem messori pro lib erac ione sua per dicta tempora

s d d ii v iii retio x 1 d i t p bushel . In iii bushels peck or e e mp tione in l ib erac ione eadem pro dicta l ib er acione sua d ‘ r etio iii n c u u sdam m ess r is xiii 1 p bushel . In stipe dio j o d aestat m x v iii per e .

Saf°1ati° b ladi' 5 d I n cxxi acris de bl adis sar cl andis x 1 1 s ilicet pro acra

Au tu m nu s p I n p raedic tis cxxi acris dioti pro op erib u s c u stu m arior u m Epi s copi huj u s m aner ii bl adis m er c endis

i v 3 I n n l igandis e t c oll gendis de pro acra . stipe d io unius hominis pro blado tassando in campis in Mu ll oni

1 n Sic i MSS . D 34 or HISTORY WOOKEY .

“ s d . I n l c ar riando v i n bus iii dicto b ado vii . I dicto d in ran iam n iii I n v adii blado g g tassa do . s a stipendio unius r ip er eni in au tu mp no v is in grangiam per loca vetera discoop erta r ecoop er ienda cum stramine xivd

£ et 3 VI I Summum iv .

n n I ve ture to add , for the be efit of those who may find the

‘ above Latin somewhat diflicu lt,a translation of this interesting account .

Account of John de Clynedon et Gilbert de

3 . . 2 2nd n Borowik , Ed III , up to the day of Ju e, before the restoration of the temporalities to Bishop

Ralph, of Shrewsbury .

Rents . And n 2 1 0s . 6 d the same return an accou t of £ é .

n from re ts , up to the time of the festival of the

v n Nati ity of St . Joh the Baptist .

Farm s ofthe n n £3 m s The same retur an accou t of from the ill .

n G l edene e t. e. B l ed ene e farmi g of a water mill at y ( y ) ,

n and from the Nativity of St . Joh the Baptist ;

1 3 4d . n n s . from the farmi g of a water mill for grai

and 5 s 5 d . at Lichl egh from the aforesaid date ; of . l h from the farming of a fulling mill at Lich eg .

There is no fishery there .

Outgoings of The same return an account of 20s . from five acres th e Manor . in Ashem or e and of willow, sold a moor called of

l s. 6d . n . from herbs, sold from the garde

n 2s f in The same return an accou t of . rom herbage

n and 2s n the garde , . for the pasturage betwee the

n 5 s trees at Marley ; a d of . from the pasturage of

n 2 B agger way ; a d of s. from the pasturage of Oxen

leaze . 2 And the same return an account of 1 s . from

in Codb u moor l s . 6d . an eight acres of meadow g , at

4 n n acre and of 1 s . for seve acres of meadow in Marti s

- 2 s an and 1 9s . 6d . hay mead at . acre ; of from six

in H or nsm ead 35 . 3d . acres of the said meadow , at

2 six B enc rofts an acre ; and of 1 s . from acres in and H E M U T MANOR AND THE ANOR HO SE . 35

n in of 33s . from eleve acres of meadow Silverlake

3s . an and n 2 s . o e mede, at acre ; from acre of

in Marl e m ede and no meadow y , they make further 1 n n n l he reply co cer i g the sa e of meadow grass, because was not able to mow any more before the delivery of

n n the temporalities u to the aforementio ed elect .

or s Sa e of k n ft - l W 8s 4d . fi The same make a retur of . from y four ” ar r u r ae n n n n , from i e customary te a ts of half a virgate

n i n n of la d , of whom each w ll plough o ce a fort ight, from the said tenth day of May to the festival of the

St. Nativity of John the Baptist .

no n b They make return from ma ual labour , ecause

n n the customary te a ts are at gavel , and they have

n such allowa ce for their labours , if they do their

works , as much as the works are worth in money ,

n accordi g to custom . “ Recogniti ons. n n 4 s A d o . i the same retur , , from recogn tions of

n villei s .

r 1 48 . er The same retu n 4d. from legal p qu i

- e and 1 1 8 . 5 d . sit s from Hallage from last Hock day ,

men n 6 8d from chevage of the serva ts and of 5 . . from

fin t 2 8 6d the e of Philip de at e Bergh ; and of 7 . . from

and 6S . 4d the Overland fines , . from the perquisites of

one on n court , held Tuesday, bei g the festival of Corpus

and 1 0s . one 1 3 1 Christi ; from 3 1 , which came from t the heriot of Adam atte Wa er .

ttan Acqui ces. in u n one man 6d The same reckon acq itta ce of , .

n . for re t, from the Nativity of St John the Baptist

day .

ha Purc se of And one eek rn in the purchase of three bushels p of co . n in nt cor , payme to a reaper for his wages for the

2s I n said time 8 at l 0d . a bushel . purchase of three bushels and one p eek of barley in the same pay n w d 3d o n n l 3 . . . I n me t, for his payme t , at a bushel

n 1 s . 6d wages for a certai reaper through the summer , .

1 i. e. the Messor . D 2 36 or VVO O K E Y HISTORY .

I n a hundred and twenty - one acres for cooking the

1 0s. l d nn an . wheat, a , viz . , at a pe y acre

I n n and n - n t mn e . o e Au u du s the aforesaid hu dred twe ty acres, for the works of the customary tenants of the said bishop

n n and n and n of this ma or, for gatheri g tyi g collecti g

an . I n n n together the wheat at 5 s . acre payme t of o e

m n in in M lh m a c ook in l a s 3s . for g the wheat the fie ds y ,

n n 7 s . 6d . n For carryi g the said grai , For heapi g together

n n n 3s I n n the said grai i to the said gra ge, . the Ope

n one in 6s . fields, by payme t of thatcher autumn, For covering with straw certain places in the grange that

n 1 s . 2d . had been for a lo g time uncovered ,

£4 7 . 0d . Total , s

n n The above amou t was o ly for a portion of the year . The customary tenants had to plough once a fortnight all the year

n n n rou d . So duri g these two mo ths they had only accomplished 36 5 4 , and redeemed , out of the total

’

l W ok on . 1 343 At the Ha lmote at y, S Michael s Day, , Hugh

is n 1 0s i n de Somerton fi ed . if he does not repa r a path ear 2 K nycheswode befor e the next court day ; and he also makes certain claims against the bishop concerning some land at

Merl e h . W n n g wood alter de Middleto comes i to full court,

and n W ok does homage for the la ds he holds of the lord at y,

and E dmu ndu s the n O noll de Beauchamp does same for la ds at . 3 ank l n and John Fr e y Walter Duke are the reeves .

a sch is At a Hallmote , in the next year , Richard atte N y

. d e the reeve Adam Tailler, Thomas White, John Duke, Hugh

n n n H ei helm e l Henton , Joh de He to William de g , and John e

1 The following notes may b e u seful

H all age was a cer tain payment made by the tenants on the goods they

so or for the r ht of r ee sa e . ld , ig f l

Chevage was a kind ofp oll - tax paid to the lor d ofthe manor for his n p r otectio .

Reco nition was enera an ar trar a ment en o e he r g g lly bi y p y , f rc d by t lo d n the stomar tenants as a no e m ent ofthe r ena e o cu y , ck wl dg i vill g .

2 3 Kni hts wood . am eth 1 1 g L b MSS . , 76.

38 HISTORY OF WOOKEY .

’ h . t ough it is in the parish of St Cuthbert s, Wells, is

n n hall mo s i cluded in the ma or of Wookey, as far as such te are

n n and Dek ene concer ed . Regi ald Brid Walter are made de

e. not n n fau lter s ; t. they have do e their work as villeins o the

nor n on estate, have they paid the fi es laid them at previous

allm otes . h Robert Lumbard , a villein , is accused of not residing

on n n and n 20d his te eme t , is ordered to do so under a pe alty of .

n . c adav Philip Drake , a villei , is made a defaulter The erator es

nn n on a ou ce the death of one steer and one sheep the moors .

l fine and n on in Phi ip atte Bergh pays a , e ters two acres the

n n B u ll ockhu r d Overla d , formerly of Joh . William Bishop “ returns into hands of the lord one cottage of ancient auster of

n n Agnes White , and Ag es White is allowed to e ter on payment 1 n o e in n of two fi es in n year, and to hold it ville age .

’ Nine years afterwards, at the St. Michael s hallmote of 6

io . n B r dd and m R . II Regi ald y Willia Bishop are made defaulters

n . W I ackes and in re t William hite, sabel Drake, William J , k m n n n n Elie W yl coc e are e tio ed . Alice Hert retur s i to the hands of the lord a messuage which John Hert formerly held, ad opus

n and n . . and 5 3s . fine and it W . Dek e, the W D comes pays , gets ” n c ameram n l l a W e n ate back and u am ex parte orie ta i de y y ,

ne n n W aterl etew e an n o acre of la d ear y, half acre of la d above

Pr estesmor e an Stok esl nchesham and , half acre at y , three roods l m 2 of meadow in Mer y ede for his life .

’ 1 384 n At the next S . Michael s hallmote, in , Cristi a Hamme n and John J eol are mentio ed . Thomas Clements pays a fine of

fa ll 5 3s . and n n rde n n , e ters upo one messuage and of land, of a cie t ” “ n H erox — du cit in auster, which Joh formerly held ita quod

nis uxorem Alice que fuit uxor dioti Johan . This is crossed

and r e - n n out, entered as bei g retur ed by William Dekne, who

b nar iu s pro ably was the d ec en of that year . John Drake holds

and far dell n n v n a messuage of la d , lyi g near the O erla d , with

ilman 3 Walter G ent . “ the n n 8 At the Purification Hallmote of ext spri g ,

Rio . . n in II , He ry Pente , and Andrew, his son, are mentioned

1 2 3 am eth S . 1 1 80. 1 1 8 1 b 1 1 82 . L b MS , Ibid . , . I id . , TH E AN MANOR AND THE M OR HO U SE . 39

n a Sil v erl akemede refere ce to a cert in watercourse at , but the n 1 docume t is much mutilated .

I n 1 4 i n R o . . E o is II , Simo Greve, at nr ot , made a defaulter . John W ill c as is accused of obstructing the watercourse at

’ Mar m n chesy ede to the lord s i jury . The sale of alders is announced in Row el mor e and B er c roftes n C astl eb u r Ashmore , , at , ear g.

n n and Joh Bek is admitted i to a cottage, John Smith to one of

in t he n m the church cottages , lately occupatio of John Co pton , k 2 of W o y. “ - n 1 8 Rio. . 1 395 6 At the Purificatio Hallmote, II , , More

i one c u r till a e cock , otherw se Carter , is admitted to messuage, with g .

E i hteen enc e n W estfield g p is obtai ed from the pasturage of the ,

n and 1 s . from the wi ter pasturage of Merly . The names of

u n B ar we Edward Bea champ , Richard Potter, and Joh atte 3 occur .

- 9 n V . 1 42 2 3 At the Hockday Hallmote, He ry , , John Yeman

B r c Y erdel e d ec ennariu s is at the u ot mill . The y presents that

n h and e n He ry We be is a defaulter, that John Port r u justly , and

n n n and agai st the peace , has i sulted Thomas Cou sell, hit him one

w and n n n blo , that Thomas Cou sell has wro gly take and enclosed

n n n n some la d belo gi g to the common road ear his house . Henry

M lw ar d n n u . and , Joh Edward , junr , Joh Turnor, Thomas Clerke Juliana Bass et are accused and fined for selling furze to a certain

’ m an and and for cider , are placed at the lord s mercy complaint

n n is made agai st Joh Yeman for excessive charges at the mill .

W ok d ecennar iu s n n The y prese ts Joh Porter, William Brugger,

n and n H u ch u s Joh Mody , Adam Hond, William Joel, Joh y ,

S enr n and n . n . , for selli g furze for cider, they are fi ed Eightpe ce is

l n n n recorded from winter pasture in W estl eye and . E tra ce is gra ted

and to Thomas Clerke , Isabella, his wife , to a messuage, with c u rtill a e and n W or the g virgate of la d , called La , which Walter

Pe nte n n n y formerly held . Notice is give also to the te a ts of the

n . n n leasehold la ds of Sir Thomas Broke , viz , Joh Te or, Richard

and h Sprotte , to the Prior of the Charterhouse at Wit am for

n n n the la ds which formerly belo ged to Thomas Ta ner, that they

1 2 3 eth S 1 3. . 1 1 84 . . 1 1 85 . Lamb M S . , 1 8 Ibid , Ibid , O F 40 HISTORY WOOKEY . must come and do homage and fealty to the lord of the manor for

n c adav ator es one their la ds . The report that sow was found dead 1 one . on the moor, but no was to blame

n 2 At the St . Joh the Baptist Hallmote , Henry VI . , seven

n t shillings is accou ted for from the sale of plas er of Paris . The

ff the baili yields up the messuage of late Nicholas Moure , which

n his widow, Christi a, claims to hold and also a certain workshop,

Sm thchou s n called y , which Joh Smyth, of Westbury, formerly 2 TVilliam . held . Hunt is ordered to repair his house

A l 1 0 n . 1 432 il t a Hal mote, He ry VI , , W liam Thomas, of

B ur c ot . W ok , is accused of excessive charges at the mill The y decennariu s n H u ch nes W ok - n prese ts Walter y , of y hole , for penni g

n Stonm ede and Merl up the watercourse betwee egh. The names

n Chu r chou se n n of Joh , Thomas Bar ard, Adam Ho de , Thomas

H u ch ns and Clerke, Richard Smith, John y Walter Lovell also 3 occur .

St . 1 8 . 1 440 At the John the Baptist Hallmote, Henry VI , ,

B ult n e and John y g comes for the homagers, presents that Juliana “ ” Dek n am e ssu a e and far d ell n n y , who held g of land, of a cie t auster ,

n 6s 8 d . w is dead , whe ce there comes to the lord as heriot . , hich

Dek n n n is paid , and Nicholas y enters on the te eme t . Sales of

and n and plaster of Paris, straw , are me tioned, of pasture at

ornesmede and in K noll emor e As shmor H , the chase and e .

Dek n 6s . 8d . Isabella y pays to the lord for licence to marry .

Dek n ff n n Philip y yields a messuage and di ere t virgates of la d , ” n and n fine n of a cient auster , Joh Clerke pays the heriot , arisi g m n fro the death of Nicholas North , who held la d ad Opus

Dek n J ohannis Clerke . Philip y is to have two acres of arable

n n and in l e la d from John Clerke, lyi g below the close, Garston,

nd one 1 a n B r odemede a acre at Stok, and some lyi g in . Thomas De la Hay does homage for lands he holds at Knoll from the

and n n in lord for military service, which he e ters upo right of T n and n onou r . his wife Ag es, sister, heir of Joh

n n n 1 3 Joh Rodde , ativus domi i , aged , is placed for the year if4 in n b ail . the care of William Cou sell , the

1 2 3 4 MSS . 1 1 8 . 1 1 8 1 1 8 m e h 6 . . 8 . I . 1 1 9 La b t , Ibid 7 Ibid , bid , 8 . TH E MANOR AND THE MANOR HOUSE . 41

’ I n 1 461 - 2 n n and we have the followi g Reeve s accou t, as it

n one and n n is the o ly complete that I have found , co tai s much

n n n ni that is i teresti g co cer ng the customs of the place, I give

n n in a tra slatio full .

ok e 1 2 Account of the Reeve of W y. and Edward IV . The

n n f accou t of Joh Stott, the bailif there , from the Festival of

in K n . S . Michael , the first year of the reign of i g Edward IV ,

n n n in n to the same date, the ext followi g the seco d year of the 1 a n 1 9 s id ki g, and in the th year of the consecration of Thomas,

Bishop of Bath and Wells .

— And 28 n s n 6d . A siz ed Re ts he returns s . from assized re ts

n n 7 . 1 d 1 5 . of seven free te a ts , for each quarter s 5 , less s from

one and 1 07 the rent of messuage , acres of land and meadow,

Cammel nt n formerly of William , which came i o the ha ds of the ’ 2 lord as an escheat, and is placed to the lord s use below Overland ,

n n n has n n co cer i g which he allowance in further accou ts , u der the

And 5 4s . n n head of loss of rent. of assized rents of i e half

1 3 n . A d . 6d . virgate holders yearly, , viz , for each quarter, s

l d z n n - 65 s . i . for assi ed re ts of twe ty seven fardel holders to the

a and n - feasts of Christmas , E ster, S . Joh Baptist day, viz . , to each

2 1 s . 8 d and 5 6s . 6 d far ll . de s date 1 , 1 for assized rents of the said

t . 1 4 . 4 d to the feas of S Michael ; and s 1 . of assized rents of

n c ote r elli fourtee , to the feasts of the Nativity of our Lord ;

and n Easter, the Nativity of St . Joh the Baptist, to each date

48 . 8 d . and 4s 8 n n n % . of assized re ts of the same te a cies to

. and 1 4 9d the feast of S Michael , s . . for larder duty of the said

n n a n And 5 s l o d . te a cies to the fe st of S . Marti . . é of assized

n n n av el erthe re t of various te a cies , called g , to the feast of

. 4s 5 d . nn S Michael , and . for the tribute pe y of Peter to the gule 3 . £1 2 88 . 1 d . of August Total , 1

1 B ek n n y to . 2 t e in the a ou nt n er hea n er an . . cc u d di g Ov l d . 3 A mistak e has be en m ade here in r e ck oning th e assized r ents ofthe c oter el li e t 2d and the ac o nt om es r ht Th e c oter el l i er e the d duc . , c u c ig . w otta ers who had no arr u rae t o er or m b u t er e o e to er or m c g p f , w blig d p f m an a a o r fo r th e or u l l b u l d . ’ a st is the r st ofthat m onth vid e a o s Law Diet . Gul Augu i fi , J c b av el erthe tenan is one h er e a m one rent on is ma e s h a A g cy w y ly d , uc s was the case in the far del l h n s oldi g . 42 HISTORY OF WOOKEY .

Rents o the O ver la nd — 47 f And he accounts for s . from rent

n n is i of the la ds there of the Overla d , as fully set forth n the

n n - i n accou t for the twe ty s xth year of the reig of Henry VI .

35 n W aterl ete 8 B u r fu rl on from acres of la d in , acres in y g,

frl n a lias Rade ol e n 5 in W al u o . in acres g, p Seve acres ly g fallow

fu rl n no n . P s o 4 in produce re t Eight acres in y g, 5 acres

H i henbu r 6 in W alfu rl on a lias Rade ol e 3 in g y, acres g, p ; acres

C ar esh ll e in Cul v erh ll e n n p y , one acre y , othi g because they are

n w t and . n n b for e sow with heat, oa s , peas Concer i g four acres y thewa 5 B encroft 5 C ul v erh ll e and 28 y, acres at , acres at y , acres

’ Lan downe is no n w at g there retur , because they lie fallo (quia

8 1 n fr isc ae . . jace t ) Total , xlvii

e P a tu — nd n d R nts of s r e A he accou ts for 1 . for a stych of

’ Palmersham 2d . m C ou nsell s land at , and for from Tho as rent of

’ in Asshem or e and 6d . G ent l m an s half an acre , for from Peter y

in All ere d 66s 8d rent for three roods of pasture , and for . . for

n Merl e in re t of the pasture called y, with eight acres of meadow

Merl e m ede and 1 . 4d . n y , s from the re t of the pasture called

’ B remelham no n retur is made, because it is below the lord s

n and is no n Lan strin barto , there re t for the pasture of g g,

’ n n n because it has bee fed down by the lord s oxen . Co cerni g

38 4d . l B a er w e l ese n 1 . for the pasture ca led g y no retur is made

in . this year, because it is not made in other years Total ,

S 1 ? l xv ii v

Rent o Meadows — 1 7 in H ornsm ede f From acres of meadow ,

1 4 Lan strin 5 in W orthem ede 5 acres in g g, acres , acres in

Lav erham 2 S nder m or e 6 B encr oft , acres in y , acres in , acres in Merl e m ede no n n n y there is re t, because they have bee mow

’ . And n 6d for the lord s use, as is stated below he accou ts for . ’ i L d h . Cou nsell s n n e am from Wm re t for a portion of meadow y ,

n n n the other Sixpe ce havi g bee paid to the Reeve of Westbury .

no n r 20 in O xenl eaz e There is re t f om acres of meadow , because

’ n they were mow for the lord s use, as is stated below . There is

’ n in Fer m r ham and 9s . e from Walter Stott s re t of three acres y ,

6d an 1 . s . from half acre from the same Walter in la Rede , with

2 1 h s is r ht h s is r ht . T i ig . T i ig TH E 43 MANOR AND THE MANOR HOUSE .

’

n and 9s . 6d . n the fishi g , from Thomas Combe s re t of three acres

’

in P lw aterhou se and l 0s . Stotte s of meadow y , from Walter rent

in L ttu l n e and 1 S . n one of five acres y y , from Joh Potter for acre

S nderm or e n O ld cl fie and 3s . m n in y , ear y , fro Joh Edward for one

one and 3d acre there and 9d . from William Clerk for acre there .

a from Thomas Phelps for one parcel of meadow there nd 8s. from “ s 1 0 Mar t nesm ede l e William Stott for acres in y , with lagge ;

n 6 B r own n e and 2s . 4d . a d s . from W illiam y g for six acres there

Tou ner e one in W orthemede from John for acre , called Hulk

3s . d Fel es T rl ake acre and 8 . from Thomas p for two acres in y “ d 1 vi . mede . Total lv

F ar min o Land in la Wor tlte — And n 1 2d g f . he accou ts for .

’ n n n one c u r till a e and from Joh War er s re t for cottage , with g ;

’

I s . 6d . S enr s n one and from John Edward , , re t for cottage

ll a n 2 Stod elm an one c u rti ge there a d s. from William for parcel

’ w an n Ru mb old s n of land near Str ode ode d 5 s . from Joh re t for

one n and one and 2s . 8d gra ge , close of pasture of five acres ; .

’ n Ch we s ' r ent one c u rtilla e and h from Joh y for cottage and g , alf 5 3 4d an acre of meadow ; and 8 . . from Nicholas White for a

n n B o u lt n e te eme t there , formerly of William y g , with all that

8 d 2 n v i . belo gs to it . Total lxv

l — And n l l 3s 4d n Far m ofMil s . he retur s . . from Joh

’ n n B l edene n n n Edward s re t for the cor mill at y. Co cer i g

n e Mone r smill e n n 1 6 8d . o e o s . for mill call d y , there is re t,

n because it is totally lost ; and 1 s . from Joh Smith for one mill

’ n B r own n s n stone ; and 1 s . from Joh y g re t for the fishing of

8 ‘1 Mart nese . y y. Total , cxv iv

Revenu es ofthe Manon — There is no rent this year from the 3 nn n n 4s. n pa age of swi e . He retur s from a colt, comi g as a heriot

’ and 1 3 4 n n . d of Joh Ber ard, at St Michael s Court s . . from a bull ,

. n and 6s 8d as a heriot of R White, at the Purificatio Court ; . . m m fro a steer , as a heriot of Richard S ith , at Hockday Court ;

1 h s f hese m e f h is r ht . For the os t on o t a o s c a T i ig p i i d w . . c p . viii . 2 h s is or r e t T i c c . 3 Panna e is the ee ofs ne in the oo s s h as the mast of ee g f d wi w d , uc b ch an a orns d c . 44 I or H STORY WOOKEY .

68 . 24 3d. and 2d and for geese at each ; from 300 eggs ; and . from the new rent of Nicholas White for half an acre of reed

nd 8s . 4d . 2 a 38 4d . held of the lord ; from 1 acres of reed, sold at .

2 1 s . 8d . 1 30 n 2d an acre and for cocks and he s , at . each . There

B encr oft is no revenue from six acres at , because they have been

’ w x 2s r ew nno in x n eaten do n by the lord s o en and . de a O e

. the leaze sold this year There is nothing from sale of stones,

8 d 1 . ii or for firewood this year Total lxiii .

S a le o C or n a nd S tr at a — f No wheat was sold this year . There

26s . 1 3 2s. £ 1 0 was from quarters of oats , sold at a quarter, and

— s 2 s . 6d. X1 Vl for four score loads of hay, at a load . Total £ .

S a le ofP lou ghings (arr u r ae) and Manu a l Wor k — And he

d r - n 25 s 6 . 1 36 a r u rae 2 d . and accou ts for . from , sold at 3, each ;

48 1 d . 98 n d . and 1 6d for . from ma ual works at 1 each ; . for

1 6 1 d . and £6 1 3 . 2d . works of harrowing , sold at each ; s from

34 far dell d n l hol ers, to relieve them from their ma ua work,

n n accordi g to the agreeme t made with the lord , payable at the

n and four quarter days , in addition to their assized larder re t

c ir cset n . 3s . 1 1 d . previously accou ted for , viz , each , with all the

B r o wn n n n in n works of John y g, me tio ed the previous accou t at

1 d 1 n - i n 6 . 5 s . d o e % ; and from half v rgate of la d , granted to

Stotte for n Richard his ma ual work , of which he is yearly relieved, .

GS e n 6d . n and 1 d beyond . of assiz d re t, from larder re t, . from the 9d n and 3s. . nd tribute pe ce of Peter, allowed as not paid u er the

f n xixB iid 2 head O deficiencies of re t . Total £vii .

” t F — H n l s 2 P er u isites o the C ou r with ines e . d . q f , retur s from

’ nd 4 s a o . the perquisites of St . Michael s Hallmote from John

’ ’ and 20s n Bernard s fine at the same Hallmote . from Joh Turner s

fine and and 1 . 8d . , Edith , his wife, at the same Hallmote s from

- and 20s the perquisites of Hock day Hallmote . from John

’

fin and 2 s . 6 u nr . s e d . Edward , j , at that Hallmote ; from the ’ 4 n s . perquisites of St . Joh the Baptist s Hallmote and from the

1 r an m s n fthe r e f he e Ther e app ea s to b e o i sio o p ic o t ggs . If it was

1 th s a o nt is or r e t . s . i cc u c c 2 These 34 far d el hold ers c onsisted pr obably of27 villeins and 7 fr ee en her e seems to b e someth n ron in th s acco n ro a the m . T i g w g i u t ; p b bly a o an e to S otte s houl b e 28 . 1 ll w c R . t d d ,

46 or W oo xE Y HISTORY .

5 6 3 w n 1 4 n acres, perches , of meado grass beyo d acres do e by the

n n 1 0d . an 47 s . 3 d . and n customary te a ts at acre, 1 for reapi g six

6d an s and n 3 . 3 acres of oats, at . acre, for cutti g acres of reed

n and B l edene m 1 . for the repair of the Ma orial houses y ill at s . 8d

’ an 5 s . and Stotte s acre, ; for Walter wages for two days , for

’ n d 2s carryi g the hay from the lord s mea ow, ; and for John

’ H ow l e Fel u s six g and Edithe p wages, to each of them for days

n m u ll onib u s faciendis in n for stacki g (pro ), as well the gra ge as

’ in n 4d . 48 . the lord s barto , to each of them a day , Total , ’5 iii d lxi é .

Thr eshin Winnowin and S a le o Gr ain — h g , g f And for thres ing

3d . 1 . 6d and hin six quarters of wheat, at a quarter, s for thres g

i n 2d . u 3s . and e ghtee quarters, two bushels of oats, at a q arter,

nn n 1 d for wi owing the whole of the said grai of the lord , at . for

8d . six l 4d every three quarters , and for bushe s of peas, at . a

s d 2s ii bushel , Total, vii

n E m ankin . n S cou r i g and b g (Clausura . ) A d for twenty

B encr oft n n 2d ropes of rhine at , for diggi g and scouri g at . a

n 35 H 5 s . 1 0d . and ornsm ed e and 40 rope, for scouri g ropes at ,

O xenl ease no n ropes at , there is charge, because they were clea sed

8 d 1 n . v x . by the serva ts of the lord Total,

— And n n C ost o Mana ement. f g for me di g ploughshares , coulters,

n n and n n 28 . iro chai s other u avoidable breakages duri g the year,

n 1 . 4d . and n one a d for the purchase of eight tacks, s for maki g

n new harrow , with the iro of one old harrow from the store,

2 3 d and 1 2d . : and new n 1 , for two new carts , for two hi ges ,

8 and one n 1 . 2d . d . for new iron chai , s and for the purchase of

n 8d . and one grease for the use of the waggo yearly , for pair of

27 2 . 1 d . 8s . and in n wheels , , tyi g of the same by weight, lbs , at

’ d nd u n 2 2s . 8 . a a pound , for the past re of eight of the lord s oxe

n 1 3 . 4d . and Merl e m ede 20d . in y , at for each oxe , s ; for the

one and n n pasture of bull eight oxe of the rector, accordi g to

1 3 . 4d . and n custom , s for the pasture of six oxe of the Reeve,

1 r o e e e e t o b e 2 1 eet . a s ra m a mean ee n the A p , I b li v , f Cl u u y k pi g ean and ee and so ee n the att e on th e moor or e se the rhi ne s cl d p , k pi g c l ; l means frh ne enclosu re offresh p o rtions o fthe moor by o i s . H E AND 4 T MANOR THE MANOR HOUSE . 7

n 1 0s . and i in one 8d . accordi g to custom , for p py g of wheel ,

and one x n 4d . and shr u ddin s one for a le for the waggo , the g of

s d n 6d . £ x v ii Ri waggo , Total , iii

’ E x enses o the C ar dena — B ou lt n s 4 p f y g wages for 5 days,

’ ’ n e 4— 4 l Joh L ke s for 1 days, Nicholas White for days , at the ord s

n and n n n table , for diggi g clea i g the chapel garde there, to each

2d 2 s . 2d . H owl e of them . a day, The wages of Robert g,

W n B oul t n n Thomas Taylor, illiam Clerk, Joh y g, Joh Lock,

n n W l c oc ks William Hicks, Richard Bryce, Edward We t , Joh y ,

n and n Joh Edward Joh Grove, to each of them for three days for “ n and n in diggi g thi n g of crocus for the table of the lord , to each

2 d in d . 5 s. 6d . An n n of them a day, payme t of Joh Grove,

H owl e n n Richard Bryce , Robert g, Joh Boulti g , Roger Gyes ,

a Taill or and Thom s , William Hicks , to each of them for six days and n n W n a half, for diggi g and setti g of crocus of Edward e t,

n n W W l c oc ks n Joh Lo e , illiam y , Joh Galwey, to each of them for

and and n five days a half of William Courte for four days , Joh

22 An 4d s 4d . d Edward for two days , to each of them . a day, . “ ” in ar in n annae d n 20d . p y g fourtee p of gar e crocus , at a panna ,

4d and 2 3s . 4d . And n n l s . . for cutti g the said garde , , to William

B d 2 - d l v x n l s . 2 . . Hicks for levelli g the said crocus bed , total ,

’ — 8 d . Re air s. n 3 . 8 p John Burgh s wages for eleve days, John

n e 1 . 6d . l s . 6d . e o e Chapell for a week , Walt r Bale for we k , s

and 38 . 6d . Robert Bernard for two weeks two days , Walter

B al staff and a 38 6d . , for two weeks two d ys , Thomas Hylle, for

B 1 n one 1 8 . 6d s. week , . and Walter urgh for four days, doi g car

’ ’ enter s and n l e s er s in p work maki g p y the hall for the lord s table,

9d n 1 6 . 1 1 d . and n with . for their lodgi gs , s for seve oak boards,

the a 3s . 6d . and n w al shb or ds bought for s me, ; for seve for the 1 d . 1 s. 3 d . and same, 1 for the purchase of spiks for the same,

o a 2 1 8 . 9 d . and n . n t t l , 5 for maki g the gate of the crocus garde ,

4d and n e n 8d . and . for two hi ges for the same , with fast er, for

1 ’ m nt es n t seem r ht . on ern n the r e tor s o en f. h s a o o o c . T i u d ig C c i g c x , fmanor 1 5 d n t n erstan the a se in shr udac i n n a e o 5 3. o o o e s S l , I u d d cl u u iu ” tr v id plau s i .

2 ’ h s seems to b e ron one man s a es fr six an h T i w g by w g o d a alf days . 48 or W o oxE Y HISTORY .

1 5 0 1 0d . 5 s. 5 00 n laths, and for tiles , and for lath ails ,

7 d . and n senr . and n n the wages of Joh Tyler, , Joh Tyler, ju r . ,

n and coveri g the roof of the camera bakehouse, for two days, to

1 s . 8d n n 5 d . . a d each of them a day, to a serva t for them for the

8d and n n aforesaid time, . to Joh Hicks, the carpe ter, for two

n n n and 4d days , for me di g the door of the gra ge the dovecot, at .

8d . in a day , and to the same John Hicks for making the racks n 2d the kitche , ; and to Walter Stott for the carriage of four

n B l edene in n loads of sto e from Cheddar to y mill, additio to six

n and n cart carryi gs of the Reeve, serva ts of the lord to the said 1 l s 4d 5 s 4d . n mill, at . . a load , . and to maki g of the said mill,

2 6s . 8d .

2 E x ns o the H a — A p e es f ll ther e nd for lbs . of lead bought

Pokl ode 3s . 2d . n in for it ; lbs . of at a hu dred , more all , M l 38 . 4d . nds ede 4s . 6d . n lbs of lead of y p , at a hu dred ,

An n e 2s . 1 5 . 1 1 d . d n less in all , s of Joh Heyma , of Stok ,

. W ok for the carriage of lbs of lead from Bristol to y, with

l s . 6d . l 1 s . And for delivery at Bristol , to Richard Wele , for four weeks and three days, and to Walter Bale , for two days

n - and n and a half, carpenters, for scrapi g the lead lath , buyi g

5 d. 1 2s 3 d . and stone for the hall , of whom each took a day, . 5

h n Pe n n 87 5 - and to Jo Baker and Thomas gy , for sawi g led laths

O n sb or d 1 . 8S . 9d . and 2 1 n y , at s a hundred, for boards of wal ut,

- Fimb r ell s 3s . 1 0d . and n and hac che for les , for led ails

6d . in n 2s 5 d . ails , bought at the same, at . a thousand , less all ,

1 1 . 1 d P er son b ordnail s 4s and . and Thomas y , for , , to

n W ok n n n n Joh Smith , of y, for seve pou ds of iro made i to cram

n n n 7 . and pons , for bi di g of the sto ework of the hall , d to John

senr . 5 1 and Plummer, , for weeks and day , to Richard

5 and 2 and n Plummer for weeks 1 days , to Joh Plummer, of

1 5 3s . and Bristol , for week and % days, to each of them a week

u 1 and 5 2 son n s . to John, the of Joh Pl mmer , for week days , at

n n 41 s . 2d a week for melti g the lead for roofi g of the hall there, .

n n 7 and 1 and a d to Joh Horts for weeks 4 days , to William

1 1 1 n r n Making mu st m ea r epai i g .

2 k n se . t.e. at \Voo ey Ma or Hou TH E MANOR AND TH E MANOR HOUSE. 49

n 4 and 2 n La g for weeks days , for layi g the lead of the

and n on 28 . hall , for servi g the said plumbers, to each of them at

d 5 5 0 - n 2d 2 3s . 2d . an . n a week , for lath ails , bought at a hu dred ,

and one n 8d . 1 1 d . for hu dredweight of wedges , and to William

n n l e l ate s Is fimbr ell s 5 Hy e , for maki g y for of the hall , for 5

d 4d . 1 8 . l 0d . and the st ays , at a day , to John Stowell , one

n and cutter , for maki g the lavatory under the cupboard , to

W 5 a for n l illiam Warou , plasterer , for d ys fixi g the said avatory, 1 and b e m efill in and ar e ctin for y g p j g of the said hall , who

— 5 d . 2 s . and l l receives daily for twelve bushe s of ime , with one

n 6d . and n bushel of limesto e , for the said hall , to Joh Tyler , for

one l a n on 5 d . and y layi g tiles over the cloister there , to John

S n er n n and n y y , of Co gresbury , for collecti g sifti g the said lead

n 2 7 . 6d . . 1 3s . 6d . six scrapi gs, . cwt , at a cwt , ; and for quarters

6d 38 of coals, bought for the same, at . a quarter, . Total h 2 n £ 4 1 5 8 . 8 d . expe ses of the all, 5 8 ‘1 2 £ 1 1 ix Total , xxiv

Wa es o the S er vants — I n g f payment of two domestic servants ,

1 0s 20s and 4 to each yearly , , for their sustenance , at qrs .

2 . 2 1 4d . bus of barley, to each of them qrs bus . yearly , at a

s‘ “ 1 1 8 4d . £i. xi bushel , . Total , iv .

3 u st ms o the Villein8 — C o f . And for the custom called the “ ” n 1 8 . 2d . gust of the villei s at the feast of St . Martin, total ,

s d i ii .

— P a m ent o rll o ne 8 . A y f y nd paid to Master Richard Swan ,

’ n n into his ha ds , for the stables of the lord s hostel as for mo ey

n and 3d . thirtee quarters of oats a bushel , and four score loads “ 28 6d . £ 1 1 68 . 0d . £ . of hay, at . a load ; Total , xi vi

n and £5 4 1 38 9 d Sum of the total expe ses charges , . 1 , and so

7 88 . 5 d . there is due to the lord , which the receiver paid on

n and the accou t , so it is settled .

1 B eme ll in was th e n e een the en s ofthe oo t m e s fi y g filli g up b tw d r f i b r , t e ha e e en a e on the to of he a after h y v b pl c d p t w ll .

ar tin — h - n P j ec g Roug casti g . 2 hese tota s d o not seem to ta T l lly . 3 The st s v ill anoru m was a mone a men ma e in eu of gu u prob bly a y p y t , d li ’ the ente ta nment on . a t n s D h ch the o was a cu stome to r i S M r i ay, w i l rd c d h n make to is c ustomary te ants. E 5 or W ooxE Y 0 HISTORY .

1 — d An 6 . t eat. about qrs of wheat , received from the total

n n and 9 outgoi gs of the gra ge , bushels of wheat received from

c ir c set . n 7 . 1 . , to the Feast of S Marti total , qrs bus

m in n - Fro which payme t of a half virgate, granted to Richard

Stott e fi n 1 and six at a xed re t, bushel , for seed over acres of

n in W al fu r l on a lias Rade ol e n la d, g , p , three acres of la d at

C omb ed che Car esh ll e y , three acres at p y , four acres at High

n one C u l v erh ll e 2 6 . He bury, acre at y , qrs . bus of wheat, so that

one one eek an and on it took bushel p of wheat acre , the whole

And in t wo three peeks more . the keep of servants there yearly, 1 2 n 2 4 . . to each of them qrs . bushel ; qrs bushels Total amou t in g to above .

O ats — And 1 8 2 about qrs . bushels of oats received from the n n 1 8 2 total outgoi gs of the gra ge total , qrs . bushels .

n n in Pisfu rl on n Of which in seed over seve acres of la d g, seve

B ur fu rl on in W alfu rl on a lias Rade ol e acres in y g, three acres g, p ,

4 . 6 n an qrs bushels , taki g two bushels acre , and four bushels

on and n more the whole for the keep of two serva ts yearly , four

and one bushels, sold to the stables of the hostelry for tallage

1 3 n n qrs total amou ti g to above .

Rod a — And 6 bushels of peas received for sale total 6 bushels .

one n in W alfur l on a lias Rade ol e For seed for acre of la d g, p ,

’ and n in two bushels, for the sustena ce of the lord s dovecote 6 winter, four bushels total , bushels .

Geese — 24 n And from geese , comi g from customary tenants

n 24 and b reari g geese this year ; total , geese, sold elow, and so

n accou ted for .

C ocks a nd H ens — And from 1 30 cocks and hens coming from

c irc set . n 2 6 fardell s to the feast of St Marti , from customary of

n n one n la d , the tena ts of which each pay cock and four he s ;

1 30 and and n total , , sold below, so accou ted for .

E s — And 300 n gg from eggs , comi g from the collection of the

300 and and Messor at Easter ; total , eggs, sold below, so

n accou ted for . 1 W ha o o s is on the a ofthe e e n o nt and is o a t f ll w b ck pr c di g acc u , pr b bly “ ” he a o nt o fthe essor The or n ra is s enera for an t cc u M . w d i f u ed g lly y a e in the a nt other pl c ccou . TH E A R AND TH E A E M NO M NOR HOUS . 5 1

H a — And 1 1 0 1 6 y loads of hay from last year , and loads from 1 4 acres of meadow at Langstr ing and 6 loads from 5 acres in Lav erham ; and 23 loads from 1 7 acres in H or nesm ede and 1 0 loads from 5 acres in W orthem ed e and 1 2 loads from 6 acres in B encr oft and 2 loads from 2 acres in Synder mor e ; and 2 loads from 1 acre 3 perches in Merl eym ede and 30 loads from

30 in O x enl ese 2 1 1 . acres total , loads of hay Of which 30 loads were used for the keep of 8 oxen and

1 n n and 80 cow duri g the wi ter, loads were sold for the tables

1 1 0 and n 1 01 of the hostelry total , loads , there remai s loads .

Reed — And 6 6 acres of reed this year total , acres .

Of this half an acre was sold to Nicholas NVhite as appears

and in n n above, repairi g the ma orial houses and the mill at

B l edene 3 and 2 y, acres, for sale below 1. acres ; total equal to

and above , so it is settled .

C r aser th a n t e — And 1 8 ar ru r n e d C u er m . ae m f from , comi g fro

n - each w ni e half virgate holders , of whom will plough once ith

l n the ord for two days at the sowi g time of wheat . From the far dell n holders there is nothi g, because it comes below in the

n 1 8 arr u rae. re t ; total ,

n l - From which in allowa ce of one ha f virgate, as above, two

’ arr u r ae and in n n , ploughi g the lord s la d at wheat sowing time , 6 1 total as above .

Ar mame — And 2 25 arr u rae n from , comi g from nine half

n virgate holders , of whom each will plough with the lord o ce a

n one n t fort ight through the year, plough more bei g deduc ed on

’ l -fiv e account of three weeks festiva , so from each of them twenty

2 25 . ar r u rae the 2 d . an arr u ra , at price of 1 total ,

l n one - 25 From which , in a lowa ce of half virgate as above ,

’ arr u rae and n on 1 6 ar r u rae ; for wheat sowi g the lord s land , ; and n 1 6 ar r u r ae and in u n n for oat sowi g, ; t r i g up the fallow

n and l u n n 1 6 ar r u r ae grou d of the lord , p o ghi g it the seco d time ,

’ and in n 1 6 arr u r ae and carryi g the lord s hay from the meadow ,

l 1 36 . for sale be ow , total as above

Manu a l Wor ks — And from 25 2 manual works coming from

n - n m e half virgate holders , of whom each will work o ce a week 5 2 H F Y ISTORY O WOOKE .

one - n n work , and for the seco d week three works betwee the

n and . feasts of St. Joh the Baptist St Michael , so from each there will be 28 works and from 24 manual works arising from

1 2 d n in cottage hol i gs , of whom each will sow grass seed the

’ lord s meadow for two days and from 4 works coming from one n in n G ent lm an cottage holdi g , now possession of Joh y from

24 far dell n in holdings there is nothi g , as it is below the cash 2 80 account total , works .

l one - n From which , in a lowance of half virgate holdi g , as

2 8 and in n n and n 1 4 above , works ; mowi g , scatteri g carryi g

and in acres of meadow, over above six acres three perches cash

n and in n n and n accou t , four score works ; reapi g, tyi g collecti g

29 an 5 8 and acres of wheat , at two works acre , works, over

’ above six acres below in cash account and for reaping the lord s 1 w 1 6 96 . heat, works and for sale below, works total as above

II m‘ o n — n n a wi . 1 8 g And from works of harrowi g, comi g

n n from i e half virgate holders , of whom each will harrow for

far dell n n two days for seed of wheat . From the holders othi g,

in n 1 8 . because it is below the cash accou t total , works

in n h - i Of which, allowa ce of one alf v rgate as above, two

and 1 6 . works for sale below, works total as above

Wok — n n n y The accou t of the reeve there , e di g on the morrow

n of St . Michael , the seco d year of Edward IV .

The above account gives us some information concerning the

n n customs of Wookey . Whe we compare the portio of the

n 1 329 1 462 e accou t for the year with this of , it app ars that

— n n n in i e. . the free te a ts remai the same number . seven The half- virgate holders seems to have been in a lower state of

n n far dell fr ville age tha the holders , q while the former have to

arr u rae and n perform their fixed number of ma ual works , the

n n in n latter always compou d for them by a fixed payme t mo ey .

n n Duri g the above period a cha ge seems to have taken place, for in the former account the customary tenants only perform

n and their ploughi gs , pay a fixed sum in lieu of their manual

1 h s is ro a l orre t and e o s cco n on two o s T i p b b y c c , pr vi u a u t wr g by w rk ch e n hn ent lman over arg d o Jo G y .

R VO O K E Y 5 4 HISTO Y OF I .

n K seems once to have bee at nowle and this is probable, if the n Kno wle estate fell into the ha ds of the bishop .

n The demes e land , or home farm , as we would now call it,

1 1 5 i. e. seems to have been about acres, much about its present size . f n There were three o ficers of importa ce in the manor . The

Dec ennariu s n m an hallmotes , or tithi g , who appeared at the at

a s f the head of the homagers . The Pr epositu , or bailif , who took

in n the place of the bishop his abse ce , and the Messor who was

’ the harvestman who looked after the lord s harvest . There was ff l also a mill baili , or e ected overseer, whose duty it was to watch

and n n the mill both for the lord his te a ts, lest there should be

n n any cheating or carti g of grai to other mills .

n 25 th At the St . John the Baptist hallmote, held on Ju e , 1 461 4 Ed . IV . , , William Clerke, in the name of all the homage,

n son presents that John Bar ard , junr . , of Barnard,

n n Sh r e in a ativus of the lord by descent, is stayi g at y , the

n n and kin cou ty of Surrey , without permissio , his nearest of ,

n n promises that he shall be prese t himself at the ext hallmote .

n H cks Also that William , the son of Joh y , a nativus of the lord

n n by desce t , is stayi g at Mere with his mother without permis

n and Mol e ns sio . A steer two colts are reported by John y as

n n n n and now in havi g bee impou ded for strayi g, are the custody

’

b ailifl. and n 7 d . n of the The Messor comes prese ts , comi g to his

f n n 1 o fice from small attachme ts, as appears from his accou ts .

P ers Walter y has , to the Feast of St . John the Baptist , to

f 208 repair his house well and su ficiently , under a penalty of .

n n He is give a other day , at the request of John Lyde, William

and l Sto te Clerke Wa ter t . John Turner is placed “in misericordia because he has not

n n n repaired his rui ous te ement, and in the ame of the homage

n n 40d . he is bidde to do so by next moot day , u der a penalty of

n B l edene A certai ditch is to be viewed at y, between the

n P ers B r own in teneme ts of Walter y and Peter y g. Also at the suggestion of the lord a view is taken of a certain ditch on the

1 am eth 1 098 A L b MSS , . TH E MANOR AND THE MANOR HOUSE . 5 5

Fermer ham ff ’ south side of y , which now lies su ocated , to peoples

n n n . n n i jury , because Joh Sawyer, ju r , Joh Chapell , Joh Gb uwe

and H owl e e n and n Robert gg hold the scouri g, as it is said , e quiry is to be made by the next hallmote whether the scouring of the

n and n n said ditch is for the adva tage of the lord his te ants or ot .

The presenters of the homage and the nearest relations are

n son ordered to produce, by the ext hallmote, Thomas, the of

Dek n n Nicholas y , a nativus domi i , attached to his manor of

W ok now n H hw o r th n ar n d on. y, stayi g at yg , ear F y g

i and To th s hallmote William Clerk , Alice , his wife, comes and returns into the hands of the lord one messuage and one

far dell n n n e B l edene of la d of a cie t aust r, at y, for the use of

n and and Joh Clerk, their son , Edith , his wife ; there is a

3s 4d 1 . An fine . d heriot , according to custom ( ) on this

n fin come the same Joh and Edith , and give to the lord for e

38 4d n n f 1 . . and ardel l , for the positio of holdi g the said messuage

nd and n en of la , to be held had by them as a ci t auster in

n n n ville age , accordi g to the customs of the ma or, for the

n and n . n customary re t service the ce first due And so, the ,

n and . they have seisi , do fealty to the lord

I n 1 5 1 4 John Tupper is accused of excessive charges at the

r t n decennar iu s B u co mill. Joh Taylor is appointed of the B u rcot

n and d . Y erdl e h tithi g, admitte by William Taylor At g , Nicholas

n n and Chu r c hou se n d an Brow e, carpe ter, Richard are mentio e , d

W ok w man n n at y Peter Ny , carpe ter and Joh Tupper is admitted

’ u l t n d ec ennar iu s by Nicholas B o y g. This reeve s account is much 1 d and d . fa ed , har ly legible

. n 31 n V At the St Joh the Baptist hallmote, He ry III .,

W l c ock n Atw ll Richard y , Joh y , William Burg and John Chyme 2 n n n d and a Mewth are me tio ed , as also K oll Bri ge L ke .

n n W m Joh Tailler , als Buxto , illiam Try , Thomas Milward

n f and J n is are prese ted for the o fice of reeve, oh Tailler admitted

n n and n W l c ock to it also Joh Somerto , William Trym Joh y for

h and the office of arvest overseer , or Messor , William Trym is admitted .

1 2 am eth 1 1 90. I . 1 1 91 . L b MSS . , bid , Y 56 HISTORY or W OOKE .

E w H isl e a d ard ypp y and John Hort, in the n me of the whole homage of B u r cot come and declare that all 1 8 well there up to that day .

n This is the last hallmote accou t at Lambeth . The other bundles of manuscripts contain hallmote accounts of bishops ’

W ok n manors but y is no lo ger among them , as it has passed into the hands of the Du nche family .

We must distinguish between these minutes of hall motes and

’ n n n n the reeve s accou ts . The former would co tai the otices of

n and n and the fi es , the authority for certai acts the latter would

n and n give us the total receipts from the fi es , the expenses i curred

ou t in carrying the repairs or improvements ordered , and also

n the details of the reve ues of the lord .

There are five valuations of the manor of Wookey previous to

n V O n n n the death of He ry III . the first occasio it is recko ed

in 1 086 £30 with Wells Domesday , , as worth a year . Two

in 1 2 91 find the hundred years after, , we , for purposes of the

axa io . n n t t of Nicholas IV , the ma or of Wookey alo e assessed at

25 s . 3d . . n in 1 42 6 n n £ 1 a year Agai , , duri g the reig of ff n . n n n He ry VI , whe Joh Sta ord was bishop, Wookey ma or is

’ 39 l l s 4d . I n n reckoned as worth £ . . a year He ry the Eighth s time Wookey was twice appraised ; once when Hadrian de

5 4- 1 5 1 8 o n wh i. e. 1 0 n Castello was bishop , , ich occasio it was

5 5 8 4d and on reckoned as worth £ 0 . . yearly the second occasion

n n duri g the episcopacy of William K ight, when it was surveyed h for the purposes of the general spoliation of the C urch , and the

n V 1 5 41 accou t of which is preserved in the alor Ecclesiasticus, .

n This last I give briefly in E glish .

I n assised n n n t re ts , as well of free te a ts, as of cus omary dues

in n fee 1 8 l d yearly , additio to the of s . ia , due to

Chu r chou se f W . , the bailif , there is a clear rent of

£46 1 68 . 6d .

n C and The perquisites of the Ma or ourt, other casual pay

n a 1 38 £ . 4d me ts , aver ge about .

n on an £ 1 . And the average of fi es the leases of l d ,

l ear 4 c £ 1 9 . d So that there is a income of 8 8 l 0 . THE ANO U E 5 M R AND THE MANOR HO S . 7

At the time of the Valor Ecclesiasticus the manor was

and and leased out to Thomas Clerk, the terms cause of the lease I have found recorded in the Chapter Records at

is 6th Wells . The deed dated April , Thomas Clerke ,

n n of Wookey, armiger, had bee gra ted by his brother, bishop

n 1 5 23- 1 5 41 - Joh Clerke , , a lease for sixty three years of three

’ n n and n the closes of la d u der Wells Tor, withi bishop s park , and on n n co dition that he gives up this lease, bishop K ight

n n n gra ts him a lease of the manor of Wookey . The i de ture

in n and Anthonia is made out the ames of Thomas Clerk , , his

and wife, the property is leased to them for their lives , and one n n and year afterwards , at a yearly re tal of three shilli gs

n fine fourpe ce . The amount of the is not stated . The place is

n n n n described as co sisti g of the house , or ma sio , with all the

n n n houses, buildi gs, bar s, stables , dovecots , sheds , garde s , orchards ,

- fish n and . waters, pools, po ds pastures The property was

n nn i. e bou ded on the north Side by the ru ing water, . the Axe ,

n and that flows betwee the parish church of Wookey the house,

n B olt n or ma sion , as far as y g Bridge , and from there to the road

n that joi s the high road from Wedmore to Wells on the west, and then on the south by the high road to Wells as far as the

n n and to . great e tra ce gate, so back the river Axe Thomas

n e the Clerke is forbidde to tak away lead from the roof of hall , the

and n and not chapel , the large camera , the other buildi gs , he is

n an n allowed to cut dow y of the large trees . In additio to this he receives the leas e of twel v e acres of land on the meadow called l e w n w as in Maris, belo the said ma or, which lately the tenure

’ of Walter Serger and William Chappell is the bishop s attorney

n a an n to give seisi . Should Thom s Clerke require y sto es for the n m necessary repair of the buildi gs , they will be provided fro the

’ bishop s quarry, in the park at Westbury . This brings us down to the time when Wookey ceased to belong to the bishops of Bath and \Vells but to make the account

n n more perfect, there yet remai s the few refere ces I have been

find n nin i and able to co cer g the mills with n the parish, the

’ occasional notices in the bishop s registers of events that occurred

1 e e L dg r D . V 5 8 . V O O K EY HISTORY OF .

— . an in the Manor house itself The one mill that, without y doubt

n B l eadne belonged to the ma or, was that at y. At the time of

in the Domesday Survey , four mills are recorded as the possession of the bishop , within the territory of Wells . Of these, two

O utmill s certainly were in the parish of Wells, the and the I n

was - mills probably one at Wookey hole . But it is impossible to 1 B u r c ot B l eadne say whether the mill at , or the mill at y, was

no n included , because we have evidence as to the time whe the B l n eadne . mill stream from He ley to y was made The mills , how n ever, are divided i to corn mills and cloth mills . It will have

n been noticed above , that during the vaca cy after the death of

Drokensfor d 1 329 b ailif n n - , , the retur s re ts from the water mill

B l edene e n n l at y , and a cor mill and a fulli g mi l , both at

hl e Lic gh . 4th 1 35 2 n n On February , , as has been me tio ed before,

n C or sc omb and bishop Ralph gra ts to Else de , Margera,

and his wife, their lawful heirs , all the mill, with its water

in n n n course the ma or of Wookey , at a yearly payme t of fiftee

n is B l eadne Lic hl e h . shilli gs . probably the mill at y or g . This

n - After this comes two refere ces to mills at Wookey hole, which

n not n . were withi the parish, but exactly parcel of the ma or

n 1 425 Anderna W a fer e I , Thomas and y lease to Roger and

Joanna Wye a fulling mill at Wookey - hole for forty - seven

five W a fer e years , and years afterwards Thomas y leases to

D l v er ton n - Walter y a fulli g mill at Wookey hole, which capit a ponte ex opposito c otagii Roberti Delymak er e usque ad W oky hole .

u 24th On A gust , bishop Clerke leases to William Bell ,

nn and son - and A a , his wife, James , their , all the water mill at

B l eadne and one in G osc l and in y, close of meadow , the pool below n 3 n the manor of Westbury from the Overla d , payi g yearly to the

n n and n and bishop and his successors thirtee shilli gs fourpe ce ,

n an n - n whe y sto es for repairs , or fresh mill sto es were required , the bishop would find them .

1 W e mu st b ear in mind that the tithing ofB u r c ot was included in the

W o e tho h it is not in the ar sh ofW o o e . manor of o k y , ug p i k y 2 Pro bably the Overland ofthe manor ofW estbury . 3 D e er ha oc . C p . , L dg D , TH E ‘ MANOR AND THE MANOR HOUSE . 5 9

There is one more reference to the mills during the lifetime

. is not n of Thomas Clerke It quite i telligible, because it was at a time when the manor had ceased to belong to the bishops but

’ ’ as it occurs in the b ailifs account of the bishop s temporalities at

’ ’ and n the time of bishop Barlow s flight, before bishop Bour e s

and n n and n arrival , duri g the reig of Philip Mary , it may poi t

’ an n n n to i te ded restoratio , which the brevity of Queen Mary s 1 n . W n B u r c ot n n reig frustrated alter Pay ter, of , pays seve shilli gs

n - l and - and re t for a water mil a cloth mill , Thomas Clerke pays

n one - in E n o and n forty shilli gs for water mill r ot, fortyshilli gs

- - n i. e. for a other water mill in Wyke, Wookey hole , and twenty

n for n the - four pou ds the farmi g of four mills, called the Out mills

n n- a d t he I mills . Now as places are interesting by reason of the events that

n n - took place withi them , the history of the Ma or house would not be complete without a reference to some of those events

n which are recorded as havi g occurred there . Of course what

n n ever happe ed there had refere ce to the bishop and the diocese .

The Manor- houses in Somerset were distinctly private residences

B ek n on of the bishops up to the time of bishop y t . They were

t and houses where the bishops retired for res quietness , and they

n n n co ti ued as such u til the latter half of the fifteenth century . And as long as we find the bishops acting as bishops within the n find diocese, so lo g do we them in personal occupation of thei r

n - Ma or houses . But when they began to make use of Commissary Generals and Bishops in partibus for the performance of the

in necessary episcopal duties the diocese, then they began to lease

n - n n out their Ma or houses, and co fi e their residence to Wells , or

- n. n n Bath, or Londo Whe the Ma or house at Wookey was last n n n i habited by a bishop , I ca not say , but I do not thi k that

n t n B ek n ton it was ofte visi ed by its ow ers after the death of y g . I n the fourteenth century it was often visited by bishop

Dr ok ensfor d . on n 6th 1 324 and bishop Ralph Here, Ju e , ,

Dr ok ensfor d issues his commission to the vicars of Doulting and ” n d n n n Pilto to procee agai st the so s of i iquity, who had pulled

n n n - dow the emba kme ts at Castle . Out to the Manor house at

1 ’ sho s em . 2 R . 4 a e or f Bi p T p M 7 . R c d O fice . 60 T O E HIS ORY OF WO K Y .

1 n Wookey , the dean of Wells (Walter de Lo don) has to come in 1 339 n i in , to prese t to bishop Ralph as he s ts his camera, the

n an new statutes of the cathedral , that they may be co firmed d

n on 31 st agai May , of this same year, about vesper time , come

T ch em er sh and Richard de y Philip de Bristol , vicars in the

and n as an Cathedral of Wells, acti g Commissaries of the Dean d

and n and one Chapter , prese t to the bishop a loaf of bread, a pig,

n l n n n m ski fu l of wi e, bei g half of the annual re t due fro the

and n n Abbot mo astery of Glasto bury to the bishop , and the

n bishop at o ce orders them to be distributed to the poor .

1 407 - 1 42 4 n Bishop Bubwith, , seems to have bee especially

and n in n fond of Wookey, whe the eighbourhood appears to have

n m n a spe t more ti e here tha at the p lace at Wells . Here, on

6th 1 41 2 n and n and September , , he ordai s Hugo Ford Joh Croft, on September 9th of the same year he grants an indulgence of

n and n c on forty days to all the parishio ers others who , havi g

and n n fessed received absolutio , shall also co tribute to the repair

B l ad ne Par n r h n of the causeway from e e y to b o ou g . O e would judge that Bubwith had taken to heart the bad roads of Somerset in will he n his time, for by his left a thousa d marks for the reparacion and amendment of u nsafe and miry ways within the ” n h e County of Somerset. Livi g much at Wookey , would

l n and him n natural y k ow the state of the parish church , to I thi k

n and e we may fairly ascribe the buildi g of the aisles tow r .

n n n n Certai ly the rui ous state of the cha cel attracted his otice,

n 5 th 1 423 n for o July , , he issued his commissio for the repair

’ - Mock n s n n and . of the cha cel , sequestrates Mr Sub dean y g reve ues to pay for the restoration of that which he had allowed to get

on 27th 1 424 into such a dilapidated state . And here, October , , the good old bishop died .

n n B ek nton I n the published correspo de ce of bishop y , three

on 3oth 1 445 of his letters are dated from Wookey, August , ,

2 l st 1 45 2 and 1 8 1 447 . O n 23r d September , , April th , August , 1 446 n in n , a remarkable sce e took place the chapel of the Ma or

and house . John Forest, dean of Wells , was just dead , there

n had been some attempt to foist upon the chapter a stra ger .

' 1 ’ f e no s stor O fW e s athe ra . c . . R y ld Hi y ll C d l

6 or \VO O K E Y 2 HISTORY .

i. e 2 3r d n On the next day, . August , the eve ts of the previous

B ek n ton n day are recorded to bishop y g by Richard Cordo , doctor

l and him n su b - n and of aws , with appare tly are the dea the

n B ek n ton in and succe tor . y g is his chapel at Wookey , together with the three ambassadors of the chapter come seven witnesses n as to the fit ess and the good life of the dean elect, Nicholas

’ ar n C e t . They prove to the bishop s satisfaction that he is of an

’ and in . n honest life, priest s orders The witnesses are Alexa der

n n n and Hody , armiger , John Godewy , ge tlema , Thomas Lyte,

n L tescar Pedew ell and B ek n ton gentlema , of y y, John John y g ,

and Chr ew e n n n priest vicars, Thomas and Joh Haydo . Soo after wards Nicholas Car ent comes and makes his profession of

n and 2 7th B ek n ton obedie ce, on the y g issues from Wookey letters to the sub - dean and the precentor to install the new dean . Now this election would be a very ordinary affair but for the 1 notes of Gascoigne on the action of John de la Bere . De la Bere

n and n was Lord High Almo er to Henry VI . , had give fourteen

n n hu dred marks as a bribe to pope Euge ius IV . , that he might be made dean of an English cathedral without consulting the w O n he ishes of the chapter . the death of Dean Forest had n n W n obtai ed letters from He ry VI . to the chapter of ells to i stal him as dean by virtue of his papal provision . The chapter man l n fu ly resisted him , and refused him admission i to the cathedral ,

n x n n n . and brought dow e commu icatio upo them This , however,

n n n n was soo take away , when He ry gave de la Bere the vaca t

’ see of St . David s . He was clearly unfit for the post , both on

n and n n n accou t of his age his attai me ts, for on this accou t, after

n n he had bee made a bishop , he is excused from attendi g parliament .

We must now return to the history of the manor, and we

fi n n arrive at a dif cult time , betwee the time whe the bishops were

in n m n n undoubtedly possessio of the a or, and those days whe the

n . O n l 0th family of the Du ches possessed it October ,

n n bishop Barlow receives from the Crow , probably on accou t of a n the n m n previous cessio of episcopal ma or of Chard , the a or of

1 o e . . . 25 Pat . o . 2 . . t . . L ci L V p . R ll Ed VI , p 7 TH E MANOR AND THE MANOR HOU SE . 63

and and n l . O n Wookey for himself his heirs, with a lice se to se l 4th 1 5 49 February , , Barlow makes Edward , Duke of Somerset,

n . 1 5 5 2 n a gift of this ma or of Wookey In , after the attai der and n executio of Somerset , it would seem as if Barlow had got

n - and n and n back the Dea ery house the ma or of Wookey, the

n and exchanged them for the palace at Wells , and the ma or

n not hu dred of Wells with Edward VI . But as Wookey is

n n no n me tio ed , there is evide ce to prove that it ever got back

’ n a in i to the bishop s h nds, except that the Chapter Records

6 a n b ar aniz atio et n (ledger E . 7 ) there is a cert i g ve ditio of

1 5 5 2 and in 1 5 5 3 n Wookey, to Ed . VI . , in Feb . , the ma or

n Du nche n of Wookey is sold by the Crow to William , ge tle

of man , London . As the particulars of the valuation are given in the deed of sale, it is worth while to record them . There are two accounts , the one being rather descriptive of the property

and in n and . E glish , the other a summary of the rents

1 Parcella te r rar u m p osse ssionu m E d war di nu p er Ducis Somer setse de fellonia attinc ti ac quondam Episcopi B athoniee et

l n is W el e s .

Maner iu m W k de o y.

Valet in Redditib us assissis tam lib er oru m quam c u stu mario

rum t enem ento ru m ibidem per annum sol v endis ad festo s

£ 23 1 1 8 . 4d ibidem usuales . Firmis ter raru m dominic aliu m ibid e m cum capitali domo

manerii 1 6 98 £ . 1 d . per annum ,

(1 Fir mis m ol endinor u m ibidem cum xxi de firm a pisc arii aqu ae

Mar se h nn 4 s e e £5 1 . 4d de y per a um , s .

m a ii 1 ner nn £ 1 8 . 1 d . Exitus ibidem per a um , 7

ndinu m n s aru 7 . 6d . Venditio ibidem per an um ,

Venditio bladi videlicet vii mod : frumenti pro l e mod

nn 8s . 9d hoc a o, .

es a mmu nib u s n 1 8 8 c o £ 6 . d . Perquisit curi e ibidem a nis ,

£49 98 . 3d . total ,

Then on the back of this sheet is an account which has been

n n carefully corrected by He ry Lake, auditor , who exami ed it on n 2 7th Ja uary , He allows a yearly payment made to the 1 2 ar t r f r nts i 2 P a s o a . . . e. 1 5 5 . icul G , 7 Ed VI F RE 64 HISTORY O VVO O Y . rector and the church of Wookey for the pasturage of one bull and n an n n m b u t eight oxe , as it was a cie t custo , he objected to an

nn 1 38 . 4d . a uity to Thomas Clerk of , which had been granted to him and his wife for their lifetime by letters patent of the late

and bishop of Bath Wells, and he disallows certain wages or

’ b ailifl 8s and m n . . 8s . allowa ces made to the , viz , , the essor, viz . , ,

nd n 4 8 a 9 . l od he states that there remai s a yearly rental of £ 7 .

n and But this seems agai to have been corrected , valued at

’

48 1 1 . 2d . n n i f £ 8 and 8s . b a li , by allowi g Clerk s an uity, to the ,

anu arii nn VI I . R E dw ardi ultimo die J A o, egis pro Willelmo

Du nche . end n n and This is the of the origi al Lati account, probably it is the account which was made either at the time

n that Barlow ha ded over the manor to Somerset , or by some

’ ffi n clerk or o cial of the court after Somerset s attai der,

’ and an n when Inventory was taken of the traitor s possessio s .

n Du nche in 1 5 5 3 it Whe W . applied for the property , would

n n appear that the old valuatio was used the seco d or third time ,

an in n with some further notes d corrections E glish . The last note on the first runs thus

m £48 1 1 8 . 2d The clear yearly value of the said anor is . ,

’ — n n £ 1 262 1 38 4d . Which recko ed at twe ty six years purchase is , .

To be paid within twenty days .

To this is attached two other pieces of parchment , on the first of which is the fol lowing This bill made the first day of March in the seventh year of the reign of our sovereign Lord

n and w . n n n Ed ard VI by the grace of God , ki g of E gla d , Fra ce

n n and n Irela d , defe der of the faith of the Church of Engla d and

in n Ireland earth the Supreme Head , wit esseth that we William

u nche and Du nche D , esquire, Mary do require to purchase of

’ ’ the King s Majesty by virtue of His Grace s commission for the

n n n n n n sale of la ds the Ma or , messuage, la ds , te eme ts , re ts , and

n n n and f and hereditame ts , co tai ed speci ied in the particulars rates hereunto annexed b eing of such clear value as in the same I n n particulars and rates is mentioned . wit ess whereof to this bill we have put our seals and subscribed our names the day and

e the year afor said .

Per me William Dunche . H E T MANOR AND THE MANOR HOUSE . 65

n n on n n The agai , a other sheet, is the followi g The Manor

in un n of Wookey, the Co ty of Somerset, parcel of the possessio s ” of the Bishop of Wells .

H emb er n n 28 1 6 in y Wood co tai eth acres , whereof acres be g

’

n l 98 . 6d . well set with u derwood of five years growth , va ued at an 9 n n n acre , acres bei g thi set with u derwood of like age ,

and n 5 8 . valued at the acre, three acres , the residue bei g for the

38 . most part spoiled , valued at the acre, which , at the several

am ou nt eth £ 1 0 68 . rates aforesaid , to the sum of The soil of the

2 8 6d . an said acres, valued yearly at acre , cometh to the sum of

’ 1 4 8 20 am ou nteth £1 4 . , which , at years purchase , to the sum of I n the hedgerows and in the closes of the tenements belonging t o n n the said ma or, be growi g elms for the most part

S hr e dde f e - e - s fir e- s and , which su fice for hedg bot , plough bot , bot

- the n - and 6 2 e n n and house bote for Ma or place t eme ts there,

1 28 . and 6d . and 300 n valued at the year , at the year, reside ces 1 4d . e am ou nteth at the y ar , which , at the several rates aforesaid ,

£ 7 1 08 £34 1 08 . 8d . to the sum of the total ,

1 n d n The ki g to ischarge the purchaser of all incumbra ces ,

n the and n n and excepti g leases the cove a ts of the same, also the b repairs above remem ered .

to The purchaser have the issues from the feast of St Michael ,

n the Archa gel .

n The purchaser to be bou d for the value of the woods .

R O B E RT B O W IS W A LTE R MI LDMAY E , ,

M N W I 2 TH O . O R O E N J O H N G D , O S NO L .

It is impossibl e to describe all the corrections in these

n n n I n docume ts , or to u dersta d the arithmetic . the Patent Rolls

7 E d . . . 4 n n VI , pt , is the co veya ce of Wookey to William

Du nc he and n n 38 1 1 d , the sum me tio ed there is . . O ne of the leases to which William Du nc he would be bou nd was that

n - h n in of the Ma or house itself , w ich was the the occupation of

. on Thomas Clerke Thomas Clerke died two years afterwards ,

a 2md 1 5 5 5 and M rch , , whether his wife availed herself of the 1 d o not te n er stan th s I qui u d d i d escr iption .

2 ’ hese er e the omm ss oners for r e ofK n s o rts an T w C i i Su v y i g C u , d a m ents ofr ents and re en es p y v u . F 66 HISTORY OF WOOKEY .

n a n terms of the lease which bishop K ight granted , I c not tell ;

n and but there is no evide ce of her burial here , therefore I am inclined to suppose that she gave up the house and went to live

n n elsewhere . There is some u certai ty as to the possession of

’ n in n n in the ma or the ext reig , for the Bishop s Temporalities

2 and n Papers , Philip Mary, there occurs the followi g Exitus d ner ii E t d e i ho ma io r edditu Ma . ii de toto g de Wyke pro vocato d l e W ynear d e Sylver soluto ad t er minu m Hock et xxii et obolo de toto homagio de W okey pro qu odam r edditu vocato l e W yn ear de Sylver soluto ad t er minu m Hock non r eddit hic eo quod oner atu r in comp otu p r aep ositi de W ok ey si eut c ontinetu r ” ibidem .

l n n Now this year y fee for vi eyards, payable on the seco d

Tuesday after Easter Week , would naturally be paid to the lord of

n and n n and not the ma or, as far as Wookey was co cer ed , Wookey

and in hole, this lordship was, at the time of Philip Mary, the pos

n i Du nche . nn sessio of W lliam But if this was the case, I ca ot

’ n n explai this extract from the accou ts of the bishop s Temporalities .

n one n and no n I have o ly suppositio to make, evide ce with which

. B n n n and in to support it u che was a very stro g Protesta t, the

’ n an n next reig was active age t of Cecil s . It is j ust possible

n and that he was not seized of the ma or before Edward died , had

’ therefore to wait u ntil the end of Queen Mary s reign ; and in the meanwhile bishop Bourne so far made good his claim as to make it possible for such an account to be reckoned in the

an payments due to the bishop of the see . At y rate whatever

n n in n n may have bee the fate of the ma or Quee Mary s reig , it

’ n Du nche Lond on b VI was certai ly sold to William , of , y Edward . , and is found in his possession in the second year of Queen

n 1 2 1 2 Du n h n . O 5 5 c e n Elizabeth May th , , W . obtai s an an uity

00 d I n n for life of 1 from E ward VI . the same year he obtai ed 1 n n h in a gra t of the ma or of Lytle Wyt am , Berkshire, which had

n n n n n been parcel of the Mo astery of Abi gdo . Duri g the reig s

n V . and d . n and of He ry III Edwar VI he was auditor of the Mi t,

n i n n duri g the re g of Quee Elizabeth he was for some time M . P. for

- n . d in 1 5 97 22nd 1 5 97 8 Walli gford He ied , and on February , ,

1 tenham Little W it . A A S TH E M NOR AND THE M NOR HOU E . 67

Edmund Du nche obtains licence to enter upon the manor of

h n n and Du nc e . Wookey . William had two so s , Edmu d Walter The

’ I nn an an MP n d . . n latter was a cou sellor of Gray s , for Du wich ,

in 1 5 94 n n son temp . Eliz . He died , leavi g a seco d William to

w as succeed to him , or rather it would appear that the son William

’ h n w born in the year of his father s death . We ave o to gather

n . O n 1 6th 27 . together the threads of our evide ce July , Eliz ,

Walter Du nche is granted a lease for twenty - one years of the

I n 1 6 1 4 n manor of Avebury . a title deed , , of the church la ds

n Du nche n of Wookey , Edmu d is Spoke of as Firmarius of the

n n n Du nche manor of Wookey duri g the i fa cy of William , of

I n 1 6 2 2 n Avebury . there is a other deed which speaks of

m Du nc he n Maner ii W ok e . Willia as Domi us de y It seems clear,

n Du nc he e the n the , that William , the elder, l ft ma or of Little

n so n n and n \Voo ke Witte ham to his eldest Edmu d , the ma or of y to his s e cond so n Walter. But as Walter had died three years

f n Du nc he e t n before his ather, Edmu d , the lder, ac s as guardia for

n ew n n son . his eph William , the o ly survivi g of Walter This

n e in 1 6 1 4 in William would be u d r age , but would be over it

2 2 w as n and in n e 1 6 . It duri g this period , the reig of Qu en

e n - Elizab th , that the Ma or house lost much of its former beauty . The chapel which Jocelyn had built was standing when Thomas

l and Clerke took the ease , we may be quite sure that it existed

e in 1 5 5 5 and was probably used by him to the tim of his death .

n n Who the next tenant was I am ot quite sure . But I thi k

r the n n in l 1 7 th M . David Trym was te a t the ear y part of the

- n u in 1 663 n i . ce t ry . He died at the adva ced age of eighty e ght

son n ne b e in 1 6 1 3 His Vale ti , who was aptis d at Wookey , is

n e n n and e spoke of as b lo gi g to Wells , di d two years before his

n n e 99 no - father . Vale ti e h ld a lease for years of the Ma r house

W e now o e n of Evercreech . c m to the seco d sale of Wookey

O n e b l st 1 62 6 Du nc he n . n ma or S ptem er , , William obtai s a lic ence to alienate the manor of W okey and all its appurtenances

n the n n withi cou ty of Somerset to Samuel Rolle . The lice ce was as follows “ & c sal u tem . S c iatis Rex, quibus ad quos , . , quod nos de gratia nostra speciali ac pro du odecim libris sol utis virtute F 2 W O O K E Y 68 HISTORY or . literarum p atentiu m c oncessimu s et licenciam dedimus ac pro nobis her edib u s et su c c essoribu s nostris quantum in nobis est per presentes c oric edim u s et licenciam damus dil ectis nobis 1 Willelmo Dunch Armigero et Mar gar etae uxori ej u s quod ipsi

maner iu m de W oky a lias Wookey cum p er tinenciis ac decem

m essu a ia c ota ia m ol endinas n g , decem g , duo , u um columbarium ,

v i inti n v i inti n et v i inti g gardi a, g pomaria, ce tum g acras terrae,

u adrin enti n et v i inti astu rae et q g acras prati , ce tum g acras p bruere, qu ingenti acras morae decem et novem solidos decem d enarios

r eddentes lib ertat em isc atu r ae et w ar ennam , p liberam cum per

inenciis in W ok - a lias - n t y, Wookey hole, Wookey hole, God ey,

n n a lias et E Worth, He to , Castle , Yardley, Ripple Ripley, lead

in c o mitatu S om er setae a n tenementa in ney , nostro , qu e de obis capite u t dic itu r dare p ossint et concedere et alienare aut cog nosc er e per finem vel per r ecu p er ationem in curia nostra coram j u sticiar iis nostr is de Banco aut aliqu o alio modo qu o cu mqu e ad libitum ip soru m W ill elmi et Margaretas dilecto et fid eli nostro S am u eli Rolle militi et dil ectis nobis H u goni Fortescue armigero Henrico Rolle armigero et Johanni Rolle generoso Habendum et

n n eisd em S amu eli H u oni n et te e dum Rolle g Fortescue, He rico Johanni ac h er edib u s et assignatis suis ad opus et usum ip sor u m

S am u elis et n et ohannis her edu m et assi Hugo is, Henrici J ac g

natoru m su or u m in . I n & c perpetuum cujus rei testimonio, . ,

m ri m 1 apud W est onaste u . Sept . . This shews us that the lands of the manor were reckoned at

n and n least as at twelve hu dred acres , it is evide t that the

n n n and commo fields had by this time bee e closed allotted . The underwood probably refers to the plantations north o fMarley

H emb u r n few mede , as y wood had bee cut down a years

n n in previously . The ma or remai ed possession of the Rolles

1 626 1 7 69 and c an w as from to , as far as I gather held by m trustees for five embers of that family, viz . , Samuel Rolle, 1 626 n 1 6 7 8 ; Sir Fra cis Rolle, of Shapwick , ; Samuel Rolle, of

1 7 1 0 n son 1 7 33 Shapwick , circa, ; Joh Rolle, of Samuel Rolle ,

1 7 5 0 and n Sha wicke n 1 7 68 ; De ys Rolle, of p , u til his death in , when the manor was sold in plots to many of the former lease 1 h s ar aret was the a hte of ohn O O er ofRockb orne T i M g d ug r Sir J C p , .

70 HISTORY OF W OOKEY .

n n n n occasionally a money payme t . It would be i teresti g to k ow the names of those copyhold tenants who then bought the free I n n o f . n m hold their farms The followi g fa ilies, thi k , certai ly

h n n . n n bought t eir holdi gs the , viz , the Averys , Ba ds , Bar ards,

B u ttens Chu r cho u ses E l v ar d s Denb es , , Clarkes , Cooks , , , Hills ,

L des n n d Stott es and Laxes , y , Pit eys, Salmo s , Sheppar s , Weares ,

- nd n Tu dw a n - and a Mr . Cleme t y bought the Ma or house home

n n farm . But with the disappeara ce of the Ma or courts the i nterest of the manor dissol v es into an interest in the general

history of the parish .

m a Some day, perhaps , I y be able to add to the above account some more information concerning the manor ; but that

n on in i O l d will depe d very much those the par sh , who possess

and d and not leases title eeds, have as yet allowed me the l n privilege of ooki g over them .

The following additional notes on some of the mediaeval words in this chapter may be useful

Cacl avator es wer e villeins appointe d t o l ook after the m oor s and waste ’ an s and s ee that none ofthe or s attl e t r ne ou t th er e am e to an l d , l d c u d c y har m thro h the ne e t fan fthe t enants fth e anor ug gl c o y o o M .

— i C ap il age. As th e holdings on a m anor could not b e incr eas ed n n m er nat ra ther e r e a n m er ofv e ns h ose a o r th e u b , u lly g w up u b ill i , w l b u lor d did not want and t owar d s th e end ofthe fifteenth centu r y these m en 7 e am e a s o r e tr e er n n “h er e b c u c of oubl t o th e lor d and t o the gov m e t . possible th e l or d l e t th ese sup er flu ou s hand s ou t to any employer who ar ante e to r o e th em h en a e u on gu d p duc w c ll d p .

’ Circset or c hu r chset was a er ta n m eas r e of h eat h h e er man , , c i u w w ic v y ’ a e on St . ar t n s d a to h o h r h ter ar s i a g v M i y ly c u c . Af w d t w s compounde d f and m e or a on a m ent . , y p y w as mad e

H a ll m ote w as the moot or m eeting ofthe vill ei ns ofthe M anor inth e

anor - ha n er the res en ofthe or or his e t the s te ar M ll , u d p id cy l d , d pu y w d .

H - e nd h - edge bol a ouse bol e d enote the r ight ofthe t enant to u se timber

o n on the ar m for th e r e a r ofthe en es and the ar gr wi g f p i f c f m buildings . TH E CH U RCH . 7 1

CHAPTER III .

U T H E C H R C H .

H AVE not yet found any definite information concerning the

fl n N n n in buildi g of the Church . o me tion is made of its erectio

’ Drok ensfor d s i and n n n Reg ster, whe the first i stitutio of a vicar

l and V occurs there, it seems c ear that the church the icarage i had ex sted for some time . We must look then to the twelfth

n n n and in or thirtee th ce tury for its erectio , all probability a church was first built here during the’ episcopacy of Bishop

1 36 - 1 1 6 r 1 6 . Robe t, He was the first to give separate estates

r n n t and n n to ce tai dig i aries of the cathedral , havi g fou ded the

n n I n Dea ery , e dowed it with the Church of Wookey . the Liber Ruber of the cathedral we read how Rob ertu s episc op u s ” l i 1 n ec c es am de W oky decano dedit . Certai ly there was a church

’ in oscel in s f an x n here J time, for he ef ects e change betwee the

and n n n t dean the subdea , maki g the subdea rec or of Wookey , and charging the rectory with the payment of a vicar in Wells

. n e n 1 209 and 1 2 1 3 Cathedral This excha ge took plac betwee , though some such pl an had already been decided upon in

’ v i 1 1 92 - 1 2 5 in n n n S a ar c s 0 . time , Now exami i g the prese t building it is evident that the oldest p o rtions are the eastern

n n e t he e and n n wi dow of the cha c l , with ast orth cha cel walls

and n n n en an the fo t. No e of these portio s pres t y marked

t n n features of a style, but cer ai ly they are later tha the twelfth

n and s n ce tury, seem to peak of a late thirtee th century architect, influenced by the tastes which afterwards developed the Geo

nd n metrical or Decorated style . The east wi ow is a triple la cet,

n in n with fai t attempts at tracery the head , either plai crockets

N n not or cusps . ow as this wi dow is unlike , as far as it goes ,

’ l in l at the west window of B u r ne l s Chapel the Pa ace Wells , it is

and n p o ssi ble that it was erected about the same time, if so, the

- 2 it dates between 1 27 5 1 29 . During the next hundred and fifty

1 L . f . 1 3. 2 VVO O K E Y 7 HISTORY OF .

- years the rest of the church was built, except the south east

no n an n chapel but there is trace of the former ave , or y evide ce as to the size of the first church ; and so hon eycombed is the n ave with vaults that I fear no trace ever will be d iscovered .

There is nothing remarkable about the present building . The

and and n ar e n pitch of the roof is low, both aisles the ave u der

on ar e one wide roof . The capitals of the pillars the south a

n on n and end little earlier tha those the orth, at the east of

n n both aisles were altars, and through the cor ers of the cha cel

n n in walls are two lo g squi ts . At the side of the north squ t

s and on n is the taircase to the rood loft, as the south the easter

n n n - c wall has bee take dow to give access to the south east hapel , the squint gives the appearance of great weakness to the southern

n l n in n arm of the cha ce arch . But this is o ly appeara ce, because the thrust of the central arch has been provided for by an arch

n - n and exter al buttress on the south east of the aisle . The cha cel

in 1 42 3 i u and in was thoroughly repaired by b shop B bwith, all probability the flat—headed window in the south of it was

n on . i serted at this time, as well as the small door the south I n 1 437 an interesting event occurred concerning the festival

n was of the dedicatio of the Church . It appears that it dedi

c ated on o f n i. e . the octave the Nativity of the Blessed Virgi ,

1 6 an n n n n September th , but as this was i co ve ie t time of the

n n n year, bei g harvest time, the Dedicatio Festival was cha ged by

n ff and permissio of bishop Sta ord , at the request of the rector ,

’

n n n . vicar and parishio ers, to the Su day ext after St Jerome s 1 2 i e. 30th . day, . September

The south - eastern chapel is usually supposed to have been

n e built as a mortuary chapel for the remai s of Thomas Clark ,

- n in 1 5 5 5 H e 6s. 8d . who died at the Ma or house . left for the

and in Church, desired that he should be buried it . As the date

1 ar . . 6966 . e t . 1 1 1 439. Festu m d edicationis e es ae de H l MSS S p , ccl i W ok in honor em san t Matthaei ad etitione m r ec tor is ar et y c i p , vic ii aroc hianoru m e s em m u tatu r ab ta o ativitatis ar ze o t p j u d oc v N M i , qu d fui t em s m essis ad d om inicam em ro ximam ost festu m san t H ier on mi pu , di p p c i y et XI d ie ru m ind u lgentia c onc es sa est qui in illa e cclesia v el cimiter io O rationem Do minic am c u m Sal u tatione n e a d ixeri m n e ia A g lic t e t p .

’ f fr c . . ta o s e ster . c S f d R gi , f lix. 6 H E T CHU RCH . 73

on n n n and b n of his death is his mo ume t withi this chapel , a la k i his n n m a n s left for that of wife A tho y, she y have built it duri g

n n on n and n n her life time, putti g her ame the sto e , leavi g a bla k

is no n space for the date of her death . There evide ce however

i and n i n n n that she was bur ed here , I thi k her or ginal i te tio was n ever carried out .

n n and ! The Church then co sists of a ave of three bays, a chance , n and - n orth south aisles , a south porch , a south east chapel , exte d in s n n - g as far ea t as the wall of the cha cel , a lea to vestry on the

n n e and n n n . O n orth cha c l wall , a small tower co tai i g five bells the north - east of the tower there is a spiral staircase running

n nn n up i to a pi acle at the top , about sixtee feet above the

n n z— n roof of the tower. The dime sio s are as follows Cha cel ,

ft . in f in in 1 4ft 4in . 40 6 . x 1 8 t . 9 23ft . 6 . x . ; nave ; aisles,

f 2in f in an n 1 4f 9 t . x 9 t . S d t . . , same le gth as the nave ; tower,

an 3 t in r 2 f. 6 . d 6 f. 3 t square high th ee stages ; south chapel , in f 2i 1 4 t n . by .

I n 1 635 w as n n issued , through the i flue ce of Archbishop

Land n n , the order for the removal of the Commu io Table to the

n n ! and fo r n easter wall of the cha ce , raili gs to be placed before

n l it as a pro tectio against p rofanatio n. Bishop Pierce was especially careful to carry out this order as far as this diocese

n n d and r n was co cer e , the pa ish seems to have the procured a new and n it n altar, to have fe ced rou d with rails . The altar,

u which is still in use, and the rails which are now sed as a

n l to low scree before the south chape , belong this date , and the

635 in n date 1 is carved four places on the rails . Duri g the eighteenth century numerous repairs went on in the way of

n n and n n and pai ti g adapti g the old be ches to the pew system ,

’ the churchwarden s accounts are full of items concerning such charges .

I n 1 7 1 1 . n n n in Mr Fry is paid five gui eas for pai ti g, the

’ n and Church , the Ten Comma dments , the Creed the Lord s

Prayer .

I n 1 7 2 1 Robert B r oadb ear d is paid one shilling for a book

n n the concer i g plague . 1 ’ ar ner s n an v ol . 8 1 1 4 G di E gl d , , p . . 4 W 7 HISTORY OF OOKEY .

I n - 1 7 28 n n the weathercock , which had o ly bee put up in

1 705 n and . , has to be take down repaired

I n 1 7 44 n in . Parfitt the ave was reseated elm by Mr , of

in n and n Wells , the seats the orth south aisles bei g repaired with

O ld n £60. the material from the ave , at a total cost of

I n 1 7 48 n . B ilb ee the Te or Bell was recast by Mr , and the

n Chew stoke . five bells were rehu g by Bush, of

1 8 n l et n I n 7 3 the churchwarde s to Mr. Savidge o e of the M ki ’ new in n . ac nnon s pews the orth aisle , next to Mr , at a

n rental of five shilli gs a year .

I n 1 7 95 2 7th the parish , at a vestry held January , agreed to

. l in the proposal of Mr Michel , of Burcott, to build a gallery a

n n n n n n place the decided upo , the stairs goi g up i to the si gi g

n in i gallery to be tur ed to the belfry for th s purpose .

' Nu m er ou s small m and repairs are fro time to time recorded , during the reign of Queen Anne it would appear from the large amount of lead purchased and made use of that the greater part

o r el ad d of the Nave ro f was e e .

I n 1 7 7 2 . and the Vestry Room was built by Mr Webber,

n n n paid for out of the Church E dowme t Fu d .

u r l ead d I n 1 7 7 6 the Ch rch Tower was e e .

’ I n addition to these entries the churchwarden s Presentments

n n n n to the Archdeacon give us some i formatio . The co fessio that seems to be written between the lines of every one of them

n n n b ut is that the churchwarde s k ew well what ought to be do e ,

n n and n that they had not the e ergy to u dertake it, so they ha d

n n on the informatio to the Archdeaco .

’ n 1 3 n n n I 7 0 they report that the Ki g s Arms had falle dow .

I n 1 35 n and i n 7 they complai that tiles, boards lumber lie

the n and d. orth aisle, ought to be remove

43 n d n m In 1 7 complai t is lodge agai st the lay i propriator,

Peirs on n O f n n Mr . T . , accou t the rui ed state of the Church fe ces

n and the cha cel .

I n 1 7 46 Mr . R . Kingston is appointe d sequestrator and curate in c harg e of the parish . H E 5 T CH U RCH . 7

n n Peir s not I n 1 7 65 complaint is lodged agai st W . Eki s for repairing the north wall of the churchyard . 1 6 23 I n 1 7 39 the Bible, which is as early as , is reported

and te n n n as imperfect ; years afterwards , this complai t bei g

new one . repeated year by year, a was procured The old one

in not still exists, carefully preserved the Parish Chest, but I do n know what has become of this seco d Bible.

C H URCH PLATE .

The sacred vessels are very interesting . The chalice is a

n one w n long silver Elizabetha , provided ith a close fitti g cover , and has the genuine date 1 5 7 2 o n the handle or knob of the

v I n n co er. this year ma y of the local churches gave up their

and e new old mediaeval plate purchas d vessels , probably follow in and n on g the example of the Cathedral , marki g the crisis the

n n n . n n Papal excommu icatio of Quee Elizabeth The pate , flago ,

n and and a seco d chalice are also of silver, are of the time of

e n and George I . There is also a large pewt r flago two pewter

nn alms plates , the date of which I ca ot fix . None of these vessels have any i nscription or lettering which would give a hint as to the donor or the occasion when they were obtained for the

and an n n on n Church , it is impossible to hazard opi io accou t of the vagueness of our information as to the exact time whe n they were acquired .

PARIS H CH ESTS .

n n n There are three parish chests , co cer i g which some record 0

e . no ought to be pr served The earliest has date , and is made

i no w n . n of th n oak , thickly coated with pai t It has the i itials d n . . and . . on n n an c an no E B R L the fro t pa el , I thi k there be

n and doubt that they sta d for Edward Barlow Richard Lyde ,

in 1 634 n and who were sidesme together, probably about that

n time were also churchwarde s to gether . The second is a small

h now n n and oak chest, for whic a sta d has bee provided , it bears

1 68 9 n . and M. e t i. . the date , with the i itials T C . H . , hose of the

n and Mer ifield churchwarde s for that period , Thomas Corpe Hugh .

n n and The third is a plai stro g oak chest, with two locks a l doub e padlock . It was provided for the Church by the church

d 1 7 6 4 \ . war ens in , and was made by James Mills , of Vells 6 W 7 HISTORY OF OOKEY .

I n 1 8 7 1 the Church was thoroughly repaired under the super

n of . l nd . . a visio Mr C E Gi es, at a cost of A reredos

n n n in five stai ed glass windows have bee give , chiefly memory

n nn w and n of perso s co ected ith the parish, the pa els of the lo wer part of the l 6th century screen which had stood under the arch between the south aisle and the south - east chapel were

new n n n made use of in a pulpit . The orga , which had bee give

in 1 836 . . W n and to the Church by Mr T ear, was also e larged

n n . I n 1 883 new n removed to its prese t positio a clock , chimi g

u the n - the q arters, was given to Church by A . T . Bur ett Stuart,

- E s G odw ns . q , the successor of the y at the Rectory house

I n 1 7 7 2 . n October , , Mr Edward Ba d , of Wookey Hole, who had purchased a considerable amount of land at the sale of the

n n n ma or, obtai ed a faculty for a pew, but this had lapsed lo g before the restoration of the church .

TH E BELLS .

in There are five bells the tower, of which the oldest is the

i n third . The inscr ptio s are as follows

- n . . Str oode . l 1 . The Te or Bell Mr Thomas , Mr Bay ey, church 9 . 1 7 1 . wardens . T . Bilbie fecit This was an older bell , i which being cracked was recast n that year . It was

broken again before 1 7 48 . Mr . Bayley was not church

n in 1 7 1 9 . Str oode n n warde , T havi g as his part er Thomas

Stott in that year .

— n n n G eev e n 2 . The seco d has the i scriptio , tha ks to God, Possibly the gift of Robert Godwyn on the birth of his

n eldest so .

— l 3. The third has two ho es in the head of it, but they have

been carefully plugged up with a nut and a shield of leather . ” z n I u d er rTi It has the inscription > X< I 5 gNa ar e u s grex . “ — n . 4 . The fourth bears the ote, Mr. George Cook , Mr George ”

n 1 7 35 . . b . Baker , churchwarde s , T Bil ie

5 - n n and . The lightest bell has a umber of stamps upo it,

n e between every o is a stamp of the Tudor Rose , sur

n mou nted by a royal thistle . O the side of the bell is a

O E 7 3 HISTORY OF W O R Y .

i E t u l eriu s dic u n u r dum tenor em acti p r ed cti. t t j atores p redicti

nu er in c o mitatu redic quod quidam Wm . Turrie p de Welles p to dir u it ev u l sit unam aliam liberam c ap el l am v ocatam Hor r ingdon Chapell infra p ar o chiam de Welles p r edic to et c er tu m plumbum super eandam c ap ell am e xistens ad qu antitat em qui nque toune

l i ls ad v al enc iam xx et ij campanas ad v al enciam cx x et unam

S d n tec tu ra v al enciam c x xxiii et iv et c alic em arge ti cum ad .

S d l i m ar emiu m et v al o ris c xl v in c xxiv v iiis , lapides ferrum toto d iv citra decem annis el ap sis cepit et implic av it ad usum suum propri um et eadem absque j ure detinuit a tempore nu p er regis E dwar di sexti et a m anib u s Marie nu p er Anglim Regi nae ac a m anib u s p r edictae dominae E liz ab ethae nu n c Angliae Reginae qu ae de jure n unc remu nerare debet ad usum dic tae dominae reginae

i i I n virtute et p r etextu acti p ar liam enti p r ed ct . cuj us rei testimonio tam p r edic to r u m c o mmissionar ior u m quam j u r atoru m

r edictor u m in u isitioni n a os u er u nt p huic q sigilla alter atim pp . i nn et su r adic t s . Datum die, a o loco p R OBERT PENRUDD OCK . O II N H ARY NG T J O N. H EDWARD WILS IRE .

no . Three labels attached , but seals The above gives us some insight i nto the uncertainty and law n n n less ess of the times , whe Bishop Barlow was bei g squeezed

n and n and betwee the Protector the Crow , the former was

n u in o wn n gatheri g p every piece of church property to his ha ds . The loss that Henton then sustained was not repaired u ntil this

n n n . ce tury. Duri g the time whe Mr Thorpe was vicar of Wookey an effort was made to build a church once more at ’

n n n n n v . He to . Ca o Bar ard , the icar of St Cuthbert s , helped in and on n very materially the cause , at last , Wed esday , October 2 0th 1 8 47 n n n n and n , , a buildi g, co sisti g of a ave cha cel, with

e nd n n e d a bell turret at the west of the ave roof , was co s crate . nd It was dedicated to our Lord u er the title Christchurch, i h a Henton and at the same time the Rev . W lliam James S e rly n n n was i nstituted as the first vicar . Si ce the there has bee four others, viz

— n 1 870 . Augustus William Grafto .

— 5 d n . 1 87 . Sy e ham Harry Augustus Hervey

— 8 6 n . l 7 . Joh Palmer

— 880 n . 1 . Walter Goldi Alford TH E RECTORY AND THE RECTORS .

CHAPTER IV .

THE RECTORY AND THE RECTORS . £N speaking of the church it has been mentioned that the first Rector of Wookey was the first Dean of Wells . Bishop

1 1 36 - 1 1 66 n ne w n Robert , , e dowed the dea of Wells with the

n n church of Wookey . It would be i teresti g to discover whether he

ofiic e ow n n m assigned to this part of his demes e here, or si ply took a por tion of the general estate with which Giso had endowed

and c n l the cathedral , allowed the lea to use it as peculiar y his

wn I n e w as . o . all probability the latt r course adopted This

n n n n e dowme t, however, was soo fou d to be too small for such

n n n an importan t office as that of the dea . Whe the umber of

n n n s and prebe daries bega to i crea e, each provided for their vicars

e n n at Wells out of their preb dal estates , the regulatio of such

r i d ffi and I n o n e not a body g ew n i culty Imp rta c . Now it is quite certa in whether Bishop Robert founded the subdeanery

h n e a n n in as well as t e dea ery . C rt i ly it seems not o ly to be

n n in n n osc elin existe ce, but to have bee existe ce some time whe J , in 1 209 n n e n n n and , sa ctio ed the xcha ge betwee the dea the sub

W d I n n n in and e . dea of their la ds Wookey more the Liber Ruber,

S av ar ic n n n n e e bishop is mentio ed as sa ctio i g som such schem .

n n no t an n However , this tra sactio was simply excha ge, but

n Fo r W also a large i ncrease of income for the clea . as ookey

l and n n was sma l , the bishop himself had a Ma or which i cluded

not an n the greater part of the parish , there was y opportu ity

’ in n n n e n to crease the dea s e dowme t h re . So the subdea was

n and the d n called upo to give up his estate at Wedmore , ea

and n r n to give up his rectory at Wookey, the dea eceived i stead

’ b d n d r and the su ea s estate, together with the rectory of We mo e,

n n the subdea became the rector of Wookey . This formal excha ge

n n osc elin on n 3r d 1 209 and on was sa ctio ed by Bishop J Ju e , ,

1 3 1 2 1 3 n h September th , , we lear that the rectory was then wort 80 W HISTORY OF OOKEY .

in n n £3 1 9 . 5 d . £ 1 l s 4d re t of demes e lands s , customary rents . . ,

1 0 1 3 4d . 1 5 1 4 1 £ . £ s . d . several tithes s , total After deducting from the present rectorial glebe those allotments in the moors

n in 1 7 86 and that were assig ed to this rector , also those fields that are now situated in what formerly was a part of the Wookey

m n n n co mon fields, it would appear that the origi al e dowme t, in n and n n additio to the tithes certai mortuary fees , co sisted

f n n 1 23 37 1 O . I 5 n of about 2 acres la d , Peter of Chichester, dea

n n n in and of Wells, died leavi g certai la ds Marley Mead , Bishop

l in n J o sc e appropriates them ad opus episcopi . Now si ce part

i in d not n of the rector al glebe is Marley mea ow, it seems u likely that this portion of land was part of the original grant of Bishop

in 1 1 40 n n Robert , which had bee leased out to Dea Peter for

and n his life , that ultimately it was divided betwee the subdean

’ and n . I n 1 5 41 the Vicars Choral , or cha try priests of Wells

’ the subdean and the Vicars Choral are scheduled in the Valor

’ n n n Ecclesiasticus as possessi g la ds at Marley Mead . Dea Peter s in in n Y arl e osc el in £3 I n 1 291 terest la ds at y J bought for . ,

taxatio I V. £20 for the of Nicholas , the rectory was valued at a year .

About the year 1 31 0 there was a prolonged controversy

n n G odel e and n - n betwee Dea John William de Yatto , the sub dea .

It seems that the sub - dean had been visiting ecclesiastically the

W o ok e E v er cr eech n and parishes of Wells, y, , Chilcompto Westbury ,

n n and this conduct of his was rese ted by the dea . At last it was

Dr ok ensfor d in 7th 1 32 1 brought before Bishop , who, October, , ,

n - n gave his decisio . The sub dea was to have visitatorial powers in and in n c n Wells its suburb the abse ce of the lea , but Wookey

’ the Bishop takes under his ow n and his successor s supervision “ ac dictae ecclesiae de W oky v isitacionem ad nos et su c c essores ” n or dinam u s O n nostr os jure episcopali perti ere debere . the

- n e n n n n sub dea also he impos s perpetual sile ce co cer i g this matter, and n n O f n in ten n fi es him for the be efit the dea casks of wi e,

in n I n n 1 1 4 or their value mo ey . the No ae Rolls of the

1 34 - 1 n i e. 0 Edward III , . , the commissio ers for Wookey , Thomas

1 f a s c f onac o s in v ol . o L ome se . e o ce . . N R ll y Sub idy , S r t R c rd Offi ,

1 4 Edward III . H E O Y AN D 81 T RECT R THE RECTORS .

n l Cha el e Ber ard , Wi liam Neel , Richard atte Putte, Hugh atte p ,

n n Stok el n and n Rob eir not Joh Dukes, Joh y g Joh say they are W able to tax the church of ookey , because the rector there has

n n n n in demes e of the e dowme t of his church, arable la ds ,

w one one ff n meado s , dovecot, m ill , the tithes of hay, o eri gs and and dues , the small tithes , which are worth yearly

8d n n n £ 1 3 6s . . They say that the i th bale of sheep ski s is

iv i n n worth £vi xiii . . The Commiss o ers have i cluded the

n n vicarial tithes with those of the rector . The glebe m ill me tio ed

not n nor n an here I have yet ide tified , have I fou d y record

I n 1 423 of it elsewhere . , bishop Bubwith sequestered the

on n n rectory accou t of the dilapidated state of the Church , owi g

Mo ck n - to the neglect of Nicholas y g, the sub dean . The vicar

n H alb k n W ok and of Wookey, with Joh y , of y, John Thomas ,

n n n of Wedmore , are co stituted guardia s of the rectorial e dow “ ments ad c omp etenter ac su lfi c ienter r ep ar ac ionem de fectu u m “ notorie app ar entiu m ac exis tentiu m realiter in cancello dic tae

m ans ionis et edific iar u m e rtin n iu m ecclesiae ac eidem p e t .

I n n n - n and n Joh Ray old , sub dea rector , leases to Joh

n and his Edwards, ju ior , Alice , wife, for their lives , a messuage,

in n n 4d nn n 3s . with curtilage He to , at an a ual re t of . ; the

n n n n wit esses bei g William Gascoig e , William Voel , Joh Chapelle,

B r wn n n n o . . 2 2 Joh atte Castle, Joh y g Feast of St George ,

n He ry VI .

n - n andr ec to r In William Bowerma , sub dea , leases for “ ” n n n n n eight years to John Tre ch , Chapma of Norto Ca o s , the

d n n nn an a u n £2 2 . . 1 5 . rectory house la ds , at a al re tal of Oct th

n 25 He ry VIII .

I n 1 5 41 we have the value of the b enefic e at the tim e of

’

n Il I . s n W e He ry V survey of Church la ds . read there that

W ok nn su b dec anat u i y a exa est ibidem . William

B ou rem an - n nn is the sub dea . The rectory is a exed

- n and t in d n to the sub dea ery, is wor h yearly emes e n £3 1 9 . 5 d. n n n la ds s ; in re t of customary te a ts ,

£ 1 1 . 4d . in 1 1 3 4d in n £ 0 s . . s ; tithes , ; oblatio s , ff n 6 5 1 2 2 £ S . 1 d . £ . with other o eri gs , total , 1 ’ W - e s athe ra . 304 W . 5 1 335 . ll C d l MSS , . . C MSS . , 7 W 82 HISTORY OF OOKEY.

I n annual payment to one vicar choral in Wells

Cathedral 5 s.

n 2 1 1 s And there remai s to the rector £ 5 . 6 4 s . 6d The tithe of this is .

I n 1 5 48 2 5 th m n - n , February , Willia Bowerma , the sub dea ,

n and leases to William Godwy , of Wells, the rectory house

n an nn n £2 2 . la ds for eighty years , at a ual re t of He reserved ,

and n however, for himself his successors the advowso of the

and in Church the wood at Stroud ; this latter, of course , case

n he or his successors should have to repair the cha cel . This lease gives us the first description of the property I have been “ find and n m n n able to . He leaves all his rectory parso age , a sio

n n - and places houses , orchards , garde s , bar s , stalls, culver houses ,

and n and stables all the glebe la ds , pastures , meadows , woods

and n t moors ; also all messuages , fi es, ti hes, fruits , mortuaries

n and other issues and emolume ts .

Henceforth the family of the G odwyns were the leaseholders

t n 1 5 0 and n of the rectory for more ha years , duri g the greater

- h part of this time they were the tenants of the Rectory ouse . We will have something to say about them when we discuss the

and families of Wookey their history . From this time it becomes difficult to trace the records of the

in v n and b nefic e . e It was pri ate ha ds , doubtless the papers were

n w n destroyed from time to time as a e lease was draw up . We n 1 7 06 have , however, a copy made subseque t to the year , of the . I n 1 634 and terrier of the rectory property , this gives us a full

an n n account of the houses d all the lands belo gi g to them . It

2 3r d 1 634 M dl eham was made October , , by Thomas y , vicar ;

Chu r c hou se Ab o w en n Thomas , Richard , churchwarde s Edward

n u n a lias and n Barlowe, Joh F ssell , Joh Smith , Hooper, Joh

l n n and d n n Chappel , sidesme Robert Godwy Davi Trym , ge tleme

d n e n alias u n m Richard Ly e , Joh Corp , Joh Taylor, B xto , Willia

n n n n n Cottle, husba dme . The fi di g of the above jury is sig ed

e n n J n e n n n n also by H ry Tur er, oh Jam s, Joh Brow i g, Joh

n n a and Brow i g , Richard G llock , Robert Poole .

na n n n The parso ge house co tai ed a hall , a parlour , a kitche ,

r and a s t a butte y , a scullery , a pantry , brewhou e , wi h chambers E S 3 TH E RECTORY AND THE R CTOR . 8

one - over them storey high ; a coal house, two stables , a malt

n- - hen house with a loft over it, a wago house, a hog stye with a

- an o x - n - an — roost, a cow stall, stall , a bar , a hay house, ear house,

n - - n and a fatti g stall , a dove house with a garde , two orchards a

n n and 1 in n m n n court adjoi i g, three acres the commo oors belo gi g

W aterha s . to it, called y

n n n A te eme t, called Webs , containing a hall , a other room ,

l and - and an in a loft over the hal an hay house , half acre the

mm n c o o moor .

in in e A house the churchyard , contain g one hall and a butt ry , with a loft over them .

n n n n n A house at He to , co tai i g a hall , a buttery , with a

t e r n - n and chamber over the bu t y , a bar , a hay house , a garde an

l n e — n - orchard . Thefo lowi g glebe lands are als o specifi d z Twe ty three and n H ornsm ead a half acres of meadow la d , called Hulk Acre, ,

’ Pr essmoor S to nemead - - ne Gapper s Stile, , , Marley mead . Forty ni

n Tr enl e n H o l ibr ook B arl ei h acres of pasture la d at y, Rushla ds , , g ,

H i hov ers G a lie an and on Litl e Stroud , g , g L e , the way to y Bridge .

n - n in the Seve ty two acres of arable la ds common fields of Wookey ,

n - field - field - field - field and k own as Wookey , West , East , North

- B ic knoll field .

n The tithes of corn and all other grai , teazel , hemp , flax , turnips the tithe of hay and of sixty acres of rectorial glebe at 2 Paddim or e n and ; the tithe of geese, coppice, u derwood moots

n an whe y trees shall be rooted up .

Ten shillings from the lord of the manor p ayabl e ° at Michae l i ’ 3 8s. 4d . n n n n mas , , called Marti s Re t, from ten copyhold te eme ts in a 4d the vill ge of Wookey , and . every Easter from the vicar of the parish .

This full account of the endowment of the rectory is followe d shortly aft er by the report O fthe Commissione rs of The

1 t o I w uld almost app ear fr om this as if the s trips in the c omm on fi eld s e r e ea h h a an a r e B u t th s m e w c lf c . by i ti m any ofthe str ips must hav e een thr o n t o e ther b w g . 2 oots i. e. r n s th ar e r o ot s M , T u k wi l g .

3 ’ s r a ofc ir c set a ab e on S t ar t n s da A u viv l , p y l . M i y . 4 a m eth rar . S r e ofChm c h an s 1 649 v l L b Lib y MSS , u v y L d , , o . 1 , p . 24 1 . 84 HISTORY OF W OOKEY .

n n n n survey of Church la ds, ordered by the Commo s of E gla d

n n n as part of the fulfilme t of the Act for the abolishi g of dea s ,

n and n n and n and dea s chapters, ca o s prebe ds of cathedral colle

and n 1 649 giate churches chapels, took place duri g the years 6 and 1 5 0. The surveyors for the rector of Wookey were

n n n and William Richardso , Alexa der Lawso , Nicholas Combe

H ibbin n James s . Their accou t is as follows

Af l u fe l ts n - n - f All that Ma sion house , called the Parso age house fiesg‘ eé n and n in n situated , lyi g bei g Wookey, in the Cou ty of

£ 1 0. Somerset, we value at

n and and All those te ths tithes of all , all measures

n and n n n n of cor grai yearly comi g , growi g , arisi g

and n in n d re ew g withi the parish of Wookey aforesai ,

together with all the tenths and tit-hes to the said

n n and n n a u r rectory, belo gi g appertai i g, with the pp

tenanc es c ommu nib u s nn £80. , we value a is at

Mem or and u m — - n i n All the premises before me t o ed , with the n m in n appurte ances, were by Willia Roberts , doctor divi ity , sub

n in in n dea the Cathedral Church of Wells, the Cou ty of

n n 1 3th . Somerset , by his i de ture , dated November, II Charles ;

1 1 9 7 A “ PP i n i and 21056 ? dem sed u to William Prowse, h s heirs To the and s l ass1 ns and in n To th e g , To hold for dur g the atural n £22 lives of Elizabeth Godwy , wife of Robert

n n n. Godwy , of Wookey aforesaid , ge tleme Joseph

n and n n Godwy Edward Godwy , so s of the said

and and the Robert Elizabeth, lives of every of them longest living paying therefore yearly during

t n - n and the said erm , u to the said sub dea his

su m £2 2 successors , the of , at the two most usual feasts or terms in the yearly equal portions ove r

nd n nn £1 27 1 7 s . 8d . a above the said re t , per a um ,

n n n Memora dum , by cove a t of the said leases , the said lessor

e and and n n and his successors are to b ar pay all si gular re ts ,

d and s m o ne b e e l t o t he uties , sum of y due to paid, as w l as

n and his r t o an t n ki g successo s , as y o her Ordi aries out of the

c o venant e th said Rectory o r Parsonage . The said lessee to pay

86 HI sTO I m or IVO O K E Y .

’ Norton St . Philip s . It seems probable, from the testimony of

- l the Church rate book , that he came to reside here immediate y

n . in after the death of Mrs . Godwy There is a tablet the tower

. 1 7 5 2 and to the memory of all his children His wife died in , he followed her in the next year . Now as the rectorial property

’ n n in n Peirs 1 7 8 1 appears to co ti ue the ha ds of the family until ,

e one - n it would se m probable that of the sub dea s , in the early

’ n Peir s part of this ce tury, had granted to the family a new lease, and most likely this was about the time of the death of Mr. 1 w n O n Peirs n Peirs God y . the death of Thomas , William Eki s ,

n and in his cousi , succeeded to the lease, resided the Rectory

in n house . He was a bachelor, and additio to the rectory he

n n and - became a te a t , possibly a leaseholder of the Manor house .

in 1 7 65 n n He died , leavi g his i terest in both places to his sister,

n n Lady Elizabeth Mo tague Bertie . It was duri g the time of the Piers that the great change took place both in the appearance of

and in n and the house its ame , if it is true that the small oriel

and o l and over the porch , the c rbe s spandrils had formerly been in n - n in n the Ma or house, the all probability the rebuildi g of the

- n n and Rectory house occurred duri g the occupatio of it, of the

- n Peirs Manor house , by William Eki s , or Lady Elizabeth Bertie,

n n his sister. Phelps says that the cha ge took place duri g the

n n n Peirs n no n te a cy of Colo el , but I have fou d docume tary

n n n n nor n . e vide ce co cer i g it, yet as to the cha ge of name It is generally agreed that the corbels and carved spandrils originally

’ oc el n s came from J y cloisters, south of the cathedral , which were taken down when bishop B ekynt on and his executors built the

- s Mellifont present cloisters . Why the Rectory hou e was called

not n . Abbey , I have bee able to discover Lady Elizabeth Bertie

1 8 1 n - u died in 7 at the Ma or house, but p to the time of her death she was paying a church rate for Mellifont A bbey as

and n h n well , I thi k after her deat the place was i habited

n n u by Mr Edward Ba d . Whe the place was reb ilt, the house

n n in 1 634 in the churchyard , me tio ed the Terrier of , was brought in as offices for the enlarged house .

1 i. e a o 1 25 . b ut 7 . TH E C RE TORY AND THE RECTORS .

Two more leases of the rectorial property were made after a 1 st 1 7 90 . . O n this July , , the Rev Ch rles Moss leased it to

n n E s on r n Joh Salmo , q , of Wookey, the lives of Sa ah, Fra cis

and n. O n 1 5 1 837 n n I nn Hester Salmo April th, , He to , part of

and on 1 7 1 837 the rectorial property was leased out, April th , ,

Mellifont the . . . n as now Rev C E Kee e leases Abbey, it was nd n a E s rs . regularly called , to William Watso John Lax , q , n trustees for the Salmo family .

Si nce then the property has been enfranchised by the Salmon

l and the and n now fami y , the freehold of house garde s is in the

- o n . n E s n n n p ssessio of A Bur ett Stuart , q , the prese t te a t . He

e - has possessed himself also of the fr ehold of the Manor house , and revivi ng the times o fWilliam Ekins Peir s and Lady Elizabeth

not n n in n Bertie , has i deed created such cha ges the buildi g, but has altered the course of the river Axe and turned it into the northern bed of the moat that used to exist round the Manor

and an n house , so like them has wrought improveme t at the expense of history .

The follow i ng is the list of the rectors of W ookey being sub

n w dea s of Wells ; Ivo, ho ever, was the first rector, being the

n and Ric ar d u s S akest on first dea , he was succeeded by de p . At

n n n - n the time of the excha ge Thomas Di a t was the sub dea , and

n e with him our list begins . I am i d bted for it to my friend

- n the sub dea .

Thomas Dinant Alar d Lambert Robert d e Berk eley W ill iam W illiam d e Button

a ter St nt n W l . Qui i Hugh d e Ru menal John de Axeb ru gge \Vill iam l e Rou s Richar d d e W inton W illiam d e Y atton W alter Brown W alter de Burton W HISTORY OF OOK EY .

1 334 W ter d e e . al Hull

1 342 atthe d e a en e . M w V l c 1 342 . W illiam d e Lav int on 1 35 0 W am am e . illi C l 1 382 h m h m . T o as Bing a

1 391 h as ontes r . Nic ol P bu y

1 409 h o as Mock n . Nic l y g

1 424 J ohn e n . R y old

1 45 0 h om as o e n . T B l y

1 45 ohn k n n 7 . J Sp e y gto

1 462 hn n r . Jo W a sfo d

1 491 W am o et . illi B k

1 er 5 00. Rob t W idow e

1 5 5 n 0 . John Ha s

1 5 08 e na W est . R gi ld

1 5 1 6 homas e . T Lov ll

1 5 24 m z e . Ja es Fit j am s

1 5 31 W am B u r em . illi o an

1 5 2 h sse 7 . P ilip Bi

1 5 84 a . J cob Bisse

1 60 r 7 . Rob e t Sc ott

1 6 1 4 homas m . T Ja es

1 629 W l am o er ts . i li R b

1 638 homas a e . T B yl y 1 6 m 60. Ja es Dugdale

1 66 am e 0. J s Master s

1 665 ran . F cis Mundy

1 6 9 W am Lev intz 7 . illi

1 698 enr a n . H y L y g

1 1 6 ohn W h ehea 7 . J it d

1 2 1 h r 7 . Jo n Roge s

1 29 moth o ns 7 . Ti y C lli ’ 1 765 . Sir Thomas I anson

1 3 ohn a ne 77 . J P i

1 4 har es oss 77 . C l M

1 800 har e homas ar er . C l s T B k

1 81 2 t n a fe . Hou s o R dclif

1 82 ha e n eene 2 . C r l s Edmu d Ruck K

1 8 49 ar a e . Edg Huxt bl

1 86 h r e r r 1 . C a l s Ma cu s Chu ch

90 O F W O O REY HISTORY . an Drokens y really dependable evidence, with the episcopate of

and n and ford , the omissions that are co spicuous , the reason for the absen ce of dates before some of the names will be explained

’ fr d n e on . I n Dr oken o s n further Register, the appoi tm t of William

is not n Brid coupled, as is usual afterwards, with the ame of his

and n predecessor , the cause of the vaca cy . This may be because

n n Brid was the first vicar. But if so, the it is stra ge that, as

n n not with so ma y other parishes , the creatio of the vicarage is

. O n n it not recorded also the other ha d , is safe to argue from the

n n sile ce of the register , because that was the age whe vicarages

nn n and n n were begi i g, the form of recordi g the i stitution of a

n vicar would o ly b ecome stereotyped after some lapse of time . The date of institution is given whenever I have been able to discover it .

1 246 hn l e o h . Jo P c Apr il W illiam Br id hn d n Feb . Jo e Su tto a

mas d e erton ar h 30 1 338 . ho M c , T Milv

Dec . 1 5 1 348 ohn d e am e , . J C l

ar h 2 1 1 349. har d e Hasl a e M c , Ric d y

1 ohn om ton 389. J C p John Bak er

ec 25 1 404 ohn r ent D . , . J B

ar h 2 1 1 435 homas G ol d cl iffe M c , . T

1 1 1 45 3 ohn om e July , . J C b

22 1 4 2 . ohn W el l know Aug . , 7 J y

r 8 1 4 . ohn ar s Ap il , 77 J Edw d

ne 2 2 1 5 06 . ohn Ca r ell Ju , J y All l Ma 1 5 1 6 . har we l y 7 , Ric d Richar d E ryngton

30 1 5 46 . e an er er e e , Al x d B k l y H enr y Howe

h r W e an . 1 8 1 5 5 9. hr sto e ster J , C i p b

O ct 1 0 1 5 69. er t ar e . , Gilb H v y

Feb 1 1 5 2 . ohn K el wa . 7 , 7 J y

Feb 1 3 1 5 92 . har Pou hnell . , Ric d g

1 5 5 homas M dl eham Dec 9, 9 . T y Samu el Y er wor th

J an 6 1 66 1 ohn a . . J G dd 2 Feb . 1 672 . Thomas Stott M organ Jones TH E VIO ARAO E AND THE VICARS . 91

Edward W ooton W illiam Hill Thomas F or d

1 4 1 4 . o ert K n ston July , 7 7 R b i g

1 48 enr rno Aug . 7 , 7 . H y A ld

e 22 1 K e D c 8 . W am ate . , 7 7 illi

ar h 9 1 95 . an a es M c , 7 Ev D vi

ar h 1 0 1 801 har es oss M c , . C l M

Nov ; 23 1 801 . ohn te ens Ph ott , J S v ill

J an 26 1 839 ar Sne . , . Edw d yd

Nov 20 1 839. W am hor e . , illi T p

Dec 1 3 1 849. heo os s r ne . , T d iu Bu tt Stuart

1 1 868. o t on r mmon July 7 , M r D u d

Dec . 2 1 879. homas ott o mes , T Sc H l

The earliest record of the Vicarage - house is in o ne of the title

n n n deeds relati g to the e dowme ts of the Church . It is dated

n 1 4 1 420- 1 7 n and in n Ja uary th , , ( He ry it a certai tenement

e n n n n Messu ii is d scribed as exte di g to a certai la e, ex opposito ag

Vike s l ac e de antiquo vocati la r p . From this it is clear that a

n in n house had bee existe ce here for some years . Now , u n

’ n fortu ately, the Bishops Registers are lost for the time between

1 363- 1 401 and n n n in n , co seque tly a stateme t a other document

n e leave s the way Ope for some time . The arliest de e d concerning the n n the 1 389 1 3 e dowme ts of Church bears the date ( Rich . II . ) and ia it a house called S tre c chistene ment is said to have lately . n n t n c a ellanu s bee held by Joh Comp o , p perpetuus . This John

n n n Compto may have bee the immediate predecessor of Joh Baker,

’ and Strac he s n as vicar of Wookey , if so , y te ement was occupied

nn for a time by the vicars . I ca ot find any other statem ent 1 n n n m an n nor S r co cer i g this Compto , yet of t ec chistenement

and c an n n where he lived , therefore I o ly me tion this as what

m e b n and n appears to to be a possi le co jecture, it is o ly on this evidence that I have ventured to put John Compton among the

n n list of vicars . It will have bee oticed that I have inserted

n in 1 3th n the ame of a vicar the middle of the ce tury . This m an not n ‘ was a perpetual vicar, but I thi k he was acting as the 2 b- deputy of the s u dean .

1 Bu t c . f. . 39. er A s 1 fol 66 , p Lib lbu , . b . 92 W O O RE Y HISTORY OF .

I n the Chapter Records at Wells there is an inspeximus by

Rou m enal - the Chapter of a charter of Hugh de , sub dean of Wells and n rector of Wookey , of a gra t of two acres of land at Wookey

n l e n and n W ok e i to Joh poch de Exo , clerk, Julia a de y, his w fe .

Now in the East - field of Wookey the rectors had two acres of freehold between adjoining strips that belonged to the bishops as

n and two lords of the ma or, these acres were afterwards given

n n as a perpetual e dowme t to the vicarage . They consist of the strip of land that reaches from the Back Lane as far as East

e court House . It seems probable, th refore , that as these two acres were regarded as sufficient endowment for the vicars after

n Ro u men al on wards , they were give by Hugh de a life lease

n l e n to this Joh poch Clerk , because he was acti g as his deputy

m n here in the parish at that ti e . On this accou t I have ventured to place him at the head of our list .

’ I n 1 438 no there is doubt where the vicar s house is, for on

1 2 n n - n n August th Joh Rey old , sub dea of Wells , gra ts to the

and two n vicar of Wookey his successors acres of la d , with their

n n n in E astfield n appurte a ces , lyi g the of Wookey , betwee the

n and on and la d of the Lord Bishop of Bath Wells both sides, which abuts upon the house of the said vicar a yearly payment

O ffourpence bei ng made to the said John Reynold and his

I n 1 42 6 successors for ever . the Clerical Subsidy of , the vicarage

at and n in 1 445 n is valued six marks agai , duri g the episcopate

B ek nton n n n of y , whe a te th of Church property was gra ted by

n in n and Convocatio aid of the war agai st the Turks Saracens,

nd n n in t en a . the vicar of Wookey is assessed marks , pays te pe ce

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I n 1 5 35 in n VI II . S n , He ry the Valor Ecclesiasticus , the e try concerning the vicarage is as follows

— K Y Ric ar d u s E r n t on . W O . y g Vicarius Vicaria ibidem Valet

ini al ib s 3 4 D im m c u S . d ec ae nn . in d o . per a um , viz , terris , a 8 n d ecimis lanae et agnor u m lxi viii . Oblacio es cum d S v iii nu n in p ersonal ib u s £ix x . Sic c toto remanet £ “ clare , xii xv viiid

in in The vicarage there is worth yearly , rent of glebe lands

6 1 s . 8d . e me ne 3s . 4d . d s , ; tithes of wool and lambs , ; oblations

O E VVO O E E Y 94 HISTORY .

n n and attested by the vicar , churchwarde s , sidesme , those of the parishioners who had also signed the Terrier of the rectorial dues

d n n not - n and n . An possessio s this prese time t was ill grou ded , for only fifteen years afterwards there comes another valuation

and n u of the vicarage , Short i cisive, as if the val ers had for ever

n and and do e away with Easter dues , Church duties, such like , had decided that the minister of the parish should have a fixed

n income in mo ey .

I n n the survey of the Church la ds , ordered by the last days

n n in 1 649 of the reformi g parliame t , it is stated that the

£26 1 3 . 4d . and inc u m vicarage is worth s a year, that the then

F ar n And n in n n n Mr e e . be t is . Felix agai , the Prese tme t of “ 2 6th 1 65 0 find Jurors, November , , we that the parish of

W ook e n one n and and y co sisted of about hu dred thirty familys,

one . Fearne n is populous, where Mr Felix is the prese t preach

in n and n n g mi ister, the glebe tithes belo gi g to the vicar ” n n worth yearly almost twe ty pou ds .

It would have been most interesting had the Terrier on this

n n later valuatio given us the acreage of the glebe la ds, as it would have been a clue by which we might be able to app r oxi mate to a date for the enclosure of the common fields of the

n n n parish . Certai ly this happe ed either duri g the latter days of

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n n 1 7 n . I n Elizabeth s reig , or duri g the early part of the th ce tury

n n n 1 636 n n a deed belo gi g to the Church la ds of the year , me tio is

- fiel d n and in o ne made of the West as lately e closed , of the year

1 601 in n n n n , leasi g some la d , exceptio is made to a portio of

n in l n the n t he la d Rush a ds, as if at the time of e closure lease

ofan n n n in holder auster te eme t had paid more tha his share,

n th an order that he might obtai e freehold for himself . At y

n this c entu r n rate , duri g y the glebe of the vicars is i creased by ‘

and n n three acres twelve poles of la d at He ley, which were

- fi l allotted to him from the East e d of Wookey . During the 1 8th century little change seems to have taken

1 I n n place here . all probability the vicars were more or less on

’ 1 n oo e r s et rn 6 een nne the ara e is r et rne as I H p R u , Qu A vic g u d

4 1 5 s 8d worth £2 . . TH E VICARAGE AND THE VICARS . 95

n and - and reside t, the Vicarage house was let out to others ;

’ ther e are still people alive who have heard that the clerk s house

n I n 1 7 2 9 n w as used to be in the Back La e . a gra t made to the

’ n n n n £200 and living by the Gover ors of Quee An e s Bou ty of ,

’ n this was met by a grant from Dr. Roger s be efaction of a

and £400 n on e n similar sum , this was expe ded , I believe , fourt e

n n . I n 1 7 63 . acres of glebe la d at Glasto bury Wick , the Rev

D £5 0 . n D. . Henry Ar old , , vicar of the parish , gave , Mrs

’ ’ £5 0 . P nc omb e s £ 1 00 and Horner s Trustees , Mr y Trustees ,

’ n £ 200 and n in Q u een Anne s Bou ty , this was i vested the

and not n nn n purchase of a house two fields , but u til the begi i g

n n . . . of the present ce tury . Whe the Rev J S Phillott came

in 1 801 n n in n here , he i te ded to reside the parish, but fou d that on account of the dal apid ate d state of the Vicarage - house it was then impossible and therefore he made use of the last money grant made to the endowment f u nd to purchase an acre and a

n u n half, or thereabouts, of la d , with a house po it ; the whole

’ and n being known as Salvage s plot home grou d . The house he

n and n and e larged made suitable for his reside ce , probably took

n and away the sto es from the old house, used them up in the

n new . n and e buildi g of the Duri g these improvements alt rations ,

t and e Mr. Phillot lived at Westbury , wh n he came here he pro bably was the first vicar who had resided for more than seventy

. n n n n years For some time duri g the i cumbe cy of Dr. Ar old ,

H ol l er en e n Mr . y All , the r ctor of Rod ey Stoke, used to act as

and curate here , from the fact that he died , and was buried here

4th 1 7 7 1 he October , , it would seem probable that had lived here .

n an n n - O ce more there was e largeme t of the Vicarage house. In

- 1 849 n . n , duri g the time of Mr Bur ett Stuart, the house which

. w as n and Mr Phillott had built fou d to be too small , several £600 rooms were added , at a cost of , the half of which was borrowed from the Ecclesiastica l Commissioners on the income of

b enefic e . I n 1 883 n in the , after the great tithes had falle , the Commissioners increased the income of the vicar b v a yearly n 2 gra t of £ 0.

n on n l Now it is evide t , looki g over the above ist of vicars , that the parish did not escape the ecclesiastical storms of the ’ O E E Y 96 HISTORY OF W O .

n in l 6th and 1 7 th ce turies . The period of reform Edward the

’ VI S n and r nd n . reig , the t oublous times u er the Commo wealth , was felt here sufficiently strong to deprive the parish of the

. n n one o f n vicars Alexa der Berkeley , a mo k from the mo as t er ies w n n hich He ry had suppressed , certai ly died away from his b enefic e and one not , was probably of those clergy who would

n k and l m accept the E glish Prayer Boo , was therefore expe led fro

Y er w orth n n nn n his cure . Samuel , after havi g e dured the a oya ce

n of two rival preachers withi the Church for several years , was

d in And is n n at last expelle the autumn of 1 65 5 . it worth otici g

on n and on n also, that the accessio of Elizabeth , the retur of

l n Charles II . , the c ergy who were placed here had bee previously

b enefic es. n expelled from other Christopher Webster , appoi ted

in 1 5 5 9 n vicar of Wookey , had formerly been vicar of Bur ham and n n 1 66 1 n Joh Gadd, appoi ted in , had previously bee rector

n n n n n of Charly ch . The followi g i cide tal otices of the vicars I

so u r c es ~ b u t have gleaned from various , chiefly from the Episcopal

and U n and Registers the iversity Degree Books, seem to com

n p l ete the account of the history of our vicars . The gap betwee

H asl a e and n and n n Richard de y Joh Baker, the u certai ty about

’ n n Joh Compto , is caused by the loss of the Bishops Registers for that period .

J olm B r ent Mattin ho r n had been rector of g , now Ma ti hoe, in 1 404 n d n the diocese of Exeter , and in excha ge with Joh

Baker .

J hn Well l m w ll nu s o y o is called C ap e a . Perhaps he had some

in work also the cathedral .

J ohn E dwa r ds n was probably a ative of the parish, his

n n relatio s havi g settled down here many years previously . We

’ fi nd n E dwar d s s n Y arl e in 1 6th n and ma y livi g at y the ce tury,

v i h they seem to ha e had considerable influence n t e parish .

in 1 5 06 n £1 6 s . 8d . w a He resigned , receivi g yearly by y of

n n n and n pe sio out of the reve ues of the vicarage, was certai ly

t en . e n n alive years later His succ ssor, Joh Castell , or as Hutto

l it n C a r ell n a n spe ls , Joh y , was appoi ted by Lewis Poll rd , sergea t

- f n non at . m an n o n law This was probably the age t Joh Ha s , a

n - s reside t sub dean of We ll .

98 W HISTORY OF OOKEY .

Gilber t H ar ve was n y appoi ted by the bishop, the presentation

n and havi g lapsed to him , probably , through the great age feeble

- . n n . . n health of Wm Bowerma , the sub dea Dr Bowerma died

n nn n about this time, but whe , I ca ot exactly say . Duri g the time of Gilbert Harvey there is an entry in the Register which

- non n . 1 5 7 1 would make us suppose that he was reside t , April

1 2th n n n , Christia La e, daughter of Mr. La e , curate, baptized .

n There were several families of this ame in Wells about this time .

Al n f O . A Mistress ice La e, wife Mr Peter Lane, is buried there in 1 61 3.

Thomas M l ha n n yd e m . I have not yet discovered a ythi g

1 636- 1 6 M dl eham about this vicar . From 61 a Mr . Purify y was

n n vicar of Westbury. There must have bee a family of this ame in n in 1 5 89 n the eighbourhood for, , six years before his appoi t

n M dl eham in me t here , Mr . y was married to Margery Collier the

’ n in 1 624 and Bishop s Chapel at Ba well . She died , for his

n in 1 626 n seco d wife he married , Mary Web , his ext _door n in n eighbour, the Church Barto , whom he had himself baptized in 1 603 .

S amu el Y er wor th n in 1 5 91 and was bor Dorset about , went to Oxford at sixteen in 1 607 He read Hebrew with some success “ and in 1 65 0 published a book called I ntr o du c tio ad lingnam ” E b r aicam n in 1 65 5 brevissima . He was expelled by the Purita s ,

and Fearne . n his place was filled by Mr . Felix He was ever instituted to the vicarage because Bishop Peir s retired from the Diocese in 1 645 when the rebels visited the cou nty and did

n 6 0 not retur till 1 6 .

J ohn Ga dd n on n 9th 1 639 was ordai ed priest Ju e , , by bishop

and Charl inch 9th 1 639. Piers , was appointed rector of May , He was expelled thence by the Puritans and came here at the

n Restoratio .

n w We o come to a serious gap in our list of vicars . I have not been able to find any i nstitution to the b enefic e between the

1 67 3 and 1 4 and years 7 7 . Mr . Thomas Stott died was buried

m n n 7th 1 67 3 and . here Dece ber , , Mr Robert Ki gsto was appointed on the nomination of the king through lapse on July TH E A VICAR GE AND THE VICARS . 99

1 4th 1 7 47 . n n is n in , No me tio of Wookey to be fou d the yearly

n d n in retur s for the iocese betwee these years the Record Office, and I c an give no explanation of the omission of the four names n in I have inserted . Thomas Ford actually sig s the Parish Vestry

n end and Mi ute book as vicar towards the of his time , therefore there need be no hesitation about accepting him He is present

the n 1 7 23- 1 7 46 at Vestry Meeti gs from , so that our gap is

n n n 1 6 7 3- 1 23 dimi ished to the i terval betwee the years 7 . Now in 1 683 there is an entry in the Registers of Burials at Westbury to the effect that a certain woman was buried on the affidavit

n n . no made before Mr . Jo es, mi ister of Wookey I have evidence

w as i n to prove that he v car, but here is a stateme t that at present

nn n . . n i I ca ot de y There was also a Mr Jo es , v car of some place,

and in the diocese of Bath Wells, who was disqualified in 1 688 by his refusal to take the oaths of allegiance to Will iam and

’ I n n n 1 7 02 - 1 7 30 Mary . the churchwarde s accou ts from , the names of the other two clergymen occur with such frequency as to

n in n n warra t us sayi g that they were either curates , mi isters , or W n vicars . The Rev . Edward ooto preaches twice a year for the

n 1 7 04 - 1 7 1 1 and Seco d Poor Charity from , receives each time a W fee for his trouble . The Rev . illiam Hill appears as curate

1 3- 1 20 and from 1 7 7 also preaches for the second Poor . I n the Presentments of the churchwardens to the Archdeacon of Wells in

1 7 46 . n n and , Mr Robert Ki gsto appears as the curate sequestrator . f This last title may give us a clue to our di ficulty , but as the chancel was very much out of repair this may only refer to the

- n sub dea ery estates .

Th v M an J ones n in e Re . or g , who is me tioned the Westbury

e n m an Regist r as m i ister here , may be the same as the who

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. n 1 6 7 3 and took his degree from S Joh s College , Oxford, ,

and e 4th 1 67 6 . became Fellow of Jesus Mast r of Arts, July ,

rt K n t 2 e A. . 5 Rob i s on n n B . th g , Li col College, Oxford, , Feb ,

1 7 24 . . n 2 2nd 1 7 28 n n n 8th , M A , Ju e , , was ordai ed deaco , Ju e ,

1 7 2 9 and n n an n , for early twe ty years was assista t curate of

’ . l in \ and St Cuthbert s Church , Wells . He probably ived Vells his family rose to some distinction there . He was buried in 1 00 HISTORY OF W OOKEY .

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. E . St Cuthbert s Church, and in the N. aisle there is a tablet to his

n n : . . . Rob er tu s n A M. memory with this i scriptio H S E Ki gston , . “ hu u sc e a v ic ar iis v icenos annos a j ecclesi e per Adj utor, ecclesi e

W ok non ridem parochialis de y ita p ipse factus Vicarius .

et fid elis et certu s n Pastor erat bonus , amicus , vir i teger, uxori,

lib er is famu lis familiar ib u s au erib u s deni u e et ni , , , p p q bo s

‘ n v ixit deflendu s . Au 1 748 m om ibus charus , obiit IV g , annu X ” agcus LIII .

frd B A H enr Ar nold O x . . . 1 5 th 1 742 y , of Balliol College , , , Oct , ,

1 7 42 . . 4th 1 7 45 R D. and D. D. l 2 l st 1 61 , M A , July , , , Apri , 7 , was

non- n n i probably reside t. His assista t curate was for some t me

H oll er n n the Rev. y Alle , rector of Rod ey Stoke, who died here

and . 4th 1 77 1 . was buried , Oct ,

illiam a e n n- n W Ke t was also o reside t . The Rev. John Pearse was his curate for some years .

E r a n Davies in n n was , additio to bei g vicar here, rector of

n n Ilchester and vicar of Pilto . He died and was buried at Pilto ,

1 4th 1 81 2 5 6. Jan . , , aged

Char les Moss son was the of Charles Moss , the then bishop of

and Bath Wells. He was educated at Christchurch , Oxford, and D 8 8 an D. . 1 97 in 1 3 . 1 6 d 7 . 7 . 7 took his degree , M A , , He was appointed sub - dean of Wells and rector of Wookey within a year n 1 80 after his appointme t to this vicarage . In 7 he was made

1 81 2 . bishop of Oxford , and died

J n s oh S teven Phillott was the eldest son of the Rev. James B Phillott, rector of Bath . He was educated at alliol College,

and his n 1 4th 1 7 97 . Oxford , took degree Ju e , Immediately afterwards he was ordained on a titl e his father had given to the

- Abbey church at Bath . He held no other preferment but this vicarage .

’ A E dwar d S ne d B . . y was of Christ s College, Cambridge, ,

26 M n 1 831 A. 1 n n 1 8 . 830 , , ; mi or ca o of Durham , ; vicar of ’ 1 839 . 1 834 St Margaret s, Durham , vicar of Wookey, ; rector ’ 1 48 n 1 839 . 8 of Witto Gilbert, ; vicar of St Oswald s, Durham ,

1 862. u t 3r d 1 866 7 1 . . l Died Aug s , , aged Mr Sneyd only he d

Y 1 02 HI S TORY OF W OOKE .

V CHAPTER I .

U D THE PARISH REGISTERS, CH RCHWAR ENS , CLERKS

X AND SE TONS .

E ar e very fortunate in having such old and perfect

. n n and on Registers They have bee well kept, well bou d, n the whole are remarkably clea . The register of burials begins

n . n the with the ame of Mr He ry Howe, vicar of parish , who died in 1 5 5 8 and and the year , the register of births, burials , n 1 marriages have bee regularly kept from 5 65 . Previous to the year 1 5 98 the entries were made on loose pieces of parchment or

in n n n and n paper, but that year the churchwarde s, Joh Tur er Joh 42 n n n 8s . l 0d and Brow i g bought leaves of parchme t at a cost of .

n had all the e tries on the loose papers copied on them . This lasted as the register book till the year 1 639 when Ed ward

H i isl e and R n n 20 pp y obert Buxto , churchwarde s , bought leaves

3s. 1 669 1 8 more at a cost of In , leaves more were added by

M r ifi ld and e e 4s . 6d. 1 7 02 Edward Hobbs Hugh at a cost of In ,

5 4 more leaves were added by John Stott and Thomas Chu rchou s

n l s . n and the whole were bou d at a cost of 0 8d . I 1 7 67 40 leaves m and E l v ar d and ore were added by Thomas Bailey Joseph , the

n . 1 7 s. whole were rebou d by Mr Carr, of Wells , for

Such is the old register bringing down the entries of marriages

1 7 5 8 and and 1 81 2 . to , of baptisms burials to From these dates the

n n n m i moder books begi , there bei g three volu es of marriage reg sters , v iz 1 5 4- 1 1 4 1 8 1 4- 1 837 1 837 n one . 7 8 ; ; to the prese t time ; and

w n n for burials and two for baptisms . The riti g is all by the same ha d

M dl eham 5 1 5 8 n . from 1 5 6 to 9 . The Mr y seems to have kept

in 1 n them himself almost to the time of his death 647 . The ha d

n o f n writi g Stephen Weare, the celebrated parish clerk , is the

m Y w h n i u . u er ort t v sible, tho gh Mr Sa el sometimes makes the e ries

u n 1 65 5 . t u 1 680 himself til From his time ntil his death in ,

S e e o as teph n W are, who had been sw rn in registrary for the P TH E ARISH REGISTERS .

and n . parish , keeps the books makes the e tries To him succeeded

n and end 1 7th n n JOhn Tur er, from about the of the ce tury dow to the present time the entries were made either by the vicar for

n n the time or somebody acting for him . Thomas Ford cou tersig s

1 7 30 and . in 1 7 8 1 . several leaves about , Wm Keate

There are several interesting pieces of information to be found in this old registe r .

l 35 4 l b a sa t . d. e . 1 5 7 3. At this time y was sold bush and wheat

l e in . for 4s . bushell Wells market “ I n 1 5 97 in , we read that at this time Wells market , wheat

1 6s n 1 3 . was sold for . the bushel , bea es at s the bushell , barley at

1 d red s 8d 1 03. 0s . 6 . . the bushell , barley malt at the bushell , g at the

5 8 . 4d r a n s ho 8d e es . bushell, oates at . , barley g y for gg at the bushell ,

n 6d a d bay salt at 7 s . .

d n n 1 609. . n o n e Mr Antho y G dwy of this parish di at Lo do ,

2 2nd e and in n n the of Novemb r, was buried Cleme t Da es Church

2 3rd and n n without Temple Bar , the of November , a fu eral sermo

n in 1 4th was preached for him by Mr . Alle Wookey Church,

December.

n w Mr . A. Godwyn held the lease of the Rectory o called i n Mell fo t Abbey .

I n 6 2 1 1 . About this time B embury Wood was sold and ” cutte .

1 6 1 4 h erins 2 nn . This Lent white were sold a pe y and red d herins 5 2 and e s nn n for . g two for a pe y or five for two pe ce . “ I n 1 6 1 4. t n l t Rober Buxto was buried the B s of March . “ W ok e X o ne He gave to the poor of the parish of y , to every of 1 the al m esfolkes of Wells vi( a year and to divers other several

w orth e poor people y legacies .

1 62 2 nn and n . Ha ah , the wife of John Crooker daughter u to

M dl eham on Thomas y , vicar of this parish, departed this life

n n n 2 2nd and 2 4th Mo day mor i g, the of September, was buried the

o f b n d a n 1 5 98 on . the same Septem er, bei g that y of the mo eth , , which she was baptized . We c an surely forgive the poor old v icar the length of this

n - fiv e a r d l in entry . Twe ty years afterw s they aid him the same " I S n n a grave . it ot with us u to this d y l V O K E Y 1 04 HISTORY OF V O .

1 62 4. wn n 25 2 l st John Bro i g aged about years , died March ,

n and who died as he lived very ho estly godly . He gave to the poor of the parish £5 and for certain preachers that should preach

1 5 n in W ok £5 and n sermo s the church of y more, for to be Spe t

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i £ 1 0 24th . at his bur al . He was buried March

Anthonie n n n 8th 1 635 . . . Mr Buxto , a mi ster , was buried Ja uary

1 65 3 . 9. in n , Oct Collected at Wookey, the cou ty of Somerset,

n in n for the tow of Marlborough, the cou ty of Wilts , who had

and great loss by fire, towards the relief of the poor there, the

n n n 2 7 s . 6d . and 1 2 s . rebuildi g of the tow , at two several collectio s, ,

n in 39s . 6d . Y er w orth i . maki g all Samuel , v car

I n 1 65 5 . Y er worth , Mr Samuel was expelled by the authorities

n of the Commo wealth, but ere he departed he is careful to

nd n mention the fact . Here e s the Weddi gs that were before the

2 9th 1 65 5 . new act in force , Sept . , Noted by me, Samuel

Y er wor th 2 2nd 1 65 5 . , vicar, April , an n 6th . e d 1 5 6 . 6 Ja uary Baptiz d John, son of Richard

n and Jane Tur er of Ripple. The godfathers grandmothers were three hundred years of age .

The following account of Thomas E dwar de and his will also

1 5 96 on appears among the burials for the year . He was the s of

’ n n and E d war de n n E dwar d e A tho y Margaret of He to , Thomas ,

son E dwar de w n the of Margaret of Yardly , wido , bei g of the age

n n and n n n 28th in of i eteen years i e mo ths , departed this life July , the year next above written and was buried the 2 9th of the same

n in W ok . E dwar de in mo th , the parish church of y This Thomas

n m an his lifetime was a virtuous you g , beloved of the most honest

n and n n n the W ok one perso s i habita ts withi parish of y, and such a

ff and as right well a ect the poor, as by the last will almost the last

and n word that he spake it may doth appear, the te or of whose i will s as followeth .

W o k n 2 7th 1 5 96. E dw ar de July , Thomas of y in the cou ty of

n n n O f n Somerset, husba dma , bei g perfect mi d and memory did make his last will nonc u p ative in manner and form following viz he gave three pounds of current E nglish money to the poor o fthe

NVok i parish of y aforesaid , to be put out yearly from t me to time

1 06 HISTORY OF W OOKEY .

were authorised by Royal brief . There is a list of the collections

in k n and made Woo ey Church u der this authority , the cause

n . n for which the mo ey was collected It is as follows , omitti g the amount of loss

d .

1 03. or oss fir e o e te l 7 Twyf d , l by C ll c d 73 S ittl efield oss fir e 1 2 p , l by ; ’ f - - he el W am e o St . es in t s oss illi Od ll , Gil Fi d , l by fir e 3 2} J ohn W a n in o nt of ese 3 6 ppi g , C u y Middl x 2 r eat ass n ham oss fir e 1 6 G M i g , l by W am Br om ton oss fire 1 1 0 illi p , l by 5 ran s or set oss fir e 1 6 F ci D , l by

1 08 . G r eat Y ar mo th oss fire . 1 st 0 1 0 7 u , l by , Aug

e e oss fir e . 22nd 1 5 B wdl y , l by , Aug

Al tonb u r - c u m - W eston in o nt of nt n on y , C u y Hu i gd ,

l oss fire O ct . 3r d by ,

1 09. Lisb u r e in r e an oss b fire 7 n , I l d , l y

tran oss fir e . S d , l by B ranchl e h r h ama ed y C u c , d g At e h ea of e annon ate at dn r h 1 y d y C G E i bu g , orth r ttan oss fire m o nt e e N B i , l by . A u ill gibl . ar o e in the o nt of sse oss fire H l w , C u y E x , l by fe i St . ar e h r h n r sto ama e M y R dclif C u c , B i l, d g d

p l 1 0 Ll anv il lin h r h ama e . g C u c , d g d r e e for e r e e s s sten e and settl emeiit of A b i f y li f, ub i c the p oor distr essed palatines Protestant h r h of ttan in o r and C u c Mi , C u l ar et a son oss fire M k R y , l by n f f S toak in th e o t o o . , C u y Suf lk

8 The Par sh h r h of ston ” s er - er c in i C u c A up M y , y County ofChester

The ancient b orr ou gh and towne ofStockton- upon ees in the o nt of r ham to ton T , C u y Du , S ck Chur ch ’ n t e ter s h r h in the o nt f Chalfo t S . P C u c C u y o Buckingham

Rotherhith W a in the Co nt of rre oss ll, u y Su y, l by re fi n Northfleet and rant oss fir e Du , l by or in the C ou ntie of ar s oss fire Twyf d , B k , l by

S t . ar Roth erhith h r h in th e u n M y C u c , Co tie of Su rr y

Id e I n e on oss fire . . , D v , l by nsham in the o nt ofO on oss b fir e E , C u y x , l y

’ 1 1 2 . St . ar s h r h 1 1 1 o hester e mo she in the 7 M y C u c , C lc , d li d Civil W ar 1 0 TH E PARISH REGISTE RS . 7

1 The to n ofRu d l e in o nt of ta for 1 7 3. w g y, C u y S f d Th e steeple ofth e Par ish Chur ch ofAdder le y C ol v ert on h r h in th e o nt ofLe ester C u c , C u y ic

r e and h ton o ss fir e W ithe idg C il , l by har a ter ofou r t of on on Ric d S l , Ci y L d h r h in o nt ofSall o Quatfor d C u c , C u y p ’ ar s h r h e on St . M y C u c D v

f on- on - r ent in the o nt The Chur ch o Burt up T , C u y

ofStaffor d . o th e h r h in the o nt of ott n ham S u w ll C u c , C u y N i g , "

W arm n ham h r h in o nt of hester i g C u c , C u y C , damage d W am ams of H eathill in the Co nt of illi Ad , , u y S taffor d

f e n 1 1 5 . h as h h r h in the o nt o o 7 S ipw C u c , C u y D v , d amaged ’ W oo ham err 8 h r h in the Co nt of sse d F y C u c u y E x,

damage d ”

t . ohn a t st h r h in o tho er in the S J B p i C u c , S u v , C ounty ofSu ssex ’ Al l a nts h r h in the or h of er S i C u c , b oug D by, damage d h n h r h in the n Leig to C u c Cou ty ofSal op ii. B otisham in the ou nt of am r e oss , C y C b idg , l by fir e 0 41

The earlier collections do not appear to have been made in church , but rather from house to house ; but afterwards the fact that the sum had been collected in the parish church of

Wookey is always stated . There are four or five other entries at the top or bottom of a page, but the names are quite illegible . 1 08 or VV O E E Y HISTORY O .

U A CH RCHW RDENS OF WOOKEY .

1 5 62 W am r e e . illi D w John Edward s

1 5 98 . ohn urne ohn r o n n the e er J T r J B w i g , ld

1 602 Mr nthon o n a h . . A y G dwi B r t olomew Castle

1 1 a r m 6 3. D vid T y John Smyth also H oop er

1 61 8 ohn ha e h . J C pp ll Nic olas Marshfiel d

1 2 a r 6 9. D vid T ym John Chapp ell

1 634 homas hu r chou se . T C Richar d Ab owen

1 6 3 ohn er al s Sm 3 . J Hoop yth John Ffu ssell

1 9 ar Hi isl e 63 . Edw d pp y Rob ert Buxton 1 44 ha 6 . Ric r d Sage Thomas H otkins

ohn H el iar ar arnar 1 646 . J Edw d B d

1 65 0 homas hu rchou se har W est oo . T C Ric d w d h m H bb h M hfi 1 669. T o as o e Hug eri el d hn m h hn t 1 670. Jo S it Jo Sto t

1 h mas r e h M ifi 689. T o Co p Hug er el d

1 9 W am ar e W am ha e 6 6 . illi Cl k illi C pp ll

1 har a a char 699. Ric d B ll r Ri d Millar d

hn u tten ohn ff 1 700. Jo T J Lu e

m n r homas a 1 701 . Tho as Bar a d T W tts

1 02 ohn to t homas Chu r ch ou s e 7 . J S t T

ohn ro n n ohn an a 1 703. J B w i g J R d ll

4 hn arnar eor e B r ookinan 1 70 . Jo B d G g

5 eor e asters a oo e 1 70 . G g M D vid C k

mes s ohn rner ofBl eadne 1 706 . Ja Tibb J Tu , y

hn o e W am r o ne 1 707 . Jo Co k illi B w

te hen W ear e 1 708 . Thomas Tibbs S p

1 09 W am a e W am W s 7 . illi G l illi ill

1 ohn Rooe homas a e 1 7 0. J T G l

hn fr Mr Mu u r 1 1 har ar e o or o . ttl eb 1 7 . Ric d Cl k J Elf d , y

1 1 2 ohn Poo e ohn Chur chou se 7 . J l J

1 1 ha ro n n o n P mer 7 3. Ric rd B w i g J h lu

a oo e ohn ffe 1 7 1 4 . D vid C k J Lu

1 1 5 char ar e ose h ren h 7 . Ri d Cl k J p F c

hn arnar W am o e 1 7 1 6 . Jo B d illi Gl v r

ohn W atts 1 7 1 7 . Do . J

1 1 8 W am ha e eor e or 7 . illi C pp ll G g Allf d

mas tro e homas tott or Mr . a e 1 7 1 9. Tho S d T S , B yl y

1 1 0 IVO O RE Y HISTORY OF .

am oo e m e 1 763. W illi C k Ja s Stott

1 764. Do . Do .

1 5 homas a e ose h El v ar d 76 . T B il y J p

1 766 . Do. Do .

raham oater homas 1 767 . Ab G T Stott

1 768. Do . Do .

enr Mackinnen homas 1 769. H y T Ruddick

1 770. Do. Do .

ar n cho as o ar 1 77 1 . Edw d Ba d Ni l G dd d

1 7 72 . Do . Do .

1 773. Do . Do.

4 homas a er am es tott 1 77 . T B k J S

ohn Sa mon ohn tten 1 775 . J l J Bu

1 776 . Do. Do .

1 777 . Do .

homas a er am es tott 1 778 . T B k J S

ohn tten ohn a mon 1 779. J Bu J S l

0 ohn a mon Do . 1 78 . J S l

1 ohn Meadens ohn ar 1 78 . J J Cl k

2 Do . ohn an 1 78 . J B d

1 783. Do . Do .

1 4 ohn a mon am es W eare 78 . J S l J

Do saa t ott u nr 5 . 1 78 . I c S , J .

1 786 .

1 787 .

1 788 .

1 789.

1 790.

1 791 .

1 792 .

1 793. Do.

1 794 . Do . Do .

5 homas arnar homas ea e 1 79 . T B d T W r

1 796 . Do. Do .

saa tott D 1 797 . I c S o .

98 ohn Do 1 7 . J Hill .

hn an D 1 799. Jo B d o .

1 800. Do . Do . 1 D D 1 80 . o . o .

Do . 1 802 . Do .

1 803. Do . Do .

1 804. Do. Do .

5 . e r e 1 80 G o g Y eap Do . TH E P ARISH REGISTERS . 1 1 1

1 806 .

1 807 . Do . Do .

1 808 . Do. Do .

D Do 1 809. o . .

1 81 0. Do . Do .

1 8 1 1 . Do . Do .

1 8 1 2 . Do. Do .

1 81 3. Do . Do .

1 8 1 4 W am tott ohn W eare . illi S J

1 8 1 5 . Do. Do .

1 1 ohn W ear e W l am tt 8 6 . J i li Sto

1 8 1 7 . John W ear e

1 81 8 . Do .

1 1 Do 8 9. .

1 820. Do .

1 82 1 . Do .

1 823. Do .

1 824 . Do .

1 825 . Do .

2 Do Do . 1 8 6 . .

Do r e n 1 8 2 . eo r ar 7 . G g Ba d

1 2 Do D 8 8 . . o .

1 2 Do D 8 9. . o .

1 W am P tne har ar e 830. illi i y Ric d Cl k

1 831 . Do . Do .

1 832 . Do . Do .

1 833. Do . Do . D 1 834. o . Do .

1 835 . Do . D 1 836 . o .

1 837 . Do .

1 838 . Do .

1 839. Do .

1 840. Do .

1 84 1 . Do .

1 842 . Do . D 1 843. o . D 1 844 . O . D 1 845 . o .

1 846 . DO .

1 847 . Do . Do .

1 48 ar eor e a mon 8 . Edw d Hill G g S l

4 ames Do . 1 8 9. J Hill 1 2 W 1 HISTO RY OF OOKEY.

85 ames eor e a mon 1 0. J Hill G g S l

1 85 1 . Do . Do .

1 85 2 . Do . Do .

1 85 3. Do . Do .

1 85 4. Do . Do .

1 85 5 W am Casel e ohn . illi y J Hill

1 5 Do . r e alm n 8 6 . G eo g S o

1 85 7 . Do .

1 85 8. Do .

1 85 9. Do.

1 8 eor e a m n 60. G g S l o 1 1 M m 86 . r o e t a on Do . R b r S l .

1 862 . Do .

1 863. Do .

4 f ar 1 86 . . W m . . o e Mr S Hill, O

1 865 . Do .

1 866 . Do .

1 867 . Do .

1 868. Do .

1 869. DO .

1 870. Do.

1 87 1 . Do.

1 872 . Do .

1 873. Do .

1 874 . Do .

1 875 . Do .

1 8 6 W am Casel e 7 . illi y

1 877 . Do.

1 878. Do.

1 8 9 ust s nett - t r 7 . Aug u Bur S ua t

1 880. Do .

1 881 . Do.

1 882 . Do .

1 883. Do.

1 884 o o ert W e h . D . R b lc

1 885 . Do . Do .

1 1 4 W HISTORY OF OOKEY .

5 . ane o er of ros om e ma e ecem er 20th 1 668 e J C lli , C c b , rri d D b , ; di d

o em er 2 l st 1 5 1 N v b , 7 .

6 . ar ane ofPr marr e e r ar 26th 1 6 2 e ecem e M y L , iddy , i d F b u y , 7 di d D b r h 6t , 1 67 7 .

f an or marr e e r ar th an or o 1 6 8 . 7 . Jo F d , L gf d , i d F b u y 7 , 7

TH E SEXTONS .

m The sextons are yet ore difficult to find . My list is as follows

W am Denb ei h r e e r ar 1 1 th 1 04. illi g , bu i d F b u y , 7

o as o t n st 2nd 1 05 . Nic l B ul i g Augu , 7

har es o t n r 1 9th 1 30 C l B ul i g Ap il , 7 .

ohn Da sen or Feb 1 1 th 1 5 3 J y, i . , 7 .

ohn Da n or e em er 1 4th 1 82 . J y, ju i D c b , 7

Da 1 h 1 5 se t n fr 42 e r s ames e an ar 0t 8 3 o o a . J y, di d J u y , , x y

fr 5 ears ose h Da e e em er 23rd 1 85 8 sexton o . J p y, di d D c b , , y

am e o ns e 1 868 S u l R bi , di d .

ohn am r et re 1 8 2 J Adl , i d , 7 .

s er s Rober t Ma t .

Messu agiu m Terra

Vic arI I de W oky Episcopi

e Regia V ia siv

Manaio

Re c to ris Ol e VVo kv

‘ ’ rough chart of a portion of Vv oo k ey in 1 430

auster tenement given as an endow men

W 1 1 ENDO MENTS . 5

I I CHAPTER V .

THE ECCLESIASTICAL AND PAROCHIAL ENDOW

MENTS .

n n HE Church e dowme ts, as far as we have any record

n n n n and n co cer i g them , bega with the house plot of la d

n n on the eastern half of the present Church Barto . Whe this w as n n n give as a source of i come for the Church expe ses , I

W r n W ell sl h nn . in 1 389 find n a e e e ca ot say But we Joh y de g , c anonic u s c athed ral is W el l ensis and ecclesiae , John Hillary

e n n and n n m s ndi g greeti g to all the faithful , i formi g the that

n n W ok and A they had gra ted to Joh Bek , of y, lice, his wife , that tenement with o ne far dell of land which is called S tre cches

n n on v n 8s . te eme t, a lease for their li es , at a yearly re t of , to

n n n be paid quarterly . This te eme t is then said to have bee

in n n n l n. lately the te ure of Joh Compto , chap ai Now from this I should say that these two w ere truste es on behalf of the

nn Church , but what other co ection they had with the parish

nn l n I ca ot say . Certain y either were rectors of the place .

n n c a ellanu s not Who Joha nes Compto , p perpetuus , was , I do

n in one k ow , but he may have been a vicar here . However,

hallmote s 1 392 and of the of , John Bek William Smith are admitted to two of the Church cottages ; and this agrees

n with the seco d lease to John Bek . Three years afterwards

n and the same property is leased to Joh Bek, Edith , his

. in n and n wife Perhaps Alice had died the mea time , Joh Bek w n ished to have the lease re ewed for the sake of safety . The n n n a lias Mo r eko c n ext deed is a gra t by Joh Carter, , of Chewto ,

n B okk n and carpe ter, to Richard y g, burgher , of Wells , Alicia,

n n n n his wife, of the wester portio of the prese t Church Barto . It is described as being between the cottage and garden of John

on Bek the east , and the house of the Prior of the hospital of

. n in on n St Joh the Baptist , Wells , the west, havi g the high

I 2 1 1 W 6 HISTORY OF OOKEY .

n road on the south , and a certain la e on the north , which ran

d V ic k r l a 3 in front of the house calle La e sp c e . It was 7 feet wide

and 1 41 n n . n r feet lo g , from road to la e Not a mo th afterwa ds

n a H ank n k B okk n lias s W o . Richard y g sells it to Joh Spray , y , of y = n V 1 420. n it These are dated 7 He ry . We the lose sight of

n the n n n . 1 5 02 n n u til seve tee th year of He ry VII , whe a certai

n and William Sawyer gra ts it to twelve trustees , from that date we can trace its history . But with regard to the former house

far dell n find in 1 488 n and its of la d , we a Thomas Brow , of 1 Y enell n n n n and n n , husba dma , gra ti g the house garde to Joh

99 nn S el c ok on 3s . 4d . a lease of years , who pays him a ually as

n n far d ell n re t and as no mentio is made of the of la d , I suppose

n n one n n it had go e to e dow some or somethi g else . The in

1 492 n son and n Thomas Brow e, heir of Richard Brow e, of

Y enell n n and , gra ts to five trustees all his la ds hereditaments

n in the parish of Wookey , without specifyi g what they were .

n c an From this time, the , we trace the history of this piece of

n . n l n S el c o ck la d The trustees evide t y buy up or get rid of Joh ,

n n n W ok for in the same year they gra t it to Joh Tur er, of y, and n on in on Christi e, his wife, a lease for life, pay g the festival

n n of the Nativity of St . Joh the Baptist o e red rose . Probably

fine n in o n the that Tur er paid , order to get the place such

’ n Sel c ock s s easy terms , was made use of to settle Joh claim .

In 1 5 83 we find two important changes in the i ndenture

n of the lease of this last piece of la d . First, there appears to

n n in n have been set up withi the arrow strip , additio to the

’ one n now c all ed older to the orth, a house, which is Church

. n n l house For whe leasi g this other house, with its smal plot

n n of grou d , the right is reserved of i gress , egress and regress

- . n fin through the ground to the Church house And , seco dly , we d

an n n for the first time y hi t about the allotme t of the moors . For

n and the house is leased out, with its garde the common there n n n u to belo gi g . From this time there is much difficulty in tracing the distinct history of the two plots of land and their

houses . But previous to the year 1 689 we find that the trustees

1 W here Y enell is I d o not n k ow.

Y 1 1 8 HISTORY OF W OOKE .

in n n scheduled the Do atio Act Paper as lost, and probably it did

th n not survive the troubles of the 1 7 ce tury .

n n nin n We ext come to the legacy of Joa Brow g, to the Seco d

1 n n Y arl e £5 0 Poor . Joa Browni g , a widow lady of y, left for

and ou r 23r d S the poor of Wookey, first deed bears date eptember ,

= - 2 3 . 1 647 8 . n l n n Charles I David Trym , Joh Chapel , Joh Brow

n H i isl e in S enr . . . a d . g, , R Lyde, J Corpe , R pp y are the first n trustees . They declare that they have purchased the la d of

Y ar l e and 1 n John Stock , of y, 5 acres of arable la d at Oare for

’ n n n the poor of Wookey . Stock s la d co sisted of acres, lyi g

1 1 Monkfor d 1 below the Yeo at Yardley , 5 acres at , 1 acres at

H ornsmead and 2 in n , 5 acres the common field , called K owle

field .

x i Chu r chhou se n n The ne t legacy is that wh ch Thomas , of He to , l 1 1 th 1 661 n left by his wi l , May , , in which he charged his la ds

ishwick n 8 n at A with a yearly payme t of 1 0 . to the seco d poor of Wookey .

’ W e n n 20 n the come to W . Cou cil s gift of £ to the seco d poor, and £ 1 0 the interest of which is to be given to the vicar for preaching two sermons a year when the people came to receive

the charity .

. n 1 1 th 1 7 1 5 in 1 7 31 W Cou cil died July , , and the people of

’ £7 2 and and u Wookey subscribed , with that money , Co ncil s

’ £30 and n W , the messuage , orchard pasture la d, called ebb s

’ and l Cribb , Webb s was purchased from William Chappel , of

n - h and G oar w a - fields Wookey, yeoma , together with Gully ouse y ,

n n f u nr . the first set of trustees bei g Thomas Strode, Joh Luf e, J ,

S enr . and u nr John Watts, , John Watts , J ., Richard Clarke,

and n George Cooke Joh Poole .

1 7 7 8 . n In , Dr Ar old, vicar of Wookey , who died September

6th £ 1 0 n and of that year, left by will for the seco d poor , this

and seems to have been immediately distributed , not invested in

land . h I n 1 7 98 . Ann E l v ar d 2 8t Mrs , who was buried October ,

£1 00 n in left by will , the i terest of which was to be distributed

and 1 8 22 . . . bread to the poor of the parish , in the Rev T B

1 he i. e. t ra e nex g d t ab ov e r ec ognised paup er s . E W M S NDO ENT . 1 1 9

n n 20th £20 Salmo , who died Ju e of that year, left more for the

n £1 20 now same purpose . The i terest of this is yearly dis

n to . tributed, accordi g the terms of the Charity

The following catalogue of deeds in the Parish Chests illus trates the foregoing statements

1 . e n n and W arr e n L ase of la d to Joh Alice Bek , by John y de

W ell esl e h n Str ec chesten m n g , and Joh Hillary, e e t . Die

Mer c u r ii in . . 1 3th festo S Michaelis Rich . II .

2 . n and t Lease of la d to John Edi h Bek by above . Die Martis

f m a Ma dal n estu . e ae. 1 6 h . proxime post S Mari e g t Rich II .

Two copies .

lias Moreko c n 3. a n and John Carter, , carpe ter, gra t of house

n B okk n garde in Wookey to Richard y g, burgher of Wells ,

and 1 4th 7 th . Alice, his wife , January , the of Henry V

4 B okk n n n a lias . Richard y g gra ts his cottage to Joh Spray ,

H ank ns . . l 0th 7 th n y , of Wookey Feb , of He ry V .

5 n Ca ellanu s S chirb or n . Joh Hillary, p , de , leases the house that

to n and John Bek had , Joh Schapel , Isabella , his wife . 1 1 h n . t n Su day before Michaelmas of He ry VI .

6 . S chir b or n . . c a ell anu s John Hillary de , in Com Som p , leases

n and n the cottage which Bek had , to Joh Colyer , Joa na , his

and n son l st . 1 8th w IV wife, Joh , their , October Ed ard .

Two copies .

7 . Y enell . . n Thomas Brown de , in Com Som , husba dman, grants

n S el c ock l 8 . to Joh , of We ls, his house in Wookey , April th

3 n . rd of He ry VII . Two copies

8 . n Y enell son and Thomas Brow de , heir of Richard Brown ,

n n E d war de gra ts to Joh , vicar of Wookey , John Chapell,

W lkokke and William y , Thomas Clarke, farmer, Thomas

s on l n n n and n Clarke , his , all his a ds, te eme ts, reversio s in

h VI I . 8th . 7 t n Wookey . May He ry

9 n Y enell n t . Thomas Brow e de gra ts to above rustees all his

claims and future title and inheritance in W okey. May

1 2th 7 th n . . He ry VII HISTORY OF W OOKEY .

John E dwar de and other trustees lease a cottage to John n W n Tur er, of ookey, and Christi a , his wife, and Alicia,

Wm . n n E dwar de Sawyer gra ts to Joh , John Chappell ,

E dwar de . W il c ok n nn Walter , Wm , Joh Castel , of Fe y

n Y ar del e Chu r chou se Castel , Joh Smyth de y, Richard ,

W m . n n E dw ar de . n B l edene Thomas , Thos Tur er de y, Brow i g

B l edene and . n de y, Thos Clerke, his cottage , betwee John

’ Turner s and the house of the Prior of S . John Baptist

’ n 1 n . Hospital . S . Kathari e s Day . 7th He ry VII

and Wm . Willys or Sawyer makes John Cupper Nicholas

attornies n Plumley, his lawful , to give seisi of above cottage

in ok 1 1 W y. Date same as .

W ll s Wm . y y , mason, releases above trustees (II) from all

W ok e claims by him or his relations on his cottage in y.

: Ro dene n n Witnesses John y, miles, Edmu d Mille, Joh

Powl et n Standew k e n n , armiger, Joh y , Walter Vi ce t, and

attornies l st . 1 7th n . above . December He ry VII W ll l s son . John y y or Sawyer , of W Wil ys, releases trustees l 1 2th from all c aims he may have on the cottage . December .

1 7th n n He ry VII . Wit essed by Nicholas Trappe, tunc

n Stander w ke Magister de Welles, Richard Bur ell, John y ,

n r Joh Tupper and Thomas Squ e y.

E r n ton Richard y g , vicar , Thomas Clerke, armiger , William l n Chapel , Walter Edward , Thomas Clerke, ju ior , William

n and on Ha cock, William Castell , lease their lives to

F sshe and Richard y , Alice, his wife, Alice, his daughter,

n n . 8th the cottage which Joh Tur er lately held September .

2 2nd n n b He ry VIII . Wit essed y Robert Tupper, Walter

F sshe and n . Castel , John y John Tur er

n 1 5 William Castle, sole survivi g trustee, grants cottage ( ) to

new i. e. trustees , Christopher Webster, vicar, Richard

n n n W l Godwy , William Drew , Joh Chapell , se ior, John y

c oxx e Chu r c hou se n B owltin , Thomas , Joh g, William Hooper

S and n n or mythe , William Tucker , Joh Tur er . Wookey,

1 5 . 1 st Two October th Elizabeth . copies .

H O o r W IST RY OOKEY.

H i sl and . B een . i E . p y, H y Th s cottage, Edith Web , widow, 8th 1 6 1 4 lately held . May , .

24. . B een n . . . E y gra ts to David Trym , J Chapell, W Castle, J

n M dl eh am . n n Boulti g, T . y , J Tayler, R . Brow i g , J . Corpe,

Chu r chou se n . . and . J . Smyth, T , ju ior, E Hipsley, R Poole,

23 n i now the cottage ( ) which, Edith, wife of Antho y F sh, n 2 6 h 1 622 t . occupies . Ju e ,

A n n 2 5 . o bove trustees gra t to Richard Web , lives of self, Eliza

and n and beth , his wife , Joh Edward , their sons . their

and n n n 3 in cottage all la ds appertai i g, except yards

W estfield n . 20th. 2nd , of Wookey, lately e closed February 1 62 6 Charles I . .

26 n . . . Survivi g trustees, David Trym , J Chapple , T Corpe,

n and . Chu r chou se n J . Boulti g, T . Lyde , W , gra t cottage to

n n 1 n Elizabeth , wife of Edward Whiti g , of Eso , Mary Boulti g ,

d B . . . an . B . widow, daughter of E W M , daughter of M . ,

W n now in n on their lives . Edward hiti g is occupatio of h: 1 th . 8t 7 cottage in right of his wife April Charles II . There must have been a new creation of trustees between

2 4th and 2 6th .

2 . . and . n n 26 7 . J Chapell , T Corpe , J Boulti g, gra t the cottage ( )

n c arr er own and to Joh Eyers , of Wookey, y , OII his the

l and and . ives of Mary Ruth , his wife daughter

in Northfield 2 With the cottage now goes acres , acres in

E astfield .

d : n 2 5 th . 6th an 1 694. Two Ju e William Mary deeds . = n l 20th . 1 0th and 1 698 28 . A other ease , March William Mary . = 29 n 2 5 th . 1 st nn 1 7 02 . . A other lease, August A e

30 u n n an . P rchase by Joh Stock , of Yardley, of te ement d fifteen

n and n l acres of la d at Yardley , in the commo fie ds for £1 20

n and an from Oliver, Earl of Boli gbroke others , heirs d

n Chamb er l n E s and assig ees of Robert y , q , Alice, his wife , 2 5 th 1 2 others . May . th Charles I .

h 1 646 . n n l 6t . 31 . n and May , Co veya ce by J Stock of his la d

’ n n n n n te eme ts to the trustees of Joa Brow i g s legacy.

1 ston i. e. Ea W N ENDO ME TS . 1 23

d 32 . . . n n . . David Trym , J Chapell, J Brow i g, R Ly e, J Corpe,

H i isl e n . and R . pp y, purchase part of above la d of J Stock other lands for 2md Poor Charity out of £ 5 0 left by Joan

2 3r d . 23r d . Browni ng . September Charles I

O n 1 9 1 65 8 . . and . . n April th , , D T J B fill up vaca cies by

n n . . . n n n and appoi ti g G Trym , T Corpe, J Brow i g, j u ior ,

Tu tten n . D . other four bei g dead

n n n w f 33. e Three deeds relati g to creatio of feof ees , for the

n n . . n n n Brow i g Charity, viz . D Trym , J Brow i g, D . Tutto , d 1 R Tu rner an . . 3 . 1 5 T. Lyde, . T Corpe July th th Charles

II .

n n n . New Brow i g trustees, D . Tutto , T Lyde , T . Corpe, Hugh

Merifield . and . . , J Lyde , R Lyde

t 3r d . 34th Three deeds dated Oc ober Charles II .

n n . h New Brow i g Trustees Three deeds dated December l 0t .

Mer ifield n 7 th i . . . W lliam III Hugh , R Lyde, J Stott, Joh

ff . and n Lu e, J Poole , George Brookma .

Ne w n n . 28 h 2 t 9th. n Brow i g Trustees April and May 1 th An e .

f n John Luf e, Joh Poole, George Brookman, W . Clarke ,

. n and f W Bar ard , Joseph Luf e .

n . n 2 8th 2nd New Browni g Trustees Ja uary . George II . n f ff . e Joh Luf e, G Brookman , J . Lu , j unior, J . Poole, R .

and Clark , William Weare .

n . 3 . 1 th New Browni g Trustees December l st 7 George II .

. . . d R Clarke , J Poole, J Barnard , J . Stott, G . Stro e , and

n G . Cooke , j u ior.

I n 1 7 7 7 . n and 2 6th , G Strode is sole survivi g trustee, on May ,

n n n n n n co veys Brow i g la ds to Joh Ba d , J . Clark , J . Stott,

. and . . n not n J Weare , T A Salmo . Deed forthcomi g .

O n 2 0th 1 808 . . n n February , , T A Salmo , Rector of Rod ey

n n n n n Stoke, sole survivi g trustee, gra ts Brow i g la ds to J .

. n S Phillott, vicar of Wookey , E . W . Ba d , T . B . Weare,

n and . n J . Pit ey, J Stephe s as the new trustees .

’ n Cou cil s Legacy .

. n one n n W Chapell bargai s for year his cottage at He to ,

’ ’ and called Webb s Cribb , four acres called Webb s to T . 1 24 O W HIST RY OF OOKEY .

ff n W atts n . . V and n Strode , J Lu e , ju ior , J , se ior ju ior, Richard

and . . n in Clarke , George Poole J Poole Conveya ce made order that his usage may be legally turned into their poss

ssion 2 4th . 4th e . March George II .

41 . 25 th . 4th . 1 7 31 . ff March George II Mr . John Lu e to Mr.

n n n Butler . Assig me t to atte d the Inheritance in Trust

’ and n for Mr. Strode others . Cou cil s Charity .

’ 20. 7th . 1 7 67 . n i August George III Cou cil s Char ty . Lease for year by surviving trustees to Baily and Riddick by

and n Richard Clarke Joh Poole .

43 20th. 7 th . 1 7 67 . . March George III Baily and Riddick to

n n n n Richard Clarke, Joh Butte , Thomas Gale , Be jami

n n n and n Brooks , Fra cis Sheppard , Joh Poole , se ior, Joh

’ n n Poole, ju ior . Cou cil s Charity . Lease for a year .

44. 2 l st 1 7 67 . new March , Release by above to above Trustees .

45 . 1 8th 1 7 92 . n . to n October , Cou cil Charity Thomas Clark Joh

Clark and Abraham Stott , to be by them released to T . C .

n n new a d six or seve other trustees .

46 20th 1 7 92 . n n . October , Joh Clark and Abraham Stott co vey

n n n n and Cou cil E dowme t to Thomas Clark , se ior , Thomas

n n “W Clark , ju ior, Joh Church Clark, illiam Stott , son of

son Isaac Stott, David Stott, of the late James Stott,

n and Thomas Bailey Weare , William Bar ard , Francis

Sheppard . The later church and charity deeds ar e well known and easily

and not an n . read , therefore do call for y ote For the sake of convenience the following lists give the names of the owners and tenants of the two houses that stood in the

n Church Barto .

n- W arr e n The owners of the Easter house were John y , of

\Vell esl ea h 1 389 n C a ellanu s S chirb orn 1 433 g , Joh Hillary , p , de ,

m wn Y enell B n Y enel l son and Tho as Bro , of Thomas row e , of ,

n Y enell 1 492 1 492 . heir of Richard Brow e, of , Church Trustees ,

n n o n n C a ell anu s n The te a ts were J h Compto , p Perpetuus ; Joh and 1 389 n and 1 393 Alice Bek , ; Joh Bek Edith Bek , John and

e 1 433 n and 1 480 Isab l Schapel , Joh Joanna Colyer, John

1 26 HISTORY OF W OOKEY .

CHAPTER VIII .

THE FIELD NAMES OF WOOKEY .

n n n HERE is nothi g so i teresti g and valuable, in an historical

n i and - poi t of v ew, as a complete accurately spelt list of

n m and and and n the a es of the fields hills, houses la es in a

i n c an par sh . I deed, from them we almost arrive at a general

n k owledge of the history of the parish . We look first for those old English names which may tell us of the district before the

n and time of Domesday . In certai cases we may look discover Celtic names which tell us of the place before our Saxon or

n E glish ancestors settled down here . Perhaps occasionally such n k n n and ames tell us of British slaves wor i g for E glish masters , calling the districts by names which these masters did not under

n n in n and n sta d . The E glish times, comi g down to the days

and n find in of Elizabeth , we may look , will certai ly such a

n n and n n n n list, ma y a hi t much accurate i formation co cer i g the

n n n n n old system of agriculture , whe the te a ts of the Ma or la ds

n n and were villei s of the lord of the ma or, had attached to their houses strips of land in the common fields to till for their own n n find n v n suste a ce . We will the la d di ided i to arable

n and n n n . la ds , waste or u e closed la ds We will discover traces of the paths which lead to these parallel strips ; not indeed in

n n in n the moder la es, though sometimes them , but in the ames

n r an An n of the fields through which those paths o ce . d comi g

n find n dow to later times, we the ames of many of the lease holders O fthe Manor lands attached to the lands which once

n no n n they cultivated . If the Ma or is lo ger i tact, but as in

n in our own case, has bee sold plots , these names will be

n especially umerous , because they were the names by which the fields were described when the memorable sale took place .

not n n n n Last of all , there should be wa ti g ma y a hi t as to the

a n s s enclosure of the moors nd waste la ds of the pari h . The e or W TH E FIELD NAMES OOKEY . 1 27 enclosures went on regularly from the sixteenth to the end of

n h n and n n the eightee t ce tury, i variably leave their traces behi d them \ Now it will be probably asked where we are to find the old n an and ames . Of course, if we could hold inquest get a j ury of ex i n n and f per e ced atives, go with them rom field to field , we would

n O f n gather together a large amou t i formation . But as this is l ff practically impossible, the book which wi l a ord us the largest amount of inform ation is the Tithe Commutation Apportionment

in n . I n own book, which the ame of every field is recorded our case the value of this list varies very much . In some parts of the

n n n n in parish it co tai s ma y valuable old ames , but other parts

n it is very meagre . This clearly arose from the varyi g ability

O f in n those who were called to the help of the Commissio ers .

n n and Some of them k ew their la ds , some did not ; or if they

not n n . did , yet they did k ow how those ames were spelt But

n t o in additio the Tithe Book , we have in Wookey a large and valuable collec tion of deeds connected with our Church and

’ n m n and aflor d in Charity e dow e ts, all of them help this search

n n for old ames . The most valu able mi e for wealth of this

n n n and ki d is, however, to be fou d amo g the Court Rolls the H ll Rolls of the a motes of the Manor . The bundles of Court

’ and ff n n n now Rolls baili s accou ts co cerni g Wookey, which are

and in . in the Lambeth Library , which I made use of Chapter ii ,

n assisted most materially in the followi ng collec tion . The o ly drawback to them arises from our ignorance as to where these

I n n n n and places are . ma y cases the ames have bee lost, the

now n and n n fields have got some commo moder ame, which tells us n n ’ n othi g of that field s history . It will be fou d therefore in the list below that I have put down sometimes two different spellings

one and n in an O ld of word , probably I have give some cases and ne w n not t a ame for the same field . I have felt jus ified in

n n an n in correcti g the Tithe Book , or omitti g y ame recorded

an n n . one and in a cie t deed The list is not a perfect , some

is n n n cases it ma ifestly u satisfactory . Had I bee able to dis

an of n 1 5 5 3 cover y the Court Rolls subseque t to the year , I m an n T u ight have improved d e larged it . he n merous fields that 1 28 W HISTORY OF OOKEY .

f possess names simply descriptive of their size, are chie ly to be

n n in 1 86 nn ’ l fou d on those moors that were e closed 7 . De is p ot

’ ’ and Denbis paddock and Stott s orchard tell us of some of the

l in n leaseho ders the days before the Ma or was sold and divided .

n and The reeve of Wookey, the Overla d the Folly, refer to

’ n the n n n n the days whe ma orial te a ts were the lord s villei s .

n n end in Lastly, it will be oted that there are seve words which

v iz B r em elham Fer mer ham ackw ellham n ham , . , , y , J , Key sham ,

Lab orham L d eham Pal mer sham . n n ham , y and If the e di g is ,

n n and the probably these are the names of early settleme ts , may

’ take us back to the time of Edward s gift to bishop Giso ; but

n n n n if the e di g is ham , the they refer to e closures on the moors

B remel — in the vicinity of old houses . ham was probably attached

B l eadne - and ackw ell - ham n an n to y mill , J may have bee e closure

in - now n n n - belong g to Batch house, k ow as K owle farmhouse .

L deham was L dis- an y probably near to y close, if it is not

n in i older ame for the same field . There was a family th s

n n 1 6 and 1 n parish of the ame of Lyde duri g the th 7th ce turies .

n n man n n Key sham was probably the e closure of a amed Key es . The Keynes were villeins on the Manor during the 1 5 th and

n not n n l 6th ce turies . I have bee able to discover the positio l m of Ferm eryham and Pa mersha .

TH E ACRE .

Two ACRE .

AFTER STILE .

- A . LDERS, in Beggarly leaze

ALLE RE D.

- A M H . n L S OUSE CLOSE , in Marley mead Portio of an old freehold,

held by the Wells Almshouses , in the Manor of Wookey .

AS HAY .

E - ASH E MO R . Between Castle and Beggarly leaze.

’ H emb u r ATWOOD S COAT . The hilly slope south of y wood . i B AB STO NE S . B abbl estones n Tr enl e , the hollow between y and

n- Easto hill .

BALL TH O RN.

B l eadene a . BARROW HILL , overlooking y C useway H BATC , a hill ,

O 1 30 HISTORY OF VVO K EY .

’ BUTTON S PADDOCK .

T E B U T IC PADDOCK .

BUTTS HOUSE . The second house on the left of the road on

’ arl e Hillier s Lane at the top of Y y.

B U TTI C E n in - field LANE , the strip of la d the East that lead to

an the strips running east d west .

on B ut tic e n . BUTTS . A field right of la e X ’ BU TON S GROUND .

B Y F O RE TH E W AY .

CADBURY . The battle entrenchment .

- CALLOW HILL . Bare hill .

L E CALVES C O S .

CATS HILL .

CASTEL BURG .

CASTLE BRIDGE .

CARPE SH Y LLE . 1 461 .

n n CAR P MEAD . The field at the cor er of the road leadi g from

n Castle la e to Hay hill . ’

H . O l d n n C APEL LAND The site of the free chapel at He to , 1 5 5 0 demolished in .

H t n n in C H URC F U RLONG . A por io of the Church e dowment the common fields of the parish

C H U RC H LANDS .

CINDER MEADS .

’ CLARKE S HAYE .

. on n CLAW PIT A field norther slope of hill . Perhaps near Pi Clay t lane .

CLOVER CLOSE .

. Two on n COLD HARBOUR fields higher side of lane, mounti g

n ’ hill beyo d Wester s grave .

Y arle COAT . Side of a hill on left of road to y, and opposite

Worth cottage .

C O DB U RG MO O R. 1 330.

COMM ON MEAD .

C O NE Y RU RY .

C O O MB E DY C H E .

- TH E C O O NC H E . , above Wookey hole TH E FIELD NAMES OF W OOKEY . 1 31

’ COOK S ORCHARD .

’ CORP S PLOUGH GROUND .

COPPICE .

Y C O WW A CLOSE .

’ COWPER S CROFT .

CROFT .

’ CUFF S GROUND .

C U IGAR n NN . . FIELD Perhaps Coney yard , or the rabbit warre

CULVER HILL .

CU Low HILL PADDOCK .

E D NB IS PADDOCK .

n DENNIS PLOT . Probably taken from the ame of the last lord

n of the Ma or .

DRY CLOSE .

D R DE . in U S N . . Durden , a thicket of wood a valley That part

n e n of Wookey withi the limits of the old forest of M dip .

DU MMIC E a n and LANE, parallel to B ttice la e, to the west of it.

EAST CADBURY .

EASTON HILL .

EAST COURT YARD .

EAST MEAD .

’ RR (E B B E W Y RTH ( E OR. . Ebb s settlement .

E LM CLOSE .

. one n ELIN CLOSE The field next but beyo d the School .

FE RME RY H AM. 1 46 1 .

’ n FISH ER S ORCHARD . The first house on the right o the top of

Y arl e y.

TH E n n FOLLY . Perhaps Folkland, a narrow strip of la d leadi g

G oar w a to y fields .

FORD CLOSE .

’ FORGET S CLOSE .

FURLONG .

— G AG LE Y . . MEAD Gagel mead , where myrica gale grows

T GALES S H O R B RIDG E .

G Ass MILL .

GASTON. One of the fields on the northern slope of the hill at

Worth . K 2 1 2 W 3 HISTORY OF OOKEY .

’ G LOVER S CALLOW HILL .

ARW AY . G oar wa n G O FIELDS y was a remnant of the common la d,

n which did not fit in with the furlo g strips .

n GOSS GROUND . Gorse grou d. The field directly over Wookey

hole .

GREAT GROUND .

. E A n G REAT HAM LYN . field on the top of the la e which leads

’ W Y arl e end from ester s grave to y, at the of the first turn

to the left .

’ GREEN S BUS H .

G RE E NSW AY B U SH .

GREENLANDS BUS H .

- G RU TB E DLE SS in W etm oor . . , Gravel bed leaze

- - A . 31 n HALF YARDLAND acres, a common holdi g of a customary

n n te a t.

HAMM .

n n HAMS MEAD . Portio of Key sham meadow .

w on f HANGING . A meado side o a hill .

G . n HANG ASTON The grass e closure on the side of a hill .

PITs. here ath HARE Perhaps p , but see chapter i .

H E MB U RY 20 n in 1 6 1 2 WOOD , formerly about acres ; cut dow .

H E MB RY U CLOSE . n 1 647 HENLEY Ho ey Lea,

H E S K E ARD Ash ar th n . g , the field on side of la e at the back of

’ Mrs . Toogood s house at Worth .

H I G H O VE R. . High Shore Side of steep , right bank of river ,

just before the great bend at B u r cot .

H IG H E NB RY H emb u r 2 U . Is this the earlier form of y

HIGH ER KNOWL . E ND HILL .

HILL HEAD .

T P HILL O CLOSE .

HILL LADDEN.

HOLLY BROOK . Hollow brook . The stream at the bottom of

Barley Batch .

HOLLOWAY .

HONEY MEAD .

W Y 1 34 HISTORY OF OOKE .

This is the common name for the narrow strip that some f times projects beyond the usual square shape o a field .

LE TNE Y - w n , a field by the side of the mill stream (leat) bet ee

B lead eney and Mar chay.

LIC H LE G H . 1 330.

n - o n n LIN MOOR . The wester most limit of Wet m or, adjoi i g

- n L n . Kn owl moor before it was e closed . y welsh for lake

LINMO O R HILL .

- Letew e . LITTLE HAY BRIDGE , probably y bridge Just by this

bridge the stream j oins the tail- water from the mill below

Hurst batch .

LITTLEWOOD .

LITTLE PERRY LAKE .

LITTLE RIPPLE .

LY TH E L E L n NY . et ey.

LONG LAND .

LONG CROFT. H M AD LONG O RNS E .

LONG DOWN.

LONG STRING MEADOW. Southern Slope of high ground over

n Ash - looki g moor.

I LOWER L N MOOR.

LONG LE Y .

n n . LONG STYLE CLOSE . Close on steep side of Lo g Stri g meadow

LY DE H AM n n . There was a family amed Lyde here for ma y 1 46 1 years . .

LY DIS h n CLOSE . T is most likely is the same e closure as the

n I . precedi g . t is on the southern slope of Perry Lake lane

’ MA K I C NNO N S ORCHARD .

MANGANESE GROUND .

MARLEY MEAD .

MARLEY ORCHARD .

MARIGOLD PADDOCK .

MARK MAIN CLOSE . The high ground above Long String

meadow .

MARSH FIELD . H MARS Y MEAD . E W 1 35 TH FIELD NAMES OF OOKEY .

MARC E SY ME DE .

MARTE Y NE S E Y .

MARTY NS ME DE .

MEADOW G AG LE Y .

M EAD E ND . ME LLI F O NT ABB E Y A modern name for the old

- Rectory house .

MI DDLE CLOSE . MILL HOUS E

Monksford MONKSWOOD CLOSE, near , on road from Wookey to

Y arl ey. f l M n r s. MO NE RY S MY LLE . 1 461 . c . . e o e . Peter Close Rolls , Ed

dz 30. III . , p . cf .

MO NKS FO RD.

MOOR CLOSE .

MY LH AMS v o n r n . Se eral meadow fields either bank of iver ear

Monk sfor d .

W AY NARROW .

NE W CLOSE .

Nottlic h. E K E 1 330. NO TT LA . Now

NORTH FIELD .

NURSERY .

n OARE . Bou dary .

O ARFI E LD CLOSE .

O AK LEAz E.

O LDC LY FF E. 1 46 1 .

ORCHARD RI PPLE .

O XLE AZ E n - Kn m t , orth west of owl far , on the righ bank of

the Axe . n OVERLAND . The high ground above He ton Church is now

V erl and w called or O verland , but I doubt hether the name

n belonged to any fixed portion of the Ma or.

PADDOCK .

PALME RS H AM.

PARAD ISE .

PE ASCRO FT m a to BRIDGE , where the road fro B rcot Wookey

crosses the stream . 1 W 36 HISTORY OF OOKEY .

PE ASFU RLO NG .

PERRY LAKE CLOSE .

PIGS PADDOCK .

PIN PADDOCK .

n on - PIN LAKE . Spri g side of hill overlooking Beggarly leaze.

PLANTATION .

’ - PRE SSMO O R PRE STE MO RE . n , also Priest s moor , the waste la d used

and by the rector of Wookey, which was added to the

rectorial glebe after the mqor s were enclosed . PRE Y W ASTE .

PRE Y W ATE R.

PRIGGERS . I NN PUNCH BOWL .

PY LW ATE RH O RNE .

PY 1 46 1 . S FU RLO NG .

’ ‘ O n - QUAKER S CLOSE . the south of the upper road called Perry

n nn n B l eadne Lake la e, ru i g from Castle to y.

QUARRY GROUND .

R DE LE 1 A PO . 461 . Probably Read Pool , the pool that used to

- exist just below Read farm , south east of Hudswell .

’ RADFORD S ORCHARD .

REED . Now Read Farm .

an n n REEVE OF WOOKEY, acre of the portion of commo la d n m assig ed to the custo ary tenant, who acted as reeve for

the year for the lord of the manor. ’ I RING o BELLS NN.

RIPPLE ORCHARD .

RIGLEY. Ridge lea.

RI PPLE H A l Y . . n Rip ey hay The reapi g meadow.

RIVE R L E C O S .

ROBINS CLOSE .

RODES .

ROOKS .

ROUG H PASTURE .

’ ROCKS CLOSE .

R E LM O W O RE . 1 391 .

RU S H LE Y .

1 38 W HISTORY OF OOKEY .

S TO NE LE Y . n Y arl e On the high grou d above y.

TA S RVE G ATE CLOSE .

SU LLO w S HARE PLOT Ploughshare plot. A field

on i - the r ght as one goes up Callow hill lane .

SWATCH . Swash puddle of water.

STUBBLE GROUND .

SY LVE RLAK E ME DE .

E AZIL T CLOSE .

’ TIBB S ORCHARD .

TITLANDS .

T E B Y R N . Probably a corruption of the next name .

TRE NLE Y .

AT TRU CK LE P H . A path only large enough to roll a small

Y arl e barrow. A field between y and Knowl hill, in Lin

- moor , through which runs a foot path .

TH E PIECE .

TOAD ACRE.

TO P G ROUND .

TURN HILL .

TURN YARDS .

TWIN HILL FIELD.

A . TYNING . n enclosure

TY RLICK ME DE Ashmoor . , between and Beggarly leaze

W ALF RL G 1 6 U O N . 4 1 .

WASP HILL ORCHARD .

WATCH CLOSE .

’ WATER S GRAVE .

W ATE RLY W AY H W aterl etewa ORC ARD , probably y Orchard , on

n the side of t he Me dip mills .

W E LLW AY ORCHARD.

WELL CLOSE .

’ WEBB S G RI B S . I think this ought to be Crib .

WEARY FURLONG . The large field, at the back of the houses in

the Pr e wat er lower village , which reaches to the river at y

bridge .

W E STLE Y E LAND. 1 391 . TH E FIELD NAMES OF W OOKEY .

M WEST EAD .

’ WESTER S GRAVE .

’ - W n . o u rt WHAT HILL . North east of K ight s wood Probably

ZE bb aw VVe r di an . u r t . o hill from g, estate or farm

H B E D WIT Y .

WORTH .

W ok and O chie. WOOKEY, the only other forms are y, Okey , If

not nn e W ok ob e it is co ect d with , ther may be some con

n ti n nd n ec o with Wok in Woking a Woki gham .

WOOKEY FIELD .

’ WOOLLEN S CLOSE . ’ Tw WOOLLEN S o ACRE.

’ W ooLLE N s PADDOCK .

VVO O DLANDS VV O O DFALL. YARDS

YONDER KNOWL .

. G rdl e Y l e . YARDLEY Formerly y g, or g The yard meadow ,

meadow of sixty acres. I CHAPTER X.

L O C A L F A M I L I E S HOWEVER well we may know the laws and ways by which n in sur ames arose , yet there is always a peculiar pleasure finding ins tances and examples of those methods among the

n n in n names of the i habita ts of the parish which one is i terested .

n we In the I speximus of Thomas of Bath , find two forms in

nn existence . There is the man distinguished by his co ection

’ and in c on with his father s name, there is his father described

nection n . Radu l hu s with his reside ce We have, first of all, p

O noll and de la , then we have Walcher, or Wacher, described

son s 1 3 as the of Ralph . Thi is in the early years of the th

n n n m n ce tury . The towards the end of that ce tury we have e described by the nature of their work — there is Hu gh l e

D h l F l a h an m m e e e e d l e . yg , and John g , Ada Tailler At the sa e time we meet with several instances of surnames arising from

’ n H ei helme the locality of a man s house . There is Joh atte g ,

n and . W ok He ry atte Watere, Gilbert atte Wyk Wyk is y,

find one for we that one of the first fields in the parish , as comes from Theale is called Inwick . The water is possibly that at

- in n x n Wookey hole . Then the e t ce tury we get Richard atte

s o- h as Y arl e Putte, called probably from the quarry above y ;

Cha el e n Hugh atte p , called so from the old free chapel at Hento

A w n no x lice atte Castell , hich eeds e planation John atte Crosse, from the proximity of his house either to the old cross at Castle,

Na sch and to Y arl e . n or that at y The comes Richard atte y ,

n B er w e B ar we Ag es atte which latter name appears also as atte , and w H u dswill on in 1 5 refers to the Barro at . Later the th

n hn w and n and ce tury we have Jo atte Ha e , Joh de Cadbury, John l e Here and William atte Bergh and in the 1 6th c entu r v

w n n n John At ill , or atte Well , a ame which fi ds a place amo g the

1 42 W HISTORY OF OOKEY .

B ar nar d— For some time past I have been searching the parish for the old tombstones that from time to time have been n sold by previous churchwarde s as useless lumber . The last that

on its in and I rescued was face the yard of the Church farm ,

n n belo ged to the Bar ard family . The Barnards are a very old

n n n n family, and were te a ts of the ma orial la ds for several

n i centuries . The first weddi g recorded n the register is that

n n and Pl omb in 1 5 65 w of Joh Bar ard Elizabeth y . It ould be impossible to give full pedigrees of all the families of this name

n but I state below that of the William Bar ard , who died in

1 694 n . , and whose tombsto e I have lately rescued

— nthon arnar th er er 1 5 8 A y B d! Edi S vi , 7 ,

1 639.

j r = == R1 ch . eb a ar e Anthon E h z ab eth W oan J ohn Ill ar E dw . r t y , J y , M g 1 6 1 8 1 5 96 1 6 1 9 1 606

v il ie= Thom aS o se nthon Ci R w ll A y , 1 622 1 642 24

— _— J _ T l W illiam Mar W est oo har ar ohn a eth ? y w d , Ric d Edw d J , Eliz b , 1 629 1 65 7 1 632 1 635 1 639 1 694 1 700 1 634 1 644

"L _ _ — 1 T T T l t W am W am h . d eth ar ar et ohn Su sa nah Thos J oan illi illi Ric Ey , M g J fi u . ? 1 65 1 65 8 1 65 9 1 66 1 1 663 B lannin 1 666 r o o 7 g, B k 1 5 8 1 6 1 fl ohn 1 0 man 1 65 7 6 7 70 1 709 , Cate c oat 1 7 1 6 1 691 1 696 1 694

— - 7 — “ r T T 7 f VVil liam Mar garet Richar d John Thomas Joseph Francis Mar y 1 696 1 697 1 700 1 702 1 703 1 7 1 2 1 694 1 694 1 7 2 1 1 694 l 694

n w Where a seco d date is given belo the first, it refers to the death

n e of that perso , and the first date aft r a marriage is the date

e of the marriag .

- B r ownin . n n g The family of Brow i g , as far as I can discover,

W on one n n in n Y ar le as settled of the ma or holdi gs the tithi g of y . They were much mixed up with the Buxtons and Edwards

n 1 7th n and duri g the early years of the ce tury , they were at

o ne n n u n . n n n in time certai ly give to P rita ism Joh Brow i g,

1 6 24 n n n and , left mo ey for the e dowme t of a preachership here ,

n n 1 639 £5 0 Joan Brow i g, the widow, who died in , left that

n with which our endowment for the Second Poor Charity bega . 1 1 LOCAL FAMILIES . 4

not n I have bee able to make out a pedigree of them , because they are so many in number during the early years of our nn n n n register, that I ca ot do a ythi g more tha guess at their

I n 1 5 97 n n n relationship . there are three Joh Brow i gs settled

Y ar le and one n n . I n 1 641 at y, Edward Brow i g there is a

n n . n n n n Robert Brow i g settled there Joa Brow i g, our be e

factr ess n n S enr . in , was a Lyde, and married John Brow i g, ,

1 5 99 1 620 and . Her husband died before , it was her SO

n 1 600 in 1 62 5 n . John, bor in , who e dowed the preachership

B u xton — The Buxton family had great influence I n this 1 th n family during the early part of the 7 ce tury . They were

n n and n in 1 6 2 4 . n n stro g Purita s , whe Mr John Brow i g, of

Y ar l e n n n n n y, left mo ey for the e dowme t of a preachi g mi ister ,

Anthonie and Mr. Buxton accepted the post, was probably a l n in O d . 1 624 thor the flesh to the vicar , Mr Middleham , from

1 635 n . . n to , whe Mr Buxton died I have not bee able to make a pedigree of this family , but it appears that Thomas

n B u ck ston n one Buxto , or , as the ame is sometimes spelt, was

n Ne w n of the ma y who emigrated from Somerset to E gland .

’ I n 1 65 7 n n and n n n , Thomas so s , Joh A tho y , retur ed to Somerset o n and in 1 65 8 a visit, died and were buried here February, .

n B u c kston They seemed to have stayed with their u cle , John ,

Y arle n one and at y, as all three died withi a week of another,

ff n possibly were carried o by some fever . The Buxto s used to be

f c an find called Taylors , sen . , and the first of the family that I are

t n 1 5 62 and in 1 5 97 . Robert Taylor, se , in , Robert Taylor, J

in 1 61 1 in 1 6 1 4 . The former died , and the latter Robert Taylor,

S enr . n and n , had two so s , Robert Antho y , and these two both ’ “ n n n. n son had so s amed Joh Joh , Robert s , becomes Taylor , ” a lia s n n n all Buxto , and that descriptio cli gs to the family

n n n . in 1 5 94 n through the seve tee th ce tury He married , Joa

and 1 5 99 n n 1 601 n 1 603 Stott, had issue Robert, A tho y, Joh ,

1 604 n 1 606 and in 1 6 1 2 James, ; Joa , ; Mary , who died . This

’ n in 1 6 1 4 . n n son Joh died A tho y s , who is described as John

a lias n n . in 1 5 99 n n Taylor, Buxto , Ju r , married Isabel Brow i g , and 1 600 n 1 601 1 602 had issue Mary , ; Joh , ; Thomas ,

a 1 604 1 606 n 1 607 A n Willi m , ; Thomas , Christia , and ntho y , 1 44 W HISTORY OF OOKEY .

1 609. n 1 628 . n n He died , I thi k, in A tho y was the young n 1 635 n n n l mi ister of , Thomas we t to New E gla d , probab y with

Ill ar s and in 1 643 and n e the y other Somerset folk , Joh settl d

Y ar l e and in 1 65 8 at y, died with his nephews .

Cha ell — one n and p The Chapell family is of great a tiquity,

n . n n derived their ame from the free chapel of St Thomas at He to .

n n in 1 5 60 n l Whe the registers begi , there are so ma y fami ies of that name that I find it impossible to give a pedigree of any length n n of any o e bra ch . The first notice I have is of aJohn atte

1 389 I n 1 420 n n in Chapple in . we have me tio ed the parish deeds

n n t k 1 4 3 a Joh atte Chapple de He on juxta W o y. In 3 we have a

n and . I II 1 488 n Joh Chapel Isabella, his wife a Joh Chapel is

n n and O f n n and me tio ed , three years later , two that ame, a se ior

n n n m n n . a j u ior , are me tio ed as trustees of the church e dow e ts

I n 1 5 22 n W ok and there is a Joh Chapel , of y, a William Chapel ,

n n n n n of He to . This latter is the ge tleman who pulled dow Hento

I n 1 6 1 6 n n n Free Chapel . , a Joh Chapel , of the City of Lo do , is

’ n n one n u and w me tio ed as of the Church La ds Tr stees , to ards the end of this century two blacksmiths at Henton were called

n n O f John Chapel . Duri g the first hu dred years our registers

n and n there are eleve marriages of Chapels, thirteen births, sixtee

n n n e deaths . Duri g the eighteenth ce tury there are ma y mor

n no w no n an e tries in the books, but there are lo ger y families of

n in n n that name here, though the ame still exists the surrou di g villages .

Chu r chou se — I have found no record of a building called the

- n n Church house earlier than the reig of Quee Elizabeth , but the family of Chu r chou se is recorded as belonging to Wookey more

t wo O f n than century before that . There were families that ame

22 in n Y arl e n n n in 1 5 , the tithi g of y, which i cluded He to , as a Richard and a Thomas Ch u r cho u se appears as contributing to the

Chu r c hou se n Lay Subsidy . Richard appear as a wit ess at the

i 4 2 Chu r c ho u se Signing of one of the Church deeds n 1 9 . William

’ fin 1 5 41 appears as the bishop s bailif the Valor Ecclesiasticus , and a John Chu r chou se is recorded among the villeins at the

32 e n 1 7th H ockday Hallmote of 1 4 . Th name occurs duri g the

IVO O K E Y 1 43 HISTORY OF .

' — I m b od e n b u r iall First, bequeath y y to Christia in the t w church of Wookey , or where y shall please my executors or here

n n n n such as shall have the order thereof may thi k co ve ie t . 3 d 8 . 4 . to I give to the Cathedral Church of Wells , the Church

3 4d K in n 6s . 8d . n S . este 3s 4d . of Wookey , Locki ge , g Seymer . , Great ff 3 in n S . 4d Livermere , the cou ty of Su olk , . , towards the repara

n and tio of every the said churches , to be prayed for.

twent e l awfu ll n Item . I will that there be y marks of mo ey

a n o \ l and W ook e in nn bestowed mo g the poor pe ple of Ve ls y , ma er

n : t en and form followi g that is , marks the day of my burial , five m n end arks the mo th after, and other five marks the of the year 1 next after my decease . h Item . I will that t ere be other twenty marks delivered

and in shortly after my decease, to be employed bestowed the r ep ar acyons and amending of the high way between Wookey and

Wells .

Thenfollow bequests and legacies to his children and grand

n n E w r h . . e o t childre He gives to my frie d Dr g , a pott of silver

t . and and B u ssho wi h a cover marked with T C . to my Lord pp , of ” n one w . Bath and Wells, Doctor Bour e, e er of silver parcell gilte

n G er v s in in He leaves to his serva t, William y , a life terest his

- - and n K ew ar d . son in n n mill grou d at To his law , Hamo d Claxto ,

’ n and he leaves his barber s baso ewer of silver . He makes

nthoin and n . A his wife , Hamond Claxto his executors The will

n n n is Sig ed by John Clarke, Thomas Clerke , He ry Howe , Joh k W yl c o c s .

The John Clerke and John W yl c ocks are Wookey people and

n n his neighbours at the Ma or House . He ry Howe was vicar of

Wookey at the time .

’ in b In S . Cuthbert s Church Wells is a ta let to a Clara Clerke ,

1 5 47 and an fi t n n ef gy of a cer ai He ry Clerke, and possibly this is

s on . n in 1 5 7 4 and in the of Thomas Clerke He ry Clerke died ,

W d t . his ill desired to be buried near his aughter, Elizabe h He

n W and n and mentio s his ife , Elizabeth , his so s , William Thomas ,

1 This Trental and Anni ver sary dole clearly Sh ows the mind ofTho mas

Cler k e . M LOCAL FA ILIES . 1 47

and n n C . S n n his cousi , Sir Rowla d larke ubdea Bowerma , rector

n o ne of Wookey , makes a He ry Clarke of the trustees of his

£2 0 . n w bequest of to the parish Ag es Clarke, a wido , was

’ n n on buried in 1 5 7 2 . The i scriptio Thomas Clarke s tomb in the

l eth church is Here y the body of Thomas Clarke, Esquire , and “ n n w hic he te in 2 nd A tho y, his wife , Thomas depar d God the

a 1 5 5 5 and n n d a day of M rch , , also A tho y departed the y ” of of whose soul God have mercy . I would caution

n readers , however, about the pare tage of Thomas Clarke ,

n n because it is only a probable o e. The ame was common all over

senr . in in 1 49 n nd . 1 E gla There was a Thomas Clarke, Wookey , and many oth e rs before that date ; and in several parishes in the

n 1 6th n diocese I have met with Clarkes duri g the ce tury, but

c an no b n - there be dou t that Thomas Clerke , of the Ma or house,

was a stranger to the parish .

- n De nb ees Denbe. The followi g pedigree of the I have been

to n is and able mak e out e tirely from the Par h Registers , from the bundle of family papers which in this case I have been allowed

c an . n to insp e ct . I vouch for its accuracy The ame is variously

De nb e i h n n e and Denb ee . find a spelt g , De by , De b , I the n me

1 6 n nn nne n in the th ce tury , but ca ot co ct the entries earlier tha

n the middle of the seventee th .

\Villiam Denb i h Val e ntina 1 65 5 . g ? ,

. I. — _ l 1 — E l iz ab e th ar G eor e — ar an 1 W illiamf M y , g wM y , Juli , d 660 ro n n 1 65 6 he s B w i g , Hug ,

1 670 1 680.

1 7 1 9 r' T — ameS J oan e or e S arah Ric h El iz J fi G g , , . ? .

o hn am es a 1 685 1 687 . J , J , Eliz , , 1 4 1 6 73. 1 683. 1 686 . 7 3. — ‘ annah a es 1 1 4 wH H y , 7 . — — r “ T u nnah ar tha ar Su sa , M , M y

1 709. 1 707 . 1 706 .

T “ 1

ranc e ar . annah S am e am e ose h F y, M y H , u l, S u l , J p , 1 23 1 25 1 31 1 32 1 720 7 , 7 , 7 , 7 , 2 1 734 . 1 764 . 1 7 6 . 1 749. 1 806 .

am e S u l , 0 1 72 ,

1 724. W Y 1 48 HISTORY OF OOKE . A 1 iz ab eth e Thomas = H ester o er W am Lyd , , Gl v , illi , 60 1 4 , 793, 1 76 . 1 24 2 8 . 1 8 7 , 1 770.

nne ohn a eth a eth ar 1 9 e or e h omas A , J , Eliz b , Eliz b , M y , 7 7 , G g , T , 2 = 1 8 . 1 89. 1 90 1 94 onathan 1 800 1 802 7 6 7 7 , 7 J , , 1 W m s Mar hsfield 1 41 a 90 . W 8 7 , ill , . $ Eliz 1 24 8 . b eth. 1 homas T , Sarah .

1 836 .

D u nche — The following pedigree of the Dunches will help to explain the history of the Manor

W am n h ar a hter ofW am ar on illi Du c y, d ug illi B , o f on on and tt e W tnam ob on n e 1 5 L d Li l y ; L do di d 60 .

1 5 97 .

daughter ofJas. n sh o of , bi p

1 5 94 .

~ = am a Mar W m . m n W t . W a ter o hn am e Ed u d , illi , b p l , J , S u l . y, W n h om 1 5 82 1 5 8 O b . 1 6 1 2 ob . S . . ob . S . . b ap . ; 7 ; ; p p i c c b ,

5 m . ar r om 1 5 86 1 5 8 O b . 1 646 . ob . 1 5 9 . M y C . 6 . e a nt of w ll , u th e Pr otector Oliv er . 1 e rah th ar = Ann Edmund . D bo . Ru . M y .

ba 1 5 94 d an. ofSir Sir ohn p . . J ohn oo er Ph ot J C p , ilp . ofRockb orne

E dwar ds — I have found it quite impossible to trace up the

find n pedigree of the family of Edwards . I a Joh Edwards ,

n m n n in 1 42 1 n on ju r . , e tio ed , who was probably a villei the

n 1 461 n B l edene n ma or . In a Joh Edwards rented the y cor mill

n £5 1 3s . 4d . . n of the bishops , at a re tal of a year A Joh

n in 1 47 7 n b enefice Edwards was appoi ted Vicar , and resig ed his

06 in 1 5 1 6 . in 1 5 , but was alive At that time there was also,

’ em r f r te t ra s f r m e ed 1 8 o e s o s o P o o o e o o . 0 . f . N bl M i c l H u C w ll , 7 7 ,

. fl ear s as th e 2 . 1 5 6 . In ar S . 1 1 39 o . 1 2 l c . W a ter a v ol . , p H l MS , l pp

n o fW m . n h and the se on so n is a e war b u t as eld er so Du c , c d c ll d Ed d ; rta n was an m n n h and as no m n a ear s in there c e i ly Ed u d Du c , Ed u d pp S nt 1 603 ther e c an b e har an o t that th e r ea n this M S . u il , dly y d ub di g as orre t W hether m n was o er than W a ter or not adopted w c c . Ed u d ld l I a c annot s y.

Th e first d ate after a marriage is the date ofthat exant and in all ases the se ond , c c h d ate is that ofthe d eat .

1 5 0 W HISTORY OF OOKEY .

traces of that sorrow which comes of a weariness of controversy .

ffn him in His son, William , seems to have o e ded , for the will he

n 40 n n leaves him o ly / to buy a ri g with, at the same time utteri g a fervent wish that God might convert him and make him an

n m an. s on ho est Robert, the third , succeeds his father in the

’ . nd Rectory House At his father s death he was still u er age ,

and ra n the lease of the property, which was d wi g to a close , was

n 1 6 28 . on re ewed before the year by Mr William Prowse, the

and and n lives of Robert his wife, Elizabeth , their so s, Joseph

and . in 1 6 1 3 Edward Robert had married Elizabeth Smithies, of

- - r n n and in . n in l W i gto , his father law, Mr Joh Smithies, his wi l , “ 1 626 son- in- l aw in , speaks of his , Robert Godw , as a m an not ” n l n co formable to the aws of the Church of E gland . This opinion is confirmed by the fact that in 1 641 he pays a tax of £2 as a

n . n 2 6th 1 664 recusa t The will of Robert Godwi is proved July , .

n O ld an In it he describes himself, at the time whe he wrote it, as d

n i firm .

n in Joseph Godwyn, his grandso , gets a lease of the Rectory

1 68 1 on own and n and , his life, of Elea or, his wife , Richard , his

on I n n n n n s . the followi g list I have o ly i serted the ames of those in immediate relationship to the tenants of the Parsonage

House.

W am G odw n Chr istian r ess of at om e illi y ,? Bu g , B c b , f e l 1 5 92 o W s . l . d r‘ nthon — — l oan oa ofW oo e o e 1 5 9 A yT . J G d , k y H l , 7 .

1 609. 2 . a eth a e 1 5 88 . d Eliz b M y , " — - r T T r T am hr st an e homas Rob ert E l iz ab eth ohn oan W illi C i i Alic T ? J , J , 1 2 1 5 84 1 5 8 1 5 8 m thies 1 5 90 1 5 92 1 5 81 . 5 8 . . 7 . 9. S y , , ,

1 6 1 3. 1 5 94 . 1 5 94 . "L r — o r e Josep h Su san W alrond . J hn Ma i

1 1 1 1 1 . 6 1 5 T 6 6 . 6 7

L — ‘ 1 668 T l ose h J p , 4 1 6 9,

1 725 . _L _ r T Ellim m h Ellinor Ann Richar d Elizabeth

1 6 5 1 . 1 6 1 6 8 . 1 67 2 . 1 673. 1 674 , 7 , 676 77 . 7

1 672 . 1 675 . 1 675 .

— W W r T T T ose h homas nor o e rt J p , T , Elli , R b ,

1 682 . 1 683. 1 685 . 1 687 . LOCAL FAMILIES . 1 5 1

n an Only the seco d Mr. Joseph Godwyn d his wife were buried

and n n n n n n here, the o ly mo ume t we have belo gi g to them co sists

in n of a small slab the paveme t at the foot of the Clerk tomb , “ in n n w ho with the scriptio , The daughter of Joseph Godwy , died

30th n 1 67 2 . n the of Ja uary, This was the eldest child , Elea or,

’ and the first of the three daughters who received their mother s

n n m n . t e n n 30 ame She was o ths old, havi g bee baptized March ,

1 67 2 and n 1 67 3. , therefore the moder date of her death would be

The will of the former Joseph Godwin was proved I n Septem

b r an n n n e 1 668. , There exists i ve tory of his perso al property at

n Mu ttelb u r Wookey , which was sig ed by Mr . Thomas y of the

n n n and Ma or House , Stephe Weare, the the parish clerk , Robert

E n. n lford , a yeoma The rooms of the parso age house are thus

n : n e umerated the hall,parlour , kitche , room by the kitchen,

n n n hall chamber, lo g chamber, chamber withi the lo g chamber,

n little chamber withi the hall chamber, and the study chamber .

n n 6 1 His perso ality is recko ed as worth £ 5 . He probably died

in W b ou l ster n n ells, for his bed and feather is me tioned as lyi g

there .

Mu ttlebu ry — Th e family of Mu ttelbu ry lived here during

1 7 th n and in the latter portion of the ce tury , for sixteen years

Mu t l n 1 th n u . t e b u r b the 8 ce t ry Probably Mr . T . y i ha ited the

’ n Ma or House after Mr . David Trym s death . His family was as follows

ma Mu ttelb u r 1 ran s n n 1 ho s . so d 69l T y, F ci Dicki , . Mu l b r 1 08 2 . ar tte u d . 7 T M y y

_ ' — ‘ F fl T T Margar e t Mar y Frances Thomas Charles K atherm e W ynefred Thomas = - J ohn Mar , y 1 8 b . 6 9 5 d . 1 7 1

’

Mu tt elb u r s o 3oth 1 7 1 1 . Thomas y will was proved Oct ber ,

n e n m anor of n He has co v yed to Fra ces Day , of Wells , his Brad ey

s on and n n . for his , for raisi g portio s for his daughters He men

n n n and W nefor d and son tio s Mary, Fra ces , Catheri e , y , his , John

and . n his wife, Mary He gives his ma or house of Wookey to his

‘ son n and in . , Joh , for the interest term he has it John is sole

and o and executor, it would appear that both Th mases , Charles

w as . Margaret, were dead before the will made 1 5 2 W HISTORY OF OOKEY .

’ 1 9 1 7 1 5 . t John s will was proved November th , He lef to his

n now wife , Mary, the ma or house of Wookey, where he lives , and which he or others for him hold on a lease from John Rolle .

He 20 n n leaves / for a ri g to Fra ces Wilkins, of Leicester, probably his sister who had married in the interval .

Peir s — The following notes on the Peir s family are too dis

n con ected to allow me to make up a pedigree of the family, but i as far as I state them , I th nk they are correct .

m Peir s in 1 686 n £1 00 Tho as , of Wells, died he the left for

n in n the purchase of an i terest Wookey Parso age for the child, “ ” now his wife goeth with , if it proved a male .

\Villiam n Archdeacon, of Taunto , had two sons , Thomas and

. . Peirs William He was the son of William , bishop of Bath and

- 1 632 1 670 and 1 682 . Wells, , died We have then

W am sho O f ath and W e s . illi , bi p B ll (1 1 670 l J

W am r h eacon of a nton illi , A c d T u . d 1 682

homas W am . T . illi

Next, since the child mentioned above proved to be a boy , we have the following pedigree

Th omas r obabl ar who e 1 24 , ? p y M y, di d 7 , a e d 1 686 . g d 70. — J r

1 686 ,

1 75 3.

W illiam John Matrav ers Ann Betty Mar y 1 7 1 1 -1 7 1 3 1 7 1 4 - 1 732 1 7 1 6 - 1 729 1 7 1 8 - 1 7 1 9 1 72 1 - 1 724 1 723 1 725

inft. 1 741

Peir s in 2 4th Thomas , who is styled his will , dated October ,

1 7 5 2 n Peirs , as of Wells , makes his ki sman, William Ekins , his s and n ole heir executor of all his la ds , but he does not name his

n possessio s .

Among the grandsons of William Pe ir s the Archdeacon was in 1 708 n one William Piers who , , married Elizabeth Eki s , of

— Baltonsborough whether he was an elder brother of Thomas,

1 5 4 T W HIS ORY OF OOKEY .

i no t n be sold for port ons for his daughters, but he does mentio them by name .

A William Trym is mentioned in 1 5 40 in the account of the

n l f . H a m ote S Joh the Baptist , , as admitted to the o fice of Messor .

in - and On David was buried the south east chapel , a tablet on the wall is the following account of the family

U n erneath l e the o es of a r m ent and an his e d y b di D vid T y , g , Juli , wif .

' hee of e am o f e C eel s e an 6 1 663 a e 88 ear th em S ( y f ily y y ) di d J y. , , g d . (N l e a so ar and ane the r son and a hter To hose ear m emor es y l Edw d J , i d ug ) w d i nna the r 2md au hter e t o Dr o ert P e r e o f athe e ate A , i d g , wif . R b i c , B , d dic d

h s sm m on men — Re u iescant in e t a l t . a i l u q p c . INDEX OF PROPER NAMES .

Abo wen h ar 77 82 B e rwe e 37 , Ric d , , , Alic ,

ams c har 20 B ilb ee T. 7 4 76 Ad , Ri d , , , ,

am oh n 1 1 4 n ham h os . 88 Adl , J , Bi g , T ,

lam ton ohn 1 9 sh o W m . 38 A p , J , Bi p , , ar 87 sse ac o 88 Al d , Bi , J b , W Ph o r . . G . 78 88 Alf d , ilip , 1 08 1 09 nman G art red 1 1 3 o r G . , B , , Allf d , , li en H oll er 95 1 00 B o d d e Mar aret 32 All , y , , , g ,

nne u een 95 o et . W m 88 A , Q , B k A H o e ened c t 6 1 B ok k n hard 1 1 5 1 1 9 p w ll , B i , y g , Ric , , m as rne hos . 1 8 o e n h o . 88 A y , T , B l y , T rno H enr 91 95 1 00 o n ro e er ar o f1 22 A ld , y , , , , B li gb k , Oliv , E l , tt e har 90 B o ro w k ert d e 34 A w ll , Ric d , y , Gilb , Atw ll o h n 5 5 Bo t l e r enr 37 y , J . y , H y , b r u e oh n d e 87 o l es H e nr 32 Axe gg , J , B u , y , o t n has 1 1 4 B ul i g , C . , B o u l t n o h n 1 4 1 20 1 22 y g , J , 7 , 7 , 77 , , s M ar 1 22 h o . 1 02 1 1 0 a e T , , y , B il y , h 5 Ba Mr . 1 24 o as 1 5 5 1 1 7 1 21 ily , , Nic l , , , , e r e 6 o ert 1 7 Ba er o , 7 b , k , G g R

o hn 48 90 91 96 W m . 43 1 1 3 J , , , , , ,

hos 1 1 0 B o u reman W m . 1 4 1 8 88 1 1 7 1 2 1 T . , , , , , , ,

W m . 1 Bo e o ert 6 7 , 6 wi , R b , 1 B owlar o hn 1 6 R. , 1 1 3, 21 , J , a e a te r 48 rent o h n 90 96 B l , W l , B , J , , a ar h ar 1 08 r e har 47 B ll , Ric d , B ic , Ric d , B al staff a te r 47 r e na 38 , W l , B id , R gi ld ,

an ar 86 1 1 0 W m . 90 B d , Edw d , , , r ort G afi red d e E . W . 1 23 B , , 30 , idp B ri e o h n 3 o h n 1 1 0. 1 23 gg , J , 7 J , r sto Ph i 0 ar er . T. 88 d e 6 B k , 0 , B i l , lip , ar o ar 1 7 7 5 82 B road beard o e rt 73 B l w , Edw d , , , , R b , arnar anon 7 8 ro o h n 1 6 7 7 B d , C , B ck , J , ,

h n ro e S ir hos . 39 o , 1 7 5 4 1 21 1 23 , T , J , , , B k eo r e 1 1 1 B rook e e n am n 1 24 G g , , B j i , m h os . 40 1 1 0 roo an eo r e 1 23 T , , B k , G g , W m 1 23 1 24 h ar 1 8 . , , Ric d ,

B arr o we W m . 1 5 ro n o h n 20 , , B w , J , Barwe oh n atte 39 N ho as 1 6 5 5 , J , ic l , , asset ana 39 har 1 1 6 1 1 9 B , Juli , Ric d , ,

har 37 h o s . 1 1 6 1 1 9 Ric d , T , , a e ML 7 6 W 1 2 B yl y , , n u

h os . 88 a te r 87 T , W l , ea ham E m n d e 36 ro n n o r B rown n ar 1 7 B uc p , d u d , B w i g y g , Edw d , d ar 39 oan 1 1 8 1 2 2 E w d , J , , ec oh n 1 9 o h n 1 44 4 B , , 7 , , 5 k , J J een ho m as 6 1 81 2 1 T , . 8 , 01 1 02 B , , B een nes 1 6 1 04 1 1 8 1 23 y, Ag , , , 1 22 E . , P eter , 5 4 o ert 1 1 3 o ert 1 1 22 R b , R b , 7 ,

h os . 1 6 san 1 8 T , Su ,

W m. 1 1 1 21 W m . 4 45 , 7 , , 1 8 , 3, , B ek th 1 1 9 1 20 , Edi , o h n 39 1 1 5 1 1 9 ru er W m 9 J , , , B gg , . , 3 B ek n t o n sh o 5 25 r te th 37 y g , Bi p , , B u , Edi , o hn 6 1 6 2 B r d d Re na 1 9 38 J , , y , gi ld , , W m 5 e . 8 he r W m . 30 B ll , , Buc , ,

e o am o Ed . d e 37 th sh 1 8 81 B C p , , B op , , ll ubwi , Bi

e r e n re 37 h o s. 6 1 B d , A d w , T , e r h Ph d e 33 35 38 B u ll o c kh u rd o h n 38 B g . ilip , , , , J , 9 e r e e e an e r. 0 96 97 B u ltin . o an 1 6 B k l y , Al x d , , g J , o ert d e 87 oh n 1 4 1 40 1 1 R b , J , , 6 , , 7 , e r nar oh n 43 44 61 h o as 1 6 1 1 4 B d , J , , , Nic l , , o e rt 47 B u lto n o ert 1 21 R b , , R b , h o mas 81 r Wm 5 5 T , Bu y , . , ert e a M o nta u e 69 86 r e nth on 1 7 B i , L dy g , , Bu g , A y , B er we nes atte 37 B u r e s c holas 1 6 , Ag , g y , Ni , 1 5 6 INDEX.

r h oh n 47 ark or arke H enr 1 1 7 1 21 Bu g , J , Cl Cl , y , ,

B r s W m . , 1 7 oh n 1 1 0 u gi , 3) J , B u r e oh n 37 har 1 08 1 1 1 1 09 gg , J , Ric d , , , , B ur h ersh a sta 69 g , L dy Augu , har 1 20 1 20 2 rne , , Thos . 1 5 , 6 , , 7 , Bu ll Ric d ,

sh o R. 1 Bi p , 37 , 7 a T 91 1 01 B rnett t rt , . , , W m . 1 23 u S u ,

A. T. 76 ea es Mar 1 8 , Cl v , y ,

rton W a ter d e 87 ements h os. 38 1 1 3 Bu , l , Cl , T , ,

h Mr. 4 E \v d 1 1 B s , , 7 d a1 3 u ,

t er Mr . 1 24 erk or er e e 5 5 Bu l , , Cl Cl k , Alic , oh n 1 24 nth on s 5 7 J , A i , tt oh n 1 09 E th 5 5 Bu , J , di , tten oh n 1 09 1 1 0 sa e a 39 Bu , J , , I b ll , Ph d e 1 9 B tton p , oh n 40 5 5 , 5 7 u , ili J , ,

W m . d e 87 9 40 5 5 9 , Th os. , 1 9, 3 , , 7 , , ton nth on 67 Bux , A y ,

oh n 1 7 m . 4 5 4 5 5 9) J , W , 43, 7 , , har 1 7 l ned on ohn d e 4 Ric d , C y , J , 3 o ert 1 7 77 1 01 1 02 O noll Ph d e 29 R b , , , , , , ilip , B sse ames 1 05 a h er 29 y , J , W c , o o rne z a eth 1 1 3 C lb u , Eli b , o er Mar er 98 C lli , g y , ohn d e 37 ane 1 4 Ca r , , 1 dbu y , J J a n ton oh n 1 6 ar 1 8 C lli g , J , Edw d , am e o hn d e 90 oh n 1 7 C l , J , J ,

W m . 88 o ns moth 88 , C lli , Ti y , ammel a ter d e 30 o er oh n 1 1 9 C , W l , C ly , J ,

W m . d e 30 m h n 45 90 , Co e J o , , Q , b ,

amm e W m . 41 N h o as 84 C ll , , ic l ,

arent h o as 61 62 h os . 43 C , Nic l , , T , am e 1 8 om ton ohn 39 90 91 96 1 1 5 are , p , , , , , C y , S u l C , J h n 1 1 5 1 1 9 nma Cart er , J o , , C o el , 2 an e 1 8 o o o e 1 1 8 Gar , Co r Co , y, D i l k k

aton o t . 61 a 1 8 1 08 C w, R b , D vid , , W n1 1 1 2 oh n 1 08 C asel ey, , J , aste e atte 37 eor e 76 1 23 1 09 C ll , Alic , G g , , , oh n 1 6 96 1 20 athan e 1 09 J , , , N i l , am Willi , o er Sir oh n 68 C op , J , ho ome 1 1 21 h ar 62 Cast e B art , 7 , Cord on, Ri d , l , l w c

oh n 81 orn sh sh o h os . 97 9) J , C i , Bi p T , W a ter ors om e se d e 31 5 8 N l , C c b , El , , 1 1 22 r oan 1 W m . , 7 , Co pe, J , 7 ll oh n oh n 1 7 82 1 08 1 1 8 1 22 1 23 Cayre , J , M J , , , , , ,

lin 2 h os . 7 5 1 21 1 22 1 23 C eaw , T , , , , l h 2 C os n oh n 37 C enwea , y , J , C ewl ie n re 37 ott e ar 1 8 , A d w , C l , Edw d , ra t o 1 8 W m 82 Chalc f , Wid w . 2 W m 1 l n oh n 3 o n . 1 8 Ch amb er y , J , C u cil , ,

o ert 1 9 1 22 o nse hos. 39 42 R b , , C u l , T , ,

nes 1 6 W m . 40 42 Ch a eie , , , p , Ag

H h atte 1 9 81 o rte W m . 47 ug , , C u , 1 8 oz ens m n 1 09 Cha e ane , C , Ed d , p ll , J u 1 5 1 5 5 77 81 t oh n 60 J o h n, , 7 , , , , C rof , J , er oh n 1 03 C rook , J , o ert 1 7 C u ll oc k oh n 1 6 1 21 H R b , , J , ,

h os. 1 5 1 W m . 1 6 T , , 7 , , har 1 ha man h os . 1 21 Ri d , 7 C p , T , c

nd Ro t . 37 C u ar ohn 1 5 1 20 C h erb eg e , b , pp , J , , Peter of 80 Ch i c h ester . , k M ar 1 8 C h ill oe , y , E an 91 h m c e 1 8 Da i es, , , 1 00 C iu , Avi , v v

3 s hos. 1 1 3 C h r esshere H enr 7 a , T , , y , D vy 1 62 a am es 1 1 4 C h rewe Th o s. , 6 , D y, J , , h o h n 69 oh n 1 1 4 C ubb , J , 7 , J , o se h 1 1 4 h r h . M . 88 , C u c , C J p 1 40 1 21 1 08 ob ert 1 09 Ch u rc ho use J oh n, 7 , , . R , , har 1 20 aste e H a r an 5 6 Ric d , De C ll , d i , re Al anu s l e 3 77 , Deigh e , , 7 1 05 1 1 1 1 8 1 20 o h n l s 3 1 02 , , 7 , , , 9, J , 7

W m . l e, 37 1 1 2 2 De l a ere ohn W m . , 7 B , J , h n 5 5 De l a C nol l Rad u l h u s 27 C h u we J o , , p , , 4 5 5 a her 27 C h wc oh n 3, W lc , y , J , De l a Ha e homa 40 ar e 1 1 8 y , T s, Cl k , ark e nth on 73 Del makere Ro er t 5 8 Clark o r Cl , A y . y , b ,

- 1 5 8 INDE X.

W o es m . 1 09 Levinz W m . 85 H dg , , , , , 88 H o e an er 62 ht h omas 1 1 3 dy , Al x d , Lig , T , H o e H enr 1 9 o oh n 1 8 gg , y , Ll yd , J ,

Ho m es T. S . 91 o o hn 4 l , , L ck , J , 7 H o n am 39 40 on o n W a ter d e 60 d , Ad , , L d , l , H oo er oh n 1 7 1 21 o e h o mas 88 p , J , , L v ll , T ,

W m . 1 20 a ter 40 , W l ,

H o ns W m . 1 6 o to n ohn 1 6 pki , , L x , J , ' H o ore h ar 61 Lu fi e oh n 1 , Ri d , , , 08 , 1 09 1 1 8 1 23 1 24 c J , , ,

H o r ner Mrs. 95 ose h 1 2 , , J p , 3 H or nin d ean atth e d o 28 m ar o ert 38 g , M w , Lu b d , R b , H o rt oh n 5 6 e oh n 1 6 1 7 5 4 1 23 , J , Lyd , J , , , , H ort c ar 1 6 20 M atth e 1 , Edw d , , w , 7 H ort s oh n 48 h ar 1 7 75 82 1 1 8 1 23 , J , Ric d , , , , B t ns h 0 o , T os . , 1 8 h omas 1 6 62 1 22 1 23 1 09 ki T , , , , , H o e H enr 90 97 1 02 w , y , , , H wl e h n 4 o g , J o , 6 o ert 47 Ma nnon Henr 1 1 0 R b , cki , y ,

H owl e e o ert 5 5 Mar h a sho W m . d e 89 gg , R b , c i , Bi p , H u ch ns oh n 39 40 Mar o oh n 7 7 y , J , , l w , J , a ter 40 Marshfield h o as 1 08 W l , , Nic l , H h es W m 1 a ra . 09 M t ers W m . 85 ug , , v , , H e a ter d e 88 Masters nes 1 8 ull , W l , , Ag ,

H nt W m . 40 eo r e 1 08 u , , G g , H nte oh n 37 am es 88 u , J , J , H nt o ert 1 8 o ert 1 1 4 u ly , R b , R b , H ta e ar 88 Ma nar am 32 ux bl , Edg , y d , Ad , H ck s oh n 4 ea en hn y , J , 5 M d , J o , 69, 1 1 0 e h mas Merc hau nt H , T o , 47 , a ter 20 yll W l , n W m 4 Merifiel d h H e . 9 H 7 5 1 02 1 2 y , , , ug , , , 3 oh n 1 6 J , har 1 6 Ric d , , 77 ’ I anson Sir h h o , T os. , 88 mas 1 6 T , Iv o ean of e s 28 87 Merk esb u r h omas d e 3 , D W ll , , y, T , 7 er man J o h n M i , , 1 8 Moc k n N h o as 60 81 88 y g . ic l , , , ack es o oh n am , 38 M , , 39 J , Willi dy J ames oh n 1 2 Mol e ns oh n 5 4 J , J , 7 , 8 y , J , o n oh n h om as 88 M , , 1 1 3 T , k J J e l h o re Sir ho ma o o n, 38 M , T s 1 5 , J , oanes r n Moreco ck o r art r , C a , 1 6 e , oh n 39 1 1 5 J yp i C J , , o e n o r osc el in h oss h ar es 87 88 9 , s op 23 24 71 , 79 M , C , , 1 , 1 00 J c ly J Bi , , , l o e am 39 o re ho as 40 J l , Willi , M u , Nic l , ones or n Mul ward H enr 9 J , M ga , 90, 99 , y , 3 M or am 1 1 3 ulf d , Willi , Mu mfo xd W m , . , 1 6 eate am 91 1 00 1 0 M n Fran s 88 K , Willi , , , 3 u dy , ci , M el eene . E . 87 88 u tt b u r o hn 69 K , C , , y , J , K el wa o h n 90 h omas 69 y, J , , 1 21 T ,

K en J oh n d e 28 M h e Mr. 74 , , ic ll , , er sh o 1 05 M eh am o se h 1 09 Kidd , Bi p , iddl , J p , n ston o eto n W a ter d e , ert 74 91 98 99 M , , 36 Ki g R b , , , , iddl l n ht oh n 1 9 Mild ma e W a ter 6 5 K ig , J , y , l , har 1 9 M1 ll ard W am 1 7 39 Ric d , , illi , W 1 1 1 1am 5 6 M e m n 1 20 , ill , Ed u d , K mock er homas y , a ter 37 M , T , 1 7 W l , ill K nd s am s 5 l an 2 M , e 7 y y , ill J , M ert on ohn d e 90 ilv , J , M ar h omas 5 5 ilw d , T ,

ak e H enr 63 M dl eham h os . 82 90 98 1 03 1 21 L , y , y , T , , , , , , am ert 87 P r 98 L b , u ify , ane e 98 L , Alic , h r st an 9) C i i , 1 01 z a eth 1 8 Na sc h h ar atte 36 2 ) Eli b , y , Ric d , ’ Mar 1 1 4 ee W lliam 81 2 ) y, N l , , P ete r 98 e man Peter 1 5 5 5 , N w , , ,

an W m . 49 a ter 1 5 L g , , W l , a N e E n t o n W m . 61 o er st a 37 L g , , gg , iv , a r h sh o 73 o rt h ho as 40 L ud , A c bi p , N , Nic l , a n ton W 1 1 1 No rth om Pet ro n . d e 88 a d e 30 L vi g , , , ill , a son e an er 84 o r h homas sho o f65 L w , Al x d , N wic , T , Bi p , Lax J o hn , , 87 Lavn e n g , H r y , 88 e e ohn 47 a ne ohn 88 L k , J , P i , J ,

Le Moners Peter 30 a me r J . 8 , , P l , , 7 ’ Le o s W m 87 anter o r Pa n er R u , . , l y t , Walter Le Pooh ohn 90 Parsons eor e , J , , G g , 20 X INDE . 1 5 9

Pastu rel V1 ill iam 1 9 a mon T . A. 1 23 , , S l , ,

P ars e oh n 1 00 T. B . 1 1 9 e , J , , Ped ewel l oh n 61 62 o ert 1 1 2 , J , , R b , P e u h om as 48 a er o h n 5 5 g , T , S wy , J , Peirs or Pe r e sh o 73 W am 1 20 i c , Bi p , illi , h om as 4 85 1 09 c h a e oh n 1 1 T , 7 , , , , 9 2 , S p l J W am 69 8 5 S c h u to n a h d e 1 9 ’ t illi , , p , R lp ,

W m . E ns 75 86 1 09 c ott o ert 88 ki , , , S , R b , P ente An re 38 S el c oc k ohn 1 1 6 1 1 9 , d w, , J , , H enr 38 S eneb ald u s a h so n of 28 y , , R lp , , P enr o o ert 7 er e r W a te r 5 udd ck , R b , 7 S g , l , 7

Pe nt e a te r 39 Sh earl W . J . 8 y , l , y , , 7 Ph e s h om as 43 h ento n o hn 1 8 lp , T , S , J ,

P h S . 91 h ar ott . 1 00 1 23 e ran s 1 2 1 09 1 24 ill , J , , , S pp d , F ci , , , P to n W a m o f 1 3 h re ws u r sh o a h of 25 il , illi , S b y , Bi p R lp , , P J 1 1 m tne . 1 1 23 th oh n 1 4 1 48 i y , , , S i , J , , 6 , 1 7 , 1 8, 39, , W am 1 1 1 c h ar 40 43 illi , Ri d , , Pl entin o h n 7 o ert 4 , J , 7 R b , 5 P u m e h o as 1 20 am 1 1 5 l l y , Nic l , Willi , P m m er o h n 48 1 08 m th ohn 40 1 20 1 22 lu , J , , S y , J , , , c har 48 ne ro e am es 20 Ri d , S lg v , J , P o h ohn l e 92 ne ar 91 1 00 c , J , S yd , Edw d , , Po ar e s 96 om erto n H h d e 36 ll d , L wi , S , ug , P o ntes u r h o as 88 o h n 5 5 b y . Nic l , J , P oo e ar 1 8 o me rs et ar ke of 63 l , Edw d , S , Edw d , Du , 1 1 8 S ak es to n R d 3, p , . e, 87 eo r e 1 24 S ek n t o n oh n $ 7 G g , p y g , J , 88 1 23 1 24 ra oh n 1 1 6 9, J , Sp y , J , , 1 1 9 Ro ert 82 1 2 2 a h 37 b , , R lp , Po e W am 1 6 ro tte i har 39 pl , illi , Sp , R c d , Port e r ohn 39 45 S r ut e o hn , J , , , J , 32 Po tte r o h n 43 S u e r ho ma , J , q y, T s , 1 20 h ar 39 ta for o hn Ric d , S f d , J , 5 6 Pou hn ell h ar 90 Stand ew k e o hn g , Ric d , y , J , 1 20

Powl et ohn 1 20 te h ens J . 1 23 , J , S p , , P ro se W am 84 te ens h o mas 1 w , illi , S v , T , 7 Pu rne har , 20 W i am 61 ll Ric d , lli ,

P ers W a te r . 5 4 toc o hn 1 7 1 22 y , l S k , J , , , 1 23 P erson h om as 4 y , T , 8 S tod e lm an W i am 43 , lli , P nc o mb e Mr 95 S tok el n oh n y , y g , J , 37 , 81 P ttina o h n 20 to ne nne 1 7 y , J , S , A , am 20 S to r th wa t Willi , y , J 61 to tt raham 1 24 S , Ab , a 1 24 a fe Hou ston 88 D vid , R dclif , , ame s 1 09 1 24 Ra n a h omas 1 05 1 08 J , , d ll , T , , o h n 1 8 20 4 1 1 02 1 03 a no o hn 6 1 81 J , , , , , R y ld , J , , saa 20 1 09 1 1 0 1 24 e no oh n 88 92 I c, , , , R y ld , J , , h r 4 i a d , 4 har so n W i am 84 R c Ric d , lli , h omas 1 6 20 T , , , 90 98 1 08 , , Mr . 1 24 Riddick , , W a te r 42 46 48 5 4 Ro b e ir oh n l , , , , , J , 81 W am 43 1 1 1 1 24 o e rt The r h ea on 2 illi , , , R b , c d c , 8 A to e o h n 49 Ro e rt sh o 1 9 S w ll , J , b , Bi p , 7 , 7 S t . nt n W a te r 87 o e rt s W am 84 88 Qui i , l , R b , illi , , tra he 91 o ns am e 1 1 4 S c y , R bi , S u l , trato n har d e 30 od e o h n 40 5 S , Ric d , R d , J , 37 , , 4 tratto n W i iam d e 28 Ro d ene oh n 1 2 S , ll , y, J , 0 trod e 1 1 8 o ne W a te r d e 31 S , R d y , l , G . 1 23 o e rs oh n , R g , J , 88 J . , 37 , 1 08 Dr ., 95 T. 69 76 1 08 1 09 1 24 o e en s 68 69 , , , , , R ll , D y , , S u ttona o hn d e 90 ranc s , J , H F i , 68 a o E iz ab eth 1 8 enr Sw ll w , , 39 H y , 68 an c har 49 oh n 68 69 Sw , Ri d , $ 9 J , , ee t ohn 37 amu e 67 68 Sw , J , S l , , meo n m o n 5 o oe o hn 1 08 Sy , Si , R , J , S n er oh n 49 u m o oh n 43 y y , J , R b ld , J , Ro u menal h d e 87 92 , Hug , , Ru d d e o ert 37 , R b , a er am l e 32 36 h omas 1 1 0 T ill , Ad , , Ruddick , T , anne r s 1 21 T , Aly , sa e 1 9 31 I b l , , a e h r 1 S g , i a d 1 7 , 08 h o mas 1 9 39 R c , T , , m n S a o , Fran i s 87 a er or ton oh n 5 5 82 1 21 l c , T y B , , , 1 22 l ux , , eor e 1 1 1 1 1 2 o e G g , , H R b rt , 1 7 H ester 88 homas , T , 45 , 47

Mrs. 1 4 e Matth e 9 , T ck , w , 6 ohn 1 09 en r J , T o , 39 1 60 INDEX

b s ames 0 a T , , 1 8 W eb r 98 i b J M , , y Th o mas 1 08 h ar 93 1 21 1 22 , Ric d , , , h m a W il l iam n T o s, , 40 H e r 39 y , oh n 1 V1 ebb er Mr J , 8 , . , 74 h e W am 9 e s e T orp , , 1 1 01 t r , hr st o h er 90 96 97 1 20 i i , p , , , 1 21 ll W b C i , , o ar W am 1 6 1 27 T k , illi , o er am 1 e h o e T , , 1 7 , rt 1 1 2 k Willi W lc R b , Tonou r nes 40 W e e h ar 48 , Ag , l , Ric d , rnar ohn 1 5 1 W ell esl e h o h To , , , 6 , n W are n d e 1 1 5 1 1 9 J g J y , , Thomas 1 6 e n to n W am 69 , W lli g , illi , W a ter 1 6 W el l k now o hn 90 l , y , J , , 96 Tou nere oh n 43 ent E ar 4 , J , W , dw d , 7 ra e h o as 1 20 est e na 88 T pp , Nic l , W , R gi ld , Tre od ek oh n 61 est r ohn d c 3 g , J , W bu y , J , 7 ren h ohn 81 h te nes 38 T c , J , W i , Ag , r m a 1 7 67 69 82 1 08 1 1 8 oh n 45 T y , D vid , , , , , , , J , 1 23 ho as 43 44 45 47 5 1 Nic l , , , , , eor e 1 23 h ar 43 2 , G g , Ric d , a ent ne 6 7 h omas 36 V l i , T , am 1 7 5 5 W am 3 Willi , , illi , 7 er hom a 9 W h teh ea T , T s, 6 , oh n 88 uck i d J , W am 1 20 h t n i i , , pr an 1 6 ll W i i g Cy i , Tu d wa emen y , C t , 6 9, 70 ar 1 22 l Edw d , er ohn 5 1 2 h T pp , , 5 , 0 omas 1 6 u J T , o b ert 1 20 W id owe o e R , , R b rt , 88 rner nth on 1 1 3 W ik Ph lli d e 30 Tu , A y, , p , n h 4 T r er Edit , 4 o oh n 1 5 1 7 77 1 1 1 21 u , Wilc ck , J , , , , 7 , , 1 09 Henr 82 am 1 5 H y , Willi , oan 1 8 c o oan 1 3, J , Wil x , J , 7 oh n 1 7 39 44 5 4 77 1 02 k ns m n 1 J , , , , , , , Wil i , Ed u d , 09 1 1 7 1 20 and 1 21 W ill am es h r st , , C i iana, 37 h ar 1 04 1 23 W ill cas oh n 39 Ric d , , , J , h omas 2 es T , 1 0 , ana 37 Will Juli , W am 1 7 am 87 illi , Willi ,

Tutten D. 1 08 1 23 th e on eror 1 2 , , , C qu , T ch em ersh har d e 60 s oh n 1 8 y , Ric d , Will , J , er oh n 48 49 am 1 08 Tyl , J , , Willi , mot ohn 7 Wil , J , 7 W sh re ar il i , Edw d , 77 a en e Matthe d e 88 nto n har d e 8 V l c , w , Wi , Ric d , 7 V n ent W alter 1 20 o e h omas atte 1 9 i c , , W d , T , am 1 1 2 W ok oh n d e 21 Willi , y , J , Vinstre oh n 3 Ph d e 21 y , J , 7 ilip , oe am 81 M a r e d e 21 V l , Willi , u ic , o es h ar 1 6 h ar d e 21 V wl , Ric d , Ric d , Vu th ou k es ohn 1 9 oo e am of 1 3 , J , W k y, Willi , V ncent o ert 1 6 20 W o oton ar 91 99 y , R b , , , Edw d , , o r ester i am of5 W c , W lli , W orth e enr d e l a , H y , 30 a e oh n 1 6 W u d eford G atfred d e 30 W d , J , , , a ram ohn 1 4 h om as d e 30 W ld , J , T , a ter ohn 69 W e oanna 5 8 W l , J , y , J , ans or ohn 88 o er 5 8 W f d , J , R g , arner o hn 43 e nes 1 6 W , J , Wyk , Ag , W aron am 49 ert atte 32 , Willi , Gilb , atere A am atte 33 35 W l c ock e a 1 6 W , d , , y , D vid , enr atte 2 e 38 H H y , 3 Eli , har atte 37 ohn 1 6 5 5 Ric d , J , , atson W am 87 har 1 6 5 5 W , illi , Ric d , , W atts 1 1 8 am 1 1 9 1 20 , Willi , , o h n W l c ock s oh n 47 H J , 1 24 y , J , h omas 1 00 1 1 W l c o xxe oh n 1 20 T , , 3 y , J , W a fer An W x o er 1 9 y e, d erna, 5 8 y , R g , ho mas 1 9 5 8 T , , o ert 1 9 R b , eare J 1 1 0 1 23 atton am d e 80 87 W , . , , Y , Willi , , te hen 1 8 1 02 1 05 Y ea eor e 1 1 0 9) S p , , , , p , G g , homas 6 1 1 Y eb ais W am 1 6 H T , 7 , 0, 1 1 1 , illi ,

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