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A36798	Monasticon anglicanum, or, The history of the ancient abbies, and other monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches, in England and Wales with divers French, Irish, and Scotch monasteries formerly relating to England / collected, and published in Latin, by Sir William Dugdale, Knight ..., in three volums; and now epitomized in English, page by page; with sculptures of the several religious habits.; Monasticon anglicanum. English	Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.; Dodsworth, Roger, 1585-1654.; Stevens, John, d. 1726. History of the antient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches.; Wright, James, 1643-1713.	1693 (1693)	Wing D2487; ESTC R8166	281,385	375

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 M●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

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 Pr●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

Nigellus de Moubray granted to this House the Tith of all the Meat and Drink of his Family wherever he should inhabit and charged his Heirs diligently to perform the same William de Burdet gave to Burton St. Lazarus and the infirm Brethren of Ierusalem the Hospital of Tilton and the Church of Louseby c. Sir Iohn Digby Knight and Thurbert de Rochebi c. were also Benefactors Confirm'd by King Henry II. and King Iohn King Edward III. granted to the Master and Brethren of St. Lazarus of Ierusalem in England Founded for Lepers and Souldiers that fight against the Enemies of the Cross to be free and quit of all Tenths Tallages and other Aids and Contributions granted or to be granted to the King and his Heirs Valued at 265 l. 10 s. 2 d. ob per Annum St. GILES without London Sup. p. 381. KING Edward the III. An. 27. at the Request of the Master of the Order of Burton St. Lazarus in England and in consideration of the Release of a yearly Rent of forty Marks formerly granted out of the Exchequer to the said Master and Brethren of that Order granted to the said Brethren and their Successors the Custody of the Hospital of St. Giles without London YARUM in Yorkshire FOunded by Alan de Wilton who gave to this Hospital divers Lands in Hooton to hold at the yearly Rent of two Marks also other Lands in Mydilton for the maintenance of three Chaplains in the said Hospital and thirteen poor people The same Alan did after wards grant this Hospital and all its Appurtenances in pure and perpetual Alms to the Canons of Helagh-Park The like grant was made to the said Canons by Peter de Brus which Peter de Brus gave'divers Lands to the Brethren of this Hospital with free grinding in all his Mills and free Pasture for all their proper Cattle in his Land St. JAMES near Westminster THE Master of the Hospital of St. Iames near Westminster being summon'd in a Quo Waranto 22 E. 1. appear'd and pleaded that King Henry the III. granted to the Leperous Women of St. Iames without London near Westminster their Lands then given or to be given to be held with Soc and Sak Thol and Them and that King Edward the I. granted them a Fair yearly on the Vigil day and Morrow of St. Iames and for four days following profert c. Ideo predictus Magister quoad hoc sine die c. TANREGGE in Surrey O Do Dammartin gave to God and the Hospital of St. Iames in his Village of Tanregge and to three Priests there serving God certain Lands c. for the maintenance of Infirm and poor People and Travellers he also gave them his Relicks two Silver Cups for the making a Chalice with all the Vestments Books and other Furniture of his own Chappel Valued at 78 l. 8 s. 10 d. ob per Annum St. JOHN BAPTIST at Stamford in Lincolnshire THIS Hospital dedicated to St. Iohn Baptist and St. Thomas the Martyr consisting of a Master and Brethren was founded by one Syward among other Benefactors were Richard de Humez and Bertran de Verdun who gave part of a Meadow lying near the Bridge towards the North wherein to build a Church and make a Coemitery Confirm'd by King Richard I. and by Pope Alexander It was situated at the end of Stamford-Bridge on the South-side for the Reception of Travellers and poor people SAUTINGEFELD near Wytsande KING Henry the II. confirm'd divers Lands to this Hospital and to the Brethren here serving God SCARDEBURGH in Yorkshire THE Hospitals of St. Nicholas and St. Thomas the Martyr were erected by certain Burgesses of Scardeburgh and were both under the Inspection of the Bayliffs and Burgesses of that Town c. as was found by Inquisition An. 26 Edw. the I. St. GILES without Shrewsbury KING Henry the II. granted to the Poor of this House a Rent of 30 s. out of his Farm of Shropshire King Henry the III. granted them out of every Sack of Corn coming to Shrewsbury Market a handful of both hands and out of every Sack of Wheat a handful of one hand also a Horse-load of dead Wood daily in his Wood call'd Linewood for their firing ROMENALE in Kent FIRST founded by Adam de Cherrings in honour of the blessed Martyrs St. Steven and St. Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury and by him endow'd with Lands Rents and Possessions for the maintenance of certain Lepers and one Chaplain But in process of time this Hospital becoming decay'd and neglected by reason chiefly that no Lepers could be found to inhabit here for many years Iohn Franceys Patron of this Hospital An. 37. Edward the III. in order to revive and restore the same made divers Orders viz. That in lieu of the Lepers that used to be here there should for the future be two Priests to celebrate for the Founders and Benefactors one of which to be Custos or Master to be instituted and inducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and to be Resident which two Priests shall celebrate daily in the Chappel of this Hospital Matins and the Canonical hours that upon the death of the Custos the Patron to present another to the Archbishop of Canterbury to be admitted Custos within the space of two Months or in default of the Patron the Jurates of the Town of Romenale or the major part of them c. St. BARTHOLMEWS without Oxford THE following Orders were made in the Parliament at Lincoln An. 9. Edward the II. That there should be fix infirm Brothers of this Hospital and two found Brothers to labour about the Affairs of the House each of which eight to receive 9 d. a Week that there should be a Priest to be the Master of the said Hospital to say Mass daily and to administer the Sacraments to the Infirm his Salary fix Marks per Annum Queen Margaret Widow of Edward the I. was during her Life Patroness and Visitor and after her death the King or his Chancellor The said King Edward the II. An. 14. granted his License the former Ordination non obstante for the Master and Brothers of this Hospital to admit Iohn Serthe into the next void Place the said Iohn having given eighteen Marks to the Repairs of the Chappel then ruinous MAIDEN-BRADLEY in Wiltshire MAnserus Byset a Baron did first institute this House for Leperous Women and appointed there certain Secular Priests who he named Curators of the Women Hubert Bishop of Salisbury translated those Priests into Canons Regular The Church of Kiderminster was appropriated to this House by Roger Bishop of Worcester after the death of Robert then Parson This Manserus or Manasserus Byset was Dapiser or Sewer to King Henry II. King Henry III. confirm'd the several Lands and Possessions given to the Leperous Sisters of Maiden-Brad●egh and to the Prior and Brethren there Valued at 180 l. 10 s. 4 d. per Annum St. THOMAS of Acon in London KIng Edw. III. A. 14. confirm'd