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bildewas_n a._n d._n 1135._o roger_n bishop_n of_o coventry_n and_o litchfield_n build_v a_o abbey_n for_o cistercian_n monk_n here_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o st._n mary_n and_o st._n chad._n it_o be_v endow_v at_o the_o suppression_n with_o 110_o l._n 19_o s._n 3_o d._n ob_fw-la per_fw-la a_o dugd._n 129_o l._n 6_o s._n 10_o d._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 779._o t._n 2._o p._n 914._o historian_n fundationis_fw-la in_o bibl._n cotton_n nero._n c._n 3._o 7._o bromfield_n a_o benedictine_n priory_n subordinate_a to_o the_o abbey_n of_o st._n peter_n at_o gloucester_n for_o a._n d._n 1155._o the_o secular_a canon_n in_o the_o church_n of_o st._n marry_o here_o be_v turn_v into_o black_a monk_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n i._o p._n 464._o 8._o abberbury_n a_o cell_n to_o the_o abbey_n of_o grandmont_n in_o france_n to_o which_o it_o be_v give_v by_o fulk_n fitz-warin_a temp_n hen._n ii_o after_o the_o suppression_n of_o alien-priory_n hen._n chichele_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n bestow_v it_o on_o all-soul_n college_n in_o oxford_n 175._o vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 605._o *_o munimenta_fw-la in_fw-la thesaurario_fw-la coll._n omn._n anâ—m_n oxon._n 9_o halesowen_n b._n a_o a_o abbey_n of_o premonstratensian_a canon_n build_v by_o peter_n de_fw-fr rupibus_fw-la bishop_n of_o winchester_n temp_n reg._n joh._n to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n it_o be_v yearly_a revenue_n be_v worth_a 280_o l._n 13_o s._n 2_o d._n ob_fw-la dugd._n 337_o l._n 15_o s._n 6_o d._n ob_fw-la speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 655._o *_o cartas_fw-la originales_fw-la huius_fw-la monasterii_fw-la in_o castrâ—_n dudley_n reservatas_fw-la *_o registr_n pen._n henr._n littleton_n baronettum_n 10._o chirburâ—_n or_o sâ—ede_n a_o priory_n of_o black_a monk_n value_v at_o 87_o l._n 7_o s._n 4_o d._n per_fw-la a_o speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 500_o 11._o batlingcope_n a_o priory_n of_o black_a canon_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 336._o 12._o oswestre_fw-fr leland_n 26._o tell_v we_o that_o the_o church_n of_o st._n oswald_n here_o be_v sometime_o a_o monastery_n call_v the_o whiteminster_n and_o the_o cloister_n be_v stand_v within_o the_o memory_n of_o some_o then_o live_v in_o which_o be_v monument_n of_o monk_n 13._o brerâ—wood_n or_o brewood_n a_o priory_n of_o white_a nun_n 33._o value_v at_o 31_o l._n 1_o s._n 4_o d._n per_fw-la a_o speed_n 14._o battlefield_n king_n henry_n iv._o anno_o regni_fw-la xi_o mo_z erect_v a_o college_n of_o secular_a canon_n here_o this_o be_v the_o place_n in_o which_o he_o overcome_v henry_n percy_n and_o other_o rebel_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o st._n mary_n magdalene_n it_o be_v yearly_a revenue_n be_v worth_a 26._o hen._n viii_o 54_o l._n 1_o s._n 10_o d_o vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 3._o p._n 2._o p._n 185._o 15._o tong._n a._n d._n 1131._o isabel_n the_o wife_n of_o fulk_n penbridge_n knight_n 〈◊〉_d found_v a_o collegiate_n church_n here_o and_o dedicate_v it_o to_o st._n bartholomew_n it_o be_v endow_v at_o the_o dissolution_n with_o 22_o l._n 8_o s._n 1_o d._n per_fw-la a_o vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 3._o p._n 2._o p._n 143._o 16._o newport_n a_o collegiate_n church_n found_v by_o tho._n draper_n 20._o hen._n vi_o and_o dedicate_v to_o st._n mary_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 3._o p._n 2._o p._n 201._o 17._o shrewsbury_n the_o college_n of_o st._n mary_n worth_a at_o the_o dissolution_n 13_o l._n 1_o s._n 8_o d._n per_fw-la a_o 18._o shrewsbury_n the_o college_n of_o s._n chad_n value_v at_o 14_o l._n 14_o s._n 4_o d_o ☞_o mr._n speed_z place_v stone_n and_o wigmore_n in_o this_o county_n the_o former_a of_o which_o be_v in_o staffordshire_n and_o the_o latter_a in_o hereford-shire_n somersetshire_n 1._o glastonbury_n this_o place_n be_v famous_a in_o our_o old_a historian_n for_o the_o ancient_a church_n in_o great_a britain_n be_v as_o they_o say_v build_v by_o joseph_n of_o arimathea_n a._n ch._n 31._o it_o be_v also_o the_o first_o monastery_n in_o england_n found_v by_o st._n patrick_n about_o a._n d._n 425._o and_o afterward_o liberal_o endow_v by_o the_o munificence_n of_o king_n ina_n and_o other_o saxon_a king_n st._n dunstan_n introduce_v benedictine_n monk_n here_o a._n d._n ..._o it_o be_v dedicate_v to_o the_o bless_a virgin_n mary_n and_o value_v 26._o hen._n viii_o at_o 3311_o l._n 7_o s._n 4_o d._n ob_fw-la per_fw-la a_o dugd._n but_o according_a to_o mr._n speed_v at_o 3508_o l._n 13_o s._n 4_o d._n ob_fw-la q._n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 1._o t._n 2._o p._n 837._o reyner_n apost_n bened._n tr._n 1._o p._n 42._o h._n spelman_n conciliorum_fw-la tom._n 1._o p._n 4._o will._n malmburiensem_fw-la de_fw-la antiquitate_fw-la glastoniensis_fw-la monasterii_fw-la inter_fw-la xv._n script_n hist._n angl._n edit_n oxon._n 1689._o ms._n de_fw-fr antiquitate_fw-la &_o augmentatione_n vetustae_fw-la ecclesae_fw-la s._n mariae_fw-la glaston_n in_o babble_n bodl._n super_fw-la d._n 1._o art_n 14._o collectiones_fw-la quasdam_fw-la mss._n de_fw-fr glastonia_n in_o ead_n bibl._n digb_n 186._o fragmenta_fw-la historica_fw-la glaston_n monasterii_fw-la in_o ead_n bibl._n laud._n d._n 145._o secretum_fw-la abbatis_fw-la sive_fw-la cartularium_fw-la antiquum_fw-la abbatiae_fw-la glastoniensis_fw-la penes_fw-la abbatem_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la monasterii_fw-la conservari_fw-la solitum_fw-la in_o ead_n bibl._n wood._n 1._o registrum_fw-la a_o fundatione_fw-la huius_fw-la abbatiae_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la tempora_fw-la r._n edvard_n i._o penes_fw-la timotheum_n clarges_n a._n m._n aedis_fw-la christ_n oxon._n alumnum_fw-la annales_n mss._n in_o quibus_fw-la praecipue_fw-la tractatur_fw-la de_fw-la antiquitate_fw-la glastoniensis_fw-la monasterii_fw-la in_o bibl._n cotton_n c._n 10._o 5._o cronicon_n glastonburiense_n a_o wilhelmo_n i._o ad_fw-la a._n ch._n 1388._o in_o ead_n bibl._n cleop._n d._n 4._o 1._o ms._n de_fw-fr antiquitate_fw-la glastoniensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la autore_fw-la johanne_n monacho_n ejusdem_fw-la loci_fw-la deflorante_fw-la will._n malmburiensem_fw-la &_o continuationem_fw-la adami_n de_fw-fr domerham_n in_o ead_n bibl._n tiber._n a._n 5._o eandem_fw-la historiam_fw-la johannis_n ad_fw-la a._n d._n 1400._o productam_fw-la in_o pergameno_fw-la pulchre_fw-la exaratam_fw-la cujus_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la adjiciuntur_fw-la plurimae_fw-la cartae_fw-la &_o index_n in_o bibl._n musaei_n ashmol_n oxon._n n._n 760._o fol._n registrum_fw-la penes_fw-la comitissam_fw-la devon_n reg._n penes_fw-la brian_n pope_n de_fw-fr butley_n in_o com._n som._n armigerum_fw-la reg._n penes_fw-la ..._o dier_n de_fw-fr sharpham-park_n in_o com._n som._n reg._n in_o bibl._n coll._n gresham_n london_n 2._o congresbury_n it_o be_v report_v by_o some_o author_n of_o no_o great_a credit_n that_o here_o be_v a_o bishop_n see_v found_v a._n d._n 167._o and_o that_o it_o continue_v here_o till_o it_o be_v remove_v to_o well_n by_o king_n ina._n vide_fw-la angl._n sacr._n t._n 1._o p._n 553._o 3._o bath_n a._n d._n 676._o king_n osric_z build_v a_o nunnery_n here_o king_n offa_n place_v secular_a canon_n who_o be_v expel_v by_o the_o command_n of_o king_n edgar_n benedictine_n monk_n be_v put_v in_o their_o place_n john_n bishop_n of_o wells_n first_o assume_v the_o title_n of_o bishop_n bath_n temp_n hen._n i._o this_o abbey_n be_v dedicate_v to_o st._n peter_n and_o value_v 26._o hen._n viii_o at_o 617_o l._n 2_o s._n 3_o d._n per_fw-la a_o dugd._n 695_o l._n 6_o s._n 1_o d._n ob_fw-la speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 184._o angl._n sacr._n t._n 1._o p._n 560._o reyner_n apost_n bened._n t._n 2._o p._n 131._o 4._o wells_n a._n d._n 704._o king_n ina_n found_v a_o collegiate_n church_n here_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o apostle_n st._n andrew_n and_o as_o some_o historian_n say_v remove_v the_o episcopal_a seat_n hither_o from_o congresbury_n but_o other_o with_o great_a probability_n affirm_v that_o athelmus_fw-la be_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o this_o diocese_n here_o place_v by_o
king_n edward_n and_o plegmund_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n a._n d._n 909._o vide_fw-la angl._n sacr._n t._n 1._o p._n 554._o *_o cartas_fw-la etc._n etc._n penes_fw-la decanum_n &_o capitulum_n 5._o banwell_n leland_n 4._o tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v a_o notable_a monastery_n at_o banwell_n in_o the_o time_n of_o alfryde_n king_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n 6._o athelncy_n a._n d._n 868._o king_n alfred_n found_v a_o benedictine_n abby_n here_o to_o honour_v of_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n aethelwine_n bodl._n it_o be_v rate_v at_o 209_o l._n 3_o d._n q._n speed_n dugd._n vide_fw-la mon_n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 202._o reyner_n apost_n bened._n t._n 2._o p._n 132._o *_o reg._n pones_fw-la wadh._n windham_n justice_a ad_fw-la placit_fw-la 1662._o 7._o michelney_n monasticon_fw-la a_o benedictine_n abby_n found_v by_o king_n aethelstan_n a._n d._n 839._o and_o dedicate_v to_o st._n peter_n speed_n it_o be_v yearly_a revenue_n at_o the_o suppression_n be_v worth_a 447_o l._n 4_o s._n 11_o d._n ob_fw-la dugd._n 498_o l._n 16_o s._n 3_o d._n q._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 197._o 8._o bruton_n a._n d._n 1005._o algar_n earl_n of_o cornwall_n build_v here_o a_o monastery_n for_o monk_n of_o the_o benedictine_n order_n but_o william_n mohun_n earl_n of_o somerset_n temp_n r._n steph._n place_v black_a canon_n here_o it_o be_v dedicate_v to_o the_o bless_a virgin_n and_o rate_v at_o the_o dissolution_n at_o 439_o l._n 6_o s._n 8_o d._n per_fw-la a_o dugd._n 480_o l._n 17_o s._n 2_o d._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 205._o *_o munimenta_fw-la penes_fw-la dominum_fw-la fitz-harding_n 9_o dunster_n william_n speed_n mohun_n temp_n will._n conq._n build_v a_o benedictine_n priory_n here_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o st._n george_n and_o annex_v it_o as_o a_o cell_n to_o the_o abbey_n of_o st._n peter_n at_o bath_n monasticon_fw-la it_o be_v value_v 26._o hen._n viii_o at_o 37_o l._n 4_o s._n 8_o d._n per_fw-la a_o dugd._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 477._o 10._o montacute_n reyner_n william_n earl_n of_o morton_n temp_n hen._n i._o found_v here_o a_o priory_n for_o cluniac_a monk_n and_o dedicate_v it_o to_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n it_o be_v endow_v with_o 456._o 14_o s._n 7_o d._n q._n per_fw-la a_o dugd._n 524_o l._n 11_o s._n 8_o d._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl_o t._n 1._o p._n 17_o 668._o t._n 2._o p._n 909._o *_o transcripta_fw-la multarum_fw-la cartarum_fw-la ad_fw-la prior._fw-la de_fw-fr montacute_n pertinentium_fw-la quae_fw-la in_fw-la mon._n angl._n non_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la penes_fw-la virum_fw-la reverendum_fw-la andream_v paschal_n rectorem_fw-la de_fw-fr chedzoy_n prope_fw-la bridgewater_n in_o com._n somers_n 1692._o 11._o taunton_n a_o priory_n of_o black_a canon_n speed_n erect_v by_o william_n giffard_n bishop_n of_o winton_n temp_n hen._n i._o to_o the_o honour_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n it_o be_v value_v 26._o hen_n viii_o at_o 286_o l._n 8_o s._n 10_o d._n per_fw-la a_o dugd._n 438_o l._n 9_o s._n 10_o d._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 83._o 12._o bristol_n a_o priory_n of_o black_a monk_n dedicate_v to_o s._n james_n found_v by_o rob._n fitz-hamon_n earl_n of_o gloucester_n temp_n hen._n i._o who_o annex_v it_o as_o a_o cell_n teuxbury_n abby_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 155_o 513._o 13._o canington_n a_o benedictine_n nunnery_n build_v by_o robert_n curcy_n speed_n temp_n hen._n i._o to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n speed_n value_v at_o 39_o l._n 15_o s._n 8_o d._n per_fw-la a_o speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 545._o *_o cartas_fw-la penes_fw-la hon._n dom._n clifford_n 14._o bristol_n a._n d._n 1148._o leland_n rob._n fitz-harding_n lord_n of_o berkley_n build_v a_o priory_n of_o back_n canon_n here_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o st._n augustine_n it_o be_v yearly_a revenue_n at_o the_o dissolution_n be_v worth_a 670_o l._n 13_o s._n 11_o d._n dugd._n 767_o l._n 15_o s._n 3_o d._n speed_n king_n henry_n viii_o make_v it_o a_o cathedral_n church_n and_o found_v therein_o a_o chapter_n of_o a_o dean_n and_o ..._o secular_a canon_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 233._o *_o registrum_fw-la apud_fw-la castrum_n de_fw-fr berkly_a in_o com._n gloc._n *_o munimenta_fw-la penes_fw-la decanum_n &_o capitulum_n 15._o keynsham_n monasticon_fw-la a_o priory_n of_o black_a canon_n found_v by_o william_n earl_n of_o gloucester_n temp_n hen._n ii_o and_o dedicate_v to_o the_o bless_a virgin_n it_o be_v rate_v 26._o hen._n viii_o at_o 419_o l._n 14_o s._n 3_o l._n per_fw-la a_o dugd._n 450_o l._n 3_o s._n 6_o d._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 298._o 16._o witham_n 161._o the_o first_o house_n the_o carthusian_n monk_n have_v in_o england_n build_v by_o king_n henry_n two_o speed_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o st._n john_n the_o baptist._n it_o be_v endow_v with_o 215_o l._n 15_o s._n per_fw-la a_o dugd._n 227_o l._n 1_o s._n 8_o d._n speed_n vide_fw-la angl._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 959._o 17._o stoke-curcy_a hugh_n de_fw-fr nevil_n temp_n hen._n ii_o found_v a_o priory_n of_o black_a monk_n here_o and_o make_v it_o a_o alien-priory_n to_o the_o abbey_n of_o lonley_n in_o france_n it_o be_v dedicate_v to_o st._n andrew_n king_n henry_n vi._n give_v it_o to_o eton_n college_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 577._o t._n 3._o p._n 2._o p._n 199._o 18._o haselburg_n a_o priory_n of_o black_a canon_n found_v by_o william_n fitz-walter_n about_o a._n d._n 1160._o vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 113._o 19_o buckland_n speeâ—_n the_o only_a preceptory_a of_o sister_n of_o the_o order_n of_o st._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n in_o england_n place_v here_o a._n d._n 1180._o by_o king_n henry_n ii_o in_o the_o room_n of_o the_o black_a canon_n here_o found_v a_o few_o year_n before_o by_o william_n de_fw-fr erleigh_n dedicate_v to_o st._n mary_n and_o endow_v at_o the_o suppression_n with_o 223_o l._n 7_o s._n 4_o d._n per_fw-la a_o dugd._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 550._o 20._o clive_n will._n the_o romare_a 9_o ric._n i._o build_v a_o benedictinâ—_n speed_n abby_n here_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n it_o be_v value_v 26._o hen._n viii_o at_o 155_o l._n 9_o s._n 5_o d._n per_fw-la a_o dugd._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 530._o *_o reg._n penes_fw-la wadh._n windham_n justice_a ad_fw-la placita_fw-la 1662._o 21._o worspring_n a_o priory_n of_o canon_n of_o st._n augustine_n order_n erect_v by_o william_n de_fw-fr curtenai_n about_o a._n d._n 1210._o in_o memory_n of_o st._n thomas_n the_o martyr_n it_o be_v yearly_a revenuus_fw-la at_o the_o dissolution_n be_v worth_a 87_o l._n 2_o s._n 11_o d._n ob_fw-la dugd._n 110_o l._n 18_o s._n 4_o d._n ob_fw-la q._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 271._o t._n 3._o p._n 2._o p._n 47._o 22._o henton_n monast._n a._n d._n 1227._o ela_n countess_n of_o saram_n found_v a_o monastery_n for_o carthusian_n monk_n here_o and_o dedicate_v it_o to_o st._n mary_n and_o st._n john_n it_o be_v rate_v 26._o hen._n viii_o at_o 248_o l._n 19_o s._n 2_o d._n per_fw-la a_o dugd._n 262_o l._n 12_o s._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 960._o 23._o berliz_n barlynch_n speed_n a_o priory_n of_o black_a canon_n dedicate_v to_o st._n nicholas_n endow_v with_o 98_o l._n 14_o s._n 8_o d._n ob_fw-la per_fw-la a_o speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 249._o 24._o bearwe_v sp._n minchin-barow_a dugd._n v_o barrow-gurney_n a_o benedictine_n nunnery_n dedicate_v to_o st._n mary_n and_o st._n edwin_n value_v at_o 23_o l._n 14_o s._n 3_o d._n ob_fw-la per_fw-la a_o dugd._n 29_o l._n 6_o s._n 8_o d._n speed_n 25._o linton_n a_o alien_a priory_n to_o the_o abbey_n of_o st._n jacutus_fw-la in_o britanny_n 26._o staverdale_n a_o priory_n of_o black_a canon_n build_v by_o sir_n will._n zouch_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o st._n james_n ashmol_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 306._o 27._o temple-combe_n a_o preceptory_a of_o the_o knight_n templar_n endow_v with_o 107_o l._n 16_o s._n 11_o d._n per_fw-la a_o vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 2._o p._n 551._o 28._o north-cadbury_n elizabeth_z widow_n to_o sir_n will._n botreaux_n knight_n found_v a_o college_n here_o 4._o hen._n v._o for_o a_o rector_n six_o secular_a canon_n and_o four_o clerk_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 3._o p._n 2._o p._n 173._o 29._o moundroy_fw-fr a_o college_n rate_v at_o 11_o l._n 18_o s._n 8_o d._n dugd._n sp._n 30._o stoke_n under_o hamden_n a_o collegiate_n church_n for_o a_o provost_n and_o several_a priest_n dedicate_v to_o st._n andrew_n and_o found_v by_o one_o ..._o gornay_n sp._n ☞_o in_o mr._n speed_n catalogue_n under_o somersetshire_n may_v be_v find_v dunkeswell_n which_o