third Bishop of Worcester founded this Monastery Kenredus King of Mercia and Offa Governour of the East Angles in the year 709 being both then at Rome endow'd it with large Possessions The Towns which St. Egwin obtain'd to his Monastery of the said Kings were in all twenty two There were belonging to this House sixty seven Monks five Nuns three poor People three Clerks who had all the same allowance as the Monks had and besides these sixty five Servants The under Officers of this House as Prior Sub-Prior third Prior Precentor Sacristan Celarer c. were created by the Abbot with the advice and consent of the major part of the Covent in Chapter All which Officers had their several Rents arising from distinct and several places appropriated to their several Offices In the year 1174. Waldemarus King of Danemark gave and confirm'd the Priory of Othenesia in that Kingdom as a Cell to this Abby of Euesham This Abby was first founded as aforesaid by St. Egwin in the year of grace 692. and dedicated to the honour of the glorious Virgin Mary The Founder himself leaving his Bishoprick became the first Abbot here After whose death succeeded eighteen Abbots until the year 941. at which time the Monks here were dispersed and secular Chanons substituted in their room In the time of King Edgar Anno Dom. 660 the Monks were again restored but after his death expell'd again in the year 977. This House and Estate was afterwards given to a potent man called Godwin and successively it came into several hands till at last in the year 1014. King Ethelred made Ailfwardus a Monk of Ramsey Abbot of Euesham he was also Bishop of London at the same time From his time the Abby of Euesham flourisht under divers Abbots whose names from the Norman Conquest till the year 1379. are as follows Egelwinus Walterus Robertus Mauricius Reginaldus Willielmus de Andivilla Rogerus Adam Rogerus Norreys Radulphus Thomas de Marleberg Richaadus le Cras Thomas de Glovernia Henricus Willielmus de Wytechurch Iohannes de Brokehampton Willielmus de Chyriton Willielmus de Boys Iohannes de Ombresseye Rogerus Zatten 1379. Vid Vol. 2. p. 851. Valued at 1183 l. 12 s. 9 d. per Annum SHEPEY Monastery of Nuns in Kent FOunded by Queen Sexburga about the year of our Lord 710. William Archbishop of Canterbury after the Conquest restored this Monastery it having lain a long time burnt down and destroyed by the Danes King Henry the II. King Richard the I. King Henry the III. and others were Benefactors to this Church of St. Sexburg here and to the Nuns serving God in the same all whose Donations of Lands and Liberties were confirm'd in the 1st year of King Henry the IV. Valued at 129 l. 7 s. 10 d. ob per Annum SELSEY in Sussex IN the year of our Lord 711. Wilfred Bishop of Hagulstad remaining five years in the Isle of Selsey to avoid persecution built there a Monastery in honour of the blessed Mary to which Ethelwold King of the South Saxons gave Lands TUKESBURY in Gloucestershire THIS Monastery was founded in the year 715. by two Dukes of great account in the Kingdom of Mercia named Oddo and Doddo to the honour of the glorious Virgin Mary Robert Fiz-Hamon in the year 1102. new built this Church and Monastery making it an Abby and subjecting to it the Priory of Cranburne His Daughter Mobilla was afterwards married to Robert base Son of King Henry I. who was created Earl of Gloucester he built the Priory of St. Iames at Bristol and annext it also to the House From him descended Gibbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hertford who was a great Benefactor to this House and buried here as were the rest of his descendants Earls of Gloucester and the Dispencers who descended from one of the Heirs General All these and more of their Blood among whom Henry de Beauchamp Duke of Warwick were Benefactors to this Abby their pious gifts being all confirm'd and ratified by the King 1462. The several parcells of Lands and Hereditaments given and confirm'd to this House by former Kings may be seen p. 161 162. Valued at 1598 l. 1 s. 3 d. per Annum WINBURNE in Dorsetshire SAint Quinburga and St. Cuthburga Sisters of Ina King of the West Saxons built here a Monastery for Nuns Anno Dom. 718. CROYLAND in Lincolnshire CRoyland is one of those small Islands which lie in the East Fens Here St. Guthlac at the age of twenty five years became a Hermite and in his life time delivered the Island from Devils and evil Spirits and dying was here buried Ethelbald King of Mercia by his Charter dated in the year 716. gave to God the blessed Mary and St. Batholomew the whole Isle of Croyland containing four Leucas or miles in length and three in breadth for the erecting of a Monastery under the Rule of St. Benedict and endow'd the said Monastery with large Possessions lying about the Place All which was confirm'd to them by Offa King of Mercia in the year 793. and by Withlaf King of Mercia in the year 833. This Abby being afterwards burnt down and destroyed by the Pagan Danes was re edified and restored to its former Possessions and Liberties by King Eadred who stiled himself King of Great Britain in the year 948. Vid. Vol. 2. p. 853. Valued at 1803 l. 15 s. 10 d. ob per Annum BEVERLEY in Yorkshire SAint Iohn Archibishop of York was the first Dr. of Theology in Oxford He converted the Parish-Church of St. Iohn in the Town of Beverly into a Monastery building to it a new Quire and made his Deacon Bithunus the first Abbot here Both which lie buried in this Church One hundred years after this the Monastery of Beverley was destroyed by the Danes and lay in Ruines three years before it was repair'd King Athelstan built here a Colledge of secular Chanons And granted and confirm'd to this Church of St. Iohn of Beverley many great Priviledges and Liberties An. Dom. 938. King Edward the Confessor was a great Benefactor to this Church and augmented the number of the Prebendaries William the Conqueror was also a Benefactor Thomas the first Archbishop of York erected a new Dignity in the Collegiate Church of Beverley viz. a Prepositus or Provost who has neither voice in the Chapter nor Stall in the Quire of these there is a List of thirty eight Thomas Becket being the fifth in number Vid. Vol. 3. part 2 p. 3. Valued at 109 l. 8 s. 8 d. ob per Annum RIPPON in Yorkshire WIlfrid Archibishop of York founded a Monastery at Rippon which was afterwards burnt down in the Devastation which King Adred made upon the Northumbers But being in after-times re-edified King Athalstan granted to this Church the Priviledge of Sanctuary with the same Liberties which he had given before to the Church of Beverly and that the men of Rippon should be believed by their yea and by
several other Lands and Tithes The like was done by others of that Family and Iohn Bishop of Norwich St. MARY de PRATO near St. Albans THIS was a small Nunnery given with certain Lands by Garinus Abbot of St. Albans for the maintenance of Leprous Nuns Confirm'd by King Iohn in the fifth year of his Reign SOPEWELL in Hertfordshire a Cell of St. Albans ABout the year 1140. two religious Women led a solitary life in a small Habitation made of Boughs of Trees near a Wood called Eiwoda who being taken notice of for their austerities and pious Lives Gaufridus the sixteenth Abbot of St. Albans built there for them a Cell gave them the Vail of Nuns and constituted their way of living according to the Rule of St. Benedict He also endow'd the House with Possessions and Rents and assigned them a Coemitery in which none were to be buried but the Virgins of the House whose number was not to exceed thirteen Henry de Albaneio and Cecilia his Wife and several of their Descendants were great Benefactors to this Cell of St. Mary of Sopewell and so was Richard de Tany Michael Abbot of St. Albans made and publisht here in his Visitation Anno Dom. 1338. certain good Rules and Orders to be observed by the Nuns of this House among others that the Door that goes into the Garden and that of the Parlour should not be open'd till the Bell sounds to the ninth hour and that all the year they should be shut up at night when the Abby-Bell sounds the Coverâ—eu c. Valued at 40 l. 7 s. 10 d. per Annum MERGATE in Bedfordshire a Cell of St. Albans IN the time of Gaufridus Abbot of St. Albans one Roger a Monk of that Abby became a Hermite in a Hermitage between St. Albans and Dunstable where he lived in a most austere manner with the reputation of great Sanctity at the same time Christina a Virgin renouncing the World became an Anchoress at the same place yet the said Roger never saw her face tho' they lived together four years Roger died and was buried in the Abby-Church of St. Albans but Christina surviving became of so great note for her Sanctity that the abovesaid Gaufridus built here from the Foundation a Monastery for Nuns and endow'd the same with Revenues of which House Christina became the first Prioress Vid. Vol. 2. p. 872. St. NICHOLAS Priory at Exeter a Cell of Battel-Abby THIS Church formerly dedicated to St. Olive King and Martyr was by King William Rufus given to the Monks of Battel-Abby for a Cell and by them new dedicated to St. Nicholas King William Rufus King Henry the I. and King Iohn conferr'd many Lands and Liberties upon this House Valued at 147 l. 12 s. per Annum MALLINGE in Kent KING Edmund gave certain Lands in Mallinges to the Monastery of St. Andrew the Apostle which afterwards was by Gundulfus Bishop oâ— Rochester converted to an Abby of Nuns here dedicated to St. Mary to which King Henry the I. and King Iohn and Anselme Archbishop of Canterbury were also Benefactors Valued at 218 l. 4 s. 2 d. ob per Annum TUTBURY in Staffordshire HEnry de Ferariis built the Church and Monastery to the honour of the blessed Virgin at his Castle of Tutbury which by the Grant and Licente of King William Rufus he endow'd with divers Lands and Tithes Earl Robert de Ferariis the younger Grandson of the Founder was a great Benefactor and so were many others whose names with the parcells by them given may be seen in the Monasticon at large Iohn Duke of Lancaster being Lord of the Honour and Castle of Tutbury granted his Letters Pattents to the King of the Minstalls in Tutbury impowring him and his Successors to arrest all Minstralls within the said Honour and Franchise who refuse to do their service of minstralsie on the Feast of the assumption of our Lady â—early and constrain them to it according to Custom Dated in the 4 Rich. 2. There is also another Custom of the Place that the Stage-players who come to Matins on the Feast of the Assumption should have from the Prior of Tutbury a Bull in case they can catch him before he gets over the River there or else the Prior is to give them 40 d. in mony Vid. Vol. 2. p. 873. EYE in Suffolk RObert Malet to whom King William the Conqueror had given the honour of Eye with the assent of that King built a Monastery there and to it gave the Church dedicated to St. Peter in Eye with a great quanity of Lands and Churches with Liberties and Franchises to hold as freely as King William gave them to him In the year 1138. King Steven confirm'd to the Monks here all their Lands and Liberties with a formal Curse to the Violators The like Confirmation from William Earl of Boloign that King 's eldest Son This House was a Cell to the Abby of Bernay in Normandy so that neither the Prior nor any Monk could be placed here without the assent of the Abbot of Bernay neither upon the death of the Prior here could the Founder or his Heirs or Successors Patrons of this Priory meddle with or receive any profit from the Goods and Possessions of this House during the vacancy but only in sign of Dominion he used to place a Porter at the Gate of the Priory who during the Vacation was maintain'd out of the Revenues of the House and at the Instalment of the next Prior used to receive for his Fee the Sum of 5 s. for an Ox. In the 8th year of King Richard the II. the Estate of this Priory being then seiz'd into the King's hands because of his Wars with France the Prior and Covent complain'd that they were extreamly impoverished by Foreign Exactions so that the Revenues of this House could hardly maintain the Prior and three or four Monks that King therefore by his Letters Patents at their Petition and Request discharged them for ever of their Foreign Subjection to the Abby of Bernay and made them a Prior and Covent of themselves independent like other English Priories Valued at 161 l. 2 s. 3 d. q. per Annum HELENSTOW in Berkshire JVdith Countess of Huntington Wife of Earl Waltheof built a Church and Monastery here for Nuns and dedicated it to the holy Trinity St. Mary and St. Helen She and others endow'd it with divers Lands all which were afterwards confirm'd to the Nuns here by King Henry the II. together with large Priviledges and Exemptions PENWORTHAM in Lancashire a Cell of Evesham WArinus Bussell and Richard Bussell his Son gave the Church at Penwortham and with it divers Lands to the Abby of Evesham for a Cell of that Abby All which was confirm'd to God and St. Mary and to the Monks serving God in Penvercham by Hugh Buissell Grandson of the foresaid Warinus in pure and perpetual Alms. This was in the Reign of King William the Conqueror Valued at 29 l.
Bishop of Worcester and by Simon and Iohn his Predecessors Iohn Son of Ieoffrey de Langele gave to God and St. Mary of Pinley and the Nuns there his Brother Robert de Langely his Homage and Service and Rent of 6 d. for the maintenance of our Ladies Lamp at Pinley ad Lumen beatae Mariae de Pineleia Valued at 23 l. 5 s. 11 d. per Annum STRATFORD Prâ—ory THE Nunnery here dedicated to St. Leonard was founded and endowed by Christiana de Sumeri and her Son as seems by the Confirmation of King Steven King Richard the I. did confirm other Lands to it given by Galiena and her Son Bartholmew de Daumartin Patrons of the House FRESTONE in Lincolnshire a Cell of Croyland ALan de Creun with Muriel his Wife and Maurice his Son gave the Clearch of St. Iames of Frestone with several Lands and Tithes to be a Cell to the Abby of Croyland From which Creun or Croune descended the Family of Pedwardyn who became Heirs of the Founder the Male Line ceasing St. DOGMELS in Pembrokshire Cella Caenobii Tyronensis THese Monks were Benedictines of the same Order with those of St. Martins at Tours The Priory here was founded by Martin de Turribus a Norman who first Conquered the Country hereabouts call'd Kames or Kemish Robert the Son of this Martin endow'd it with Lands confirm'd to it by King Henry the I. Valued at 87 l. 8 s. 6 d. per Annum WALDEN Abby in Essex THE Abby at Walden was founded in the year 1136. by Gaufridus de Mandevilia Earl of Essex He was Grandson of Ieoffrey who came into England with the Norman Conqueror and was of most signal note in his Army for his great Performances From the noble Founder of this Abby who died in the year 1144. descended the illustrious Family of the Bohuns Earls of Hereford Essex and Northampton This Abby was dedicated to the honour of the blessed Mary and St. Iames the Apostle The Family of Bohuns were great Benefactors to this Abby and most of them buried here This Abby was built on the West-side of the Town and adjoyning to the High-way which place was chosen as more proper for the relief of Travellers and for Hospitality After the death of the Founder Rohesia his Widow built a Nunnery at Chinksand to which she did all good Offices and for the sake of that House became very unkind to this of her Husbands Foundation William de Mandevilla second Son of the Founder while Ieoffrey his elder Brother lived led a military life in Flanders with Philip Earl of that Country but upon his Brother's death without issue he return'd into England and inherited his Estate Soon after which he made a Pilgrimage to Ierusalem and visited the holy Places from whence being return'd into England he visited this House and was here received with great Ceremony where he presented at the Altar several Relicks which be had purchased in the holy Land and became a great Benefactor to this House giving them by his Testament the Moiety of his Lordship of Walden c. and died in Normandy without issue After whose decease this Barony came by his Heirs General to one Ieffrey Fitz-Peter who disseiz'd the Monks of what Earl William had given them and kept the Estate from them a great while till after King Iohn's Coronation being made Earl of Essex he restored part of their Lands again and confirm'd them to the Monks here This Ieffrey Filius Petri was very vexatious to this Abby the manner and particulars may be seen in the Book at large Yet did Gaufridus de Mandavilla the first Founders Deed of Foundation contain a heavy Curse to any of his Successors or Tenants who should vex or disturb these Monks in any of their Possessions or alienate or diminish the same The Founders Endowment was confirm'd by several of his Descendents also by King Steven and King Henry the II. And King Edward the III. in the seventeeth year of his Reign Licensed William de Bohun Earl of Northampton to give and annext the Priory of Bereden in Essex as a Cell to this Abby Valued at 372 l. 18 s. 1 d. per Annum BROMFEILD in Shropshire ANno Dom. 1155. The Canons of Bromfeild by the Authority of Theobald Archbishop of Canterbury gave their Church of Bromfeild to the Abby of St. Peters at Gloucester King Henry the II. confirm'd all the Estate belonging to the Church of St. Mary of Bromfeild to the Prior and Monks there serving God to hold of him and his Heirs in perpetual Alms. The like did King Henry the III. BRETFORD in Warwickshire GAufridus Camerarius de Clintona gave certain Lands in this Lordship to one Noemi a Nun for the erecting a Cell of Nuns here Afterwards at the request of the said Gaufridus de Clinton the Nuns here being only two viz. Sebure and Naeumi gave their House and Estate here to the Canons of Killingworth TALLACH in the Diocess of St. David's in Wales THE Abby here dedicated to God St. Mary and St. Iohn Baptist was founded by Resus the younger Son of Resus the younger of the Family of the Princes of South-wales and by him and others endow'd with many Lands the particulars may be seen in the Monasticon at large fol. 466 467. all which was confirm'd to this House by King Edward the II. in the seventeenth year of his Reign and by King Edward the III. in the fifth year of his Reign Valued at 136 l. 9 s. 11 d. per Annum BLITHBURY Priory in Staffordshire HVgh Malvisin gave Blytheburgh to Monks and Nuns there dwelling for the service of God and St. Giles to hold in pare and perpetual Alms. Which Estate tho' for a while taken away by William Malvisin Son of the Founder Hugh yet it was soon restored again EDWARDSTON in Suffolk a Cell to Abbington HVbertus de Monte Canesi Lord of the Town of Edwardston in Suffolk gave the Church there to the Monks of Abbendon to be a Cell of that House and confirm'd his Gift in the fifteenth year of Henry the I. Which was also ratified by that King An. Dom. 1115. DEPING in Lincolnshire a Cell to Thorney BAldewinus Wac gave the Church of St. Iames in Deping with divers Lands belonging to it to God St. Mary and the Church of Thorney which was confirm'd by his Son and Grandson and also by Pope Innocent the III. in the first year of his Pontificate 1198 ALCESTER in Warwickshire IN the year 1140. Radulfus Pincerna or Boteler founded this Monastery then called from its Situation St. Mary's of the Isle and made Robert a Monk of Worcester the first Abbot here At which time it was agreed between the two Houses viz. The Abby of Worcester and this that there should be a constant Love and Brotherhood betwixt them and that upon the death of the Abbot here another should be chosen indifferently out of either House the said Founder endow'd this Monastery with divers Lands ordaining
Annum WINTENEY in Hampshire RIchard Son of Richard de Hereard endow'd the Nunnery here built to God the blessed Mary St. Mary Magdalen and All Saints with divers Lands which King Edward the I. confirm'd Valued at 43 l. 3 s. per Annum SNELLESHALL in Buckinghamshire RAlph Martell and others gave to the Prior and Monks here serving God in the Church of St. Leonard at Snelleshall divers Lands which were confirm'd to them by King Henry the III. Valued at 18 l. 1 s. 11 d. per Annum BIRKENED in Cheshire HAmo de Massie endow'd the Church of St. Mary and St. Iames here with Lands and granted and confirm'd to the Prior and Monks and their Successors power and liberty to choose their own Prior upon any vacancy from among themselves according as Pope Alexander had granted to them Valued at 90 l. 13 s. per Annum MARRIGG in Yorkshire TO the Nuns here serving God Roger de Asco Conan de Asch and many others among the rest Conan Duke of Britanny and Richmond were great Benefactors giving divers Lands and Liberties all which were recited and confirm'd by the Charter of King Edward the IIIâ— in the twenty second year of his Reign Valued at 48 l. 18 s. 3 d. per Annum STYKESWOULD in Lincolnshire IT appear'd by Inquisition taken in the Reign of King Edward the I. that the master and Nuns of Stikeswold held several Lands of the Gift oâ— Lucy Mother of Ranulf Earl of Chester and others And that they had been so held for the space of one hundred years Valued at 114 l. 5 s. 2 d. ob per Annumâ— STODELY in Oxfordshire BErnard de Sancto Walerico and Thomas de Sancto Walerico his Son endow'd a Nunnery here and gave power to the Nuns upon the vacancy of the Prioress to choose another with the assent of the Patron or his Steward Thomas de S. Walerico lived in the time of King Iohn 1207. Richard King of the Romans and Edmund Earl of Cornwall and Godfrey de Craucumbe were Benefactors Vid. Vol. 3. p. 13. Valued at 82 l. 4 s. 4 d. q. per Annum KIRKLEY in Yorkshire REinerus Flandrensis gave divers Lands to the Nuns here which were confirm'd to them by William Earl of Warren in pure and perpetual Alms. They had also other Lands from other Benefactors all which were confirm'd by King Henry the III. in the twentieth year of his Reign Valued at 19 l. 8 s. per Annum STANFORD in Lincolnshire WIlliam Abbot of Peterborough in the Reign of King Henry the II. founded at Stanford a Priory of Nuns in honour of God and St. Michael he built their Church and placed there forty Nuns Saving to himself and Successors Abbots of Peterburgh the placing of the Prioress c. reserving also a Rent of half a Mark yearly to be paid to the Church of Peterburgh William de Humet gave a Rent often Marks per Annum to the Cistercian Monks in Stanford which was confirm'd to them by King Iohn in the sixteenth year of his Reign Lucy Wife of the said William gave certain Rents to the Nuns of St. Michaels at Stanford The Prioress and Nuns here did by their Act and Deed acknowledge and promise fidelity and obedience to the Abbot and Convent of Peterborough that the Prior or Curator of their Monastery might be placed and displaced by the said Abbot and Convent that upon the death of the Prioress no Election of another should be made without the Abbots License and that the admitting of the Nuns into the said House should be wholly in the power of the said Abbot also that the said Nunnery should pay a yearly Pention of a Mark of Silver to the said Abby of Peterburgh for the buying of Books Vid. Vol. 2. p. 880. Valued at 65 l. 19 s. 9 d. per Annum WYRTHORP in Northamptonshire IN the 28th of Edw. 3. Thomas de Holland and Ioan his Wife the Kings Kinswoman were Patrons of a Nunnery at Wyrthorp at which time this House was so impoverished and decayed by reason of the Pestilence and other reasons that there was here but one Nun remaining whereupon by the King's License the said House and Church of Wyrthorp with all its Possessions were by the Bishop for ever united and annext to the Nunnery of St. Michaels by Stanford and the Nun here remaining was removed thither IVINGHO in Buckinghamshire KING Edward the I. in the eighth year of his Reign gave divers Lands to the Prioress and Nuns of St. Margaret of Ivingho and their Successors to hold of the King in free pure and perpetual Alms. WABURN in Norfolk THE Priory of Waburn was founded by Sir Ralph Meyngaryn Knight from whom descended by the Mothers side Iohn de Veer Earl of Oxford Valued at 24 l. 19 s. 6 d. ob per Annum CAMPESS or Campsey in Suffolk TEobandus de Valoines gave his Land in Campess to his two Sisters Ioan and Agnes for the Foundation of a Nunnery there to the honour of God and the glorious Virgin Mary Which was confirm'd by King Iohn Matilda de Lancaster Countess of Vlster did in the Reign of King Edw. III. by License of that King found a Chantry of five Priests to officiate in this Church which Chantry was removed afterwards to a Town call'd Brusseyard in the Mannor of Rokhall the Revenues and Scite whereof was afterwards in the said King's Reign given to a Prioress and Nuns of St. Clares Order which Nunnery was there erected at Brusseyard in place of the said Chantry Priests or Chaplains Valued at 182 l. 9 s. 5 d. per Annum DENNEY Abby in Cambridgeshire IN the last year of Nigellus Bishop of Ely who died 1169. one Robert Chamberlain to the Earl of Britony and Richmond founded the Monastery here as a Cell to Ely becoming a Monk himself In the year 1341. Maria de Sancto Paulo Countess of Pembroke gave this Mannor of Denney to Sister Katherine de Bolwyk Abbess and to the Nuns of St. Clare or Minoresses there serving God in free pure and perpetual Alms. She also annext and united the Advowson of the Abby of Minoresses at Waterbeche to this at Denney and translated the Nuns of Waterbeche hither All which she did by License of King Edward the III. Vid. Vol. 2. p. 883. Valued at 172 l. 8 s. 3 d. ob per Annum SEWARDSLEY in Northamponshire RObert de Pinkeny and Simon de Pinkeny gave certain Lands to the Nuns here and William de Sancto Iohanne was also a Benefactor Valued at 12 l. 6 s. 7 d. q. per Annum LITTLE MAREIS near Yedingham in Yorkshire ROger de Clere endow'd the Nunnery here with divers Lands The Church of Yeddingham was dedicated in honour of the most blessed Virgin in the year 1241. on the seventeenth of the Kalends of September at which time divers indulgences were granted Richard de Breuse became Patron of this House in right of Alice his Wife who was descended from the Founders King Henry the
by the Payment of one pound of Cummin Cimini or 2 d. at Easter yearly for all Services and Demands Divers other Benefactors gave other Lands in Northamptonshire and elsewhere among whom were Iohn de Lacy Constable of Chester Ralph Basset c. All confirm'd and recited by King Edward the II. An. 9. Valued at 258 l. 8 s. 5 d. per Annum COKERSAND in Lancashire FOunded by Theâ—bald Walter Brother of Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury for Canons of the Premonstratenses to whom he gave in pure and perpetual Alms the Hay or inclosed ground call'd Pyling for the â—recting of this Abby Confirm'd by King Iohn An. 2. All which with other Lands granted by William de Lancaster Iohn de Lasey Earl of Lincoln and Constable of Chester and the Ieffrey Son of the Lord Iohn and others were recited and confirm'd by King Richard the II. An. 7. A Contest happening between the Prior of Lancaster and the Abbot of Cokersand about Tithes and other Rights of the Church it was agreed and settled by Papal Authority An. 1216. that the Prior should have two parts of the Corn Tithes in Lancaster and Pulton and this Abbot one third part also that the Abbot of Cokersand shall not admit any of the Parishioners of the Prior of Lancaster to Sepulture at his Convent without the Priors License c. The Abbot and Convent of Leicester de pratis granted to the Canons of Cokersand the Scite of the Hospital of Cokersand for the making of an Abby which change from an Hospital to a Monastery of Premonstratenses was made An. 1190. BEGEHAM in Sussex THIS Abby was first founded at Hotteham by Ralph de Dena and by him endow'd with Lands c Translated from thence to Begeham otherwise call'd Benlin by Ela de Saukvile Daughter of the first Founder whose Son Ieffrey de Saukvile confirm'd the Estate of these Canons Confirm'd also by Gilbert de Aquila Robert de Tuâ—nham Walkelin Maminot and Richard Earl of Clare and Hereford were also Benefactors all whose Gifts were confirm'd by King Iohn King Henry the III. An. 35. granted to these Canons a weekly Market on the Thursday at their Mannor of Rokeland and a Fair there for three days at Midsomer Which with their other Possessions was confirm'd by King Edward the II. An. 6. Vid. Vol. 3. p. 77. BARLINGS in Lincolnshire FOunded by Ralph de Haye with the Consent of Richard Haye his Brother confirm'd by King Henry the II. and King Iohn An. 16. The Bardolfs and Longspes were Benefactors BRODHOLME in Nottinghamshire KING Edward the II. An. 12. recited and confirm'd the several Lands and Possessions given to the Brothers and Sisters of Brodholme by divers Benefactors among whom Ralph de Albaniaco Walter de Clifford and Agnes his Wife c. Valued at 16 l. 5 s. 2 d. per Annum COVERHAM in Yorkshire THIS Monastery was first founded at Swayneby An. Dom. 1190. by Helewisia Daughter and Heir of Ranulf de Glanvilla a Baron and Capital Justice of England in the time of King Henry the II. and Richard the I. It was afterwards translated from Swayneby to Coverham near Midleham by Ralph Fitz-Robert descended from the said Helewisia The Lands c. given to this House by the Foundress and her Son Walleran Fitz-Robert and Ralph Fitz-Robert Edric Neusum and others were all confirm'd by King Edward the III. An. 22. Of this Family did descend two Sisters Co-heirs Mary Lady of Midleham married to Ralph de Nevile and Ioan married to Robert de Fatershall Valued at 160 l. 18 s. 3 d. per Annum St. AGATHA near Richmund in Yorkshire FOunded by one Roaldus the Constable possibly of Richmond Castle Roger de Moubray Alan Bygot and others were Benefactors whose Grants were recited and confirm'd by King Edw. III. An. 3. Richard le Scrope of Bolton by License of King Rich. II. granted to the Abbot and Convent of this House a yearly Rent of 150 l. for the Maintenance of ten Canons over and above the common number then in the Monastery and of two Secular Chaplains to celebrate for the said Richard and his Heirs c. and for the Maintenance of twenty two poor men in the said Abby This Richard le Scrope had been the Kings Chancellour and gave also to this Abby the Mannor of Brompton upon Swale then valued at 10 l. 3 s. 4 d. per Annum Valued at â— 11 l. 17 s. 11 d. per Annum TORRE in Devonshire THIS Church and Abby of St. Saviours of Torre was founded by William Briwer and by him endow'd with many Lands and with the Church of Torre c. to hold in free pure and perpetual Alms. King Iohn confirm'd to these Canons all their Possessions with the Grant of large Franchises and Immunities from Scutage and all Gelds and Tolls c. for themselves and their men From this William Briwere the Founder descended Reginald de Mohun who in the thirty six of King Henry the III. had a grant from this Abbot and Convent of Liberty to erect a Chappel in his Court at Thorre for himself and proper Family but not to baptize there nor admit any of the Parishioners to any Ecclesiastical Rights the said Abbot and Convent to receive one Moiety of all Oblations or Obventions arising in the said Chappel c. Valued at 396 l. 11 d. per Annum HALES-OWEN in Shropshire THE Mannor and Advowson of the Church of Hales was given by King Iohn An. 16. to Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester for the erecting of a Religious House which was accordingly founded here by that Bishop and by him endowed with this Estate Confirm'd by King Henry the III. Roger Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield An. 1248 appropriated the Church of Waleshale to this Abby after the death of Vincent then Rector of the said Church saving out of the same a Vicaridge of thirteen Marks to be assigned to a Vicar with all Obventions c. An. Dom. 1270. Godfrey Bishop of Worcester made a Settlement between the Abbot of Hales and the Perpetual Vicar of the Parish Church there the said Vicar to have and receive from the Abbot ten Marks yearly a House with Out Houses Orchard Garden and the Vesture of the Church-yard The Canons to find another Priest to be under the Vicar Presbiterm secundarium and to bear all ordinary and extraordinary Charges Iohn de Hamptone Ioan Botetourt and Iohn her Son gave divers Mannors and Advowsons to this Abby conditioning for Chantrys Wolstan Bishop of Worcester appropriated to this Abby the Church of Clent and Chappel of Rouley reserving to the perpetual Vicar who hath the Cure of Souls there a Revenue of 10 l. viz. a Messuage and Curtelage on the South side of the Church-yard with Tith of Calves Lambs c. and all small Tithes except of the Monasteries proper Lands Mortuaries the Herbage and Trees of the Church-yard and all the Altarage Valued at 280 l. 13 s. 2 d. ob per Annum LANGLEY in
Successors shall add to this Donation sufficient wherewith to maintain a Covent here that then the said Abbot of Reading should send a Covent hither MAY in Scotland a Cell to Reading THIS Priory was founded by David King of Scotland and endow'd with several Lands in Scotland by the said David and Malcolm and William successively Kings of Scotland SHIRBURN in Dorsetshire THE Bishops Seat which is now at Salisbury did of old time for many years remain at Shirburn but since that time Monks were placed here instead of secular Canons The Abby-Church here dedicated to our Lady was in the time of Abbot Bradeford set on fire and a great part burnt in a Dissention which happened between the Townesmen and the Monks but the Townesmen were made to contribute to the Reparation King Hen. 2. granted and confirm'd certain Lands to this Abby Valued at 682 l. 14 s. 7 d. ob per Annum CADWELLI in the Diocess of St. David's in Wales a Cell to Shirburn THIS Priory of Cadwelli was given to the Church of St. Mary's of Shirburnâ— and to Thurstan Prior there and his Successors by Roger Bishop of Salsbury Maurice of London and others were Benefactors Pope Alexander by his Bull dated 1163. confirm'd to the Abby of Shirburn all its Lands and Revenues among others the Parish Church of St. Mary of Shirburn which the Abbot of that Abby held as a Prebend of the Church of Salisbury also the Church of St. Mary of Cadwelli with all the Chappels and Tithes thereunto belonging c. all which Grants and Deeds were ratified approved and confirm'd and also exemplified by David Bishop of St. David's Anno Dom. 1303. Valued at 29 l. 10 s. per Annum CARHOW in Norfolk THIS was a Nunnery founded and endow'd by King Steven near the City of Norwich King Iohn in the first year of his Reign granted to the Nuns here a Fair to be held yearly at the Nativity of our Lady with the like Liberties as the Monks enjoy in their Fair at Norwich King Henry the III. in the thirteenth year of his Reign confirmed their Estate Valued at 64 l. 16 s. 6 d. q. per Annum GRENDALE in Yorkshire AVicia Prioress of the Covent of Nuns in the Church of St. Mary of Grendale granted in fee-farm to Ralf Prior and to the Convent of Giseburn certain Lands which had been to the said Nuns given by Eugeramus de Bovington to hold at the yearly Rent of four Quarters of Wheat yearly to be paid half at the Feast of St. Martins in Winter and half at Whitsontide Richard de Percy then Patron of this Priory granted the Advowson thereof to Richard Malebisse and his Heirs for ever yeilding in â—eu of all Service one pound of Incense yearly at the Feast of Pentecost which by the same Deed he assigned to be paid to the said Priory CLERKENWELL in Middlesex JOrdanus Son of Radulfus Son of Brian gave to God St. Mary and all Saints and to Robert the Chaplain in Alms fourteen Acres of Land lying near the Clerks-well fons clericorum freed and discharged from all Claims of the Hospitallers of St. Iohn or Ierusalem this he gave to the said Robert to the end that he might there build a religious House such as he thought fit for God's service Which being built and made a Nunnery Matilda de Ros Daughter of Richard Canvilla Girard de Canvill Henry de Essex and others were Benefactors whose Gifts were confirm'd by Richard Bishop of London An. Dom. 1194. and by the Heirs General of the Founder who also granted other Lands and Possessions lying round the Nunnery All which Lands and Possessions were confirm'd to the Church of St. Mary de Fonte Clericorum adjoyning to London and the Nuns there by King Henry the II. Valued at 262 l. 19 s. per Annum WROXHALL in Warwickshire HVgh Lord of Wroxhall and Hatton being taken Prisoner at the holy War in Palestine and detain'd in Chaâ—â—s there was by miracle removed from thence and set down in his own Estate at Wroxhall whereupon he built a Nunnery here for Benedictine Nuns in honour of God and St. Leonard to whom he had made his Prayers when in distress and made his two Daughters Nuns here The Names of the Prioresses 1 Ernborow 2 Helin 3 Sabin 4 Helin 5 Mawd. 6 Emme 7 Mawd. 8 Ceceâ—ie 9 Ide 10 Amis Abtot 11 Annis 12 Sibill Abtot 1284. King Henry the II. and several others were Benefactors all whose Gifts were confirm'd to this House in the first of King Edward the III. Valued at 72 l. 15 s 6 d. per Annum COLNE in Essex a Cell to Abington ALbericus de Veer the Kings Chamberlain gave and confirm'd to God and St. Mary and to the Monks of Abington at Coln serving God in the Church of St. Andrew there divers Land and Revenues King Henry the I. in the year 1111. authorized and confirm'd the Subjection of this Church to that of Abington and all the Estate given unto it by the said Albericus de Veer and others of his Family Which Albericus before his death became a Monk in this House and dying was here buried as were also his Sons In the year 1311 a Composition and Agreement was made between Richard Abbot of Abington and Iohn de Campeden Prior of Colun and their several Convents containing that the Prior and Covent of Coln might choose and admit their own Monks from what parts they please and that no Monks should be sent thither from the Convent of Abyndon that the Convent of Coln might choose their own Prior who was to be presented to and allow'd by the Abbot of Abyndon saâ—ing to the Abbot the right of visiting the said Priory of Coln In consideration of which Liberty the Monks of Coln did with the Consent of Robert de Veer Earl of Oxford their Patron grant to the Abbot of Abyndon their Lordship of Kensington Vid. Vol. 2. p. 877. Valued at 156 l. 12 s. 4 d. ob per Annum CANEWELL in Staffordshire GEva Daughter of Hugh Earl of Chester and Wife of Ieoffrey Ridell founded the Church in honour of St. Mary and St. Giles and All Saints in Canewell for Monks and with the grant and allowance of her Heirs Ieoffrey Ridell and Ralph Basset endow'd it with divers Lands The said Ralph Basset was a Benefactor to this House and so was Waleran Earl of Warwick FARWELL in Staffordshire ROger Bishop of Chester whose Seat was since translated to Lichfield gave the Church of St. Mary at Faurwelle to Nuns and devout Women this he did at the request of three Hermits inhabiting at Faurwelle and endow'd the same with Lands to hold as freely as he himself did from God and the King all which King Henry the II. confirm'd to the said Nuns and also gave them of his own Charity divers other Lands and Liberties PINLEY in Warwickshire R de Pilaâ—dinton gave this place to be a Nunnery which was confirm'd to the Nuns here by Alured
were the Benefactors to this House among whom Gilbertus de Gant Roger de Mulbray c. all whose Gifts were recited and confirm'd by King Richard the I. in the first year of his Reign See the Genealogy of Gilbert de Gant Nephew of William the Conqueror and the Noble Families descended from him in the Book at large Valued at 124 l. 5 s. 11 d. q. per Annum SWINE in Yorkshire ERinburch de Burtona was the Foundress of this Abby giving divers Lands of her Patrimony and Inheritance to God and the Church of St. Mary at Swine and to the Brethren and Sisters there serving God Pope Alexander exempted the Nuns here from paying Tithes for their Lands in their own Occupation Vide infra fol. 1026. Valued at 82 l. 3 s. 9 d. ob per Annum BRURE in Oxfordshire Founded An. 1147. KING Henry the III. Roger Earl of Warwick and others were Benefactors to this Abby all whose Gifts were confirm'd to the Cistercian Monks here by King Iohn in the sixth year of his Reign Valued at 134 l. 10 s. 10 d. per Annum RUPE alias Roche in Yorkshire Founded An. 1147. RIchard de Bulli and Richard Fitz Turgis were joint Founders of this Abby Besides those of the Family of Bully the Monks here were endow'd with Lands and Revenues by other Benefactors among whom Edmund de Lacy Constable of Chester and William Earl Warren c. Pope Vrban the III. confirmed their Estate and Lands given and to be given and exempted them from Tithes for their Lands in their own Tenure and this was by his Bull dated 1186. Their first Abbot was Durandus who governed twelve years 2. Dionisius 12. 3. Rogerus de Tikehill 8 4. â—iugo de Waddeworth 5. 5 Osmundus 39. 6 Reginaldus 15. 7 Richardus 16. 8 Walter 14. 9 Alanus 10 Iordanus 11 Philippus Valued at 224 l. 2 s. 5 d. per Annum HOTON in Yorkshire THIS House was founded for Nuns and endow'd by Radulf de Nevil With the Licenses of Adam de Brus and Ernald de Percy BASEDALE in Yorkshire JOhn de Ever by his Deed dated An. 1304. released to Ioan Prioress of Basedale and to the Convent of the same and their Successors all homage and suit of Court for all their Lands holden of him in Kirkeby Cliveland and Ingelby William de Percy and others were Benefactors to this Nunnery all whose Gifts were recited and confirm'd by King Henry the III. in the twentieth year of his Reign Robert de Longo Campo Abbot of St. Mary's at York and the Convent there granted to these Nuns a Coemitery for themselves but their Servants and Tenants to be buried at the Parish Church Guido de Bouincurt was the Founder of this Priory of Nuns Valued at 20 l. 1 s. 4 d. per Annum SALLEY in Yorkshire THIS Abby was founded by William de Percy An Dom. 1147. Matilda de Percy Countess of Warwick Daughter or the said William was a great Benefactress to this Abby and gave them the Church of Tadcaster and was accounted a second Founder Agnes de Percy her Sister and Heiress did add to her bounty William Vavasor gave and confirm'd all the Lands which his Father Malgarus Vavasor had given to this House placing his Confirmation una cum Corpore meo together with his own body on the Altar of the blessed Mary de Sallay providing thereby that in case he happens to die within the Kingdom of England that his Body be buried in this Abby Iohn de Lacy Constable of Chester was among others a Benefactor to these Monks An. 1223. William de Percy who founded this Abby was Grandson to William de Percy who came into England with the Conqueror His Estate came to his two Daughters Matilda who was married to William Earl of Warwick but died without issue and Agnes married to Goseline Lovain Brother to the Duke of Brabant the issue of this Match kept the name of their Mothers Family and are the Progenitors of the Earls of Northumberland This Abby was wasted and part of it burnt down by the Scots in their Wars Valued at 147 l. 3 s. 10 d. per Annum RUFFORD in Nottinghamshire Founded 1148. THIS Abby was founded and endowed by Gilbert de Gaunt Earl of Lincoln Many were the Benefactors whose Gifts were confirm'd to the Abbot and Monks here with the Grant of divers Priviledges in the Forest of Shirewood by King Henry the III. in the thirty sixth year of his Reign Valued at 176 l. 11 s. 6 d. per Annum SALTRE in Huntingtonshire Founded An 1147. SImon Earl of Northampton founded and endowed this Abby with all his Land at Saltre and with all the Marish Ground between that and Witlemare and in Witlemare c. With very large Immunities and Franchises such as his Ancestor Iudith Countess of Huntington Neice of the Conqueror had formerly obtain'd of her said Unkle for this Town and Lordship of Saltre as inter alia to be exempt from the County and Hundred Courts to find neither Man nor Arms for the War c. The abovesaid Countess Iudith had a special Love for this place and did very much frequent it and on that account did obtain from her said Unkle as great and large Priviledges as could then be granted for this Lordship Which Priviledges and also the Limits and Bounds of the Estate of this Abby are particularly and at large set forth in the Monasticon Controversie arising between the Abbot of Ramsey and the Abbot of Saltre about their Rights in Withlesmare and Vlbemare the matter was determin'd by a final Concord before the Kings Justices at Huntedon Anno 3. Rich. the I. Valued at 141 l. 3 s. 8 d. per Annum KIRKSTALL in Yorkshire THIS Abby was first founded by Henry de Laceio in the year 1147. and first instituted with a Convent of Monks under their Abbot Alexander from the Abby of Fountains Their first Habitation was at a Town call'd Bernolswick but this place proving to these Monks very inconvenient on divers accounts after they had been here somewhat above six years they removed to a place called Kirkestall in a Vally called Aierdale which place was then only inhabited by some Hermits This last Seat they obtain'd of William Pictavensis who own'd the Soil at the yearly Rent of five Marks Their first Abbot Alexander govern'd the Monks here thirty five years and after his death was succeeded by Radulfus Hageth and after him Abbot Lambert to whom succeed Abbot Helias who at first was refused by the then Patron Roger de Lacy but became afterwards much in his favour King Iohn did some ill Offices to this Abby in taking from them some of their Lands Robert de Lacy who died Anno 1194. was accounted a second Founder of this Abby King William the Conqueror gave to Ilbertus de Lacy who came into England in his Army all Blackburnshire in the County of York with the Lordship and Honour of Pontfract and other Lands This Ilbertus
the Order of St. AUGUSTIN DOVER in Kent JVlius Caesar having Conquer'd Britain now call'd England forty seven years before the Birth of Christ built a Tower at Dover where the Castle now stands In the year of Grace 180 King Lucius then reigning in Britain became a Christian under Pope Elutherius and among other Pious Deeds built a Church in the Castle of Dover An. 469 King Arthur repair'd the said Castle and built the Hall there call'd Arthur's-hall After this the Saxons came out of Germany Conquer'd Britany beat the Britons into Wales who afterwards were call'd Welchmen and the Saxons Englishmen and being Pagans demolisâ—t Churches and supprest Christianity throughout the Land An. 586. Pope Gregory sent St. Augustin the Monk with others into England who converted to Christ the King then reigning in Kent named Adelbert whose Son and Successor Adelbold placed twenty four Secular Canons in the said Castle to serve in his Chappel there An. 686 Withred King of Kent built the Church of St. Martin in the Town of Dover and removed the said Canons thither from the Castle here they remain'd 400 years after He built also three other Churches for the use of the Parishoners which were however Chappels subordinate to St. Martins But these Canons being very licentious by reason of their great Priviledges and Exemptions from the ordinary Jurisdiction King Henry the I. in 1130. did give the said Church of St. Martin to the Archbishop of Canterbury and his Successors and tho' William Corboil then Archbishop built the New Minster and design'd to have made it an Abby of Canons of St. Augustin yet after his death Theobald Archbishop of Canterbury in the Reign of Henry the II. put Monks of St. Bennet therein The said King Henry the II. by his Charter subjecting the Government of this House to the Archbishop of Cantebury intirely and that no other Order but that of St. Bennet should be herein King Edward the III. in the thirtieth year of his Reign did unite and annex this House to the Priory of Christ-Church in Canterbury for ever so that none for the future should be Prior here but a Monk of Canterbury Valued at the Suppression at 170 l. 14 s. 11 d. ob per Annum BODMYN in Cornwall KING Henry the III in the seven and fiftieth year of his Reign confirm'd to the Prior and Canons of Bodmine the Mannor of Newton in the County of Devon formerly given them by King Eadred with Exemption from suit to the County of Devon and Hundred of Shefbury c. Valued at 270 l. o s. 11 d. per Annum St. GERMAINS in Cornwall IT was found by Inquisition in the thirtieth of Edw. the III. That King Canute endow'd this Church and that here was then a Bishops Seat for Cornwall which was after united to Cryditon and in the Reign of Edward the Confessor removed from thence to Exeter and that soon after Leofricus then Bishop of Exeter did remove from hence the Secular Canons and did found here a Priory of Canons Regular and that hereupon the Bishops of Exeter for the time being became Patrons of this Priory and enjoy'd the Profits of the Vacations of the said Priory when they happened Valued at 243 l. 8 s. per Annum PLIMTON in Devonshire HERE was formerly a Colledge consisting of a Dean and four Prebendaries founded by some of the Saxon Kings which Canons or Prebendaries were displaced by Wil. Warwist Bishop of Exeter because they would not leave their Concubines and a Priory of Canons Regulâ—â— erected here which Priory was founded in the Mansion-house of the Rectory of the said Church of Plimpton and the said Foundation confirm'd by King Hen. the I. who also granted and confirm'd to the Canons there divers Lands Liberties and Immunities Among other Benefactors to this Priory King Edgar gave them divers Lands for the Maintenance of two Canons ad divina ibidem celebranda pro peregrinis aliis hospitandis Afterwards King Edward the I. granted to the said Canons that for the future they might appoint and place in the Church of Landoho where the said Revenue did arise a Secular Vicar and Chaplain to celebrate there and to perform the said Alms and Hospitality nomine dictorum Prioris Canonicorum Valued at 912 l. 12 s. 8 d. ob per Annum WALTHAM in Essex THIS Monastery was built to the praise of our Lord Jesus Christ and of the holy Cross by Earl Harold afterwards King who endow'd the same with divers Lands and Goods All which were confirm'd with the Grant of great Liberties by King Edward the Confestor An. Dom. 1062. Which Harold being slain in Battle by William the Conqueror was buried in this Abby-Church An. Dom. 1177. The Secular Canons here were removed and Canons Regular placed in their room by King Henry the II. who confirm'd their Estate and Liberties and ordain'd that in the said Abby no Kinsman of the Abbot should be made Steward or other Officer nor any Officer to hold his place by Inheritance but removable at the Will of the Abbot and Canons The like Confirmation was made by King Richard Valued at 900 l. 4 s. 3 d. per Annum PENTNEY in Norfolk FOunded to the honour of God the glorious Virgin Mary and the blessed Mary Magdalen by Robert de Vauz and by him endow'd with divers Lands and Churches This Robert came into England with the Conqueror from whom descended by an Heir General the Lords Roos who became thereupon Patrons of this Priory Valued at 170 l. 4 s. 9 d. per Annum WALSINGHAM in Norfolk GAlfridus de Favarches endowed a Chappel here which his Mother had founded in honour of the perpetual Virgin Mary with divers Revenues confirm'd by Robert Brucutt and Roger Earl of Clare The Chappel here was first begun in the Reign of Edward the Confessor but the Canons introduced in the time of William the Conqueror Here was a perpetual Chantry establisht for the Souls of Thomas de Felton c. in the Chappel of St. Ann in the Priory consisting of four Chaplains 8. R. 2. Valued at 391 l. 11 s. 7 d. per Annum THREMHALE in Essex GIlbert de Montefixo or Munfichet who was a Roman by birth and Kinsman to the Conqueror came into England in his Army and having attained large Possessions here gave Land in Thremhale for the building a Religious House with some small Possessions and returning to Italy the place of his Nativity lest issue Richard de Munfichet who gave to God and the Church of St. Iames the Apostle at Thremhale divers Lands and Priviledges from this Richard are descended by an Heir General the Veres Earls of Oxford who became Benefactors to this House Valued at 60 l. 18 s. 7 d. ob per Annum The Priory of Huntington EVstachius the Viscount who also held the Barony of Lovetot founded the Priory of St. Mary of Huntingdon and endow'd it with divers Lands confirm'd by King Henry the I. In the Town of
other holy Women of her Relations and Blood The History of this Church says that an Apparition appear'd to one of the Monks and foretold to him the destruction of the Monastery because not one of both Sexes in this House but himself did use to pass the night in religious Exercises but in Vanity and Sin After which the Danes destroyed it to the Ground An. Dom. 870. Benefactors to this House were the abovesaid Ethelwald Bishop of Winchester who bought the whole Isle of Ely and gave it and other Lands and rich Moveables to this Church King Edgar and King Edward the Elder granted and confirmed to it many Lands and Priviledges approved and ratified by Pope Victor Valued at 1084 l. 6 s. 9 d. ob per Annum WIRMOUTH and GYRWY now called YARROW in the Bishoprick of Durham IN the year 674. Egfrid King of the Northumbers gave a quantity of Ground lying at the mouth of the River Wyra to the holy Abbot Benedict an Englishman who had been five times at Rome for the building a Monastery to St. Peter and other Lands in a place then called Gyrwy not far distant for another Monastery to the honour of St. Paul Both which he indow'd and filled with Monks Gyrwy is four miles distant from New-Castle of this House Venerable Bede was heretofore a Monk and educated under the above-mentioned Benedict Valued at 25 l. 8 s. 4 d. per Annum ABBINGTON in Barkshire AT such time as the wicked Hengist destroyed 460 of the Barons and Great men of this Land by fraud and treachery one of the Noblemen's Sons named Aben made a shift to escape the slaughter and concealed himself in a Wood on the South-side of Oxfordshire for a great while but being at last taken notice of for his great sanctity people built there for him a House and Chappel which was afterwards from his name called Abendun In the year 675. one Heane a man of great Riches begun to build in the same place a Monastery though after removed to some distance and gave to it a part of his Inheritance Sister of this Heane was Cissa who built at a place called Helneston near the Thames a Monastery for Nuns of which she became her self the Abbess This Lady had obtained a small piece of one of the Nails of our Lord's passion to which she caused some other Iron to be added and made of that a Cross which she caused to be placed upon her breast after her death and so buried This Cross was in the time of Adelwold Abbot here and afterwards Bishop of Winchester found accidentally in digging to make an Aqueduct it was translated into the Monastery of Monks and there preserved with great reverence and call'd the black Cross. The Monks here at their first Institution were but twelve and the Abbot they never went abroad without great necessity and with the Abbot's leave they did eat no flesh unless sick c. The Town of Abbington was in old time called Seuekesham It was a Regal Seat and a place of great concourse for religious Worship as well before the times of Christianity as since tam tempere Religonis fanaticoe quam tempore religionis Christianoe are the Words of the old Historian Benefactors to this House were Cedwalla King of the West-Saxons King Ina his Son An. Dom. 699. Kenulfus King of Mercia An. Dom. 821. Edred King of all England An Dom. 955. Edgar King of all England An. Dom. 958. in the Reign of this King the above-mentioned Adelwold was Abbot here who built the Church in honour of the holy Mother of God and sent one of his Monks beyond the Seas for the rule of St. Benedict he settled here several good Orders and gave great Riches and Ornaments to this Church after this he was by King Edgar chosen to be Bishop of Winchester An. Dom. 963. King Hen. I. was also a great Benefactor And Pope Eugenius III. granted to this Abby great Priviledges by his Bull dated An. Dom. 1146. Valued at 1876 l. 10 s. 9 d. per Annum GLOUCESTER Abby ANno Dom. 680 or 681. In the Reign of King Aethelred one Osrich a petty King or Subregulus first founded the Church of St. Peters in Gloucester and placed his Sister Kineburga Abbess of the Monastery there This Mâ—nastery was built at the Expences of King Ethelred and his Wife Elfleda Which being afterwards destroyed by the Danes was in the year 1058. restored and consecrated by Aldredus then Bishop of Worcester and afterward Archbishop of York The foresaid King Ethelred in the the 30th year of his Reign became a Monk at Bardeney and after that Abbot and departed this life in the year 716. The fore-mentioned Osrich became King of the Northumbers after the death of Kenred and died An. Dom. 729. The Nuns of this House were dispersed after the year 767. and Benedictine Monks were placed here An. Dom. 1022. by Wolstan then Bishop of Worcester This Church was again new built from the Foundation by Serlo the first Abbot after the Conquest and consecrated in the year 1100. by Sampson Bishop of Worcester Two years after which this Church together with the whole City of Gloucester was burnt down Many were the Benefactors to this Church of all sorts and qualities whose Names together with the Lands given amounting in all to a great Revenue may be seen at large in the Monasticon from p. 111 to p. 120. See more of this Church infra p 993 and Vol. 3. p. 7. Valued at 1946 l. 5 s. 9 d. per Annum WORCESTER Abby ANno Dom. 680. In the Reign of King Athelred in the Kingdom of Mercia Worcester was first made a Bishops seat and Boselus the first Bishop St. Oswald who was Bishop here in the year 871. or according to others 959. introduced the first Monks into this Church in the room of the Clerks King Offa King Edgar and many others of the Saxons were great Benefactors to this Church as may be seen in the Monasticon from p. 121 to p. 136. and from thence to p. 140. a Recapitulation of their Lands and Endowments Valued at the Suppression at 1229 l. 12 s. 8 d. ob per Annum BARDENEY Abby in Lincolnshire WHEN the Body of St. Oswald was first buried at Bardeney there were three hundred Monks in this Abby It was first built by King Ethelred and destroyed to the Ground by the Danes and re-edified again by Gilbert de Gaunt Uncle to William the Conqueror whose Son and Heir Walter de Gaunt did in the year 1115 confirm to the Church and Monastery of St. Peter and St. Paul and St. Oswald at Bardeney all those Lands and Possessions which his Father had given in pure and perpetual Alms to the same And did also inlarge their Possessions of his own Charity All which was afterwards confirm'd by King Henry the first Vid. Vol. 2. p. 847. Valued at 366 l. 6 s. 1 d. per Annum EUESHAM Abby in Worcestershire SAint Egwin who was the
such to the Almoner such to the Pitanciarius such to the Infirmarius such to the Hostillarius and such to the Praecentor But all Law-Suits concerning any the Lands or Estate of the Abby the Abbot was to manage at his own proper Charges Also the Abbot was to entertain all secular Guests as well Horse-men as Footmen in case he was resident with his Family in Town but the Convent was to entertain religious Persons and in case the Abbot be absent then the Convent to entertain also secular persons if under thirteen Horse This agreement between the Abbot and Convent was made in the year 1281. And exemplified by King Edward the I. in the same year being the 9th of his Reign The Names of the Sacristans of BVRT 1 Thurstan In the time of Abbot Baldwin 2 Tolimus 3 Godefridus 4 Radulphus 5 Harueus 6 Helias Widewell 7 Frodo 8 Willielmus Schuch 9 Willielmus Wardel 10 Hugo 11 Walterus de Banham 12 Willielmus de Disce 13 Robertus de Granele chosen Abbot of Thorney 14 Richardus de Insula chosen Abbot of Burton and at last Abbot here 1233. 15 Dominus de Newport 16 Georgius first Precentor then Sacristan than Prior here reputed a Saint 17 Nicholaus 18 Simon de Luyton chosen Prior and then Abbot here 1257. 19 Richardus de Horninsâ—e 20 Richardus de Colecester 21 Simon de Kingston first Celarer and then Chamberlain 22 Willielmus de Luyton 23 Richardus le Brun. Of the Buildings about the Church and Abby perform'd in the times of the Sacristans abovemention'd see the Book at large To the Cellarer of this House whose Office was to make provision for the diet of the whole Covent did belong many Rights and Priviledges by ancient Custom He kept the Court of the Lordship in the Town from which he received divers annual Profits His Officers were to be first served in the Market in buying provisions if the Abbot were not in Town Also the Cellerar and Abbots Officers were to have Herrings a half-penny in the hundred cheaper than any other people Valued at 1659 l. 13 s. 11 d. ob per Annum COVENTRY in Warwickshire THIS Monastery was built by Leofricus Earl of Chester and Godiva his Wife a most pious Lady and plentifully endow'd with Lands and Revenues The Church was so richly adorn'd with Gold and Silver and precious Stones that the Walls seem'd too narrow to contain all the Treasure The Founder Earl Leofrick died in the year 1057. and was buried at Coventry as was also his Wife Godiva in the Church-Porch of their own Foundationâ— In which Church was formerly kept an Arm of the Great St. Augustineâ— inclosed in Silver Robert de Limesey who was made Bishop of Chester A. D. 1088. and died 1116. obtain'd of King Henry the I. The Monastery of Coventry and constituted it the Capital Cathedral of that Diocess Whose Successor in that See Hugh Bishop of Coventry A. D. 1191. expell'd the Monks out of the Cathedral Church here and placed in their room secular Canons But in the year 1198. Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury by order of Pope Celestine restored the Monks to the possession of their Church again It appears by Earl Leofrick's Charter of Foundation that he built this Church and Monastery to the honour of God and St. Mary his Mother St. Peter the Apostle St. Osburga the Virgin and all Saints And gave to the Maintenance of the Monks here serving God twenty four Villages with the Moiety of the Town of Coventry in which it stands with all Liberties and Customs which he himself enjoy'd in the said Estate and that the Abbot of the said House should be subject to none but the King All which grants King Edward the Confessor did confirm to Leofwinus the first Abbot there and his Successors Also Pope Alexander by his Bull directed to the said King Edward bearing date 1043. confirm'd all their Liberties and Exemptions granting them full power to chose their own Abbots or Deans without any Lett or Hindrance from the Apostolick Authority Leofwinus the first Abbot of Coventry being created Bishop of Chester ordain'd with the Consent of the Monks that his Successors Superiors of that Monastery should be call'd Priors and not Abbots PEYKIRK in Northamptonshire IN the year 1048. one Wulgatus then Abbot of a Monastery in this Town lost his Abby and the Lands thereunto belonging to the Abbot of Peterborough who claim'd the same as parcel of his Estate And this was by Judgment given in the Court of King Hardâ— Canute SPALDING in Lincolnshire a Cell of Croyland c. ANno Dom. 1052. Thoroldus de Bukenhâ—le Brother to Godiva Countess of Leicester having obtain'd six Monks from Wulgate Abbot of Croyland began the Priory of Spalding assigning to it divers Lands and annext it as a Cell to Croyland In the year 1074. Tuo Taylboys Earl of Anjou Andegavia having married Lucia Great Grand daughter of the foresaid Godiva became Lord of Spalding and all Holland and gave the Cell of Spalding to a Monk of St. Nicholas of Anjou He also confirm'd the Estate which his Great Uncle Thorold had given to this House and procured the like Confirmation from the 2 Williams and Hen. 1st Kings of England In the year 1085. Yuo Taylboys by License of King William the Conqueror gave this Cell to the Abby of St. Nicholas of Anjou with the Lands and Estate thereunto belonging All which with divers Liberties was confirm'd to the said Abby of St. Nicholas by King William the I. William the II. and Henry the I. And also by King Iohn in the first year of his Reign See more Vol. 2. p. 871. Valued at 767 l. 8 s. 11 d. per Annum BATTEL Abby in Sussex IN the year 1067. King William the Conqueror built this Abby in the same place where he fought and overcame Harold and his Army that herein perpetual praise and thanks might he given to God for the said Victory and Prayers made for the Souls of those who were here slain It was dedicated to St. Martin and largely endow'dâ— with Lands and Priviledges In this Battle it is said that above ten thousand men lost their lives on the conquering side but what number of the conquered may be guest with astonishment King William design'd to have endow'd this Abby with Lands sufficient for the constant maintenance of sevenscore Monks but death prevented However he granted to it to be free from the Bishops Jurisdiction to have Sanctuary to have Treasure troue with many other Royal Liberties and Exemptions He translated from an Abby in Normandy called Major Monasterium several Monks among whom one Gausbertus who he appointed the first Abbot of Battail And gave to this Abby the Mannor of Wi in Kent with other Mannors in Sussex Surrey Essex Barkshire Oxfordshire and Devonshire with free Warren in all their Lands Yet King William gave this caution or restriction to the Abbot that he should not wast the Alms belonging to
and twelve Benedictine Monks Upon every Vacation or Death of the Prior the Monks were to choose three of their House one of which being approved by the Patron and presented to the Bishop was to be by him constituted Prior. Vid. Vol. 2. p. 889. Valued at 53 l. 3 s. 4 d. per Annum Of certain Antient Monasteries in Wales MOrcant a King in Wales having treacherously kill'd his Uncle Frioc after he had in a most solemn manner sworn an inviolable peace with him before the holy Alter was by Oudoceus Bishop of Landaff in a Synod of his Clergy which he had assembled for that purpose enjoyn'd for the said perjury and homicide to perform Fastings Prayers and Alms Deeds and being on his sincere Repentance received again in the Christian Communion he granted and quit claim'd to the Abbies of Catoc Ildut and Docun and to the Cathedral Church of Landaff divers Liberties and Immunities Alien Priories of Benedictines Viz. Such Monasteries here in England as did belong to certain greater and elder Monasteries of the same Order beyond the Seas and were subject to and did depend on the same and had the name of Cells DEREHURST in Gloucestershire a Cell to St. Denis in France HERE was an old Abby destroy'd by the Danes But after the Norman Conquest in the year 1069. King William the Conqueror endow'd here a new Priory and made it a Cell to St. Denis in France or rather confirm'd what King Edward the Confessor had done before King Henry the VI. in the twenty first year of his Reign made this Priory Indigena OTERY in Devonshire a Cell to St. Mary's at Roan THIS Priory was given to the Church of St. Mary at Roan by King Edward the Confessor in the year 1060. In the 8. Edw. 3. the Dean and Chapter of St. Mary's at Roan by the King's License granted their Mannor of Otery and Advowson of the Church there to Iohn de Grandison Bishop of Exeter who in the eleventh year of that King founded here a Colledge of Secular Canons LEVISHAM in Kent a Cell to St. Peter's at Gaunt in Flanders KING Henry the I. in the thirteenth year of his Reign confirm'd to the Abbot and Monks of St. Peters of Gant the Mannor of Levesham and Greenwich c. with divers Liberties formerly granted by King Edward and King William his Father Vid. Vol. 2. p. 890. St. MICHAELS of the MOUNT in Cornwall a Cell to St. Michael in Normandy RObert Earl of Morton gave St. Michaels Mount in Cornwall to God and the Monks of the Church of St. Michael de Periculo Maris in Normandy Anno Dom. 1085. Vid. 2. Vol. p. 902. MERSEY in Essex a Cell to St. Owens at Roan IT was â—ound by Inquisition 4. E. 3. that the Mannors of Mersey Fyngrinho and Peet and half the hundred of Wenestr in the County of Essex were given to the Abby of St. Owens in Normandy by St. Edward the Confessor and confirm'd by King William and King Henry the II. ANDEVER in Hampshire a Cell to St. Florence at Saumurs KING O William the Conqueror or as the Words of the Deed are Willielmus Rex qui armis Anglicam terram sibi subjugavit gave to St. Florence the Church of Andever with divers Lands and Revenues to the same Church belonging Confirm'd by King Edward the II. in the eighth year of his Reign BLITH Priory in Nottinghamshire a Cell to St. Catherines at Rohan ANno Dom. 1088. Roger de Builly and Muriel his Wife founded and endowed this House with Lands and great Liberties All which was afterwards confirm'd to the Monks here by King Henry the II. and by Idonea de Veteri ponte Daughter and Heir of Iohn de Bullei by her Deed dated 1232. King Iohn in the second year of his Reign gave the Chapelry of Blyth and divers other Churches and Lands to St. Mary's at Rohan COVENHAM in Lincolnshire a Cell of St. Karileph in le Maine in France KING William the Conqueror Anno 1082. gave this Town situated in that part of Lincolnshire called Lyndsey to God and St. Karileph 31. Edw. 1. A Writ of Quod Damnum was executed at Lincoln in order to an alienationâ— of this Cell from the Abbot and Covent of St. Karileph in the Diocess of Mans to the Abbot and Covent of Kirkeslede here in England ABERGAVENNY in Monmouthshire a Cell of St. Vincents in Maine THIS Priory was founded by Hamelinus who came into England with the Conqueror and died in the Reign of King William Rufus William de Brewosa and others of the founders Linage were Benefactors Vid. 2. Vol. p. 904. WOTTON-WAVEN in Warwickshire RObert de Toenio gave this Estate to the Monks of St. Peter at Conchis in Normandy on whom King Henry the I. conferred great Priviledges FOLKESTON in Kent a Cell to the Abby of Lolley in Normandy NIgellus de Munevilla An. 1095. gave this Church of Folkston to Ranulph then Abbot of the Church of St. Mary de Lonleyo and to the Monks there in pure and perpetual Aâ—s Which with divers other Lands and Revenues was confirm'd to them by William de Abrincis Lord of Folkeston who descended from the said Nigellus KIRKBY in Warwickshire a Cell of St. Nicholas in Anjou ANno 1077. Gosfredus de Wirchia gave to God and the Monastery of St. Nicholas in Anjou Lands in Kirkby with other Lands and Possessions elsewhere from whom descended Roger de Mulbraio who gave to the Church of St. Nicholas of Kirkeby the Church of Newbold Afterwards Thomas Earl of Nottingham having founded a House of Carthusians at Epworth in the Isle of Axholme the Abbot of St. Nicholas at Anjou was prevailed with to assign his Estate in Monks-Kirkby Newbold c. to the said House of Carthusians which was confirm'd by King Henry the V. in the third year of his Reign The Priory of the Holy Trinity at York a Cell to Majus-Monasterium in France RAdulphus Paganellus gave the Church of the holy Trinity at York to the Monks of St. Martin in the Majus-Monastery with divers other Possessions It was found by Inquisition taken at York 34. Edw. 1. That the Heirs of the Founder claim'd no right in the Temporals of this Priory upon the death of any Prior but only to place a Porter to see that the Goods of the Priory be not stollen during the Vacation and that the upon the arrival of a new Prior from the Abbot of Majus-monasterium he did use to enter upon the Possession of his Office without fealty or other duty to the Patron HEDLAY in Yorkshire a Cell to the Holy Trinity at York YPolitus de Bram gave to God and St. Mary of Hedlay and the Monks there certain Lands in Midelton All which was confirm'd to the Prior and Convent of the Trinity at York and to their Cell at Hedlay by Peter de Midleton in the year 1290. LANCASTER a Cell to St. Martins at Sees in France ROger Earl of Poictiers gave the Church of
Edward at Shaftesbury and to the Nuns there their Lands and Liberties among which was the whole hundred of the Mannor of Bradford c. St. FRIDISWIDE in Oxford Supra 174. THE Possessions of this House were enjoy'd by secular Canons for many years till in the year 1122. 22 H. 1. they were again restored to Regulars Maud the Empress confirm'd to the Church of St. Fritheswithe and the Canons Regulars divers Lands and Churches and granted them a Fair. The like did King Iohn in his first year St. WERBURG at Chester Supra 199. ANno 1119. Richard Earl of Chester confirm'd the Possessions of this House given by many Benefactors granting to the Abbot of this Monastery a Court of Pleas and that the said Abbot should not be sued nor be forced to sue out of his own Court. Ralph de Meschines Earl of Chester and his Son of the same name were great Benefactors to the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburg so also were Richard de Rullos and Robert his Brother WHITBY in Yorkshire Supra 75. WIlliam de Percy having built and endow'd in a Grove or Wood at Dunesle a Hermitage in honour of St. Iames the Apostle he gave it for ever into the Obedience and Subjection of the Church of St. Peter and St. Hylda of Whitby so that they continually cellebrate the Divine Office there by some Priest of their House WULVERHAMTON in Staffordshire IN this Town of Hampton one Wulfruna a religious Matron erected a Monastery to the honour of God the ever blessed Virgin Mary then term'd Stella maris Domina gentium and of all Saints and endow'd the same with divers Lands all which was ratified and establisht by Sigerich Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 996 by the Consent of King Ethelred The Estate of this House was afterwards confirm'd by King Edward the Confessor King William the Conqueror King Henry the II. and King Iohn who gave Timber out of his Woods towards the buildings in this Abby GLOUCESTER in Gloucestershire Supra 108. GLoucester became a Bishop's Seat in the year 189. soon after the Conversion of King Lucius Eldadym in the year 489. and Dubricius in the year 522. were Bishops there But the Seat was afterwards removed to Menevia now call'd St. Davids Wolpherus Son of Penda King of Mercia according to Malmesbury laid the first Fonndations of the Monastery here after whose death Ethelred his Brother and Successor carried on the Work committing it to the care of Osric who for this purpose he made his Prorex or Lieutenant of this Province This House was first a Nunnery and continued such under three Abbesses successively Afterwards Bernulphus King of Mercia placed here secular Canons who though Clerks and Preachers were married-men and differ'd not much in their Habit from secular Christians thus it continued till in the year 1022. King Canutus displaced the Canons and in their room put Regular Monks of St. Benedicts Order This Monastery being afterwards burnt down Aldredus Bishop of Worcester rebuilt it in the time of King Edward the Confessor something distant from the place where it first stood and more to the outside of the Town It was twice destroy'd by fire since the Conquest viz. in the years 1214. and 1223. in the Reigns of Henry the III. and Edward the I. The Buildings in and about this Church were increased and beautified by several Abbots of this Monastery as Thomas Seabrook Richard Haulaces and Parker who was the last Abbot here and built the South Porch of this Church TAVISTOCK in Devonshire Supra 219. IN the time of King Edgar Earl Otdulphus Son of Ordgarus begun this House in a place appointed by Revelation finisht and confirm'd in the time of King Ethelred An 981. Pope Celestine in the year 1193. granted to this Abby divers Priviledges and Exemptions In the year 1304. The Prior of Plympton of the Order or St. Augustin did oblige himselâ— and Successors to the Abbot of Tavestock and his Successors for the performance of divers Services and Offices in his Deed mentioned King Henry the VIII in the fifth year of his Reign granted to Richard Banham then Abbot of Tavistock and his Successors to be Lords of Parliament and to enjoy all Honours and Priviledges of such and moreover in case they should at any time be absent from Parliament on the Affairs of their House he pardon'd such their absence they paying for every whole Parliament that they shall be absent five Marks NORWICH Supra 413. HErbert Bishop of Norwich translated the Monks hither from Thetford This Bishop besides the Church at Norwich caused to be built the Churches at Elmham Lyn and Yarmouth and died An. 1119. STOKE-CLARE Supra 535. RIchard de Clare Earl of Hertford gave to this House the Hermitage of Standune that Divine Service might be there celebrated for him and his The Donations and Endowments given to this House were confirm'd by Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury and by Pope Alexander Anno Dom. 1174. St. Mary de Pratis at Northampton THIS was a Priory of Cluniac Nuns founded by Simon de St. Liz Earl of Northampton which Foundation and all the Lands given thereunto as well by the said Earl Simon as others was all at large recited and confirm'd by the Charter of King Edward the III. in the second year of his Reign Which may be seen from p. 1011. to p. 1019. Valued at 119 l. 9 s. 7 d. q. per Annum PILLA Priory in Wales ADam de Rupe founded here a Priory for Benedictine Monks of Tiron which Priory he endow'd with divers Lands and Liberties Dedicated to God St. Mary and St. Budoco HENINGHAM in Essex FOunded and endow'd for Benedictine Nuns by Abericus de Ver Earl of Oxon and dedicated to God St. Mary St. Iames and the holy Cross. Hugh de Ver Earl of Oxford founded without the Gates of the Castle of Hegham an Hospital for poor and impotent People which that it might not be to the prejudice of the Priory of the holy Cross at Hegham nor to the Parish-Church there was to be govern'd by certain Ordinances then made among others that the said Hospital should pay Tithes as well great as small to the Parish Church and that the Chaplains of the said Hospital before they are admitted should swear fealty to the Prioress of that Priory Valued at 29 l. 12 s. 10 d. per Annum LAPLEY in Staffordshire a Cell to St. Remigius at Rhemes GIven by Algarus an Earl of England the Appropriations belonging to this Priory were allow'd by Walter Bishop of Coventry and Litchfeild Anno 1319. King Edward the I. in the twentieth year of his Reign granted to the Abbot and Convent of St. Remigius at Rhemes a Market in their Mannor of Aston in Staffordshire on the Tuesday weekly and a yearly Fair on the Eve and Day of St. Peter Ad vincula with free Warren in their Demesnes of Lapley Merston and Aston TOTNES in Devonshire JVhellus Son of Alured gave the
Huntingdon were in former time â—iâ—teen Parish-Churches tho' at present there remains but four David Bruce Earl of Huntingdon was buried in this Priory Pope Eugenius confirm'd to the Canons here all their Lands and Priviledges An. Dom. 1147. and so did King Henry the III. in the seven and thirtieth year of his Reign Valued at 187 l. 13 s. 8 d. per Annum St. OSWALDS near Gloucester FOunded by Ethelred Earl of Marches and Ethelfleda his Wife before the Conquest for Prebendaries who translated hither the Body of St. Oswald from Bardney But soon after the Conquest this Colledge being impropriated to the See of York that Archbishop changed the Prebendaries here to Canons Regular Valued at 90 l. 10 s. 2 d. ob per Annum BARNEWELL near Cambridge IN the time of William the Conqueror lived one Picot a Norman a Person of great Note who was Viscount or Sheriff in this County he had also a Barony here Hugolin his Wife being much devoted to St. Giles made a Vow in her sickness to erect a Monastery to that Saint which Vow her Husband confirm'd this was erected near the Castle in Cambridge and six Canons Regular placed therein under the Rule of one Galfridus de Huntedon But Picot and his Wife dying before their intended Charity was fully compleated and Robert their Son being after their death accused of Treasonable Practices for which he fled the Kingdom King Henry the I. seized upon his Barony and gave it to a Paganus Peverelle who finding this House fallen to decay undertook to restore it and increase the Canons to the number of thirty To this end he obtained of the King a peice of Ground lying without the Town of Cambridge call'd Barnewell of sweet and delicate Situation here he built a very fair Church and removed the said Canons hither with great Solemnity from the place of their first Foundation in Cambridge Anno Dom. 1112. after they had continued there just twenty years From this Paganus Peverell the Patronage of this Priory descended by an Heir General to the Peches An. Dom. 1284. Gilbert Peche gave the Patronage of this Monastery to King Edward for ever The abovesaid Paganus Peverell was Standard-bearer to Robert Son of William the Conqueror in the holy Land The Particulars of their Revenue was found by Inquisition 3 E. 1. which see in the Book at large The foresaid Gilbert Peche by his Deed dated 1256. granted to the Canons of this House liberty to choose their own Prior but that upon the death of the Prior one or two of the Canons should come to him if in England and acquaint him therewith and desire his leave as Patron to proceed to a new Election that thereupon they should proceed and having made their Election they should present the Person elected to him and require his consent that during the time of Vacation he his Heirs or Successors should not commit any Wast on the Goods of the said Monastery nor have there more than one Servant with a Horse and a Boy Valued at 256 l. 11 s. 10 d. per Annum NOSTELL in Yorkshire RObert de Laci founded the Church of St. Oswald at Nostell and endow'd the same with divers Lands and Revenues for Canons Regular granting them free liberty to Elect their own Prior. King Henry the I. recited and confirm'd the several Grants of their Benefactors the like did King Henry the II. to this Priory by the name of the Church of the blessed Oswald the King and Martyr adjoyning to the Castle of Pontefract in a place called Nastle In the year 1231. the Prior and Convent here leased their Estate at Canonthorp to William de Runeys Knt. for his Life at the Rent of 13 s. 4 d. per Annum the said William causing Divine Service to be celebrated at the Chappel there three days in every Week viz. Sunday Wednesday and Friday with other Covenants Valued at 492 l. 18 s. 2 d. per Annum BREDON in Leicestershire RObert Earl of Nottingham gave to the Church and Canons of St. Oswald of Nostla the Church of St. Mary and St. Hardulf of Bredon with divers Lands and Revenues to the same appertaining Whereupon this House became a Cell to that of Nostell immediately before treated of yet by subsequent agreement between the Prior and Convent of Nostell and Walter Advocate or Patron of Bredon the said Prior should upon a Vacancy at Bredon choose two of the Canons there or in case there should not be two fit Persons there then two of his own House of which two the said Walter should choose one and then the said Prior and Walter joyntly to present the party so chosen to the Diocesan to be Prior of Bredon Vid. Vol. 3. p. 41. Valued at 24 l. 10 s. 4 d. per Annum ANother Cell to Nostell was Woodkirk or Wodechurche in Yorkshire endow'd for Canons by the Earls of Warren HYRST in the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire THIS was a Cell belonging to Nostell endow'd with Lands by Nigellus de Albani and Roger de Moubray Valued at 5 l. 10 s. 1 d. per Anunm SCOKIRK in Yorkshire Was another Cell to the foresaid Priory of Nostell To which Gaufridus Fitz-Pagan and others gave Lands and Tithes William de Archis granted to the Canons here half the Tithe of his Bread made in his House for ever in pure and perpetual Alms. Valued at 8 l. per Annum COLCHESTER in Essex KING Henry the I. gave to the Church of St. Iulian and St. Botolph of Colchester and to the Canons there the Tithes of all his Demesnes in Hetfeld with divers Lands in and about Colchester confirming to them other Lands which they had of the Gift of Hugh Fitz-Stephen to hold in Serjeancy by the finding of one Horse of the price of five shillings and one Sack and one Prick at the King's charges when he makes War against the Welch for forty days Pope Paschall the II. by his Bull dated A D. 1116. granted to the Canons of this House that as they were the first of this Order in England so they should be the first in Dignity and exempted them from all Secular or Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction other than that only of the See of Rome and finally that they should choose their own Superior but present him when chosen to the Bishop of London to be Consecrated Valued at 523 l. 17 s. per Annum HAGHMON in Shropshire THIS was founded in the year 1100. 1. H. 1. by William Fitz-Allen King Edward in the thirteenth year of his Reign confirmed to the Church of St. Iohn the Evangelist of Haghman and to the Canons there all their Lands and Revenues given by several Benefactors among whom were some of the Welch Princes Vide infra 933. Valued at 259 l. 13 s. 7 d. per Annum St. JAMES at Northampton FOunded and endowed by William Peverell Confirm'd by King Henry the II. With the grant of divers Liberties Valued at 175 l. 8 s. 2 d. ob per
Annum WIRKSOP in Nottinghamshire FOunded and endowed by William de Lovetot 3 Hen. 1. and dedicated to God and St. Cuthbert Which Estate was confirm'd and encreased by his Heirs Pope Alexander the III. by his Bull dated An. Dom. 1161. confirm'd the Estate of the Canons here and granted them divers Priviledges as to pay no Tithes for the Cattle and Lands in their own occupation to present Priests from among their own Brethren to the Bishop to be instituted to the Parish Churches which they hold who shall be answerable to the Bishop for the Cure of the People and to the Priory for the Profit of the Livings to have a Caemitary free for the burial of such as desire to be buried with them saving the Rights and Dues of the Parish Churches from whence the dead are brought and to celebrate the Divine Offices privately in the time of a general Interdict Their Lands and Liberties were also confirm'd by King Hen. II. Vid. infra 937. Valued at 239 l. 10 s. 5 d. per Annum FELLEY in Nottinghamshire THIS was a Cell belonging to Wyrksop alias Radeford given to that House by Radulphus de Annesley and Reinold his Son An Dom. 1152. 2. H. 2. In the year 1343. William Archbishop of York appropriated the Church of Adingburgh to this Priory of Felley for the encrease of four Canons more there being but five before so that for the future there should be nine of which one to be Prior reserving out of the Fruits and Profits of the said Church a sufficient subsistance for a perpetual Vicar which Vicar was to be presented by the Prior and Canons of this Monastery Valued at 40 l. 19 s. 1 d. per Annum LANTHONY in Wales after Translated to Gloucester HERE was of old time a small Chappel of St. David in a very solitary place where a Knight called William belonging to the Family of Hugh de Lacy forsaking the World led an Heremitical Life whose eminent Fame for Holiness drew to him one Ernisius Chaplain to Queen Maud Wife of King Henry the I. who became his associate in his Devotions and Austerity this was An. Dom. 1103. under the Reign of King Henry the I. In the year 1108. they erected here a mean Church which was dedicated to St. Iohn Baptist by the Bishop of that Diocess and the Bishop of Hereford Of these two Heremits Hugh de Lacy became a Protector and Benefactor After some time these two through the Advice and Approbation of Anselme Archbishop of Canterbury were willing to encrease their number and to alter their poor House from a Heremits Cell to be a Monastery and they chose from all the Religious Orders then in being that of the Canons Regular A certain number of Canons were thereupon assembled from the Monasteries of Mereton the holy Trinity at London and Colchester and establisht here at Lanthony over whom the foresaid Ernisius was made Prior the number of Canons being about that time forty or more And many their Benefactors besides Hugh de Lacy who conferr'd on them more Revenues than they were willing to receive Walter the Constable being the chief Officer in the King's Court and one of the Greatest Men of the Kingdom took on him a Religious Habit and spent the remainder of his days in this House On the death of Ernisius Robert de Retun was chosen Prior but he being afterwards made Bishop of Hereford Robert de Braci was chosen to succeed him After the death of Henry the I. the Canons of this House were much afflicted and disturb'd in their Possessions here whereupon Milo Earl of Hereford the Kings Constable and Son of that Walter who became a Religious man among the Canons gave them a piece of Ground without the Walls of Gloucester for a new Seat here they built a new Church which in the year 1136. was solemnly dedicated by the Bishops of Worcester and Hereford in honour of the blessed Mary yet still this House retain'd the name of Lanthony After this Robert de Braci died and was buried in the new Monastery at Gloucester to whom succeeded William de Wycumb And now it was that by Papal Authority the Church of St. Mary at Gloucester was confirm'd as a Cell to that of St. Iohn Baptist at Lanthony However the Canons being better pleased with their new Habitation which was much braver and richer than their old Seat in Wales chose to inhabit at Gloucester removing and spoiling what they had at Lanthony They became also very licentious in their way of living During this William their Prior falling into Troubles and Vexation as well with the Canons of his own House as Roger Earl of Hereford the Patron was forced to resign his Office to whom succeeded Clement the Sub-prior This man reform'd the Abuses that were in the Monastery especially as to the Church Service From the aforenamed Milo Earl of Hereford descended by an Heir General the Noble Family of Bohuns Earl of Northampton Hereford and Essex who by reason thereof were Patrons of this Monastery The first Founder Hugh de Lacy came into England with the Conqueror but died without issue and his Inheritance went to his two Sisters from whom are descended divers Noble Families of which Descents see the Book at large King Iohn in the first year of his Reign recited and confirm'd to the Canons of Lanthony the several Lands and Revenues given them by their Benefactors The like did King Edward the II. in his eighteenth year King Edward the IV. in the one and twentieth year of his Reign gave the Priory of Lanthony and all the Lands c. belonging to the same to Henry Deen then Prior of the Priory of the blessed Mary of Lanthony at Gloucester and to the Canons there to be consolidated and united thereunto for ever providing that the Prior and Canons at Gloucester shall for the future maintain at Lanthony one Prior dative and removeable at will with four Canons to celebrate Masses and other Divine Offices there for ever if not hindred by Rebels and Wars Valued at 648 l. 19 s. 11 d. per Annum CARLILE in Cumberland KING Henry the I. gave the Churches of New-Castle upon Tyne and Newbourne to the Canons of St. Mary of Carlile Besides that King the King of Scotland and many others were Benefactors all whose Gifts were confirm'd by King Henry the II. And others given by King Edward the I. and II. Valued at 418 l. 3 s. 4 d. per Annum DUNMOW in Essex THE Church here was built in honour of the blessed Virgin Mary by Iuga Baynard Lady of little Dunmow whose Son and Heir Golfridus Baynard by the assent of Anselme Archbishop of Canterbury placed Canons herein An. Dom. 1106. The Estate here and that at Castle Baynard in London being forfeited by William Baynard An. 1111. was given by King Henry to Robert Grandson of Gilbert Earl of Clare whose issue became Patrons of this House till in the year 1216. Robert Fitz-Walter
to the King himself But being inspired with God's grace he saw the Follies of that Course of Life and finding his Conscience burden'd with many sins he undertook a Journey to Rome while he remain'd there he fell sick and in his sickness made a Vow upon his return to Health and his Country to build there an Hospital for the Relief and Solace of Poor People After this being restored to his Health he began his journey homeward On the Way St. Bartholmew appeared to him in a Nocturnal Vision or Dream and directed him to build a Church in Smithfield at London and name it to him Being return'd to London he obâ—ain'd the King's License for this Foundation without which it could not be effected the Ground where the Building was appointed being within the Kings Market-place He began hereupon a double Work of Piety the Hospital in performance of his Vow and the Church according as directed both not far distant which last was founded An. 1123. in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and memory of St. Bartholmew the Apostle It is said that this very Foundation in this place was foretold long before in a Vision to King Edward the Confessor Before Raberus began the Foundation of this Monastery the Ground here was all overspread with Filth and Durt and was the common place of Execution of Malefactors The Priory being built and Cannons assembled to inhabit it Raherus became their Prior who obtain'd for their maintenance sufficient from the Oblations of pious People and from the King as large Liberties as any Church in England enjoy'd King Henry the III. confirm'd all the Lands and Churches given them by divers Benefactors namely the place call'd Smithfeld the Church of St. Sepulcher de Ballio London cum pertinentiis suis infra Burgum extra the Church of St. Michael Bassingshagh c. and that the Hospital of St. Bartlemew in Smithfield should be in the Disposition and Subjection of the said Prior and Canons Valued at 653 l. 15 s. per Annum WARTRE in Yorkshire FOunded An. 1132. by Galfridus Trusbut and by him endow'd with the Church of Wartre and eleven Bovates of Land in the Field of that Town Confirm'd by Pope Innocent the II. Priors and Abbots of this House 1. Ioseph Prior. 2. Radulphus Prior. 3. Richard Abbot 4. Yuo Abbot 5. Nicholas Prior. 6. Richard Prior. 7. Thomas Prior. 8. Radulphus 9. Iohn Lestyngham 10. Iohn de Dunelmia 11. Robert de Lunde 12. Iohn Queldreke in his time the Hospital of St. Giles of Beverly was annext to this House A. 1278. 13. Iohn de Thorpe 14. Richard de Welwyk 15. Robert Balne 16. William Feryby 17. Henry Holme 18. Iohn Hemyngburgh 19. William Tynyngton deposed by the Archbishop of York 20. Robert Takel 21. Thomas Ruland 22. William Wartre 23. Robert Hedon 24. William York 25. William Spenser Several of the Trussebuts descendants of the Founder confirm'd the Possessions of these Canons and so did Robert de Ros Lord of Beuver An. 1279. being then Patron Advocatus of this Priory Pope Innocent granted to these Canons of St. Iames of Wartre divers Priviledges in the Case of non-payment of Tithes for their own Goods and Stock in the Case of a general Interdict c. Valued at 221 l. 3 s. 10 d. per Annum TWYNEHAM in Hantshire IN the Reign of King Edward the Confessor there were Secular Canons in Christ Church at Twyneham Ranulph Flammard a great Favourite under King William Rufus and afterwards Bishop of Durham was Dean of this Church In the Reign of King Steven Canons Regular were first introduced here The aforesaid Ranulphus or Randulphus new built the Church of Twynham which at that time bore the name of the Holy Trinity Richard de Redvers endow'd it with Lands in the Isle of Wight and elsewhere Which Richard de Redvers was by King Henry the I. made Earl of Devon and had the Isle of Wight and the Inheritance of this Town of Twineham given to him From whom descend the Courtney's Earls of Devon Baldwin de Redveriis confirm'd the Estate given by his Father Richard to this Church with the Grant of large Liberties which Baldwin was the first who introduced Canons Regular into this Church to whom his Son Richard de Redveriis junior granted the free Election of their Prior and confirm'd all their Possessions An. 1161. Vid. Vol. 3. P. 45. Valued at 312 l. 7 s. per Annum HERYNGHAM in Sussex KING Edward the I. granted his License to William Paynel to grant certain Lands to the Prior and Canons of this House for the finding of four Secular Chaplains to celebrate for his Soul in their Church Statuto de terris ad manum mortuam non ponend edito non obstante Afterwards upon the Petition of Matilda Neice and heir of the said William exhibited to King Edward the II. in Parliament that King granted that instead of the four Secular Chaplains the said Prior might for the future appoint four Regular Canons of his own House for that Office King Edward the III. granted his License to appropriate the Hospital of St. Anthony at Coukham to this House St. OSITH at Chich in Essex THE Priory of St. Osith the Virgin and Martyr at Chich was founded by Richard de Belmeis Bishop of London who design'd to resign his Bishoprick and become a Canon Regular here himself but was prevented by death The second Prior of this House was Ralph afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury King Henry the II. confirm'd all the Possessions given to this Priory by several Benefactors with the grant of ample Liberties free Waren and a Market at Chiche King Iohn granted the Patronage or Advowson of this Abby to William then Bishop of London and his Successors Valued at 677 l. 1 s. 2 d. per Annum IXWORTH in Suffolk GIlbert Blundus who came into England with the Conqueror founded this Priory of the blessed Mary of Ixworth near the Parish-Church of that Town Valued at 280 l. 9 s. 5 d. per Annum NORTON in Cheshire THIS Priory of the blessed Mary of Norton was founded and endowed by William the Son of Nigellus Constable of Chester Roger Constable of Chester confirm'd the Lands and Possessions given to these Canons in Nottinghamshire Leicestershire and Oxfordshire who also granted them divers Priviledges inter alia to have two Deer yearly on the Feast of the Assumption out of his Park of Halton When William Bastard to whom King Edward the Confessor had assigned the Inheritance of his Kingdom as his most worthy and nearest Kinsman came into England with him came Hugh to whom he gave the Earldom of Chester With this Hugh came a Nobleman called Nigellus to whom the said Earl gave the Barony of Halton and made him his Marshal and Constable of Chester and further conferr'd on him many and great Priviledges such as shew'd a particular favour to him more than any other Baron of Cheshireâ— William Son of this Nigellus founded
An. Reg. 9. Valued at 147 l. 2 s. 10 d. per Annum HERTLAND in Devonshire FOunded by Gaufridus Son of Oliver de Dynam and the Canons Secular changed to Canons Regular of St. Augustin by the Authority of Bartholomew Bishop of Exeter All whose Possessions King Richard the I. in the first year of his Reign confirm'd with the Grant of great Immunities and Liberties namely to have a Court to hold plea of all things but Life and Member arising in their own Lands and Estate c. Valued at 306 l. 3 s. 2 d. per Annum HELAGHE in Yorkshire FOunded by Bertramus Haget in a place where formerly was a Hermitage in some sort belonging to the Prior and Convent of Marton who by their Deed under their Convent Seal did disclaim resign and quit all title to the same An. 1203. The Lord Iordan de Sancta Maria marrying Alice an Heir General of the foresaid Bertram became a second Founder of this Priory who confirm'd their Estate and so did Alice his Widow after his decease Priors of Helaghe-Park 1218. William de Hamelecis 1233. Elias 1257. Iohn Nocus 1260. Hamo de Eboraco 1264. Henry de Quetelay 1281. Adam de Blide 1300. William de Grimstone 1320. Robert de Sposford 1333. Steven Levington 1357. Richard 1358. Thomas de Yarum 1378. Steven Clarell 45 years 1423. Iohn Birkyn 1429. Thomas York 1435. Richard Areton translated to Gisburn 1437. Thomas Botson translated to Bolton 1440. Thomas Collingham 1460. Christopher Lofthous under an ill Character for the Book says furatus est bona hujus domus 1471. William Berwick 1475. William Brammam Vicar of Helagh 1480. William Ellington 1499. Peter Kendayl William de Percey Lord of Kildale gave to the Canons of St. Iohn the Evangelist of Helagh-Park the Chappel of St. Hilda at Kildale with divers Lands for which the said Canons were to find two of their own House or two Secular Priests to celebrate the Divine Offices in the said Chappel for ever Valued at 72 l. 10 s. 7 d. per Annum CANONS-ASHBY in Northamptonshire THe Pynkeneyes Lords of Wedone were great Benefactors to the Canons here giving them divers Lands in Wedone and Weston with Common for 100 Sheep 8 Oxen 5 Cows and 5 Mares in the Pasture of Wapham and feeding for Sixscore Hogs in the Woods there Valued at 119 l. 4 d. per Annum HAVERFORD in Wales RObert de Haverford gave to the Canons here divers Churches and Tithes in his Barony of Haverford all which were confirm'd to them by King Edward III. An. Reg. 5. Valued at 133 l. 11 s. 1 d. per Annum WODHAM in Essex THis place being formerly a Hermitage of St. Iohn Baptist Maurice de Tiretia founded here a Priory of Canons and gave them divers Lands confirm'd by King Henry II. IPSWICH in Suffolk KIng Iohn in the fifth year of his Reign confirm'd to the Canons of the Church of the holy Trinity at Gypewic the several Lands Churches and Possession given them by many Benefactors among the rest a Fair to last for three days at the Feast of the holy Cross in September FINSHEVED in Northamptonshire FOunded and endow'd with divers Lands and Possessions by Richard Engaine Lord of Blatherwick in the Reign of King Iohn After the year 1367 the Male Line of the said Founder failing his estate became divided among three Sisters married to the Families of Goldinton Pabenham and Bernake Iohn Engayne gave divers Lands in Blatherwick and Laxton to the Canons of the blessed Mary of Finnisheved for the maintenance of two Chaplains in the Chappel at Finnisheved and two other Chaplains in the Chappel of Blatherwick Valued at 56 l. 10 s. 11 d. ob per Annum KEINSHAM in Gloucestershire FOunded by William Earl of Gloucester at the desire of Robert his Son then dying Dedicated to God the blessed Mary and the Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hertford confirm'd the several Lands Possessions and Liberties given to the Canons of this House and so did also King Edward II. An. Reg. 11. KIRTMELE in Lancashire WIlliam Marescallus founded and endow'd this Priory for Canons providing that it should always remain a Priory independent of any other House yet it should never be made an Abby and upon the death of the Prior two Canons to be chosen and presented to him or his heirs of which he or his heirs to elect one to be made Prior. Confirm'd by King Edward II. An. Reg. 17. LESNES in Kent FOunded by Richard Lucy Prefect of England An. 1178. In the year 1179 the same Richard quitting his Office of Chief Justice became himself a Canon Regular of this House and soon after died and was here buried The Lands and Possessions given to these Canons by their founder and others were confirm'd to them by King Iohn and King Edward II. BURSCOUGH in Lancashire FOunded and endow'd with large Possessions by Robert Lord of Lathom King Edward I. granted to these Canons to have a mercate every Thursday and a Fair for five days at the Feast of the Decollation of St. Iohn Baptist yearly at their Mannour of Ormeskirk Walter Lord of Scaresbrek and many others were Benefactors all whose gifts were recited and confirm'd by King Edward II. An. Reg. 17. Valued at 80 l. 7 s. 6 d. per Annum STEVERDALE in Somersetshire RIchard Lovel Chivaler gave certain Lands of the value of 40 s. to the Prior and Convent here for the finding of one Chaplain to celebrate daily for the Souls of the said Richard and his Ancestors in the Church of this Priory This House was founded by the Ancestors of Richard de Sancto maure and united to the Monastery of Taunton 24. Henry VIII DODFORD in Worcestershire FOunded and endow'd by King Henry I. But in process of time the Revenues of this House being so decay'd that there remain'd here but one Canon it was united to the Abby of Hales Owen An. 4. Edward IV. The Abby de PRATIS near Leicester FOunded An. 1143. by Robert Earl of Melent and Leicester and largely endow'd by him and others with Churches Lands Rents Tithes and Liberties in and about Leicester and elsewhere with the grant of two Bucks yearly one at the Feast of the Assumption and one at the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary c. Margaret de Quincy granted to the Canons here divers Possessions among other things House-bote and haybote and timber for repairs out of her Forrest of Charnwood as often as occasion requires also one Buck yearly out of the said Forrest Roger de Quincy granted them among other things the right Shoulder of every Deer taken in his Park of Acle and free pasture for all their Cattle throughout the Forrest of Leicester Their Possessions were confirm'd by King Steven and King Henry II. Robert Earl of Mellent came into England with the Conqueror who gave him the Earldom of Leicester which City being destroy'd with the Castle there he re-edified the
and that a Light should burn night and day in the Church After that the said Alice confirm'd with Warranty all the Lands and Possessions given to this House to the Canons for the same She at last convey'd the Advowson and Patronage of this Priory of King Hen. the III. who made it an Abby and confirm'd all their Possessions An. Reg. 15. ACORNBURY in Herefordshire THE Lady Margery de Lacy founded this Priory for Nuns and endow'd it with the Forrest of Acornbury as was found by Inquisition An. 49. H. 3. which King in the fiftieth year of his Reign confirm'd their Estate Catherine de Lacy Daughter of the Foundress gave certain Lands to these Nuns for the finding of a Chaplain to celebrate daily in their Church for the Souls of her Ancestors and in case the said service should not be duly performed then the Bishop of Hereford to compel the Prioress and Nuns to the performance Margaret Widow of Walter de Clifford gave her Heart to these Nuns to be buried in their Church and with her Heart fifteen Marks sterling in Alms this was by Deed dated 1260. Iohn de Breuse gave to the Nuns of Cornebery the Rents of ten Burgagia Borough houses in Tettebiri which Gift was confirm'd by William his Son 18 E. 1. Valued at 67 l. 13 s. 2 d. ob per Annum BILSINGTON in Kent FOunded An. 1258. by Iohn Mansel Provost of Beverley who endow'd it with certain Lands'n Bilsington and granted that upon the death or the Prior the Superior and Convent should have the Custody of their own House and all their Possessions and might proceed to the Election of a new Prior without License first obtain'd from any one Some of the Lands of this Priory being overflow'd by the Sea King Edw. the III. granted the Canons License to drain and include the same with Walls according to the Law of the Marish This was after a writ of ad quod dampnum first sued out and return'd Valued at 81 l. 1 s. 6 d. per Annum BRADLEY in Leicesterstire FOunded by Robert Bundy it had but two Canons Of later time the Lord Scrope had the Patronage Valued at 20 l. 3 s. 4 d. per Annum MICHELHAM in Sussex FOunded by Gilbert de Aquila in honour of the Holy Trinity for Canons and endowed with divers Lands free Pastures and Priviledges in his Wood Grounds in Suffex All which with other Lands given by many other Benefactors were recited and confirm'd by King Edward the II. An. Reg. 14. Valued at 160 l. 12 s. 6 d. per Annum RATLINGCOPE in Shropshire LEwelin Prince of North-Wales granted his Letters of Protection to the Canons of this House to exempt them and theirs from all Rapine and Depredation or any other molestation by the bordering Welch and this was on the account of one Walter Corbet a Canon of this House his Kinsman RAVENSTON in Lincolnshire PEter Chaceport Keeper of the Kings Wardrobe having bought certain Lands here with the Advowson of the Church Hugh his Son and Heir surrender'd them into the hands of King Henry the III. who with them founded and endow'd a Priory of Canons granting them to have the custody of their own House in time of vacation and not to be charg'd with any Sustentation or Pension to any Clerk Servant c. or keeping any of the Kings Horses GLANNAUCH in Wales FOunded and endow'd by Lewellin Prince of North-Wales An. 1221. After him several other Welch Princes confirm'd the Estate and Possessions of the Canons of the Isle of Glannauch So also did King Edw. the I. An. Reg. 23. CHETWODE in Buckinghamshire FOunded by Robert Grosteste Bishop of Lincoln Here was formerly a Hermitage and Chappel of the holy Martyrs St. Steven and St. Laurence founded by Sir Robert de Chetwode Knt. It was vulgarly called a Hermitage not that it was the Habitation of a Hermit but because it was situated in a solitary Place This Priory was given with all its Possessions to the Abby of Notteley 1 E. 4. LACOCK in Wiltshire FOunded by Ela Widow of William Longaspata for Nuns among whom she her self took the Habit An. 1236. and after became Abbess of this House This William Longespee was Son of King Henry the II. and Earl of Rosmar and Salisbury in Right of Ela his Wife descended from Walter de Ewrons to whom King William gave the said Earldom of Salisbury The said Countess Ela founded two Monasteries in one day viz. 16 Cal. Maii Anno. Dom. 1232 Namely Henton for Carthusians and this of Lacock for Canonesses The said Ela became Abbess here An. 1240. resign'd An. 1257. died 1261. aged 74. Valued at 168 l. 9 s. 2 d. per Annum SELEBURNE in Hantshire FOunded by Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester and by him endow'd with divers Lands and Churches saving to the Vicars of the said Churches a Sufficient sustentation the Presentation to the said Vicarages to belong to the Prior and Canons KIRKBY Beler in Leicestershire ANno 13 Edward I. Roger Beler of Kirkeby founded a House of one Custos and 12 Chaplains to Celebrate in the Chappel of St. Peter at Kirkby and gave them the Advowson of the said Church and the Mannour of Buckminster Vid inf 246. Valued at 142 l. 10 s. 3 d. per Annum ASHERUGGE in Buckinghamshire EDmund Son of Richard King of the Romans and Earl of Cornwal founded here a House for a Rector of Good men Brothers of the Church in honour of the precious bloud of Jâ—sus Christ here were to be 20 Brethren of which 13 at least to be Priests For the maintenance of these he gave divers Lands Possessions Liberties and Priviledges among other things to be free and quit of all Tolls c. and to be quit of Scutage as oft as it should happen also to have the Custody of their own House on the death of their Rector and Liberty to chose another without presenting him to the Patron Vid. infra Valued at 416 l. 16 s. 4 d. per Annum KIRKBY Belar AN. 1326. Roger Beler was slain in Leicester After whose death his Widow with the assent of his Son and heir translated the Chantry of secular Priests by him founded at Kirkly to the use of Canons Regular of whom the first Prior came from the Abby of Olustone Ouston The issue of Roger Belar the first Founder failing the Bishop of Lincoln became Patron More of ASHRU'G THe Lord Edmund Earl of Cornwal who founded this House of Religious Men call'd Bonos homines or Bonhomes was buryed in the Church here wherein was carefully preserved a small parcel of our Lords Bloud with the heart of Thomas de Cantilupo Bishop of Hereford the holy Confessor and other Reliques RIGATE in Surrey SEems to be founded by some of the Warens Earls of Surrey Iohn de Waren Earl of Surrey released to the Canons of this House a Rent of 19 s. 4 d. one plow-share four horse-shooes and nails which the said Canons used to
pay yearly to his Ancestors for certain Tenements in Reygate he also granted to these Canons 46 s. 11 d. per Annum for the Celebrateing one Masâ—e daily in his Castle of Reygate for ever Valued at 68 l. 16 s. 8 d. per Annum HALTEMPRISE in Yorkshire THis Monastery was first founded and endow'd at Cottingham by Thomas Wake Lord of Lydel with License of King Edw. II. Pope Iohn XXII granted to the said Thomas Wake Liberty to translate the said Monastery from thence to Altemprise The said Thomas Wake granted to the Canons Regular of this House several Mannours and Lands with Great Liberties of Leets c. and Commons of Pasture c. in pure and perpetual Alms with general Warranty Iohn de Meaux of Bewyke by his Deed dated An. 1361 31 Edward III. gave to the Prior and Convent of this House his Mannour of Willardby c. conditionally for fix Canons to celebrate for the Souls of him and his Ancestors c. Matins Masse Vespers and Complin c. and in the case of non performance of the Conditions his heirs to re-enter Valued at 100 l. 0 s. 3 d. ob per Annum BADLESMERE in Kent KIng Edward II. An. 13. granted his License to Bartholmew de Badlesmere to found and endow a House of Canons Regular in his Mannour of Badlesmere with a Non obstante to the Statute of Mortmain MAXSTOKE in Warwickshire FOunded by William Clinton Earl of Huntington in honour of the holy Trinity the Blessed Virgin St. Michael and all the Saints for Canons Regular viz. One Prior elective and a Convent of twelve Canons In whose deed of Foundation dated An. 1336 he appointed several Ordinances relating to their habit the Election of the Prior none to meddle with the Custody of theâ— House in time of the Vacation but who the Superior and Convent shall appoint Of the quality of such as are to be received for Canons Of the Number of Canons to be encreased as the Revenue increases The Prior and Convent not to sell or grant any Corrodies or Pensions unlesse compelled by inevitable necessity Of the Accompt Of the founders Anniversary Of the number of Masses That at the end of every Office of our Lady the Priest who Officiate shall say the Angelic Salutation in manner following Ave Maria gracia plena Dominus'tecum Benedicta tu in Mulieribus benedictus fructus ventris tui Ihesus Amen Et benedicta sit venerabilis mater tua Anna exqua tua Caro virginea immaculata processit Amen With some other Orders all which were confirm'd by Roger Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield An. 1337. King Edw. the III. granted his License to these Canons to exchange their Mannor of Shustoke for certain Lands in Maxstoke Valued at 87 l. 12 s. 3 d. ob per Annum BISHAM in Barkshire FOunded by William de Monteacuto Earl of Sarum and Lord of Man and Dynbeghe who by his Deed dated An. 1338. endow'd the Canons here with divers Lands Churches and Rents and granted that upon the death of the Prior neither he nor his Heirs should intermeddle with Custody of the House or any of their Possessions King Henry the V. An. 8. gave License to Matilda Widow of Iohn de Monteacuto Earl of Sarum to remove the Bones of her said Husband buried in the Abby of Cirencester to this Priory of Bustlesham and bury them here Valued at 285 l. 11 s. ob per Annum FLANESFORD in Herefordshire FOunded by Richard Talebot in honour of God St. Mary the Virgin and St. Iohn Baptist for Canons Regular and by him endow'd with divers Lands and Possessions which Lands being held of the King in Capite King Edw. the III. An. 20. granted his License for so doing Valued at 14 l. 8 s. 9 d. per Annum EDINDON in Wiltshire WIlliam de Edindon Bishop of Winchester being born in this Town founded in the Parish-Church of Edindon a perpetual Chantry for Secular Chaplains and endow'd the same with sufficient Revenues but being afterwards minded to turn the same to a Priory of Brethren of St. Augustines Order called Boni homines or Bonhomes he laid the Foundation of a Monastery An. 1352. which was dedicated in honour of St. Iames the Apostle St. Catherine and all Saints by Robert Bishop of Sarum An. 1361. William de Edyndon the Founder died An. 1366. Valued at 442 l. 9 s. 7 d. ob per Annum DERTFORD in Kent FOunded by King Edward the III. for Nuns of St. Augustines Order living under the Care of the Friers of the Order of Preachers and and by him endow'd with Lands and Revenâ—es in Kent and elsewhere they enjoy'd also divers Houses and Rents in London all which was confirm'd to them to hold in Frankalmoine by the Grant of the said King dated in the six and fortieth year of his Reign King Richard II. An. 8. granted to the Prioress land Convent of this House Monasterium Sororum Praedicatissarum de Derford the Mannor of Massingham in Norfolk with its Fairs Markets and Liberties c. for the finding of one Chaplain to celebrate in the Chappel of the Infirmary of this House and for the Relief and Sustentation of the Sisters and Brethren in the said Infirmary Valued at 380 l. 9 s. ob per Annum SYON in Middlesex FOunded by King Henry the V. An. Reg. 2. To the honour of the holy Trinity the glorious Virgin Mary the Apostles and Disciples of God and all Saints especially St. Briget for sixty Nuns of which number one to be Abbess of the Order of St. Augustin and for five and twenty Religious Men of which number thirteen to be Priests four Deacons and eight Laymen all to be under the Government of the Consessor To live separately viz. The Nuns in a part of the House by themselves and the Consessor and Brothers in a part distinct chastely both in mind and body according to the Regular Institute of St. Bridget This Religious House was founded in his Mannor of Istelworth in the Parish of Twykenham near the Thames and called by the name of the Monastery of St. Saviour and St. Briget of Syon of the Order of St. Augustin by which name or Title the said Abbess and Nuns were enabled to purchase Lands to sue and be sued Matilda Newton was appointed the first Abbess and William Alnewyk the first Confessor The said King Henry the V. endow'd this House with the Rent of one thousand Marks to be paid yearly out of the Exchequer till he or his Heirs should settle Lands of that value Valued at 1731 l. 8 s. 4 d. ob per Annum SOme other Houses are reckon'd of this Order of which there remains little or nothing of note but only their Names which are Flixton in Suffolk Hempton in suffolk Leyes in Norfolk Wodebrigge in Essex Vlvescrofte in Leicester shire St. Iohn Baptist at Exeter Canonleghe in Devonshire Shelbrede in Sussex Torpington in Sussex Merkeby in Lincoln Wesâ—wde Kent St. Iohn Northampton
FOunded by Peter de Rupibus and endowed with a Rent of 343 l. Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hertford An. 7. E. 1. exchanged with the Master and Brethren of the Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr in Southwark the Church of Blechyngelegh for certain Lands in Surrey which Church King Edward the II. gave them License to impropriate to their Hospital and to hold it to them and their Successors so impropriated Valued at 266 l. 17 s. 11 d. per Annum DOMUS DEI in Southampton GErvase de Hamton Margaret de Redvariis and many others gave divers Lands c. to this Hospital all whose Gifts were recited and confirm'd by King Edward the III. An. Reg. 6. The same King An. 17. gave the Custody of this Hospital then being of his Patronage to the Prepositus and Scholars of Queâ—ns-hall in Oxford and to their Successors for ever which Hall was then newly founded and endow'd with Possessions by Queen Philippa Wife of that King He also granted to the Custos Scholars Brothers and Sisters of this Hospital to be freed for themselves and Lands from all Taxes and Tallages c. for ever King Edward the IV. An. 1. granted to the Custos Chaplain and Brethren of this Hospital and their Successors the Alien Priory of Shirburne in the County of Southampton with all its Lands c. Richard Duke of York the Father and Richard Earl of Cambridge the Grandfather of that King are in the said Grant alledged to be buried in this Hospital SANDONE in Surrey TO the Master and Brethren of this Hospital dedicated to the Holy Ghost William de Perci Son and Heir of Henry de Perci gave and confirm'd divers Lands and Rents for the Maintenance of six Chaplains The Heart of which William being buried here the Prior and Brethren of this House oblig'd themselves to find a Lamp and Wax-Candle to burn for him in the Church of Standone at the time of Mass for ever An. 14. Henry 6. That King granted his License to the Cardinal Bishop of Winchester to annex and unite for ever this Hospital being founded by his Predecessors to that of St. Thomas in Southwark ROUNCEVAL by Charing-Cross in the Suburbs of London IT was found by Inquisition 7 R. 2. that William Marechall Earl of Pembroke gave to the Prior and Convent of the Hospital of the blessed Mary of Rouncyvall and his Successors for ever one Messuage and certain Lands and Tenements in Charing where the Chappel and Hospital are situated Confirm'd by King Henry St. JOHN's Hospital at Oxford KING Henry the III. in the seventeenth year of his Reign erected a noble Inn or Hospital not far from the East gate in Oxford for the Reception and Relief of the Necessities of the Infirm and Travellers himself laying the first Stone The same King gave the Master and Brethren of this Hospital his Mill at Edendon and the Iews Garden in the Suburbs of Oxford without the said East-gate and granted that as often as he came to Oxford they should receive of him Alms for one hundred poor People on the first day of his coming to Town He also granted to this Hospital of St. Iohn Baptist at Oxford a parcel of his Wood of Shottoure with the Pasture adjoyning c. NEWSTEDE near Stamford in Lincolnshire WIlliam de Albiniaco the III. gave to this Hospital fonnded in honour of the blessed Mary ever Virgin at the Bridge of Wass between Stamford and Offington and to the Brethren there divers Lands c. With the Tith of all the Bread Flesh and Fish spent in his Family and free Pasture for one hundred sheep c. The Master of the said Hospital to be a Priest and a Canon Regular of some House and to have with him some other Canons living according to the Rule of St. Augustin and seven poor and infirm men to be maintain'd in the Hospital The same William the Founder of this House by another Deed appointed the number of the Brothers here to be as follows two Priests one Deacon one Clerk and thirteen infirm People William Albiniaco the IV. confirm'd what his Father had given and granted that upon death of the Prior the Canons here might freely choose another and present him to the Patron and in the mean time the Canons to have the Custody of the House and Liberties of the same All which things were confirm'd by King Edward the III. An Reg. II. Valued at 37 l. 6 s. per Annum St. JOHN BAPTIST at Nottingham ANno Dom. 1241. Walter de Gray Archbishop of Tork made the following Order and Rule for the Brothers and Sisters of this Hospital That the Master or Custos provide two Chaplains or more to celebrate there for ever that all the Brethren rise together to Matines which are to be so early that they may be finisht by or before day-break from the Feast of St. Michael to Easter which done then shall follow Prime and Terce then Mass and after Mass Sext and None the Brothers shall mind their business in the House and if not hindred with necessary Occasions they shall hear Vespers and Complin that they shall be all obedient to the Custos and none shall have any thing in property for seven days under pain of Excommunication they shall be all cloathed and fed in common eat no flesh but three days in the Week Sunday Tuesday and Thursday lie in one Dormitory they shall be chast and sober their Habit of Russet and Black c. Here was in this Town of Nottingham another Hospital founded by Iohn Plumtre by License of King Richard the II. An. Reg. 16. for two Chaplains one of which to be Master or Custos and for thirteen old and poor Widows senio confractis paupertate depressis which said Iohn endow'd the same with ten Messuages and two Tofts in Nottingham and ordained that the Community of the Town of Nottingham and the Prior of Lenton should present to the Chantry in the Chappel of this Hospital and that the two Chantry Priests should receive for their stipends 100 â— to each yearly Whose Orders bear date An. Dom. 1400. St. JOHN BAPTIST at Ludlow in Shropshire FOunded by Peter Vndergod near the Bridge at Ludlow and by him endow'd with divers Lands c. for the maintenance of certain Religious Brethren and for the Sustenance of poor and infirm People He also granted to the Brothers that after his decease they might freely choose one of themselves to be their Master or Custos and so as often as occasion should be and the Master and Brothers to admit the Poor c. which Lands c. so given as abovesaid were confirm'd by Walter de Lacy the Chief Lord of the Fee and by King Henry the III. An. 5. Valued at 17 l. 3 s. 3 d. per Annum The House of Converts in the Suburbs of London FOunded by King Henry the III. in a place then called Newstrete and by him endow'd with seven hundred
Marks for the Maintenance of Converts and for the building their Church c. to be paid yearly out of the Exchequer one Moiety at Easter and the other at Michaelmas till other Provision shall be made in Lands or Rents And by another Charter dated 33 H. 3. that King gave to this House by him founded for Convert Iews between the old and new Temple at London certain Escheated Lands to hold to the Master and Brethren of the said House converted and to be converted from Judaism to the Catholick Faith LECHELADE in Gloucestershire FOunded by Richard Earl of Cornwa Brother of King Henry III. and Senchia his Wife Confirm'd by King Henry III. Which King An. 54. granted to the Brethren of this Hospital dedicated to St. Iohn Baptist the Hermitage of Lovebury in the Forrest of Whichewode they providing one Chaplain to celebrate daily in the said Hermitage King Edward the IV. An. 12. granted the Patronage or Advowson of this Hospital to his Mother Cecily Dutchess of York with License to change it into a Chantry of three perpetual Chaplains to celebrate the Divine Offices daily at the Altar of our Lady in the Church of Lechlade which three Chaplains to be a Body incorporate able to purchase Lands c. and to have a Common Seal By the same Deed he granted License to Iohn Twynâ—ho to found another Chantry at the Altar of St. Blase in the same Church for one perpetual Chaplain and that the other three Chaplains may grant to this Chantry Priest of St. Blase a yearly Rent of ten Marks LEDBURY in Herefordshire FOunded by Hugh Foliot Bishop of Hereford for the Reception of poor People and Travellers and dedicated in honour of God and St. Katherine the Virgin he endow'd it with several Churches and Tenements c. all which with other Lands given by others King Edw. the III. An. 2. confirm'd Valued at 22. l. 5 s. per Annum St. LEONARDS at Leicester RObert the III. call'd for distinction Blancmains Earl of Leicester had issue among others William a Leper who founded this Hospital LANGRIGH in ... RIchard de Singelton and Walter Nutun of Ribelcester gave to the Master and Brethren of this Hospital dedicated to God and St. Saviour Divers Lands in Ribelcester and elsewhere BILLESWIKE near Bristol in Gloucestershire FOunded by Robert de Gurnay and by him endow'd with the Mannor of Poulet c. for the Maintenance of a Master and three Chaplains and for the refection of one hundred poor People daily for ever each of the said Poor to have a quantity of Bread of the weight of 45 s. with a sufficient quantity of Potage made of Oat-meal the Bread to be made of an equal mixture of Bean-flower and Barly de frumento fabarum ordeo Valued at 112 l. 9 s. 9 d. per Annum GLANFORDBRIGGE in Yorkshire FOunded by the Ancestors of Sir Ralph Paynel Knt. but the Abbot and Convent of Seleby had the power of placing one of their Brotherhood in this Hospital to have the Custody of the same yet so that he should not convert the Goods of the Hospital to any other use but only to the Sustentation of the Poor and Needy St. BARTLEMEW's in Gloucester IT was found by Inquisition 30 E. 3. That in the time of Hen. the II. one Nicholas Walred a Chaplain undertook the building of the West-Bridge here to whom many Workmen resorting one William Myparty a Burgess of Gloucester erected a certain Habitation for the said Nicholas and the other Workmen in which House for a long time after the said Nicholas and William did dwell together with the Workmen and divers infirm People of both Sexes having always a Priest for their Governor all living on Alms till King Henry the III. An. 13. gave them the Church of St. Nicholas in this City with other Lands from which time the said House became an Hospital bearing the name of St. Bartlemew the same King granted them Liberty also to choose a Prior which accordingly they did This Hospital consisted of a Master and three Brothers beside the Poor Valued at 44 l. 7 s. 2 d. ob per Annum GRETHAM in the Bishoprick of Durham FOunded by Robert Bishop of Durham in honour of God St. Mary and St. Cuthbert for a Master and Brethren and for the Sustentation of the poor and needy People that should resort thither who also endow'd it with the Mannor of Gretham c. He granted also that the Master and Brethren of this House should be free from all Tolls Aids and Tallages and to all their Benefactors being contrite and confess'd he releas'd forty days Penance Whose Deed confirm'd by Hugh Prior of Durham and the Convent there bears date An. Dom. 1262. Valued at 97 l. 6 s. 3 d. ob per Annum ESTBRIGGE in Canterbury THIS Hospital founded in honour of St. Nicholas St. Catherine and St. Thomas the Martyr was compounded of several united into one the poor and infirm Brethren of which William Cokyn Citizen of Canterbury made his Heirs of all his Lands Possessions and Chattles which with divers other Gifts from other Men King Edward the II. An. 7. recited and confirm'd to the Master and Brethren here and their Successors Valued at 23 l. 18 s. 9 d. ob per Annum BOLTON in Northumberland FOunded and endow'd by Robert de Roos for three Brothers and Chaplains and thirteen Leperous Men and certain Lay Brothers Constituting the Abbot of Rivall and the Prior of Kyrkham joyntly to be the principal Wardens or Governors of this Hospital to whose Power he committed the placing the Master or displacing him if occasion be BASINGSTOKE in Southamptonshire FOunded by King Henry the III. ad sustentation ministorum Altaris Christi For the support of those who serve at God's Altar St. KATHERINES near the Tower at London FOunded by Queen Alianore Widow of King Henry II. For a Master and Brethren and by her largely endow'd with Lands Rents and Tenements in East-Smithfield Kent and Hertfordshire Reserving to her self and the succeeding Queens of England full Power to place the Master or Custos of the Hospital for ever Ordaining that out of the Revenues of this House should be maintain'd three Priests together with the said Master to celebrate daily in the said Hospital that on the 16th of November on which day King Henry the II. died a half-penny a peice should be distributed in Alms to one thousand poor People and on every day in the year 12 d. to twenty four poor People that upon the death of any Brother or Sister another to be substituted by her or the succeeding Queens of England who are after her death to be the Patronesses and Conservators of this House Whose Deed of Foundation and Settlement bears date An. Dom. 1273. Valued at 315 l. 14 s. 2 d. per Annum St. JOHN BAPTIST in Exeter FOunded by Gilbert and Iohn Merchants of Exeter here were five Priests nine Boys and twelve poor People St. PAUL at Norwich FOunded
by Edward or Eborard the II. Bishop of Norwich Vid. Vol. 3. p. 43. St. GILES at Norwich FOunded by Walter Suffeld alias Calthorpe Bishop of Norwich for a Master three Priests and twelve poor Women Valued at 90 l. 12 s. per Annum WELLE in ... FOunded by Ralph Neville for three Chaplains and certain poor and infirm People and by him endow'd with divers Lands which he held of the honour of Richmond for which he had the License of King Edward the III. An. 16. Vid. Vol. 3. p. 89. PONTFRACT in Yorkshire FOunded by William le Tabourerc for one Chaplain and eight poor People and endow'd by him and others with the License of King Edward the III. granted An. 8. ELSING-SPITTEL in London WIlliam Elsyng Citizen of London founded here a Colledge consisting of one Warden and four Secular Priests and an Hospital of poor People in the Parishes of St. Alphege and St. Mary Aldermanbury on which Colledge and Hospital he bestow'd certain Tenements and Rents in the said Parishes and elsewhere in London and gave the Patronage of the same to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's who united to this House and appropriated the Church of Aldermanbury c. The said Dean and Chapter to plaâ—â— the Warden and two of the Priests and the said William Elsyng the other two the Custos to be in Priestly orders and unbenificed elsewhere so also the four Priests Other Rules and Orders were made for the Government of this House as that the Custos or Warden shall at his admittance be sworn to the due Administration of his Office that the Warden and Priests shall daily say Mattins Masses and the Hours Vespers and Complin in the Chappel of the Hospital and visit the infirm People there that within three days after the Nativity of the blessed Virgin yearly the four Priests and Warden be new cloathed in like manner the four Priests Apparel not exceeding 30 s. for each and the Warden in a Garment of the same colour not exceeding 40 s. and that the Priests be allowed more for Linnen and Shooes c. 20 s. per Annum to each and the Warden 40 s. to be paid yearly eight days after Easter that ninety eight blind and poor People of both Sexes be received and lodged in this Hospital and Poor Blind or paralitick Priests if any such offer themselves to be received before any others c. Which orders were seal'd by the said William Elsyng An. Dom. 1331. 5 E 3. in the presence of Iohn de 〈…〉 Mayor of London the two Sheriffs and several Aldermen c. Not long after this viz. An. 1340. Ralph Bishop of London changed the Warden and Secular Priests of this Hospital of St. Mary within Cripplegate into a Prior and Canons Regular of St. Augustin under the Patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Paul's still all other things concerning the said Hospital relating to the poor c. to remain as before and this Commutation was upon the Petition of the Founder William Elsyng Valued at 193 l. 15 s. 5 d. per Annum BERKING-CHIRCHE near the Tower at London KING Edward the III. An. 44. granted his License to Robert Denton Chaplain to found an Hospital in his House or Messuage within the Parish of Berking-Church London for the Habitation of poor Priests and other poor men and Women who fall into Frensies and lose their Memory he also Licensed him to give and assign the same House and another Messuage in the Parish of St. Laurence Pountency both which Messuages were held of him in Burgage to certain Chaplains c. for the celebrating the Divine Offices c. But the intended Foundation here not taking effect King Rich. the II. An. 2. at the Petition of the said Robert granted him License to assign the Premisses c. to the Hospital of St. Katherine near the Tower St. MARY's in Leicester FOunded by Henry Duke of Lancaster near the Castle in Leicester An. Dom. 1330. And by him endow'd with divers Lands c. Here was also of his Frection a Collegiate Church in which he was buried An. 1361. The whole was to maintain a Dean and twelve Canons and as many Vicars one hundred poor People and ten able Women to serve them Vid. Vol 3. part 2. p. 139. Valued at 23 l. 12 s. 11 d. per Annum HEHTE in Kent KING Edward the III. An. 16. granted his License to Hamon Bishop of Rochester for the founding of this Hospital for thirteen poor People with a non obstante to the Statute of Mortmain HOLBECHE in Lincolnshire FOunded with License of King Edward the III. by Iohn de Kirktone for a Warden being a Chaplain and fifteen poor People Dedicated in honour of all Saints and by the said Iohn endowed with divers Lands held of the Abbot and Convent of Croyland St. NICHOLAS near York THis Hospital being of the Advowson or Patronage of the Kings of England was An. 1303. Visited by William de Grenefeud at that time Lord Chancellor at which time he made certain Orders for the Government of this House viz. that all the Brothers and Sisters of this Hospital should at their Admittance profess due Obedience to the Master and Warden and inviolaby observe perpetual Chastity That both Brothers and Sisters should be present at Matins Mass and the other hours unless hinder'd by Sickness c. and that they should say during the time of Divine Service the Lord's Prayer and Angelick Salutation with due devotion iterating the same as often as the Lord shall inspire them That the Brothers and Sisters should not live under the same Roof c. That what ever they have for their several uses shall after their death come to the House That they shall have a Common Seal that they shall not demise or bind any of their Possessions unknown to the Chancellor of England or his Successors That for the future none shall be Master or Custos of this House but such only as will undertake the Government in his own person If any transgress against their due obedience the Master or Custos shall for the first Offence punish the Ofsenders by with-holding their Commons for some days as the offence requires which punishment shall for the second offence be doubled for the third the party shall be expell'd c. Valued at 29 l. 1 s. 4 d. per Annum BOWES in the I le of Gerneseye FOunded with License of King Edward III. An. 35. by Peter of St. Peters in Gernsey in the Parish of Saintpierport in that Iland for a Master or Custos Brethren and Sisters and by him endow'd with twenty yardland and the delivery of fourscore quarters of wheat yearly arising out of certain Land in the said Parish which Land was held in Capite of the King by a Service call'd Chaumpert viz. the payment of the eleventh Sheaf arising on the said Lands yearly WOLVERHAMPTON in Staffordshire FOunded with License of King Richard II. An. 16. by Clement Lusone and
disposal to celebrate Divine Service privately in the time of general Interdict to have a free Sepulture and a free Election of their Abbess c. Whose Bull bears date An. Dom. 1228. Pag. 327 WALLINGFORD NIgellus de Albeney and Alan Fitz-Amfrid gave divers Lands to the Monks of St. Albans in the Church of the Holy Trinity of Wallingford Confirm'd to them by Ioceline Bishop of Salisbury and after him by Robert Bishop of Salisbury and by the Dean and Chapter of that Church An. Do. 1243. Pag. 525. WILBERFOSS GEorge Duke of Clarence and Lord of Richmond as Patroonshe Nannery of Wilberfoss exemplified and confirm'd to Elizabeth then Prioress and to the Nuns there the several Deeds of Endowments and Grants made to them by Iordanus Fitz Gilbert William de Percy c. Whose Deed of Confirmation bears date at Staunford 10th of August 4 Edward IV. Pag. 487. STODELEY THis Nunnery was first founded by Thomas de Sancto Walerico but his Estate and consequently the Patronage of this House coming to the Crown King Richard II. in the first year of his Reign on the death of Margery the last Prioress confirm'd the Election of Elizabeth Fremantell then Subprioress into the Office of Prioress and signified the same to the Bishop of Lincoln Pag. 482. SANFORD alias LITTLEMORE ROger de Thoeni Roger de Sanford and Thomas Buscel whose Deed bears date 1254 8. Henry III. gave Lands to the Church of St. Nicholas and Priory of Nuns here Robert Abbot of Abington and Benjamin Rector of the Church of St. Nicholas granted and confirm'd to them certain Tithes Roger de Quency Earl of Winton and Constable of Scotland released to them their Suit to his Court Pope Innocent IV. in the second year of his Pontificate Released ten days of enjoyn'd Pennance to all such of the Diocesses of Lincoln Ely and Salisbury who being penitent and confest should contribute and assist to the reedifying of the Church of this Priory Pag. 597. GROSMUNT in Yorkshire JOan Wife of Robert de Torneham and daughter of William Fossart gave divers Lands Profits and Priviledges in Yorkshire to the Prior and Monks of Grandmont in France confirm'd by her said Husband Robert de Torneham who also gave other Lands of his own Pag. 505. CRESWELL in Herefordshire THis was another Cell of the Monks of Grandemont to which Walter de Lacy gave Lands in pure and perpetual Alms with warranty Peter Bishop of Hereford having bought Lands of the Prior of Creswell for 550. marks granted by his Deed dated 1256 that in case he or his Successors should happen to be impleaded for the said Lands the said Prior nor this Successors should not be obliged to defend and Warrant the same beyond the Sum of 550 marks Pag. 542. MISSENDEN JOan de Pedinton widow of Guy de Ryhal with Thomas Son and heir of the said Guy confirm'd to the Canons of Missendin the Hermitage of Muswell which Ralf the Hermit built and inhabited by permission of the foresaid Guy with a Chappel built in honour oâ— the Holy Cross. Confirm'd also by Albricus Earl of Damarun and Simon de Gerardmulin The Priory of EWENNY a Cell of the Abby of Gloucester THe Turbervilles gave to the Church of St. Michael and the Monks there divers Lands and Possessions with Liberty of fishing in the River of Ewenny as far as their Lands extend and to retain a moiety of the fish so caught the other moiety to be the Turbervilles The Priory of Blithe in Nottinghamshire POpe Honorius confirm'd the Possessions of this House to the Monks here and exempted them from paying of Tithes of their Cattel It was founded by William de Crescy William Gifford Archishop of York An. Dom. 1277 made certain orders for their Government viz. That Almes and Hospitality should be used as of old time that all and singular do humbly and devoutly obey the Prior as their head c. Vid. Vol. â— p. 553. BUSTLESHAM Abby in Barkshire KIng Henry VIII by Patent dated in the 29th year of his Reign recites that out of the sincere and intire devotion which he bears to God and the Blessed Virgin Mary and to the Increase of the Divine Worship c. He does erect found and establish to indure for all future times a Monastery or Conventual House of one Abbot and thirteen Monks of the order of St. Benedict in the place of the late disolved Priory or Monastery of Bisham alias Bustlesham in Barkshire which on the fifth day of Iuly in the 28th year of his Reign was surrender'd to him by William Bishop of St. Davids then Prior of that Priory and the Convent there and this he did for the good estate of himself while living and for the good of his Soul after death and for the good of the Soul of his most dear Wife Iane late Queen of England deceased and for the Souls of his Children and Progenitors And gave all the Lands Houses Church Bells and all utensils then in his hands and formerly belonging to the late dissolved Monastery to Iohn Cordrey whom he made Abbot of this new Monastery and to the Monks of the same Which Iohn Cordrey was lately Abbot of the Monastery of St. Peter at Chertsey in Surrey He did also incorporate this new Monastery by the name of the Abbot and Convent of the new Monastery of the Holy Trinity of King Henry VIII at Buslesham with power to purchase Lands and by that name to sue and be sued c. and for the Abbot and his Successors to use an Episcopal Miter He also endow'd the said New Monastery with all the Lands and Revenues belonging to the late Monastery here and also to that of Chertsey in divers Counties of England and Wales and in the City of London also with the dissolved Priories of Cardigan in Southwales and Bethelkellard in Carnarvanshire with all the Lands and Revenues of the same and with divers Rents issuing out of the Lands and Revenues of several other Monasteries then in Lease for twenty one years and the Reversion of the said Lands c. With view of Frank pledge and all other Franchises and Liberties which have been formerly enjoy'd in the several Lands c. To hold by the Service of one Knights see and the yearly Rent of 72 l. and 17 d. in the name of a Tenth to be paid into the Court of augmentations at Michaelmas This new Monastery to be exempt from the ordinary Jurisdiction and to be visited only by the King his heirs and Successors and the present Abbot Iohn Cordrey to be excused from the payment of first Fruits and Tenths given by Statute made in the twenty sixth year of this King provided notwithstanding that his Successors shall pay first Fruits which are valued at 661 l. 14 s. 9 d. ob But no tenths which amount to 66 l. 3 s. 5 d. ob q. non obstante the said Stat. or any other Law Which Patent bears teste at Westminster 18th December in
the foresaid twenty ninth year of Henry VIII Pag. 648. LENTON KIng Steven granted the Chruch of the Holy Trinity at Lenton which William Peverell and others had endow'd to the order of Cluniac Monks to be enjoy'd with all its possessions inviolably The Priory of HORKESLEY RObert Fitz God bold gave divers Lands Churches and Tithes to the Cluniac Monks of Tefford with intention that the Convent of that House should transmit some of their Monks to the Church of St. Peter at Horchesley there to reside in the Services of God and St. Peter Their Possessions so given was confirm'd to them by Gilbert Bishop of London and Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury Pag. 867. SIBETON WIth King William the Conqueror who came into England in the year 1066. came Walter de Cadamo who after the Conquest held the Barony of Horsford He had issue Robert who built the Church of St. Peter at Sibton who had issue Iohn call'd the Vicount and William Iohn being very infirm in his health vow'd to erect an Abby of Cistercian Monks but himself dying left his vow to be perform'd by William his Brother and heir who enjoy'd after his death his Barony and Vicounty This William founded the Monastery of St. Mary at Sibton in the Reign of King Steven An. Dom. 1149. And endow'd the same with Lands and Revenues He had issue Margaret married to Hugh de Cressy who confirm'd her Fathers Guift An. 28. Henry VIII William then Abbot of Sibton Com. Suffolk and the Convent there of their free will and unanimous Consent gave granted and confirm'd to Thomas Duke of Norfolk Anthony Rouse Esquire and Nicholas Hare Gent. their heirs and assigns to the use of the said Duke his heirs and assigns for ever all the said Monastery and Estate thereunto belonging and Constituted Thomas Heydon and Robert Whinwery their lawful Attorneys to deliver Seizin accordingly This was under their Convent Seal and Sign'd by the Abbot and seven Monks of the House Pag. 887. HOLMCOLTRAM DAvid King of Scotland confirm'd the Donations of his Son Henry to this Abby the like did afterwards Malcolm king of Scotland Son of the said Henry Iohn King of England in the 16. year of his Reign granted to the Monks here the Hermitage of St. Hilda in the Forrest of Englewode with all the Land which Roger Croky late Hermit held and a Vaccary there for forty Cows c. Iohn Bishop of Carlile licensed the Monks of Holmcoltram to build a Church or Chappel in their territory of Arlosk for their Tenants and the Inhabitrants of those parts which Church or Chappel he did appropriate and annex to the said Monastery and exempt the same from the Visitation of the Ordinary The said Church to be served by a secular Priest of their election but to be presented to the said Bishop or his Successors and by them admitted to the said Cure The said Priest so admitted to receive for his support 4 l. to be pay'd him yearly out of the profits of the said Church and a House and Curtilage to be assigned him The said Priest to pay to the Bishop in the name of a Cathedratic half a mark and to the Archdeacon when he Visits 40 d. for procurations Which Deed of Appropriation bears date at Linflock An. 1304. Hugh Morville Cecily Countess of Albemarl Lambert de Multon and others were Benefactors to these Monks William Earl of Albemarl gave them a Forge and Iorn Mine at Egremond Robert King of Scots whose Father lies buried in their Church at Holmcoltram gave them a yearly farm of 10 l. Pope Lucius III. confirm'd to them their Lands and Revenues and granted them divers Liberties as to be free from the payment of Tithes for their Cattel and Fishing c. Whose Bull bears date An. 1185. Pag. 914. CROKESDEN THe Abby of the Vally of St. Mary of Crokesdene was founded by Bertram de Verdon and by him endow'd with divers Revenues in Crokesdene Stanfort Castretone c. and a Salt work in Midlewich Additions to the Second Volum Pag. 461. NORWICH JOhn Bishop of Norwich exemplified the Deeds belonging to the Hospital of St. Paul in Norwich viz. the Charter of the Convent of the Holy Trinity of Norwich who founded and endow'd the said Hospital to the support of poor people for the Soul of Bishop Herbert c. of Adam de Bellofago Morellus de Morley some Bishops of Norwich his Predicessors and King Henry I. who were all Benefactors Which Deed of Exemplification bears date in the year 1301. Pag. 181. TWINEHAM IN the Reign of King Steven An. Dom. 1150 Henry Bishop of Winchester and Hillary then Dean of Christ Church at the Petition of Earl Baldwin introduced Canons Regular into the said Church in place of the Canons secular that then were there the secular Canons to enjoy their Prebends while they lived But all the Lands and Revenues belonging and possest by the said Church in the time of the Deans to be for the future to the only use of the Prior and Canons Regular Pag. 152. GISBURNE WAldenus Son of Earl Cospatric gave the Town of Apleton to the Church of St. Bridget commonly call'd Brydekirk in the County of Cumberland The Lady Alice de Rumeley gave this Church of Brydekirk with Apleton and all other Lands thereunto belonging to the Canons of Gisburne Pag. 272. WORSPRING WIlliam de Curtenai founded a Convent for Canons Regular of St. Augustin at the Chappel of St. Thomas the Martyr in Worspring and notifying so much to Iohn then Bishop of Bath desired that by his authority the Church of Worle at that time vacant might be appropriated to the said Convent Pag. 263. WORMLEY JOhn de Baskerville gave to God and the Church of St. Leonard of Pyonia and to the Prior and Canons there in Frankalmoine all his Land of Stanley which he held of the Mannour of Wormley and Nickolas de Wormley Lord of the said Mannour reciting the said Grant confirm'd the same to the said Prior and Canons and also released and quit claimed to them one pair of spurs or sixpence of yearly Rent by which the foresaid Iohn held that Land Robet de Staunton Gilbert Talebot Robert Boter and others were Benefactors to the said Canons confirm'd by Roger de Montuomari Lord of Winfretone An. Dom. 1304 Gerard de Eylesford gave them the Advowson of the Church of Pyona Regis or Kings Peâ—ne Peter Bishop of Hereford appropriated the Church of Wormesley of which these Canons were Patrons to this Convent for the said Canons to enjoy the Fruits thereof to their proper use but so as not to defraud the said Church of due Service Whose Deed bears date An. 1262. Here was a Chantry tounded by the Lady Basilia de Bourhull Pag. 941. RANTON RObert Fitz-Noel or Son of Noel founded and endow'd the Priory of Ranton for Canons under the Rule and obedience of the Church of Haman Hamanensis Ecclesiae Whose Donation was confirm'd by Thomas Noel his Son Noel who came
he was upon his great sorrow and tears absolved after which he gave divers Lands to this Church Gurcan who succeeded Guinan having lived incestuously with his Mother in Law was therefore in full Synod excommunicated by Bishop Erthguin and after upon his reformation being absolved gave divers Lands to this Church King Clitauc Son of Clitguin was a Prince who governed his Kingdom in Peace and exact Juctice and became afterwards a Martyr on this account A young Virgin of quality was in love with him so far as to declare she would never marry unless to Clitauc whereupon a Nobleman of the Court whose Sute she had refused for the Kings sake in revenge murder'd the innocent King in hunting After whose Murder the Bishop of Landaff caused to be built and consecrated a Church to his memory in the place where he was buried near the River Myngui c. Which with divers Lands given to the same was afterwards a granted to the Bishops of Landaff by King Iudhail Son of Morcant A Noble man of the same name Iudhail Son of Edelvirth going with his Wife on a Sunday to hear divine Service at St. Clitaue's was so far prevail'd upon by the Devils insligation and his own lust 〈◊〉 to lie with his Wife in a Meadow on the Bank of Mingui and having perform'd the Act and about to withdraw he found himself not able to disjoyn but was forced to remain in that Posture inseperable from his Wâ—â—e whereupon he call'd out to his Attendants and order'd them to repair to the Monument of the Martyr Clitauc and there offer in his name that Meadow which he had unjustly taken from that Church this being done with promise of amendment of Life he was again separated from that vexatious Conjunction Convur bought certain Lands of King Fernvail Son of Iudhail for an excellent horse of the price of 12 Cows a Dog that had kill'd Birds with a Hawk cum Ancipitre of the Price of 3 Cows and another Horse of the Price of 3 Cows which Lands so purchased he gave to the Bishops of this Church of Landaff Fernuhail Convelin King Ris Son of Iudhail and abundance of other Kings and great Men in Wales were Benefactors to this Church King Hotel being excomunicated by the Bishop and Synod at Landaff for killing Galcun after a peace swern upon his Absolution gave divers Lands to this Church the like did Ili Son of Conblus who was excommunicated for killing Camauc after a Peace sworn between them Agvod Son of Iovaf having an angry Contest betwixt his family and the Bishops came up to the Church Door and threw stones into the Church and then fled under an Anathema for which he afterwards beg'd pardon and gave divers Lands to Corenhiro then Bishop and his Successors King Nongui gave Lands for violating the Liberties of this Church and committing Sacriledge An. Dom. 955. Pater being then Bishop of this Church six men of the Family of Nongui broke into a Church in this Diocesâ— and there kill'd a Deacon before the Altar who had fled thither for Sanctuary for which they were delivered up to the Bishop and remain'd imprison'd six months in Chains and they were further sentenced by a Synod that they should forfeit all their Lands and Substance to the Church which they had prophaned Asser Son of Marchvid having kill'd Gulagguin by treachery gave to this Church the Town of Segan c. Brochmail Son of Mouric gave to this Church certain Lands which he had before given to his Daughter whom he made a Nun but she being seduced from her Vow by Etgar Son of Levi had a Son incestuously Teudur King of Brecknock King Grifud c. were also Benefactors An. Dom. 982. Gucaun Bishop of Landaff was consecrated by the Metropolitan Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury and had his Pastoral Staff given him by Edgar the Supream King of the English At the same time lived Edgar King of all Britain Hawel da and Morgan hen which two last were subject to King Edgar Etguin King of Guenti having a great contest with Bledri Bishop of Landaff it went so far that the Bishop himself was wounded whereupon he summon'd and assembled all the Clergy from Taratir in Gui to Tigui who in full Synod Anathematized the King with his whole Family and put his Country under interdict but the King seeking absolution obtain'd it and thereupon gave divers Lands to this Church Muric Son of Hivil after he had solemnly sworn to a Peace and Friendship with Etguin a Neighbouring King before Ioseph Bishop of Landaff seized upon the said Etguin cast him in Prison and put out his eyes which occasion'd his death for which being curst in a Synod he afterwards obtain'd absolution and gave several Towns to this Church King Mouric and Caratanc one of his Lords being under censure for violating the Sanctuary of this Church obtain'd remission and gave divers Lands The like happened in the Cases of Catguallaun Ringuallaun Gistinus and others who being guilty of like Crimes made the like Compensations When King William conquer'd England Hergualdus was Bishop of Landaff Catguacaun Son of Mouric King of Glatmorcant Caratoc and Riderch Kings of other parts of Wales all which Kings served King William and died in his time LITCHFELD Cathedral THIS was formerly call'd the Mercian Church and first founded in the year 657. upon the Conversion of this Province to the Christian Religion it was then made a Cathedral and Duina the first Bishop of the Mercians or middle English who govern'd here but two years and died To him succeeded Cellach a Scot. After him Trumhere and after him Iarman both Englishmen but ordain'd Bishops in Scotland To these succeeded St. Cedda An. Dom. 667. who had been before that Bishop of York After whose death succeeded Winfrid and after him Sexwolf who founded the Abby of Peterborough after whose death the Province of Mercia was divided into two Diocesses Parâ—chias Litchfield and Leicester tho' after a while they were both united again under Hedda Bishop of Litchfield who died An. 721. In the time of Ethelred King of Mercia the Bishoprick of Litchfield was divided into five Diocesses viz. Hereford Worcester Litchfield Leicester and Lindisey After this division Litchfield had five successive Bishops till the time of Adulphus who was made Archbishop of Litchfield by Pope Hadrian An. 764. and a Jurisdiction given him over all Mercia and the East-Angles but after him there was no more Archbishops From his time to the Norman Conquest were fifteen Bishops of Litchfield soon after which the Episcopal Seat was translated from Litchfield to Chester An. 1075. The second Bishop of Chester was Robert de Lymesi who An. 1095. removed his Seat again from Chester to the rich Monastery at Coventry not long before built and magnificently endow'd by Earl Leofrick and Godeva his Wife To him succeeded Robert Peche Roger de Clinton Walter Durdent Richard Peche and Gerard de Puellâ all of them successively Bishops of
that the Abbot should not spend any of the Revenues to enrich his secular kindred but upon the Poor and Travellers Robert Earl of Leicester of whom this Estate was holden by the foresaid Founder confirm'd the same to the Monks here and granted to them divers Liberties The like did King Steven King Henry the II. confirm'd to them all their Lands by their several Benefactors given and also granted them full power to choose their own Abbot from among themselves in their Convent King Edward the IV. in the fifth year of his Reign seeing the Estate of this Monastery to run to decay it being so far wasted that it was not sufficient to maintain any Monks but the Abbot only granted this House and what Estate it had left to the Abby of Evesham to which he annext it for ever so that from that time it became a Cell of that Abby Valued at 65 l. 7 s. 11 d. per Annum LINGEBROOK Priory in Herefordshire IT seems by an Inquisition taken 24. Edw. 3. that Adam Esgar Clerk was a Benefactor to the Monastery of Nuns here and founded an Anniversary for William de Power Valued at 22 l. 17 s. 8 d. per Annum NUNKELLING in Yorkshire AGnes de Archis gave the Church here and divers Lands to God St. Mary and St. Helen and to the Nuns of Killing in pure and â—ree Alms. The Nuns Estate here was afterwards confirm'd by Richard de Sancto Quintino and William de Fortibus Earl of Albemarle and by Aeliz de Sancto Quintino Daughter of the foresaid Agnes who also gave other Lands and lastly by the Archbishops of York Valued at 35 l. 15 s. 5 d. per Annum SANDWELL in Staffordshire WIlliam Son of Guido de Offney founded a Hermitage in Bromwich near the Well call'd Sandwell for a Habitation of Monks and endow'd the same with divers Lands lying about the same Which was confirm'd to the said Monks by Gervais Paganellus Lord of the honour of Dudley of which Barony the Lands were holden MONKETON in Yorkshire WIlliam de Arches and Iuetta his Wife founded a Nunnery here of which their Daughter Matilda was a Nun endowing the same with divers Lands All which was confirm'd to the said Nunnery by Henry Murdac Archbishop of York He died 1153. Valued at 75 l. 12 s. 4 d. ob per Annum HALISTANE in Northumberland RIchard Bishop of Durham in the year 1311. united the Churches of Crossanet and Harbottell to the Church of Halistan and the Nunnery there and gave the Patronage of the same to Richard de Vmframvill Patron of the said Nunnery King Henry the III. in the thirty ninth year of his Reign confirm'd to the Prioress and Nuns of Halystan the Lands given to them by Alice de Alneto and Roger Bertram Valued at 11 l. 5 s. 7 d. per Annum DUNSTER in Somersetshire THE Monastery of Monks here dedicated to the honour of St. George was founded and endow'd with sundry Lands and Revenues by the Ancestors of Iohn de Mooun Lord of Dunsterre which Iohn did in the fifteenth year of King Edward the III. ratifie and confirm to the Monks here all his Ancestors Donations Valued at 37 l. 4 s. 8 d. per Annum MARGAN Abby in Wales THIS Abby was founded by Robert Earl of Gloucester in the year 1147. King Iohn in the sixth year of his Reign confirm'd to the Church oâ— St. Mary's of Margan and the Monks there all the Lands and Estate given to them by the said Robert and several others Vaued at 181 l. 7 s. 4 d. per Annum BLACKBURGH in Norfolk ROger de Scales and Muriell his Wise gave to God St. Mary and St. Catherine and to the Brethren serving them in this place called Shiplade otherwise Blackbergh divers Lands and Possessions The same Roger by an other Deed gave the same Lands and others to the Sisters here serving God Vid. Vol. 2. p. 879. Valued at 42 l. 6 s. 7 d. ob per Annum HENWOOD in Warwickshire KEtelbernus de Langedona gave to God and St. Margeret the Virgin and to the Nuns at Eastwell so was this Monastery then called by reason of its situation part of his Demeans of Langedon in which Lordship this Nunnery stood with divers other Lands and Liberties to hold as freely as he himself held them of his chief Lord Hugh of Arden Pope Innocent in the first year of his Pontificate incorporated annext and united to this Nunnery of Henwood divers Churches given to the same by King Rich. II. and King Henry the IV. Valued at 21 l. 2 s. 0 d. ob per Annum St. RADEGUNDS adjoyning to Cambridge KING Steven confirm'd to the Church and Nuns of St. Mary of Cambridge certain Lands which William a Monk and Goldsmith gave them and also other Lands given them by Countess Constance Wife of his Son Eustace It was found by Inquisition taken at Cambridge 3. Edw. I. that the Prioress and Nuns of St. Radegund at Cambridge hold a certain piece of Ground called Greencroft containing ten Acres on which their Church and House is founded which was given for that purpose by Malcolme King of Scotland and that Nigellus and Eustachius Bishops of Ely had been Benefactors to this Nunnery LANGLEY in Leicestershire THE Nunnery of St. Mary's of Langly was founded by William Pantulphe and Burgia his Wife from whom descended Robert de Tatesale Patron of this Priory 5. H. 3. The Nuns here upon the death of their Prioress had power to choose another without asking leave of their Patron who did use during the time of such Vacation to appoint a Boy unum Garcionem with a white Wand to keep the Gate of the Nunnery for which he was to have his Diet there Valued at 29 l. 7 s. 4 d. ob per Annum SANDFORD in Barkshire KING Edward the I. in the 2 â—st year of his Reign granted to the Prior and Convent oâ— Sandelford free Warren in their Demeans Saâ—herus de Sancto Andrea granted to God and the Church of St. Nicholas of Sandford and to the Nuns there a Râ—nt of Five Shillings per Annum in his Town of Littlemore Vid. Vol. 3. p. 13. SETON in â—umberland HEnry Duke of Lancaster Earl of Derb Lincoln and Leicester being inform'd that the Revenues of thâ—â— Priory were so small that they could not maintain the Priâ—ress and Nunsâ— gave and annext to this House the Hospital of St. Leonardâ— in Lancaster to hold in pure and perpetual Alms. Which Hospital was first founded by King Iohn for a Master a Chaplain and nine poor People three of which to be Lepers and the rest sound Valued at 12 l. 12 s. ob per Annum ANKERWIK in Buckinghamshire GIlbert and Richard Muntfichet Knights founded a Nunnery here and endow'd it with Lands King Henry the III. in the one and fortieth year of his Reign confirm'd their Estate given by many Benefactors whose Names and Parcels given are exprest in his Charter Valued at 32 l. 0 s. 2 d. per