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Henry VIIl. in 1535. The Deanery was then found possessed of 

 the manors of Mark, Modesley, Wedmore, and More, and the 

 Hundred of Bempston. From Modesley came :— 



Eents of assize from customary tenants ... £16 5 8 J 



Demesne farm lands ... ... ••• 13 2 4J 



Fee from Ths. Purnell (bailiff) ... ... 11 3 



Perquisites of Court and other casualties, with 



sale of wood ... ... ... ••• ^ 1" *J 



Fines from land ... ... ... ... 10 



Total 



From Wedmore manor, were received : — 

 Kents from tenants 

 Demesne farm lands 

 Pasture from the park 

 Fee from John Bailliff (bailiff there) 

 Perquisites of Court and casualties . . . 

 Fines ... 



Total 



In the return this is totalled £55 8s. 5-id.* 



The death of Henry threw the responsibility of further Eeform 

 upon his successor, Edward VI. In 1547, the first year of his 

 reign, there is a prettily written and very interesting document, 

 the surrender of the deanery and its property belonging. On the 

 16th March, Dean William Fitzwilliam announced, to all the 

 faithful in Christ to whom that writing should come, that for 

 cause and consideration him specially moving he had given and 

 granted and by that writing confirmed, to the King, F.D., and on 

 earth of the Church of England and Ireland Supreme Head, all 

 the Deanery of Wells, with the office and dignity of Dean, and all 



* Valor Ecclesiasticus. 



