The date is 1528-1536, though a few of the Wills bear earlier dates. It was first intended to print some of the Wills in the " Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological Society," but as the work went on, and grew too lengthy for the Society's volume, it was thought better to print the whole of the first two books in a separate form. Much light is now being thrown on Church life in pre-reformation times by the publication of early churchwardens' accounts ; several of these are now being edited by the Right Rev. Bishop Hobhouse, and will form the fourth volume of the Somerset Record Society.
