Sock Dennis / Soche / Stock Dennis

There is an entry for Sock [Dennis] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST5121/sock-dennis/] [accessed 12 February 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 3, 1974) notes: "There was a church at Sock in 1286. [...] In origin it was evidently a daughter church of Yeovil, and a pension was still paid by the rector of Sock to the rector of Yeovil in 1428. [...] The church of St. John the Baptist [...] had dis- appeared by 1575. [...] There had formerly been lights, supported by rents, before the altar of St. John the Baptist in the chancel and also before the altar of the Virgin.[...] A doorway, probably of the early 16th century and perhaps formerly part of the fabric of the church, is incorporated in one of the buildings of Sock Dennis farm." The Somerset Historic Environment Record [www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/53117] [accessed 12 February 2018] reports: "There was a church at Sock in 1286. In origin it was evidently a daughter church of Yeovil, and a pension was still paid by the rector of Sock to the rector of Yeovil in 1428. In 1297 the church was worth £7 15s. Assessed at £7 6s 8d in 1428. The church had disappeared by 1575. There had formerly been lights, supported by vents, before the altar of one Virgin. A doorway, probably of the early C16 and perhaps forming part of the fabric of the church, is incorporated in one of the buildings of Sock Dennis farm (53077)."