Pencombe

PENCOMBE, a parish, in the union of Bromyard, hundred of Broxash, county of Hereford, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Bromyard; containing 410 inhabitants, of whom 383 are in the township of Pencombe. The parish comprises 3955a. 39p.; it abounds in buildingstone of ordinary quality. A court leet is held once in three years; and by ancient custom, the lord of the manor claims a pair of gilt spurs whenever a mayor of Hereford dies while in office. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £13. 6. 8., and in the gift of the family of Arkwright: the tithes have been commuted for £470, and the glebe comprises 119 acres. There is also an endowed chapel, of which the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Rector.