In the 14th century the rector was appointed by the Lord of the Manor at the adjoining Coker Court.

The window of the asouth transept includes the coat of arms of the Helyar family who were the local lords, including William Helyar who became archdeacon of Barnstaple and built the Helyar Almshouses.

[2] The brass eagle lectern was dedicated on Christmas Eve in 1898 in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign.

[3] The church is noted as the resting place of the poet T. S. Eliot whose ashes were interred in 1965.

[2] Rectors up to Peter Falewell, after that, vicars[4] The pipe organ is by E. Lifford and Co of Yeovil.