Wookey was not recorded as a settlement in the Domesday Survey, but it was in the hundred of Wells Forum, and was presumably a possession of the bishop before and after the Conquest. Bishop Jocelin of Wells (1206-42) is recorded as building 'capellas cum cameris' at Wells and at Wookey, so it is reasonable to suggest that it was in the episcopal demesne at an early date (Holmes (1885, 22-70). The church is first noted in the time of Bishop Robert (1136-66) - see Holmes (1885, 71).