PENCOMBE, a parish in the hundred of BROXASH,
county of HEREFORD, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Bromyard,
containing, with the townships of Grendon-Warren
and Marstone-Stannett, 453 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford,
rated in the king's books at £ 13. 6. 8., and in
the patronage of Richard Arkright, Esq. A court leet
is held here once in three years j and, by ancient custom,
the lord of the manor claims a pair of gilt spurs
whenever a mayor of Hereford dies while in office.