William Finch was appointed

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under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 in 1538, a post he held to his death in 1559. He had previously been

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before his elevation to the episcopate. He was additionally the incumbent at West Camel from 1536.'Parishes: West Camel', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3 (1974), pp. 71–81. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66489 Retrieved 6 December 2008.

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