WITCOMB, (Somerset) on the S.E. side of the Avon, opposite to Bath, was the estate of Ld. Powis, the Marquis of Worcester, who was beheaded in the R. of Edward IV. whose son was, nevertheleas, restored in blood, but dying without issue, his 3 aunts were his heirs. Some lands here bel. anciently to the priory of Bath, but at the Diss. Hen. VIII. granted them to Sir Will. Herbert.