The manor house appears to be a three-roomed and cross-passage building of the 17th century which was extended in the 18th century and extensively altered after 1842. The alterations included a facade to the south front with a ribbed cornice and two-storeyed bays with drip moulds to the first-floor windows. A contemporary arched front entrance from the village was matched by stables with a central tower entrance in the rear. Materials for the tower are said to have come from the demolished windmill in the early 20th century. (fn. 84) The whole is in multiple occupation.
Sir Thomas Moyle (d. 1560) bequeathed the manor to his elder daughter Catherine, wife of Sir Thomas Finch, but in the following year she sold it to John Keynes. (fn. 110) In 1575 Keynes, then of Compton Pauncefoot, sold it to William Lottisham of the Inner Temple, who died a year later leaving a son, also William, a minor. (fn. 111) Hugh, brother of the last, evidently succeeded but he died childless in 1598 and was followed in succession by his cousin Oliver (d. 1616), of Fiddington, and by Oliver's son William (d. 1635). According to William's will Puriton manor was to be sold to pay debts, (fn. 112) but sale was evidently avoided and it passed to William's son Oliver, of Durleigh, who died in 1651. (fn. 113) The manor was already held in trust for Oliver's wife, but by 1656, after the death of Oliver's brother John, (fn. 114) it had passed to his sister Elizabeth and her husband, Edward Clarke (d. 1679). (fn. 115) It was settled on Edward's son, also Edward, on his marriage in 1675 with Mary Jepp (fn. 116) and passed on his death in 1710 to his eldest son Jepp (d. 1741). Jepp's son Edward died without issue c. 1790. (fn. 117) In 1800 the manor was sold by Thomas Sedgwick Whalley, clerk, husband of Edward's cousin and next heir, to John Nurton of Milverton. (fn. 118) After 1802 the estate cannot be traced as a separate holding.
The capital messuage of the rectory was let by 1433– 4 and in 1551 was reported to be in decay. (fn. 136) By 1563 it was known as the priory house. (fn. 137) In 1650 it was described as old and comprised a hall, parlour, barn, stable, forecourt, and yards surrounded by 64 elm trees. (fn. 138) Its subsequent history is not known.
The rectory was valued in 1343–4 at £9 19s. (fn. 144) Almost a century later assized rents on that holding were worth £5 12s. 8d. to which was added 12d. for rent of the capital messuage. At least five cows produced calves in the year and the tithe of 26 a. of meadow was sold. (fn. 145) The business of a Puriton drover pardoned for debt in 1435 (fn. 146) may be a reflection both of the cattle produced in the parish and its strategic position near a significant market.
John Brown's estate was favourably described in 1790. The soil was dry and healthy, the arable 'in a considerable state of improvement by inclosing and artificial grasses', the marshland rich and its dairy and grazing produce making high prices. Almost 100 a. was in hand, demesne land of 191 a. was let, and common on Dunball and Broad Drove amounted to 192 a. The whole measured c. 900 a. and rents were valued at over £950. (fn. 180) It was that estate which passed to the Greenhill family.
Land on the north side of the mouth of King's Sedgemoor Drain was apparently used by 1842–4 as a landing stage by John Browne, a Bridgwater coal merchant, to import Welsh coal. (fn. 202) Five coal heavers were employed in 1851. (fn. 203) A horse tramway was built to connect the site with the railway line. In 1869 the Bristol and Exeter Railway Co. bought the site from Benjamin Cuff Greenhill. (fn. 204) During the period May–Nov. 1885 harbour dues were levied on 23,000 tons in 461 vessels, and throughout the decade tonnage ranged between 15,220 and over 20,000 tons every six months. By the mid 1890s annual tonnage had fallen, but in the year to November 1895 amounted to over 23,000 tons. (fn. 205) By 1920 business had been much reduced. (fn. 206) Incoming goods were Welsh coal, Baltic timber, and general cargo; exports included tiles for which the works at Dunball had capacity for a quarter million.
In 1966 British Rail, then owner of the wharf, leased it to Duncircle Limited, which in turn leased the southern part to British Dredging Bristol Limited. For some years the northern part was used for general cargo including woodpulp from Scandinavia, timber, rock asphalt, animal feeding stuffs, and scrap metal. The southern part imported sand and gravel dredged from the Bristol Channel. In 1982 Duncircle acquired the freehold and the wharf continued in 2000 to be operated privately. Warehouses on the site, built from the 1960s, were designed for the storage of milk powder and grain and the manufacture of pet foods. In 2000 the wharf was a terminal for sea-dredged aggregates, stone, timber, and animal feed, brought by small, bulk-carrying ships. Passenger ships occasionally called there. (fn. 207) Following the construction of the motorway and the road link with the Bridgwater road, industrial and trading estates have been created at Dunball.
In 1841 the usual range of craftsmen were in business in both Puriton village and Downend, and among the private inhabitants were two solicitors. (fn. 232) There was an accountant in 1851 and, among the tradespeople, six dressmakers and a sempstress. (fn. 233) A veterinary surgeon was in practice by 1861. (fn. 234) By the 1870s a shop had been opened at Dunball, (fn. 235) by 1881 there were two shops in Puriton village, including a butcher's, (fn. 236) and by 1894 a post office and two grocers at Dunball and a fruiterer and haulier at Downend. (fn. 237) A steam bakery was opened in 1907, remaining until the 1960s, (fn. 238) and a filling station had been established by 1939. (fn. 239) In 1947 the parish had three shops and a bakery. (fn. 240) A grocer, a butcher, a post office, and a hairdresser are now in business.
Court rolls for twice-yearly manor courts and views of frankpledge for Puriton with Downend manor survive for the years 1505–6, (fn. 246) 1559–62, 1572, 1576, 1640–1, 1651 (fn. 247) and copies, extracts, or presentments for 1640, 1688, 1704, 1713, 1717, 1723, 1726, and 1729. (fn. 248) In the later 16th century tithingman and hayward led the homage which was concerned with strays, overstocking the commons, changes of tenants, and pleas of trespass. Keepers of ditches reported failure to maintain drainage channels. In 1640 there were constables for Puriton and Downend, a tithingman, and a herdsman, and by 1651 the Puriton constable was also constable of the hundred. Repairs to buildings, gates, bridges, and waterways were the main concern in the mid 17th century and the absence of a cucking stool was reported in 1651. Drivers, who controlled grazing on Dunball common and Puriton Drove, were in office in the early 18th century.
Courts for Puriton and Downend manor were evidently held until the late 17th century or later and rolls or presentments survive for 1596, (fn. 249) 1662, (fn. 250) and 1694– 5. (fn. 251) Suit of court was required in 1698 and heriots were still recorded in 1718. (fn. 252) The lease of the manor house in 1692 required access for the lord and his steward twice a year to hold courts and sufficient food and lodging for no more than six people and their horses. (fn. 253) The court, described as a court baron, dealt with tenancy changes and repairs to buildings. In 1694 the tenant of the manor house and farm was sworn in as reeve.
There was a church house in 1634 (fn. 310) and it was still standing under that name in 1760 when part was used as a school. (fn. 311) It was probably the charity house, the sale of which was recorded in an undated account. (fn. 312) The remains probably survive in 1 Rye View.
The church of St. Michael and All Angels, dedicated to St. Michael alone by 1460, (fn. 313) comprises a chancel with north vestry, a nave with north aisle and south porch, and a west tower with a pyramid roof. It occupies a slightly elevated position on the north side of a green. The lower stages of the tower are of the later 13th century. The chancel, its tiles repaired in 1461–2, was rebuilt in 1489 by John Drue. (fn. 314) The upper part of the tower, the nave, and aisle are also of the later 15th century. A contemporary rood screen, a panelled pulpit, and a carved sounding board of 1618 were removed after c. 1785. (fn. 315) The porch, originally twostoreyed, was altered in 1633 when its floor was removed and its outer arch was repaired. In 1830 a new gallery was built at the west end to house an organ and a private pew for the owner of the manor. The gallery was removed and a roof light closed as part of general interior restoration by Richard Winter in 1859. (fn. 316) Restoration in 1877 probably included the addition of the vestry. (fn. 317) There is a chest in the vestry dated 1639.
In 1822 a house was registered for worship but no denomination was specified. (fn. 324) In 1867 a building was in use by Primitive Methodists. (fn. 325) From 1836 the Independent minister at Knowle in Bawdrip conducted services, beginning on weekdays, in a private house.
A chapel was built in 1846, also served from Knowle. The chapel had to be rebuilt in 1862 and from 1872 had its own minister. Ebenezer Chapel had 13 members in 1980 and closed in 1984. (fn. 326) It is now a private dwelling named Congregation House.
1. This article was completed in 2001.
2. O.S. Map 1/25,000, ST 34 (1959 edn.); S.R.O., tithe award; Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. cxlii. 200–1.
4. Ibid. GP/D, box 19, Som. Review Order, 1933.
5. The Sedgemoor (Parishes) Order 1981 (Statutory Instrument 1981/148).
7. Geol. Surv. Map 1/50,000, solid and drift, sheet 295 (1984 edn.); below, econ. hist.
8. V.C.H. Som. vi. 183.
9. S.R.S. lvii. 35; P.R.O., SC 2/175/31.
10. S.R.O., tithe award; Som. C. C. Sites and Mons. Rec.
11. J. B. Bentley and B. J. Murless, Som. Roads, i. 22.
12. V.C.H. Som. vi. 193.
13. E. T. Macdermot, Hist. G.W.R. rev. C. R. Clinker, ii. 72 and n., 90, 330; Somerset Magazine, Jan. 2000, 25; M5 Motorway in the South West (Dept. of Transport, 1977); below, econ. hist. (trade and industry).
14. S.R.O., DD/SAS BA 8.
15. Census; Hist. Royal Ordnance Factory, Bridgwater, 1940–45 and suppl. to 1991 (unpaginated).
16. Som. C. C. Sites and Mons. Rec.
20. Kelly's Dir. Som. (1931, 1939).
21. S.R.O., A/AGH 1/284; Puriton Patchwork (1980), 59. The developers were Monsell Youell.
23. M. Beresford, New Towns of the Middle Ages (1967), 483–4; below.
24. S.R.O., A/ALE 1; ibid. DD/BR/py 131; DD/GC 24; DD/SAS C/2273/1/P3.1; DD/SF 2948, 3823, 4037; DD/WY 49/3/6; DD/ CH 47; S.R.S. lxvii, p. 90; Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. XV. 53.80.
26. Ibid. A/ALE 1; ibid. DD/WY 49/3/6.
28. Cal. Chart. R. 1327–41, 218.
29. S.R.S. xi, p. 67; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 690.
30. Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. lv. 172–3.
31. Cal. Chart. R. 1327–41, 218.
32. Cal. Inq. p.m. ii. p. 238.
33. Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. lv. 162–74.
34. The castle mentioned in 1233 has been identified as Pipton (Brec.): D. J. Cathcart King, Castellarium Anglicanum, i. 446, ii. 564.
35. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland MSS. X.II.12.10A, 10B.
38. Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. lv. 162–3.
39. S.R.S. xiv, p. 163; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 690.
40. S.R.S. xi, pp. 52, 292.
41. Cal. Inq. p.m. iv, p. 256.
42. Ibid. ii, p. 238.
43. S.R.S. xiv, p. 164.
45. Cal. Pat. 1467–77, 187.
48. P.R.O., C 142/409, no. 10.
50. Ibid. DD/SF 1703, 2948, 3119, 4037.
53. P.O. Dir. Som. (1861).
54. Morris & Co. Dir. Som. (1872).
55. O.S. Map 6", Som. L. NE. (1903 edn.).
56. O.S. Map 6", ST 34 SW (1961 edn.); Taunton and Wellington Express and Star, 23 Sept. 1998.
58. G. Body and R. Gallop, Dunball: Village, Works, and Wharf (2001), 16.
59. L. Abrams, Anglo-Saxon Glastonbury, 214.
60. V.C.H. Som. i. 470.
61. Red Bk. Exch. (Rolls Ser.), i. 63; Bk of Fees i. 83; V.C.H. Som. v. 193.
62. V.C.H. Som. v. 193; Sanders, Eng. Baronies, 67; Complete Peerage, i. 339–40.
63. Cal. Inq. p.m. xvii, p. 62.
64. Cal. Inq. p.m. xvi, p. 433; ibid. xvii, p. 62 ibid. xviii, p. 155; Cal. Pat. 1391–6, 272; Cal. Fine R. 1399–1405, 108–9; S.R.S. xvii. 209.
65. Cal. Inq. p.m xix, pp. 213, 311; Cal. Close, 1409–13, 161.
66. Feud. Aids, vi. 508, 512.
68. L. & P. Hen. VIII, v, pp. 150–1; Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII, i, p. 247; Complete Peerage, i. 341–2.
69. S.R.O., DD/AB 61; Complete Peerage, xi. 441–2.
70. Complete Peerage, i. 342; Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII, i, p. 247; P.R.O., CP 25/2/51/360/ 5 Hen. VIII Trin.
71. S.R.O., DD/AB 61, 63; L. & P. Hen. VIII, xiv, p. 484.
72. Hist. MSS. Com. 58 Bath, iv, p. 334.
73. P.R.O., C 142/115, no. 38; Cal. Pat. 1553, 4; ibid. 1580–2, pp. 237–8.
74. Hist. MSS. Com. 58 Bath, iv, p. 203; Complete Peerage, xi. 640–2.
75. P.R.O., CP 25/2/715/16 Chas. II Mich.
76. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland MSS. X.II.12.10B.
78. Ibid. D/P/pur 23/5; DD/SF 2119; ibid. Q/REl 20/2.
80. Ibid Ibid. DD/SF 3119.
81. Ibid. Q/RE1 20/2; MSS. in the possession of Mrs. A. C. N. Hudson (née Greenhill), Claverdon (Warws.).
82. Burke, Land. Gent. (1914), 823–4.
83. S.R.O., DD/X/HUD 20; Kelly's Dir. Som. (1939).
84. A. J. Coulthard and M. Watts, Windmills of Som. (1978), 58.
86. Cal. Inq. p.m. ii, p. 230; V.C.H. Som. vi. 186; Cal. Fine R. 1272–1307, 143–4.
87. Cal. Inq. p.m. v, p. 284; Cal. Fine R. 1307–19, 228–9.
88. Cal. Inq. p.m. vi, p. 43; B.L. Harl. Ch. 49 F 31.
89. Cal. Inq. p.m. xvi, p. 298.
90. Cal. Close, 1419–22, 234; P.R.O., C 139/64, no. 35.
91. V.C.H. Som. vi. 186.
92. P.R.O., C 142/236, no. 56.
93. Ibid. CP 25/2/717/26 Chas. II Trin.
94. V.C.H. Som. vi. 186; S.D.N.Q. vi. 226; xxix. 142.
95. S.R.O., DD/CH 81/4; P.R.O., CP 25/2/962/11 Anne Mich.; Hist. Parl., Commons, 1715–54, i. 499.
96. Hist. Parl., Commons, 1714–54, i. 499.
97. Complete Peerage, ii. 408–11; iii. 129–34.
99. Feud. Aids, vi. 513.
100. P.R.O., C 139/64, no. 35.
101. Feud. Aids, iv. 390, 433.
102. P.R.O., C 139/163, no. 14; C 140/1, no. 8.
103. Complete Peerage, iv. 327 and n., 335.
104. P.R.O., C 140/32, no. 30; Cal. Pat. 1467–77, 187.
105. Cal. Close, 1476–85, pp. 395–6.
106. Cal. Pat. 1485–1509, 29.
107. P.R.O., E 150/928, no. 18.
108. L. & P. Hen. VIII, xvi, p. 240; xix (2), p. 408.
110. P.R.O., C 142/129, no. 26; C 142/131, no. 178; Cal. Pat. 1560–3, 132, 134; S.R.O., DD/SF 1026, 3119; DD/SU 3.
111. Cal. Pat. 1575–8, p. 155; P.R.O., C 142/179, no. 88; S.R.O., DD/SF 994–1000, 1026, 3119.
112. P.R.O., C 142/257, no. 69; C 142/475, no. 67; S.R.S. lxvii, p. 127; Som. Wills, ed. Brown, i. 16; ii. 99; S.R.O., DD/SF 976, 2637.
113. S.R.O., DD/SF 3900, 4032; V.C.H. Som. vi. 187.
115. Ibid. 1001, 2637, 2948, 2961, 3119; DD/PM 14/1/6; Som. Wills, ed. Brown, iii. 34; v. 50; V.C.H. Som. vi. 187.
116. S.R.O., DD/SF 277–9, 801, 1769, 2176.
117. Som. Wills, ed. Brown, iii. 33–5.
118. S.R.O., DD/SF 3119; P.R.O., CP 25/2/1401/40 Geo. III East.
119. Cal. Inq. p.m. v, p. 284.
121. Ibid. DD/SF 1703, 1873, 2126, 2964, 3823, 4037, 4118.
122. Mon. Angl. vi. 1022.
123. Cal. Pat. 1338–40, 151.
126. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MSS. XV.53.81A, 96.
127. Cal. Pat. 1467–77, 551.
128. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MSS. XV.27.40, 42–4, 53.
129. Ibid. XV.27.46; P.R.O. REQ 2/42/74.
130. B.L. Harl Ch. 79 F 23.
131. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MSS. X.3.9, XV.50.2; Acts of P.C. 1591–2, 85.
132. Cal. S.P. Dom. 1619–23, 587.
133. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. XV.50.3.
134. Ibid. CC 118664–73, 118675–7, 178394–6.
136. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MSS.XI.M.1,m. 27; XV.53.80.
137. Ibid. MS. IV.A.I, f. 33v.
138. Ibid. IV.A.IV, p. 54.
139. V.C.H. Som. i. 470.
141. P.R.O., C 134/56, no. 4.
142. S.R.S. iii. 253; xii. 223.
143. P.R.O., E 142/71, m. 10.
145. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. XV.53.80.
146. Cal. Pat. 1429–36, 431.
147. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. XV.53.81A.
148. Ibid. IV.A.I, f. 34v.; XV.3.19; XV.53.87–8.
149. P.R.O., SC 6/974/3, 1116/2.
150. Ibid. SC 6/Hen. VII/1065, 1096, 1098.
151. Hist. MSS. Com. 58, Bath iv. 208–9.
152. Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII, ii, p. 590, iii. pp. 80, 310–11.
153. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MSS. XV.53.86, ff. 1, 14v., 16, 21v., 24, 32, 37; 88.
154. S.R.S. lxvii, p. 90.
156. P.R.O., REQ 2/42/74; Windsor, St. George's Chapel, XV.27.46; Hist. MSS. Com. 58, Bath iv. 334.
158. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. IV.A.I, ff. 27–34; XI.M.1, mm. 26–35.
160. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland MS. X.II.12.9D.
161. S.R.S. xl. 50, 178–9.
162. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland MS. X.II.12.10B i; P.R.O., E 178/6028 (copy S.R.O., D/RA C/2259).
163. S.R.S. xxiv. 172, 177.
164. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland MSS. X.II.12.9D, 10B.
167. S.R.O., DD/SF 4037, 4118.
169. P.R.O., C 108/308; D/P/pur 4/1/1, 13/2/1, 23/1; DD/SF 1703, 1873, 3119, 3823, 3984, 4037, 4118; ibid. Q/RE1 20/2.
170. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland MS. X.II.7(iv).
171. S.R.O., DD/SF 455, 1751.
172. P.R.O., C 108/308; S.R.O., DD/WY 49/3/6.
176. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland MS. X.II.7(ii).
180. Ibid. DD/SLM, box 13; DD/SF 3119.
183. It had been totally inclosed by 1842: S.R.O., tithe award.
186. Ibid. RG 10/2390; Morris & Co. Dir. Som. (1872).
187. Statistics supplied by the then Bd. of Agric. 1905.
189. Kelly's Dir. Som. (1923, 1931); S.R.O., D/R/bw 16/14/1.
190. Reading University, Historical Farm Rec., SOM.3.
191. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. XV.53.80.
193. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. IV.A.1, f. 29v.
194. J. Ogilby, Britannia, plate 32.
195. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland MS. X.II.7.
198. Ibid. 1703, 1873, 2126, 3119, 4037, 4118.
199. Ibid. 3119, 3823, 4037; ibid. A/ALE 1; ibid. D/D/Cd 96, ff. 90–3.
200. A. J. Coulthard and M. Watts, Windmills of Som. (1978), 57–8.
201. S.R.O., DD/KW 4, 11.
202. G. Body and R. Gallop, Dunball: Village, Works, and Wharf (2001).
204. Deeds in possession of Mr. L. Sellick, Durleigh; Som. Magazine, Jan. 2000, p. 23.
206. Body and Gallop, Dunball, 10–11.
207. Inf. from Mr. L. Sellick; Som. Magazine, Jan. 2000, pp. 23, 25; Puriton Patchwork, 44.
211. Body and Gallop, Dunball, 6; S.R.O., D/P/pur 4/2/1.
212. Kelly's Dir. Som. (1883, 1906).
215. Puriton Patchwork, 44; Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. cxv. 9.
216. P.R.O., RG 10/2390. The manure works were established before 1868: Body and Gallop, Dunball, 6.
217. P.O. Dir. Som. (1875).
219. Kelly's Dir. Som. (1914).
223. Puriton Patchwork, 47; inf. from Mr. L. Sellick.
224. Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. lvii. 25–53; cxiv. 96–9.
225. S.R.O., DD/KW 4; D/R/bw 15/8/2.
226. Hist. Royal Ordnance Factory, Bridgwater, 1940–45 and suppl. to 1991, unpaginated.
227. P.R.O., E 134/17 Eliz.I East./3.
228. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland MS. X.II.12.10.b1; S.R.O., D/P/hun 13/2/2; DD/SLM, box 13; DD/SF 3119; ibid. tithe award.
231. Som. C. C. Sites and Mons. Rec.
234. P.O. Dir. Som. (1861).
235. Morris & Co. Dir. Som. (1872).
237. Kelly's Dir. Som. (1894).
239. Kelly's Dir. Som. (1939).
241. S.R.S. iii. 48, 60, 253.
243. Ibid. xi, pp. 52, 292.
244. Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 690.
245. P.R.O., SC 2/175/31; SC 6/Hen. VII/1065.
247. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland MSS. X.II.12.9D, 10A, 10B.
248. Ibid. X.II.11.7; S.R.O., DD/WY 49/3/6.
251. Ibid. DD/SF 2952, 4037.
255. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. XI.M.1. Rolls for 1461–4 (MSS. XV.27.47–8) could not be found in 1997.
259. Dwelly, Hearth Tax Exemptions, 104–5, 276.
260. S.R.O., D/P/pur 4/1/1–2, 13/2/1, 14/5/1, 23/5.
264. Ibid. A/BUE: undated accts.
266. Youngs, Local Admin. Units, i. 435, 673, 676.
267. Reg. Regum Anglo-Norm. ii, no. 1014; iii, no. 373; Mon. Angl. vi. 1022.
268. S.R.S. i. 19, 201.
269. S.R.O., D/D/B reg. 26, ff. 7–8; 40, f. 158.
270. Lond. Gaz. 10 Aug. 1883, p. 3969; Dioc. Dir.
271. Cal. Pat. 1338–40, 151; 1348–50, 284; 1358–61, 261; 1385– 9, 205, 211, 223, 299.
272. Som. Incumbents, ed. Weaver, 171.
273. S.R.O., D/D/Bp 23; Som. Incumbents, ed. Weaver, 171.
274. Som. Incumbents, ed. Weaver, 171.
275. Ibid.; S.R.O., D/D/B reg. 27, ff. 15, 58; 28, f. 14.
277. Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.), 198, 200; Feud. Aids, iv. 405.
278. S.R.S. xlix, p. 32.
280. Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), i. 212.
281. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. IV.A.IV, p. 55.
284. S.R.S. xlix, pp. 158–9; Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), i. 212.
286. S.R.S. xlix, pp. 158–9; Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), i. 212.
288. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. IV.A.IV, p. 55.
290. Wells, Dioc. Office, benefice files.
291. S.R.S. xlix, p. 158.
293. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. IV.A.IV, p. 55.
294. S.R.O., D/D/Rb 1815; D/P/pur 23/3; Lond. Gaz. 10 Aug. 1883, p. 3969; Wells, Dioc. Office, benefice house files.
295. Inf. from Dioc. Office, Wells; Puriton Patchwork, 59.
296. S.R.S. xlix, p. 273.
298. Ibid. xl. 150; S.R.O., DD/SAS SE 20.
299. S.R.O., DD/SAS SE 20 (will of Thos. Palmer).
304. Ibid. D/D/Vc 41; Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MS. IV.A.IV, p. 55.
306. Ibid. D/D/Rb 1815, 1827; D/D/Va 1840.
309. Dioc. Kal.; Dioc. Dir.
313. S.R.S. xlix, p. 341.
314. Windsor, St. George's Chapel, MSS. XV.53.81a, XV.60.65.
315. S.R.O., A/AQP 17: some of that woodwork has been reused in the chancel.
316. Ibid. D/D/Ca 445, 452; D/D/Cf 1859/9; ibid. A/AXA 1.
317. Date on rainwater heads and E. window.
318. S.R.O., DD/SAS CH 16/2.
319. Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. xlvii. 173.
321. S.R.S. xlix, p. 159.
322. Cal. Pat. 1566–9, 46; 1569–72, p. 159; S.R.S. lxxvii, p. 105.
325. List of Places of Meeting for . . . Rel. Worship certified to Reg.Gen.(1867).
326. S.R.O., D/N/pur 4/2/1, 3.
327. 15th Rep. Com. Char. 393–4; Educ. of Poor Digest, p. 794.
331. Ibid. 4/1/2; Ann. Rep. B. & W. Dioc. Assoc. S.P.C.K. (1825– 6), 44; Educ. Enq. Abstract, p. 819.
332. Educ. of Poor Digest, p. 794; Educ. Enq. Abstract, p. 819.
333. Educ. Enq. Abstract, p. 819.
334. Harrison, Harrod, & Co. Dir. Som. (1859).
335. Kelly's Dir. Som. (1883).
336. P.O. Dir. Som. (1861); S.R.O., A/BUE: accts. 1861–74.
337. Rep. Com. Children and Women in Agric. pp. 484–5.
338. Morris & Co. Dir. Som. (1872).
339. S.R.O., A/BUE: accts. 1861–74.
340. Lond. Gaz. 31 July 1874, p. 3761.
341. P.O. Dir. Som. (1875); S.R.O., A/BUE: scheme 1929.
342. S.R.O., C/E 4/380/333; ibid. A/BUE: leases.
343. Puriton school, admissions regs.
344. Kelly's Dir. Som. (1889).
346. Inf. from the headteacher, Mrs. J. Venning.
347. S.R.O., D/P/pur 2/1/7; 23/5.
350. Char. Don. pp. 1062–3.
352. 15th Rep. Com. Char. 393–4.
354. S.R.O., A/BUE: charity accts.
356. Char. Com. reg.; Puriton Patchwork, 49; S.R.O., A/BUE: charity accts. 1949.