p. 576. 31. Daunton Fulk de Neweham built a Benedictine Nunnery here to the honour of St. Mary Magdalene Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 501. 32. Ulcomb A. D. 1220. Stephen Langton Arch-bishop of Canterbury founded a Collegiate Church here * Vide Cartas penes Franc. Clerk de ead Armig. 33. Mottinden A Priory of the Order of the holy Trinity founded by Rob. de Rokesly A. D. 1224. It was valued 26. Hen. VIII at 60 l. 13 s. ob Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 833. 34. â—reweleigh An Alien Priory 35. Liâ—â—â— Cherche A Priory of Black Monks dedicated to S. Mary 36. â—ilsington A Priory of Black Canons founded by Iob. Maunsell Provost of Beverley A. D. 1253. and dedicated to the blessed Virgin It was valued 26. Hen. VIII at 81 l. 1 s. 6 l. per an Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 333. 37. â—umney An Alien-Priory founded by Ioh. Maunsell Provost of Beverley A. D. 1257. * Vide Munimenta penes Custodem Socios Coll. Omn. Anim. Cxon 38. Wingham A College for a Rector and six Canons founded by Iohn Peckham Arch-bishop of Canterbury A. D. 1280. and endowed with 84 l. per an Vide Mon. Angl. T. 3. P. 2. p. 52. 39. Ospring A Preceptory of the Templers 40. Swingfield A Preceptory of the Knights Templers valued 26. Hen. VIII at 87 l. 3 s. 3 l. ob per an * Vide Mun. penes Tho. Gomeldon Armig. 41. Badlesmere A Priory of Black Canons founded by Bartholomew Badlesmere 13. Edw. II. Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 351. 42. Cobham Iohn Lord Cobham A. D. 1362 built a Collegiate Church here to the honour of St. Mary Magdalene It 's yearly revenues at the Suppression amounted to 128. 1 s. 9 d. ob Vide Hollinshed's History Vol. II. p. 1500. * Cartas penes D. D. Jos. Williamson Eq. Aur. 43. Dertford A Nunnery of the Order of St. Austin founded by King Edw. III. A. D. 1373. and commended to the Patronage of St. Mary and St. Margaret It was rated 26. Hen. VIII at 380 l. 9 s. ob per an Dugd. 400 l. 8 s. Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 357. * Particulas terrae ad Mon. de Dertford spectant in Bibl. Arundel 1645. nunc in Bibl. Coll. Gresham Lond. 44. Bredgare A College built by Rob. de Bradgare Clerk 16. Rich. II. and dedicated to the Holy Trinity Vide Mon. Angl. T. 3. P. 2. p. 117. 45. Maidstone Will. Courtney Arch-bishop of Canterbury 19. Rich. II. founded a College here to the honour of All-Saints It was endowed with 159 l. 7 s. 10 d. per an Vide Mon. Angl. T. 3. P. 2. p. 132. 46. West-Peccam A Preceptory of the Templers founded by Ioh. Culpeper 10. Hen. IV. valued 26. Hen. VIII at 63 l. 6 s. 8 d. per an 47. Waye A College of Secular Canons built by Iohn Kemp Arch-bishop of Canterbury 10. Hen. VI. St. Gregory and St. Martin were the Tutelar Patrons of this House whose yearly revenues were worth 93 l. 2 s. ob per an Vide Mon. Angl. T. 3. P. 2. p. 191. 48. Ashford A College founded temp Edw. IV. by Sir Iohn Fogg LANCASHIRE 1. Lancaster AN Alien-Priory Cell to the Abby of St. Martin de Sagio in Normandy whereunto it was given by Roger Earl of Poictiers A. D. 1094. after the Dissolution of these Priories it was appropriated by King Hen. V. to Syon College Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 566. 2. Furnes A Cistercian Abby founded by Stephen Earl of Morton afterwards King of England A. D. 1127. and commended to the Patronage of the blessed Virgin Mary It was endowed at the Dissolution with 805 l. 16 s. 5 d. per an Dugd. 966 l. 7 s. 10 d. Sp. Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 704. Registra duo in officio Ducatus Lancast. MS. * Rog. Dodsworthi Collectiones MSS. in Bibl. Bodl. vol. 39. 3. Cokersand or Pyling Theobald Walter temp Hen. II. built an Abby for Praemonstratensian Canons here which he dedicated to the blessed Virgin It was valued 26. Hen. VIII at 228 l. 5 s. 4 d. ob per an Speed 157 l. 14 s. ob Dugd. Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 631. Registr MS. vel penes Rob. Bolton de Thornham in Com. Lanc. vel in Bibl. Hatton * Coll. MSS. Rog. Dodsworth in Bibl. Bodl. vol. 149. 4. Burscough A Priory of Black Canons founded by Rob. Fitz-Henry Lord of Lathom temp Hen. II. It 's Tutelar Saint was St. Nicholas and endowed at the Dissolution with 80. 7 s. 6 d. per an Dugd. 129 l. 1 s. Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 303. Cartular de Burscough in officio Ducatus Lancastriae 5. Conisheved A Priorv of Black Canons dedicated to St. Leonard and founded by Will. Lancaster Baron of Kendal temp Hen. II. Valued at 124 l. 2 s. 1 d. per an Speed 97 l. 2 d. Dugd. Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 424. 6. Cartâ—cle A. D. 1188. Will. Mareschal Earl of Pembroke founded a Priory here of Canons of the Order of St. Austin It was dedicated to the blessed Virgin and rated 26. Hen. VIII at 124 l. 2 s. 1 d. per an Speed 91 l. 16 s. 3 d. Dugd. Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 300. 7. Lythom Rich. Fitz-Roger temp R. Ioh. built a Priory of Benedictines here to the honour of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert and annexed it as a Cell to Durham Abby It 's annual revenues at the Suppression were worth 48 l. 19 s. Dugd. 53 l. 15 s. 10 d. Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 499. * Registrum penes Tho. Clifton de Lythom 8. Penwortham Warin Bussel temp ... built a Priory of Benedictines here to the honour of the blessed Virgin which was subordinate to the Abby of Evesham and rated 26. Hen. VIII at 29 l. 18 s. 7 d. per an Dugd. 114 l. 16 s. 9 d. Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 360. * Reg. penes Joh. Fleetwood de Penwortham Armig. 9. Whalley Henry Lacy Earl of Lincoln gave the Church here to the White Monks of Stanlaw in Cheshire whereupon they removed their Abby hither A. D. 1296. It 's yearly revenues were worth at the Suppression 321 l. 9 s. 1 d. ob Dugd. 551 l. 4 s. 6 d. Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 897. Registr penes Rad. Ashton Mil. Bar. 10. Holland A. D. 1319. Walter Bishop of Litchfield by the consent and at the petition of Sir Rob. Holland Knight Patron changed the Collegiate Church of St. Thomas the Martyr into a Benedictine Priory It was valued at 53 l. 3 s. 4 d. per an Dugd. 61 l. 3 s. 4 d. Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 544. T. 2. p. 889. 11. Horneby A Cell to the Abby of Croxton in Leicestershire 12. Manchester In 9. Hen. V. Thomas Lord De la Ware obtained licence of the King to found a College consisting of a Warden and a certain number of Priests in the parish
Chaplains Singing-men Clerks and Choristers Preceptories or Commanderies were Mannors of the Knights Templers and Hospitalers where erecting Churches for the Service of God and convenient houses for habitation they sent part of their Fraternity thither who were to be under the government of the Preceptor or Commander and to take care of the Lands and Rents belonging to the Order in the neighbouring Country and so they were Cells to their principal Mansions in London Of all these Religious Houses in England and Wales the Reader may expect a Short History viz. the Foundation the Order Dedication and Valuation Concerning the Foundation the Reader will be troubled with no more than barely the Names and Qualities of the Founders and the time of the first Foundation It may be necessary here to note that in our Monastick Writers we find often mention of the First Second c. Founder and I have seen the Sixth Founder But the first may only be properly said to be the true Founder the others by their great Benefactions either restoring the old oâ— making some new additional Foundation Iâ— may be also observed that the Successors of the Founders the Patrons and chief Lords of the Fee were sometimes stiled Founders The Orders were either Religious or Military of the first were all Monks and Canons Of the Monks the most ancient anâ— the Benedictines or those that follow the Rulâ— of St. Benedict or Bennet who was born at Nuâ—sia in Italy about the year 480. He founded twelve Monasteries in his own Country the chief whereof was Mont Cassin and gavâ— them a Rule which was afterward approved 〈◊〉 by Pope Gregory the Great A. D. 595. They were called also Black Monks from the colour of their Habit which was a black loose Coat of stuff reaching down to their heels with a cowl or hood of the same and a Scapular and under that Coat another white Habit as large as the former made of white flannen and boots on their legs Of this Order were all our Cathedral Priories except Carliol and most of the richest Abbies in the Kingdom The Reformation of some things that seemed too remiss in St. Bennet's Rule by Odo Abbat of Cluny in Burgundy about A. D. 912. gave occasion to the rise of the Cluniac Order Most of our English Houses of this Order were subordinate to the Abby of Cluny or some other foreign Cluniac Monastery and so were seisâ—d as Alien-Priories during the wars with France but were afterward made indigenae and so discharged from all subjection and obedience to any forreign Abby Their Habit was little different from the Benedictines The Carthusians were also a branch of the Benedictines whose Rule with the addition of a great many aâ—sterities they follow Their Author was one Bruno born at Colen in Germany who first instituted this Order at Chartreuse in the Diocese of Grenâ—ble about A. D. 1080. Their Rule is the most strict and severe of any of the Religious Orders they never eat flesh always wear a hair Shirt next their skin none ever stir out of their Monasteries which are called Charter-houses upon any pretence whatsoever except the Prior and Procurator Their Habit is all white except their plaited Cloak which is black Rob. Harding an English man Abbat of Molisme in Burgundy first planted the Cistercian Order at Cistertium or Citeaux in the Bishoprick of Chalons A. D. 1098. They were called Bernardines from St. Bernard Abbat of Clarevall a great propagator of this Order and also White Monks from the whiteness of their Garments For their Habit was a white Cassock with a narrow Scapulary and a black Gown with long sleeves when they went abroad but going to Church they wore it white Their Monasteries were all of them dedicated to the blessed Virgin Mary These were all the Orders of Monks that were to be met with in England The Canons were either Secular or Regular The Secular Canons were â—â—ergy men called Secular because they served the world Seculum in performing spiritual Offices for the Laity and taking upon them the care of Souls which the Regulars were incapable of They differed in nothing from ordinary Priests save that they were under the government of some local Statutes but were not so strictly obliged to live under one Roof as the Monks and Regular Canons but generally lived apart and were severally maintain'd by distinct Prebends in almost the same manner with the Canons and Prebendaries of our Cathedral and Collegiate Churches aâ— this day Regular Canons â—were so called because they were obliged to a strict observance of the Rule of St. Austin which enjoin'd them to have all things in common c. Their Habit is a long black Cassock a white Rochet over it over all a black Cloak and Hood They wear also beards the Monks were always shaved and a Cap upon their heads They pretend St. Austin of Hippo to have been their Founder but they were not eminent till the tenth or eleventh Century and not in England till after the Conquest For Authors disagree about the time when this Order was first brought into England Iohn Rosse saith that it was placed first at Colchester in the reign of King Stephen Reyner tells us Nosthell in Yorkshire was the first this Kingdom had which was founded temp Hen. I. Stow saith that Trinity within Aldgate London was the first which was founded A. D. 1107. But Mr. Somner's opinion is more consonant to truth who tells us that S. Gregorie's in Canterbury was the first that being built by Arch-bishop Lanâ—ranc A. D. 1084. So that the Reader is desired to take notice that tho' he may find mention made in this book of Black or Regular Canons before the Conquest yet they were the same at the foundation with Secular Canons but afterwards assumed the Habit and Rule of St. Austin For it was usual in those old times to stile the Secular Canons of Cathedral and Collegiate Churches Canonici Regulares to distinguish them from ordinary Parish Priests The Premonstratensian Canons lived according to the Rule of St. Austin reformed by one Norbert who instituted this Order about A. D. 1120. at Praemonstratum in Laon in France They were called also White Canons from their Habit which was a white Cassock with a Rochet over it and a long white Cloak The Sempringham or Gilbertine Canons were instituted by St. Gilbert at Sempringham in Lincolnshire A. D. 1148. His Rule is composed out of those of St. Austin and St. Bennet with some special Statutes of his own The Habit of these Canons is a black Cassock over which they wear a furred Cloak and a Hood lined with Lamb skins The Monasteries of this Order consisted both of Men and Women who lived under the same Roof and were separated by a wall Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulcher were founded in imitation of those Regulars instituted in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher of our Saviour at Ierusalem Their Habit was the
â—ame as of other black Canons with the distinction of a double red Cross upon the breast of their Cloak or upper garment The endeavours of these Religious for the regaining of the Holy Land after the loss of Ierusalem coming to nothing their Lands Revenues and Privileges were transferred to the Maturines or Friers of the Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives who were instituted by S. Iohn de Matta and Felix de Valois about A. D. 1200. It was confirmed by Pope Innocent III. who gave them white Robes with a Cross red and blew on their breasts and appointed that all the possessions which they should enjoy should be equally divided into three parts one for the entertainment and reception of Religious persons the other to relieve the poor and the third to redeem Christians kept Captive by the Infidels These Canons were also called Trinitarians because all their Churches were by the Rules of their Order to be dedicated to the Holy Trinity And here in England they were said to be of the Order of Iâ—gham because that Monastery in Norfolk was the chief House of that Rule There were another Order of Canons of the Austin Rule in England called Bonhommes or Good-men They were first brought into this Kingdom A. D. 1283. 11 12. Edw. I. and placed in a Rectory or College founded by Edmund Earl of Cornwall at Asserâ—g in Bucks Of which Order in England there was but one more viz. at Edingdon in Wiltshire The Reader may observe that they were not the same with the Friers Minimes or Franciscans whom some Authors call Bonhommes because our Bonhommes were amply endowed with Lands and Rents which that Mendicant Order could never be possess'd of Neither could they be of the Order of Grandmont the Religious whereof were called Bonhommes because these were only Benedictines reformed As for the Nunneries of the Benedictine Climiac Cistercian and Carthusian Rules and the Austin Premonstratensian and Gilberâ—ine Nuns they were â—nstituted by the same as the Monks of those Orders they follow the same Rules with the Monks omitting only that which is not convenient for their Sex and wear habits of the same colour their Heads being always covered with a Vail Besides these we had in England three other Orders of Religious Females 1 Clarisses or of the Order of St. Clare who instituted it at Assise in Italy about A. D. 1225. 2 Brigettan Nuns who were founded by St. Bridget Queen of Sweedland about A. D. 1360. 3 Nuns of the Order of Fontevrault who wear a black Habit with a white Vail This Order was a Reformation of the Benedictine begun by Robert de Arbusculo at Font Ebrald in Poictiers A. D. 1117. There were also Monks of this Rule but none I think in England except it were in such Alien-Priories as were Cells to that Abby So without doubt other Alien-Priories that were subordinate to St. Victor at Paris and Grandmont in France the Canons of the first and the Monks of the last having particular Rules distinct from any other Order were of the same Constitutions with those Abbies Of the Military Orders there is mention made but of two in this book viz. of the Knights Hospitalers of S. Iohn of Ierusalem and the Knights Templers The Hospitalers since called Knights of Rhodes or Malta were first taken notice of about A. D. 1090. and were mightily favoured by Godfrey of Bullen and his successor Baldwin King of Ierusalem They followed partly St. Austin's Rule and wore a white Cross upon their black Habit. There was also in England one House of Nuns of the Order of St. Iohn of Ierusalem viz. Buckland in Somersetshire The Knights Templers so called from having their residence in certain Rooms adjoining to the Temple at Ierusalem were instituted A. D. 1118. They followed the Cistercian Rule and their duty was to guard Pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land Their Habit was white with a red Cross. Thus I have in short traced the several Monastick Orders by their Original Institutions and Habits and in the Notitia have been very careful to note the Order of every Religious House which may be very useful besides the curiosity of knowing what sort of Monks inhabited every Country in the matter of tithes especially The Cistercians Premonstratenses Hâ—spitalers and Templers being discharged from the payment of tithes in their own Demâ—snes Such Monasteries I mean of those Orders as were founded before the Council of Lateran A. D. 1215. and such of the Cistercians and Premonstratensians being valued above 200 l. per an as were not dissolved by the Statute of 27. Hen. VIII See Sir Sim. Degge's Parsons Counsellor Lib. II. Cap. 21. The next thing the Reader will be informed of in this Short History of the Religious Houses is their Dedication which is very necessary to be known for distinction sake in great Towns or Cities where are two or more Monasteries This may be also of some use in reading our old Historians for in them the Monastery is often mentioned under the bare name of the Saint to whom it is dedicated Thus we frequently meet with Monasterium or Abbatia S. Aldhelmi for Malmsbury in Wiltshire S. 〈◊〉 for Chich in Essex Prioratus S. Swithini for the Cathedral at Winchester and several other instances of the like nature which some even the more understanding Readers may stick at But this is remedied in the following book by turning to the Index of Names wherein under the Saints Name may be found the Pages in which are any Monasteries dedicated to that Saint The Virgin Mary must be excepted because she being the Patroness of all the Cistercian Houses and of a great many other Monasteries is mentioned once or twice in almost every Page And that the Reader may know what revenues every Religious House had and so partly guess at the number of the Foundation here is set down the valuation of them which was taken by the Kings Commissioners 26. Hen. VIII Of this valuation we have two very different Copies the one given us by Mr. Burton or Mr. Speed in the Catalogue of Religious Houses which was taken from the very Original delivered in to King Henry VIII by the Commissioners The other at the end of the first Tome of the Monasticon taken by Sir Will. Dugdale out of an ancient Copy in the Cottonian Library These two valuations seldom or never agree in the same sum and for that reason because there is good Authority for both it is thought fit that the revenues according to both Rates should be inserted That of Dugdale's in the Monasticon generally amounting to a less sum than that of Speedâ—s I shall not endeavour to reconcile them or to give a reason of the difference It was once thought that Dugdale's valuation had been the clear revenues over and above all Pensions Corrodies Alms c. but adding the sums of these Reprises which are at large mentioned in Sir Will. Dugdale's History of the Monasteries
the story of that time may see And for farther terrour to thâ— rest some Priors and other Ecclesiastick persons who had spoke against the Kings Supremacy a thing then somewhat uncouth being so newly set up were condemn'd as Traitors and executed And now that all this was effected to the end it might not be thought that these things were done by a high hand the King having protested That he would suppress none without consent of Parliament A Parliament being called April 28. Anno 1539. to confirm these surrenders so made as hath been said there wanted not plausible insâ—â—â—ations to both Houses for drawing on their consent with all smoothness thereto the Nobility being promised large shares in the spoil either by free gift from the King easie purchases or most advantageous exchanges and many of the active Gentry advancements to honour with increase of their estates all which we see happened to them accordingly And the better to satisfie the vulgar was it represented to them that by this deluge of Wealth the Kingdom should be strengthened with an Army of fourty thousand Men and that for the future they should never be charged with Subsidies Fifteens Loans or common Aids By which means the Parliament ratifying the before specified surrenders the work became compleated for the more firm setttling whereof a sudden course was taken to pull down and destroy the buildings as had been before upon that Dissolution of smaller Houses whereof I have touch't Next to disperse a great proportion of their Lands amongst the Nobility and Gentry as had been projected which was accordingly done the Visitor General having told the King That the more had interest in them the more they would be irrevocable And least any domestick stirs by reason of this great and strange alteration should arise rumours were spread that Cardinal Pool laboured with divers Princes to procure forces against this Realm and that an invasion was threatned which seemed the more credible because the Truce concluded betwixt the Emperour and the French King was generally known neither of them wanting a pretence to bring them hither And this was also seconded by a suddain journey of the King unto the Sea Coasts unto divers parts whereof he had sent sundry of the Nobles and expert persons to visit the Ports and places of danger who failed not for their discharge upon all events to affirm the peril in each place to be so great as one would have thought every place had needed a Fortification Besides he forthwith caused his Navy to be in a readiness and Musters to be taken over all the Kingdom All which preparations being made against a danger believed imminent seemed so to excuse this Suppression of the Abbies as that the people willing to save their own Purses began to suffer it easily especially when they saw order taken for building such Forts But let us look a little upon the success wherein I find that the said Visitor General the grand Actor in this tragick business having contracted upon himself such an Odium from the Nobility by reason of his low birth tho' not long before made Knight of the Garter Earl of Essex and Lord High Chancellour of England as also from the Catholicks for having thus operated in the Dissolution of Abbies that before the end of the before specified Parliament wherein that was ratified which he had with so much industry brought to pass the King not having any more use of him gave way to his Enemies accusations whereupon being arrested by the Duke of Norfolk at the Counsel Table when he least dream't of it and committed to the Tower he was condemn'd by the same Parliament for Heresie and Treason unâ—eard and little pittied and on the xxviii of July viz. four days after the Parliament was dissolved had his head cut off on Tower Hill And as for the Fruit which the People reapt after all their hopes built upon those specious pretences which I have instanc'd it was very little For plain it is that Subsidies from the Clergy and Fifteens of Lay-mens goods were soon after exacted And that in Edw. VI. time the Commons were constrained to supply the Kings wants by a new invention viz. Sheep Clothes Goods Debts c. for three years which Tax grew so heavy that the year following they prayed the King for mitigation thereof Nor is it a little observable that whilst the Monasteries stood there was no Act for the relief of the Poor so amply did those Houses give succour to them that were in want whereas in the next age viz. 39. Eliz. no less than eleven Bills were brought into the House of Commons for that purpose So far this Learned Knight Many other ill consequences that attended the Suppression of these Religious Houses might be here farther observed but besides that they would lead me into a long and tedious digression it is an an invidious subject which few in this age can bear So that 't is my design at present to take notice only of the great decay of Learning that was like to ensue the Dissolution in so much that in the Parliaments held 2. Edw. VI. and 3. Edw. VI. there were Bills brought in for incouraging men to give lands for the maintenance of Schools of learning And the loss of good Books was irreparable for Bale honestly tells us Never had we bene offended for the loss of our Lybraryes beynge so many in nombre and in so desolate places for the more parte yf the chiefe monumentes and most notable workes ' of our most excellent wryters had bene reserved If there had bene in every Shyre of Englande but one solempne Lybrarye to the preservacyon of those noble workes and preferrement of good lernynge in oure posteritye it had bene sumwhat But to destroye all without consideracyon is and wyll be unto Englande for ever a moste horryble infamy amonge the grave Senyours of other Nacyons A great nombre of them whych purchased those superstycyouse mansyons reserved of those Lybrary bokes some to serve theyr Iakes some to scoure their candelstyckes and some to rubbe their bootes Some they sold to the Grossers and Sopesellers and some they sent over See to the Bokebynders not in small nombre but at tymes whole Shyppes full to the wonderynge of foren Nacyons Yea the Vnyversytees of thys Realme are not all clere in this detestable fact But cursed is that bellye whyche seketh to be fedde with suche ungodly gaynes and so depelye shameth his natural Countrey I knowe a Merchaunt Man whych shall at thys tyme be namelesse that boughte the contentes of two noble Lybraryes for xl shyllynges pryce a shame it is to be spoken Thys stuffe hath he occupyed in the stede of graye paper by the space of more than these ten years and yet he hath store ynough for as many years to come A prodygâ—ouse example is this and to be abhorred of all
per an Dugd. 623 l. 13s 2d ob Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 253. 6. Horton A Monastery of Benedictines founded by Ordgar Earl of Devon temp K. Edgari but annexed by Roger Bishop of Sarum to Shirburn about A. D. 1120. Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 62 220. 7. Abbotesbury A. D. 1026. Orcus and Tola his wife built an Abby for Black Monks to the honour of St. Peter It was rated 26. Hen. VIII at 390l 19 s. 2d ob Dugd. 485. 3 s. 5 d. ob q. Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 276. * Reg. penes D. Joh. Strangways de Abbotsbury 8. Frampton An Alien-Priory being given by R. Will. Conq. to the Abby of St. Stephen at Caen in Normandy Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 571. T. 2. p. 955. 9. Shirburn Not long after the removal of the Bishop's See to Sarum the Canons Secular here were changed into Benedictine Monks by Roger Bishop of Sarum about A. D. 1122. This Abby was dedicated to St. Mary and endowed with 682 l. 14 s. 7 d. ob q. per an at the Suppression Vide Mon. Angl T. 1. p. 62 423. 10. Lodres An Alien-Priory to the Abby of Mountborow in Normandy to which it was given by Riâ—â—ard de Redveriis temp Hen. I. King Rich. II. bestowed it upon the Priory of St. Ann near Coventry Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 570 966. T. 2. p. 992. 11. Warham The Church of St. Peter and St. Ethelwold here being given by Rob. Bossu Earl of Leicester about A. D. 1160. to the Abbat and Convent of Lira in Normandy it became a Cell to that Abby But during the wars between England and France the Alien-Priories were seised into the King's hands so that King Rich. II. gave this to the Abby of Mount-grace in York-shire Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 968. T. 2. p. 985. 12. Bindon Rob. de Novo-Burgo built an Abby for Cistertian Monks here to the honour of St. Mary A. D. 1172. It was valued at the Dissolution at 147 l. 7 s. 9d per an Dugd. 229 l. 2 s. 1 d. Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 911. 13. Tarent A Nunnery of the Cistertian Order founded by Richard Poor Bishop of Sarum about A. D. 1228. It was dedicated to the blessed Virgin and at the Suppression found to be seised of revenues worth 214 l. 7 s. 9 d. per an Dugd. 239 l. 11 s. 10 d. Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 887. 14. Bridport An Alien-Priory dedicated to St. Iohn Baptist valued at 6 l. 15. Stowre An Alien-Priory Cell to the Abby of Preaus in Normandy 16. Holme A Cell to Montacute in Somerset-shire 17. Camestrum Qu. A Monastery of White Nuns dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene Speed DURHAM 1. Hartlepool Heortu Bed A Very ancient Nunnery founded by a Religious woman named Hieu But among many other outrages committed by the Danes in these parts this Monastery was raz'd to the ground 2. Iarrow ol Gyrwi 3. Wermouth King Egfrid A. D. 644. founded these two Abbies they were ruin'd in the Danish wars and never after recover'd their former glory but became Cells to Durham for two or three Black Monks in each The former being dedicated to St. Paul was endowed 26. Hen. VIII with 38 l. 14 s. 4d per an Dugd. 40 l. 7 s. 8 d. Speed The latter dedicated to St. Peter was rated at 25 l. 8 s. 4 d. per an Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 96. 4. Chester ol Cuncacester Bishop Eardulfus being forced A. D. 875. to fly from Lindissam founded the Bishops See here A. D. 883. which was A. D. 995. translated to Durham But at this Chester was afterwards built a College for a Dean and seven Canons of the foundation of Ant. Beck Bishop of Durham 20. Edw. I. Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 38. T. 3. P. 2. p. 44. Angl. Sacr. T. 1. p. 699. 5. Durham The Bishops See was removed hither by Bishop Aldwin A. D. 995. The Secular Priests were changed into Benedictine Monks 18. Will. Conq. by Bishop Will. de Carilepho The Tutelar Deity of this Abby and Country was St. Cuthbert It was endowed at the Dissolution with 1366. 10 s. 9 d. per an Dugd. 1615 l. 14 s. 10 d. ob Sp. K. Hen. VIII A. D. 1540. restor'd the Secular Canons Vide Mon. Angl. T. â— p. 38. T. r. p. 845. Angl. Sacr. T. 1. Simeonis Dunelmensis aut potius Turgoti Historiam de Ecclesia Dunâ—lmensi Impress inter X. Scriptores Hist. Angl. Lond. 1652. The Legend of St. Cuthbert with the Antiquities of the Church of Durham by Rob. Hegge Lond. 1663. 12 â— The ancient Rites and Monuments of the Monastical and Cathedral Church of Durham publish'd by Io. Davis Lond. 1672. 12 o. * Cartular Eccl. Dunelem in Bibl. Cotton Faust. A. 6. Titus A. 2. * Nomina Benefactorum Ecclesiae Dunelm ab Edwino ad Hen. VIII in Bibl. Cotton Domit. A. 7. Collectanea MS. Aug. Baker in Bibl. Coll. Jesu Oxon. Vol. IV. * Reg. penes Decanum Capitul Dunelm Chronica Ecclesiae Dunelmensis MS. in Bibl. Bodl. Laud. H. 7. L. 53. * Historiam de vitis Episcoporum Abbatum Religiosorum de Lindisfarn Dunelmia MS. in eadem Bibl. Fairfax 6. * Catalogum Reliquiarum Ecclesiae Dunelmensis MS. in Bibl. Bodl. Digb 11. * Boldon-book sive Inquisitionem de Consuetudinibus redditibus Episcopatus Dunelmensis A. D. 1183. captam MS. in eadem Bibl. Laud. I. 52. 6. Finchale A Benedictine Priory of thirteen Monks subordinate to the Abby of Durham built by Hugh Pusar Bishop of Durham about A. D. 1180. to the honour of St. Godric the Hermite It 's yearly revenues at the Dissolution amounted to 122 l. 15 s. 3 d. Dugd. 146l 19 s. Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 512. 7. Egleston A Priory of Black Canons founded by Gilbert de Leya about A. D. 1200. and commended to the Patronage of the blessed Virgin and St. Iohn Baptist. Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 196. 8. Overton Alan de Wilton temp Reg. Ioh. founded a Priory of Gilbertines here and made it subordinate to Sempringham It was valued 26. Hen. VIII at 11 l. 8 s. per an Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 825. 9. Langcester About 20. Ed. I. Anthony Beck Bishop of Durham built and endow'd a College here for a Dean and seven Prebendaries Vide Mon. Angl. T. 3. P. 2. p. 38. 10. Aukland A Collegiate Church dedicated to St. Andrew founded by Anthony Beck Bishop of Durham for twelve Prebendaries Vide Monast. Angl. T. 3. P. 2. p. 39. 11. Staindrop A Collegiate Church founded by Ralph Nevil Earl of Westmorland temp Hen. V. for a Master six Priests six Clerks six decay'd Gentlemen six Grooms and six poor men Endow'd with 126 l. 5 s. 10 d. per an Speed Vide Mon. Angl. T. 3. P. 2. p. 142. 12. Bernard-Castle Richard Duke of Glocester 17. Edw. IV. built a College here for a Dean