This document is the Otterhampton Rectoral Rent Charge. It is essentially a survey of the rectory lands within the parish of Otterhampton, lands which had been set aside in the middle ages for the support of the rector (also known as a parson) of the parish. You can read more about the history of the church and rectory here.
The watermark for the paper tells us that it was made in 1860 – all the pages are from the same batch. So we might assume a date close to that.
G. and R. Poole mentioned in the bottom right of the outside were solicitors of Bridgwater. G is probably Gabriel Stone Poole (1811-1876), while R is probably his brother Joseph Ruscombe Poole 1819-1890. So at the very latest this document was drawn up by 1876. Exactly who Ferrier was is unclear.
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There is no cover to this document, this is just the back page of the document, which has browned with dirt over time.
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