and Lands c. to the yearly value of 500 l. Within which this Alms-house was erected for two Chaplains five and thirty poor Men and three Women to be govern'd by the Master of that Hospital but the Cardinal dying before this Foundation was perfectly compleated King Henry the VI. An. 33. did incorporate them under a Rector of their own by the name of The New Alms-house of Noble Poverty establisht near Winchester by Henry Cardinal of England and Bishop of Winchester Son of John late Duke of Lancaster of noble Memory with grant of a Common Seal and Power to purchase c. Valued at 84 l. 4 s. 2 d. per Annum STOKFASTON Stockerson in Leicestershire FOunded with License of King Edward the IV. An. 5. by Iohn de Boyville Esq near the Town Church for one Chaplain and three poor men who were a Body Corporate and might retain Lands to the value of 10 l. per Annum HEITSBURY in Wiltshire FOunded with License of King Edward the IV. An. 11. by Margaret Widow of Robert Lord Hungerford Iohn Cheyne of Pynne Esq and Iohn Mervyn Esq for one Chaplain twelve poor Men and one poor Woman of whom the Chaplain to be Custos or Warden Which Hospital was made a Body Corporate c. and endow'd with divers Lands and had a grant of twenty Load of Wood for firing out of the Wood of Southleghe in Wiltshire The Savoy in the Suburbs of London KING Henry the VIII An. 2. granted the place or peice of Ground called the Savoy parcel of the Dutchy of Lancaster and lying in the Parishes of St. Clements Danes without the Bars of the New Temple at London and St. Mary of the Stronde in the County of Middlesex to Richard Bishop of Winchester Richard Bishop of London Thomas Bishop of Durham Edmund Bishop of Sarum William Bishop of Lincoln Iohn Bishop of Rochester Thomas Earl of Arundel Thomas Earl of Surrey Charles Lord Herbert Sir Iohn Fyneux Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench Sir Robert Rede Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Iohn Young Master of the Roles Sir Iohn Lovell and Iohn Cutte Excutors of King Henry the VII for the founding and establishing of an Hospital And by another Deed dated An. 4. he granted License to the said Executors to found such Hospital for five Secular Chaplains one of which to be Master to pray for the good Estate of him and Catherine his Consort and for the Souls of King Henry the VII and Elizabeth his Consort and of Arthur Prince of Wales Which Hospital was to be called The Hospital of Henry the VII late King of England at the Savoy to be a Body Corporate to have a Common Seal and yearly Revenues to the value of five hundred Marks per Annum for maintenance of the said Chaplains and for performance of such other Works of Mercy and Piety as by the said Executors shall be appointed and exprest With a Non obstante to the Statute of Mortmain Valued at 529 l. 5 s. 7 d. ob per Annum Of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem THE Patron of this Order of Knights was St. Iohn Baptist from whom they took their Denomination The Hospital of St. Iohn Baptist and the Poor at Ierusalem is said to be first built in the time of Iulius Caesar Emperor of Rome and Antiochus Prince of Antioch with certain Treasure which one Melchiar a Priest in the Temple had taken out of the Sepulcher of David here the Poor and Infirm were kindly received and entertain'd from all parts of the World The same Author delivers that when our Saviour Christ became incarnate and conversed on Earth when he came to Ierusalem he resorted frequently to this House and that it was in this House that he appear'd to his Apostles after his Passion and Resurrection the Doors being all shut After his Ascension St. Steven and others of his Disciples served the poor in this Hospital house according to our Lord's Precept When the Christians were expell'd from Ierusalem and the City was possest by the Saracens one Conradus or Gerardus a devout Servant of God lived here and served the Poor in like manner who at such time as Ierusalem was besieg'd by Godfrey of Bullen and the Christian Pilgrims and a great Famine being in the Christian Camp was accustomed to go upon the Walls and throw over Loaves which he carried secretly about him for that purpose as if he were eager in throwing Stones against the Besiegers This Gerard was the first Master of this Hospital which after the City was taken by the Christians was very much favour'd and its Revenues augmented by the Kings of Ierusalem c. After the death of this Gerard Frier Raymund de Puy became Master who establisht a Rule for the Hospitallers confirm'd by Pope Innocent the II. and Pope Boniface This Rule consists of nine and twenty Articles among which it is ordain'd that every Brother or Frier at his admission to the Service of the Poor here is to profess these three things Chasâ—ity Obedience and to live without Property that when the Friers go abroad they shall not go alone but two or three together that if any be publickly guilty of Fornication he shall be publickly whipt and then expell'd the Society The Infirm at their first Reception into the Hospital shall be consest and communicate and then carried to bed and there served and attended as Lords and Masters of the House That all the Brothers shall wear a Cross on their upper Garments as a Badge of their Faith c. Others give another account of the Original of the Hospitallersâ— affirming that after the Turks of Arabia had over-run Syria and Egypt about the year 612. certain Italian Merchants of the City of Malfe trading into these parts and being favour'd by the Turks on the account of their Trade they obtain'd from the Calife of Egypt a peice of Ground lying before the Temple of the Sepulcher for their Habitation here those Mâ—rchants built a Monastery and Church in honour of the blessed Virgin placing therein an Abbot and Monks After that they built another little Church in honour of St. Mary Magdalen for the Reception of Women Pilgrims and placed therein certain Nuns and lastly considering the danger of those who came in Pilgrimage to the holy places who were often robbed by the Turks they built an Hospital or Domus Dei for the Reception of Men whether Well or Sick who arrived here in Pilgrimage and another Church for them dedicated to St Iohn Elemon Patriarch of Alexandria These three Houses subsisted only by Alms collected for them yearly by the said Merchants of Malfy till the Christians conquer'd Ierusalem and expelled the Saracens At which time lived in the Abby of Monks the before-mention'd Girald to whom the Abbot committed the Reception and Relief of the Poor and Pilgrims in the foresaid Domus Dei or Hospital and after such reduction of the City the said Hospital flourisht daily more and
several other Lands and Tithes The like was done by others of that Family and Iohn Bishop of Norwich St. MARY de PRATO near St. Albans THIS was a small Nunnery given with certain Lands by Garinus Abbot of St. Albans for the maintenance of Leprous Nuns Confirm'd by King Iohn in the fifth year of his Reign SOPEWELL in Hertfordshire a Cell of St. Albans ABout the year 1140. two religious Women led a solitary life in a small Habitation made of Boughs of Trees near a Wood called Eiwoda who being taken notice of for their austerities and pious Lives Gaufridus the sixteenth Abbot of St. Albans built there for them a Cell gave them the Vail of Nuns and constituted their way of living according to the Rule of St. Benedict He also endow'd the House with Possessions and Rents and assigned them a Coemitery in which none were to be buried but the Virgins of the House whose number was not to exceed thirteen Henry de Albaneio and Cecilia his Wife and several of their Descendants were great Benefactors to this Cell of St. Mary of Sopewell and so was Richard de Tany Michael Abbot of St. Albans made and publisht here in his Visitation Anno Dom. 1338. certain good Rules and Orders to be observed by the Nuns of this House among others that the Door that goes into the Garden and that of the Parlour should not be open'd till the Bell sounds to the ninth hour and that all the year they should be shut up at night when the Abby-Bell sounds the Coverâ—eu c. Valued at 40 l. 7 s. 10 d. per Annum MERGATE in Bedfordshire a Cell of St. Albans IN the time of Gaufridus Abbot of St. Albans one Roger a Monk of that Abby became a Hermite in a Hermitage between St. Albans and Dunstable where he lived in a most austere manner with the reputation of great Sanctity at the same time Christina a Virgin renouncing the World became an Anchoress at the same place yet the said Roger never saw her face tho' they lived together four years Roger died and was buried in the Abby-Church of St. Albans but Christina surviving became of so great note for her Sanctity that the abovesaid Gaufridus built here from the Foundation a Monastery for Nuns and endow'd the same with Revenues of which House Christina became the first Prioress Vid. Vol. 2. p. 872. St. NICHOLAS Priory at Exeter a Cell of Battel-Abby THIS Church formerly dedicated to St. Olive King and Martyr was by King William Rufus given to the Monks of Battel-Abby for a Cell and by them new dedicated to St. Nicholas King William Rufus King Henry the I. and King Iohn conferr'd many Lands and Liberties upon this House Valued at 147 l. 12 s. per Annum MALLINGE in Kent KING Edmund gave certain Lands in Mallinges to the Monastery of St. Andrew the Apostle which afterwards was by Gundulfus Bishop oâ— Rochester converted to an Abby of Nuns here dedicated to St. Mary to which King Henry the I. and King Iohn and Anselme Archbishop of Canterbury were also Benefactors Valued at 218 l. 4 s. 2 d. ob per Annum TUTBURY in Staffordshire HEnry de Ferariis built the Church and Monastery to the honour of the blessed Virgin at his Castle of Tutbury which by the Grant and Licente of King William Rufus he endow'd with divers Lands and Tithes Earl Robert de Ferariis the younger Grandson of the Founder was a great Benefactor and so were many others whose names with the parcells by them given may be seen in the Monasticon at large Iohn Duke of Lancaster being Lord of the Honour and Castle of Tutbury granted his Letters Pattents to the King of the Minstalls in Tutbury impowring him and his Successors to arrest all Minstralls within the said Honour and Franchise who refuse to do their service of minstralsie on the Feast of the assumption of our Lady â—early and constrain them to it according to Custom Dated in the 4 Rich. 2. There is also another Custom of the Place that the Stage-players who come to Matins on the Feast of the Assumption should have from the Prior of Tutbury a Bull in case they can catch him before he gets over the River there or else the Prior is to give them 40 d. in mony Vid. Vol. 2. p. 873. EYE in Suffolk RObert Malet to whom King William the Conqueror had given the honour of Eye with the assent of that King built a Monastery there and to it gave the Church dedicated to St. Peter in Eye with a great quanity of Lands and Churches with Liberties and Franchises to hold as freely as King William gave them to him In the year 1138. King Steven confirm'd to the Monks here all their Lands and Liberties with a formal Curse to the Violators The like Confirmation from William Earl of Boloign that King 's eldest Son This House was a Cell to the Abby of Bernay in Normandy so that neither the Prior nor any Monk could be placed here without the assent of the Abbot of Bernay neither upon the death of the Prior here could the Founder or his Heirs or Successors Patrons of this Priory meddle with or receive any profit from the Goods and Possessions of this House during the vacancy but only in sign of Dominion he used to place a Porter at the Gate of the Priory who during the Vacation was maintain'd out of the Revenues of the House and at the Instalment of the next Prior used to receive for his Fee the Sum of 5 s. for an Ox. In the 8th year of King Richard the II. the Estate of this Priory being then seiz'd into the King's hands because of his Wars with France the Prior and Covent complain'd that they were extreamly impoverished by Foreign Exactions so that the Revenues of this House could hardly maintain the Prior and three or four Monks that King therefore by his Letters Patents at their Petition and Request discharged them for ever of their Foreign Subjection to the Abby of Bernay and made them a Prior and Covent of themselves independent like other English Priories Valued at 161 l. 2 s. 3 d. q. per Annum HELENSTOW in Berkshire JVdith Countess of Huntington Wife of Earl Waltheof built a Church and Monastery here for Nuns and dedicated it to the holy Trinity St. Mary and St. Helen She and others endow'd it with divers Lands all which were afterwards confirm'd to the Nuns here by King Henry the II. together with large Priviledges and Exemptions PENWORTHAM in Lancashire a Cell of Evesham WArinus Bussell and Richard Bussell his Son gave the Church at Penwortham and with it divers Lands to the Abby of Evesham for a Cell of that Abby All which was confirm'd to God and St. Mary and to the Monks serving God in Penvercham by Hugh Buissell Grandson of the foresaid Warinus in pure and perpetual Alms. This was in the Reign of King William the Conqueror Valued at 29 l.
Whitsun-week and a Market every Wednesday with the same Liberties as were enjoy'd by the Canons at Dunstable with very large Immunities in his Grant specified dated in the first year of his Reign ERDBURY in Warwickshire RAlph de Sadle was a principal Benefactor to the Canons of this House An. 1232. Alexander then Bishop of Coventry and Litchfeild order'd the following Settlement between the Prior of Erdbury and the Vicar of Dercet and their Successors viz. that the Vicar should have all the Altarage of the said Church and Tith-Corn of eight yards Land in Radewey and of two yard Land in Derced in the Demeans of the said Prior with a House c. That the Vicar of the said Church should be a Priest and not of any lesser Order and shall have an Associate constantly and a Deacon who together with him shall officiate in the said Church the Vicar to bear all usual Charges except the Repairs of the Chancel for which the Prior and he are to joyn proportionably This Monastery being decay'd in its Revenues King Henry the VI. An. 23. granted the Prior and Convent License to obtain and receive Lands and Tenements to the value of one hundred Marks without fine to the King Valued at 94 l. 6 s. 1 d. per Annum POGHELE in Barkshire FOunded by Ralph de Chadelewurth dedicated to God and St. Margaret endow'd with divers Lands and Revenues by the said Ralph and others all which was recited and confirm'd by King Henry the III. ROUCESTRE in Staffordshire RIchard Bacun founded and endowed this House for Canons Regular with large Possessions and Liberties All which were confirm'd to the said Canons by Ranulph Earl of Chester to hold in pure and perpetual Alms. Confirm'd also by King Henry the III. in the thirtieth year of his Reign Valued at 100 l. 2 s. 10 d. ob per Annum CUMBWELL in Kent FOunded by Robert de Turneham dedicated to God and St. Mary Magdalen endow'd with divers Lands and Possessions all which were confirm'd by Steven de Turnham Son of the said Robert and by King Henry the III. An. Reg. II. Valued at 80 l. 17 s. 5 d. per Annum WOSPRING in Somersetshire THE several Lands Rents c. given to this Church dedicated to God St. Mary and St. Thomas the Martyr by William de Courteney and others were recited and confirm'd to the Prior and Canons here by King Edw. the II. An. Reg. 18. Vid. Vol. 3. p. 47. Valued at 87 l. 2 s. 11 d. ob per Annum MARLEBURGH in Wiltshire KING Richard the II. An. Reg. 22. granted his Pardon to the Prior and Convent of St. Margaret near Marlbergh which House was founded by his Progenitors for having accepted divers Lands of Iohn Lovel Chevaler without License first obtain'd and further ratified and confirm'd the Possession of those Lands to the said Convent IVICHURCH in Wiltshire KING Henry the III. granted to the Prior and Canons of this House certain Lands and Priviledge in his Forrest of Clarendon King Edw. the III. granted more also Pasture for forty Oxen and Cows in his Meadow of Clarendon and 100 s. of Rent out of his Mannor of Clarendon King Hen. the II. founded this Monastery for four Canons Valued at 122 l. 18 s. 6 d. ob per Annum BUCKENHAM in Norfolk FOunded by William Earl of Chichester in honour of God St. Mary and St. Iames and by him endowed with Churches Lands and Tithes Confirm'd by King Edw. the II. An. Reg. 11. Valued at 108 l. 10 s. 2 d. per Annum COLDE-NORTON in Oxfordshire KING Hen. III. An. Reg. 13. confirm'd to the Prior and Canons of this House dedicated to St. Iohn the Evangelist their several Lands and Possessions given by Reginald Earl of Bolon and Ida his Wife and divers other Benefactors Vid. Vol. 3. p 55. OSULVESTON Ouston in Leicestershire FOunded by Robert Grimbold in honour of our Lord Jesus Christ St. Mary St. Andrew the Apostle and all Saints for Canons to whom he gave the Church and Town of Osolvestone c. in pure and perpetual Alms. Robert Bishop of Lincoln confirm'd the several Churches granted to this Monastery and further granted to these Canons to be for ever free and quit from the Payment of Sinodals and all other Episcopal Customs except Peter pence denouncing a Curse to such as shall infringe or violate his Grant Robert Grimbold was a Judge under King Henry the II. whose Seal did represent a Figure setting in Judgment holding in one hand a pointed Sword signifying Justice and in the other a Sword with the point abated or broken off representing Mercy Among other Benefactors to this House was William de Ros Lord of Beaver c. Valued at 161 l. 14 s. 2 d. per Annum THORKESEY in Lincolnshire KING Henry the III. An. Reg 21. granted to the Prior and Canons of this House the Scite of their Monastery in Frankalmoine and four hundred and ninety eight Acres of Land and fifty Tosts in Torkesey to hold at the yearly Rent of 10 l. for ever Beside which the Prioress and Convent of Fossa near Torkesey held one hundred and twenty Acres of Land and Meadow and seven Tofts in Torkesey at the yearly Rent of 46 s. Valued at 13 l. 1 s. 4 d. per Annum CHAUCUMBE in Northamptonshire FOunded and endow'd by Hugo de Chaucumb Amabilia de Segrave Lady of Chaucumbe and others of the Segraves were Benefactors all whose Gifts were recited and confirm'd by King Edward the III. An. Reg 2. Valued at 83 l. 18 s. 9 d. ob per Annum Y REPINDON in Darbyshire FOunded An. 1172. 18 H. 2 by Matilda Widow of Ranulph Earl of Chester and dedicated to the holy Trinity King Hen. the III. An. Reg 57. confirm'd to the Canons of the holy Trinity of Rependene and of St Giles of Calc all the Lands and Possessions given them by the said Matilda and others the like did King Edw. the II. An. Reg. 18. Valued at 118 l. 8 s. 6 d. per Annum KAERMERDIN in Wales KING Henry the II. gave and confirm'd to the Church of St. Iohn the Evangelist at Kayrmerdin and the Canons there the old City of Kayrmerdyn with its appurtenances with the Church of St. Peter there and the Chappel in the Castle Valued at 164 l. 4 d. per Annum WIKES in Essex KING Henry the II. gave to God and the Nuns of St. Mary at Wikes the Church of Wikes with certain Land and seven Villains in that Town He also granted them two Grayhounds and four other Dogs Bracatos for taking Hares in his Forrest of Essex with divers other Liberties and Immunities BISSETER in Oxfordshire GIlbert Basset gave to the Canons of this House large Possessions so did William Lungespeye among other things Pasture for fifty Cattle at Erdintone to feed among his own Cattle there another Benefactor was Philâ—p Basset Brother of Fulc Basset Bishop of London All whose Gifts were recited and confirm'd by King Edw. the II.
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
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
the foresaid twenty ninth year of Henry VIII Pag. 648. LENTON KIng Steven granted the Chruch of the Holy Trinity at Lenton which William Peverell and others had endow'd to the order of Cluniac Monks to be enjoy'd with all its possessions inviolably The Priory of HORKESLEY RObert Fitz God bold gave divers Lands Churches and Tithes to the Cluniac Monks of Tefford with intention that the Convent of that House should transmit some of their Monks to the Church of St. Peter at Horchesley there to reside in the Services of God and St. Peter Their Possessions so given was confirm'd to them by Gilbert Bishop of London and Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury Pag. 867. SIBETON WIth King William the Conqueror who came into England in the year 1066. came Walter de Cadamo who after the Conquest held the Barony of Horsford He had issue Robert who built the Church of St. Peter at Sibton who had issue Iohn call'd the Vicount and William Iohn being very infirm in his health vow'd to erect an Abby of Cistercian Monks but himself dying left his vow to be perform'd by William his Brother and heir who enjoy'd after his death his Barony and Vicounty This William founded the Monastery of St. Mary at Sibton in the Reign of King Steven An. Dom. 1149. And endow'd the same with Lands and Revenues He had issue Margaret married to Hugh de Cressy who confirm'd her Fathers Guift An. 28. Henry VIII William then Abbot of Sibton Com. Suffolk and the Convent there of their free will and unanimous Consent gave granted and confirm'd to Thomas Duke of Norfolk Anthony Rouse Esquire and Nicholas Hare Gent. their heirs and assigns to the use of the said Duke his heirs and assigns for ever all the said Monastery and Estate thereunto belonging and Constituted Thomas Heydon and Robert Whinwery their lawful Attorneys to deliver Seizin accordingly This was under their Convent Seal and Sign'd by the Abbot and seven Monks of the House Pag. 887. HOLMCOLTRAM DAvid King of Scotland confirm'd the Donations of his Son Henry to this Abby the like did afterwards Malcolm king of Scotland Son of the said Henry Iohn King of England in the 16. year of his Reign granted to the Monks here the Hermitage of St. Hilda in the Forrest of Englewode with all the Land which Roger Croky late Hermit held and a Vaccary there for forty Cows c. Iohn Bishop of Carlile licensed the Monks of Holmcoltram to build a Church or Chappel in their territory of Arlosk for their Tenants and the Inhabitrants of those parts which Church or Chappel he did appropriate and annex to the said Monastery and exempt the same from the Visitation of the Ordinary The said Church to be served by a secular Priest of their election but to be presented to the said Bishop or his Successors and by them admitted to the said Cure The said Priest so admitted to receive for his support 4 l. to be pay'd him yearly out of the profits of the said Church and a House and Curtilage to be assigned him The said Priest to pay to the Bishop in the name of a Cathedratic half a mark and to the Archdeacon when he Visits 40 d. for procurations Which Deed of Appropriation bears date at Linflock An. 1304. Hugh Morville Cecily Countess of Albemarl Lambert de Multon and others were Benefactors to these Monks William Earl of Albemarl gave them a Forge and Iorn Mine at Egremond Robert King of Scots whose Father lies buried in their Church at Holmcoltram gave them a yearly farm of 10 l. Pope Lucius III. confirm'd to them their Lands and Revenues and granted them divers Liberties as to be free from the payment of Tithes for their Cattel and Fishing c. Whose Bull bears date An. 1185. Pag. 914. CROKESDEN THe Abby of the Vally of St. Mary of Crokesdene was founded by Bertram de Verdon and by him endow'd with divers Revenues in Crokesdene Stanfort Castretone c. and a Salt work in Midlewich Additions to the Second Volum Pag. 461. NORWICH JOhn Bishop of Norwich exemplified the Deeds belonging to the Hospital of St. Paul in Norwich viz. the Charter of the Convent of the Holy Trinity of Norwich who founded and endow'd the said Hospital to the support of poor people for the Soul of Bishop Herbert c. of Adam de Bellofago Morellus de Morley some Bishops of Norwich his Predicessors and King Henry I. who were all Benefactors Which Deed of Exemplification bears date in the year 1301. Pag. 181. TWINEHAM IN the Reign of King Steven An. Dom. 1150 Henry Bishop of Winchester and Hillary then Dean of Christ Church at the Petition of Earl Baldwin introduced Canons Regular into the said Church in place of the Canons secular that then were there the secular Canons to enjoy their Prebends while they lived But all the Lands and Revenues belonging and possest by the said Church in the time of the Deans to be for the future to the only use of the Prior and Canons Regular Pag. 152. GISBURNE WAldenus Son of Earl Cospatric gave the Town of Apleton to the Church of St. Bridget commonly call'd Brydekirk in the County of Cumberland The Lady Alice de Rumeley gave this Church of Brydekirk with Apleton and all other Lands thereunto belonging to the Canons of Gisburne Pag. 272. WORSPRING WIlliam de Curtenai founded a Convent for Canons Regular of St. Augustin at the Chappel of St. Thomas the Martyr in Worspring and notifying so much to Iohn then Bishop of Bath desired that by his authority the Church of Worle at that time vacant might be appropriated to the said Convent Pag. 263. WORMLEY JOhn de Baskerville gave to God and the Church of St. Leonard of Pyonia and to the Prior and Canons there in Frankalmoine all his Land of Stanley which he held of the Mannour of Wormley and Nickolas de Wormley Lord of the said Mannour reciting the said Grant confirm'd the same to the said Prior and Canons and also released and quit claimed to them one pair of spurs or sixpence of yearly Rent by which the foresaid Iohn held that Land Robet de Staunton Gilbert Talebot Robert Boter and others were Benefactors to the said Canons confirm'd by Roger de Montuomari Lord of Winfretone An. Dom. 1304 Gerard de Eylesford gave them the Advowson of the Church of Pyona Regis or Kings Peâ—ne Peter Bishop of Hereford appropriated the Church of Wormesley of which these Canons were Patrons to this Convent for the said Canons to enjoy the Fruits thereof to their proper use but so as not to defraud the said Church of due Service Whose Deed bears date An. 1262. Here was a Chantry tounded by the Lady Basilia de Bourhull Pag. 941. RANTON RObert Fitz-Noel or Son of Noel founded and endow'd the Priory of Ranton for Canons under the Rule and obedience of the Church of Haman Hamanensis Ecclesiae Whose Donation was confirm'd by Thomas Noel his Son Noel who came
that the Abbot should not spend any of the Revenues to enrich his secular kindred but upon the Poor and Travellers Robert Earl of Leicester of whom this Estate was holden by the foresaid Founder confirm'd the same to the Monks here and granted to them divers Liberties The like did King Steven King Henry the II. confirm'd to them all their Lands by their several Benefactors given and also granted them full power to choose their own Abbot from among themselves in their Convent King Edward the IV. in the fifth year of his Reign seeing the Estate of this Monastery to run to decay it being so far wasted that it was not sufficient to maintain any Monks but the Abbot only granted this House and what Estate it had left to the Abby of Evesham to which he annext it for ever so that from that time it became a Cell of that Abby Valued at 65 l. 7 s. 11 d. per Annum LINGEBROOK Priory in Herefordshire IT seems by an Inquisition taken 24. Edw. 3. that Adam Esgar Clerk was a Benefactor to the Monastery of Nuns here and founded an Anniversary for William de Power Valued at 22 l. 17 s. 8 d. per Annum NUNKELLING in Yorkshire AGnes de Archis gave the Church here and divers Lands to God St. Mary and St. Helen and to the Nuns of Killing in pure and â—ree Alms. The Nuns Estate here was afterwards confirm'd by Richard de Sancto Quintino and William de Fortibus Earl of Albemarle and by Aeliz de Sancto Quintino Daughter of the foresaid Agnes who also gave other Lands and lastly by the Archbishops of York Valued at 35 l. 15 s. 5 d. per Annum SANDWELL in Staffordshire WIlliam Son of Guido de Offney founded a Hermitage in Bromwich near the Well call'd Sandwell for a Habitation of Monks and endow'd the same with divers Lands lying about the same Which was confirm'd to the said Monks by Gervais Paganellus Lord of the honour of Dudley of which Barony the Lands were holden MONKETON in Yorkshire WIlliam de Arches and Iuetta his Wife founded a Nunnery here of which their Daughter Matilda was a Nun endowing the same with divers Lands All which was confirm'd to the said Nunnery by Henry Murdac Archbishop of York He died 1153. Valued at 75 l. 12 s. 4 d. ob per Annum HALISTANE in Northumberland RIchard Bishop of Durham in the year 1311. united the Churches of Crossanet and Harbottell to the Church of Halistan and the Nunnery there and gave the Patronage of the same to Richard de Vmframvill Patron of the said Nunnery King Henry the III. in the thirty ninth year of his Reign confirm'd to the Prioress and Nuns of Halystan the Lands given to them by Alice de Alneto and Roger Bertram Valued at 11 l. 5 s. 7 d. per Annum DUNSTER in Somersetshire THE Monastery of Monks here dedicated to the honour of St. George was founded and endow'd with sundry Lands and Revenues by the Ancestors of Iohn de Mooun Lord of Dunsterre which Iohn did in the fifteenth year of King Edward the III. ratifie and confirm to the Monks here all his Ancestors Donations Valued at 37 l. 4 s. 8 d. per Annum MARGAN Abby in Wales THIS Abby was founded by Robert Earl of Gloucester in the year 1147. King Iohn in the sixth year of his Reign confirm'd to the Church oâ— St. Mary's of Margan and the Monks there all the Lands and Estate given to them by the said Robert and several others Vaued at 181 l. 7 s. 4 d. per Annum BLACKBURGH in Norfolk ROger de Scales and Muriell his Wise gave to God St. Mary and St. Catherine and to the Brethren serving them in this place called Shiplade otherwise Blackbergh divers Lands and Possessions The same Roger by an other Deed gave the same Lands and others to the Sisters here serving God Vid. Vol. 2. p. 879. Valued at 42 l. 6 s. 7 d. ob per Annum HENWOOD in Warwickshire KEtelbernus de Langedona gave to God and St. Margeret the Virgin and to the Nuns at Eastwell so was this Monastery then called by reason of its situation part of his Demeans of Langedon in which Lordship this Nunnery stood with divers other Lands and Liberties to hold as freely as he himself held them of his chief Lord Hugh of Arden Pope Innocent in the first year of his Pontificate incorporated annext and united to this Nunnery of Henwood divers Churches given to the same by King Rich. II. and King Henry the IV. Valued at 21 l. 2 s. 0 d. ob per Annum St. RADEGUNDS adjoyning to Cambridge KING Steven confirm'd to the Church and Nuns of St. Mary of Cambridge certain Lands which William a Monk and Goldsmith gave them and also other Lands given them by Countess Constance Wife of his Son Eustace It was found by Inquisition taken at Cambridge 3. Edw. I. that the Prioress and Nuns of St. Radegund at Cambridge hold a certain piece of Ground called Greencroft containing ten Acres on which their Church and House is founded which was given for that purpose by Malcolme King of Scotland and that Nigellus and Eustachius Bishops of Ely had been Benefactors to this Nunnery LANGLEY in Leicestershire THE Nunnery of St. Mary's of Langly was founded by William Pantulphe and Burgia his Wife from whom descended Robert de Tatesale Patron of this Priory 5. H. 3. The Nuns here upon the death of their Prioress had power to choose another without asking leave of their Patron who did use during the time of such Vacation to appoint a Boy unum Garcionem with a white Wand to keep the Gate of the Nunnery for which he was to have his Diet there Valued at 29 l. 7 s. 4 d. ob per Annum SANDFORD in Barkshire KING Edward the I. in the 2 â—st year of his Reign granted to the Prior and Convent oâ— Sandelford free Warren in their Demeans Saâ—herus de Sancto Andrea granted to God and the Church of St. Nicholas of Sandford and to the Nuns there a Râ—nt of Five Shillings per Annum in his Town of Littlemore Vid. Vol. 3. p. 13. SETON in â—umberland HEnry Duke of Lancaster Earl of Derb Lincoln and Leicester being inform'd that the Revenues of thâ—â— Priory were so small that they could not maintain the Priâ—ress and Nunsâ— gave and annext to this House the Hospital of St. Leonardâ— in Lancaster to hold in pure and perpetual Alms. Which Hospital was first founded by King Iohn for a Master a Chaplain and nine poor People three of which to be Lepers and the rest sound Valued at 12 l. 12 s. ob per Annum ANKERWIK in Buckinghamshire GIlbert and Richard Muntfichet Knights founded a Nunnery here and endow'd it with Lands King Henry the III. in the one and fortieth year of his Reign confirm'd their Estate given by many Benefactors whose Names and Parcels given are exprest in his Charter Valued at 32 l. 0 s. 2 d. per
which was confirm'd by King Henry the III. in the eleventh year of his Reign who also in the fiftieth year of his Reign released and pardon'd their Suit-service to his Court at St. Martins le Grand in London TYKEHEAD Priory in Yorkshire KING Iohn in the fifth year of his Reign confirm'd to God and the Church of St. Mary of Tykeheved and to the Nuns there serving God the Lands and Possessions then given them by several Benefactors In the year 1264. the Prior and Canons of Ellerton and the Nuns of Tykehead exchanged certain Lands and Houses which had been the occasions of former Suits and Controversies Sir Robert de Aske Kt. the Founder gave to this House the Rent of 7 s. 4 d. per Annum for the maintaining of a yearly Obit for himself and Elizabeth his Wife conditionally that if the Obit were not diligently observ'd then the said Sum or Rent to be restored to his Heirs Dated 1522. Valued at 20 l 18 s. 10 d. per Annum HUNTINGTON Priery of Nuns IN the time of Richard de Gravesend Bishop of Lincoln Elena Walensis was elected Prioress of the Priory of St. Iames extra Huntedâ—n the Lady Dervorgull de Galewidia being then Patroness of the said Priory and Richard de Fâ—xton her Senâ—schal or Steward CLIVE in Somersetshire WIlliam de Romare who married Lucy Countess of Lincoln founded the Abby of the blessed Virgin and St. Laurence at Rewsby in Lincolnshire 8. Steph. William his youngest Son by the said Lucy who married Phillip Daughter of Hubert de Burgh Earl of Kent founded the Abby of our blessed Lady of the Cliff in Somersetshire in the 9 Rich. 1. of which one Ralph was the first Abbot King Henry the III. confirm'd their Lands and Estate and moreover granted to the Abbot and Convent of Clive the Mannor and Hundred of Bramton in Devonshire to be held of the King and his Heirs at the yearly Farm of 22 l. per Annum Valued at 155 l. 9 s. 5 d. q. per Annum HALIWEL Priory in Middlesex KING Richard the I. in the sixth year of his Reign confirm'd to the Nuns of Haliwell the several Lands given to them by Galfredus Camerarius and others The same King in the first year of his Reign confirm'd to the Church of St. Iohn Baptist of Haliwell and to the Nuns there serving God the Ground on which the said Church stands cum pertin viz. the Marish or Meadow in which the Fountain call'd Haliwell rises with other Lands given by Richard late Bishop of London Walter Precentor of St. Pauls c. These Nuns held also certain Lands at Camerwell and Pecham given to them by several Benefactors KERSEY Priory in Suffolk NEsta de Cokefeld Widow of Thomas de Burgo gave to God and to the Church of St. Mary and St. Anthony of Kersey and to the Canons there divers Lands of which she and her second Husband past a fine in the 24. Hen. 3. KINGTON Priory in Wilishire RObert Burnell Bishop of Bath and Wells founded this House to God and St. Mary for Nuns whose Deed of Foundation was exemplified by Inspectimus 19. F. I. Vid. Vol. 2. p. 887. Valued at 25 l. 9 s. 1 d. ob per Annum BURNHAM in Buckinghamshire ANno Dom. 1266. Richard King of the Romans founded a Monastery here for Nuns which he dedicated to God and St. Mary and endow'd it with his Mannor and Advowson of Burnham and other Lands Witnesses to whose Deed or Charter of Foundation were his Brother King Henry the III. and Prince Edward his eldest Son with others Valued at 51 l. 2 s. 4 d. q. per Annum STOKE-CLARE Priory in Suffolk THIS House was founded in the year 1248. by Richard de Clare Earl of Glouceâ—ter from whom descended the Mortimers Earls of March and the Royal House of â—ork as is set forth in a long Pedigree in Latin and English Verse in Dialogue between a Fryer and a Secular at the Tomb of Ioan of Acres Daughter of Edward the 〈◊〉 and Wise of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester This House being an alâ—en Priory and Cell to the Abby of Beekeherlewyn in Normandy King Richard the II. in the ninteenth 〈◊〉 of his Reign made it Indigena and gave it as a Cell to St. Peters at Westminster Pope Iohn in the fifth year of his Pontisicate translated this House from a Priory of Monks into a Colledge of a Dean and Secular Canons This was done at the Petition of Edwund Earl of March Heir of the first Founders who by his Deed dated 7. Hen. 5. granted and confirm'd to the Dean and Canons here all the Lands and Priviledges belonging to the Priory Vid. infra 1004. Vol. 3. part 2. p. 164. Valued at 324 l. 4 s. 1 d. ob per Annum GLOUCESTER-HALL in the Suburbs of Oxford THIS was founded and endow'd An. 1283. 11. E. 1. for the maintenance of thirteen Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Gloucester by Iohn Giffard Lord of Brimesfeild 19. E. 1. That King granted his License of Mortmain It appears by the Founders Deed of Foundation that the House was built upon certain Ground purchased of the Knights of St. Iohn of Ierusalem in a Lane commonly then called Stockwell street that the Church here was dedicated to St. Iohn the Apostle and St. Benedict the Abbot and Confessor and that the House was erected for Benedictine Monks Causa studii MISSENDEN in Buckinghamshire IT was found by Inquision taken at Aylesbury 51. E. 3. that the Abby of Mussenden was â—ounded in the year 1293. by William de Mussenden who held the Mannor of Mussenden of the Earl of Gloucester by Knights service In the Chapter-House and Church belonging to this Abby did lie buried several of the Missendens descended from the Founder whose names may be seen in the Book at large Vid. Vol. 3. p. 18. Valued at 261 l. 14 s. 6 d. q. per Annum The MINORESSES at London KING Edward the I. in the one and twentieth year of his Reign granted his License of Mortmain to Edmund his Brother and his Wife Blanch Queen of Nauarre to build a House in â—â—e Parish of St. Botulphs without Algate for Nuns of the Order of Minoresses there to remain in the service of God the blessed Mary and St. Francis Vaued at 318 l. 8 s. 5 d. per Annum WATERBECHAM in Cambridgshire KING Edward the I. in the twenty second year of his Reign granted to Dionisia de Monte-Caniso the Mannor of Waterbecke to build a Rengious House there for Minoresses of the Order of St. Clare to be brought over from beyond the Seas All which was confirm'd by King Edward the III. in the eleventh year of his Reign HOLAND in Lancashire HERE being formerly a Collegiate Church or Chappel of St. Thomas the Martyr served by Secular Chaplains Walter Bishop of Coventry and Litchfeild in the year 1319. by consent of Robert de Holland the Patron alter'd the Foundation into a Priory consisting of a Prior
Adam Fitz Swane the â—ounder gave this House as a Cell to the Priory of St Iohn at Pontfractâ— and ordered this House to pay to that Priory a Recognition of one Mark of Silver per Annum Pope Vrban the III. confirm'd the Foundation 1186. Valued at 239 l. 3 s. 6 d. per Annum THETFORD in Norfolk FOunded Anno Dom. 1103. by Roger Bigot whose Gifts and Endowments to this House were all confirm'd and ratified by his Son William Bigot Dapiser to the King and also by King Henry the I. and King Henry the II. This Priory was made Denison 50. E. 3. Valued at 312 l. 14 s. 4 d. ob per Annum MONTACUTE in Somersetshire FIRST founded by William Earl of Moriton in Normandy who endowed this Priory with three fair Lordships viz. Montegue and two others King Henry the I. gave and confirm'd to God and the blessed Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul of Montacute and the Cluniac Monks there divers Lands with great Liberties and Exemptions The like did King Henry the II. and King Henry the III. in the four and thirtieth year of his Reign King Edward the III. in the fourteenth year of Reign granted the Advowson and Custody of this Priory and four Cells thereunto belonging to William de Monte-acuto Earl of Salisbury and Marshal of England and to his Heirs Vid. 2. Vol. p. 909. Valued at 456 l. 14 s. 7 d. q. per Annum DAVENTREY in Northamptonshire THIS Priory was first founded at Preston by Hugh de Leycestre call'd the Vicount but that place being found inconvenient they were by License of Simon de Seynliz the elder Earl of Northampton removed to Daventre where he built a Monastery in honour of St. Augustine the Apostle of the English King Henry the II. confirm'd their Liberties and Franchises granted by King Henry the I. to St. Mary of Charity i. e. the Capital House of this Order beyond Seas and to St. Augustine of Daventrey and the Monks there Many were the Benefactors to this House as Matilda de Senliz Richard de Foxton whose Daughter Ann was married to Alan Basset of Lufphenam com Roteland Steven de Welton Henry de Braybrok whose Geneologies may be seen Fo. 677. 678. St. ANDREWS at Northampton THIS Priory was founded in the eighteenth year of King William the Conqueror by Simon de Seynliz who came into England in the Army of that King He married Maud Daughter and Co-heir of Waldelfus Earl of Huntington with whom he had the honour of Huntington Alice the other Daughter was by him given to Ralph de Tonny with 100 l. per Annum in Land centum Librarum terrae out of the said honour In the Reign of King Henry the I. the said Simon made a Voyage to the Holy Land and died in his return at the Monastery of the blessed Mary of Charity to which Monastery he had subjected this of St. Andrew After his death King Henry having married Maud Sister of Alexander King of Scotland gave Maud Earl Simons Widow to David Brother of Alexander and with her the Custody of Earl Simons Son and Heir Simon de St. Lyz junior Hugh Bishop of Lincoln confirm'd the Churches and Tithes given to this Priory among which were the Churches of Ryal and Exton in Rutland King Henry the I. also confirm'd the Lands to them given and granted them many Liberties and Franchises This Priory was made Denison 6 H. 4. To the Hospital of St. David at Kingsthorp built upon the Lands of this Priory for the Relief of Travellers and poor People Walter Prior of this House with the assent of his Convent gave two yard Land and a Messuage c. in Thorp constituting several Orders for the Government of the said Hospital among others that there should be three rows of Beds placed in length before the Chappel so as the Poor and especially the sick People might most conveniently hear Mass c. subjecting the said Hospial to the Prior of St. Andrews at Northampton and the Abbot of Sullebi This Deed bears date 1200. being the second of King Iohn This Priory was valued at 263 l. 7 s. 1 d. q. per Annum BAR NESTAPLE in Devonshire THIS House was founded for Cluniac Monks and dedicated to the honour of God and our Lord Jesus Christ and St. Mary the holy Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul and St. Mary Magdalen by Ioel Son of Alured who endow'd it with large Possessions subjecting it to the Church of St. Martin de Campis in which he himself became a Monk Confirm'd by King Henry the I. and by Henry de Tracy who descended from the Founder An. 1146. 11. Steph. Valued at 123 l. 6 s. 7 d. per Annum TIKEFORD in Buckinghamshire FVlcodius Paganellus was the first Founder of this Priory who with other Benefactors endowed it with divers Lands and Rents All which together with a Court-Leet King Henry the II. confirm'd to the Monks here King Edward the II. in the fifth year of his Reign granted further to William de la Manerere then prior of this House and his Successors to have a Pillory and Tumbrel in their Lordship of Tikeford for the punishment of Malefactors Vid. Vol. 2. p. 910. FEVERSHAM in Kent ANno 1148. King Steven founded the Abby here to the honour of of our Saviour and endow'd it with divers Mannors Lands Liberties and free Customs to hold in perpetual Alms discharged and quit of all secular Exactions King Steven and Maud his Queen and Eusâ—acius their Son were buried here King Henry the II. confirm'd to the Cluniac Monks of Feversham all their Lands and Franchises granting to them a Fair yearly for eight days beginning at the Feast of St. Peter ad vincula The like confirmation was made by King Iohn in the sixteenth year of his Reign and by King Henry the III. in the eleventh year of his Reign Peter Abbot of Clugny granted to King Steven Clarembaldus then Prior of Bermundesey with twelve Monks of that House for the Composing an Abby at Feversham and at the same time absolved the said Clarembaldus and his Monks from all Obedience and Subjection to the Church of Clugny and that of the Charity The like Emancipation or discharge of subjection was also granted by the then Prior of the Charity Valued at 286 l. 12 s. 6 d. ob q. per Annum ARTHINGTON in Yorkshire THIS was a Priory of Nuns built and endow'd by Peers of Arthington and confirm'd by Pope Alexander as is set forth in an award made in the twenty eighth year of the Reign of King Henry the VI. Alicia de Romeli was a Benefactress to this Nunnery whose Gift was confirm'd by her Son William de Curcy the Kings Sewer and by Warinus Fitzâ—Gerald the King's Chamberlain Valued at 11 l. 8 s. 4 d. ob per Annum Of the Cistercian Order Anno Dom. 1098. Robert Abbot of Molesme by License of Hugo Archbishop of Lyons the Pope's Legate first instituted this Order in a Desert Place called
THIS was founded by Iohn de Toryton The Lands given to these Monks were recited and confirm'd by King Iohn in the sixteenth year of his Reign Vid. Vol. 2. p. 918. Valued at 135 l. 3 s. 6 d. per Annum HOLMCOLTRUM in Cumberland Founded An. 1150. KIng Henry II seems to have been the Founder of this Abby King Richard the I. in the first year of his Reign confirm'd their Lands as 〈◊〉 also K. Henry III. in the 39. year of his Reign Iohn Gernoun and Margaret his Wife founded and endow'd a Chantry in this Abby Church for four Chaplains Monks of this House and two secular Chaplains This Iohn than held two parts of the Mannor of Wyggeton by Cornage As was found by Inquisition 6 E. 3. Vid. Vol. 3. p. 34. Valued at 427 l. 19 s. 3 d. ob q. per Annum TARENT in Dorsetshire THis Abby was founded for Nuns of the Cistercian Order by Richard Bishop of Durham Iohn Queen of Scots gave to this House cum corpore suo with her Body Lands in Stanton in Cambridgeshire to the value of 20 l. per Annum All the Estate belonging to this Monastery was confirm'd by King Henry III. who was also himself a Benefactor Valued at 215 l. 7 s. 9 d. per Annum TILTEY alias Wudeham in Essex FOunded Anno 1152. This was first given by Maurice Son of Ieffery de Teretia to the Canons of the Church of St. Iohn Baptist of Wodeham and endow'd with several Lands confirm'd by King Henry II. After wards King Richard the first confirm'd the same Estate to the Monks here settled of the Cistercian Order in the tenth year of his Reign Valued at 167. 2 s. 6 d. per Annum DEULACRES in Cheshire ANno 1153. The Abby of Pulton in Cheshire was founded by Robert Pincerna it was furnisht with Monks of the Cistercian Order from Cumbermere and was therefore called a Daughter of that House In the year 1214. the Convent was translated from Pulton to Deulacres by Ralph Earl of Chester This Ralph afterwards coming from his Expedition in the Holy Land was in a great Storm at Sea in the Night confident of deliverance at Midnight through the Suffrages of these Monks then at their Nocturnal Devotions accordingly the Storm did then begin to cease to the wonder of the Seamen This Ralph and his Successors Earls of Chester gave and confirm'd divers Lands and Possessions to this Abby Vid. Vol. 2. pag 919. CLUNOK-VAUR in Wales THe Original of this Monastery was by S. Benow of whom mention is made in the Life of St. Winefrid The White Monks here were of a newer Foundation Guithin Unkle to one of the Princes of Northwales gave the Village of Clunok to Benow Vide Vol. 2. pag. 119. STRATFLURE in Cardiganshire FOunded and endowed with divers Lands by Reese Prince of Southwales The Estate of this House called also Strata florida was confirm'd by King Henry II. and King Edward I. Valued at 118 l. 7 s. 3 d. per Annum LEGâ—URN in Lincolnshire THis Abby was founded for Nuns by Robert de Lekeburn who was buried in the Chapter house of this Nunnery at whose Interment his Son and Heir William declared publickly his confirmation of his Fathers Donations and Endowments adding of his own gift the yearly Rent of two shillings in Franckalmoign King Iohn in the first year of his Reign confirm'd the Estate of this House Valued at 38 l. 8 s. 4 d. per Annum STRATMARGEL or Strata-Marcella in Montgomeryshire FOunded An. 1170. by Madock ap Griffin By his Deed dated An. 1222 he endowed it with divers Lands and Revenues Valued at 64 l. 14 s. 2 d. per Annum STANLAW in Cheshire Founded An. 1172. THe first Founder of this House was Iohn Constable of Chester who endowed it with divers Lands and Liberties his Deed bears date 1178. These Monks of Stanlaw were afterwards translated to the Church of Whaley at which the Abbot and Convent of Salley in Torkshire were very much grieved alledging among other things that they were nigher to their Abby than the Constitutions of their Order do allow of and that it was to their damage 27l 10 s. But the differences were composed in the year 1305. by the Abbots of Ryvalle and Belland The Church of Whaley was in being in the time when St. Augustine the Monk came into England The Rectors of which Church were in after times called Deans and not Parsons and were married men who also had the ordinary Jurisdiction of the place committed to them by the Bishop These Deans had an Estate of inheritance in the Church of Whaly and the Chappels which went from Father to Son and the Cure of the Churches was supplied by certain Priests whom the Deans provided and presented to the Bishop for his License The Names of these Deans may be seen in the Book at large But after the Council of Lateran 1215. it was no longer permitted that this Church should go as an inheritance Not long after this the Church of Whaley was given by Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln and Lord of Blagbornshire to the Monks of Stanlaw who enter'd upon this their new Seat in the year 1296. Dom. George de Norbury being then their Abbot which Translation was ratified by the Bull of Pope Nicholas the IV. The Deed of the said Henry whereby he gave this Church of Whally with all its Rights Liberties and Appurtenants bears date in the year 1283. In the thirty fourth year of Edward the III. Henry Duke of Lancaster Earl of Derby Lincoln and Leicester gave divers Lands to the Abbot and Convent of Whalley for the maintaining of a Recluse or Anchorite and his Successors dwelling in a place within the Church-yard of the Parish-Church of Whalley and for two Women their Servants who shall be there continually praying for the said Duke his Ancestors and Heirs viz to find them every Week throughout the year fifteen Loaves of the Convent Bread each Loaf weighing fifty shillings sterling and seven Loaves of the second sort of the same weight eight Gallons of the best Ale of the Convent and three pence for their Companage to deliver them yearly at the Feast of all Saints ten Stock-fish and ten great Ling fish one bushel of Oats for their Potage one bushel of Salt two Gallons of Oyl for their Lamps one stone of Tallow for Candles six Load of Turf and one of Brushwood for Fuel to keep their House in repair and to find one of their Monks and a Clark to say Mass in the Chappel of the said Recluse daily c. The first Founder of this House Iohn de Lacy Constable of Chester and Lord of Halton married Alice Sister of William de Mandeville and died in the Holy Land Of this Family was Henry de Lacy Founder of the Abby of Kirkstall of whom before NUNAPLETON in Yorkshire THIS Priory of Nuns was founded by Adeliza de Sancto-Quintino and Robert her Son and Heir dedicated to God St.
Archbishop of Tork placed here Canons Regular Iohn de Normanville and Robert de Insula were Benefactors to the Canons here It was found by Inquisition taken in the four and twentieth year of E. 1. That Thomas the second Archbishop of Tork did found and endow this Priory the Lands by him given and by many other Benefactors were all found and set forth in particular which see in the Book at large p. 93. 91 c. Valued at 122 l. 11 s. 1 d. per Annum STODELY in Warwickshire THese Canons were first establisht at Wicton by Peter de Stodley and by him afterwards removed from thence to Stodley and by him endow'd with Lands confirm'd by King Henry the II. and King Edward the III. in the first year of his Reign To this House William de Cantilupo William Comin and others were Benefactors Valued at 117 l. 1 s. 1 d. ob per Annum LAUND in Leicestershire THE Priory here was founded by Richard Basset and Matildis Ridel his Wife for Canons Regular and dedicated to St. Iohn Baptist. It was endowed with the Town and Mannor of Lodington within the Bounds of which it stands as also that of Friseby with the Tyths of several Churches in the Neighbourhood among others with the Church of Warleg and Chappel of Belton and the Church of Glaeston in Rutland Confirm'd by King Henry the 1. and King Henry the II. Valued at 399 l. 3 s. 3 d. per Annum THURGARTON in Nottinghamshire THE Priory of St. Peter at Thurgarton was founded and endow'd with divers Lands and Tithes by Radulphus de Ayncourt Many were the Benefactors to this House among whom several of the Family of Vilers all whose Gifts were recited and confirm'd by King Henry the II. and by King Edward the III. in the seventeenth year of his Reign Valued at 259 l. 9 s. 4 d. per Annum DRAX in Yorkshire THIS Priory dedicated to St. Nicholas was founded and endowed with divers Lands and Liberties by William Paganell By Indenture dated An. 1383. The Prior and Convent of this House did oblige themselves in consideration of twenty Marks received to perform a yearly Obit on the day of the Epiphany for the Soul of Gilbert de Ounfravile late Husband of Maud Countess of Northumberland Valued at 104 l. 14 s. 9 d. per Annum MARTON in Yorkshire FOunded and endow'd by Bertram de Bulemer and confirmed by his Grandson Henry de Nevill This Priory as appears by the Charter of King Henry the II. was at first given to Canons and Nuns but the Nuns were afterwards translated to a place called Molesbi Valued at 151 l. 5 s. 4 d. per Annum BETHKELERT in Wales KING Edward the I. in the fourteenth year of his Reign confirm'd the Estate and Lands given to this House by Lewelin the Great and others Valued at 70 l. 3 s. 8 d. per Annum BOLTON in Yorkshire ANno 1120. William Meschines and Cecilia his Wife Lady and Heiress of the honour of Skipton founded and endow'd a Monastery of Canons at Emmesey which House was dedicated in honour of the blessed Virgin and St. Cuthbert the Bishop In the year 1151. these Canons were translated from hence to Bolton which Alice de Rumelli gave them in exchange for other Lands of theirs Which Alice being Heiress to their Founder confirm'd all his Grants and further granted them Free chace in her Chace of Craven◠Their Lands given by their several Benefactors were recited and confirm'd by King Edward the II. in the fifth year of his Reign This Priory was in some sort subject to that of Huntingdon till discharged of that subjection in the time of Pope Celestin the III. The Prior and Convent here granted to Iohn de Insula Lord of Rougemount to maintain a Chantery of fix Chaplains in the Church of Harewood c. Valued at 212 l. 3 s. 4 d. per Annum KIRKHAM in Yorkshire WAlter Espec and Adelina his Wife by the consent of King Henry the I. founded the Priory of Canons of the Holy Trinity at Kirkham and endow'd the same with divers Lands and◠Tithes inter alia with the Tithes of Venison ferarum silvestrium which he and his posterity should take and of all Foul taken in his Rivers Likewise the said Walter granted them the tenth Penny or Tith of his Rents of his Lands in Northumberland This Walter Espec was a man of a Giant-like stature with a Voice like a Trumpet of Noble Blood but more noble in his Christian Piety who having no Children of his own tho' he had Nephews gave the best of his Possessions to Christ founding and endowing the Monastery of Kirkham for Canons Regular In the year 1261. William de Roos Lord of Hamlak among other things granted to the Prior and Convent of Kirkham and their Successors in lieu of the Tithes of his hunting three good wild Beasts tres seras competentes also the Rent of 100 s. per Annum for other Tithes for which consideration the said Canons did quit their claim of Free-chace in Hamelak Valued at 269 l. 5 s. 9 d. per Annum LAUNCESTON in Cornwall THIS Priory did stand on the West South-West part of the Suburb of the Town and was erected by William Warwist Bishop of Exeter for which he supprest a Collegiate Church of St. Steven having Prebendaries and gave the best part of their Lands to the Priory and took the Residue himself King Iohn and King Henry the III. confirm'd the Lands given them by several Benefactors Valued at 354 l. 0 s. 11 d. per Annum St. DENNIS near Southampton THIS Priory was founded by King Henry the I. endowed with Revenues by King Henry the II. King Seven King Richard the I. Humphrey de Bohun c. Valued at 80 l. 11 s. 6 d. per Annum LEDES in Kent THIS Monastery was founded An. 1119. by Robert de Crepito Corde in French Creveceur Anglicè Creutor for Canons Regular Dedicated to St. Mary and St. Nicholas Divers of the Name and Family of Creveceur were Benefactors granting to them divers Revenues and Liberties and that the Canons here should have the Custody of their House and Goods in the time of Vacation without any Impediment of them the Patrons or their Heirs and that upon the death of their Prior they might freely proceed to the Election of another without leave-asking however after Election the new Prior must be presented to the Patron according to Custom Confirm'd by King Edward the III. in the one and fortieth year of his Reign Valued at 362 l. 7 s. 7 d. per Annum HASELBERGE in Sommersetshire IN the Reign of King Henry the I. lived at Haselburge a certain Priest much famed for Sanctity and for the Spirit of Prophesie called Wulfrieus In his time William Fitz Gualter instituted Canons Regular here and endow'd them with Possessions But at his first undertaking this Foundation Wulfricus told him that Those whom he designed to introduce here would not prosper in
the Canons of this House the Advowson of the House of Lepers of St. Leonard at Kirkeby in Kendale c. Divers other Benefactors gave Many Lands and parcels all which were recited and confirm'd by King Edward II. An. 12. Magnus King of Man and the Iles by his deed dated An. Dom. 1256. granted to the Prior and Convent of this House that their Ships and Goods should be free from toll and all other demands and Customs throughout all his Dominions St. JOHN Baptist at Coventry LAurence Prior of Coventry and the Convent there granted the Scite of this House and the apurtenances in perpetual Alms for the Receit of Poor and infirm people And this was at the petition of Edmund Archdeacon of Coventry Confirm'd by Richard Archbishop of Canterbury and by Bull of Pope Honorius III. dated An. 1221. King Henry III. An. 45. granted to the Brethren and Sisters of this Hospital liberty and protection by themselves or Messengers to ask gather and receive Almes abroad for Releif of their House for the space of seven years An. Dom. 1425 Richard Crosby being then Prior of the Cathedral and Regular Church of the Blessed Mary of Coventry and Thomas Everdon Master or Custos of this Hospital Several Orders were made for the Government of this House containing That the Prior and Convent aforesaid shall be accounted Founders of this Hospital and Edmund formerly Archdeacon of Coventry Principal Benefactor that the Master of the Hospital be Subject to the Prior who is to have the placing Creation and reception of the said Master and all the Brethren and Sisters that the said Prior and his Successors may Visit in the said Hospital once a year attended with eight persons only the Master to make Oath of Fidelity to the Prior at his admission the Brothers and Sisters a Promise in Writing sign'd and Seal'd The Master to be in Priests Orders the Habit of the Master and Brothers to be of Dark Colour sign'd with a black Crosse and on their Mantles also a black Crosse without which habit they ought not to appear abroad The Master to hold Chapter every Fryday or however once a week The Divine Offices to be devoutly celebrated in the said Hospital at the usual hours Secundum usum sarum The Lay Brothers and Sisters that are illerate to say A CANNON HOSPITALLER OF S t IOHN BAPTIST AT COVENTRY Vol. 2 P. 428. instead of Matins thirty Paters and as many Aves with the Creed and for every of the other hours seven But those Brothers that have learning sufficient to say the Office of the Blessed Virgin The Sisters to be always intent and Solicitous about the Care and Service of the Infirm in the said Hospital The Common Seal to be kept under three Keys one to remain with the Master the other two with the Senior Brother and Sister That the Master shall pay predial Tithes to the Prior but not of Cattle nor Wood That the said Hospital shall have a free Sepulture for those who choose to be buried with them c. Valued at 83 l. 3 s. 3 d. per Annum BRUGWALTER in Somersetshire FOunded by William Briewerr for thirteen poor People beside Religious men and Travailers Several Churches being of the Advowson of the Master and Brethren of this Hospital of St. Iohn Baptist at Brudgwalter were appropriated hereunto by the Bishop of Bath and Wells and the Bishop of Exeter An. 1284. The Patronage of this Hospital coming to the hands of the Lord de la Zouche in Custody of King Henry VI. by reason of his Nonage that King granted his License to the President and Brethren of this House to elect a New Master on the death of the former Valued at 120 l. 19 s. 1 d. ob per Annum BRUGENORTH in Shropshire IT was found by Inquisition 14 Edward IV. that Radulf le Strange Founded and endow'd this Hospital in honour of the blessed Trinity the Virgin and St. Iohn Baptist From which Ralfle Strange did lineally descend Iohn Talbot created first Earl Salisbury of that name And it was then further found that the name of Custos of this Hospital was in Process of time changed to that of Prior. Valued at 4 l. per Annum St. JOHN'S in the City of Wells FIrst Founded by Hugh Bishop of Lincoln Ioselin Bishop of Bath and Sir Edmund Lyons were Benefactors These were so bountiful to this Hospital that at first this House had two hundred marks of annual Rents Valued at 40 l. o s 2 d. ob per Annum STRODE in Kent FOunded by Gilbert Bishop of Rochester for the Receit of Poor weak and infirm People as well known as Strangers and Travellers and for their releif with Bed Meat and Drink till they either die or depart in health The Master or Governour of which House by the name and title of Iconomus he appointed to be a Regular and to have with him at least two Priests to celebrate daily two Masses The said Bishop endow'd this Hospital with divers Churches and Tithes c. All which Revenues were confirm'd by the Prior and Convent of Rochester Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury and King Richard the first Whose Several Deeds were all Recited and confirm'd by King Edward III. An. 6. by Inspeximus The same King Edward III. An. 16. granted his License to Mary of St. Paul Countess of Pembroke to grant her Mannour of Strode to any House of Religious Men or Women already built or to be built by her with a Non obstante to the Statute of Mortmain Valued at 52 l. 9 s. 10 d. ob per Annum SHIREBURNE in the Bishoprick of Durham FOunded and endow'd with Lands and Churches by Hugh de Puteaco or Pudsey who placed there Leperous People collected all over his Diocess endowing it with Lands and Churches SUTTON in Yorkshire JEffrey Fitz-Peter Earl of Essex gave certain Lands here to William de Wrotham Archdeacon of Tanton for the erection of an Hospital in honour of the holy and individual Trinity and the blessed Virgin and of all Celestial Virtues and all Saints and for the maintenance of thirteen poor People and three Chaplains MERLEBERGE in Wiltshire TO this Hospital dedicated to St. Iohn Baptist and to the Brothers and Sisters here King Iohn An. 16. confirm'd divers Lands given by Henry de Kenet Levenot Son of Levenot and others Valued at 6 l. 18 s. 4 d. per Annum St. LAURENCE near Bristol in Somersetshire KING Iohn An. Reg. 9. and King Henry the III. An. 32. confirmed divers Lands to the Masters and Brethren of this Hospital of Lepers of St. Laurence in the Suburbs of Bristol BOCKLAND in Somersetshire LOretta Countess of Leicester Widow of Earl Robert gave divers Lands to God and the blessed Mary and St. Iohn Baptist and to the blessed Poor of the Hospital-house of Ierusalem for the Sustentation of the Sisters of Bocklaund and for the finding of a Chaplain to celebrate daily in the Church at Bokland St. THOMAS in Southwark
by Edward or Eborard the II. Bishop of Norwich Vid. Vol. 3. p. 43. St. GILES at Norwich FOunded by Walter Suffeld alias Calthorpe Bishop of Norwich for a Master three Priests and twelve poor Women Valued at 90 l. 12 s. per Annum WELLE in ... FOunded by Ralph Neville for three Chaplains and certain poor and infirm People and by him endow'd with divers Lands which he held of the honour of Richmond for which he had the License of King Edward the III. An. 16. Vid. Vol. 3. p. 89. PONTFRACT in Yorkshire FOunded by William le Tabourerc for one Chaplain and eight poor People and endow'd by him and others with the License of King Edward the III. granted An. 8. ELSING-SPITTEL in London WIlliam Elsyng Citizen of London founded here a Colledge consisting of one Warden and four Secular Priests and an Hospital of poor People in the Parishes of St. Alphege and St. Mary Aldermanbury on which Colledge and Hospital he bestow'd certain Tenements and Rents in the said Parishes and elsewhere in London and gave the Patronage of the same to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's who united to this House and appropriated the Church of Aldermanbury c. The said Dean and Chapter to plaâ—â— the Warden and two of the Priests and the said William Elsyng the other two the Custos to be in Priestly orders and unbenificed elsewhere so also the four Priests Other Rules and Orders were made for the Government of this House as that the Custos or Warden shall at his admittance be sworn to the due Administration of his Office that the Warden and Priests shall daily say Mattins Masses and the Hours Vespers and Complin in the Chappel of the Hospital and visit the infirm People there that within three days after the Nativity of the blessed Virgin yearly the four Priests and Warden be new cloathed in like manner the four Priests Apparel not exceeding 30 s. for each and the Warden in a Garment of the same colour not exceeding 40 s. and that the Priests be allowed more for Linnen and Shooes c. 20 s. per Annum to each and the Warden 40 s. to be paid yearly eight days after Easter that ninety eight blind and poor People of both Sexes be received and lodged in this Hospital and Poor Blind or paralitick Priests if any such offer themselves to be received before any others c. Which orders were seal'd by the said William Elsyng An. Dom. 1331. 5 E 3. in the presence of Iohn de 〈…〉 Mayor of London the two Sheriffs and several Aldermen c. Not long after this viz. An. 1340. Ralph Bishop of London changed the Warden and Secular Priests of this Hospital of St. Mary within Cripplegate into a Prior and Canons Regular of St. Augustin under the Patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Paul's still all other things concerning the said Hospital relating to the poor c. to remain as before and this Commutation was upon the Petition of the Founder William Elsyng Valued at 193 l. 15 s. 5 d. per Annum BERKING-CHIRCHE near the Tower at London KING Edward the III. An. 44. granted his License to Robert Denton Chaplain to found an Hospital in his House or Messuage within the Parish of Berking-Church London for the Habitation of poor Priests and other poor men and Women who fall into Frensies and lose their Memory he also Licensed him to give and assign the same House and another Messuage in the Parish of St. Laurence Pountency both which Messuages were held of him in Burgage to certain Chaplains c. for the celebrating the Divine Offices c. But the intended Foundation here not taking effect King Rich. the II. An. 2. at the Petition of the said Robert granted him License to assign the Premisses c. to the Hospital of St. Katherine near the Tower St. MARY's in Leicester FOunded by Henry Duke of Lancaster near the Castle in Leicester An. Dom. 1330. And by him endow'd with divers Lands c. Here was also of his Frection a Collegiate Church in which he was buried An. 1361. The whole was to maintain a Dean and twelve Canons and as many Vicars one hundred poor People and ten able Women to serve them Vid. Vol 3. part 2. p. 139. Valued at 23 l. 12 s. 11 d. per Annum HEHTE in Kent KING Edward the III. An. 16. granted his License to Hamon Bishop of Rochester for the founding of this Hospital for thirteen poor People with a non obstante to the Statute of Mortmain HOLBECHE in Lincolnshire FOunded with License of King Edward the III. by Iohn de Kirktone for a Warden being a Chaplain and fifteen poor People Dedicated in honour of all Saints and by the said Iohn endowed with divers Lands held of the Abbot and Convent of Croyland St. NICHOLAS near York THis Hospital being of the Advowson or Patronage of the Kings of England was An. 1303. Visited by William de Grenefeud at that time Lord Chancellor at which time he made certain Orders for the Government of this House viz. that all the Brothers and Sisters of this Hospital should at their Admittance profess due Obedience to the Master and Warden and inviolaby observe perpetual Chastity That both Brothers and Sisters should be present at Matins Mass and the other hours unless hinder'd by Sickness c. and that they should say during the time of Divine Service the Lord's Prayer and Angelick Salutation with due devotion iterating the same as often as the Lord shall inspire them That the Brothers and Sisters should not live under the same Roof c. That what ever they have for their several uses shall after their death come to the House That they shall have a Common Seal that they shall not demise or bind any of their Possessions unknown to the Chancellor of England or his Successors That for the future none shall be Master or Custos of this House but such only as will undertake the Government in his own person If any transgress against their due obedience the Master or Custos shall for the first Offence punish the Ofsenders by with-holding their Commons for some days as the offence requires which punishment shall for the second offence be doubled for the third the party shall be expell'd c. Valued at 29 l. 1 s. 4 d. per Annum BOWES in the I le of Gerneseye FOunded with License of King Edward III. An. 35. by Peter of St. Peters in Gernsey in the Parish of Saintpierport in that Iland for a Master or Custos Brethren and Sisters and by him endow'd with twenty yardland and the delivery of fourscore quarters of wheat yearly arising out of certain Land in the said Parish which Land was held in Capite of the King by a Service call'd Chaumpert viz. the payment of the eleventh Sheaf arising on the said Lands yearly WOLVERHAMPTON in Staffordshire FOunded with License of King Richard II. An. 16. by Clement Lusone and
by the Payment of one pound of Cummin Cimini or 2 d. at Easter yearly for all Services and Demands Divers other Benefactors gave other Lands in Northamptonshire and elsewhere among whom were Iohn de Lacy Constable of Chester Ralph Basset c. All confirm'd and recited by King Edward the II. An. 9. Valued at 258 l. 8 s. 5 d. per Annum COKERSAND in Lancashire FOunded by Theâ—bald Walter Brother of Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury for Canons of the Premonstratenses to whom he gave in pure and perpetual Alms the Hay or inclosed ground call'd Pyling for the â—recting of this Abby Confirm'd by King Iohn An. 2. All which with other Lands granted by William de Lancaster Iohn de Lasey Earl of Lincoln and Constable of Chester and the Ieffrey Son of the Lord Iohn and others were recited and confirm'd by King Richard the II. An. 7. A Contest happening between the Prior of Lancaster and the Abbot of Cokersand about Tithes and other Rights of the Church it was agreed and settled by Papal Authority An. 1216. that the Prior should have two parts of the Corn Tithes in Lancaster and Pulton and this Abbot one third part also that the Abbot of Cokersand shall not admit any of the Parishioners of the Prior of Lancaster to Sepulture at his Convent without the Priors License c. The Abbot and Convent of Leicester de pratis granted to the Canons of Cokersand the Scite of the Hospital of Cokersand for the making of an Abby which change from an Hospital to a Monastery of Premonstratenses was made An. 1190. BEGEHAM in Sussex THIS Abby was first founded at Hotteham by Ralph de Dena and by him endow'd with Lands c Translated from thence to Begeham otherwise call'd Benlin by Ela de Saukvile Daughter of the first Founder whose Son Ieffrey de Saukvile confirm'd the Estate of these Canons Confirm'd also by Gilbert de Aquila Robert de Tuâ—nham Walkelin Maminot and Richard Earl of Clare and Hereford were also Benefactors all whose Gifts were confirm'd by King Iohn King Henry the III. An. 35. granted to these Canons a weekly Market on the Thursday at their Mannor of Rokeland and a Fair there for three days at Midsomer Which with their other Possessions was confirm'd by King Edward the II. An. 6. Vid. Vol. 3. p. 77. BARLINGS in Lincolnshire FOunded by Ralph de Haye with the Consent of Richard Haye his Brother confirm'd by King Henry the II. and King Iohn An. 16. The Bardolfs and Longspes were Benefactors BRODHOLME in Nottinghamshire KING Edward the II. An. 12. recited and confirm'd the several Lands and Possessions given to the Brothers and Sisters of Brodholme by divers Benefactors among whom Ralph de Albaniaco Walter de Clifford and Agnes his Wife c. Valued at 16 l. 5 s. 2 d. per Annum COVERHAM in Yorkshire THIS Monastery was first founded at Swayneby An. Dom. 1190. by Helewisia Daughter and Heir of Ranulf de Glanvilla a Baron and Capital Justice of England in the time of King Henry the II. and Richard the I. It was afterwards translated from Swayneby to Coverham near Midleham by Ralph Fitz-Robert descended from the said Helewisia The Lands c. given to this House by the Foundress and her Son Walleran Fitz-Robert and Ralph Fitz-Robert Edric Neusum and others were all confirm'd by King Edward the III. An. 22. Of this Family did descend two Sisters Co-heirs Mary Lady of Midleham married to Ralph de Nevile and Ioan married to Robert de Fatershall Valued at 160 l. 18 s. 3 d. per Annum St. AGATHA near Richmund in Yorkshire FOunded by one Roaldus the Constable possibly of Richmond Castle Roger de Moubray Alan Bygot and others were Benefactors whose Grants were recited and confirm'd by King Edw. III. An. 3. Richard le Scrope of Bolton by License of King Rich. II. granted to the Abbot and Convent of this House a yearly Rent of 150 l. for the Maintenance of ten Canons over and above the common number then in the Monastery and of two Secular Chaplains to celebrate for the said Richard and his Heirs c. and for the Maintenance of twenty two poor men in the said Abby This Richard le Scrope had been the Kings Chancellour and gave also to this Abby the Mannor of Brompton upon Swale then valued at 10 l. 3 s. 4 d. per Annum Valued at â— 11 l. 17 s. 11 d. per Annum TORRE in Devonshire THIS Church and Abby of St. Saviours of Torre was founded by William Briwer and by him endow'd with many Lands and with the Church of Torre c. to hold in free pure and perpetual Alms. King Iohn confirm'd to these Canons all their Possessions with the Grant of large Franchises and Immunities from Scutage and all Gelds and Tolls c. for themselves and their men From this William Briwere the Founder descended Reginald de Mohun who in the thirty six of King Henry the III. had a grant from this Abbot and Convent of Liberty to erect a Chappel in his Court at Thorre for himself and proper Family but not to baptize there nor admit any of the Parishioners to any Ecclesiastical Rights the said Abbot and Convent to receive one Moiety of all Oblations or Obventions arising in the said Chappel c. Valued at 396 l. 11 d. per Annum HALES-OWEN in Shropshire THE Mannor and Advowson of the Church of Hales was given by King Iohn An. 16. to Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester for the erecting of a Religious House which was accordingly founded here by that Bishop and by him endowed with this Estate Confirm'd by King Henry the III. Roger Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield An. 1248 appropriated the Church of Waleshale to this Abby after the death of Vincent then Rector of the said Church saving out of the same a Vicaridge of thirteen Marks to be assigned to a Vicar with all Obventions c. An. Dom. 1270. Godfrey Bishop of Worcester made a Settlement between the Abbot of Hales and the Perpetual Vicar of the Parish Church there the said Vicar to have and receive from the Abbot ten Marks yearly a House with Out Houses Orchard Garden and the Vesture of the Church-yard The Canons to find another Priest to be under the Vicar Presbiterm secundarium and to bear all ordinary and extraordinary Charges Iohn de Hamptone Ioan Botetourt and Iohn her Son gave divers Mannors and Advowsons to this Abby conditioning for Chantrys Wolstan Bishop of Worcester appropriated to this Abby the Church of Clent and Chappel of Rouley reserving to the perpetual Vicar who hath the Cure of Souls there a Revenue of 10 l. viz. a Messuage and Curtelage on the South side of the Church-yard with Tith of Calves Lambs c. and all small Tithes except of the Monasteries proper Lands Mortuaries the Herbage and Trees of the Church-yard and all the Altarage Valued at 280 l. 13 s. 2 d. ob per Annum LANGLEY in
Norfolk FOunded by Robert Fitz-Roger and endow'd with Lands c. All which were confirm'd to these Canons by King Iohn An. 1. with the grant of large Liberties and Immunities from all Tolls and Taxes Valued at 104 l. 16 s. 5 d. ob per Annum TITCHFIELD in Hampshire KING Henry the III. An. 16. granted his Mannor of Tichefeud to Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester to found an Abby of Premonstratenses and further granted to the said Abby very great Liberties in the said Mannor and their other Lands with very great Immunities and to be free and discharged from Tolls c. and from suit to any Forrest Courts and from the expeditating or lawing of Dogs and this not only for themselves but all their Men dwelling on their Lands Other Benefactors to this Abby were Eua de Clinton Reginald de Albamara Baldwin de Ripariis Lord of the Iâ—â— Gilbert le Mansel Peter de Sukemund who gave certain Land 〈◊〉 Ingepenne to hold of the Chief Lord of the Fee by the Service of half a Knights Fee and of himself and his Heirs by one pair of Spurs or 3 d. at the Feast of St. Michael c. All whose Gifts were confirm'd to this House by King Edward the II. An. II. An Inventory of the Goods of this Monastery was taken Anno Dom. 1420. before Iohn Powle Abbot of Hales-Owen Visitor of this Place and it was then found that they had no Monies in their Treasury but were 43 l. 4 s. in Debt and the House ingaged in 62 l. 6. d. In the Sacristy one Silver-Cup gilt for keeping the Sacrament two great Chalices gilt and twelve lesser ones a great Silver Vessel full of Relicks a great Silver Cross gilt with the Images of Mary and Iohn two Candlesticks Silver and gilt c. In the Treasury many pieces of Plate some of great size c. In divers Mannors belonging to this Church four and thirty Horses ten Mares four Foals one hundred and fifty four Oxen seven Bulls nine and fifty Cows c. three hundred eighty and one Muttons one hundred Lambs c. seventeen Boars twenty four Sows thirty three Hogs one hundred and twenty six lesser Swine and eighty nine Pigs Valued at the Suppression at 249 l. 16 s. 1 d. per Annum Of the Order of St. Gilbert of Sempringham A NVN OF Y e ORDER OF St. GILBERT Vol. 2. P. 669 THe Institutions made by the blessed Gilbert and his Successors for the Government of this Order of Sempringham are very large and cousist of Divers general Chapters or Heads and those divided into many Subdivisions I shall take Notice only of the Principal Titles And refer to the Book at large for particulars The first Treats of the Rise and beginning of the Order and of the Election of the Master c. Of the Principal Examiners or Searchers Scrutatoribus their Constitution and Authority c. Of the four Procurators in each House of this Order c. Of the Canons and Novices and their Age and of the Lay Canons c. Of the Brothers their Institution Apparel and Duties c. Of the Nuns and such matters as relate to them and their Houses Of the Lay Sisters their Apparel and manner of Life Of the Sick and Infirm Nuns and Sisters how to be treated Of the Office of the Dead and Funeral Matters c. Of some Rules relating equally to the Nuns and Sisters Of the Unity and friendship between all the Houses of this Order Of the Grand Chapter of the Order to be held yearly In the end of this last Chapter the Founder of the Order Provides that in the Several Houses of the Men the Number shall not exceed 394 in all and in those of the Women the number of Nuns and Sisters together shall not exceed 960. THis order was first Instituted in England in the Reign of King Steven An. Dom. 1148. by Master Iohn Gilbert of Semplingham William Bishop of Norwich writ a very high Commendation of this Gilbert and of all the Religious of his Order by way Testimonial to Pope Alexander III. The Priory of Sempringham in Lincolnshire FOunded by Gilbert de Gaunt and by him and others endow'd with divers Lands in Lincolnshire Iohn Dalderby Bishop of Lincoln by his Deed dated at Buchden An. Dom. 1303. granted License to the Schollers of the Convent of Sempringham Studying Divinity or Philosophy in St. Peter's Parish in Stamford to have a Chaplain to celebrate in their private Chappel there saving the Rights of the Parish-Church of St. Peter there Robert Lutterel Rector of Irnham gave for the maintenance of the said Schollers so studdying at Stamford as aforesaid the House where they inhabited with divers Lands and Tenements in Keten Cotismore and Casterton in Rutland Vid. Vol. 3. p. 107. Valued at 317 l. 4 s. 1 d. per Annum HAVERHOLME in Lincolnshire FOunded by Alexander Bishop of Lincoln and by him endowed with the Isle then called Hasreholm An. Dom 1139. Valued at 70 l. 15 s. 10 d. ob per Annum CHIKESAND in Bedfordshire PAganus de Bellocampo and Rohaisa his Wife gave many Lands to this House King Edward the II in the tenth year of his Reign granted his License to Iohn Blundel to give the Mannor of Chikesonde with its appurtenances to the Prior and Convent of this House Valued at 212 l. 3 s. 5 d. ob per Annum BOLINGTON in Lincolnshire FOunded by Simon Fitz William in his Park of Bolyngton and by him endowed with part of his said Park and divers other Lands in pure and perpetual Alms. William de Kima confirm'd to the Prior and Convent of both Sexes at Bolyngton all their Lands and Revenues A. D. 1256. Robert Putrel of Cotes being received into the Fraternity of this House gave them at the sametime the Church of Houtun and Advowson of the same The Crevequers or Creukers Barons of Redburn were Benefactors to this Priory giving divers Lands in pure and perpetual Alms. Valued at 158 l. 7 s. 11 d. per Annum A CANNON REGVLAR OF St. GILBERT Vol. 2. P. 791 WATTON in Yorkshire FOunded by Eustachius Son of Iohn and Agnes his Wife for Nuns and thirteen Canons to serve and provide for them according to the Institution of the Order of Sempringham To whom he gave the Town of Watton c. Confirm'd by William Fossard Lord of the Fee and by Henry Archbishop of York Confirm'd also by Roger de Lasci Constable of Chester descended from the said Eustachius King Iohn also gave them Lands in the first year of his Reign Eustachius the Founder married for his first Wife a Daughter and Heir of Ivo de Vescy from which match descended several of the Vescys and for his second Wife Agnes Daughter of William Constable of Chester Valued at 360 l. 16 s. 10 d. ob per Annum ALVINGHAM in Lincolnshire PEter de Melsa and Beatrix his Wife gave to the Church of St. Mary of Alvingham and to the Nuns and
year of the Pontificate of Pope Paul the IV. which was 3 4. P. and M. Pag. 143. BARDNEY THE Monastery of St. Peter and St. Oswald at Bardney was re-edified and made an Abby by Gilbert de Gant whose Off-spring confirm'd and augmented the Lands and Endowments of the same From the said Gilbert de Gaunt who came into England with the Conqueror descended the Earls of Lincoln of that name Hugh Bishop of Lincoln recited and confirm'd the several Donations made to this Monastery Pag. 152. EVESHAM THE first and principal Founder of this Monastery was King Ethelred Son of Penda King of Mercia Which King Ethelred after he had reigned thirty years relinquisht his Kingdom and became a Monk at Bardney Of later years several of the name of Bushell were Benefactors to this House Pag. 169. CROWLAND LAngtost was given to this House An. 819. And the Mannor and Church of Baston An. 825. the first by Fiegistus the other by Algarus two Knights Pag. 176. DEREHAM SAint Wythburga the Virgin was Daughter of Anna King of the East-Angels and devoted to a Monastick Life She caused this Monastery to be built at Derham in which she lived a Nun this House was at first so poor that upon her earnes◠Prayer the Nuns here were supported by a kind of miracle two Does or Hinds being used to come daily to be milked at a certain place for a long time till the Chief man or Bayly of the Town envying hunted them away with Hounds but suffer'd God's Judgment for his malice and broke his neck in hunting St. Wythburg died and was buried in the Church-yard at Derham and five and fifty years after her Body was found uncorrupted and translated thence into the Church An. 798. But in the year 974. it was translated from Durham to Ely Pag. 191. WINCHCUMBE ANno 1175. Pope Alexander the III. recited and confirm'd the Lands and Possessions of this House and by the same Bull granted the Abbot and Monks here divers Priviledges viz. that they might present Priests of their own Election to the Bishop to be instituted in the Churches belonging to their Monastery which Priests were to answer to the Bishop for the Cure and to the Monastery for the Temporalties of the place that no one should exact Tithes of them for their Lands or Cattle in their own hands or Occupation that they might have free Sepulture for those who desired to be buried with them saving the Rights and Dues of the Parish Churches that they might cellebrate Divine Offices in time of a general Interdict with a low Voice and Doors shut c. That Chrisme and holy Oyl Consecration of their Church Ordination of their Monks and Clerks to Sacred Orders should be received from none but their Diocesan Bishop if he be Catholick and in the Communion of the Apostolick See and if he will do his Office freely and willingly otherwise they might repair for these matters to any other Bishop An. 1404 Richard Bishop of Worcester confirm'd the Appropriation of their Churches An. 5. R. 1. Robert the IV. was chosen Abbot of this House he ordain'd that on every Morrow of All Souls Novemb. 3. yearly one hundred poor People should be relieved here with Bread Drink and Meat 30 H. 3. Iohn Yanworth was chosen Abbot on the death of Henry 9 E. 2. Richard Ydeburi was chosen Abbot on the death of Thomas 4 E. 3. Robert de Ippewell then Abbot did freely and of his own accord Abdicate the said Office and Walter Winfort was chosen to succeed him Pag. 191. WILTON WVlstan Earl of Ellendin was the first Founder of the Chantry at Wilton which is the same with Ellendin King Egbert founded the Priory at the request of Elburga his Sister and Widow of the foresaid Earl Wulstan An. 773. In which the became a Nun with twelve others But the first Founder of the Abby or Monastery of St. Edith in Wilton was King Alrud who gave all his Mannor and Liberties at Wilton to the Nuns in perpetual Alms. King Athelstan was a great Benefactor An. 933 and 937. So was King Edgar An. 968 c. Pag. 193. AMBRESBURY THE Nuns here being about thirty in number were for their notorious scandal and naughty Life removed from hence and placed in other Monasteries and other Nuns brought from Font Ebrald in France and establisht here to whom King Henry the II. upon their first establishment gave divers Lands all which with other Revenues given by other Benefactors were confirm'd to the said Nuns of Font Ebrald by King Iohn in the second year of his Reign Pag. 242. RAMSEY IN the year 1100. several Great men of this Kingdom raised a War against King Henry the I. who were forced to fly into Normandy Guiscard de Lymosin Lord Molyns appeared there on the King's behalf and prosecuted the War against them for which service he was highly favoured by the King who brought him with him over into England and gave him Castles Lands and Honours This Norman Lord built that part of Ramsey Monastery which was call'd Norman's Isle And from him descend the Lords Molins Roger a younger Son of this Family was Castellan of Nottingham and call'd himself Roger de Leumesin anglicè Waterhouse Pag. 253. CHATERIDGE THIS Nunnery and Church were all burnt down by a casual fire in the time of Robert Orford who was Bishop of Ely An. 1302. whereupon the said Bishop wrote to the Bishop of London setting forth the distrest Condition of the Abbess and Nuns here in order to have them excused from the Payment of Tenths in consideration of their great Loss Pag. 276. BURTON NIgellus Abbot of Burton with the Consent of the Chapter there gave to one Orme their Land at Acovre under condition that he pay yearly twenty pieces of old Coyn each worth 16 d. xx oras and thereupon the said Orme became the Abbot's man and swore fealty and that when dead his Body should be brought cum totâ pecuniâ suâ to be buried at Burton Abby after which his Son was to appear in their Chapter-house to pay his Relief to take such Oath to make such Payments and to hold as his Father had done By other Deeds this Tenure was specified to be by the Payment of two Marks yearly at Martlemass to go with the Abbot to London when he goes thither on the Affairs of this House at the Abbot's Charge and come to his Court if summon'd to judge Felons Pag. 310. SPALDING THIS Monastery was given in the time of William the Conqueror to the Abby of St. Nicholas at Angiers by one Yvo Talboys and became a Cell to that Abby But it being found highly inconvenient to the good of this House that the Prior and other principal Officers here should come from beyond Sea and be removeable at the pleasure of the Abbot of Angiers they carrying away with them what they could get from this place after many contests it was agreed that the Prior of this House should
the Church of Wrytele in Essex for the maintenance of the Poor in this Hospital call'd the English Hospital at Rome BLANCLAND in Normandy FOunded for Canons and endow'd with Lands in England by Richard de Hay and his Wife De BELLOPORTU in Normandy AN. Dom. 1202. Alen Son of Earl Henry gave divers Lands in England to the Canons Regular of this Abby Premonstratenses Dominican Nuns near Roan FOunded by St. Lewis King of France beyond the Bridge at Roan and by him endowed with 500 l. Turnois per Annum and divers Liberties An. Dom. 1269. The Cathedral Church at Roan DIvers Lands in England were formerly given to the Canons of this Church and their Successors by King Henry Earl Otho and more especially by King Iohn viz. The Mannor of Clere in Hampshire Oteri in Devonshire Kilburn in Torkshire c. Irish Monasteries St. ANDREWS in the Territory of Ardes Ardee FOunded by Iohn de Curceio At first a Cell to the Abby of Lonley in Normandy and by them granted to the Archbishop of Armach The Nuns at Corke FOund by Inquisition 29 E. 1. that it was not to the Kings damage for William Barry and others to settle certain Lands there mention'd on Agnes de Hareford and other Nuns and their Successors in the House of St. Iohn Baptist in St. Iohn's-street in Cork St. PATRICKS at Downe FOunded An. Dom. 1183. for Monks and a Prior from St. Werburgs at Chester but without any Subjection to the Church of Chester The Bishop of Down was Custos and Abbot of this Monastery in like manner as the Bishops were in the Churches of Winchester and Coventry Iohn de Curci the Founder of this Monastery endow'd it with divers Revenues and Tithes among other things of all his hunting The Nuns at GRANE in the County of Kildare POpe Innocent the III. An. Dom. 1207. confirm'd the Lands given to this House by Walter de Rideleford and others the like confirmation was made by King Iohn in the ninth year of his Reign KILCUMYN FOunded by Philip de Wigornia Constable of Ireland and furnished with Monks from Glastonbury NEDDRUM a Cell to St. Bege in Yorkshire ANno Dom. 1177. 23 H. 2 the Lord Iohn de Curci subdued Vlster An. 1178. he gave Neddrum to the Monks of St. Bege with great Priviledges Divers Benefactors gave Lands to this Priory all which was confirm'd An. Dom. 1202. by Iohn Cardinal of St. Steven in Mont Caelius Apostolick Legat. OCYMILD FOunded by William de Burgo and given to Richard a Monk of Glastonbury ARKEL a Cell to Furnes in Lancashire FOunded by Theobald Walteri Butler of Ireland and by him given to the Monks of the Cistercian Order at Furnes with divers Liberties BELLO BECCO another Cell to Furnes FOunded and endow'd by Walter de Lascy for Cistercian Monks who afterwards by License of King Edward the III. transferr'd their Estate here to the Abbot and Convent of Furneys DUNBROTHY in the County of Wexford HArvey de Monte Marisco the Kings Marshal of Ireland gave this place with divers other Lands for a Cell to the Abby of Bildwas in England William Marshal Earl of Pembroke was a great Benefactor to this House whose Gifts were confirm'd by King Edward the III. among which things they had a grant of Pasture for eighty Cows and one thousand five huudred Sheep yearly JEREPONT FOunded by Dumwald King of Ossery and endow'd by him with Baleochellam in which the Monastery was founded and other Lands all confirm'd by Iohn Lord of Ireland and Earl of Morton KYLLECONIL FOunded by Donald O Bryan Confirm'd by King Henry the III. An. suo 4. MELLIFONT KING Iohn confirm'd to the Monks of the Church of St. Mary at Drogheda divers Land which they enjoy'd before the coming of the French into Ireland The like confirmations were made by King Henry the III. and King Edward the III. NEWRY in the County of Down FOunded and endowed for Cistercian Monks by Mauritius mag Lochlain King of all Ireland by the unanimous consent of the Great men and Petty Kings of Vlster ROSGLAS FOunded and endow'd by Dermitius O Demesy King of Ofalia St. SAVIOURS FOunded by William Marischal Earl of Pembroke confirm'd by King Henry the III. with the grant of great Liberties To this Abby was afterwards united the Abby of Kilkenny TYNTERNE FOunded according to the last Will of William Marischal Earl of Pembroke and ratified by King Iohn DE VALLE SALUTIS FOunded by Dermitius an Irish King and by him and his Subjects endow'd with divers Lands Confirm'd by King Iohn WONEY in the County of Limerick FOunded An. Dom. 1205. and endowed with Lands and Liberties by Theobald Walteri Butler of Ireland St. CROSSE in the County of Tiperary FOunded and endowed by Donald King of Lumney Lumnicensis BALLINTOBBER in the County of Maio. Canons Regular FOunded by Catholus O Conogher King of Connaught An. Dom. 1216. CONNAL a Cell to Lanthony in England FOunded An. 1202. by Maylerus Son of Henry for Canons Regular Confirm'd by King Iohn The Hospital of St. Mary's near Droheda FOunded and endowed by Vrsus de Swemele for the maintenance of poor and infirm People and such as are in Want The Custos of which Hospital to be chosen by the Good men Proborum hominum of Drogheda ALL-SAINTS in the East-part of Dublin FOunded and endowed for Canons by Dermont King of Leimster confirm'd by King Henry the II. St. THOMAS the Martyr in Dublin FOunded and endowed by William Son of Audelinus Sewer to King Henry the II. by Authority of that King and for him FERNE in the County of Wexford FOunded and endowed by Dernatius King of Leimster An. 1158. He also granted them free choice of their own Abbots according to the Rule of St. Augustine KENLIS and Inistiock in the County of Kilkenny JEffrey Son of Robert came into Ireland with William Earl Marischal and obtain'd the Barony of Kenlis in Ossorey at which place he afterwards built a Monastery for Canons Regular which he brought over from Bodmin in Cornwalk One of whom was Hugh de Rous who after that became the first English Bishop of Ossery About An. 1206. Thomas Son of Anthony founded a Priory at Iâ—istiock which became as a Cell to Kenlis Hugh de Lacy and Walter de Lacy were Benefactors The Hospital of St. John Evangelist at Kilkenny FOunded and endowed An. 1220. by William Mareschal Earl of Pembroke KILVAYNARD a Priory of Augustin Nuns POpe Celestin the III. An. 1195. confirmed their Lands and Possessions with the grant of divers Liberties St. JOHN BAPTIST at Nenath in the County of Tiperary FOunded about the year 1200. by Theobald Walter Butler of Ireland and by him endow'd with Lands for the Maintenance of Canons and thirteen poor and infirm People FERMOY FOundeds and endowed for Canons Regular of St. Augustin by Alexander Son of Hugh Confirm'd by King Edward the I. An. suo 18. TOBERGLORIE in the County of Down FOunded and endowed by Iohn de Curcey and by
him given as a Cell to the Prior and Canons of St. Mary at Carlile TRISTERNAGH in the County of Meath FOunded and endowed about the year 1200. by Ieffrey de Constantine for Canons Regular The Cathedral Church of the Trinity at Dublin STitrius King of Dublin gave the Ground where this Church now stands to Donatus the first Bishop of Dublin for the erecting of a Church to the Holy Trinity with Revenues Which Donatus in his time built the Nave and side Isles Many years after Laurence the second Archbishop of Dublin and Richard Strigul and the Earl Marshal c. added the Quire Bells and two Chappels After Laurence Henry and Luke two other Archbishops carried on the Building and after them Iohn de S. Paul finisht all King Iohn was a Benefactor to this Church while Earl of Morton and after he was King Scotch Monasteries COLDINGHAM a Cell to Durham SAint Ebba Sister of Oswy King of Northumberland was the first Institutor of a Religious Life in this Place here she had a Monastery consisting of both Sexes under her Government King Edward the III. in the first year of his Reign granted his Letters of Protection for this Priory LINDORS FOunded by David Earl of Huntington Brother of the King of Scotland and by him endowed with drivers Churches ABERBROTHE FOunded by William King of Scotland in honour of God and St. Thomas the Archbishop and Martyr and by him endowed with Lands and Liberties DRYBRUGHE Founded and endowed by David King of Scotland for Canons with the grant of divers Liberties and Immunities DUMFERMLINGE FOunded by Malcolm King of Scotland in monte Infirmorum and by him and others endowed with large Possessions Confirm'd by King David the first youngest Son of King Malcolm and Margaret his Wife BELMERINACH in Fife FOunded and endowed by Alexander King of Scotland in honour of God St. Mary and the holy King Edward for Cistercian Monks Of the Cistercian Monasteries in Scotland SAint David son of Malcolm and Margaret founded Six of this Order â—enry Prince of Scotland Son of the said David founded Hadington St. Malcolm Son of the said Henry founded three William King of Scotland founded one Others of the Nobility founded many others viz. Patrick Dunbar Earl of March and Agatha his Wife founded Coldstream in the Marshes The Earl of Fife founded Northberwick where a peice of our Lord's Cross was preserved with great Veneration Iohn Lord of Kirconell founded Sacrum-Boscum commonly call'd Holywood of this House it is said was the famous Iohn de Sacro bosco who writ of the Sphere and other Astronomical matters c. The End of the Second Volum MONASTICON ANGLICANUM ABRIDGED VOL. III. OF THE CATHEDRAL and COLLEGIATE CHURCHES MONASTICON ANGLICANUM Abridg'd VOL. III. and last Additions to the First Volum Pag. 31. ROCHESTER GVnaulphus Bishop of Rochester by authority will and command of King William and by the advice help and assent 〈◊〉 Laâ—â—ranc Archbishop of Canterbury did institute sixty Monks in the Room of five Clerks all that then were in the Church of St. Andrew the apostle and transferr'd the possessions formerly given by divers Benefactors to that Church to the maintenance of those Monks with other endowments of his own guift for the maintenance of them Strangers that should come there and poor people and for Serjeants to serve them He also made Provision for a Festival on St. Andrews day for himself and Successors if they should be present at the Celebration of the same Whose Charter bears date the twentieth day of September 1089. Boniface Archbishop of Canterbury recited the Grant of Anselm his Predecessor by which he granted and confirm'd divers Lands given to this Church by Bishop Gundulf and others in Kent Surrey Suffolk Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire dated at London in a Council of Bishops A. D. 1101 And the said Anselm's Confirmation of Archbishop Lanfranc's Grant to the said Church dated 1087. and confirm'd all the said recited Grants by his Deed of Confirmation dated 1254. King Henry II. confirm'd all their Lands and Possessions with large Priviledges and immunities such as the Church of Cantebury enjoys whose Charter bears date at Nottingham An. Dom. 1197. An Exchange was made by consent of King Richard I. between Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury and the Prior and Convent of Rochester the said Prior and Convent granting to the said Archbishop and Successors their Mannour of Lambeth with the Church there and the Liberties and appurtenances thereunto belonging as well in Southwark is in the Soke of London except a Mill which the Monks have upon the Thames over against the Tower of London c. And the said Archbishop gave in Exchange to the said Monks the Mannour of Darent c. with mutual Warranty on both sides and a restriction that it shall not be lawful for the said Archbishop or his Successors ever to alienate the Said Mannour of Lambeth from the Archbishoprick or for the said Monks to alienate the Mannour of Darent c. Pag. 413. NORWICH JOhn Archbishop of Canterbury at the request of the Prior and Convent of the Cathedral Church of Norwich exemplified the Charter of Herbert Bishop of Norwich by which he gave to the Monks whom he had establisht in the said Cathedral Church divers Lands Tithes and other Revenues and of Anselm Archbishop of Canterbury Primate of the Greater Britain and Ireland and Vicar of Pope Pascal by which he confirm'd the Establishment of the Monks which the said Herbert had made in the said Church of the Holy Trinity at Norwich which Church King William and King Henry his Brother and Successor had constituted to be the head and Mother of all the Churches of Norfolk and Suffolk The foresaid Deed of Exemplification bears date at Lambeth An. Dom. 1281. Radulphus Fitz Godric gave to this Church the Mannour of Neuton confirm'd to the Monks by King Henry I. Pag. 120. GLOCESTER AN. Dom. 1138. King Steven in the third year of his Reign confirm'd to the Church St. Peter of Gloucester all the Lands Churches Tithes and other donations given by Divers Benefactors Pag. 395. St. MARYS at York IVo de Taleboyse from whom descended the Noble families of the Rosses Lords of Werke Faucumberge Twenge and Belewe c. gave to the Church of St. Mary in York and to the Abbot and Monks there divers Lands and Churches This Ivo de Tailbois held of the King in Capite the Barony of Hephall which Barony was held by his Ancestors in Thenagio paying to the King 50 s. yearly but King William the Conqueror changed the Tenure into the Service of one Knights Fee Pag. 258. WHERWELL POpe Gregory the IX th recited and confirm'd to the Abbess and Nuns of Wherwell all their Lands Tithes and Churches that they then had or for the future should obtain and exempted them from Tithes for their own Cattel with priviledge to receive and retain in their Monastery such secular Women as are free and at their own
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
or his Lieutenant the Chaplains and Clerks to have their Board from the Provost all to live and Dyet together in the same House every Chaplain to have a little Clerk to serve him in the Church and in his Chamber and not to be allow'd any other Servant that constantly at day break they rise and repair to the Chappel there say first the Mattins of the Blessed Virgin with a low voice and then sing the Mattins of the day c. that in all the Divine Offices they observe the Salisbury use that no Woman shall enter into any part of the House except the Chappel and the Hall the Provost and every Chaplain and Clerk to be sworn at their admission to the observance of these Orders and to personal Residence Which Deed of Foundation bears date in the year 1301 30. Edward I. Simon de Farham and divers others were Benefactors to this Chappel and gave divers Mannors Lands and Rents to the same All confirm'd by King Edward I. and II. Valued at 112 l. 17 s. 4 d. ob per Annum KIRKBY Super Wretheck in Leicestershire ROger Beler founded a Chantry of one Custos and twelve Chaplains in the Chappel of St. Peter adjoyning to his Mannour of Kirkeby and endow'd the same with the Advowson of the Church of Kirkeby the Mannour of Bokeminster and other Lands and Rents with Warrantry and gave the power of presenting to the Custos or Wardens place to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln c. Whose Deed of Foundation bears date in the year 1319 13. Edward II. WENGHAM in Kent POpe Gregory X. licenced Iohn Archbishop of Canterbury to establish a Provost and a Colledge of ten secular Canons in the Parish Church of Wengham instead of a Rector the said Provost to have the Parochial cure of Souls which Colledge being accordingly founded by the said Iohn he appointed that six of the said Canons should be Priests two Deacons and two Subdeacons and set out their several Prebends and how the Common distributions should be made c Whose Deed of Foundation bears date An. Dom. 1286. and was confirm'd by King Edward I. MEREWELL FOunded by Henry de Blois Bishop of Winchester for four Priests and by him endow'd with 13 l. per An. of Rent Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester made certain Orders for the Government of the said four Chaplains or Priests as that they keep one Deacon to serve them in the Church and at home that they choose yearly one of them to be their Prior that what ever Chaplain be guilty of Incontinency or other foul crimes he also shall be expell'd and further granted them besides their first endowment fifty quarter of Corn for their Common use and four Load of Hay Whose Deed bears date An. Dom. 1226. GLASENEY in Cornwall PEter Bishop of Exeter in the year 1288. made a further Provision for the Vicars of this Church first founded by his Predecessor Walter for thirteen Canons and as many Vicars Valued at 205 l. 10 s. 6 d. per Annum The Collegiate Church of Ruthin in Denbighshire JOhn Gray Lord of the Cantred of Deffencloyt in the Diocess of Bangor instituted a Colledge in the Chappel of St. Peter at Ruthin for at least seven Priests to celebrate there daily the Divine Offices one of whom to serve in the Chappel of the Castle and endow'd the same with two hundred and fifty acres of Land with Tithes and large Commons of Pasture and Paunage in his Woods for sixty Hogs c. to hold in pure free and perpetual Almes with Warranty Whose Deed of Foundation bears Date An. 1310. OTERY in Devonshire THe Dean and Chapter of Roan in the year 1335 9. Edward III. granted with Licence of the Apostolick see and the King of England their Mannour of Otery St. Mary in the County of Devon c. to Iohn de Grandisson Bishop of Exeter and instead of Warranty they delivered up to the said Bishop all their Deeds and Writings concerning the same King Edward III. in the eleventh year of his Reign granted his Licence to the said Bishop of Exeter to erect a Monastery or Collegiate Church to consist of a certain number of secular Canons at Otery St. Mary either in the Parish Church there or in some other place and to endow the same with the Mannour of Otery and to appropriate the Tithes of the said Town to the same Which Colledge was accordingly founded and endow'd by the said Bishop An. 1337 Valued at 303 l. 2 s. 9 d. per Annum The Collegiate Church or Chappel of St. Steven within the Royal Palace at Westminster THe Chappel of St. Steven in the Pallace at Westminster was nobly finisht by King Edward III tho' begun by his Progenitors which King founded therein a Dean and twelve Canons with as many Vicars and other Ministers accordingly and gave them by his Patent dated in the two and twentieth year of his Reign his great House in Lombardstret London with some advowsons obliging himself and Royal Heirs to make it up to them a Revenue of 500 l per An. In the two and thirtieth year of his Reign he gave them a Tower in Bokelesbury in London call'd Sewtes Tour with the Appurtenances In the three and fortieth year of his Reign he gave them another House in London call'd the Role with the appurtenances then valued at 20 l. per An. In further aâ—gmentation of the said Foundation he granted them all the ground from the said Chappel Northward to the receipt of the Exchequer between Westminister Hall and the Thames for making a Cloyster and other necessary Building with free Entrance day and Night at the Gate adjoyning to the Kings Bridge also a Chamber within the said Gate formerly belonging to his Clerk of the Kitchin with the Houses formerly used for Stables of War horses and other Horses c. with a Free Passage to the said Chappel by day light thro' the great Hall and exempted the said Dean and Canons and all their Lands from the Payment of any Aydes or Taxes whatsoever King Richard II. compleated the full endowment of this Colledge by settling on it divers Mannours and Lands in Kent c. according to the direction and desire of his Grandfather in his Testament Valued at 1085 l. 10 s. 5 d. per Annum The Royal Collegiate Chappel in the Castle at Windsor A Chappel for eight Canons secular having been begun in the Castle of Windsor King Edward III. who was baptized there finisht and compleated the same in honour of Almighty God his glorious Virgin Mother St. George the Martyr and St. Edward the Confessor and establisht therein a Custos or President to the former eight Canons and an addition of fifteen Canons more and four and twenty poor Knights with other Ministers of the said Chappel and endow'd the same in the two and twentieth year of his Reign with divers Churches and promised for himself and Heirs to encrease the Revenue to the Sum of 1000
which he had for his Person and in consideration of the laudible Service which he had often done him to found the Colledge accordingly St. MARY'S near Winchester KIng Richard II. in the sixth year of his Reign granted his Licence to William Wykeham Bishop of Winchester to found a Colledge House or Hall near Winchester for the honour and glory of God and the glorious Virgin Mary his Mother and therein to establish a Custos or Warden and seventy poor Scholars Students in Grammar Infra 133. Valued at 628 l. 13 s. 6 d. per Annum PONTFRACT in Yorkshire KIng Richard II. in the eighth year of his Reign granted his Licence to Robert Knolls Chevalier and Constance his Wife to found a Colledge or Chantry in Pontfract of seven Chaplains whereof one to be Custos and for thirteen poor People two Clerks and one or two Servants to attend the poor Valued at 182 l. 14 s. 7 d. per Annum BUNBURY in Cheshire KIng Richard II. in the tenth year of his Reign granted his Licence to Hugh de Calveley Chivalier to found a Chantrey or Colledge of one Master and six other Chaplains in the Church of Bunbury with Liberty to the said Hugh to endow the same and the said Mr. and Canons to have a Common-Seal IRTLYNGBURGH in Northamptonshire KIng Edward III. granted Licence to the Abbot and Convent of Peterburgh and Iohn Pyel to erect a Colledge of six Canons secular of which one to be Dean and four Clerks in the Parish Church of St. Peter of Irtlyngburgh the Right of Presenting to the said Canons places to be in the Abbot and Convent of Peterborough and the said Iohn by Turns But the said Iohn dying before this Foundation was perfected King Richard II. in the eleventh year of his Reign for twenty marks paid by Iohn his widow and Executrix granted his Licence to compleat the same Valued at 64 l. 12 s. 10 d. ob per Annum CLOVELEY in Devonshire KIng Richard II. in the eleventh year of his Reign Licenced William Cary to convert the Parish Church of Cloveley the Advowson whereof did belong to the said William into a Collegiate Church for seven Chaplains of which one to be Custos or Warden to found a Colledge and Buildings for their Habitation in the Rectory and to appropriate the said Advowson to them RUSHWORTH in Norfolk KING Richard the II. in the thirteenth year of his Reign granted his License to several Persons to confer the Mannor of Rushworth c. on the Master or Custos of the Colledge of St. Iohn the Evangelist of Rushworth and the Brethren of the same An. 1360. Thomas Bishop of Norwich made several Statutes and Ordinances for the Government of this Colledge late founded by the Lord Edmund de Gonevill viz. That there be in the said Colledge five Chaplains of which one to be Master or Custos that as the Bâ—â—enues increase the number be increased and every new Fellow to have at least 〈◊〉 Marks that they all sleep in one House and eat together that the Masteâ— have the Cure of the Parishoners of the Town of Rushworthâ— with direction for their saying of their Masses and Offices and that they be all continually resident c. Valued at 85 l. 15 s. ob per Annum The Collegiate Church of St. David's in Pembrokshire JOhn Duke of Lancaster and the Lady Blanch his Wife and Adam Bishop of St. David's considering that Priests were procured out of Enâ—â—â—â— with great difficulty and charges to officiate in the ancient Mâ—â—â—â—politan Church of St. David's they therefore founded a Chappel or Câ—antry of one Master and seven Priests in the manner of a Colledge on the North side of the said Cathedral Church and built there divers Buildings and a Cloyster for their Habitation and endow'd the same with the Appropriating to it divers Churches An. Dom. 1365. Which Bishop made divers Statutes and Orders for Government of the same viz. that the said Master and Priests should live together in a Collegiate way that they should perform the Divine Offices in their Chappel according to the Salisbury use c. That the said Master and Chaplains shall assist on all Sundays and double Feasts at High-mass and Vespers in the Cathedral Church among the Vicars there that neither the Master nor any of the Priests of the said Chantry go abroad alone but with a Companion That the Master receive yearly twenty Marks and each Chaplain ten Marks That the said Priests be daily apparrell'd in long Garments vel Gownis non Cotis curtis unless they ride or go abroad that the said Master and every Priest may hold another Benefice with cure within the Diocess of St. David's but is not bound to reside there That there be always two Choristers remaining in the House under the care of the Praecentor who is to instruct them in Grammar learning and singing c. Which Orders bear date An. Dom. 1382. Valued at 106 l. 3 s. 6 d. per Annum BRADGARE in the Diocess of Canterbury KING Richard the II. in the sixteenth year of his Reign granted his License to Robert de Bradgare Clerk and others to found a Colledge of one Chaplain and two Clerks Schollers to celebrate in the Parish-Church of Bradgare and to endow the said Colledge with three Messuages two hundred Acres of Land one hundred and fifty Acres of Pasture sixty Acres of Wood thirteen shilling and four pence of Rent and the Rent of eight Hens and half a pound of Pepper An. Dem. 1398. the said Robert made divers Orders for the Government of this Colledge viz. that the said Chaplain and his Successors shall continually reside in the Colledge except only the space of one month containing thirty two days that the said Chaplain and his Successors shall maintain at their own Charge one Servant to serve them daily at Mass and in other Offices that the Chaplain shall not procure to himself any other benefice or Office whereby his personal Residence here may be hinder'd that the Chaplain and Clerk be Natives of the Diocess of Canterbury and of the Consanguinity or affinity of the said Robert that no Chaplain be admitted unless he can read construe and sing well nor any Clerk unless he can read well and sing indifferently that the two Clerks Schollers remain Fellows of the Colledge till their Age of twenty five years and no longer that the said Chaplain and Schollers and their Successors shall have a Common Lawyer in constant Fee one of the Council of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being to whom they shall pay 6 s. 8 d. per Annum c. PLECY in Essex KING Richard the II. in the seventeenth year of his Reign granted his License to his dear Uncle Thomas Duke of Glocester to found and establish in the Parish Church of Plecy a Colledge of nine Chaplains one of which to be Master and Custos and of two Clerks and two Choristers non obstante c. And to endow
be fourscore foot in length c. A Porch on the South side twelve foot in length another Porch on the South-side adjoyning to the Cloyster and in the West-end of the said Body a Steeple fourscore foot in higth from the Ground Table Stone twenty foot square within the Walls and the Walls six foot thick the Duke to find Carriage and Stuff for which well and duly to be made the said Horwode to have 300 l. Sterling which Indenture bears date 13 H. 6. Valued at 19 l. 11 s. 10 d. ob per Annum STOKE-CLARE in Suffolk THIS being formerly a Priory of Benedictines was by Edmund Earl of March by whose Ancestors it was founded changed into a Collegiate Church of a Dean and Secular Canons which change was ratified by the Papal Authority of Iohn the XXIII and Martin V. Thomas Barneslay Dean of the Collegiate Church of Stoke juxta Clare by the Authority and Command of Edmund Mortimer Earl of March and Vlster and Lord of Wigmore and Clare first Founder and Patron of the said Colledge made several Statutes and Ordinances for Government of the same viz. That there be always one Dean and six Secular Canons that every Canon reside full two and thirty weeks in the year or otherwise he shall receive but 40 s. for his Prebend that year in which he has not so resided that neither the Dean nor any Canon lie in Bed in the Morning longer than six a Clock or half an hour past that there be in the said Colledge eight Vicars sworn to continual Residence and two greater Clerks also five Chorists or honest Boys to sing and serve in the Quire that the Chorists have five Marks per Annum each that there be two inâ—eriour Clerks who are to take care of the Vestry and ringing the Bells that they ring to Mattins at five and go at six to high Mass at eleven and that they ring to Vespers so that they may be ended about five in the Afternoon That no Canon who cannot spend 40 l. per Annum and no Vicar nor Clerk shall use hunting nor any of them keep any Hounds in the Colledge except the Dean who may keep four that no Canon or Clerk shall wear any Arms in the said Colledge under the penalty of forseiting the said Arms for the first offence and of twenty shillings for the second that none of the Canons Vicars or Clerks shall be married or suspected of having any scandalous communication with Women That if any one be convicted of Heresie or Sodomy or Magick he shall be expell'd that no Canon Vicar or Clerk shall go abroad alone but with a Companion That they shall all duly and honestly pay their Debts to their Creditors That there be a Porter of the said Colledge who shall shut the Gate at Coverfeu time and admit none after that time That one of the Vicars be appointed by the Dean to be Precentor for the Government of the Quire in singing and Ceremonies c. who is to receive on that account 20 s. per Annum That the Colledge have a Common Seal to be kept with their Evidences and Jewells in a common Chest under three different Keys one of which to be kept by the Dean the other two by the two Senior Canons That there be no precedency among the Vicars at the Table but that they sit as they come but in the Choire according to Seniority That all the Vicars eat together in the Common Hall and that at Meal time some part of the Bible be always read to them That every Vicar have liberty eight weeks in the year and every Clerk six to visit their friends and recreate themselves that nothing shall be sealed with the Common Seal unless it be first Registred in a Book to be kept for that purpose That every Dean within a year after his instalment give to the Colledge one Cope of the value of 5 l. and make a Feast for the Canons c. or pay for it 40 s. That upon vacancy of the Deanery the Patron of the Colledge present to the Bishop a Graduate in some University at least Master in Arts or Batchelour in Law to be instituted Dean which Statutes and Orders bear date in the year 1422. Valued at 324 l. 4 s. 1 d. ob per Annum NORTH-CADBURY in Somersetshire KING Henry the V. in the fourth year of his Reign granted his License to Elizabeth Widow of William Botreaux the elder Chivalier to found this Colledge for seven Chaplains of which one to the chief to have the Cure of Souls there and to be call'd Rector of the Colledge of St. Michael of North-Cadbury and for four Clerks with Licence to the said Elizabeth and William Botreaux the yonger to appropriate the Church of North-Cadbury thereunto and endow the same with divers Lands c. MANCHESTER in Lancashire KIng Henry V. in the ninth year of his Reign granted his Licence in consideration of two hundred marks paid in the Hanaper to Thomas Bishop of Durham and other Feoffees of Thomas la Warre Clerk to erect the Church of Manchester into a Collegiate Church and to establish therein a Master or Custos with as many fellow Chaplains and other Ministers as they should think fit whom he incorporated c. HIGHAM-FERRERS in Northamptonshire IN the 10 Henry V. that King granted his Licence to Henry Chichley Arch bisâ—op of Canterbury to found a Colledge at Higham-Ferrers the Place of his Nativity for eight Chaplains of which one to be Master and four Clerks one of which Chaplains or Clerks to teach Grammar and another Song and for six Choriâ—â—ers whom the said King incorporated by the Name of the Master and Colledge of the Bâ—essed Virgn Mary St. Thomas of Canterbury and St. Edward the Consâ—ssor of Higham-Ferrers and granted Licence to endow the same with Lands c. Valued at 156 l. 2 s. 7 d. per Annum St. MICHAEL Pater noster Chirche or Whitington Colledge in London HEnry Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 1424. granted his Licence to Iohn Coventre Iohn Carpenter and William Grove Executors of Richard Whitington late Citizen and Mercer and several times Mayor of London to erect a Colledge pursuant to the Will of the said Richard in the Parish Church of St. Michael call'd Pater noster Chirche in the Riol in London for five or six Chaplains and other Clerks and Ministers and an Almes-House of thirteen poor People and to make orders for the Government of the same And accordingly the said Executors did found such a Colledge in honour of the Holy Ghost the Blessed Virgin Mary St. Michael and All Saints and made divers Orders touching the said Foundation as that there shall be five Chaplains not elswhere beneficed one of which to be Master two Clerks besides the Parish Clerk and four Choristers appointing the first Chaplains to be William Brooke Iohn Whyte Nicholas Gaytone Richard Olyue and Gregory King and that William Brooke at that time Rector of the
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