The Parish of Selworthy in the County of Somerset: Some Notes on Its HistoryBarnicott and Pearce, 1897 - 308 pages |
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The Parish of Selworthy in the County of Somerset: Some Notes on Its History Frederick Hancock No preview available - 2016 |
The Parish of Selworthy in the County of Somerset: Some Notes on Its History Frederick Hancock No preview available - 2022 |
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aforesaid aisle Alice Allerford ancient Arundell of Trerice baronet Beague benefice bishop Bossington brother buried ye Byam chapel Charles Steynings Coffin Cornwall daughter and heiress Daye Deane death Devon Devonshire died Dulverton Dunster Edward Dyke Elizabeth Dyke entries Executor Exmoor George hamlet heirs held Henry Hensley hill Holnicote Holnicote estate Hugh husband iiijs iijli Joan John Arundell John Stodden John Willoughby Kent king knight's fee lady land late living Lord Lucar Luccombe Lynch manor March marriage married Mary messuage Minehead Nettlecombe Nicholas parish of Selworthy payd ponies poor Porlock present Raleigh Rawle rector registers Richard Richard Blackford Roges Selworthy shillings Sir John Arundell Sir Thomas Acland sister Somerset Spurrier Staynings Steynings Stoate Stodden succeeded Tayler terr Thomas Dyke Tivington Trerice Trevelyan unto viijd viijs Walter Horne white witch widow wife William Stodden Willm Wood worth per ann wthin xvjs
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Page 90 - In every parish Church and Chapel within this realm, shall be provided one parchment book, at the charge of the parish, wherein shall be written the day and year of every christening, wedding, and burial, which have been in that Parish since the time that the law was first made in that behalf, so far as the ancient books thereof can be procured, but especially since the beginning of the reign of the late Queen.
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