STAPLE-FITZPAINE, a parish in the hundred of
ABDICK-and-BULSTONE, county of SOMERSET, 5 miles
(S.E. by S.) from Taunton, containing 385 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of
BickenhaU annexed, in the archdeaconry of Taunton,
and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's
books at £ 17. 14. 2., and in the patronage of E. B.
Portman, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.