d. per Annum NOCTON in Lincolnshire THE Priory of Nocton Park was founded by Robert de Areci Lord of Nocton It was dedicated to St. Mary Magdelen The Heir general of Norman de Arcy descended from the Founder married to Iohn de Lymbury The Possessions given by several Benefactors were recited and confirm'd by King Henry III. in the 55th year of his Reign Valued at 44 l. 3 s. 8 d. per Annum WIGMORE in Herefordshire OLiver de Merlymond cheif Seneschal of all the Lands of Hugh de Mortimer in the time of King Steven built the Church of Schobbedon which Town his said Lord Hugh de Mortimer had given him in Consideration of his Service This Oliver being kindly entertain'd at St. Victors Abby at Paris in his return from a Pilgrimage he was so highly pleased with their good life and Regular devotion that he afterwards obtain'd from that Abby two of their Canons to come over and Institute a House of Religion at his new built Church of Schobbedon to which he annext divers Lands and profits But after this a great dissention arising between the said Hugh de Mortimer and Oliver de Merlymond in so much that the said Oliver departed from his Service and went to Miles Earl of Hereford Mortimer seized upon all his Estates and took from the Canons all the Goods which Oliver had given them whereby the said Canons were reduced to such extreamity that they were about to leave their House But this difference being at last composed by the mediation of the Bishop of Hereford Mortimer not only restored them their Lands c. of which he had deprived them but gave them more among other Benefactions the Church of Wigmore and advanced their Prior to the title of an Abbot But soon after he took from them again the Town of Schobbedon and it was once more restored by mediation After this these Canons removed their habitation to a place call'd Eye and from thence to Wigmore After this they removed once more into the Field of Beodune where they built from the ground a Monastery and Church which Church was dedicated to St. Iames by Robert Folyoth then Bishop of Hereford the aforesaid Sir Hugh de Mortimer conferring thereon at the Dedication great Benefactions both in Lands and Plate for the Altar Which Sir Hugh died a Chanon of this House being very antient Whose Son and heir Sir Roger de Mortimer behaved himself so unkindly to the Canons of this House that the Abbot and most of the Convent were forced for some time to retire to Schobbedon but the differrence was made up by the Interposition of King Henry Isabell de Ferrers Widow of the said Sir Roger built a House of Religion at Lechelade after her Husbands decease and endow'd it with Lands for the good of his Soul The said Sir Roger tho' unkind at first yet before his death confirm'd all that his Father had given to these Canons with other Lands given by himself Among those 260 most famous and valiant Knights that King William the Conqueror brought into England with him in his Army was Ralph de Mortuomari one of the chief which Ralph obtain'd to himself the Lordship of Wigmore and other Possessions in the Marches of Wales This Ralph built the Castle of Wigmore and left issue Hugh and William Hugh became the Founder of the Abby of Wigmore as has been said and endow'd it largely An. 1179. and dyed in this Monastery An. 1185. Grandson of this Hugh was Ralph de Mortuomari who being sent over into Normandy by King Iohn in order to defend that Country against the King of France who had invaded and Seized all Normandy because King Iohn refused thô several times summon'd to do homage for the same was by the said King of France taken Prisoner During whose absence from these Parts the Welch invaded this Monastery of Wigmore plundered the Canons of all their movables and burnt all the Buildings except the Church Son of which Ralph was Roger who marryed Matilda daughter of William de Breuse Lord of Bregnoc and was so faithful an adherent to King Henry III. against his rebellious Barons that he was the chief means of defeating that formidable Commotion and establishing the King in his Throne Grandson of this Roger was Roger Mortimer who was created the first Earl of March An. 1. Edward III. Which Earl Roger was great grandfather of Edmund Mortimer who married Philippa only daughter and heir of Leonel Duke of Clarence second Son of King Edward III. Which Edmund having buried his said Wife went over into Ireland the Kings Lieutenant and An. 1381. departed this life in that Kingdome being but twenty nine years of age His body was brought over and buried in this Abby Church of Wigmore with his Countess and most of his Ancestors Which Edmund and Philippa had issue two Sons Roger and Edmund and two Daughters Elizabeth and Philippa Roger Mortimer was slain in Ireland An. 1398. But left issue by his Wife Alianora daughter and coheir of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent two Sons Edmund and Roger and two daughters Anne and Alianore Anne was married to Richard de Condsborough Earl of Cambridge The two Sons and the other daughter died all without issue Valued at 267 l. 2 s. 10 d. ob per Annum THORNHOLME in Lincolnshire IT was found upon Inquisition at the Assizes at Lincoln 4 Iohn that King Steven founded this Priory and placed Canons in it That Henry II gave the Mannour of Aplebi in which the Priory is scituated to William de Lungespe his Brother who after gave the Manour to Iohn Maleherbe DERLEY in Darbyshire Hvgh the Priest intitled Dean of Derby gave to Albinus and his Canons of St. Helens near Derby the Land which he held at Little Derby for the erecting of a Church and Habitation for him and the said Canons with divers Lands of his Patrimony Which Estate the said Albin and his Successors Abbots of this House quietly enjoyed all the time of the life of the said Hugh and of Henry his Son which Son he begat in lawful marriage before he received holy Orders and of two daughters and heiresses of the said Henry who dying in the Reign of King Henry III. that King supposing the said two daughters to dye without heirs claim'd the Advowson of this Abby as an Escheat Vid. Vol. 3. P. 57. Valued at 258 l. 14 s. 5 d. per Annum St. AUGUSTINS at Bristol in Gloucestershire ROBERT Fitz Harding a Burgesse of Bristol to whom King Henry II. gave the Barony of Berkly built this Abby and gave to the Canons Regular of this House the Church of Berkly with divers others Whose Estate was confirm'd to them by King Henry II. while he was yet Duke of Normandy and Earl of Anjou also by Iohn Earl of Morton c. Valued at 670 l. 13 s. 11 d. ob per Annum COKESFORD near Rudham in Norfolk JOhn de Querceto or Cheney gave to God and St.
such to the Almoner such to the Pitanciarius such to the Infirmarius such to the Hostillarius and such to the Praecentor But all Law-Suits concerning any the Lands or Estate of the Abby the Abbot was to manage at his own proper Charges Also the Abbot was to entertain all secular Guests as well Horse-men as Footmen in case he was resident with his Family in Town but the Convent was to entertain religious Persons and in case the Abbot be absent then the Convent to entertain also secular persons if under thirteen Horse This agreement between the Abbot and Convent was made in the year 1281. And exemplified by King Edward the I. in the same year being the 9th of his Reign The Names of the Sacristans of BVRT 1 Thurstan In the time of Abbot Baldwin 2 Tolimus 3 Godefridus 4 Radulphus 5 Harueus 6 Helias Widewell 7 Frodo 8 Willielmus Schuch 9 Willielmus Wardel 10 Hugo 11 Walterus de Banham 12 Willielmus de Disce 13 Robertus de Granele chosen Abbot of Thorney 14 Richardus de Insula chosen Abbot of Burton and at last Abbot here 1233. 15 Dominus de Newport 16 Georgius first Precentor then Sacristan than Prior here reputed a Saint 17 Nicholaus 18 Simon de Luyton chosen Prior and then Abbot here 1257. 19 Richardus de Horninsâ—e 20 Richardus de Colecester 21 Simon de Kingston first Celarer and then Chamberlain 22 Willielmus de Luyton 23 Richardus le Brun. Of the Buildings about the Church and Abby perform'd in the times of the Sacristans abovemention'd see the Book at large To the Cellarer of this House whose Office was to make provision for the diet of the whole Covent did belong many Rights and Priviledges by ancient Custom He kept the Court of the Lordship in the Town from which he received divers annual Profits His Officers were to be first served in the Market in buying provisions if the Abbot were not in Town Also the Cellerar and Abbots Officers were to have Herrings a half-penny in the hundred cheaper than any other people Valued at 1659 l. 13 s. 11 d. ob per Annum COVENTRY in Warwickshire THIS Monastery was built by Leofricus Earl of Chester and Godiva his Wife a most pious Lady and plentifully endow'd with Lands and Revenues The Church was so richly adorn'd with Gold and Silver and precious Stones that the Walls seem'd too narrow to contain all the Treasure The Founder Earl Leofrick died in the year 1057. and was buried at Coventry as was also his Wife Godiva in the Church-Porch of their own Foundationâ— In which Church was formerly kept an Arm of the Great St. Augustineâ— inclosed in Silver Robert de Limesey who was made Bishop of Chester A. D. 1088. and died 1116. obtain'd of King Henry the I. The Monastery of Coventry and constituted it the Capital Cathedral of that Diocess Whose Successor in that See Hugh Bishop of Coventry A. D. 1191. expell'd the Monks out of the Cathedral Church here and placed in their room secular Canons But in the year 1198. Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury by order of Pope Celestine restored the Monks to the possession of their Church again It appears by Earl Leofrick's Charter of Foundation that he built this Church and Monastery to the honour of God and St. Mary his Mother St. Peter the Apostle St. Osburga the Virgin and all Saints And gave to the Maintenance of the Monks here serving God twenty four Villages with the Moiety of the Town of Coventry in which it stands with all Liberties and Customs which he himself enjoy'd in the said Estate and that the Abbot of the said House should be subject to none but the King All which grants King Edward the Confessor did confirm to Leofwinus the first Abbot there and his Successors Also Pope Alexander by his Bull directed to the said King Edward bearing date 1043. confirm'd all their Liberties and Exemptions granting them full power to chose their own Abbots or Deans without any Lett or Hindrance from the Apostolick Authority Leofwinus the first Abbot of Coventry being created Bishop of Chester ordain'd with the Consent of the Monks that his Successors Superiors of that Monastery should be call'd Priors and not Abbots PEYKIRK in Northamptonshire IN the year 1048. one Wulgatus then Abbot of a Monastery in this Town lost his Abby and the Lands thereunto belonging to the Abbot of Peterborough who claim'd the same as parcel of his Estate And this was by Judgment given in the Court of King Hardâ— Canute SPALDING in Lincolnshire a Cell of Croyland c. ANno Dom. 1052. Thoroldus de Bukenhâ—le Brother to Godiva Countess of Leicester having obtain'd six Monks from Wulgate Abbot of Croyland began the Priory of Spalding assigning to it divers Lands and annext it as a Cell to Croyland In the year 1074. Tuo Taylboys Earl of Anjou Andegavia having married Lucia Great Grand daughter of the foresaid Godiva became Lord of Spalding and all Holland and gave the Cell of Spalding to a Monk of St. Nicholas of Anjou He also confirm'd the Estate which his Great Uncle Thorold had given to this House and procured the like Confirmation from the 2 Williams and Hen. 1st Kings of England In the year 1085. Yuo Taylboys by License of King William the Conqueror gave this Cell to the Abby of St. Nicholas of Anjou with the Lands and Estate thereunto belonging All which with divers Liberties was confirm'd to the said Abby of St. Nicholas by King William the I. William the II. and Henry the I. And also by King Iohn in the first year of his Reign See more Vol. 2. p. 871. Valued at 767 l. 8 s. 11 d. per Annum BATTEL Abby in Sussex IN the year 1067. King William the Conqueror built this Abby in the same place where he fought and overcame Harold and his Army that herein perpetual praise and thanks might he given to God for the said Victory and Prayers made for the Souls of those who were here slain It was dedicated to St. Martin and largely endow'dâ— with Lands and Priviledges In this Battle it is said that above ten thousand men lost their lives on the conquering side but what number of the conquered may be guest with astonishment King William design'd to have endow'd this Abby with Lands sufficient for the constant maintenance of sevenscore Monks but death prevented However he granted to it to be free from the Bishops Jurisdiction to have Sanctuary to have Treasure troue with many other Royal Liberties and Exemptions He translated from an Abby in Normandy called Major Monasterium several Monks among whom one Gausbertus who he appointed the first Abbot of Battail And gave to this Abby the Mannor of Wi in Kent with other Mannors in Sussex Surrey Essex Barkshire Oxfordshire and Devonshire with free Warren in all their Lands Yet King William gave this caution or restriction to the Abbot that he should not wast the Alms belonging to
built the Castle at Pontefract and in it a Chappel for a Dean and Canons Son of this Ilbertus was Robert Lacy who built the Monastery of Pontefract who was the Father of Henry Lacy the Founder of this Abby of Kirkstall this Henry married the Sister of William Vesci Rector of Berwick Of this Family was Roger Constable of Chester who hearing that his Lord Ranulphus Earl of Chester was distrest in Wales raised on the sudden a great Force among the Shoo-makers and Stage-players of Chester and with them went and relieved his Lord from the Power of the Welch whereupon the said Earl Ranulph granted to him and his Heirs the Dominion and Patronage of the Shoo-makers and Players at Chester for ever His Son and Heir Iohn de Lacy became the first Earl of Lincoln of this name Anno Dom. 1221. and died 1240. From the Heirs General of this Family did descend Our Kings of the House of Lancaster Valued at 329 l. 2 s. 11 d. per Annum DORE in Herefordshire RObert Earl of Ferrars founded this Monastery and endowed it with Lands to hold free and quit of all secular Service by the Rent of three shillings yearly to be paid at the Feast of St. Peter ad vincula and this was exprest to be given not only for the Health of the Souls of his Ancestors and Heirs but also propace stabilitate totius Angliae Walliae for the Peace and Stability of all England and Wales King Iohn by his Deed dated in the seventeenth year of his Reign gave divers Lands to the Church of the blessed Mary at Dore and the Cistercian Monks there Walter de Clifford and others were Benefactors All whose Gifts were confirm'd to this House by King Henry the III. in the seventeenth year of his Reign Vid. Vol. 2. p. 918. Valued at 101 l. 5 s. 2 d. per Annum SIBETON in Norfolk Founded An. 1150. THIS Abby was founded and endowed by William Son of Robert Fitz Walter The Lands given to the Monks here were confirm'd by King Steven and King Henry the II. The said Robert Fitz-Walter was the Founder of the House of St. Faith 's at Horsham and married Sibill Daughter of Radulfus de Cayneto who came into England with the Conqueror from whom descended the Families of Cressi and Vfford Vid. Vol. 3. p. 32. Valued at 250 l. 15 s. 7 d. ob per Annum STANLEIGH in Wiltshire THIS Abby was first founded by Maud the Empress at Lokeswell in the year 1151. and three years afterwards translated to Stanlegh by her Son King Henry the II. The Monks of this House came from Quarre in the Isle of Wight King Richard the II. confirm'd to them all their Lands and took them into his protection Valued at 177 l. 0 s. 8 d. per Annum JERVAL in Yorkshire AKarius Fitz-Bardolf a potent man in Yorkshire in the time of King Steven gave to Peter de Quinciaco and certain other Monks of Savigny a parcel of Land in Wandesleydale for the erection of an Abby of their Order which Abby was at first call'd Fo rs and afterwards Iorvalle This Foundation was confirm'd by Alan Earl of Britan and Richmond which Earl Alan being present at the beginning of the Erection of the first Buildings prevailed with several of his Knights to be assistant to the Work and this was in the year 1145. Roger de Molbray gave also divers Lands to this House before his first Voyage to Ierusalem The abovesaid Peter inhabited this House at first with only two Companions labouring with their hands for their sustentation but in a while they had of the said Earl of Richmond's Gift five Plows forty Cows sixteen Horses three hundred Sheep c. After this Serlo Abbot of Savigny having a property in this House of Iorevalls by reason that the first Monks came from thence granted the same to the Abby of Biland Whereupon the foresaid Peter submitted himself and Companions being two Monks and one Lay-brother conversus to the Abbot of Biland Being fully possest of this House Roger Abbot of Biland appointed Iohn de Kinstan to be Abbot here instituting him in these words I confirm thee Abbot and I commit to thee the care of Souls and the Government of the Abby of Joreval with all its substance Persons and Possessions now had or to be had as well in Temporals as Spirituals in like manner as Serlo Abbot of Savigny gave the same to me And then put into his hands the Rule of St. Benedict c. An. 1150. Hereupon the said Abbot appointed to be of his Convent the aforesaid Peter and his two Companions with nine Monks of Biland who removed from thence to Iorvall After this the abovesaid Earl Alan and his Son Conan Duke of Britan encreased their Revenues with the Gift of many other Lands In the year 1156. the said Conan translated these Monks from Fo rs the place being poor and steril to East-Wittonâ— upon the River Ior and this was by permission and approbation of the Abbot of Cisteaux and the general Convent of that Order Alanus Earl of Britan who was so great a Benefactor to this Monastery was Brother and Heir to Alanus Rufus who was the Son of Eudo Earl of Britan who came into England with King William the Conqueror and had given him by the said King all Richmondshire An. 1268 Iohn Duke of Britan and Earl of Richmond confirm'd the Donations of his Ancestors So also did King Henry the III. in the twelfth year of his Reign Valued at 234 l. 18 s. 5 d. per Annum GREENFEILD in Lincolnshire RAdulf de Aby gave Lands here and elsewhere for the Foundation and Endowment of a Nunnery in Greenfeild which was confirm'd by Hugh Bishop of Lincoln and Eudo de Greinesby c. Iohn Son and Heir of Adam de Welle gave to this House 10 l. per Annum for the finding of two sufficient Chaplains to celebrate for him and his Ancestors and all the faithful in our Ladies Chappel in the Priory Church here for ever to the finding of which Margaret then Prioress of this House did oblige her Successors by her Deed dated Anno Dom 1348. Valued at 63 l. 4 s. 1 d. per Annum CUMB in Warwickshire RIchard de Camvilla gave Lands to the Abbot and Monks of Waverley for the founding of this Abby of Cistercian Monks Roger de Moubray confirm'd the Estate so given to the Monks of Cumb quit of all secular service Valued at 311 l. 15 s. 1 d. per Annum STRATFORD-LANGTON in Essex FOunded Anno. 1135. for Monks by William de Montefichet endow'd with all the Lordship for Stradford in Westham c. All which Gifts were confirm'd by King Henry the II. Valued at 511 l. 16 s. 3 d. per Annum FLEXLEY in Gloucestershire THE Abby here was founded and endow'd by Roger Earl of Hereford their Lands were confirm'd by King Henry the II. Valued at 112 l. 13 s. 1 d. per Annum BLANCLAND in Wales
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
III. in the 30th year of his Reign confirm'd to the Nuns of Yeddingham all the Lands given by their several Benefactors There was delivered in this House to the Prioress and Convent sixty and two Loaves daily to nine Brethren twelve Loaves a piece weekly to Brother Iames fourteen Loaves to three Priests to four Chaplains and other Officers accordingly c. among the rest of the Deliveries is set down Canibus in singulis Maneriis triginta novem panes de pane duriori To the Dogs Waiters or Attendants in each Manor thirty nine Loaves of the coursest sort of Bread Valued at 21 l. 16 s. 6 d. ob per Annum NUNBURNHAM in Yorkshire THE Ancestors of Roger de Merlay Lord of the Barony of Morpath were founders of the Nunnery of Brunham And it was found by inquision 38. Hen. 3. that these Nuns held Lands here of the Fee of Thomas de Graystoc Valued at 8 l. 1 s. 11 d. per Annum LYTHOM in Lancashire a Cell to Durham RIchardus filius Rogeri or Richard Fitz-Rogers gave his Land at Lythum with the Church there to the Prior and Monks of Durham for the erecting and establishing at Lytham a Cell of their Order which he endow'd with divers Lands This was confirm'd by King Iohn in the second year of his Reign CHIRBURY in Shropshire THE Monks here having formerly inhabited at Snede and removed from thence King Edward the I. in the ninth year of his Reign understanding this place not to be convenient for them removed them back again to Snede ARDEN in Yorkshire PEter de Hotona founded and endowed an Abby of Nuns at Arden and dedicated it to St. Andrew which was confirm'd by Roger de Mowbray Lord of the Fee and by Elizabeth Heir of the said Peter in the tenth year of Edward the I. In the 6th of Henry the IV. Ieoffrey Pigot as Heir of Peter the first Founder and Elizabeth abovesaid was admitted by the Nuns here as Founder or Patron Valued at 12 l. per Annumâ— DAVINTON in Kent KING Henry the II I. in the thirty ninth year of his Reign confirm'd to the Prioress of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene of Davyntone and to the Nuns there serving God divers Lands and Rents given by several Benefactors FOSS in Lincolnshire KING Henry the III. in the 21st year of his Reign gave to the Prioress and Nuns of Foss without Torkesey sixscore Acres of Land and seven Tosts in Torkesey to hold for ever at the yearly Rent of forty six Shillings Valued at 7 l. 3 s. 6 d. per Annum WALLING WELLS in Nottinghamshire RAlph de Cheurolcurt gave to God and St. Mary a place in his Park of Carletuna for the building a place of Religion and to it gave other Lands and Liberties in pure and perpetual Alms. From this Founder is descended by a Daughter the Family of Furneux the Male Line of which Family is now in Being in Darbyshire under the name of Rooper Valued at 58 l. 9 s. 10 d. per Annum St. CATHERINES Nunnery without Exeter in Devonshire KING Iohn in the second year of his Reign confirm'd to the Church of St. Catherine without Exeter and the Nuns there the Lands given to them by William de Trascy and Henry de Pomerya with the grant of many Liberties FLAMSTED Priory in Hartfordshire AGatha Widow of William de Gatesden endowed the Church of St. Giles of Flamsted with certain Lands which Gift was confirm'd by King Henry the III. in the twelfth year of his Reign Valued at 30 l. 19 s. 8 d. ob per Annum CRESSEWELL in Herefordshire WAlter de Lascy gave to the Church of St. Mary at Cressewell and to the Monks there of the Order call'd Grandimontenses divers Lands and Revenues confirm'd by King Henry the III. who also granted to them divers Liberties Other Benefactors gave them other Lands all which was confirm'd to them by King Edward the III. in the first year of his Reign Vid. Vol. 3. p. 17. DARBY Priory in Darbyshire KING Henry the III. granted to the Prioress and Nuns de Pratis at Derby an Augmentation of one hundred Shillings per Annum out of the Fee-farm of the Town of Nottingham It was found upon an Extent in the 15. E. 1. that the Scite of the Abby at Derby with a Garden and Curtilage was worth yearly 20 s. And that the said Abby held there in Demean four Carucates of Land each Carucate containing sixty Acres of Land i. e. Arable Land c. LAMBLEY Nunnery in Northumberland KING Iohn in the second year of his Reign confirm'd to God and St. Mary and St. Patrick and to the Nuns at Lambeleya the Scite of the Abby of Lambeleya Super Tinam and the Lands which Adam de Tindale and Helewisa his Wife gave to the said House STEINFEILD Priory in Lincolnshire THIS was a Priory of Benedictine Nuns founded by Henry Son of Henry de Percy The Patronage of this House came to Iocelin de Lovein by Agnes his Wife one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of William de Percy King Edward the I. in the one and twentieth year of his Reign granted the Prioress and Nuns here free Warren in their Demean Lands the same not being within the bounds of his Forests Valued at 98 l. 8 s. per Annum MODBURY in Devonshire THE Mannor of Modbury and right of Patronage of the Priory there being in Ida Widow of Sr. Iames Exton Knight by Virtue of a Fine in the 9. Edw. 2. the said Ida through the mediation of Friends released all her title to Richard de Campo-Arnulphi CHESTER Nunnery THE Monastery of St. Mary here was founded for Nuns and endow'd by Ranulph Earl of Chester with Lands and Liberties Valued at 66 l. 18 s. 4 d. per Annum ROSSEDALE in Yorkshire RObert de Stutevill founded and endow'd the Nunnery at Rossedale to God and St. Laurence which was confirm'd by King Iohn Sibilla de Valoniis Adam de Neuton c. gave other Lands to the Prioress and Nuns here all which was confirm'd by King Edward the III. in the second year of his Reign Valued at 37 l. 12 s. 5 d. per Annum PEMBROK Priory WAlter Marescallus and William Marescallus both Earls of Pembrok gave divers Lands and Endowments to the Priory of St. Nicholas at Pembroke St. CLEMENTS adjoyning to York THurstan Archbishop of York gave to God and St. Clement and the Nuns there divers Lands to hold in pure and perpetual Alms whose Letters of Endowment were confirm'd by the Dean and Chapter of York Other Benefactors gave other Lands all which was confirm'd by King Edward the III. in the first year of his Reign Anno. Dom. 1192. Gaufridus Archbishop of York gave the Priory of St. Clements to the Abby of Godestave but the Nuns here refused to submit to such Donation and appeal'd to the Pope Valued at 55 l. 11 s. 11 d. per Annum CHESTHUNT in Hertfordshire KING Henry the III. gave to the Prioress and Nuns
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
Religious Houses viz. under the value of 200 l. per Annum hath these Words Forasmuh as manifest sin is dayly used and commonlycommitted in such little and small Abbies and Priories c. where the Congregation of such religious Persons is under the number of twelve persons c. Considering also that divers and great solemn Monasteries of this Realm wherein thanks be to God Religiou is well kept and observed be destitute of such full numbers of religious Persons as they might and may keep c. Therefore the said lesser Monasteries were dissolved and their Lands given to the King Sir Edward Coke in his 4th Institut p. 44. says In the Reign of Henry the VIII the Members of both Houses of Parliament were informedâ— on the King's behalf That no King or Kingdom was safe but where the King had ability to live of his own and to defend his Kingdom upon any sudden Invasion or Insurrection c. It was therefore projected that if the Parliament would give unto him all the Abbies Priories Nunneries c. that for ever in time then to come he would take order that the same should not be converted to private use but first that his Exchequer for the Purposes aforesaid should be enriched 2dly The Kingdom strengthened by a continual maintenance of forty thousand well trained Souldiers with skillful Captains and Commanders 3dly for the Benefit and Ease of the Subject who should never afterwards in any time to come be charged with Subsidies Fifteenths Loans or other common Aides 4thly Least the honour of the Realm should receive any diminution there being nine and twenty Lords of Parliament among the Abbots and Priors who held of the King per Baroniam the King would create a number of Nobles The said Monasteries and their Possessions were given to the King his Heirs and Successors Now observe the Catastrophe not long after the dissolution of the Monasteries the said King demanded and had two Subsidies and exacted divers Loans There were in the Reign of Henry the VIII 645. Monasteries and Religious Houses forty of which being granted to Cardinal Wolsey for the Endowment of his two Colledges Soon after as the Pope had given these to the Cardinal the King with the Parliaments assent took the rest An. 1536. those under 200 l. per Annum were granted amounting to 376 and soon after the Remainder being in all 605 Monasteries Besides them were given 96 Colledges 110 Hospitals and 2374 Chantries and free Chappell 's The Revenue of all which is wisht to have been bestow'd for the Advancement of the Church Relief of the Poor c. rather than conferr'd with such a prodigal Dispensation on those who stood ready to devour what was sanctified To this purpose one Henry Brinklow a Merchant of London made a Complaint to the Parliament of the Abuse that follow'd in relation to Appropriations which as he said were the best Benifices and did amount to the third part of all the Parish Churches in England Touching the Alms says he that they dealt and the Hospitality that they kept every man knoweth that many thousands were well received of them and might have been better if they had not so many Great mens Horses to feed and had not been overcharged with such idle Gentlemen as were never out of the Abbies But now that all the Abbies with their Lands and Impropriated Parsonages are in Temporal mens hands where 20 l was given formerly to the poor yearly in more than one hundred places in England is not one meals meat given where they had always one or other Vicar that either preached or hired some to preach now there is no Vicar at all but the Farmer is Vicar and Parson too The Lord Herbert in his History of Hen. VIII says That the King was petition'd that some of the Houses both for the Vertue of the Persons in them and for the Benefit of the Country the Poor receiving thence great Relief and the richer sort good Education for their Children might be left for pious Uses Bishop Latimer also moved that two or three might for those ends be left in every Shire But Cromwell by the King's permission invaded all However the King thought fit to have this Proceeding confirm'd by Act of Parliament But the Christian World says my Lord Herbert was astonisht at these doings Beside the Houses and Lands taken away there was much mony made of the present Stock of Cattle and Corn of the Timber Lead Bells c. and chiefly of the Plate and Church Ornaments which is not valued but may be conjectured by that one Monastery of St. Edmunds Bury whence was taken five thousand Marks of Gold and Silver besides divers Stones of great Value The End of the First Volum MONASTICON ANGLICANUM ABRIDGED VOL. II. OF THE Canons Regular Of St. AVGVSTIN HOSPITALERS TEMPLARS GILBERTINES PRAEMONSTRATENSES and MATURINS or TRINITARIANS OF THE ORIGINAL OF CANONS OF the Author of this Institution there is great variety of Opinion Some ascribe it to the Aportles others to Pope Urban the I. about the year of Christ 230. Others to St Augustine Others to Pope Gelasius the I. about the year 495. c. Canons were first introduced in England by one Berinus An. Christi 636. The Canonical Life being by little and little relaxt and fallen off Canonical Clerks were in the Council of Mentz An. 813. reduced back to their first manner of living viz. to live in Common to have but one Table one Purse and one Dormitory About An. 1083 it was enjoyn'd that no Canon should dare to become an Abbot or Monk under the penalty of Excommunication In process of time Canons becoming loose and disorderly another sort of Canone began to be taken notice of who observing a stricter Discipline were call'd Canons Regular and the others Canons Secular The Canons Habit is a white Tunick with a Linnen Goâ—â— under a black Cloak St. Iames the Apostle and the first Bishop of Ierussaem is said first to have assumed the Linnen Tunick after the manner of the ancient Levitical Priests This Order had formerly in Europe four thousand five hundred and fifty five Monasteries In Italy seven hundred Popes of this Order there have been thirty six Cardinals three hundred Holy men and such who have been reckon'd in the Catologue of Saine seven thousand five hundred For the Canons of this Order were made three Rules The first Rule which St. Augustin made for his Brethren who promised to live together in Common consists of nine Chapters and treats of the Community of Goods Self-denial c. The second Rule of St. Augustin appoints the manner and time of Praying Singing Reading Working Living and Conversing and consists of Five Chapters The third Rule of St. Augustin treats more largely of those things which appertain to the Community of living among Clerks and consists of Forty Five Chapters A CANNON REGVLAR OF S t AVGVSTINE Vol. 2. p 1. MONASTICON ANGLICANUM Vol. II. Of
An. Reg. 9. Valued at 147 l. 2 s. 10 d. per Annum HERTLAND in Devonshire FOunded by Gaufridus Son of Oliver de Dynam and the Canons Secular changed to Canons Regular of St. Augustin by the Authority of Bartholomew Bishop of Exeter All whose Possessions King Richard the I. in the first year of his Reign confirm'd with the Grant of great Immunities and Liberties namely to have a Court to hold plea of all things but Life and Member arising in their own Lands and Estate c. Valued at 306 l. 3 s. 2 d. per Annum HELAGHE in Yorkshire FOunded by Bertramus Haget in a place where formerly was a Hermitage in some sort belonging to the Prior and Convent of Marton who by their Deed under their Convent Seal did disclaim resign and quit all title to the same An. 1203. The Lord Iordan de Sancta Maria marrying Alice an Heir General of the foresaid Bertram became a second Founder of this Priory who confirm'd their Estate and so did Alice his Widow after his decease Priors of Helaghe-Park 1218. William de Hamelecis 1233. Elias 1257. Iohn Nocus 1260. Hamo de Eboraco 1264. Henry de Quetelay 1281. Adam de Blide 1300. William de Grimstone 1320. Robert de Sposford 1333. Steven Levington 1357. Richard 1358. Thomas de Yarum 1378. Steven Clarell 45 years 1423. Iohn Birkyn 1429. Thomas York 1435. Richard Areton translated to Gisburn 1437. Thomas Botson translated to Bolton 1440. Thomas Collingham 1460. Christopher Lofthous under an ill Character for the Book says furatus est bona hujus domus 1471. William Berwick 1475. William Brammam Vicar of Helagh 1480. William Ellington 1499. Peter Kendayl William de Percey Lord of Kildale gave to the Canons of St. Iohn the Evangelist of Helagh-Park the Chappel of St. Hilda at Kildale with divers Lands for which the said Canons were to find two of their own House or two Secular Priests to celebrate the Divine Offices in the said Chappel for ever Valued at 72 l. 10 s. 7 d. per Annum CANONS-ASHBY in Northamptonshire THe Pynkeneyes Lords of Wedone were great Benefactors to the Canons here giving them divers Lands in Wedone and Weston with Common for 100 Sheep 8 Oxen 5 Cows and 5 Mares in the Pasture of Wapham and feeding for Sixscore Hogs in the Woods there Valued at 119 l. 4 d. per Annum HAVERFORD in Wales RObert de Haverford gave to the Canons here divers Churches and Tithes in his Barony of Haverford all which were confirm'd to them by King Edward III. An. Reg. 5. Valued at 133 l. 11 s. 1 d. per Annum WODHAM in Essex THis place being formerly a Hermitage of St. Iohn Baptist Maurice de Tiretia founded here a Priory of Canons and gave them divers Lands confirm'd by King Henry II. IPSWICH in Suffolk KIng Iohn in the fifth year of his Reign confirm'd to the Canons of the Church of the holy Trinity at Gypewic the several Lands Churches and Possession given them by many Benefactors among the rest a Fair to last for three days at the Feast of the holy Cross in September FINSHEVED in Northamptonshire FOunded and endow'd with divers Lands and Possessions by Richard Engaine Lord of Blatherwick in the Reign of King Iohn After the year 1367 the Male Line of the said Founder failing his estate became divided among three Sisters married to the Families of Goldinton Pabenham and Bernake Iohn Engayne gave divers Lands in Blatherwick and Laxton to the Canons of the blessed Mary of Finnisheved for the maintenance of two Chaplains in the Chappel at Finnisheved and two other Chaplains in the Chappel of Blatherwick Valued at 56 l. 10 s. 11 d. ob per Annum KEINSHAM in Gloucestershire FOunded by William Earl of Gloucester at the desire of Robert his Son then dying Dedicated to God the blessed Mary and the Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hertford confirm'd the several Lands Possessions and Liberties given to the Canons of this House and so did also King Edward II. An. Reg. 11. KIRTMELE in Lancashire WIlliam Marescallus founded and endow'd this Priory for Canons providing that it should always remain a Priory independent of any other House yet it should never be made an Abby and upon the death of the Prior two Canons to be chosen and presented to him or his heirs of which he or his heirs to elect one to be made Prior. Confirm'd by King Edward II. An. Reg. 17. LESNES in Kent FOunded by Richard Lucy Prefect of England An. 1178. In the year 1179 the same Richard quitting his Office of Chief Justice became himself a Canon Regular of this House and soon after died and was here buried The Lands and Possessions given to these Canons by their founder and others were confirm'd to them by King Iohn and King Edward II. BURSCOUGH in Lancashire FOunded and endow'd with large Possessions by Robert Lord of Lathom King Edward I. granted to these Canons to have a mercate every Thursday and a Fair for five days at the Feast of the Decollation of St. Iohn Baptist yearly at their Mannour of Ormeskirk Walter Lord of Scaresbrek and many others were Benefactors all whose gifts were recited and confirm'd by King Edward II. An. Reg. 17. Valued at 80 l. 7 s. 6 d. per Annum STEVERDALE in Somersetshire RIchard Lovel Chivaler gave certain Lands of the value of 40 s. to the Prior and Convent here for the finding of one Chaplain to celebrate daily for the Souls of the said Richard and his Ancestors in the Church of this Priory This House was founded by the Ancestors of Richard de Sancto maure and united to the Monastery of Taunton 24. Henry VIII DODFORD in Worcestershire FOunded and endow'd by King Henry I. But in process of time the Revenues of this House being so decay'd that there remain'd here but one Canon it was united to the Abby of Hales Owen An. 4. Edward IV. The Abby de PRATIS near Leicester FOunded An. 1143. by Robert Earl of Melent and Leicester and largely endow'd by him and others with Churches Lands Rents Tithes and Liberties in and about Leicester and elsewhere with the grant of two Bucks yearly one at the Feast of the Assumption and one at the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary c. Margaret de Quincy granted to the Canons here divers Possessions among other things House-bote and haybote and timber for repairs out of her Forrest of Charnwood as often as occasion requires also one Buck yearly out of the said Forrest Roger de Quincy granted them among other things the right Shoulder of every Deer taken in his Park of Acle and free pasture for all their Cattle throughout the Forrest of Leicester Their Possessions were confirm'd by King Steven and King Henry II. Robert Earl of Mellent came into England with the Conqueror who gave him the Earldom of Leicester which City being destroy'd with the Castle there he re-edified the
pay yearly to his Ancestors for certain Tenements in Reygate he also granted to these Canons 46 s. 11 d. per Annum for the Celebrateing one Masâ—e daily in his Castle of Reygate for ever Valued at 68 l. 16 s. 8 d. per Annum HALTEMPRISE in Yorkshire THis Monastery was first founded and endow'd at Cottingham by Thomas Wake Lord of Lydel with License of King Edw. II. Pope Iohn XXII granted to the said Thomas Wake Liberty to translate the said Monastery from thence to Altemprise The said Thomas Wake granted to the Canons Regular of this House several Mannours and Lands with Great Liberties of Leets c. and Commons of Pasture c. in pure and perpetual Alms with general Warranty Iohn de Meaux of Bewyke by his Deed dated An. 1361 31 Edward III. gave to the Prior and Convent of this House his Mannour of Willardby c. conditionally for fix Canons to celebrate for the Souls of him and his Ancestors c. Matins Masse Vespers and Complin c. and in the case of non performance of the Conditions his heirs to re-enter Valued at 100 l. 0 s. 3 d. ob per Annum BADLESMERE in Kent KIng Edward II. An. 13. granted his License to Bartholmew de Badlesmere to found and endow a House of Canons Regular in his Mannour of Badlesmere with a Non obstante to the Statute of Mortmain MAXSTOKE in Warwickshire FOunded by William Clinton Earl of Huntington in honour of the holy Trinity the Blessed Virgin St. Michael and all the Saints for Canons Regular viz. One Prior elective and a Convent of twelve Canons In whose deed of Foundation dated An. 1336 he appointed several Ordinances relating to their habit the Election of the Prior none to meddle with the Custody of theâ— House in time of the Vacation but who the Superior and Convent shall appoint Of the quality of such as are to be received for Canons Of the Number of Canons to be encreased as the Revenue increases The Prior and Convent not to sell or grant any Corrodies or Pensions unlesse compelled by inevitable necessity Of the Accompt Of the founders Anniversary Of the number of Masses That at the end of every Office of our Lady the Priest who Officiate shall say the Angelic Salutation in manner following Ave Maria gracia plena Dominus'tecum Benedicta tu in Mulieribus benedictus fructus ventris tui Ihesus Amen Et benedicta sit venerabilis mater tua Anna exqua tua Caro virginea immaculata processit Amen With some other Orders all which were confirm'd by Roger Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield An. 1337. King Edw. the III. granted his License to these Canons to exchange their Mannor of Shustoke for certain Lands in Maxstoke Valued at 87 l. 12 s. 3 d. ob per Annum BISHAM in Barkshire FOunded by William de Monteacuto Earl of Sarum and Lord of Man and Dynbeghe who by his Deed dated An. 1338. endow'd the Canons here with divers Lands Churches and Rents and granted that upon the death of the Prior neither he nor his Heirs should intermeddle with Custody of the House or any of their Possessions King Henry the V. An. 8. gave License to Matilda Widow of Iohn de Monteacuto Earl of Sarum to remove the Bones of her said Husband buried in the Abby of Cirencester to this Priory of Bustlesham and bury them here Valued at 285 l. 11 s. ob per Annum FLANESFORD in Herefordshire FOunded by Richard Talebot in honour of God St. Mary the Virgin and St. Iohn Baptist for Canons Regular and by him endow'd with divers Lands and Possessions which Lands being held of the King in Capite King Edw. the III. An. 20. granted his License for so doing Valued at 14 l. 8 s. 9 d. per Annum EDINDON in Wiltshire WIlliam de Edindon Bishop of Winchester being born in this Town founded in the Parish-Church of Edindon a perpetual Chantry for Secular Chaplains and endow'd the same with sufficient Revenues but being afterwards minded to turn the same to a Priory of Brethren of St. Augustines Order called Boni homines or Bonhomes he laid the Foundation of a Monastery An. 1352. which was dedicated in honour of St. Iames the Apostle St. Catherine and all Saints by Robert Bishop of Sarum An. 1361. William de Edyndon the Founder died An. 1366. Valued at 442 l. 9 s. 7 d. ob per Annum DERTFORD in Kent FOunded by King Edward the III. for Nuns of St. Augustines Order living under the Care of the Friers of the Order of Preachers and and by him endow'd with Lands and Revenâ—es in Kent and elsewhere they enjoy'd also divers Houses and Rents in London all which was confirm'd to them to hold in Frankalmoine by the Grant of the said King dated in the six and fortieth year of his Reign King Richard II. An. 8. granted to the Prioress land Convent of this House Monasterium Sororum Praedicatissarum de Derford the Mannor of Massingham in Norfolk with its Fairs Markets and Liberties c. for the finding of one Chaplain to celebrate in the Chappel of the Infirmary of this House and for the Relief and Sustentation of the Sisters and Brethren in the said Infirmary Valued at 380 l. 9 s. ob per Annum SYON in Middlesex FOunded by King Henry the V. An. Reg. 2. To the honour of the holy Trinity the glorious Virgin Mary the Apostles and Disciples of God and all Saints especially St. Briget for sixty Nuns of which number one to be Abbess of the Order of St. Augustin and for five and twenty Religious Men of which number thirteen to be Priests four Deacons and eight Laymen all to be under the Government of the Consessor To live separately viz. The Nuns in a part of the House by themselves and the Consessor and Brothers in a part distinct chastely both in mind and body according to the Regular Institute of St. Bridget This Religious House was founded in his Mannor of Istelworth in the Parish of Twykenham near the Thames and called by the name of the Monastery of St. Saviour and St. Briget of Syon of the Order of St. Augustin by which name or Title the said Abbess and Nuns were enabled to purchase Lands to sue and be sued Matilda Newton was appointed the first Abbess and William Alnewyk the first Confessor The said King Henry the V. endow'd this House with the Rent of one thousand Marks to be paid yearly out of the Exchequer till he or his Heirs should settle Lands of that value Valued at 1731 l. 8 s. 4 d. ob per Annum SOme other Houses are reckon'd of this Order of which there remains little or nothing of note but only their Names which are Flixton in Suffolk Hempton in suffolk Leyes in Norfolk Wodebrigge in Essex Vlvescrofte in Leicester shire St. Iohn Baptist at Exeter Canonleghe in Devonshire Shelbrede in Sussex Torpington in Sussex Merkeby in Lincoln Wesâ—wde Kent St. Iohn Northampton
Hospitals for the Infirme Of St. AUGUSTINS Order It was Decreed in the Council of Lateran An. Dom. 1179. That where a Number of Leperous People are gather'd together in Community they shall be permitted to enjoy to themselves a Church Churchâ— yard and Priest of their own But they must take care that this be no ways injurious or prejudicial to the Rights of Parish-Churches Yet shall not the Leprous or Lazer-houses be compelled to pay Tithes of the increase of their own proper Cattle St. LEONARD's Hospital in York ANno Dom. 800. King Egbert in a Parliament at Winchester chang'd the name of his Kingdom of Britain into that of England A. 924. Athestan succeeding his Father King Edward the elder in this Kingdom he substituted Hoâ—el King of Wales and Constantin King of Scotland saying it was more glorious to make a King than to be one Which Constantin more Scottorum perjurium non timens they are the Authors words soon after rebell'd against him and wasted the Northern parts about Northumberland Hereupon King Athelstan rais'd an Army and in his Journey towards Scotland made his Supplications to God for Victory at Beverlay York and Durham after which he overcame Constantin and imploring Almighty God to shew some token whereby the present and future Ages might know that the Scots ought to be subject to the Kings of England he strook his Sword into a Rock of Stone near Dunbar Castle and made therein a gash of an Ell deep which remains says my Author to this day This King returning out of Scotland Victorious did divers works of Charity in particular he gave to the Clergy or Ministers of the Church of St. Peter at York call'd Colidei for the better Relief of the Poor and Maintenance of Hospitallity certain Revenues and a piece of Ground for erection of an Hospital which Hospital when built was call'd the Hospital of St. Peter until the Reign of King Steven who built there a Church in honour of St. Leonard after which it was called the Hospital of St. Leonard King William Rusus King Henry the I. King Hen. the II. and others were Benefactors to this Hospital Walter de Langton Master of this Hospital in the 22 E. 1. made certain Orders for Government of the Brothers and Sisters in the same containing an exact direction how the Chaplains were to spend the day both in the Church and out of it in their Religious Offices c. That the Lay Brothers should not go beyond the Door of the Nave of the Church unless in processions that the Sisters have a convenient place appointed for them in the Church that neither any of them nor the Lay-Brothers go out of the Bounds of the Hospital without leave c. Valued at 362 l. 11 s. 1 d. ob per Annum CARMANS Spittle in Yorkshire FOunded by one Acehorne in the time of King Athelstan for one Alderman and fourteen Brothers and Sisters in the Town of Flixton Designed for the Relief of Travellers that they might not be exposed to Wolves and other wild Beasts of the Woods the said Founder endowing it with divers Possessions in Flixton with common of Pasture for twenty four Cows and one Bull c. The Vicar of the Church of Folketon in which Parish this Hospital was situate was used yearly on the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle to cellebrate a Solemn Mass in the Chappel of this Hospital the Assistants at which Mass enjoy'd several Indulgences King Henry the VI. An. 25. confirm'd the Possessions and Liberties of this Hospital naming it for the future Carmans Spitell St. GREGORY's Hospital in Canterbury FOunded by Lansranc Archbishop of Canterbury without the North-Gate of the City For infirm Men and Women to live a part in separate Divisions of the House The said Lanfranc built near this Hospital a Church in honour of St. Gregory the Pope placing Canons therein who were to take care of the Souls of the said Poor and were to receive their Provision daily from the Hospital these Canons were endow'd with fair Revenues which in the year 1384. were taxt or estimated in the whole at 133 l. 15 s. These Canons were at first Secular as establisht by Lanfranc but afterwards they were changed into Regulars by William Archbishop of Canterbury Valued at 121 l. 15 s. 1 d. per Annum BRACKLEY in Northamptonshire RObert Earl of Mellent who came into England with the Conqueror founded this Hospital where his Heart was kept intire preserved with Salt An. 6 Hen. 5. Matilda Widow of Iohn Lord Lovel granted her Mannor of Bagworth and Thornton in Leicestershire to certain Trustees and their Heirs for them to grant to Thomas Coltone and several others then Members of this Hospital Pensions for Life and by another Deed dated 8 H. 5. declared her Intention and Will to be to change this Hospital into a Priory of Friers Preachers consisting of twelve and a Prior the Kings License being first obtain'd after which the said Trustees to reenseoff her or her Heirs with the said Mannor or convey it to them back again Vid. Vol. 3. p. 83. St. JULIANS near St. Albans in Hertfordshire THe Church and House of St. Iulian near Eyewode was founded for Lazares by Gaufridus Abbot of St. Albans with the advice and consent of his Convent and endow'd with divers Tithes and parcells of Tithes in St. Albans Bradewey and elsewhere Confirm'd by King Henry the II. For the Government of these Brethren several Orders were made as that their Habit should be a Tunick and Supertunick of plain Russit that they should be single or if married to separate from their Wives both parties being willing that no Woman should enter into the House except the common Laundress or a Mother or Sister to visit their Relation when sick with License of the Custos that every Brother at his admitance should make Oath to obey the Abbot of St. Albans and his Archdeacon c. RIPPON in Yorkshire FOund by Inquisition that it was founded by Thurstan Archbishop of York for the Relief of Poor and Leprous People Endow'd with Revenues given at first to certain Sisters who lived here wherewith to find a Chaplain to celebrate in the said Hospital and to relieve all such Leperous People who being born in Ripschire should repair to this House where they were to receive one Garment called Bak and two pair of Shooes per Annum and every day to each man one Loaf half a Flagon of Ale c. Which said Sisters being dead the Archbishop that then was gave the Hospital to the Possession and Government of a Master and certain Chaplains but in time Leperous People decaying in the 15 E. 3. there were neither Brothers nor Sisters in this Hospital otherwise it remain'd as it ought Vid. Vol. 3. p. 89. St. GILES in the Sâ—burbs of London QUeen Maud Wife of King Henry the I. built on the West side of London a House for the Relief of Leperous People with an Oratory and call'd
endow'd with the Mannour of Leystone The Advowson of this Abby coming to the Crown by the forfeiture of Michael de la Pole Earl of Suffolk King Richard II. An. 12. confirm'd to the Abbot and Convent of this House their Estate and granted them free Election of their Abbot that in time of Vacation neither he nor his heirs nor any of his or their Officers would seize the Temporalities nor intermeddle in the same nor should any Abbot and Convent of this House be ever compell'd to grant any Corody or Pension to any Person Vid. Vol. 3. p. 74. Valued at 181 l. 17 s. 1 d. per Annum BEAUCHIEF in Derbyshire RObert Fitz-Ranulf Lord of Alferton Norton and Marnham was one of these four Knights who martyr'd the Blessed Thomas Arch-Bishop oâ— Camesbury in explation of which Act he founded this Monastery of Bello Capite or Beauchef dedicated to St. Thomas the Martyr Thomas de Cadureis or Chaworth descended by an Heir General from the said Robert gave divers Lands to this House and confirm'd all the Gifts of his Ancestors King Edward II. An. 9. recited and confirm'd the Lands c. given to the Abbot and Canons of this House by their several Benefactors Valued at 126 l. 3 s. 4 d. per Annum BLANCLAND in Northumberland FOunded for twelve Canons of the Order of Premonstratenses by Walter de Bolebek and by him endow'd with divers Lands c. Valued at 40 l. 9 d. per Annum NEWBO in Lincolnshire FOunded and endow'd with Lands and Churches by Richard Malebisse Confirm'd by King Henry III. An. 9. Among other things the foresaid Richard gave the Canons of this House certain Lands in Estwisell held of Iohn de Lascy Earl of Lincoln by Ward Releif and Scurage c. all which Services the said Earl afterwards released and quit claim'd to these Canons in pure and perpetual almes Valued at 71 l. 8 s. 1 d. ob per Annum LAVINDENE in Buckinghamshire FOunded by Iohn Bidun and by him endow'd with divers Lands and Churches Ranulph Earl of Chester and Ralf de Bray with divers others were Benefactors all whose gifts were confirm'd to the Canons of the Church of St. Iohn Baptist at Lavindene by King Henry III. An. II. Valued at 79 l. 13 s. 8 d. per Annum WENDLYNG in Norfolk FOunded and endow'd with Lands c. by William de Wendlying in free and perpetual Almes Confirm'd by King Edward III. An. 6. And by Robert de Stuievill An. 1273. 1. Edward I. Valued at 55 l. 18 s. 4 d. per Annum HAGNEBY in Lincolnshire FOunded in honour of St. Thomas the Martyr Archbishop of Canterbury by the Lady Agnes de Orreby Wife of Herbert de Orreby An. 22. Henry the II. Richard Bishop of Lincoln 52 H. 3. and Philip de Kyme 4 E. 1. with divers others were Benefactors Valued at 87 l. 11 s. 4 d. per Annum STANLY Park commonly call'd Dale in Darbyshire IT is said that a certain Baker living in the Parish of St. Mary at Derby a man very Religious and a great Alms-giver was admonisht in a Vision to leave all that he had and betake himself to a solitary Life in a Place call'd Depedale which accordingly he did This was a Desert and Moorish place East from Derby near Stanley Radulsus Son of Geremundus Lord of the place accidentally discovering this Hermit in his poor Habitation as he was hunting and commiserating his Condition granted him the Soil where his Hermitage stood and also the Tith of his Mill of Burg for his maintenance The Daughter of this Radulfus was married to Serlo de Grendon Lord of Badeley to whom his Aunt and Godmother call'd The Gome of the Dale Gome in old English signified a Godmother gave Depedale These two astembled hither certain Canons from a Religious House at Kalke to whom they gave this Place where they built asumptious Church and Monastery which obtain'd from Rome ample Priviledges But these Canons becoming very relax in their Divine Offices and more given to hunting and the Pleasures of the Forrest than to the Church and Prayer for which being in danger to be removed they by way of Prevention refigned all they had here into the hands of their Patron and return'd to the place from whence they came except Humfrey their Prior who retired to a place call'd the Magdalen and became a Hermit But this House became not hereby desolate but afterwards rise to a greater degree of honour Ludit in adversis divina potentia rebus for after this there came hither six Canons of the Order of Praemenstratenses from Tupholme invited by the Patron But these also misbehaved themselves and were recall'd to Tupholme Hereupon William de Grendhom then Patron procured five other Canons of the fame Order from Welbeck These also after some time return'd back discouraged by excessive Poverty At last William Son of the foresaid Radulf with his Daughter Maud married to Ieffrey Sawcemere but childles and the foresaid William de Grendon the Patron his Sisters Son joyn'd together in making a Fair and sufficient Endowment of Lands to this House procuring nine Canons from Newhouse to whom they gave the Town and Park of Stanley the Dominion of Depedale with other Lands in Okebroke c. All which with their other Possessions given by other Benefactors were confirm'd to the Abbot and Canons of Stanlegh Park by King Henry the III. An. 19. Vid. Vol. 3. p. 72. Valued at 144 l. 12 s. per Annum LANGDONE in Kent a Cell to Leystone FOunded by William de Auberville and by him endow'd with the Town of Langedone and divers other Lands confirm'd by Simon de Albrinciis his chief Lord and Nicholas do Cryoll defcended of the foresaid William the Founder WEST-DERHAM in Norfolk FOunded by Hubert Dean of York for the good of his own Soul and the Souls of his Father and Mother and of Ranulph de Glanville and Bertra his Wife who brought him up He became afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury and endow'd this Abby with many Lands all which was confirm'd by King Iohn An. 1. who also granted to the Canons of this House very great Liberties and Immunities as to be quit from all Tolls throughout the Kingdom both for themselves and their men c. Valued at 228 l. ob per Annum BILEGH alias Maldone in Essex THE Canons of Perendune removed to Maldon An. Dom. 1180. Robert Mantell was their Founder King Richard the I. An. 1. confirm'd all their Lands and Revenues with the grant of Liberties Valued at 157 l. 16 s. 11 d. per Annum SULBY in Northamptonshire THIS Abby of St. Mary de Welleford afterwards call'd the Abby of Suleby was founded by William de Wideville King Richard the I. granted these Canons divers Immunities Robert de Pavily Knt. granted them his Mannor of Suleby to hold of the Abbot and Convent of Westminister being Lords of the Fee at the yearly Rent of 102 s. and of him the said Robert
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
Possessions of the said Hospital to enter and distrain and the distress to detain till his said Annuity and the Arrearages and his Expences be fully satisfied This Decree was made by consent and approbation of both Parties and bears date in the Archbishops Inn at Westminster now Whitehally An. Dom. 1485. Approved ratified and confirm'd by the Dean and Chapter of York and by the Master Brothers and Sisters of the said Hospital in the same year Pag. 381. RIPPON IT was found by Inquisition taken at Rippon 10 E. 2. that in the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen there according to the Foundation there ought to be two Chaplains daily celebrating that Strangers poor Clerks or other indigent People coming to the said Hospital in their travells ought to be lodged there one night and entertain'd with Victuals and Bed and in the Morning depart and that on St. Mary Magdalen's day yearly ought to be distributed in Alms to every poor Body that comes one Loaf of the value of a half-penny the quarter of Wheat being prized at 5 s. But they find that then Costos of this Hospital had perverted the Founders Charity in several particulars Pag. 461. WELLE RAlph de Neville Knt. Lord of Midleham by Indenture dated A. 1342 Founded the Hospital at Welle in the Archdeaconry of Richmond for the Augmentation of Divine Worship and for the sustentation of poor and miserable People and other Works of Piety and endow'd the same with Lands and Revenue and establisht therein one Master two Priests and four and twenty poor and infirm People And appointed that the Master and two Priests should constantly observe and keep the Canonical hours and celebrate three Masses daily KYPIER Hospital in the County Palatine of Durham FOunded by Ranulphus Bishop of Durham An. 1112. to the honour of God and St. Giles for the Relief of the Clergy there serving and for the sustentation of poor People who also endowed it with divers Lands and Revenues confirm'd and augmented by Hugh Bishop of Durham and other Benefactors The said Bishop Hugh granted to this Hospital Common of Pasture in his Forrest with certain Priviledges viz. that the feet of their Dogs should not be cut or clipt but that the Shepherds might lead them in slips ligatos for the safety of their Cattle from wild Beasts and Wolves An. 1297. A Composition was made between the Prior and Convent of Durham and the Hospital of St. Giles whereby the said Prior and Convent did quit-claim to the Brothers of that Hospital their Tithes of Corn at Clifton which till that time they had used to pay to the Church of St. Oswald in recompence whereof the Brothers of the said Hospital were to pay yearly upon the Altar of St. Oswald on the day of that Saint one Bisantium or 2 s. c. The Men of Bedelyngtonshire being obliged by their Lords the Bishops of Durham to give to the Hospital of St. Giles without Durham one Thrave of Corn out of every Plow-land which they held they granted under their Seals in lieu thereof 9 s. in mony to be paid to the said Hospital at the Feast of St. Michael with a Nomine paenae Valued at 167 l. 2 s. 11 d. per Annum STOKE Hospital near Newarke in Nottinghamshire JOhn Chauson Master of the Hospital of St Leonard's at Stoke and others Confraters of the same settled by their Deed oated in the year 1332. forty Acres of Land and thirty shillings of Rent which they had obtain'd of Friends for the profit of the said Hospital and provided that the Master of the same should cause sixty Masses to be celebrated yearly for ever for the said Benefactors c. To this every Master is to be sworn at his admission This Deed was ratified and confirm'd the same year by William Archbishop of York St. GILES Hospital near Maldon in Essex IT was found by Inquisition taken before Helming Leget Escheator in the County of Essex that the Kings of England were Founders of this Hospital for the support of Leprous Burgesses of Maldon that they had the Forfeitures of all Bread Ale Flesh and Fish that was not good and wholesome in the said Town and that when the Master of that Hospital should cease to take the same for the support as aforesaid then the said Hospital should come and revert to the King as forfeited that Robert Manfeild Clerk late Provost of Beverley being made Custos of this Hospital for above three years past has maintained neither Chaplain nor any Leprous Person in the same and that the said Hospital was therefore seized into the King's hands But King Henry the IV. being advised by his Justices and Serjeants at Law that this was no sufficient cause of seizure directed his writ to the said Escheator to amove his hand c. and meddle no further GINGES Hospital in Essex MIchael de Capra and Rose his Wife and William his Son and Heir gave to God and the Church of St. Mary and St. Leonard in their Wood of Ginges and to Toby Prior of the said Place and the Brothers of the same one Hide of Land Paunage for forty Hogs and divers other advantages BURCESTRE Hospital in Oxfordshire KING Edward the III. in the nine and twentieth year of his Reign licensed Nicholas Iordan Hermit Custos of the Chappel of St. Iohn Baptist of Burcestre to found an Hospital at Burcestre to the honour of God the glorious Virgin Mary and St. Iohn Baptist. Valued at 147 l. 2 s. 10 d. per Annum CALC Priory in Derbyshire MAtilda Countess of Chester gave to the Canons of this place an Estate at Rependone near Trent conditionally that they should make it the head Seat of their Convent to which Calc should be subject as a Member Hugh Earl of Chester confirm'd their Revenues ARUNDELL Hospital in Sussex KING Richard the II. An. 18. Licensed Richard Earl of Arundel to give four Messuages and two Tofts to the Master and Chaplains of the holy Trinity at Arundell for the founding of an Hospital call'd Meysondewe in honour of the holy Trinity c. Valued at 42 l. 3 s. 8 d. per Annum FOSS-GATE Hospital at York JOhn Archbishop of York Primate of England and Legate of the Apostolick See ordain'd and establisht in the Foss-gate-street at York an Hospital in honour of our Lord Jesus Christ and the blessed Virgin Mary That there be one Chaplain to have the Government of the same and to be named Master or Custos the right of presenting to the Office of Custos to belong to Mr. Iohn de Roucliff and his Heirs in their deâ—ault to the Mayor of York for the time being in his default to the Official of York Court and in his default that the Archbishop or Dean and Chapter may for that time confer the place without presentation the Custos on his admission to be sworn to a just and true Administration c. That there be constantly resident in the said Hospital thirteen poor and
said Church of St. Michael be the Master of the Colledge that on all Sundays when Sermons are Preacht at St. Paul's Cathedral the Masses in this Church be finisht in such time that the Parishoners of this Parish and Mr. and Chaplains of the Colledge may go to Paul's and be present at the Sermon unless there be a Sermon in this Church also on the same day That in the Canon of their Masses special mention be made of the Souls of the said Richard Whityngton and Alice his Wife and of Sr. William Whityngton Kâ—t and the Lady Ioan his Wife Parents of the said Richard c. That two Solemn Obits be yearly celebrated for the said Richard and Alice one on the three and twentieth or four and twentieth of March the other on the thirtieth or one and thirtieth of Iuly and that then the Master receive 20 d. every Chaplain 12 d every Clerk 6 d and every Chorister 3 d. That the said Master Chaplains Clerks and Choristers inhabit altogether in a Messuage built for that purpose at the East end of the said Church of St. Michael That the Master receive yearly over and above the Profits of the Parish as Rector the Sum of ten marks every Chaplain eleven marks the first Clerk eight marks the second 100 s and every Chorister five marks beside their habitations that they keep Commons together in the Hall of the Colledge and that there be always at their Meal time something read out of the Holy Scriptures Sermons or Homilies of the Saints c. That there be a Common Chest for keeping the Seal and Evidences c. under three different Keys one to be kept by the Master the other two by two other of the Chaplains and that no one presume to keep all three or any two of the said Keys and that all overplus Revenue and Income more then defrays the usual charges of the Colledge be laid up and carefully preserved in the said Chest for the Common Benefit of the House That the Master be not absent or non resident above sixty days in a year nor any of the Chaplains above twenty That the Master and Chaplains at the time of of their admission be sworn to observe the Statutes that the Mayor of London for the time being be Overseer and the Wardens of the Company of Mercers Conservators and Patrons of the Colledge c. Which Orders bear date the seventeenth and eighteenth of December 1424. 3 Henry VI. vide inf p. 189. Valued at 20 l. 1 s. 8 d. per Annum BATTLE-FEILD in Shropshire KIng Henry IV in the eleventh year of his Reign granted to Roger Yve Rector of the Chappel of St. Iohn Baptist of Adbrigton Husee two acres of Ground in that Lordship adjoyning to Shrewsbury in a Place call'd Bateleyfeld being the Place where be fought with and overcame Henry Percy and the Rebells with him for the building thereon a Chappel in honour of St. Mary Magdalen for the Master and five Chaplains of which Chappel and five Chaplains he appointed the said Roger and his Successors Rector of the said Chappel of St. Iohn Baptist to be Masters or Wardens and Richard Husee Lord of Adbrigton and his Heirs to be Patrons of the same incorporating the said Foundation and freeing them from Tenths Subsidies and all Taxes with the Grant of a Fair to the said Roger and his Successors to be held there yearly on the Feast of St. Mary Magdalen Which Roger Yve by his Will dated 30. Octob. An. 1444. 24 Henry VI. gave to this Colledge three Chalices Silver and gilt one Paxbrede Silver gilt two Phiols Silver three Bells in the Steple three Crosses gilt with several Vestments and Books for Church Service and divers household goods c and encreased the Stipends of every of the five Chaplains from eight marks to ten marks per Annum Conditionally that they pray in a more especial manner for the Souls of King Henry IV. and King Henry V. Founders of this Colledge Richard Husee first Patron of the same c. and for the Souls of all the Faithful slain in the sight of Bataylfeld and there buried All the Residue of his goods and Chattels he gave to the Fabrick and Work of the said Colledge and to the releif leif of the Poor in the Hospital of the same He also appointed a new Seal to be made for the Colledge with this Circumscription S. Commune Domini Rogeri Ive primi Magistri Successorum suorum Collegii beatae Mariae Magdalenae juxta Salop. Valued at 54 l. 1 s. 10 d. per Annum THE beforemention'd Iohn Coventre Iohn Carpenter and William Grove Executors of Richard Whytington by their Deed dated 13 Feb. 3 Henry VI. granted a yearly Rent of 63 l. sterling to the Colledge by them Founded as before mention'd and alter'd and added some few things to the Statutes and Orders relating to the said Colledge THELE in Hertfordshire KIng Henry VI. in the ninth year of his Reign at the request of William Bishop of London Patron and Ordinary of this Colledge which had been founded and endow'd for the maintenance of one Custos and four Chaplains who by ill management had lost and wasted most of their Estate granted his Licence to Iohn Howeden Clerk then Custos of this Colledge to transfer divers Lands and Impropriations in Essex and Hertfordshire yet remaining to Henry Hoddesden Prior of the Hospital of Elsing-Spitell in London and to the Convent there they finding two Canons Regular to celebrate in this Colledge and three other Canons Regular to celebrate in the said Hospital for the Souls of the Founders of this Colledge WYE in the County of Kent KIng Henry VI. in the tenth year of his Reign granted his Licence to Iohn Archbishop of York who had had the Custody of both the privy Seal and great Seal to found a Colledge at Wye in the Diocess of Canterbury the place of his Nativity for one Master or Provost and such number of Priests or Chaplains and Ecclesiastical Ministers as he shall see fit to be call'd the Colledge of St. George and St. Martin whom he incorporated and granted to the said Archbishop Power to endow the same with Lands and appropriate Churches and to appropriate the Vicarage of the Parish Church of Wye thereunto any Law or Statute to the contrary non obstante The said King also granted to this Bishop divers Lands c. formerly belonging to Katherine late Abbess of Guynes in the County of Artoys valued at 14 l. per Annum to be conferr'd on this Colledge with divers other Revenues Valued at 93 l. 2 s. ob per Annum TATESHALE in Lincolnshire KING Henry the VI. in the seventeenth year of his Reign licenced Ralph Cromwell Knt. and others to convert the Parish Church of Tateshale into a Collegiate Church or Colledge of seven Chaplains of which one to be Master or Custos six Clerks and six Choristers and to erect an Almsâ—house thereunto adjoyning for