Bridgewater in the Later Days Being a Succeeding volume to the Ancient Borough
Bridgewater in the Later Days Being a Succeeding volume to the Ancient Borough
Arthur Herbert Powell
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Mary's. He passed away in 1723. At Chilton, however, there is no record of any successor to William Aleyn until 1723, when Laurence Payn was appointed by George the First both to Bridgwater and Chilton. He appears to have been, as the documents belonging to the Bridgwater Corporation amply disclose, a man of extreme eccentricity, and during his short rule of nine years the benefice of Bridgwater suffered severely, while corresponding losses accrued to the diminishing possessions of Chilton Trin...ity Church. Moses Williams succeeded in 1732 to both livings, 1 Powell's Sources of Eighteenth-Century Deism, p. 15. Q 225 BRIDGWATER IN THE LATER DAYS which he held until 1742, when the Rev. John Coles, a man of considerable force of character, followed him in the Vicariate of Bridgwater Town. Thus, before his time, three Vicars of Bridgwater had also held Chilton, and Mr. Coles, no doubt, served the two cures from the first. Henceforth the two benefices were united, and a document dated February i5th, 1749, is of some interest as bearing upon the habits and customs of the time, and in other ways.
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