SHEPTON-MONTAGUE, a parish in the hundred of NORTON-FERRIS, county of SOMERSET 2 miles (S.) from Bruton, containing 367 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £8. 15., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Earl of Ilchester. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.