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Witham-Friary in Somerset County England History and GeographyWITHAM-FRIARY, a parish (formerly an extraepiscopal liberty), comprising Charter-house on Mendip, in the hundred of FROME, county of SOMERSET, 5½ miles (S.S.W.) from Frome, containing, exclusively of Charterhouse on Mendip, which is in the hundred of Winterstoke, 589 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, and in the patronage of the Duke of Somerset. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, which belonged to the ancient friary, has lately received an addition of one hundred and thirty sittings, of which one hundred are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £100 towards defraying the expense. Here was anciently a nunnery; and subsequently, in 1181, a monastery, said to be the first establishment of Carthusians in England, was founded by Henry II., in honour of the Blessed Virgin, St. John the Baptist, and All Saints, which at the dissolution had a revenue of £227. 1. 8.: the ruins were taken down in 1764, and a farm-house now stands upon its site. Notwithstanding that this parish was known to be of peculiar and exempt jurisdiction, there are no records shewing that any privileges were exercised prior to the year 1785, when an official was appointed: the manor having come into the possession of the Duke of Somerset, his Grace, in 1826, signified his intention of relinquishing his peculiar rights, provided the Governors of Queen Anne's bounty would contribute to the augmentation of the living; and having charged his estate in the parish with a permanent stipend for the minister, the usual license to the incumbent was issued by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, in 1827, and no peculiar rights whatever are now exercised. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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