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
between the Priors of Lewes and Acre and the Prior of Bromholm about placing the Prior of this House The whole matter was referr'd by Pope Gregory the IX to be heard and determin'd by the Prior of Osolveston in Leicestershire and the Dean of Rutland who decreed among other things that upon the death of the Prior of Bromholm the Prior of Acre should nominate six Monks three of Acre and three of Bromholm out of which number the Convent of Bromholm should choose one for their Prior c. This Decree was made in the Church of St. Mary near the Bridge in Stanford on Wednesday next before Palm-Sunday 1229. Pope Celestin by his Bull dated in the fourth year of his Pontisicate granted that this Priory should be free from any subjection to that of Acre King Henry the III. in the thirteenth year of his Reign granted to the Prior and Monks of St. Andrew of Bromholm to have a Fair there yearly at the Feast of the Exhaltation of the holy Cross and a Market weekly on the Monday Vid. Vol. 2. p. 909 Valued at 100 l. 5 s. 3 d. q. per Annum REINHAM in Norfolk a Cell to Castle-acre WIlliam de Lisewis â—ounded here a House for three Monks at least in a place then called Normannesberch and endow'd it with Lands in honour of the blessed Virgin and St. Iohn the Evangelist all which Ieoffrey his Son gave and confirm'd to the Monks of Acre Roger Prior of Reinham granted to Lena a Nun and other Nuns there serving God a certain Solitary Place or Hermitage near Winghale parcel of the Possessions of this House to be held by them at the yearly Rent of twelve pence To which House of Nuns Riginald Fitzâ—Hamon gave other Lands with his Daughteâ— whom he made a religious Woman there SLEVESHOLM in Norfolk a Cell of Castle-acre FOunded by William Earl of Warren and by him given to Monks of Castle-acre Iohn Earl of Warren confirm'd his Great Grand-fathers Foundation Anno Dom. 1309. 3. E. 2. and granted that as often as the Priory of this House should be void the Prior of Castle-acre should have full power to confer the place on a Monk of that House which new Prior being first presented to the said Iohn Earl of Warren or his Heirs and having 〈◊〉 his â—ealty should be admitted with effect BERMUNDSEY in Surrey THIS Monastery of St. Saviours of Burmundsey was founded by Alwinus Child a Citizen of London in the year 1082. Many were the Benefactors to this House King Henry the I. in the year 1127. gave to the Monks here the Mannors of Bermundsey Rederhith and Delwich the hide of Southwark and other Lands Walkelinus Mammynot gave them a Moiety of all Greenwich King Henry the II. in the year 1159. confirm'd to them the Donation of divers Churches as Camberwell and others Anno 1213. the Prior of Burmundsey raised from the Foundation a new Building adjoyning to the Walls of his House which was call'd the Elemosinary or Hospitale conversorum puerorum in honour of St. Thomas the Martyr Anâ— 1268. King Henry the III. granted to the Monks of Burmundsey a Market every Monday at their Mannor of Charleton in Kent and a Fair to be held there at the Feast of the Holy Trinity yearly The Mannor of Bermundsey was ancient Demesn of the Crown and all the Lands and Tenements in this Mannor cum pertin are impleadable in the Court of this Mannor by the King 's writ of Right according to the Custom of the said Mannor and not at the Common Law Within the Mannor of Burmundsey were comprised the several Towns of Bermondesey Camberwell Rederhith the Hide of Southwark Dilwich Waddon and Reyham with their Appurtenants Valued at 474 l. 14 s. 4 d. ob q. per Annum The Priory of St. James by Exeter in Devonshire BAldwin Earl of Devonshire founded this Priory without the Walls at Exeter for Cluniac Monks and endowed it with Revenues Confirm'd by Richard Earl of Devonshire Son of Baldwin 1157. and by Robert Bishop of Exeter Anno 1146. Also by Maud the Empress Infra p. 1025. Valued at 502 l. 12 s. 9 d. per Annum LENTON in Nottinghamshire WIlliam Peverel built this House for Cluniac Monks and gave to the Abby of Clugny great Revenues for the Maintenance of certain Monks of their Order in this Priory providing however that this House should be free and discharged from all exactions of that Abby paying only one Mark per Annum as an acknowledgment To this Priory of the Holy Trinity at Lenton King Henry the II. was a Benefactor so were also King Steven and King Iohn which last granted them the Tithes of his hunting Decimam venationis nostrae in the Counties of Nottingham and Derby All whose Grants were confirm'd by King Edward the II. in the tenth year of his Reign Vid. Vol. 3. p. 30. Valued at 329 l. 15 s. 10 d. ob per Annum PONTEFRACT in Yorkshire THE first Founder of this House was Robert de Laceio who built it in a place then called Kirkeby in honour of St. Iohn the Apostle and Evangelist subjecting it to the Church of Clugny from whence it was furnisht with Monks and gave them several Lands and Revenues confirm'd by Hugo de la Val. Henry de Lascy Son of the said Robert gave to these Monks the Custody of the Hospital of St. Nicholas in Pomfract in the year 1159. Pope Celestin confirm'd the Estate given to this Monastery and granted them several Priviledges among others that in the time of a general Interdiction it may be lawful for the Monks here to celebrate the Divine Offices with a low Voice their Church-Doors shut and without the â—ound of any Bells Adam Fitz-Swany gave divers Lands to the Monks of Pontfract he also gave them for a Cell the Priory of St. Mary Magdalen of Lunda or Monk-Breton which he had founded on his paternal Estate After many Controversies between the Monks of Pontfract and the Monks of Breton it was at last agreed and determin'd by Deed dated in the year 1269. that the Monks of Breton should pay a Pitance of 20 s. per Annum to the Covent of Pontfract that the Monks of Breton should freely choose their own Prior but that he should be created or install'd by the Prior ofâ— Pontfract c. To this House were several Persons of great Quality Benefactors whose names and parcels by them given may be seen in the Book at large p. 656 657 658 659. Valued at 337 l. 14 s. 8 d. per Annum MONK-BRETON in Yorkshire a Cell to Pontfract THIS Priory was founded to the glory of God and honour of St. Mary Magdalen of Lunda by Adam the Son of Suanus whâ—â— endow'd it with the Town of Breton c. The then Prior of the Charity being the Capital House of this Order beyond Seas granted that the Monks of this House might choose their own Prior the Prior of Pontfract if required being present at the Election
Church of St Mary in the said Castle and placed in it twelve Secular Canons and a Dean appropriating thereunto all the Churches in Leicester except St. Margarets which is a Prebend of Lincoln with divers Lands Robert his Son and Heir having sounded the Abby de Pratis transferred all the Possessions and Prebends of the Church of St. Mary to his new built Abby This last mentioned Robert commonly call'd Bossu took the Habit of a Canon Regular in this Abby and died here An. 1167. He also founded an Abby of Monks at Geroudon and a Nunnery at Eaton in which his Countess Amicia became a Nun. After some time the Male Line of this Robert failing the Estate became divided between two Sisters Co-heirs Amicia married to Simon de Montefort and Margaret married to Sayer de Quincy These Canons had also a Grant of one Load of Wood daily out of the Forrest of Leicester ad focum domus infirmariae Canonicorum for Fewel to serve in the Infirmary Valued at 951 l. 14 s. 5 d. ob per Annum GRIMESBY in Lincolnshire KING Henry the I. founded and endowed this Priory granting to the Canons here among other things the tenth Penny of all his Farmes in Leiseby and Grymesby and the Tith of all Fish in his Port of Honflet in pure and perpetual Alms with large Liberties and Immunities All which were confirm'd by King Henry the II. Valued at 9 l. 14 s. 7 d. per Annum St. THOMAS the Martyr near Stafford FOunded by Richard Peche Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield 1162. who in his later days became a Canon Regular in this House in which Habit he died and was buried his Episcopal Habit being taken away by his Cosin G. Peche a Monk of Coventry Robert de Ferrars Earl of Derby gave to this Priory certain Lands together with his Body after his decease to be buried here Valued at 141 l. 13 s. 2 d. per Annum NEW-STEAD in the Forrest of Sherwood in Nottinghamshire FOunded by King Henry the II. for Canons Regular to whom he gave the Town and Church of Paplewic and other Lands with large Liberties Also two great Wastes called Kygell and Ravenshede King Iohn while Earl of Morton gave other Lands all which he confirm'd after he was King An. 6. Valued at 167 l. 16 s. 11 d. ob per Annum HICKLING in Norfolk FOunded and endow'd by Theobaldus de Valeines Confirm'd by King Iohn An. Reg. 5. Valued at 100 l. 18 s. 7 d. ob per Annum STONELEY near Kimbolton in Huntingtonshire THIS was a Prioy of seven Canons founded by William Mandeville Earl of Essex To this House the Rectory of Kymolton was appropriated The Bigrames were Benefactors and lay here buried Valued at 46 l. 0 s. 5 d. ob per Annum MODBERLEY in Cheshire FOunded by Patricius de Modberley for Canons Regular and by him endow'd with several Lands and Commons of Pasture He also granted the Canons free power upon the decease of their Prior to elect another according to their own pleasure SPINEY in Cambridgeshire FIRST founded by Beatrice Malebisse one of the Co-heirs of the Lordship of Wikes within the said Lordship for three Canons Regular Afterwards Maria de Basingburne encreased the number to four two of which were to come daily and officiate in the Church of Wykes She also gave a Messuage and other Lands for the Prior and Canons to maintain therein seven Poor men allowing to each daily a Loaf of a Farthing and among all a measure of Ale of a Penny to each three Ells of Linnen Cloath at two pence per Ell and every two years a Woollen Garment price two shillings and six pence c. Also to make three distributions of Alms per Annum to three thousand poor People But these Charges being found to extend to much more then the Revenue of the Lands by her given Richard Aithilwald and Matilda his Wife Cousin and Heir of the Foundresses did An. 6. H. 5. release the coming of the two Canons to the Church of Wykes and changed the three distributions abovesaid to the giving thirteen shillings and four pence yearly in Alms to the Poor of Wykes c. King Henry the VI. An 27. granted his License to the Prior and Convent of this House to give their Convent and all their Revenues to the Prior and Convent of Ely MOTESFONT in Hantshire FOunded by William Briwer who endowed this Priory with divers Lands and gave his Mannor of Merton for the maintenance of four poor men in Diet and Aparel c. Divers others were great Benefactors among whom Peter de Rivallis Brother of the Founder then commonly call'd The Holy Man in the Wall Alienora Wife of King Edward the I. gave divers Possessions for an Anniversary and for daily Alms to seven poor Widows c. Confirm'd by Margery de la Ferte or Feritate Daughter of William Briwer and Co heir after the death of William her Brother William Son of Reginald de Brus married Grace eldest Daughter and Co-heir of this William Brewere from whom descended four Daughters married to the Earl of Hereford Cantelow Fitzherbert and Mortemer The Estate of these Canons was confirm'd by King Iohn An. 6. Valued at 1 â— 4 l. 3 s. 5 d. ob per Annum FRITHELSTOKE in Devonshire IT was found by Inquisition 15 Iohn That Robert Son of Robert de Bello Campo founded and endow'd the Priory of Canons here dedicated to God the blessed Mary and St. George saving to the Patrons the liberty of appointing one to guard the Gare of the said Priory in time of Vacation and take care that the Goods of the same be not wasted the said Guardian to have nothing but his sustenence and upon confirmation of a new Prior to retire Valued at 127 l. 2 s. 4 d. per Annum WROXTON in Oxfordshire FOunded by Master Michael Belet in the time of Hugh Bishop of Lincoln and by him endowed with his Mannors of Wroxton where it was founded and Thorpe near Rowell in Northamptonshire Confirm'd by King Hen. the III. with Liberties of Sac and Soc c. Valued at 78 l. 13 s. 4 d. per Annum DE PRATO between North-Creyke and Burnham in Norfolk ANno 1206. Robert de Nerford founded a Church here which Robert was principal Warden of Dover Castle under Hubert de Burgo then Chief Justice of England He also built a Chappel to the honour of St. Bartholomew with an Hospital for thirteen poor men and four Chaplains and a Master After the death of the said Founder the said Master and his Brethren took the Habit of Canons Regular and from that time were called Prior and Canons The Chappel and new erected Priory was dedicated An. 1221. Alice Widow of the said Robert made several Orders for the Government of the said Hospital among others that the Brethren who should be admitted into the said Hospital should at their entry promise Chastity and Obedience to the Master that none should have property
it the Hospital of St. Giles It was endowed with several Revenues by the said Queen and others all which were confirmed by her Grandson King Henry the II. Vid. in s p. 400. St. MARY of Bethelem without Bishopsgate in the Suburbs of London SImon Fitz Mary Cittizen of London having an extraordinary affection to the memory of the Incarnation and Nativity of our Saviour which was wrought in Betholem gave all his Lands in the Parish of St. Butolph without Bishopsgate to a Church of St. Mary of Bethelem by him there erected and for the instituting of a Priory of a Prior Canons Brethren and Sisters to live according to the Rule and Order of the Church of St. Mary at Bethelem all which were to wear the Sign of a Star on their outward Garment this Priory was also for the reception of the Bishop of Bethelem or any of the Canons or others belonging to that Church when they should come into England to which Bishop as a sign of Subjection this Priory was to pay a Mark yearly at the Feast of Easter in nature of a Rent The Deed of Foundation and Endowment of this House by the said Simon Fitz Mary bears date An. 1247. St. MARY's Hospital without Bishopsgate at London FOunded by Walter Brun Citizen of London and Roisia his Wife on a a parcel of Land given for that purpose by Walter Fitz Aldred Alderman and endowed with divers parcells of Land and Rents of Tenements in several Parishes in and about London A Composition was made between Iohn Witing Rector of the Church of St. Butolph without Bishopsgate and Godefrey then Prior and the Canons and Brethren of this Hospital about Parochial Rights containing that the said Prior should pay to the said Rector in lieu of Tithes and Offerings for the territory and space of Ground belonging to his Priory 10 s. yearly at four quarterly Payments in all other their Lands without the said Bounds Tithes to be paid the said Prior and Canons to admit no Parishoner of the said Church to make oblation or pay any Right that is due to the Parish Church nor to be buried with them unless the Parish Church be first satisfied and for the Performance hereof the said Prior made Oath before the Bishop of London and so were all his Successors to do The first Stone of this Hospital was laid by Walter Archdeacon of London An. 1197. Valued at 478 l. 6 s. 6 d. per Annum St. BARTLEMEWS Hospital in the Suburbs of London KING Henry the I. granted and confirm'd to the Prior and Canons of St. Bartholomews and to the Poor of the Hospital belonging to that Church very great Liberties Et liberam esse sicut coronam meam whose Charter bears date An. 1133. 33 H. I. This Hospital was founded for the receit of all poor infirm People till such time as they should be cured of their Infirmities and for the lying in of poor Women and maintenance of their Children in case the Mothers should die in Childbed in the Hospital till the said Children be seven years old On this Account King Edward the III. freed the Master Brethren and Sisters of this House from being taxt to the Publick Taxes of that time Valued at 305 l. 6 s. 7 d. per Annum St. INNOCENTS near Lincoln FOunded by King Henry the I. for ten Lepers and a Warden with two Chaplains and a Clerk and endowed with several Rents c. as appeared by Inquisition in the Reign of King Edward the III. at which time there was here nine Brethren and Sisters and but one of those a Leper and he taken in not of Charity but for 100 s. paid for his entrance here were also seven Women taken in for money contrary to the first Institution King Henry the VI. An. 35. granted this Hospital and all the Revenues thereunto belonging after the death of the then Warden to William Sutton Master of the Order of Burton St. Lazarus Warden of the Hospital of St. Giles of Lepers without London and to the Brethren of the said Order and their Successors for the finding and maintenance of three Lepers of the Kings Houshold Servants if any such shall be c. ILLEFORD in Essex THis Hospital was Founded by the Abbess and Convent of Barking for thirteen Leperous Brethren two Chaplains and a Clerk For whose Regular Government Ralph de Baldock Bishop of London made Certain Orders viz. That the Lepers were to be chosen out of the Demâ—asns of the Abby of Barking if any such there That the Abbess present to one place and the Master and Brothers to the next alternately That no married Leper shall be admitted unless the Wife is minded to vow Chastity That every Brother shall constantly frequent the Divine Offices at the Church unless hinder'd by Sickness c. That no Woman be admitted to enter the said Hospital unless the Abbess near Relations to visit when Sick or the Common Laundress and that at open day That no Leper shall go abroad without special License That the Abbess shall appoint the Master of the said Hospital That every Leper shall at his reception make Oath to live chastly to be obedient to the Abbess and Convent of Barking to have nothing in propricty c. Which Orders bear date An. Dom. 1346. Valued at 16 l. 13 s. 3 d. per Annum St. PETERS in the City of York KIng Henry I. gave and confirm'd to the Hospital of St. Peter at York divers Lands by him and Eustachius Fitz-Iohn and others granted together with divers Liberties as Sac Soc Tol Them c. and as a more especial Mark of his favour to this House took to himself the name of a Brother and Warden of the same Frater enim Custos ejusdem Domus Deisum The Like did King Henry III. and King Iohn Their Possessions were also confirm'd by King Henry II. and King Edward I. Other Benefactors were William de Fortibus Earl of Albemarl Several of the Percys and Moubrays c. St. MARY MAGDALEN at Colchester in Essex FOunded by Eudo Seneschal of King Henry I. by that Kings Command King Richard I. granted to the Lepers of this Hospital a fair two days yearly viz. on the Vigil and day of St. Mary Magdalen St. JOHN and St. Leonard at Alesbury in Buckinghamshire FOunded and endow'd by Robert Ilhale Robert atte Hide c. for the maintenance of Leperous and other poor People of Aylesbury Confirm'd by King Henry I. and King Henry II. These were two Hospitals That of St. Iohn valued at 33 s. 4 d. per Annum and that of St. Leonard at 20 s. per Annum But it was found by Inquisition 34 Edward III. that for eleven years before they were both decay'd and their Possessions come to the hands of Laymen BURTON Lazers in Leicestershire FOunded for Leperous people by Roger de Moubray and dedicated to God St. Mary and St. Lazerus of Ierusalem and by him endow'd with divers Lands in Burton
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
call'd Mirmaude the Gift of Ralph de Hauvill are subject to the Jurisdiction of the Bishop of Ely as their Diocesan notwithstanding their Priviledges Pag. 825. ELLERTON GIlbert the II. Master of the Order of Sempringham and Iohn Prior and the Convent of Ellerton obliged themselves to the maintenance of thirteen poor People in the Hospital of the Church of Ellerton founded by William Fitz Peter Pag. 514. St. John of Jerusalem in the Suburbs of London KING Philip and Queen Mary by their Letters Patents and Cardinal Pole Legate a Latere restored and establisht the Hospital of St. Iohn of Ierusalem in England to its Pristine Estate and the Priory and Hospital of St. Iohn of Clerkenwell lately dissolved and constituted Sir Thomas Tresham Knt. Prior of the same Richard Shelley Peter Felices Cuthbert Laithen Edward Brown Thomas Thornell Henry Gerard George Aylmer Iames Shelley and Oliver Starkey Commendators or Preceptors of the said Hospital whom the said King and Queen incorporated by the name of Prior and Confraters of the Hospital of St. Iohn of Ierusalem in England to have perpetual Succession and by that name to sue and be sued to purchase and take Lands c. and to have a Common Seal and gave them all that Capital House and Scite of the said Hospital of St. Iohn of Ierusalem scituate and being near Clerkenwell in Middlesex with the Church and all Houses and Buildings Gardens and Orchards c. thereunto belonging also all that Wood and Wood-ground call'd Greete St. Iohn's Wood lying near Maribone-Park in Middlesex and all other Lands and Tenements whatsoever that were in the Possession of the Prior and Confraters of the said Hospital at the time of the Dissolution of the same and all Goods and Furniture belonging to the said House c. Which Letters Pattents bear date at Grenewiche April the 2 d. in the fourth and fifth year of their Reign Pag. 247. BUTLEY KING Henry the VII in the four and twentieth year of his Reign granted to Robert Brommer Prior of the Monastery of Butley and the Convent of the same the Priory of the blessed Mary of Snape in Suffolk with all Lands and Revenues thereunto belonging or which Thomas Neylond late Prior of the said Priory enjoy'd in right of the same to hold in pure and perpetual Alms without Account or any Rent and to be annext to the said Priory of Butley NEWINTON-LONGVILLE an alian Priory in Buckinghamshire THIS was a Cell to the Abby of St. Faith at Longville in Normandy to which Walter Gifford Earl of Buckingham gave and confirm'd divers Lands and Revenues with great Priviledges in his Forrest of Waddon free and discharged of all Exactions c. CATHEDRAL CHURCHES Of Canons Secular CHICHISTER Cathedral in Sussex ANno Dom. 673. Ceadwalla King of the South-Saxons at the Request of Bishop Wilfrid gave divers Lands for the Building and Endowment of a Monastery at Selesey Brnny of Sussex Northelmus King of Sussex An. 692. Numa King of Sussex An. 714. Oslac Duke of Sussex An. 780. were Benefactors to this Religious House of Selesey Abbot Pleghaard having transferr'd certain Revenues in Deaton to the Episcopal Church at Selesey which Revenues he had of the Gift of King Offa they were fixt and establisht to the said Church in a Synod held at Clobeham An. 825. King Athelstan gave Lands to the said Church An. 930. the like did King Edmund King Eadwyn King Ethelred and Ethelbert William gave Lands and Liberties to the Church of Chichister the See being then translated thither the like did King Henry the I. and King Steven which last gave and confirm'd to the Church of the holy Trinity at Chichester and to Hillary Bishop of the same divers Lands and Franchises some of which Lands the said Bishop and his Successors were to hold by being Chaplains to Maud his Queen and her Successors William Earl of Chichister gave to this Church among other things the fourth part of the City King Iohn confirm'd to this Church all the Lands c. and Liberties which they then had or should have The like did King Henry the III. to Ralph the II. Bishop of Chichester his Chancellor The Prior and Convent of St. Bartholmew's at London granted to the Bishops of this See certain Houses in the Parish of St. Sepulchers without Newgate to hold by the yearly Rent of one pound of Frankincense or six-pence at the Feast of St. Michael Ranulphus Bishop of Chichister who writes himself the humble Minister of the Church of Chichister caused to be provided for the Mannors of that Bishoprick a stock or store of Cattel viz. two hundred and fifty two Oxen one hundred Crows ten Bulls three thousand one hundred and fifty Seep Bidentia one hundred and twenty she Goats and fix he Goats and ten Plow-horses which Stock he ordered to be continued by all his Successors under censure of Excommunication and to be Anathema Maranatha Confirm'd and ratified by King Henry the III. Iohn Earl of Eu restored to this Church by Deed dated An. 1248. the Mannor of Bixle which his Grandfather and Father had unjustly taken and a long time detain'd from it St. PETERS Cathedral at York A CANNON SECVLAR Vol. 3. P. 115. William King of Scotland certified to Pope Alexander that the Church of Scotland was of old times subject to the Church of York and desired that by his Authority it may be made so again Pope Honorius writ to the King of Norway to restore to Ralf Bishop of the Orcades consecrated by and Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York the Possessions belonging to the said Bishoprick Olaus King of the Isles writ to the Archbishop of York at the recommendation of the Abbot of Furnes to obtain from him the Consecration of a Bishop to propagate the Christian Religion in the Isles Pope Calixtus writ to the Bishop of Glascow commanding him to submit himself to the Jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York within thrirty days after the receit of his Letters Pope Honorius writ to the Bishop elect of Galloway Candida casa to repair to the Archbishop of York as his proper Metropolitan for Consecration c. Pope Paschal writ to all the Bishops of Scotland to submit to York as their Metropolitan the like did Calixtus and Innocent which last writ to the Archbishop of Canterbury his Legate to denounce the Bishop of Glascow excommunicate unless he submits himself to the Archbishop of York within three Months after admonition Pope Honorius writ to the Archbishop of Canterbury and all the Bishops of England and to King Henry that the Archbishop of York may according to antient Custome be permitted to have his Cross born before him in all parts of England and to Crown the King in such manner as has been used The Bishop of Galloway made a formal Act of Subjection and Canonical Obedience to this Archbishop in like manner as did Durham and Carlile Roger de Mowbray Peter de Ros William
which he had for his Person and in consideration of the laudible Service which he had often done him to found the Colledge accordingly St. MARY'S near Winchester KIng Richard II. in the sixth year of his Reign granted his Licence to William Wykeham Bishop of Winchester to found a Colledge House or Hall near Winchester for the honour and glory of God and the glorious Virgin Mary his Mother and therein to establish a Custos or Warden and seventy poor Scholars Students in Grammar Infra 133. Valued at 628 l. 13 s. 6 d. per Annum PONTFRACT in Yorkshire KIng Richard II. in the eighth year of his Reign granted his Licence to Robert Knolls Chevalier and Constance his Wife to found a Colledge or Chantry in Pontfract of seven Chaplains whereof one to be Custos and for thirteen poor People two Clerks and one or two Servants to attend the poor Valued at 182 l. 14 s. 7 d. per Annum BUNBURY in Cheshire KIng Richard II. in the tenth year of his Reign granted his Licence to Hugh de Calveley Chivalier to found a Chantrey or Colledge of one Master and six other Chaplains in the Church of Bunbury with Liberty to the said Hugh to endow the same and the said Mr. and Canons to have a Common-Seal IRTLYNGBURGH in Northamptonshire KIng Edward III. granted Licence to the Abbot and Convent of Peterburgh and Iohn Pyel to erect a Colledge of six Canons secular of which one to be Dean and four Clerks in the Parish Church of St. Peter of Irtlyngburgh the Right of Presenting to the said Canons places to be in the Abbot and Convent of Peterborough and the said Iohn by Turns But the said Iohn dying before this Foundation was perfected King Richard II. in the eleventh year of his Reign for twenty marks paid by Iohn his widow and Executrix granted his Licence to compleat the same Valued at 64 l. 12 s. 10 d. ob per Annum CLOVELEY in Devonshire KIng Richard II. in the eleventh year of his Reign Licenced William Cary to convert the Parish Church of Cloveley the Advowson whereof did belong to the said William into a Collegiate Church for seven Chaplains of which one to be Custos or Warden to found a Colledge and Buildings for their Habitation in the Rectory and to appropriate the said Advowson to them RUSHWORTH in Norfolk KING Richard the II. in the thirteenth year of his Reign granted his License to several Persons to confer the Mannor of Rushworth c. on the Master or Custos of the Colledge of St. Iohn the Evangelist of Rushworth and the Brethren of the same An. 1360. Thomas Bishop of Norwich made several Statutes and Ordinances for the Government of this Colledge late founded by the Lord Edmund de Gonevill viz. That there be in the said Colledge five Chaplains of which one to be Master or Custos that as the Bâ—â—enues increase the number be increased and every new Fellow to have at least 〈◊〉 Marks that they all sleep in one House and eat together that the Masteâ— have the Cure of the Parishoners of the Town of Rushworthâ— with direction for their saying of their Masses and Offices and that they be all continually resident c. Valued at 85 l. 15 s. ob per Annum The Collegiate Church of St. David's in Pembrokshire JOhn Duke of Lancaster and the Lady Blanch his Wife and Adam Bishop of St. David's considering that Priests were procured out of Enâ—â—â—â— with great difficulty and charges to officiate in the ancient Mâ—â—â—â—politan Church of St. David's they therefore founded a Chappel or Câ—antry of one Master and seven Priests in the manner of a Colledge on the North side of the said Cathedral Church and built there divers Buildings and a Cloyster for their Habitation and endow'd the same with the Appropriating to it divers Churches An. Dom. 1365. Which Bishop made divers Statutes and Orders for Government of the same viz. that the said Master and Priests should live together in a Collegiate way that they should perform the Divine Offices in their Chappel according to the Salisbury use c. That the said Master and Chaplains shall assist on all Sundays and double Feasts at High-mass and Vespers in the Cathedral Church among the Vicars there that neither the Master nor any of the Priests of the said Chantry go abroad alone but with a Companion That the Master receive yearly twenty Marks and each Chaplain ten Marks That the said Priests be daily apparrell'd in long Garments vel Gownis non Cotis curtis unless they ride or go abroad that the said Master and every Priest may hold another Benefice with cure within the Diocess of St. David's but is not bound to reside there That there be always two Choristers remaining in the House under the care of the Praecentor who is to instruct them in Grammar learning and singing c. Which Orders bear date An. Dom. 1382. Valued at 106 l. 3 s. 6 d. per Annum BRADGARE in the Diocess of Canterbury KING Richard the II. in the sixteenth year of his Reign granted his License to Robert de Bradgare Clerk and others to found a Colledge of one Chaplain and two Clerks Schollers to celebrate in the Parish-Church of Bradgare and to endow the said Colledge with three Messuages two hundred Acres of Land one hundred and fifty Acres of Pasture sixty Acres of Wood thirteen shilling and four pence of Rent and the Rent of eight Hens and half a pound of Pepper An. Dem. 1398. the said Robert made divers Orders for the Government of this Colledge viz. that the said Chaplain and his Successors shall continually reside in the Colledge except only the space of one month containing thirty two days that the said Chaplain and his Successors shall maintain at their own Charge one Servant to serve them daily at Mass and in other Offices that the Chaplain shall not procure to himself any other benefice or Office whereby his personal Residence here may be hinder'd that the Chaplain and Clerk be Natives of the Diocess of Canterbury and of the Consanguinity or affinity of the said Robert that no Chaplain be admitted unless he can read construe and sing well nor any Clerk unless he can read well and sing indifferently that the two Clerks Schollers remain Fellows of the Colledge till their Age of twenty five years and no longer that the said Chaplain and Schollers and their Successors shall have a Common Lawyer in constant Fee one of the Council of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being to whom they shall pay 6 s. 8 d. per Annum c. PLECY in Essex KING Richard the II. in the seventeenth year of his Reign granted his License to his dear Uncle Thomas Duke of Glocester to found and establish in the Parish Church of Plecy a Colledge of nine Chaplains one of which to be Master and Custos and of two Clerks and two Choristers non obstante c. And to endow
here all the Lands and Tenements belonging to the Canons of Cathale whom he caused to be removed Valued at 14 l. 10 s. per Annum FINCHALE in the Bishoprick of Durham FInchale is a solitary place not far from the City of Durham where a certain Hermit named Godricus de Finchale who in his youth had visited the holy Sepulcher spent his old Age in Devotion and here died with the reputation of great Sanctity After the death of this Godficus Ranulphus Bishop of Durham granted this Hermitage and the Lands adjoyning to Algarus the Prior and the Monks of Durham Hugh Bishop of Durham founded and endow'd the Priory of Finchale for such Monks of Durham as the Prior of Durham should from time to time send thither in the service of God and St. Iohn Valued at 122 l. 15 s. 3 d. per Annum The Priory of St. James at Bristol a Cell of Tewkesbury WIlliam Earl of Gloucester gave to this House divers Lands and Tithes and the Profits of the Fair at Bristol in Whitsun-week which with other Lands given by other Benefactors was confirm'd by King Henry the II. The same King gave the Monks here certain Liberties in his Forrest Robert Earl of Gloucester was buried in this Church of St. Iames at Bristol BUNGEY in Suffolk ROger de Glanvill and Gundreda the Countess his Wife founded a Nunnery in the Church of the holy Cross at Bungey The Endowments whereof as well by the said Roger and his Wife as by a great number of other Benefactors were all confirm'd to the said Nuns and their Successors to hold in pure and perpetual Alms by King Henry the II. in the ninteenth year of his Reign Valued at 62 l. 0 s. 1 d. ob per Annum SYLLEY Isle near Cornwall THIS Isle was given of old by the Kings of England to the Abbot and Monks of Tauestock who used to send two of their Monks hither to perform the Divine Offices till the Wars with France in the Reign of King Edward the III. And then that King gave License to the Abbot of Tauestock in the ninteenth year of his Reign to place here two secular Chaplains instead of Monks ROWNEY Priory in Hertfordshire IN the 36. H. 6. Agnes Selby Prioress of this House and the Covent of Nuns here in respect of the poverty of the place did by their Deed seal'd with their Common-Seal resign up their Church House and Lands into the hands of their Patron Iohn Fray who designed to convert the same in a better manner Which Iohn Fray was chief Baron of the Exchequer and being thus possest of this Priory he would not convert it to any other use but to the service of God and therefore obtain'd the King's License in the 37. H. 6. to found and endow here a Chantry for one Priest The first Founder of the Priory was Conan Duke of Britony and Richmond who with others endow'd it with Possessions of the value of ten Marks per Annum Valued at 13 l. 10 s. 9 d. per Annum NUN-EATON in Warwickshire THIS House was founded and endow'd by Robert Earl of Leicester Son of Robert de Mellento in the Reign of King Henry the II. for Nuns of the same Order with those at Font-Ebraud Whose Gifts were confirm'd by his Son Robert and by King Henry the II. The Prioress and Covent of Font-Ebrald granted to this House the immunity to receive and retain to their own proper use all such gifts as should be made unto them without any exaction of the said Abbess and Covent of Font-Ebrald Which immunity and several others were confirm'd to them by Pope Alexander the III. Valued at 253 l. 14 s. 5 d. ob per Annum LUFFELD in Northamptonshire a Cell to Westminster THE Priory of Luffeild was founded by Robert Earl of Leicester for the Souls of King William the I. and Queen Matilda c. King Henry the I. his Daughter Maud the Empress and King Edward the I. were Benefactors and Pope Alexander the III. granted to Ralph Prior of St. Mary's at Luffeild his Brethren and their Successors divers Priviledges by his Bull dated 1174. Radulfus de Cahienes Hugo de Sancto Martino and others gave them divers Churches and Tithes King Henry the III. in the fifty sixth year of his Reign reciting the Priory of Luffeild to have been founded by his Predecessors Kings of England granted to the Prior and Monks there free Chiminage in his Forrest of Whitlewood for five years next ensuing WILBERFOSS in Yorkshire THIS was a House of Nuns dedicated to St. Mary founded by Helias de Cotton and endow'd by ' Alan his Son with divers Lands King Henry the II. in the fourth year of his Reign and King Henry the III. in the twelfth year of his Reign confirm'd their Lands and Estate Vid. Vol. 3. p. 12. Valued at 21 l. 16 s. 10 d. per Annum GODSTOW Priory of Nuns in Oxfordshire THE Church here was built by their Prioress Editha and in the year 1138. dedicated in honour of the blessed Virgin Mary and St. Iohn Baptist by Alexander then Bishop of Lincoln in presence of King Steven and Maud the Queen with abundance of Bishops Earls and Barons and others of prime quality who all gave to the said Church at that time some Rents and Endowments Whereupon Albericus Bishop of Hostia the Pope's Legate in England released to every of the said Benefactors one year of injoyn'd Penance and granted moreover a Remission of forty days in every year to all those who should in Devotion visit the said Church on the day of St. Prisâ—a the Virgin or on the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist. Their Lands and Revenues were confirm'd by King Steven and by King Richard the I. in the first year of his Reign In the year 1191. Hugh Bishop of Lincoln visiting in this part of his Diocess and seeing in this Church a Tomb before the Altar with more than ordinary Ornaments and being inform'd upon enquiry that it was the Tomb of Rosamond Concubine to King Henry the II. he caused her body to be removed out of the Church and to be buried in the Church-yard to avoid the scandal of Religion and to deter other Women from Whoredom About the time of the Suppression of this House Rosamonds Tomb was open'd and her Bones found inclosed in Leather and that in Lead When it was opened a very sweet smell came out from it The following Inscription was formerly read on a Cross near Godstow Qui meat hac oret signum salutis adoret Vtque sibi detur veniam Rosamunda precetur Vid. 2. Vol. p. 884. Valued at 274 l. 5 s. 10 d. ob per Annum LILLECHIRCHE in the County of ... KING Iohn gave to the Abby of St. Mary and St. Sulpice at Lillechurch and the Prioress and Nuns there the Mannor of Lillechurch in pure and perpetual Alms and granted them a Fair to be there held yearly on the Feast of St. Michael and two days after all
l. 9 s. 10 d. ob q. per Annum LOUTH-PARK in Lincolnshire Founded An. 1139. THe Founder of this Monastery was Alexander Bishop of Lincoln who procured Monks for it from the Abby of Fountains but their first Settlement being at a place called Haverholm which Seat not being convenient for their Habitation he removed them from thence to this Place Besides the said Bishop they had divers other Benefactors all whose donations were confirm'd to God and St. Mary and the Monks de Parcho-Lude by King Henry the III. in the tenth year of his Reign Valued at 147 l. 14 s. 6 d. per Annum KIRKSTED in Lincolnshire THIS House was founded in the year 1139. by Hugh de Bretone a Baron of those times and by him endow'd with divers Lands Other Benefactors were the Furnivalls D' Aencurts and D'arci's c. Richard de Luvetot gave and annext to this House the Hermitage of St. Iohn in the Parish of Ecclesfeild with the Land thereunto belonging Conan Duke of Britain and Earl of Richmund gave to this Abby the Church of Gaiton with two Carucates and a half of Land c. Valued at 286 l. 2 r. 7 d. per Annum KINGS WOOD in Gloucestershire Founded An. 1139. THis House was founded by William de Berkeley for Cistercian Monks and the Foundation confirm'd by Maud the Empress but afterwards for many years it became a Grange depending on the Abby of Tettebiry and a long contest was had about this Matter till at last it was from a Grange advanced to the name of the Abby of Kingeswode The Lands and Endowments given to this Abby by the Founder were confirm'd by several of the Berkleys his noble Descendants Valued at 244 l. 11 s. 2 d. per Annum PIPWELL in Northamptonshire THis Monastry was first founded An. Dom 1143. and then called Sancta Maria de Divisis among thick Woods which were in after times destroyed In the year 1323â— the Monks here were dispersed thro' Poverty Their first Founder was William Boutevileyn of Cottesbrook from whom descended one Robert Boutevileyn who did many unkindnesses to these Monks This was before their dispersion Hugh Senlize and Emma his Wife one of the Daughters and Heirs of the Lord of Braybroke gave to the Monks of Pipwell divers Lands and Tenements in Braybroke confirm'd by the Capital Lord of the Fee Simon de Foxton and these seem to be the second Founders King Henry III. granted to these Monks pasture on Benifield Laund for 250 Cattle Valued at 286 l. 11 s. 8 d. q. per Annum STONELEY in Warwickshire MAud the Empress first founded the Priory of Rademere in the Forest Kanoc confirmed by King Steven This Priory was afterwards advanced to an Abby of Cistercian Monks by Henry Fitz Empress then Duke of Normandy In the year 1154â— which was thirteen years after the Monks had remained at Rademore theâ— foresaid Henry Fitz Empressâ— being now King of England they changed their habitation of Radmore for Stanley and the whole Lordship of the same which was before that the Kings Demesn The first stone of the Abby Church there was laid on the Ides of April An. Dom. 1154. The said King Henry I. endow'd this House with divers other Lands and Revenues elsewhere Valued at 151 l. 0 s. 3 d. ob per Annum COGESHAL in Essex THis Abby was founded by King Steven and Maud his Queen in the year 1142. William de Humberstane with the Kings License gave the Mannor of Tyllingham-Hall for the finding of one Wax light to burn before the High Altar at the Abby Church here in the time of high Mass daily The Monks of this House were endowed with great Immunities Valued at 251 l. 2 s. per Annum REVESBY in Lincolnshire Founded An. 1142. THe Founders of this House were William de Romara Farl of Lincoln and William his Son who gave to the Abbot and Monks of Rievalle Revesby Thoresby and other Lands in Lincolnshire for the building and endowment of this House This Abby was dedicated to St. Laurence The Lands and Reuenues were confirm'd by Ralph Earl of Chester and by King Richard I. in the tenth year of his Reign Valued at 287 l. 2 s. 4 d. ob per Annum CUMHIRE in Pembrokshire THis House was founded by Cadwathel ap Madok in the year 114â— for Sixty White Monks King Henry III in the sixteenth year of his Reign confirm'd to these Monks all their Lands and Revenues Valued at 24 l. 19 s. 4 d. per Annum BOXLEY in Kent WIlliam de Ipre a great Commander in King Stevens Army founded this Abby of Boxley for White Monks in the year 1144. King Richard the I. in the first year of his Reign confirm'd their Estate with Sac Soc. Valued at 204 l. 4 s. 11 d. per Annum SINNINGTHWAIT in Yorkshire THis House was founded for Nuns by Beriram Haget and confirm'd by Roger de Mubrai his superiour Lord. Iessery Archbishop of York took these Nuns and their Possessions into his protection and denounced a malediction against those who should dare to wrong them and a blessing to their Benefactors Alice Widow of Adam de Stanely gave with her self nine Bovates of Land in Berewik super Theseiam which was afterwards changed with Ranulf Fitz Henry for other Lands in Lofthows Valued at 60 l. 9 s. 2 d. per Annum ESSEHOLT in Yorkshire a Cell to Sinningthwait POpe Alexander the third by his Bull dated in the year 1172. confirm'd to Christian Prioress of Sinningthwait and the Nuns thereâ— and their Successors their House and Estate both at Sinningthayte and at Esseholt with all Lands already given or to be given to their said Houses With Priviledge of Sanctuary Valued at 13 l. 5 s. 4 d. per Annum WOBURN in Bedfordshire Founded An. 1145. THIS was founded and endowed by Hugh de Bolebock by advice of Henry Abbot of Fountains from whence a Convent of Monks was sent to this place King Iohn in the second year of his Reign confirmed the Estate of this House so did also King Henry the II. Valued at 391 l. 18 s. 2 d. ob per Annum MEREVAL in Warwickshire Founded An. 1148. THIS was founded by Robert Earl of Ferrariis and by him endowed with all the Forest of Arden with other Lands All which was confirm'd By King Henry the II. Valued at 254 l. 1 s. 8 d. per Annum HAMPOLE in Yorkshire THIS House was founded for Nuns by Avicia de Tanai and endowed by her with divers Lands of her Inheritance all which were confirmed by Ralph de Tillâ—â—er Grandson by Roger Archbishop of York and by William Fitz William An. 1331. Valued at 63 l. 5 s. 8 d. per Annum VALLE-DEI alias Vaudey in Lincolnshire THE Abby here was founded by William Earl of Albemarl in the year 1147. It was at first called Biham but afterwards Vallis-dei and was planted with Monks from Fountains The same Founder erected also the Abby of Meaux of which supra p. 792. Many
Whitsun-week and a Market every Wednesday with the same Liberties as were enjoy'd by the Canons at Dunstable with very large Immunities in his Grant specified dated in the first year of his Reign ERDBURY in Warwickshire RAlph de Sadle was a principal Benefactor to the Canons of this House An. 1232. Alexander then Bishop of Coventry and Litchfeild order'd the following Settlement between the Prior of Erdbury and the Vicar of Dercet and their Successors viz. that the Vicar should have all the Altarage of the said Church and Tith-Corn of eight yards Land in Radewey and of two yard Land in Derced in the Demeans of the said Prior with a House c. That the Vicar of the said Church should be a Priest and not of any lesser Order and shall have an Associate constantly and a Deacon who together with him shall officiate in the said Church the Vicar to bear all usual Charges except the Repairs of the Chancel for which the Prior and he are to joyn proportionably This Monastery being decay'd in its Revenues King Henry the VI. An. 23. granted the Prior and Convent License to obtain and receive Lands and Tenements to the value of one hundred Marks without fine to the King Valued at 94 l. 6 s. 1 d. per Annum POGHELE in Barkshire FOunded by Ralph de Chadelewurth dedicated to God and St. Margaret endow'd with divers Lands and Revenues by the said Ralph and others all which was recited and confirm'd by King Henry the III. ROUCESTRE in Staffordshire RIchard Bacun founded and endowed this House for Canons Regular with large Possessions and Liberties All which were confirm'd to the said Canons by Ranulph Earl of Chester to hold in pure and perpetual Alms. Confirm'd also by King Henry the III. in the thirtieth year of his Reign Valued at 100 l. 2 s. 10 d. ob per Annum CUMBWELL in Kent FOunded by Robert de Turneham dedicated to God and St. Mary Magdalen endow'd with divers Lands and Possessions all which were confirm'd by Steven de Turnham Son of the said Robert and by King Henry the III. An. Reg. II. Valued at 80 l. 17 s. 5 d. per Annum WOSPRING in Somersetshire THE several Lands Rents c. given to this Church dedicated to God St. Mary and St. Thomas the Martyr by William de Courteney and others were recited and confirm'd to the Prior and Canons here by King Edw. the II. An. Reg. 18. Vid. Vol. 3. p. 47. Valued at 87 l. 2 s. 11 d. ob per Annum MARLEBURGH in Wiltshire KING Richard the II. An. Reg. 22. granted his Pardon to the Prior and Convent of St. Margaret near Marlbergh which House was founded by his Progenitors for having accepted divers Lands of Iohn Lovel Chevaler without License first obtain'd and further ratified and confirm'd the Possession of those Lands to the said Convent IVICHURCH in Wiltshire KING Henry the III. granted to the Prior and Canons of this House certain Lands and Priviledge in his Forrest of Clarendon King Edw. the III. granted more also Pasture for forty Oxen and Cows in his Meadow of Clarendon and 100 s. of Rent out of his Mannor of Clarendon King Hen. the II. founded this Monastery for four Canons Valued at 122 l. 18 s. 6 d. ob per Annum BUCKENHAM in Norfolk FOunded by William Earl of Chichester in honour of God St. Mary and St. Iames and by him endowed with Churches Lands and Tithes Confirm'd by King Edw. the II. An. Reg. 11. Valued at 108 l. 10 s. 2 d. per Annum COLDE-NORTON in Oxfordshire KING Hen. III. An. Reg. 13. confirm'd to the Prior and Canons of this House dedicated to St. Iohn the Evangelist their several Lands and Possessions given by Reginald Earl of Bolon and Ida his Wife and divers other Benefactors Vid. Vol. 3. p 55. OSULVESTON Ouston in Leicestershire FOunded by Robert Grimbold in honour of our Lord Jesus Christ St. Mary St. Andrew the Apostle and all Saints for Canons to whom he gave the Church and Town of Osolvestone c. in pure and perpetual Alms. Robert Bishop of Lincoln confirm'd the several Churches granted to this Monastery and further granted to these Canons to be for ever free and quit from the Payment of Sinodals and all other Episcopal Customs except Peter pence denouncing a Curse to such as shall infringe or violate his Grant Robert Grimbold was a Judge under King Henry the II. whose Seal did represent a Figure setting in Judgment holding in one hand a pointed Sword signifying Justice and in the other a Sword with the point abated or broken off representing Mercy Among other Benefactors to this House was William de Ros Lord of Beaver c. Valued at 161 l. 14 s. 2 d. per Annum THORKESEY in Lincolnshire KING Henry the III. An. Reg 21. granted to the Prior and Canons of this House the Scite of their Monastery in Frankalmoine and four hundred and ninety eight Acres of Land and fifty Tosts in Torkesey to hold at the yearly Rent of 10 l. for ever Beside which the Prioress and Convent of Fossa near Torkesey held one hundred and twenty Acres of Land and Meadow and seven Tofts in Torkesey at the yearly Rent of 46 s. Valued at 13 l. 1 s. 4 d. per Annum CHAUCUMBE in Northamptonshire FOunded and endow'd by Hugo de Chaucumb Amabilia de Segrave Lady of Chaucumbe and others of the Segraves were Benefactors all whose Gifts were recited and confirm'd by King Edward the III. An. Reg 2. Valued at 83 l. 18 s. 9 d. ob per Annum Y REPINDON in Darbyshire FOunded An. 1172. 18 H. 2 by Matilda Widow of Ranulph Earl of Chester and dedicated to the holy Trinity King Hen. the III. An. Reg 57. confirm'd to the Canons of the holy Trinity of Rependene and of St Giles of Calc all the Lands and Possessions given them by the said Matilda and others the like did King Edw. the II. An. Reg. 18. Valued at 118 l. 8 s. 6 d. per Annum KAERMERDIN in Wales KING Henry the II. gave and confirm'd to the Church of St. Iohn the Evangelist at Kayrmerdin and the Canons there the old City of Kayrmerdyn with its appurtenances with the Church of St. Peter there and the Chappel in the Castle Valued at 164 l. 4 d. per Annum WIKES in Essex KING Henry the II. gave to God and the Nuns of St. Mary at Wikes the Church of Wikes with certain Land and seven Villains in that Town He also granted them two Grayhounds and four other Dogs Bracatos for taking Hares in his Forrest of Essex with divers other Liberties and Immunities BISSETER in Oxfordshire GIlbert Basset gave to the Canons of this House large Possessions so did William Lungespeye among other things Pasture for fifty Cattle at Erdintone to feed among his own Cattle there another Benefactor was Philâ—p Basset Brother of Fulc Basset Bishop of London All whose Gifts were recited and confirm'd by King Edw. the II.
to the Master and Brethren of this Hospital divers Lands Tenements and Rents in London and elsewhere as Westhame Stratford Bromley and Stepney c. Ieffrey Fitz Peter Earl of Essex granted to the Brethren of this Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr of Acon the Custody of the Hospital of St. Iohn Evangelist at Berchamstede Anno 23. Heney the VI. Iohn Neel then Master and his Brethren of this House exhibited their Petition in Parliament setting forth that Thomas Son of Theobald de Helles and Agnes his Wife Sister of St. Thomas the Martyr Archbishop of Canterbury gave to the Master and Brethren of this House then being all the Land with the Appurtenances sometimes belonging to Gilbert Beckit Father of the said St. Thomas in which Land the said Martyr was born to make there a Church in Worship of God the blessed Virgin and the said Martyr which Lands lye in the Parish of St. Mary of Colchirche in London that the Endowment of the said Hospital was enlarg'd by King Henry the III. An. 52. in which house have always been ever since a Master and Brethren prosessing the Rule of St. Austin and Priests and Clerks to the number of twelve or more that of old time this House hath been dispoiled and great part of their Evidences lost and destroyed they pray therefore that his Majesty by the assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and by the Authority of this present Parliament would ordain stablish and approve that the Master and Brethren of the House or Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr of Acres in the City of London may by that name plead and be impleaded purchase Lands have a Common Seal and choose their own Master presenting him to the Ordinary and that they may not be charged with any Corrody or Pension and that their present Lands and Possessions may be confirm'd to them all which was granted as desired by the King with the advice and assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in that Parliament and by Authority of the same Valued at 277 l. 3 s. 4 d. per Annum St. JOHN BAPTIST at Lynn in Norfolk FOunded by Vlfketel Son of the Nun of Sceringes and by him endow'd with a parcel of Land in Linn to hold in pure and perpetual Alms. The Mayor and Burgesses of Linn did use to present and establish the Master and Warden of this Hospital till the time of Iohn of Ely Bishop of Norwich Valued at 7 l. 6 s. 11 d. per Annum St. MARY MAGDALENS at Lenne THomas de Cant. and Robert Winchelsey Archbishops of Canterbury in their Visitations and Peter the Chaplain the Founder made several Orders for the Government of this Hospital as that any Brother being a detractor or vexatious to the rest to be punisht by the Prior and Brethren and if incorrigible to be expell'd founded with a Church and Coemitary for twelve Brothers and Sisters some sound and some infirm with a Chaplain to dwell in the House the infirm not to come into the Chancel Cellar Kitchin or Curtelage nor to intermeddle with the Offices of the House to have a Common Seal c. All the Brothers and Sisters to have equal Portions in the Revenues with the Prior if any of the Infirm withdraws himself for one month his Salary for a year to be forfeited if for a year he to be expell'd a general Chapter to be held yearly the next day after the Feast of St. Mary Magdalen c. Which Orders were ratified and confirm'd by William de Turbus Bishop of Norwich Anno Dom. 1174. KYNEWALDGRAVES in Yorkshire ROger Archbishop of Tork and other Archbishops of that See were Benefactors to the poor Sisters of this Hospital dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen all confirm'd by Thomas Archbishop of York An. 1301. Which with many other Possessions by others given were all recited and confirm'd by King Edward the III. An. 1. St. MARGARETS at Huntingdon SEems to be founded by Malcolm King of Scotland who gave to the Infirm of this Hospital Lands and Rents so did Isabel de Brus Daughter of Earl David Robert de Brus Son of the said Isabel Lord of Anandale gave them divers Tenements in Cunyngtone with view of Frank-pledge to be held there twice per Annum viz. after Easter and after Michaelmass with small Courts to be held there at their Will as ost as expedient The like Grant by Bernard de Bruys all which was confirm'd to the Master and Brethren of this House by King Edw. III. An. 12. HORNECHIRCHE in Essex THE Master and Confraters of the Hospital of Hornchurch were removable at the Will of the Master of the Hospital of St. Bernard de Monte in Savoy to which Hospital this was only a Cell having no Common Seal of their own nor power to sue or be sued HERBALDOUNE in Kent FOunded by King Henry II. who assigned to the Lepers of this Hospital a Rent of twenty marks per Annum out of his Revenue of Canterbury till such time as he assigns them other Provisions in Churches or Rents elsewhere Valued at 109 l. 7 s. 2 d. per Annum St. SEPULCHERS at Hedon in Yorkshire ALan Son of Oubernus gave a parcel of Land to God and the Lepers of St. Sepulchres at Hedon Alexander de Thunestal and many others were Benefactors to this Hospital all whose Gifts were recited and confirm'd by King Edw. the II. An. Reg. 19. HAVERING in Essex KING Henry the II. gave the Church of Havering to the poor Brethren of the Church of St. Bernard de Monte Iovis Confirm'd to them with other Lands by King Richard the I. and King Henry the III. An. 37. ELLESHAM in Lincolnshire THIS Hospital begun by Beatrix and finisht and confirm'd by Walter de Amundevil was by him conferr'd upon Canons Regular to whom he gave divers Lands and Churches for the maintenance of Hospitality and Sustentation of poor People Confirm'd to the Canons by Iohn Son of William de Dyve An. Dom. 1277. The abovesaid Walter de Amundevile became a Canon here and was here buried The Hospitallers of Ierusalem having by fraud obtain'd this House from the then Patron were by Letter from Pope Alexander made to relinquish their Pretensions Valued at 70 l. 0 s 8 d. per Annum St. MARY's at Dover in Kent FOunded by Hubert de Burgo Earl of Kent King Henry III. An. II. granted to the Brothers and Sisters of this Hospital the Tith of all profitsarising from the Passage of the Port of Dover to hold to them and their Successors in Frankalmoign The same King An. 13. granted them a yearly Rent of 10 l. at the feast of St. Michael to be paid out of the profits of his Port of Dover beside the tith above mention'd Vid. Vol. 3. p. 86. CONYNGESHED in Lancashire WIlliam de Lancaster gave to God and St. Mary and to the Brethren of this Hospital all Conyngsheved and divers other Lands Possessions and Commons of Pasture c. He also gave
William Waterfall for one Chaplain and six poor people The Holy Trinity in New Sarum KIng Richard II. An. 17. granted his License to Iohn Chaundeler to make an Hospital in honour of the holy Trinity of two messuages in a Street call'd Newestreet in New Sarum for the Releif of poor weak and Infirm people whereof the Mayor of the Said City for the time being to be Master and to rule and govern the same and to endow the same with a certain Rent of 13 s. 4 d. King Henry IV. An. 1. granted License to the then Master to purchase Lands of 20 l. value per Annum KNOLS Alms house at Pontfract in Yorkshire FOunded by Sir Robert Knolls Knight Citizen of London and Constance his Wife in honour of the Holy Trinity and blessed Virgin Mary for certain Chaplains whereof one to be Master two Clerks and thirteen Poor people such especially as by misfortune come to want and two Servants to help the said Poor The Master to have twenty marks for his fastenance the two Clerks each ten marks and the thirteen Poor amongst them 34 l. 4 s. 3 d. ob per Annum viz. 1 d. ob a day to each Which Deed of the Said Roberts Foundation bears date An. Dom. 1385 Valued at 182 l. 14 s. 4 d. per Annum OKEHAM in Rutland KIng Richard II. An. 22. granted his License to William Dalby of Extone to found this Hospital for two Chaplains of which one to be Custos and thirteen poor Men and to endow the same with one Messuage and two acres of Land at Okeham and to grant the Patronage of the same to the Prior and Convent of St. Anne of the Order of Caâ—â—husians at Coventry with a further License to the said Prior and Convent to give a yearly Rent of 40 l. to be issuing out of some of their Possessions where ever they pleased to assign to the Custos of the said Hospital and the said Poor men for their maintenance for ever Valued at 12 l. 12 s. 11 d. per Annum DONYNGTON in Barkshire KIng Richard II. An. 16. gave License to Richard Alberbury to found an Hospital in his Mannor of Donyngton which he held of the King as of his honour of Walingford for certain poor people or which one to be chief by the name and Title of The Minister of God of the poor House of Donyngton and to endow the same with divers Lands Valued at 19 l. 3 s. 10 d. per Annum THORNTONS Hospital in New Castle upon Tine in Northumberland FOunded by Roger Thornton in honour of St. Catherine for one Chaplain who is Custos nine poor men and four Poor Women to be continually resident for which foundation King Henry IV. An. 1â— granted his License and that they might have a Common Seal Endow'd by the said Roger with yearly Rents of 10 l. EWELME in Oxfordshire KIng Henry VI. An. 15. granted his License to his Cousâ—n William de la Pole Earl of Suffolk and Alice his Wife to found an Alms House in this Town for two Chaplains and thirteen poor men and that they should be a Body Corporate and that he might endow the same with one hundred Marks per Annum This Hospital was Founded An. Dom. 1448. and call'd Gods House The two Priests were one to instruct the Poor in Religious Dutyes the other to be a Schoolmaster and teach the poor both to have for Salery to l. the Minister 16 d. a week the other twelve poor men 13 d a week Valued at 20 l. per Annum SHIREBURNE in Dorsetshire FOunded with License of King Henry the VI. An. â—5 by Robert Nevyle Bishop of Sarum Humfrey Stafford Knt. Margaret Goghe Iohn Fauntleroy and Iohn Baret to the honour of God St. Iohn Baptist and St. Iohn Evangelist for twenty Brethren twelve poor and impotent men and four poor and impotent Women and for a perpetual Chaplain and that the Brothers of this House might elect one among themselves to be their Master from year to year and upon the death of any of their number the rest might elect others to succeed in their room c. BOCKING in Essex KING Henry the IV. granted his License to Iohn Doreward to erect a perpetual Chantry of one Chaplain in the Parish-Church of Stanewey in Essex and to endow the same with a Mansion lying near the Church yard there and with 7 l. of yearly Rent Which Licensed Foundation not being effected in the Life of the said Iohn King Henry the VI. did afterward grant License to Iohn Doreward Esq his Son to found a certain House at Bocking to be called Maison Dieu for seven poor People one of which to be call'd Praepositus Villae de Bokking and to have the Government of the said poor c. and to endow the same and a Chantry by him founded in the Parish Church of Bokking with Lands and Rents TODINGTON in Bedfordshire KING Henry the VI. An. 21. granted his License that Iohn Broughton or his Feoffees might erect an Hospital in honour of St. Iohn Baptist in Todyngdone for one Chaplain and three poor Men to be a perpetual Community and Body Corporate Also that he might give to the Prioress and Nuns of St. Margaret at Dertford an Annual Rent of 8 l. and that the said Nuns might assign the said Rent and also another Rent of 5 l. per Annum to be issuing out of their own Lands to this Hospital which House of Dertford was of the said Kings Patronage being founded by his Progenitors RICHMOND in Yorkshire HERE being of old time a poor Hospital dedicated to St. Nicholas in which was only one Chaplain of the Kings Patronage by reason or the honour of Richmond and that Hospital being fallen to extream decay William Ayscogh one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas repair'd it and added another Chantry Chaplain in consideration whereof and that he was become as a second Founder King Henry the VI. An. 26. granted him the Patronage Valued at 10 l. per Annum DERTFORD in Kent KING Henry the VI. An. 31. gave License to Iohn Bamburgh William Rothele Roger Ionet and Thomas Boost and to the Survivors of them to found an Alms-House in honour of the holy Trinity to which the Parish Church there is dedicated for the perpetual Vicar of that Church and the Gardians of the Goods and Chattles of the said Church and for five poor decrepid Men and that the said Vicar and Gardians and their Successors should be Master of the said House and a Body Corporate and have a Common Seal With License to give and assign Lands and Rents to the said Hospital of the value of 20 l. per Annum The Alms-house within the Precinct of St. Crosses at Winchester in Hampshire FOunded by Henry Cardinal and Bishop of Winchester half Brother of King Henry IV. who by License of King Henry the VI. An. 21. granted to the Master and Brethren of the Hospital of the Holy Cross near Winchester divers Mannors
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
Norfolk FOunded by Robert Fitz-Roger and endow'd with Lands c. All which were confirm'd to these Canons by King Iohn An. 1. with the grant of large Liberties and Immunities from all Tolls and Taxes Valued at 104 l. 16 s. 5 d. ob per Annum TITCHFIELD in Hampshire KING Henry the III. An. 16. granted his Mannor of Tichefeud to Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester to found an Abby of Premonstratenses and further granted to the said Abby very great Liberties in the said Mannor and their other Lands with very great Immunities and to be free and discharged from Tolls c. and from suit to any Forrest Courts and from the expeditating or lawing of Dogs and this not only for themselves but all their Men dwelling on their Lands Other Benefactors to this Abby were Eua de Clinton Reginald de Albamara Baldwin de Ripariis Lord of the Iâ—â— Gilbert le Mansel Peter de Sukemund who gave certain Land 〈◊〉 Ingepenne to hold of the Chief Lord of the Fee by the Service of half a Knights Fee and of himself and his Heirs by one pair of Spurs or 3 d. at the Feast of St. Michael c. All whose Gifts were confirm'd to this House by King Edward the II. An. II. An Inventory of the Goods of this Monastery was taken Anno Dom. 1420. before Iohn Powle Abbot of Hales-Owen Visitor of this Place and it was then found that they had no Monies in their Treasury but were 43 l. 4 s. in Debt and the House ingaged in 62 l. 6. d. In the Sacristy one Silver-Cup gilt for keeping the Sacrament two great Chalices gilt and twelve lesser ones a great Silver Vessel full of Relicks a great Silver Cross gilt with the Images of Mary and Iohn two Candlesticks Silver and gilt c. In the Treasury many pieces of Plate some of great size c. In divers Mannors belonging to this Church four and thirty Horses ten Mares four Foals one hundred and fifty four Oxen seven Bulls nine and fifty Cows c. three hundred eighty and one Muttons one hundred Lambs c. seventeen Boars twenty four Sows thirty three Hogs one hundred and twenty six lesser Swine and eighty nine Pigs Valued at the Suppression at 249 l. 16 s. 1 d. per Annum Of the Order of St. Gilbert of Sempringham A NVN OF Y e ORDER OF St. GILBERT Vol. 2. P. 669 THe Institutions made by the blessed Gilbert and his Successors for the Government of this Order of Sempringham are very large and cousist of Divers general Chapters or Heads and those divided into many Subdivisions I shall take Notice only of the Principal Titles And refer to the Book at large for particulars The first Treats of the Rise and beginning of the Order and of the Election of the Master c. Of the Principal Examiners or Searchers Scrutatoribus their Constitution and Authority c. Of the four Procurators in each House of this Order c. Of the Canons and Novices and their Age and of the Lay Canons c. Of the Brothers their Institution Apparel and Duties c. Of the Nuns and such matters as relate to them and their Houses Of the Lay Sisters their Apparel and manner of Life Of the Sick and Infirm Nuns and Sisters how to be treated Of the Office of the Dead and Funeral Matters c. Of some Rules relating equally to the Nuns and Sisters Of the Unity and friendship between all the Houses of this Order Of the Grand Chapter of the Order to be held yearly In the end of this last Chapter the Founder of the Order Provides that in the Several Houses of the Men the Number shall not exceed 394 in all and in those of the Women the number of Nuns and Sisters together shall not exceed 960. THis order was first Instituted in England in the Reign of King Steven An. Dom. 1148. by Master Iohn Gilbert of Semplingham William Bishop of Norwich writ a very high Commendation of this Gilbert and of all the Religious of his Order by way Testimonial to Pope Alexander III. The Priory of Sempringham in Lincolnshire FOunded by Gilbert de Gaunt and by him and others endow'd with divers Lands in Lincolnshire Iohn Dalderby Bishop of Lincoln by his Deed dated at Buchden An. Dom. 1303. granted License to the Schollers of the Convent of Sempringham Studying Divinity or Philosophy in St. Peter's Parish in Stamford to have a Chaplain to celebrate in their private Chappel there saving the Rights of the Parish-Church of St. Peter there Robert Lutterel Rector of Irnham gave for the maintenance of the said Schollers so studdying at Stamford as aforesaid the House where they inhabited with divers Lands and Tenements in Keten Cotismore and Casterton in Rutland Vid. Vol. 3. p. 107. Valued at 317 l. 4 s. 1 d. per Annum HAVERHOLME in Lincolnshire FOunded by Alexander Bishop of Lincoln and by him endowed with the Isle then called Hasreholm An. Dom 1139. Valued at 70 l. 15 s. 10 d. ob per Annum CHIKESAND in Bedfordshire PAganus de Bellocampo and Rohaisa his Wife gave many Lands to this House King Edward the II in the tenth year of his Reign granted his License to Iohn Blundel to give the Mannor of Chikesonde with its appurtenances to the Prior and Convent of this House Valued at 212 l. 3 s. 5 d. ob per Annum BOLINGTON in Lincolnshire FOunded by Simon Fitz William in his Park of Bolyngton and by him endowed with part of his said Park and divers other Lands in pure and perpetual Alms. William de Kima confirm'd to the Prior and Convent of both Sexes at Bolyngton all their Lands and Revenues A. D. 1256. Robert Putrel of Cotes being received into the Fraternity of this House gave them at the sametime the Church of Houtun and Advowson of the same The Crevequers or Creukers Barons of Redburn were Benefactors to this Priory giving divers Lands in pure and perpetual Alms. Valued at 158 l. 7 s. 11 d. per Annum A CANNON REGVLAR OF St. GILBERT Vol. 2. P. 791 WATTON in Yorkshire FOunded by Eustachius Son of Iohn and Agnes his Wife for Nuns and thirteen Canons to serve and provide for them according to the Institution of the Order of Sempringham To whom he gave the Town of Watton c. Confirm'd by William Fossard Lord of the Fee and by Henry Archbishop of York Confirm'd also by Roger de Lasci Constable of Chester descended from the said Eustachius King Iohn also gave them Lands in the first year of his Reign Eustachius the Founder married for his first Wife a Daughter and Heir of Ivo de Vescy from which match descended several of the Vescys and for his second Wife Agnes Daughter of William Constable of Chester Valued at 360 l. 16 s. 10 d. ob per Annum ALVINGHAM in Lincolnshire PEter de Melsa and Beatrix his Wife gave to the Church of St. Mary of Alvingham and to the Nuns and
Brethren there divers Lands and Revenues in Alvingham and elsewhere confirm'd by Iohn their Son An. Dom. 1232. Henry Bishop of Lincoln certified to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer An. Dom. 1401 the names of all the Churches that were appropriated to the Order of Gilbertines Pope Innocent the III. confirm'd the Lands and Possessions of this Order c. Valued at 128 l. 14 s. 2 d. per Annum St. ANDREWS in the Suburbs of York FOunded at Fishergate at Tork by Hugh Murdac and by him endow'd with Lands Tenements and Rents in and about York A. D.. 1202 and exchange of certain Revenues was made by mutual consent between Simon then Dean and the Chapter of St. Peter's at Tork and Roger then Prior of this House and Hugh Murdac Valued at 47 l. 14 s. 3 d. ob per Annum STIKESWOULD in Lincolnshire IT was found by Inquisition taken at Stanford 3 E. I. That the Master and Nuns of Stikeswald held divers Lands at Huntington of the Gift of several Benefactors Valued at 114 l. 5 s. 2 d. ob per Annum ORMESBY in Lincolnshire FOunded and endowed with Lands by Gilbert Son of Robert de Ormesby SIXILL in Lincolnshire FOunded by one de Grelle Ancestor of Thomas de la Warre Agnes de Percy and others were Benefactors Valued at 135 l. 9 d. per Annum MARESEY in Lincolnshire FOunded and endowed by Isabell de Chauncy Widow of Sir Philip de Chauncy Valued at 130 l. 13 s. ob per Annum Newsted at ANCOLM in Lincolnshire FOunded and endow'd with the grant of very great Liberties and Immunities by King Henry the II. Confirm'd by king Edward the II. An. suo 13. Divers Lands and Revenues were given to the Nuns of the Order of Semplingham by Peter Son of Henry de Bilingey whose Cousin and Heiress became the Wife of William Mason Valued at 38 l. 13 s. 5 d. per Annum KATTELEY in Lincolnshire PEter Son of Peter de Belyngey confirm'd to the Nuns of Catlei and their Brethren Clerks and Laics divers Lands in Bilingey and Walcot given by his Ancestors St. CATHERINES in the Suburbs of Lincoln FOunded by Robert the second Bishop of Lincoln with the assent of his Chapter and endowed with the Prebend of Canewich and with the Church of Newerc and divers Lands and Revenues at Newerc c. Confirm'd by King Henry the II. Valued at 202 l. 5 s. ob per Annum HEYNINGS in Lincolnshire FOunded by Reynerus de Evermu and by him and Odo de Sanctâ Cruce endowed with Lands Confirm'd by King Henry the III. An. suo 52. Valued at 49 l. 5 s. 2 d. per Annum HOLLAND-BRIGG in Lincolnshire FOunded by one Godwin a Rich man of Lincoln and named the Priory of St. Saviour MALTON in Yorkshire FOunded for Canons of this Order of Semplingham by Eustachius Son of Iohn Which said Eustachius and William de Vesci his Son conferr'd on these Canons many Lands and Churches so did the Flamvills c. From the Vescies descended Gilbert de Aton who became Patron of this Priory and died An. Dom. 1307. The Lands of this Priory were confirm'd to these Canons by King Iohn An. Dom. 1200. William Laceles Knt. granted to these Canons two Bovates of Land in old Malton in lieu of certain Tithes by them granted to the Church of Soureby Valued at 197 l. 19 s. 2 d. per Annum SHOULDHAM in Norfolk FOunded by Galfridus Son of Peter Earl of Essex for Nuns and their Brethren Clerks and Laicks and by him endow'd with the Mannor of Shouldham and many other Lands and Churches After which Foundation he removed the Body of his Wife Beatrix de Say who died in Child-birth and had been buried at Chikesand to this Priory Valued at 138 l. 18 s. 1 d. per Annum ELLERTON in Yorkshire FOunded by William Son of Peter who gave all his Inheritance in Elterton for the making a Priory of Canons of the Order of Sempingham and for the Habitation and Maintenance of thirteen poor Men. An. Dom. 1387. German de Hay then Patron of this Priory obtain'd a grant from the Prior and Convent of this House by Indenture that whereas the said German had then but the presentation of one poor man of the thirteen that were to be maintain'd in this Priory for the future to said German his Heirs and Assigns Lords of the Mannor of Aghton shall present nine of the thirteen with the Penalty of 10 l. for every refusal to admit any poor man so presented Vid. Vol. 3. p. 108. Valued at 62 l. 8 s. 10 d. per Annum OVETON in Hertnes in the Bishoprick of Durham FOunded and endow'd with divers Lands in Oveton and elsewhere by Alan de Wiltone For Canons of the Order of Semplingham Confirm'd by King Iohn An. suo 5. Valued at 11 l. 2 s. 8 d. per Annum WELLS in Lincolnshire FOunded by Iessrey de Hauvill for Canons To whom he gave all his Lands and Tenements c. in Welle saving to him and his Heirs Pasture of sixty Cattle to feed with the Cattle of the Canons saving also the Annual Rent of 5 s. to be paid to him and his Heirs Confirm'd by King Iohn An. Reg. 5. Valued at 95 l. 6 s. I d. per Annum PULTON in Wiltshire FOunded in the Reign of King Edward the III. by Sir Thomas de Sancto Mauro Knt. and by him endow'd with the Mannor of Polton then valued at 10 l. per Annum the Mannor of Chelesworth then valued at 5 l. per Annum with other Lands King Edward the III. An. suo 28. granted to the Canons here very large Liberties and Immunities Of the Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives The RULES of the Monks of the Holy Trinity were approved by Pope Innocent III. and were THat they should live in Chastity and without property That all their Revenue or what comes to their hands lawfully shall be divided into three parts with two parts of which they shall supply their own Necessaries the third part shall be laid by for the Redemption of Chritian Captives taken by Pagans either by purchasing their freedom for a Sum of Mony or by purchasing Pagan Captives in order to exchange them for Christians That all Churches of this Order shall be intituled of the holy Trinity and be of plain work That the Brethren cohabit together three Clerks and three Laymen besides their cheif who shall be call'd their Minister Their Garments to be of woollen Cloath and white They may wear Cloaks and Breeches but must put them off when they liedown They shall lie in Woollen and not on feather Beds in their own Houses unless in time of Sickness They may not ride on Horses but on Asses they may They may drink Wine provided it be with Temperance From the Ides of September to Easter they shall fast on the Monday Wednesday Friday and Saturday unless some solemn festival happen to also in Lent and other accustomed times of the
the City of Colchester erected here a Monastery of which he lay'd the first Stone An. Dom 1097. Which being finisht some Monks were brought hither from Rochester But they not being endow'd here according to their own mind return'd to Rochester After this Eudo received other thirteen Monks from the Abbot of York these began upon a New Foundation which prosper'd so well that in a short time one of the thirteen was chosen Abbot and Consecrated by Maurice Bishop of London About the year 1104. Their number increased to above twenty who all lived very regularly The founder Eudo dyed in Normandy and devised his Body to be buried in the Abby of his foundation at Colchester which was accordingly done the Monks meeting it a Mile from the Monastery An. 1120. This Eudo endow'd this Monastery with several Mannours Tithes and Churches among others with the Church of St. Mary in the Westcheping Call'd the Newcherch and his Stone House near the same also the Church of St. Steven Walebroch in London King Henry II. released the Tax of Danâ—geld c. in the Lands of these Monks SNAPES in Essex A Cell to Colchester WIlliam Martell being Seised of the Mannour of Snapes enjoy'd Wreck of the Sea from Thorp to Hereford Nesse and gave this Mannour to the Abby of Colchester for the founding of a Priory here which Priory was founded accordingly and made a Cell to that Abby An. 1155. This Priory paid half a mark yearly to Colchester as a Pension of acknowledgment Twice a year the Abbot of Colchester was to Visit here with twelve Horses and abide here four days St. HELENS in Bishopsgatestreet London ALardus Dean of St. Pauls London and the Chapter of that Church granted License to William Son of William the Goldsmith Patron of the Church of St. Helen to constitute Nuns in the said Church and â—rect a College there endowing them with the Advowson of the said Church The Prioress to be upon election presented to the Dean and Chapter of Pauls and to swear fealty to them and to pay them a Pension of half a mark yearly at Easier c In the yeat 1439. Raynold Kentwode Dean of Pauls made other Constitutions for the Government of this Nunnery some of which were That Divine Service be by them duly perform'd night and day That no secular person be locked within the Bounds of the Cloyster nor come within it after the Complin Bell except Women Servants and maid Children that none of the Sisters receive Letters from or speak with any secular Person without License of the Prioress and some other Nun to be present That they grant no Corody or Pension without License of the said Dean and Chapter that no Dancing or Reveling be used in the House except at Christmass and then among themselves and in the absence of Secualr persons That there be a Door made to the Nuns Quire that no Strangers may look on them nor they on the Strangers when They be at Divine service That no Nun have any Key to the Postern Door that goes out of the Cloyster into the Churchyard but the Prioress c. These Orders were to be Read publickly in their Chappel four times a year and kept and observed under the pain of Excomunication Valued at 314 l. 2 s. 6 d. per Annum CATESBY in Northamptonshire KIng Henry III. in the fifty seventh year of his Raign recited and confirm'd to the Nuns of Kateby the Church of the blessed Mary of Kateby with the Chappel of Helidene with the Church and divers Lands in great Esseby and several other Revenues given them by divers Benefactors Confirm'd also by the Bull of Pope Gregory the VIII Valued at 132 l. 1 s. 11 d. per Annum St. MARY de Pratis adjoyning to Derby KIng Henry II. granted and confirm'd to the Nuns of St. Mary de Pratis near Darby among other things twenty seven acres of Land in his Forrest of the Peak with large Commons in the said Forrest King Henry III. granted them 100 s. per Annum to be received from the Baylies of the Town of Nottingham out of the Farm of the said Town Valued at 18 l. 6 s. 2 d. per Annum GRIMSBY in Lincolnshire THe Church and all the Monastery of Nuns here being of the Kings Foundation and Patronage together with all their goods and Movables and all their Writings and Evidences concerning their Lands and Estate in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire being burnt and consumed by a casual fire King Henry IV. in the seventh year of his Reign confirm'd to this Prioress and Convent all their Grants c. made as well by his Progenitors as others NEWTON in Yorkshire KIng Edward II. in the fifteen year of his Reign granted his Licence To his well beloved Cousin Thomas Wake to give one Messuage with the appurtenances in the Town of Neutone for the erection of a Religious House of what order he pleased and to endow it with Lands in Neuton and Cottingham c. Vid. 3. p. 88. BROMHALE HEnry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln and Margaret his Wife did release and quit claim to the Nuns of Bromhale one hundred acres of Land in their Wast of Asserige with the Appurtenances Pag. 551. LEUESHAM in Kent KIng Alured and his Son King Edward the Elder gave and King Edward the Confessor confirm'd to the Abby of St. Peters at Gant the Mannour of Luesham with all its appurtenences viz. Greenwic Wullewic Modingham and Cumbe with other Lands and great Liberties and Franchises as large as the King himself had in the said Lands c. Dated An. Dom. 1044. Pag. 551. St. MICHAELS MOUNT in Cornwal RIchard King of the Romans Edmund Earl of Cornwal and Conan Duke of Britany were Benefactors to this House Pope Adrian in the year 1155. confirm'd to the Abbot and Monks of this House by the name of the Monastery of St. Michael de periculo maris all their Lands and Revenues lying most in Normandy and also in England Pag. 558. BERGAVENNY HEnry de Bellocampo confirm'd to the Monks of Bergavenny all those Possessions which his Ancestors Hamelinus de Balon and others Lords of Bergavenny had given them and further gave and confirm'd to the said Monks divers other Revenues Pag. 595. GOLDCLIVE RObert de Candos founded the Priory at Goldclive in Wales being then Lord of Karlyon The Patronage of which House came afterwards to William Earl of Gloucester and after that to Richard Duke of York CARESBROKE in the IIe of Wight WIlliam Fitz Osbern was Mareshal to William the I. and Conquer'd the Ile of Wight at such time as the other Conquer'd England King William made him Earl of Hereford The Estate of this William descended to Baldwin Earl of Exeter who granted all the Churches and Tithes of this Iland to the Abby of St. Mary of Lira King Henry II. recited and confirm'd the several Possessions given to those Monks as well in France as England and Wales Pag. 614. WENDLOCK WIlliam de Boterell
l. per An. Pope Clement the VI. granted power to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Winchester to establish the said Canons and Knights by Apostolick authority and exempted the said Chappel and Colledge and all the members thereunto belonging from the Jurisdiction of the Archbishop or any other Bishop or Ecclesiastical Judg and that the Custos of the same shall have perpetual Jurisdiction over the Members of the said Colledge Paying to the Apostolick Chamber one Mark Sterling on the feast of St. George yearly The foresaid King Edward III. granted to this Colledge divers Churches and Revenues among other things a Rent of one hundred marks per An payable by the Bailiffs of the Town of Norâ—hampton out of the Kings Farm of the said Town King Henry IV. granted to the Custos and Canons here a void peice of Ground within this Castle near the great Hall call'd Wodehawe for Building Houses for the Vicars and Choristers King Edward IV. granted and confirm'd to them the Alien Priory of Okeburn with all the Lands and Churches thereunto belonging which had been formerly granted to Iohn Duke of Bedford by King Henry IV late de facto non de jure King of England and afterwards by the said Iohn Duke of Bedford given to this Collegiate Chappel the said Duke being desirous wholly to abdicate such spiritual Profits and restore them to their pristine Nature which gift was afterwards ratified and confirm'd by Henry V de facto non de jure King of England non obstante the Statute of Mortmain and now by the said King Edward IV. in the first year of his Reign Which King gave them also the Alien Priory of Vphavenne with all Rights thereunto belonging and divers other Lands and Revenues also the Alien Priory of Monkenlane in the County of Hereford he also gave them the Custody and Advowson of the Hospital or Free Chappel of St. Anthony in London and to enjoy the same with all the Estate thereunto belonging to their own proper use when it shall become void by death resignation or otherways He also gave them the Alien Priories of Brimesseld and Charleton and divers other Lands in the seventeenth year of his Reign The said King Edward IV in the ninteenth year year of his Reign reciting the first Foundation of this Collegiate Chappel by King Edward III and that Henry VI. de facto non de jure King of England in his Parliament held at Westminister in the eighth year of his pretended Reign had past an Act whereby he will'd and declar'd that this Colledge should bear the name of the Custos or Dean and Canons of the free Chappel of St. George within his Castle of Wyndesore did for the future incorporate them by the name of the Dean and Cannons of the Free Chappel of St. George within the Castle of Wyndesore by that name to purchase sue and be sued c. And granted License to Iohn Duke of Suffolk and Elizabeth his Wife to confer the Manour of Leighton-Buzzard and other Revenues on the same and also his general Licence to all other Persons of this Kingdom of England to grant Lands Rents or Advowsons to the Dean and Canons of this Chappel to the yearly value of 500 l the Statute of Mortmain or any other Statute or Law notwithstanding In the eighth year of King Richard II. Walter Almaly being then Custos an Inventory or Register was made of all the Books Vestments Relicks Chalices c. belonging to this Chappel Royal in which is particular mention of divers Missales and other Church Books several Volumes of the Decretals and Canon Law c. Vestments of different Colours Qualites and Richness Copes Coffers Crosses Tabernacles Images and Relicks adornâ—d with Jewels and precious Stones of extraordinary great value Morses of Silver and gilt eight Chalices of which one of Gold and set with precious Stones Candlesticks Censors Crosses and Basons of Silver gilt c. Miters set with precious Stones a Pastoral Staff c. A Silver Bell to ring before the Body of Christ in the Visitation of the Sick Besides divers Jewels and Relicks in the Treasury Three Crowns of Silver and gilt set with precious Stones one for the Blessed Mary another for her Son and the third for St. Edward RIPPON Collegiate Church ANno 1331. William Archbishop of York finding in his Visitation at this Church the same almost destitute of Canons Residentiary ordered with consent of all Parties concern'd that such Canons as are willing to reside and do actually reside shall have the Profits in his Deed specified that the Vicars shall be paid their Stipends out of the common Profits that every Cannon Residentiary shall reside twelve weeks in the year and that they be present at the Canonical hours in this Church in like manner as in his Collegiate Churches of Suthwell and Beverley King Henry the V. in the second year of his Reign granted that the six Vicars belonging to this Church for whom Henry Archbishop of York proposed to build a Habitation within the Close of the Church where they might eat and sleep together might choose among themselves a Superior by the name of Procurator and that the said Procurator and Vicars and their Successors might have a Common Seal be capable to purchase and receive Lands and by that name to sue and be sued c. Valued at 35 l. 3 s. 8 d. per Annum SIBETHORP in Yorkshire THomas de Sibethorp Parson of the Church of Bekingham by License of King Edward the III. An Reg 10. gave sixteen Messuages one Toft three Bovates one hundred and seventy Acres of Land fifty Acres of Meadow and 30 s. of Rent in Sibethorp c. to Iohn Cosin Custos of the Chappel of the Blessed Mary of Sibethorp for the maintenance of him and other Chaplains in the said Chappel and Successors and for the finding of thirty Wax-lights in the same and a Lamp to burn before the Crucifix TUXFORD in Nottinghamshire KING Edward the III. granted his License to Iohn de Lungvilers to found a Colledge of five Chaplains of which one to be Custos in the Parsonage house of the Church of Tuxford and to give the Advowson of that Church which was held in Capite of the King to the maintenance of the said five Chaplains there celebrating But the said Iohn not pursuing his Foundation in that manner the said King on his Petition granted him a new License in the one and thirtieth year of his Reign to give the said Advowson to the Prior and Canons of Newsted in Shirewode for their finding five Chaplains viz. three in the Church of Tuxford and two in the Church of the Convent of Newsted to celebrate for his Soul c. SUDBURY in Suffolk KING Edward the III. in the nine and fortieth year of his Reign granted his License to Simon of Sudbury Bishop of London and Iohn his â—rother to give and assign a Messuage Call'd Lamberds-hnll and three