a town of Somersetshire in England, seated on a branch of the river Parrett, 115 miles from London. Though represented in parliament, it is no market town nor corporation; but it appears in Domesday-book to have had a market once, and 56 burgesses. It is in a manner surrounded by Dorsetshire. Here are nine capital burgesses, who yearly choose two bailiffs, that have the government of the borough under them, and jointly return the members to parliament with the two stewards, who are chosen yearly out of nine commonalty stewards, and have the custody of the corporation-seal. These two stewards also distribute the profits of the lands given to the poor here, of which the said commonalty stewards are trustees. The inhabitants are about 1100, the houses not much above 200. There are two fairs, June 6, and October 28.