Curry Mallet is a village and parish in Somerset, England. It is on the Fivehead River, 7 miles east of Taunton. The village has a population of 306. At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 the manor was held by Roger de Courselles, also the owner of Fisherton in Wiltshire, which was held under Curry. It later passed to the Malet family, with William Mal…Curry Mallet is a village and parish in Somerset, England. It is on the Fivehead River, 7 miles east of Taunton. The village has a population of 306. At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 the manor was held by Roger de Courselles, also the owner of Fisherton in Wiltshire, which was held under Curry. It later passed to the Malet family, with William Malet, one of the guarantors of Magna Carta, lord of the manor in 1215. It passed on through the descendants of the Malet family until 1356 when it was sold to Sir Matthew Gourney and his family until 1443 when the estate passed to the king and became part of the Duchy of Cornwall.
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