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Benefice of BARROW GURNEY

(BW.BA.RC.07) variants

This figure is the total assessed value of the benefice. Note that for a cathedral church a zero figure is given because its assessed value is derived from a number of holdings which are listed elsewhere in the taxatio text.

     Assessment for tax:		 £ 9. 6s. 8d.

This section gives the modern name of the benefice together with the church dedication and the Ordnance Survey grid reference of the church (click the grid reference to locate the church building on Google Maps). Constituent parts of the benefice, such as vicarage, or any dependent chapels, pensions, portions and prebends, with their values, are also listed here.

     Benefice details:
BARROW GURNEY
ST5146841 ded: Early dedication is unknown. The church was rebuilt in 1889, and it may have been re-dedicated at that time. It is now ST MARY AND ST EDWARD.      ST MARY AND ST EDWARD (probably Edward the Martyr), or HOLY TRINITY     

This section shows the patronage status of the benefice in 1291-2, the date of the taxatio, as much as can be found in contemporary or near-contemporary sources. The line includes the type of patronage: ecclesiastical, monastic or secular; the name of the patron; and for monastic patrons, the order of their religious house. If the patronage is ecclesiastical or monastic, then it may be an appropriated church. This is shown by the "If Appropriated" line below.

     Patronage:
monastic, Barrow Gurney, Somers, priory, Benedictine Nuns 2

This section states whether or not the benefice was appropriated at or near 1291-2, the date of the taxatio. The line may include the type of position instituted, collated or presented and the date, but this information is shown only if available from contemporary or near-contemporary sources.

     If appropriated:
Yes

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     Full entry:
Ecclesia de Farlegh' 3     
£ 9. 6s. 8d.
14m.

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     Notes:
1 This church appears to be the church attached to the nunnery of Barrow Gurney, perhaps taking its name in the taxatio texts from nearby Farleigh Hill. The grid reference given is for the church attached to Barrow Court, a house built on the site of the Benedictine nunnery of Barrow Gurney.
2 There appear to be no extant records of presentations or institutions to this church, and all the indications are that it was appropriated to the nunnery of Barrow Gurney and was served by a stipendiary chaplain.
3 The immediately preceding item (pension of the nuns of 'Farnlegh'') can only refer to the nuns of Barrow Gurney, where there was both a church and (certainly later) a parish. Neither was true of Farleigh which lies 3km to the NW. It follows, therefore, that there can be little doubt that this is the church of Barrow Gurney, the site of which is situated at Barrow Court 1.5km to the WNW of the village of Barrow Gurney and immediately to the west of Farleigh Hill.

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