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A History of the County of Somerset
… and are particularly significant around the 'island' of Sowy covering the parishes of Westonzoyland, Middlezoy, and … the new outflow was, at least initially, a success. The Sowy parishes before inclosure. Smaller works throughout the … in spite of the constant hazard of fish weirs. Thus a Sowy tenant acted as a boatman in the 13th century along both …
A History of the County of Somerset
… were in the names of his estates of Polden, High Ham, and Sowy; 16and a watercourse called Hardingsditch, one of the boundaries of Sowy manor, ran from High Ham manor to what was named Pendon …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… seven churches of St. John Glastonbury, Buddecle, Strete, Sowy, Merlynch, Shapwyk and Merc, and their annexed chapels, …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… le Eyr, Adam le Eyr, Robert le Spycer and John Jolyf of Sowy before the dean and chapter or their commissaries in the … above) Walter le Eyr, Adam le Eyr, and John le Spycer of Sowy to shew cause why sentence of major excommunication …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… land and 4 acres of meadow in Northcory, which Thomas de Sowy held for life of the inheritance of the said Robert, …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… and convent of Glastonbury to the appropriated churches of Sowy, Doultyng, St. John Glastonbury (served by a removable … seven churches of St. John Glastonbury, Buddecle, Strete, Sowy, Merlynch, Schapwyk and Mere with the chapels etc. to be …
A History of the County of Somerset
… R. Nutt of Compton Dundon. (S.R.O., DD/X/NUT 1). 2 3 The Sowy parishes before inclosure 3 4 Inclosure of King's …
A History of the County of Somerset
… formed in 1515, derives its name from its position on Sowy, the island in King's Sedgemoor between the rivers Cary … in the 13th century as la Cnolle, 8the highest point on Sowy island. The marl forms a prominent ridge west of … 13 COMMUNICATIONS Beer Wall, linking High Ham with Sowy across North moor, is generally considered to have been …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the village occupies an apparently detached part of Sowy island. 19 It comprised the area on and immediately … 8 By 1086 it was evidently part of Glastonbury abbey's Sowy manor and remained so during the Middle Ages. 9 At the … of a capital messuage. OTHER ESTATES In 1189 Henry of Sowy did fealty to the abbot of Glastonbury for 3 virgates at …