SUTCOMBE, a parish in the hundred of BLACK-TORRINGTON,
county of DEVON, 5 miles (Nby-B.) from
Holsworthy, containing 405 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £ 17. 10. 7.>
and in the patronage of the Rev. W. H. Coham. The
church, dedicated to St. Andrew, has a Norman doorway,
but is mostly of later date. There is an almshouse
for six poor persons, founded and endowed by
Sir William Morice, Secretary of State to Charles II.