< 'X. - '' '"> / \ H. 7^'"t» ^^rt sa', -^.'i''* 'T -'€-} ' i^ "'.<' J^^ . 'f?^ ^ liirbp'0 (i^iiffit for g)omerset Qtomina (Vitiaxum for ^omereef* OF tet? of (BbSJarb t^e 3tb. WHICH IS A tdx Q?off for Somerset of t^e first ^edr of (Bb5gdrb t^e 3rb. County (JPiak of 1742. anb ^unbteb0 (patie^e^* (jc^* of ^ometeef^ AS GIVEN IN THE Ccmm of 184U BY F. H. DICKINSON, F.S.A., &c. PRINTED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. 1889. LONDON : HARRISON AND SONS, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY, ST. martin's lane. ^omttsd (Record ^ocie^^» REPORT. Again in this the third year of its existence, I have the pleasure of being able to give a good report of the state and prospects of our Society. The number of its members has increased from 121 to 134, and the finances, as will be seen in the annexed account, are in a satisfactory state. It may be as well, however, to note that it will probably be necessary, as time goes on, to spend more money for transcriptions than has been the case hitherto. Through the generosity of our Editors, who have given not only their time and labour to the usual work of an Editor, but have also provided the texts, the Society Las been saved very heavy expenses, but it can hardly be expected that this will always be so. Our next volume will be a set of Churchwardens' Accounts from several parishes, chiefly between the years 1450 and 1570. It is already in progress under the Editorship of Bishop Hobhouse, and promises to be a volume of peculiar interest in the vivid picture it will give of the actual life of our country parishes in past times. J. A. BENNETT, Hon. Sec. South Cadbury Rectory, Bath. 331609 On 00 t^ Tt- N Pi 00 M 00 lO N N o O i-i 1 Ot« : ^ : : : : : O H c H-l W f ?=! t—I r =! <u • • • t-t •-• o {> I—• 'Ti 'Ti ^ ^ <U u S.^ ^ iP k? rt Q (U o U3 bfi "55 .~ g : CO .£.£-§ c •- (S 00 00 Q oo ffi H W fi^ ^ pq O 'SO u vo o O O fO O w ^Q >3 "* o t^ \o o M M O Pi <^" "-> « I ,T ^ t^ -^ On Tf o in O >< O i-t N M s^ ro O H S^ W 00 00 00 c p w "J s ^ B >> 5 00 c £ Q 1 1 o < ^ H_ *> *>> a tJ O 00 o •5 00 OJ E c o D, 00 £ 'trt -§ 8 ^ o g a 3 C o .s C14 o .2 C ABC -2 S ^ PP < cn PQ Bfi^i of ^u60Ct:i6et0* Adlam, W., The Manor House, Chew Magna. Antiquaries, The Society of, Burlington House. Archaeological Society, The Somerset, Taunton. Badcock, H., Taunton. Bailward, H., Horsington, Somerset. Baker, E. E., Weston-super-Mare. Bates, E. H., Newton Surmavill, Yeovil. Bath, The Literary Club of, Bath. Batten, J., Aldon, Yeovil. Bennett, F. Wentworth, Cadbury House. Bennett, G., 2, Whitehall Place, London. Bennett, Rev. J. A., South Cadbury Rectory, Bath. BiRKBECK, Rev. W. J., The Vicarage, Milborne Port. Blacker, Rev. Beaver H., 26, Meridien Place, Clifton. Bodleian Library, The, Oxford. Bond, T., Tyneham, Wareham. Boston, The Public Library, Boston, U.S.A. BouRDiLLON, E. D., Poundisford Park, Taunton. BouvERiE, P. P., Brymore House, Bridgwater. Braikenridge, W. Jerdone, 16, Royal Crescent, Bath. Bramble, Lieut.-Col., Cleeve House, Yatton. Broadmead, W. B., Enmore Park, Bridgwater. Browne, The Ven. Archdeacon, Wells. Buckle, Edmund, 23, Bedford Row^ London. Bulleid, J. G., Glastonbury. Brooking-Rowe, J., The Lodge, Plympton. Carlingford, Right Hon. Lord, The Priory, Chewton Mendip, Bath, Cartwright, Rev. H. A., Whitestaunton, Chard. Church, The Very Rev. R. W., Dean of St. Paul's, St. Paul's, London. Church, Rev. Canon C. M., Wells. Clark, W. S., Street. Cloete, W. D., Churchill Court, Congresbury. Coleman, Rev. J., Cheddar. Cork and Orrery, The Right Hon. The Earl of, Marston, Frome. CowiE, The Very Rev. B. M., Dean of Exeter, The Deanery. Davis, Major, 55, Great Pulteney Street, Bath. Daniel, Rev. W. E., Frome. Daubeny, W., Stratton House, Park Lane, Bath. Dickinson, F. H., Kingweston, Somerton. DoDiNGTON, T. Marriott, Horsington, Somerset. Duckworth, Rev W. A., Orchardleigh Park, Frome. Edwards, Sir G., Stoke Bishop, Bristol. Ellis, Rev. J. H., 29, Collingham Gardens, South Kensington. Elworthy, F. T,, Foxdown, Wellington. EsDAiLE, Rev. W., Sandford Orcas Rectory, Sherborne. Fane, The Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby, Brympton, Yeovil. Fisher, E., Abbotsbury, Newton Abbot. Floyd, W., 39, Russell Square, London. Foljambe, Cecil G. S., Cockglode, Ollerton, Newark. Foxcroft, E. T. D., Hinton Charterhouse, Bath. FoxcROFT, Mrs., Hinton Charterhouse, Bath. Freeman, E. A., D.C.L., Somerleaze, Wells. Fry, The Right Hon. Lord Justice, Failand House, Long Aston Bristol. Fox, F. F., Yate House, Chipping Sodbury. Gee, Rev. H., St. John's Hall, Highbury. George, W., 3, King's Parade, Clifton. GiBBS, Antony, Charlton, Nailsea. Glastonbury Antiquarian Society, The. Green, Emanuel, F.S.A., Devonshire Club, St, James's. Greenfield, B. W., 4, Cranbury Terrace, Southampton. Greswell, Rev. W., Stowy Court, Bridgwater. Hallett, T. p. G., Claverton Lodge, Bath. Harris, R., Wells. Harvard College Library, The, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Herringham, Rev. W. W., Old Cleeve Rectory, Taunton. Hervey, The Right Rev. Lord Arthur, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Wells. Hervey, Rev, Sydenham, Wedmore Vicarage, Weston-super-Mare. Hickes, Rev. T. H. F., Draycot Vicarage, Cheddar. vi %kt of ^ubiicrtbetrg. HiPPiSLEY, W. A. Cox, lo, High Cross Street, Leicester HoBHOUSE, The Right Rev. Bishop, Wells. HoBHOusE, H., Esq., M.P., Hadspen House, Castle Cary. Holmes, Rev. T. S., Wookey Vicarage, Wells. Hooper, His Honour Judge, Thome, Yeovil. Horner, F., Mells Park, Frome. Horner, Rev. G., Mells Rectory, Frome. HosKiNS, Rev. C. T., North Perrott Rectory, Crewkerne. Hoskins, H. W., North Perrot Manor, Crewkerne. HuDD, A. E., 94, Pembroke Road, Clifton. Humphreys, A. L., 26, Eccleston Road, Ealing Dean. Hunt, Rev. W., 24, Phillimore Gardens, Campden Hill, Kensington, W. HusEY-HuNT, B., Compton Pauncefort. Hutch iNGS, Hubert, Sandford Orcas, Sherborne. Hylton, Lord, Ammerdown Park, Radstock. Jackson, Rev. Canon, Leigh Delamere Rectory, Chippenham Jenkyns, H., Riverside, East Molesey, Surrey. Knyfton, Mrs., Uphill, Weston-super-Mare. Leir, Rev. R. L. M., Charlton, Musgrove, Wincanton. Leir, Rev. W. Marriott, Ditcheat Rectory, Castle Cary. Long, Col. W., Congresbury. Luttrell, G. F., Dunster Castle, Dunster. Lyte, H. Maxwell, 3, Portman Square, London. Manning, R. G., Wells. Martin, A. Trice, 10, Upper Belgrave Road, Clifton. Master, Rev. G. S., Flax Bourton. Medley, Rev. J. B., Lullington Rectory, Frome. Melliar Foster-Melliar, W. M., North Aston, Deddington, Oxon. MiLDMAY, Rev. A. St. John, Hazelgrove House, Sparkford, Bath. MiTCHEL, F., Chard. Mogg, W. Rees, Cholwell House, Temple Cloud, Bristol. MoYSEY, H. G., Bathealton Court, Wiveliscombe. Neal, W., Kingsdon, Somerton. NoRRis, H., South Petherton. NuTT, Rev. C. H., East Harptree, Bristol. vii %iit of ^ubscribcrsi. Paget, Sir R., Bart., M.P., Cranmore Hall, Shepton Mallet. Perceval, Cecil H. S., Henbury, Bristol. Phelips, W., Montacute House, Ilminster. PiGOTT, C. Smyth-, Weston-super-Mare. PiNNEY, Col., Somerton Erleigh. Plumptre, The Very Rev. E. H., D.D., Dean of Wells, The Deanery. PoYNTON, Rev. F. J., Kelston Rectory, Bath. Prankerd, S. D., The Knoll, Sneyd Park, Bristol Rogers, Rev. E., Odcombe Rectory, Ilminster. Rogers, T. E,, Yarlington House, Wincanton. ScARTH, Rev. H. M., Wrington Rectory, Bristol Singer, J. W., Frome. Skrine, H. M., Warleigh Manor, Bath. Skrine, H. D., Claiercoa Manor, Bath. Sloper, E., Taunton. SoMERViLLE, A. F., Dinder, Wells. Stephenson, Rev. J. H., Lympsham Rectory, Taunton. Strachey, Sir E., Bart., Sutton Court, Pensford, Bristol. Thompson, Rev. Archer, Milton, Wells. Thring, Rev. G., Homblotton Rectory, Castle Cary. Tite, C, Shutes House, Wellington. Trevilian, E. B. Cely, Midelney Place, Curry Rivel, Taunton. Tyndale, J. W. Warre, Evercreech, Bath. Tynte, Col. Kemys, Cefn Mably, Cardiff. University Library, The, Cambridge. Walters, G., Somerleaze, Frome. Watts, B. H., 13, Queen Square, Bath. Wayte, Rev. S., Southampton Villa, Gordon Road, Clifton. Weaver, Rev. F. W,, Milton Vicarage, Evercreech. Wells, The Cathedral Library. WiNwooD, Rev. H. H., ii. Cavendish Crescent, Bath Wordsworth, The Right Rev. J., Lord Bishop of Salisbury. The Palace, Salisbury. Young, Rev. E. M., The School House, Sherborne. viii (preface* 1. of work and the intentions I had when I it and View began ; notices of the different divisions of territory. 2. Account of Kirby's Quest 3. Somerset and Dorset under one Sheriff, and the mixture of Kirby's Quest in consequence. 4. Incomplete, and reasons why. 5. Juries by which these surveys were made. 6. Nomina Villarum. 7. Tax Roll of I Edward III, entered in the Rolls catalogue " as Exchequer Lay Subsidies," with a proper number for each county and date. 8. County Assessment previous to 18 18. 9. Copy of part of the Census of 1841, so far as it gives the details of the Hundreds as known then, lo. Conclusion. View of the Work and the intentions I had when I BEGAN IT AND ; NOTICES OF THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF TERRITORY. So much of the document called Kirby's Quest is here given as concerns this county. I have had it by me for many years. It was copied to use for the identification of Domesday, and to explain the topography of our county. Collinson is usually right in ix b the modern names he to the Manors described in gives Domesday ; his identifications are on the whole very good indeed and praise- worthy, and it is plain that great pains have been taken by whoever him in this of his work but he is and helped part ; sometimes wrong, we have no means of testing when this is so.