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ZEAL MONACHORUM

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"ZEAL MONACHORUM is a village and parish in Taw vale, 8 miles W.N.W. of Crediton, and contains 649 souls, and 2946 acres of land, including the hamlets of Loosebeare or Loxbeare, Burstone, and Tuckingmill. It was anciently called Sele Monachorum, and had the latter part of its name from its being long held by the monastery of Buckfast, to which it was given by King Canute. J.H. Ley, Esq., is now lord of the manor; but Loosebeare belongs to the Kelland family, and Burstone to J. and W. Wreford, Esqrs. Messrs. J. and R. Pedler, John Sweet, and a few smaller owners, have estates in the parish. The Church (St. Peter,) has a tower and five bells; and the living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £17. 8s. 9d., and in 1831 at £401. The Rev. John Comyns, M.A. of Bishop's Teignton, is the rector, and has sold the patronage to Mr. Tombs. . . . " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

• General historical and descriptive information, area map from 1765, details about administrative boundaries, etc., about Zeal Monachorum from the Devon Library's Local Studies Service.
• Zeal Monchorum website.

Cemeteries

A transcription of the Memorial Inscriptions for the Church of St Peter is held in the Society of Genealogist's Library, in Vol. 7 of Devon Memorial inscriptions (DE/M20).

Dwelly, E. (ed.). Devon M. I. vol. 1., being all the monumental inscriptions in the parishes of Countisbury, Brendon, Martinhoe, etc. pp. v. 226. E. Dwelly: Fleet, (1918). 8o. BL 9918.aaa.1. [SoG Library]

Census

Snetzler, M.F. North Devon Surname Index to the Census. Microfiche: M.F. Snetzler, Barcott, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon EX39 5LN. [Covers 1881 census records for this parish]

Church History

Godeck, J.W.G. The parish church of Saint Peter the Apostle, Zeal Monchorum, Devon: a short history and guide (2nd ed.). Shillingford St George: Author (1991) [12]p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - p726.5/ZEA/GOD]

Church Records

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1594 are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon & Cornwall Record Society's Collection.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1594-1837 and Marriages 1594-1837. (These entries are in part from Bishops' Transcripts.)

Zeal Monachorum burials, 1813-1837, compiled by members of the Devon History Society, Devon Family History Society 1994.

Description and Travel

Directories

Scanned image of the full entries (description plus names) in White's 1850 Directory of Devonshire for Zeal Monachorum ( pages 728-29 and 730-31), for Beer Ferrers, Bere Alston, Bickleigh and Zeal Monachorum.

Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

Genealogy

This parish is one of the growing number of places for which the Devon Heritage website provides census or parish register transcriptions, articles, and/or illustrations, etc.

History

Adams, Ann. Zeal Monachorum: A Rural Devon Parish 1086-1801, The Author, 'Hayne', Zeal Monachorum, Crediton, Devon EX17 6DE. [DFHS Library - 942.35/ZEA]

Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the parish of Zeal Monachorum, Devon. Typescript (1961) 10 leaves. [Westcountry Studies Library - sB/ZEA/0001/WIL]

Names, Personal

Protestation Return of 1641/42 from Devon Heritage.

Last updated: 1 Dec 2009 - Brian Randell

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