A History of the County of Somerset: Volume VIII: 2004 MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES: MIDDLEZOY MANOR
“Middlezoy formed part of Glastonbury abbey's Sowy manor until the Dissolution. (Footnote 1) It was farmed directly by the Crown (Footnote 2) until 1547 when what was called Middlezoy manor, with Westonzoyland and Othery manors, was granted in fee to Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset...
in 1746 it was bought by William Moore. He held 280 a. in 1757. William died in 1768, and it passed from his widow in 1792 to William's nephews Hill and William Dawe. Under a partition of the estate in 1803 the land passed to Hill who died in 1820 leaving a son, also Hill, who was succeeded in 1851 by his nephew the Revd. Hill Dawe. The estate had been acquired by Richard Meade King by the following year and he sometimes claimed to be lord of Middlezoy. (Footnote 12) Richard (d. 1887) was succeeded by his son Lt. Col. W. O. Meade King (d. 1913). Sir William Meade King, son of the last, sold his estate between 1914 and 1919.”689