The History of the Parish And Manor of Wookey Being a Contribution Towards a Fu
The History of the Parish And Manor of Wookey Being a Contribution Towards a Fu
T Scott Thomas Scott Holmes
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William Boureman is the sub-dean. The rectory is annexed to the sub-deanery, and is worth yearly in demesne lands £3 19s. 5d. ; in rent of customary tenants, £1 Is. 4d. ; in tithes, £10 13s. 4d. ; in oblations, with other offerings, £6 5s. Lid. ; total, £22. 1 Wells Cathedral MSS. , 304. ^ W. C. MSS. , 751-335. 82 HiSTOKY OF VVOOKEY. In annual payment to one vicar choral in Wells Cathedral 5s. ; And there remains to the rector £21 15s. ; The tithe of this is 46s. 6d. In 1548, February 25th, Wil...liam Bowerman, the sub-dean, leases to William Godwyn, of Wells, the rectory house and lands for eighty years, at an annual rent of <£22. He reserved, however, for hin;self and his successors the advowson of the Church and the wood at Stroud ; this latter, of course, in case he or his successors should have to repair the chancel. This lease gives us the first description of the property I have been able to find. He leaves " all his rectory and parsonage, mansion- places, houses, orchards, gardens, barns, stalls, culver-houses, and stables and all the glebe lands, pastures, meadows, woods and moors ; and also all messuages, fines, tithes, fruits, mortuaries and other issues and emoluments.
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