SOWTON, a parish partly in the eastern division of
the hundred of BUDLEIGH, but chiefly in that of WONFORD,
county of DEVON, 4 miles (E.) from Exeter, containing
339 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's
books at £ 11. 16. 3., and in the patronage of the Bishop
of Exeter. The church is dedicated to St. Michael.
Five poor children are instructed for a small annuity
left by Thomas Weare, in 1691.