CLIST (ST-MARY), a parish in the eastern division
of the hundred of BUDLEIGH, county of DEVON,
2 miles (N. E. by N.) from Topsham, containing 145
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at
£5. 1. 3., and in the patronage of the Rev. Thomas
Strong. This parish is memorable for having been the
scene of one of the principal contests between the adhe-'
rents of the old religion and the Reformers, in 1549,
when the former were defeated, and pursued with
great slaughter through the village to the heath adjoining.
This parish is entitled to an annuity of £3 per
annum from an estate called Holbrook, in the parish of
Glist-Honiton, bequeathed by Thomas Weare for the
education of six poor children.