MORCHARD (BISHOP'S), a parish in the hundred
of CREDITON, county of DEVON, 65 miles (N. W. by N.)
from Crediton, containing 1935 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Bishop of
Exeter, rated in the king's books at £36. R.H. Tuckfield,
Esq. was patron in 1827 The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. Thomasine Tucker, in 1733, gave a rentcharge
of £16 for teaching and clothing eight boys and
eight girls. There is a fair for cattle on the Monday
after September 8th.