a ' s ▁border ▁( of ▁his ▁property ). ▁Early ▁forms ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁are ▁S per n ore . ▁and ▁S per nou re ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 3 2 7 ▁Sub s id y ▁Roll . ▁The ▁village ▁consists ▁only ▁of ▁the ▁church ▁and ▁rect ory ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁scattered ▁far ms ▁and ▁c ott ages . ▁At ▁some ▁time ▁between ▁ 1 1 9 5 ▁and ▁ 1 3 6 1 ▁the ▁parish ▁was ▁largely ▁dep op ulated ▁by ▁p est il ence , ▁so ▁that ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁ville in ▁ten ements , ▁which ▁had ▁h ither to ▁account ed ▁for ▁almost ▁the ▁whole ▁population , ▁came ▁into ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁fre emen . ▁This ▁may ▁well ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁Black ▁Death ; ▁the ▁priest ▁at ▁S per n all , ▁Nicholas ▁atte ▁Y ate , ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 3 4 9 ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁another ▁institution ▁in ▁ 1 3 5 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁the ▁population ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁mainly ▁consisted ▁of ▁substantial ▁far mers , ▁for ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 5 ▁it ▁is ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁place ▁with ▁' f ew ▁or ▁no ▁poor ▁at ▁all ▁in ▁it ▁and ▁many ▁wealth y ▁inhabitants ', ▁and ▁the ▁H ear th ▁Tax ▁returns ▁( 1 6 6 2 – 7 4 ) ▁show ▁the ▁high ▁average ▁of ▁about ▁ 2 . 5 ▁hear th s ▁per ▁house . ▁By ▁ 1 6 9 6 , ▁there ▁were ▁only ▁two ▁ye