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Abbey of Tyrone in France. His son, Robert Fitz-Martin, endowed it 
with Jands in the time of Henry I. He also gave the church of 
Blagdon to the monks of Stanley, in Wilts. The descent of the Manor 
is traced by Collinson (see Vol. ii., p. 131, and following). It passed 
from the Martins to the family of Wake, from them to that of 
Keynes, thence to the Chandos family, and was sold by the Duke of 
Chandos about 1779 to the Henikers. Moreton is a tithing belonging 
to Compton Martin parish, and situated two miles to the north of it. 
It is described in Domesday, It gave name to a family which 
flourished for a considerable time in these parts. The Church is 
dedicated to S. Michael ; the tower is 70 feet high. The architecture 
is thus described (see Mr. Adlam’s paper). For a fuller description see 
Som. Archeol. Journal, Vol. xix., p. 26. S,. Wulfric was born in the 
parish of Compton Martin (see Roger of Wendover, Sub. Ann. 1154). 
He lived in a cell at Hazelborough, and was buried there. 
The following is Mr. Adlam’s paper :— 
The Church is Norman, but probably built as late as the end of the 
twelfth century. There is no sign of there having ever been an Apse. 
There is a Norman Clerestory (perhaps of somewhat later date) which 
is unusual in Norman churches of this size and date. The chancel has 
_ a vaulted roof which is rarely found in English parish Churches, though 
there is one at Witham Friary, which is a Carthusian foundation, 
 (a.p. 1175.) The chancel is Norman with good groinings, but unlike 
_ that at Witham which has an apsidal termination. The chancel arch 
has been enlarged, and the original mouldings and pillars cut away. 
This seems to have been effected when the south aisle was widened. 
There is an interesting and perfect monument in the north aisle. This 
was discovered in 1858 under the floor beneath the pews occupied by 
the parishioners from Morton. It bears the figure of a man habited as 
a civilian helding a short sword. The inscription runs “Thos. de 
-Mortone.”* I find that John de Morton held the Manor of Mortone in 
* Mr. Warren was here a day or two ago, and told me that a document had 
been discovered at Wells ordering the erection of a monument in Compton 
_ Martin Church to (I forget the name), and that it was supposed that the 
monument now in that Church, and which I have attributed to ‘ Thos. de 
Mortone,” is really the tomb mentioned in the Wells document, but that it was 
