CHAPTER IX

NEWTON PARK AND FAIRFIELD HOUSE 133–145

‘Newton Park’ 133 Ælfric, archbishop of Canterbury 134 The Forest of North Petherton _id._ Three co-heiresses 135 The Perambulation of the Forests _id._ Gefferey Chaucer 136 The improvements of Sir Thomas Wrothe 137 A surmise about the Manor of Newton 138 Petherton Park 139 The parish of Stogursey _id._ Fairfield House 140 ‘Always a Vernai at Fairfield’ 142 The Palmer family _id._ Nathaniel Palmer 144 Thomas Palmer _id._ Two co-heiresses 145